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Well, another new chapter. Yay! What fun.
Okay finishing the Floaroma arc so I can get to the next good stuff.
enjoy!
Chapter 34:
Damion was almost out of Jubilife City when he noticed a group of people blocking the road up ahead. At first, Damion didn't think much of it until he noticed that the person hassled by two guys was Professor Rowan. Damion's first instinct was to hide and run away, but Damion stopped for a moment just to see what was going on. Now that he noticed it, the two guys that were surrounding Professor Rowan were dressed very strangely. Like outer space robots...
Professor Rowan looked the same as always with his brown trench coat, white collared shirt, and navy blue vest with tie, black slacks, and brown loafers. His white hair seemed to shine and gleam a bit under the bright sunlight.
The two people were both like twins, having the bowl cut turquoise hair, height, weight, eyes, and even the stubborn expression they were both wearing.
"What do you want?" Rowan asked angrily and haughtily, the same voice that Damion know too well. Damion could understand why the two guys were both sort of cowering back. One of the two twins was brave enough to speak back.
"Don't talk to us like that old man!" Guy 1 (Damion decided to call him this), "We're telling you that you need to come with us. This is not an option."
"You actually think I'm just going to follow you?" Rowan scoffed. It wasn't a question. Damion looked at the situation. Professor Rowan is obviously intimidating the twins, but it was obvious that the two were not going to let Rowan walk away. In fact, Damion noticed the Pokeballs that the two were fingering with casually. Rowan seemed to notice this too, but didn't seem to be showing signs of faltering. Damion walked cautiously toward the group who seemed oblivious of him at the moment.
"Look professor, we can either the easy way or the hard way," Guy 2 said in a fierce voice. This time both of them took out their Pokeballs. Damion gulped. The twins looked like they mean business.
Without thinking of the consequences, as usual, Damion jumped in front of Rowan and in front of the two twins.
"Hey! Leave Professor Rowan alone you goony twins!" Damion yelled. Rowan gaped at the surprise act of Damion while the twins seemed to be trying to digest the name that Damion called them.
"We're not goony! And we're not twins!" Both of the guys, having the same angry expression, said at the same time. Damion couldn't help but roll his eyes. Rowan's stony face didn't change in expression at all.
"Yeah," Damion said, scoffing, "That totally doesn't make you twins." The two guys immediately fumed.
"Don't joke with Team Galactic!" Both of them yelled. The two of them took out their Pokeball and threw it to the ground. Immediately, a Skunky and Glameow appeared, ready for battle. "The professor comes or we're going to use more deadly force." Rowan immediately glared at the two twins. This was outrageous behavior!
However, to Rowan's surprise, Damion seemed to grin as if he knew something he didn't know. Damion took out his two Pokemon and revealed a Staravia and a Monferno. Rowan couldn't help but feel a look of pride and amazement. In just a few days, Damion managed to train Chimchar quite well.
"Do you really want to fight?" Damion demanded. The two grunts immediately flinched, seeing the tough look the boy's two Pokemon were emitting. "Staravia, use Quick Attack! Monferno use Mach Punch!" Staravia and Monferno immediately disappeared and appeared right in front of Skunky and Glameow respectfully. Staravia slammed head on and Skunky immediately fainted. Monferno's fists punched the Glameow, causing immediate K.O.
"So," Damion grinned at the two grunts horrified look at their fainted Pokemon, "Who's next?" The grunts immediately backed up, clearly uneasy at the situation. Their job was just to kidnap the professor. There was nothing in the description about a kid with him.
"We'll... we'll get you next time! You're lucky we let you off!" Grunt 1 yelled in defense. Both of them returned their Pokemon and before Damion could react, ran off like a couple of scared kids.
"Hey!" Damion yelled, "COME BACK HERE!"
"Damion, please stop yelling," Rowan said, "You're making a scene." Damion looked around and noticed the bunches of people looking at his direction.
"Oh," Damion shrugged, "Sorry." Rowan shook his head and looked at Damion curiously.
"Thanks for your help. You're Pokemon have become a lot stronger." Damion, confused, looked up at the stern face of Professor Rowan. Was... the professor... congratulating him? "Though I must say," Rowan continued, "I wonder why they were so adamant about me... Team Galactic... I don't like the sound of this..." Rowan shook his head before turning to Damion.
"Where are your friends Damion?" Rowan asked. Damion jolted and suddenly remembered of the promise he made with Dawn.
"Oh! There was a Contest in Floaroma Town and I wanted to get my badge so we kinda split up... OH SHOOT! I need to go! See ya gramps!" With that Damion ran off at such a fast rate that he left a loud dust cloud for Rowan.
"Humph, such a reckless boy still," Professor Rowan muttered as he brush off the dust that cling to his coat. "Well, at least they're fine for now. Now I must get back to Sandgem Town... I need to find more info on this Galactic..."
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"Whoo! So this is Floaroma Town!" Damion grinned as he looked at the giant meadow surrounding the entire town. "A little bit too peaceful, but maybe that's how the place is built..." He looked around and noticed at the right side of his view he could see what looked like giant fans, with propellers moving lazy around counter clockwise.
"Well, then," Damion stretched his arms into the air, "Let's go find that contest building!" Damion took one step down the hill he was on when... BOOM! Damion found himself falling and tumbling down. "Ow! Ouch! ARGH! AHHH!" Damion screamed as he got cut and scraped by rocks. Finally he landed on his head at the bottom. "That hurtssss...." Damion groaned as he rubbed his sore spot. He suddenly noticed a whole bunch of people running around and screaming.
"What's that noise?!"
