Chapter Two. I really hope you guys are liking the story so far! This chapter doesn't have any action really, but it's an important chapter that leads up to a few chapters of just pure action! Sorry for the grammar mistakes if there are any, enjoy and review!
Feet should be shoulder width apart.
Don't grip the bow to hard, but not to light.
Lock onto the target before raising the bow up.
Draw the string back with a constant motion and enough strength.
Lock your sights upon the target with the string fully pulled back.
Relax your fingers and release...
THUMP!
The arrow cut right through the air and slammed just an inch from the center of the circular target, Misty's eye lit up with joy at this sight as she was overcome with joy at this sight. May had been teaching her the ropes of using a bow and after five hours of constant training Misty was finally getting the hang of it. May clapped happily from the far side of the archery range, her crossbow laying on her lap as she tightened the string to a preferred tightness. Misty happily skipped across the shooting range and joined May at the small bench, a big smile still displayed on her face.
"You're really getting the hang of it!" May chirped happily as she pulled her crossbow up to her shoulder and practiced aiming down it, her tongue sticking out of her mouth as she did so.
"Thanks! I mean I'm not as good as you are, but maybe I'll be good enough to finally get that promotion to Lance Corporal!" Misty laughed happily as she knew with Ash moving up within rank soon that there'd be a open spot for Lance Corporal on the squad and she was the only one in the position to take over it, but there was always the chance they just wouldn't give it to her or give Brock a replacement for that rank.
May just grinned at her.
"What?" Misty cried out as she knew that grin all to well.
May just grinned even larger, "You know you don't have to get promoted to impress, Ash."
Misty simply turned bright red upon hearing this comment, "I'm not trying to impress anyone!"
The two girls just giggled as each other as they both knew each other all too well.
Without warning the door to the shooting range swung open causing several soldiers to loose their focus and miss their target, rushing into the room was a young Private his face bright red as he was gasping for air, "Are there any members of Sergeant. Brock Stone's squad in here?"
Misty and May both nervously rose their hands.
"You both are needed in the briefing tent, now!" He cried out as they both nodded at their order and quickly followed the young soldier down the main hall of the Military Police's base. They could tell that everyone in the base was looking oddly nervous and unsure of what was going on.
"What's going on?" Misty spoke up curiously.
The soldier didn't bother to turn around he just kept walking as he spoke, "There's a herd of Shadows coming down from the base of Mt. Silver! They've already taken out two platoons of Infantry soldiers and are heading this way, Command wants to send in your squad and six others to take them out."
May looked nervous, "What if we fail?"
The young soldier cringed at the thought, "They're on track directly towards our base and Viridian City... If you guys fail then the remainder of the base will evacuate the city and try to hold the herd off as long as possible... If you guys fail we'll loose a whole city to those beast!"
Ash stood there nervously as along with his squad there were six other squads all members of the Military Police who had heard about how this herd had completely wiped out two platoons of Infantry soldiers. The Chain of Commander kept reassuring them that the Infantry platoons wren't prepared for the herd, so it was nothing to worry about but Ash knew better. Their leader combat leader was the brave and brilliant man, Colonel. Koga. He had created a plan where all seven squads would split up and attack the herd from all different directions, he also assigned two scouts from the Military Police to accompany each squad as the scouts new the area outside the city the best. Koga had placed in a request for air support that would be led by the well know, Captain. Falkner.
"Go out there soldiers and do Kanto proud!" Koga roared loudly as every soldiers within the room saluted him, then finally Koga did something they no one had ever seen him do... He entered a full erected stance and saluted back screaming, "Long live Kanto!"
There was silence.
"We're screwed," Gary growled lowly as he knew if Koga was saluting them so proudly then this might as well of been a suicide mission.
"Lets move out, our two scouts are waiting for us at the stables!" Brock ordered loudly as whenever given a mission their squad leader and friend became very serious, as being in charge of a team of people he has know for most his life put a lot of stress on him to make sure they all got home safely.
The stress of being squad leader in charge of all his childhood friends was something that put a large amount of stress on Brock.
