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Tales of the Braven Region: Generation V
Academy Saga
Chapter 2: The Night Raid; Afterschool Invasion!
"And what happened after that?"
Thomas shifted around in his seat. He didn't like being questioned like this, and especially by the police.
"Well… I saw a few human figures hanging around the Academy's West entrance. I figured them for a bunch of drunks, and thought that they wouldn't do any harm!" He said it calmly, but he was honestly getting annoyed for repeating it ten different times. How many angles could there possibly for mistaking criminals for drunks?
So… those guys last night broke into the Academy, and didn't take anything or even leave anything behind? Talk about weird…
The police officer asked Thomas for a more detailed story, and Thomas sighed. What was he supposed to know, their shoe size?
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It was Wednesday, two days after the group's little misadventure at the VPA. And Czar was bored.
"Char…" Czar moaned out as he yawned.
"Hey, it's your own fault for following me home from school…" Kelsey scolded him without turning around. "Just because Vinny may be boring to you right now doesn't mean I'll be any different. I'm busy studying for the exam, too."
"Charmander…" Czar remarked, as if she understood what he just said. It was something along the lines of… "Whatever. It's still better than nothing…"
The two were walking down the sidewalk in the suburban area of Pallet City.
"Honestly, everyone chickened out when I asked them to help me lug all those books around…" She said with a slight hint of anger in her voice. "Vinny and Derek are helping Derek's father with some odd job, Thomas is fulfilling his 'civic duty', Alli said she had to stay behind to hold us a place, and who knows where that Ronald character is?! They're lazy, the whole lot of 'em!" She slapped her forehead, once again wondering why the whole grouping part was necessary.
"What about 'that Ronald character'?" She heard a voice from behind. Turning around, she saw Ronald pop up from out of nowhere.
"And where'd you come from?" She demanded. Ronald simply looked at her with a serious face.
"I've been stalking you near every day now," He answered blankly. But before Kelsey could take a swing at him, he responded with a straight face, "That was a joke. My house is right across the street, and I saw you walking down the street with Vinny's Charmander. That's when I heard you say my name." Kelsey's face went red, whether from anger or embarrassment Ronald couldn't quite tell. Either way, he didn't seem to care. "And you really shouldn't talk to yourself in public, you know. People will start to get ideas."
This time Kelsey did swing, and a large lump appeared through Ronald's shaggy white hair.
"Ow." He calmly proclaimed with his same icy stare. "Please don't hit me."
"Don't joke around so seriously like that!!!" She replied, practically yelling. She regained her composure and added, "Anyways, follow me! You're helping too!"
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"These are the kind of 'odd jobs' that you do around here…?" Vinny asked out of the blue, grabbing his shovel, and throwing dirt into the ditch. A slight snicker came from Jonathan, and he nodded.
"As a Jack of All Trades, I've done dirtier," He responded. "This isn't so bad, though. At least the creepy people in this job don't move!" Vinny glanced at the gravestone behind him and shivered.
"I don't know…" Derek said, looking around him. "I think being around the dead gives you a sort of new outlook in life, you know? Like it makes me feel ever more so alive…" Vinny and Jonathan simply looked at each other. Vinny and Jonathan stopped their digging for a second, looked at each other, and then looked at Derek.
"Pansy."
"I really don't know how he got to be like that," Jonathan stated.
"Hmm… Sometimes people just turn out to be natural wusses, you know?" The two resumed their shoveling.
"See if I ever make you guys dinner again…" Derek muttered, going back to work.
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"This is your house?" Ronald asked, looking towards the roomy two-story baby blue building. Kelsey nodded and walked to the front porch.
"Come in if you want, but take your shoes off unless you want your feet to go along with them," She said coldly. Kelsey slowly opened the door, peeping her head through as it opened. After looking left and right, she suddenly snuck in.
"What, you live with a demon, or something?" Ronald asked, wondering about her odd behavior.
"Something like that…" She whispered back. She opened the door further until she heard the thumping of footsteps coming from the stairs.
"Keeeeeelseeeeey!" A higher-pitched voice cried out, jumping into the air and slamming Kelsey into the ground. Ronald walked in, recognizing the similarities. She looked like a mini Kelsey, except… slightly girly. She wore a pink shirt with sunflower in the middle, and slightly rolled up blue jeans to reveal her ankles.
