Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon. I do own the original characters in this
fic. I had this fic written a while back, so I'm sorry if any ideas seem
similar to ideas already done.
Prologue
I sat in the back of the car, twiddling with my Pokeball. In it was my trusty Charmeleon, Red Baron. He and my Pidgeot always won my tag team matches. I heard horns blaring, and looked out my window to see an eighteen wheeler coming towards the car. Instinctively, I raised my arms as if to block it. The truck crashed into the car, and everything went dark. I awoke in a hospital. "Jake, you're awake!" A voice said. I turned to see my mother and sister beside my bed.
"Mom? Kara?" I said.
"We're here, what do you want to say?" My mother asked.
"My Pokemon, where are they? How are they?" I asked.
"They're fine dear. They're in your Pokeballs by your bed. Honey, I hate to say this, but you only have an hour to live. You're losing too much blood." My mother said. Three of my Pokeballs began to shake. Destroyah, my Tyranitar, popped out, and then Pidgeot and Red Baron. I saw something I never expected to see. Destroyah looked like he was going to cry.
"Hey you guys. How are you doing?" I asked. I received a chorus of names in reply. "Mom, I want Kara to have my Pokemon. I know she'll take good care of them. You guys had better listen to her and protect her. Got it?" I asked. Pidgeot and Red Baron nodded.
"Ty." Destroyah said, nodding his head.
"You're going to listen to me? Thanks." I said. I then blacked out again. I was floating in a nothingness when I heard a giggle behind me. I turned to see Mew floating there. She turned serious after that giggle.
"Hello Jake. I'm sorry for your death." Mew said, tail swishing calmly.
"You know my name?" I asked.
"Yes, I've been watching you since you were three. I was trying to keep you from dieing. I didn't get to you in time for the truck." Mew replied.
"It's not really your fault. Why were you watching over me?" I asked.
"You were to introduce someone to this reality. I may not be able to save your current body, but I can get you another life. I can't do it against your will, so would you like another chance at life?" Mew asked.
"Well, alright. I'm willing to try life as a new person." I replied.
"Thank you." Mew said, moving forward and tapping me on the forehead. Then blackness. When I came to, I was being carried. I was warm, comfortable, and groggy. I drifted to sleep.
"Don't worry little one. Don't worry." I heard a soothing voice say before I drifted off completely. I woke up wrapped in a blanket. I had been placed in a basket of all places. I could feel something at the back of my head, and tentatively reached back. I felt something twitch, and a sharp pain in my hand. My hand was red, but other than that it was fine. I heard someone walk in, distracting me from my hand and head. I looked up to see a female Grovyle. She was much taller than me. "Get back to sleep young one." She said, walking over.
"Young one? I'm eleven. I'm not that young." I replied. Grovyle chuckled a bit at this.
"You were born just a few days ago. I found you near a tree with Poochyenas circling. You are intelligent for a newly born Mawile." Grovyle said.
"I'm a human, not a Mawile." I replied.
"Mew was right." Grovyle said.
"You spoke to Mew?" I asked, getting to my feet. I couldn't quite stand, and fell back. Beside me was a Mawile jaw. "Geez, I am a Mawile!" I exclaimed.
"So, you really did die?" Grovyle asked.
"Yeah, how'd you know?" I replied.
"Mew told me about you. I thought it had all been a dream." Grovyle told me. I tried to stand again, but failed. "Be careful. Your new body is still young." Grovyle said.
"Do you have a name?" I asked her as she set me back in the basket.
"Yes, it's Sarah. Now sleep. Your body needs it." Sarah told me.
"Alright. My name's Jake." I said before I drifted off to sleep.
Chapter One
I yawned as I rolled out of the basket I used as a bed. I walked out of the hole in the tree that I slept in. I climbed down two feet, and fell the third and final foot to the ground. I walked slowly into the forest, my large jaw dragging behind me. I reached up towards the berries on the bush. As I was picking the berries, something in the forest flashed. I stopped in mid-reach to look around for any predators. When I didn't see any, I ran off in the direction that the flash had come from. I burst out into a clearing, and tripped. I looked back at what looked like a flattened white vine. It went into a bush, so I followed it. I found its source, after running right into it. I looked up at what I'd run into. It was what appeared to be a human. But this person was covered in blue fur, from what I could see, and he had purple hair that had a strange gloss. And he had two tails; the 'vine' I had followed was one of them. I walked around to his front, and noticed that he had white fur under his chin and down his neck, and on the inside of his arms.. He also had diamond shaped white spots on the outside of his arm. I walked up and poked him. "Hello? Wake up." I said, poking him. I tried shaking him. He moaned, and pushed me away. "Wake up, would you?" I said, pushing his hand away from me. His eyes snapped open, and he sat up when he saw me. I noticed that he had a belt with six Masterballs on it. He reached for one of them. I opened my mouth to say something, but it was too late. I did my best to duck under it, but I was still caught. I didn't even bother trying to get out. I had no sense of time in there, so I could have been in there for seconds or days before he released me. "Don't you think before you do anything?" I asked as soon as I materialized. I began looking around.
"You can talk?" The boy asked.
"Yeah, and my name's Jake." I said.
"Now I know I'm crazy." The boy mumbled.
"Why do say that?" I asked.
"I'm in a video game. That's why." He replied.
"I don't want to be owned by a crazy man!" I said. The boy chuckled.
"I'm not that crazy. I wonder if I'm just dreaming." He said. I pinched him. "Hey what was that for?" He asked.
"You're not dreaming. By the way, what's your name?" I said.
"My name's Brent. C'mon, let's go try and find my friends." He replied, standing up.
"You expect me to go with you?" I asked.
"Well, yeah. I'm your Trainer, aren't I?" Brent replied.
"Darn, forgot about that. But you're crazy!" I said, looking for an excuse to leave.
"That was just a joke. I just want to get out of this video game world." Brent replied.
"See, you're crazy. See ya!" I said, using a tackle attack on Brent. I rebounded off him, and ran back into the forest. I heard him come running after me. I sped up as much as I could, and spotted the tree that was my home. As I came up to it, I remembered Mew's words about me introducing someone to this reality. I realized that Brent might not have been insane, but the person Mew was talking about. I tried to remember everything Mew had told me in my dreams over the past three years. It all clicked into place just as Brent came out of the bushes.
"You sure can run fast for a little guy." Brent said.
"Years of running from predators can do that. You did say that this world was a video game, right?" I asked. Brent gave me an odd look.
"Yeah, why do you ask?" Brent replied. That confirmed my thoughts.
"I knew it! Mew was right!" I exclaimed.
"And you thought I was crazy. Mew has only been seen a few times, and only appears for the purest of heart." Brent said. I was about to say something, but a Leaf Blade took Brent out. He was thrown into the bushes, and Sarah landed on the ground. A Hydro Pump came out of the bushes, and knocked Sarah away. "What is it with Pokemon and attacking me?" Brent asked walking out of the bushes. His left hand had a ball of water, and his right was covered in cold energy.
