Chapter 11: The First Mission
Alright, I am going to say this once, and only once. More reviews means more chapters posted in the same or less time. So for the good of the story, review! Also, this chapter and the next one will be shorter than the other battles, because they only have one objective.
But I digress... Alright, time for a Special Ops. attack. Here it comes!
"After the successes in almost surrounding Saffron, the leaders of the Pokemorphs realized something: They could never win unless they took Vermilion. And the biggest road-block in Vermilion: Lt. Surge. Until he was out, they couldn't take over and finish this war. And thusly was the first Special Ops attack ordered." The War in Kanto, by Reyak Robocacci.
July 31, 2093
Ben led his team into path from Lavender town to Vermilion. He strode down the path, transforming from his normal slightly blobby form into a Gallade 'morph. As his form changed, his strides lengthened and his team had to run to keep up with his growing speed. Soon they had to stop, because they finally found themselves outside of the city. He stared at the wall, analyzing the weak points with the small amount of Alakazam he let filter through. He pointed them out, and Tim fired a series of arrows to form a sort of bridge to the top of the wall. Ben jumped up, and soon the rest of his team followed. They reached the top, and soon were inside the city. They snuck through the city, trying to locate Surge, and that was when they realized the obvious. He was in the gym.
"Alright." Ben whispered. "Here's the plan. As you may have heard, all of Surge's Pokemon were killed in the first battle. We don't know if he has a new one yet, so we have to approach cautiously. I will go in Marowak form, so I have a weapon if I get in a sword fight. Alicia, I want you on my right, so you can help. Clara, on my left. I want flames. Tim, stick to the edge of the room. I expect you to keep the other soldiers away from me and Surge. Kyle, stay out of the way. I know you want to be there, but with the electricity that will be flying, it won't be safe. Scott, I want you firing off your own electricity to counter. Everyone good?" They nodded. "Then let's go."
As they walked, Clara moved to behind Tim. "Hey." She said as she started to rub his shoulders. "Want to have some fun after this mission?"
Tim shrugged her off and walked faster. She frowned and tried to get his attention again, but they were at the gym. Ben called them to a halt, and everyone huddled.
"Alright, everyone ready?" he asked, and they nodded. He focused himself, and the green hair and elbow blades disappeared. A skull formed itself over his head, and a large bone weapon appeared in his hand. He nodded, and they slowly opened the door.
A lightning bolt instantly shot forward, sinking into Ben's chest. Being half ground type, it didn't affect him, but it did tick him off. He leaped forward, and he was set upon by a dozen Emolgas. He swung his bone, knocking several of them away, and it gave Clara time to rush in, flames spewing from her mouth. Alicia followed, sword swinging, and then chaos exploded out.
Ben was in a flurry of motion. Bone swinging, he knocked the electric types away. He could faintly se Tim moving silently along the edges of the room, duel pistols firing simultaneously. On the opposite side of the room from him, he saw Surge standing with his newly acquired Jolteon. He forced his way through the crowd of men, wielding his bone as a club, and had soon reached Surge, who grinned.
"Welcome to my not so humble abode." He said. "I can see you won't be affected by my electric attacks, so I guess this will b a sword fight of sorts. Prepare yourself, 'cause here I come!"
Surge swung his sword almost haphazardly, and Ben lifted his bone to block. He had just blocked it, when he was knocked aside by the Jolteon's tackle. He rolled, and that was when he realized just what he had got himself into. He had to fight two enemies at once. He ducked under Surge's next swing, then swung his own weapon at Jolteon when it lunged at him. Just as his swing was about to connect, Surge's sword swung back the other way, burying itself in Ben's arm. Surge wrenched his sword out and swung for Ben's head.
"Not on my watch." Said Alicia, appearing out of the shadows and deflecting Surge's strike. "You have to go through me first."
Then began an almost choreographed sword fight. Every swing was blocked or deflected, and neither one was even the slightest bit injured. Ben and Jolteon watched for a while, until Ben swung his bone, hitting Jolteon on the head and knocking it out. That distracted Surge long enough for Alicia to make a devastating attack, burying her sword up to the hilt in Surge's gut. He collapsed, and Ben and Alicia called the rest of the 'morphs to them and escaped.
