Galactic Tales Chapter 8
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon, but I own the contents of this story. I've been watching Pokemon Diamond and Pearl (the anime) lately and I've gotten more into the Team Galactic mood :) Well, hope you like this chapter, it'll be good!
Chapter Eight: Mission
Mars went downstairs to the cafeteria for breakfast. She had a great sleep, and was enjoying her new bed. She almost didn't even want to get up in the morning because of the comfiness! The breakfast today was simple, just eggs and toast. All of the usual grunts were at their usual tables, the arm wrestling ones still arm wrestling. Seriously, do they ever get tired of that? wondered Mars. She decided to get two pieces of toast and two eggs, grabbed a fork and knife, and went to the Commander table. Now that I think about it, how come we don't have our own place to eat away from the grunts? Maybe it's just easier for everyone to be in one place. Mars thought. She saw that both Jupiter and Saturn were already at the table, and Mars decided to sit beside Saturn.
"Master Cyrus wants you and I to go to his office after we eat." said Saturn.
"Do you know what it'll be for?" asked Mars.
"Not yet, we'll find out when we've finished our food. You're just starting." said Saturn.
"I bet you two will have to go on a mission. Mars hasn't been on one as a Commander yet, and she has to go with someone. So the boss is choosing you to go with you, and I get to stay here and have a nice day off!" said Jupiter.
"I doubt you will get a day off if you're right. What's the point, when we'll be gone? Then we wouldn't get one, but you would." said Saturn.
"Well, there still might be." said Jupiter.
"Maybe you will, and the two of us get a day off tomorrow or next week!" said Mars.
"This has gone on for too long..." said Saturn, half to himself.
"I'm almost done eating, so we can go soon!" said Mars, who then stuffed her remaining toast into her mouth.
"What, already?! No need to rush." said Saturn.
"Oh, we should make a bet. About the day off thing. Since Mars thinks we will get separate days off, I think I'll only get a day off, and you think we won't, how about whoever the losers are each have to do something for the winner!" said Jupiter.
"That sounds like a good idea! Especially because I think I will definitely win!" said Mars smugly.
"I don't think we should be making bets, but fine, we can do it just this time. Just nothing too terrible if I lose." said Saturn.
"Okay, it's a deal, then. When you two are done with your meeting and before you leave for your potential mission, come and tell me what the deal is with the day off!" said Jupiter as Mars was getting up to put her things away.
"Alright. See you later, then." said Mars.
"Lead the way." said Saturn, getting up from his spot.
Mars went over to put her dishes away, and the two Commanders went to the cafeteria entrance/exit.
So, they went upstairs, and through the hall that Grunts couldn't go in without permission.
"Is anyone in there with him right now?" asked Mars.
"I don't know, I'll go take a peek through the window of the door." said Saturn.
He went over, and took a look through the window. Nobody was inside, not even Cyrus. He saw a note on the desk inside the room.
"No one is inside, but there is a note in there. I wonder why the boss would've left? Well, I think we should go inside and see, anyways." said Saturn.
"Are you sure it'll be okay to go in? Since he's not there?" asked Mars.
"Well, nobody can get us in trouble. We're Commanders, and I'm the highest-ranking one so I'm basically in charge here when Master Cyrus isn't here or is in the Eterna HQ." said Saturn.
"The real question is, though, if the door is locked or not. Hopefully it isn't."
Saturn went to open the door and Mars followed behind. Saturn opened the door, meaning it was not locked, and they went inside.
"The note is about a mission." said Mars.
"You can read it first. Pass it to me when you're done." said Saturn.
As Mars was reading through the note, Saturn glanced around the room. It didn't have much in it besides the desk and chairs. Saturn never really got a good look at the room ever because he gives his full attention to Cyrus when he comes here. Mars had finished reading, and passed the note to Saturn. She was right, that it was for a mission. It said:
Saturn and Mars, only you two are going on a mission. It is a large one, you need to be flown to the Hoenn region to get information from the organizations of Team Magma and Team Aqua. You will need to think of a plan to find and get into their hideouts, and retrieve any information you can find about their organization and the Legendary Pokemon of Hoenn; Rayquaza, Groudon and Kyogre. You will need to fly one of the helicopters we have, and need to leave unnoticed at night. The time it will take depends on how quick you are, and how easy or hard it will will be all.
"That's a huge mission, especially for your first one as a Commander." said Saturn, slightly surprised.
"It's the largest one I'll have ever been on! And we have to leave tonight. Why only two of us, though? And what if something happens to us?" asked Mars, noticeably a bit worried.
"Two of us only so we can be more unnoticed; as it said in the note. It will be easier sneaking in if there are only two of us. And nothing terrible will happen to us, we're strong. That's why the boss chose us. Also because you needed to be on a mission. Anyways, it's not like they will kill us, like a team like Team Rocket might. We already have enough information about them, anyways. We probably have to leave tonight because it seems pretty urgent, and it will probably take us a while. We also do have lots of things going on in Team Galactic." said Saturn.
"Okay, that all makes more sense. Is there a calendar in here, or something where the boss writes down what happens or is happening on each day?" asked Mars.
"I don't know, why? Oh. Never mind, I know why. You could check on the wall or on his desk." said Saturn.
Mars went to see if there was anything on the desk, and she just looked up and shrugged. There must have been nothing. She went over to the nearest wall, and saw nothing. Saturn looked around and saw no calendars.
"You might want to look in his desk, but I think that may be off limits." said Saturn.
