Brendan and Lisia had just entered a Pokemon Center on the way to Nuvema Town so they could meet Professor Juniper. Looking at the map on his PokeNav, Brendan was looking for how close the next town or Pokemon Center was. Lisia stood up out of her seat and stretched.
"Going somewhere, Lissy?" Brendan questioned.
"Yeah," She turned to look at him smiling. "I'm just going out for a walk and get some fresh air."
"Alright," Brendan smiled. "I'll join you in a bit. I just need to check up on a few things."
She nodded before walking out through the automatic doors. Immediately letting out a content sigh, she tossed out a Poke Ball. "Ali, come on out!" Without a flash of white light came the performers signature Pokemon, Ali the Altaria.
"Al!" He began to hover in front of his master, getting a light pat on the head by her.
"Thought you might like to stretch your wings a bit." Lisia observed. Getting a happy cry out of the Flying Pokemon, he took to the sky and began to fly around happily getting a light giggle out of Lisia. "That's what I figured.
Walking down the path through the forest, Lisia watched her Pokemon play and fly through the air. He was doing loop-de-loops, corkscrews and crying happily as he flew through the air. Lisia was glad her Pokemon was happy. Sitting on top of a large rock, she watched her Pokemon continue flying through the air.
Her attention was drawn away from her Pokemon when she heard what sounded like a vehicle approaching. Approaching them was a brown jeep being driven by a man with scruffy looking hair, a green shirt and a brown vest on. As he got closer, a glare formed in the performer's eyes. She couldn't put a finger on it, but for some reason she got a bad vibe from him.
She heighten her guard when he got out of the jeep and smirked at her. "Well, well. What do we here?" He spoke in a slightly menacing tone. "A little girl and her Altaria." He looked at the Humming Pokemon which landed next to her.
"Who are you?" She asked in a demanding tone.
"Heh," He smirked. "The name's Samuel."
The bad vibe she was getting from this guy was getting stronger and stronger the more they continued this interaction. She didn't know why, but her eyes were drawn to the back of his jeep. She let out a gasp of shock when she saw the large cage behind it which held dozens of Pokemon. All fully evolved. There was some Pidgeot, some Scolipede, some Breloom, some Arbok, some Weezing and many other Pokemon. She was on full alert now. She knew exactly what was going on.
"You're a Pokemon Hunter..." She said with clear distaste in her voice.
"Ding ding ding! We have a winner!" Samuel laughed. "You're right on the money, girly. I'm a Pokemon Hunter. I catch rare or valuable Pokemon and sell them on the black market to the highest bidder."
"You Pokemon Hunters are the lowest of the low!" She shouted in clear anger. "Pokemon are not property meant to be sold or bought!"
"Al!" The Altaria next to her screamed in anger.
"Ha! Ha! Ha!" The Pokemon Hunter laughed. "You flatter me, really. But that's where you're wrong miss. Pokemon are our property. There is no Pokemon alive that isn't meant to be our property!"
"How dare you!" Lisia yelled. "You should be ashamed of yourself for even thinking that! How dare you call yourself a human being!"
"Hm Hm Hmmmm." He chuckled menacingly. "You're a funny kid. I'll give you that. But..." He smirked, taking out a Poke Ball. "I'll be taking your Altaria!"
"I don't think so!" Lisia objected. "Ali, fly away!"
Doing what he was told, Ali took to the sky in attempt to escape the capture. "Oh no, you don't!" He tossed the Poke Ball into the air. "Gurdurr, Dynamic Punch!"
From the ball appeared a large grey, muscular Pokemon holding a large steel beam in its hands. Doing what was ordered, the Muscular Pokemon's fist glowed with a red aura and jumped into the air in front of Ali, stopping him in his tracks. Gurdurr grinned and hit Altaria hard sending it flying back and into the cage.
"ALI NO!" Lisia screamed in horror. "GIVE ALI BACK NOW!"
"Ha ha ha!" The Hunter laughed. "I thank you for your Pokemon donation. I'll be on my way now!" He said bringing his Gurdurr back into it's ball and driving off.
"NO STOP!" Lisia screamed at the top of her lungs, before collapsing to her knees. "Ali..." Her eyes were void of any emotion. The Pokemon she had been with for her entire, forcefully taken from her. "ALI!" She cried, tears falling from her eyes. Standing up moments later, she trudged her way back to the Pokemon Center.
Brendan was just putting his PokeNav away when he saw Lisia trudging through the , he walked over to her. "Hey, I was just about to come and find-" Getting closer, he noticed her state. Her eyes were void of any emotion, tears were streaming down her and she wasn't smiling. Instantly, he knew something was wrong. "Lisia, what's wrong?"
Lifting her head to look at him, she burst into tears again and clung to his chest as she cried. Brendan was confused as to why she was crying, but ultimately tried to comfort her. "Hey, what's wrong?"
"Ali...Ali was..." She couldn't get the words out.
"Ali was what?" Brendan couldn't figure out what she was trying to say. What happened to Ali?
"Ali was stolen from me!" She shouted, her eyes wide in horror.
"What!?"
