Chapter 2

Apollo

Many miles away from the battle for route 1 a small ambush was being prepared on route 17. This route was a major highway between the johto owned saffron and lavender town. These caravans were pulled by a single mamoswine and carried vital supplies to and from each city. It was also rumored to hold captured kanto soldiers and pokemon.

Hiding in the dense forests alongside the route is Captain James Apollo IV and his small band of 10 men waiting silently beside their arcanines. Each arcanine was hand selected for their ambushes being bred for speed and quick attacks. Each of them knew extreme speed, flamethrower, fire fang, and crunch. They all knew 4 moves as scientists deduced that 4 was the maximum number of moves most pokemon could remember accurately.

The usual plan for conflict was to use extremespeed to get to the caravan silently in the speed of light. From then on 5 minutes was all they had to defeat the soldiers and pokemon, loot the caravan, and escape back to a hiding place before a patrol discovers the conflict.

"Captain, scouts confirm that the caravan is 5 minutes away," First officer Kenith Houser reported to Apollo.

Apollo was not an intimidating person at first glance. He was a mere 5'8 and not terribly muscular. He wore a pair of white shorts, with light armor on top. Two small armored skirts ran down either leg a bit farther than the end of his pockets. He wore a white undershirt with a blue sash on. The black armor up to his chest was decorated in with gold detailing. Above that started the white part of his armor which ended in short-sleeves, which flarred out and tightened on his biceps. He had a red scarf on and two long shoulder guards which were identical to his skirt guards. He had bracers that went up to his knuckles which were black with gold lining. Around his wrists was a small spool with rope which was held on with red metal liners. Apollo had brown spiky hair that ruffled upwards and had a special headband he wore. It was large and made a U shape upwards ending in small points. It had smaller section coming of it. It was his trademark headband, and all members of his family wore it.

Underneath the spool lay what it was attached to. Two small knifes lay sheathed in a special leather sheathe. The sheathe went past the knife up to the palm of his hands. On his palm was a small button which released the knives and they shot out. Upon hitting a target they stopped and another hit of the button brought them back. It was Apollo's main weapon he used as it was quick and very silent.

That of course was not his only weapon. Hanging from his sash on his right was a hatchet, and on the left a small sword. The sword was made of agronian and the hatchet was made of distortion steel. This hatchet had been passed on through his family for generations and disintegrates people it kills. The metal was a purple and appeared to be simply a shadow.

"Alert the men, tell them to saddle their arcanines" Apollo replied to Houser. All 10 men saddled the arcanines, and Apollo mounted his. His arcanine was larger than the others and knew an extra move: thunder fang. It was said to be an egg move as his arcanines mother mated with an electric type.

Apollo scratched his arcanine behind her right ear as it was her favorite spot. Her tail wagged furiously until he stopped. He tapped her flank twice with his foot, signaling total silence. In the distance Apollo's sensitive ears picked up the sound of the caravan coming closer. His men lined up around him, and they formed an arrow shape.

"The driver is mine" Apollo whispered to his men. He planned to take the front having arcanine attack the mamoswine while he killed the driver.

The caravan pulled into site about 100 yards away, an easy distance for extremespeed. Once the caravan was fully in sight Apollo raised his right hand and flicked it downwards and kicked arcanines flank three times, signaling to use extremespeed. She bunched her back leg muscles and shot forward at the speed of light letting out a roar.

Arcanine leaped on the unsuspecting mamoswine with a ferocious fire fang right on its neck. The flames licked the jaws of arcanine and she focused the flames on the mamoswine, which let out a cry of pain.

Apollo then looked at the driver who was still taking in what had happened. He wore black armor with no helmet and was sitting on a tiny bench with reins in his hands that connected to the mamoswine. Apollo drew his left arm right over his body and swung it, pointing it at the driver. At the same time Apollo pressed the button on the palm of his right hand and his knife shot out toward the driver.

Johto and hoenn armor differed in a couple of ways. Both of their armor was black but the designs were completely different. Hoenn had lighter armor with small tight helmets, and tight armor with gaps in between the top of the chest and head, and in between the biceps and arms. Johto armor, which was what the driver had on was bulkier and only had gaps in between the visor slots of the eyes, and a small spot on the knees.

Luckily for Apollo the driver had no helmet on and he aimed for the right eye. The knife suck home and Apollo pressed the button on his palm again and yanked his hand back. The knife flew back and sailed back into the sheathe, locking into place. Arcanine broke off from its fire fang and the mamoswine snorted in anger. It began shooting small shards of ice at Apollo which he recognized as an attacked called ice shard.

"Arcanine, flamethrower!" Apollo roared pointing at the mamoswine. The flames exploded from arcanines mouth and met the icicles in mid-air. The icicles quickly melted and the flames enveloped the large elephant. Once the flames died down the mamoswine was on the ground knocked out.

Similar easy conflicts around the caravan had happened to the rest of Apollo's men, and he had zero casualties, slaying 6 enemies. It had been a total of 30 seconds. Apollo got off of arcanine and walked to the back of the caravan where his men were unloading it of all of its supplies. It had the usual supply of weapons and some food. The food they dumped, weapons they stashed. Oddly enough it had a crate of pokéballs which was odd as they had gone out of assembly when the war began.

Apollo hopped into the caravan from the back entrance. Inside were empty crates. He quickly scanned the wooden, dusty room looking for anything his men might have missed. As usual, they were perfect. Just as Apollo was about to leave the caravan he heard a rustling in the corner. Apollo slowly walked over to it and saw an upside down crate rustling back and forth.

A/N: hey guys this update came out fast as I'm really pumped about this story. Please reviews tell me what you think. Also tell me any gym leader or character you'd like to see appear. Lt surge is already going to make an appearance, and a certain relative of red and blue also will ;). I've also been considering giovani so tell me what you think.