Vokteren: New reviews?
Pikachu: No
Vokteren: Then disclaim so we can begin the story
Pikachu: "We own neither golden sun nor pokemon, but Rainbow and Spirit is our own creation"
"Speech" ¤thoughts¤ [Telepathy] (A/N: Author Note) (P/N: Pika Note)
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Garet and Isaac were standing on a rainbow. Around them was a bliss of colors and shapes. They didn't remember much of what had happened except for that a "freak with pink eyes" as Garet called her, had taken them to this place. They couldn't see the others anywhere.
"Where are we?" Garet asked
"I'm not sure but we are not in Aqua Rock's interior anymore" Isaac replied. "I wonder why that girl looked so like Jenna. I've seen many people but no one was more similar than that girl" Isaac sighed "Why did I have to fall into that trap yesterday? If I hadn't done that I'm sure that we could catch up with Jenna"
"Don't blame yourself" Garet consoled. "How could you know about that trap? You couldn't, and because you couldn't you can't give the guilt to yourself. The one to blame is the one who dug that hole"
"You're right, what I should worry about is what that girl has done to our friends" Isaac said, sounding worried.
"Perhaps... what is happening?" Garet said in shock.
The colors and shapes drifted around and became more solid. Where there had been a soup of colors there was now a grass plane and they where standing on it. Suddenly they heard a scream. The two voices sounded familiar; as if they belonged to someone they knew. They hurried towards where the voices came from.
As they rushed across the plain until they found the source of the sound. Saturos and Menardi holding onto the edge of a pit. The bottom was filled with sharp spikes and Saturos and Menardi where losing their grip.
"What are you two doing here?" Garet asked
"Oh, we are just hanging here and waiting for the ground to give after since we can't climb up without help" Menardi muttered.
"Why can't you climb up?" Isaac asked
"We are too heavy" Saturos answered
"But why are you too heavy?" Garet asked
"Don't know" Menardi answered.
"Are you just gonna stand there and watch us fall? Or are you going to help us?" Saturos shouted.
"What are you doing Saturos? How can you ask these mutts to help us? Don't you remember that they almost killed us at Venus Lighthouse" Menardi asked, shocked about how Saturos could be so calm in front of their worst nemesis.
"I don't think there are others here who can help us, and besides I don't think they are so coldhearted" Saturos answered before he turned to Isaac and Garet. "Are you going to help us or are you waiting for us to fall into our doom"
"What do you think Isaac?" Garet asked
"We have to help them" Isaac replied. "Even though they tried to kill us we still have too help them"
Isaac and Garet strained themselves to the max in order to pull up Saturos and Menardi, but they did it and right after they had gotten them up the ground around the pit gave after and collapsed.
"Thanks for helping us out. I think we should repay you somehow. What do you think Saturos?" Menardi asked
"I think they have deserved it" he replied
"Permit me to give them their reward" Menardi said with a smug smirk.
She glowed red for a moment before she created and explosion out of nothing. A Supernova psynergy strike. The force of the attack knocked Isaac and Garet into the pit. They heard Saturos and Menardi snicker before they ran away. Garet and Isaac turned around in midair and saw that the spikes came closer and closer.
Suddenly the spikes withdrew into the earth and a trampoline appeared out of nowhere. They fell on the trampoline and it knocked them back up on the ground. They saw Menardi's golden hair disappear into a nearby forest and they ran after her.
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Ivan and Mia were standing outside a building that Mia recognized as her second home. They were standing outside Imil Sanctum. How they had gotten here didn't matter. Mia opened the door and rushed inside, longing to see her friends and apprentices Megan and Justin. She smiled as she saw Megan but her smile disappeared when she saw what had happened to her.
Megan was battered and bruised all over and she was bleeding from a deep wound on her left leg. Mia hurried over and saw found out that because of a heavy blood loss Megan had fallen into comatose. Mia got frantic. Megan's life hangs in a thin tread and Mia wasn't sure if she had energy enough to cure her wounds. She heard footsteps behind her and sighed in relief when she remembered that Ivan was with her.
"Ivan. Open your pack and take out the bottle with Water of Hermes. Megan is in trouble and I don't think I have enough energy to cure her wounds" Mia shouted. Ivan reacted quickly and pulled a bottle of blue water out of his pocket. He walked over to Mia and handed her the bottle. Mia opened the bottle and forced some of the contents into the little girl's mouth. Immediately her cut on her leg got smaller and some color returned to her face. Mia made her drink some more and soon she was totally cured. She opened her eyes and when she saw Mia she jumped up and almost chocked Mia with her hug.
"Mia. I've missed you" Megan said.
"I've missed you too Megan" Mia answered. "What has happened here?"
"A mean man and woman came here and kidnapped Justin. They attacked me with their psynergy and then the woman hit me with her scythe and then I blacked out" Megan told them
"What did they look like?" Ivan asked the petrified and yet happy girl.
"The man had bluelike hair and blue skin and clothes. The woman had golden hair and red clothes" Megan said.
Mia and Ivan traded glances and saw that they were both thinking about the same persons, Saturos and Menardi.
"Wait" Megan shouted. "There was another person there. He... he... he was Alex"
Mia turned and looked at Megan. ¤What did Alex think he was doing? He couldn't just stand there and watch Saturos and Menardi attack defenseless children. Or could he?¤
Mia was brought out of her thinking when she heard Ivan shout "Mia. I have found some footprints here. They must belong to Saturos and his gang"
"I'm coming" she replied before turning towards Megan "Megan. You don't go anywhere. Stay here where it is safe"
"I can't leave you now Mia. I have to find Justin. He may be in trouble and he is my friend to" she replied.
Mia tried to persuade Megan into staying but failed. Megan wouldn't concede an inch. She went with Mia and Ivan no matter what. Finally Mia gave up and said the she could come on one condition. She had to walk between Mia and Ivan. Megan agreed and soon a group of three young persons walked out of the sanctum and after Saturos and Menardi.
