A stormy night
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Two weeks pass as Juan continues his search for the woman he lost in a terrible storm years ago. With each lead, comes more disappointment and a feeling of dread. His greatest fear begins to creep into his mind with each failure but he does his best each time to push it away. His latest lead has him approaching the only fighting gym in Saffron City. A gym where Athena's journey began and it also happen to be the place where she received her first pokemon. Taking a deep breath, Juan looks up into the sky and lets out a deep breath as he opens the door and enters.
The gym's appearance resembles that of a place that hasn't been used in a long time but looks could be deceiving. Countless matches that left the sparring mat scuffed the hardwood floors. Holes ranging from varying sizes decorated the walls along with plaques of current and former students. A picture of the master hanged at the very back of the gym flanked by pictures of his Hitmonchan and Hitmonlee. As Juan continues to look around he spots the sparring mat and the many cushion seats that formed a border around it. Hearing a voice coming from the back room, Juan takes a deep breath and shouts hello. Seconds later, a tall and muscular man comes out from a room in the back. He wore the traditional attire a martial artist wears, the actual name of the outfit escaping Juan at the moment. And his face had a long scar running across it that slightly resembles one that a person might get if they fought against a Scyther. He had long black hair that was put up in a long ponytail and his piercing black eyes seemed to bore a hole into Juan. Glancing to the pictures in the back, Juan realizes that this was the gym's Sensei.
"What brings you to the Iron Fist Gym young man? Do you wish to become a student here or is it something else?" asked the very intimidating martial artist.
"I'm standing here before you in hopes that you could help me find someone I lost," Juan replies as he looks up at the tall man.
"What is the name of the person you are looking for so I could help you," the man replies as he takes a seat upon one of the many cushioned seats bordering the sparring mat and gestures to Juan to take a seat next to him.
Juan takes a seat next to the Sensei and utters a quick thank you. He then closes his eyes and begins to breathe slowly as he prepares himself. When he is prepare, he opens his eyes and begins.
"I'm looking for my girlfriend Athena," Juan states as he stares at the man.
"Athena? Oh! I remember her now! She was one of best students. An excellent fighter and trainer. A natural in every aspect of the word… So you're her boyfriend? … What do you mean you are looking for her?" Athena's former Sensei asked after he realizes the meaning of the statement.
"We were on a date on one of the islands near Whirlpool Island and were caught in a hurricane. When I awoke, she was nowhere in sight. I search the entire area by air and I even went as far as to search underwater. I haven't found her and she hasn't made any attempt on contacting me either. It's been two years now and I'm slowly losing my faith that she is still alive," Juan finished, a tear slowly running down his left cheek.
Silence fills the room as the information is finally revealed. Juan sits in silence letting his memory haunt him with each failed search, and Athena's former Sensei lets the news of his best student seep into his mind.
"Thank you for telling me all of this. You see, I always saw Athena as a daughter and she always saw me as the father she never had. All this time I thought the reason she never called or visited was because she lost to her inner demons but now I know the truth," Athena's Sensei said as he looks at the young man before him who cared very deeply for his student.
Juan let his words seep in and the last words began to haunt him. He didn't know about it as Athena always kept her past a heavily guarded secret and his curiosity got the better of him so he asked.
"What inner demons?"
"I'm not surprised that you don't know about it as she tended to keep everything a secret. Athena was an orphan who lost her family to a Team Rocket attack and she always blamed herself for it," the Sensei stated as he looks back at the young man sitting before him.
"That's why she never talked about her family but that still doesn't explain why wouldn't she say something about it?
"It's because she blamed herself for their death."
"What? That's… Explain?"
"It happen in Cerulean City seventeen years ago. She was taking a walk with her family when she heard noise coming from an alley and thought it belongs to a stray pokemon. So, she ended up running into the alley to see what pokemon it was. Her parents tried to stop her but it was too late. When they reached her, they were standing before a group of Team Rocket's men. They told Athena to run and she did but that didn't save her from hearing her parent's screams of pain and torture. She ran back to her parents and found them in a pool of their own blood. To make matters worse, one member of Team Rocket was still present and he saw Athena crying over the bodies of her parents. He attacked her and left her for dead. She ended surviving the attack but the child that used to be Athena was dead and was replaced by an individual who knew more about life and death than anyone. She ran away from the hospital and I found her wandering the streets of Saffron. I took her in and taught her everything she knows so she could be prepare for the choice she would make in the future," finishes the Sensei as he feels a sense of relief wash over him as he lets go the information that has been haunting him for years.
"I didn't know that she suffered so much in her life… No wonder she hated all of those cities. It's all because of Team Rocket… I have to find Athena no matter what… Thank you-" Juan said but paused wanting to get the Sensei's name.
"My name is Rex, Rex Watson," answers the Sensei.
"My name is Juan Illuminate and thank you for all of the information you gave me Rex. It truly does help," Juan states as he rises up from his seat.
