Okay! So now the story is bellossom-ing! (lol). Anyways, I encourage you to read the third chapter before reading this, but it's not really needed. Chp. 1 and 2 are useless to the plot so you could easily just read chp. 3! This chapter is about as long as chp. 3. Thank you for reading this, I hope it can continue! Ciao!
Gateon port was silent. Well, there was the sound of the sea waves, and crickets singing into the clear, night sky, and three people talking at the end of one of the ports.
"Best be that you ladies stay aways from that there town!"
"But why?" Jasmine sounded spoiled and rotten saying this.
"'Cause," Willy the Rider answered. "That them The Under is a bad place. Only very mean and cruel people lives down there!"
"Well," Paff said. "It can't be that bad! Can it?"
"Well, yes missie!"
"Well, why can't we just go and see it?" Jasmine said. "We just want to see the jewelery stores, and other stuff!"
"Dammit, can't you'ze listen?" Willy said frustratedly. "If you'ze ladies want to be kidnapped, then by all means, go'ze! But don't come backs sayin' I'd a didn't warns ya!"
The girls looked at each other happily, then looked at Willy seriously.
"We'll need a ride," Paff told him. "D'you have a car?"
"Nopes," Will crossed his armes. "I ride my Dragonite places! He's a big feller!"
"Can you take us there?" Jasmine asked.
"Well," Willy started to answer slowly. "I ain't takin' you'ze theres directly. But I can take you to the entrance way to... get there."
"Then let's go!" Paff yelled impatiently.
"Alrights!" Willy threw his ball. "DRAGONITE!" There was a flash, the girls couldn't handle the light so they had to hide their face in their arms. When they decided to look into the air again, the giant Dragonite gave them a growl, then bent down allowing them to climb on. The girls climbed the Dragonite with haste, and motioned Willy to climb aboard with them. He walked over to the Dragonite and said, "Oasis spot, please boy." The large pokémon nodded kindly. Willy climbed on and the Dragonite flew up.
The girls were taken quite aback by all this. They had never been on an airplane, let alone riding on the back of a huge dragon. Paff looked back at the shrinking Gateon port, and the calm sea. The wind beated them. Paff was spitting along the way because Jasmine's long black hair kept blowing into Paff's face. Willy kept on 'Yee-haw'ing all the way until the Dragonite landed near a very small lake. It landed on a smooth, circular peice of land. Around it being a bunch of tall palm trees. The girls thought that they would like it to come back here when it was day.
They hopped off of the Dragonite onto the large, circular platform. Willy told them, "See over there, missies?" The girls looked behind them. About two miles away, there was a large silver dome. It had a few large holes in it, so the girls assumed it to be quite old. Willy continued, "That there is Pyrite town." The girls recognized that name, for the tour guide lady, Jihan, had told them that they had rooms there. "Under that there Pyrite is The Under. If you want to see the shops and mines down there, yer gonna have to walk down the small canyon."
"Thank you so much, Willy!" Jasmine gave Willy a large hug. Willy's leather coat gave a large rubbing noise that made Paff look disgusted.
"No problem, missie!" Willy waved his cowboy hat, and jumped back onto the Dragonite. "If y'all wanna come and see ol' me, drop down by them there Outskirt Stand, okay?" His Dragonite took flight as Jasmine and Paff waved their arms towards them.
Paff waited 'till they were gone to murmur, "What a freak!"
"Yeah," Jasmine agreed, and they started walking towards Pyrite town, towards The Under, towards the evil plotting within.
Now we go back to our main characters; there were now at the Pokémon Head Quarters, or the PHQ for short. Police personnelle had taken them there, at the request of a mane named Krane.
"So," Justin said to everyone looking at him. "What is this whole thing about? We didn't kill anyone! That woman- Monika! Yeah! Her name was Monika!"
"We know, kid!" A man with a lab coat grunted at him. Justin, Tetra and Gers were surrounded by smart-looking people. They all were wairing white lab coats, and staring at either the three teens, or thier electronic equipment.
The man sitting at the desk- Krane- got up and looked at the kids like he was studying them for something. "We don't believe you killed anyone! What we want you here for is not punishment, but our priviledge!"
"So," Gers started. "We don't get punished, or rewarded! That's cheap! Justin got rid of that Monika lady, and freed everyone! That guy was dead when we got there!"
"Shut your damn mouth, kid!" a female scientist shouted. Gers glared at her, then shut his mouth.
Krane sat down again, "You said to the authorities that this Monika woman claimed to be an 'Admin'?"
"Yeah," Tetra agreed.
"So it is Cipher?" a male scientist whispered to another.
"Now, now," Krane hushed the scientist. "There's no proof of Cipher! She could have just been a renegade criminal! She'll be apprehended. If Cipher was back, why would they want Orre Coliseum?"
"Cipher, sir?" Justin asked Krane.
"Please, call me Professor Krane! Anyways, Cipher is - I mean was! WAS a secret, evil organization that tried to artificially close the hearts of random pokémon, turning them to shadow pokémon!"
"What?" Gers asked, sitting a little straighter.
"You see, eight years ago, Cipher joined another evil organization, Team Sagem, to try and collect other peoples pokémon. Back then, there were no wild pokémon on Orre. They had successfully done their task, until two people were able to stop Ciphers evil plans."
