Me: Neeext chapter! This is the beginning of the end... sort of.
It's starting to get real serious and since I don't know what else to write, let's start!
Oh and always, Have Fun! :D
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Chapter 35: Invasion
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One day after the factory incident, the member of the order was interrogated by the Fall City rangers, Spenser and Joel observed them. Meanwhile Murph looked through the folder if there was anything that could give them answers about what happened.
Lunick, Solana and Aria were walking through the city, the entire situation calmed down pretty fast and luckily no one died and everyone was saved, thanks to them! They were allowed to take the day off, tomorrow would be another hard day..
„Leader, it's no use, he won't speak, no matter what we do." complained one of the rangers.
„There has to be a way.." mumbled Joel, „Have you got an idea, Spenser?"
„One. I'll have to make a quick call though." replied the Ringtown leader and took out his styler..
About twenty minutes later Jacob entered the base, „You wanted to see me?" asked the young man.
„Yes. Do you brought what I wanted you to?" asked Spenser."
„I do. So where is the lucky guy?" Jacob was lead to the interrogation room, where the white masked man was still sitting.
„Guys, I won't tell you anything, so you should just let me go, threatening me won't work and you can't persuade me, so just LET ME GO!" shouted the captive.
The door opened and the green haired man entered the room an sat down in front of him.
„And who the hell are you?" asked the white masked one.
„First you tell me your name, then I'll tell you mine, who's that sound?" suggested Jacob.
„It sounds like fuck you! I'm not telling you anything!" replied the order goon angry.
„They always have to play though.." mumbled Jacob.
He took out a small pouch and opened it. He then poured some purple powder in his hands, „Last change, though guy." said Jacob.
„I won't say a word, asshole!" protested the stranger.
Jacob rushed from the table and suddenly stood behind him. He pulled his head and slammed it on the table, crushing his mask, Jacob pulled him back again and threw the powder in his face. Then he let go of him..
„What the hell is he doing?" asked Joel confused.
„Helping us out. You haven't tried to scare him before, have you?" said Spenser.
„No, we didn't take it for possible, why?" asked Joel.
Spenser just nodded into the captives direction. He lost his damn mind back there, he screamed his lungs out and tried to free himself from the chair with everything he got. Joel has never ever seen someone as scared as this man. Jacob had jumped on the table and looked him directly in the eyes, his movements were very.. strange..he was twitching a bit.. all in all it looked terrifying.
„What the hell is that?!" asked Joel terrified.
„Jacob used a special fear poison, his own creation. Back in Hoenn he used it to interrogate someone, because it was the most effective. You wouldn't believe how people sing when they are truly terrified. Honestly, I'm not much of a fan of this bizarre method, but what works.." replied Spenser.
„Where do you always find those guys.." asked Joel sarcastically.
„They find me.." replied Spenser cynical.
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Back in the interrogation room, the captive was still terrified like never before. Jacob jumped down from the table, pushed it aside and kicked him on the chest, making fall on the ground with the chair.
„Now, my dear friend.. Who are you?!" shouted Jacob.
„I'm.. I'm Mike Gordon! Mike Gordon!" he was weeping of fear.
„Well then, Mike Gordon, I believe that you have to tell me something. Let us start then; Who are you working for?"
„I.. I used to work for Todd Hardy, but he died.. N-now I'm working for officer Tanaka."
„Jim Tanaka?"
„Yes! H-he's taken over the lead of the Order!"
„And what is your goal?"
„We are only mercenaries! We work for mister Lapan!"
„Speaking of which, where is his hideout, or headquarter for that matter?"
„In my bag! Th-there is a map, I..I've marked it on there." Mick pointed towards his bag, which was lying in the corner of the room.
„Thank you, we'll take care of that now."
„Ok, last question. What do you know about the explosion in the factory and how were you involved in it?"
„The explosion.. ok.. ok.. So it was like this..."
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Mick went on telling a long story when he received the order to deliver the folder and the news, aswell as planting a bomb in the generator room.
