Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon. Nintendo does. This story isn't written to make profit, or even to get attention from girls. It is simply written for entertainment and to keep myself busy. The main characters are mine however (except for professor Oak and some Jenny's and Joy's) and I would appreciate it if you wouldn't use it without my approval.
20 – Disappeared
A dark blue car stopped in Pallet, just before professor Oak's house. A woman stepped out and walked to the door. After she rang the bell, professor Oak opened.
"Ah, officer Jenny," he greeted the police woman, "how may I help you?"
"Have you heard any news of Tony yet?" she asked.
"No, I haven't," Oak sighed, "after last week at the warehouse, I haven't seen him any more. I don't even know if we'll ever see him again. All the pokémon he had caught are transferred to the computer, meaning he has no pokémon with him. They are all here."
"Every one of them?"
"Well, only his wartortle and his blastoise are still with him. But he came with them before he even had any pokéballs."
"Can you check where they are? Or if he still has them?"
"No I can't. Otherwise it wouldn't have been necessary to bug his pokédex. And I don't know if he still has them. It might be he returned to those islands and set them free."
Jenny thought about this for a moment.
"He did reacted strongly when he saw those caged pokémon…" Oak reminded her.
That was true. Ever since he had lost his memory, he couldn't stand hurt pokémon, maybe as an attempt to make up for his past. Well, that was feed for a psychiatrist, not her.
"Thank you for your time, let me know when you hear something of him, or when something happens to his pokémon."
Jenny turned and stepped in her car. As the car drove off, Oak couldn't help himself wondering if the interest of Jenny in Tony was purely professional or if she wanted to apologise to him.
"Officer Jenny, hi!"
Jenny slightly cringed as Allan greeted her. She remembered the first time they met.
"Allan, have you seen Tony lately?"
"No, why? Is something…"
"Thank you, that is all."
Just outside Cerulean, officer Jenny's car stopped. She stepped out of the car and looked at the nearby sign. Jenny sighed and started walking down the trail. After a few minutes, she stopped at a small cabin. She knocked on the door and sighed again.
"What do you want?" she heard after a while.
She looked around and saw a blonde man leaning over the fence of his huge garden.
"I'm officer Jenny from Pewter," she said as she flashed her badge, "I would like to ask you a few questions."
The young man seemed to think as he looked her up and down and then reached a conclusion.
"Yeah, wait up, I'll let you in."
Alex let officer Jenny in and led her to the garden.
"I'm sorry, but I'm in the middle of something," he apologized, "will this take long?"
"No," Jenny shook her head, "I just have some questions to ask."
"Am I in trouble?"
"No, this has nothing to do with you."
"Good."
Jenny looked around and saw several pokémon run around the garden.
"So, you're a pokémon breeder, huh?"
"That's what it says on the sign," Alex grinned, "I've just started, to tell you the truth, but I've already had a lot of good response."
He kneeled down next to the pond to take a starmie out of the water. A magikarp surfaced and seemed to blink at him. Alex grinned and threw him some bread.
"Why? Do you want me to breed pokémon for the police?" he asked with a smile.
"Do you know a man called Tony Hunter?" Jenny asked.
"I met him about a week ago," Alex shrugged, "haven't seen him since. Why? Did he do something wrong?"
"That's the only time you've seen him?"
"Yep," Alex laid the starmie on a blanket and scratched the head of a meowth, "sure would like some news of him though. He promised me a ditto when he came."
"But he hasn't contacted you since?"
"No, sorry. Why do you need him for?"
"That's police business," Jenny said, "thank you for you cooperation, I'll let myself out."
Jenny stepped in her car and drove back to Pewter. She thought of filing the case, since, with Tony gone, there was no more case. She had tried every lead she thought she had, but all came to a dead end. Tony had disappeared and no one knew his whereabouts.
This was it, end of story. No more Tony Hunter…
AN: There you have it, the end of Hunter. I hope you liked it, I know I did when I wrote it. I admit, there were some bumps on the road, which is one of the reasons why I probably won't write a sequel. I have some good ideas for a sequel (like the origin of Mr. Fuji's videotapes), but no real plotline. So until I can think up enough ideas to fake a plotline or I can come up with a serious plot, this is the end. Suggestions however are always welcome. Take care and treat pokémon nicely or Tony's gonna come and beat the living shit out of you, and you don't want that (or maybe you do, I don't know what kind of pervert you are).
Additional AN: As you might have guessed, the previous AN was the original one for this story. I HAVE started on a sequel (and HAVE included the origin of Mr. Fuji's videotapes), although plotline wise there are still a few bumps on the road, but strangely enough, they smooth themselves out along the way. I don't have as much time as I would like to spend on Hunter 2 (as I'm busy with work, other projects, and just goofing off) but when I write, it's fucking gold!
Okay, I'm just saying it's gold so you would read it, but still, it's good.
Go read already!
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Epilogue:
Alex petted his magikarp on the head and then patted the soil next to him. The magikarp jumped out of the water and splashed apart on the ground. Slowly he oozed back together to a ditto. Suddenly a gyarados emerged from the pond and brought his head closer to Alex.
"Be nice, Smaug." Alex scratched the huge dragon under his chin.
He turned around and entered the house. Inside a pikachu was trying to fight a chair and Alex decided to charge Allan double. He walked to a cabinet and picked up a card.
Here's your ditto
Sorry it took so long
Would really appreciate it if you didn't mention this to anyone
Remember our agreement
T.H.
The front of the card showed the Goldenrod radio tower. Alex grinned and shook his head as he put the card back.
"Tony, what the fuck are you doing in Johto?"