Another person that the three kids hadn't noticed started continuing the story. She wasn't wearing a lab coat, but a pink dress. She continued, "And then, five years after the two people had stopped Cipher, a large pokémon cruiser, the S.S. Libra, dissapeared in the ocean. After my son, Michael, investigated a bit, he discovered that Cipher was back, and they had stolen all the pokémon aboard the ship. They were making shadow pokémon again. This time, however, they attempted to make shadow pokémon that were unpurifyable, or, they couldn't change back."
"Thank you Lily," Krane stood up. A lot of the scientists in the room were sitting down now. Krane continued the story, "Michael successfully stopped Cipher again, and changed all the shadow pokémon back to normal. Cipher has never been spotted since, and no shadow pokémon have ever been near."
"So," Tetra said. "Why do you think Cipher is back? Again."
"We're not saying that," Krane put his hand up and smiled. "Admin was a rank that we learned Cipher had given to a number of people, that were in charge of a Cipher team."
"Like a general?" Justin asked.
"Yeah," The woman named Lily answered.
"Where is Michael now?" Gers asked.
"Out on his pokémon journey." Lily answered. "I think he's in Hoenn now."
"Why is it that you need us, now?" Justin asked loudly. "Now do you need us to go and save all the shadow pokémon?"
"We think that your pokémon might have special abilities." Krane said. "One of us was at the Coliseum during your battle. They called us right away."
"Dennis was also one of us, that's why some of us believe Cipher did this!"
The man that grunted at Justin told them, "He was one of us that were in charge of the Purify Chamber three years ago! They want revenge!"
"Shut up!" Krane shouted. "Dennis' death was a coincidence! Cipher is not back! They will never be back because they know they'll lose again!"
"Look," Lily quieted things down, "If Cipher was back, they would probably try to gain control of other cities! They havn't, meaning no Cipher."
The three teens were just sitting around as the scientists argued. They took the opportunity to try and sneak out of the room. They tip-toed out, hearing things like, "Are you an idiot?". "We haven't got in touch with Mayor Danté, Pyrite town, or Michael town!". "Their phone lines are down!"
When the three got outside they looked out into the familiar, dark woods. The woods seemed calmer and gentler in the night than in the day.
Gers pulled out his map and looked for a good spot to head.
"Let's see... There's the Mount Battle Training Area?"
"Naw," Justin said. "We don't have enough pokémon."
"Why don't we catch some?" Tetra suggested. "It would be good practice for our pokémon!"
"Alright," Gers said, putting away his map. "But let's head for Pyrite Town, down towards Gateon Port."
"Alright," Justin agreed.
"Alright," Tetra repeated.
"Let's go!" Gers pointed onward.
The three ran through the woods beside the path, so they knew where they were going. They were keeping an eye out for pokémon they wanted to catch. Tetra was the first to spot one, about 100 meters down the path.
"Oh! Look!" she told her male comrades. "A Silcoon!" Sure enough, on a long tree branch, was a large, white ball of what looked like silk, a Silcoon.
"Are you sure?" Justin asked Tetra. "A Silcoon evolves into a Beautifly."
"Yes," Tetra pulled out a pokéball. "Go! SHROOMISH!" There was a small flash, and Tetra's Shroomish appeared. "Shroomish!" Tetra ordered. "Weaken that Silcoon!"
"What's the info on the Silcoon," Gers asked Justin.
Justin looked at Gers, then touched his earpice while looking at the Silcoon. He listened, then said to Gers, "Silcoon, level 9, female, Bug."
"Whoa," Tetra exclaimed. "It's weak."
Justin then did a read of Tetra's Shroomish. He said, "Shroomish, level 21, female, Grass."
Tetra comanded, "Shroomish, use ABSORB." As Shroomish got a hold of Silcoon, Tetra told the boys, "I think I'm getting the hang of this!"
"You...uhhhhh...sure are!" Justin added the last part as Tetra's Shroomish threw the Silcoon into the tree. Tetra threw her ball at that moment. The ball shook around, but Tetra knew she had it. The ball stopped squirmimg and glowing. She ran, picked it up and cheered. "Hoo-ray!"
She was about to call back her Shroomish when Justin stopped her. "No! Let your Shroomish run around. It probably likes this kind of environment."
"Shroomish is a plant," Gers inquired. "So it would be better for it in the day."
"Yeah, but," Justin told Gers. "It probably needs exercise. Like my pokémon." Justin was about to release his pokémon when he saw movement in the trees. Gers and Tetra looked back and stared. After a few seconds, a small, green spider-like thing appeared.
"Aww, sweet!" Justin whispered. "I want it!"
"A Spinarak?" Gers whispered back. "Why?"
"Personally, I like Ariados, not Spinarak." Justin said. He tapped his earpiece while looking at the little Spinarak. He whispered, "Spinarak, level 21, male, Bug-Poison."
Justin grabbed his pokéball again. "FEEBAS! Weaken the Spinarak!" There was a small flash again, revealing the small, (and rather ugly) Feebas. The Feebas took a look at the Spinarak, and automatically shot a huge ball of water at it. The Spinarak fell from the tree, and shot a series of webs at the Feebas. However, the web couldn't seem to get all the way around the Feebas, so the Feebas rammed the Spinarak, pinning it against a cut tree trunk.
"That Feebas has good insticts," Gers said to Justin.
"I know," Justin replied. "Something tells me that she will be a great partner at some point."
"I know what you mean," Tetra said.
