Shooting through the desert, Wes kept his foot on the gas trying to go as fast as he can to get back to Phenac City. Rui, Espeon and Umbreon kept they're eyes shut as the sand ripped past they're faces. Riding down a jagged path, Wes accidentally went over a thick desert rock that tipped the motorcycle a little bit to the side. Espeon jumped to the floor While Rui held on to Umbreon so he didn't fall out.
"Wes, slow down! You're gonna get us killed!" She shouted.
"No Way!" Wes shouted back "We have to get back to Phenac City as fast as we can! Don't worry we're almost there!"
Looking forward, the group saw Phenac City in view. Once they arrived, Wes parked the motorcycle by the oasis. They then ran as fast as they could into the city with faces of determination.
Arriving through the gate, Wes and company stopped dead in they're tracks. They're faces went from determination to shock, Phenac City was completely fine. There was no bloody water or screams of terror coming from anyone. In fact some people stopped to smile and wave at them.
"What the heck," Wes said in disbelief. "Everything's totally fine, I thought Madame Fateen said that Phenac City was in trouble."
As if on cue, A woman's scream was heard somewhere close by.
"Help!" She shouted at the top of her lungs.
Looking towards the direction of the call for help, Wes looked at Rui who gave him a fierce nod of determination.
"Let's get over there." She said before running past Wes.
Wes quickly followed her with Espeon and Umbreon following him.
At the corner of one of the city's bridge was the woman who was screaming, and standing in front of was man wearing a red jumpsuit and red and black helmet that covered everything but his mouth. The woman was holding in her arms a terrified Eevee. The man in front of her grabbed the woman's neck with one of his hands while he used the other to try and grab the Eevee.
"Come on, don't make this hard on yourself, sweetheart, just give me the Eevee, and I'll be on my way." The man said finally grabbing the Pokemon and snatching it away from the Woman.
"No!" The Woman screamed as tears started to fall from her eyes.
The Eevee whimpered and whined as tears fell from it's eyes as it called for it's trainer.
"Please, Give me back my little Eevee!" The woman begged.
The man smirked as held the Pokemon by the scruff of it's neck right over the Woman's head.
"Sorry, love, but that's not gonna happen. You've been a bad girl and didn't listen to me." He said with a chuckle. "Besides we need this Pokemon for something special. So you might as well say goodbye to your little Eevee, because this will be the last time you ever see it."
The woman crawled to the mans feet as she begged and wailed for the man to give her back her Pokemon.
"Go ahead, keep on cryin', I like it when you cry." The man said with a smirk.
"Espeon, confusion!" A male voice suddenly shouted out of nowhere.
The man turned around to the direction of the voice. However, when he did, he was hit by a wave of psychic energy which knocked him backwards. The man fell hard on his back as the Eevee was launched into the air.
"Hang on, Eevee, I'll catch you!" A female voice shouted out.
The Eevee screamed in terror as it fell, but before it hit the ground, it was caught safely in someones arms.
The man and the Woman he stole the Eevee from both looked up to see a sandy haired boy with an Espeon and Umbreon in front of him. Behind him was a fiery red haired girl who rescued the Eevee.
"There there, It's alright, you're safe now!" The girl cooed to the terrified Pokemon in her arms.
"Rui, hang on to that, Eevee, until I'm done with this punk!" The boy ordered to the girl as The Espeon and Umbreon stood ready for battle."
"Alright, Wes!" Rui replied.
The man growled in anger as Wes glared at him.
"Who the heck are you!?" The man snapped angrily
"Funny, I was just about to ask you the same question!" Wes responded with anger in his voice as well.
"Rrrgh, do you know who your messing with, kid!?" The man growled
"Yeah, a guy who dresses in to much red." Wes responded with a smirk.
"Why you-" The man shouted back "The names, Rosso, and you just met your maker kid!"
Rosso pulled out two Pokeballs and threw them out.
"Go, Grimer, Go, Quilava!" He shouted as a flash of light came from the two Pokeballs.
Standing in front of Espeon was the poison Pokemon, Grimer and in front of Umbreon was the fire Pokemon, Quilava.
