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Chapter 21: I Am A Hunter
Author's Notes: Chapter 21 up! In this one, the Sharpedos get a new enemy, Colonel Strenlikov of the Soviet Army who devises a plan to get rid of the Sharpedos once and for all.
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February 2008
A Russian marching band walked marched down the streets of Cerulean, beating drums and carrying the flag of the Soviet Union. A huge stereo system was playing the Russian National Anthem at full blast. At the head of the marching band was Colonel Strenlikov of the Russian Army. He saluted Colonel Bella and General Bratchenko while marching down the street. On the other side of some fences on the sidewalk, people were being forced to wave flags of various Soviet Republics.
The Russian Army gathered inside a press hall. "Attention!" the manager of the briefing barked. The soldiers all snapped to attention and saluted Strenlikov. Strenlikov, along with Bella and Bratchenko, all took their places at the front of the press hall. "Be seated, comrades." Strenlikov said. All the soldiers sat down.
Strenlikov picked up a baton. Around the room were different articles of documents. One was a map of Mt. Moon, the other was a picture of a real Sharpedo, and another had pictures of the members of the Sharpedos, with red X's stamped over Brock and Andrew's pictures, seeing as they were both dead.
"What I despise most about warfare is the hypocrisy of often breeds." Strenlikov said. "I've heard euphemisms that we are containing the enemy, that our sector of pacification is growing. These are the tactics of the lie. Lies have the stench of death and defeat. You can only win a war by exterminating the enemy." he added.
"Do you know who we are fighting?" Strenlikov asked. He pointed his baton at the picture of a Sharpedo. "We are fighting Sharpedos, small, ferocious Pokemon. For them, you need a hunter. And you know I am a hunter." Strenlikov added, answering his own question.
Bratchenko nodded his head in agreement to Strenlikov. "From this moment on there will be no more reprisals against civilians." Strenlikov said. "This was stupid. Impotence. Comrades, if a predator Pokemon stole your chickens, would you slaughter you pig because he saw the predator? No." (In the Soviet Union, they have both Pokemon and regular animals, in case you're wondering.) "You would hunt the predator, find where it lives and destroy it! And how do we do this? Become a predator."
Author's Notes: Chapter 21 is a short chapter, I know, but there is nothing you can do about that is there! (insert evil villain laugh here.) Anyway, Chapter 22 will be up later today. In Chapter 22, the Soviets find the Sharpedos' base of operations and attack it. Luckily, our heroes will be there to defend it. But at what cost?