I haven't update this in over a week, terribly sorry. I'm kinda busy at the moment, plus I am more focused on a summer essay and my other fanfic at the moment. But I haven't forgotten this! Nope, that's one thing about me: I will never abandon a story unless I'm dead or something. Enjoy, and review if you feel like it!

Chapter 3: Alien

Far from Treasure Town and the forest surrounding it lay Mt. Horn, a treacherous mountain area not regularly accessed by pokemon other than those of exploration teams. Even then, not even beginning explorers usually ventured through it. Most of it was inhabited by rogue pokemon, many hiding from the law or just flat out uncivilized. They lurked through the entire mountain and the area surrounding it. That is, that was how things were before the meteor shower.

In the aftermath of the event, the mountain had taken a heavy hit from a rather large meteor, leaving a decently sized chunk missing in its side. Most of the pokemon were too afraid to investigate after feeling an unearthly energy emanating from the very bottom of the crater.

One day, a foolish Machop decided to be the brave one in front of everyone else. Going alone, he scrambled down the face of the crater, ignoring the feeling that he definitely should not be there. To his fascination there was a purple shining oval stone smack in the center of the crater. It seemed to give off its own light from within, giving it the appearance of a strange, oversized Shiny Stone. Smirking at the pathetic sniveling of his fellow pokemon, the Machop reached down to grab the strange rock. Just before he touched it, particles of light began to swirl around it in a whirlpool-like fashion.

Jumping back, the Machop slowly backed away from the stone as the swirling intensified. More particles came, quickly collecting together around the rock. They formed a square orange body around the blue stone. A black stomach formed below before an orange hip section was created. Legs followed suit, and at the same time, four tube-like arms were created, two orange, the other two a sky blue. Finally, a head formed. It was oval with the same orange as the rest of the body. A splotch of blue was in the center, and two orange trapezoid shapes were protruding from either side.

The Machop continued to back off in fear of the newly formed entity. It continued to lay there until the Machop slipped on a rock. The noise caused the being's eyes to snap open, and it immediately floated into a standing position, four arms waving and twisting erratically.

'Where…am I?'

The Machop made a noise of surprise when it heard the pokemon's voice in his head. It turned its head in his direction, eyes locked in a stoic gaze. 'Tell me now! Where am I?' The Machop continued to just sit there and stare in fear. Fed up with the pokemon, Deoxys rose several feet up and put his four tentacle arms at a point in front of his crystal heart. An orb of energy was formed, quickly growing before being unleashed on the helpless Machop. He didn't even have time to scream before the Psycho Boost attack brought him clinging to life. 'Fool…' Deoxys muttered before flying off across the sky, deciding not to kill the pokemon. 'Someone must be able to tell me where I am…and what I am to do…'

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Deoxys continued to soar through the clouds, going in a northerly direction. He had passed many flying types, all of which he knew the names of. 'But why? Arceus…he filled my head with this knowledge. I know it…'

The clouds were white and fluffy, and Deoxys took note of that. 'This…this is nothing like when in space. Alone. These clouds…they seem calm and carefree. They know what they do. But I…what was I made to do?' He flew through a travelling group of Drifloon and Drifblim, causing them to unexpectedly fly away from each other as his air current disturbed their path. Deoxys paid no mind to this. All he cared to do was to keep moving, keep going until he found somewhere where he could hide. Changing directions now, he continued to the west.

On his flight, several pokemon managed to spot him, but his altitude caused them to only question what they saw. One such group happened to be an exploration team in Apple Woods.

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Team Sting, as it happened to be, was exploring the forest for one task. One very important task. Such that if they failed, their membership in Wigglytuff's Guild, and perhaps their lives, would be clinging for support.

"So Chatot put us up to this menial task?" asked Scorp. His team leader, Pin, nodded. "Yep. Seems we were the only team available at the time. So let's just make sure that we don't mess up on this. Otherwise…well, you know what happens when Guildmaster doesn't have his Perfect Apples." His companions, Scorp and Puffer, gulped nervously.

