Chapter 1
"voice dialogue"
'thoughts'
[telepathy]
(author's notes)
"Alright Aigan. I'm in position and awaiting orders", I said via from something Thoro called an "earpiece", which came with a "microphone". He found these things during an ambush we did, about a week ago, on a poor human convoy.
It has been a couple of weeks, now since I was sworn into the rebellion; and since I have evolved. By now, I have been used to my new form. Gave me a whole new potential, especially with my new-found illusion powers. Apparently, I'd never knew I could use illusions when I was a zorua. But now, since I know my powers, I am putting them to good use. A voice spoke back to me.
"Acknowledged, Yukso. Wait for Resh to get into position. I'll give you the signal when they have finished doing so," Aigan replied. I stayed in my position: at a branch of a tree, that is overlooking from the eastern side of a human encampment. It's highly unlikely they will see me. With the dense layer of leaves surrounding me, as well as the fact that it is late at night, not to mention my illusions can deceive them, thinking I am just another patch of leaves. In the meantime, I was looking closely at what the humans were doing. Most of them were asleep in their little tents, so there were only a few active patrols. Most of the sentries are also empty. The ones that are occupied are near the entrance, and others at the rear of the camp. Each one has what looks like a large, circular light.
"I am also in position now. Awaiting further orders," a serious tone spoke through the earpiece. I looked around, and noticed a greninja on a branch of a different tree, on the other side of the camp. I nodded to her, but doesn't seem to notice me. I looked back down at the camp and sighed in nervousness.
"Rodger that, Resh. Remember that you two are on a serious mission, so I need it to be completed clean and well. I am going to recite the goal in case your forgetting." Aigan said. "Your goal is to infiltrate the enemy camp, and seek out their ammo supplies. When you find the supplies that are split into three piles somewhere around the camp, you need to plant the supplied explosives on each one, and escape undetected before detonating all of them at once. This is a stealth mission, so avoid killing unless necessary. Good luck, to both of you. If you need something, call for me."
I let out a deep breath and relaxed myself, before I started to speak to Ninanda Resh. "Okay, so here's the plan; I am going to cast an illusion, so that we look like human soldiers. When I tell you that the illusion is in effect, you are safe to walk out and we'll split up and look for those supplies. Do you understand?"
"Aye. Will get down and hide in the bushes below," Resh answered back. I saw her latch onto a nearby branch with her long, frog-like tongue, before swinging herself off of the branch she was on, and letting go of that other branch and falling into a large and dense bush at the bottom, with a near inaudible rustle.
I continued watching over the camp, looking for which humans to base my illusion on. Soon enough, I saw two soldiers walking along the borders of the camp; a man with short, light brown hair, with pale looking skin, and couldn't be more than six feet tall. And he's patrolling with a woman that has nice black hair, which is shaped into a pony tail, similar to my mane, with tan colored skin. She's about the same height of the man. I breathed in, and stared at them, focusing on appearing exacally like them, taking into consideration their appearances, and uniforms. After I've gotten all of that into my mind, I closed my eyes, and breathed out. After that, I opened my eyes again.
As a zoroark, I am not fooled by my own illusions, so I can still see myself as a zoroark, but my mind tells me that I look exactly like the woman guard. I smiled to myself, before jumping down from my branch, and also landed in a bush below. I quickly looked at my surroundings, for anyone who happened to watch me fall. Fortunately, nobody saw me, so I proceeded to step out of the bush, and reveal myself, with hardly any worry, thanks to my illusion.
"The illusion's done. You are safe to step out, when the coast is clear. And when you see a man and woman together, and the man who looks exactly like you, then you'll have to neutralize them as soon as possible, to avoid letting them blow our cover." I ordered over the microphone.
"Ugh... why do you have to make me look like a man? Fine, I suppose it's only for the sake of this mission," the greninja scowled lightly. "Will do so. Now let's find those ammo supplies."
I then started to walk calmly, to the enemy camp, towards the center. I assume that they are not stupid enough to put their valuable ammo near the borders, but more to the more secure sector, which must be the center.
