Author's corner.

Twilly: Slow business. [ the whole barber shop is empty ].

Gallant: Yeah, nothing but you, me, Todd and that tumble weed in the corner. [cue blowing tumble weed leaving out the door].

Twilly: This all started when Todd did not get any reviews from his sensei.

Gallanth: Well we can't just wait here for him, get that disclaimer.

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon else Twilly would have gotten a better name [dodges a knife thrown by an angry Twilly].


'Hey!, I'm home!' a tired Gallant shouts as he opens the door to his house.

'And how was your day?' said a woman coming from the kitchen while wiping her hands on her apron.

'Not bad' he said sitting on the couch as Growlithe jumped on his lap. 'Still the same old events, bad guys come, I bust them'

'You remind me of your dad sometimes' the older woman said 'Except you're not a top class spy-'

'But I'm getting there' Gallant interjected. The mother just giggled then went back into the kitchen.

Not long after, there was a tapping at the window. Odd thought Gallant as he approached the window cautiously with one hand close to his side while Growlithe got into an attack position.

Slowly opening the window, a Braveary's head popped through with a letter in its beak. Dropping it, the hawk-like Pokémon flew off leaving a confused Gallant to pick up the letter. Opening the envelope, he began to read the message…,

Dear Gallant,

We have been watching you. Kudos to you on the jewelry case but now there is something bigger at hand. Intel has found out about a gang's activities reported to be in Striaton city. This and other activities to follow will guarantee your entrance into our institution. Good luck and may Arceus guide your way.

From the RPS.

P.s: This letter will self-destruct in 1 minute.

On cue the letter burst into flames and soon nothing was left but ashes. Gallant looked down to his Pokémon and smiled. 'Looks like we got work to do' the Pokémon barked in agreement.


'What the hell!' said a disappointed Twilly as she reached gym. Unluckily the gym wouldn't be open until 2:30pm. Twilly checked her watch, 11:30am.

'Sorry guys, looks like we're waiting' she said to her equally disappointed Pokémon.

sitting down on a park bench, she proceeded to sleep the time away until she heard a Pokémon cry. Getting up quickly, they looked to were the sound was coming from.

.An abandoned warehouse…,


11:39am.

Gallant and Growlithe stepped down from the bus and took in their surroundings.

'Now where to look first?' he said searching the environment. All the buildings looked like they were brand new except the old tall one in the centre of the town. Gallant looked at the building and smiled to himself, 'I can bet my life savings that that is it, reason singular!'

Running carefully towards the door of the building, both human and Pokémon wait and listen for any noises before quietly slipping in.

'They could have at least put some lights in here' he muttered at the darkness that enveloped him. Growlithe nudged his leg for them to move on. 'Got it buddy' he said slowly crouching and moving upstairs through the darkness like a Luxray on the prowl. They soon came to a lighted clearing and Gallant heaved a sigh of relief but was soon captivated by the scene in front of him.

Many devices plugged to form one giant machine with a large satellite dish pointed towards the sky and people in labcoats were hurrying to and fro making adjustments to the large contraption but what caught the young cop's eye was the pokemon at the very centre. Adjusting his eyes well, he saw a Munna in a spherical container with wires stuck on its body.

'Stage 1, complete!' said one of the scientists. 'The distributor is fully functional!'

'Beginning stage 2' said another as he pressed a button on a laptop. A loud cry was heard from the pokemon as several volts of electricity were sent flowing through its body. Instantly, it released dream mist which was sucked out of the container and into a tank.

Gallant was about to make a move when he was stopped by a blue-haired girl that came running from the opposite end of the building.

'Stop! You're hurting it!' she shouted at the scientists.

'Okay, who let the kid in here!' said one of the scientists before turning to the bluenette. 'Look this is none of your business, you wouldn't understand'

'I understand that you're hurting Munna and that's wrong!' she said angrily.

This is just gonna make my job harder thought Gallant but he had to admit this girl had some serious pokeballs onher to be able to stand her ground against these guys. Unfortunately, that's not enough.

Quick as a flash, he brought out his gun and shot the glass sphere containing Munna, smashing it instantly and releasing dream mist which knocked out some of the scientists.

The man spun around and sank to his knees as he looked upon his broken invention. 'No! all that work gone to waste!' he sobbed then turned around clearly pissed off. 'Who did this?!' he growled.

'I did!' Gallant announced revealing himself from his hiding place.

Both trainer and scientist turned around to look at him as he and Growlithe

Jumped down and took their poses. 'Brat! Do you know how much time was spent on that machine' he spat acidly.