"Wait! Sarah didn't know better! If you'd let me talk to her, I could convince her not to attack." I said, hoping to avoid a fight.
"I wasn't going to attack unless she did, go ahead and talk to her if you want." Brent said. Sarah was getting ready to use Leaf Blade again, but I ran up to her.
"Wait, Sarah! This is the person Mew has told us about!" I said. Sarah thought about it for a minute.
"How can you be so sure?" She asked.
"He says that he's in a video game. Either he's insane, and it's a coincidence, or he's the one." I said.
"Ask him this, what is the name of the game that he's in." Sarah said. I turned to face Brent.
"Brent, what video game are you in?" I asked.
"The Pokemon series." He replied.
"What are their names?" I asked.
"Ruby, Sapphire, Crystal, Gold, Silver, Yellow, Red, and Blue are the individual games. Starting to believe me?" Brent said.
"It is him." Sarah muttered.
"Yeah, we believe you now. Mew told us a bit about you." I told Brent.
"I still have trouble believing that you met Mew." Brent said.
"Well, I only met her in limbo. The other times were in dreams." I said.
"You only go to limbo if you're dead, or in the middle of dimension traveling. You're still alive, and I don't think you've dimension hopped before." Brent replied.
"Well, I died once. Back when I was eleven, I was still a human. An eighteen wheeler crashed into my car, and killed me. I met Mew in limbo, and she gave me another chance at life. For the past three years, I've been a Mawile." I said.
"Right. Let's get going, I want to find my friends." Brent said.
"Uh, Mew didn't mention anyone but you. I think your friends are still at wherever it is that you're from." I told him.
"Never know unless we look. I assume you'd rather stay out of your Masterball?" Brent asked.
"Yes, I want to stay out of my Masterball. How can you expect to find your friends among so many people?" I asked.
"My friends stick out like a sore thumb. Besides, they'll probably be looking for me." Brent said, walking away. I sighed in defeat. "Are you coming?" Brent asked. I looked up at Sarah.
"Just come back every now and then. Now hurry up." Sarah said.
"Alright. Good-bye, Sarah!" I said before running after Brent. When I caught up, I slowed down to a walking speed.
"Don't worry, we can visit her every month." Brent said.
"You heard that conversation?" I asked.
"Yeah, my hearing is fairly good. Do you even know where we are?" Brent replied.
"We're in the forest, where did you think we were?" I said.
"What route?" Brent asked.
"Uh, good question." I replied. Brent sighed, and continued walking. I followed him. We came out into a field with a cliff face on the other side. To the North there was a break in the cliff face leading into a desert.
"Looks like we're on Route 111. C'mon, let's go to Slateport." Brent said.
"Wait a second! First of all, how did you know where we were, and won't you look odd in a crowd?" I asked.
"I recognize this place because of the cliff face and desert. Do you think if I gave you some money, you could buy me a trench coat, a hat, and some gloves?" Brent replied.
"Well, I could try. Any preference for the trench coat?" I asked.
"Make it cheap, and big enough to cover me entirely." Brent said, digging in his pocket for some money. He pulled a couple of twenties out and handed them to me. "Don't take too long. I don't what to be seen." Brent said.
"Don't worry. Be back in a minute." I said, running off. I stopped and ran back to Brent. "Where's Slateport again?" I asked him. He sighed and pointed to the South. "Thanks." I said, running towards the South. It wasn't long before I reached Slateport. I wove in and out of the people's feet, and tried to avoid tripping people. I soon found myself in the market place. I looked around until I spotted a place selling clothes. I ran over to the woman selling them. "Excuse me ma'am, but I'd like to buy a trench coat." I said.
"Huh? Who said that?" The woman said, looking around.
"Uh, down here." I told her, tugging a pant leg to get her attention. She looked down.
"Oh, a Mawile. Hey, where's your trainer?" The woman asked.
"In the forest, catching Pokemon." I lied.
"Oh, so what can I do for you?" She asked.
"Well, my trainer wants a cheap, full body trench coat, a hat, and a pair of gloves." I replied. She pulled a hanger off the rack, and held it up.
"Will this do?" She asked, holding the trench coat up.
"Yep. Have you got gloves and a wide brimmed hat?" I asked. She searched through a basket and found the requested items.
"These will be 41.99 dollars." The woman said.
"Uh, I only have forty dollars." I said.
"Well then, your trainer will have to come and get them himself." She replied, starting to put the stuff away.
"Uh, what if I could get him to pay the rest when he comes into the city?" I asked her. The woman thought for a moment.
"Alright, but only because I think you're cute. I'll expect the rest of the money by the end of today. Here you are." The lady said after putting the clothes in a plastic bag. She handed the bag to me, and I gave her the money.
"Thank you ma'am!" I said before running off. I half dragged, half carried the bag back to where Brent was waiting. "Hey, Brent! I got your trench coat!" I yelled over to him. He got up and ran over.
"Thanks. I was wondering when you were going to get back." Brent said as I handed him the bag.
"Um, you also owe the woman who sold me this a couple more dollars. I told her that you would pay the extra." I told him.
"Alright, where is she?" Brent asked, putting the trench coat on.
"She's in the marketplace. Blue hair, and the only clothes vendor there." I told him. Brent finished pulling the gloves on, and proceeded with the hat.
"Let's go then." Brent said, walking into the city. I jogged after him to catch up.
"Slow down a bit, would ya?" I said, dodging people's feet.
"Sorry." Brent said, slowing down to a stop. "Is that her there?" Brent asked, pointing. I looked over.
"Yep, that would be her." I said. Brent started walking over, and I followed him.
"Excuse me ma'am, but were you the person who sold Jake the trench coat?" Brent asked her.
"Who's Jake?" The woman asked.
"Hello! Remember me?" I said.
"Oh, so you're the Mawile's trainer." The woman said.
"Yeah, I came here to finish paying for the trench coat. How much more do I owe you?" Brent asked.
"A dollar ninety-nine please." The woman replied. Brent pulled out a couple of dollars, and handed them to her. "Thank you." She said, giving Brent a penny.
"You look a lot like Flannery, the Lavaridge Gym Leader." Brent remarked. The woman laughed nervously.
"I get that a lot, but I'm not her." The woman replied.
"Oh, alright. Thank you for the trench coat." Brent said before leaving. I followed him.
"Who's Flannery? And last I knew, some old man was the Lavaridge Gym Leader." I said.
"That man was Flannery's grandfather, he died and Flannery became the Gym Leader." Brent told me.
"You think that woman's Flannery?" I asked.
"Yeah, but she dyed her hair. C'mon, let's go get something to eat." Brent said.
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"Man, that tasted good. I should have been caught sooner." I said.
"It was an Italian Sausage, it wasn't that fancy." Brent replied. I looked at him from my spot on the bench.
