Hey guys!
In this chapter, I'll be explaining further the different orbs that the characters will be encountering. Don't worry, this is a fanfiction so most of them are made up. I did some research as well so I tried to pattern them to the ones in the anime but the rest, I made them up.
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon.
Previous on Ice Roses (Chapter 1):
"Here's the deal, if you find at least one good reason for me to love coordinating again then I'm going to try again next year, alright?"
"It's a deal!" May happily said. Drew, on the other hand, sighed at how his friend was so bipolar. One minute she was sad then the next she's doing everything but bouncing in joy.
"If it keeps you off my case, fine," Drew muttered under his breath.
"What was that, Hayden?!"
"Nothing." He chuckled lightly then looked at his watch. "Well, I'd best be going. See you tomorrow?"
"See ya, Drew!" May said. Drew turned around and left, giving her his signature two-finger salute.
May just smiled at his retreating form until she felt something at the tip of her hand which was resting on the ledge of the balcony. She looked down and so none other than a thornless red rose.
"How he does it, I'll never know." She chuckled lightly before finishing her drink and leaving the balcony with the small rose in hand.
-xoOox-
ICE ROSES
CHAPTER 2
A greenish-gray-haired man clad in a white lab coat and black baggy jeans was stood at the middle of a white laboratory. The laboratory was filled with different instruments, chemicals and other equipment. At the center of the laboratory was a huge silver machine which was circular in shape and had an antenna-shaped rod at the end. In the middle of the machine were three holes of different colors: red, blue and green.
The machine was called a Radio Orb. You might want to remember that. It's very important.
Derrick, said greenish-gray-haired man, was currently working on connecting different wires and transmitter machines of the Radio Orb. He had been working on this Radio Orb for years.
Through his research, he learned that there were three weather orbs belonging to the legendary trio of Hoenn. And so he decided to move his research lab to Hoenn from Kalos in order to learn more about said orbs.
The orbs represented different weather patterns which the legendary trio of Hoenn were able to control. The Red Orb, owned by the legendary Groudon, controlled anything that had to do with Heat and Ground; summer, droughts, earthquakes and the like. The Blue Orb, owned by the legendary Kyogre, controlled anything that had to do with Water; storms, whirlpools, etc. The Jade Orb, the rarest of all orbs which is owned by the legendary Rayquaza, controlled anything that had to do with the Wind; tornados, hurricanes and those similar.
Derrick was a very ambitious man. He had lost his wife and had given up his son many years ago when he became too ambitious. He spent more than half of his life trying in every way to control Pokemon for his own desire. He wanted to be the most powerful trainer and to become that, he believed that ownership of powerful Pokemon would bring him to his goal.
All his life, he never settled down. He never settled down in a permanent place. He had always moved bases and laboratories for his different studies. However, ten years ago, he learned about Team Magma's and Team Aqua's attempts to steal the red and blue orbs from Groudon and Kyogre. This caught his interest. After a very expensive deal, he managed to convince Team Magma and Team Aqua to join forces since they all had one goal.
Since then, the three teams were one and called Team Cipher in the leadership of Derrick. Over the 5 years, their work included poaching Pokemon, interfering with different Pokemon industries and occasionally murdering important people. They had the same goals as Team Rocket from Kanto. The only difference was that they did more 'dirty work' than the other teams. They had been known as notorious criminals all over the region since their first year of formation. The police had been having, and still are, a hard time finding them since they usually moved bases from time to time and they did it quite fast.
They were currently residing on the Mount Aisu in Monsu Island which was the location of Team Aqua's and Team Magma's previous bases. Recently, they found out that the three orbs were hidden inside a small temple at the very top of Mount Aisu. It was a very hard climb to the top due to its being very steep. But, apparently…
"Sir Derrick, we were able to get all the three orbs. The orbs are currently in the seeing room," a young man dressed in a pair of blue pants with dark blue boots attached to it and a long-sleeved blue and black shirt with the small C on the top right of the shirt.
