Me: We're back!
Green: About time.
Me: Meh, I had writers block. I don't like writers block.
Blue: Does this mean you forgive us?
Me: Hmm… Yep!
Blue: Yay! *Claps happily*
Me: *Smiles* So who wants to do the disclaimer?
Everyone: I do!
Me: *Laughs* Okay! Everyone can do it today!
Everyone: ThePokemonPress does not own Pokemon!
Me: Yep! Now here's the story! Enjoy!
Chapter Eight: VS Wormadam - Young Gems
As soon as the first explosion happened, Platinum knew that something was very wrong. And she was starting to think that maybe Kye's strange fear for cruise ships wasn't all that strange.
Platinum turned around as Yellow and Kye caught up with the three younger DexHolders. "What's going on?" Yellow asked, eyes wide as she held her Eevee to her chest.
"I'll tell you. The ship is either being attacked, or something decided to explode!" Kye said, her Pokèmon twitching as they sensed their Trainer's nervousness.
"There is only one way to find out," Platinum stated, running out of the indoor battlefield and outside.
"Little Miss! Wait for us!" Diamond called after her as he, Pearl, Yellow, Kye and their Pokèmon ran after her.
Outside was chaos.
People were screaming, running from something the heroes couldn't see; crewmembers were shouting, trying to regain control; and random attacks were flying everywhere.
"Hey! What's going on?" Kye demanded of a crewmember who was trying to calm a pair of women down.
"Don't know! Some people in spacesuits suddenly dropped down from the sky and started attacking people! Then a pair of kids started fighting them… I don't know!" he snapped, pressing his hands against his head as if it would give him some answers.
"People in spacesuits… Team Galactic!" Pearl said, exchanging shocked looks with Dia and Platinum. Kye frowned, Team Galactic were the ones that imprisoned Lunar and Leafy.
Upon hearing the name of their captors, both Eevee reacted. Leafy whimpered, snuggling into Yellow's arms, her small body shaking in fear; Lunar on the other hand, let out a growl, her ears lying flat on her head as she searched for the ones that captured her.
This isn't good, Kye thought, noticing Lunar's reaction. I better watch her before she runs off. Right as Kye thought that, the Eevee shot off, growling for revenge. "No! Lunar! Oh Ho-Oh!" Kye gritted her teeth. "Jetstream! After her! Make sure she doesn't get hurt!" Kye ordered. Her Jolteon nodded before chasing after his pre-evolution.
"Come on! We better make sure those kids are okay!" Kye took the lead, heading towards where the attacks were coming from. If Team Galactic was back, then that could only mean one thing.
And it was something Kye knew she would regret.
Jade Swan was having a normal day. He was lounging by the pool, keeping one eye on his younger sister Quartz Swan as she played in the shallow end with her Finneon and Mantyke while her overprotective Mothim fluttered overhead, making sure the small girl didn't get hurt.
"Come on Jade! Join us!" Quartz looked over at her brother. He was eighteen; tall, lean, and quite handsome with deep green eyes that matched the gem he was named after and pink dyed hair that fell in a shaggy heap on his head. Now don't get the wrong idea, it wasn't his idea to dye his hair pink. Jade quite liked his midnight green hair, the color of a darkened forest, but due to differing events, it ended up pink.
"No thanks Quartz, you go ahead." Jade told her, waving a hand dismissively at his eleven-year-old sister. The quartz eyed girl pouted, making her eyes large and cute. More then one person went "aww!" at the sight of the little girl's 'puppy-dog look'. Her long hair was midnight green, just like her brother's, though hers went well past her shoulders- to about her waist.
Looking up, Jade realized his little sister was using the 'puppy-dog look', attracting a lot of attention to the two of them. Glancing around, he noticed many people looking at him as if to say: "Just join the kid already!"
Jade sighed, why did it always end up like this? He just wants to relax and Quartz ends up recruiting complete strangers to convince him otherwise. Maybe he should do something about that.
"Fine! You win…" he grumbled, setting aside the book he had been reading. Getting to his feet, the young man started to unbutton his shirt. Quartz grinned as she watched her brother. He was usually reading, or working on another movie. Yep, her older brother was a movie star. The great Jade Swan, actor and Trainer.
