Hunter J
He hadn't noticed them following him until now. Roaming about with a stick, he poked and prodded at various objects that sat upon the ground. His stick was somewhat like a walking tool, that helped him line his path away from base camp. The blonde was dutifully enjoying himself; roaming through forests was something he always adored. When he and his best friend were children, they would get lost for hours in the woods around their home town of Twinleaf.
Barry Platinum was always someone who enjoyed nature. From the Pokémon flying above, to the Pokémon digging beneath his feet, he loved them all. The Pokémon on ground level with him were just as enthralling. He had never felt so attached to nature in such a magnetizing way. The land around him was life itself.
Their were Pokémon all around him. And there were Pokémon for miles around. In Sinnoh, he would have run into a road or city by now; but not on this island. Barry could only wonder how many more hours he'd spin, walking an unknown distance for an unknown amount of time. He was child-minded yes, but that was apart of his charm. Maybe that's why they were following him.
Barry had noticed some time ago, but did nothing to stop them. The females who followed him from the tribe were unlike any Luxray he had ever seen before. They wore these thinly veiled clothes that left little to the imagination. He wasn't attracted to Pokémon, who could be, but it was obvious to even Barry that these Luxrays were quite attracted to him.
They weren't even trying to be sneaky. When Barry stood on the river's edge, the female Luxrays who were following him had started rubbing alongside his body. He thought nothing of it, instead seeing the small group as nothing but simple admires. There were three of them, all of which had these glares he had never seen before. Suddenly, one of them, one who wore a red furisode, gained the courage to tackle him.
Barry laughed and played the action off, even though the Luxray now stood above him. Apart of him was secretly terrified however. These were wild beings; what if they planned on eating him out here? He was half right; these Luxrays did plan on eating him. But not in the way he was expecting.
When the females began licking him along the face, Barry tried to simply laugh it off. He didn't want to show fear, or else they'd tear him to shreds. But if they were tasting him, as he believed they were, he wasn't about to let them get away with it. His hand reached into his satchel, grasping one of the Poké Balls he had within. Though he wasn't sure which Pokémon would be the best to aid him in this situation, he wasn't about to let these Luxrays devour him!
"Lucario!" a familiar bark echoed over head.
Barry gazed upside down within his position, seeing a certain Aura Pokémon stand with her fists on her hips. She looked completely disappointed with the situation, not with Barry, but with the Luxray's who surrounded Barry.
"Lucario! Cario! Cario! Barry!" Courage yelled as she marched up to the Luxrays, giving them quite an ear-full.
The Luxrays finally removed themselves from Barry, and slowly began to retreat back into the forest. The blonde trainer was simply confused as he gazed at the sight, wondering what just happened. Courage must have had some sort of power over them to simply yell them away like that. He watched as the Luxrays retreated, and as Courages anger came to a stop. She knelt down beside him shortly after, where her three-fingered hand fell upon his shoulder.
"Lucario?" Courage inquired with a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah, Courage, I'm fine..." he suddenly became slightly pail, as his hair stood on end, "They were going to eat me!"
Yeah. Eat him. Barry was a smart kid, but he simply did not understand Pokémon urges. Those Luxrays weren't going to eat him, quite the contrary. They wanted him to stay so they could, simply put, have their way with him. So if by eat, he meant, 'force themselves upon me', then yeah, they were going to gobble him up.
Honestly, that disturbed Courage. The thought of Pokémon intermingling with humans was simply a flawed and slightly distasteful one. Maybe it was the way she was raised; humans go with humans, Pokémon go with Pokémon, animals go with animals, the world keep spinning. Courage didn't know what her master did, though she had an idea. But whatever occurred between Dawn and Oculus was better not to be relayed.
"I... I think I'm done exploring now," Barry claimed as he stood up, "Let's head back to the campsite... I think it's best I'm surrounded by other people instead of Pokémon for a while."
If only Dawn had that choice earlier. Maybe her emotions would be so eschewed.
"Lucario," Courage answered.
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"This visor comes from Silph Co.?" Professor Rowan said in shock, as he lifted the device.
"That's what our computers say," Officer Jenny answered, as she looked over his shoulder, "This was apart of Sliph Co.'s high end visor line they were coming up with some... two, three years ago?" she waved it off, "Silph Co. was coming up with a design of visors that were both stylish and helpful, but some things happened..." she pulled out a piece of paper that sat on Rowan's equipment, "The only working visor was stolen, and with it the designs. No one knew where they went."
