Shadow Colusseum
Summary:
After two years, the same fan-girl travels to the Pokemon World in
time for the events of Pokemon Colusseum.
Disclaimer:
Pokemon
(except for Phanteon and my version of Mewthree), Wes, Ash Ketchum,
Rival character "Thomas", Rui, and other human characters are ©
Nintendo/GameFreak
Fan
Characters/Pokemon like Mona and Mewthree are © Imperfection07
If
there are any similarities, it is only out of coincidence.
Rating:
K+ (May change in the future)
Sorry
I took so long…I had writers block…and finals… (Hits head on
keyboard and groans)
Chapter 4: Phenac City
Ash and I had finally met up with Wes at the Outskirt Stand, now we were speeding on his Spider Bike to Phenac City…
…at 100 MPH I might add…
After speeding over sand dunes, one after another, we finally came to an abrupt halt in front of the front entrance. The end of the bike went up in the air, hung for a moment, then smacked down while Ash, Pikachu, and I simultaneously fell out the passenger seat due to us having no seatbelts whatsoever.
"WAAAAAAAAAH-" THUD!
"It seems you two siblings aren't used to going that fast." Wes commented as we got up shakily.
"I honestly…think…I will…never…go on a roller coaster…again!" I commented before falling backwards again into the sand as Wes moved his bike into a parking area and shoved the keys into his pocket.
"Ah, you'd better get used to it if you're going to be traveling in Orre." Wes replied.
"Yeah, we should. At any rate…Phenac Colusseum here I come!" Ash grinned before racing into the entrance and knocking into Trudley who was holding onto one end of a burlap sack. "OOF! Watch it!"
"You watch yourself…punk…" Trudley turned his head slightly to spot Ash just as Wes and I came into full view. The pause of realization earned the sack enough time to hit him upside the head. "OW! BY DOZE!"
"Trudley, what were you staring…at…?" Foley spotted me. "You…?"
"Me…" I replied.
"Him-her-THEM," My Pokemon team chorused form inside the Pokeballs since they knew the routine.
"And I'll ask again…what's in there?" I pointed towards the sack that struck Foley's hands away (possibly by kicking) and forced the two grunts to drop it. "If you tell the truth, and it's not someone you got from kidnapping…"
"Kidnapping, us? Oh you've got to be kidding!"
"We're not…and from the looks of your expressions, you're lying right now…" Wes spoke up, a bit of a dark tone in his voice. Ah ha, definitely an anti-hero…
"Oh please, id's a sick Pokemon…yeah dat's id! De ding's sick so we're going to dake id do de Pokemon Cender!" Trudley responded, a bit unnerved by Wes's glare and still having that busted nose.
"SOMEONE HELP ME!" A girl's voice cried from inside the sack.
"…and I don't suppose it can speak perfect English…" I replied with a sarcastic tone.
"About the only Pokemon we've seen do that is a Meowth…" Ash commented.
"Pika-pika…"
"CRAP, THE TAPE FELL OFF!" Foley yelped.
"Foley do moron, dey're going to figure out we're kidnappers!"
(ABRUPT
SILENCE)
(Heroes:
Flat Faces / Me: Eye roll "Baaaakaaaa")
(Cipher
Grunts: Nervous Expressions)
"You didn't hear dat…" Trudley said aloud, his busted nose healing a bit.
"We did…" The trio replied simultaneously.
"Well…you three better stay out of our way or things would get ugly for you!" Foley said aloud.
"Sorry but since we know what you are, I won't…" Wes responded.
"Neither will we!" Ash and I replied simultaneously, and then stared at each other.
"We've got to stop doing that…" I muttered.
"Ditto…" Ash commented.
"Okay den, Foley! Deach dese guys who they're messing with!" Trudley ordered.
"What! Why me!" Foley gaped.
"So I can make off with this sack and leave you here with dem!" Trudley blurted out before I released Rika and Huntress. Both Pokemon leapt towards the sack and stood around it, baring their teeth, and the grunt backed off.
