Darkness Never Fails - Chapter 0: Depressing Beginnings
The place? Lavender Town. The person? Xavier Renos. Xavier was 16 years old, and was quite alone one would say. Everybody in his town had left to be a great trainer...Xavier did not. He remained in town with his brother (Leon Renos), his mother (Mary Renos), his grandfather (Julian Renos), and his Dratini. Everybody had called him an odd-ball. Everybody in Lavender had liked Dark or Ghost Pokemon while he enjoyed Dragons, Fire, and Steel. He had received his Dratini from his father before he left to become the new Gym Leader of Cinnibar on the old Seafoam Islands. He sent about 50,000 bucks a month to buy for food and another 10,000 for the bills. His mother was a cook at the Radio Tower. Himself...well he was a guard at the radio tower. His brother had usually went with him who loved fighting pokemon. He had a Machop. His Grandfather was a martial artist.
For fighting so much, Leon and Xavier were the best of friends. They spent all of their time together either training, guarding, or other activities. Each was done with each other so they would never forget each other...
"Xavier honey, I'm heading for the Radio Tower...wanna bump a ride?" Xavier's mother asked.
"No...Me and Leon will take the bus..." Xavier yawned, sliding out from bed.
"Alright, don't forget to eat breakfast. I'll see you at your break." His mother said and walked outside of the house. Xavier yawned. He and Leon had stayed up on the internet finding a cheap Pokedex to buy. They had saved up for 3 months to buy their own Pokedex's. They weren't cheap. One- Thousand dollars just for one...And Xavier was only paid 8.25 an hour. It took about 121 hours of labor to supply for just one which meant that 242 hours were needed for the both of them...But oddly enough, they man they were buying it from off the internet said that he would give them both one for a thousand dollars if and only if they visited his lab in Pallet Town...Pallet...it was a rural town with 87% of it dealing off growing crops. The other 13% was consisted of research by some scientist...Professor...Oak?
"Yo' Leon! Wake up!" Xavier yelled as he dropped from his bed and changed into black pants and a white T-Shirt. His brother groggily opened his eyes.
"Is today Sunday?" Leon yawned.
"Yep...no School...I got work so if you wanna come, wake up and get some breakfast..." Xavier yawned.
"What time is it?" Leon asked crawling out of bed. Xavier glanced at the clock.
"I think it's 7:03 A.M....My clock's a bit fast bro..." Xavier laughed and walked downstairs grabbing two pop-tarts from the box and eating while putting on his boots. He put his silver earrings back in and went to the bathroom as his brother went down the steps. He put his crimson red hair up in short spikes and washed his face..."No time for a shower..." he thought to himself as he slapped on some deoderant and cologne walking out of the bathroom as his brother walked in eating a pop-tart. He grabbed his own and ate the rest as he looked at his wrist-watch. Seven minutes until the bus came.
"Hurry up bro! Seven minutes or it's a 3 mile walk!" Xavier said waiting by the door. His brother come running down the hall a few seconds late with his hair combed and teeth brushed.
"Ready!"
"Let's go..." Xavier told him and led him out the door. The walked for 3 minutes and waited at the bus stop. A girl across the street that Xavier had never seen before jogged across it and looked down at him and his brother...She wasn't bad...She was beautiful actually. Xavier hid a smirk as he smiled and looked up at her. "Yes?"
"Hi...My name is Rose." She answered smiling. She flicked her black hair past her eyes and stood up straight. "I came from Johto!"
"Nice to meet you and welcome to Lavender Town. The ghostly town of souls." Xavier laughed and smiled again. "I'm Xavier and this is my little brother Leon." Leon waved and smiled.
"I thought you might know where the Radio Station is?" She asked. "Is it that big building way over there?"
"You betcha. Three miles. The bus should be here in a few minutes so why don't you just wait here for it to drop you off?" Xavier told her.
"I think I'll do that..." Rose sat down beside Xavier.
"So why did you come to the boring place of Lavender?" Xavier asked Rose.
"Umm...My parents went on a voyage to a new-found land which paid big bucks...They didn't want me to come so I was forced to come to Lavender to see my Grandparents. I'm going to Radio Tower because my older brother works there as the Head Security Guard."
"So your Nathan's little sister?" Xavier laughed. "He said one of his relatives would be coming to Lavender for a year..."
"You know Nathan?" Rose asked.
"Yeah! Me and Nathan go way back 'till the First Grade!" Xavier answered. "He's been here for Ten or Eleven years..."