"Very good, now all we have to do is finish the Radio Orb and the three legendaries would be mine!" Derrick laughed evilly as he was led to the seeing room.
The seeing room was just a small room that contained literally nothing but a wooden table, a chair and a light bulb which flickered from time to time . One was holding a black bag which Derrick guessed was where they put the three orbs. The other was fixing up a wooden table. Derrick snatched the bag while glaring at the two Ciphers.
"Well, what are you waiting for? Get out of here and go to work," he snapped at them. The two Cipher nodded quickly and ran towards the exit. Derrick opened the bag and inside were the three orbs glowing bright red, blue and green.
"Look at you little and precious orbs, I'd hate to see you all… used," he muttered to the three orbs as if they would respond to him. He put them back inside the black bag and headed back to the research room.
-xoOox-
Flashback:
A loud explosion was heard throughout the small Hayden household. The seven-year old green-haired child was woken up from his slumber. He got up from his bed and went out of his room to where he had heard the explosion.
A crash was heard and this time it came from his father's office. The little child gulped. His father never allowed the child and his mother inside his office reasoning that they might make a mess and he'd lose his files. One time, the young child attempted to see what was inside the room but was only met by a slap to the face from his father. The child was very terrified to say the least. His father had always cursed and hit him but he never thought that he would hit him for just attempting to see what was inside the room.
Screw his curious little mind.
"Never come in here," his father had always said before slamming the door in the young child's face.
He winced as he heard glass shattering from inside the office. He heard a woman screaming whom he guessed was his mother. He figured that they were probably having another one of those pointless fights. But then he realized that it wasn't just any ordinary fight.
His parents were fighting inside the office for Arceus' sake. The child had no idea what Hell looked like but he had a vague idea that it was similar to the office since his father forbid it so much. Mustering enough courage, the little boy decided to come near the office and do a little eavesdropping.
"Is this why you never allowed me or Drew inside this room?" he heard his mother shout. What were they talking about?
"You know damn well that that is not the reason! This is simply my work! Are you accusing me of something?!" his father roared.
"Derrick, I'm not accusing you of anything! What I can't understand is why you've been closing yourself from your family! It's all about your work, huh? For all I care, your work is not even that important!"
"It is important! It's what keeps this family alive a-"
"No, it does not! It's what's tearing this family apart! I don't even have any idea as to what you've been working on. For all I know, you could be part of a large syndicate hurting people and pokemon for their own personal desires! Maybe that's why you never leave your office unless it's time to eat or sleep?!" his mother yelled.
His mother was met by silence.
"Oh my, Arceus, please tell me none of what I guessed was true," he heard his mother gasp quietly. Her voice was shaking from fear.
"How did you know?" Derrick replied quietly.
"I didn't k-"
"FOR ARCEUS' SAKE, ANDREA, HOW DID YOU KNOW?!" Derrick roared. Andrea gulped and mumbled something under her breath.
"What was that?!"
"I-I… snuck into your o-office the other day," Andrea confessed. Drew's eyes widened. His mother, of all people, snuck inside his father's office. It was like asking for a death sentence.
"YOU WHAT?!"
"Derrick, I-I didn't mean to! I just couldn't help but be curious of what you've been doing because of the strange-looking mails in the box and the urgent phone calls and all those! Please, you have to understand where I'm coming from. It's not that I don't trust you!" Andrea was scared. Terrified, even. Derrick came closer to her.
"You don't trust me enough to my own work?!" Derrick practically screamed at her face.
"Just admit it, Derrick! You're working for a large syndicate, aren't you?! That's why you stay cramped up inside this filthy office all day. YOU don't want US, YOUR FAMILY, to know about what you've been doing because they're illegal! Are you denying it?" she challenged.
"I gave you one rule, not to enter my office, and yet you disrespect the rule! HOW DARE YOU!" At this point, Drew was close to tears. He had never heard his father scream at his mother like this in his whole seven years.
