Chapter 5: Injury, Ankh, Black Tulip
A/N: I'm back! So enjoy!
Summary: Last time, not much things had happened. Firstly, Arcus has now experienced two symptoms, washed out colors from everything and sounds are muffled and distorted. It will be a while till he experiences his next symptom. Besides that, Hoothoot had left Arcus to find her sister. The girls back home are hiding five newborn children from Arcus so they can surprise him on his birthday. Gamel had also given Arcus one of his Core medal and finally, Giovanni will soon start his plot to capture Arcus.
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon but I own my OC and this story.
Reminder: Arcus permanently telepathically talks to his Pokemon, family and friends.
Names of characters: Arcus, Mega Absol(Angel), Blaziken(Torch), Swampert(Kippy), Persian(Ace), Servine(Lily), Kabutops(Shelly), Fearow(Spear), Ekans(Venom), Espeon(Jewel), Mew(Ella), Vaporeon(Aqua), Milotic(Venus), Flareon(Flo), Jolteon(Brie), Mewtwo(Eliza), Mightyena(Breeze), Shiny Lapras(Jade), Heracross(Striker), Dragonair(Sapphire), Scizor(Blade), Shiny Umbreon(Midnight), Glaceon(Snow), Flygon(Flora). Angel is permanently a Mega Absol.
Names of children(For now): Elekid(Shocker)
"Sir, agent 009 has arrived. Should I bring her in?" A Grunt asked.
Giovanni stopped stroking his Persian's head and replied with a hint of excitement,"Yes. Bring her in. I have something important that I need her to hear." The Grunt nodded as he left the room.
Turning his attention back to the screen in front of him, Giovanni switched on the television and started watching a replay of Arcus's Johto's Championship battles. As he observed the video closely, his eyes widen and they were filled with shock."No...this can't be true...Aaron couldn't be..." Sensing the growing anger within his trainer, the Persian backed away slowly with fear written all over his face.
The door of Giovanni's office soon opened up and a girl with blonde hair walked in. She was also wearing her Team Rocket Uniform.
"You wanted to see me, Giovanni?" Asked the agent.
Giovanni turned back to face her with a very, very, very serious look on his face as he said,"Agent 009, turn your attention to the screen now. There's something that you should see."
As the agent looked at the screen, she said,"It's just Aaron during the Johto League. Nothing special."
Rewinding the video, Giovanni instructed,"Look closely at both of his eyes."
Rolling her eyes, she squinted at the image and said,"He has scars across them. So what?"
Giovanni tapped a few more buttons and an image of a recent photo of Arcus appeared beside Arcus's human image. Giovanni asked,"Do you see any resemblance?"
Agent 009 took a few look at both of the images for a while and she soon gasped before exclaiming,"No way!"
Giovanni nodded and said,"It's true, 009. It looks like we now know why Aaron quit Team Rocket. Because he IS Arcus! Those scars are identical to the ones in the photo. Aaron...I mean Arcus thinks he can outsmart me. I'll show him! Once we find out where he is heading, we'll capture him on sight!"
"Doesn't that means he was the one who convinced Mewtwo to stop following your orders?" Asked Agent 009. Giovanni nodded and removed the images from the screen as he replaced them with a map of the Johto region and a red dot flying across the map.
"We will find Arcus and soon, Mewtwo. Now, let's see where he is heading," said Giovanni as he grinned wickedly at the screen.
"Breakfast time!" Exclaimed Brock as he started banging his wooden spoon on his frying pan.
As soon as he placed his things down, the first person he saw was Ash and he was gripping a plate tightly with his utensils on his other hand. Other than him, Jessie, James and Meowth were also doing the same thing. Thought he expected this, there was one thing he wasn't. Where was Lucy?!
Finally noticing it, Jessie asked,"Hey, does anyone else notice Lucy isn't here?"
Misty looked up at her and replied,"Now that you mention it, I haven't heard her since we woke up. Wonder where she went." Misty then turned her attention to Brock and asked,"Brock, you've been up early. Did you see where she went?"
Brock replied,"Not really. When I woke up, none of you were awake until you just mention Lucy. I'm getting worried for her. What will Arcus say if we lost her?!"
Ash simply yawned as he placed his empty bowl down and said,"Guys, there's no need to worry. Lucy is Arcus's sister. I'm sure she'll be able to handle herself. We'll just wait for her to get back and then we'll be able to get moving."
Meowth rolled his eyes and said,"Jeez, you're quite relaxed for someone who gets annoyed pretty fast."
Soon, Ash's face turned completely red as he yelled,"That's it! I'll get you for that!" With that, Meowth yelped and scrambled to his feet as he dashed up a tree.
As the others tried to calm Ash down, Meowth was still up in the tree and he was about to relax when he was hit by an Ice Beam, turning him completely into a frozen cat sickle.