"A little demon…" She replied. "A very clingy little demon…" She pushed her off, but the little Kelsey stuck right back to her. Then she noticed the white-haired kid.
"Hi, my name's Kelly!" She exclaimed, standing up and pointing at Ronald. "You look just like an old man!" Ronald's eye twitched, as he suppressed the anger.
Only a stupid little girl… Resist urge to draw blood…! Before little Kelly could say something else offensive to Ronald, Czar peeked his head from behind Ronald. Kelly noticed this jumped towards him.
"Char-Char!" She cried out, putting Czar into a half hug, half headlock. "Yay! Char-Char came over to play!"
"You brought Czar along to deflect your sister?" Ronald asked. Kelsey gave a quick nod.
"Today they're closing the library late so all the third year students can study for the final exam. Alli's waiting on us at the Academy library, and I need to get these books in a hurry," She explained. "I'll make it up to poor Czar later," She walked into another room, and Ronald simply stood there for a second, and then followed her.
"Wait, you need to bring books to a librar… Whoa…" He walked in to a room with walls covered by bookshelves. "Are you sure this isn't the Academy library?"
"Very funny…" She muttered, grabbing a book from a shelf. She pulled a list out of her pants pocket, and pointed her finger around until she saw what book she needed. Ronald took the time to see what kind of books there were.
Pokemon Encyclopedia… Bulbasaur Edition, Ivysaur Edition… Wait, they make encyclopedias for individual Pokemon!?
"Just how many of these books have you read?" He asked in wonder. Kelsey pulled another book off of a shelf, and stopped to think about the question.
"Umm… about half of them, I guess…" She said, looking back at her list.
There has to be a conservative estimate of at least a thousand books here!
"And I read over a hundred!" Kelly called out from the doorway, still holding Czar in her hug-lock. For a second, Ronald lost his cold stare in a surprised expression.
Just what is this family!?
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"Looks like we're finished!" Jonathan announced proudly, stabbing his shovel into the ground onto the nice former ditch now filled in with dirt. Vinny lied down to take a breath and Derek laughed at Vinny's exhaustion.
"You were doing so well at first!" Derek exclaimed, holding a hand towards Vinny to help him up. Vinny simply looked up at him, grabbed his arm and pulled himself up.
"I'm always wearing myself from the get-go," He explained. "Unlike you two, I'm not exactly capable of feats of superhuman strength."
"Superhuman?" Jonathan asked, nearly offended! "WRONG!!!" He slapped Vinny on the back, knocking him down again. "This ultimate body was carved by none other than working hard, but never wearing yourself out! Now, we should head home! You said you had something to do after this?" Vinny's head clicked, and he stood straight back up again.
"That's right!" He yelled out. "Me and Derek are supposed to meet Kelsey and the others at the library for the whole… studying thing." He said it as if they were foreign words. He dashed off in a hurry. "I'll go ahead and head over there right now before she takes me head! I'll see you later!" Derek started to chase after him, but his father merely grabbed his arm and pulled him back.
"Excuse me, but aren't you covered in dirt and all sweaty?" He asked, pretty much saying that Derek wasn't. "And there will be ladies present at this event, right?"
"Umm… a couple of girls, but it's just a little study group…" Derek replied.
"WRONG!" He slapped his son on the back, and Derek nearly toppled over. "I'm not going to let any ladies see my son looking like… well, me I guess… but that's beside the point!"
Not noticing the two people that weren't behind him, he looked up at the sky, realizing it was getting dark a little earlier than usual.
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"Let's see, we got out at two… and it's about five right now…" Kelsey and Ronald were carrying a large stack of books. Ronald had to steady his large stack with his chin.
"Question."
"Vinny and Derek should be done by now, but I bet they're still goofing off somewhere. Either that, or they'll forget…"
"Inquiry!"
"Who knows where Thomas'll be… it may just be me, Alli, and Ronald… The three people that don't need to study…" She gave a hard sigh. This would be the last time she would ever offer to help everyone again. Especially if the others didn't graduate.
