Author's Note: Why won't anyone review this? It's not terrible...
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Tyler ended up tagging along with Janie while trying to comprehend the plot going on right now.
"So... those are quite the cast of characters we seem to have stumbled upon in Roi Rill, huh?"
Janie laughed and began leading him to the beach. "Yeah, it was too much for me to keep up with, so I just closed shop early. By the way, we're heading to my secret base. What your about to see is strictly confidential."
Mary nodded along to what Janie said, trying to act serious. She ran ahead of them to the far side of the beach where there was a small, wooden boat tied to a tree trunk. Janie untied it and began pushing it into the water. "I don't have any strong water Pokémon, actually Mary is my only Pokémon, but maybe someday I won't have to use this boat anymore. It's too dangerous to swim there."
She hopped into the boat when it was in the water and turned to Tyler. "Hop in."
"Shinx! Shinx!" Came a call. Wes looked to his right and noticed a man in a trench coat leaning over a blue and black bundle. Again the pokemon cried in dismay as the man kicked it.
"Useless Shinx!" He yelled. "Get in there!"
"Hold on everybody I'll be right back." Wes yelled. He ran to the little incident. "Hey! Buddy! Stop abusing the poor guy." He roared. The man looked at him.
"Shut up! Its not your Pokémon. So stop telling me what to do." The Shinx looked at the young rockstar. Fear clouded its eyes. "Go back to the stage and make your little noise up there. And unless you want a battle than I suggest you do."
"Then get out your Pokémon, cause you got one." Masamune strode in front of Wes and began to shake.
"Okay. Go Raichu." The trench coat threw his Poké Ball and out popped a Raichu.
"Rai-chu!" Grunted the tiny menace. Masamune shook more and began glowing , its psychic power growing.
"Raichu use thunder!" Electricity jumped into the sky and hurtled towards Masamune.
"Masamune grab Raichu and block its attack with itself." Masamune obeyed and flung its enemy into the volts. It didn't do much, but it was something. "Now throw him into the air than crash him down!" Wes commanded, and Masamune obeyed again. The Raichu gasped as its dog-sized body was crushed between the ground and an invisible force. Quickly Raichu released a electric bolt shocking the small psychic. This only caused the small creature to squeeze even harder, eventually tossing it back into the air. The Raichu let out one final noise before it fell silent. Not dead, just fainted.
"H-how?" The man stammered, retrieving the fainted mouse. Masamune began glowing. But he was glowing a white color. He was evolving. Wes couldn't look away, it was to dazzling.
"Kirlia" It called. Finishing its evolution.
"Lets get to the show!" Wes beamed. "Come on Shinx." He called. "You wanna good home?"
"Shinx!"
Michael was getting a little bored waiting for Wesley. The music was great and all, but it just wasn't the same without the rest of the band. He wondered where the rest of the famous rock band could be. With a shrug, he scribbled a note, handed it to Scar, and had the little Treecko crawl up to the stage and give the note to Aristar to give to Wes. It said,
Sorry, Wes. I've really got to go. I've got this feeling something is going on around here that needs to be stopped. Hopefully I'll see you around and I can listen to your music another time. But until then, good luck with your music and with Aristar! ~Michael
When Scar returned to Michael, Michael turned away from the stage and headed off in the direction the mysterious Vinn character had gone. Xero flew beside him, and Scar tagged along at his heel. Michael decided Breeze had had enough rest and could use some fresh air, so he pulled his Poké Ball from his belt and pressed the button to let Breeze out. The Tailow popped out in a beam of red energy and was soon flying high above them, scouting out the area.
Of all the characters Michael had met today, Wes and Janie seemed to be the most friendly — both toward humans and toward Pokémon. They let their Pokémon roam freely when they wanted to, and they treated them well. And they seemed to get along well with others, as did Mary and Aristar. But the other three people... The shady ones who always appeared to be up to no good...
Michael shifted his backpack to better support its weight and clicked a button in his running shoes. He had to see what Vinn was up to in that shipwreck. And soon.
Ryan ran upstairs and started destroying his room in search for the supposed closet that lie in his house. After kicking the PC out of the way (inadvertently injuring his toe) he found a door that led to his hidden closet.
Wes finished his show with his newest song. He hated to see his new friend go, but there was a thing about being friends, you usually caught up with each other at sometime. Shinx rested on his head throughout the whole show. After the whole after show crowd had left Wes left and retrieved his fallen bike. He zoomed back towards Burlain City. Maybe if he was lucky he could catch a Flying type and fly over to Snowpoint.
Here goes something. Ryan thought. Tugging on the door, he managed to open it (apparently it had not been used in years due to no one knowing about it.) with a bit of effort. Along with a cloud of dust, Ryan's Dratini shot out of the closet, Tackling Ryan to the ground. When the dust cleared, Ryan set the Dratini aside and looked around. In front of him was a marvelous pair of Running Shoes and an equally awesome backpack filled with various plot conveni-err- utilities that he could use in case the time arrived. He also saw 5 Ultra Balls, something he didn't think they could afford.
Without a word, Ryan put on his new shoes and backpack. Ryu (Dratini) followed behind, using its small scale weather manipulation abilities to float downstairs. Ryan hugged his mom once more before charging out of the door to complete his task of becoming a Pokemon Master...and hopefully finding his father.
Vinn strode back down the coast, tossing one of his new Poké Balls in his left hand as he went. Today's raid was successful and he had said his goodbyes to Team Phoenix and headed home, Zen sitting on his shoulder as usual.
Along the way he passed those two people...Tyler and that girl from the stand that didn't sell food. He ignored them and continued on.
Then he stopped suddenly.
SHould he have put up a security in that shipwreck? He had found all the information he needed, but Vinn couldn't shake the feeling that something was about to go wrong some how. Thinking quickly Vinn spun around and headed back toward the shipwreck.
Vinn sprinted into the large cave and glanced around. It was empty, good. Vinn sighed and began walking through the ruins, much as he had the first time. Finally he came back to the stone wall he found before.
"Soon...you WILL be mine." he stared at the Pokémon chiseled into the wall. "Rayquaza" Vinn reached into his pocket and pulled out a small box. It had an eye shape on the front.
Vin set it down in the center of the room and turned to leave. THat should do as security. After all the trouble he had gone to steal it from Team Phoenix, it better be...
Meanwhile, somewhere else:
"What is the status report?" came a mysterious, deep and slightly raspy (as if from atrophy) voice.
"Another team in the area has been researching Shadow Pokemon, I'm sure, sir. It's only a matter of time-" came the much weaker voice of an assistant, presumably a young adult male in his twenties.
"Time. It's always Time."
"Yes, Sir, but-"
"Years ago...That man...said I would become better in Time. I don't have time. You are to locate and secure all Shadow Pokemon and potential Shadow Pokemon related projects immediately."
"But, sir, if I-
"Enough. Dragonite, Hyper Beam." came the voice. It was angry.
"Ah! Sir, please-
A pair of red eyes appeared in the darkness of the area. They were the eyes of a Dragonite, one that had been cared for and loved but corrupted all the same. A large ball of energy appeared above the Dragonite's head, growing in strength and intensity...
Credit for this chapter goes to:
Mizagium
Xelwes
Nicool
TheHiddenAssassin
Xero
Veralice
