I wanted to let you know that I do not claim any of my characters or references to Pokemon stories. I just have ideas that might be considered interesting dealing with such characters and new ones, too.
Later Years!
Chapter 7 : Divided...Who Will Stand?
Written by drake22ice
The morning had developed a different emotional climate for the large group of friends. People were gathering in groups and discussing who is able to battle and search and who needs to be protected. It was almost the same feeling before a war and the men and women leave their loved ones to go fight. In a sense—that is what was happening.
Star, Tera, and Connor were over with Professor Oak talking about their journeys that they wanted to go on. Misty, Ash and Chance were talking with Brock, Joy, and Lola about the group that are to stay at the gym in their rooms. Soledad, Paul, Dawn, and Officer Jenny were talking about what pokemon the Persian has fighting with him. Garry and Connor were with Max at the door looking for any sign of trouble and talking about how they could not get a hold of May and Drew. Tracey and Professor Birch were looking at the three new trainers while talking to Delia Ketchum and her boyfriend about how Ash is taking Star to battle. Every one was deep in conversation. Connor looked up because he heard foot steps go across the roof. He thought nothing of it until a loud explosion was heard from outside. The gym shook as if by an earthquake, the lights went out. People started to scream, and Max ran outside with Gary and Connor. "There are two of them!" Max called over to Ash as he set his eyes upon two Persians.
Pikachu and Ash rushed outside while others were gathering candles for inside. Ash ran out with Star not too far behind. There at the border of the forest stood two Persians, the Rachnicor, and the Cacturne. "Daddy, whose the girl Persian!" Star said looking at her father while holding her Vulpix. Ash just looked stunned and was about to say something when-- "So you think you twerps will be able to beat me huh?" Mr. Meowth said and then laughed. "After all these years I am still here. My old buddies may be held up somewhere, but I have built up my own clan." He looked down to Pikachu "How are the kiddies, Pikachu? Do they miss their mommy?" He said with his eyes slanted and a smirk. Pikachu got ready to pounce and Ash called "WAIT!" The evil pokemon spread into the woods in different directions.
"Okay! Professor Oak? Are you alright?" Ash asked the older gentlemen sitting in the dark next to Joy and the two little ones. "Don't worry about me, Ash. But I don't believe I can help out there." "I will be here with the babies and the professor, Ash." Joy said with a confident look before she turned to the crying Lola and tried to calm her. "Let out your pokemon!" Ash told Professor Oak and Joy. Red flashes and then a Dragonite and a Blissey appeared. "Okay, we are going to head after them!" he said leaving the gym. Then he stopped to Soledad and Paul who were right behind him. "Will you two stay here in case something happens?" "Sure, but do you think you can handle it out there?" Paul said with a little cockiness behind it. Soledad gave him a look and smacked him behind the head. "We'll be fine! Now, get out there!" She said as Misty ran back in to give her son a kiss on the forehead. "Take care of them for us!" And the rest ran out and towards the forest.
As they entered the forest Tera yelled out "There they go!" and she pointed. "There goes one, too!" Star yelled pointing at one of the Persians jumping through trees. Delia Ketchum screeched towards two blackened eyes disappearing through bushes. "That was the Cacturne, Grandma!" Star stated with a fearful expression. "They're splitting up! We need to realize that we need to find the girl pikachu. If we attack them without knowing the ware abouts of her, then we may not be able to save her." Ash said before looking down to his buddy who looked as though he was thinking of nothing, but getting her back. "Mom! You, Tracey, and the Professors stay here at the entrance in case they come back this way. Max, You, Brock, and Officer Jenny follow that one Persian that way." Ash said before he got interrupted by Tera--"Oh, Can I go with Max?" she whined. The little girl pichu in her arms looked up at Ash, too. "Fine! Max, take care of your sister's new niece." Star looked over to Tera and nodded to wish her luck. Ash turned towards Gary. "Gary, why don't you take Connor and Dawn to follow that Rachnicor?" He looked around the group "Misty and Star are coming with me to go after Mr. Meowth. When you find where they are going, be careful and only battle if you have to. If you find the girl pikachu, get her back to the gym as soon as possible. If you take any of the evil pokemon out, take them back to the jail. There should be another Officer Jenny waiting." He looked around to all of his family and friends. Some of them were letting their pokemon out, and others just had concerned faces on. He saw his mom staring so worried about him and her grandchildren. "Be careful!" he said before they all split up.