"HEY!!!" Ronald finally screamed out. It seemed like he was loosing his cool often lately.
"Yes?" Kelsey responded. She shuffled the books in her arms so they became perfectly straight.
"I'm the smaller person, so… Why am I carrying most of the books!? The weight itself feels like it's gonna squash me…" Kelsey gave a cruel smirk, holding back a laugh. He was carrying a stack of books twice the height of Kelsey's stack.
"But I'm told you're incredibly strong despite your puny size, right? This is the time to live up to your reputation!" She left it at that and walked a couple of steps faster.
"And I wonder who she heard my 'reputation' from…" Ronald muttered under his breath. The two finally made it back to the Academy. Fifteen grueling minutes of transporting several books and they finally arrived at their destination.
"Library… Library…" Kelsey said, looking around.
"Down the main hallway, fourth door to the left…" Ronald answered angrily, walking past her and heading to the library. "Sheesh… a nerd like you doesn't even know where the library is…"
"WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME!?" Before she exploded, a hand merely patted her on the head.
"Yo!" Thomas said with an innocent grin on his face. "You shouldn't really yell out like that in public!"
"That's what I've been telling her all this time…"
KLONK! KLONK! A pile of books were planted on top of Ronald and Thomas's heads. Thomas promptly removed them from his head, and grabbed the books on Ronald's head as well.
"If you wanted me to carry your books, you could have just asked…" He muttered, wanting to hold his aching head.
"Thomas?" Ronald answered.
"Yeah?"
"Please carry my books," He lifted his large pile of books and placed them on top of Thomas's other books. He then walked away from the two. Walking away, he said, "I don't need to study for anything, and I'm getting tired of the circus act. I'm just going to put some ice over my head and go to bed."
"It's just after four!"
Ignoring the yelling behind him, Ronald promptly walked out the doors of the Academy, spotting several large men on the way out. Five in total, they wore long, dark brown leather coats, along with large dark brown top hats. They looked like they belonged in a 50's movie convention. The five men weren't talking or anything, just standing there side by side in a straight line, facing forward. The strange men put a pause in his step, but he continued walking when one of the men's eyes glared toward him.
"What are they, human coat racks?" He muttered to himself as he went down the front steps and onto the street.
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In just twenty five minutes, Vinny arrived at the Academy. Quickly running up the steps, he grabbed the door handle and pulled, only for it to stay still.
"Damn door won't budge…" He muttered, and then backed away from the door, trying to catch his breath. He looked around for a bit, and then remembered a side entrance that almost no one knew about, leading straight to the cafeteria. He walked over to the side of the building. It was odd that there was no one around the outside of the building. Normally there were at least three or four loiterers at this time of day. Either neglected students still waiting for their ride to school, or just a bunch of troublemakers with too much free time on their hands. He ducked under at branch, and right behind the bush, was the door. Whenever he was too late for class, he'd often use this door to avoid going through the main hallway. He checked the doorknob and luckily for him, it was still open. He quickly ran through the cafeteria and into the main hallway. He arrived at the entrance where he walked up to the reception desk. Oddly enough, the receptionist looked like some secret agent from the late 50's, with a long brown coat and hat. He was a rather large man, looking to be about six and a half feet tall and a deep tan. He had crazy dark eyes, and his general body structure seemed more like a bouncer than a receptionist.
"Excuse me, sir…" He said, talking politely to make a good impression. The fact that he had dirt all over him, and was wearing a sweaty wife-beater and blue jeans didn't help him much. "Could you please point me to where the library is at?" The large man merely shrugged.
"Beats me," He replied. "I just got this job today," There was a slight snicker when he said it, but Vinny didn't see the humor. Vinny nodded like he understood and waved as he ran off.
"Thanks anyway!" He yelled out with a smile on his face as he looked back. When he faced forward he rolled his eyes.
He didn't even tell me to stop running in the hallways. This guy won't last the week… He continued down the hallway and turned at the next corner. The side opposite from where the library was.
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Kelsey and Thomas were amazed at the sight in the back of the library. Allison had chosen this table for the privacy and the fact that the group would undoubtedly make a lot of noise, but never did they expect to see her snoozing on the table with her mouth open. A small puddle of drool was right near her mouth, and her snoring wasn't exactly quiet.
