Riley O'Brian and the Master of Space Chapter 1: Unexpected Arrivals
MorgothII: Greetings to all readers! This is my first fanfic involving Pokemon so go easy. Thank you and enjoy.
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Ash Kecthum walks off the boat at the port of the city of Alto Mare. He had completed all five regions and was now going back to visit old friends by himself. He wondered how everyone was doing since him, Misty, and Brock left last time. Ash grins to himself. He had told no one he was coming because he wanted to surprise them. He walks around the city's street, looking at the nearby canals. He shudders slightly, remembering the events that happened last time. Two Team Rocket thieves had broken in and stolen the Soul Dew, a gem that protected the city and kept the water out. It had broken and a massive tidal wave almost destroyed the city when two legendary Pokemon stopped it. One of the Pokemon, Latios, had scarified himself to stop the wave and created a new Soul Dew. He also remembered the good-bye kiss, but from who Ash is still trying to figure out.
He stops and smiles when he sees a familiar looking young artist making a drawing. Ash quietly walks up behind her while a grin on his face. "Hello Bianca. What you working on?" He asks innocently. Bianca jumps slightly in surprise. "Wha-? Oh, it's you Ash," She says, standing up and giving a hug to her friend. "Indeed it's me. How are things in Alto Mare?" Ash asked.
"Oh, quiet. Lorenzo still makes his gondolas, though he has beefed up defenses for the DMA. Right now he's at the museum I've been working on my drawings. The Soul Dew is where it should be and Latias is up to what she likes doing, though she does spend some time guarding the Soul Dew," Bianca informs him. Before Ash can reply, a bright flash comes from a direction that both Bianca and Ash pale from realizing what is there. Almost as quickly as it appeared, the flash fades. Bianca looks at Ash with horror. "The secret garden," She whispers. Ash nods. "Let's go," He says, Pikachu speaking up for the first time, saying "And kick butt!", though to the two humans it sounded like "Pika Pika!" With that the three head to the garden, hoping that whatever just happened didn't damage anything.
What the trio didn't know was that someone else was already in the garden. The unknown person looks around his surroundings with looks of shock, confusion, and a slight mix of fear and nervousness. His hand slowly moves to the hilt of his sword strapped to his back when he sees something in a pool of water. He retracts his hand and cautiously walks over to the pool of water and looks at what is inside it. What he finds amazes him. A blue gem that seems to glisten. 'It's amazing' He thinks to himself. He subconsciously reaches out to touch the alluring stone.
Suddenly he recoils. "No way, that's impossible. That thing is alive? How?" He mutters to himself. Suddenly he straightens his back. "Who's there? Who's there I say?" He looks around but can see no one. "You with the sword, stop!" He turns his attention to two teenage boy and girl, as well as a… 'The hell is that thing?' The red things on the yellow creature's cheeks make it look like a clown. The unknown person almost laughs at it when he notices the red spots crackle with electricity. 'Uh-oh,' He thinks. With little time to think, he draws his sword and charges at the two, ready to swing the sword… when a pale blue light surrounds the stranger and stops him in his tracks, literally. 'The hell?' He thinks, unable to even move his head. A red and white dragoness appears out of thin air in a sparkle of blue light. "You shall not hurt my friends or my brother's Soul Dew!" Latias, the sister of the late Latios, angrily says.
Before he could even mentally gulp and say 'Uh-oh' the stranger's sword flies out of his hands. Then the helpless man suffers a series of painful but comical beatings. As if he was being held by his ankle, the stranger was slammed into the ground face forward then slammed backward repeatedly. Then he Is briefly spins around, tossed up, the slammed down. And for the final humiliating defeat, he punched himself several times in the stomach then slapped himself on the face several times. He swore he could have heard someone say 'why are you hitting yourself? Why are you hitting yourself?" when it stopped. The pale blue light faded from around him as well as from the red dragoness who had defeated him.
The boy speaks up again. "Who are you?" The stranger grimaces. "I'll never talk!" Then the blue light surrounds him again. "Okay, I'll talk! I'll talk! Just call it off!" He says. The girl stifles a laugh as the boy repeats the question. "Who are you? What do you want?" He shrugs. "The name is Riley, Riley O'Brian, admiral of the First Defense Fleet of the CHBN. As to what I want, to go home," Riley says.
Elsewhere in an undisclosed location
The recently freed heads, admins, and main agents of Teams Rocket, Magma, Aqua, and Galactic sit around at a table. At the head sits Giovanni. "I've freed and called you here to discuss business," He says. Archie, leader of Team Aqua, speaks up. "Oh, and what is that?" There is some nodding from the others at the table. "vengeance," The leader of Team Rocket says flatly. Now everyone had their full attention on him. "We all have had our own plans that have been ruined by a pesky kid, Ash Kecthum." Now there are several wicked grins at this as well as mutterings darkly referring to what they would do to said trainer if they got their hands on him. "If we work together and pool together all our resources, we would be able to end this pest, permanently," Giovanni says, silencing the group. Maxie, leader of Team Magma, speaks. "And what is this plan of yours?" Giovanni pushes a button activating a holographic display. "This." Everyone stares at it, a scary smile forming on their faces. "So, are you in or out?" Everyone nods to show their in. "Good, then lets begin."
MorgothII: Uh-oh, sounds like we got ourselves a cliffhanger here. What in God's great ocean is Riley doing away from Camp Half-Blood? What is this new plan? Will it succeed? Tune in to find out! As always, after reading, review, all feed back really does help, and enjoy.