They found Menardi's camp southeast of Imil. Near the mouth of a cave that Mia never had seen before. Menardi and Saturos were walking into the cave, leaving the sleeping Justin in Alex care. They sneaked behind him and Mia tried to knock him out with her Crystal Rod but he was quicker. He turned around and grabbed it before it made impact.
"Well, well, well. I would never believe that you would sneak up on someone like that, Mia" Alex said.
"And you? Who allow someone to kidnap small children" Mia snapped back.
"It's not like you think Mia" Alex replied.
"Then what is it then?" Ivan asked in an angry voice.
"We need those two because they are the only ones who can fulfill a dire seal. If that seal isn't completed then the world will be plunged into darkness" Alex replied. "Too bad that Menardi killed Megan but we may still complete the seal with just Justin"
"And how are we supposed to know if what you say is true? From what I know Saturos and Menardi have always been up to no good" Ivan snapped.
"He speaks the truth, but not the whole truth" Mia stated. "I know it because I can see it in his eyes"
"I am grateful for that you believe I speak the truth, but I should have known that I can't fool you when I'm confronted with you. Yes there is more to it. It appears that the ones who make sure the seal is fulfilled are granted great power" Alex said.
"I knew it. You aren't doing this for the good of humankind. You are doing this for yourself" Ivan snapped
Before Alex could argue they heard Saturos and Menardi scream from inside the cave. They got on their feet and hurried into the cave. Megan woke up Justin after they had left and they followed too. Alex was the first one to find them, but he was careless and activated another trap that tapped him for energy, making him collapse on the ground, unconscious. Mia was the next to get there, but she was more careful and found her way to Saturos and Menardi without much problem. They had fallen into a pit and now the walls around it were starting to clamp together. She shouted down to them that she was going to make an ice pillar so that they could get up before they were squished. A douse and a frost later Saturos and Menardi were up together with Mia, Ivan, Megan, Justin and an unconscious Alex.
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Pikachu and Torchic was standing in Viridian forest. Somehow they had gotten back to Viridian Forest. Of course they were overjoyed but they were also worried about the others. They were home, but without Vaporeon and Skitty and without saying goodbye to their new friends. They were longing back to Weyard, even though they had hoped that they were someday able to return home they still had gotten new friends. At least they could speak their own language again.
"I want back to Mia and Ivan" Pikachu said.
"Me too. I miss Isaac and Garet. They were so kind and helpful, and where is Skitty and Vaporeon?" Torchic said.
"Perhaps they came home another way. Anyway I want too se how my other Pika pals are doing. Perhaps they have even chosen a new name rater. It has been 25 years since the last name rater got killed"
"I know. My mother told me that he was your grandfather and that he had fallen prey to a predator, although what kind of predator it was I do not know. It wasn't one of those devious humans called pokemon trainers because that wouldn't stop mommy from telling me who it was. She is always saying that I must be ware of humans" Torchic said.
"I don't want to talk about that. It makes me sick. Anyway, we should check out how the collective is doing. They must have missed us a lot" Pikachu said.
Torchic smiled at Pikachu before making her it. Pikachu laughed and ran after her friend. After running for a while they suddenly heard a terrible scream from behind them. They turned around and saw a blaze of fire in front of them and to the left. They heard a new scream and something that fell with a thud to the ground.
"Someone's in trouble!" Pikachu shouted
"It came from over there" Torchic added.
They ran through some bushes and found the source, or sources, of the screams. This is what they saw. Two pokemon that looked like Pikachu, lay on the ground with scorch marks on their fur. The slightly bigger one had red chins with a yellow plus in it, red long ears and a red plus at the tip of its tail. The smaller one was looked just like the bigger one, except with blue instead of red and minus instead of plus. A big (P/N: By my standard) red lizard with something that resembled a horn on his head and sharp claws walked towards the two petrified mice. Two young pokemon, Plusle and Minun, was being attacked by a Charmeleon.
"Stop that" Pikachu said, moving between Charmeleon and Plusle and Minun. "Don't lay a hand on these children.
The Charmeleon laughed and said "And what would you do if I did? Shock me with that hundred volt strike of yours? Both you and I know that you only can fight if you are with other Pikachu's or there is a thunderstorm nearby. Without that you are weaker than a Magikarp"
"It might be true that I'm not physical strong, but that won't stop me from defending these children" Pikachu said with a strong voice.
Torchic came up behind her and added "As members of the collective we can't let you attack them without trying to defend them"
"They aren't members of the collective so you have no need to defend them. Even though I'm not a member of that puny organization of yours, I know your rules and your patterns. That is why I always win over you and your non violent manners. Move out of my way and I might not add you to my lunch" The Charmeleon was getting angry now.
"You wish. We won't concede an inch unless you force us to" Torchic said
"You benevolent fools. I gave you a chance to flee and yet you decide to stay and fight a battle you can't win. You are the weakest of every pokemon in the forest and you think you can save them from me" The Charmeleon growled
[I hope you have a plan Pikachu] Torchic asked using her telepathic abilities.
[I don't, but we can't let him win. Try using your psynergy because it may help us. He doesn't know about it and perhaps the surprise is enough for us to defeat him] Pikachu replied in the same manners.
[I hope you are right because here he comes] Torchic answered when she saw the red lizard run towards her at high velocity.
Pikachu and Torchic leapt to the sides, barely able to dodge the blow.
"Impressive for someone as weak as you but it won't help you" the Charmeleon was aiming for Pikachu and Torchic first. The two others were too weak to flee.
Pikachu jumped again as a fireball came flying from the lizard and dodged it just fine this time. Those small seconds where enough for Torchic to let lose a small amount of her psynergy, enough to create a Flare psynergy that surprised the Charmeleon. Since Charmeleon was a fire type it didn't do much damage but it surprised him nonetheless. He focused on Torchic instead but that was not smart of him. He let Pikachu alone long enough for her to whip up a small whirlwind, blowing him to the ground and into a tree.