"How dare I?! How dare you! You never told me about this?! Arceus, Derrick, we have a son! How do you think he's going to react when he learns that his father is a wanted criminal?!" Drew's eyes widened even more. His father was a criminal?
"Then so be it! I have no care for that mistake you call our son! I never wanted him and you know it!" Derrick countered. Drew could hear his mother sobbing from inside the room.
"You are heartless man!"
"And you're a useless, ungrateful and pathetic woman!"
Drew couldn't remember the last time he felt this terrified. His father hated him? He was a mistake? His naïve seven-year old mind couldn't handle this much. His eyes were already bloodshot from all the crying. He wanted to get away and so he did.
Or, at the very least, he tried.
He spun around so quickly that he did not notice the short pillar with a vase beside him. He immediately crashed into it, smashing the vase into pieces. He felt his heart thump painfully in his chest. His throat seemed to dry up and he felt himself shaking in fear. He didn't want to know what his father would do to him when he finds out that he'd been eavesdropping on them. Unfortunately…
"What do you think you're doing? Did we not teach you not to eavesdrop on people's conversations?!" Derrick screamed at his son.
"I-I'm s-sorry, Dad. I didn't m-mean t-to," he tried to say. His voice was shaking, his emerald eyes showed nothing but fear.
"DAD? WHO IN THE WORLD GAVE YOU THE PERMISSION TO CALL ME THAT, YOU HORRIBLE LITTLE MISTAKE?! WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT I WOULD WANT A SON LIKE YOU?!" he yelled. Derrick glared at his son, the kind of glare that seemed to bear holes through his son, the kind of glare that made Drew want to wish he had never been there.
"I'm sorry," he muttered quietly as tears streamed down his face. "I promise i-it won't h-happen again."
"Derrick, you're scaring the child! Stop it!" Andrea pleaded. However, Derrick was just too stubborn.
"OH, YOU'RE AS RIGHT AS HELL THAT IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN! GET OUT OF MY HOUSE. I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU HERE!" he shouted. Drew felt like a deer in headlights. Had his dad just told him to leave his home?
"W-what?" he responded.
"GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE! I'M GIVING YOU THREE SECONDS!"
"Derrick, stop it!"
"Shut up, Andrea!"
Drew's mind started to process what his dad just said. With shaky legs, he ran, stumbling in the process.
"I'm sorry, Drew," his mother cried out. She tried to go after her son but Derrick held up a hand and pushed his wife back inside the room.
"I'm not done with you yet you little tell-tale," he said in an unnaturally calm voice as if he didn't even send off his son.
Drew had no idea how long he had been running. He didn't even know where he was going. His legs were screaming for him to stop but he couldn't. He felt like he needed to get away from his house as far away as possible. He wanted to come back to his mother but he was too scared to even look back. He decided that he'd come back for her when he finally calmed down.
Just as he was starting to slow down, he tripped on a lose vine and tumbled down the small hill before landing on his foot, hearing a sickening crack.
End of Flashback
Drew shot up from his bed gasping. He just had the weirdest dream. No, it wasn't the usual nightmare. He didn't even think that it was a dream. He knew it happened sometime during his childhood. He was unaware that his loud gasp woke up his Roserade who was sleeping on the couch at the left of his bed.
"Rose, Rose rose roserade?" Roserade asked her trainer in concern.
"It's… it's nothing, Roserade. It's just a bad dream. Go back to sleep," he told her. With one last look of worry, Roserade shrugged and went back to her previous position.
Drew glanced at the clock and it read 2:41.
He brushed the bangs from his eyes and wiped the sweat on his forehead. He turned up the air conditioner and resumed to sleeping, trying to forget about the dream.
END OF CHAPTER 2
How do you like it so far?
Well, there you go. I've already introduced to you Drew's family, specifically his father. Yes, I intended for Derrick Hayden to be a jerk and a complete asshole.
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