"Finny!" Finneon chirped, tugging on her Trainer's arm gently. Blinking, Quartz looked down at the Wing Fish Pokèmon and smiled as Mantyke joined her. "Looks like Brother's going to join us!" she told the two water types happily. Both let out happy coos and leaped into the air and did a flip before splashing back down.
"More like being forced to join you," Jade corrected as he sat on the edge of the pool and looking down at her. Quartz only grinned, tugging on his arm. "Come on Jade! You never have time to spend with me anymore!" she complained, making her brother wince.
It was the sad truth. Because he was always at the movie shoot, Jade barely had time to spend with his family- mainly his younger sister since both their parents were also movie stars. Since Quartz was the only one of them that wasn't a actor (or actress) she was usually left alone.
Letting out another sigh, Jade gave in. This cruise back to Jubilife and then traveling to Snowpoint, where Jade had another shoot, was the only time in four months that the siblings had together.
"Alright…" he said, "you win." Jade rubbed a hand across his face. Why did he have the feeling that this day was going to end badly?
Of course, that was when the first explosion came.
Glaring across the pool, Jade clenched his fists. How dare they? Attacking his sister… it was an unforgivable act to him.
Quartz clung fearfully to her brother's waist, all three of her Pokèmon had been knocked out in the sudden attack from the sky. Now she was hiding behind her brother as he took on the strange spacemen with his Solrock against their three Wormadam.
"Out of the way kid!" the leader demanded, though his voice was monotone, like he was reading a bad line.
"Yeah right… Solrock! Rock Slide!" Jade commanded. The Meteorite Pokèmon hummed a response, before summoning a dozen rocks from nothing and hurling them onto the three bug types.
"That won't do much Jade!" Quartz protested, ducking behind him as the Trash Cloak one used Mirror Shot. Solrock dodged, then used Harden before countering with Giga Impact.
"I know! Quartz, Solrock is the only Pokèmon I have that will fit on the deck and cause the least bit of damage. Look, why don't you go get help okay?" he told her, giving the young girl a quick glance before giving his full attention to his opponents.
Before she could answer, a Pokèmon's cry sounded, making the only five people pause and turn to face the Pokèmon that had made the cry.
It was an Eevee.
The little brown Pokèmon glared hatefully at the spacemen before leaping up and using a powerful Trump Card. The seven glowing cards slammed into Trash Cloak Wormadam, knocking it unconscious.
"Lunar! HOLD!" a new voice commanded. The Eevee, which had bounded down and was about to use Bite on the Wormadam's Trainer, froze. It looked back, shamefaced at the speaker. Both Jade and Quartz turned to see who it was, hoping it would be a member of the crew.
The small group standing on the long side of the pool were not crewmembers. Instead the oldest was a girl with shoulder length brown hair and calm-yet-fierce brown eyes that were shrouded with kindness. She wore a dark blue tee with cargo pants under a long brown trench coat with a satchel. Sitting on her shoulder was a female Pikachu while by her side was a Jolteon.
On the brunette's left was a short girl with long blonde hair tied up in a ponytail, her amber eyes were wide as she gazed at the fighting Trainers. She wore a black long-sleeve under a yellow and light green trimmed tunic with jeans tucked into purple boots. The look reminded Jade of a farm boy, down to the straw hat that was clutched in her Pikachu's paws as she - like the other one - sat on her Trainer's shoulder. Another Eevee was held in the blonde's arms, staring out at the battle with wide scared eyes.
Behind them were two boys and a girl. The girl wore a short dress in black and pink with a scarf, her pale gray eyes made it look like she was both aloof and curious. On either side of her was a boy, one was black haired and blue eyed with a black vest and jeans with a red beret-like hat and red scarf. The other boy was blonde with his hair in a up-curved shape and orange eyed with a white and orange striped shirt and dark colored jeans with a green scarf.
The lead girl looked down at the spacemen briefly before turning her attention back to the Eevee. "Lunar," she said in a quiet voice that offered no room for argument. "Hold and come."