"You try that…I won't guarantee these two won't attack you…" I snarled as he backed away, knowing my Pokemon had far more experience…it was odd that he wasn't using his Shadow Makuhita. There were possibly too many people around. Rika's cheeks sparked and a small amount of electricity struck near the grunt's foot, a warning. Pikachu leapt alongside the two and did the same as my Raichu.
"Okay then…if you win: you get the sack and we're gone. We win: we get the sack and YOU." Trudley pointed at me. My eyes narrowed and a snarl burbled up my throat.
"I'm out of the deal baka-ningen (stupid human)," I snapped with a managed cold-and-heartless voice before grabbing him by the collar of his shirt and making sure we were nose to nose. I could tell his pupils were shrinking in fear under his dark glasses as I tried to act like an angered Fire or Dark Pokemon, "Let me make this perfectly clear and make sure it gets drilled in your littlebrain… (Note: voice gets more menacing and louder) I…DON'T…DO…DATES!."
"Alright…alright! Just don't hurt me!" Trudley jumped behind Foley with his voice being high-pitched after that angry roar and glare that would come from a vicious Houndoom. "Fight them already!"
"Which one?"
"I…I DON'T CARE! DE BLONDE-BOY! FIGHT HIM!" The greenette yelled, pointing at Wes.
"Geez…he's more of a sissy than he was in the game …" I muttered to Ash as said 'blonde-boy' stepped up.
"Nox, Espen, come out!" Wes released his Umbreon and Espeon which stood in front of him, poised for battle. I side-glanced Rika and Huntress who were gazing at the two male Pokemon with dreamy expressions before turning back to Trudley and snarling like wild animals.
"Go WISMUR!" Foley tossed both Pokemon out. There was an awkward yet humored silence. Rika and Huntress were restraining their laughter while Espen and Nox gave each other looks that read: "we're fighting those wimps?"
"Foley do idiot…" Trudley commented.
"Oh…I suppose you can take him then!" Foley commented.
"Are you nuhds!" Trudley snapped.
"I'm a WHAT now?"
"Idiots…" I heard Wes comment under his breath. "Nox, use Secret Power! Espen, use Confusion!"
Nox gained a yellowish aura about him before charging at one of the Wismur; at the same time, Espen's eyes turned a dangerous blue before a blue aura formed around the other. The Wismur that got trapped in the Espeon's Confusion Attack felt repeated blows into its mind before fainting from the sudden exhaustion that hit. The other Wismur was a bit luckier; but it managed to escape with just a bad scar.
"Hey! You're cheating!" Foley yelped, recalling the fainted Wismur.
"Since when do villains complain about doing that?" Wes asked. "You should've been more prepared…"
"Alright tough guy… Wismur, use Hyper Voice!" Foley commanded, his Wismur leaping forwards and was about to release an earsplitting shriek before Wes's calm voice broke the pause.
"Espen, Return…"
Instead of actually recalling his Pokemon, however, Wes's Espeon leapt at the Wismur and four hearts appeared, striking the Normal Type head on. Foley's Pokemon stumbled for a moment before falling on its side. The Pokemon seemed to be mumbling something rapidly but it was recalled before I could manage to translate its tongue.
"KEEH! Espen that was so cool!" Rika called out. Espen glanced over and a giant blush formed on his face. Nox snuck over to his brother.
"Hey Espen…you happen to know yer blushing?"
Espen's violet eyes narrowed into slits before he knocked Nox over the head with one of his violet paws.
SWAT! (Huntress, Rika, and I immediately flinched at the sound effect.)
"OW..."
"You've got a lot of nerve…"
"Looks like our plan didn't work…" Foley murmured to Trudley.
"So we're going to have to make a DASH AND GRAB!" Trudley and Foley ran at the sack before Rika (who snapped out of her stunned mood) and Pikachu stood in front.
"Rika…" I got poised.
"Pikachu…" Ash did the same.
"THUNDERSHOCK, NOW!" Ash and I chorused as both electric types sent a massive amount of electric shocks through both grunts. A bit of a giant smoke-cloud ensued before both grunts were sent hurtling over the city-line. Some people stared at us for a moment before continuing what they were doing.