He got back on his feet and now his eyes blazed. He was furious from being beaten by two weaklings. He charged up a new fireball and it hit Pikachu dead on, knocking her into Plusle and Minun. When she opened her eyes again the Charmeleon was standing on her stomach and was about slice her in her face when he was knocked of by Torchic who had used a Blast attack to knock herself as a living projectile into Charmeleon. The Charmeleon hit a tree and was knocked out cold. Pikachu and Torchic used this opening to flee with Plusle and Minun. When they were gotten a safe distance away from the Charmeleon Pikachu and Torchic turned around to the new pokemon.
"Hello and welcome to Viridian Forest" Torchic said.
"How do you know we are not from here?" The two small pokemon asked.
"Easy. We haven't seen anyone that look like you and you wasn't a part of the organization. You're not native to Kanto are you?" Pikachu asked.
"Yes" answered Minun before her brother continued. "We were kidnapped by one of those trainer persons. He brought us here and said we were weak before he let us out and just walked away. We had walked around for about ten minutes before that beast attacked us"
"I know about your kind. My mother said that where she lived before being brought here there was many of your kind. I can't be sure but I think you two also come from the Hoenn region" Torchic said.
"Perhaps" was all Minun could say before they heard a scream from the cliffs that led to the lower parts of the forest. They rushed over and found the same Charmeleon that a few minutes ago were trying to kill them. He had tried to track down Pikachu down but hadn't followed the right trail. Now he had fallen out and landed on the cliff in the middle of the mountainside.
"What are we going to do?" Plusle asked Torchic.
"What do you think we are going to do? We have to save him" Torchic said
"Even though he tried to eat us?" Minun asked
"Even though he tried to eat us" Pikachu replied.
"How do you plan doing? We can't reach him from here and I don't see any kind of rope that we could use" Plusle asked, curios about how his and her sisters saviors where going to solve this riddle.
"Wait and see" Pikachu said before turning to Torchic, this time speaking in telepathy. [We can use our psynergy. If you create a blast for the height then I can create a wind that will bring him here]
Torchic understood and focused all of her energy into a blast that could give Charmeleon the height he needed to get back on the edge. Pikachu whipped up a powerful wind, enough to move Charmeleon onto the edge. They released their energy almost at the same time, making Charmeleon hit the edge by a tiny margin. The Charmeleon stands up on his feet and dashes into the forest.
"Hey. You do at least owe us a thank you" Pikachu shouted
The Charmeleon turns around and says "I've already repaid my debt to you. You should be happy I didn't eat you in the first place" before disappearing into the forest. ¤They think that I'll let them be now but they are wrong. I'm going to get them and then I won't just kill them. They'll pay for humiliating me like that¤
"Someone here has issues" Pikachu said while looking after the running Charmeleon.
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Vaporeon and Skitty was standing outside a city they had never seen. Sure they had only seen two real cities but this one was gigantic. They were standing outside Saffron city and were admiring the grandness of the city.
"Since we are back home I think we can talk in our normal way" Vaporeon said.
"We aren't home. Sure we may be back in Kanto but we are not near Viridian Forest" Skitty answered.
"I wonder if there is a collective here. I wonder if a collective like we have back home exist other places" Vaporeon said
"Well, let's check it out" Skitty turned around and rushed into the forest outside. Vaporeon hurried after and soon they were standing in the middle of the forest, although they couldn't shake of the feeling that something was wrong.
"Why is it so quiet here?" Vaporeon asked.
"Why it is quiet here? Because of humans of course" they turned around and saw a Vulpix stand behind them.
"What do you mean by because of humans?" Skitty asked.
"You two are clearly not from around here. Humans have been training and catching pokemon here so much that most have left. Only me and a few others are left" The Vulpix answered.
"Don't you have a collective here?" Skitty asked.
"A collective? What is a collective?" Vulpix wondered.
"A collective is many pokemon that works together and help each other. It is really helpful. We help each other from trainers who try to catch us and we protect each others from independent predators. We do lots of other stuff too. We had a name rater until 25 years ago. He gave us names that fitted to our personality. He was killed by a predator although the adults don't want to tell us children about who it was. Because he was so young when he was killed he didn't have an apprentice and we haven't been able to choose a new name rater" Vaporeon told the Vulpix.
"Interesting. So you two don't have names? My name is Andrew by the way" The Vulpix said.
"Nice to meet you Andrew" Skitty and Vaporeon said.
"Can't you two tell me a little about how your collective works? I could perhaps establish something here and that could restore the former glory of this place" Andrew asked his new friends.
Of course they agreed and soon they were walking through the forest. Skitty and Vaporeon told Andrew about how the collective was built upon the cooperation of many pokemon. How they had established a "town" that was better organized than a human town of the same size. Skitty was especially interested in telling about how the collective helped anyone. No matter who they are, what they are and what they've done, even if they are enemies.
Andrew listened carefully and was quite impressed. If they had something like this in this forest they might have been able to fend of those humans who thought they owned them. This forest belonged to those who lived in it and a human could never understand this. He was eager to tell this to his friends. Although they were just ten left in the forest the idea was good enough to make others help them develop his plan. Suddenly he heard a scream. A scream that belonged to someone he held dearly.
"Felicia" he said with worry in his voice.
"What is it?" Skitty asked
"That scream belonged to Felicia, and she doesn't scream unless she is in dire need" he replied.
"Then what are we waiting for?" Vaporeon said.
"Are you going to help me?" He said with wonder. He wasn't used to be treated so kind, except by his friends.
"Of course. If you can't help her alone then we will help you help her" Skitty said.
"Thanks a lot. Let's hurry. It may be one of those malicious trainers who try to catch her" Andrew said
They hurried towards the place they had heard the sound from. As they got closer the smell of burnt wood strung in their nose, glowing ashes whirled around and it got considerably hotter. They finally entered a clearing where they saw what the reason was. A Charizard and a Pikachu were battling each other. Right now the Charizard had the upper hand. He held the Pikachu's tail, feet and lower body firmly between his jaws and smashed the Pikachu into the ground repeatedly until he flew up and threw it hard to the ground.
