Chapter #02: Battle Against the Pink Admin and Reinforcements
"Wes!" Rui called as a young man entered the house. He hurried to the living room where he heard her shouting from.
"Yes Rui?" he asked. He looked around the room until his blue eyes fell upon the boy on the couch.
"Who's he?" the former snagger asked. She went on to explain how he'd gotten here.
"So you still can't tell me who he is?" Wes said.
"No ... because I do not know," she said. He groaned and looked at the boy more closely.
"He's definitely not one of the kids from Team Snagem." Wes said.
"Why do you say that?" Rui asked.
"I would recognize his features." Wes said. She looked shocked for a moment until the information sunk in.
"Right," she said.
"Rui?" Wes asked.
"Yes ..." she said hesitantly.
"We need to call someone about this. At least Professor Krane he may know what to do." Wes said.
"What about Michael?" Rui asked.
"That's a good idea." Wes said.
It was late when I collapsed in their house. They made sure I was comfortable and then went off to bed. One of them would stay up and watch me every hour or so. It was probably for my protection and not just that they were staring at me. At least that's what I liked to think.
The next morning I felt groggy and malnourished. This wasn't knew for me. They never fed me at Cipher and I was lucky to get a drink of water. They said it was part of the experiment but I think it was because they were afraid. Afraid that if I had enough energy I would escape. I sure proved them wrong.
"Are you okay?" the girl asked as I slowly sat up.
"Could I have some water?" I asked in a croaky voice.
"Of course," she said as she went to the kitchen. The other one - Wes came to watch me.
"What did they do to you?" he asked me as the girl returned with the water. I waited until I had drained the entire glass before answering him.
"They did experiments on me. They fused my DNA with that of twelve different pokemon. It could have been more ..." I said and trailed off.
"They ... they ..." Wes said as he clenched his fists. Rui put a comforting hand on his shoulder.
"Calm down Wes. Getting annoyed right now won't do you any good. What they do is bad but we can't do anything about it right now." she said.
"You're right." he said.
"They have also been creating more Shadow Pokemon." I informed them. They both growled in annoyance and anger.
Because I hadn't had food in who knows how long I fell into unconsciousness again. The girl got up and gently laid me down on the couch again.
"He did that yesterday too right?" Wes asked her. She just nodded a look of disgust on her face.
"They probably forgot to feed him. Or even worse ..." she said through gritted teeth.
"Didn't feed him on purpose," she finished. He hugged her to him as she slowly began to calm down.
A few hours later they had both eaten and were staring at my sleeping form.
"Do you think he'll be alright?" Rui asked. Wes said nothing and just nodded.
"We have to find something that he can eat though. I don't even want to know how long its been since he last ate." Wes said. She smiled at him.
"I'm alright," I said as I stretched my long limbs. They both looked a little skeptical but that was to be expected. I had fainted twice in one day. Actually three times in two days.
Why can't I just go without food? I thought.
A crash could be heard outside.
"What is that?" I asked. They shook their heads.
"You better hand over the experiment!" said a person's voice through a megaphone. We could all hear it and it was very loud.
"Experiment?" they both asked.
"That would be me. They call me Project Dusk #001." I said as I got up.
"You're not actually going to give yourself to her are you?" Rui asked.
"No ... I would never do that. But I could battle them." I said.
"Eat this first," Wes said as he handed me a Sitrus Berry. I ate it quickly and went outside with the other two trailing behind me.
"So you finally show up?" a woman's voice said.
"Yeah ... at least I'm not afraid to fight." I said as I came into an open area. A woman stood about fifteen feet in front of me. She wore white pants, black tights, black and white boots, and a white long-sleeved shirt. Her hair was the strange thing though. Her hair was tied in two pigtails that nearly touched the ground - but it was pink.
Who in their right mind dies their hair pink! Rui thought as she watched the strangely dressed woman.
"Who are you?" Wes asked as he stepped in front of me.
"It's alright Wes. I can take her." I said. He stared at me for a moment and then backed down.
"Oh! So you can't even hide and fight your own battles. Maybe the boss should have kept you for Copulation purposes." she said. Huge emphasis on Copulation much! Rui thought angrily.
