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Chapter 2: Ambush
Lugia was sleeping peacefully in his underground cavern. All was quiet and calm, when all of a sudden there was a giant explosion that shook the entire cavern. Lugia bolted awake.
"What was that?" Lugia said, shocked.
Lugia then flew outside to a horrific sight. The island was under attack, there were airships flying around in the sky and men in black uniforms were running around armed with weapons. As Lugia saw these, images from the dream he'd been having started rushing into his head.
"The dream, has it come true?"
Lugia hovered in the air thinking to himself, when all of a sudden he heard a voice cry out to him.
"Lugia, look out!!!" exclaimed the voice.
Lugia turned just in time to see an electrically charged net flying towards him. Lugia quickly dodged and saw Lucario standing below him. Lugia flew over to his friend.
"Whew, that was close." Said Lucario.
"What's happening?" asked Lugia.
"We're being invaded by an evil organization called Team Rocket. They've already taken off with some of our friends. The rest are hiding in the Legendary Palace." Said Lucario.
"We've got to help. I'm not about to let a group of filthy humans destroy our home" Said Lugia, angrily.
Lucario and Lugia rushed off to the palace. When they got there, they noticed that the palace was under heavy fire. Mewtwo was busy trying to fight off the invaders.
"Mewtwo!!!" Lugia yelled.
"Get inside quickly, I'll fight them off." Said Mewtwo.
"No, I won't let you fight alone!!!" yelled Lugia.
"No, we can't risk you getting captured as well." Said Lugia.
"But…" Lugia started.
"As leader of the legendaries, I order you to get inside immediately!!!" said Mewtwo.
"There's nothing we can do, let's do as he says." Said Lucario.
Lugia and Lucario headed inside the palace, but were surprised at what they saw. Part of the palace had been destroyed and the only Legendaries that were inside were Ho-Oh, Latias, and Celebi.
"You guys made it." Said Celebi.
"Where are the others?" asked Lugia.
"They were taken away. " said Latias, trying to hold her tears back.
Lugia walked over and stood next to Latias.
"We'll get them back, you'll see." Said Lugia.
Just then evil laughter was heard.
"Get them back, hahahaha, now that's a good one." Said the evil voice.
"Where are you, show yourself!!" yelled Lucario.
Suddenly there was a bright flash and an evil looking man appeared. The man was wearing a Team Rocket uniform, stood about 6 feet, had long red hair, and red glowing eyes.
"So this is where the last of you have been hiding out." Said the man.
Who are you?" said Lugia.
"Oh of course, where are my manners, my name is Zander and I am the one who heads Team Rocket." Said Zander.
"Why are you capturing the Legendaries?" asked Lucario.
"We seek to conquer the world. The Legendaries will help us fulfill our goals. Now come along peacefully." Said Zander.
"We'll never come with you. I'm going to defeat you and free my friends." Said Lugia.
"Hahahaha, fine, I could use a little exercise." Said Zander.
Lugia charged forward and fired an Aeroblast. Zander stood perfectly still and created a shield of energy. The Aeroblast hit the shield and disappeared. Zander then dropped his shield.
"How pathetic, let me show you a real attack." Said Zander.
Zander then formed a mass of dark energy and fired it at Lugia. The mass of dark energy turned into a giant hand. Before Lugia could react, the hand grabbed him around the chest and started releasing dark energy, while tightening its grip. Lugia shrieked in pain as the other legendaries stood helpless.
As Zander was having his 'fun', he felt a powerful blow from behind. The force of the blow made him lose his focus and the energy surrounding Lugia disappeared. Zander turned and saw an angry Mewtwo.
"You'll pay for that." Said Zander.
"Get out of here and find help, we can't do this alone. I'll hold him off." Said Mewtwo.
Lugia, Ho-Oh, Lucario, Latias, and Celebi went off in separate directions. As Lugia tried to fly off the island, he suddenly found himself being chased by an airship. Lugia flew as hard as he could, but the airship was catching up as they both flew off into the distance.
To be continued...