JuptileNamudori253: Ya Ash's mind is about to blow soon enough because of this new stuff...
Chapter 28: The Other Side Of The Coin
The walk back to the lift was easy and Frost wasted no time in getting on. While the lift ascended to the
57th floor Frost looked out of the glass window to see the city one one more time as he thought.
[So peaceful and turbulent at the same time.]
The door opened and Rain immediately grabbed Frost by the arm and yanked him into a room that wasn't the conference room but a waiting room with all the other Rangers and Captain Forester already present.
"Watch the arm Rain I just sew it an hour ago." Frost said as he settled down on one of the chairs."
"Frost shut up and hear what forester just told us, either he is gone zubat-shit crazy or we are just tripping." Rain said with and extremely serious and assertive tone.
[Somethings wrong Rain barely loses her cool.] Frost thought as he asked Forester.
"So what did you do this time sir?"
"He is gone crazy boss, probably got too drunk somewhere." Spark told Frost with Leaf nodding agreement.
"Okay Forester I am worried now mind explaining why my team is so shocked?" Frost took the cue of his teammates and demanded this.
"Frost before I begin promise to hear me out first." Forester said calmly.
[Oh now I know something is seriously wrong.] Frost thought as he nodded to Forester's request.
"Frost as you know Mr. Goodshow and I know each other from the old days…."
Frost didn't respond.
"So he came up with a proposition that I simply couldn't refuse."
"What proposition?" Frost asked.
"Well he wanted the Champions to become Pokemon rangers…." Forester said.
Frost sighed as he replied
"That's it you guys were worried about that really?"
"Listen to the whole thing leader." said Stone who was quite this whole time.
"He doesn't want them to become any ranger they want them to become specialists and work alongside us." said Ember in a very calm voice unlike her usual self it showed how shocked all Rangers were.
Frost's mind went wild as he slammed his right hand on the desk
"Have you lost your fucking mind Forester, what were you thinking when you said yes." he growled.
"Frost you told me you'd listen properly." said Forester while sipping some water.
"What do you want to tell me, that you want to ruin the innocent lives of the Champion's by making them work with us, Forester you know what we do and so I thought you'd know why only a few people can do our job." said Frost who was suddenly very angry.
It was pretty obvious that all the Rangers shared Frost's feelings as Forester examined the room with his eyes.
"I understand that but the world is changing and you lot could use help, that is why this idea was passed in the first place."
Frost was sick of Forester's bullshit at this point as he turned to Rain and asked
"Are the Champions being forced to do this?"
"No but Goodshow himself is asking for this and you know how convincing he can be." replied Rain.
Frost was not in a good mood now as he turned back to Forester and said
"Forester this isn't the way to get more recruits."
"Frost the Champions are strong people they can handle themselves especially with their Pokemon." said Forester.
"You are asking them to risk their lives." Frost countered.
"Frost calm down we only want them for their specialism with Pokemon." said Forester.
Hearing this Frost cooled down for a second before replying
"But that means even if you are not making them do what we do, they will see things they can't unsee."
"I know that but this is not your decision to make Frost especially since the council has agreed." said Forester.
Hearing about the council Frost bit his lip as he knew now his hands were tied in this matter.
"Forester think about them you are messing with their lives if they join us they lose their chance of a peaceful life." Frost said
"I have and so has Goodshow trust me we are not tricking them in fact right now they are in the next room discussing the same." replied Forester sincerely.
Frost seemed to have piped down having heard this as Rain asked
"Forester we want to meet them before they make their decision, is that possible."
"Yes as a matter of fact that is why you lot were chosen to be the escorts." said Forester much to Frost's relief.
"Then what are we doing here lets join them." said Ember.
Rain looked over to Frost who was still in deep thought as he stood up and said
"If the council wants this to be a thing give us some time to explain to the Rangers what they will be getting themselves into."
"Done" replied Forester.
A few minutes earlier inside the conference room
"Wait! What!" screamed the entire group of Champions in unison.
"Yes that is why I gathered all of you here." said Goodshow in a calm voice.
"So this whole meeting is a job offer, hahahaha." said Steven with a laugh.
"It isn't just any job offer, we want you to become specialist rangers and work alongside your respective escorts." said Goodshow.
Hearing this the room fell silent.
"Believe it or not those 6 individuals are the best of their respective fields." added Goodshow.
"I have been wanting to ask this for a while now but who exactly are those people?" asked Ash.
Goodshow smiled as he thought
[This youngster has a knack for asking the right question.]
"Well Mr. Ketchum I am sure you are not the only one thinking that, am I right?" Goodshow asked the whole room.
Everyone including Steven nodded in agreement.
"Well that is a bit complicated and I will come to that later because I still need to explain you all what you all will be getting into if you accept this offer." said Goodshow seriously.
"And the ones explaining you that are here." Goodshow said as 7 people entered the room.