The Spinarak still tried to catch Justin's Feebas in a web, but the Feebas' strange shape allowed her to slip right through it. Feebas rammed the Spinarak again, and Justin casually threw his second greatball.
The Spinarak flew into the ball, and the ball wiggled around. Once the ball finally gave up, Justin picked it up slowly, and put it away.
"Awesome!" Gers cheered. "You two are really good at catching now!"
"Yeah," Tetra beamed. "I know we are."
"Come on guys," Justin waved his arm down the path. "Let's keep moving."
The three continued through the dark woods, whispering along the way. They discussed what the scientists at the PHQ were plotting. What happened at the Coliseum? Justin still believed that his friends Yvon and Medli knew what, but they had separated after the authorities arrived at the there.
"I just don't understand why they wouldn't let us in on it!" Gers said to his companions. The sky on the horizon was turning pink now, meaning sunset was to arrive soon. "They probably think that they can handle whatever it is on their own!"
"They wouldn't do that!" Tetra argued. "They wouldn't hide something that important!"
"I'm really starting to think that this whole trip is just a piece of crap." Justin said mildly irritated.
Tetra asked, "What? Why do you think that?"
"I dunno," Justin groaned. "I just get that feeling."
"That's a good sign!" Gers pointed to a wooden sign that read;
Right to; Gateon Port. Straight to; Agate Villiage, Pyrite Town, The Under, Phenac City, Realgam Tower.
"It looks like most of Orre's population is to the south and east," Tetra inquired.
"Yeah," Justin looked down the path. "Let's stop at Gateon Port. We can eat there. Plus we can meet up with everyone."
"I thought that everyone was going to meet at Pyrite Town," Gers said.
"Well, whatever," Justin said. "We're going there too!"
"Okay," Tetra instructed, "Let's get going. I could eat a horse right now!"
"Same here," both boys agreed.
They took a left down the path and headed for the pink lit Gateon Port. The sunrise was gorgeous, and remember, gorgeous was a word only used on certainly beautiful things, and this sunrise was gorgeous!They walked down the stairs to the Ports, to the side into a small restaurant.
They noticed imediately that their friends Samus, Manus and Violet were inside.They walked in and said "Hi," to each other and started to eat together.
"Leave this place, child!" the woman shouted at Jasmine. "This is not a place for meddling children!"
"Hey, leave us alone!" Paff screamed. "Why can't we stay? We're not doing anything wrong!"
"Yeah," Jasmine agreed with Paff.
"I've warned ya!" the woman shouted again. "You better leave, or-" the woman cut off her sentence because she saw a man arrive behind the girls. "Leave this place, children! Go away! We do not need eavesdroppers!"
"Neha!"the man yelled. "Stop pestering these children!" Upon hearing these words, Jasmine and Paff turned quickly. They instantly recognized the man as Andrew, the tough pokémon trainer from Gateon Port. "These girls just want a tour! Stop being a little old hag!"
The woman that the girls now knew asNeha groaned at Andrew. "Oh Ki-"
"Neha! Do not call me by that name, you idiot!" Andrew interrupted her. "It's Andrew!"
Neha paused to look at the Jasmine and Paff, who were staring at Andrew. "I'm sorry... Andrew."
Andrew took a short pause, then motioned his head to tell her to leave. She took a slight bow, and walked away, towards a nearby bar. Andrew clapped his hands, "Now! Would you girls like to go for a bite to eat with me? I'll pay for you!"
"Oh, no," Paff shook her head. "We have plenty of money!"
"Yeah," Jasmine nodded. "We do. But sure! We'll join you!"
"Oh, splendid!" Andrew said. "I just have to give a talk to Neha again." He made a disgusted face. Jasmine and Paff thought that he was probably going to scold or punish her. "I'll meet you there, okay?"
"Alright," Paff said. "We'll see you!"
Andrew stomped into the bar that Neha entered, and Jasmine and Paff headed for a small restaurant behind them. They entered, ordered some food, (there were not very many people in the room) and sat down to talk.
"What the hell was all that?" Paff said to Jasmine.
"I dunno!" Jasmine answered quietly. "But it was strange! What do you think that that Neha lady was going to call Andrew that got him so pissed off?"
"I dunno" Paff whispered. "Maybe he's not who he seems to be!"
Jasmine made a small chuckle, then looked at Paff in a half disgusted, half sarcastic smile. "Relax! He's obviously on our side! We should stay with him! He'll help us out."
"Yeah," Paff said. "You're right. But what did Neha not want us to know?"
"Probably something that she was planning." Jasmine replied. The waitress came and gave them a good bacon and eggs breakfast.
"Thank you," Paff smiled, then she looked surprised at Jasmine. "What is she planning? Is she a bad guy?"
"What do you mean, 'bad guy'?" Jasmine wondered aloud.
"Well, I don't know" Paff emphasized. "She could be plotting something that she doesn't want us to know about."
Justin, Tetra, Gers, Samus, Manus and Violet were finished their breakfast, and were leaving their restaurant to get ready for the new day. They were chatting with each other while walking towards the exit of Gateon Port.
"So, you guys are going to Pyrite Town too, right?" Violet asked.
"Yeah," Gers answered.
"Cool," Samus said. "We want to check the town out. See what it's like!"
"You guys should check out Phenac city!" Justin told them.
"Really?" Manus asked. "Why? Is it nice?"
"Yeah," Tetra answered with great expression. "It's like a city of water. Very pretty!"
