I know, you guys have been reading Mike's adventures for about six or so (give or take a few) chapters just completely confused. This chapter is gonna have less action in it, and instead explain exactly what the hell is going on. I'm still accepting pokemorph OC suggestions.
Mike sat down in a chair. He and the others were in what looked to be a basement. Mike couldn't really tell where they were, because it was so dark. In fact, the only source of light was a lightbulb in the middle of the room. Everyone was sitting in a chair around it in a circle, sitting silently. Finally, Leon spoke up.
"This is Tyler. We saved his ass back at Wiltflower City. For now, I guess, he's gonna be sticking with us," he said. Nobody responded. Leon turned to Tyler.
"As you already know, my name is Leon, and the other blond over there is Jessica," Tyler looked across at Jessica, who was sitting next to Mike. She smiled and nodded his way.
"Next to you is Ken. As far as I'm concerned, he's almost as new as you," Leon said, pointing to the boy Mike had fought alongside in the forest. The other pokemorph. He jerked his head, not saying anything.
"Over there is Hana, our overall psychic and very helpful ally," Tyler looked to Hana, who was curled up in her chair, sleeping.
"And next to Jessica is Mike, the team arsonist and overall badass bad tempered bastard we all know and love," Tyler in turn looked at Mike. He made no sign to have even heard what Leon had said.
"And last but definitely not least, Elizabeth, the only person here who knows why the hell we have to keep running and fighting for what seems to be absolutely no purpose!" Leon exclaimed suddenly. Elizabeth gave him a hard look.
"Okay, this is as good a time as any. I'll explain everything in a bit- let Hana rest. When she wakes up, I'll tell you all everything," she said. Leon nodded. Yawning, Mike stood up.
"I gotta go take a piss," he said.
"Well don't tell us that! Just go and get your business over with!" Jessica said, laughing. Mike laughed, too, and left. He couldn't see where he was going, so he just kept walking until he hit a wall. It turned out to be a door. Opening it, he felt cold, fresh air hit his face. He went outside, and reached for the zipper on his pants.
"I want that boy!" Mike flinched. Hard. He fell to the floor, and looked around for the source of that voice. Beta materialized right in front of him.
"You've got to stop doing that! Seriously, I'm never going to get used to it, so try to be underst-"
"I tried to grab him at Wiltflower City. Your friends," he put a major emphasis on friends, "stopped me from getting him! Those rat-ass-fucking-bitch-queers-"
"Whoa dude! Technically, I'm still a kid! And who are you even talking about? What kid?" Mike interrupted. He hadn't heard so much cussing in his life, if it wasn't Beta who was doing it, he might have been laughing.
"The boy who you just rescued. He's an agent of Giovanni. He cannot be trusted as far as you can throw him! He is bad news!" In the short time Mike had known him, Mike had never seen Beta so angry.
"And neither is that woman that leads your group. She has her own agenda, and is just using all of you. She knew that portal was a fake. After all, she put it there!" Beta was talking fast. Mike stood up.
"And also, we have to get back to Sinn-"
"SHUT UP!" Mike exclaimed. He had had enough of hearing Beta talk, especially if he didn't know what he was talking about.
"Tell me, from the beginning, what is happening," he said, calmly. Beta looked at him as if he wanted to hurt him, but sighed, and sat down.
"Right now, we are in the Doral region," that was a bombshell right there. Sure, Mike knew he wasn't in Sinnoh, but a region not yet discovered by man?
"What the hell? The what region?" Mike asked. Beta rolled his eyes.
"The Doral region. It used to be a metropolis, and all the pokemon here were, what's the word? Shiny-" Mike interrupted him again.
"How is that possible? I thought the chance of a pokemon being shiny was a million to one-"
"Let me finish. All the pokemon here were shiny. Back in Sinnoh, though, a scientist discovered a way to warp through realities. Do you know what those are?"
"Dimensions?" Mike guessed. Beta nodded.
"He went through it, and discovered this place. He marveled at all the shiny pokemon here, and quickly went back to Sinnoh, where he hid his finding away. Around that time, two punk kids who called themselves pokemon thieves, one with an Ursuring, and the other with a Monferno, raided the lab," Mike flinched. It couldn't be.
"The device that created the portals was stolen, believed to be a machine that could revive fossils," Mike shuddered. There was no doubt about it, the two kids were him and John.
"The kid that got away with the machine tried to use it, and supposedly ended up here. He saw all the Shiny pokemon here, and decided to make some money by cashing the device into Team Galaxy. They took all the pokemon, except for this region's shiny pokemon, which all looked normal to our standards, and took them back to Sinnoh,"
"Wait, so what you're saying is that this kid came in, let Team Galaxy into the region, and let them steal most of the pokemon?" Mike asked. Beta nodded.