"Then how do we have one?" Rowan asked as he lifted the visor. Officer Jenny opened her mouth to speak, but Rowan continued, "Wait? Are you telling me the person who stole from Silph Co. may also be the person whose poaching these Pokémon?"
"Hey! I was about to say that!" Officer Jenny grumbled, "I mean, what I meant to say was, yes, we believe the poacher is also the one who stole the prototype visors."
"Do you have an idea on who did such a thing?" Rowan asked next.
Once again, Officer Jenny pulled a piece of paper that sat on Rowan's equipment.
"The only person who was ever convicted of this crime was a woman who went by the name of Jay..." she pulled out another piece of paper, that showed this woman's mugshot. She had silver hair and this powerful glare in her eyes. It was enough to make Rowan shiver, "Jay worked for Silph Co. at the time, where she was placed on the visor project. The day the visors went missing, was the night she was working late."
"What happened to her?" Rowan asked.
"Well, Jay was set up to go to trial but... well..." the officer shrugged her shoulders, "Ya see, we really don't know what happened to Jay. She sorta kinda... fell off the face of the Earth," Rowan raised an eyebrow, while Officer Jenny kept speaking, "Our files on Jay talk about how she was last seen in Silph Co.'s Johto branch, before... well... nothing..."
"How did that happen?" Rowan inquired again, making the Officer sigh.
"Ya'know, for a Professor, you sure do ask a lot of questions," well duh. That's the point of a Professor, "Anyway, the regional database in Johto was attacked shortly after Jay was restrained, with only her files being dealt with..." she shrugged, "Other than that, Jay is a virtual ghost. All we have on her is that picture here, and even it's not the best."
"So this poacher, the one whose attacking Pokémon Island, may have ties to this Jay woman, or could very well be this Jay woman..." he cocked his head to one side and thought on the situation, "This doesn't really look good. Even with this information, we still don't know much..."
"Not exactly!"
Skyla suddenly stood up from the tree she leaned upon, running up to Rowan's side with her smiling face. Honestly, the Pokémon Professor really couldn't get over the fact that she was here. But it didn't matter, really.
"I use Silph Co. technology all the time," the Unova Gym Leader claimed, "If there's one thing that's absolutely necessary for me, its Silph Co.'s signal system. Many of their devices, such as the Porygon Pokémon, all have the ability to locate one another if they're in close proximity with one another. Like... a Silph Co. computer has the ability to locate and find other Silph Co. computers! If this visor is created by Silph Co. then there's a chance it too can be used to locate other visors! And if there are no more !"
"Then that means this Jay woman is the only person in the world who can have the Silph Co. Visor!" Rowan claimed with an 'ah-hah!' moment, "Skyla, prepare your helicopter! Officer Jenny, use this visor to locate the poacher! Nurse Joy, heal everyone's Pokémon! And someone find Dawn!"
…
"Scorch..." the Champion whispered.
The Infernape would never leave her side. Not now, not ever. If everyone was to turn their back on her the very next day, he'd forever be at her side. Even if the whole world turned against her, he wouldn't. He always took her commands and followed through without a second thought. To him, she was the best thing in the world.
Having her hug him was something that delighted him so. When she was still that budding and new trainer, he was ever so necessary for her victory. The Pokémon she called onto whenever she needed the tide of battle to turn. The Champion felt bad for what she put him through as of late. She knew how much her Infernape hated that Luxray, and yet she still chose to indulge herself with him. It was wrong, sinful, really. But he never said so to her.
Dawn Pearl, and her beloved first Pokémon, Scorch. They were detached from the others, sitting in the area where the ruins were most prevalent. Dawn could only wonder what the people were like who roamed this island before her. What about the ancient people, who roamed the land before everyone? Judging from the statues placed about, they must have worshiped Pokémon as gods. Yeah, Dawn remembered reading such days within books.
But it was always the idea of marrying Pokémon that had her so enthralled. When she was growing up, the thought of being with the one she loved the most was a most brilliant ideal. Waking up everyday beside the person, going to bed every night with that person; what person doesn't like that thought? She never thought, in a million years, the person she'd find these feelings with, wasn't a person at all. But instead a Pokémon. A very powerful, very proud, Pokémon.
