Transformation: Project legends
Chapter 12: Hunt and Brawl
A/N: Hi everyone, here's an update for the holidays. This chapter is dedicated to Swack16 and Snowfeather-Dawnsky-Barkpelt. MEE-YAA!
Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Pokemon, Nintendo does. TurtlesandMonkeys created and owns the Transformation Universe and its virus. I own the legendary strain. MEE-YAA!
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Ah the city, I wonder why I don't come here that often…oh wait I remember…
A dark haired young man was strolling through the vista of pedestrians, a sign nearby reading "Celadon City; the city of Rainbow dreams.
Hmmm, after the rockets were driven out, I hear the tourism really kick started again.
Ryan only sighed and continued strolling on the sidewalk with his hands in his jeans. He was wearing a blue jacket with a white collar over a green shirt, his gray pokebelt clipped to his side. His short black hair swayed with the aromatic wind. That smell is probably from the gym, I hear they're also a perfume shop. He opened his amber eyes and straightened his light blue cap and put it on and walked tall and straight.
Better head to the pokemon center before I do anything else here…maybe I'll call home.
Ryan began to walk for the pokemon center when something caught his eye.
He saw a girl, probably 15, pushing through the crowd nervously. Her strawberry red hair fluttered as she ran, her blue eyes full of worry. She zoomed past Ryan and went deeper into the maze of alleyways. Ryan was turning when he felt someone push him aside. He saw some men in dark uniforms push past him and went the same way the girl was heading.
What the?! They must be after her, she might be in trouble.
Ryan narrowed his eyes and turned his hat backwards and began to follow the men.
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Must get away! Why are they after me? What do they want?
Melody Snowfeather was running aimlessly through the alley, the footsteps of her pursuers thumping behind her.
Earlier that day, Melody was just taking care of the pokemon at the breeding center. They called her in after one of their interns didn't show up that day so she got ready to go there. On her way over, she noticed these guys that seemed to be watching her but didn't think much about it. She worked through the day when those same guys just walked in.
"May I help you?" She asked but had a feeling of suspicion.
"Come with us. And do yourself a favor; don't scream." She remembered when they reached for her, the feeling of revulsion and horror that she felt. They grabbed her arm but she kicked one in his chest and began to run out of the center. She ran through the city with those men following her. She was hoping she could loose them in the alleyways and find Officer Jenny to help.
She took another sharp turn near a construction site. DO NOT ENTER was on one of the signs. She turned and saw those men bounding the corner. One was pulling out a barrel like object from his bag.
What is that…A BAZOOKA?! Melody's eyes widened.
Melody gulped and ducked under the sign when she heard the weapon click. She was running through the construction site, no workers seemed to be on duty. There's no one here to help me!
"Great, your tax dollars at work my ass."She muttered. She heard a bang and instinctively ducked as a net flew overhead and slammed into some cinder blocks.
"Damn, missed. Reload."
Melody picked up a stray brick and threw it in their direction while running. "Just leave me alone!"
She heard a grunt of pain and just kept running and bounded another corner.
She heard the sound of Pokeballs being released. What, they're sending pokemon after me now? Who are these creeps? Her heart pounded from all her running and the adrenaline in her system. There was a high portion of brick foundation that she began to climb to get to the other side. She heard the sound of padded feet against concrete and heard a growl. She turned and saw a Houndoom heading toward her, a Sneasle trailing behind it, crawling sideways on a wall with its claws.
Gotta move faster!
She felt the jaws of the Houndoom barely miss her leg as she went over the other side and began to run inside a hollow building with only the foundation and not much room to hide. The dog pokemon growled and began to climb up the pile with its forepaws. The Sneasle leapt through the air its claws flailing through the air. "SNEEAAAASLE!" It cried out and brought its claws down. Melody felt a small scraping and felt some of her shirt tear on her back and cried out when the sharp pain hit her. She fell forward and was crawling against the ground, the insane pokemon still trailing her. She got on her feet again and was running when she saw a dead end. Oh no!
Melody turned with stinging tears toward the pokemon behind her and saw the men in suits walk up with sneers on their faces. One had a bottle of chloroform and a napkin in the other.
"You can come with us peacefully or we might have to get rough. Your choice." One teased.
Melody shrunk back a bit against the wall. She shook her head. "Why? Why?"
One shrugged with a smirk. "Sorry kid, nothing personal, just business." They were advancing for her when she closed her eyes tight.
"Then allow me to make it my business!" A young man's voice called out from above. Melody felt the wind flutter and heard a whooshing sound and the men grunting.
"Dragonite, Hyper beam!"
Melody opened her eyes and saw the Houndoom and the Sneasle getting pushed back by a powerful beam and fainted on the ground. She looked up and saw a young man with black hair and amber eyes riding on the back of a Dragonite, a determined look on his face. Who is he?
He jumped off his Dragonite and landed in front of Melody in a crouch then got up. His Dragonite landed next to him. They both glared at the gale grunts. They glared at the boy and his pokemon.
"Grr, who the hell are you?" One snarled.