'Don't know, don't care' he said shrugging his shoulders before bringing out his badge 'You are hereby under arrest for illegal pokemon utilization!'

'Since when did the police start recruiting children?' the scientist asked before shrugging the thought off. 'Too bad, you both have seen our plans and I cannot allow you to leave just yet, not alive anyways' he said calling out his Scrafty.

Growlithe's fur bristled excitedly and Gallant looked around he room at the other's who had already brought out their pokemon, mainly Scraggy and Patrat, before resting his eyes on the first man. 'Before we inevitably end up fighting, mind telling me who you're working for?'

He just smiled and pulled off his lab coat to reveal his uniform underneath with a large emblem on his chest.

'Plasma!' escaped Gallants lips as he stared at the emblem.

'ATTACK!' the scientist shouted as all the other grunts and pokemon rushed towards the trio.

At that moment, Growlithe, whom had anticipated the rush, shot out a fiery hot flamethrower towards the floor which formed a wall of fire between them and the attackers.

'Get out of here now!' Gallant shouted at the girl.

She defiantly shook her head. 'No, I'm staying to help, you can't fight them on your own!'

'Believe me, I have faced much worse than what these guys can dish out' he muttered reloading his gun with a grey chip then with an orange one. 'Now go!'

'No way, I'm staying' she replied summoning her Pansear and Oshawott.

Gallant looked at her again and smiled. 'Your funeral kid'

'And my name's not kid, it's Twilly' she said. The fire slowly died and she dodged the incoming blow froma scraggy which was knocked away by her Pansear.

'Whatever, kid' Gallant said before blocking a blow from one of the grunts before flipping him over his shoulder. A Patrat loomed over him ready to attack but was kicked away by Growlithe. You're not touching my master he growled and engaged the Patrat in combat.

Gallant dodged another blow from a Scraggy and immediately used the hilt of his gun on its head instantly knocking it out, then shooting it for good measure.

'No stop that!' cried Twilly as she saw what he had done.

'Wha-Oof!' he got socked in the stomach by the Scrafty. Getting up quickly, he managed to move out of the way before the shedding pokemon could deliver it's killer head butt. 'Tsk, this could be a problem' he muttered as he engaged the Scrafty in hand-to-hand combat.

'Pansear, Incinerate, Now!' Twilly ordered as her pokemon shot out a stream of fire from its mouth which did some serious damage to both pokemon and human. 'Oshawott, finish it up with water gun!' Oshawott complied by shooting out a jet of water that knocked out most of them.

Scrafty took a swipe at Gallant but missed and was burned by Growlithe's flamethrower. Steadying himself, Gallant body slammed Scrafty away from Growlithe. The pokemon was about to get up but was stopped by Growlithe's Take down. K.O

Sighing and cursing at how stressful it was, Gallant looked at the other fallen grunts then at the last man standing. 'Give up, we've beaten all your lackeys and their pokemon. Maybe you'll only serve 10yrs and get a shot at patrol if you come quietly'.

The man just smiled. 'We shall meet again'

'What's that supposed to mean?'

At that moment the glass roof broke and several ropes were let down. Calling back his Scrafty, the man was pulled up before Gallant could stop him. The same happened for the others and soon they had all escaped.

'Damn it?' Gallant cursed through clenched teeth. Relaxing his tension, he turned to Twilly who was at the moment sitting down to rest.

'That was the most fun I've ever had' she said excitedly with sparkles in her eyes.

Gallant sweatdropped, is this girl for real? 'You could have been hurt or worse yet, died!'

'But I didn't' she pointed out standing up. 'That battle was great, I'm sure I can beat the gym leader now!'

'Yeah well, good luck with that' Gallant said as he and Growlithe turned to leave.

'See ya' she replied as she turned away as well but slipped on some oil and fell back landing heavily on the boy's back making him to fall head first on a desk.

'Oops, sorry' she said giggling nervously. 'Are you okay?'.

Only one word crossed through Gallants mind in between his moments of consciousness…,

'…ditz!'


Author's corner.

PokeToddSweeney: WHO STARTED THE STORY WITHOUT MY CONSENT?![Slams his fist on a table instantly smashing the vase on top but sparing the table]

Twilly: You're on your own [Instantly runs into the next room leaving Gallant to suffer Todd's rage]

PokeToddSweeney: Gallant please get over here [Brings out his knife and smiles creepily]

Gallant: Meep...! SOMEBODY HELP ME!