The shock from seeing Felicia fall made Andrew red with anger as he dashed towards the trainer to tackle him. No one harms his Felicia and gets away with it. The trainer saw him coming and simply moved out of the way. Because of his vehemence he was unable to turn and hit him again before the trainer had placed a kick in his small body.
The trainer put on a smug smile before saying "Don't worry. I'll catch you after I have caught your little friend"
The trainer turned around and faced the worn out Pikachu. He threw a Great Ball towards Felicia but Vaporeon knocked it away with his tail. The trainer just smiled before ordering his Charizard to attack. Vaporeon took the blow from the attack just so Felicia didn't become more damaged.
Skitty jumped on the Charizard from behind and made it try to hit her. Because of her agility she dodged the dragon's furious attempts to harm her with great effortlessness. The Charizard got angrier and angrier until he went on a rampage. Skitty tried to dodge for as long as possible but she had to give up when the Charizard hit her with his massive tail.
In the meant time Vaporeon had healed Felicia with his limited healing power. She got back to his senses and told about how she had gotten caught in a trap made by the trainer. The pokemon who fell prey to this trap became marked with some sort of metal object. The trainer could then locate the pokemon using some sort of mechanical doodad.
"That is truly dishonorable. How can someone use such dirty tricks?" Andrew asked with disgust in his voice
"I don't know but we have to do something quick. I don't think Skitty can stand much longer against that pokemon. She has never been much of a fighter" Vaporeon said.
"Let me help you" Felicia said.
"No. You have to rest. I don't want you to get you harmed" Andrew said
Felicia slapped Andrew over his face before scolding him "Stop being so overprotective. They saved me and I can't just stand by and watch them being captured by some coldhearted trainer"
"Um... I don't want to interrupt your little speech but Skitty has fallen" Vaporeon said while poking Felicia with his tail.
Felicia and Andrew turned around and watched Skitty lying unconscious. The trainer had pulled out an Ultra Ball and now the round yellow object was flying towards the unconscious pink cat. Felicia and Andrew unleashed a duo attack, knocking the ball out of its path. The trainer turned and saw the three pokemon snarl angry at him. He just ordered his pokemon to attack them all at once.
In respond to this act the three pokemon, Vaporeon, Andrew and Felicia, charged up their strongest attacks. Vaporeon let out a Powder Snow attack, Andrew a Fire Spin and Felicia a thunder attack. Together they formed a tri attack, (A/N: Seen the attack in RS? Red yellow and blue), that hit the Charizard dead on.
The force of the impact knocked the pokemon over its trainer. The trainer dropped his pokeballs and a strange device that broke upon hitting the ground. Andrew and Felicia hurried over and released all the pokemon trapped inside the pokeballs before crushing the balls. The pokemon, a Pidgeotto, a Ditto and a Raticate, ran away into the forest. The last pokeball was crushed by Vaporeon, thus breaking the trainers control over his pokemon.
When the Charizard realized he was free he turned towards his former trainer with anger in his eyes. He resented his trainer to a maximum due to his own superiority of the human race. He hated weakness and of all creatures in the world he believed that humans were the weakest of them all.
Skitty had just recovered from the blow she got five minutes ago and now she saw that the trainer was being chased by his own pokemon.
"Skitty" Vaporeon shouted and rushed over to his friend.
"I'm fine but I don't think that trainer is going to be fine" she said with a look towards the trainer. The Charizard had reached him and where punching him to the ground.
"We have to help him" Skitty said.
"Help him? After what he did to us?" Andrew said from behind
"Don't you remember what we told you about the collective? We help everyone. No matter who they are" Vaporeon began
"What they are and what they've done" Andrew took a deep breath before continuing "I never thought I would get into such a situation"
"It doesn't matter what you two do. Me and Vaporeon is going to help that poor guy anyway" Skitty said with slight signs of fear that was covered by an insistent appearance.
Skitty and Vaporeon ran to tackle the Charizard of the boy who was now bleeding heavily now.
"The collective?" Felicia asked her friend
"Yes. It is some kind of corporation. What is your plan?" Andrew asked Felicia.
"Help Vaporeon and Skitty of course" Skitty said before dashing after her new friends.
Andrew thought about it for a second before he joined in the tackle. The quadruplet hit the Charizard right before he unleashed a Flamethrower attack on the boy. The dragon quickly got back on his feet and growled angry at the four other pokemon.
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"Spirit! I need your help immediately" Rainbow shouted into a cell phone.
"Why? We agreed that we weren't going to contact each other before we are finished. And why do you use a cell phone in weyard of all places" said the boy at the other end.
"Just hurry over to the heart of Aqua Rock at once" She replied.
"Ok. See you in two seconds" He hang up and two seconds later he jumped down from the ceiling of the room Rainbow was standing in. The boy with the brown skin hurried over to his friend with yellow skin.
"What is it? It must be serious since you use a cell phone instead of our normal communication ways" Spirit said.
"Two have disappeared. Instead of getting their test they fell of someplace and now I can't find them. I have to check up on the six others and see how they are doing so I can't look for them. They have already passed your test and I think you are best suited for this job" Rainbow said.
"Ok. What am I going to do" He asked.
"Here, take this" she handed him a small mirror of some sort. "Use this and check every world you know and see if you can find them. You know it when you have found them. They are the only one who appear glowing when you look at them through the glass"
"Ok. Check the others. I'll make sure they return safely" he replied
"Thanks. You're an angel" Rainbow shouted after him.
"No. I'm not. I'm a spirit just like you. I hope they all pass your test. It is the most important" He replied. They waved goodbye to each other and a second later they were gone.
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Vokteren: Not one, not two, not three, not four, but five cliffhangers in the same chapter.
Pikachu: I resent your use of cliffhangers.
Vokteren: How else am I supposed to build up a little suspense?
Pikachu: Um. I don't know.
Vokteren: Then don't complain. Leave that to the reviewers. By the way, what do you think is the reason I haven't gotten a single critical review on this story? (I think)
Pikachu: I don't know. it is much easier to complain than to compliment so I think it is because all those who have read it thinks it is good.
Vokteren: Oh. Until the next time readers.
Pikachu: We will update as soon as possible.
