Chapter 1: Gotta Snagem All!
The Orre Region, a desolate landscape that stretches across to the horizon with sheets of white sand and earthen-red stone canyons baked under the blazing sun. As a fearsome Skarmory casts its shadow across the rocky gorges, its steel wings sliding against each other as its iron body begins to warp under the sun's glare, its eyes searching desperately, a dirty construct of iron came into view. Its form was laden with the stench of oil; the sliding shutter-doors rusted under their constant work and windows dirty with the sand that frequently visited in storms. Through the windows, several people were sighted, their heads shaved, their ears covered by a device that ran around the back of their skull and eyes shaded under thin glasses, they wore open, red jackets, baggy black trousers and dark boots. They group stood around, resting as they waited…waited for something; little did they know they'd get their answer.
A boom echoed through the base as the floor shook and threw them about, a hulking beast of a man stepped through a shutter. Gonzap, his scalped head and angry face framed by the tendrils of his unusual eyebrows and moustache, under his red jacket he wore a thin vest that hugged tightly to his muscular frame. His deeply set jaws twitched in the memory of a smile before he spoke, "Seth".
A figure leapt through the smoke and dust that settled around the newly formed entrance, he wore a blue long-coat, dark gloves and padded black trousers that were tucked under the spiked cuffs that held his boots to him. Silver tinted goggles covered his eyes, blocking most of his face from view, his only distinguishing feature being his spiked dirty-blond hair. Beside the figure, a shadow seemed to move, stepping closer, it revealed four padded feet, a thin black body, blood-red eyes that framed shining pupils and several golden rings across its body that framed its form and created bands across its ears and tail.
"Umbreon, give us some light," the dark creature responded with a short growl as the rings on its body glowed, casting a dim light over the room and creating a shine over a particular device. The figure stepped forwards and grinned; held by an iron model of a torso and arm was a navy device that supported the shoulder and the forearm, edged in a reddish-orange that coiled out to snake around the arm as a wire. The figure grabbed the device but before he could savour the triumph, a psychic pulse ran through his mind, an alarm. He whistled sharply to his Umbreon as he ran towards the exit, the creature tagging beside him as they leapt into the sand and made a dash for the vehicle parked nearby.
Turning to look back, he saw Gonzap, his face pink with fury as their eyes connected, he flicked a salute to him as he ran beside his bike, the passenger seat contained another creature of similar shape and stature to the Umbreon. It was a light purple, its own eyes were dark and relaxed under the red gem that sparkled with energy, its great ears alert, its tail split at the end to form two, an Espeon. The creature stared unblinkingly at the figure when he leapt over to land on the seat over the burgundy body of the vehicle, its set of exhausts belching flames as he started it up, making the front piece and the passenger side hover around the wheel.
The red-clad groups of people were closer by but had to make a dive as the vehicle jumped backwards as he pushed against the accelerator before mowing down several figures as it turned and flew across the desert. Gonzap stopped, his body shaking with fury as his knuckles bleached, his red face opening into a deep-throated yell, "Seth!"