Whirl Island
"Where am I?" mumbled Percy in a puddle of water.
He slowly remembered the crash that had happened sometime before his sudden arrival in this weird cave. Percy surveyed the gloomy dungeon he fell into. He couldn't see or hear any of his friends. He didn't hear anyone from the flight at all. His heart dropped at the thought that everyone including his friends were dead. It was hard to see with the dim lighting. He looked to his right and saw a huge waterfall. Upon further inspection, he could see dozens of dead bodies floating aimlessly in the middle of the pond underneath the waterfall.
Percy quickly turned himself over on his stomach to push himself up from the ground and away from the rotting bodies. At this attempt to thrust himself from the ground a severe pain shot up and down Percy's left arm. He quickly fell back down yelling out in agony, once again covering himself in a thick layer of pudding-like mud. After making all this noise, he could hear light footsteps coming towards him. Not being able to move quickly enough to get away from whatever was making the noise, Percy lay in the mud ready to meet his maker. He closed his eyes preparing for the worst. He heard the footsteps right in front of him now. After a few moments he felt a warm tongue against his face. When he opened his eyes he saw his puppy Houndour licking his face, wondering what was wrong with his best friend.
"Aww hey little buddy, you scared me?" muttered Percy weakly to his small furry pet. He let out a happy bark in return. Percy figured he must've gotten out of his ball when he crashed. After a few minutes of making sure his Houndour was alright, the college student got himself up from the ground and on his feet.
"Hmm... where to go now?..." Percy asked himself looking around the dark cave. His nostrils were filled with the stench of blood and rocket fuel. Pulling out a scarf from his bag that was on the ground nearby, he wrapped it around his nose and mouth and started walking carefully away from the waterfall, deeper into the colossal island.
Feeling around his left arm, Percy suspected it might be broken. He did his best to try to make a sling for it out of the garments and clothes he had on him.
After walking a few minutes the student and his fire type Pokemon came to an opening that gave him two direction to choose from. The tunnel on the left appeared go deeper and further down into the island while the other looked like it was leading towards an exit. Percy knew he should take the right route because it had to lead to an outlet. But the fact that he was on a mysterious island on a new planet got his blood flowing. Going against his normal instinct of just trying to leave the crazy cave, Percy went left letting his adventurous side take over.
After a few steps on this alternate route, his Houndour stayed close to him as if there was danger approaching. As they kept walking they would see some bat-like Pokemon flying around just above them. Percy pulled out his Pokedex and identified them as Zubats and Golbats. "Judging by their size they must be stronger than my Houndour." thought Percy to himself. During his walk further down in the cave, he looked to see if there were any Pokemon in the water. After a few minutes of looking he saw a white seal appear from the depths, startling the young Houndour who let out a fierce bark to stand up to the Pokemon. When Percy used the Pokedex on this Pokemon, nothing came up. "I guess my dad hasn't seen this Pokemon before." considered Percy to himself. He took a picture of it and went on his way to see what else the cave offered.
After about ten minutes, there was a steep slope that opened up into a huge room. When he entered, there was an island in the middle. If Percy was going to get to it, he would have to swim. But he was scared for what lurked in the depths of the water surrounding the lonely island. But he came way too far to turn back now. Putting Houndour back in his ball, he took a deep breathe and swam slowly towards the island. Halfway to the island, the injured young man could see some water Pokemon appear in front of the shore to the island. They appeared to be some kind of jellyfish. Scared to death, Percy stopped, fearful of approaching the Pokemon and also terrified of whatever could be beneath him.
While about to swim back to the other side before he was cornered, a loud howl came down from deep in the ocean underneath him. Percy looked in front of himself and saw the jellyfish Pokemon flee in fear of the noise. Willing to take the risk, he continued swimming forward and reached the island.
"What's going on down there?" huffed Percy to himself trying to regain normal breathing. The loud noise from the depth continued as he climbed the small island. The more he investigated it, the more it looked like a den for something. Reaching the top he looked around and saw something amazing. A silver and blue egg rested upon a layer of rock several feet off the ground. The powerful cries from the dark blue water remained a constant reminder that something big was coming.
Knowing that whatever was coming was going to be there soon, Percy just decided to grab the egg and go. Putting it safely in his bag, Percy leapt back into the cold water swimming as fast as he could to avoid whatever was coming his way. He could feel the vibrations of the monsters screech go through his body. As soon as he got out to the other side, he started sprinting, Percy heard the emergence of the beast that was terrorizing him for the last few minutes.
When he looked back, he realized immediately what it was. It was the monstrous Pokemon that destroyed the Hancock. "It must be over 25 feet tall..." whispered Percy to himself in disbelief. Before leaving the scene, he took a picture with his Pokedex and left right away.
When he reached the other route that would've led to his escape in the first place, Percy heard a deathly scream coming back from the chamber with the huge silver, flying Pokemon. Following the shriek, the whole island started to shake. It sounded as if the crazy Pokemon was going on a rampage down below. Percy continued to run up the tunnel toward what he was hoping would be an exit. Underneath him, Percy heard tunnels caving in and the rustling over water being thrown about. He was sprinting around, corner after corner, avoiding Pokemon he had never seen before.
The young student was running for at least ten minutes before a light appeared at the far end of the tunnel. "Thank you! I can finally get out of this place!" exclaimed Percy thankful to be leaving the caves. Squinting as he went outside, Percy waited for his eyes to catch up with the new lighting. A few seconds later, he saw an expanse of water with no end in sight. The violent rage of the Pokemon from inside must've calmed down because all the trembling had stopped.
