Another double chapter. It's time to get serious. Enjoy the chapter.
Immediate Action
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"Hey, we're back," Hilbert declared.
"Hey. How were things?" Red turns to Hilbert and Hilda.
"It worked out fine, thankfully," Hilda said. She then looks at Rosa and Ethan who seems a bit too concentrated on the map of Unova.
"They're trying to pinpoint the possibilities of where Charon might be," Lucas walks past Hilbert's left and looks at the map himself.
"Where are the others?" Hilbert turns his attention towards Red.
"Some of them are in the gym leaders room, joining Looker, explaining the current situation while some are having lunch in Driftveil," Red answers.
"What?" Hilda and Hilbert said simultaneously.
"It turns out that some businesses are still open despite the crisis at hand," Lucas clarifies the situation.
"Ah. Like it has always been In that case, I'll join them in the meeting room, then," Hilbert leaves the heroes personal meeting room.
"Then, I'll stay put here," Hilda said.
Meanwhile, in the Gym Leaders" room…
"You got to be kidding me," Whitney slams both her hands on the table.
"It's true, sadly. It's the only conclusion that we come up with," Looker said to the gym leaders. Some of the gym leaders are sent to numerous cities across Unova on recon, while some stayed here to hold the fort.
"But, there's no way… Right?" Roxie said.
"That might explain it," Leaf said. Everyone turned their heads towards Leaf.
"What are you talking about?" Dawn asked while looking puzzled.
"Think: They're not supposed to know that we were going for the cane at Giant Chasm, and yet an army was there. I don't think Ghetsis saw that coming on just pure instinct," Leaf offers her thoughts.
"Speaking of strange things: None of us have saw Janine since she helped…" Cilan, who joined the rest of the gym leaders quite late with his brothers, Chili and Cress, who are now part of the recon mission, stopped when he saw Leaf, Looker and Dawn looking at him annoyed.
"Ok. "Helped" you guys out at the Entralink," Cilan corrected himself while bending his pointing and middle fingers on both his hands in unison in the air.
"And she's not part of the recon mission. So does that mean that Janine is indeed with the enemy?" Pryce said with his left hand on his walking cane. No one said a word. That's when Hilbert comes in. Before he said anything, he noticed a blood stain on the floor.
"Guys, what is with this blood stain?"
"Volkner completely lost it and punched Ghetsis in the face. Some of us had to restrain him before the recon mission," Candice explained.
"I hate to say it, but Hilda would've been very useful in that situation," Dawn sweat-dropped.
"Where's Ghetsis now?" Hilbert asked while looking at Looker. (A/N: No pun intended)
"He's been taken away to prison where he awaits his sentencing. N is there right now speaking to him," Looker responds. Hilbert just nods.
"When is the sentencing?"
"Once this crisis ends,"
"If we catch Charon, what will his sentence be?" Leaf inquired.
"Life without parole in solitary confinement. He'll be charged on crimes against humanity. Ghetsis will be charged of the same crimes. It was determined earlier by the United Regions, who passed that message to all Interpol personnel. Including myself," Looker answered.
Everyone in the room is not surprised about Charon's punishment. Instead, they were surprised how quick the United Regions made their decision.
"That was… swift," Dawn paused midway before completing.
"I'm surprised myself, to be honest. Though it should be no surprise that he did cause a region-level crisis on three occasions if you count this one," Looker expressed his thoughts.
"I agree," Dawn said while closing her eyes.
"Anyway, we got to inform the other gym leaders. Janine could be anywhere right now," Candice as well as the other remaining gym leaders tries to contact the other leaders. They managed to get everyone in contact except for the Castelia City team.
"Guys, I can't get the Castelia team. Wait, someone's picking up. Hello? Burgh, are you there?" Whitney said.
"Sorry, Burgh and the others can't come to you now. Do you want to leave a message for them?" a young female adult's voice is heard over the other line instead of Burgh's voice. Everyone froze.
"Janine…" In an instant, Dawn goes to her X-Transceiver to contact Red and the others. Back with the others who are listening on the call…
"What are you talking about, Janine?" Whitney said.
"Let's just say… They're a bit tied up at the moment," Janine looks down on Burgh, Erika, Chili, Fantina and Juan tied up and gagged while being closely guarded by some of the Shadow Group members in an alleyway.
"So, it is true. You did join the enemy," Candice said.
"I'm just joining them on my own benefit. Anyway, I just want to let you know that the takeover of Unova starts right about… now," Then, in the background, a unison of roars from Pokemon echoed through the sky with the screams of panic from the citizens of Castelia filling what's left of the quietness in the air.