"Yeah...It's why I want to see him. We had such a strong bond...And then he moved with our Grandparents to Lavender Town because he didn't like Cherrygrove...I didn't either because all the guys are jerks and the girls are all stuck up prisses..." Rose sighed. "But I endured it for 15 long years and it's finally paid off. Moved away to a city where I know only three and now five people...What about your family?" The second she asked the question the bus came as they all got on and paid their toll...It was empty as usual... Xavier, Leon, and Rose all took the back seats.
"Radio Tower Larry!" Xavier hollered.
"Yes sir..." The Bus Driver chortled.
"Anyways...After Blaine died, my father applied for the gym in Cinnibar which is in Seafoam Islands. My mother is a cook at the radio tower. Me and My Brother are working in the Radio Tower as my Grandfather is a martial artist who lives near Rock Cave." Xavier yawned and laced his fingers behind his head. "I'm saving up to go to Blackthorn City and become a pupil of Claire, the Dragon Queen."
"I see...Your a trainer?" Rose asked.
"Just about the best in the city. I'm about the only boy my age here as you might be able to tell. Me, Nathan, Leon, and a few other boys are the only people left. After the Radio Tower was built, a lot of people left because they uprooted many pokemon's graves for a pointless power in the industry. Lots of protesters..." Xavier responded. "Me and Nathan favor Dragons though he only had a Charmeleon and a Houndour. I have a Dratini..."
"Wow...That's rare..." Rose murmured.
"Yeah...Father gave it to me 6 years ago as a birthday present hoping I'd leave town and start my adventure...But I'm just taking the Pidgey Airlines to Blackthorn, studying for about four to six years and then starting my own gym on Dragon Pokemon." Xavier informed her. The bus stop as they saw the radio tower up in flames.
"Oh my gosh..." Rose gasped. "NATHAN!" Xavier and Leon ran after her as the fire department was struggling to put the flames out. Many fishers nearby had their water pokemon helping as well.
"MOM!" Xavier yelled. He then spotted an ambulance. Rose followed behind him and Leon. They ran to the person on the stretcher...It was Mary...
"MOMMY!" Leon yelled as tears began to roll down his face.
"Leon..." Xavier sighed closing his eyes holding him back. Mary's face had been burned as had the rest of her body...Xavier told Rose to go with Leon and look for Nathan as he tried to figure out what happened. Xavier walked to a Police Officer by his Patrol Car and looked at him with blank eyes.
"Officer?" He asked.
"Yeah kid?" The officer replied.
"What happened?" Xavier added to his list of questions.
"Rumor has it a group of protestors burned down the Radio Tower...Six injured, twelve killed. Bodies have already been identified as dead and injured." The officer told him handing him a print-out. He saw Nathan's list on neither...But his mothers...
"She's dead..." Xavier whispered a tear falling down his cheek.
"Whose dead?" The officer asked.
"My mother...Those...Bastards..." Xavier whispered with anger.
"Listen kid- I know it may be hard but you need to realize people die every day..." The officer told Xavier patting his back.
"You don't realize...That...She was my flesh and blood do you?" Xavier asked shouting now.
"Look, go find whoever you came with. I have to finish this report." The officer demanded.
"B.S...Fucking cops..." Xavier silently said while walking away...He saw Nathan, Rose, and Leon by the entry gate which was torn to bits. "Leon...Mother's dead..."
"What!?" Leon yelled.
"Yeah...It's going to be tough alright kiddo..." Xavier cried silently while sitting next to him, wrapping his arms around him and hugging him. "Bro, I'm going to leave Lavender. You and Grandpa have to move to Seafoam Island's with dad."
"No...I'm going with you..." Leon cried.
"Don't be so stubborn..." Xavier told him loosening his grasp. Rose was already crying with her head in Nathan's shoulders.
"Xavier...Where are you going?" Nathan asked.
"I'm going to find the protestors and get revenge..." Xavier informed him letting go of Leon and standing up. "They had no right to kill..."
"I know...me and Rose's grandparents were killed too..." Nathan sighed.
"So your coming?" Xavier asked.
"Yep...me, you, and Rose..."
"I see..." Xavier whispered closing his eyes.
"Bro!" Leon yelled. "C'mon take me with you! I want to get revenge for mommy too!"
"C'mon..." Xavier repsonded crouching down. "If I put you in danger, it'll be my fault. Besides, Dad misses you."
"I don't care! Make Grandpa leave for Seafoam and I'll go with you! You can drop me off at Pokemon Academy in Johto when your done getting revenge..." Leon demanded.
"Listen...Revenge is a serious business...we could be put into jail or worse..." Nathan said, backing up Xavier. "We don't want you wasting your life away."
"I don't care! I want to be with Xavier all my life! He said we'd go to Pallet this summer and pick up our Pokedex's and move to Blackthorn to train! He promised!" Leon yelled crying.
"Fine...I did promise him...Let's take mom's care back to our house and pack up..." Xavier sighed.