But before she could say anything I spoke.
"What do you want ... Lovrina?" I asked her. She stared at me for a moment and then answered.
"I want to take you back. The boss sent all eight of us out to different regions to find you. Venus to Kanto, Gorigan to Johto, Ein to Hoenn, Dakim to Sinnoh, Snattle to the Orange Islands, Mirror B. to Estraiya, nascour to Erasatz, and me to Orre. I am just so glad I am the one who found you. Now the boss might actually consider my request." she said.
"What request?" I asked in a monotone.
"I asked if I could punish you. You know ... a little shagging here and there ..." she said. I glared at her. It seemed the two who had been watching me were also quite angered by this.
"No one does that to anyone! I don't care what race or species you might be!" Rui said angrily. You could see fire in her angry green eyes.
"She's right," Wes said.
"I'll tell you what if you give me a good fuck now I'll lessen the punishment." she said. We all glared daggers at her.
"The boss said to battle you if you refused to cooperate." she said. I nodded.
"He figures you're the one who took the four experimental Shadow Pokemon. Well three of them are and the last one is well very strange. That one didn't want to have its heart shut. It kept fighting. We finally managed to turn it into a Shadow Pokemon but the boss has his doubts."
"So who fights her?" Rui asked. There was no reason for it. It was quite obvious that I would be the one to fight.
"But you have six pokemon. That's not exactly fair." I said.
"You count as a pokemon." she said. I tuned them all out.
Something seems familiar. I thought.
A poke ball floated over to me as I stood there unblinking. I grabbed it and held it tightly.
"I guess it's fair enough now. I have got to thank you for bringing my best friend." I said.
How did he do that! The boss never said anything about this! she thought furiously.
"Fine then," she said as she flipped her hair.
Lovrina threw two poke balls into the air.
"Go! Gorbyss!" she cried as a pink seahorse popped out of the ball.
"Go Lanturn!" she said as the second poke ball exploded into white light. An angler fish with light-antennae on its head was released as it began to glare at me.
Water pokemon ... I thought.
"Go Jolteon!" I exclaimed as the electric pokemon materialized at my side.
"Go ..." I started but something cut me off. Railou stepped in front of me.
"Ok Railou you're up," I said. He turned back and stared deep into my eyes. I nodded as he got into a fighting stance.
"Gorbyss use Ice Beam on that little electric rat! Lanturn use Confuse Ray on Railou!" the woman said. Her pokemon were quick (unlike Cail's) to follow her orders.
"Jolteon use Toxic on Gorbyss. Railou use Psychic on Lanturn." I said. She looked pretty freaked out.
"How? Those are both Shadow Pokemon! And that's the ... that's the Railou that wouldn't stay evil!" she cried. She pulled on her hair in anger as her Gorbyss' attack missed. The Toxic hit its mark and the Psychic stopped Lanturn dead in its tracks.
"Now what?" she cried as her seahorse started to shake.
"Gorbyss use Hydro Pump on that dog! Lanturn use Whirlpool on Jolteon!" she cried desperately.
My pokemon just dodged the attacks.
"Railou use Force Palm on Gorbyss. Jolteon use Extremespeed on Lanturn." I said. Her pokemon were knocked into each other by the force of the attacks.
"Grrrrr!" she said as her Gorbyss shook harder.
"Gorbyss use Hydro Pump again! Lanturn use Surf!" she exclaimed as her pokemon shakily followed her orders.
"Jolteon use Shock Wave on Railou. Railou use Psywave on Gorbyss." I instructed them. A strange armor covered Railou's body as it used the faint-blue colored attack on the seahorse pokemon. Gorbyss fainted just before Lanturn's Surf attack started.
"Railou stand your ground. Jolteon use Thunder." I said. Railou got in front of Jolteon as the superspeed pokemon got ready to attack. Sparks could be heard along with cries of pain as Lanturn got hit with the thunder.
"Railou use ..." I couldn't think of anything. Railou got the message and charged forward. A powerful punch was administered by the small pokemon.
That's Mach Punch. I thought. The Lanturn couldn't take it and fainted. We could hear her growling as Lovrina recalled her second water pokemon.
