"So, you do understand the position you're in, correct?" Crescent states, not looking away from the window. Nancy had a rather tense look on her face before nodding.
"Yes, I believe so but if I'm honest… I'm not sure if I'm ready. I know what you said about me before, but I genuinely feel fear."
Crescent simply nods before turning around with her arms behind her back, giving Nancy a small glare. "Stop talking nonsense. I don't want to hear about your faux emotions. All I'm interested in hearing is you telling me that you're ready to take this role."
Nancy grunts, holding her hands together tightly. Crescent simply gives a look, constantly calculating and plotting for her next strikes. She readjusts herself before continuing to speak.
"I'm sorry, it's my fault, really. I just didn't make your position clear enough from the beginning. Either you're ready to fulfill your duty, or you're no longer any use to me. You don't get the option to tell me if you're ready or not." Crescent states with her harsh and cold words.
Nancy nods slowly before looking at Crescent. "Yes, Crescent, I understand. I think all I need is a little bit of time."
Crescent lets out a sigh before folding her arms together. "Time is all you have left. All I want to see is Matthew smile. That's all. Once we dock in East Gearen City, you're to go to West Gearen City and live normal lives. If I get even a small inkling of betrayal from you, I won't hesitate to-"
"You don't have to worry about that." Nancy interrupts rather suddenly. "I have no plans to do such a thing…"
"Good. Glad to hear that. Now that we're clear on what to do, I'm going to have to ask you to leave." Crescent says before shooing Nancy out. "The banquet is going to start soon and I need to get ready."
"I'll be on my way then." Nancy leaves the room quickly. Crescent looks back outside the window with a glare.
"Mmh…"
Pokemon Rejuvenation: Interceptor
By: NexusMHX
Chapter 1: Shipwrecked
"I could listen to this all day… I'll tell you that." Matthew says with a sigh of relief. After his meeting with Augustus, he went back downstairs to listen to the piano lady happily playing with her Jigglypuff. The dinner was delayed slightly as Augustus was supposedly preparing a speech and the equipment wasn't working properly.
"Well. I'm glad that some people like you, just sit back and enjoy music. It makes me happy that you're enjoying it. Especially since you're so young." The piano lady responds, still playing her music without a single failure. She finished her piece before closing the piano. "Though this will be my last song here for the night. I'm playing in the ballroom."
"Ah right. The feast. I should get on that." Matthew stands up from the seat. "Thank you for playing. I really enjoyed it."
"And thanks for listening. Seeya." The Jigglypuff falls to the ground as the two make their way to the ballroom. Matthew takes one last look at the piano before making his way downstairs. Matthew walks to the double doors and reaches out only for a voice behind him to stop his hand.
"So eager to eat that you're willing to leave your poor mother behind?" Matthew turns around to see Nancy come up the stairs.
"S-Sorry." Matthew slightly chuckles rubbing the back of his neck.
"Don't worry, I'm only teasing you! Let's get seated, shall we?" The two enter the doors to see a dimly lit room. There were multiple tables, each with a cloth over it and candles being the only relative light. "Our table is just ahead. The banquet won't start for a few more moments. Let's hurry to our chairs, alright?"
The two make their way to their table. Across the hall, the next table over. Crescent sat rather elegantly with her Gothitelle next to her at all times. Nancy passes a quick look with Matthew noticing as Augustus makes his way down the stairs slowly, with a mic in his hands. He taps on the mic to grab everyone's attention.
"Greetings everyone! It is my pleasure to host this lovely banquet on this magnificent day! This marks the end of our long journey together. I hope that this trip will stay with you in your memory forever. And perhaps one day we shall see each other again! And with that all said and done, I'd like the banquet to commence!"
The crowd cheers in excitement for the food, and towards Augustus for his job taking everyone to the Aevium Region. The cheering stops as a booming voice echos throughout the whole room.
"Sorry, but I'm going to have to postpone this little party." Everyone looks over to see three figures, each wearing an outfit with black and red outlines all over this.
"Who are you three? What is the meaning of this?" Augustus demanded with a booming voice. He readies to take out a Pokeball from his back pocket.
"We're going to need all of you to stay put and listen very carefully. We have explosives on board this ship." One of the figures takes out a small remote that sparked a massive reaction of fear in everyone who saw the remote. "Any act of rebellion will result in a calamity none of you can afford. So let's just get through this nice and easy, okay?"
"Y-You're hijacking the ship?" Augustus questions.
