Alright, been a couple weeks, but I'm here with chapter 2. Enjoy.
Pokemon: The Distorted Trinity
Season 1: Re-Education
That Unusual Day, Part 2
"What in the world is going on!"
Wyatt shouted in frenzy as he was knocked off his feet by the force of the explosion. Ken was also lying on the ground, but Cranidos was looking to the next room with a steady gaze. A few moments passed and there was suddenly a monstrous roar that shook the caverns. Cranidos roared back before blindly rushing through one of the exits of their current room.
"Cranidos! Where are you going?" Ken was now on his feet again and running right behind the ancient pokemon. Wyatt was standing as well and began to yell after the two, "Hey, come back! This battle isn't over, you!" He returned Chimchar to its pokeball in a flash of red light and took off after them.
Cranidos had disappeared from Ken's vision long ago due to the pitch black cavern they were going through. He knew he'd catch up eventually however, this was a straight forward path and visible light could be seen at the end. "I should be relieved by the light at the end of the path, but why do I just feel sick to my stomach. This day is just all too strange."
Upon reaching the exit the young teen couldn't do anything but stop and stare in awe of what was happening. This room was much larger than the one they had been previously battling in. Spread about were men clad in all black uniforms with Red R's on the front. They all seemed to be commanding various pokemon on a single assault on three pokemon that Ken believed to be nothing more than legend.
The three pokemon seemed to be hovering above the ground with an odd black vortex swirling above them. The first of the three was dark blue in color with what appeared to be bits of metal covering various parts of its body. On its chest was a gem that seemed to resemble a diamond. The next was a bipedal creature with a purplish pinkish colored body. Its neck was long and it had wings upon its back, similarly to the first pokemon it had gems on its body, this time on each shoulder.
The final of the trio was a legless creature with a gray body with black and red stripes across its front side. There were spikes along its sides along with extensions from its backs that appeared to be wings. "Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina." Ken named them all respectively, he was frozen with both awe and fear of what was going on in this cave.
"Sir, they're retreating again!" One of the grunts shouted to a gray haired man in a black suit with the same red R. He grunted and began to swing a red chain around.
"Not after all the time and money I've invested in this." Flinging the chain upwards it split into three separate sections that clung to each of the legendary pokemon. The portal suddenly faded and the pokemon who had been levitating in the air just moments before dropped to the ground.
"This doesn't look go-" Ken started to speak only to be cutoff by something running into him. Actually after opening his eyes, he quickly recognized it was more like a someone; Wyatt Blackwood to be exact. The force of the other teen running into him had been enough to knock them out of the mouth of the cavern and in the middle of the battle zone. The odd men turned and stared at the children as they nervously got back on their feet.
Their leader smacked his forehead with the palm of his hand, "Damnit, get these kids out of my hair now and get back to work!"
At this several of the grunts turned on the two of them, slowly easing towards the boys. "Chimchar, we have to get out of here. Use Ember!" Wyatt released the fire type pokemon again and it proceeded to rain down bolts of fire on the men. It only served as a temporary thing, but this was good enough for Wyatt. "C'mon kid, we have to get out of here." He turned around to get sight of Ken, but the boy was already missing, actually running off in the other direction then where they had come in from.
"Cranidos, we have to go!" Ken yelled across the cavern. One of the grunts was commanding a large purple snake like pokemon to attack Dialga. It rushed in to bite at the legendary pokemon but Cranidos intercepted with a Headbutt that forced the poison type back to the ground. It roared victoriously while standing over its downed opponent.
The grunt growled and quickly retaliated. "Arbok, remove this nuisance, Iron Tail." The snake pokemon quickly flicked its tail outwards and sent the rock type rocketing backwards and into a wall, unconscious. This wasn't it however as the Cobra Pokemon slowly moved in on its fallen prey. "Good, finish the job."
"What are you doing? You can't just go and kill it!" Ken shouted at the grunt who merely shrugged and said, "Watch me, kid." The Arbok sprang forward and prepared to land the finishing bite into Cranidos but found itself biting into nothing but solid rock of the walls. On the ground next to it was a pokeball that rocked a bit before making a clicking noise.
Ken, quick on his feet, rush ahead and snatched the pokeball before running away. "This should keep you safe Cranidos." Ken knew there was no way he'd be able to make it back to where he had come in from, taking the next exit he continued to run ahead until reaching another one of Turnback Caves empty rooms. He was exhausted and out of breath, but at least he was safe for now.