"Name's Ryan. Leave this girl alone. It's obvious you're up to no good. I suggest you turn around and leave now before I open up a world of hurt on you."
One growled and pointed at him. "Listen punk, you mess with Team Dark Gale, it's the last thing you'll ever do!"
Ryan kicked up a pole and grabbed it and spun it around before gesturing for the grunts to come on. "Well, you want her, you're going to have to go through me first!" He said with a cocky grin.
The grunts glared and pulled put more Pokeballs. A Seviper and Glalie popped out and were ready.
"Dragonite?" Ryan said with a look to his friend and it nodded. He turned toward the grunts.
"You want me come and get me!" He cried out in defiance toward them. They narrowed their eyes and ordered their pokemon to attack, then rushed for Ryan.
One was coming to the left with a steel pipe and Ryan parried that blow with the lower part of his pole then hit the guy with the top part. The other one came an he ducked from a swing of the grunt's arms and hit him in the chest then spun and ducked a swing from the Seviper's poison tail. Dragonite came in and slammed into the snake with its shoulder when the Glalie flew behind it and prepared an aurora beam but Ryan swung the pole with both arms and batted the floating pokemon away. It spun and shot into the air and hit some hanging slabs of concrete that began to fall down on them. Ryan immediately got the girl and Dragonite picked him up and they dodged the falling slabs. They were flying and landed on another level of the building. They hopped off Dragonite when Ryan felt a blow behind him. One of the grunts was waiting for them and hit Ryan in the back with a steel rod. Ryan got his pole and began to block some of the swings the guy threw at him. He brought his rod down on the end of the grunt's pole and got a firm grip on it and kicked him aside and had both rods in his hand.
"SNEAASLE!"
He heard the cry and turned around as the Sneasle brought its claws down and brought his pole up. Sparks flew as the Sneasle clanged against it, flailing with its claws. "Snea!Snea!Snea!Snea!Sne-SLLLE!" It grunted as Ryan banged it with the pole after a succession of blocks. The other grunt came in with a slab over his head and threw it at Ryan. Dragonite came and slammed the slab with its tail and it shattered apart.
Ryan heard a clicking sound and heard a banging sound and saw Dragonite get wrapped up in a net and get shocked. "Dragonite!" he called out and began to run toward the grunt that was reloading his cannon. He stuck his pole into the open nozzle of the bazooka and swung upward, causing the grunt to lose grip. He threw it aside and spun himself along with the pole and slammed the grunt on the side. The grunt fell aside with cry of pain slipping through his clenched teeth.
Ryan ran to Dragonite and tried to get it out of the net, but he felt a shock when he touched the net. He brought his pole and began to bang at the end of the net to loosen it.
"Ah! Help!" He heard the girl cry out and turned to see the gale grunt wrapping his arms around her and was beginning to walk off with her. Ryan narrowed his eyes and began to run toward the guy.
"Let me go!" Melody then grabbed the guy's arm and bit him hard.
"AGHH! DAMNIT!" The grunt raised his other arm the strike her but Ryan immediately grabbed it and twisted it around with a crunch and the guy cried out. Ryan then did a chop with his hand against the guys shoulder and he let go of Melody and Ryan pulled a spinning kick to the guy's stomach. The grunt flew back and landed on the ground with a thud.
"Whoa." Melody felt her self say. She then turned to Ryan. "Thank you." She bowed to him.
Ryan smiled when he heard the grunts get up and their pokemon were beginning to corner him and the girl. He looked to where Dragonite was and saw…
Nothing. He smiled and he brought the girl close to the edge with him. There were several stories beneath tem and a pit.
"Trust me." He said to her.
"Grrr, Ok Mr. Hero, Playtime is over!" The grunt growled.
Ryan smirked and saluted. "Well then, see you next FALL!"
He grabbed Melody and they both fell backwards with a kick and began to plummet toward the ground real fast.
What the-?! Oh no! Melody closed her eyes and heard Ryan laugh and all of a sudden felt the air rush around her. She had the sensation she was flying and looked around and saw that Ryan's Dragonite had caught them and they were flying away from the construction site.
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They watched as the boy and their target flew away when the Dragonite caught them. The grunts growled and one kicked the floor.
"Target evaded capture." One reported on the com-link.
"Well lucky for you, we have a plan B." Another voice said on the com-link.
"Everyone needs an ace in the hole…"
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"Thank you for saving me back there…"
"No prob. I saw that you were in trouble and jumped into action."
Ryan and the girl were in a room at the pokemon hotel. They reported what they saw to an officer who then called in officer Jenny, who was on her way ow. She told them to meet at the hotel.
"Thank you Ryan." She bowed. "My name is Melody Snowfeather. I'm a pokemon breeder-to-be real soon."
Ryan smiled and took off his hat. "Ryan Ping, pokemon master-to-be." He put his cap back on.
"You're martial arts are not to bad." She said. He shrugged. "Eh, everyone needs a hobby." Melody only sighed.
"So why do you think those guys are after you?" he asked.
She shrugged. "I really don't know, they just came at me."
"Well once we tell officer Jenny, I'm sure things will get better."