But what was it about Oculus that made her feel this way? Dawn had spent many hours with her Pokémon, training and teaching them moves, making them stronger through their training, spending days, months, years, alongside them. She never fell in love with one of her Pokémon before. The thought of it was simply insane, honestly. So why did she feel this way with Oculus? Why didn't she ever fall in love with Scorch, of all Pokémon? Why Oculus?
Why Oculus?
Scorch suddenly straightened up, which caught Dawn off guard. She stood up, while Scorch's heated crown began to increase. Dawn opened her mouth to speak to him, but she stopped when her silver-blue eyes fell upon a creature within the woods. The powerful being stood between forest and ruins alike, gazing at them with eyes that stung.
Eyes, a burning orange, like amber. Body built, like a tank. Horns sharper than knives, it stood tall on four hooves. The being looked like an animal that had been crossed over with a rock, for how grand it appeared. Seeing it made Dawn grow wide-eyed from shock. First Cobalion, then Virizion, and now it? Standing before her and Scorch, the legendary Cavern Pokémon, Terrakion.
The Unova legend grunted, before cocking its head over to one angle. Scorch prepared to follow, but stopped himself from doing so. Instead, he turned around and faced Dawn. She merely nodded, and the two walked off to follow the legendary Pokémon.
Terrakion walked slowly through the ruins, unmoving in all that it passed. Wisely, Dawn and Scorch kept their distance. She did face off against Terrakion's leader, Cobalion, after all. Whatever if the rest of the Three Musketeers were hiding within the fields, ready to strike her down for her earlier insolence? Dawn wasn't afraid though; Scorch was here.
Terrakion finally stopped, his amber eyes glaring down to the grass. Dawn tapped Scorch on the shoulder, telling him to stop. Trying to appear friendly, the Sinnoh Champion walked up to face the legendary being. The Cavern Pokémon glared up and over to her, its amber eyes sliding into a squint. Suddenly, those same eyes began shining.
"Teeeeerrrr... AAAAAAA!"
His roar blew away the trees and caused the ground to shake. Dawn yelped in fear, while Scorch held her body close. The ruinous temples within the ground was slowly brought up to the land, bit by bit. What sat before Dawn and Scorch's eyes when the dust settled, was a decrepit castle. The Sinnoh Champion was shocked by this. Just how big was the forest to hold such a building?And why had Terakkion decided to show her this?
Dawn faced the Cavern Pokémon, seeing his face hard and silent. He gestured with his head to move onward, then started walking in himself. Dawn was weary, but began following soon after as well. Immediately going through the nonexistent door, they stepped into the castles throne. There were many statues placed about, all of which were broken and aged. Still, Dawn could make them out to be images of her own legends.
Dialga and Palkia were placed about, making Dawn feel slightly at home. But this all stopped when she gazed down to throne itself. Sitting there was a skeleton. It had dirt and gravel pouring from it, obviously thanks to being underground. Sucking in air, Dawn walked up to the corpse.
Why did Terrakion show her such a thing? This had no basis for anything. That is until he tapped on the throne itself. He was trying to show her something. She gazed down to it, lining her eyes over the information it presented. It showed a man, obviously a king, with a Luxray at his side. Dawn had no idea what it meant, until she read deeper.
If it wasn't said before, then let it be known now; Dawn is no fool. She's a pretty smart girl, one has to be in order to be Champion, after all. After all that time reading about Sinnoh's origins, as well as meeting the Pokémon who actually created everything, she was able to put two-and-two together.
"There once were people who married Pokémon," she recited, "There once were Pokémon married people. It was a time where there existed no differences between the two," she gazed up to the Cavern Pokémon, who remained silent, "Do you remember that time, Terrakion?" it nodded which made Dawn's face grow hard, "Why did you show me this?"
Terrakion didn't answer Dawn, instead it turned for the exit. Trotting off, it vanished soon through the front doors of the castle. Dawn just knelt there at the throne, wondering why the Cavern Pokémon showed her this. Fingers dragging the images, the Champion began to breathe heavily. Scorch placed his hand on her shoulder, as to help her with whatever was bothering the girl. But she shook her head. Turning back up, Dawn had a smile that brought the sun into his world.
"I guess... I just can't help who I fall in love with!" she answered jovially.
Scorch didn't understand what his master meant by the statement, but he was happy to see her smiling. Besides, the Champion appeared to be assured of something, as if she had come to terms with whatever was going on.
