[B][U][CENTER]Chap.2: One thing, after another thing,after another.[/CENTER][/U][/B]
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While he was getting ready to go to bed, Professor Rowan received a phone call from Nathan's house. As he picked it up, he heard Nathan's voice.
"Prof. Oak here?"
"Yes, Nathan, It's me."
"Sorry for calling you so late, but after what happened today, I thought you would be very....shocked, should I say"
"Actually, I'm not shocked at all; I worked in that organization; I just said nothing so you and your friends wouldn't be even more bewildered."
"WHAT?!?!....That was unexpected...I wonder why my dad never told me?"
"He thought having that place on your head was enough, he didn't want to overload you with incredulous things."
"Okay..."
"Anyway, why did you call me?"
"I was going to tell you what I wanted my starter pokemon to be; I would like to have Chimchar."
"What about your other one?"
"What?"
"Dammit, I always forget! Anyway, now your can pick between 12 starter pokemon; all the starters from all four regions. Since being able to get only one out of 12 was kind of unfair, the government decided that trainers could pick 2 instead of just one."
"Wow...I'll have mudkip as my second, then."
"Okay...is that all you called for?"
"...Pretty much."
"Okay, goodbye."
"Goodbye."
The next day, Nathan was packing his supplies when he heard the phone ring. Before he could pick it up, His mom had already gotten it. In addition, his mom told him that he was not to hear her conversation due to it being important business matters.
Nathan thought his mother was acting a little suspicious, so he used his super-human hearing to listen in.
"Hm...Yes? Oh...Yes, he's ready...Okay, I'll get him down there ASAP...Oh... really?...That's wonderful!...Okay...Bye..."
Now Nathan wanted to know what was going on, but he dismissed it eventually, thinking she was just dropping off a friend somewhere. He want back into his room and kept packing.
When he was finally finished, Nathan decided to go pick up Chimchar and Mudkip. As he was getting to his house, he was stopped by Aeon and Dawn. He didn't want to meet up with them, so held his head low.
"Oh..Hi, Aeon and Dawn.."
"Why the sad face?" Dawn replied.
"Well, after yesterday...I was worried you guys wouldn't to travel with me...."
"Oh, cheer up! Of course we would!"
"Wha-wha-what? You would!?"
"Of course! Just because you're a vampire, doesn't mean you're so different we can't travel with 't that right, Aeon?"
"Uh....You ARE different, but yeah, she's right."
Nathan's spirit rose as fast as a jet plane. "REALLY?!?!"
"Well, we just told you..."
With that, the three teenagers walked on down to Professor Rowan's lab. When they finally Got there, the lights were not on, just as before.
"That's odd...the lights aren't on again." Nathan thought out loud.
"Well.. I have to be going soon."
The three teens turned around to see Rowan.
Dawn was the first to say anything."Rowan,you scared us! Anyway, why do you have to be going?"
Rowan had a blank look on his face." I'm going because of Personal matters. Here, these pokeballs contain your starters." Rowan handed the youth's two pokeballs each."I'm sorry, I must be going now." With that, Rowan hurried his way out.
"That was weird...." Aeon said.
"Yeah..., but hey, it's probably just Family matters. Let's go." The teens then walked out of the building.
As they were walking in a park on the way to their houses, they saw a group of P.A.S.T.S (Protectors Against Serious Threats to Society, a branch of the government dealing with...well..."Serious threats to society") Vans go into the town.
Dawn quickly grabbed Nathan's shoulder."Nathan, are those P.A.S.T.S vans? What could they be doing here?"
"Hm...Maybe they're investigating the murder on Saren street." Nathan replied.
"Must've been one hell of a murder...P.A.S.T.S doesn't go into anything but dire and grave situations..."
The teens were even more suprised when the vans parked on the side of the road. Then, a soldier got out and went up to Nathan.
"Hey, are you Nathan Alkarza?"
"...Yes... what do you want from me?"
Before The soldier could answer, Nathan's mom came up to the scene.
"Nathan, I need to tell you to get ready to go somewh-"
"Huh...NATHAN, DUCK-DIE B***H!!" The soldier instantly exclaimed.
Nathan immediately ducked downwards and heard a loud and abrupt bang. As he got himself back together, he looked behind himself.
The soldier had shot his mother.
Nathan immediately turned around and screamed at the soldier.
"HEY!! WHY YOU JUST SHOOT MY F***ING MOM, YOU MOTHERF***ING SON OF A B***H!?!?!"
"Why don't you look at her before you start screaming!"
Nathan instantly whipped around and looked at his dead mother. Then he realized: his "Mother" was an imposter.
"And besides, he didn't shoot him; I did."
Everyone instantly looked in the direction of the unknown voice.
Standing behind the robot was Nathan's real mother, smoking pistol in hand.
"I must say, that group can really imitate people."
"MOM?!?! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?!?!"
"Calm down Nathan, The soldier knows more than I do."
"She's right. That robot was about to take you to a terrorist organization, where they would torture you. We don't know much besides that, those guys keep a closed lid on their operations; no matter how hard we've tried, it's impossible top find info on these guys."
"Really..." Nathan said
"Yes." The soldier replied.
"But why do they want me?"
"We're pretty sure that it's because you and your father are the only ones who can stop them. Why they haven't gone after your old man, we don't know. We don't know their motives, either."
"So, you know nothing, basically." Dawn scoffed.
"Woman, you better check yourself..."
"I don't have to."
"....let's get out of here, boys." With that, the Soldiers left.