The place? Lavender Town. The person? Xavier Renos. Xavier was 16 years old, and was quite alone one would say. Everybody in his town had left to be a great trainer...Xavier did not. He remained in town with his brother (Leon Renos), his mother (Mary Renos), his grandfather (Julian Renos), and his Dratini. Everybody had called him an odd-ball. Everybody in Lavender had liked Dark or Ghost Pokemon while he enjoyed Dragons, Fire, and Steel. He had received his Dratini from his father before he left to become the new Gym Leader of Cinnibar on the old Seafoam Islands. He sent about 50,000 bucks a month to buy for food and another 10,000 for the bills. His mother was a cook at the Radio Tower. Himself...well he was a guard at the radio tower. His brother had usually went with him who loved fighting pokemon. He had a Machop. His Grandfather was a martial artist.
For fighting so much, Leon and Xavier were the best of friends. They spent all of their time together either training, guarding, or other activities. Each was done with each other so they would never forget each other...
"Xavier honey, I'm heading for the Radio Tower...wanna bump a ride?" Xavier's mother asked.
"No...Me and Leon will take the bus..." Xavier yawned, sliding out from bed.
"Alright, don't forget to eat breakfast. I'll see you at your break." His mother said and walked outside of the house. Xavier yawned. He and Leon had stayed up on the internet finding a cheap Pokedex to buy. They had saved up for 3 months to buy their own Pokedex's. They weren't cheap. One- Thousand dollars just for one...And Xavier was only paid 8.25 an hour. It took about 121 hours of labor to supply for just one which meant that 242 hours were needed for the both of them...But oddly enough, they man they were buying it from off the internet said that he would give them both one for a thousand dollars if and only if they visited his lab in Pallet Town...Pallet...it was a rural town with 87% of it dealing off growing crops. The other 13% was consisted of research by some scientist...Professor...Oak?
"Yo' Leon! Wake up!" Xavier yelled as he dropped from his bed and changed into black pants and a white T-Shirt. His brother groggily opened his eyes.
"Is today Sunday?" Leon yawned.
"Yep...no School...I got work so if you wanna come, wake up and get some breakfast..." Xavier yawned.
"What time is it?" Leon asked crawling out of bed. Xavier glanced at the clock.
"I think it's 7:03 A.M....My clock's a bit fast bro..." Xavier laughed and walked downstairs grabbing two pop-tarts from the box and eating while putting on his boots. He put his silver earrings back in and went to the bathroom as his brother went down the steps. He put his crimson red hair up in short spikes and washed his face..."No time for a shower..." he thought to himself as he slapped on some deoderant and cologne walking out of the bathroom as his brother walked in eating a pop-tart. He grabbed his own and ate the rest as he looked at his wrist-watch. Seven minutes until the bus came.
"Hurry up bro! Seven minutes or it's a 3 mile walk!" Xavier said waiting by the door. His brother come running down the hall a few seconds late with his hair combed and teeth brushed.
"Ready!"
"Let's go..." Xavier told him and led him out the door. The walked for 3 minutes and waited at the bus stop. A girl across the street that Xavier had never seen before jogged across it and looked down at him and his brother...She wasn't bad...She was beautiful actually. Xavier hid a smirk as he smiled and looked up at her. "Yes?"
"Hi...My name is Rose." She answered smiling. She flicked her black hair past her eyes and stood up straight. "I came from Johto!"
"Nice to meet you and welcome to Lavender Town. The ghostly town of souls." Xavier laughed and smiled again. "I'm Xavier and this is my little brother Leon." Leon waved and smiled.
"I thought you might know where the Radio Station is?" She asked. "Is it that big building way over there?"
"You betcha. Three miles. The bus should be here in a few minutes so why don't you just wait here for it to drop you off?" Xavier told her.
"I think I'll do that..." Rose sat down beside Xavier.
"So why did you come to the boring place of Lavender?" Xavier asked Rose.
"Umm...My parents went on a voyage to a new-found land which paid big bucks...They didn't want me to come so I was forced to come to Lavender to see my Grandparents. I'm going to Radio Tower because my older brother works there as the Head Security Guard."
"So your Nathan's little sister?" Xavier laughed. "He said one of his relatives would be coming to Lavender for a year..."
"You know Nathan?" Rose asked.
"Yeah! Me and Nathan go way back 'till the First Grade!" Xavier answered. "He's been here for Ten or Eleven years..."
"Yeah...It's why I want to see him. We had such a strong bond...And then he moved with our Grandparents to Lavender Town because he didn't like Cherrygrove...I didn't either because all the guys are jerks and the girls are all stuck up prisses..." Rose sighed. "But I endured it for 15 long years and it's finally paid off. Moved away to a city where I know only three and now five people...What about your family?" The second she asked the question the bus came as they all got on and paid their toll...It was empty as usual... Xavier, Leon, and Rose all took the back seats.