"If you haven't had one in three years, it's beyond fancy." I told him. Brent suddenly tensed up. "What's the matter?" I asked him.
"I thought I heard someone." Brent said.
"Let's go check it out then." I replied, standing up.
"Just follow me. It came from one of these alleys." Brent replied. I heard what sounded like a slap and then a whimper.
"I just heard it." I said.
"Down this alleyway." Brent told me, walking down the alley. At the end, we turned a corner to see the lady that sold the trench coat being pinned to the wall by a larger man. He looked at Brent and me.
"Run away now, and don't breathe a word of this." The man said. My gaze drifted to the woman, and I noticed the there were a couple of bruises and several cuts on her face.
"I think not. I'd suggest that you leave now." Brent said. The man growled, and walked towards us, a knife in his hands. As soon as he was far enough away from the woman, Brent shot an Ice Beam at his feet, and froze them to the ground. The man stood there, stunned, before trying to break free. "I told you." Brent said, walking around him to the woman. She had fallen unconscious, so Brent picked her up.
"Where are we going now?" I asked.
"We're headed out of the city. This guy will be free by morning." Brent said. The man kept struggling, and tried to throw his knife at Brent. His aim was way off.
"Lead the way." I said. Brent walked out of the alley, and kept looking around for more people. When we didn't find any, Brent continued out of the city and into the forest. Brent set the woman down on the ground, and took his gloves and hat off. He took his trench coat off, and draped it over her. He then soaked one of his gloves with a weak Water Gun. He then proceeded to clean the woman's face. She moaned, and her eyes fluttered open. She saw Brent, and scrambled back.
"Who are you? What are you?" She asked warily.
"My name's Brent, you sold me a trench coat. Don't worry, I won't hurt you." Brent said.
"I didn't sell a trench coat to anyone like you." The woman said. She hadn't seen me yet.
"You don't remember me? I feel insulted." I said, crossing my arms. The woman's eyes widened when she saw me. She looked like she might scream.
"Please, don't scream. I don't want anyone else to see me." Brent said.
"What are you?" She asked.
"I'm a Suicune hybrid. Now if you'd let me help you, I could clean your cuts that you got from that man." Brent replied.
"You were the one who saved me?" She asked.
"Yeah, now can I help you or not?" Brent asked.
"Alright." The woman said. Brent came a bit closer to her.
"This might sting a bit." He said before spraying a small high pressure stream of water from his fingertip. He sprayed the cuts, and the water formed to her cheek. Brent touched it, and it froze solid. "The ice should reduce the swelling. Why was that man attacking you?" Brent asked. The woman remained silent.
"Uh, maybe we should introduce ourselves first. I'm Jake, and my trainer's name is Brent." I said.
"I'm, uh, Aurora. Where are we?" The woman asked.
"We're a bit North of Slateport. We're going to be headed to Lavaridge, how about you?" I asked.
"I'm also headed to Lavaridge. May I accompany you?" Aurora asked.
"Sure. If you're ready, we can leave now. It's the best time to travel in the desert." Brent said.
"Yes, I'm ready. Here's your trench coat back." Aurora said, standing up.
"Keep it, the desert will be cold." Brent said.
"What about you?" Aurora asked.
"My fur will keep me warm. Tell me if the ice on the side of your face gets too cold." Brent said. Aurora put Brent's trench coat on, and Brent picked up his gloves and hat. "I'd prefer it if you didn't tell anyone about me. I don't want to be experimented on." Brent said.
"You watch too many sci-fi movies. People aren't going to condemn you just because you're a hybrid." I said.
"Better safe than sorry. Aurora, do you have a Pokemon that could light the way once the sun sets?" Brent asked. She nodded.
"Come on, speak up. You're so quiet, are you afraid of Brent?" I asked.
"He frightens me a little." Aurora said as we walked out of the forest. Brent looked back at us, and Aurora noticed. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to insult you. I should be more thankful to the one who saved me." Aurora apologized.
"No offense taken. I'm simply curious as to why you're frightened of me." Brent replied. Aurora breathed a small sigh of relief.
"What you did to that man, it seems so cold hearted." Aurora said.
"It was the kindest thing I could do to him, given the circumstances." Brent replied as we entered the desert. I got ready for the sandstorm to come up, but it never did.
"Uh, isn't there supposed to be a sandstorm here?" I asked.
"Yeah, I wonder where it went." Brent said.
"Trainers often go disappearing in this desert at night. Nobody knows why." Aurora said.
"Are you trying to scare us, 'cause it's working on me." I said, looking around warily. I heard the skittering of an insect.
"Let's just get going." Brent said. I walked after him, but ran face first into some kind of barrier.
"Uh, Brent. I'm stuck." I said. He stopped and turned around.
"Quit joking around, Jake." Brent said.
"I really am stuck. Watch." I said, pushing against the barrier. Brent walked over but was stopped by another barrier a few feet away from mine.
"This can't be good." Brent remarked. Then I saw something in the distance.
"Uh, a sand twister is headed right for us." I said. Brent and Aurora looked back.
"Quick, look around for Trapinch. They're the one's that are keeping us from leaving." Brent said. I looked around frantically.
"Where would they be hiding?" Aurora asked.
"In the sand or under rocks." Brent told her.
"It's a little late for that." I said right before the sand storm covered us. Everything blacked out. "Ow, my head." I moaned. I forced my eyes open, and looked around. I was with Brent and Aurora in a white room, similar to the ones in hospitals. I stretched, and stood up. Aurora continued sleeping peacefully, and Brent moaned. He was facedown on the floor, and his tails were twitching. I walked over to him as he began waking up.
"What happened?" Brent asked, standing up.
"We were run over by a sandstorm. Now we're stuck in a white room." I told him. A section of wall slid up behind Brent. "And now we have a way out." I said. Brent picked Aurora up. "You're not going to wake her?" I asked.
"No, there's no need to wake her. Let's get going." Brent said, walking through the door way.
"You need a sense of humor. You're so quiet and serious." I said.
"I've got a head ache, and I do have a sense of humor. Besides, I thought girls liked the strong silent types." Brent replied.
"Where did you hear that?" I asked him. Brent shrugged. A skittering noise sounded through the hallway we were in. Brent looked around, and set Aurora down on the ground.
"Watch her, I'll be back." Brent said, heading around a corner up ahead. I heard the skittering noise again, and turned around to see a Spinarak and Ariados.
"I assume you two are supposed to be the creepy insectile henchmen?" I asked. They nodded.
"And this is the part where you spin us into cocoons after I put up a valiant fight?" I asked.
"Well, it is traditional." Ariados said.
"Why does every evil mastermind do this type of thing? They should come up with something original." I said, exasperated.
"That's what we told Master." Spinarak replied.
"And why do evil people like being called 'Master' and 'Lord'?" I asked.
"Good question, we should ask him." Ariados said.
"Who is your master?" I asked.
"He is the great and legendary-ack!!" Ariados said, falling on its back.