"Cool," Violet said. "Where is it."
"To the east," Gers responded.
"How'd you get there in the first place?" Manus asked.
"We took a train there," Gers answered. "My map said so. Go to the Pokémon Head Quarters and there'll be a station there. It leads to Phenac and Nia Town."
"Nia Town?" Samus said. "Did you guys go there?"
"Nope," Justin said. "But the mayor of Phenac is there." Justin recalled hearing this on the train. "His name is... Danté!"
"Cool," Samus said. "We'll go there too. Also we'd like to-" Samus stopped short when the six had to cover their ears. There was a sudden, deafening trill sounding as the six walked. A tall, skinny man in a green suit had blown a whistle in their ears.
He bellowed at them, "YOU HAVE STEPPED INTO THE DUAL CIRCLE! YOU MUST NOW BATTLE! CHOOSE A REPRESENTATIVE!" He intensified every syllable of the last word.
Tetra screamed, "WHAT? I THINK I'M DEAF!"
Samus was screaming as well, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN, BATTLE?"
Justin was the first to stop covering his ears. "ARRGGHH! Why the hell did you do that?"
The man started yelling again, "HAVE YOU CHOSEN A BATTLER?"
"SHUT UP!" Tetra complained. " DEAR GOD! Stop screaming IN MY EAR!"
"Do you want me to battle?" Justin continued to yell, so he could be sure he could still hear.
"FINE!" the man barked. "YOU YOUNG GENTLEMAN WILL BATTLE TWO PEOPLE WITH ONE POKéMON!"
Justin started to listen a little clearer. "Uhhhhhhh..."
Gers was standing behind Justin. "UGGGGGG! I CAN'T BELIEVE I CAN STILL HEAR!"
"Uhhhhhh... How about Eevee! I guess he's the only one with full strength." Justin told the man.
The man had finally quieted down to normal. "Allrrrrrright! Let's get started! Shannon! You've got a challenger."
A tall, red haired woman turned around from a conversation to look at Justin. "Him?" she said a little disgusted. "Oh, alright. You ready, kid?"
Justin looked around at his friends, a few of which were still struggling for hearing. "Uhhh, okay. Go! EEVEE!" Justin threw his ball onto the center of the ground, and it flashed to reveal Justin's Eevee.
Shannon looked at Eevee as though she was a queen, and the Eevee was a beggar. "Go!" she shouted. "MAWILE!" There was a flash, and Shannon's Mawile appeared before Justin (and his friends that actually knew what was going on).
Justin touched his earpiece while looking at the ferocious Mawile. It spoke to him, "Mawile, level 19, female, Steel."
Okay, Justin thought. Her Mawile is weaker than Eevee. I just need to use aggression.
"Eevee!" Justin commanded. "Use TACKLE on her!" The Eevee reared up, and charged for the Mawile, but the Mawile dodged like it was a Matador.
Shannon ordered, "Mawile! Get it with VICE GRIP!" The Mawile opened up it's huge hair-like jaw, and caught Eevee's torso. It started to wiggle it's jaw around, unfortunately for Eevee. Justin however learned how to counter this move by watching Gers battle Larry on the S.S. Radygoas.
"Eevee!" Justin yelled. "Get out of her grip with TAIL WHIP!"
The Eevee obeyed it's trainer and jiggled around in Mawiles jaw. The Mawile couldn't hold the Eevee, so he let it go. The Eevee rammed Mawile in the chest, and sent it soaring. The Mawile got up, wounded.
"Mawile!" Shannon shouted. "Try using SWEET SCENT!"
The Mawile painfully took a deep breath, and blew a pink, gaseous substance at Eevee. The Eevee beganto start sneezing uncontrollably.It tried to back away, but just ended up sneezing right back into the stuff.
"Eevee!" Justin yelled. "Try and use QUICK ATTACK!" The Eevee started to run around in a circle around the pink gas and Mawile. The pink gas started to gather together in the center of the circle, and so Eevee was able to concentrate betterly. It used a great, quick tackle onto the Mawile, knocking it out over to Shannon. The Mawile tried to get up, but just fell down again.
Suddenly, Justin's earpeice started to vibrate, then it said to Justin, "Eevee level up! 21 to 22!"
"What?" Justin said slowly.
"Woo-Hoo!" Justin turned.
He heard Gers cheer as Shannon called back her unconcious Mawile. "Why were you battling anyways, Justin?"
Before Justin could answer Gers, a man the same size as Shannon ran up to where she had been standing. Shannon yelled at him, "Ludvik, please! Just leave the damn kid!"
"You little brat!" the man named Ludvik spoke with a German accent. He pointed at Justin. "Go! SLOWPOKE!" There was a slight flash, and then appeared the Slowpoke.
Justin quickly used his earpiece on the Slowpoke. "Slowpoke, level 9, male, Water-Psychic."
"Ha!" Justin chuckled aloud. "Eevee, just use TACKLE." Eevee expected another challenge had arrisen, but it was an easy battle. The Slowpoke collapsed after just one TACKLE! Ludvik called back his Slowpoke with embarrassment.
Justin laughed, "You shouldn't go into a battle you'll know you'll lose in!"
Ludvik made a sarcastic laugh, then said, "You s'ink your funny don't you? Stupid child! You'll get it! Yes you v'ill!" Ludvik grabbed Shannon's arm, and they stormed off.