„Ok, let me sum up, a one man job, you had to plant a fucking bomb inside the generator room, you know, where all the highly flamable thing are, but first you got to the manager and tell him that 'the deal is off', because.. why not, and you fucked up the timer and didn't get out in time? I've gotta say, you are the most horrible errand boy that I have ever seen in my entire life." said Jacob.
The effects were slowly cooling off and Mick calmed down.
„I didn't kill anyone, I swear! I never did, in my whole life!" protested Mick.
„No, that's probably true. You are too weak to actually kill someone with your own hands. But what did you think would happen when a bomb goes off in a place filled with people aswell as pokémon?! Didn't you think that Lapan had the intention to kill them?!" yelled Jacob.
The young boy looked on the ground in shame, „I.. I don't know what to say.."
„Anyway, we are done here, you're going to jail, Mick and you can count yourself lucky, when they don't send you to the high-surveilance prison in the north of Fiore. I heard that it reopened only for people like you."
Jacob then left the room, leaving an utterly terrified Mick Gordon back..
„Good work, Jacob, you've been a great help, thank you." said Spenser, shaking Jacob's hand.
„Thank you, but I've been just doing my thing." he replied.
„I must say, I'm impressed, how easily you handled him. We've been trying to get something out of him for an hour and you just went in there and.. well scared him." said Joel praising.
„Thanks again. So, is my help still needed, or can I go?" he asked.
„I think you can go, we've got everything we wanted." replied Spenser.
Jacob then nodded and left the room, and walked back to Ringtown.
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Meanwhile in the city center...
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„... And then I saw him lying there under the steel bar. You know, the ceiling crumbled and it fell down on him. So I went up to him and freed him without hesitation, I have to admit that this thing was quite heavy, but it was nothing compared to the things that I normally lift back home."
Lunick flexed his right arm in front of a bunch of girls, who were all listening to his story, with sparkling eyes an pure admiration.
„Wooow.." one of the girls touched his arm, which was actually pretty well trained thanks to the days and weeks of hard training and work..
„And what happened then?" asked one of the girls.
„Well, I helped him up afterwards of course, eventhough he was one of the enemies, because it doesn't matter if it's your friend or foe, as a ranger you have to save everyone. But don't worry, he's already locked up. Anyway, I let him go ahead and everything seemed fine when suddenly.. Another generator exploded!"
A wave of shocked expressions went through the small crowd.
„Yes, it was shocking. Another steel bar fell from the ceiling, which was entirely falling apart above me and I was buried underneath it.." Lunick paused for a moment. He remembered what happened.. His dream, his fictional encounter with Lupine in his unconcious mind. The thing that actually gave him the power to get free. It felt so real and surreal at the same time..
„And how did you get out?" His thoughts were interrupted by another one of his.. „fans".
„Wha- um.. Well by myself of course! Honestly I was knocked unconcious, because I was hit on the head, but my buddy here knocked me out of there and then I lifted the bars up and left the building." finished Lunick.
„Wow, Lunick, that's so amazing! You are so though, like, how you did all this! I've never seen anyone as brave as you! Why can't be more guys like you?"
The girls were totally admiring their new found hero, like a fanclub.. While Lunick was enjoying all this he couldn't help but think about Lupine, he was thankful that he gave him the strength to get out of there, eventhough it wasn't actually him..
„Thank you, thank you! But it's just my job, that's what rangers do." replied Lunick.
He then received a call on his styler – It was Solana!
„Hey, Luni. Where are you right now?" asked the young ranger.
„Oh, hey, Solana! I'm at the city center, where you two left me. What about you?"
„Aria went home followed by a group of.. admirers.. And I'm at the harbour, there's something that you should take a look at, I'll wait here for you." replied Solana.
„Ok, I'll get there now, see you in a bit, love you!" said Lunick.
„Love you too." said Solana. They both hung up.
