(I don't own pokemon. I don't own the characters mentioned except those currently listed:
Al Wickers
Zach Dragoon
Cynthia Carbine
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Mt. Battle
On the 5th floor of Mt. Moon, 50 trainers appeared out of nowhere with an abra in front. Abra fell in exhaustion. Two people with stretchers picked it up and took it to the hospital. Everyone, including Eagun, looked around in shock. Some asked where they were, while others sat down in relief. Wes was peppered with questions as to what just happened.
Eagun knew this was Mt. Battle. He had trained here when younger. Eagun chuckled at Wes' plan, because it was so brilliant. Should the cave be overrun, abra was to teleport everyone to Mount Battle. The old 'live today and fight tomorrow' strategy. He lowered his head in sadness, as the Celebi Relic was in the dirty hands of Cipher. He was lucky that he recovered a sample of the rock and sent it with Cail to the Kanto Region.
Wes had finished asking questions. Right now he needed sleep, and so did his Pokémon.
Agate Village was almost abandoned except for a few retired folk and the captured Cipher agents. Cipher wasn't sure they wanted to destroy the relic, so instead they sealed it away. Wickers poked around a bit. He wanted to make sure there was no one left to challenge them. Suddenly, a trainer made a break for the exit. Wickers sent his Blaziken after him, which slammed the trainer to the ground with a shadow rush.
He caught up quickly and examined the trainer. The trainer could only be 10 years old, but somehow he was caught up in this fight. He glared at Wickers, a look Wickers had grown accustomed to after years of stealing Pokémon. He grabbed the kid's belt and ripped it off. There were 2 Pokémon. He would later find out what Pokémon they were, but for now he called three Cipher Peons over, giving one the Pokémon and the other two the kid.
He walked to where the injured Pokémon rested. Some were in critical condition. Wes, for being a prick, was a brilliant strategist. Wickers didn't want to face him again at Mt. Battle. Rumor has it the place is well locked down with over 400 trainers, some several times more skilled than those he faced here, defending that mountain. It would take more than Tyranitar to bring down the mountain.
Little did Wickers know, that something was being created as he thought about it. He returned to his bike and traveled to the Pyramid for another meeting with Evice.
Wes looked over the injured Pokémon. His heart ached at watching them suffer. He turned away and walked down a flight of stairs. Eagun was waiting at the bottom, and they walked together. Eagun smiled and said, "You have a good heart for Pokémon, you know that?" Wes shook his head, "I led an army of Pokémon and trainers. Who does that sort of thing these days? I work better on my own anyway, so why am I leading them?" Eagun tilted his head left, almost looking puzzled, "You lead because they are willing to follow you. You didn't have those Pokémon injured, Cipher did. And you lead an army to fight Cipher because they needed to be fought. Somehow they're becoming more powerful at an exponential rate."
Wes chucked to himself and said, "Yeah, I guess you're right. Say, sorry I didn't allow you to fulfill your wish to fight to the end. Will you continue your fight here?" Eagun laughed at this and said, "Well, when you're staring down an enraged Tyranitar armed with the most powerful attack in existence, being saved by an Abra isn't so bad. You bet I'm gonna fight Cipher once again. I'll stand along with the master of Mt. Battle."
On the loudspeaker, a voice shouted, Master Eagun, Master Eagun. There is a message for you. Your mutual friend has an important message for you. Please go to the nearest midway point, where the abra will teleport you to the receptionist desk. Eagun was on his way faster than anyone thought an old man can go. Trainers parted way left and right to allow the old man passage to the 5th, 6th floor midway point. The abra awaited his arrival, and they were on the way to the receptionist desk.
A young lady greeted him, "Welcome, I assume you're master Eagun." Eagun said, "What did my mutual friend have to say." The lady picked up a disk and said, "The mutual friend sent this disk to you. I know you're not all up to date on the details, so we already uploaded the disk on one terminal." Eagun sat down at the terminal and began reading the file. A big grin spread across his face. This is exactly what we need.
Wes was battling against the Master of Mt. Battle. The legendary dogs had already fallen, but so had his latios, latias, and a number of other Pokémon. They were both down to their last two Pokémon. Wes had Espeon and Umbreon while the master had his Metagross and Dusclops.
The battlemaster called out the first group of attacks, "Metagross, Psychic and Dusclops use faint attack." Duclops got behind Espeon and struck down Espeon with a dark attack. Then, it was picked up in the air and smashed against the ground. Espeon stood up, shaken but fine.
Wes returned the favor, "Espeon, use Bite, Umbreon attack with shadow ball." Umbreon charged a black ball, and launched it against Metagross. Espeon then bit metagross, causing it to fall down out cold. Then the battle was 2 against 1. "Good job you two, now focus on Dusclops," Wes said. His tactics, in one on one battles, were to concentrate fire on one Pokémon until it falls. The battlemaster laughed, "Good job Wes, same to you Metagross. Return." He held up the pokeball. A red light hit Metagross, converting it to energy and Metagross entered the pokeball.