The annoying, loud man appeared beside Justin. "Well, kid!" he shook Justin's hand. "You did it! You won two battles! You can leave now! Go! Oh, and, uhhh, sorry about the shouting."
"Yeah! You'd better be!" retorted Violet. This was the first thing Violet said in a while. The rest of them seemed to agree.
"Hold on, mates!" The seven all turned to see a man. The six all knew this man, for he was the captain of the boat that brought them there. However, they never learned his name, but the loud man revealed it to them.
"Ah, Mr. Yisp! How nice to see you!"
"You too, Gerald my mate!" The shook hands with each other. Captain Yisp (lol) turned to the kids, but looked at Justin. "Ah, isn't it lovely to see you again, little fellah! How'd be you doing? Caught an Eevee I see!"
"Yeah," Justin said his Eevee standing by his legs. "On your ship, infact!"
"Blimey! If I would've known that Eevee were on my ship, I would've caught some!"
"You like Eevee, sir?" Tetra asked.
"Yes!" Captain Yisp answered. "I had one once! Decided to turn it into Flareon!"
Justin recalled battling the Captain's Flareon on board the S.S. Radygoas. "How?" Justin asked.
"Well," Captain Yisp started. "With a Fire Stone, mate! I have a Water Stone and a Thunder Stone with me right now!"
"Really?" Gers asked.
"Can we see?" Samus clapped.
"Sure!" Captain Yisp pulled out two shiny rocks from his pockets. One was blue, the other was yellow. "Little fellah." Justin looked up because he knew the Captain was talking to him.
"To be honest," Captain Yisp continued. "I actually just bought these now! I actually wanted to give one to you!"
"What?" Justin shouted in shock. "Really? But, that's a hard choice! It's either Vaporeon, or Jolteon."
"What are you going to do with the second stone?" Manus asked the Captain.
"Oh, well," The Captain started. "You blokes remember Jihan? She's got a little sister named Britteny. She's about your age, and she's got an Eevee too! I wanted her to take the one that you didn't choose!"
"Oh," Justin looked at both stones held out infront of him.
Justin thought that a Vaporeon was the better choice, but he purposely hesitated in order for him not to look selfish. He very slowly reached for the shiny blue stone, and put it in his pocket while his friends whispered all around him.
"Great choice, mate!" Captain Yisp put away the yellow stone. "Now, aren't you going to use it?"
Justin looked down at his Eevee, as did everyone else. (Tetra dropped down and picked the Eevee up.) Justin muttered, "Yeah, sure. Soon I will."
"This is awesome!" Gerald interrupted the silence. "All of us are all trainers and-"
"Actually," Violet blurted out, "Only you guys are all trainers. We're tourists!"
"Oh, alright," Gerald said, "Anyways, are you kids heading to Pyrite?"
"Yeah," Samus answered.
"Well, mates," Captain Yisp said. "I'm heading for Agate Villiage!"
"Oh, really?" Justin asked. "We haven't been there yet!"
"Well, I'll see you blokes later then!" Captain Yisp walked away waving.
"See ya!" Gerald hollered, "I'll be here, okay?"
"Yeah, sure mate!"
The six kids then started towards Captain Yisp, except he had taken a left after the right turn. The kids walked through the woods, mostly quiet, until the trees started to make way for the desert. When the path cleared, the six could easily see the large, broken down Coliseum Dome of Pyrite. They turned and headed towards it, until they stopped to read a large metal sign:
'Pyrite town; walk towards the large Coliseum before you. Turn left here if you dare go down the canyon to The Under.'
"The Under?" Violet said rubbing her chin. "Why do I get the feeling that we should go down there?"
Unbeknownst to the group, Gers had unrolled his map of Orre and was reading it. "Hey, whoa guys!" he called suddenly, "Check this out! It says here on my map that The Under was a base for Cipher!"
"What?" Tetra and Justin ran to Gers and read the caption underneath the label; 'The Under'
"My God!" Tetra exclaimed.
"What?" Samus asked them.
"We have to get down there!" Justin yelled.
"Why?" Manus asked.
"You're right!" Gers replied.
"Where?" Violet asked.
"Remember what we told you at that restaurant?" Justin told Samus, Manus and Violet. "We were attacked?"
"Yeah," Samus said slowly.
Tetra continued, "The PHQ peoples said that Cipher might be behind this!"
"Oh, so you want to check their place out?" quivered Violet. "We should come with you!"
"Yeah!" Manus agreed.
"Whatever," Gers said, rolling up the map. "Let's get the hell down there!"
Justin, Gers and Tetra hastened down the path leading down the cliff. Samus, Violet, and Manus looked at each other for a moment, then followed their friends down the path.
By now, Paff and Jasmine were finally starting to regret ever coming to The Under. Most likely because Jasmine was tied to a large wooded stake, and Paff was bleeding out her abdomen. But, for it to make sense, the story has to be rewinded.
Jasmine and Paff walked out of the restaurant, Andrew with them. They had stuffed themselves with food, and had spent the last couple of hours chatting. The sun was now shining half-way up the sky into the canyon.
The girls gulped lungfuls fresh air, and Andrew clapped his hands together. "So, are you girls leaving now?" Andrew seemed to look at them like he wanted them to leave, but the girls ignored it.
"No," was Jasmine's curt reply. "We'll stick around. Check the place out."