"Fine then," she said as she took out two more poke balls.
"Go!" she said as she threw them both. A purple pokemon came out and stood beside her. The other one was a Vileplume.
"What's that?" Wes asked. Rui looked at the strange purple pokemon and shook her head.
"Isn't it great! Gorigon got it for me in Sinnoh! It's called a Toxicroak." the pink-haired admin informed us.
Ugh I thought.
"Is he your boyfriend?" I asked her. She went red and stomped her foot.
"No one would want to be with that monkey-man! Besides even if you are a ghastly experiment you are hot!" she said as she winked at me. I ignored it but Wes and Rui got annoyed.
"Leave him alone!" Rui said as she tried to step in front of me.
"If either of you interfere it is counted as him forfeiting." Lovrina said. Wes looked disgusted and Rui was mad. Lovrina stuck her tongue out at them.
"Jolteon return." I said as I withdrew the yellow-and-white pokemon from battle.
You always do well but when you fight with regular moves it really drains you. I have to find out what attacks are easier for you Jolteon. I thought.
"Go Chimchar." I said as the red-ish-brown monkey appeared beside Railou.
"Two fighting pokemon that will be your mistake. Go Toxicroak use Sludge Bomb! You too Vileplume!" she said as her pokemon began to shower the field with sludge. But for some reason none of it was hurting my pokemon.
"What!" Lovrina cried.
"You talk too much," I said simply as she figured out what had happened.
"You used a Protect. Fine Toxicroak use Feint." she said. Her pokemon came over and crushed the barrier. My pokemon cried out as they were hit.
"Chimchar use Fire Punch. You use Mach Punch Railou." I said. They began their attacks.
The plant pokemon took the hit but just barely.
"Hah! You weren't expecting that were you. This is an enhanced pokemon." she said as she pointed to her Vileplume. Her Toxicroak was taken completely by surprise.
"Nooo!" she cried as her pokemon was pushed backward. It hit a rock and went flying into her. The weight of the pokemon knocked her onto her ass.
"Grrrrrrrr!" she said as she picked herself up.
"That's it! Vileplume use Sunny Day! Toxicroak use Poison Jab!" she said angrily. The sun shone brightly above our heads. It got darker around the ground as her poison pokemon prepared to attack again.
Railou countered the poison attack with an Aura Sphere. The two powerful attacks collided and created an explosion. Both pokemon stood up. But Toxicroak seemed to have taken most of the damage. It wobbled slightly and then fell on the ground unconscious.
"Toxicroak," Lovrina choked out through her tears as she cradled her pokemon. It disappeared into its poke ball a few seconds later.
"Go! Skarmory!" she cried as a silver armored bird pokemon hovered above her left shoulder.
A steel pokemon. That was a big mistake. I thought.
"Chimchar use Flame Wheel on Skarmory. Railou use Psychic on Vileplume." I said. Chimchar started summersaulting as flames engulfed its body. It rocketed toward Vileplume and the plant pokemon couldn't take the hit.
"Argh! Return Vileplume!" Lovrina said. She grabbed another poke ball off her waist and threw it in the air.
"Go Tyranitar!" she cried. A sandstorm started up as the pokemon got into a fighting stance in front of her master.
"Chimchar use Fire Punch on Skarmory. Railou use Mach Punch on Tyranitar." I said. But their attacks were in vain. The Skarmory flew high into the air and the Tyranitar countered by throwing Railou to the ground.
They're a lot stronger than they look. I thought.
Chimchar was knocked out as Skarmory's Fly attack made its mark.
"Return Chimchar. Go! Umbreon." I cried as the black and gold pokemon appeared beside me.
Not gonna help! Lovrina thought as she smirked at me.
"Tyranitar use Rock Slide!" she cried as the Tyranitar administered her command. Umbreon was pushed to the other side of the field and was barely able to get up.
I've got to end this quickly. I thought.
"Railou use Aura Sphere on Skarmory. Umbreon use Shadow Panic." I said. My pokemon were quick to comply. Skarmory was knocked out of the sky as the Aura Sphere hit its target.