"Well, this is… unexpected…" Thomas remarked. "Wait, don't you have to lying on your back to be snoring that loud?" Kelsey seemed irritated about it, and she grabbed the top book of Thomas's giant stack, and dropped it right in front of Allison's face.
"Eek!" She cried out, immediately sitting straight up. She looked around, saw Kelsey and Thomas. "Oh?" she grunted for a second, looking down at the table and puddle of drool. "OH!" She wiped the saliva from her mouth.
"A wet table's not exactly a good thing to place a book on…" Kelsey said, somehow speaking in a calm voice. "So could you please drool somewhere else?"
"So sorry!" She cried out, getting out of her seat. There was a red mark on her face from where she put her head down, and gave a slight bow. "I'll go get a towel!" She then went running out of the library, and into to the hallways.
"She's rather…" Thomas started, unsure of how to finish. He looked over towards Kelsey. Would insulting her friend make her go into a violent rage? He wasn't sure, and he didn't want to find out.
"What…" Kelsey then asked with a smirk on her face. "Odd?" Thomas nodded, and she nodded back. "Maybe, but if she was a plain girl, do you really think the two of us would get along?" Thomas shrugged and was about to speak, but was interrupted by utter darkness. All the lights in the library went out, and the two were left in the dark. Peeking through the library door, they saw that the lights in the hallway were out as well.
"Umm… I'm gonna go take a look around," Thomas said, walking towards the door. He turned back towards Kelsey, and said, "You should stay here in case Alli comes back."
There was the suspicious group of people from yesterday, and now a power outage when the least people are around. What's going on here?
"Also, there were some strange people around here yesterday, and they may have come back tonight. So I'd watch myself if I were you…"
"Wait, what do you mean…?" Kelsey asked, but Thomas already bolted. And as he turned around the next corner, Vinny came dashing down on the other side.
"What the heck is with the lights?" He asked himself for no particular reason. In the darkness, he saw the sign reading "Media Center".
"Media Center…" He stopped in front of it, and saw a box. "'Overdue books'…" He snapped his fingers. "I found it!" He opened the door, saying, "'Media Center'? What's with the fancy words…" Vinny was silenced as Kelsey's fist went straight to his face.
"Ouchies…" He said, droning as he finished his word. He collapsed to the floor, apparently unconscious. Three seconds later, he stood right back up with a fist imprint on his face.
"Oh, Hi," Kelsey said, realizing it was Vinny. She seemed to have no remorse for accidentally punching him in the face whatsoever. Three seconds later, Vinny stood straight back up, looking around hurriedly.
"Who's the dead man that… oh… Hiya!" His face and voice became friendlier as the sentence went on. He seemed to harbor no ill will towards Kelsey for punching him in the face. Seemed being the key word. "What's with the lights?" In the library, and in the dark, Vinny suddenly felt the urge to whisper.
"What's with the whispering?" She asked, then shaking her head. "I don't know," She answered. "Thomas says it might have something with the thugs that came in yesterday. Alli ran out for an odd reason, and Thomas went to look around." She then seemed to twitch in anger, saying, "And that cocky brat decided it was a waste of his time…"
"Yeah… He can be a little conceited…" Vinny replied. "Derek's on his way, but I sort of ditched him and ran straight here when we finished with our work."
"So that's why I have the sudden urge to hold my nose…" Kelsey replied. "Well, what do you think we should do now?" Vinny thought about it for a second, scratched his head, and came up with a blank. Then a large figure came bursting in through the door, nearly kicking it off its hinges. The two gave a shout of terror as they heard a gruff voice.
"What you're going to do is stay right here until we finish!"
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"Come out come out wherever you are…" A voice in the hallway called out playfully. Alli, still holding the paper towel, was merely hiding behind a corner. The last thing she remembered, the lights went out just as she got out of ladies' room to get a paper towel. She hurried back to the library, only to spot two large and scary-looking men. It seemed that one of the men was chasing her. She just hoped that she wasn't running from something stupid like a security guard just wanting to ask her if she was alright. But the taunting seemed to confirm that she was in danger.