"No it isn't 'ack' it's-ack!!" Spinarak said, falling onto its back.
"Who's 'ack'? Are you two even awake?" I said, shaking the two spiders. I heard skittering behind me, and turned to see a Spinarak dragging a cocooned Aurora into an air vent. "Hey, get back here!" I said, jumping up into the vent after them. I rounded a corner, and found myself looking down a 100 foot tall shaft. "Darn it, I lost him." I said before crawling back out. I checked the Spinarak and Ariados I had been talking to, and found out that they had been shot with a Poison Sting.
"Jake, where's Aurora?" Brent asked, coming back from his little excursion.
"Uh, I was talking with these two, and Aurora was carted off through the vent system. I tried to follow the Spinarak, but I lost him. These two were assassinated by him before they could give me any useful information." I said.
"We're not dead yet." Ariados said.
"Must be slow acting poison." Brent commented.
"I think we're getting better." Spinarak said.
"This is getting to be too much like a Monty Python movie. Let's get going." I said, walking down the hallway. Brent followed.
"Could you at least give us a band-aid, or maybe an Antidote?" Ariados asked.
"You're right, this is getting odd. Where do you think they took Aurora?" Brent asked.
"Probably to the center of the building where the evil megalomaniac that wants to take over the world is waiting for us. The maze of hallways that we will have to traverse will be filled with unknown dangers, and the evil guy will watch us. All this is to test us to see if we're a challenge for him." I told him.
"Where'd you learn that?" Brent asked.
"Common short story plot." I replied. We walked into another room, and the wall slid shut behind us. Then the side walls began to come closer. I immediately ran for the exit several hundred feet away, with Brent behind me. He was spraying a Hydro Pump on the floor, and it was collecting up into a block in the middle of the floor. He shot it with an Ice Beam, and then slowed down to a walk. "Brent, hurry up!" I exclaimed. The walls came into contact with the block of ice, and stopped.
"No need to." He said as I slowed down to a walk.
"Not bad. You're smarter than you look." I said. A crack resounded through the narrow space we were in.
"Uh, oh. Run!" Brent said, dashing past me. I just stood there, confused. He ran back and grabbed my extra jaw, and ran back into the next room. I saw cracks appear in the ice block right before it was crushed, and the walls slammed together.
"Uh, thanks." I said.
"No problem." Brent replied. It seemed like he wasn't even tired. He set me down, and we continued deeper into the hallways. We came into another empty room, and looked around. A section of floor popped up in front of me to reveal a small gun beneath it. A section of ceiling did the same thing. Brent became covered in ice just as the guns began firing. The floor gun hit me several times in the stomach, forcing me back.
"Wow, that actually felt kinda good." I said. My gut had just absorbed the bullets, and I felt like I had unlimited energy. "Dude, you have to try that!" I said.
"Are you getting high on bullets?" Brent asked me.
"Not a clue. Are you coming?" I said, running out of the room, not caring that I was shot a few more times. Brent sighed and followed me. As soon as the guns couldn't shoot us anymore, Brent got rid of his ice armor. We ran down the hall, and came out into a cave with a pool of lava in the middle. A creature began to emerge from the lava. "What is it with evil megalomaniacs and having big, dumb monsters rise from lava?" I asked.
"I am the evil megalomaniac, you fool. And I'm not dumb." The creature said. He stepped out of the lava pool, and broke through the wall behind it. "Kimasu!" He ordered from within the tunnel.
"Huh?" I said. Brent sighed.
"Tyotto." He replied. A Charmeleon stepped up beside me and a Raichu dropped down from the ceiling onto Brent. They looked ready for battle
"Kimasen ne?" The creature asked.
"Itadakimasu." Brent said, walking around the lava pool and went into the creature's tunnel, and I followed him. The Charmeleon followed me.
"What was that about?" I asked Brent.
"He ordered us to come, I politely refused, then he asked us again, and I accepted." Brent said.
"Why'd you accept?" I asked. He pointed at the Charmeleon and Raichu.
"They're why." Brent said as we came into another room. In front of us on the ground were three Ultraballs.
"If you can catch me, you can have your friend back, and you can leave this place. If you can't catch me, then you will serve me. You can use all of your Pokemon, your Pokeballs and the Ultraballs in front of you. I will only use myself and my two comrades." The creature said.
"Now I know who that is, that's Groudon!" Brent exclaimed.
"Didn't you hear what he said?" I asked.
"Nope, I can't always understand Pokemon. What did he say?" Brent asked.
"We have to catch him, and we can use just about anything." I told him. Brent nodded, and picked up an Ultraball from in front of us. He tossed it up and down, and then suddenly popped the Raichu on the head with it. It rocked around, and then dinged. As Brent reached for another Ultraball, Charmeleon and Groudon fired their Fire Blasts at him. He countered them with a couple of Hydro Pumps, and fainted Charmeleon. He grabbed the two Ultraballs, and caught Charmeleon. Then he chucked the remaining Ultraball at Groudon. Right before it touched him, it melted to slag. "That isn't good. What do we do now?" I asked Brent.
"Run?" Brent asked.
"I could have thought of that." I said before running. Brent followed me, and pulled a Masterball off of his belt. "It'll melt, remember?" I asked him. He just grinned, and kept running. We rounded a corner, and found Aurora asleep on a table. Groudon came through the wall across from us. Brent summoned up a Hydro Pump, and shot it at Groudon. He knocked it aside, and it hit Aurora, waking her up. I noticed that the blue was running out of her hair.
"Hey, you are Flannery." Brent said. She looked around, and gasped.
"We can talk about that later, worry about big, dumb monster now!" I said.
"I told you, I'm not dumb!" Groudon roared. Brent chucked a good sized ball of water at him. Groudon prepared to swat it away, and I saw Brent grinning again. Groudon hit it, and was suddenly sucked in. The water ball evaporated and revealed a light blue Masterball. It clicked shut, and fell to the ground. Brent picked it up, and clipped it to his belt and walked over to Flannery. He took an Ultraball off his belt and handed it to her.
"Here, it's a Charmeleon. Has a bit of a temperament problem, so you'll have to work him hard." Brent said.
"Why are you giving this to me?" Flannery asked.
"It's 'cause he likes you!" I said. Brent conked me on the head.
"No, it's because you're the fire Gym Leader." Brent told her. I rubbed my head.
"Thanks. Um, do you have a place to stay?" Flannery asked.
"No, why?" Brent replied.
"Well, to make up for your helping me, you can stay with me at the gym." Flannery said. Brent looked like he was about to refuse, but I wasn't going to let this chance pass by.
"Really? Thanks." I said before Brent could utter a word. Flannery smiled. Brent gave me a glare, but looked back at Flannery.
"Why did you lie about your identity?" Brent asked.
"I didn't want people knowing who I was, because then they would challenge me to battles. I don't really like battling." Flannery said. Suddenly, the cave began to rumble. Rocks started falling around us, and then there was a sudden bright flash before everything blacked out.