Wes studied the two Pokemon carefully until a cry came out from Rui. Turning around, Wes noticed that she was holding her head in pain. The Eevee in her other arm looked up at her in confusion as a tear came from Rui's eye from the pain.
"Rui, what's wrong!?" Wes asked
"I don't know, but I felt this same kind of pain when we found that, Makuhita!"
"Makuhita!?" Rosso suddenly questioned before glaring angrily at the two kids in front of him "So you guy's are the one's that beat Master Miror B."
Hearing that name, Wes immediately turned around and faced Rosso.
"How do you know, that Afro haired freak!?" Wes snapped angrily.
"Like I'd tell you!" Rosso shouted back "Grimer, use Sludge on that Espeon, Quilava use Shadow Rush on the Umbreon!"
Grimer threw up a pile of Sludge in it's hand and threw at Espeon.
"Espeon, dodge and use confusion on, Grimer!" Wes ordered.
Espeon barely jumped out of the way of the Sludge ball thrown at her and she fired a wave of Psychic energy at Grimer who was knocked backwards."
"It's super effective!" Wes cheered as Grimer fainted.
However before Wes could give an Order to Umbreon the moon Pokemon was attacked head on by a charging Quilava.
"Umbreon, are you alright!?" Wes asked
Umbreon nodded his head and looked back at Quilava.
Rui held her head as the pain increased.
"Why, do I feel the same pain as I did when I saw, Makuhita?" She asked herself.
Suddenly she gasped when she saw a black aura coming out from Quilava. The pain she felt finally subsided as she ran over to Wes.
"Wes!" Rui Shouted making him look back at her. "That Quilava, it has a black aura around it, just like Makuhita!"
"What!?" Wes said in shock "Are you sure!?"
Looking back at the Quilava, the fire Pokemon glared at Wes and snorted out smoke from it's nose. It then suddenly rushed Towards Wes and Rui.
"Rui, watch out!" Wes shouted as she shoved her out of the way of the Quilava before jumping out of the way himself."
Quilava barely missed both of it's targets.
Wes and Rui recovered from the sudden shock and Wes looked back at Rosso who was smiling.
"What the heck did you do that, Quilava!?" Was shouted angrily
"Like I'd tell you!" Rosso responded "Quilava, Shadow Rush the boy now!"
"Espeon, confusion! Umbreon, use return!" Wes shouted hoping to counter the command.
Quilava, began to charge towards Wes as both of her Pokemon did as they were commanded. Luckily Espeon and Umbreon were able to attack quick enough to save Wes. Espeon shot her psychic energy while Umbreon shot a wave of energy from his eyes. Both attacks connected with Quilava who was so focused on Wes, it didn't see the attacks coming.
The fire pokemon flew backwards, however it got back to it's feet once again.
"You gotta be kidding me," Wes said in disbelief "It got hit by two powerful attacks at the same time and it's still getting up?"
Quilava stood back in a battle position looking even angrier than it already looked before.
"If that Quilava has a black aura around it. It means it's just as powerful and dangerous as Makuhita. I knew that this was the Pokemon that Madame Fateen was talking about." Wes said to himself in thought. "I'm going to have to snag it just like I did, Makuhita."
Wes looked at his Pokemon and prepared to order another attack. However before he said a word a look of concern fell onto his face.
"This could be bad, Quilava's a tough pokemon even if it's normal, being the way it is now, Espeon and, Umbreon, don't stand a chance against it." He said in his thoughts.
Quilava lowered it's head and fixed it's menacing gaze on Espeon ready to charge at it.
"Espeon, stand down and come back to me." Wes ordered
Espeon did as she was told and went back to Wes's side without a second thought. The young trainer then pulled out another Pokeball and looked at it.
"You're probably my best chance at taking down Quilava, I'm counting on you."
Wes then threw out the Pokeball.
"Go, Makuhita!" He shouted.
In a flash of light the fighting Pokemon appeared in Espeon's place.
Rosso was caught off guard by the Pokemon's appearance.
Rui gasped in shock and horror while looking at the Pokemon.
"Wes, what are you doing!?" She shouted as she saw the black aura coming from Makuhita's body. "You can't use, Makuhita, it's too dangerous!"