"Ah," Andrew grimaced, then changed his expression, dodging the suspicious looks from the girls. "Are you sure? I mean... you're welcome to stay, but, you saw my old friend Neha. This place doesn't support the best crowd, you know?"
"So we've heard," Paff said recalling what Willy the Rider told them. "But, you're going to stick with us, aren't you?"
"Well," Andrew said, his gaze shifting just a little. "Okay, but, uhhhh... I have to talk with a few people. I really can't let you girls join me. I'm sorry. But I swear that I'll get right back to you later, allright?"
"That's fine," Paff smiled. "We'll meet you by the shops, okay?"
"Sure thing."
Andrew walked away behind him, and the girls waved and headed down a path further into The Under. They could see their destination beyond a few neighborhoods. It was a circled spot of shops. Jasmine and Paff headed for it.
While heading towards the circle of buildings, the girls walked by a pair of women. The one behind tripped over Paff's leg and started swearing under her breath. The one in front turned deviantly, "Rookie! You are such a klutz! Get up!"
"Yes, Admin!" the fallen woman mumbled with much obedience.
"What do you children wander in a place like this for?" the first woman began in a harsh tone to Jasmine and Paff.
"Well," Jasmine began.
"Look like tourists to me, Admin." the second woman whispered. She tied her hair up in a ponytail, showing her beautiful, young face.
"You're definately right, Rookie." the first woman agreed. Her face, like her 'Rookie' was young looking, but she wore glasses and almost no makeup. "You kids don't belong here! Get going! You're faces are just asking to get busted!" And with that, the woman stormed off, her 'Rookie' following close behind.
Jasmine and Paff quickly started to walk again, away from the two strange women they just encountered. They didn't dare speak, until the right moment.
"What the hell was that all about?" Paff asked, revolted. "What freaks!"
"No freaking kidding!" Jasmine agreed. "Man! Nobody is normal today!"
Suddenly, all around them, people were coming out of buildings, behind them, and even out of cars parked along the side. A chatter broke out of the crowd, and one of them, the girls instantly recognized as Neha.
The lady stood atop a garbage can and pointed at the girls, shouting, "There they are! Those are them! Master Kinliteer ordered us to kill them! Get them both! Now!"
At that moment, everyone in the crowd started towards Jasmine and Paff. The closer they got, the more the girls began to realise coming there was a bad idea. They were grabbed at all ends, their shirts teared up in the process. Some people, the girls could barely see, were setting up a large pole in the middle of the large circle of buildings. The crowd first threw a screaming Jasmine into the opening at the foot of the stake. She looked up, at a smirking Neha. Paff was then thrown to join Jasmine in the opening. She looked up at Neha.
"You!" Paff screamed. "What do you want?"
Neha rolled her eyes, then grabbed Paff by the neck, and forced her to stand. Jasmine got up as well, clutching Paff's arm. Neha slowly looked at them, and pulled out a small Swiss Army Knife. She looked at the blade of it steadily, and suddenly swooshed it through the air. It pierced Paff's abdomen deeply, knocking her down. And, before Jasmine could even gasp in horror, Neha had her clutched at the neck. Neha forced Jasmine to the stake, where a few people quickly tied her up. Jasmine squirmed and squirmed.
"AGG!" she panicked. "LET ME GO YOU ASSHOLE!"
"Shut up!" Neha hammered Jasmine, instantly silencing her.
"It looks like we're almost at the bottom," Justin told his group.
Samus paused to take a breath. "Yeah," she panted. "I think I hear a crowd."
"Yeah, you're right." Gers gasped. "I - I can hear it too! We'd better get down quickly. I've completely checked out!"
"Totally," Violet said. "We should hurry down. Trust me, going up will be harder."
"Somehow I doubt that," Tetra told Violet. "Let's get moving! I really think that we should hurry."
"We've been jogging for, like,twenty minutes!" Manus panted. "Shouldn't we've gotten there yet?"
"It hasen't been twenty minutes!" Tetra said in Manus' face.
"I told you! We're almost there!" Justin said a little hastily. "Maybe another, like, one minute!"
"Then come on!" Gers commanded. "Move it!"
The six teens jogged down the rest of the way, panting, and gasping for breath. They were completely tuckered out when they finally reached the bottom. They looked around; there only seemed to be houses. No people at all. At first the six thought that the city was deserted, until they realised that there was a huge crowd over by some small business buildings down the canyon. They wondered what was going on.
They jumped down a few steps to reach the roads. They rushed (very tiredly) down towards the crowd. There was only about forty people in the crowd, however, but this isn't what the six were looking at at this time. In their horror, they saw what the crowd was so hyped up about. Their friends, Jasmine and Paff, were tied to a stake and muffled, standing over a bed of hay, with a woman who was holding a lit torch.
The woman announced loudly, "We do not allow intruders into our fine city of The Under! We will not let Kinliteer fall like Greevil and Evice! HAIL CIPHER!" There was a huge roar in the crowd, and everyone stuck up their hands in cheer. Justin, Gers and Tetra got a huge chill hearing this. So, Cipher was back. Again!
The woman continued as the applause lowered. "Let these intruders burn to symbolize our RETURN!" The applause and reckless screams started up again. Justin, Tetra, Gers, Samus, Manus and Violet thought this the right time to try and save their friends. Tetra pulled out her pirates blade that she always carried with her, and she and her friends crept around the crowd. They snuck behind a building, and climbed up a ladder to it's roof. Luckily, nobody was there, so they crawled to the edge and looked as the woman taunted Jasmine and Paff with the flame. They could clearly see that Jasmine was tearing.