"What happened to all the trainers and police? Don't you think they would be able to stop them?"
"You would think they would, right? But that's how Team Galaxy managed to pull it off. This region was going through both a drought, and a famine. The people here were desperate, even resorting to eating their pokemon, and drinking the water their water types produced. Team Galaxy managed to form a cult, called the Hunters, and blamed all their problems on a new enemy, the pokemorphs. The people were desperate, and chose to follow them-"
"Why would anyone believe that bullshit? Did pokemorphs even exist? Did they even know what they were?" Mike asked.
"In the order of your questions, yes, yes, and yes. Pokemorphs were things people would tell of for scary stories. They would easily believe their problems were their fault. The problem was, Team Galaxy accused everyday people of being pokemorphs, and arrested them, and even sometimes executed them. All the while they were slowly transporting all the pokemon of the region to Sinnoh. In this place, it took them years. To Sinnoh, though, it took minutes. Eventually, Team Galaxy withdrew altogether, but the Hunters still stayed together, hunting and killing supposed pokemorphs," Beta said with a sigh. He turned, and began to walk off.
"Wait, Beta. I have one more question. Where is everybody?" Mike called after him. Beta turned to him.
"This is a warzone, Zero. Civilization is far away from here, where they stand leading normal lives. The Hunters are fighting two things: pokemorphs, and the rebels whose families were killed. I will tell you more, but in due time," Beta said. With that, he teleported.
"Who the hell was that?" Mike spun around. Jessica came out. Mike looked at her, and said, "Why do you want to know?"
"Because, while you were gone Elizabeth explained everything. What exactly did he tell you?" Mike sighed, and told her everything Beta had told him. Throughout the story, Jessica's eyes got wide. When Mike finished, she shook her head.
"That's funny. That isn't like what Elizabeth told us at all!" she said. Mike stared at her.
"And exactly what did she tell you?" Jessica sighed.
"She said pokemorphs attacked this place. The Hunters were only trying to protect their families. In fact, the pokemorphs are the aggressors," Mike stared at her.
"You have got to be kidding me!" he yelled. Jessica nodded.
"Yep. In fact, we're gonna kill a few pokemorphs so the Hunters will know we're allies." Jessica said. Mike's head began to spin.
"C'mon, let's get inside," Jessica said, pulling Mike in. Inside, everyone was asleep. Jessica layed down on the ground, and fell asleep almost instantly. Mike stood there.
"The story that Elizabeth woman told was bullshit," Mike looked around. Tyler was lying on a table, a blanket tightly wrapped around himself. He was talking to Mike.
"The pokemorphs never did anything to us. It was an orginazation, they told us to fight pokemorphs. They had never done anything wrong," Tyler said.
"I agree. Both me and Mike are pokemorphs," Ken said, his eyes flashing red. Tyler sighed.
"I've been fighting these Hunters for days. I don't give a damn who aggressed who, cuz as of right now I am the aggressor!" Leon said. Tyler looked between the three others.
"What are you saying? If someone as skilled as Elizabeth fears the Hunters, don't you think we should just surrender? I mean, I broke away from several groups because they wanted to surrender, but at some point you just gotta, I don't know. Maybe we should surrender!" he said. Leon sighed. Mike sat down.
"I guess we should just wait it out. I guess we can try to convince Elizabeth otherwise later," he said. Ken slammed his fist into the wall.
"I don't want to have to do this. If that Elizabeth chick finds out we're pokemorphs, how'll we be sure she won't try kill us and turn our heads into the Hunters?" Ken said angrily. Leon walked up to a wall. Pulling out a knife, he carved his name into it.
"If you're going to fight the Hunters, regardless of what happens, carve your name under mine," he said. Mike walked up, snatched the knife from Leon, and carved his name into it. Ken did the same. All three boys looked at Tyler.
"I… I can't," he said. At that, he rolled over and went to sleep. The three boys exchanged looks. Sighing, they all laid down, and went to sleep.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!" Mike awoke with a bolt. Hana was screaming. Loudly. Ken shook her awake.
"What's wrong with you?" he asked. She shook, and said, "Burning! Burning! So many people! Someone here will betray him… and so many people will die!" Hana was screaming rapidly and frantically. After she said the word die, she passed out.
"What do you think it means?" Jessica asked. Mike stood up and shook his head.
"It means there is a traitor, and they will… I don't know. A lot of people will die, so I guess the traitor is going to?" Leon said, ending his sentence abrubtly in a sentence.
"It means someone here is a traitor, and the result of him or her betraying us will result in many people dying," Elizabeth said. Ken, Mike, and Leon immediately looked at Tyler.
"All we know for sure is… nobody here can be trusted."
Finally! This is probably one of the longest chapters I've written. It's a little over 3 pages. I'm still accepting OC submissions guys!