"Call the ambulance! Call the fire department!"
"The explosion came from the contest area!" Damion froze with horror. Contest?! Dawn and Lucas were supposed to be there. Ignoring the throbbing pain, Damion followed the crowd, hoping he could spot Dawn or Lucas along the way.
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Damion was walking down the road. He tried to reach the Pokemon Contest, but the police and fire department had held him back, refusing him to go in. All Damion could do now is simply wait and hope that he would be able to spot Dawn or even Lucas.
"Help! Someone help me!" Damion stopped and noticed a girl, trying to get someone's attention. The girl was pulling on one of the officer's sleeve. "My father! Please!"
"Kid, we're going to go over there, once we clear up this mess," the police officer said, "Could you hold on for a minute?"
"I asked for a guy name Lucas to go," the girl screamed, "but they... I don't know if they'll be okay! Please! I'm afraid they'll get hurt!" Damion froze. Did the girl said Lucas? Damion immediate went up to the girl and pushed her to face him.
"Does this Lucas went with a girl named Dawn?" The girl sniffled and blow her nose with a tissue before responding.
"He... he went with a girl... I think her name is Dawn."
"Where did they go?!" Damion demanded. The girl, taken aback by Damion's angry tone, sobbed for a second before calming down a bit.
"They... they went to the Wind factory. Its just over there beyond the town," the girl said, pointing to the area. Damion didn't need to hear anymore. He had to get there to help his friends.
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"I managed to find you guys," Damion finishing his story, "and stopped that lady from attacking you." Dawn looked wide eye. It was a relief that Damion managed to come here in time.
"Wow," Dawn said amazed, "you had an adventure. But you said that Rowan was attacked by Team Galactic right?"
"Yeah," Damion said, shrugging his shoulders, "Like that red-hair lady said she was from right?" Dawn nodded, completely in deep thought.
"Hi guys," Lucas said cheerfully. Damion and Dawn jumped. They hadn't even noticed that Lucas was gone the entire time. "The line finally shortened and I managed to heal everyone's Pokemon." Lucas was clutching an armful of Pokeballs and handed each respectfully to each trainer.
"Thanks Lucas." Dawn put her Pokeballs back into her bag while Damion did the same. "Let's get going now. I don't want to stay here any longer."
"What about the contest?" Lucas asked confused. Dawn rolled her eyes.
"Have you seen that explosion? They had to cancel this competition. I heard it from one of the coordinators. All I know is that I have to go somewhere else if I want to get that ribbon."
"Oh," Damion grinned, "So that means you owe me some money right?" Dawn looked at Damion confused. "Remember, we bet who would win first... so I get the prize money since I won right?" Dawn frowned, remembering, and started to hit Damion. "OW!"
"That doesn't count because of the explosion. I didn't even get a chance to finish the contest, so if you're going to keep claiming that you won, think again," Dawn said, emitting a chilling voice. Lucas gulped and immediately crouched into a defensive position.
"N... n... no, of course not," Damion said, having a truly scared smile on his face.
"In that case," Dawn said, stretching her arms, "Let's go now. You want to get your next badge right?"
"Oh, yeah!" Damion grinned, "I'm definitely going to get two badges before you get your first ribbon."
"I'm in a good mood right now," Dawn said, "So don't push my buttons by saying stupid things."
"Oh, sorry," Damion laughed.
"Come on Lucas," Dawn motioned Lucas who seemed to be lagging behind, "We got to get going!" Lucas grinned and hurried off with his friends.
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"Well, they left," Shiki said, motioning to the three shadows. Fuuta nodded as he watched from afar. Pachurisu was fast asleep. It was so tired from everything that had happened that even the conversation the two trainers were having didn't stir Pachurisu from its sleep. "Aren't you going to ask Lucas whatever it is you want to ask about?"
"No," Fuuta shrugged, "I'm pretty sure we'll see those two again. In the meantime, I think we should hurry up and send a message to Daniel."
"What for?" Shiki asked, surprised.
"Something strange is going on..." Fuuta muttered, "I need to ask him some questions. In fact I need to speak to him, face to face." He walked off, leaving a confused Shiki behind.
Meeting Lucas who looks exactly like Daniel, strange group attacking them, those memories... something was wrong, and he needed to get to the bottom of this.
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Lindsay and Kenna were waiting patiently at the hospital when they noticed Jeffery coming up to them.
"Jeffery!" Kenna cried, looking relieved, "Where were you?! I thought you were dead."
"Ha ha, very funny," Jeffery said, "I'm totally fine, I just needed to go to the police station."
"Police station?" Lindsay, listening in to the conversation, "Why?"
"Oh," Jeffery shrugged his shoulders, "no reason in particular." Jeffery, ignoring the confused looks, was thinking about that Tory guy he left and wondered if he was doing the right thing by not saying anything.
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"This is bad," Mr. Contesta sighed, "I never expected something like this to happen. I'm so sorry for the trouble Cynthia."
"It's okay," Cynthia replied as she surveyed the damage. Right now her mission was to go through the rubble and find any survivors. Garchomp was doing a pretty good job. "The most important thing to do is to make sure no one is hurt now." Cynthia pushed back the bangs that were covering her eyes. Inside her mind, she knew that once she was finish here, she'll need to go and join the investigation with the police. Something about this group and that girl Venus said made Cynthia know that things aren't over yet.
Author's Notes
YES! I finish this ARC and it only took 30 something chapters! (now collapse to the ground)
Okay, let's thank my reviewers right now before I forget.
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Well that's it from me. Reminder that my vac. is coming soon. I probably will update one more time before I leave.
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-JapanDreamer