"R-right. We…really don't need to be blasted by a Hyper Voice...or something worse." Squeaked Puffer. Scorp looked at him. "What could possibly be worse?!" Puffer merely shivered in fright, refusing to say any more. Scorp, unsatisfied with the answer, kept prying. "Come on, you can say what it is. Not like it'll kill you. Or would it?"

Pin sighed in annoyance before buzzing down and jabbing Scorp with one of his needle hands. Yowling in pain, Scorp jumped up into a tree. "That wasn't funny!" he yelled down to his sniggering companions. "If Guildmaster heard about this he would-wait, what is that?!" he pointed to the sky, both of his partners following his gaze. In the sky heading due west was a humanoid orange and blue shape. In seconds, it was gone.

Team Sting continued to stand there staring in bewilderment at what they had just witnessed. Pin was the first to break the silence. "That thing…never have I seen something like that before," he shook his head. "Weird stuff has been happening lately, right guys? First the meteors and now that...thing. When we get back from this mission, we are so telling Wigglytuff, and then telling everyone else."

"Uh-huh." His teammates said in unison. Both stared for a few more seconds before snapping out of it and continuing on. "You don't think that maybe...there was a connection between that and the meteors, do you guys?" Puffer asked. Pin merely "hmmed" in thought. There was more of a connection than they could imagine.

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Deoxys continued his flight path, passing through plenty more clouds and several flocks of pokemon. It had been many hours since he first began, but he felt no different. 'Must be an added effect of this "gift" from Arceus. I will hand it to him, as much as I am troubled now, he has provided so much help for me. Now the only question is, where am I now? All I know is that I am on this planet called…Earth. Another fragment of information from Arceus.'

Deoxys took notice that the terrain below had begun to flatten out slowly losing trees. Before long it was grassland, which soon dissipated to even less. 'A…desert? Yes…that is what this is called. Northern Desert…it seems barren and desolate. Good enough for me. Perhaps now I can be alone to think. Then from there…my search will begin. To find out…my purpose. My…destiny.'

He landed in a rockier section of the desert, far from where any exploration team has ever dared venture. Many cave entrances dotted the face of a particularly large rock formation that protruded from the sandy desert. 'This…this should be suitable. I can detect that there is more life within. But this continues far below the ground. Surely I can procure a temporary living space. If not…I shall make one.'

Touching down at the entrance to one opening, Deoxys walked into the darkness. The light quickly disappeared, but this was no problem for him. 'These eyes…they can see so much. Even in the darkness, there is still so much I can see. Arceus…you are interesting. Right now, I can't decide whether to hate you or thank you. I suppose I'll decide upon that later.'

Continuing to walk through, he ran into very few problems. Rogue pokemon mostly ran away at the sight of this unfamiliar visitor. Even when he did run into a problem it did not last long. A simple Hyper Beam or Psycho Boost was enough to make sure he got his way. When he harmed the pokemon like this, he felt no sympathy. He did not know his emotions yet, so everything came upon impulse.

At long last he found a large cave pocket that would suit him. Unfortunately for him, there was already a group of Baltoy occupying it. 'Get out. This is mine now.' Deoxys said. One of the Baltoy laughed. 'Over my dead body!' it psychically replied. Deoxys narrowed his eyes. 'With pleasure.' he said, charging up a Psycho Boost. The Baltoy wasted no time in leaving, spinning rapidly to dig holes into the ground for escape. Deoxys let the attack die after he knew they were gone. He seated himself cross-legged upon the ground. 'Now,' he began. 'I can think. Let me see just what the extent of my knowledge truly is.'

Short? Yeah, I know. Sorry about that, just a quick thing to show what's up with our little DNA mutant. And we meet Team Sting! These guys will more than likely end up in an important role in this story. But why am I telling you guys that? You'll just need to wait and see how things develop.

Oh, I suppose I shall take requests for teams and/or missions. Preferably the former. If you do create an OC team for this, send me a PM with information on them in this format:

Team Name
Members (Genders help as well)
Background/Experience
Moves (Gah, I had forgotten that!)

So just PM me with that, and anything else that you feel is important. I believe I will go with the first 3 teams for now. I already have about three to write on (including Sting and of course, that of our heroes. The other you'll learn of later). I may allow further OC teams at a later date, but for now, 3 is the limit. Sorry in advance if yours isn't chosen!