Once his frozen body fell and crashed onto the ground, everyone rushed over to him and looked up to see a Sneasel giggling on the spot Meowth was before he was frozen.
"Hey! That wasn't funny!" Exclaimed Jessie.
The Sneasel stopped its giggling and leaped off of the tree as it went back into the rest of the trees behind it.
After seeing that she wasn't followed, Sneasel groaned as she made her way to a nearby cave while picking up berries along the way.
Once she walked into the cave, flames suddenly lit up around the walls and she continued her walk deeper into the cave.
Sneasel continued her walk for a few more minutes until she reached the end of the cave where nothing was there. She smirked as she placed her hand on the wall and soon, the entire wall started rumbling as she took a step back while the wall began to move to reveal a hidden room.
Inside the room, everything inside was crystallized and in the middle of the room was Lucy with her wings wrapped around her.
Sneasel placed the berries in front of Lucy and said,"Lucy, I got these for you. Please get better soon."
Lucy smiled as she slowly unwrapped her wings and a big surprise was hidden. She had a cut across her arm and she was bleeding continuously. Lucy slowly picked up the berries and placed them in her mouth and slowly chewed.
Sneasel sat beside her and said,"Please get better soon, Lucy. You know Arcus will get very worried if he finds out you got injured like this. Too bad your friends didn't bother to chase me so they would know what happened to you."
Lucy replied,"I know. But I'm still trying to figure out what Pokemon was it when we saw it last night."
Flashback...
"Lucy, where are you going?" Asked Sneasel as she was released from her Universal ball.
Smiling, Lucy replied,"We're going for a midnight walk. I need you to accompany me. If you don't mind that is."
Sneasel smiled and said,"Sure I will. But where are we heading?"
Pointing over to a cluster of trees, Lucy said,"I've just discovered a beautiful lake nearby. I was hoping that you would follow me to get something to drink."
Nodding, Sneasel got up and she climbed onto Lucy's back. Lucy then said,"Great! I'm sure we'll be back by morning and before everyone else wakes up. But be quiet. We don't want to wake the Wild Pokemon up."
Soon, the two girls were making their way to the lake.
Once they were at the lake, Sneasel jumped into the water and started swimming as she said,"You were right! This is a beautiful lake! I wish Arcus was here to see this with us."
Lucy nodded and said,"Yeah. Too bad he's gone again. I wonder where he is."
Just then, they both heard a splash of water and they turn their attention to a rustling bush. As Lucy approached it, she said,"Hello? Is anybody there?"
As she gotten closer, a streak of red and white flew out of the bush and knocked Lucy down as it flew off into the sky and disappeared.
Seeing this, Sneasel got out of the water and ran over to Lucy."Are you alright, Lucy?" Asked Sneasel.
Lucy slowly got up and said,"I don't think so." As she took a look at her arm, she saw a huge cut on it and a pain filled her.
I'm getting closer...I feel it. Thought Arcus as he landed at the edge of a hill.
Right in front of him, was the one and only, Mt. Quena.
Smiling to himself, Arcus quickly reverted into his human form and started descending downhill but since it was morning, he was sure no one was awake yet. So he continued his descend.
But as soon as he reached the bottom of the hill, red-colored feathers started appearing from the sky and Arcus picked one of it up. Only to be blasted on his back by a fireball that knocked him down.
As he turned his attention to the attacker, his eyes widen as he was staring at another weird monster which he soon recognized as a Greeed.
"So you are the one that everyone calls Arcus. Not so tough when caught off guard, are you?" Said the Greeed.
Arcus got up and said,"It's actually quite cowardly to attack from behind. You know that right?"
The Greeed huffed and sat down before saying,"Look, the only reason I'm here is because I have something important to give you and also some information about what Team Rocket is planning."
With his eyes widen, Arcus asked,"What about Team Rocket?"
"Team Rocket," said the Greeed,"Is planning something big. It has something to do with you. Besides that, here you go..." The Greeed then tossed a red medal over to Arcus and he caught it.
"That's one of my Core right there. Take care of it or I'll be coming after you."
Without another word, the Greeed spread his wings and lifted off the ground before saying,"Oh, my name's Ankh by the way."
Once Ankh was gone from plain sight, Arcus examined the medal and saw that it had a symbol of a hawk. Arcus then clenched it in his hand and it was absorbed.
Sighing, Arcus continued walking away after saying,"Why did this happen to me?"
A/N: Sorry that I'm writing shorter now. I'm just busy because I'm having my exams next week. Wish me luck and the next chapter will be up on Thursday or Friday. Please review and criticism is allowed. Feel free to leave a PM for me and don't forget to Favorite/Follow this story if you want to and even better, Add me to your Favorite Author lists and/or Following list.