Pokemon: Hollow Meaning
Chapter 2: Shadows Fall
Author's note: As usual I don't own any copyrighted characters or anything in this fic. But I do own this story. Anyways, this chapter is sure to be more interesting than the last. I am putting out the first two chapters on the same day so that people won't read and be all like "this is terrible". Enjoy!
5:45 AM
Somewhere over the Viridian Forest
"You understand your mission, I assume", asked Officer Jenny, a policewoman with blue hair and a blue officer uniform. The man sitting on the bench nodded and took the cigar out of his mouth. He appeared to be a middle aged man and had brown hair held back by a bandanna.
"Make my way through the Viridian Forest to Team Rocket's headquarters and stop them from releasing the weapons of mass destruction they are rumored to have there", said the man, putting the cigar back in his mouth. His voice was gruff but sounded somewhat like water flowing through a river.
"And make sure you are not caught", said Officer Jenny.
"Got it", said the man.
"If you need help, call me on my radio. My frequency is 153.75. And whatever you do, don't die. We have to figure out whether it was Team Rocket that caused that massive tremor. If it was, it may already be too late".
"Let's hope it isn't".
"Good luck, I have faith in you, Snake. You're the only one in the PIKA (Police In Kritical Areas) unit that can do this operation, Operation Forest Fire".
Snake walked over to the door of the helicopter. He jumped out and released his parachute. He landed safely on the forest floor, drew his tranquilizer gun, and walked into the forest out of view. Jenny watched, worrying about the safety of this mission.
"War of the beasts", Brock said. "What do you think he meant by that? That strange man".
"I don't know", Ash said holding his chin. "But I don't like it".
"Normally I would be suspicious", Misty said. "But that was pretty weird when he grew that wing". Brock gave a thoughtful hum. Just then a scream pierced through the calm afternoon.
"What was that?" asked Ash.
"We should check it out! Hurry!" yelled Brock. They all ran to the source of the scream.
They arrived in a wide street with many houses to the left and a river to the right. In the middle of the street there was a massive green monster with a hideous mask and a hole in its chest. It was suspending Ash's rival Gary high into the air. "Let me go, you masked freak!" yelled Gary.
"Mmm…", said the monster. "You will make a nice snack. You and those other powerful spirits lingering around your belt. Ha ha ha ha".
"What the heck is that!" yelled Misty.
"Charizard! I choose you!" Ash yelled and threw out a red and white poke ball. A red light shot from the ball and a giant orange winged lizard with a flame at the end of its tail formed. "Charizard use flame thrower!" Ash yelled.
Charizard shot a pillar of flame onto the monster and, in surprise, it yelled and let go of Gary, who of course ran away.
"Dammit! You made me lose my meal. Oh well, I suppose you guys are going to have to do", said the monster. He lunged towards Charizard, but the flying lizard flew out of the way.
"CHARIZARD, USE BODY SLAM!" yelled Ash. Charizard slammed itself against the prone demon.
"You're not bad", said the monster. "But you're also not good enough to beat me either". The creature grabbed Charizard by the back, stood up and flung it against a building. The wall cracked and Charizard fell to the ground. "Time for dinner!" said the beast and started to advance on the wounded lizard.
In horror Ash started running to the monster. Brock and Misty were calling for Ash to come back. But that wasn't an issue, since when Ash was halfway to the monster a man with long black hair in a white robe suddenly appeared and pushed Ash onto the pavement.
"What do you think you're doing!" Ash yelled angrily.
"Stand back. You're nowhere near powerful enough to take on a Hollow", said the mysterious man. He reached for the sword at his side, pulled it out, and quietly said the word "Scatter". His blade turned into what were seemingly a million pink cherry blossoms, but when they quickly reached the creature, called a "hollow", it tore the thing into a bloody mess. The Hollow dissolved and Ash ran to his Charizard. He put it back into its ball and heaved a sigh of relief.
"You're a fool", said the mysterious man. "How can you expect to defeat a Hollow like that, with a mere, what you call, 'Pokemon'. You and your creatures may have enough spiritual energy to see them but you can't battle them and expect to win". He turned towards Ash and said, "Next time, wait for a Soul Reaper".
"What?" Ash asked.
"I don't have time to explain. Just remember what I told you", said the man. Then he suddenly vanished into thin air.
To Be Continued…
