Hunter walked out of the airport, fighting the overwhelming temptation to put on a burst of speed and run as fast as he could to Riolu. Instead he waited until he was well out of sight of the airport, then started running, with his eyes closed. Leaves flew into small whirlwinds in his path and startled bird Pokémon took flight as he sped past their nests.
He kept running, slowing only when there were signs of civilization around, such as roads. He eventually took to jumping through the trees to go faster, but by nightfall he still had much ground to cover. He jumped from a tree into a large stretch of open land by a road, near which lay a Pokémon Center.
The Nurse Joy in charge of the center welcomed him warmly and invited him to enjoy everything the building had to offer. The place actually had private rooms, considering that it was three stories tall. Hunter had a bath and a meal before going to the room Nurse Joy had given him the key to, and sat on the bed, looking out of the window. He then turned to the opposite wall, where a small TV sat. He picked the remote up from its position on the nightstand and flicked the set on.
After flicking through several channels that were mostly either shopping channels or televised battles, he settled, as he often did nowadays, on the news.
The reporter in question was standing in a snow-covered landscape, the burning wreckage of several digging vehicles behind her.
"In the news today, digging crews here at the arctic region's mining operations were reportedly driven away by an unknown Pokémon, if it was one. The Pokémon in question was described as being green and red, and repeatedly changed shape as the miners attempted to defend themselves with their Pokémon. No casualties have been reported and all of the working miners have been accounted for. The attacking Pokémon's form of assault was described as a kind of energy orb."
Hunter hurriedly turned the television off. He cursed the lack of pictures, but then again, he hadn't gotten a good enough look at the vision himself.
The next morning after eating an enormous breakfast and returning the key to his room, Hunter walked out of the Pokémon Center and waited until he was in the forest and out of sight of the building before breaking into a hard run. A herd of Stantler burst from the bushes and he ran through them, dodging around a large number of them that didn't want to swerve out of his path. When he was through the herd, he suddenly felt the earth give way under his feet. Jumping out of the way, he let out an angry "For the love of…!" as he landed.
Two people, a man and a woman, appeared out of the bushes with annoyed looks on their faces.
The lady spoke. "Well, there's something you don't see every day."
The man didn't bother with small talk. "Listen kid, we're Team Rocket! Hand over all your Pokémon and we won't have to hurt you."
Hunter kept his face expressionless as he spoke. "It is not me that you should be worried about hurting. You should be more worried about yourselves."
The lady put her hands on her hips and looked at the man. "I think we should introduce ourselves."
"I agree."
They both struck poses and started speaking in turn. The girl started. "To infect the world with devastation!
"To blight all peoples in every nation!"
"To denounce the goodness of truth and love!"
"To extend our wrath to the stars above!"
They then struck different poses as they introduced themselves. The lady went first again. "Cassidy!"
"And Butch!"
"Team Rocket, bringing chaos at the speed of light!"
"Surrender to us now, or you'll surely lose the fight!"
A Raticate popped up from between them, screeching.
Hunter stood there, arms folded with one eyebrow lifted. He then shook his head and raised a hand. "I don't have time for this."
An Aura Sphere shot from his hand and hit the trio, catapulting them high into the air.
Cassidy, a stunned look on her face, looked at Butch. "What just happened?"
Butch was just as surprised. "I don't know!"
They both screamed in unison as they flew away. "Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!"
They flew on and out of sight, the Raticate making a final screech as they fell beyond even Hunter's sight.
He stood there for another moment. "Well, that was amusing."
He started running again, by nightfall coming to the valley he envisioned. As he ran down the slope towards a bus stop, intending to pass it by completely, he saw a pair of lights surrounding him and turned just in time to be clipped by a large van.
As he fell to the ground, he was barely conscious of two people exiting the van, one gently picking him up and placing him in the back seat, and them driving again before losing consciousness. His last thought while conscious was I don't have TIME FOR THIS!
Lol, Team Rocket fails again. R and R!