"I was walking with Ali in the forest when a Pokemon Hunter drove up to us and took Ali from me." She said through sobs.
"Did you say something about a Pokemon Hunter?" Nurse Joy overhearing the conversation, walked up to the couple.
"Yes," Lisia nodded, sadly. "A Pokemon Hunter stole my Altaria and he drove off..."
"Did he happen to look like this?" The nurse lifted a wanted poster with a picture of the very person who took Lisia's Altaria.
"Yes!" She pointed at the poster. "That's him!"
"That's what I figured." Nurse Joy said seriously. "He goes by Pokemon Hunter, Samuel. He's a skilled Pokemon Hunter that the police have been trying to capture for months. He collects fully evolved Pokemon to deliver to his clients. It doesn't matter if those Pokemon are wild or belong to a trainer. If he finds a Pokemon he thinks will make him a quick sum, he'll take it without hesitation."
"Pokemon Hunters! Tch!" Brendan said with disgust. "Pokemon Hunters are disgusting."
"Ali..." Lisia whispered. "He's probably so lonely and scared...I'll never see my Ali again." She buried her face in her hands and cried.
Brendan turned his head to Nurse Joy. "Nurse Joy, could I borrow that poster?"
"Sure, but why?" She handed him the poster with a curious on her face.
"I'm going to hunt this Hunter down and bring him to justice." Brendan said seriously. "I won't forgive anybody who captures Pokemon just for a quick cash grab. Especially someone who stole my girlfriend's Pokemon!"
"Brendan..." She smiled when she heard Brendan's vow. She knew she could count on Brendan to get Ali back.
"Nurse Joy, can you get a hold of Officer Jenny and let her know that I'm in pursuit of that Hunter?" Nurse Joy nodded and went to the desk. Brendan turned to his girlfriend. "Lisia, you stay here and wait for Officer Jenny."
"Okay." She nodded.
Brendan gripped her hands tightly and gave her a serious glare. "Lissy, I swear to you. I'll get Ali back."
"Yeah," She smiled and pecked his cheek. "I know you will."
With one last kiss on the lips and smile, Brendan ran out of the Pokemon Center to track down that Pokemon Hunter.
Once he got far enough down the path, an idea popped in his head. Taking out his Eon Flute, he played the familiar melody and soon, his trustful Latias came into sight, nuzzling him when she landed.
"Sorry, Latias." He said in a serious tone. "I can't play right now. But I need your help."
"La?" The Eon Pokemon tilted her head, wondering what he needed help with.
"I need you to get airborne and look for someone who looks like this." He held the poster up for Latias to look at. "He stole Lisia's Altaria and bunch of other Pokemon. I think a birds eye view would be a big help. Think you can help me?"
"La!" She nodded giving a serious look before taking to the sky.
"Latias, hold on a second!" The Dragon turned back toward him. "Make sure to cloak yourself so you don't get spotted!"
Taking off once again, she cloaked her body as if invisible. Once Latias was out of sight, Brendan began his search determined to find his girlfriend's stolen Pokemon.
"Don't worry, Lisia." He thought. "I won't quit until I find Ali. You can count on it!"
Latias was flying through air quickly, determined to fulfill the task that was given to her. And she'd do anything to accomplish it. She was flying through the air when her attention was drawn to the ground where she tire tracks in the dirt.
"Tire tracks?" She questioned. "Maybe they'll lead somewhere!"
Hovering above the ground a bit, she followed the tracks until she came to a clearing. In said clearing, she saw a man with scruffy looking hair grinning at a cage of the Pokemon he's captured.
"This is quite a nice haul." Samuel chuckled to himself. "Yeah, I bet I could get quite a bit of money off of these Pokemon." He laughed walking away.
"That's the Pokemon Hunter Brendan sent me to find!" She observed the scene further and saw Altaria in the cage with a bunch of other Pokemon. "There's Altaria! I have to let Brendan know!"
"So you're saying you encountered Pokemon Hunter, Samuel?" Officer Jenny questioned Lisia.
Shortly after Brendan had left the Pokemon Center to go search for Ali, Officer Jenny arrived and started asked the girl questions.
"Yes," She nodded and frowned. "I was outside walking with my Altaria and he drove up to us. He took Ali and then drove off..." She looked back up to the police officer in front her as she continued. "But my boyfriend is out there right now trying to track him down."
"Then if that's case, we should join the search." Jenny stated. "Come on!"
Following the officer outside, the exited the Pokemon Center. When they got further down the path, they saw footprints that marked the ground in front of them.
"I'm pretty sure these are Brendan's footprints." The coordinator observed.
"Come on then!" Both parties followed the direction those prints were headed in.
Meanwhile, Brendan was on his own search for the Pokemon Hunter. He was walking through the forest when he noticed a pair of tired tracks along the ground.
"Tire tracks..." He said to himself.
"La!" While he was examining the tracks, his Dragon-type companion had finally returned from her search and it seemed like she found something.
"Latias!" He ran up to the Legendary Pokemon as she flew closer to the ground. "Did you find something?"
She nodded and began to point further down the road. Flying off, Brendan followed her. He was sure Latias was leading him toward Ali's captor.