Moving through the city was very hard to do when there were angry soldiers trying to find you. Multiple times they ended up running into a small group of soldiers, and had to deal with them in the only way that would mean they had the ability to move forward safely. They silently killed each group of soldiers, moving quickly to avoid other soldiers. As they drew closer to the Eastern exit, they heard a loud noise. Looking ahead, they saw that there was a very large group of soldiers waiting. They discussed among themselves how they were going to get past. And then they realized someone was missing.
"Hey! Over here!" someone shouted, distracting the soldiers, who ran after the owner of the voice. As they ran off, the rest of the group took their chance and dashed through the gate to safety.
In the city, Clara was leading the soldiers away to save her friends. As she ran, she tried to find a way to get away to get to safety, but no chance provided itself. She knew what was waiting for her if they caught her, so she kept running. As she ran, she spit fire at anything she could. She lit the gym on fire, but that was the only building she was able to get to before the soldiers caught her.
Outside the city, they heard a yip and, a few minutes later, the bang of a gun, and even Scott, who disliked Clara, winced. They moved away silently, but Ben saw a tear coursing down Tim's face. Though the mission was a success, ultimately, Ben would classify it as a failure. They had lost a brave comrade.
Back in the city
Jolteon woke up to the smell of smoke, and heard Surge groan. He leaped up, and saw Surge lying in a pool of his own blood. He moved forward, and grabbed Surge's arm in his teeth. He started to drag him out of the burning building.
When he got him out, Surge moaned and pulled out his gun, hoping that he could see at least one of the 'morphs that had done this to him. Luckily for him, his soldiers had actually captured one. His faithful Jolteon got their attention, and they brought her over to him. Surge lifted his gun, pointing it straight at her head. She blinked, a single tear sliding down her face, and he pulled the trigger. Then everything went black.
August 1, 2093
Ben stood at attention in front of the old Ursaring 'morph and gave his report. The commander listened intently, nodding and asking questions. When it came to Clara's sacrifice, he, too, shed a tear. He let Ben finish, and soon he was looking through his records for a good replacement 'morph.
"I have a high grade Zoroark 'morph in the field, if you want him." Said the general, but Ben shook his head. "Hm… How about a water type? I have a Poliwhirl 'morph." Ben shook his head again.
"Do you have a fire type?" he asked, hoping there was one.
"Well, we do have an Arcanine 'morph who ranked pretty high. Are you sure you wouldn't prefer the Zoroark?"
"Yes, I'm sure. Send him to my tent."
Ben got back to his tent and removed his uniform so that it could get washed. His arm still hurt him a little, but it had been mostly healed when they got back to Lavender Town. He checked each pocket, and came upon a scrap of paper stuffed in his back pocket. He smoothed it out and read.
If you have this note, it means we came upon an enemy that we couldn't take down without trouble, and I carried through on my plan to lead the enemy away from the rest of the team. Tell them I'm sorry that I didn't tell them my plan, but I couldn't! If I did, you would never have let me go through with it. I'm sorry I couldn't say goodbye myself.
Love to all, Clara
Ben cried openly at the note, and as soon as he had stopped he pulled on another, clean, uniform, and went to read it to the rest of the team.
Saffron City Hospital, 5:30 in the morning, August 1, 2093
Surge woke up. The doctor sitting next to him smiled and spoke.
"You are very lucky that you have a caring platoon of soldiers. It's thanks to them that you survived. But really, it's thanks to your faithful Jolteon here," he patted the Pokemon next to him, "because he dragged you out of a burning building so that the soldiers could bring you here. The operation you had to go through… You almost died. I won't go through all the details, but once again, you are very lucky to be alive. Although, unfortunately, you will never walk again. The person that stabbed you made sure of that." Surge mumbled something. "What was that?" The doctor asked questioningly.
"I said, it wasn't a person."
"What do you mean?"
"It was one of those damn 'morphs!" Surge shouted, frightening the doctor, who fell backwards with the chair he was sitting on. The poor doctor scurried out of the room, never having to deal with a patient like this. Surge tried to calm down, but the image of the girl with the dark fur and the glowing yellow rings would not leave his mind. He was going to get revenge for that, no matter what it took.
There you go. That's the chapter. And that's how the electric type Pokemon saved Lt. Surge's life in "the war." Bet you didn't expect how the chapter ended. And now I'm rambling. Anyway, the next chapter will have another mission, but I doubt you'll guess what the mission is for. Review with your guesses! See you next time!
