Hunter 2 Chapter 8: Time for backstabbing, a pokémon fanfic

Disclaimer: Welcome to the wonderful world that is Pokémon. Of course everything related to Pokémon is owned and licensed by Nintendo, and I'm sure the author of this story will do his best to treat Nintendo and Pokémon with as much respect as possible. Now, the characters in this story are all original except for professor Oak, Ash, Gary, Misty, Brock, several Jenny's and Joy's and some other weirdo's that wander around in the game and/or series and of course, the Pokémon.

Chapter 8 – Time for backstabbing

Jennifer stood frozen. I would if a raging Gyarados towered high above me, but… well, I wouldn't since I've seen so many things before. But anyway, she didn't move, and I wanted her to move. I ran towards her and grabbed her by the shoulders.

"Are you alright?" I asked her and turned my attention to the Gyarados, "calm down! Remember her? Franklin gave you to her! She's your new master! She just didn't know how to take care of you!"

Man, I was hoping this worked.

"You have to tell him to calm down," I told her, "you can do it, you just have to be strong."

She looked at me, and then at the Gyarados.

"Larry, calm down," she said, breathing deeply, and then, more secure, "Larry! Calm down!"

The Gyarados submerged again and then came up, less violent than before, but still menacing.

"I'm sorry," she told the large pokémon, "but I didn't know how to look after you, so I thought it would be best if I set you free. And I thought I did, I'm sorry."

The Gyarados seemed to calm down more and loomed closer to Jennifer. She petted him on his head, and all seemed forgiven. And that's all nice and stuff, but what about Franklin?

"What's that?" David asked, pointing to some sort of satchel, tied to his horns.

"Some trainers give their pokémon these satchels to give them items so they can fight better," I told him.

"So what's in it?"

"Good question." I nodded and asked Jennifer if she could open the satchel.

She reached for it, but Larry withdrew himself.

"Tell him we need whatever is in it to solve Franklins death." I told Jennifer.

The Gyarados reluctantly came back and Jennifer gave me the satchel. I opened it and found a couple of CD-ROMs, wrapped airtight and waterproof.

"Tom? Give me your laptop."

I inserted the CD's and checked what was on it.

"The blue prints of the machine, complete with a manual." Tom sighed.

"What is it?" Jennifer asked, looking at me for an explanation.

It was however David that told her what was going on.

"Franklin somehow got these discs in hand and found out they were dangerous. He hid them on his Gyarados and gave it to you, so they'd be safe, in case something happened to him."

"You mean, he got killed for those things?" she asked.

"Unfortunately, yes." I sighed, "I'm sorry."

"What will happen to them now?"

I had no idea. I was told to bring the Gyarados to Jaeger, Tom and David were told to bring the discs to Ream Rocket. I was hoping it wouldn't come to this, the time for backstabbing and treachery.

I arrived at a warehouse, just a bit outside Goldenrod…

"So what happened?" Ash asked.

"Damn it, haven't you ever heard of building up tension?" Tony shouted, "You'll find out in a minute, okay?"

Anyway, I arrived at the warehouse where Jaeger was supposed to be. And he was, still dressed in expensive clothes that just weren't him, along with a black Benz and two bodyguards.

"Ah, Mr. Hunter," he greeted me, "about time. I hope you have the package?"

"Depends, do you have the money?"

He opened a briefcase similar to the one he had on our first occasion and showed me the contents.

"Very nice," I told him and I took out Larry's pokéball.

"You'll find that it's more than 125 000," he told me, "I couldn't bring myself on robbing you, so I added another 125 000. Your prices are far too low, my friend."

"So I've heard," I muttered as I took the case.

"What happened to your arm?" he asked as he took the pokéball, "if I may be so bold."

"Well," I replied, "I could tell you, but then I would get ahead of myself. Other things have to be asked first."

"What other things?" he frowned, not liking where this was going.

"It wasn't about the Gyarados, was it?"

He let out Larry and looked him over while the Gyarados curled up in a corner.

"There should be a satchel…" he said, looking for it.

"Well, that's gone," I admitted, "the only thing I have are some scratched discs."

"Why is it gone?"

"Now we come to the broken arm," I grinned, "you see, as I finally found it, it was being attacked by two guys, dressed in black. Not stylish like me, of course, but some sort of uniform. They could get their hands on that satchel you were talking about before I could reach them. And when I reached them, this puppy here," I pointed to the Gyarados, "found his last strength and smashed into us, breaking my arm in the process. Those guys recovered faster than me, grabbed the satchel and took a run for it. There was nothing more for me to do but to capture the Gyarados and take the discs that had fallen out of the satchel. Of course, as you can see, they're all scratched," I ended my explanation.

Jaeger looked me up and down and looked back at the discs.

"Do you know what was on those discs?" he asked me.

"Hey, I was only paid to capture that Gyarados, and I delivered. Those discs I gave you were a freebee."

"Yes," Jaeger nodded as he seemed to reach a conclusion, "yes they are. Well, congratulations, Mr. Hunter, you've succeeded where many others have failed. You have definitely deserved the money. And indeed, it wasn't about the Gyarados but those discs. It's unfortunate that they are destroyed, but what can be done about it? And since this wasn't about the Gyarados, you get that one as well. You'll probably get more out of it than a measly 375 000. Goodbye Mr. Hunter, I hope we'll meet again."

Jaeger called Larry back and gave me the pokéball. He then picked up the pokéball with the trade pokémon in it and stepped into the waiting car. I also left and went back to my office. As soon as I arrived, I logged on the net and send out a message. Shortly I got one back.

I'm the best pokémon master! (pokémaster998775àhotmail) says:

Everything went to plan, delivered the ball and got it back without a hassle, even got a pay raise.