"The flare was from over there," said Derek, pointing to a small enclave.
"We'll get them this time!" said Roy menacingly.
*Shadow's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
"Hey, look at that!" said Fireburst, staring at a bright flare in the air.
"Where'd that come from?" Firestrike asked.
"I think it's the others!" cried Kirin. "Maybe they came up with the idea to send that up, to lead us there."
"Sure, like Aquafire is that smart, Kirin," said Shockwave coldly.
"What's been with you lately, Shockwave?" I asked. "You've been dissin' Aquafire a lot lately."
"Eh, just that he's a pathetic weakling of a pokémon who doesn't know anything," Shockwave replied matter-of-factly. "I mean, if it wasn't for him, we'd all be in the labs, being fed and not lost in this place."
"Yeah, and if it wasn't for him, we'd still be stuck there, being experimented on, battling against insanely powerful pokémon, and possibly killed in the process," I said.
"I could've broken everyone out," Shockwave yelled.
"Do I detect a feeling of jealousy?" teased Firestrike.
"Whatever," said Shockwave. "He's a jerk anyway, ordering everyone else around."
"If you don't want to come along, why don't you leave then?" Fireburst said.
"Fine, I don't need you losers anyway!" Shockwave shouted as he took off into the underbrush.
"Oh, boy, what a problem," I said. "I wonder how the others are doing."
*Aquafire's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
"I can't take much more of this!" I yelled. Everyone else was asleep on the tree stump beds. I was sitting near a fire in the middle of Rokon's home.
"Calm down, Aquafire," said Rokon, handing me some berries to eat. "You heard everyone else. Wait until morning to go look for them."
"I know, but I was the one who got them here in the first place," I replied. "I was the one who busted them out of the labs."
"No one would argue with you. They all knew this would be a dangerous journey from the start," Rokon said. "You'd better get some sleep."
"Good idea," I replied, going over to an empty tree stump. Rokon extinguished the fire with a whisk of her tails.
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
Morning
"Hey, wake up, Derek, you lazy bum!" yelled Roy, kicking Derek in the ribs.
"Oof! I'm up, I'm up!" said Derek. "You idiot, I'm still hurtin' from those damn pokémon who attacked us yesterday."
"Weakling," said Roy in disgust. "Did you remember to bring the tranqs along this time?"
"You got that right," said Derek, holding up a white gun.
"Let's get 'em!"
*Shadow's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
"Everyone, wake up, time to find the others," I said, rousing Fireburst, Firestrike, and Kirin from their sleep
"Aww, c'mon, Shadow! I need my sleep!" said a sleepy Fireburst.
"I know, but it's morning, and time to find the others," I replied. They slowly got up from the ground. Fireburst got onto Kirin's back.
"I wish the flare was still up," said Kirin. "It would make things so much easier."
"The flare came from over there," said Fireburst, pointing towards a thickly covered area a good two miles to the left.
"Let's go then," I said.
*Aquafire's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
"Rokon, will you lead to way to where you saw the others land?" I asked.
"Could Blade be in front with me, to chop the way through and make travel easier?" she asked, rewrapping Blade's injured scythe.
"I can do it, even with only one scythe," said Blade.
"Ok."
"Larissa, could you fly surveillance and try to spot them?" Calypso asked.
"Sure!" came the reply. Larissa took off into the air, kicking up a small cloud of dust in her wake.
"Now, which way was it?" Flameheart asked.
"This way," Rokon replied, going down a rough path in the trees.
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
"Hey, Roy, isn't that one of the pokémon?" Derek asked in a low voice, pointing to Shockwave.
"Yeah, it is," Roy replied. "Is the gun ready?"
"Yeah."
"Ready, aim, fire!" yelled Roy. Shockwave looked up suddenly as he was hit by the tranquilizer dart. He collapsed on the grassy ground.
"Go and get it," said Roy, "and stick it in this cage. He held up a metal cage. Derek went over and picked Shockwave up, then stuffed him in the cage.
"One down, eleven to go," laughed Roy.
"Ought to be a cinch, especially with the gun, huh?" said Derek.
"Yeah, and the boss especially wants that Growlithe," Roy replied.
*Aquafire's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
"Hey, here are Kirin's tracks," Flameheart said, looking at the ground. "They look fresh."
"That means they are nearby," said Arbiter.
"Hey, isn't that Fireburst's wing shining through the underbrush?" exclaimed Calypso.
"Hey yeah!" said Lunar. "We've found them!"
The group took off into a run toward the shine. There in the middle of a clearing were the others, but also two very unwelcome faces.
"Well well, would you look at that, Derek?" said Roy with a gun in his hands. "It's all of the lab pokémon, come to beat the crap out of us again!"