Pikachu: No
Vokteren: Then disclaim so we can begin the story
Pikachu: "We own neither golden sun nor pokemon, but Rainbow and Spirit is our own creation"
"Speech" ¤thoughts¤ [Telepathy] (A/N: Author Note) (P/N: Pika Note)
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Garet and Isaac were standing on a rainbow. Around them was a bliss of colors and shapes. They didn't remember much of what had happened except for that a "freak with pink eyes" as Garet called her, had taken them to this place. They couldn't see the others anywhere.
"Where are we?" Garet asked
"I'm not sure but we are not in Aqua Rock's interior anymore" Isaac replied. "I wonder why that girl looked so like Jenna. I've seen many people but no one was more similar than that girl" Isaac sighed "Why did I have to fall into that trap yesterday? If I hadn't done that I'm sure that we could catch up with Jenna"
"Don't blame yourself" Garet consoled. "How could you know about that trap? You couldn't, and because you couldn't you can't give the guilt to yourself. The one to blame is the one who dug that hole"
"You're right, what I should worry about is what that girl has done to our friends" Isaac said, sounding worried.
"Perhaps... what is happening?" Garet said in shock.
The colors and shapes drifted around and became more solid. Where there had been a soup of colors there was now a grass plane and they where standing on it. Suddenly they heard a scream. The two voices sounded familiar; as if they belonged to someone they knew. They hurried towards where the voices came from.
As they rushed across the plain until they found the source of the sound. Saturos and Menardi holding onto the edge of a pit. The bottom was filled with sharp spikes and Saturos and Menardi where losing their grip.
"What are you two doing here?" Garet asked
"Oh, we are just hanging here and waiting for the ground to give after since we can't climb up without help" Menardi muttered.
"Why can't you climb up?" Isaac asked
"We are too heavy" Saturos answered
"But why are you too heavy?" Garet asked
"Don't know" Menardi answered.
"Are you just gonna stand there and watch us fall? Or are you going to help us?" Saturos shouted.
"What are you doing Saturos? How can you ask these mutts to help us? Don't you remember that they almost killed us at Venus Lighthouse" Menardi asked, shocked about how Saturos could be so calm in front of their worst nemesis.
"I don't think there are others here who can help us, and besides I don't think they are so coldhearted" Saturos answered before he turned to Isaac and Garet. "Are you going to help us or are you waiting for us to fall into our doom"
"What do you think Isaac?" Garet asked
"We have to help them" Isaac replied. "Even though they tried to kill us we still have too help them"
Isaac and Garet strained themselves to the max in order to pull up Saturos and Menardi, but they did it and right after they had gotten them up the ground around the pit gave after and collapsed.
"Thanks for helping us out. I think we should repay you somehow. What do you think Saturos?" Menardi asked
"I think they have deserved it" he replied
"Permit me to give them their reward" Menardi said with a smug smirk.
She glowed red for a moment before she created and explosion out of nothing. A Supernova psynergy strike. The force of the attack knocked Isaac and Garet into the pit. They heard Saturos and Menardi snicker before they ran away. Garet and Isaac turned around in midair and saw that the spikes came closer and closer.
Suddenly the spikes withdrew into the earth and a trampoline appeared out of nowhere. They fell on the trampoline and it knocked them back up on the ground. They saw Menardi's golden hair disappear into a nearby forest and they ran after her.
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Ivan and Mia were standing outside a building that Mia recognized as her second home. They were standing outside Imil Sanctum. How they had gotten here didn't matter. Mia opened the door and rushed inside, longing to see her friends and apprentices Megan and Justin. She smiled as she saw Megan but her smile disappeared when she saw what had happened to her.
Megan was battered and bruised all over and she was bleeding from a deep wound on her left leg. Mia hurried over and saw found out that because of a heavy blood loss Megan had fallen into comatose. Mia got frantic. Megan's life hangs in a thin tread and Mia wasn't sure if she had energy enough to cure her wounds. She heard footsteps behind her and sighed in relief when she remembered that Ivan was with her.
"Ivan. Open your pack and take out the bottle with Water of Hermes. Megan is in trouble and I don't think I have enough energy to cure her wounds" Mia shouted. Ivan reacted quickly and pulled a bottle of blue water out of his pocket. He walked over to Mia and handed her the bottle. Mia opened the bottle and forced some of the contents into the little girl's mouth. Immediately her cut on her leg got smaller and some color returned to her face. Mia made her drink some more and soon she was totally cured. She opened her eyes and when she saw Mia she jumped up and almost chocked Mia with her hug.
"Mia. I've missed you" Megan said.
"I've missed you too Megan" Mia answered. "What has happened here?"
"A mean man and woman came here and kidnapped Justin. They attacked me with their psynergy and then the woman hit me with her scythe and then I blacked out" Megan told them
"What did they look like?" Ivan asked the petrified and yet happy girl.
"The man had bluelike hair and blue skin and clothes. The woman had golden hair and red clothes" Megan said.
Mia and Ivan traded glances and saw that they were both thinking about the same persons, Saturos and Menardi.
"Wait" Megan shouted. "There was another person there. He... he... he was Alex"
Mia turned and looked at Megan. ¤What did Alex think he was doing? He couldn't just stand there and watch Saturos and Menardi attack defenseless children. Or could he?¤
Mia was brought out of her thinking when she heard Ivan shout "Mia. I have found some footprints here. They must belong to Saturos and his gang"
"I'm coming" she replied before turning towards Megan "Megan. You don't go anywhere. Stay here where it is safe"
"I can't leave you now Mia. I have to find Justin. He may be in trouble and he is my friend to" she replied.
Mia tried to persuade Megan into staying but failed. Megan wouldn't concede an inch. She went with Mia and Ivan no matter what. Finally Mia gave up and said the she could come on one condition. She had to walk between Mia and Ivan. Megan agreed and soon a group of three young persons walked out of the sanctum and after Saturos and Menardi.