"Scorch, you know I love you, right?" he nodded, "And I want you to understand. I love Oculus," when she said that, she could see him grow unruly. But before he could grow any angrier, she hugged him close, "Calm down... I really love Oculus, truly I do... I think... that you think I'll leave you because of it..." she smiled, "I'll never leave you, Scorch. Even if you tried to leave me, I simply wouldn't let you!"
"Infer?" he asked, though Dawn obviously didn't understand.
"When this is all said and done... let's go home, okay?" those words made him smile, "I think... I think I've had enough of Pokémon Island for one lifetime..."
The sound of falling over rocks attracted their attentions to the castle's entrance. Standing there was the blonde-haired boy Dawn had the good luck to call 'friend'. Seeing him brought a smile to her lips, and she pranced her way over.
"Hey, Dawn," Barry said as she walked up to him, "I think we've found the poacher, cuz everyone's really hyper. We need to hurry."
"Okay, Barry!" she said, unusually cheerfully, "Hey Barry..."
"Yes, Dawn?"
"I love you..."
"WHAT!? Hey! Dawn! Don't say things like that! People will talk!"
…
"Alright! Are you guys ready!?"
The red-headed pilot of the skies yelled those words, as her radio was sitting near her head. She sat within her personal helicopter, sitting beside the universal cop herself, Jenny. She had her arms crossed, while they both gazed into the ocean below. To the naked eye, one would see nothing, but the device within Skyla's hand told to the truth. A large object was beneath those silently stirring waves, and they were poised to deal with it.
"I've got ya!" Barry answered as he stood on the mountain side.
The blonde smiled and laughed, as his arms waved out to the black hawk above. He felt so energized, so ready to get things done. Barry was never one to sit still, so the thought of things moving was invigorating to say the least. Behind him, there was a tall and powerful creature. It dwarfed Barry in size with its amazing statue. Blue, with a yellow trident for a beak, it was a Pokémon that found its territory within the icier lands.
"Empooo..." the Emperor Pokémon called as it dragged ice from its streamlined body.
"Me and Empoleon are all ready to go! What about you guys?"
It was a bay, and like any bay, it had three sides. The blonde stood on the right end, while the black-haired one stood at the left. With his red beret bound tightly on his head, Rowan's aid tugged on the straps of his bookbag. He rose the radio that sat in his hand, pressing its button whilst doing so.
"My Pokémon and I are ready," Lucas claimed as he glared to the waters below, "Isn't that right, Torterra?"
"TOOOOORRRR!" the Continent Pokémon roared.
At the very center of the bay, she stood last. The Sinnoh Champion, who had spent the most time on this island. She had a different reason to attack the poacher that existed below. Her heart was calling out to the machine under the waves. She was shaking in her boots, for this anger was burning within. To have someone she loved taken from her, it was enough to spike her rage.
And Scorch reciprocated that rage. He perched himself on the cliff side, allowing his flames to explode from his great crown. Fist rose high, he began pounding his chest like the ape he was. It was time to complete the mission they had been sent here to accomplish. Yes. It was time to finish things.
"ALRIGHT! MY TURN!" Barry cried, "Now! Empoleon! Use Dive!"
The Emperor Pokémon stood by his master; steel eyes gazing down. Order already given to him, Barry's Pokémon leaped to the oceans below. He crashed through, throwing water sky-high. Below was nothing but pristine blue waters. Empoleon dove through the underwater land, landing on a cliff that was fully submerged in water. His disturbance scared some of the Pokémon within, save for a few Clamperls that remained within their spots.
There was a pit of darkness even deeper within this bay, one that showed only shadows. But within those shadows, lied that which he hunted for. Empoleon leaped up, and swam deeper within. His trident beak began glowing yellow, as his speeds increased to amazing levels. His impressive underwater eyesight was able to break through the shadows and see the metal on the other end. His target met, Empoleon dashed forward with all his might.
…
"It's simple really," the silver-haired woman claimed, as her fingers danced on the machine's various buttons, "I found that, taking your eyes out with a simple knife was much to time consuming. Your species, they fight and thrash about, never slowing down..." she rose her hand and tapped upon the machine, "This right here will take out your pretty little eyes and help me out quite a bit, right? You'd be surprised by how much those golden orbs go for..." the machine started to descend, "Let's just say... a lot..."