"I wanna see them try, since we have this little thing right here!" said Derek, gesturing to the gun in Roy's hands. "After all, with this we were able to get this little prize right here!"
Derek moved aside, and revealed Shockwave, knocked unconscious, and in a tiny cage!
I started feeling my blood boil with anger. I could sense the others getting angry as well.
"We can't attack, or we may hurt Shockwave!" cried Kirin.
"Larissa, can you divebomb them?" I yelled up. (pokéspeech, of course) She flew up some more, then went into a steep dive right for Roy. He aimed the gun, and pulled the trigger. A dart came flying out, which hit Larissa on the wing. She pulled out of the dive, and was furiously trying to take the dart out. Unfortunately, the contents had already taken effect, and she fell to the ground like a rock and landed in a heap. Derek ran over and stuffed her in a bag, which he placed by Shockwave's cage.
"Anyone else wanna try anything?!" yelled Roy to us.
"Hey Roy, two down, ten to go!" laughed Derek. I was getting really annoyed.
Arbiter and Lunar tried chaging at Roy and Derek, but Roy shot off two more darts, one hitting Arbiter in the arm, the other striking Lunar in the leg. Both of them fell asleep, and Derek caged both of them.
"We can't win unless we somehow get that gun away from Roy!" cried Kirin.
I was way ahead of her. I was charging up my psychic powers, readying a psychic blast that I would throw at Roy. Calypso, Shadow, and Flameheart tried to triple team Roy and Derek, but Roy just shot each one of them down. Derek stuck all three in a big bag, and chucked it over with the others.
"Ready to give up, you dumb pokémon?" laughed Roy. "You can't avoid the fact that we're gonna eventually capture every single one of you and take you back!"
My psychic blast was ready. I started glowing a weird bluish color, and I released all of my power in a psychic blast, which I hurled towards Roy. He tried shooting at the energy blast, but the darts went right through. The blast hit Roy right in the chest, but it only stunned him. Too bad it didn't knock him out. I barely avoided being stuck by two the them. Kirin, Firestrike, and Blade were stuck by them, though, and collapsed behind me. Fireburst, who was perched on Kirin's shoulder, was trapped beneath her, because Fireburst couldn't fly with that injured wing. That left only me and Rokon left to fight. Roy aimed the gun right at me.
"Ready to surrender, you little idiot of a pokémon?" asked Roy. "The boss especially wanted to see you!"
"We'll get them this time!" said Roy menacingly.
*Shadow's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
"Hey, look at that!" said Fireburst, staring at a bright flare in the air.
"Where'd that come from?" Firestrike asked.
"I think it's the others!" cried Kirin. "Maybe they came up with the idea to send that up, to lead us there."
"Sure, like Aquafire is that smart, Kirin," said Shockwave coldly.
"What's been with you lately, Shockwave?" I asked. "You've been dissin' Aquafire a lot lately."
"Eh, just that he's a pathetic weakling of a pokémon who doesn't know anything," Shockwave replied matter-of-factly. "I mean, if it wasn't for him, we'd all be in the labs, being fed and not lost in this place."
"Yeah, and if it wasn't for him, we'd still be stuck there, being experimented on, battling against insanely powerful pokémon, and possibly killed in the process," I said.
"I could've broken everyone out," Shockwave yelled.
"Do I detect a feeling of jealousy?" teased Firestrike.
"Whatever," said Shockwave. "He's a jerk anyway, ordering everyone else around."
"If you don't want to come along, why don't you leave then?" Fireburst said.
"Fine, I don't need you losers anyway!" Shockwave shouted as he took off into the underbrush.
"Oh, boy, what a problem," I said. "I wonder how the others are doing."
*Aquafire's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
"I can't take much more of this!" I yelled. Everyone else was asleep on the tree stump beds. I was sitting near a fire in the middle of Rokon's home.
"Calm down, Aquafire," said Rokon, handing me some berries to eat. "You heard everyone else. Wait until morning to go look for them."
"I know, but I was the one who got them here in the first place," I replied. "I was the one who busted them out of the labs."
"No one would argue with you. They all knew this would be a dangerous journey from the start," Rokon said. "You'd better get some sleep."
"Good idea," I replied, going over to an empty tree stump. Rokon extinguished the fire with a whisk of her tails.
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
Morning
"Hey, wake up, Derek, you lazy bum!" yelled Roy, kicking Derek in the ribs.
"Oof! I'm up, I'm up!" said Derek. "You idiot, I'm still hurtin' from those damn pokémon who attacked us yesterday."
"Weakling," said Roy in disgust. "Did you remember to bring the tranqs along this time?"
"You got that right," said Derek, holding up a white gun.
"Let's get 'em!"