"Hijacking? No, no, that's too barbaric. We're here to pick up someone." The three figures look over at the table with Matthew and Nancy sitting by themselves.
Almost instinctively, Nancy looks over at Crescent before shouting. "G-Get Matthew out of here now!"
"Don't make any funny movements! No one's leaving this room, you hear?" One of the figures try to run over to the table. Crescent simply grunts as Gothitelle readies energy.
"I said don't move!"
"Get them out of here right this instant!" Nancy shouts.
"Gothitelle. You know what to do." Gothitelle shouts as it teleports Matthew away from the room. The figure who held the beeper in shock suddenly turned into anger.
"You're all going to regret this!" They press the button with a massive explosion under the ship.
Matthew opens his eyes, letting out heavy deep breaths. His mind was still processing all that happened from the scene not too long ago. The whole room that he was in was dark. He could hardly see anything. A constant level of fear went right through him. Suddenly a small bit of light peaked from the floor, to reveal that Matthew was in the Captain's quarters.
Before Matthew could really react, two red tentacles sprout up from the ground, reaching for anything and anyone that they could grab. The boy's first reaction was to run as fast as possible. The whole boat shook as Matthew made his way down the stairs, avoiding all the tentacles that came from multiple holes in the ship.
Eventually, Matthew's path led into a roadblock and he turns before moving away to see the piano lady who had just fought off tentacles that tried to capture her. "Hey, aren't you that kid that disappeared out of thin air?"
"What's happening? What the hell is going on?!" Matthew shouts with uneasiness.
"I have no idea! That's not important. What's important is getting off this ship. Right after you disappeared, some guy detonated an explosive on the hull of the S.S. Oceana." The piano lady said freaking out. "Water is gushing in. If we don't find a way out soon… These weird tentacle things will get us."
"Wait… A bomb? What about my mom? Have you seen her?" Matthew asks.
"Not since the explosion. Go downstairs into the main hall and see if you can find anything." Matthew nods slowly before running down the stairs while the piano lady stays back and looks at the tentacles. Matthew made his way down the stairs into the banquet hall where he sees Augustus looking rather exhausted. The veteran looks up at Matthew with a small sense of relief on his face.
"Matthew! I'm glad to see that you're doing okay. It seems like… this perfect day has taken quite the turn, hasn't it?" Augustus gave a look of frustration, wiping the sweat from his brow. "Who would do such a thing?"
"I… I don't know. Augustus. Have you seen my mom? I want to know that she's ok after the explosion!"
"Your mother?" Augustus shakes his head slowly. "I… I actually don't know where she is. When the bomb exploded, it knocked me out cold. When I came around, everyone in the room was gone."
"Damn it…" Matthew curses towards himself.
"Look. I know that you're worried about your mother. But. It won't be long until the S.S. Oceana rests at the bottom of the sea forever. There should be people trying to stop the water level from rising. Help them… Maybe they saw your mom."
"And what about you?" Matthew asks slowly.
Augustus gives a sigh before looking at the boat. "I'm going to go a little into my own grief…"
"Al… Alright. Be careful." Matthew runs out of the main hall and dashes his way downstairs. He sees a bunch of people doing their best to keep the water level from rising with their Pokemon.
"Damn it. There's nothing we can do… We're not strong enough to stop the water from coming in!" One of them yells in pain.
"Our Pokemon can't do it as well. We should just try to find some life rafts and escape." Another one states. Matthew was about to ask one of them if any of them have seen his mother before noticing to the right. He saw the little boy crying by himself, calling out for their parents.
"Hey, wait… do you see that dark figure in the water?" Matthew walks closer to the boy. "Yeah… It's very faint, but I think I see it as well!"
Two Pokemon, Deoxys appear and grabbed the two men at the entrance of the water. Another one of the Deoxys crash into the wall. It grabs the boy rather suddenly right in front of Matthew. The boy in fear looks at Matthew, reaching out with his hand. Matthew reached out with his hands. Both of their hands almost touched before the Deoxys rushes away.
Matthew dropped to the ground. His whole body was shaking in fear. Something dropped to his hand. It was the device that Matthew had given to the boy. He tried to run away. But his body wouldn't respond. He couldn't think straight. Suddenly a Deoxys slowly descends down right in front of him. It didn't say anything. It just simply looks down at the boy with a menacing glare. Matthew slowly looked up, he couldn't breathe, tears fell from his eyes in fear, he couldn't move.
