IT IS ABOUT TO GO DOWN!
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"Zoro, keep sniffing!"
Damian and his Zoroark were looking in the park in Rustboro City. That was where Crystal and Aaron were last. Maybe he could figure out what happened to them. His Zoroark, Zoro, kept sniffing the park, but she couldn't find anything.
"Damn... This is useless..." Damian said, frustrated, kicking a can across the sidewalk.
"ARK! ZO!"
Damian snapped back into attention. He ran over to where Zoro was and looked. The black fox pointed at a small necklace on the ground. He picked it up and looked at it. Zoro seemed to be interested.
"This isn't Crystal's... But it's beautiful..."
The jewelry was silver chained, expert craftsmanship, and a teardrop shaped blue gem on the medallion on the necklace. It gleamed a bright blue that seemed almost unnatural. How could something so beautiful end up in a place like this?
He put it in his pocket, as if he knew it would bring him answers later... Like a voice in his head said Don't let this go. It is important. Handle it with care.
Unknown to Damian, the fountain behind him flowed faster. Neither he or his Pokemon took notice of it. They just continued on.
"Why did you think it was important?"
Zoro shrugged. She had the same feeling like Damian, she just thought it was important.
"I guess we could get a better look at it."
They walked off, defeated from the dead search. Another night wasted. No answers found. Just a necklace with a gem brighter than the bright sky.
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"Oh my! What beauty!"
With nothing better to do, Damian brought the gem to a friend of his, who's father was a Jeweler.
"The precision on the gem! The intense color! The gleaming silver! This is a work of art, my friend. And you..."
"Just found it laying around looking around the park. Zoro found it."
The Pokemon nodded in conformation.
"I see. Well, you are no criminal, but I still find it hard to believe that you found something as exquisite as this in the middle of a park in the middle of a city." He said.
"Maybe we can find who owned this?"
"This was custom made. More than likely, the owner had her initials carved into it somewhere... Oh! It's a locket!"
Damian took the necklace back and looked at it curiously. He opened the gem and found a small piece of parchment inside. It looked to be over two thousand years old!
"Arceus almighty," Said the Jeweler, "How old is this?"
Damian ignored him and opened the small note. He read the note. On the small paper he saw seven symbols.
A hand,
A flame,
A black diamond,
An eye,
A water droplet.
A tree on a mountain,
And a tornado.
Under the symbols, there were some words written in an old cursive.
Keep this safe. Fear and Darkness are coming. We have failed, find the ones who will take our place.
Damian sat there confused. What was this? Who wrote this? Why was it lying in the middle of the sidewalk in the park at midnight?
"Fate has a funny way of driving our lives." He remembered a quote from the famous Pokemon Master, Red, talking about how he was always at the right place at the right time during an interview with Gabby, a famous reporter.
"Thanks for your help." Damian said, shaking the man's hand.
"Any time." He replied, "Put that away. Someone could steal it and sell it for a pretty penny."
"Yeah."
Damian slipped the necklace around his neck and headed out the door.
He stuck his thumbs in his pockets and began to walk home casually, a stone cold look of thought on his face. He had so many unanswered questions about his sister and her friends, and now of this new necklace.
He found his usual shortcut back to the suburbs, in between a couple abandoned shops. The alleyway was always really creepy at night, but for some odd reason... It felt stranger.
He was being watched.
Whispers could be heard from both sides. A group of people stepped into the alleyway, surrounding him.
"He found one." One of the men said.
"Yes, he did." Another said.
"One step further. To him. To our goals."
The six man walked towards Damian. The man in the middle of the group stuck out his gloved hand and made a motion to the necklace.
"Who the hell are you people?"
One of the men behind him kicked him in the back, sending him tumbling to the ground. His backpack fell off and Zoro's Pokeball rolled out of the side pocket. Damian tried to reach it, but he was inches away. One of the men violently stamped on his hand.
"Give us the amulet, boy."
Damian panicked, he didn't know what was going on, but he needed to figure out what he could do. Before he could retaliate, the men began to mercilessly beat him until he was inches from passing out, when finally a hand shot out and snatched the amulet away.
"Got it."
"Excellent."
"Time to go."
"Indeed."
"Shall we kill the boy?"
"No. Leave him alive. We want all to witness our triumph. Soon the gateway will reopen on twilight of the night of the full moon. Then we will reconnect with the other half of our organization."
Damian heard their chanting as they walked away from him, leaving him beaten, bloody, and bruised on the pavement.
"The Darkness covers the world. Our group will see through.
Our cloaks whisper through the air, showing black hues.
Time and Space were attacked but left aside.
Until we find our master and stand by his side.
We will reunite with the ones we have lost long ago.
We will destroy and beat down our enemies and foes.
We will stomp out the hope of the light and the less.
Know our name well... We are Team Darkness."
They were gone. The chanting echoed through Damian's head as he fell to the pavement and passed out, just as it began to rain.
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WHAT IS THE DEAL WITH DAMIAN?!
Seriously. They show up in the human world too? What's going on!
Review and find out, we will return to Nathen after a small bit of necessary filler with Damian! Please, I didn't get that many reviews last chap. I need to know what you guys think of the story so far! We are finally moving out of the first saga within the next 10 chappies, so I want to know how this story is sounding to you guys!
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