Characters (C) Respective Owners

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Ch. 16: Bean's Truth

Mewtwo glared down at the trembling duo. He had the worse snarl on his face, while Bean, on the contrary, had the victory grin. Bean started to dance around in victory until Mewtwo craned his neck for a quick look. Mewtwo raised his hand; his hand glowed a light purple while Bean gasped as the aura slowly circled around him.

"Hey! You are my Pokemon! You obey me!" he screamed hysterically. Well, at least his normal insanity came back.

Pausing for a moment, Mewtwo clenched his hand, causing the aura to dissapate. Bean smirked, folding his arms as he sauntered towards the Weaville and her trainer. The explosive ace pressed a finger to Kiba's forehead, moving it down to her lips.

"Okay, because I think you're nice, and an expert with Pokemon, I'll give you a chance," he said, poking her nose.

"What-what nonsense are you spouting?" she coldly demanded, slapping the hand away.

Rubbing his hand, his smirk died down a few molars. "I'll give you the chance to join the winning side: Rodrigo's side. He will penetrate this world of its ugliness, and he will rule this world and Babylon!"

"Man, you've been dropped on the head to many times as a baby!" Kiba shouted back, getting to her feet while Ki whimpered behind her. Gently stroking, Ki's ear, Kiba barked at Mewtwo to yield.

Bean sighed and shook his head. "At least I tried. Mewtwo, get rid of this filth."

Mewtwo raised his hand, and that familiar purple aura came sprouting back. Ki was slowly lifted into the air with the same aura around her. The Weville struggled in the legend's mighty psycho prowess.

Kiba raised her metal bat and took a reckless swing at Mewtwo. A quick 'hmph', and Mewtwo snagged the bat. He swung Kiba wildly around in the air, and she crashed into a wall. Crying out on contact, she slid to the floor as Bean giddily approached her. Snatching her ponytail, Bean kicked her in the stomach repeatedly.

Ki's muscles tightened at her master's distress. Biting her lip, Ki managed to twitch in Mewtwo's levitation power, and an sudden pain cracked her very core. She cried out, and fell limp. Mewtwo gently placed her on the ground, caressing the top of her head.

"K-Ki," Kiba whispered as Bean laughed heartily. She felt a rumbling on her belt and stared at it. It was the Pokeball that wasn't see-through, and it wasn't shaking violently than ever.

Bean noticed it as well, snatching her ball. Kiba gave a gasp before Bean kicked her in the face. "Shut up. It sickens me that you were just another pawn."

Kiba got on one knee. "J-just what are you saying?"

His frown could've froze to entire world, it was so cold. "Ever hear the saying the pawn goes first?" She shook her head. "Jet came up with that when we were still in training for the Babylon Rogues. It was always either you or Storm to go first, and Jet would always send you two out first. To get rid of the slack on his team!"

"Th-that isn't true!"

"Oh, believe me sister, it is."

"So, than that makes you their pawn, huh, Bean? You are going first."

Bean paused, taking a step back. An expression came on his face that could be described as confustion, hurt, and anger. Mostly anger, though. Shoulders shaking, Bean grabbed Kiba's throat and smirked at her wincing figure.

"What's more amusing is that Jet doesn't even yell at Wave or Charmy when they fail a mission: It's always you and Storm. Sad how the true can finally connect, huh?" Bean noted the absolute trauma on her face. Realization, as he would call it. "I'll give you on more chance to join us, Kiba. If not, well, nice knowing you."

Kiba's eyes trembled with fear. Her glasses weren't even on her face, and she could clearly see the lust for power in Bean's eyes. But...he had a point. Jet never critiziced Wave or I. Sure, Jet was rude to us, but he never actually yelled at us. Me, sometimes, but it was never about missions. For me, it was always about my cluttered room or the way I noisily chew gum. Kiba stared at the hand wrapped viciously around her throat and gulped.

"Bean, what did Jet do to you?" she asked as Bean retreated his hand.

Bean's face fell for a split second before returning acidic. "He stole Cannon's rightful place as leader of the Babylon Rogues."

"Wh-what?"

"But that was another life ago. This is now. Are you joining or not?"

"No, because even if Jet acts that way to me, I know I can still trust his judgement. Jet is a great leader, and he never yells at Wave because he loves her. He knows it would just lead to a never-ending fight. Charmy, like Jet, was orphaned as a child. When the Rogue's parents went on a mission, they never came back. You wouldn't it understand, Bean."