"Use Steel Wing!" Lovrina ordered her pokemon. Her Skarmory got off the ground as its wing began to glow.
"Railou use Force Palm on Skarmory." I said. Just before the Force Palm hit something else happened. The attack seemed to get a lot stronger.
Whoa! Lovrina thought as her pokemon was hit.
"Railou turn that Force Palm into a Thunderbolt." I said. The electricity around Railou grew much stronger. The attack connected with Skarmory's metal body and did double the damage.
"Skarmory! You took down my beautiful bird!" she said. We all caught the distinctive venom dripping from her voice. She withdrew her pokemon.
"Tyranitar use Thunder on both of them!" she said. Fire could be seen coming out of her eyes. as her pokemon collected electricity. The attack shot toward my pokemon at lightning speed. Umbreon couldn't take it.
"Return Umbreon." I said as I recalled the dark-type pokemon.
Looks like I have no choice. I thought.
I stepped in line beside my Railou.
"Looks like it's you and me Railou." I said. Railou nodded and faced the crazy dinosaur pokemon.
"That's nuts! He can't fight a pokemon." Rui said.
"Apparently he can." Wes said as he held her back.
"Railou use Aura Sphere." I told the armored pokemon. A blue aura surrounded Railou as it prepared to attack. My fists started glowing orange as I closed my eyes. The power kept growing as Lovrina's eyes popped out of her head.
I never thought I would actually have to fight him! The boss said he hated battling! What the hell! Lovrina thought as she stared on in horror.
"He's going to get himself killed!" Rui said as she struggled against Wes's strong grip.
"There's nothing we can do. Besides he wouldn't be fighting if he couldn't." Wes told her.
"But ...'" she started.
"He'll be fine." Wes said. She nodded and stopped struggling.
What attack is that? Lovrina asked herself in her mind.
The Aura Sphere hit the startled dinosaur right in the chest. I backed up to the edge of the field and my body started to flash in multiple colors of red and orange. I started running at full speed toward Tyranitar.
Extremespeed and Overheat ... I thought. I collided harshly with the armored dinosaur as the heat coming from my body started to char the ground. Tyranitar fell over and slowly got up. Pieces of its armor were completely gone and most of its body had severe burns. For some reason it didn't seem to care.
What's with this pokemon? Wait ... I thought as I sensed a strange aura around the Tyranitar.
"That's a Shadow-enhanced pokemon." I said as I came back to Railou.
"That's right." Lovrina said. I was getting worried now.
What am I supposed to do? I am not equipped to capture Shadow Pokemon. This is ... I thought as I could feel someone else entering the backyard.
What were they talking about? Wes said it was urgent. Could they have found another Shadow Pokemon? But Cipher is finished that's impossible. a boy with long red hair held back by a blue headband thought.
Get a hold of yourself Michael. They probably just wanted to talk to you. I thought.
I opened the door on the first try.
That's strange they're usually so cautious. I thought. I searched the house for Wes and Rui and quickly came up with my own conclusions.
"Either they are on a walk or they're out back." I said out loud. I made my way to the backyard. But what I found was not what I was expecting.
The Shadow Detector activated as soon as I got outside.
Shadow Pokemon. I thought.
Little did I know that I was in for the adventure of my life. That what I was about to experience would change my life forever.
My eyes flashed dark orange as Railou shifted uncomfortably beside me. The same presence I had sensed a few seconds ago kept getting closer.
"Wes ... Rui?" a voice said. I stopped in my tracks as my eyes returned to their normal medium orange. Something about that voice ...
"Michael!" I could hear Rui say as she ran toward me. I was shocked but not too surprised.
"What's going on Rui?" I asked her. She dried her eyes and looked directly into my icy blue ones.
"Shadow Pokemon ... Cipherhasreturned!" she cried as Wes came up behind her. I just stood there blinking at them.
"Cipher is back and they've committed the ultimate crime." Wes told me.
"What?" I asked.
"They've been conducting illegal experiments on a human." Wes said. He couldn't say anything else as an explosion could be heard.
