Two days have passed since the New Age Alliance (NAA) captured Fallarbor Town from the Pokemon forces. The joy felt at a historic victory has already worn off as the cost of the battle was finally realized. The city was relatively intact but any useful materials they could have scavenged were held in the supply depot that Light blew up in the midst of battle. The survivors of the battle had already begun working on rebuilding both the city and their forces.
Although the NAA was recovering lots of work still needed to be done, which is why Light has called the most influential members of the Alliance to their new headquarters to discuss future plans.
"I want to thank you all for attending," Light began. "I officially call the first NAA council into session."
In the days since their victory, Light was able to learn more about his new allies and invited those he deemed worthy to sit on the council with him. Looking around the table, there were four others in attendance besides him.
To Light's right sat Momo. She was originally a princess of a small group of grass type Pokemon in the Petelburg Woods. Most of her days were peaceful and sheltered from the harsh reality that the rest of the world was at war. Momo received her rude awakening a little over a year ago when a battle between humans and Pokemon wiped out her village, killing the one she loved, Rito. Rito's death drove Momo into anguish and, wanting revenge against both sides in the war, brought her to Fallarbor Town. Although she hasn't finished grieving for her beloved, Momo now fights to create a world in which they could have lived in peace.
To Light's right sat Nate. Nate was originally a musician in Nacrene City, trying to catch his big break in the industry. At the age of 18, Nate, like everyone else was required to take an aptitude test for the military. When the graders saw his results, Nate's life was changed forever. He scored high in AK aptitude, quite rare for a man, and was forced into military service, the only thing remaining of his music career being the theme of sound in his AK. Nate worked, unhappily for the military for the next few years until he heard about the formation of resistance groups near Fallarbor Town. The next battle, Nate pretended to get shot down and left to join the resistance along with his best friend Grunt, officially they were both declared MIA after the battle.
Grunt sat next beside Nate. Growing up Grunt had an obsession with Team Rocket and the power they once held, even going so far as to legally change his name to Grunt, no one remembers what it was before. When he turned 18, Grunt had no doubts about wanting to join the military to both gain power and beat the Pokemon into submission. He was assigned into the Knight core and was soon sent off to battle. Once put into the heat of battle, Grunt's eyes were opened to the atrocities that both sides of the war were committing which is why when his best friend Nate suggested going to Fallarbor Town to join a resistance, Grunt decided to both help and join in his escape.
Last but not least, sitting next to Momo was Scarlett, the AK pilot that Shoteneko faced during the Battle for Verdanturf. After the battle, Scarlett went to do some research on how the Meowth she faced could have been so unusually powerful. Instead of finding the answers she was looking for, she instead found information about the Pokemon Champion Red. With a little more digging, Scarlett found out that she was actually a descendant of the Pokemon Champion. Inspired by the deeds of her ancestor and how he was now regarded as a heretic, much like the Slash, Scarlett left the Pokemon forces in the dead of night and flew to Fallarbor Town to join a resistance.
"Our first order of business today will be the assessment of lost assets during the Battle."Light stated coldly. "How many people did we lose?"
"The bulk of our soldiers were lost in the attack." Momo stated. "Thanks to our success, we now have people chomping at the bit in order to join us but if we were to be attacked now, any sizeable force would be more than enough to wipe us all out."
"That is why we need to find a way to capitalize on our success and raise the people's awareness of us even more." Light responded.
"What do you mean success!?" Scarlett broke in. "You didn't even take out the enemy commander. Speaking of which, what are we going to do them 'em?"
"He was groveling on the floor in surrender, only someone ruthlessly cold blooded would have killed him then and surrender is just as effective as total victory." Momo said. "But she bring up a good point Light, we can't leave Genma locked up downstairs forever."
"We will not leave him locked up forever but if we let him go now he would run straight back to the Pokemon forces, which would in turn attack us while we are still at our weakest." Light said.
"I'm sure there are already survivors that escaped from the battle Light, the Pokemon could be planning an attack anyway." Nate commented.
"Ahh let 'em come." Grunt said, resting his legs on the table. "With Light on our side, we have more than enough firepower to take 'em down."
"Although I am strong, even I am not infallible. If the enemy brings enough men even I will be overwhelmed."
"It's too bad we can't distract their forces for a while so we can recover." Momo said dejectedly
"Maybe we can." Light replied, an idea forming in his head. "Do we have contacts in the human's forces?"
"Not really but Grunt and I have some buddies who we might still be able to get some messages to." Nate said. "It would reveal to everyone that we're alive though."
"If all goes according to plan, they will just think the enemy was using your name in order to plant information. Here is the plan, we are going to use Nate and Grunt's contacts in the human military to plant the information that the Pokemon in Mt. Chimney are planning an attack on them."
"How will they know it's not a fake?" Scarlett asked. "Those guys are sticks in the mud when it comes to verifying info."
"They won't be able to tell but they will be able to see Pokemon forces readying their forces for battle." Light continued. "Unable to determine who they are attacking, they will have no choice but to ready their own forces."
"OK so they've readied their forces, how do we get them to attack?"
"We use the prisoners we took from our battle. By releasing them near a human base, we can spur them to attack-"
"-forcing the humans to see it as a direct attack on them. That's brilliant!" Momo finished.
"Correct then, when the humans launch their forces against the Pokemon at Mt. Chimney we too shall join the ensuing battle." Light declared.
"Wait a sec. Didn't we just want to stall for time a minute ago?" Scarlett asked. "Why are we goin' on the offensive again?"
"A trick like this one will only work once." Light explained. "It would buy us the necessary time to recuperate but both forces would continue to target us, as we are the logical weak link in Hoenn right now. The only way we can survive is if we prove our dominance on a grander scale. Pitting our enemies against one another and winning the resulting battle would do just that."
"Aren't we a little low on soldiers to be fighting in something this big?" Nate asked.
"That is true which is why I have a job for you, Grunt, and Momo. You three are known as three of the highest ranking members in the NAA. You will each go around and try to convince the other resistance cells to join our crusade. Meanwhile, Scarlett will run the training of our current members and educate them in the battling style of the human military."
"What about you Light?" Momo asked.
"I will be interviewing our captives to see if any would be interested in joining our cause. We need any and every man we can recruit if this plan is to work. Now we all have our assignments, I shall now call this meeting adjourned. The success of your assignments could very well decide the fate of the New Age Alliance, keep that in mind and move out!"
AN: A little filler before our next big battle. Hopefully you all like the backstories given to each of the characters. Feel free to leave feedback via reviews. Next time: Three Way Struggle for Mt. Chimney.
PS: I'm still accepting OCs, details are in Chapter 10. If you want your character in the second battle for Mt. Chimney, human or Pokemon, time is running out!