Hello everybody and welcome to another chapter of Miracles. So, before we start I have some news.
First off, I will finally be uploading a new Shellpwnageoneshot hopefully tomorrow, if not early next week. It's been long awaited but I have finally made in my opinion my best one yet.
Second, my new story, Cold is coming out Friday! I'm beyond excited about this story as it will be my first with my favorite pokemon as a main character. :D Not only that, I aim to beat the shipping record in a story, which I still believe goes to MewLover54's legendary Critical Condition, which, by the way, on the negative 12 percent chance if you've never heard of...go. Forget this story and just go to his page, grab like eight bowls of popcorn and go. Just make sure you don't have anything planned because you're going to be in for the best time of your life.
Anywho, enough promotingXD, let's get on with the chapter!
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"So, on any note, we want the pokemon, we'll pay you handsomely for them." The voice belonged to a short haired man in a blue suit, sitting across from a tall man with long, curly black hair. His face was hidden behind a pair of sunglasses and he was rapping his fingers on the table they sat at.
He coughed. "We'll see what Terry says when he arrives, Giovanni. I see no issue, but it's his decision." He replied in a raspy voice.
Giovanni snorted. "You're the second in command, don't you have any say?" He asked, sneering at the man.
"We will wait for Terry." He repeated, in an ending of discussion tone. Giovanni rolled his eyes and flipped through one of the two folders he had. He pulled out a mugshot of dark skinned man. He was bigger with a buzzed head. On the top of the page said Terrance Alvarez.
Noticing the man's surprised look, Giovanni chuckled. "Surprised I did my research? A shame really, once Sinnoh League champion now gang leader. And then there's you," Taking out another sheet, showing a picture of the man with shorter hair, and piercing yellow eyes. The top of the picture was labeled Saul Duncan. "You yourself aren't so clean. Arrested five times, possession of firearm, poaching, theft, and assault. And currently wanted for a murder charge. You're dangerous, huh?" He asked mockingly.
Saul cracked his knuckles, before taking out his own sheet. Giovanni was shocked to see his own mugshot from awhile back. "You're not the only one who does his research. Arrested back when you were….how do I say, younger? Of course, you were still nothing but a unknown criminal then, if they knew the things you've done you'd probably be behind bars the rest of your life, huh?"
Giovanni laughed. "Fair enough." He replied, closing his folder as the door opened. He looked to see a tall man, a gaunt face from a lack of sleep. He had messy long black hair under a white cap and a small moustache. He had a scar underneath his eye. Saul stood and dipped his head to the newcomer and Giovanni blinked in confusion.
"Terrence Alvarez?" He asked squinting at the man. If it wasn't for the fact Saul had showed this man a gesture of respect, Giovanni wouldn't have ever guessed it was the same big man from the mugshot. This man looked malnourished, and like he hasn't slept in days. Terry sat down as Saul remained sitting.
He gazed at Giovanni. "Si, ese. I know you must be surprised by the...transformation." He said, his thick spanish accent making it hard for Giovanni to understand. "Heh….prison is a tough place without your compadres….especially when you have the amount of enemies as I." He elaborated.
"Well…..Mr. Alvarez I have a proposal for you I was going over with your Lieutenant." He said, intertwining his fingers. I wish to purchase the pokemon you've been acquiring from Eterna Forest, I have very few Sinnoh bases and haven't been able to land my hands on many Sinnoh Pokémon. I'm willing to pay big….say 25k?" He proposed. Tery went silent for a second, the only sound of the room the bubbling in the fish tank right behind Giovanni.
Giovanni then opened his other folder. "I also have this offer, I offer you some of my men, here's details on them , their pokemon, arrest history. I leave the choice up to you. Money and manpower for the pokemon in the forest."
"Show me the money." Terry demanded, causing Giovanni to chuckle. He placed a suitcase on the table, full of hundreds. Terry looked at it, impressed.
However, his gaze soon darkened. "30k, and you get 75% of the pokemon."
Giovanni was appalled. "Are you serious?" He snarled, pissed off.
"Si. We can hand deliver the pokemon to you next week if you'd like." He told him.
"How many pokemon have you caught, though?" He asked, gritting his teeth in rage.
Saul answered. "So far, our men have caught 81 pokemon, all leveled at least fifty. The rest have fled." He told him.
"You may choose which ones you want once you get your report, you may pick any but two." He told the Team Rocket leader.
Giovanni raised a brow. "What, two highly leveled pokemon?" He asked, rolling his eyes.
Terry chuckled. "No, ese. Two shinies. We have a dealer who pays upward to hundreds of thousands for them. A Buneary….and a Pikachu." His face darkened again.
Giovanni raised a brow. "Something the matter?" He asked.
"We lost a shiny Pichu a while back, I'd say what, fifteen years ago. Marked sort of a downfall for our little gang. We got careless, I had to root out some problems." Terry replied. "Two of the men I had on that case ratted on me for different charges, couldn't tie me to poaching. You better believe I took care of that problem." He said darkly, his knuckles cracking as he clenched his fist.
