I have received orders from my contractor that we are going into a fanfiction of sorts, a world where 30 percent of humans turn into Pokémon, not my first assignment relating to these furry creatures but not my last.
We have been having a spike of these types of orders, someone wants this or that and we do the job, me and the other men just cannot get a break can we?
In a few hours we will get ready to be "doored" into their universe, I don't want to write what we are doing into this diary in case my employer sees it. being the only guy in the squadron that is not over 30, I'm sure they'd leave me in a heartbeat.
Briefing
We've been briefed on the situation, we'll receive our weapons, (mine is a fireaxe and a flare gun) and be doored off at our designated location, we'll meet up with another team and do the job.
if all goes to plan this will be our most mediocre job in our careers, even worse then the time we had to "defend" the point. (what does that even mean)
if we fail then we are sure to be unemployed.
I hear that this is set in 2019 earth, which means that I exist there too, I hope I don't have any run ins with myself or the drama otherwise I'm screwed, we've had several fatalities in our team from an Umbreon and a latias in another universe, these guys are the real deal though and I trust in their abilities, hold on. we are being called up now, I'll write later.
Insertion
As our team opened the door into this new world we were greeted by the cold streets of the city, we have orders to clear out the facility, writing it down won't hurt since at least my employer knows I wasn't wandering off.
The squad leader says that the door positioning was off. Meaning that we have to trek through a forest just to get there! The team has already complained about this the last time we had a contract like this, we only have a limited supply of rations and frankly the only food I have that lasts more than a week tastes like a stale cookie, although it is wildly popular in my squad on the account of these ration bars they gave us.
This entire assignment will take at least 3 days, maybe even a week, I'm excited to meet Pokémon that were once human, unfortunately only the other team that came with us brought the universal translator that's become bog standard for most jobs, so we have to meet up with them if I want to speak to the Pokémon, which is a shame because I wanted to troll a bunch of Pokémon about their egg groups.
Skirmish
We've just heard a gunshot, we know it wasn't one of us because our weapons have had their safeties on this entire time, it could very well be the other team, but they would also have thei-
"Get down!" Said the squad leader
I followed my orders and hit the ground, fire axe in hand.
(several gunshots can be heard from 2 different locations followed by a muffled scream)
"What the hell is that?!" shouts my squamate
The monster scratches his body and leaves him wounded and sets be ablaze, I frantically load my flare gun with the rest of the squad opening fire at the Pokémon, my flare gun loaded I shoot it at the monster, as it dodges the projectile I pull out my fire axe and dig it into its throat.
"It's dead now and can't hurt us" shouts the squad leader
We keep on trekking and reach a river stream
The crying River
When we reached a river, we saw a family of differing Pokémon mourn a human companion, we had a vote on what to do and we decided to leave them alone, there was no point in murdering them.
we established a base camp and the group cheered their first collective kill under my name, the guy that got burnt, scratched and trampled on lived though and is currently in the medical tent, we don't have enough men to defend the camp though, and we've already suffered enough attacks so we've put up sentry guns.
Overkill? Maybe but we have no other choice, we have got to meet up with the other team, our rendezvous point has been compromised as there's been a street war between some eeveelutions and the local police department, our scout had gone ahead and brought back some valuable information
1. the mass transformation was painful for a lot of families, so we should refrain from killing and try to do what Italian mercenaries did, unfortunately the scout and I are the only ones that received a good education.
2. the Pokémon are apparently being put into camps, while chaos is happening all over the world
3. no legendary Pokémon have been spotted as of now, but powerful Pokémon are in the area and are roaming in wolf packs
4. humans are already hitting on gardevoirs.
With this newfound information we can get a better sense of the area we are in and gauge the danger of the cities, where most of the squad is looking to get some action.
Reflection
As I write now I start to realize the faults of my weapon choice, If I could I would've just bring my flamethrower, but it would be painfully obvious to anyone that it was a weapon, so I came with my fire axe, flare gun and a lighter a brought with me, unfortunately my firepower is now no existent and a bloodied fire axe screams "I murdered somebody today" which does not go well with our line of work.
It is too quiet tonight, I can feel it, the crickets have stopped, maybe it was the lack of howls?
I am loading my flare gun as I write.
Night attack
I can hear battle music, not in my mind but in the camp.
"it's an attack" shouts one of my squamates
Gunshots are fired into the air as I ready my flare gun for aim, the rest of our squad are scrambling to get weapons and gear.
It is just me and a few other guys.
"come and get us" shouts one of our squad mates holding a shotgun.
We all fire our firearms in unison holding the Pokémon at bay.
Bullets tear at a rushing leafeon, while my flares set fire to an unfortunate umbreon.
"help me hold this point" shouts one of our older members before he is cut down by razor sharp leaves.
"where the freakin' hell did that come from!" shouts our scout
Firearms are still going off and everyone is wondering what happened to our sentries.
"It's pitch black and I can't see a bloody- arrgh" another member down
What the hell is going on, it's a night attack but I can't see what happened.
"Arrrgh!" that came from the medical tent, he's dead.
"James! Get over here!" I shout to our scout, as he runs over we both agree that we have to run and get out of here, seeing that we are the fastest members alive in our team, another shriek comes from behind us, an absol, I focus my flare gun and fire, resulting it running off ablaze.
We later decided to hide in a foxhole not far from a town.
Regrouping
It's daylight now, I had to go back to the camp and fetch this diary from its wreckage, I also grabbed the shotgun from one of our dead members and fled to the fox hole. We agreed to finish the mission a get out before they attack us more, I don't know if those Pokémon would recognize us if we just walked around town, although I haven't seen anything move in the past hours, maybe because it's day or because it feels warm.
One thing to note is why our sentries wouldn't work, maybe sabotage or maybe they were faulty, either way our entire squad is basically dead and we haven't linked up with the other team, maybe they were killed in their camp as well, whatever it is, this does not seem like a good idea.
What are we fighting for? What are getting paid? What are we doing?
Nightfall
It's getting darker, the scout says he considers making up for his crimes and settling down with a Pokémon or something, that's just disgusting, you watch your entire squad become nothing but corpses but you say flip it, and just leave without it, he's adamant though and with everyone else dead who would care? That is his argument but he's going to get himself killed if he does that.
We're in the town right now on the roof of a 2 storey building, I can understand that he wants to pursue other things but he signed off on that contract, there's no going back once you sign, I told him this and he just said I don't care.
He offered me a deal, I'll write him off as K.I.A and in return he'll turn away from this life and settle down here, it's a smart solution considering how brutal the attack was last night, so it'll probably pass but I still need to complete the contract and I can't do it alone, so we'll have to find a flamethrower or request a portal drop from our contractor, but it'll look suspicious as heck in the open so we'll have to wait for a cover, for now we wait and bide our time, hopefully we make it.