Prologue
I sat in the back of the car, twiddling with my Pokeball. In it was my trusty Charmeleon, Red Baron. He and my Pidgeot always won my tag team matches. I heard horns blaring, and looked out my window to see an eighteen wheeler coming towards the car. Instinctively, I raised my arms as if to block it. The truck crashed into the car, and everything went dark. I awoke in a hospital. "Jake, you're awake!" A voice said. I turned to see my mother and sister beside my bed.
"Mom? Kara?" I said.
"We're here, what do you want to say?" My mother asked.
"My Pokemon, where are they? How are they?" I asked.
"They're fine dear. They're in your Pokeballs by your bed. Honey, I hate to say this, but you only have an hour to live. You're losing too much blood." My mother said. Three of my Pokeballs began to shake. Destroyah, my Tyranitar, popped out, and then Pidgeot and Red Baron. I saw something I never expected to see. Destroyah looked like he was going to cry.
"Hey you guys. How are you doing?" I asked. I received a chorus of names in reply. "Mom, I want Kara to have my Pokemon. I know she'll take good care of them. You guys had better listen to her and protect her. Got it?" I asked. Pidgeot and Red Baron nodded.
"Ty." Destroyah said, nodding his head.
"You're going to listen to me? Thanks." I said. I then blacked out again. I was floating in a nothingness when I heard a giggle behind me. I turned to see Mew floating there. She turned serious after that giggle.
"Hello Jake. I'm sorry for your death." Mew said, tail swishing calmly.
"You know my name?" I asked.
"Yes, I've been watching you since you were three. I was trying to keep you from dieing. I didn't get to you in time for the truck." Mew replied.
"It's not really your fault. Why were you watching over me?" I asked.
"You were to introduce someone to this reality. I may not be able to save your current body, but I can get you another life. I can't do it against your will, so would you like another chance at life?" Mew asked.
"Well, alright. I'm willing to try life as a new person." I replied.
"Thank you." Mew said, moving forward and tapping me on the forehead. Then blackness. When I came to, I was being carried. I was warm, comfortable, and groggy. I drifted to sleep.
"Don't worry little one. Don't worry." I heard a soothing voice say before I drifted off completely. I woke up wrapped in a blanket. I had been placed in a basket of all places. I could feel something at the back of my head, and tentatively reached back. I felt something twitch, and a sharp pain in my hand. My hand was red, but other than that it was fine. I heard someone walk in, distracting me from my hand and head. I looked up to see a female Grovyle. She was much taller than me. "Get back to sleep young one." She said, walking over.
"Young one? I'm eleven. I'm not that young." I replied. Grovyle chuckled a bit at this.
"You were born just a few days ago. I found you near a tree with Poochyenas circling. You are intelligent for a newly born Mawile." Grovyle said.
"I'm a human, not a Mawile." I replied.
"Mew was right." Grovyle said.
"You spoke to Mew?" I asked, getting to my feet. I couldn't quite stand, and fell back. Beside me was a Mawile jaw. "Geez, I am a Mawile!" I exclaimed.
"So, you really did die?" Grovyle asked.
"Yeah, how'd you know?" I replied.
"Mew told me about you. I thought it had all been a dream." Grovyle told me. I tried to stand again, but failed. "Be careful. Your new body is still young." Grovyle said.
"Do you have a name?" I asked her as she set me back in the basket.
"Yes, it's Sarah. Now sleep. Your body needs it." Sarah told me.
"Alright. My name's Jake." I said before I drifted off to sleep.
Chapter One
I yawned as I rolled out of the basket I used as a bed. I walked out of the hole in the tree that I slept in. I climbed down two feet, and fell the third and final foot to the ground. I walked slowly into the forest, my large jaw dragging behind me. I reached up towards the berries on the bush. As I was picking the berries, something in the forest flashed. I stopped in mid-reach to look around for any predators. When I didn't see any, I ran off in the direction that the flash had come from. I burst out into a clearing, and tripped. I looked back at what looked like a flattened white vine. It went into a bush, so I followed it. I found its source, after running right into it. I looked up at what I'd run into. It was what appeared to be a human. But this person was covered in blue fur, from what I could see, and he had purple hair that had a strange gloss. And he had two tails; the 'vine' I had followed was one of them. I walked around to his front, and noticed that he had white fur under his chin and down his neck, and on the inside of his arms.. He also had diamond shaped white spots on the outside of his arm. I walked up and poked him. "Hello? Wake up." I said, poking him. I tried shaking him. He moaned, and pushed me away. "Wake up, would you?" I said, pushing his hand away from me. His eyes snapped open, and he sat up when he saw me. I noticed that he had a belt with six Masterballs on it. He reached for one of them. I opened my mouth to say something, but it was too late. I did my best to duck under it, but I was still caught. I didn't even bother trying to get out. I had no sense of time in there, so I could have been in there for seconds or days before he released me. "Don't you think before you do anything?" I asked as soon as I materialized. I began looking around.
"You can talk?" The boy asked.
"Yeah, and my name's Jake." I said.
"Now I know I'm crazy." The boy mumbled.
"Why do say that?" I asked.
"I'm in a video game. That's why." He replied.
"I don't want to be owned by a crazy man!" I said. The boy chuckled.
"I'm not that crazy. I wonder if I'm just dreaming." He said. I pinched him. "Hey what was that for?" He asked.
"You're not dreaming. By the way, what's your name?" I said.
"My name's Brent. C'mon, let's go try and find my friends." He replied, standing up.
"You expect me to go with you?" I asked.
"Well, yeah. I'm your Trainer, aren't I?" Brent replied.
"Darn, forgot about that. But you're crazy!" I said, looking for an excuse to leave.
"That was just a joke. I just want to get out of this video game world." Brent replied.
"See, you're crazy. See ya!" I said, using a tackle attack on Brent. I rebounded off him, and ran back into the forest. I heard him come running after me. I sped up as much as I could, and spotted the tree that was my home. As I came up to it, I remembered Mew's words about me introducing someone to this reality. I realized that Brent might not have been insane, but the person Mew was talking about. I tried to remember everything Mew had told me in my dreams over the past three years. It all clicked into place just as Brent came out of the bushes.
"You sure can run fast for a little guy." Brent said.
"Years of running from predators can do that. You did say that this world was a video game, right?" I asked. Brent gave me an odd look.
"Yeah, why do you ask?" Brent replied. That confirmed my thoughts.
"I knew it! Mew was right!" I exclaimed.
"And you thought I was crazy. Mew has only been seen a few times, and only appears for the purest of heart." Brent said. I was about to say something, but a Leaf Blade took Brent out. He was thrown into the bushes, and Sarah landed on the ground. A Hydro Pump came out of the bushes, and knocked Sarah away. "What is it with Pokemon and attacking me?" Brent asked walking out of the bushes. His left hand had a ball of water, and his right was covered in cold energy.