"Rui, Makuhita's our only hope of stopping Quilava!" Wes shouted in response "You're going to have to trust me on this!"
"Don't be stupid, boy," Rosso said with a smirk to the young trainer in front of him. "You can't control that Makuhita! I bet it'll attack you instead of, Quilava!"
Wes looked back at his opponent with a look of determination on his face.
"If it means saving Quilava from you, I'm willing to take that risk!" Wes said before looking at his Pokemon "Umbreon, use helping hand on Makuhita!"
The moon Pokemon nodded his head and his eye's began to glow. Suddenly a glowing aura appeared and disappeared around Makuhita who could feel an increase in his strength. Everyone observed the Pokemon with looks of confusion on their faces.
"Alright, Makuhita, if that Quilava is like you then you should be able to do the same moves." Wes said to the Pokemon.
Rui looked on with fear hoping that things wouldn't take a turn for the worst.
"Please be careful Wes." She prayed quietly while squeezing the Eevee in her arms a little bit tighter.
"Makuhita, use Shadow Rush!" Wes ordered.
After a few seconds of Silence everyone looked on in surprise as Makuhita nodded his head and began to charge towards Quilava.
Rosso looked on in disbelief at what was happening, but that disbelief quickly turned into anger.
"No!" He screamed. "I ain't losing to a kid! Quilava, Shadow Rush!"
The Pokemon did as it was told and began charging for Makuhita.
Everyone was now completely silent as the they watched the two Pokemon charging at each other. After a moment a Pokemon's cry was heard. Looking forward, Everyone saw Quilava flying backwards and landing on it's side. Wes looked on happily as Rui cheered with joy.
"It worked!" She cheered as the Eevee in her arms squealed in delight at her happiness.
However Quilava began to get to it's feet once more.
"No, I'm not gonna hurt you anymore." Wes said to the injured pokemon as he prepared a Snagball.
Rosso looked at the Snag Machine in confusion and noticed the flash of light coming from it.
"What, the heck is that thing!?" He shouted, demanding answers.
"The thing that's going to help me save, Quilava!" Wes shouted in response.
The young trainer then threw the snag ball with all the strength he could. Quilava noticed the Snagball but was too weak to move. The Snagball connected with the fire pokemon causing it to disappear in a flash of light.
"Wha- What's going on!?" Rosso shouted.
The Snagball shook three times before becoming motionless.
"Gotcha!" Wes cheered, as Rui and Eevee cheered behind him.
Rosso looked at the Snagball before falling to his knees in silence and disbelief. He had just lost the battle and his Pokemon.
"I-I lost." He muttered as he looked at his victorious opponent. "T-this kid's too tough, Trudly and Folly can't be blamed for losing."
Hearing those names, Wes returned Makuhita to it's Pokeball and looked at Rosso. He then went up to him while grabbing the Pokeball that had Quilava in it and putting it in his pocket.
"How do you know those two idiots?" He asked as Rui came up beside him.
"Not only that, what did you do to, Quilava?" She asked angrilly as the Eevee in her arms glared at it's former captor.
Rosso looked at the two kids in front of him silently. However instead of saying he anything he reached into his pocket and threw something on the ground. A huge cloud of thick black smoke suddenly appeared catching Wes and Rui by surprise. The two began to cough and gag as the smoke entered their lungs and blinded them.
"*Cough* *Cough* It's a *Cough* Smoke bomb!" Wes chocked.
Wes and Rui quickly escaped the cloud of smoke and coughed violently once more once they were out of they were back in the fresh air. Their vision eventually returned and the smoke cloud soon disappeared. However, when they looked in the direction Rosso was in, they saw that he was no longer there.
"That little sneak, he got away." Wes said angrilly.
Rui looked down sadly as the Eevee she held looked up at her. She then heard Wes's footsteps coming up to her and she looked up at him.
"Come on, let's return Eevee and get back to Pyrite Town." He said to her.
The girl nodded her head in response and the two went over to the woman who owned the Eevee.
The little pokemon squealed and squirmed as it called out to it's trainer.
The woman looked and tears of joy streamed down her face when she laid her eye's on the Eevee.
"Eevee, you're safe!" She cheered as she got up and ran over to Wes and Rui.