"Glad that's over…" I murmured before recalling my Pokemon. Wes did the same, just as Ash began to try and open the sack. Pikachu was trying to help via gnawing on the rope.
"It's…it's really tight…" Ash grunted. Wes rolled his eyes and walked over.
"Let me handle that…" Wes commented, swatting Ash's hands away, as well as Pikachu, before unknotting the rope and opening the top. "Okay, are-"
POW!
That's the word needed to describe the force of the punch to Wes's face. The ex-Snagem Member crash landed on his back and had the usual anime swirly-eyes. His nose looked like it had been punched in by a random fighting Pokemon.
"He's not really a tough guy from this angle…" Pikachu commented.
"…especially if he just had his nose bashed in…" I replied as Ash restrained a laugh. (Ash: At least it wasn't me!) As Pikachu went to poke at the unconscious Wes with a random stick it picked up from somewhere, Ash and I went to open the sack and avoid the punches thrown. "HEY! We just saved you so…YOU CAN STOP PUNCHING NOW!" I yelled a bit peeved after she almost struck my face. I was grateful my mom (not Amelia) taught me how to block and divert a punch's direction.
The flurries of punches slowed to a stop before Ash and I grabbed Rui's hands and got her into a standing position so the sack fell off due to the gravity.
"Okay…standard question: are you alright?" I asked as I helped Rui get stabled on her feet.
Rui nodded hesitantly as Ash went over to Wes and got Pikachu to stop poking the downed trainer. "Where did those men with the strange Pokemon go?"
"You mean the two hentais (perverts)? Oh…my brother Ash (the trainer with the Pikachu) and I just sent them flying with our Pokemon's electric attacks. I didn't see a Strange Pokemon though…" I replied as Rui looked towards Wes with a confused expression. "Ah…and he's the one you struck in the schnozz (nose)…ah…he's a tough guy that Wes…he'll be fine…"
"Oh…I'm…I'm sorry Wes…I thought you were the…" Rui stopped suddenly as she remembered something important. "Do you know where the nearest Pokemon Center is?"
"Yes…it's near this entrance to the city…why?" I asked. Rui didn't carry any Pokemon…did she?
"Those two badly hurt "Mimi" before kidnapping me right off the street." Rui replied hastily and with nervousness in her voice and blue eyes as she showed me a Green Colored Ball (Friend Ball) that was occupied.
"Alright…" I nodded before turning to Ash and Wes (who was getting up and nursing his battered nose). "…you guys coming?"
"Yeah…deer coming…" Wes grumbled, holding his nose since he currently had a nosebleed from the punch.
"We'd better check to see if the Pokemon Center has something for Wes to lie down on…" I said aloud as Rui used me as a crutch since she was still stumbling along the way. "…and pinching your nose is a good idea when doing so…"
"Whad are do, a docdor?" Wes asked with sarcasm in his voice as I noticed he lost his anti-hero-like mood.
"Wes…sometime in the future…when you get in an embarrassing moment with a member of the female human specie…your nose will get the worse blood spurt of your life…" I hissed. Ash and Pikachu shuddered at the thought of that little event on Cinnabar Island, while Wes went a bright red color… "You'd better not be having hentai thoughts back there…WESLEY…"
I heard a prompt anime-fall from behind Rui and I as well as a yelp from Ash and Pikachu (who probably dodged the falling trainer). Even in this semi-serious situation…I heard Rui laughing a bit shyly.
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"So…you mean to tell me those guys kidnapped you because you could see a dark aura around the Makuhita you saw?" I asked as I sat on a chair in the upper floor. Rui was sitting on a chair with a sleeping Minun in her lap. Ash was grooming Pikachu who continued sighing contently. Wes lay back on a recovery bed, his hand clamped over his nose which was covered by a handkerchief the bluenette nurse downstairs provided. Espen and Nox stayed next to Wes, taking a bit of a rest from the incident they went through…not that they really needed it since Foley wasn't a tough trainer.