Bean blinked and took his glasses off his beak. Carefully folding them up, he crushed them in his hands like he did with his Pokeballs. "Suit yourself. Mewtwo, get rid of her. She's an eyesore, literally."

Mewtwo raised his hand, making Kiba levitate. He paused when he saw her hands on her Pokeballs, releasing Raichu and Buizel. Mewtwo noticed the keen smile on her face as she sighed. He started to close his hand, also slowly diminshing the gap between the air and her lungs.

"Get away from here, guys," she ordered tonelessly. "That's an order."

Buizel, eyes widened in shock, cried out. "We can't just leave you here!"

Kiba bit her lower lip. "Get away!"

Raichu softly whimpered as Ki started to stir. Getting to her knees, she rubbed her eyes at the sight before her and rushed to her master. Ki tugged at Kiba's motionless hand, while Kiba resigned herself to fate. Ki welled up with tears and started to cry. One tear, however, hit the trembling ball on Kiba's belt.

The Pokeball suddenly flashed open. Ki shielded her eyes as the light suddenly morphed into something. Raichu and Buizel did the same, but hid behind Ki out of pure fear. Kiba managed to catch a glimpse of her savior as it punched Mewtwo in the face, forcing the strangling to desist.

"W-who are you?" Bean demanded, disturbed at the newcomer.

The Pokemon was a he with patches of blue and black splotches all over except for his chest that had a bunch of beige yellow fur. On his chest, paws, and feet were spikes. What surprised Kiba was that this Pokemon had a pair of blue jeans on that matched his fiery red eyes.

He growled, but than paused when he saw Ki. A picture of pure bliss bloomed on his face and he dove to hug her. Ki twitched when the loving Pokemon glomped/tackled her to the growled. He growled with joy.

"Ki! It's been so long since I've last seen you!"

"WEAVILLE WEAV WEAVILLE?!" Ki screamed. "Josky the Lucario?!"

"The one and only!"

Kiba poked Josky on the head. He stared at her, confused. "Um, hate to break up this little love fest,-" Ki moaned in annoyance at that. "-but we could really use some help here."

Josky nodded and snarled joyfully.

"...I thought that all Lucario could communicate with telepathy," Bean interjected, confused by the snarls and growls.

"Weav wea ville," Ki explained. "He was dropped on his head."

Josky glared at him and snarled with rage. However his attention was brought back to Mewtwo, who looked rather annoyed at being left out of the converstation. Well, he couldn't talk much anyway, so who cares? Josky stared at him, realizing that he had hurt Ki and snarled viciously. Mewtwo barely raised an eyebrow at the aura weilder.

Josky raised his hands together and a blue sphere of energy. Lunging into the air, Josky cried out and released it. Mewtwo acted fast. Like Josky, he conjured up a purple energy sphere, but was far too slow to let it fly. Josky's Aura Sphere strike hit Mewtwo directly on the forehead.

Mewtwo grumbled as he pulled himself off the ground. He wrapped himself in a protective purple bubble and began to float. Not one to dissapoint, Josky leaped into the air and smashed down a kick, only to repel himself into a wall. Josky flinched, leaping around in pain as he held onto his foot.

Much to his surprise, Ki conjured up a Shadow Ball and propelled it back at Mewtwo. The Shadow Ball reflected against the bubble and exploded in mid-air. Ki grunted and shook her head. Raichu tried a Thunderbolt with the same result. Buizel's Water Gun? Same like the last two times.

"Buizel, zel buizel?" Buizel cocked his head to the side at his wonderment. "Just what is that bubble made of?"

Josky growled angrily. "Who cares? We gotta destroy it!"

Ki approached Josky, gently tugging his hand. "Weaville, weav?" "Listen, Josky?"

"Huh?"

"Die, and I kill you in your sleep."

Josky beamed, patting Ki on the head. "Thanks, Kitty."

"DO NOT CALL ME KITTY!"

Mewtwo quickly tired off their petty banter and landed in front of them. Bubble still enclosed around his rather masculine body, Mewtwo charged up his hands and violet electricity flowed through them. Outstretching his arms, Mewtwo released the bolts of lightning and zapped Raichu and Buizel, making both faint. He aimed another at Ki, who retalited with Icy Wind. However, Mewtwo lunged up into the air and snatched Ki's body, throwing her into a wall. She fainted before weakly grinning towards Josky.