Walking around the rim of the island he started seeing wreckage of the flight. He knew he was getting close to the crash because debris was piling up the more he went around to the other side of the island. Percy's walk turned into a sprint when he heard the all too familiar voice of his best friend Colin, "I really wish they had some kind of sauce to go with this chicken."
"Colin! Irene!" yelled Percy at the top of his lungs so happy to see that his friends were alive. The two were frightened at first at the muddy figure that approached them from a corner, but were rejoiced when they found out it was their best friend.
"Oh my gosh! We thought you were dead! I'm so happy you're alright!" screamed Irene running toward her colleague.
"I thought the same. Are there any other survivors?" asked Percy looking around the remains of the space shuttle.
"Yeah there are a small handful of people left; two flight attendants and the rest are passengers. They are on what's left of the Hancock looking for food and supplies." said Irene sorrowfully thinking about all the lives that had been lost in the crash.
"Okay gotcha. Well we should try to get off this island." said Percy to his friends while looking over the cliff. Below him were gigantic whirlpools, mercilessly sucking in anything that was falling into it. "It'll be tough though with these whirlpools."
"Yeah I know, if you look hard you can see land just over there" remarked Colin pointing past a whirlpool to the right of where Percy was looking. Percy looked for a few seconds where Colin was signaling and saw a small piece of land pointing out towards them.
Before Percy could say anything he heard rummaging coming from behind him in the scraps of the shuttle. Out appeared the people whom Irene talked about. The people came out with food, a few bags of clothes, and an inflatable raft. Percy introduced himself to everyone and they did likewise. The two flight attendant's names were Jane and Debby. Jane was the one who they talked to on the ride over to Tenga.
Percy was surprised to see Pokeballs on their belt of the Pokemon they caught since they had been on the island. Jane had the jellyfish Pokemon while Debby had a large fighting Pokemon. Going through everyone else, Pokemon such as Krabby, Zubat, the seal Pokemon, Horsea, Magikarp, a bell-like Pokemon, and bronzor were captured by the other people on the flight. Percy was very curious to see how strong their Pokemon were. He was more curious to ask how they caught their Pokemon.
Before he could ask this, one of the passengers whose name was Brad started talking, "We need to get off this island. We don't have many supplies left to last us much longer. There is a small opening a few minutes away from here where we might be able to get through the field of whirlpools."
"Might be able to? said Irene skeptically after hearing Brad's proposal.
"And you have a better plan? I don't hear you coming up with any brilliant ideas." inquired a scruffy looking guy that introduced himself as Steven.
Irene blushed and didn't say anything back to the man after being shut down.
"Alright, well since we don't have any other options right now, we will just have to go with your idea Brad." said Percy. They all nodded in agreement. After getting a little bit of food, the survivors of the freak accident started down towards the water. They arrived a few minutes later.
As they started blowing up the raft Percy turned towards Irene and apologized for not stepping in when Brad hurt her feelings. Irene blushed again at Percy's comment. She was touched that he cared for her and how she was doing.
"Gosh, get a room. It's just an apology Irene. People get them all the time." said Colin whose mouth was full with bubble gum.
"Shut up Colin, no one was talking to you." remarked the blonde college student to her gum munching friend. Colin sneered at her comment and finished pumping up the raft with Brad and another survivor, Danny.
"Alright, I think we're all set to go. Now we are going to have to work with each other to get through the whirlpools. They are very powerful and we will need each others help to navigate our way through them." commanded Brad to the rest.
The small group went through the maze of whirlpools surrounding the island. Each twist and turn they barely escaped death. Each swirl could send them to the bottom of the ocean. Irene could not watch as they zig zagged between the monstrous vacuums. Upon the arrival out of the whirlpools, everyone, especially Irene let out a huge sigh of relief after having gone through a near death experience together.
An hour later the party of travelers finally reached land of Tenga that was not an island. They stepped off the raft onto land which Percy believed would change his life. There was so much he wanted to accomplish during his stay on this new land of opportunity. Percy reached for his Pokeball and released his Houndour. A bright white light appeared and Houndour morphed into form from the energy. The small puppy let out a happy bark, excited to see his master again.
"Alright guys! Let's go guys! Let's get to Ironhold City and see what they have to offer!" yelled Percy sprinting towards the city with the help of his Pokemap.
Suddenly out in front of Percy jumped a gang of robbers, fiercely holding Pokeballs.
"If you want to get to Ironhold City you're going to have to go through us!" remarked the thug with a mask halfway pulled down his face.
"No way! Just move out of way pal! We don't want any trouble!" said Percy back the thug.
The robber laughed at Percy's words. "Well there won't be any trouble if you just hand over those little Pokeballs that you and your friend's have on your belts."
"I don't think so!" said Percy with his heart starting to race now.
"Alright well it looks like we are doing this the hard way guys." The head thug and his cronies reached for their belts, pulled out their own Pokeballs and threw them to the ground releasing Pokemon of their own.
"My name is Sebastian, leader of this gang Walking Nightmare. And you have no choice but to accept this Pokemon battle." sneered their leader towards Percy's crew. "If we win, we take your Pokemon, and if we lose...well, we won't lose."
"That's not right! Battling with these creatures is against the law!" cried Irene to the thugs.
"I don't believe in the law...So take out your guys and let's do this" said the robber angrily.
This would be Percy's first battle; against stolen Pokemon even. He had no idea what to say to his comrade Houndour for a fight, he was also worried sick he would lose his first Pokemon buddy, Houndour. And he knew the rest of his friends wouldn't know what to do either.
The newcomers of Tenga find themselves in their first Pokemon battle, not knowing how or what to do. Will Percy be able to demonstrate how to battle and protect not only his Pokemon but also his friends?
To Be Continued...