"Yes…they challenged me to a battle. Mimi beat the green-haired-boy's Duskull and Lotad…"
"I think his name was Trudley…" I commented. "…please continue…"
"But then he called out his Makuhita and had it knock out Mimi with…I don't know…Shadow Rush…I think he called it…" Rui replied, petting her Pokemon. Mimi opened its dark blue eyes and peered at me.
"What level's your Minun?" I asked.
"Around level 24…at least I think so…" She murmured as I reached a hand towards the Pokemon. The Minun seemed hesitant but then relaxed as I pet it on the cheek.
"The Pokemon might have been at a higher level…but Mimi seems strong enough to take down any Pokemon it's strong against at least three or five levels higher. Being honest, I raised a Minun up to level 50 and it beat a level 57 Skarmory…" I replied. "At any rate…me and my brother (once again…he's not) are not from around here…I started in Johto at around age 9 or so…Ash had to wait longer at age 10 since I started with an Eevee which I found lying badly hurt in a ditch. Ash started with that same Pikachu he's with."
"What happened to your Eevee?" Wes asked, joining the conversation. "It wasn't a weakling was it?"
"Nah…not when it found the strength to evolve…" I paused for effect. "…saved my life along with Ash and Pikachu's in that dire situation…"
"Like how?" Rui asked.
"Ever heard of Team Rocket?" I asked.
Rui shook her head no while Wes spoke up.
"Yes…I've heard they were villains who treated Pokemon like nothing but garbage and weapons of mass destruction." He murmured, side-glancing me with a golden colored iris.
"Give Wesley –err Wes- a point…the leader of Team Rocket "Giovanni" knew how much of a strong trainer I was, beating the Elite Four of Johto/Kanto. He wanted me to join but I wouldn't cooperate…so he put a mind-control device on me. Ash tried to help me…my Eevee broke the memory block. Giovanni was peeved; he sent a bunch of super-charged Pokemon at me. The little fuzz-ball evolved and sent the jerk fleeing before I had my Charizard burn down the base of operations." I replied; leaving out what Eevee evolved into while I neglected to say Ho-oh in front of Wes…I didn't trust him…not when he was carrying that Snag-Machine on his arm…even if he didn't have any Pokeballs to use. I had a sneaking suspicion they would feel nervous if I told my relation to said 'JERK' was. "Well…one of the bases…I still don't know where that villain is…"
"You know…there are a lot of powerful trainers out there…" Wes murmured, still looking at me. "…he wouldn't have come after you without a special reason…other than you being one of the Champion Trainers."
"Well…it's a very long story…" Ash interjected right on time as he finished brushing Pikachu's fur. The mouse yawned in content before scampering onto Ash's shoulder. "It would take all day…other than that Rui probably needs to warn someone like a Mayor about the situation."
"I almost forgot about that…" Rui piped up. "We don't want to go alone…right Mimi?"
"No way…!" Mimi replied, hopping onto Rui's shoulder after I stopped petting it. I couldn't it that Minun were one of my favorites; top favorite still being Eevee.
"Don't worry Rui…we're not about to let you go alone…especially after the incident with Foley and Trudley, right Ash… Wes?" I asked.
"I won't be able to leave this group if I could…Espen and Nox won't let me…especially after your two Pokemon infatuated them…" Wes smirked. I shot a glance at two of my Pokeballs which contained Rika and Huntress.
"Those two…" I chuckled before standing up. The Eevee Brothers shot up to attention as Wes got off the bed, his nose in a much better condition than it was earlier. I handed another tissue to the blonde since his was already stained red.
"Thanks…" Wes took it and continued plugging his nose for a moment before the bleeding subdued and he deposited it in the trash along with the other.
"No problem…" I replied before murmuring to myself: "I can't warn them about Evice yet. Wes doesn't have enough Pokemon to take him down. I just hope that mastermind has no idea of who I am...if he does then..."
"Mona, are you coming?" Ash called up as he broke my train of thought. I silently thanked my 'brother' before running downstairs. I couldn't help being terribly worried about what I had gotten ourselves into...
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