Josky gasped and than suddenly roared as he chased after Mewtwo. Mewtwo served around in the air, dissapating his bubble. Taking a deep breathe, Before he knew it, Josky summoned another Aura Sphere and slammed it into Mewtwo's chest. Mewtwo coughed as he was propelled into a wall.

Smirking, Josky waved his hand at him, challenging him even further. Leaping back to the ground, he stared down at the fainted Pokemon, and he quickly noticed that there were broken Pokeballs around. The Lucario blinked in confusion, before seeking out refuge from another lightning attack from the psychic clone of Mew. He dodged a few more attacks and snatched a broken ball. He noticed that a tiny Arbok was inside, dead with blood around the edges of the tail. Josky thought he was going to vomit for a second.

He roared, anger brimming in his voice. "Just what kind of monster did this?!"

Bean raised his hand, leaping around like he was dancing. "Oh, oh, I did!"

"Why?"

Bean grinned deviously. "Why, because they stank!"

Before Josky could snarl something back, a baseball bat came flying out and slamming Bean in the face. Bean was hurtled backwards and landed against the gold staircase. Kiba stood over him and repeatedly punched him. Her face was contorted with hatred for the traitor.

"How can you even say that?" she demanded, snatching his bandana. "Those Pokemon fought their hearts out for you, and all you can say is that they stank? What kind of trainer are you?"

Grimacing at her, Bean grabbed her wrist. "I'm a trainer that requires, no, demands my Pokemon to never be defeated. If they are, well, that's their fault."

"You're a monster, and I'm gonna make you pay for their demise!" She smashed Bean's head against the wall repeatedly. Seeing the jewel on his forehead suddenly glow, Kiba snatched her bat and cracked a shot at it. The jewel suddenly broke in hundreds of tiny pieces.

Bean looked terrified. He crumbled to his knees, ignoring the immense pain from the sudden beat-down. Frantically, he tried to tape the pieces together, but only to have it fall apart once more. Cursing fervishly, he noticed Kiba trying to touch one part of the ruby, and he bit her hand.

Kiba screamed and waved Bean around like a demented monkey. "You stupid bird brained idiot! Let me go this instant!"

Meanwhile, back with the Babylon Rogues and I, the birds froze and glanced back at the door. We were running up more stairs, and I had to carry Storm because he got tired. Now, I was tired for carrying his lazy butt.

"Um, what's wrong?" I asked, finally releasing Storm. I panted, falling to my knees.

"It wasn't that bad," Storm muttered.

"Someone just said bird brained," Jet said, staring down at the faraway door.

"Probably your imaginations," I replied, getting ready to fly again. "and Storm?"

"Yeah?" The albatross cocked his head.

"I'm not carrying you!"

"Darn it!"

Back to the real fight after that really strange distraction, a light suddenly blasted through the area. Josky and Mewtwo-both exchanged in a girl fight with slapping and rather girly insults during the time Kiba beat up Bean-seperated in case an actual threat came. From the light came Cannon, who looked rather displeased.

"C-Cannon! I'm sorry! Give me another chance, and I'll-" Bean was cut off by the falcon raising his hand.

"Bean, you have served me in secret from those Dynamite gang members, and you have been a loyal pawn to Lord Rodrigo-" This time, Cannon was cut off by Kiba.

"I told you so that you were a pawn!" she gleefully cried.

"Shut up, pudgy!" Bean retorted.

"As I was saying..." Cannon glared down back to Bean, whom shivered with fear. "Bean the Dynamite, you have broken your jewel, and it is the only jewel you shall ever get. That jewel was crafted by Lord Rodrigo himself, and you dare to break it!"

"Give me one more chance! I won't fail next time!"

Cannon gave a soft sign and a sad smile. "I apologize my dear friend and subordinate that it had to end this way." Cannon raised his hand, and the jewel on his forehead glowed immensely. "How's about a trip to the center of the world? You always liked fire, as you are a pyro."

"N-no! Forgive me! Haven't I worked hard enough for you, Cannon? You the one who should've been the true leader of the Babylon Rogues with Stream and I!"

"I will not forgive you, and I will make that dastardly hawk pay the price for his cheating ways."

"Cheating?" Kiba repeated, confused.

Cannon stared at her for a few seconds before grinning. "You will find out very soon, panda."