Rui handed her the Eevee and she cried happily as she spun around with while Eevee cried as well. Rui wiped away a lone tear from her eye as she watched the heartwarming moment while Wes looked on with a smirk. The woman stopped spinning and looked at the two people who saved her Pokemon. She then went over to them with Eevee in her arms and a smile on her face.
"You two saved my little Eevee. I can't thank you enough." She said happily to the two who smiled at at each other and then at her. "How can I ever repay you?"
"Please don't tell anybody about me stealing Quilava from that guy." Wes said in almost begging manner.
The woman smiled sweetly and shook her head.
"Don't worry I won't say a word," She said. "For some reason I felt like you were doing the right thing taking it."
Wes smiled thankfully as Rui smiled at him softly.
"However, there has to be something I can do to thank you for helping me." The woman said before an idea suddenly popped into her head.
"I know, please come with me, there's something I want to give you." She said happily.
She then turned around and began walking away. Wes and Rui looked at each other with confusion before following the woman.
"Espeon, Umbreon!" Rui called out.
The two Pokemon's ears perked up at the girls voice and quickly ran over to join the two.
The walk was long and silent, but the woman soon stopped the group in front of a building in the center of the town plaza. She looked back at them and smiled.
"Please, come inside." she said before going into the building.
Wes, Rui, Espeon, and, Umbreon all went inside the building as the doors closed behind them. They were immediately greeted with the cool inside air as they looked around this new place. Standing in the center of the building was a battlefield used for Pokemon battles with an elevator in the back.
"Hey! over here!" A voice suddenly called out.
Wes and Rui turned towards the voices direction and saw the woman standing in a small classroom and she was waving at them.
The two went over to her and she met them halfway. However what caught Wes and Rui's attention was something that she had in one of her hands. The woman smiled at them and happily explained where they were now at.
"Welcome to the Phenac City Pre Gym. This is where Trainers can learn about and battle pokemon for Experience and it's also a place where many experienced trainers often train for the tournament's that are held in the Phenac City Colosseum"
She showed what was in her and hand to Wes.
"Here, I want you to have this. It's a gift I want to give you as a thank you for saving me." She said sweetly.
Wes arched an eyebrow at the item for a moment before speaking up.
"What is it?" He asked
"It's a Pokemon Digital Assistant, or P*DA for short." She responded "Many trainers use these for their Email as well as their Trainer ID."
Wes continued to look at the device before he finally took it out of the Woman's hand.
"I've also included a Strategy Memo in their for you. The Strategy Memo tells you about all the Pokemon you have seen or caught. I'm sure this will be useful to you in the future."
Wes continued to look at the P*DA and he eventually put in his pocket. He then smiled thankfully at the woman who gave it to him.
"Thank You very much Ma'am," He said to her. "Now I'm afraid we have to leave." he then turned around and faced the rest of his group. "Let's get back to Pyrite Town and see Madame Fateen again."
The group nodded they're heads in response and began to follow him as the Woman behind them waved goodbye.
"Thank you so much for your help today! Good luck on your journey!" She called out happily.
Wes and Rui left the Pre Gym and began making they're way back to Wes' Motorcycle.
"So now we have, Makuhita and, Quilava and they both have a black aura around them." Wes said as he walked. "I gotta tell you, Rui," He said as he looked at the girl beside him. "I don't know who that guy was, but I think he was working with those punks from yesterday. And I'm also betting there's a whole lot more Pokemon with black aura's out there."
"I do too, Wes." She replied. " But right now, Let's just worry about getting back to Pyrite town and seeing Madame Fateen."
Wes nodded his head in response and the group walked the rest of the way to the motorcycle. When they arrived Rui got in and Espeon and Umbreon jumped in her lap. Wes got on the bike next and kicked the start peddle. The bike roared to life and the group sped away from Phenac City.
Author's Note: I hope you all enjoyed the chapter.
I know that there were two other guys in the game that had the other two Johto starters that you could catch. However I wanted to focus on Quilava because he's going to be one of the main Pokemon Wes will use in the story. Don't worry the other two will appear in the story but not until much, much, later.
The next chapter might not be a very long chapter but hopefully you will still enjoy it.
I'll see you all next chapter. :)