Nathan couldn't really say anything for a little while. After an awkward silence, his mother handed him a suitcase.
"Nathan...you forgot this."
When Nathan opened it, the three combat pistols that his father had given him were inside.
"Oh,yeah! Sorry Dawn and Aeon, these are for you."
"Um...why..." Dawn asked.
"So you can protect yourselves just in case a vampire thinks he can take us on"
"He has a point..." Mumbled Aeon.
"Um...Mom....I guess this is goodbye..."
"Yes, Nathan, it is... Dawn and Aeon, I talked with your parents; they wish both of you the best of luck."
"Thanks, Miss Alkarza." Both Dawn and Aeon said.
"You're welcome. And, by the way, I have something to give to all of you." Nathan's mom pulled out a couple of passes. "These are lifetime passes to the Serenanza train line."
"Wait a minute, The Serenanza train line? The ridiculously expensive line that goes all over Sinnoh!? Wow!" Dawn exclaimed.
Nathan's mom smiled. "Hah hah, I knew you'd love them."
"Well..bye, mom.
"Bye, Nathan." With that, the three teens walked on off to the nearest train station.
While they where waiting for the train, Nathan thought about the recent events. Man, a sh*tload happened today, he thought. How can two days contain so much craziness?
"Hey, Nathan, what did you pick for your starter Pokemon?" Aeon randomly blurted out.
Nathan was caught off guard from the sudden comment. "Well, how about I tell you tommorow? A crapload happened today, and I don't think I want to know anything else."
"Yeah, Dawn told me that, too. I guess I'll wait as well. ...Man, It's six-o-clock, where is that damn train?"
As if to make fun of Aeon, the train the trio had been waiting for arrvived.
Dawn shot a snide look at Aeon."Well, there it is, mister impatient."
"Oh...Shut up..."
"Let's just board the god-damn train."
About a hour later, Nathan looked outside at the sky, watching it slowly turn to night. He thought about how exciting his adventure might be, but quickly changed his train of thought to what kind of friends he might meet. After that, he thought about how long the ride would be. According to the Driver, the ride would be about 1 day long.
Nathan decided to see if anyone else was riding the train. He got up out of the room he was in, and saw no one-anywhere. He checked the restruant, and still nonbody. Suprised he, Dawn, and Aeon were the only ones riding the train, he started to go back to his room. However, a noise made him stop.
When he looked around, he saw that someone had been using the restroom. He simply thought that is was Dawn or Aeon, but then he realized that they were still in the room. As such Nathans decided to see the person inside.
When they finally opened the door, Nathan was not expecting them to look like they did; the person was a girl, but she looked EXACTLY like Cynthia, the champion of Sinnoh-everything about was exactly like Cynthia- it was as if someone cloned Cynthia and made her a little shorter.
Nathan decided to see who she was."Hey! You look a lot like Cynthia!"
"What...Oh, hi! And yeah, I do! Why? Because, she's my older sister, that's why!"
"Wait, Cynthia had a little sister?"
There was an awkward silence for a few seconds.
"WHY DOES NO ONE ACKNOWLEDGE MY EXISTENCE!!?!?!?!?" The girl's eyes were a fiery red as a Charizard's tail.
"Whoa...sorry.."
"Ah...I did it again...sorry, I have a tendency to do that..."
"It's okay. Anyway, I'm so sorry that I didn't introduce myself earlier; My name is Nathan."
"Ah, I forgot too! Anyway, My name is Mau-ri, and that spelled M-A-U, then a hyphen , then R-I."
"That's a...weird way to spell that."
"Well, It dates back to my family's heritage, some sort of tradition. My sisters' name is actually 'Cyn-thi-a', with two hyphens."
"Wow, that's actually pretty cool."
"Heh-heh, thanks."
"Anyway, why so you look so much like Cynthia?"
"Well, first of all, She's my older sis, and secondly, I try to act like her alot. I believe that if I act alot like Cynthia, I'll become just a famous as her."
"That's a bad philosophy."
"Huh? Why?"
"You can't just imitate famous people and expect to become just as famous; you have to carve your own path through destiny to succeed. Like my dad always said, 'The paths each person carves through destiny is custom fit to them, and no one else can try to go through it.'."
"Yeah....that's what my sis always says; she thinks I should be my own self, and that I shouldn't try to imitate someone for a foolish desire. I used to hate it when she said that, but the more I look at it, the more it makes sense."
"Well, it's good that you're are paying attention. On another hand, where are you going to?"
"Jubilife city. I need to stop there so I can go to Oreburgh city, so I can challenge the gym leader."
"Wait a minute, You're a pokemon trainer, too? Why don't you come along with me and my friends to Oreburgh?"
"Wait, I can?"
"Sure! Come on, I'll introduce you to them!"
With that, Nathan led Mau-ri to his room, where he introduced Dawn and Aeon to them. After talking with them for a little while, Nathan finally broke the big news to Mau-ri: his backstory.
Surprisingly, Mau-ri wasn't freaked out by his story.
"WOW,YOU'RE A VAMP!?! THAT'S SO COOL!!!!"
"Jesus, I didn't think you would take it this well..."
"Why wouldn't I; I'M RIDING WITH A F***ING VAMPIRE!! HOW IS THAT NOT AWESOME!!??"
"CALM THE F**K DOWN!!"
"Okay...maybe I did go a little over board..."
After that, the teens decided to go to sleep. About a billion things were spinning in Nathan's head; he was nearly killed by a terrorist organization, and met Cynthia's little sister.
Man, alot could happen in a day.