They found Menardi's camp southeast of Imil. Near the mouth of a cave that Mia never had seen before. Menardi and Saturos were walking into the cave, leaving the sleeping Justin in Alex care. They sneaked behind him and Mia tried to knock him out with her Crystal Rod but he was quicker. He turned around and grabbed it before it made impact.
"Well, well, well. I would never believe that you would sneak up on someone like that, Mia" Alex said.
"And you? Who allow someone to kidnap small children" Mia snapped back.
"It's not like you think Mia" Alex replied.
"Then what is it then?" Ivan asked in an angry voice.
"We need those two because they are the only ones who can fulfill a dire seal. If that seal isn't completed then the world will be plunged into darkness" Alex replied. "Too bad that Menardi killed Megan but we may still complete the seal with just Justin"
"And how are we supposed to know if what you say is true? From what I know Saturos and Menardi have always been up to no good" Ivan snapped.
"He speaks the truth, but not the whole truth" Mia stated. "I know it because I can see it in his eyes"
"I am grateful for that you believe I speak the truth, but I should have known that I can't fool you when I'm confronted with you. Yes there is more to it. It appears that the ones who make sure the seal is fulfilled are granted great power" Alex said.
"I knew it. You aren't doing this for the good of humankind. You are doing this for yourself" Ivan snapped
Before Alex could argue they heard Saturos and Menardi scream from inside the cave. They got on their feet and hurried into the cave. Megan woke up Justin after they had left and they followed too. Alex was the first one to find them, but he was careless and activated another trap that tapped him for energy, making him collapse on the ground, unconscious. Mia was the next to get there, but she was more careful and found her way to Saturos and Menardi without much problem. They had fallen into a pit and now the walls around it were starting to clamp together. She shouted down to them that she was going to make an ice pillar so that they could get up before they were squished. A douse and a frost later Saturos and Menardi were up together with Mia, Ivan, Megan, Justin and an unconscious Alex.
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Pikachu and Torchic was standing in Viridian forest. Somehow they had gotten back to Viridian Forest. Of course they were overjoyed but they were also worried about the others. They were home, but without Vaporeon and Skitty and without saying goodbye to their new friends. They were longing back to Weyard, even though they had hoped that they were someday able to return home they still had gotten new friends. At least they could speak their own language again.
"I want back to Mia and Ivan" Pikachu said.
"Me too. I miss Isaac and Garet. They were so kind and helpful, and where is Skitty and Vaporeon?" Torchic said.
"Perhaps they came home another way. Anyway I want too se how my other Pika pals are doing. Perhaps they have even chosen a new name rater. It has been 25 years since the last name rater got killed"
"I know. My mother told me that he was your grandfather and that he had fallen prey to a predator, although what kind of predator it was I do not know. It wasn't one of those devious humans called pokemon trainers because that wouldn't stop mommy from telling me who it was. She is always saying that I must be ware of humans" Torchic said.
"I don't want to talk about that. It makes me sick. Anyway, we should check out how the collective is doing. They must have missed us a lot" Pikachu said.
Torchic smiled at Pikachu before making her it. Pikachu laughed and ran after her friend. After running for a while they suddenly heard a terrible scream from behind them. They turned around and saw a blaze of fire in front of them and to the left. They heard a new scream and something that fell with a thud to the ground.
"Someone's in trouble!" Pikachu shouted
"It came from over there" Torchic added.
They ran through some bushes and found the source, or sources, of the screams. This is what they saw. Two pokemon that looked like Pikachu, lay on the ground with scorch marks on their fur. The slightly bigger one had red chins with a yellow plus in it, red long ears and a red plus at the tip of its tail. The smaller one was looked just like the bigger one, except with blue instead of red and minus instead of plus. A big (P/N: By my standard) red lizard with something that resembled a horn on his head and sharp claws walked towards the two petrified mice. Two young pokemon, Plusle and Minun, was being attacked by a Charmeleon.
"Stop that" Pikachu said, moving between Charmeleon and Plusle and Minun. "Don't lay a hand on these children.
The Charmeleon laughed and said "And what would you do if I did? Shock me with that hundred volt strike of yours? Both you and I know that you only can fight if you are with other Pikachu's or there is a thunderstorm nearby. Without that you are weaker than a Magikarp"
"It might be true that I'm not physical strong, but that won't stop me from defending these children" Pikachu said with a strong voice.
Torchic came up behind her and added "As members of the collective we can't let you attack them without trying to defend them"
"They aren't members of the collective so you have no need to defend them. Even though I'm not a member of that puny organization of yours, I know your rules and your patterns. That is why I always win over you and your non violent manners. Move out of my way and I might not add you to my lunch" The Charmeleon was getting angry now.
"You wish. We won't concede an inch unless you force us to" Torchic said
"You benevolent fools. I gave you a chance to flee and yet you decide to stay and fight a battle you can't win. You are the weakest of every pokemon in the forest and you think you can save them from me" The Charmeleon growled
[I hope you have a plan Pikachu] Torchic asked using her telepathic abilities.
[I don't, but we can't let him win. Try using your psynergy because it may help us. He doesn't know about it and perhaps the surprise is enough for us to defeat him] Pikachu replied in the same manners.
[I hope you are right because here he comes] Torchic answered when she saw the red lizard run towards her at high velocity.
Pikachu and Torchic leapt to the sides, barely able to dodge the blow.
"Impressive for someone as weak as you but it won't help you" the Charmeleon was aiming for Pikachu and Torchic first. The two others were too weak to flee.
Pikachu jumped again as a fireball came flying from the lizard and dodged it just fine this time. Those small seconds where enough for Torchic to let lose a small amount of her psynergy, enough to create a Flare psynergy that surprised the Charmeleon. Since Charmeleon was a fire type it didn't do much damage but it surprised him nonetheless. He focused on Torchic instead but that was not smart of him. He let Pikachu alone long enough for her to whip up a small whirlwind, blowing him to the ground and into a tree.
