Outskirt Sands was a desolate little place. All that was there was a train that was transformed into a Pub. "Figures that Steven would toss me in the middle of nowhere..." Taki muttered. It was silent excepting the fact that a battle started. Taki made tracks to the scene. There was a pair of Zigzagoon on one side and a Shedinja and Scizor on the other. In a flash of light the Zigzagoon were down. The trainer, dressed in cowboy getup, excused himself and thanked his opponent for the fight. The other side was a girl with waist-length hair and a green dress accented with runes associated with the bug type. She gave a polite bow and smiled softly. Some other people on the sidelines started muttering.
"It's the Bug Queen!"
"Nobody survives her legendary bug knights."
"Who could have that much skill?"
Taki smiled, "That's my little sis for you."
The three turned to him, "What?! Your sister?!" They grilled, bringing the Bug Queen's attention to him.
Taki winked at the girl. "Yep, that's my little sis." The girl came over as the others decided to make a retreat before there was an opportunity to anger either one of them. "So Alice how was Kanto?"
"Quiet, until news got to us about the Shadow Pokemon... You're quite the celebrity..." She laughed.
"News gets around fast in this backwater planet, huh?"
"Like it wasn't an important topic."
"And so you have come to rid the world of this evil."
"Actually, I came here for the beaches."
"You do know that this is a desert, right?"
"I was mis-informed."
The cuddly get-together was cut short by a truck nearly running over a distracted Taki. On the back was a hover-sled with a burlap sack. The two drivers jumped off and made their way to the pub as another machination made itÕs way in.
Inside, there was a rather nice pub for the middle of nowhere. Taki sat down at the bar to see the burley bartender. "What do 'yah want?" He pressed.
"Do you have any non-alcoholic beverages?"Taki requested non- chalantly.
"We have Caterpie Cola." He laughed.
"I'll take that." Sipping his drink, he turned to a very strange look from Alice.
"You do know that I clean my sword with that stuff, right?"
"Your sword?" Taki cocked his head a bit. "When did you get a sword?"
"Koga gave it to me when I got him that Seviper. It's a nice little kasumi.";
The TV turned on with a message: "Recently, an outpost in the desert was blown up. It turns out that it was the TEAM SNAGEM hideout. More information will hopefully come out during the excavation." The room exploded in cheers. Apparently this team was about as popular as the ones in Kanto and Hoenn. Taki chuckled to himself. That was until a strange guy, about Alice's age, walked in wearing a long coat and inquiring about Pokeballs. "Sorry, pal. I haven't carried them for ages."
Hey," Taki interjected, "If you want, I can supply you with some."
"Those are a precious commodity around here, you know." The stranger stated with a stern voice.
"Oh, I just came in from Hoenn, and I stocked up with more than I probably can use, so if you're still interested..." They made their interaction, and the guy turned to leave. "Hey, for book-keeping reasons could I have your name?"
"... Wes."
"Well then, pleasure making business with you." Wes turned to leave as Taki noticed it, a twin machine to his. That meant that he would either become an ally or a great enemy.
"Hey, Chi." Alice interrupted his inner monologue, "I just got a message from Steven. We need to find a way to a place called Pyrite."
"Let's move then." They then took their turn to exit.