Saul looked at him. "That incident was bad for all of us, a real sore spot if you will." He told Giovanni. Terry stared at the case of money, a hungry look in his eye.
He moved his gaze to meet Giovanni's. "It won't happen again, I've got my best man on the case."
"You sure he'll be able to do it?"
"It's a Pikachu, ese. How hard can it be to catch a single mouse."
Giovanni sweatdropped as he coincidentally came across three specific mugshots in particular. "Harder than you might think." He said, exasperated. Terry snorted and Giovanni sighed and put his folders in the case and moved it. He looked Terry in the eyes. He knew exactly negotiating with this man was bound to be a hassle.
Terry "Money" Alvarez. The greediest gang leader Giovanni ever heard of. He chuckled as his eyes passed over Terry's scar, a prison fight if Giovanni heard from intel correctly. Apparently Terry wanted too much, got in the way of other leaders, tried to off him. Would've been successful if they were an inch to the right.
Terry raised a brow. "Your greed gets you into quite a bit of trouble, compadre." Giovanni mocked. Saul went for his belt but Terry held his hand up.
He glared at the other leader. "What's your point."
"I'm saying be grateful of what I'm giving you, otherwise you might find yourself in a bit of trouble." Saul growled, a hand by his belt.
Terry kept an eye on Saul. "Are you threatening me?" He asked, giving Giovanni a death stare.
"Just would hate to see someone you love get hurt." Giovanni took Terry's folder out of the case, and flipped to his page. "You've got a son here in Sinnoh….I'd hate to see anything happen to him because of your greed."
"You son of a-" Terry grabbed Sauls wrist as his lieutenant pulled a gun. Giovanni smirked as Terry gave him the death stare.
"I'm guessing you came unarmed?" Giovanni nodded at Terry's question. Terry turned his glare at Saul. "Shooting Team Rocket's unarmed leader, with no other people but us in the building, do you know what kind of heat that puts us at?" He said angrily." Saul ducked his head in shame, and Terry took him by the shoulder and spoke to him in Spanish.
Giovanni raised a brow but then gasped as he felt pressure on his ankles. Looking down, he saw clamps around his ankles. They were gray with weird designs.
"What is the meaning of-"
"No one that threatens my family should expect to go unpunished. You're going to say on video that you're stepping down as Team Rocket's leader and handing over all manpower to me. Not only that, a man will come in 24 hours with a suitcase containing 30k." Terry told him, causing Giovanni to gnash his teeth in outrage. "If you don't, ese, I'll let my lieutenant here end your miserable. With our lawyers, we'd only spend 5 years. I wouldn't even be your age yet."
Giovanni shook with anger as Saul took out a recording device. He tried moving his ankles but to no avail they were stuck in the weird device. Giovanni didn't think they'd be this reckless. If he died here...all his hard work would be for naught.
"Why are you doing this?" He asked in fury.
Terry opened the door to step outside. "Why...because I want wealth. I aim to collect every dollar I can, do you know why? Everyone loses people, their parents, their grandparents….their loved ones," Saul looked away in understanding. "But not money. Money is the only thing that brings happiness to this miserable life, our only comfort in times of anguish. And no one's going to get in the way of my everlasting wealth."
Giovanni blinked then chuckled, finding humor in this situation. "You really are the incarnation of greed, huh? Although, why the death threat for threatening your son? Even a devil like you can't contain his emotions?"
Terry stormed out as Saul started recording. Walking about ten feet from the door, he took out a cigarette and lit it. Taking a breath, he blew out smoke, listening to Giovanni.
How old would he be…eh, it's been too long. The boy was costing me profit, it was for the best.
He put his cigarette out on the wall as he walked back in, right as they were finishing it up. With a nod, Saul let out his pokemon, a Golem. It immediately walked up to Giovanni.
Giovanni heart started racing. "What are you doing?" He asked. Without a word, the Golem broke the fish tank, spilling water everywhere. Giovanni huffed as his entire bottom half got soaked. However he gasped as his heart started rapidly beating, his body convulsing.
Terry's face held no emotion. "Sorry, ese. You would prove to be too inconvenient alive." He released his pokemon, a Mismagius. "The things around your ankles are special conductors. Get them wet enough and they send out electric signals that shoot through your nerves sending you into cardiac arrest. It will look like you had a heart attack in the autopsy. "
Giovanni continued to shake, unable to speak as his vision was slowly fading. Mismagius's eyes glowed, and the suitcase was levitated to Terry. Going through it, he smirked and handed it to Saul, who was returning his Golem. Pressing a button, the conductors released their grip around Giovanni's ankles and he fell, convulsing.
Terry walked close, avoiding the water. He glared at the boss leader until after one last spasm, Giovanni laid still.
Terry spit by his head. "Adios, compadre." He snarled, walking out. Saul looked at the body on the ground, then looked at his boss. Snickering, he followed, wondering how many more bodies he would see until his boss was satisfied…
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"I'll ask again, who are you?" The Buneary ordered, glaring at Ryan. Ryan looked at the two knocked out pokemon, unsure of who he was supposed to be afraid of.