I was distracted ... Distracted long enough for the Tyranitar to attack me. I tried to get away but the Focus Blast was too powerful. Thinking that it couldn't get any worse I stepped in front of Railou and took the attack head-on.
I could see the boy as he slid across the field. I cringed but started walking toward him.
"Can you get up?" I asked him. There was no response. I got on my hands and knees and brushed the long black bangs out of his face. Medium orange eyes stared at me with a glassy tint. He took my hand as I pulled us both up. He was light ... way too light.
As I got up I could feel the heat from both of us. The other boy seemed to be so much hotter than I was.
"I'm Michael," I said.
"Dusk ..." the boy said. He seemed to figure out what he had been doing and stepped away.
"You can't do that! That's cheating!" Lovrina said.
"You cheated with a Shadow Pokemon." Michael said.
"I used Shadow Pokemon too." I told him. The Shadow Detector slid over my left eye and revealed both of the pokemon to be Shadow Pokemon.
"They are both Shadow Pokemon but hers is enhanced as well." I told Michael.
Great! he thought.
"Yeah and you can't just come around here and take it from me!" Lovrina said in anger.
"You're Cipher," Michael said.
"You have been experimenting on Pokemon for years. Hurting them ... torturing them ... closing their hearts. Now you've tried to do the same thing with a human. I have every right to take that pokemon." Michael said.
"Remember our deal if you lose you're mine! The Project comes with me." she said. I just glared at her.
"I can knock it out. If you could snag it ..." I said. Michael just nodded and stepped back. Lovrina seemed to be satisfied with this.
"Railou use Aura Sphere." I told my friend. Blue light surrounded him again. I stepped forward and prepared to attack. My fists glowed red as I charged up my energy. We both rushed at the dinosaur at the same time.
What attack is that? Michael thought.
Magma Punch. I thought.
The attacks did a considerable amount of damage but the armored dinosaur still got back up.
What do I have to do? I thought.
"Tyranitar use Focus Blast!" Lovrina cried. Her pokemon charged the beam of light and aimed it right for me!
"Railou I want you to attack me with Force Palm." I told him.
He's nuts! Michael thought.
I braced myself for the pain of the attack but it never came. I could feel the electric current flowing through my body but there was no pain.
That's good to know. At least I'm resistant to electricity. I thought.
Yellow armor surrounded my body as Tyranitar's attack started.
I began to charge up a powerful attack just as Tyranitar fired the Focus Blast. I stepped into the colossal attack to shield Railou. I released my attack just as the Focus Blast hit my Thunder Armor.
That was Giga Impact. Michael thought.
When the dust cleared Tyranitar fell over and split a boulder in half with its massive weight. The force of the attack pushed me back behind Michael and Railou. I caught my balance just as Railou came over. I picked him up and held him tightly.
Looks like it's my turn. Michael thought.
I loaded an Ultra Ball into the Snag Machine as it began to charge.
"That won't work. Use this one," I said as I handed a black and silver ball to the snagger. Michael took it and loaded it instead of the Ultra Ball. When it was ready he threw the ball toward the Tyranitar as hard as he could.
Silver light surrounded Tyranitar as it was sucked into the ball. The ball shook a few times and then stopped.
"Go get it Railou." I told my pokemon. He jumped out of my arms and grabbed the poke ball.
"What kind of poke ball is this?" Michael asked as Railou gave it to him.
"It's called a Revenge Ball. Signified by the R on it." I told him. He blinked in surprise.
"I created it while I was at Cipher's headquarters. Some pokemon are angry and don't like being controlled. That poke ball helps them deal with the anger and Purifies them quicker." I told him.
"I'm still here you know!" Lovrina said.
"I know," I told her as I fixed a deadly glare in her direction.
"Um I'll just go ..." she said.
I don't think so. I thought.
I charged up a Giga Impact and fired it at her. She went flying into the air and disappeared miles away.
I could feel my energy draining as Railou walked toward me. I could feel myself falling ... But I couldn't feel the ground. I realized that someone had caught me as my eyes fluttered closed. I began to loose my senses ... as I fell unconscious ... ... ... ...
-end of chapter #02: Battle Against the Pink Admin and Reinforcements-