The windows of the gym shattered and two Weavile stood in the broken Glass. Joy screamed as a Banette formed itself out of a shadow being cast because of the low candle lighting. She grabbed the babies and ran to the other side of the room. Soledad let out her Pidgeot and Paul his Monferno. The one Weavile went to Thief attack Joy and take the babies only to be caught by a Whirlwind that blew it through the door to the gym. The other Weavile lunged for Soledad who wasn't paying attention. "No! Monferno, use FlameWheel on that Weavile!" Paul yelled. As the fire just missed the Weavile, Soledad caught a claw acrossed her arm. The Banette was forming blue flames around Professor Oak that were getting closer and closer to him. Dragonite tried to body slam the ghost pokemon, but slammed into Paul instead. Blissey (not knowing what to do) was getting really upset with these pokemon that were attacking them. She looked over to see a Weavile blowing a Blizzard attack at Joy and the babies. Blissey got red faced and formed an EggBomb that was glowing red. She launched it right into the face of the Weavile attacking Joy. The Weavile flung back into the wall and did not even get a chance to move before the ticked off Blissey rushed towards it pummeling it with EggBombs that were ripping the pokemon to shreds. When the pink pokemon got right up to the Weavile, she realized that it was in no condition to attack anymore and pushed its unconscious self into a corner. Then, Joy realized that Professor Oak was burnt by the Will-o-Wisp attack from Banette. "Blissey, thank you, but go help Professor Oak." Then, she went back to quieting the crying babies. Chance was looking all around and cried out in between little gasps "Pi---ka--chuuuu!" Joy looked surprised to hear him talk and rocked him and told him "Pikachu is helping daddy."
The other Weavile came back with a IceBeam attack at Monferno, and a Wigglytuff rolled in right after it. Paul looking weak from that BodySlam saw that the Banette was doing some damage and yelled "Monferno, Get behind Banette and use FireBlast." The fire monkey pokemon ran and slid right behind Banette. It only had time to see the huge fire attack that was being blown right into its face. The Banette was raised into the air and looked as if it were being scorched as it screamed. It was down for the count. Meanwhile the Wigglytuff was putting the Pidgeot asleep with Sing. Soledad did not realize it because she was preoccupied with her wound. "DragonRush, Dragonite!" came the order from an injured Professor Oak. The large pokemon's speed hid its leap from one side of the gym into the Wigglytuff. The hit was hard, but the Wigglytuff ricocheted off the wall and bounced back charging a Hyperbeam attack. It almost made it 10 feet towards the Dragonite when Professor Oak said "Again!" The Dragonite rushed towards the pink pokemon and the two attacks collided exploding and blasting the two through opposite walls of the gym. The noise awoke Soledad's Pidgeot, and its trainer took quick notice to the Weavile lunging toward Paul. "DoubleTeam! Then, Tailwind, and Finish him off with Air Slash!" she demanded. The Bird split into five different copies of itself, then picked up speed swirling around the Weavile stopping it from its attack. Each copy then dove at the Weavile catching it with its beak and batting the pokemon around before dropping it to the floor. Soledad dropped to her knees and Joy ran over to Professor Oak.
"Are you okay?" Joy asked the professor. After a weak grunt he told her to go check on the Dragonite. Paul (who was holding Soledad while Blissey mended her wound) heard and ran to both holes in the gym walls. It was passed out on the other side of the huge hole it made in the wall. The Wigglytuff did not survive the blast and laid still without breathing to the other side. After they collected themselves, Paul and Soledad collected the unconscious pokemon and put them in containment cells. He looked to his beautiful, but beat up girl and asked her if she was okay. She looked up to him with tears in her eyes "I'm fine, but I hope every one else is okay! Where did those Weavile come from? I think that the Wigglytuff and Banette were Harley's before he gave them up for his career. He was a contest coordinator that couldn't get his fame through the contests, so he became a tv star on a soap opera." Paul looking interested in her story, but guilty because of how he knew the Weavile. " I knew the Weavile." he gulped and hesitated. "When I was training and finding my pokemon—before I met you,-------I chose pokemon by their levels and abilities. If they didn't meet my standards, I got rid of them. I believe that those two were ones that I threw away." He looked down and closed his eyes. Soledad looked uncomfortable, but rubbed his back. "You aren't like that anymore, right?" he quickly whispered "No!" "Then, why don't you make up for it and see if they want to be trained by you, now. I know we didn't treat them as if they were our friends, just now, but things change. Who knows—the Banette might reconsider, too." Paul just nodded to appease her, but knew that there was no hope for that, now. Joy rushed in with Chance and Lola "I just heard some explosions in the forest!"
A ring came from the up stairs--"Hello--is anybody there?" came a familiar voice. "May!" the four downstairs yelled.
Next Chapter 8: Intense Moment...New Spark! Stay tuned to see who fights and who falls
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