Sorry about making you all wait for this chapter, I've been busy with personal business. Also, any feedback you may have would be greatly appreciated. Enjoy!
It was sundown, Jack was almost in front of the entrance to Rock Tunnel when he saw a glowing red light in the bushes nearby.
"Multiple Strikes." A robotic voice said, a grey android leaped out at Jack, who barely managed to dodge the assault. Jack reached for his pokeballs and sent out all of his pokemon. He was facing something he had never seen before so he did not know what to expect.
"W-what are you?!" Jack asked in fear.
"I am the RM-24i." The machine answered monotonously. "I was built by Team Dark Star to make sure you do not interfere with our plans."
"They built you to kill me?!" Jack questioned in shock.
"My objectives were not specific, they are only to make sure you are not to interfere." The RM replied.
"Team Dark Star has caused me enough trouble already, and now this?! Well if you want to beat me, then I'm not going down without a fight! Gallade, use Slash!" Jack shouted.
"Multiple Strikes." It said again. Gallade and the RM charged each other, the machine had its chainsaw tail ready. The attacks clashed, Gallade parried the attacks, though he had some difficulty doing so.
"Using your pokemon to defend you will only prolong the inevitable." The RM taunted.
"You don't understand. I have something to fight for!" Jack answered. "I have someone to fight for..." He said a bit more quietly, he was referring to Julia. The RM seemed to look down a bit.
"I, too, have something to fight for." It said, Jack gave the android a confused look.
"What could you possibly fight for?!" Jack questioned.
"I'm afraid that information is classified." The RM replied before giving off a loud roar and charging at Jack.
Several yards away, the Twins and Diego had heard the roar.
"What the hell was that?!" Diego said in shock.
"Whatever it is, it isn't friendly..." Renée noted.
Julia stayed in her sleeping back. 'Please... be safe Jack...' she thought to herself.
From the TDS base, Typhoon, Simon, Pandora, Sandra, Ryan, and Max were watching the fight. Max looked sick to his stomach as he watched the RM. Pandora looked
"Hehehe, this is what happens when you go against Team Dark Star!" Typhoon laughed.
"You didn't tell us what we were doing to that Poochyena!" Max choked out.
"It isn't my job to say, only to do. If you have a problem about it, then you can go tell the boss. But if you do, then I don't know if you'll even come back alive!" Typhoon answered.
"Dude, this isn't right! Jack's my friend, we don't have to hurt him! Why can't he join us?!" Ryan argued.
"Because he's already chosen a dark path. He chose to go against us and he has to suffer the consequences. He chose to go against us... he chose to go against you..." Typhoon answered. Ryan looked a bit torn from his answer. He was told that TDS was a group dedicated to making pokemon better for everyone. He found their tactics a bit unorthodox and strange but he was looking more at the result rather than the means.
They all continued to watch the fight...
"Gallade, use Brick Break!" Jack ordered, Gallade dashed for the robot, catching it by surprise. Gallade then slammed it's arm into the RM's back, forcing it into the ground. The machine got back up reasonably easily, but it looked damaged.
"Superficial damage." It said, it jumped back a few feet and reared it's hind legs. "A savvy warrior uses all their tools, it would be futile to continue alone. Help me!" It then howled, piercing the ears of Jack, his pokemon, and even the rest of the group. 3 other pokemon ran over to help the RM, they didn't seem to notice or care that it was an android that called them, they seemed willing to fight.
Jack sent out his other pokemon, they all looked ready to fight.
Back with the others, they were all becoming unsettled at the constant howls and roars that the RM was making.
"Should we go out there?" Julia asked.
"No way! You don't know what that thing is and I am NOT going to let my sister get hurt, or worse!" Renée replied argued. The three of them stayed in their tents (they communicated with each other through walkie-talkies), the next thing they heard wasn't an animal roar, but a roar of thunder. It was about to rain...
Meanwhile, with the group of TDS members, Max couldn't watch the battle anymore, he ran away from them, the others (except Typhoon) went after him.
"Max, what's wrong?" Simon asked.
"That poor thing... I was one of the scientists that built it!" He said, looking as if he was looking Giratina in the face, the others gasped at this revelation.
"Y-you built it?!" Ryan asked, Max nodded as a response.
"Why?!" Pandora questioned.
"The boss forced us to, he said it was going to be 'a glorious breakthrough for science' and that 'the pokemon world would benefit from it'. But I saw the pain in that Poochyena's eyes. I saw how heartbroken all of the pokemon kept here are!" Max stated, his voice sounded incredibly serious, the others looked gobsmacked, especially Sandra, as she knew that Max was never this serious. He enjoyed being 'evil' sometimes, but not to the point of abusing innocent pokemon.
"What are we going to do?" Pandora asked them all.
"We need to get some more information on the Boss. Find out what his motives are, what he wants." Sandra pondered. Suddenly Typhoon approached them.
"It's almost over, come quick it's getting good!" He said, the others reluctantly followed him, Max did not move.
"What have I done..." he choked out, his eyes tearing up.
Jack had defeated the other pokemon that RM-24i had summoned, they ran back into the grass.
"Gallade, use Night Slash!" Jack ordered, Gallade's arm (which expanded to look like a blade) began glowing a purplish-grey color. He dashed for the android and slashed it's abdomen, causing the machine to collapse.
"Jack... we have to finish him off..." Gallade told his trainer telepathically.
"I... I can't!" Jack answered.
"I don't think there's much of a choice, if you don't then he might get back up and take you out!" Fearow added.
"I know it hurts, Jack, but I think it's for the best..." Mightyena said, it looked conflicted as well. Jack turned to face his Ivysaur, he wanted to know what it thought. Ivysaur looked back at him and then looked away with a guilty look on its face.
"I guess we don't have much of a choice then..." Ivysaur said solemnly, Jack clenched his fist and began to cry.
"Ok Gallade... use Slash..." Jack finally said. Gallade then sliced up the RM -24i into smaller pieces. Despite this, it still seemed capable of speech.
"Can not continue... no freedom... freedom un...de...fined..." It said, before finally shutting down, Jack looked a bit confused at its last words.
"What would an AI know about freedom?" He pondered, he dug a small hole in the ground and put the pieces of the destroyed robot in it. "I guess it doesn't really matter, it's free now."
Back at the TDS base, Typhoon didn't seem too bothered by the fact that the RM had lost, he looked as if he expected it to lose. He walked over to a small closet and pulled out a copy of the RM-24i's body. He walked over to a nearby computer, a nearby machine zapped the body, turning it on.
"I have failed..." The reborn RM said.
"I'm well aware." Typhoon said, he turned to the others. "Go get some rest." He told them, they could see the frustration in his eyes and quickly left. Typhoon reached for one of his pokeballs and sent out a Magneton.
"Magneton, get ready to use Shock Wave..." Typhoon said.
From the streets of Celadon City, the faint sounds of the RM howling in pain could be heard...
End of chapter! Sorry if this chapter seems a bit short, but I really hope you enjoyed. The next chapter will not feature Jack, he'll be in the background for a while. Anyway, see you next chapter!