"We have to distract them all!" Tetra whispered quietly.
"Send out your Articuno, Justin!" Samus whispered.
"Oh!" Justin took out Articuno's purple 'M' ball. "Good call!" Justin hook hand - threw the ball into the hay surrounding their friends. Articuno appeared with a flash that seemed to blind the crowd. It looked for Justin at first, then found him. Justin thought it okay to yell, "Articuno! Scare away the crowd!" Articuno did what it was told, and Flapped it's wings and shot ICE BEAMS at the people, missing each time. The crowd panicked and pointed at Articuno is dispair. Jasmine and Paff seemed to be overjoyed as the six jumped off the roof to them.
"You damned kids!" the woman screamed. "You think that I'm weak! You dare mess with CIPHER ADMIN NEHA!" she took out her pocket knife and swiped it at Manus, which cut his arm.
"ARRGGHH!" Manus clutched his bleeding arm in distress. "WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM?"
Samus looked at Manus' arm, then, as quick as lightning, she punched Neha in the face as hard as she could. Neha backed up, her hands cupped over her face.
Justin, Gers and Samus walked away towards Neha. She looked at the three, then threw her knife at them. It headed for Gers, who side-dodged it. The knife just barely missed Paff's blood red face.
Neha then grabbed out what they all saw to be a couple of pokéballs. Out with a blinding flash appeared Neha's pokémon. Revealed before all the teens was a Grovyle and a Bayleef.
Gers looked at Justin, then nodded. Justin knew this meant he was the one who should battle the bloody faced Neha. He threw his pokéballs, "Go! EEVEE AND FEEBAS!" There was another blinding flash; Eevee and Feebas appeared. While this happened, Justin listened to his earpiece, "Grovyle, level 28, male, Grass. Bayleef, level 27, female, Grass." Justin started to regret pulling out his Feebas, but his Spinarak was still weak from battling Feebas.
Neha chuckled very loudly, but not because her pokémon seemed superior to Justin's, because she dropped her torch. Somehow, she had gotten the fire around Tetra, Violet, Manus, Jasmine and Paff, who were still in the middle. The fire spread so quickly, that Justin, Gers and Samus had to literally jump out of the way. It crept towards it's victims slowly. Tetra used her blade to cut Jasmine and Paff free. The fire, however, was too high to jump through.
Instead of having his Feebas attack Neha's pokémon, he sent it to fight the fire. Gers thought this a bad idea.
Justin thought quickly, and promptly gave his Eevee the water stone that seemed to be burning a hole in his pocket. Eevee took it between it's tail.
Justin yelled at it, "Eevee, stun them with SAND ATTACK!" The Eevee summoned up some sand, and threw it at Neha and her pokémon.
Neha retalited, "Grovyle! Bayleef! Use RAZOR LEAF!" Neha's pokémon started to throw large, green leaves that seemed like blades. They struck Eevee hard, but Eevee still got up. It took a deep breath, and charged for Grovyle, striking it hard in the chest. The Grovyle wobbled a bit, but seemed almost uneffected. Eevee growled with frustration.
By now, fortunately for everyone, Articuno arrived back, chasing a couple of men. They stopped when they saw Neha's situation.
Neha shouted, "Peons! Help me out, you damned chickens!"
"Yes, Admin." the two men hollered. They threw their pokéballs with a flash, and their pokémon appeared.Two Tyrogues!
Justin quickly listened to his earpiece. "Tyrogue, level 19, male, Fight. Tyrogue, level 18, male, Fight."
"Gers!" Justin shouted. "They're weak! Deal with them!" While Justin said this, however, Neha's Bayleef had struck Eevee with it's head. The Eevee flew, almost into the flames, but Justin's Feebas saved it.The Eevee 'Veed' in thanks and got ready to fight again. Justin yelled, "BITE the Bayleef!" The Eevee obeyed by biting the Bayleef's long neck. The Bayleef strucked to get the Eevee off, but it failed.
What caught Samus' eye was that the blue stone in Eevee's tail was glowing. She ran to Justin and said to him, "I think that stone is working!"
Justin looked for himself, and saw that she was right. "Yeah!" he shouted. "He'll get stronger if he evolves! He needs to bring one of them down!" Justin and Samus saw that Neha's pokémon were distracted still, so they turned around for the first time. To their releif, Articuno had been rescuing their friends from certain doom. Jasmine was the only one left in the circle of flames. Justin had to wait, so he turned and ordered, "Keep it up Eevee!"
Gers' Poochyena and Chinchou were fighting off the pair of Tyrogues. The Tyrogues punched and kicked furiously, but the Poochyena and Chinchou kept dodging. Gers ordered, "Chinchou! Use CHOCKWAVE!" The Chinchou built up power, then shot a bolt of electricty through both Tyrogues. They couldn't seem to be able to move anymore, and so the Peons admitted defeat and called them back.
Justin suddenly heard his earpiece speak to him, "Chinchou level up! 16 to 17! 17 to 18! Poochyena, level up! 25 to 26!"
"Excuse me?" Justin said aloud by accident.
Samus tugged at Justin and yelled, "Eevee is winning!"