The Eevee whined, glaring at the spacemen before bounding over to her Trainer. Making sure the Eevee wasn't going anywhere, the girl turned her attention to the attackers.
"Team Galactic. I'm going to tell you this only once: Leave. Leave now, or face the consequences." she continued in that quiet tone. The blonde girl glanced at the brunette nervously. Jade felt Quartz shudder and had to keep himself from doing the same. Instead he wrapped his arm around her, drawing the small girl close.
What did she call them? Team Galactic? Jade remembered them, only last year they were causing trouble. He looked back at the three, they must be grunts if they looked like that.
The grunts just stared at the girl before ordering the two remaining Wormadam to use Rock Blast and Razor Leaf on her. The girl didn't even blink as she made a quick gesture with her hand. The Jolteon leaped forward, shooting out arcs of electricity at the attacks; Pokèmon… and surrounding area.
Kye cursed the stars above and sea below as all around them explosions destroyed the pool area.
"Way to go Kye," Yellow muttered, ducking under a stray arc of lightning from Jetstream's Discharge attack. Kye rubbed the back of her head sheepishly as she too, ducked under the attack.
"Sorry! Jetstream hasn't mastered this move yet!" Kye shouted in apology. Pearl gave her a look that made her think he thought she was crazy. Which was entirely possible, after all, she spent most of her free time on a cold mountain top or in places most people had no desire to be in like the deepest, darkest parts of Dark Cave.
"Senior Kye! Why would you use an attack that your Pokèmon hasn't mastered yet?" Platinum asked as she ducked under a lightning bolt.
"The only way to master something is to have control over it! And the only way to have control is to understand it! And the only way to understand it is to use it!" Kye replied. She whipped around as someone screamed. Eyes widening, Kye noticed Yellow was trying to shield the little girl from before with her own body.
No! Kye thought, running over to her friend. At the same moment the older boy did the same. Together the two flung themselves over the two girls just as a stray lightning bolt struck. Kye yelped in pain and winced as the lightning lashed across her back, sending the smell of burnt cloth and skin into the air.
As soon as he heard Kye yelp in pain, Jetstream froze. The Lightning Pokèmon turned, seeing his Trainer hunched over in pain, the back of her long trench coat smoking.
"Kye!" Sparky screeched, bounding forward, dodging the arcs of electricity that leaped back and forth from Jetstream's pelt. No, Jetstream began to shake, the Discharge attack growing more and more wild in his fear and self loathing.
How could he hurt her? Hurt his Trainer? His savior? Back in Kanto, when Jetstream had been a little Eevee, Kye had found him in Celadon City. His former Trainer had been a member of Team Rocket, who had done experiments on Pokèmon. One of Jetstream's friends, another Eevee, had been one such experiment. The only reason Jetstream himself hadn't was because Kye rescued him.
And now he'd attacked her.
Time seemed to slow down. Behind him, Jetstream heard the Sinnoh Trio shouting something about the ship exploding; he turned his head to see Lunar, that crazy little Eevee, leaping back and forth between the attack; and ahead was Kye, Yellow, and the two strangers. Hold on… where was-?
"Dig!" Sparky's voice erupted from the concrete below him. The floor exploded, tossing the Jolteon back as the female Pikachu used the super effective move.
Quartz held onto her brother tightly as they sat on the back of the brunette Trainer's Gyarados. The small group watched as the cruise ship they had all once been on and had brought them together sink into the sea.
"Like I said," the brunette grimaced as the blonde girl looked over the scorch mark on the other's back. "Cruise ships blow up way to easily."
Me: Well fiddlesticks.
Green: Fiddle-what?
Me: Fiddlesticks. it's a way of expressing annoyance, disagreement, or impatience.
Green: You just looked that up didn't you?
Me: Well I already used the word, I just now looked up what it meant.
Blue: Okay… so why are you annoyed?
Me: Hmm? Oh, I'm not. I just like the word. Fiddlesticks.
Green: I'm getting another Nikki-headache.
Me: Meh. Lets ask for reviews.
Everyone: Okay! Review!
Me: Mmmhmm! Review please! Thanks! Till next time peoples of the world! Peace out! *Signature peace sign*
Green: Not a peace sign…