Author's Note: Damn, I had a scare there... left my computer and my bag at a track meet. Makes it worse that it's a school where it's common for people to get there bags stolen. Luckily I got a really awesome friend who brought it to school with him. That's why this chapter is taking a while. Anyway, this is in Sun's perspective, enjoy!
Chapter 8: Battle With Team Skull
"See you later mom!" I said as I left my mothers house. I had come to visit her if only for a brief amount of time. I decided to not bring up Lillie when I was there but I had a feeling she knew already. Later, I went to go to my own home. It wasn't what you'd expect from a champion. I just rented an apartment room in a new hotel they had built just two years prior. Once I entered, it smelled horrible. There were pizzas on the floor and soda spilled everywhere. "Ugh!" I cried in disgust. I remembered I hadn't been inside for a bit and the last time I did was when me and Hau had a late night session of gaming. Now, being a champion did have its perks. I had received the brand new Nintendo Switch for free! I, of course, was about to game all day. It was a bit of a secret that I lived in such an unhealthy way. I had to keep fit and be a role model for kids but I did like to let loose sometimes. I had a maid come up and clean the room while I set up the Switch and started playing. Suddenly, my phone went off. I let it ring and saw Hau had left a voice message. I got to a good saving point in my game. It only took about 15 minutes. The voice message said,"Hey, Sun howzit? Listen, me and Lillie are in need of some assistance you see, TEAM SKULL IS HERE AT THE ANO TOWN LIBRARY! I THOUGHT THEY WERE GONE! SO GET OVER HERE!" I hurried down and ran out. I called for the ride Charizard to come and waited just a second. I rode it up in the sky to Ano Town. My heart was beating fast and I couldn't think. After a bit, however, I realized that it was only Team Skull. The team that I had beaten when I was a kid. And now, even if they reformed, how much power could they possibly have?
"Hey! What's up!" I said once I arrived. There was no answer. I was right outside the library and the door was open. Surely they would have heard if they were there. I realized no one was anywhere. I looked around, now extremely worried. "H-Hau? Lillie? Anyone!" I yelled. "Alright, keep your cool, Sun." I said to myself. I walked to the Pokemon Center. The windows were smashed in and there wasn't anyone there. I turned around but I heard something. I walked into the center and noticed a hole in the ground with a ladder leading down. I grabbed one of my Pokeballs and sneaked to the ladder. I heard two people talking.
"Plan's working great so far. Ha, great to see all these tunnels we built being put to good use." A man said.
"We built? I've been here since the beginning, you barely helped at all. You joined last year! Don't you go trying to take credit for something you didn't do!" A female said.
"My bad!" The man apologized.
"What are you two doing!" Another woman said.
"Sorry, Admin Jill!" The original two people said simultaneously.
"That's fine. Any difficulties at all?" Admin Jill asked.
"Just noticed two people. One female and a large man. They escaped, we aren't sure where they went but we don't think they'll be much trouble. We were about to head to the next checkpoint." The man said.
"Great. Very soon we will be able to deploy the barrier around the town. Continue with your duties." the Admin said.
I heard them walking away and I was about to climb down the ladder but first I went to Lillie's home. I found a note on her tea table.
It's me... if you are reading this you know who I am. Me and our friend are safe. We are hiding. I can't write very much. Otherwise we'll be caught. See you soon! The letter read.
That was good to know. I went back to the ladder and climbed down. The tunnel split in three ways. It was impressive how big the tunnel was. The signs weren't helpful. They said the left tunnel went to checkpoint D, the middle to checkpoint A, and the right to checkpoint E. I was about to go down to checkpoint A but then I heard someone yelling.
"Now, use Hydro Cannon!" I heard a huge rush of water hitting hard. It came from checkpoint D so I ran in that direction. When I reached there, the checkpoint was a huge circular room. All the dirt walls were wet and muddy. There were about 3 team skull grunts soaked and knocked out.
"Hello there!" Someone from behind me said. Startled, I fell to the floor. "Easy! Hey, you Sun?" The man said. He didn't seem too much older than myself. He had bluish-black hair and wore a black cap with a gold stripe down the middle of it. He had a red sweatshirt with a white collar and black sweatpants.
"Who are you?" I asked, confused.
"Hasn't Lillie told you about me? My name's Ethan... but you can call me Gold."
Once you have set a problem in a story, it is so easy to keep writing! See you next chapter, and don't forget to review!