"No, thank you Juan. Thank you for being there for Athena, it truly meant something to her and I know that she misses you as well. I could feel it in my heart. I think she is trying to find you but something is stopping her from doing so. Don't give up and I wish you the best of luck," Rex said as he shakes Juan hand and leads him to the exit.
"When I find her, I'll bring her back with me. I promise," Juan said before he exits the gym.
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Lightning streaked across the sky over Cerulean city lighting up the night's sky. The roar of thunder shortly follows. Two individuals stand on a hill overlooking a research and development complex owned by the Orion Corporation. Each of them scan the complex comparing what they are seeing to the blueprint they memorize minutes ago. They had a mission to complete and nothing was going to stop them. With one final breath, they ran down the hill and jump over the electric fence.
Upon landing, the taller of the two points to a building to the right. The smaller one nods and runs over to the building and slips inside. Then the taller shadow proceeds to head to the generators powering the entire facility.
After entering the building that the taller man pointed out, the smaller woman sneaks around by sticking to the shadows. She slowly reaches the room marked security and smiles. A second later, the power goes out and noise is made within the room. Shortly after a guard comes out only to be taken out by the woman. Picking up the body, she goes into the room and dumps it on the ground and proceeds to tie the man up. Once she finished, she switches off all of the cameras and pulls out her communicator.
"Volf, the cameras are all shut down. We are green to go. Over."
"Copy that princess. I'll meet you at the entrance to the lab. Over."
The woman clenches her fist in irritation but lets the small comment slide as she remembers the importance of this mission. With one final glance at the unconscious guard, the woman exits the room and heads to the entrance of the lab. When she reached it, she found Volf kneeling before the electronic lock. Seconds later, the door opens and Volf smiles down at his female companion.
"Ladies first, princess."
"Cut the princess crap Volf and shut up. We can't offer to fail this mission."
"Whatever… Did you know that the last woman that worked with me was killed by my own two hands?" Volf asked as he disregarded her last statement.
"If you do anything funny I will kill you and if I'm hurt in the slightest, our master will personally kill you," the woman replies as she goes in through the open door.
"You don't have to tell me twice princess. After all, I wouldn't want our master's whore to get hurt. My life is far to valuable to me to make that mistake," Volf whispers to himself as he follows the woman.
They continue in silence, navigating the endless hallways that led to the underground lab that held their prize. Each step brought them one step closer to their objective. They shortly found the door that led to the device that could single handily tip the balance in their favor. A weapon of mass destruction that was the crown jewel of the Orion Corporation. A device designed by Michael Kreed himself, The Matter Energy Converter and its partner The Container. Volf opens the door and they found themselves standing before the massive devices. They both stare at them in awe and a smile fall upon their faces.
"So, how do we get this junk out of here?" asked Volf.
"You left the back up generator on right?"
"Yes princess."
"Then watch and learn."
With that being said, the woman unclips two pokeballs from her belt and releases the two pokemon contained within. One was the four-armed powerhouse known as Machamp and the second was the sumo pokemon Hariyama.
"I need both of you to put those two devices onto that hangar elevator," the woman commanded.
Both of her pokemon nod and go about their orders as Volf lets out a whistle as he approaches the woman.
"How original. Using pokemon to due the heavy lifting," Volf states as he looks at the two powerful pokemon moving the heavy devices with little effort.
"You could help them if you want," the woman replies as she glares at the disgusting worm standing before her.
"I wouldn't want to hurt their pride," said Volf as he turns around and looks at the pokemon who were finishing their task.
"Stop fooling yourself. Men like you are pathetic and are only good for fodder," replies the woman as she steps upon the elevator.
"Is that you talking or our precious master?" asked Volf as he activated the elevator and hopped onboard.
"Both."
"I see… It doesn't really matter anyway. I'm getting what I want out of all of this. So, have your pokemon load the devices into the trucks so we could get out of here," Said Volf as the hanger doors above them open up letting the rain fall on them.
"You don't have to tell me twice," the woman states as she orders the pokemon to load the devices into two of the trucks located near the hanger.
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Author notes: Well, chapter three finally arrived and it turned out to be different that I originally planned but I loved it anyway! We ended up learning more about Athena and we see that our hero, Juan, is still having no luck. Not only that but the Matter Energy Converter or M.E.C for short and The Container were stolen! Michael is going to be pissed! But to make matters worse, it turns out that the vile Volf is working with the man and woman who made an appearance in the prologue chapter. For those who don't know who Volf is, he is the man who thinks he killed Raven in the Character's Introduction chapter "The Black Spider." The plot thickens and our heroes are completely unaware of what is going on… for now that is. Michael Kreed is going to make an appearance in chapter four along with… That's right! The villains are all making their debut! Keep your eyes and ears open for chapter four! So don't forget to review!
PS- Thank you for reviewing Silver Don and Ulquiorra9000! I hope you enjoyed this latest installment.