Wow... even though there was about two months were I didn't post on this and I still got e-mails saying people were favoriting this. I fell so special! I want to thank everyone who reveiwed! Really guys, your my inspiration. Now whose ready to see Lyra kick some Rocket butt?
Lyra walked down the leaky corridors of the Slowpoke Well. She'd left Silver behind a while ago-she had some business to attend to.
It wasn't long until two rocket grunts came into sight. The two starred at her, making no hostile movements, but she braced herself for a fight anyways. One stepped forward, and instantly, her leg met the back of his head.
The man fell to the ground, moaning in pain. Seeing his partner down, the other grabbed a taser from his back pocket and began taking steps towards her.
Normally, Lyra wasn't the best at fighting with her fist, but when she needed to, she could kick some serious butt. She grabbed the wrist of the hand with the taser in it and before he could use it, she chopped down hard on his arm with her free hand.
She stepped on his head as he fell to the floor. "Where's Proton?" she snarled. He had taken her Pokemon when he threw her in the cell with Silver. Being in here so long without them was starting to irritate her.
"Down the halls," the grunt huffed. "Then take a right turn. You can't miss it."
She stormed down the hallway, leaving behind the bewildered grunts.
Following the directions, and taking out some more rocket grunts on the way, she finally found herself in Protons room.
Rage burning within her, she said, "Give me my Pokemon, and nobody gets hurt."
He spun his swivel chair around to face her. He had long bluish green hair and a similar outfit as the rest of the members of Team Rocket. "Please," he said, looking past her and into the hall behind her. "I think plenty of people have gotten hurt."
"Give me my Pokemon," she repeated.
"Fine," he said, tossing three Poke' Balls towards her. She turned to leave, but was blocked by a group of Team Rocket members. "But not without a battle."
He threw a Poke' Ball, a Zubat popping out, and the match was on. Taking a glance at the exit and back to the Zubat, she grabbed Thundaga's Poke' Ball and sent her out.
"We all know who's going to come out of this in victory, so I don't see the point."
"Quit your chit-chat. Zubat, Wing Attack!" The bat Pokemon lunged forward, but Thundaga simply stood aside. The Zubat was sent crashing into the wall.
"That's the best you've got? I've seen a Magikarp that can do better than that."
Proton scowled. "Use Supersonic."
"Dodge." The Flaafy jumped behind where Zubat was flying. It turned around, but so did Thundaga. And it went on and on like this, the Zubat trying to find her as she stayed behinf his back, until it fell to the ground in a daze. "I thought the head of this mission was going to be strong, a challenge. I guess I thought wrong."
"Go, Koffing!" he cried, ignoring her statement.
"How original. I saw about, what, ten? Twenty guys with a Zubat and a Koffing back there? Plus, you people don't look all that different. And your outfits? So last century."
The admins face was red with anger.
"Oh yeah, and that wig store down the street says they want their hair back." It was obvious that he was trying not to leap out at her and strangle her to death. He might has well have. "And that face…Ever thought of getting a face transplant? I think people are tired of seeing you with a bag over your head."
That's when he snapped. He ran forward, arms outstretched. The rocket grunts had to hold him back from ripping her to shreds.
"Oh? You forfeit? I thought you were going keep going 'til you lost! Well, too bad. I guess I'll have to kick your sorry hinny some other time. See ya'!" she said, her back turned, one hand in her pocket and the other in the air waving.
The brunette could hear the admin's furious screams from behind her, but soon, they died away. He was going to have to have a rough time explaining this to the head honcho.
But right now, Lyra's main objective was finding her way out of the tunnels. It had taken a long time to navigate through her the first time, not to mention the annoying detour when she got captured by the Team Rocket members. Now she had to find her way towards the exit. Well, luck was on her side. At least there were no more grunts to get in her way.
She managed to easily get through one passageway and found herself at the forked road that she and Silver had split up at. Things weren't going to be so easy from here on out.
After about an hour, the exit was in sight. Lyra let out a sigh of relief and in a matter of moments, she was back in Azalea Town. A group of Slowpoke pushed past her, their tails chopped off. She pitied them. They'd live their whole lives without 'em. Then, she couldn't believe her eyes. She blinked and the Slowpokes' tails were there as if they regenerated. They walked away to their respected homes.
Shortly after, people began to leave their homes and stared in awe at the young Pokemon trainer.
"You're our hero!" they cried, racing over and lifting her into the air. "You saved the Slowpoke!"