"THE JUSTICE TRIO!" Cilan exclaimed.
"Come and stop us, if you can," Janine hanged up. Right after that, the door burst through and the rest of the heroes are in a pile-up.
"OW. GET YOUR FOOT OFF MY FACE, ETHAN!" Brendan shouted.
"THAT"S NOT MY FOOT, BRENDAN!" Ethan counters.
"Must be my foot. I'm touching it on someone's face," Red said while trying to wiggle his foot.
"MY NOSE!" Hilda shouted.
"GAH! Sorry, Hilda," Red apologizes.
"AHHH! SOMEONE"S TOUCHING MY BUTT!" May exclaimed.
"OH MY ARCEUS, MAY! I"M SO SORRY!" Lucas got his hand off of May's behind.
"STOP TUGGING MY PIGTAILS," Lyra screamed.
"HEY, I'M TRYING TO GET OFF, OK?!" Barry said while accidentally grabbing one of Lyra's pigtails with his hands with his other hand on one of Rosa"s hair buns.
"STOP GRABBING MY HAIR BUNS, WHOEVER YOU ARE!" Rosa screamed.
"Excuse me. But… CAN EVERYONE PLEASE GET OFF ME?!" Nate angrily asked as he is on the bottom of the pile-up. Dawn, Hilbert, Leaf and everyone else just sweat-dropped at the comedic scene before them. Leaf decided to end this fracas by pulling out her trusty air horn. This is a signal to everyone who is not in the pile-up to close their ears. Leaf puts on her headphones and presses the button.
HONK!
"OWWWW!" Immediately, the heroes covered their ears in pain and stopped the shout-fest. Then slowly, they get untangled, spruced themselves up and grabbed their headwear, which was taken off their heads due to the impact of their fall. They get back on topic.
"We heard from Red that Dawn told him that Janine is in Castelia," May said.
"No time to chat. Castelia City is getting attacked RIGHT NOW!" Hilbert said.
"WHAT?!" The once piled-up heroes exclaimed.
"We have to get there FAST!" Dawn said while she left the room.
"TIME TO ATTACK SOME BAD GUYS!" Barry runs out in a very fast pace.
"YOU ARE SO LUCKY THAT WE HAVE OTHER PROBLEMS!" Brendan shouted while he leaves the room, pointing at Barry with the rest soon followed. Then Red, who is the furthest behind, stopped and turn to the gym leaders.
"Contact all the gym leaders about the current situation," Red said before he left.
"You got it, Red," Roxie said as everyone remaining contacted the recon leaders. Later, in the sky…
"Ok. Here's the plan: Since there are three legendaries on the loose, I suggest we split into three teams of four. Another thing: try to find Keldeo. It's essential that it doesn't fall into enemy hands " Red suggested. Everyone agrees to the plan. Once they landed at the city's central area, an ugly sight welcomes them. They see some buildings being in a ruined state with some fires burning in some of them.
"Ok. You all know the team allocations for each Poke-"
"RED! LOOK OUT!" Hilda tackles Red to the ground while three daggers were embedded on the ground where Red was standing.
"You Ok?" Hilda asked.
"Yeah, I"m fine," Red said. Hilda looks up and sees a shadowy figure lands on the floor with their left knee. The figure comes closer.
"Janine…" Hilda mutters. Janine is wearing her usual ninja outfit consisting of a black long-sleeve upper garment, a purple belt wrapped around her waist, black baggy pants, purple socks and white shoes along with her mask concealing the bottom half of her face.
"Guys. Stop the Justice Trio. I'll handle Janine," Hilda said.
"But, Hilda…" Rosa said.
"I SAID GO!" Hilda shouted while looking at her teammates. Without a word, they dispersed into their groups. Hilbert is the last one left.
"Be careful, Hilda," Hilbert advised before he left as well.
Hilda turns to Janine. She goes into her bag and pulls out her ninja outfit. It contains a white sleeveless upper garment, with a black belt that is supposed to be tied around the waist, white long pants, a black mask, black shoes and black gloves. She puts it on. Once that is done, Hilda and Janine stared each other with max intensity. They both take out a Pokeball and calls out their Durant and Weezing respectively.
"This ends now," Hilda claims.
To Be Continued
A little preview for the next chapter: It will detail on how Janine and Hilda met for the first time. Also, I have something to tell you guys when the next chapter comes in.
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