"Good morning Champions I am Capt. Forester and I am the handler of this team of rangers." the first man who to Cynthia looked like an old military General began while gesturing to the 6 people standing behind him.
" can you explain what Mr. Goodshow meant by a 'Other Side Of The World'? Because to most of us it sounds like he is talking about like literally another world which is outrageous." Cynthia asked getting straight to the point.
"Well….. Champions what I am gonna tell you is highly classified information and I would request you that you all keep it that way." Forester began in a stern tone.
"This other world Goodshow speaks of isn't an alternate world it's part of the same world you live in 'other world' is just a way to refer to it."
"Could you get to the point already." voiced Steven.
"Yes and you know what lets begin with you only Mr. Stone."
Steven got caught off guard by this as is intervention back fired.
"How many major crimes do you think have you stopped during your term as the Champion?" Forester asked with a smile.
"Inside Hoenn or outside?" Steven asked.
"Inside..." replied Forester.
Steven thought about it and then answered with pride
"I would say about 20 give or take, I mean there are two teams in my region which is most out of any other region."
"Arceus his ego is like a dam." whispered Ember to Rain as both women chuckled.
"Is this something to laugh about." asked Steven to them.
"No Champion it's just shows how little you know about your own region." said Ember while still chuckling.
"Ember." said Frost in a stern voice making the women quiet down.
"Ahem… that is an impressive feat Champion Stone but let me ask you another thing." said Forester.
"Go on." Steven said slightly annoyed by Ember.
"These incidents were all of them recent or over a period of a longer time?"
"They were over a period of a longer time in fact the most recent one was 4 months ago when I caught a group of smugglers near Littleroot Town." Steven added.
"Wait you call catching a group of smugglers a major incident." this time it was Spark who interrupted.
Steven was now offended and was boiling from inside.
"Mr. Stone let me educate you on your own region." Frost said on behalf of Forester.
Cynthia and the other champions were quite surprised to hear this as Frost was taking about educating the Champion about his OWN region.
"There are not only two organizations operating inside Hoenn there are a total of six that take part in illegal activities such as smuggling, Pokemon fight clubs and black marketing." Frost continued.
Hearing this Steven snapped.
"Stop lying you asshole, I know about my region and there is only Skull and Magma their to do such things."
"Mr. Stone those are the only ones that names themselves there are many other anonymous organization as well." Forester added in a cool voice.
"Also these organizations are about 100% more dangerous than the ones you lot have been dealing with just trying to stop them means you are risking the lives of both you and your Pokemon." Frost said.
Almost immediately Cynthia's mind went to the injuries she saw on Frost's body as she thougth
[He is not lying about this.]
Steven couldn't believe what he was hearing, he looked over to Goodshow to confirm this and he just nodded making Steven completely speechless as he looked onto the table with a dejected expression.
"Told you Forester they won't take this news well how are you expecting them to work with us, it's better you just leave them as they are." said Frost as he began to turn around but was stopped by Cynthia's voice.
"Wait Frost, is this true for all of the other regions as well." she asked with extreme concern on her face.
"What if I say it is?" he replied.
"Then I would want to help in dealing with them." she replied honestly.
[Damn this women and her sense of justice.] Thought Frost.
"I would also help ." Said Ash as he continued "If there is trouble in my region then I would also like to lend a hand."
"Ash you don't get this joining us means you won't just be lending a hand you would be putting your life on the line." said Stone.
"So what, we are the champions of our respective regions so it isn't wrong to want to help." added Diantha to support Ash.
Lance and Alder also nodded in agreement.
Leaf sighed deeply as she said
"Champions I recommend that you refuse the offer to join the Rangers."
"And why is that Leaf?"countered Lance.
Spark was the one to respond
"Because Champion Lance to deal with such people we are required to take drastic steps ourselves, steps that you Champions can't possibly think of taking."
Now Lance was angry because of the vague answers and now he was the one to erupt
"You don't understand we champions want to help our regions to grow and be a safe place, and we can't deal with you people telling us that there are more threats harming our regions than we think there are and on top of that you are also not giving details on the same."
"Mr. Lance it is for your own good." said Spark
"Champion we are telling you people to refuse because we have lost a lot of our comrades to these groups." Rain said while taking a more diplomatic approach.
Lance was not having that as an answer as he growled at Rain
"Women I am the fucking Champion of Johto I don't care if some people died ,I care about the information regarding the underground organizations you are hiding from me."
Every Champion in the room knew Lance had over extended with that statement and before Cynthia could object Lance for disregarding the dead Frost moved.
Cynthia knew something was about to happen but she never expected this, she saw her Escort holding a gun (a pistol to be exact) on Lance's head.
Author's Notes:
Well shit is real now. PM me any questions and review review and review my work ( I am that desperate lol). Until Next Time
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