"My name's Ryan, I'm a Pikachu-"
"Wow, I haven't noticed that already." The Buneary said sarcastically.
Ryan took a breath. "I was sent here to rescue you from this forest, there's a bunch of dangerous pokemon around here." He told her.
The Buneary looked at him in disbelief. "Does it look like I need help?" She asked. Ryan admitted she had a point, if he didn't know better he would think she was the dangerous pokemon. Not that he was going to let that stop him.
"Listen if you just come back to Pedro and Gena with me, we can help you." Ryan told her.
The Buneary scoffed. "Who?"
"My trainer and our…." Ryan couldn't say the word friend, as that wasn't quite the right word. However the Buneary didn't care.
"Trainer? Oh Arceus, don't tell me you're a pet!" She exclaimed.
Ryan growled, narrowing his eyes. "I'm not a pet, I'm her battling partner!" He growled grumpily. He saw a playful look in her eyes but ignored it. "Come on, I was sent on a mission to bring you back, and I'm going to do just that." He said.
"Why would anyone send you alone in here?"
"Because...they thought you'd bond more easily with me since I'm a shiny rodent pokemon as well." He told her.
She blinked, looking him up and down. "You don't look very shiny." She commented.
He sweat dropped. "It's more noticeable in the sunlight. "He said sheepishly, realizing the thick trees of Eterna Forest don't do a lot to show off his darker coat. "Besides I had backup with me, but he let me." He said, still unsure of why Arrow was still gone.
The Buneary rolled her eyes. "Well, I hope you weren't looking too long, because I'm not coming." She told him, starting to turn away.
Ryan gripped her arm, making her stop. "I'm not leaving until I bring you back, I don't care if I have to force you, I'm not letting Gena down." He started to drag her. She laughed at his strain, much to his annoyance. He then proceeded to try and carry her.
"Ryan this isn't gonna-" lashed out as he accidently grabbed a VERY wrong area. He was slammed in the tree, swirls in his eyes. Her face turning red, she turned away in a huff.
Shaking his head, he got up and ran. "Wait!" He yelled. The pink rabbit turned, a little surprised he got up so quickly. "I can't let you walk, I promised Gena I'd get you. I-whoah, still dizzy." He did a little spin, and the Buneary laughed.
"Listen, it's sweet of you to care, but I'm fine. I just need to find my family and then we'll get out of here." She told him. "I don't see how a pokemon could spend his entire life with his trainer, it seems like a sad life without your family." She commented.
"Difference is Gena's never thrown me into a tree." He said, rubbing his head. The Buneary shrugged and walked away. Ryan continued to run after her. "Wait…"
"Jane." She said, knowing what he was trying to asked.
Ryan nodded. "What if I help you find your family, and then you all come with me to the lab so we can find out what's going on in the forest. They'll keep your family safe and once we find more out about this we can get this bad guys out of here." He told her.
Jane shook her head. "I'm sorry, but no. I don't trust humans of any sort. If you want to live your sad life, fine, but me and my family will never interact with humans." She told him. Ryan was lost for words, unable to think of what to say. He didn't remember his family, he always assumed Gena got him when he was an egg. His earliest memories were all Gena. He broke out of his thoughts as a twig snapped.
They both turned their heads as an Umbreon stepped out of undergrowth. He smiled and waved to them, seemingly in a good mood. "Hi there." He said happily.
Ryan took a stance while Jane looked disinterested. "Who are you?" He demanded.
Alicane put on a fake hurt face. "Aw, don't be so mean." He whimpered.
"We are not going ask again, who are you" Jane demanded.
Alicane stretched. "Name's Alicane. My friend told me I have to capture you two specifically. Says one of you is apparently pretty strong." He ducked as Ryan ran at him with a Quick Attack. Ducking, he donkey kicked Ryan, sending rolling in the dirt. "I guess it's not you." He commented. His smart aleck comment was soon forgotten as he was Dizzy Punched in the face, and he was sent skidded.
Jane hopped to Ryan. "You, okay?" She asked.
He got up, mad. "Perfect." He gritted.
Alicane shook his head. "Huh, I guess neither of you is the strong one." he said, seemingly disappointed. Jane looked at the Umbreon in disbelief. That was a dead on super effective hit, that should've hurt.
Ryan got ready to attack. "You're not taking us!"
Alicane rolled his eyes. "Anyone ever tell you you need to lighten up?" He asked. Ryan rolled his eyes, but was instantly in pain as bright lights came flashing from Alicane's rings. Jane was blinded too, and they both covered their eyes. Alicane then blinked and a red flash shown. Ryan instantly felt himself get sleepy and the world around him spun as he fell to his knees, and eventually gave way to sleep…
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And there it is, my latest chapter, very dialougey, huh? XD
I hope you all enjoyed Ryan's and Jane's interaction and the reappearance of Terry. Hope he wasn't too TERRYble. *collective boos* Anywho, leave a review, let me know what you thought and look forward to Cold this week, and until then I will catch y'all later! :D