*Shadow's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
"Everyone, wake up, time to find the others," I said, rousing Fireburst, Firestrike, and Kirin from their sleep
"Aww, c'mon, Shadow! I need my sleep!" said a sleepy Fireburst.
"I know, but it's morning, and time to find the others," I replied. They slowly got up from the ground. Fireburst got onto Kirin's back.
"I wish the flare was still up," said Kirin. "It would make things so much easier."
"The flare came from over there," said Fireburst, pointing towards a thickly covered area a good two miles to the left.
"Let's go then," I said.
*Aquafire's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
"Rokon, will you lead to way to where you saw the others land?" I asked.
"Could Blade be in front with me, to chop the way through and make travel easier?" she asked, rewrapping Blade's injured scythe.
"I can do it, even with only one scythe," said Blade.
"Ok."
"Larissa, could you fly surveillance and try to spot them?" Calypso asked.
"Sure!" came the reply. Larissa took off into the air, kicking up a small cloud of dust in her wake.
"Now, which way was it?" Flameheart asked.
"This way," Rokon replied, going down a rough path in the trees.
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
"Hey, Roy, isn't that one of the pokémon?" Derek asked in a low voice, pointing to Shockwave.
"Yeah, it is," Roy replied. "Is the gun ready?"
"Yeah."
"Ready, aim, fire!" yelled Roy. Shockwave looked up suddenly as he was hit by the tranquilizer dart. He collapsed on the grassy ground.
"Go and get it," said Roy, "and stick it in this cage. He held up a metal cage. Derek went over and picked Shockwave up, then stuffed him in the cage.
"One down, eleven to go," laughed Roy.
"Ought to be a cinch, especially with the gun, huh?" said Derek.
"Yeah, and the boss especially wants that Growlithe," Roy replied.
*Aquafire's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
"Hey, here are Kirin's tracks," Flameheart said, looking at the ground. "They look fresh."
"That means they are nearby," said Arbiter.
"Hey, isn't that Fireburst's wing shining through the underbrush?" exclaimed Calypso.
"Hey yeah!" said Lunar. "We've found them!"
The group took off into a run toward the shine. There in the middle of a clearing were the others, but also two very unwelcome faces.
"Well well, would you look at that, Derek?" said Roy with a gun in his hands. "It's all of the lab pokémon, come to beat the crap out of us again!"
"I wanna see them try, since we have this little thing right here!" said Derek, gesturing to the gun in Roy's hands. "After all, with this we were able to get this little prize right here!"
Derek moved aside, and revealed Shockwave, knocked unconscious, and in a tiny cage!
I started feeling my blood boil with anger. I could sense the others getting angry as well.
"We can't attack, or we may hurt Shockwave!" cried Kirin.
"Larissa, can you divebomb them?" I yelled up. (pokéspeech, of course) She flew up some more, then went into a steep dive right for Roy. He aimed the gun, and pulled the trigger. A dart came flying out, which hit Larissa on the wing. She pulled out of the dive, and was furiously trying to take the dart out. Unfortunately, the contents had already taken effect, and she fell to the ground like a rock and landed in a heap. Derek ran over and stuffed her in a bag, which he placed by Shockwave's cage.
"Anyone else wanna try anything?!" yelled Roy to us.
"Hey Roy, two down, ten to go!" laughed Derek. I was getting really annoyed.
Arbiter and Lunar tried chaging at Roy and Derek, but Roy shot off two more darts, one hitting Arbiter in the arm, the other striking Lunar in the leg. Both of them fell asleep, and Derek caged both of them.
"We can't win unless we somehow get that gun away from Roy!" cried Kirin.
I was way ahead of her. I was charging up my psychic powers, readying a psychic blast that I would throw at Roy. Calypso, Shadow, and Flameheart tried to triple team Roy and Derek, but Roy just shot each one of them down. Derek stuck all three in a big bag, and chucked it over with the others.
"Ready to give up, you dumb pokémon?" laughed Roy. "You can't avoid the fact that we're gonna eventually capture every single one of you and take you back!"
My psychic blast was ready. I started glowing a weird bluish color, and I released all of my power in a psychic blast, which I hurled towards Roy. He tried shooting at the energy blast, but the darts went right through. The blast hit Roy right in the chest, but it only stunned him. Too bad it didn't knock him out. I barely avoided being stuck by two the them. Kirin, Firestrike, and Blade were stuck by them, though, and collapsed behind me. Fireburst, who was perched on Kirin's shoulder, was trapped beneath her, because Fireburst couldn't fly with that injured wing. That left only me and Rokon left to fight. Roy aimed the gun right at me.
"Ready to surrender, you little idiot of a pokémon?" asked Roy. "The boss especially wanted to see you!"