„Ok, girls, it was nice talking to you, but duty calls! I'll see you around!" Lunick stood up and went to the harbour.
„Did.. did he say 'Love you'..? Like in in-a-relationship 'love you'..?" The girls looked their.. um senpai.. I guess.. as he left. They were a bit crushed about his words.. 'love you' he said.. He was already taken and he was already almost unnearable..
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At the harbour Lunick was looking for his girlfriend, who was already awaiting him at the entrance. She was hiding behind a wall, like she was spying on somebody.
„Hey, Sol-"
„Shh!"
Confused Lunick approached her more silently, „So, what's the matter?" he asked whispering.
„I need your help with something." she replied.
„Ok, let's hear it then."
„You have to go behind this wall, there are too persons currently talking about something, and I want to see who they are, so try to take pictures of them without getting caught. I think they are working for Lapan." explained Solana.
Lunick nodded and then made his way around the wall. There were to men standing in front of it, they both wore black trenchcoats and black hats.
Lunick leaned against the wall of a building, took out his styler and held it in their direction inconspicuously, trying to take a picture of them. Unfortunately they were too disguised by their clothes, so Lunick couldn't see their faces.
Suddenly he heard someone behind him, „Look at that! Zeppelins!"
Lunick turned around and saw a huge zeppelin flying in the air, accompanied by two smaller ones, they were directly heading for the city.
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„What the hell..." mumbled the young ranger.
Then he saw the two men running away and Solana soon joined Lunick, the two of them now gazing upon the three huge flying mashines.
„City Center!" said the two of them and rushed towards said location. They had a suspect about who this was and what this all was about.
Through the entire city they could hear the voice coming from the biggest zeppelin,
„Our first attempt at freeing this region with from the evil that are the pokémon rangers have failed. They have been spat upon by non other than you, the common people. Our goal was to create a world where everyone can live in order with each other, a world where there was no need of pokémon rangers, hence all the pokémon being no more threat! Our methods were perfect, our intentions peaceful and yet you spit on us! Disobey ME! No longer will I tolerate this!"
There was a short break and the airships were directly above the middle of the city.. The hatches of them opened and out fell bombs!
„It is time to take over Fiore..."
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When the bombs hit, they released tons of the purple fog, that immediatly filled the city. A mass panic broke out and the people were running through the city, screaming. It was truly terrifying. Here and there were explosions, caused by the three bombs that destroyed some buildings.
There were people calling for help, people praying that everything will get better, it was a display of horror and in the middle of it stood two rangers.
„Lunick, we have to get out of here!" shouted Solana.
„Yes, best we get to the base!" replied Lunick.
The two ran as fast as possible to the base, past all the screaming citizens.
Inside the base everything seemed about normal, but everyone was trying to figure out what the hell was happening.
„Lunick, Solana," Joel approached them, „What the hell is happening out there?"
„This is the purple fog we've been talking about, leader. And the ones sitting in those zeppelins are Lapan and his men, they are taking over!" explained Solana.
„Also we found out that, depending on the mixture, this thing has different effects. For example in the prison it turned everyone completely insane. In Summerland when we first encountered it, we fell unconcious, but I don't know what will happen this time." added Lunick.
„This is more than unsettling.." said Joel to himself, he then turned to his rangers, „Inform everyone! Every base and every ranger, they all have to get to their base immediatly, this is a strict order!" commaned the blond leader.
„Yes, sir!" replied the rangers and immediatly send the notifications.
„We have to get to Ringtown, Lunick." said Solana.
„Are you sure? How will you do that?" asked Joel.
„We could take the Dragonite Bus.." suggested Lunick.
„Too dangerous, we don't know which effect this smoke will cause and it would most likely effect it too." said Joel.
„You're right.." Solana turned to Lunick, „What else could we do?" she asked.
„...We walk."
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Me: And boom goes the dynamite!
And what the hell has gotten into Lunick that he wants to walk through the smoke all the way to Ringtown?!
You'll find out next time!
Auf Wiedersehen! :D
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