"Alright, now I just need to figure out the way out of here. Kind of difficult seeing as each path just leads to another room that looks exactly the same." He stared at his three possible choices of exits and simply took the one closest to him. He quietly followed the path along until hitting the next room. Unfortunately, this one wasn't anywhere near as peaceful as where he had just come from.
Four grunts were standing in front of Wyatt who was fighting a one sided battle alongside his Chimchar. Before Ken could really decide whether to join in or back out, his 'friend' had already decided for him. "Hey, kid, come lend me a hand, these guys are better than I thought!"
This comment caused the grunts to turn their heads in his direction, two of them already sending out their pokemon towards him. "My name is Ken, not kid. And I told you I'm not a pokemon trainer." He frowned lightly while pulling out a pokeball. "I definitely can't use Cranidos. Guess I have only one choice." The pokemon caretaker threw forward the pokeball and released an orange weasel like pokemon with a bright yellow ring around its neck. It had a forked tail and stood on two feet. "Buizel, I know we've never done this before, but you're going to have to battle with me."
The pokemon nodded in response and looked at the two pokemon rushing its way. Seeing as one of the pokemon wasn't from Sinnoh, Ken used his pokedex for necessary info. "Spinarak, The String Spit Pokemon. The web spun by Spinarak can be considered its second nervous system. It is said that this Pokémon can determine what kind of prey is touching its web just by the tiny vibrations it feels through the web's strands," it said in its usual mechanical tone. The second was easily recognized as a Zubat, some of the most annoying pokemon to run into in caves.
"Zubat, get in there with a Leech Life attack!" The Bat Pokemon swooped down and attempted to bite into Buizel with its fangs, but the water type was too quick for it and dodged to its side, albeit a bit clumsily. "Buizel, counter now with Quick Attack." The pokemon's speed suddenly increased as its body seemed to become a blur before slamming into Zubat.
The flying pokemon fell to the ground with a heavy thud. "Spinarak, slow him down." The spider like pokemon nodded and fired a spray of webbing that managed to catch both Buizel and Ken off guard. The water type was caught and wrapped in a light cocoon of silk from shoulders to toes.
"You should really work on your battling skills before challenging Team Rocket, boy. Spinarak, Leech Life." The Spit Silk Pokemon jumped on Buizel and bit into the pokemon with its fangs, slowly but surely draining its energy.
"I don't even know what Team Rocket is; I just want to get out of here so I don't miss my ship. Buizel, your mouth isn't covered. Water Gun!" The pokemon followed its command and sprayed a jet of water from its mouth with enough force to knock the bug pokemon off of it and skidding across the ground.
"Supersonic." The Zubat was back up and let out a high pitched shriek that caused Buizel to begin to stumble around a bit. Ken knew all too well what was happening here.
"Buizel, you have to break out of that webbing and keep fighting." The weasel like pokemon continued to wobble a bit before slamming into the wall repeatedly. Ken grinded his teeth, "He's confused."
"Spinarak, Night Shade!" "Zubat, Wing Attack!" Both attacks hit Buizel directly and caused the pokemon to lose consciousness. Ken reluctantly returned it to his pokeball. "Team Rocket is no joke kids. Now, we're under order to capture you." Ken looked over to Wyatt who had met a similar fate from his opponents.
The Rocket Grunts appeared ready to claim the two of them but stopped and looked over to one of the caverns at the sound of whistling. The tune only grew louder which meant the creator of such a sound was getting closer. A few moments passed before a figure emerged. It was a teenage girl, about fifteen by her appearance. She had dark purple hair that managed to reach to her shoulders and wore black pants with a purple top and open red jacket above it. On the back of the jacket was a flame.
She gave the Rockets and Wyatt and Ken a cold glare before ignoring them and continuing forward. "Stop, you're coming with us as well." She turned around and looked over everyone in the room with an unchanging expression.
"Weak, the entire bunch of you. I have things to do however so I have to make sure you won't get in my way." The girl popped open a pokeball and released a large lobster like pokemon with a star on its forehead. The Rocket Grunts didn't seem to mind another battle as all four of their pokemon stepped forward. "Crawdaunt, Surf!" The lobster like pokemon summoned a huge wave of water beneath it that crashed into all four pokemon and the rockets.