Why is all this happening…?
She saw a door next to her that was cracked open, and she heard footsteps coming closer and closer. She quickly ducked into the room, closing the door to just a crack, but not shutting it completely. She looked around for a hiding place in the room, and realized that this wasn't a classroom. The walls seemed to be full of shelves with round indents in them, Pokeballs filling up nearly every one.
This must be where the school is keeping all the starter Pokemon… She thought in wonder. She then heard a click from somewhere deeper into the room. She seemed startled for a second, but went to investigate.
"I was wondering when you guys were going to strike…" A faintly familiar voice called out. A little too loudly for someone out to get her. "And I heard that a group of thugs tried to get in the Academy last night, but failed because they set up the security system that's set up only at night. So I realized that you'd strike when the security was most lax. But to think you guys would risk getting discovered for something like this…" He held up an object in his hand. Recognizing the voice now, she stepped in closer to look at an ancient-looking Pokeball with a large scar on across the red top. "Hmm…?" He looked confused as he got a better look at Alli.
"Hi…" She waved with a slight smile on her face, trying to hold back the laughter from seeing Ronald's confused and surprised face. They heard the door creek open.
"Well… looks like I found you…" He started to say.
"Wait, did I just waste my speech on you?" He asked with his tone obviously carrying anger. Alli gave a nervous smile and nodded.
"Your voice threw me off for a second because it seemed a little more mature than normal," She answered.
"Well... forget everything I said, and get out of here!"
"I would… but that large man is blocking the doorway…" She pointed to the impatient-looking man that was chasing her.
"Are you two done yet, or should I count on being ignored for a little bit more?" He asked sarcastically. Ronald immediately replied.
"I was wondering when you guys were going to strike..." He started to recite.
"Save it, I heard it in the hallway!" The larger man yelled out. He looked around the room, and realized where he was. He immediately put his hand up to his ear.
"This is Weasel, calling to Warden," He spoke out in a loud and clear voice. "I have found the target room. I repeat, I have found the target room. Weasel out." He put his hand down, and gave a slight smile. "So… You seem to know quite a bit little boy. Tell me, since you know so much… How would you like to be disposed of?" Ronald gave a slight smirk.
"Alli, get back behind me, and if you have a cell phone, I suggest calling 911. Specifically ask for the police and five ambulances," Weasel seemed slightly perturbed at the boy's cockiness. Nonetheless, Alli ran back behind him and flipped open a cell phone.
"And do you really think that a little runt like you could take me on?" He asked, cracking his knuckles. Ronald patted what he was sitting on. It was a crate full of Pokeballs.
"Why would I get into a fistfight with you when I can just take you out with whatever Pokemon I pickup?" He asked. He closed his eyes for a bit, placing hand an inch above the Pokeballs. "Ah!" He said, opening his eyes. "This one has a particularly cold feeling about it. I think this is a good choice." He picked up a Pokeball and released it. A cold wind stirred as an icy creature appeared before them.
"Snover!" The Ice and Grass type cried out, glad to be outside of its Pokeball. He looked around, saw the scary man, and the young man holding his Pokeball. He didn't understand the situation, but being a Pokemon raised to be a Trainer's, he would obey whoever held his Pokeball.
"Wait… you knew what kind of Pokemon would come out?" Weasel cried out in shock. Ronald gave a slight smile, and shrugged.
"If you block out your senses, you can sense the cries of any Pokemon, whether they're in a Pokeball or not," He answered. "And regardless… Snover! Use Powder Snow!"
"SNOVER!!!" A blast of snowy air shot out at Weasel, and the man screamed as he was struck and parts of his body were covered in ice. Alli closed her phone, and was amazed by the action.
"That's amazing…!" She marveled at it, watching the man go out cold, in the literal and figurative sense.
"He'll be out for awhile, but I'm sure that medical attention – and the police – will be there when he wakes," Ronald said, somewhat enjoying the praise. "Maybe now he'll know better than to insult the son of the former Gym Leader of Snowpoint City, and the grandson of the Sinnoh Region Champion!" He relished the look of shock in her eyes.
