Been a while since I updated, I kinda lost inspiration for a bit, but I found it again. Hope you Enjoy!!
Chapter 4: Battle in the Sky
As Julius and his friends flew up to the airship, they passed under the mysterious pokemon. Julius stared at the mysterious pokemon; he suddenly got a feeling for how big this pokemon really was.
"Yikes, that thing is huge." said Julius.
Flygon and Skarmory were too focused to say anything, as they moved closer to the airship. Skarmory and Flygon passed under the airship and rose up behind it; they then slowly descended and landed on a deck located above the engine and behind a large structure. Julius hopped off of Flygon and landed on the ground.
"I wonder who's driving this ship?" asked Julius.
"I don't know, but they are obviously not nice." said Skarmory.
"Indeed, how shall we go about with the rescue?" said Flygon.
"If we can get to the engine room, we can shut down the engine and force a landing." said Skarmory.
"Problem, we don't know where the engine room is. said Julius.
"Hmmm, perhaps we should sneak around a bit." said Flygon.
The three quietly edged there way around the structure and peeked behind the corner. They saw that the structure they were behind was actually a corridor that led inside the main part of the ship. They quietly sneaked around and went inside. Inside, they saw several men wearing black outfits with a red letter 'R' on the chest. On the distant side of the room was a staircase leading down. The three quickly ducked behind some boxes near the door.
"There, that must lead to the engine room." said Flygon.
"Looks like we're going to have to start some fighting." said Julius.
Julius was about to stand up and rush in, but Flygon quickly pulled him back down.
"We don't want to start a riot until we know what we're up against." said Flygon.
"Oh, where's the fun in that? I want to fight" said Julius, disappointed.
"You know Julius, you're lust for fighting gives me the creeps sometimes." said Flygon.
So Julius and his friends sneaked over towards the staircase and descended downwards. At the bottom of the staircase was scaffolding that was suspended over the massive engine of the airship; below gears and other machinery parts moved back and forth making noise. At the end of the scaffolding was a console complete with flashing buttons and levers. Julius and his friends went to the console and inspected the controls.
"Ok, so how do we work this thing?" asked Flygon.
"I have no idea, what do you think Julius?" asked Skarmory.
There was no reply, Flygon and Skarmory looked for Julius and found him messing with the controls.
"Julius, don't do that!!!!" yelled Flygon.
Too late, the engine immediately picked up speed and started overheating. Before anything could be done, the control console burst into flames and exploded.
"Uh oh…" said Julius.
"Julius, what have you done?" asked Skarmory.
"Umm, made the engine more efficient?" Julius said, with a stupid grin on his face.
"No, you have overworked the engine and it's likely going to explode." said Flygon.
"Let's get out of here!!" yelled Skarmory.
As they ran for the stairs, two black uniformed men came out running holding swords.
"Hold it right there, so you're the ones responsible for the malfunction. Thanks to you we lost the pokemon we were targeting." said one of the men.
"Umm, he did it." Julius said, pointing at Skarmory.
"What?" said Skarmory, surprised.
"We'll teach you not to mess with Team Rocket!!" said the man, angrily.
The two men then each pulled out a pokeball and threw them. In a flash of light, two pokemon appeared, Raticate and Arbok.
"Get ready guys." said Julius.
Julius then curled his fingers, as if he was gripping a sword. Within seconds, a sword of energy materialized in his hand.
The two sides faced off and then all of them rushed into battle. Raticate attempted to use Hyper Fang on Flygon, but Flygon dodged and used Dragonbreath on Raticate scoring a direct hit. Arbok then came after Skarmory and wrapped himself around Skarmory. Skarmory easily broke free and countered with Air Cutter launching blades of air and nailing Arbok. While all this was going on, Julius had his Aura Sword formed and was busy fighting the Rockets. One of them swung his sword at Julius, but Julius countered with his sword, blocking the attack. The two then came at each side of Julius in an attempt to catch him off guard. Julius reacted quickly and moved out of the way and the two Rockets collided with each other knocking themselves onto the ground. There pokemon shortly were thrown and joined them. Left dazed and paralyzed, the Rockets found themselves looking up at there conquerors.
"Damn, we underestimated this kid and his power." said one of the Rockets.
"How can a mere teenager have this much power?" said the other.
Julius then grabbed one of the Rockets by his collar and lifted him up.
"Now then we have some questions for you. Why were you chasing that pokemon and who are you guys?" said Julius.
"Heh, I see no harm in telling you, not like you could stop it anyway. We are part of an organization named Team Rocket, we seek to conquer the world and gain ultimate power. We recently found the location of the Legendary pokemon that live here in Pokerian. If we can harness there power, nothing could stop us. Our plan recently had a mix up and one of the Legendaries escaped. We would've had him if you hadn't interfered. Now that you have gotten in the way, our leader will likely come after you. Enjoy your life while you can." said the Rocket.
The Rocket laughed slightly before losing consciousness. The engine room was filling with smoke fast and on the verge on destruction.
"Julius, we have to go now!!!!" said Flygon.
Julius nodded and climbed onto Flygon. The three then quickly flew out of the engine room and off the airship, seconds before the airship exploded in a giant fireball. As they flew off into the distance, Julius was deep in thought.
Team Rocket? Legendary Pokemon? I've only heard of the Legendaries in stories and legends, could they really exist? And if they do, how does Team Rocket hope to harness there power…
Just as Julius was finishing, Skarmory came to a stop.
"What's wrong?" asked Julius.
"Look down there." said Skarmory, pointing towards the ground.
There lying on the ground, in a clearing, was the pokemon that had earlier been chased.
"Now I remember…" said Julius.
The others looked at him with curiosity.
"I read about this pokemon, they say it is the Guardian of the Seas, The Legendary bird itself, Lugia." said Julius.
The three then flew down towards the mysterious Lugia.
To be Continued…