'Somebody… help me. Please.' The Deoxys wrapped their tentacles around Matthew before being launched back by a dark pulse from an Umbreon.
"Oi kid! The hell are you doing? Get out of here!" A trainer exclaims shaking Matthew out of his dazed state. "I'll keep them down. Go to the cargo hold. It can protect us from these things!"
"I… I." Matthew slowly walked back before running away towards the stairs. He made his way downstairs, trying to avoid all the monsters surrounding him. The wall crashes open, a massive rush of water smacks Matthew, toppling him to the ground. He slowly pushed himself, making his way to the cargo hold where the wall was blown up into a hole.
He slowly crawls his way into the room where he sees Nancy and Sylveon trying to stop the water flow. Nancy grunts in irritation. "It's no use, the water can't be controlled. There's just way too much damage."
Sylveon notices Matthew entering the room as it calls out to her trainer. Matthew lets out deep breaths before slowly making his way to Nancy. "Mom…"
"Huh?" Nancy turns around with shock in her eyes. She quickly recovers before running over and hugged her son. "Matthew, is that really you?!"
"Mom… It hurts. Can't breathe." Matthew while needed the comfort from his mom, his body felt incredibly in pain from everything. Nancy lets go.
"I'm sorry… What are you doing here? I thought you were somewhere safe…" Nancy shakes her head slowly before holding Matthew's hand. "Well, all that matters is that we're together again, right?"
"Y-Yeah." Tears of relief went down Matthew's face. The boat shakes rather violently.
"This ship won't last very long, Matthew. We're going to have to abandon it." Nancy takes out a Pokeball for herself. "I have a Pokemon we can use to surf to shore, but as for the other people…"
"And what makes you think that you're safe from our onslaught?" A voice echoed from behind Nancy as she turns around. A marking, that formed the shape of an N appeared as a woman with long purple hair, sunglasses, and a black and red outfit, similar to a dress. She felt calculating, looking at the scene with a watchful eye. "We came here for one purpose, and one purpose only. And we're not leaving until we;ve fulfilled that purpose."
"Are you the one who's behind this attack?!" Nancy exclaims with Sylveon getting ready for battle.
"Perhaps that is a possibility, but that's not something I'm comfortable sharing." The woman with a hand on her hip, giving off a rather stylish look, even though she was obviously the bad guy. However, the woman still looked straight at Nancy behind her sunglasses. "The only thing that truly matters right now is your apprehension."
"M-My apprehension?" Nancy questions. Matthew was confused, not knowing anything of what the people were saying.
"That's correct. Did you perhaps think that our target was Matthew?" The woman shakes her head. "Maybe that's what they made you think, but that couldn't be farther from the truth."
"If all you wanted was me, then why go so far as to destroy the S.S. Oceana?!" Nancy readies into position with Sylveon. "You've endangered all of these innocent people who have no idea what's going on!"
"Witnesses can be such a bother. It's better if we just wipe them all out."
"And if someone happened to get out? They would spread awareness."
"Hmph. Assuming anyone got out- Which they won't. It would be too bad considering most people think we're quite passive anyway." The woman states looking at Nancy. "It's time people woke up from this dream of safety they have going on."
"Heh, it's going down like this, huh?" Nancy chuckles with a dry smile as she returns Sylveon back into her Pokeball. She turns around before reaching out with a few pokeballs towards Matthew. "Matthew, I want you to take all of my Pokemon. They can help you escape."
"W-What?! What about you?" Matthew exclaims.
"I'll be okay as long as I know you're safe and sound. That's all that matters to me." Nancy reaches out to hand her son her Pokeballs.
"Sorry, can't do it. That's not going to happen." The woman behind Nancy snaps her fingers. Three Deoxys appeared between Matthew and Nancy, knocking both of them back. "Don't think you're safe. I'm going to deal with you next, Matthew."
A loud crash could be heard from above everyone. Matthew takes a step back in fear. A voice came from above.
"Look out below!" A piano crashes from the roof as it crushes the Deoxys.
"Wh-What?! A piano?!" The woman exclaims.
The piano lady breathes heavily before taking a step back. "You better appreciate me, Matthew. Pushing a piano off the side wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. The sounds of a piano crashing on the floor? That song was dedicated to you. I don't even know if it was worth it in the long run. Can you escape here by yourself?"
Deoxys surround the piano lady rather slowly. The piano lady grunts in irritation while looking around. "Ah, but it doesn't matter anymore, does it? Try to escape kid. Cause it looks like my time here is up."