"Wait! Sarah didn't know better! If you'd let me talk to her, I could convince her not to attack." I said, hoping to avoid a fight.
"I wasn't going to attack unless she did, go ahead and talk to her if you want." Brent said. Sarah was getting ready to use Leaf Blade again, but I ran up to her.
"Wait, Sarah! This is the person Mew has told us about!" I said. Sarah thought about it for a minute.
"How can you be so sure?" She asked.
"He says that he's in a video game. Either he's insane, and it's a coincidence, or he's the one." I said.
"Ask him this, what is the name of the game that he's in." Sarah said. I turned to face Brent.
"Brent, what video game are you in?" I asked.
"The Pokemon series." He replied.
"What are their names?" I asked.
"Ruby, Sapphire, Crystal, Gold, Silver, Yellow, Red, and Blue are the individual games. Starting to believe me?" Brent said.
"It is him." Sarah muttered.
"Yeah, we believe you now. Mew told us a bit about you." I told Brent.
"I still have trouble believing that you met Mew." Brent said.
"Well, I only met her in limbo. The other times were in dreams." I said.
"You only go to limbo if you're dead, or in the middle of dimension traveling. You're still alive, and I don't think you've dimension hopped before." Brent replied.
"Well, I died once. Back when I was eleven, I was still a human. An eighteen wheeler crashed into my car, and killed me. I met Mew in limbo, and she gave me another chance at life. For the past three years, I've been a Mawile." I said.
"Right. Let's get going, I want to find my friends." Brent said.
"Uh, Mew didn't mention anyone but you. I think your friends are still at wherever it is that you're from." I told him.
"Never know unless we look. I assume you'd rather stay out of your Masterball?" Brent asked.
"Yes, I want to stay out of my Masterball. How can you expect to find your friends among so many people?" I asked.
"My friends stick out like a sore thumb. Besides, they'll probably be looking for me." Brent said, walking away. I sighed in defeat. "Are you coming?" Brent asked. I looked up at Sarah.
"Just come back every now and then. Now hurry up." Sarah said.
"Alright. Good-bye, Sarah!" I said before running after Brent. When I caught up, I slowed down to a walking speed.
"Don't worry, we can visit her every month." Brent said.
"You heard that conversation?" I asked.
"Yeah, my hearing is fairly good. Do you even know where we are?" Brent replied.
"We're in the forest, where did you think we were?" I said.
"What route?" Brent asked.
"Uh, good question." I replied. Brent sighed, and continued walking. I followed him. We came out into a field with a cliff face on the other side. To the North there was a break in the cliff face leading into a desert.
"Looks like we're on Route 111. C'mon, let's go to Slateport." Brent said.
"Wait a second! First of all, how did you know where we were, and won't you look odd in a crowd?" I asked.
"I recognize this place because of the cliff face and desert. Do you think if I gave you some money, you could buy me a trench coat, a hat, and some gloves?" Brent replied.
"Well, I could try. Any preference for the trench coat?" I asked.
"Make it cheap, and big enough to cover me entirely." Brent said, digging in his pocket for some money. He pulled a couple of twenties out and handed them to me. "Don't take too long. I don't what to be seen." Brent said.
"Don't worry. Be back in a minute." I said, running off. I stopped and ran back to Brent. "Where's Slateport again?" I asked him. He sighed and pointed to the South. "Thanks." I said, running towards the South. It wasn't long before I reached Slateport. I wove in and out of the people's feet, and tried to avoid tripping people. I soon found myself in the market place. I looked around until I spotted a place selling clothes. I ran over to the woman selling them. "Excuse me ma'am, but I'd like to buy a trench coat." I said.
"Huh? Who said that?" The woman said, looking around.
"Uh, down here." I told her, tugging a pant leg to get her attention. She looked down.
"Oh, a Mawile. Hey, where's your trainer?" The woman asked.
"In the forest, catching Pokemon." I lied.
"Oh, so what can I do for you?" She asked.
"Well, my trainer wants a cheap, full body trench coat, a hat, and a pair of gloves." I replied. She pulled a hanger off the rack, and held it up.
"Will this do?" She asked, holding the trench coat up.
"Yep. Have you got gloves and a wide brimmed hat?" I asked. She searched through a basket and found the requested items.
"These will be 41.99 dollars." The woman said.
"Uh, I only have forty dollars." I said.
"Well then, your trainer will have to come and get them himself." She replied, starting to put the stuff away.
"Uh, what if I could get him to pay the rest when he comes into the city?" I asked her. The woman thought for a moment.
"Alright, but only because I think you're cute. I'll expect the rest of the money by the end of today. Here you are." The lady said after putting the clothes in a plastic bag. She handed the bag to me, and I gave her the money.
"Thank you ma'am!" I said before running off. I half dragged, half carried the bag back to where Brent was waiting. "Hey, Brent! I got your trench coat!" I yelled over to him. He got up and ran over.
"Thanks. I was wondering when you were going to get back." Brent said as I handed him the bag.
"Um, you also owe the woman who sold me this a couple more dollars. I told her that you would pay the extra." I told him.
"Alright, where is she?" Brent asked, putting the trench coat on.
"She's in the marketplace. Blue hair, and the only clothes vendor there." I told him. Brent finished pulling the gloves on, and proceeded with the hat.
"Let's go then." Brent said, walking into the city. I jogged after him to catch up.
"Slow down a bit, would ya?" I said, dodging people's feet.
"Sorry." Brent said, slowing down to a stop. "Is that her there?" Brent asked, pointing. I looked over.
"Yep, that would be her." I said. Brent started walking over, and I followed him.
"Excuse me ma'am, but were you the person who sold Jake the trench coat?" Brent asked her.
"Who's Jake?" The woman asked.
"Hello! Remember me?" I said.
"Oh, so you're the Mawile's trainer." The woman said.
"Yeah, I came here to finish paying for the trench coat. How much more do I owe you?" Brent asked.
"A dollar ninety-nine please." The woman replied. Brent pulled out a couple of dollars, and handed them to her. "Thank you." She said, giving Brent a penny.
"You look a lot like Flannery, the Lavaridge Gym Leader." Brent remarked. The woman laughed nervously.
"I get that a lot, but I'm not her." The woman replied.
"Oh, alright. Thank you for the trench coat." Brent said before leaving. I followed him.
"Who's Flannery? And last I knew, some old man was the Lavaridge Gym Leader." I said.
"That man was Flannery's grandfather, he died and Flannery became the Gym Leader." Brent told me.
"You think that woman's Flannery?" I asked.
"Yeah, but she dyed her hair. C'mon, let's go get something to eat." Brent said.
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"Man, that tasted good. I should have been caught sooner." I said.
"It was an Italian Sausage, it wasn't that fancy." Brent replied. I looked at him from my spot on the bench.
"If you haven't had one in three years, it's beyond fancy." I told him. Brent suddenly tensed up. "What's the matter?" I asked him.