Keeping an eye open for any patrolmen, I continued my trek in search of those supplies. Currently, I have only walked by a medical bay, several kitchen halls, and a large, open tent, which I assume is where the soldiers will hang out, when not on duty. Nobody is inside, because of how late it is.
Suddenly, a male voice behind me made me stop in my tracks. "Who are you, soldier, and why are you not with your assigned partner?" After a few moments, he said "and where is your gun?"
'Shit', I mentally slapped myself. I turned around respectfully, trying to hide my nervousness as much as possible, hoping that he can't see through my illusion. I turned to see a human male, who looked like in his mid thirty's. He had a large, bulky figure. He had a gray hue to his hair, which is neatly cut short. That, combined with his black mustache, made him look very intimidating. He must of caught me staring at him.
"Well, don't just give me that look! You are ordered to answer my question, recruit..." he looked at my tag, with squinting eyes before continuing "... Suzzay." I quickly came up with a lie to try to convince him.
"Well... I'm actually very new here, and I didn't know what to do." I quickly told him, while looking at his eyes, and standing straight. "Can you please lead me to where I need to be?" I asked in a soft, calm tone, in the hopes that he will lighten up.
The large man seems to be mentally debating to himself, before his expression became more kind and welcoming. "Ah. Another draft, eh? Frankly, I can't blame you for not knowing," he stated kindly. He then motioned me with his hand. "Name's Sargent Velazco. I am the commanding officer of this shift. Will be commanding, until morning comes. Come, I will take you to where you will get your gun, as well as some ammunition to use it with."
I gladly walked him him, careful so that he doesn't see through my illusion. We had a few idle conversations, nothing too personal, although I struggled to answer some of them, thanks to me being a pokemon, and now knowing anything about the human world, or outside of Nimbasa City at least.
"So what region are you from, Suzzay? You don't look like you came from Unova. Mind telling me where you are from," the Sargent asked casually.
I stammered slightly, searching desperately for an answer. Aigan told us to never say that we are from Unova, for "security purposes" he claims. I think it was pretty stupid, but I rolled along with it. I searched through my memory... I remembered Aigan also mentioning other regions that existed. I think they were... Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, and Kalos. (I am only including regions that are in the main pokemon games, just so you know) I quickly responded to his question "I- I come from Sinnoh. Why'd you ask that?"
The Sargent stroked his mustache, then shrugged "just want to get to know you better. But you seem to be very protective of those kind of things, so it'll be best if I stop it then" he then grinned in embarrassment.
We eventually made it to where the guns are stored up. It's a green colored tent, like any other, except that rows of human firearms are lined up, each filled up with all kinds of weapons, small, light handguns, not too big, but still light assault rifles, and large, heavy explosive weaponry. 'Dear Arceus...' I shouted mentally. 'These humans are serious when it comes to war'. I then gazed over to the Sargent, who is looking at a familiar figure, accompanied with another soldier who I did not know.
"Sarge... this one has been spotted alone, without his partner, nor has his weapon on him. I have taken the responsibility to escort him to the munitions sector, to arm him with another weapon. Permission to do so?" the soldier asked, with respect in his voice.
The Sargent nodded in approval. "Yes, you may. Give him a weapon of his choice." he then looked at me. "And I'll be the one who assigns him a partner. When you are done, you are dismissed and ordered to resume your patrol, with your own partner."
After giving the man a weapon, whom I know is Ninanda. Fortunately, the illusion still worked on her side. I went and picked up my own weapon as well; a sub-machine gun from a rack that is in the small caliber rows. I heard the Sargent tell me his opinion on the weapon. "The MP5, eh? Pretty solid choice there. Very versatile and gets the job done." I smiled and strapped it to my waistline. I then turned at the greninja, who took two pistols, one to each hand.
"Alright then, you two are now going to be partners for the rest of the shift. I want to see constant laps around the perimeter. See an enemy, and you shoot it. Is that clear for you two?" the Sargent asked sternly. Me and Ninanda looked at each other, then nodded in unison.