Oculus' golden eyes could see all. He was a Luxray, after all, it was his species namesake to see many and great thing. With gleaming eyes, all he could see was the machine that was hovered above his head. Many wires and pieces were within, connected together by Arceus knows what. Just what was this that the Luxray leader had found himself within?
He didn't understand anything anymore. His wonderful forest was replaced by things he had never heard or seen before. And it was all because of this woman. She was lovely, he would admit that. Silver hair, slender frame, she seemingly held power that was hidden by her own vices. Why was she here? Oculus never understood humans, heck, he didn't know what a human was until Dawn came around. He thought his beloved was an angel, sent from the stars. Now he knows differently. For every angel, there is a demon.
"I wouldn't lie to you... It's going to be painful," this woman claimed, as she flipped a switch, "Excruciatingly painful. You might not survive, but if you do, you'll live long enough to see me rip out your other eye."
"Aux..." he answered, making the woman pull back.
"Yes, yes," she said, whilst pressing the buttons of her machine, "Call out to whoever you animals call out to..."
Her hand pulled down on the switch. The entire base began to shake. Oculus began quaking, for he thought his doom was coming. But the machine with the great sharp claws never descended upon his face. Yet the violently quaking never ceased. Oculus stared over to the woman who had become his captor, noticing a strange image upon her face. She had obviously noticed the same quake that traveled throughout the entire area, and was angered because of it.
The next moment, the lights flared red. A heavy alarm was blaring through the area, making her growl from rage.
"What the hell!?" she yelled, "What's going on here!?"
…
Water poured through the wall, swamping the metal hall with seawater. Standing tall within it all, not bothered within the least bit, was the Emperor Pokémon. Claws were beneath his fins, claws that could easily shred through metal like paper. Maybe that's why he pierced the ship's hull with such great ease.
Barry's Empoleon gazed through the metal boat, his marching feet causing metal clanks throughout this underwater base. The lights were red, with the alarms roaring high and out. His marching footsteps caused shockwaves to echo all around. This was intentional; Empoleon was able to read these waves that traveled under his feet.
Simply put, this submarine was huge. But that's not all; there were many other things within this undersea base. It stretched on for hours, he was sure he couldn't run the entire length of the base on his feet alone. Then again, his place was better within the oceans anyway. Besides, he didn't want to face anything beneath these waves; it was unwise.
"SALAMENCE!" a voice roared through the submarine, "We've been hit by something, and are currently taking in water! I'm raising the ship! I want you to head to the point of impact! I'm pretty sure a Pokémon caused this. Kill it!"
"Saaaallaaaaaa!"
Empoleon's eyes widened. He turned around, where he gazed down the hall. Walking in was the blue and red Dragon Pokémon itself. It was growling, while this rabid saliva flowed from its lips. Wings flapping, it took off for its foe.
…
"Here it comes!" Skyla called, as she watched the water ripple and part.
Pure steel was visible, as it came to the ocean's surface. The Gym leader and Officer Jenny were both astonished as they watched the vehicle come closer and closer to the sunlight. They thought it would be smaller than this, but that's simply not the case. In life, the submarine was massive. If one were to compare it to the massive, 3-mile radius bay around, this vehicle was able to fill it up by about a third or more.
A mile and a half long submarine. Yeah, that's huge. Everyone was absolutely shocked by the sheer size of it all, but none were as surprised as Barry. Because something he loved was flying directly at him.
"AGH!? EMPOLEON!" he roared in fear, as his Pokémon flew directly over his head.
The Emperor Pokémon crashed into the cliff behind him, making the surrounding area quake a little. Barry ran to check on him, before gazing back to see that which triggered the action. Staring down to the hole on the submarine's side, he noticed a pair of red eyes glare back. The Pseudo-Champion sucked in much-needed air of fear, before withdrawing a Poké Ball from his satchel.
"Hey you guys!" he yelled into his radio, "Something's gazing back at me!" he then readied himself, "Go! Heracross!"
He tossed his Poké Ball out, watching as it snapped open within the air. Its brilliant flash brought to life a blue beetle, with the body of a man. Its prized horn was nearly the entire length of its own body, which was truly amazing. The Pokémon's shell was opened, revealing bug wings that flapped rapidly, as to keep the being afloat.
"Hera! Hera!" the Big Horn Pokémon exclaimed.