"I thought I heard someone." Brent said.
"Let's go check it out then." I replied, standing up.
"Just follow me. It came from one of these alleys." Brent replied. I heard what sounded like a slap and then a whimper.
"I just heard it." I said.
"Down this alleyway." Brent told me, walking down the alley. At the end, we turned a corner to see the lady that sold the trench coat being pinned to the wall by a larger man. He looked at Brent and me.
"Run away now, and don't breathe a word of this." The man said. My gaze drifted to the woman, and I noticed the there were a couple of bruises and several cuts on her face.
"I think not. I'd suggest that you leave now." Brent said. The man growled, and walked towards us, a knife in his hands. As soon as he was far enough away from the woman, Brent shot an Ice Beam at his feet, and froze them to the ground. The man stood there, stunned, before trying to break free. "I told you." Brent said, walking around him to the woman. She had fallen unconscious, so Brent picked her up.
"Where are we going now?" I asked.
"We're headed out of the city. This guy will be free by morning." Brent said. The man kept struggling, and tried to throw his knife at Brent. His aim was way off.
"Lead the way." I said. Brent walked out of the alley, and kept looking around for more people. When we didn't find any, Brent continued out of the city and into the forest. Brent set the woman down on the ground, and took his gloves and hat off. He took his trench coat off, and draped it over her. He then soaked one of his gloves with a weak Water Gun. He then proceeded to clean the woman's face. She moaned, and her eyes fluttered open. She saw Brent, and scrambled back.
"Who are you? What are you?" She asked warily.
"My name's Brent, you sold me a trench coat. Don't worry, I won't hurt you." Brent said.
"I didn't sell a trench coat to anyone like you." The woman said. She hadn't seen me yet.
"You don't remember me? I feel insulted." I said, crossing my arms. The woman's eyes widened when she saw me. She looked like she might scream.
"Please, don't scream. I don't want anyone else to see me." Brent said.
"What are you?" She asked.
"I'm a Suicune hybrid. Now if you'd let me help you, I could clean your cuts that you got from that man." Brent replied.
"You were the one who saved me?" She asked.
"Yeah, now can I help you or not?" Brent asked.
"Alright." The woman said. Brent came a bit closer to her.
"This might sting a bit." He said before spraying a small high pressure stream of water from his fingertip. He sprayed the cuts, and the water formed to her cheek. Brent touched it, and it froze solid. "The ice should reduce the swelling. Why was that man attacking you?" Brent asked. The woman remained silent.
"Uh, maybe we should introduce ourselves first. I'm Jake, and my trainer's name is Brent." I said.
"I'm, uh, Aurora. Where are we?" The woman asked.
"We're a bit North of Slateport. We're going to be headed to Lavaridge, how about you?" I asked.
"I'm also headed to Lavaridge. May I accompany you?" Aurora asked.
"Sure. If you're ready, we can leave now. It's the best time to travel in the desert." Brent said.
"Yes, I'm ready. Here's your trench coat back." Aurora said, standing up.
"Keep it, the desert will be cold." Brent said.
"What about you?" Aurora asked.
"My fur will keep me warm. Tell me if the ice on the side of your face gets too cold." Brent said. Aurora put Brent's trench coat on, and Brent picked up his gloves and hat. "I'd prefer it if you didn't tell anyone about me. I don't want to be experimented on." Brent said.
"You watch too many sci-fi movies. People aren't going to condemn you just because you're a hybrid." I said.
"Better safe than sorry. Aurora, do you have a Pokemon that could light the way once the sun sets?" Brent asked. She nodded.
"Come on, speak up. You're so quiet, are you afraid of Brent?" I asked.
"He frightens me a little." Aurora said as we walked out of the forest. Brent looked back at us, and Aurora noticed. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to insult you. I should be more thankful to the one who saved me." Aurora apologized.
"No offense taken. I'm simply curious as to why you're frightened of me." Brent replied. Aurora breathed a small sigh of relief.
"What you did to that man, it seems so cold hearted." Aurora said.
"It was the kindest thing I could do to him, given the circumstances." Brent replied as we entered the desert. I got ready for the sandstorm to come up, but it never did.
"Uh, isn't there supposed to be a sandstorm here?" I asked.
"Yeah, I wonder where it went." Brent said.
"Trainers often go disappearing in this desert at night. Nobody knows why." Aurora said.
"Are you trying to scare us, 'cause it's working on me." I said, looking around warily. I heard the skittering of an insect.
"Let's just get going." Brent said. I walked after him, but ran face first into some kind of barrier.
"Uh, Brent. I'm stuck." I said. He stopped and turned around.
"Quit joking around, Jake." Brent said.
"I really am stuck. Watch." I said, pushing against the barrier. Brent walked over but was stopped by another barrier a few feet away from mine.
"This can't be good." Brent remarked. Then I saw something in the distance.
"Uh, a sand twister is headed right for us." I said. Brent and Aurora looked back.
"Quick, look around for Trapinch. They're the one's that are keeping us from leaving." Brent said. I looked around frantically.
"Where would they be hiding?" Aurora asked.
"In the sand or under rocks." Brent told her.
"It's a little late for that." I said right before the sand storm covered us. Everything blacked out. "Ow, my head." I moaned. I forced my eyes open, and looked around. I was with Brent and Aurora in a white room, similar to the ones in hospitals. I stretched, and stood up. Aurora continued sleeping peacefully, and Brent moaned. He was facedown on the floor, and his tails were twitching. I walked over to him as he began waking up.
"What happened?" Brent asked, standing up.
"We were run over by a sandstorm. Now we're stuck in a white room." I told him. A section of wall slid up behind Brent. "And now we have a way out." I said. Brent picked Aurora up. "You're not going to wake her?" I asked.
"No, there's no need to wake her. Let's get going." Brent said, walking through the door way.
"You need a sense of humor. You're so quiet and serious." I said.
"I've got a head ache, and I do have a sense of humor. Besides, I thought girls liked the strong silent types." Brent replied.
"Where did you hear that?" I asked him. Brent shrugged. A skittering noise sounded through the hallway we were in. Brent looked around, and set Aurora down on the ground.
"Watch her, I'll be back." Brent said, heading around a corner up ahead. I heard the skittering noise again, and turned around to see a Spinarak and Ariados.
"I assume you two are supposed to be the creepy insectile henchmen?" I asked. They nodded.
"And this is the part where you spin us into cocoons after I put up a valiant fight?" I asked.
"Well, it is traditional." Ariados said.
"Why does every evil mastermind do this type of thing? They should come up with something original." I said, exasperated.
"That's what we told Master." Spinarak replied.
"And why do evil people like being called 'Master' and 'Lord'?" I asked.
"Good question, we should ask him." Ariados said.
"Who is your master?" I asked.
"He is the great and legendary-ack!!" Ariados said, falling on its back.
"No it isn't 'ack' it's-ack!!" Spinarak said, falling onto its back.