The stables was busy as the other squads were there also preparing their Ponyta for the mission, extra medic packs were loaded within the saddles along with rations. All the Ponyta in the stable were well trained for riding and knew basic fire type moves for aid in battle, now the Rapidash that were in the stable for only for the Military Police Scouts as they were trained properly in riding the agile and fast Pokemon. Ash quickly climbed onto his Ponyta along with Pikachu at his side, the two now focused on the two scouts that stood before them
Corporal. Paul Shin and Lance Corporal. Ryker Summers.
Paul had a Elekid as his Pokemon companion and Ryker had a Growlithe.
Both of them were fell known within the Scouting company for being great fighters and amazing riders. Ryker had short chocolate brown hair, his skin was lightly tanned, and his eyes were a playful hazel green. He wore the standard uniform with his sleeved rolled back slightly, a pair of goggles hanging around his neck, and wore an extra unit patch on his left breast pocket with the head of a Rapidash with the words, Military Police Scout on the top banner. It was the badge for all Scouts within the Military Police, a small company of them only existed they weren't elite but they were very strong.
"Alright listen closely! The Sergeant may be in charge of your squad, but I'm in charge of all the riding and scouting! If any of you wander off our course while riding we will not go back to get you! This mission is of great importance and I will not accept failure!" Paul roared loudly as he was well known for his serious nature and how personally he took his duty as a soldier, Ryker while still very professional soldier knew how to relax when off duty unlike Paul.
With this Paul and his Rapidash exited the stable at a slow pace waiting for the squad to fill in behind him.
"Now, I know all of you had to ride a Ponyta in basic training so hopefully you all remember that!" Ryker stated off with a chuckle as he could tell a few of them looked nervous about riding as it had been so long since their basic training days, "Just remember if you don't trust Ponyta then Ponyta won't trust you!"
With that Ryker rode right out of the stable and with that the others filled in, Paul made them all ride around the stables three times the first two laps being very rocky and rough but after the third lap everyone was starting to feel more confident in the Ponyta. Filling in behind Paul and Ryker was a simple formation, Brock was in the front with them, Ash and Gary were directly behind them, and the others formed a V like formation behind them spreading outwards. It was a basic formation used by Scouts in order to have a clear vision on what was before them, naturally their back was exposed but Paul didn't care as their mission was the advancing herd and he didn't want to waste man power covering their rear when there most likely wouldn't be a ambush from behind.
"Ride out!"
Ash watched as the six other squads raced across the grassy field all in similar formations, their scouting leaders taking the front with their Rapidash who could easily out run nearly any land Pokemon. Ash's eyes fell upon a flare located on his saddle that everyone was given for this mission, there were two rounds for it. The first was a green smoke that signaled that they pushed back the herd and the third was a red smoke... It signaled failure and the last soldier was suppose to fire it off.
After, twenty minutes of riding he noticed the other squads started disappearing as they began to take different routes so they could properly cut off the herd of Shadow Pokemon. Ash and the others were led into a forest not far from where the herd was last located, it wasn't nearly as thick as Viridian Forest but the trees did make it hard to see who was in front of you. Luckily, Ryker kept calling out every minute or two making sure no one got lost as he knew that they couldn't turn back.
"Gary, did you hear anything about the herd?" Ash asked curiously as Gary was the first one at the briefing room and may of heard some type of news.
Gary simply nodded.
"What was it?" Ash asked curiously as Gary's Umbreon also shared a nervous look on her face.
Gary was silent for a moment before speaking up, "The herd is a large one being led by a Tyranitar and two Aggron, the rest of the herd are a collection of lower level Pokemon."
There was silence as everyone had heard, Gary.
Everyone knew that Tyranitar and Aggron both were known for their armored skin, something that their swords couldn't pierce with ease. They were confident that they could take out the rest of the herd, but the three leaders would be the hardest thing about the mission.
Maybe even impossible.
"Shut up back there, we are almost there!" Ryker roared angrily as everyone knew that Paul and him were getting frustrated with the fact that the squad was already psyching themselves out.
"Come on squad lets give them all we got!" Brock roared loudly as they all burst out of the tree line and to see the herd before them in the center of a open field, the Tyranitar ranging from a much taller height then anyone thought a Pokemon his type could grow. Its Hyper Beam ripping apart the ground before him causing one of the squads who arrived earlier to scatter in fear of being hit.
This was it.
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