The battlemaster called out another attack, "Shadow ball, Dusclops." A shadowball struck down Espeon, which Wes ran to it and recalled him. It was now one on one. Wes ordered several shadow balls in quick succession, and Dusclops returned with his own shadow balls. The attacks struck both sides hard, causing smoke to form. When the smoke cleared, Dusclops was down while Umbreon was standing, panting heavily.
Wes had won a major victory. Everyone cheered at the winner of the battle. The battlemaster shook hands with Wes. Both trainers smiled at each other. It was a battle to long remember. Zach and Cynthia watched from the wings. Both cheered for the Mt. Battle's battlemaster and Wes. The battlemaster took Wes into the final halfway house and showed him around. His room was huge, with a bedroom section, kitchen section, living room section, and even his own Pokémon battlefield. The master had several Pokémon, all looked in his direction as he walked in. The approached and he introduced each Pokémon to Wes in its own turn. Then, the battlemaster took Wes to another separate room. There before them, a Typhlosion, Feraligator and Meganium were nursing several newborn cyndaquils, chickoritas and Totodiles.
The battlemaster sighed and said, "It was once my dream to fill Orre with countless wild Pokémon. I actually wanted to become a breeder, and in a way, I have. These guys would have been the hope and future of Orre, however, Cipher is now threatening everything." He pulled out a box which had a strap attached to it, and handed them to Wes. Wes began opening the box, but the battlemaster said, "Don't. Those are for the future. After the battle, open the box. But until then keep it in a secure place.
Wes put the box strap around his shoulder and walked out of the building. Several people were waiting outside. Wes' fame had grown ever since the day he destroyed Team Snaggem's base, and it almost doubled with the defense of Agate Village. Suddenly a voice shot above the crowds cheers, "LET ME THROUGH! I HAVE A MESSAGE FOR WES, PLEASE LET ME THROUGH! The crowd parted, showing Zack standing next to his Kadabra. They walked forward and bowed in honor of Wes. He said, "I need you to come with me. Eagun wants to talk to you. Kadabra, you know what to do." Kadabra nodded, and all three disappeared in a bright light.
Wes felt a weird tingling he associated with teleport. Then, they appeared at the counter next to the entrance of Mt. Battle. Eagun looked up and said, "Wes, thanks for making it in such a short time. Come with me, I want to show you something." Eagun motioned at Wes to come behind the counter. Wes obliged and looked at the monitor. Wes began smiling, "Is this what I think it is?" Eagun nodded his head and said, "Yes it is. These are the plans for your snag machine." Eagun told everyone to leave for five minutes, and they complied, except Zack. Zack approached the counter and said, "Eagun, please I'd like to be involved in the inner circle of what's going on." Eagun looked at the youth. There was something about the kid that he liked. Perhaps it was the way his eyes shined, but Eagun liked him. He said it was ok. Then he continued his explanation, "A couple days after you came to us unconscious, Wes, there has been a spy, a mole in Cipher feeding me information on their activities."
Eagun began pacing, "Cipher has built a new base of operations where they're making new shadow Pokémon. For the spy's safety, he can't reveal the location of the base, however; he has revealed there is a new snag machine being built. Not very many people know, but Cipher has moved back into several of their old bases, like their lab. It was subtle, but if you follow the right leads you can find the details out for yourself if you looked. The most obvious way is to inspect the lab. If you can get in the lab and steal the snag machine, we can turn the tide against Cipher once again. Wes, since you know the layout better than anyone, I need you to go there and recover the machine."
Wes nodded, then thought about it, "Wait. Even if we get the snag machine, Rui won't be present to see if their shadow Pokémon or not." Eagun shrugged, "Guess you'll have to do it by trial and error until we find a method to see the shadow Pokémon's aura. One thing that gives most shadow Pokémon away, at least I think, is their trainers must call their attacks 'Shadow…' something." Wes nodded and said, "Alright, I'll do it." Wes walked back around and opened the PC.
Elsewhere, a scientist had returned to the Cipher Pyramid. He looked at the black and white Pokémon in front of him. The first time he saw it, he threw up. It was an atrocity against Pokémon. He would have quit, except for two things, one Cipher would be unaffected by his loss so instead he decided to undermine them from inside. Second, Cipher would have killed him should he attempt to flee. If not Cipher, then his brother would have killed him. His brother fully believed in the project. Meanwhile, he just planned out his moves very carefully to prevent his discovery and subsequent death.
It would only be another week before XD-001 would finally be completed. Cipher knew Mount Battle would be where people would make their stand. They even had a huge chance against Cipher's forces, with them being outnumbered over 2 to one. Instead, this would bring them down. An earsplitting roar echoed throughout the basement of the Pyramid.
Please Review: So, Wes and Eagun live to fight another day. How do you think Wes will do in the upcoming raid on the lab?