She thought she caght a glimpse of red hair towards the entrance to Ilex Forest.
"Silver?" she called, but, if he was every there, he was gone.
"Enjoy your stay," said Nurse Joy, handing Lyra her room key. "Your Pokemon will be escorted to your room once they're healed."
"Thanks," she said, taking the key and heading towards the back of the Pokemon Center. It felt like hours before Ace, Pidgeotto, and Thundaga came bursting into the room.
It was sunset when they'd gotten out, and they'd entered quite early in the morning. She felt so lost being parted with them for so long. But now, they were all back together, and everything seemed right in the world.
"I promise I'll never leave you guys again," she said, holding them in a warm embrace. She flipped off the lights and said, "Good night."
Unfortunately, she didn't sleep well. Her mind was filled with images. A man-no, not, like the usual short black haired man, but someone else. Someone more… ominous. He shared the same black hair, only it was longer, and more, how would she put it, spiky. He looked calm, but by looking at him, she could tell something was off about him. It felt as if at any moment he would pull out a knife and go mad.
A bird. Like before, it was different from the normal bird. This one actually had feathers- feathers with every color of the rainbow and every color in between. And beneath it, was a brown haired boy. She'd never seen anyone like it.
Five beautiful woman, dressed in red kimonos, running after the white bird from her earlier dreams, and two feathers, one from the red bird and the other from the white bird and two bells that matched with the respected feathers.
"Find the Rainbow Wing and the Silver Wing before it's too late…" whispered the voice she'd grown so familiar with.
Then, the sound of glass shattering, and the sensation of falling. No… she was falling! The ground seemed miles away, but was getting closer very fast. And in the window were she fell, a black uniform with a small red 'R' in the corner.
She awoke on the floor, gasping for breath. She must have fallen off the bed in her sleep. She was about to crawl back into bed and hope to sleep better this time around, but there was no need. The sun was already rising over the horizon.
"What a dream…" she muttered, holing a hand to her sweaty forehead. What did it all mean? Am I a physic? No way, that'd be too weird. And what are a Rainbow Wing and a Silver Wing? Maybe I'll ask Nurse Joy…
After pulling her clothes out of the dryer in the far back room of the Pokemon Center and changing into them, she walked out towards the front to eat breakfast.
For the most part, the light blue colored room was empty. Only a boy with messy black hair who sat alone was there. Besides her, anyways. He seemed familiar. Walking up to him she asked, "Do I know you from somewhere?"
The boy looked up from his cheese burger. A cheese burger for breakfast? He wiped bits of food from his mouth with his arm.
"Lyra! I haven't seen you in a while!" he said, holding out his arms for a hug.
"If you think I'm gonna hug you after you wiped your snot on your arms, you've got another think coming." He shrugged and took another huge bite of his food. "And how do you know me?"
"You kidding me? You never did have the best memory, since you did forget the first five years of your life."
"Hey! How do you know! I've kept that a secret! The only person I told that to was Ethan! Did he tell you?"
"No you ding dong! I'm Ethan! Jeez, some friend you are, forgetting what your best friend looks like!"
"I'm sorry! I didn't recognize you! You know, the rats' nest of hair, and those…uh…Transformers? You're kidding me, right? You wear Transformers pajamas?"
"Always have, always will!" he said with a big, cheesy grin.
"Whatever. Where's…um, Aqua," she said hesitantly. For the most part, she'd gotten over her fear of Pokemon, thanks to Ace, but she could hardly bear to look at a water Pokemon without shrieking in terror.
"Nurse Joy's taking care of her."
"What level is she?"
"Seven."
"'Seven'?" she asked almost choking. "How'd you beat Falkner with a level seven Marill?"
"What do you mean, 'beat Falkner'? I didn't even go near his gym."
"Why not?"
"Come one, you said it yourself. How am I supposed to beat him with a level seven Marill? I'd get my butt kicked before you could say Pikachu."
"Wanna make a bet?" Ethan rolled his eyes.
"I've got to go. I've got to meet my grandparents tomorrow. Last time I was late, they freaked out and called the police reporting a missing child. See you later, Feraligator," he said waving good-bye and headed towards his room to pack up.
"I told you, stop calling me a Feraligator!"
"Ready?" Lyra asked her Pokemon. They all nodded happily. Before them was the second gym of Johto. It was an even greater sight than the first gym. Gulping, she said, "Let's go," and stepped through the two doors.
Thanks for reading! R&R!