"Yes, sir!" she confirmed. "We promise we won't let you down." I nodded in agreement.
The Sargent smiled once more "We'll see." He then motioned us outside, and pointed at a small cluster of tents. "See those tents, over there? That is where your ammo is. Don't cause too much of a mess, and take only what you need. Convoy won't arrive here for a while. We need all the ammo we can save."
'Great! I can see why Aigan assigned us with this mission. If we destroy those ammo supplies, they'll have a hard time fighting against our future assault,' my mind tells me.
"You two are dismissed. Now do what you have been ordered to do," the Sargent's voice interrupted my thoughts. I quickly saluted him and he walked off in the opposite direction, away from the ammo tents.
When he was gone, I looked over to the greninja. "he's gone. Now let's plant these explosives inside the tents". I putted my hand in my mane, and took out three sticks of C4. I handed one to Ninanda.
"Yeah, miss you too," she teased playfuly. "Anyway, I took out the real ones, and dragged their knocked out bodies to a bush, but I think it won't be long til the others find them and sound the alert, so we have to hurry."
"Good job. And don't worry. It'll be fast and easy." I walked over to one of the ammo tents. It was stuffed with bullets, magazines, and small explosive objects. I planted one stick of the C4 at the back of the tent, hidden within a pile of these explosive objects. 'Now this should be able to set everything off.' After planting the C4, I took as much ammunition for my weapon as I can. After loading my MP5, I took the rest of the sealed magazines and stored them in my mane. The curls of my hair should stop them from falling off, similar to a zorua.
I then walked to the second tent, and repeated the process. Confident that nobody can find the C4, I walked back out to find Ninanda waiting for me, with a satisfied look on her face. "I believe we are done now. Let's make our escape and blow it up." I nodded in agreement, and we walked together, to the western side of the camp, along the perimeter, of course, so that we don't arouse any suspicion.
After walking out of the camp, we quickly made a run for it. With us being both dark types, it's very easy to escape with hardly a sound, especially with the night at our side. After running back to a small clearing not far from the camp, I went into my mane and took out a small piece of metal, with a big red button on it- the detonator.
"Alright Resh, prepare to see the fireworks, in both a celebration, and victory, for a job well done," I said excitedly. I broke the illusion, revealing her true form once again. I then hit the button with my bottom of my fist.
A large flash lightened up the forest, along with a trio of explosions. Little cracks can be heard, from bullets exploding from the heat A cloud of smoke rose from the camp, along with faint yells from the panicking and disorganized people. "We're under attack!" "Something just blew!" "An explosion!?"
"Wow. Can't believed it actually worked. Good job indeed," the ninja frog whispered next to me, still staring at the smoke with awe.
I then looked back at her. "It had always worked. We both did a good job out there. Nothing to worry about them. After all, we just destroyed their way of fighting us. Soon, that place will be ours. I'm sure Aigan is preparing for the assault. But now is time to get back home, Ninanda." She looked back at me, and gave a warm smile, tongue now around her neck, appearing now as a scarf. For her, it does indeed matter whenever I call her by either first or last name. I use Ninanda, when in a placid time, and Resh, when in a time to be serious.
"Yes indeed. Though the assault will not be tonight." A voice popped up in our earpieces. Aigan is back. "Excellent work, you two. Now get back to base. I believe this is the time to have a small celebration." I giggled a little and looked back to Ninanda.
"You heard what the boss says. Let's go back to base. I don't think the humans over here are a risk anymore, for now." I told the greninja, who promptly nodded.
"You're right. Let's go." and with that, we both quickly made our trip back to base, where I assume a happy lucario will be waiting for us both.
(Whew, another chapter complete. Hope you guys like this one.
Ninanda Resh is an OC belongs to Rated L for Lemons, so props to him.
On the topic of OCs, I am still accepting them, so don't hesitate to PM with your submission! Application, rules, and disclaimer are located at the end of the prologue.
Thank you everyone, and Fly Dangerous o7)