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"This is Warthog reporting in…" A large man said in front of the Academy. "The main entrance is all clear… Wait a minute…" He saw a car pull up, the headlights flashing in his eyes. "A car just pulled up…" Jonathan and Derek Pierce got out the car, the latter dressed in a black suit, and looking disgruntled at the fact.
"Well, looks like we arrived a little late… but..." Jonathan said, noticing the large man. "I don't recognize this man…" Warthog merely waved his hand, signaling the two to go away.
"Buzz off old man," He said, his tone not at all friendly or even attempting at negotiating. "Go on now and mind your own business before someone gets hurt!"
"Well you seem like a friendly neighborhood watchman!" Jonathan laughed, signaling Derek to come closer. Warthog replied by pulling out a knife. He seemed like the only thug with enough sense to bring a weapon. He pointed it towards Jonathan, who took a step back. Before he could open his mouth to say anything, an orange blur came zooming out of the car.
"TORCHIC! TORRR!" Tori unleashed a flurry of small fireballs straight at Warthog's hand. The Ember attack burned his hand enough that he dropped his weapon and Jonathan stepped closer towards him, punching him right in the face. Warthog went down with one shot.
"Unlike you, my muscles aren't used for intimidating people and looking strong," He said over the unconscious man. He gave a slight grin to Derek. "I certainly hope he wasn't just a grumpy security guard!"
"You just now thought of that?" Derek asked, slightly annoyed, but he thought it unlikely. What was shocking him more than the fact that Tori once again managed to stow away unnoticed was that fact that Tori could use the Ember attack, and so accurately as well. "No doubt you had a hand in this, old man. You've got too much free time on your hands…" He muttered to himself, watching Jonathan shake his fist from the pain of punching someone in the wrong way.
Why does his stupidity remind me of someone?
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"It's no use hiding!" The gruff man yelled out. "I'll find you eventually!" Hiding behind a bookshelf several yards away from the man, Kelsey and Vinny were crouching next to each other.
"If his job is to just keep us here…" Kelsey whispered, peeking around a corner. It was no good because of the darkness. Where were no windows in the library, so none of the fading daylight could come through to light the place up.
"Why is he busy chasing us instead of protecting the doorway?" Vinny answered with a grin on his face. "I was thinking the same thing. Scary, huh?" Kelsey nodded in agreement.
"I didn't think I'd ever say this, but I think we found someone even dumber than you…" They felt movement from the bookshelf, and they saw that it was crashing down. The two rolled out of the way in different directions, looking at the gruff man standing on over the fallen bookshelf.
"I found you…" He said with a grin. Vinny and Kelsey nodded to each other, and ran around him to go behind the other bookshelf.
"One, two, three!" they yelled out, charging the bookshelf, trying to knock it over. They slammed right into it… and the two toppled to the ground. They groaned in pain, each holding their shoulder.
"Not as easy as it looks, huh?" Gruff smiled with a grin of pure pleasure on his face.
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"This is Wombat reporting in…" A man in the same attire as the others was on the rooftop, only about six feet tall. He seemed to be the runt in this little group of giants. He was watching a young man with short black hair, black t-shirt, and baggy black pants sitting on the ledge looking up. "There's a boy simply staring at the sunset. He doesn't seem to be going anywhere. Requesting orders to… What the hell?!" He heard a trickling sound, and found his pant leg getting warm. He looked down to see an Eevee promptly urinating on his foot.
"Wee?" he looked up with an adorable innocent face.
"Go on now, you damned little piece of shit!" He cried out, sending his foot straight towards the Eevee's abdomen. By the time his foot swung out, the Eevee disappeared out of his field of vision. He looked around, but saw no sign of him. He didn't see the Eevee appear above him, and certainly couldn't see the Eevee's tail glow pure silver. The poor man didn't even know what hit him.
"Fool…" The boy muttered. Wombat's first mistake was kicking at the cute little Eevee. Wombat's biggest mistake was even thinking about kicking the poor Eevee. The Eevee then continued his business on Wombat's face.
Damn, ugly-ass sunset… Hurry up and go away so I can see the moon again… His thoughts broke up when he saw a tired-looking Charmander look walk into the building. It had some sort of cup around it's tail flame.