He got back on his feet and now his eyes blazed. He was furious from being beaten by two weaklings. He charged up a new fireball and it hit Pikachu dead on, knocking her into Plusle and Minun. When she opened her eyes again the Charmeleon was standing on her stomach and was about slice her in her face when he was knocked of by Torchic who had used a Blast attack to knock herself as a living projectile into Charmeleon. The Charmeleon hit a tree and was knocked out cold. Pikachu and Torchic used this opening to flee with Plusle and Minun. When they were gotten a safe distance away from the Charmeleon Pikachu and Torchic turned around to the new pokemon.
"Hello and welcome to Viridian Forest" Torchic said.
"How do you know we are not from here?" The two small pokemon asked.
"Easy. We haven't seen anyone that look like you and you wasn't a part of the organization. You're not native to Kanto are you?" Pikachu asked.
"Yes" answered Minun before her brother continued. "We were kidnapped by one of those trainer persons. He brought us here and said we were weak before he let us out and just walked away. We had walked around for about ten minutes before that beast attacked us"
"I know about your kind. My mother said that where she lived before being brought here there was many of your kind. I can't be sure but I think you two also come from the Hoenn region" Torchic said.
"Perhaps" was all Minun could say before they heard a scream from the cliffs that led to the lower parts of the forest. They rushed over and found the same Charmeleon that a few minutes ago were trying to kill them. He had tried to track down Pikachu down but hadn't followed the right trail. Now he had fallen out and landed on the cliff in the middle of the mountainside.
"What are we going to do?" Plusle asked Torchic.
"What do you think we are going to do? We have to save him" Torchic said
"Even though he tried to eat us?" Minun asked
"Even though he tried to eat us" Pikachu replied.
"How do you plan doing? We can't reach him from here and I don't see any kind of rope that we could use" Plusle asked, curios about how his and her sisters saviors where going to solve this riddle.
"Wait and see" Pikachu said before turning to Torchic, this time speaking in telepathy. [We can use our psynergy. If you create a blast for the height then I can create a wind that will bring him here]
Torchic understood and focused all of her energy into a blast that could give Charmeleon the height he needed to get back on the edge. Pikachu whipped up a powerful wind, enough to move Charmeleon onto the edge. They released their energy almost at the same time, making Charmeleon hit the edge by a tiny margin. The Charmeleon stands up on his feet and dashes into the forest.
"Hey. You do at least owe us a thank you" Pikachu shouted
The Charmeleon turns around and says "I've already repaid my debt to you. You should be happy I didn't eat you in the first place" before disappearing into the forest. ¤They think that I'll let them be now but they are wrong. I'm going to get them and then I won't just kill them. They'll pay for humiliating me like that¤
"Someone here has issues" Pikachu said while looking after the running Charmeleon.
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Vaporeon and Skitty was standing outside a city they had never seen. Sure they had only seen two real cities but this one was gigantic. They were standing outside Saffron city and were admiring the grandness of the city.
"Since we are back home I think we can talk in our normal way" Vaporeon said.
"We aren't home. Sure we may be back in Kanto but we are not near Viridian Forest" Skitty answered.
"I wonder if there is a collective here. I wonder if a collective like we have back home exist other places" Vaporeon said
"Well, let's check it out" Skitty turned around and rushed into the forest outside. Vaporeon hurried after and soon they were standing in the middle of the forest, although they couldn't shake of the feeling that something was wrong.
"Why is it so quiet here?" Vaporeon asked.
"Why it is quiet here? Because of humans of course" they turned around and saw a Vulpix stand behind them.
"What do you mean by because of humans?" Skitty asked.
"You two are clearly not from around here. Humans have been training and catching pokemon here so much that most have left. Only me and a few others are left" The Vulpix answered.
"Don't you have a collective here?" Skitty asked.
"A collective? What is a collective?" Vulpix wondered.
"A collective is many pokemon that works together and help each other. It is really helpful. We help each other from trainers who try to catch us and we protect each others from independent predators. We do lots of other stuff too. We had a name rater until 25 years ago. He gave us names that fitted to our personality. He was killed by a predator although the adults don't want to tell us children about who it was. Because he was so young when he was killed he didn't have an apprentice and we haven't been able to choose a new name rater" Vaporeon told the Vulpix.
"Interesting. So you two don't have names? My name is Andrew by the way" The Vulpix said.
"Nice to meet you Andrew" Skitty and Vaporeon said.
"Can't you two tell me a little about how your collective works? I could perhaps establish something here and that could restore the former glory of this place" Andrew asked his new friends.
Of course they agreed and soon they were walking through the forest. Skitty and Vaporeon told Andrew about how the collective was built upon the cooperation of many pokemon. How they had established a "town" that was better organized than a human town of the same size. Skitty was especially interested in telling about how the collective helped anyone. No matter who they are, what they are and what they've done, even if they are enemies.
Andrew listened carefully and was quite impressed. If they had something like this in this forest they might have been able to fend of those humans who thought they owned them. This forest belonged to those who lived in it and a human could never understand this. He was eager to tell this to his friends. Although they were just ten left in the forest the idea was good enough to make others help them develop his plan. Suddenly he heard a scream. A scream that belonged to someone he held dearly.
"Felicia" he said with worry in his voice.
"What is it?" Skitty asked
"That scream belonged to Felicia, and she doesn't scream unless she is in dire need" he replied.
"Then what are we waiting for?" Vaporeon said.
"Are you going to help me?" He said with wonder. He wasn't used to be treated so kind, except by his friends.
"Of course. If you can't help her alone then we will help you help her" Skitty said.
"Thanks a lot. Let's hurry. It may be one of those malicious trainers who try to catch her" Andrew said
They hurried towards the place they had heard the sound from. As they got closer the smell of burnt wood strung in their nose, glowing ashes whirled around and it got considerably hotter. They finally entered a clearing where they saw what the reason was. A Charizard and a Pikachu were battling each other. Right now the Charizard had the upper hand. He held the Pikachu's tail, feet and lower body firmly between his jaws and smashed the Pikachu into the ground repeatedly until he flew up and threw it hard to the ground.
