Finally I'm updating. I had to cut this one short cuz it was running into the next chapter. it's a bit chopy but I needed to introduce Maxie and Meg, Oh yeeah and I don't own pokemon
Zak walked out onto the porch of the loft. He leaned against the rail and felt a shiver up his spine as the cold metal touched his bare flesh. He was loosely wearing a white bathrobe.
"What's wrong?" Amethyst walked up to the door but no farther. She feared how Zak's mood may be affecting him this time.
"Thinking... You know there's someone out there."
"Really I don't see anyone." Zak who usually found humor in most things, even death, didn't laugh at how clueless Amethyst was.
" I put the burdens of my soul on his shoulders," he continued," and expected it to be okay. But I know he's gonna die from it. Emotionally physically, he's just going to die. Unfortunately I don't have enough of a heart to stop this from happening. "
Amethsyt took a step forward. When he didn't respond she walked the full length of the porch. "Death is inevitable."
"Not for some people." She knew who he was referring to.
"About that. I want to end it." No response. " All of it. I want it to end... without being the one to end it."
He didn't bother to look at her. "No one could ever get close enough to him."
"But you're wrong. Together we can make the closest cut of all." He looked at her with wide eyes. What was she getting at. 'God she's insane if she wants me to do what I think she wants me to do,' he thought. "Looks like you need your alone time." She left him to think
When she was gone, "You can come out now!"
"How'd you know I was there." William walked out of the shadows.
"Didn't I tell you not to come here."
"I had good news to tell you but you were busy. That person who is going to die. Is it me?"
Zak looked away. "Yeah."
"It's all part of the circle right?"
"Circle?"
"But I'm gonna break the circle because unlike you I'm in love."
"Circle? Love? What are you talking about?"
"You weren't in love when you died, but I am. And now that I've broken the circle I won't die. Cause that's how it works. Once I take charge of destiny I can-"
"You're going to die at one point there is no avoiding it." Williams grew quiet. His fists clenched. "Tell me about this girl." 'I become so soft when he is around.'
"She's my sister's age only nicer."
"She's fourteen? How do you know she loves you?"
"Cause she said so. And when I'm older she's gonna marry me. "
Zak became extremely disbelieving. No right minded person would tell a seven year old such a horrible lie. " She used those exact words."
William froze for a second. " Why don't you believe me? You just don't want anyone but yourself to be happy."
"So I'm right," He said reading between the lines rather than actualy listening to what he said. "She isn't in love with you. Listen, you can't assume someone is in love with you because they're nice to you."
"But she is." Tears were beginning to form.
"No she is not. You're to young to understand what it means when someone loves you. "
The tears began flowing. Williams was practically screaming at Zak. " No! No! No! It's you who doesn't understand what love is. No wonder your grandfather died smiling. He was probably so happy to get away from you, you cold hearted bastard."
If anyone else had said that to Zak they would be dead in an instant. But not William. Zak needed William to stay alive as long as possible. That didn't mean he couldn't beat the crap out of him. But what good would that do. Especially now that the kid is in love.
William ran away before Zak's shocked mood wore off.
Nii was walking through the forest. The dark, thick with foilage, rich with wild and dangerous pokemon forest. Or just the malachite forest. A forest so maze like that is wasn't unusual for many trainers never to escape from it. Usually people with well trained pokemon who know the forest like the back of their hand are paid as guides for trainers who wish to actually make it to the other side but we trust our young hero's intuition and heart to guide her through
"Livii?" Nii said to the pikachu size rodent on her arm. "This is the eleventh time we've passed this boulder." Livii yawned and gave her trainer the I knew we would get lost the second you stepped into this forest look. "We're lost and it's all your fault for not telling me!"
Livii got defensive. "Viiiii" She shocked Nii. Nii would have responded if they hadn't heard a rustling in the bushes nearby. She crouched behind a bush and livii hopped off of her shoulder.
"Maybe it's a pokemon. Then we can catch it." Nii whipped out a fresh pokeball.
Livii began to protest but they heard a human voice coming from the same area.
"I think it's a guide. Yay!" She screamed, arms up in the air. A few pigey's flew from the trees in the area, startled by her voice. "Now we can just follow them and find our way out." She picked up Livii and ran in the direction of the voices.
About twenty minutes into the trek everyone was tired. The pokemon, the trainers, but not the guides. They were abnormally happy. In fact their strange grins are still giving the author nightmares.
The guides were a boy and a girl. The boy had short spiked up green hair and the girl had orange hair in pigtails.
"Are you guys alright back there?" With that simple question the complaints rolled in.
"My feet hurt"
"I wanna sleep"
"We've been walking for hours"
"Are we there yet"
"I can't go any further"
"When will we get there"
"I bet we're walking in circles."
"Patience everyone," the green haired boy said calmly. " We're almost where we need to be."
The pair pushed apart some leaves and the group of trainers they were leading walked through. Behind the leaves was a large clearing.
"where are we?"
"Right where you need to be," said the red head. A giant vacum came down and The trainers screamed. The girl clicked a remote and the vaccuum turned on sucking the pokeballs out of the trainers' holders,
This is when Nii finally came out of hiding. "What do you think you're doing?" Nii doesn't seem to believe people can be bad. Poor ignorant Girl
"What our boss said to." The boy began
"Steal the pokemon get rid of the trainers." The girl continued
Nii froze. She blinked a few times. Then she snapped. "What kinda sick people are you?" All in the area, including Livii, looked at Nii's in utter shock. " Who steals pokemon and knocks off the trainers. Not only is that theft but it's murder. You know the jail time you're gonna do if you get caught. Furthermore, what type of human ordered you to do this. He needs some serious mental help. You're just kids, about my age. How can he order you to commit such acts. THATS. JUST. PLAIN. WROOOONG!"