He stared down to the hull in the submarine before him, noticing those same pair of red eyes his master saw. And those same red eyes flew toward him. The Dragon Pokémon which exploded from the ships hull knew nothing but rage. With burning claws, it struck at the Heracross before it. The wind around the Pokémon was whipped up into a violent frenzy, as the Salamence's claw struck at it from afar.
Roaring violently, the Dragon Pokémon gazed around to everyone who stared upon it. Specifically, the Pokémon glared up to the helicopter above. By the time Skyla knew what was going on, it was too late. Twin beams of fire were shot toward her, all coming from the Salamence's maw. They struck the helicopter, causing an explosion to echo from the tail fin.
"AH!? Mayday! Mayday! We're going down!" Skyla exclaimed as she tried to keep as much power on the black hawk as humanly possible, "We're going way down! Way down! Way-!"
The rest was inaudible, as the helicopter crashed beyond the hills. Dawn turned around and started running in the direction of the crash sight, but stopped when her radio began buzzing.
"We're... fine..." Skyla groaned through the device, "Oh... but... I think we'll need some... medical attention..."
"Skyla, stay there, we'll come for you," Dawn whispered back into the machine.
"No, it's okay," she answered, "I'll use one of my Pokémon to bring us back to the... campsite, Nurse Joy will do everything else... right now, the mission is important. You gotta take down that poacher, understood?" Dawn remained silent, "Understood!?"
"Understood!" she yelled back, before turning, "Alright Courage! Let's show this Salamence what for!"
Dawn withdrew a Poké Ball from her bag, pulling it back while she did so. With one mighty lob, she threw the capsule device forward. God, that felt so amazing! She missed doing this so much! The Poké Ball opened up in midair, landing directly before Dawn and Scorch. The flash ended, releasing the Aura Pokémon within.
"Lucario!" Courage barked against the wind as she stood up tall.
At this point in time, the Salamence had started warring with Barry's Heracross. The two danced in the air, swiping with claws, fists, and horns. But with every perfectly landed hit from the Big Horn Pokémon, Salamence would merely shrug it off. The Pokémon was virtually impervious to whatever hit was landed on it. That was until a quivering purple blast roared through the area.
Salamence was stricken by a purple beam of pure draconic energy. It came from the paws of Courage, whose eyes were even glowing violet. She knocked the Dragon Pokémon away, but only briefly. It returned shortly after, red eyes now her, and her alone.
"Good job, Courage," Dawn praised, "Dragon Pulse worked well..." her eyes slid into a squint next, "Keep it up, that thing looks like its coming back," the Aura Pokémon nodded, while the Champion gazed over to her Infernape, "Let's go Scorch, it's time we freed everyone."
"Inferrrrrraaaa!" he claimed ecstatically.
With one arm around his master's waist, Scorch leaped sky-high. He aimed his feet down upon the submarine below, prepared to land right in the hole Barry's Empoleon created. His leap was spot on, as he touched down within the ship's gap. His press triggered yet another quake, or so he thought.
"Torrrrteeeer!" a certain Continent Pokémon roared from above.
Dawn and Scorch gazed up, seeing a tree trek on the topside of the ship. The tree was connected to the shell of a being that looked like a grass turtle. It crawled inside, with its master still riding upon the top. Lucas flashed Dawn a smile, before that serious gaze returned to his eye. The Champion grew serious herself, then the two nodded in unison.
Dawn went her way, and Lucas went the other. When she was sure her male counterpart was far enough away to not see or hear her, she stopped in her feet. Scorch watched as his Trainer withdrew a Poké Ball from her satchel. Only seconds later, she looked over to him.
"Scorch..." she whispered, whilst removing the red scarf from her neck, "I want you to find Oculus. I don't care how, just do it, okay?" he stared into her quiver eyes, seeing such concern within them, "I really, really need you to do this for me... please?"
She never had to beg around him. He'd do whatever she wanted, at a moments noticed. Taking Dawn's scarf, he dragged his nose against it. She and Oculus had spent so much time with one another, it was nearly impossible to not smell his scent on it. Moving his nose away, he was able to locate trace amounts of Oculus' smell. Only moments later, he began following them.
Dawn's mission had changed slightly since her coming here. While she was still after free the Luxrays, she wanted more. She wanted to bring to justice the being who was evil enough to keep this island under its grasp.
"Alright Veneticus... let's get a move on!"
She threw her Poké Ball, releasing the Bunny Pokémon within. Once again, Dawn shivered from the feel of tossing the capsule out and away.