"Who's 'ack'? Are you two even awake?" I said, shaking the two spiders. I heard skittering behind me, and turned to see a Spinarak dragging a cocooned Aurora into an air vent. "Hey, get back here!" I said, jumping up into the vent after them. I rounded a corner, and found myself looking down a 100 foot tall shaft. "Darn it, I lost him." I said before crawling back out. I checked the Spinarak and Ariados I had been talking to, and found out that they had been shot with a Poison Sting.
"Jake, where's Aurora?" Brent asked, coming back from his little excursion.
"Uh, I was talking with these two, and Aurora was carted off through the vent system. I tried to follow the Spinarak, but I lost him. These two were assassinated by him before they could give me any useful information." I said.
"We're not dead yet." Ariados said.
"Must be slow acting poison." Brent commented.
"I think we're getting better." Spinarak said.
"This is getting to be too much like a Monty Python movie. Let's get going." I said, walking down the hallway. Brent followed.
"Could you at least give us a band-aid, or maybe an Antidote?" Ariados asked.
"You're right, this is getting odd. Where do you think they took Aurora?" Brent asked.
"Probably to the center of the building where the evil megalomaniac that wants to take over the world is waiting for us. The maze of hallways that we will have to traverse will be filled with unknown dangers, and the evil guy will watch us. All this is to test us to see if we're a challenge for him." I told him.
"Where'd you learn that?" Brent asked.
"Common short story plot." I replied. We walked into another room, and the wall slid shut behind us. Then the side walls began to come closer. I immediately ran for the exit several hundred feet away, with Brent behind me. He was spraying a Hydro Pump on the floor, and it was collecting up into a block in the middle of the floor. He shot it with an Ice Beam, and then slowed down to a walk. "Brent, hurry up!" I exclaimed. The walls came into contact with the block of ice, and stopped.
"No need to." He said as I slowed down to a walk.
"Not bad. You're smarter than you look." I said. A crack resounded through the narrow space we were in.
"Uh, oh. Run!" Brent said, dashing past me. I just stood there, confused. He ran back and grabbed my extra jaw, and ran back into the next room. I saw cracks appear in the ice block right before it was crushed, and the walls slammed together.
"Uh, thanks." I said.
"No problem." Brent replied. It seemed like he wasn't even tired. He set me down, and we continued deeper into the hallways. We came into another empty room, and looked around. A section of floor popped up in front of me to reveal a small gun beneath it. A section of ceiling did the same thing. Brent became covered in ice just as the guns began firing. The floor gun hit me several times in the stomach, forcing me back.
"Wow, that actually felt kinda good." I said. My gut had just absorbed the bullets, and I felt like I had unlimited energy. "Dude, you have to try that!" I said.
"Are you getting high on bullets?" Brent asked me.
"Not a clue. Are you coming?" I said, running out of the room, not caring that I was shot a few more times. Brent sighed and followed me. As soon as the guns couldn't shoot us anymore, Brent got rid of his ice armor. We ran down the hall, and came out into a cave with a pool of lava in the middle. A creature began to emerge from the lava. "What is it with evil megalomaniacs and having big, dumb monsters rise from lava?" I asked.
"I am the evil megalomaniac, you fool. And I'm not dumb." The creature said. He stepped out of the lava pool, and broke through the wall behind it. "Kimasu!" He ordered from within the tunnel.
"Huh?" I said. Brent sighed.
"Tyotto." He replied. A Charmeleon stepped up beside me and a Raichu dropped down from the ceiling onto Brent. They looked ready for battle
"Kimasen ne?" The creature asked.
"Itadakimasu." Brent said, walking around the lava pool and went into the creature's tunnel, and I followed him. The Charmeleon followed me.
"What was that about?" I asked Brent.
"He ordered us to come, I politely refused, then he asked us again, and I accepted." Brent said.
"Why'd you accept?" I asked. He pointed at the Charmeleon and Raichu.
"They're why." Brent said as we came into another room. In front of us on the ground were three Ultraballs.
"If you can catch me, you can have your friend back, and you can leave this place. If you can't catch me, then you will serve me. You can use all of your Pokemon, your Pokeballs and the Ultraballs in front of you. I will only use myself and my two comrades." The creature said.
"Now I know who that is, that's Groudon!" Brent exclaimed.
"Didn't you hear what he said?" I asked.
"Nope, I can't always understand Pokemon. What did he say?" Brent asked.
"We have to catch him, and we can use just about anything." I told him. Brent nodded, and picked up an Ultraball from in front of us. He tossed it up and down, and then suddenly popped the Raichu on the head with it. It rocked around, and then dinged. As Brent reached for another Ultraball, Charmeleon and Groudon fired their Fire Blasts at him. He countered them with a couple of Hydro Pumps, and fainted Charmeleon. He grabbed the two Ultraballs, and caught Charmeleon. Then he chucked the remaining Ultraball at Groudon. Right before it touched him, it melted to slag. "That isn't good. What do we do now?" I asked Brent.
"Run?" Brent asked.
"I could have thought of that." I said before running. Brent followed me, and pulled a Masterball off of his belt. "It'll melt, remember?" I asked him. He just grinned, and kept running. We rounded a corner, and found Aurora asleep on a table. Groudon came through the wall across from us. Brent summoned up a Hydro Pump, and shot it at Groudon. He knocked it aside, and it hit Aurora, waking her up. I noticed that the blue was running out of her hair.
"Hey, you are Flannery." Brent said. She looked around, and gasped.
"We can talk about that later, worry about big, dumb monster now!" I said.
"I told you, I'm not dumb!" Groudon roared. Brent chucked a good sized ball of water at him. Groudon prepared to swat it away, and I saw Brent grinning again. Groudon hit it, and was suddenly sucked in. The water ball evaporated and revealed a light blue Masterball. It clicked shut, and fell to the ground. Brent picked it up, and clipped it to his belt and walked over to Flannery. He took an Ultraball off his belt and handed it to her.
"Here, it's a Charmeleon. Has a bit of a temperament problem, so you'll have to work him hard." Brent said.
"Why are you giving this to me?" Flannery asked.
"It's 'cause he likes you!" I said. Brent conked me on the head.
"No, it's because you're the fire Gym Leader." Brent told her. I rubbed my head.
"Thanks. Um, do you have a place to stay?" Flannery asked.
"No, why?" Brent replied.
"Well, to make up for your helping me, you can stay with me at the gym." Flannery said. Brent looked like he was about to refuse, but I wasn't going to let this chance pass by.
"Really? Thanks." I said before Brent could utter a word. Flannery smiled. Brent gave me a glare, but looked back at Flannery.
"Why did you lie about your identity?" Brent asked.
"I didn't want people knowing who I was, because then they would challenge me to battles. I don't really like battling." Flannery said. Suddenly, the cave began to rumble. Rocks started falling around us, and then there was a sudden bright flash before everything blacked out.