The two villainous children quickly recovered from the verbal assault. The ripped off their disguises and revealed the new version of team rocket. The girl wore baggy black pants, a hooded black short sleve shirt that was cut above the belly button, and under that a red shirt which was only a few inches longer than the black one. The boy wore a whole hooded short sleeve black shirt and a pair of baggy pants that were worn in such a way that a corner of his red boxers were visible.
"Prepare for trouble"
"And make it double"
"To infect the world with devastation. "
"To blight all people in every nation. "
"To pronounces the evils of truth and love. "
"To extend our reach to the stars above. "
"Maxie. "
"Meg. "
"Team Rocket blasting off at the speed of light. "
"Surrender now or prepare to fight. "
"Uh..." Nii looked at them slightly dazed. "Was that necessary."
"Not really."
"But we rarely get a chance to say it."
"And since your too weak and stupid to take the opportunity..."
"...And attack us. We might as well...'
"...Say it." Then Meg's attention was caught by Livii. " What an interesting pokemon."
Nii sounded proud for a minute. "Yeah it is. Only known living member of the species." Livii looked at her insane trainer who just grinned in return. It was obvious she had a plan but the ideas Nii concocted on the spot lately have been leaving Livii to face most of the danger.
"Only living member." said Maxie.
"Must be rare. The boss'll..."
"... want it for his collection. Hand..."
"It over miss." Meg pulled out a gun and pointed it at Nii.
"Whatever you say. Livii, you heard them." Livii released her grip on Nii's shoulder and was sucked into the vacuum.
"Ignorant girl." said Maxie.
"We would have shot you anyway."
"you spoke too soon. Livii thunderbolt." A yellow flash was emitted from within the trees and it soon rained pokeballs. The last to fall was Livii, who landed in Nii's arms. "By the way, I refuse to surrender..."
"...so prepare to fight. Go houndour!" Wow. They were even finishing other people's sentences.
"Go swinub!"
"Livii Agility then Double team!" Livvi ran circles around the two pokemon. Thanks to the effects of double team it looked like a lot more than one Livii was running.
"Houndour use ember on all of them." A few of the illusions ran cirles around Swinud and when Houndour used his fire attack it resulted in the immediate knock out of his partner.
"You idiot. What was that for?"
"It's her fault." He pointed at Nii.
"Livii use agility again." Livii ran up to houndour whose owner was to preoccupied to notice the battle and tell him to attack. the small dog was knocked out and Livii was supreme champion.
"It looks like you two are better a synchronizing words than moves." To the trainers. "You guys should run now." They followed her orders quickly.
"You're gonna wish you never messed with Team Rocket." Meg yelled.
"Not even your freakish monster can withstand a bullet."
"Really do you guys ever just give up." said a voice from nowhere. "It's really sad how you never do any useful work."
"Zak?" the twins said in a shakey voice. Meg then got a firmer grip on her gun.
"Why are you protecting this girl?" Nii just stood there wondering who they were talking with and what made him so scary.
Zak jumped down behind Maxie and suddenly pulled him into a head lock. Meg ran and grabbed Nii holding the gun to her head.
"Move one inch and your girlfriend's head comes off!" He pulled his arm back a little to hard and a crack could be heard from Maxie's neck. He crumbled to the ground lifelessly.
"If you so much as split her hair you're dead." Meg began shivering again. Nii became confused again. Yeah he just killed Maxie but how scary could he be compared to the gun.
"Zak you're supposed to be on our side." Zak pulled out a smalle tube. Meg shivered even more. Her grip on the gun slipping. Zak gripped the rod harder and it extended into a shepherd's staff only the hooked part was a blade that was serrated at the end. "Fine, but the boss won't be happy when he hears this." Meg through Nii forward. Meg stumbled and landed sourly on her butt. Meg then ran for her life.
"Wha... What did you do to him?" Nii asked looking at Maxie's body..
"Duh. I killed him." Nii gave him s hocked stare. "You're pretty dense aren't you." He extende his hand to help her up. She swatted it away.
"How can you kill another person? It's inhumane."
"Well they aren't really human either. Their grunts. practically clones of each other. All team Rocket members are monsters anyway." He retracted the staff and pocketed it. "Now that my scary weapon is gone will you let me help you up."
"Who are you and Do you really think that putting away the weapon makes it better? You're still a murderer."
"My names Zak. And yes it does make it better cause now i can help you up with both hands. Besides you should be glad I'm letting you live." He walked behind her and hoisted her up. She brushed herself off.
"Why wouldn't you let me live?."
He smilled down at her. "Cause I'm trained to b an eraser. I have to wipe out all traces of this event even those trainers you saved."
"What? No! You can't?"
"I'm not going to. It's not that I can't catch up to them its just that they aren't a threat and by the time they escape the forest there will be no evidence left behind. Anyway I have to catch Meg before she says anything to my superiors."
She looked at him shocked. "But your conscience."
"It won't haunt my sleep. They have nothing to do with my life." He appeared behind Nii and helped her up.
"What are you?"
"At the moment I'm late. My actual girlfriend is waiting for me at a meeting. See ya." He walked in the direction of Meg.
"You know our paths are never crossing again." Livii hopped onto her shoulder.
He waved her good bye without turning around. "As long as you've got that pendant they will." She clutched the necklace she was wearing."The next town is North of here." With that he disappeared.
"Uh Thanks."
That staff he was holding was originally supposed to kill Meg but I didn't like the way it flowed. I figured you might as well see it anyway even if it wasn't going to be used be cause he will eventually use it. This generations Team Rocket is run by two ruthless people who have no qualms about killing others. So there are some deaths in this. And for the name of the next chapter check my profile