Domesticated Charmander? How disgraceful.
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"I was a moron for even following your lead!" Kelsey yelled out at Vinny.
"Well, how was I supposed to know all of those books were so heavy?"
"Maybe if you actually picked one up every now and then you'd know!"
"Well, maybe if you weren't so busy reading them you'd be a little bit stronger!"
"Now's not the time for this…" Gruff muttered. "My arms are getting a little tired…" He was holding them up by their shirts, surprised at their ability to ignore the current situation. "Couldn't you two at least pretend to be afraid, even a little?"
"YOU STAY OUT OF THIS!!!" Gruff saw a beam of light gradually approach the library. He received no word of any police or anyone else entering the Academy, so it must have been someone they haven't discovered yet.
"Just one second. You two go about your arguing and I'll pound the two of you when I get back…" He promptly threw them on the ground, and walked towards the entrance. Vinny and Kelsey looked past the gruff man to see a lizard using its tail like a flashlight.
"Czar!" They cried out in unison.
"Char!" Czar replied happily. The Charmander smiled at the two, and then looked up at the giant standing before him. "Char?"
"That guy's a bad person trying to beat us up!" Vinny cried out. "You need to help us!" Czar managed to comprehend this, and smirked. "In fact show me that technique you mastered!" Czar nodded, and took a step back.
"Chaaaaar!" He yelled out, sucking in his breath… and unleashing a cloud of smoke.
"A failed Flamethrower...?" Kelsey asked, unimpressed and annoyed that Vinny would even believe that an untrained Charmander could use such a technique. Then something clicked. "Wait… That wasn't meant to be a Fire type attack! That was…"
"Smokescreen!" Vinny said proudly. "As the victim of an angry Charmander, I have succumbed to that attack many times!"
"That's not something to be so proud of…" Kelsey muttered.
"Char! Char! Char! Char!" Czar jumped through the cloud of smoke, his claws looking like they had a good workout.
"Scratch!" Vinny then said. "When blinded by the smokescreen, you can't help but take the attacks as Czar leaps through the cloud of smoke!" He heard the gruff man cry out in pain, followed by coughing, and then saw him fan the smoke away with his coat. He had several deep scratches across his face, but he looked more mad than damaged.
"Stupid little lizard!" He yelled out, grabbing a pile of heavy books and launching them all at the
Fire type. Czar batted them away with his tail effortlessly, but was kicked right in the face and
sent flying into a wall.
"Cha!" He grunted as he lay on the ground, not used to pain. Vinny and Kelsey ran to his side.
"Now you've managed to make me really pissed…" He said, his voice barely calm. He took one
slow step after another, making sure to give them as much time to shiver in fear as possible.
"Dammit… we don't stand a chance…" Vinny muttered. Kelsey was trying to think of a way to win, but wasn't able to come up with a plan with the current situation. She looked at the books the
gruff man threw, and though she wasn't sure, she thought they were the ones she brought over
with her. She remembered Ronald complaining about their weight, and how Czar easily knocked
them away.
That's right! I remember! She stood up, also lifting Czar up to his feet. "Czar… you need to get above this guy, and give him a good slam with your tail," She whispered. "If you can do that, just maybe you can take him down!"
"Tail Whip?" Vinny whispered back. "I'm not so sure Tail Whip will work if several Scratch attacks wouldn't!"
"Just trust me!" Vinny looked at Kelsey's stern face, and then looked down towards Czar. He nodded to him, and Czar immediately charged head on. Vinny ran off to the side, Kelsey grabbed a book off of a nearby bookshelf, and chucked it past Czar, and straight towards the gruff man. He merely caught the paperback book and tossed it aside.
"Stupid girl, try throwing something that could actually hurt!" He yelled out. She gave a quick smirk, and he noticed the Charmander jump up on top of a table, and then jump straight above him.
"CHAAAAAR!!!" He yelled out, slamming his tail down upon the top of the man's head. The gruff man then knocked the Charmander away, but stumbled to his knees as he went to charge straight over to him.
"What the hell?" He cried out, wondering why he lost his balance. "From a pet Pokemon?" Kelsey nodded, ready to explain.