Electricity suddenly blasted Cannon in the back. The falcon heaved forward, nearly crashing into the wall if it weren't for his gem's teleportation powers. He glared back at the person who struck him, and much to his surprise it was none other than Mewtwo.

Josky growled lightly with eagerness and pride in his voice. "We came to a conclusion that you're a jerk, and that we just don't like you."

Mewtwo nodded and grinned slightly, though to Bean it looked like betrayal. Bean raised his Master Ball and shouted for Mewtwo to return. A thin red light blasted out of the ball, aiming for Mewtwo. Mewtwo merely sidestepped out of the way, letting the light go right beside him.

Josky yelped as the light almost hit him. "That would of hurt, you ugly duckling! It happens to all the Pokemon that get re-captured but are still owned by trainers!"

Bean groaned, knowing that this was the last chance he would ever get to redeem himself, but this was just humilating that he couldn't even recall his Pokemon. Foolishly, Bean charged at Mewtwo with a bomb in hand. However, Mewtwo used his psychic powers to freeze Bean in his tracks and lift him up. Josky strolled over and snatched the ball out of his hand while Bean definately cried and screamed for his release.

"What the bloody heck is going on?" a person shouted. They all looked over to see Team Dynamite-Nack was the one that shouted-, the Sonic Team, and all the OCs (is shot) gathered up at the front door staring blankly at the scene before them. Nack rubbed the back of his head. "No, really, can someone tell us?"

Psycho and Carnage stared at Josky, who waved back happily. They awkwardly stepped back into the crowd, embarrassed by the Lucario's cheerfulness. He's just trying to be nice!

Kiba giggled nervously. "Well, let's just say alot of bad stuff."

Amy stepped forward-

Babylon Sky Hawk pushes Rosemary's head away from the computer.

"What are you doing?" I ask, glaring at him.

"Where the heck have the Sonic Team been for the past, like, five chapters?" he asks, not replying to my previous question.

"Eh, Las Vegas, watching Storm hunt down Sephro...Sephen...Whatever that dude's name from Final Fantasy Seven is. Stuff."

All the Final Fantasy fans, pretty much forty-four percent to the world's population, scream with terror on my not knowing that dude's name. And that includes nearly everyone on this site, and everyone that has been featured in one of these Author Hours. Yes, I call them Author Hours, and you can too.

-Amy stepped forward with Tails at her side. "Just what does that mean?"

"...I have no clue. I'll fill you all in later." Kiba shrugs her shoulders innocently.

Team Dynamite glared at Bean. Nack pulled out his trademark pistol and aimed for his face. "Bean, I'll give you five seconds to come over here before I shoot."

"E-eh? Hold on! I'm trapped in here!" Bean frantically shrieked, trying to wriggle out of the psychic grasp.

"Five...Four...Three...Two...One!"

Nack pressed the trigger. Nothing happened. He stared at his gun, clicking the trigger several times. Suddenly, his gun exploded in his face, covering him and partially Tomo and Bark with ashes. Bark and Tomo glared at Nack while he just innocently grined and nervously laughed.

"That could've gone better," Whip commented, earning him a glare from Tomo.

Cannon sighed, disgusted at the cirumstances. He wrapped his hand around Bean's head before trailing them to his neck. He dragged Bean out from Mewtwo's grasp with every being of his strength.

Mewtwo gasped as he attack was suddenly rendered useless. Charging at Cannon, he was greeted with an axe kick to his forehead. Cannon suddenly teleported away, leaving everyone, but Bean. Everyone just fell silent.

"Come on, we have to find the others," Kiba monotoniously said, taking to the stairs, Josky and Mewtwo following. Josky kicked the doors down and gasped: There were no stairs. Only darkness.

"Just what is going on?!" Knuckles shouted, peering out into the epic darkness.

"Seems to me like a trap," Howl replied.

"But Charmy and the others went up there!" Kiba proclaimed.

"I guess all we can do know is wait. We've defeated the demon bird army just a few minutes ago before coming here," Armand explained, scratching his head.

Kiba stared out at the darkness, praying mentally to herself that the others were safe.

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Next: Storm and Stream

Today's Questions: Just what were Bean and Cannon going on about? Did Jet cheat to become the leader of the Babylon Rogues? Why did I use Pokemon in this? Stay tuned!

Hey, you ever realize that I never used Shadow in this? Weird. Also, there is a rumor going around the Nack will appear in Sonic Unleashed. Anyone know if that is true?