"Loopuny!" Veneticus snarled with a curled lip.
…
A trap. It was a freaking trap. She didn't know how long these people were here, or when they figured out she was here, but it didn't matter. They trapped her, like a rat. She couldn't believe it; not once in her entire life was she ever outsmarted. Ever.
The silver-haired woman tapped on the command console before her, while a sigh of indifference escaped her lips. Though she was being attacked, she didn't show it. In fact, this woman appeared to be uncaring with all of it. Her eyes sat on screens, each one showing various images placed all about her ship.
Attacked or not, she would not allow these fools to ruin her plans. She had already spent months on this island, gaining all of the resources needed for her clients. The jewels belonging to Ampharos, the horns of Rhyperiors, the horns of Rapidashes, the fangs of Gyaradoses, the spikes of Lucarios, the skulls of Infernapes, and lastly, the eyes of Luxrays. She saved what she thought would be the simplest last, but it didn't turn out this way. She was caught off guard by these blasted heroes who came from Arceus knows where.
But she wasn't scared. Why should she be scared? Her plans may have hiccupped, but they hadn't been ruined. It would take a legendary Pokémon to ruin her plans. Preferably Suicune; she was hired to take the Aurora Pokémon's flowing mane.
She tapped her finger on the console before her, turning the cameras off one by one. Gripping the bridge of her nose, this woman stood up on her feet. She wasn't alone. Her hand began pressing on the device that sat on her shoulder. Whoever had the audacity to sneak up on her was a foolish person indeed.
She tapped a button on her arm cannon, switching it from standby mode, to kill. Next she flicked down her visor. The woman was sure to do this all in a very methodical and silent way, as to not draw any immediate attention to herself. When one does such an action as many times as she does, its only natural to become skillful at it.
With a smirk, the woman realized her target hadn't realized her deft actions. So, with one amazing spin, she aimed and fired. Veneticus' eyes widened.
The ray of light from the cannon's muzzle flashed into her chest. The battle scared Lopunny was tossed through the air and into the wall, where she bounced off. Dawn ran to her Pokémon's side, surprised by how things had turned. One moment, she was sneaking up on this woman, the next moment, she was being attacked. What's worse, it didn't look like Veneticus was standing back up. The Lopunny was breathing hard, as blood oozed from her chest.
"Veneticus?" Dawn whispered.
A tapping on her shoulder made the Champion turn around. Her face met a fist. Dawn was dazed by the blow, and stepped back a few feet because of it. When her eyes finally reopened, another strike threw her back. Veneticus roared as she watched her master be stricken down by a woman, but there was nothing she could do to stop it. The burning pain within her body kept her to the ground.
"Wow... Dawn Pearl... Sinnoh Champion..." this woman said as she walked up to the Champion, "I must have really hit the jackpot with this one," Dawn gazed up to the silver-haired woman, "You'd be surprised how much humans fetch on the black market..." she crouched down, "How much do you think a Champion would get me?"
"Arrr... what?" Dawn asked, as she weakly scooted away, "Who are you?"
The woman pushed up her visor, as to reveal her shining blue eyes. They were beautiful. Well, for someone who was pure evil.
"Why... the name's Hunter J..." the woman claimed with a smile, "And you're dead..."
Maverick Talks!
I'm posting this story up real late. But hey, I'm posting it, ain't I?
And, finally, after 26 chapters, I finally reveal who this story's villain is. And its Hunter J. I suppose you all figured this out already, seeing as how I dropped so many hints at who it was. But yeah, it's Hunter J, that evil woman from the anime who kidnapped Pokemon to sell them for profit. Granted, in this story, she's way eviler. That's because I write in the gameverse, where everything is darker.
Just so you know, Lucas' main Pokemon is Torterra, because its the trifecta in the Sinnoh Starters. Cuz ya'know, Dawn has an Infernape, Barry has an Empoleon, and Lucas has a Torterra. Honestly, I think Torterra is an awesome Pokemon, what about you?
And with Terrakion's appearance, we've seen the entire Swords of Justice. Yup! All three of them! No there is no forth member that's like a water horse or something. That sounds stupid, you're stupid!
Next chapter. Is the next chapter.
I wrote another lemon the other day, a Pokemon one in fact. I'm not sure why I'm admitting this though. I might post it but... I don't know... what do you think, huh?
Maverick Kay Prime