Justin turned and gazed at Neha's pokémon finally. It seemed the Grovyle was throwing razor leaf at the Bayleef to get rid of Eevee, but it kept hitting Bayleef. In anger the Bayleef was thrashing about, smacking Grovyle around. Justin and Samus watched as the Grovyle and Bayleef hit each other until both collapsed. Neha, extremely frustrated, calld out a third pokémon. With a bright flash, an Ivysaur appeared.
Justin, Samus, and now Gers watched in awe, however, at Eevee. The blue stone in it's tail was pulsating now. Justin's earpeice was vibrating uncomfortably in his ear. It repeated in a mechanical drone, "Eevee level up! 22 to 23! 23 to 24! 24 to 25! 25 to 26! Evolution in progress!"
Justin watched as the Eevee's form turned white, and started twisting around. It contorted and squirmed until it became a new solid shape. It faded into it's correct color; blue. Justin, Gers, Samus, Neha, and her two Peons now at her side all saw as the formal Eevee uncurled itself with a echoing 'VAY!'
Justin's earpiece settled down finally. It said, "Eevee evolved into Vaporeon!"
"Whoa" Samus, and Gers glared at the Vaporeon, with awe in their eyes.
"Holy crap!" Justin yelled.
"Oh, so now you have a Vaporeon, eh?" Neha chuckled. "Like it'll beat my Ivysaur! Grass beats Water!"
"Oh yeah?" Justin smirked. "I'm sure my new Vaporeon has a few tricks! Use QUICK ATTACK!" The Vaporeon looked at Justin, and then it seemed to dissapear. Samus gave a small gasp.
Neha and her Ivysaur had no idea what was going on, until the Vaporeon reappeared. What they didn't realize until it was too late, was that the Vaporeon reappeared behind the Ivysaur. It rammed the Ivysaur so hard, that it flew into the still burning flame behind Justin, Samus and Gers. It writhed and twisted until Neha regained her senses and called it back.
"Fire beats Grass, asshole!" Justin yelled at Neha.
Neha gave a look that showed how bad she wanted to kill. Her Peons gasped and said to Neha in perfect unison, "How can you lose?"
Neha couldn't seem to handle it any longer. She took out a second knife,this time bigger, sharper, deadlier. She looked at some blood that was still on it, and like a panther, she slit the Peon on her right, straight on the throat.
The Peon clutched his neck, and all Justin, Samus and Gers could do was watch in horror as he backed up. All the way back, away from Neha. Justin tried to stop him from walking further, but it was too late. He had backed up right into the fire still blazing. Justin's Vaporeon took the inniciative to shoot water into the blaze, to help the struggling Feebas put it out.
Ofcourse, Neha, in all her rage, took out a similar fate for the gapping Peon to her left. However, she had reached behind her, and grabbed a sort of spear beside the wall. The three teens watched again in horror as she stuck it through the man's chest. She held it there, watching the man die, and this gave Justin, Gers, and Samus the chance to run.
Neha noticed this only after the man finally kicked the bucket, and in anger, she threw the spear straight at them, just as they had met up with the others. The spear flew, and almost struck Paff in the chest. The spear wobbled in the wall beside her. Justin's Articuno took the idea of flying up and start clawing at Neha with his talons.
Paff made an angry look towards Neha. She wouldn't budge when Jasmine tugged at her shirt and said, "Let's go! Please, Paff!"
Paff, however, got up and grabbed the wobbling spear. Articuno kept scratching Neha as Paff approached. The Articuno saw Paff, and flew backwards. Paff swung the spear at the scratched up Neha, tearing her chest. Neha gasped in pain, however, she got up slowly and headbutted Paff. Paff, clutching her now aching head, was able to get good grip of the spear. Neha pulled out her knife, for the last time, and was about to stab Paff with it.
By now all of Paff's friends were running towards her. Fortunately, before Neha got a chance to even get good momentum to stab Paff, she thrusted the spear right through Neha's chest. Neha gaped and gasped as blood flowed through her mouth. Paff pulled hard on the spear, releasing it. Neha fell in a bleeding heap. She clutched her huge wound, and Paff kneeled down.
Neha made a bloody smirk, "Kinliteer will rule!" she coughed. "You'll see! He's right..." she gasped. "He's right under your nose... didn't you know? He knows everyone..." she gasped again. "He'll get you all!" she made a sound which resembled a cough and gasp together.
"Sure he will!" Paff whispered to her. "You can't win! I mean, look at you! You're just a dead weakling!"
Neha made another bloody smirk. "I guess now hell awaits. I'll meet you there..." And with that, Neha made one huge jerk, and then relaxed, as she always would be. Her knife slid out of her dead hand, as though a sign of warning.
Paff looked at the corpse, and then her eyes grew heavy. All she thought about, was a question. Who in the hell was Kinliteer?
Her friends gathered around her in dismay. They asked all sorts of questions. Jasmine was crying all over the place.
Justin was talking to his Articuno, while Samus was making a call on Tetra's cellphone. Paff saw a figure walking towards her. She instantly recalled who it was. It was Andrew.
She heard him say, "I saw the whole thing! How did you all... How could it be? Neha and I were old friends! I would've never thought! Cipher? Dear lord! We need to get you kids to a hospital! Pronto!"
Paff couldn't stay awake any longer. She remembered hearing Justin say, "This region isn't safe anymore, Andrew. Cipher is back, and their plotting something. I'm starting to think this whole ordeal has been a huge trap!"
Paff collapsed.