Chapter 5

Everyone made their way back to the hotel and decided to go to sleep. Only two people and one pokemon weren't able to sleep. Mecha, Black Jack and Isaac sat on the roof of the hotel, with Black Jack drinking some beer.

"Hey, kids," Black Jack said. "While we were battling that tank, it knew both of you. Why's that?"

"Do you really wanna know?" Isaac asked. "Cos I don't think you want to."
"Then why did I ask?" Black Jack asked.

Isaac sighed a small sigh. "Okay… I'll tell ya…"

"It was a few months back when I was taking a break from my pokemon journey. I was visiting my dad when he was working in a small shop, when I found a bunch of thugs messing around with him and setting fire to his shop. They warned him that he still owed them more money, that's when I started to take action into my own hands.

"I tried to take each and everyone of them out but there were too many of them and they battered me and my pokemon pretty badly. They told to consider this a warning to me and my dad. If my dad couldn't get the money within a month of that time, they would have me killed. After they left, I sent my dad away to…"

He suddenly stopped his story, realising what he was about to say. "I better not say it," he said. "You never know who might be listenin'"

"True, true," Black Jack said.

Isaac continued his story. "That was when I decided to make Team Dark my target for dissing with my dad, he's the only family I've got now."

"I know how that feels," Black Jack said. "I have a brother named John, and he was the only family I've got until he got a family of his own. But what about your mom?"

"She and my dad got divorced when I was a kid," Isaac replied. "She's now out there pokemon training, that was the last time I've heard from her. Hopefully, I'll meet her again one day and battle her."

Black Jack let out a small sigh. "And you, Mecha?" Black Jack asked. "What's your story?"

"Alright," Mecha said with a sigh. "Before I became part of Team Dark, they stole me from my old trainer, along with my other buds. They erased most of my memory and turned me into this freaking robot. I badly wanted to escape, but if I tried to, they'd have me killed."

He looked at his robotic foreleg, cursing Team Dark for what they've done to him.

"But somehow, I did manage to escape the base… I've used a trash chute of one of the Team Dark bases and slid to the outside. After they discovered that I disappeared, they became obsessed with chasing me."

There was a short silence between them, until Black Jack showed a small smile. "Mecha," he said. "Why don't you team up with Ash instead of me?"

"Huh?" Mecha and Isaac said in unison. "Why?"

"I like to do the things the hard way," Black Jack said. "If you team up with me, I have a feeling that we'd get job done quicker, while waiting for the others to do theirs."

"Suit yourself," Mecha said with a shrug. "We'll talk to Stevens in the morning."

With that, they remained silent and continued staring at the stars for the rest of the night until dawn came.

A few hours after that, everyone got ready to set off on their respective paths. Before they did, Black Jack and his team suggested that Stevens could take Mecha with him. After some discussion Stevens agreed to Black Jack's proposal, since Black Jack would be taking his motorcycle. So therefore…

The first team consisted of Wes, Rui, Jesse, James and officer Jenny.

In the second team there was Black Jack, Isaac Wolfpack, May, Max and Meowth (who wasn't very happy about teaming up with Black Jack).

The third team contained Ash, Misty, Brock, detective Stevens and Mecha.

Each team were taking their respective vehicles, which were Black Jack's motorcycle (with extra sidecars for Max and May), Wes's motorcycle (which also had extra sidecars) and a police van for Ash's team. They drove to the exit of Pyrite Town. "Well, this where we split," Ash said as everyone got off the vehicles.

"Guess so," Isaac said.

"I almost forgot," Jenny said as she held out three cell phones. "Each team leader will need to carry one of these in case of new information. I'll keep one for myself."

She handed one of the cell phones to Stevens and the other to Black Jack. "And remember this everyone, we're all heroes now. Let's just kick some butt."

"My sentiments exactly," Black Jack replied as he gave a thumb's up. "Good luck, kids."

The three teams set off in three different directions, looking forward to new adventures and challenges. For Black Jack, it's time for smashing more heads and drink more beer.

Elsewhere, in a dark office, a shadowy figure was viewing the monitors and saw that Black Jack and his comrades part ways into different directions. "So…" he said. "They decided to make things interesting, eh?"

Next episode: Wes's team arrives in Andaa City, looking to find one of the Team Dark bases. What kind of surprises is Team Dark holding for them?

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