The shock from seeing Felicia fall made Andrew red with anger as he dashed towards the trainer to tackle him. No one harms his Felicia and gets away with it. The trainer saw him coming and simply moved out of the way. Because of his vehemence he was unable to turn and hit him again before the trainer had placed a kick in his small body.
The trainer put on a smug smile before saying "Don't worry. I'll catch you after I have caught your little friend"
The trainer turned around and faced the worn out Pikachu. He threw a Great Ball towards Felicia but Vaporeon knocked it away with his tail. The trainer just smiled before ordering his Charizard to attack. Vaporeon took the blow from the attack just so Felicia didn't become more damaged.
Skitty jumped on the Charizard from behind and made it try to hit her. Because of her agility she dodged the dragon's furious attempts to harm her with great effortlessness. The Charizard got angrier and angrier until he went on a rampage. Skitty tried to dodge for as long as possible but she had to give up when the Charizard hit her with his massive tail.
In the meant time Vaporeon had healed Felicia with his limited healing power. She got back to his senses and told about how she had gotten caught in a trap made by the trainer. The pokemon who fell prey to this trap became marked with some sort of metal object. The trainer could then locate the pokemon using some sort of mechanical doodad.
"That is truly dishonorable. How can someone use such dirty tricks?" Andrew asked with disgust in his voice
"I don't know but we have to do something quick. I don't think Skitty can stand much longer against that pokemon. She has never been much of a fighter" Vaporeon said.
"Let me help you" Felicia said.
"No. You have to rest. I don't want you to get you harmed" Andrew said
Felicia slapped Andrew over his face before scolding him "Stop being so overprotective. They saved me and I can't just stand by and watch them being captured by some coldhearted trainer"
"Um... I don't want to interrupt your little speech but Skitty has fallen" Vaporeon said while poking Felicia with his tail.
Felicia and Andrew turned around and watched Skitty lying unconscious. The trainer had pulled out an Ultra Ball and now the round yellow object was flying towards the unconscious pink cat. Felicia and Andrew unleashed a duo attack, knocking the ball out of its path. The trainer turned and saw the three pokemon snarl angry at him. He just ordered his pokemon to attack them all at once.
In respond to this act the three pokemon, Vaporeon, Andrew and Felicia, charged up their strongest attacks. Vaporeon let out a Powder Snow attack, Andrew a Fire Spin and Felicia a thunder attack. Together they formed a tri attack, (A/N: Seen the attack in RS? Red yellow and blue), that hit the Charizard dead on.
The force of the impact knocked the pokemon over its trainer. The trainer dropped his pokeballs and a strange device that broke upon hitting the ground. Andrew and Felicia hurried over and released all the pokemon trapped inside the pokeballs before crushing the balls. The pokemon, a Pidgeotto, a Ditto and a Raticate, ran away into the forest. The last pokeball was crushed by Vaporeon, thus breaking the trainers control over his pokemon.
When the Charizard realized he was free he turned towards his former trainer with anger in his eyes. He resented his trainer to a maximum due to his own superiority of the human race. He hated weakness and of all creatures in the world he believed that humans were the weakest of them all.
Skitty had just recovered from the blow she got five minutes ago and now she saw that the trainer was being chased by his own pokemon.
"Skitty" Vaporeon shouted and rushed over to his friend.
"I'm fine but I don't think that trainer is going to be fine" she said with a look towards the trainer. The Charizard had reached him and where punching him to the ground.
"We have to help him" Skitty said.
"Help him? After what he did to us?" Andrew said from behind
"Don't you remember what we told you about the collective? We help everyone. No matter who they are" Vaporeon began
"What they are and what they've done" Andrew took a deep breath before continuing "I never thought I would get into such a situation"
"It doesn't matter what you two do. Me and Vaporeon is going to help that poor guy anyway" Skitty said with slight signs of fear that was covered by an insistent appearance.
Skitty and Vaporeon ran to tackle the Charizard of the boy who was now bleeding heavily now.
"The collective?" Felicia asked her friend
"Yes. It is some kind of corporation. What is your plan?" Andrew asked Felicia.
"Help Vaporeon and Skitty of course" Skitty said before dashing after her new friends.
Andrew thought about it for a second before he joined in the tackle. The quadruplet hit the Charizard right before he unleashed a Flamethrower attack on the boy. The dragon quickly got back on his feet and growled angry at the four other pokemon.
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"Spirit! I need your help immediately" Rainbow shouted into a cell phone.
"Why? We agreed that we weren't going to contact each other before we are finished. And why do you use a cell phone in weyard of all places" said the boy at the other end.
"Just hurry over to the heart of Aqua Rock at once" She replied.
"Ok. See you in two seconds" He hang up and two seconds later he jumped down from the ceiling of the room Rainbow was standing in. The boy with the brown skin hurried over to his friend with yellow skin.
"What is it? It must be serious since you use a cell phone instead of our normal communication ways" Spirit said.
"Two have disappeared. Instead of getting their test they fell of someplace and now I can't find them. I have to check up on the six others and see how they are doing so I can't look for them. They have already passed your test and I think you are best suited for this job" Rainbow said.
"Ok. What am I going to do" He asked.
"Here, take this" she handed him a small mirror of some sort. "Use this and check every world you know and see if you can find them. You know it when you have found them. They are the only one who appear glowing when you look at them through the glass"
"Ok. Check the others. I'll make sure they return safely" he replied
"Thanks. You're an angel" Rainbow shouted after him.
"No. I'm not. I'm a spirit just like you. I hope they all pass your test. It is the most important" He replied. They waved goodbye to each other and a second later they were gone.
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Vokteren: Not one, not two, not three, not four, but five cliffhangers in the same chapter.
Pikachu: I resent your use of cliffhangers.
Vokteren: How else am I supposed to build up a little suspense?
Pikachu: Um. I don't know.
Vokteren: Then don't complain. Leave that to the reviewers. By the way, what do you think is the reason I haven't gotten a single critical review on this story? (I think)
Pikachu: I don't know. it is much easier to complain than to compliment so I think it is because all those who have read it thinks it is good.
Vokteren: Oh. Until the next time readers.
Pikachu: We will update as soon as possible.