"Radio Tower Larry!" Xavier hollered.
"Yes sir..." The Bus Driver chortled.
"Anyways...After Blaine died, my father applied for the gym in Cinnibar which is in Seafoam Islands. My mother is a cook at the radio tower. Me and My Brother are working in the Radio Tower as my Grandfather is a martial artist who lives near Rock Cave." Xavier yawned and laced his fingers behind his head. "I'm saving up to go to Blackthorn City and become a pupil of Claire, the Dragon Queen."
"I see...Your a trainer?" Rose asked.
"Just about the best in the city. I'm about the only boy my age here as you might be able to tell. Me, Nathan, Leon, and a few other boys are the only people left. After the Radio Tower was built, a lot of people left because they uprooted many pokemon's graves for a pointless power in the industry. Lots of protesters..." Xavier responded. "Me and Nathan favor Dragons though he only had a Charmeleon and a Houndour. I have a Dratini..."
"Wow...That's rare..." Rose murmured.
"Yeah...Father gave it to me 6 years ago as a birthday present hoping I'd leave town and start my adventure...But I'm just taking the Pidgey Airlines to Blackthorn, studying for about four to six years and then starting my own gym on Dragon Pokemon." Xavier informed her. The bus stop as they saw the radio tower up in flames.
"Oh my gosh..." Rose gasped. "NATHAN!" Xavier and Leon ran after her as the fire department was struggling to put the flames out. Many fishers nearby had their water pokemon helping as well.
"MOM!" Xavier yelled. He then spotted an ambulance. Rose followed behind him and Leon. They ran to the person on the stretcher...It was Mary...
"MOMMY!" Leon yelled as tears began to roll down his face.
"Leon..." Xavier sighed closing his eyes holding him back. Mary's face had been burned as had the rest of her body...Xavier told Rose to go with Leon and look for Nathan as he tried to figure out what happened. Xavier walked to a Police Officer by his Patrol Car and looked at him with blank eyes.
"Officer?" He asked.
"Yeah kid?" The officer replied.
"What happened?" Xavier added to his list of questions.
"Rumor has it a group of protestors burned down the Radio Tower...Six injured, twelve killed. Bodies have already been identified as dead and injured." The officer told him handing him a print-out. He saw Nathan's list on neither...But his mothers...
"She's dead..." Xavier whispered a tear falling down his cheek.
"Whose dead?" The officer asked.
"My mother...Those...Bastards..." Xavier whispered with anger.
"Listen kid- I know it may be hard but you need to realize people die every day..." The officer told Xavier patting his back.
"You don't realize...That...She was my flesh and blood do you?" Xavier asked shouting now.
"Look, go find whoever you came with. I have to finish this report." The officer demanded.
"B.S...Fucking cops..." Xavier silently said while walking away...He saw Nathan, Rose, and Leon by the entry gate which was torn to bits. "Leon...Mother's dead..."
"What!?" Leon yelled.
"Yeah...It's going to be tough alright kiddo..." Xavier cried silently while sitting next to him, wrapping his arms around him and hugging him. "Bro, I'm going to leave Lavender. You and Grandpa have to move to Seafoam Island's with dad."
"No...I'm going with you..." Leon cried.
"Don't be so stubborn..." Xavier told him loosening his grasp. Rose was already crying with her head in Nathan's shoulders.
"Xavier...Where are you going?" Nathan asked.
"I'm going to find the protestors and get revenge..." Xavier informed him letting go of Leon and standing up. "They had no right to kill..."
"I know...me and Rose's grandparents were killed too..." Nathan sighed.
"So your coming?" Xavier asked.
"Yep...me, you, and Rose..."
"I see..." Xavier whispered closing his eyes.
"Bro!" Leon yelled. "C'mon take me with you! I want to get revenge for mommy too!"
"C'mon..." Xavier repsonded crouching down. "If I put you in danger, it'll be my fault. Besides, Dad misses you."
"I don't care! Make Grandpa leave for Seafoam and I'll go with you! You can drop me off at Pokemon Academy in Johto when your done getting revenge..." Leon demanded.
"Listen...Revenge is a serious business...we could be put into jail or worse..." Nathan said, backing up Xavier. "We don't want you wasting your life away."
"I don't care! I want to be with Xavier all my life! He said we'd go to Pallet this summer and pick up our Pokedex's and move to Blackthorn to train! He promised!" Leon yelled crying.
"Fine...I did promise him...Let's take mom's care back to our house and pack up..." Xavier sighed.