Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Legendary & Ancient Discoveries

Book I

Chapter 13:

Departure

"Here's the Feather." said Infernape.

Five days had passed and Mantine had arrived at the guild.

"Thank you." she replied, picking up the Feather using her telepathic connection to it.

"Sparky will be here shortly with the boys. Please wait outside for him to come." Infernape said.

After a few minutes had passed, Sparky and Team Pokesquad had entered the guild. As soon as they were in sight, every pokemon on the 2nd floor turned their attention to the five.

After a few moments in silence, some of the guild members started whispering to each other.

"What do you think they did back in that forest?" whispered Cherrim.

"I don't know." Growlithe replied. "But I heard a ton of explosions in the first three days out of the five they in the forest."

"I tried going into the forest a few days ago to see what they were doing," Rhyperior whispered to Octillery "but even after I managed to make my way through the debris, wrecked terrain, and explosions, I couldn't get by this massive barricade the guildmaster set up."

Team Pokesquad was completely ignoring this whispering. They were walking behind Sparky with hard, stoic expressions on their faces. They each had dirt, scratches, and bruises scattered across their bodies, and they looked as if they had been training for ages. The four of them definitely looked older than they had just five days ago. They were all wearing tattered, very light brown capes tied around their necks, as well as their usual red bandanas.

Suddenly, the crowd was shoved away as Drifblim came crashing through, rushing towards Team Pokesquad.

"You rookie bastards don't deserve a mission like this!" He screamed, preparing to attack the team.

But his attack never came to fruition, as in the blink of an eye he was thrown across the room, unconscious. The whole guild looked at him in shock before turning to see Sceps' arm outstretched in Drifblim's direction, making it clear that it was he who attacked. And it was all the proof they needed to see Team Pokesquad's massive increase in power. After a few minutes of silence in which Drifblim was taken to recover in his room, Sparky spoke up.

"Alright, it's time we get going." He announced. "Mantine, I will be escorting you and Team Pokesquad to the beach where you will depart for the Glacial Ring." He turned to Team Pokesquad. "I've packed you with supplies that should help you immensely, including powerful healing items, orbs, and of course, food."

Sparky spoke with them a little more before they left, walking out one at a time. The guild went downstairs to watch them leave. None of them looked back upon leaving, except Sceps. Before walking out of the door, Sceps stopped and turned his head back to look at the eyes of his guildmates. He put a small smile on his face, raised his hand to his forehead, and saluted. He knew all too well that this simple salute could very well be the last they ever see of him.

A few minutes later, at the beach...

"Goodbye, guildmaster." Ryo said.

"Just make sure you each come back in one piece." Sparky replied. "I couldn't live with myself if you boys get seriously injured or killed out there."

Ryo was surprised to hear the guildmaster being so serious, but he just smirked and replied: "We promise."

Ryo and Sparky shook hands and saluted to each other. After that, he joined his teammates on Mantine's back. After looking back at the guild to see their colleagues waving goodbye, they took off.

Despite having the weight of four pokemon on her back, Mantine was swimming surprisingly fast. Sceps had never felt anything like it before. The air blasting in his face, accompanied by the salty sea spray. He felt energetic and alive.

"Hey, what did the guildmaster pack for us?" Mud asked.

"Let me check." Ryo replied. "Let's see... some berries, seeds, orbs, throwing items... Wait, what's this?" He said, pulling out an orb with a picture of a large arrow inside of it.

"It's an Escape Orb." Iron replied.

Ryo looked at the orb for a while. The guildmaster didn't want them to take chances with their lives. If they were in serious danger, he wanted them to use this to save themselves.

After much thought, Ryo threw the orb into the ocean behind him, assuring that victory was the only option.

Not the greatest chapter, but it's something.