"Run! Matthew! Run!" Nancy yells out behind the piano. Matthew swiftly listens to his mom and he runs away from the cargo hold. Multiple Deoxys do their best to capture the boy. He would find ways to avoid all the figures as best as he possibly could. Matthew's lungs felt like they were on fire. His legs ached in pain. But he kept on pushing through. He eventually made his way to the pool area where he saw an old man in a trench coat waiting for him.
"And where do you think you're going?" The old man blocked the way with a harsh look on his face. Behind Matthew, the woman with purple hair appeared closely behind with a few Deoxys.
"I'm… trapped."
"Did you think you were done with me? Be a good little child and come with us. There's no point in fighting back." The woman states with her harsh expression. "That will just make things worse for you in the long run."
"I'm not going anywhere with you!" Matthew yells out. A bird's scraw roars in the sky's catching everyone's attention. The Talonflame ignites in flames to distract the two figures. It carries Matthew towards the pier as the boy falls unconscious by himself.
"I see… so that's what happened." The lady said with a concerned look. "I saw most of what happened go down and I tried my best to get there as fast as I could… Fortunately, my trusty Talonflame is fast. We got there just in time to rescue you. Oh, I haven't even introduced myself! My name is Tesla."
The name rang familiar to Matthew but he couldn't figure out where exactly he heard something like that. "I'm… Matthew."
"Matthew…" Tesla walks over and puts her hand on Matthew's shoulder. "I wouldn't worry too much, though. I'm sure your mother will be fine in the long run. Team Xen aren't exactly the most competent group out there."
"Team Xen? Who are they?" Matthew asks.
"Oh Is this the first time you've heard of Team Xen?" Matthew slowly shakes his head. Tesla pets her Talonflame. "They're a criminal organization that no one really knows much about. They're usually all bark and no bite, so this is pretty shocking to me. I wonder if whatever they're planning has finally gone into action? Anyway, you're all alone now… aren't you? If you don't mind me asking, what do you plan to do now?"
Matthew thinks about it for a minute. He turns around to see where the ship once was. He turns back to Tesla. "I don't know… but I think I should go to the Gearen Laboratory. It's a better start than anything that I have in mind. That way, I'm able to get a Pokemon for my own."
"That's a wonderful idea. You'll need one if you're going to be travelling around Aevium…" Tesla looks at Matthew who still looked completely exhausted. She thinks about it for a bit before going through her purse and then hands a card over to Matthew.
"What's this?" Matthew looks at the card.
"This is the keycard for a room at the hotel here. I'll call the people at Gearen Laboratory that you'll be a bit late." Tesla states. Matthew fumbles a bit in confusion looking at the keycard.
"H-Hold on! I can't possibly take this! It doesn't seem right!" Matthew exclaims, freaking out about the sudden item.
"Matthew. I can tell already. You're barely able to stand up. Let alone, doing anything." Tesla was definitely right. Matthew felt completely exhausted. He needed to rest before he collapsed again.
"Ok… I'll go to the hotel." Matthew gives in with Tesla nodding.
"Good. Now. I think I'm going to head to the wreck site to see if I can find any more survivors." Tesla gets onto her Talonflame. She looks at Matthew with a firm nod. "I'm a firm believer that everything happens for a reason. Things will work out eventually if you're patient. We'll see you later. Full speed ahead, Talonflame! Tailwind!"
Tesla zooms into the skies on her Talonflame leaving Matthew by himself. He looks at the keycard while putting his headphones that were around his neck, over his ears. "Welcome to Aevium, Matthew."
Wassup my homies! This is NexusMHX here with another episode of Pokemon Rejuvenation: Interceptor. Let me tell you all a little something. Writing about feelings, internal and external is extremely hard. I even sometimes try to not make it word for word and all that junk. I take out certain phrases that felt like over talking about obvious details that didn't need to be there. However, I could be wrong about those things. Kinda why we have reviews. To make sure that the experience is a a good one for everyone to enjoy. I just hope that whatever I'm doing. I'm doing it right cause this game extremely deserves it. I am also adding my own personal spin with everything, nothing too elaborate that it changes the overall story just some small details and all that so don't worry about it too much. Just trying to find new ways to freshen out the story in a good way. Not saying the game's story was bad. I just want to add my part that could make it bad. GOD FUCK. I should just not talk. With this being said, this is NexusMHX signing off! If you all enjoyed, please make sure to give this fanfiction, a follow/favorite/comment for more content. Stay Classy!