She laughed. "Thanks. You know I feel kind of funny saying this, but it's kind of like having a big brother protecting me from all the outside stuff."
He smiled and walked up to her. "Well, I do have a little cousin that I'm helping teach the ropes to, so that's kind of like being a big brother."
She put her arms behind her. "Until Jenny comes, can you watch me and protect me from any more troubles that come?"
Ryan closed his eyes in a smile and grinned. "Sure thing." He gave the thumbs up to her.
"Thank you."
They heard a knock on the door. Ryan got up.
"Who is it?" Melody asked.
"Officer Jenny, CCPD."
Ryan got his Pokeball ready and opened the door slowly. They saw a blue haired woman in a police uniform holding up a badge. See had her other hand around her nightstick.
Ryan put his ball back. Jenny smiled and walked in and took off her hat.
"Good evening. I hear you called for me?" She said. Melody nodded.
"Yes Officer. Some men in strange uniforms came to the center and seemed to want to kidnap me." Melody said. "But then Ryan , this young man hear, came and saved me from them.
"Huh, well thank goodness he did, or who else knows what might of happened." Jenny said.
Melody nodded. "So officer, who do you think it is?"
"Well, that sounds like Team Rocket's style, but they haven't been seen around for years."
Ryan looked to her. "They called themselves Team Dark Gale or something."
Jenny's eyes widened. "Team Dark Gale? Never heard of them before."
"They must be a new team in town. Either way, they sound like bad news, officer." Melody said.
Jenny sighed and reached into her bag that she had hanging from her side and pulled out a thermos.
"Well in cases like these, I feel like a warm cup of tea helps the nerves settle down." She brought out some paper cups and poured some tea in them and offered them to Ryan and Melody.
"Well I am feeling kind of thirsty after the run." Melody said as she reached for the cup. Ryan took his too. They both drank. Ryan noticed that Jenny wasn't drinking hers.
The tea was warm and smooth, but then everything felt dizzying. Melody felt all drowsy and let out a yawn. Ryan dropped his cup and began to stand up fast and move toward Jenny but was losing consciousness. "Damn it…she…tricked...us.." He slumped to the ground and passed out, seeing Jenny's face of sorrow and sympathy before passing out completely.
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"Did you get them?" A voice asked Jenny. She gestured to her motorbike where Melody and Ryan were tied up. "All right I held up my end of your dirty bargain. Now hold up yours, my sister back." Jenny said with a stern face.
Am I doing the right thing? She asked herself. The answer was obvious. If only they didn't capture Jenny's youngest sister, then she wouldn't be reduced to this.
Them for her ,that was the deal…
Two dark gale grunts picked up Ryan and Melody and a cage was brought up. Jenny was confused. "But you said you'd give her back." she said.
One looked to her with a cold grin. "We did, just not the way you remember."
Jenny looked in the cage and saw a Growlithe in tattered clothing that she recognized as her sister's growling up at her.
"What did you do to her?!" She asked.
"We didn't do nothing to her per say, just the Growlithe. You can guess the rest. Don't worry you'll join her soon." They opened up the cage and the Growlithe jumped up at Jenny.
What did I sell my soul for? Jenny asked herself.
She knew the answer now as the Growlithe that was once her sister sank its teeth in her arm.
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A young man wearing a black shirt and a hat with the Dark gale insignia had his eyes closed, his spiky dark red hair peeking through the front of his backwards cap. He appeared to be listening to music. There was a beeping in his earphones and he clicked them.
"Siefer, your team moves as well."
"Affirmative Doctor." The young man smirked.
"All right ladies, Showtime." He snickered to the gale grunts behind him and pulled up his PDA.
"Target: Masterson, Emily, Head of Omega R&D."
A picture of a blond lady showed up. He looked up and saw that same face on a woman in the crowd.
Target acquired.
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A/n: I think I'll stop here for now. XD! Well this was an enjoyable chapter to write because it brought so many elements I never used before to the table; it was one of the few human action scenes I've written in awhile. Melody was a character suggested by Snowfeather-Dawnsky-Barkpelt and when I was writing this chap I looked at her request and thought it would be nice to apply a part of her name for her character and though that "Melody Snowfeather" had a nice ring to it. Swack 16's OC Ryan makes an appearance in this chapter with "guns blazing." so to speak; may be that should be "fist flying." Ryan is related to another Ping in the transformation universe, he is the older cousin of John from Ancient Society, Quarantine, and darkest before the dawn. Since he was older, I thought I could do stuff that I would do with John on a grander scale. Plus I think it helps to have Burley Brawl from Matrix reloaded playing while I was writing it. (Hey, at least the grunts don't wear shades and suits and ties…XD!)The thing with Jenny was a spur of the moment because I knew that Ryan would be stubborn with the grunts and that he would have to be caught off guard. I had some dialogue references to outside things in some of the lines here. (TDK was one. XD)
Well Ryan and Melody ended up being captured by Dark gale, Ryan more so by accident. He was simply in the wrong place at the right time. This is only part one of Gale's double capture. Scottsdale's special target is next. Well, please review and Happy Holidays! MEE-YAA!