"There's one thing that a domesticated Charmander has that's stronger than a wild Charmander," She explained. "A Charmander, normally living in rocky and barren hot places, doesn't need to worry about its tail. But a domesticated Charmander normally has to keep its tail up at all times. As the Charmander grows older, that Charmander will have built up incredible muscle strength in the tail, as to not burn anything with the tip of its tail flame!"
"And how would you know this?" He gruff man asked, feeling dizzy from the blow to the head.
"Consider it textbook knowledge, a textbook written by Professors James and Jane Richton!" She proclaimed loudly. The gruff man chuckled, and slowly stood up.
"Thanks for the lecture…" He proclaimed. "Thanks to it, I was able to recover a bit of my strength!" He stumbled for a second, and then heard a loud noise behind him.
"You're not the only one that needed some time!" they heard Vinny yell out. The bookshelf then tipped over, crashing on top of the large man. Past the fallen bookshelf, stood Vinny, holding his left arm.
"Heh… So, James and Jane Richton, eh? Well, I don't know about how many books they read, but I know that Professor Jane Richton makes a mean meatloaf last time you had Czar and I over for dinner!" Kelsey, at first stunned by the fact that he could knock the thing over on his own, ran over towards Vinny.
"Is your arm okay?" She asked. Vinny shrugged.
"I wanted to find out, but it's sorta dangling limply and I can't move it…" Kelsey slapped her forehead, wanting to smack him across the face.
"Idiot, you hit so hard you dislocated your shoulder!" She yelled out. "You could have broken that arm, you know! You need to think about things before you do them!" Vinny looked somewhat offended.
"Of course I thought things through! That's why I slammed the shelf with my left side, so I didn't break my writing arm before the exam!" Kelsey sighed, shaking her head.
"Well, bite your tongue or something, because this going to hurt a little bit…"
"Hey, wait, what are you doing to my ar- GYAAAAAAAAAAGH!"
"Charmander..."
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"Wombat, Warthog, Weasel, Wimpy… Anybody, come in?" Standing outside the Main Entrance making himself looking important, Warden was disturbed by the fact that none of his operatives were contacting in. Weasel said he found the target, but never communicated afterwards.
"Yo!" Warden heard a voice cry out from the front entrance. Thomas Cain walked out the front door, and went closer to him. "I think I've seen you before!" He said. "Aren't you one of the thugs that came here last night?" Warden didn't realize there were any witnesses to last night's failed break-in.
"Well, aren't you the clever brat?" He retorted sarcastically. "And what are you going to do if I am, huh?" Thomas gave a slight smile, and sucked in his breath.
"HELP! HELP! THERE'S A BURGLAR! THERE'S A BURGLAR!!!"
"Why you!" He was about to pull something out of his pocket, but he heard police sirens come up from behind him. "Not good…"
That worked out better than planned! Thomas thought to himself with a grin. I was hoping screaming for help would scare him off… but this works, too! He smiled at his own luck, and waved to Warden as he was taken off into the car.
Preview:
Vinny: Heh, if you thought this chapter had plenty of action… Well, you're just going to have to wait until the next chapter!
Derek: And since is the preview, do you mind bringing the audience to light?
Vinny: Well… If you insist… Czar! Tell them what happens!
Czar: Char! Char! Charmander Char Char! Charchar, CHARMANDER!!!
Vinny: I couldn't have said it better myself.
Derek: Ugh… This preview section is useless. Next time on Generation V: A Charmander's Courage!
Vinny: Miss it at your own risk!
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Author's Notes: And this is the second chapter of Neo Generation V. I give you this warning; after twenty or so chapters, this story's title will change to Tales of the Braven Region: Insert Title Here, so just be warned. As you can see, the first and second chapters have been drastically different from the first two, and third one will be no different. Anyways, the moment you've been waiting for; everyone's approximate levels!
Vinny: No Pokemon
Kelsey: No Pokemon
Derek: No Pokemon
Alli: No Pokemon
Thomas: No Pokemon
Ronald: Snover (Temporary) lvl 12
Jonathan: Tori (Torchic) lvl 10
Czar lvl 5
CHild wAtching sun go Down: Eevee lvl ERROR (Wouldn't you like to know…)
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