Chapter54: Past of Chris
'' So, what do you want me to tell you exactly?'' asked Chris as he was calmly sipping his tea ''well…EVERYTHING'' shouted the gang ''please be more quiet or they will kick us out of the hotel'' he said still calm and they became silent. ''As you may know, I had to go to Johto at the Ecruteak City because of an illness that couldn't be cured back then in Kanto. Thankfully, I got better and decided to begin my journey in Johto and with hard work, managed to win the league there'' ''wow'' said Draco and Marina amazed ''at that time, the International Police was in search of possible members. Two days after I won the league and thought about challenging the Elite Four and Champion, one agent approached me and asked me if I wanted to join them. At first, I declined because I thought it wasn't interesting but then, he explained to me about Erebus and showed me some of the things he did. I was shocked, how can such a person exist?'' said Chris and in his face the horror and disgust were visible to the others shock. ''I told him that I would think hard about it and on that day, I found the reason I needed to aid them''.
''What happened?'' ''a couple of hours later, it was night and I couldn't sleep because of that meeting. I saw then smoke coming from the pokemon center and went there as fast as possible, what I saw was many grunts that had kidnapped many injured pokemon from there and injected them with something that made them stronger and more berserk. It seems he wanted to test a power up serum, that serum was too much for many of those pokemon…and they died'' he said with bitterness in his voice ''no...'' said Marina and Nyx who put their hands on their mouth in great shock and sorrow ''damn him!'' said an angry Draco who punched the wall. ''The pokemon that got injected and survived, Erebus himself came to take them with him. I tried to stop him, but his pokemon knocked me out before I could even bring out my own. What I didn't saw back there and was informed about later, was that some of his grunts went inside the Burned Tower for something and if the police hadn't drive them off, something bad would happen'' he said troubled.
''Then I decided, I would help the police out until he is behind the jail bars'' he said as he tightened his fist determined ''we will help you out, right girls?'' asked a serious Draco the girls who were also determined ''no!'' shouted Chris having now their attention 'it's dangerous to get involved with him. If something happens to Marina and yourselves, I would never forgive myself '' ''it's too late now Chris'' said Draco ''we have clashed again with him'' said Nyx ''we have a feeling that we will clash again with him, whether we want it or not'' finished Marina. The determined looks of the three cousins shocked Chris and widened his eyes but then he eased up and smiled ''I knew you would say something like that. Just be careful'' he said with a warm smile ''we will'' they said in unison smiling. Then Draco became serious ''so…how did you get zapdos?'' he asked, with his question making the girls serious as well.
Then Chris sighed and got up from his chair with his hands now on his pockets ''where should I begin from? Well-how do I put it? I knew zapdos since I was born'' he said with a slight uncertainty in him ''WHAT?'' ''but Chris-oniisan, we were always together, how did you know zapdos since birth?'' asked Marina very shocked ''calm down Marina and let me continue'' ''o-okay'' she said and then became silent. ''At the age of 5 and later, I began dreaming about zapdos. Each time that I was dreaming, the dreams seemed more and more real and I was feeling that it was calling me'' he said with a certainty. The cousins had their eyes widen and recalled their own dreams ''b -but why?'' asked Marina ''I don't know, but when I met it, it didn't make things easy for me, believe me'' he said very serious. ''So, you managed to catch a legendary pokemon huh?'' wondered Draco with a nervous smile.
''Catch you say?'' he replied quite annoyed, making Draco slightly afraid ''ok, I will tell you everything about what exactly happened'' said Chris as he sat down on his chair and sipped his tea ''that time, I had just accepted the police's invitation and the same night I had the usual dream. It was then that I decided to use their information and science departments in order to track it down. Well, because of its status as a legendary pokemon, any kind of information was way too hard to be shared'' ''why?'' asked Nyx ''are you kidding? Do you imagine the power of a legendary pokemon in the wrong hands? It would be beyond disastrous!'' said an angry Chris at Nyx freaking her out ''sorry Nyx, but such a thing is very terrifying to even imagine'' he said apologetic. ''So, what happened next?'' asked Marina ''i explained the reasons i wanted such information, then i got through truth seeker and dream testing'' he said making them speechless.
''When they saw that I was telling the truth, they gave me any short of information they had and I decided to track it down. Because the information I got was limited, I had to gather stray information by witnesses'' ''how did you find it in the end?'' asked Draco ''most witnesses were liars and by gathering true reports, along with the police's information, I realized that zapdos was resting in places that emit strong geomagnetic waves. Knowing where to look, I checked all those places until I found zapdos in a certain mountain where there are usually thunderstorms taking place. After I found him, it was as if he welcomed me and then we began to fight. He-He completely destroyed us, we managed to land some good hits but it amounted almost to nothing…'' he said bewildered. Then the cousins were puzzled and looked each other ''t…then how did you get it?'' asked Marina ''its last attack fainted my last pokemon and I was about to fall from the explosion. As I was struggling, I was looking him in the eyes dead serious and was wondering why he was calling me since I was so weak''.
''Then, the edge rock I was holding to crumbled and I was falling. I closed my eyes and prepared myself for my death, but when I opened my eyes, I found myself on the mountain's peak with zapdos before me. I was shocked and puzzled, why did he save me? then I realized that he might want to join me and asked him, he nodded his head and became my partner'' said Chris finishing his story ''wow'' said the three of them amazed in unison ''but there is a problem'' he said troubled, getting their attention. ''Zapdos doesn't come out whenever I want it to, there has to be a serious reason for it to do so. When you saw me call it out, it happened because I told it that there were people and pokemon to save and so it came to help us, if that wasn't the case, then it would stay in his pokeball without a care in the world'' said Chris disappointed.
'' I see'' replied Draco who seemed to understand his situation ''anyway, what are you going to do now?'' asked Chris in order to change subject ''gather the last badge of course'' ''and for me, my last ribbon'' said Draco and Marina determined and fired up'' ''in that case, you should go to Viridian city. While the gym leader is missing though, there is a substitute one and believe me when I say that all the previous gym leaders combined are nothing compared to him'' said a slightly nervous Chris ''just what the fuck is he?'' thought Nyx with Draco being just as nervous. Chris got up and put his hands on Marina's shoulders ''I believe that you can win your last ribbon and enter the Grand Festival sister'' he said with a warm face ''I will big bro!'' she said happy and determined. ''I will do you the favour of sending you there immediately'' ''ah? How?'' ''hmm, easily, I got here with a helicopter, I can tell to a police to fly you there'' he said and they got happy.
It was afternoon and the trio was about to get in the helicopter ''won't you come with us Chris-oniisan?'' ''I would like to but I have some things to take care of here, but I promise to come see you at the Grand Festival and you Nyx and Draco and the Indigo League'' ''ok, gotcha'' said Draco fist pumping with him and after Marina hugged him as a farewell, they went inside and the helicopter began flying ''I will keep my promise Sis. I will be there, and I know that you will make it there'' he thought smiling as he was watching the helicopter flying further and further away.