By the time the waters had subsided the entire group was knocked out, an event that left Ken and Wyatt in awe. "She must be a skilled trainer," Ken mumbled to himself. Wyatt on the other hand was on his feet and bouncing around like a child on a sugar rush. "So powerful! You must battle me!"
The mysterious girl simply walked out of the room saying, "I don't dirty my hands dealing with trash." Wyatt fumed with anger and prepared to give chase before Ken stopped him.
"First priority is getting out of here, especially with both of us having no usable pokemon." Wyatt sighed reluctantly as the two took the same path the girl had followed. Ken figured she knew her way around this place, or at least knew it better than the two of them. As they prepared to hit the exit two massive pokemon burst through the wall and began to wrestle around a bit.
One of them was one of the three pokemon Team Rocket was after, Palkia. The other was an enormous serpent like creature covered in blue scales. The man controlling this was a Rocket Member but his uniform was white instead of black. "Gyarados, keep it up." The dragon like pokemon attempted to wrap around Palkia but the legendary pokemon simply grabbed its tail and flung the water type into the wall, causing it to crumble as well.
With all the destruction being done to Turnback Cave's interior the entire structure was beginning to get rather unstable. This was evident by the rumbling and collapse of several of the pillars. In on part of the room even some of the ceiling had caved in. "Even in a weakened state the Spatial Pokemon is this powerful." Ken nearly jumped out of his skin at the sudden appearance of a familiarly cold yet feminine voice behind him.
It was the girl with Her Crawdaunt again, but this time around her lips were curled into some oddly twisted smile. Soon enough more Team Rocket members had moved into this room as well as the battle gravitated to Palkia's position with the three legendary pokemon regrouping.
Ken was quick to take cover from what he knew was going to be a dangerous battle, he had to drag Wyatt along with him who kept screaming about this being, "The greatest pokemon battle of all time." From the red chains on the legendary pokemon's bodies electricity began surge around them that caused the trio to falter.
The Rocket Leader stepped forward and grinned. "The Red Chain has done its work men. They're weakened, now let's finish the job." The men began to move forward again but stopped moments later as energy began to gather around the legendary trio. "They're letting out all the stops. Roar of Time, Spacial Rend, and Shadow Force." Dialga's and Palkia's gems began to glow as they let loose blasts of energy upon their attackers.
Giratina had disappeared from sight but soon returned in a more ghost like form before striking down more of the men. With all the damage being added upon previous destruction, Turnback Cave began to collapse in on itself. Rockets started to evacuate but their leader stood his ground. "I won't leave this cave until I've caught these beasts. My goals are nothing without them!"
Amongst the rockets fleeing the scene was Ken, Wyatt, and the mysterious girl from before. As they neared the exit however Ken looked back to see the suffering faces of the legendary pokemon. He stopped and did a complete spin to run back towards them. "I'll free them. I won't leave a suffering pokemon behind when I have the chance to help them. Not again." He grabbed the chain coiled around Dialga's foot and began to pull.
Wyatt turned back as well and began to pull at the red chain on Palkia's tail. "If he won't back down then neither will I. As the greatest pokemon trainer in all of Sinnoh I can't afford to lose to this kid!"
"I told you my name is Ken!"
The dark haired girl had turned back as well, a pokeball in hand and her Crawdaunt at her side. "I can't run like a coward when trash like these two are putting up a fight. I came here to do something I won't leave until I do."
"Stupid children." The leader growled to himself.
Turnback Cave continued to shake down as more and more of the landform was falling apart. Despite their efforts however the chains didn't budge in the slightest. Something strange did happen however. Dialga's and Palkia's gems began to glow as well as Giratina's head crest. The rocky ceiling above them fell down and Ken slammed his eyes shut in preparation for impact.
The sudden booming of a horn caused the teen to awaken with a jump and hit the floor with a heavy thud. He looked around at his surroundings; it seemed to be a small room with a table, a bed, and a door leading to a bathroom. "Wasn't I just in a cave?" He questioned as he opened the door and took a step outside to see open waters beneath him. "I'm on a ship?"
"Began to gather your belongings passengers, we will be arriving at Red Academy within the hour." A voice spoke over the intercom. Sure enough, looking out across the water Ken could see an island.
"So it was a dream?" He began to question, putting his hand in his pockets, what he pulled out though shocked him. It was a small blue gem.
Alright, hope you guys had fun. Next chapter the excitement of the story will be dropping a bit as we finally get to the school and see some new faces. Stay tuned, keep sending in those characters, and don't forget to review.