Note: the first chapter will be the ending to the last chapter, as previously stated.
Archie had finally woken up from his horrid nightmare, finding himself in a hospital room overlooking the sea. Roger and his Pokemon were there as well, with Thorn rapidly breathing into a paper bag, Growly sitting beside him and Roger giving him a hug around the neck. From what he had been informed about, he had been carried over by a female Braviary when it saw him get hurt and was now anxiously looking over at him from inside the room. It was fairly big, and private as well. Archie wished that moment could last forever.
His bliss was only extended when a nurse came in, explaining how he had some spinal injuries and was ready to return home. Archie jumped at this chance, immediantly leaving the room and dashing outside. He could finally escape the mistake that was a Pokemon journey, and could go back to a normal life with a coupe extra friends, Thorn and Roger.
He ran outside, still with some minor back pains. Roger darted after him, being pushed over midway by Growly, determined to never let him come to harm again. He picked himself up, still dashing as fast as he could. The Braviary followed after them in an attempt to have praise for rescuing the boy, cawing wildly. Finally, Thorn was left in the room alone, unknowing of what was going on as he had buried his face inside the bag. It slowly lifted its head and screamed, dashing after everyone.
Archie was now on his way to a leaving ferry he had spotted. If he, his Pokemon and Roger could jump on in time, he would be able to get back to his old life of peace. Growly came speeding in, aware of his trainer's intentions and scooped him up onto his back, leading him back to the center where he could be safe. The Braviary swooped down, cawing even louder this time at the duo. Roger had sent out Pidgeotto to chase after Braviary. It didn't notice, as it was too busy trying to receive attention. Roger had been caught in the front of the commotion, and ran away from the stampede, already feeling Growly's breath on his back. Roger screamed, sending a message to Thorn that his trainer was in that direction. He ran towards them, knocking over nearly a whole plaza of people before grabbing onto Growly's tail and being flung around like a rodeo.
In all the madness, Archie barely saw a team Magma helicopter trailing behind them, and it launched something out of the side that Archie had heard about before somewhere in a book about war machines. "MISSILE!" He screamed at the top of his lungs which provoked more chaos between everyone. People were running from the scene as Archie and Growly sprinted away as fast as they could, throwing Thorn off into a bush. Pidgeotto and Braviary retreated to the sky, and Roger took cover in the same bush Thorn was now cowering in. The blast was huge, knocking Archie and Growly into the sea, sending Roger running for his life down back alleys with Thorn following suit, and sending The two bird types into a building.
Archie splashed into the water, looking around for his fire-type companion. He saw it sinking much deeper into the water because of its immense weight, and Archie knew he needed to do something. He grabbed Growly by the neck, using his legs to try and push himself and Growly out of the water, but as much as he tried, he always ended up back down even deeper than before. He looked at the poor fire dog's face which was wrought with determination to get back up to land. Archie felt himself losing breath, knowing he only had a few seconds to live before he drowned. He held Growly close, finding his feet were being pushed up by something. He had barely any time to react when he was blasted out of the water onto dry land.
Roger and Thorn sped down an alleyway, barely escaping the blast radius with each step. Roger looked back, seeing a huge ball of flame behind him. He took a left, to which Thorn followed, barely outrunning the blast. The two saw an opening, to which Roger was ecstatic about, and Thorn leaped on a wall, jumped over him and round a corner to escape. Roger ran with all his might, but he felt himself being pushed forward by the explosion. He thought it was over, when Thorn jumped in front of the danger and shielded Roger by taking the hit for him. Once it was over, Thorn stood tall, handing Roger a paper bag and returning to the task of finding Archie.
Braviary and Pidgeotto were slashing against the helicopter with everything they could, but it wouldn't fall an inch. Pidgeotto already had a bit of experience with team Magma helicopters, but this one was different. The rotors were too hard to get off, and the glass was extremely strong, withstanding a load of attacks without even cracking. Braviary grabbed the helicopter, pulling with all its might to bring the helicopter down a bit, and it slowly fell. Pidgeotto charged at the glass with the strongest move it knew, gust, and sent the helicopter flying on a crash course into the seas of Hoenn.
The three groups rejoined outside of Dewford town's gym, and Archie, still wide-eyed, brought it in while patting it's head. Braviary and Pidgeotto looked at each other, congratulating each other in their own language. Roger and Thorn were helping each other stand, as they realised how much trouble they would've been in if they didn't have each other to escape the missile. They ventured into the gym, without saying a word to each other as they all knew everyone's thoughts.
Epilouge:Well, I said i'd make this series more innocent but I just couldn't help myself. Anyway, thanks for reading and have a nice day!