Sorry that this chapter is a bit shorter. I put a lot of time into the prologue, and thought that it could not go without an actual chapter.
One year had passed.
A boy walked down the street. His jacket was black with accents of silver lining it. His jeans were black leading down to his black and white sneakers. On his waist were five pokeballs. All of them had custom silver plating that refused to chip. On his back was a shoulder strap backpack. Holstered onto it appeared to be some sort of rifle. The rifle was old snagging technology from Team Cipher integrated into a high-powered rifle that could capture its target from a distance. His eye remained covered by bandages while the other scanned the streets.
The boy walked by a wall with a wanted poster on it, for him. He went to a hotdog stand and paid for his meal. He sat down on a bench to enjoy his hotdog. He watched children play in the fountain nearby.
His relaxation was short-lived as three people wearing dark suits approached him. "If you're cops, my fines are paid."
"After we're done with you, you're going to wish that we were cops." One of them punched Aaron knocking the hotdog from his hand. "Call us the Purifiers." They all pulled out pokeballs revealing a Sandslash, a Hitmontop, and a Pikachu.
"Time to test out my new power." Aaron reached into his jacket revealing a pendant with a keystone dangling on it. "Glalie, let's show them what were made of!" Aaron threw the silver pokeball watching the Pokémon emerge. On its head was a plate with a mega stone inside. "Glalie, mega evolve!"
"Sandslash, slash!" One of them ordered motioning to Aaron. The Pokémon attacked him putting a cut on his back.
Aaron fell to his knee clutching his shoulder in pain. Glalie successfully finished evolving. "Glalie, sheer cold!" Aaron shouted loudly watching all of the Pokémon but the Sandslash faint; it avoided the attack. "I'm going to make you pay for what you did. Glalie, explosion!" The Pokémon's ability kicked in as it was first encased in ice and then released a powerful explosion sending ice flying across the small town. Aaron was knocked back by the power he had unleashed. "Glalie, return." He recalled the fainted Pokémon and began running. "Purifiers. I don't need that right now." He slowed down a bit as he felt the pain in his body. "Skarmory, I need to get to my sister." Aaron threw another pokeball and climbed on the large bird who began flying high into the sky.
It stopped at a large, white and blue building that looked like a castle. "Thank you." Aaron recalled the Pokémon and managed to sneak under a hole in the fence that he had made a while ago. He reached into his bag and put on a pair of gloves that allowed him to start scaling the side of the building. He eventually found what he was looking for as he opened a window and climbed inside.
"Aaron!" A voice shouted running over to the boy. It was his sister, Sarah. She brushed back her long brown hair and looked at him with her piercing, blue eyes.
"Hey." Aaron smiled a little bit hugging her. "It's been a while."
"Six months." She said releasing the hug. "And you really shouldn't be here right now."
"But I need…"
Aaron was cut off by someone else walking into the room. "Sarah, what do you want to do for dinner tonight? There are some boys from Chesterton who want to hang out." A girl looking down at her phone asked. She looked up and jumped a little seeing Aaron. "Who's this?"
"My little brother who still hasn't told me while he's here." Sarah crossed her arms glaring at him.
"Wait, you have a little brother? Your parents never mentioned him. Heck, I haven't seen a picture of him anywhere."
"They disowned me." Aaron said looking down.
"What'd you do?"
"He got into trouble with others, snuck out at night, and a bunch of other stuff." His sister explained.
"And it was all worth it. Last week, I stole an unhappy Luxray and sold it to a family. Those kids dress up like Shinx every day to make her happy. If doing what's right is bad, I don't want to be good."
"Whatever, just take off your clothes and show me the damage." Sarah had done this before. She watched Aaron take off his jacket, followed by a gray t-shirt revealing his fit body. "That's a nasty cut." She grabbed her first aid bag and began cleaning the wound. Aaron cringed as he felt the stinging sensation. "What's that?" She asked pointing to something on his back.
"Oh, I got a tattoo. It's the symbol for mega evolution."
"I can't believe some of the stuff you do." She sighed putting a bandage over the cut. "Who even did that to you?"
"Some guys called The Purifiers. I didn't really have time to talk with all of the battling and running, but something tells me that they want me dead."
"I wonder why?" Sarah's roommate asked sarcastically looking at the boy. "I bet people love it when little criminals wander around freely."
"Hey, don't talk about my little brother like that. Believe it or not, he does a lot of good also."
"Two weeks ago, I stopped some poachers."
"See, he isn't all bad."
"Sarah, I need to get going now." Aaron hugged his sister tightly before exiting the window. "Bye."
"Bye." She waved back watching her brother descend from the building and then fly off on his Skarmory.
"Your brother is weird."
"Yeah, but he's happy." She smiled.
…
"Target sighted!" Someone shouted as a Charizard used flamethrower.
Aaron dodged the attack while several more attacks seemed to be coming for him. He shot up into the sky while the other Pokémon tailed behind him. "Steel wing!" Aaron shouted as the Pokémon charged back down knocking the pursuing Pokémon down to the ground. "Good job Skarmory. Let's get away from these Purifiers now." The Pokémon let out a small cry of agreement as they flew off picking up speed.
"Sir, we lost him." A woman said into her earpiece.
A man sat at a desk in a dark room clenching his fist. "Find him. I want that boy." He hung up the phone in the room and turned to a monitor looking at several recordings of Aaron battling. "I'm coming for you Silver, or should I say, Aaron."