Mars looked at the desk, then at Saturn, then at the desk again. She's definitely going to look... I could stop her if I wanted to, but... I kind of want to know, too... thought Saturn. Mars opened one of the drawers and took something out.
"That was quick. What does it say?" asked Saturn.
"It doesn't say that there is a day off for just Jupiter, or separate ones. So... that means you win." said Mars.
YES I'm glad I didn't shout that out loud. What should I make them do, I wonder... thought Saturn.
"Alright. I'll figure out what to do with you two after the mission, however long it will be. Let's go and tell Jupiter, then. We still have time before we have to leave." said Saturn.
"Okay." said Mars.
Saturn quickly looked at the clock before they left, and it said 11:45 am. Saturn had gotten down a bit late for breakfast since he had to see Cyrus beforehand. Mars just probably enjoyed her new bed and slept in a bit. Who knows when Jupiter went down. They went out of the room, walked through the hall, and back downstairs.
"I'll go tell Jupiter, if she is still waiting in the cafeteria. Or at least see if she is there. You can wait here for now if you want." said Saturn.
"I'll just come with, there really is no point in waiting since you'll have to come back either way. Plus, it's boring being on my own. Well, I could send out a Pokemon, but we can't do anything in here." said Mars.
"Okay, you can come. Let's go." said Saturn.
They went through the halls and went over to the cafeteria entrance. Saturn looked through a window and saw that Jupiter was still there. Or, maybe she had left earlier then came back. There were still some grunts, either to be early for lunch or just felt like staying there after breakfast. The two went over to the Commander table and sat down.
"Finally back, eh? So, how'd it go, what's the mission? And, was I right?" asked Jupiter.
"The Boss wasn't there, but he left us a note. It's just the two of us going on a mission, and we have to leave tonight." said Mars.
"Yes, we have to fly to Hoenn, in one of our helicopters. To get information from Team Magma and Aqua, and we have to sneak in their hideouts, wherever they are, to gather it. We don't have a full plan yet, but I guess were supposed to develop it more on the way, we have lots of time, anyways. I have a few ideas." said Saturn.
"Okay, that seems huge. What about the day off? Was I right, were one of you right?" asked Jupiter.
"Saturn won. We checked and saw that there's no day off for just you, and there isn't two separate days off." said Mars.
"Aw, darn it! I already had a few ideas of what you could have done for me... So what are you going to make us do, Saturn?" asked Jupiter in disappointment.
"I don't know yet. I'll tell you whenever we get back from the mission." said Saturn.
"Or if you are able to get back..." said Jupiter with an evil grin.
"What!?" said Mars, shifting a slight bit closer to Saturn.
"Seriously, Jupiter... You know that we would last longer than you, anyways." said Saturn.
"What!? No you wouldn't! Id last longer on my own than the two of you together!" said Jupiter.
"If you say so... anyways, I think lunch is supposed to officially start soon. We're having subs, nothing too exciting." said Saturn.
"What time is it, speaking of lunch?" asked Mars.
"You could just look at the clock, but it's 12:07 pm. Lunch should be starting by now, so we can go get some food. First pick is always the best, because nobody has touched any of it yet." said Saturn.
They all got their food and finished it. Jupiter had already left, Saturn and Mars decided to do some training since they were leaving on their mission tonight. They went outside and started walking on their way to the training spot.
"So, is there anything specific your Pokémon need to work on for training?" asked Mars.
"Nothing specific. I just want to get them all stronger for the mission, who knows how strong Team Magma and Aqua are? Plus, there will definitely be much more of them than us, so I'm thinking we should have our Pokémon work on all their skills." said Saturn.
"Sounds like a good idea to me!" said Mars.
They walked a bit more, than turned into the lake area and went into the training area. Both Saturn and Mars sent out all of their Pokémon. Saturn's Golbat and Bronzor were practice battling against Mars' Golbat and Bronzor.
"How about we have a short battle? My Toxicroak against your Purugly." said Saturn.
"Alright, I won't go easy on you!" said Mars.
"I won't either. Toxicroak, use Poison Jab on Purugly!" said Saturn.
Toxicroak charged at Purugly, about to use the move.
"Purugly, intercept it with scratch!"
Toxicroak was about to jab Purugly, but Purugly obeyed Mars Quick enough and used Scratch to intercept.
"Purugly, use Faint Attack!"
Purugly used the move on Toxicroak, not doing too much damage.
"Toxicroak, use Revenge!"
Toxicroak used the move on Purugly, doing lots of damage since the power gets doubled after the user gets damaged.
"Purugly, use Scratch!"
"Dodge it and use Mud Bomb!"
Toxicroak jumped up to dodge Purugly, and used Mud Bomb.
"Now use Faint Attack!"
"You too, Purugly!"
Both Toxicroak and Purugly used the move at the same time, which resulted in Purugly fainting.
"Good battle. You might want to work a little bit more on your Purugly's speed; and on learning some other moves since she only knows a Dark type move and Normal type ones." said Saturn.
"Okay, I'll put that in mind. We still have until dinner time, and I saw that it was only 1:08 pm when we were going out to come here."
Mars gave Purugly some Oran Berries she collected from some nearby trees to heal her health up. She decided to focus on Purugly learning Fake Out, which she was determined to successfully complete this goal before their mission.
Hope you liked this chapter, it's been the longest so far! Remember to review, I need to know what's good and bad about it! It motivates me to write more often :)