Chapter 2: The President Will See You Now
PLEASE NOTE: This chapter will include mentions the current president, Barack Obama. However, there will be absolutely NO political messages or ramblings inside here. Obama is seen as a political figure here, but will not be used a tool to spread any sort of liberal or conservative message. He will be showing up in later chapters in the same fashion.
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The sun refused to shine on Matt and Parker the next morning.
The Void had swallowed the whole of Chicago and the immediate area around it, encompassing 5 miles of extra land. Matt, Parker, Mew, Raikou and Entei had plotted a course for the nation's capitol. They felt the need to speak to the president before he took the matter into his own hands. Mew had planned to teleport to the White House when they woke up the next morning while Matt and Parker scour the area around Chicago for survivors.
Parker woke up first. He checked his watch, 10:43 A.M. It was pretty late, but he attributed the late awakening to the absence of light around him. He looked east to see Chicago completely swallowed by The Void. All two and a half million people, all of the men, women, and children were doomed to The Void until it is closed. They could potentially be stuck in there for years; or eternity if his friends fail their mission. He sighed. It was still dark, and the stars could be seen clearly now that the light pollution given off from Chicago was gone. He looked up and found the Big Dipper. He sighed, standing up with his attention still given to the lights above. He pondered many things one would ponder when looking at the stars, but he pondered something that one wouldn't expect:
Is Deoxys up there?
It was something odd to ponder, but Deoxys did come from space. Could they enlist the help of such a Pokemon? Or was the idea too far-fetched to work?
Parker didn't think about the idea too much, but he kept it in mind. He didn't know of a way to get Deoxys to help, or even to Earth, but it was something worth remembering.
"Already up? It's not even morning yet." Said a tired Matt. He woke up when Parker was staring at the stars.
"It's already eleven, The Void blocked out the sun." Parker said, looking at Matt. Matt nodded, a little disoriented at the fact that he had woken up with the stars still showing in the morning.
"Mew's gone." Matt said. Parker looked around to see that Mew had already left. He didn't notice this when he woke up. He sighed and fell to the ground, grabbing at the grass beneath him and pulling it up mindlessly.
"Should we look for survivors?" Parker asked, "Or is it too early for you?" he chuckled.
"It would be easier if we had a bit of light, but sure." Matt responded while grabbing for his backpack in the darkness. He found it and reached in it, he found a Pokeball and threw it. Raikou appeared in a flash of beautiful white light, the tiger-like Pokemon stretched and yawned.
It seems The Void is blocking out the sun for miles. We might not see any light until high noon.
"High Noon?" Matt said, "This isn't the middle ages."
Still a valid term. Let's go.
Parker called out Entei and the small group rode to the immediate area outside The Void.
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There were more survivors then Matt and Parker has suspected. It took them a while of scouring an area of about 3 miles outside The Void, but they found multiple groups of refugees who were waiting for help to arrive. Some people were walking out to the Suburbs, others waited for the Police or the Army to come. Many of the groups denied Matt and Parker's offers for help, saying they already have plans on what to do next. However, the two did manage to get a small group of people to follow them. The group consisted of three people, two of which were very young adults and one being a small girl named Mia. Her parents were named Jessie and James, and they were traveling back into the city when they saw The Void in front of them. Since then their car had broken down and they were traveling on foot aimlessly.
Jessie was 26 years old and had red hair. She was wearing a bright yellow t-shirt with frills along the sleeves and a pair of tight jeans. James was 24, brown-haired and wore a solid blue t-shirt with khaki shorts. Mia was only a year and a half old, and her fair hair was still very thin. She was wearing her pajamas from the night before. Jessie and James had gotten on Entei while Parker and Matt were on Raikou. Mia was being held by her mother.
Raikou and Entei ran close so that the group may speak to each other. Parker and Matt took a long time to explain the situation to the adults.
"Oh…" James said, scratching his temple, "So, are you two planning on taking some course of action now while your friends are in The Void?"
"Yeah." Parker said, "Mew's off talking to the president, or so we hope."
"Wait!" Jessie cut in, "You mean the President of the United States of America?"
"No," Matt said, "The president of Lays Potato Chips. YES! Barack Obama."
"Why is it so important to talk to him?" Jessie asked, stroking Mia's hair while trying to keep her calm in her lap, "He's probably not going to listen to you guys, he's the President, and he has the army going out and taking care of the problem. Why would he listen to a couple of kids?"
"Because we have Mew on our side," Parker replied in a harsh tone, "And if he doesn't listen then the whole of the country and eventually the world will be at stake."
"I think I get that," Jessie said, "But the U.S. Army is fighting and undoubtedly the United Nations will help…"
"You don't get it!" Matt said, "These Pokemon are stronger than the United Nations or the U.S. army! They have powers you couldn't imagine!"
"Like what?" Jessie said, "You just told me your whole story, I can imagine their powers fine."
"Look," Parker said, "I don't think the army can withstand a rain of fireballs from a group of fire-types, or a flood from water types. Much less the telepathic power Celebi has."
"Even so, who is to say that Obama won't take Mew as an enemy and try to arrest or kill him? Then you will have created a new enemy." Jessie seemed to be a very smart woman.
"We have to take that risk; otherwise we'll have to take these matters into our own hands." Matt said, "I'm not ready to do that."
James wasn't paying attention when this discussion was going on. He was paying attention to the rolling landscape around him. The highways and the grass looked like a post-apocalyptic mess with cars crashed and no activity going on whatsoever. There were bodies of people who lost their lives while escaping the city littered throughout. It was a depressing sight.
Eventually he got sight of a peculiar image. He saw a three-headed bird running down the Highway a couple hundred yards away from them. It was leaping over cars and squaking. He saw a small flock of these birds behind it, it looked like they were unable to fly.
"Hey, guys…" James said, "Any idea what those things are?"
Mia had seen the Pokemon and exclaimed, "Birdie!"
Matt looked over and identified the Pokemon as Dodrio, "Those are Dodrio. They're flying-types but they can't fly. Instead, they can jump really high, giving the illusion of them flying. I'm not sure if those things are friendly, so we'll pretend not to notice them."
Parker continued to study the small flock of birds. One by one they dispersed and started running around the area outside The Void. It was as if they were looking for something.
"What are they doing?" Jessie asked.
"I don't know…" Matt said, turning to Jessie "It's almost as if…"
"MATT! LOOK!"
Matt turned his head to see a Dodrio jumping over the guard rail of the road to their right and begin to charge them. It started squawking loudly as it rapidly approached them. Soon, Dodrio could be seen coming from every direction, effectively surrounding the group.
"Shit." Parker muttered. "Matt, I think this is the equivalent to a hit squad of Pokemon.
"Agreed." Matt said. "Raikou! Entei! Stop!"
The legends did, and the five dismounted as the Dodrio got closer. The area around them started to look like a brown ball of feathers.
"Why did we stop?" Jessie asked, her face looking a bit hysterical.
"We can't run away from this! We have to fight it!" Parker said. "Entei! Create a wall of fire around them! The Dodrio are here for us, we can't afford them to be endangered.
If that is what you wish. Fire Spin! Entei yelled as a large wall of fire formed around Jessie, James and Mia. Stay away from the fire and you'll be O.K.! We're going to stop these Dodrio from attacking you!
"Good luck!" They heard James yell from the inside.
The Dodrio were mere feet away from them when Matt and Parker summoned their swords.
"Let's go!" Yelled Matt, "Raikou, thunder wave!"
Raikou launched a thunder wave at the Dodrio, at the same time Matt conjured a powerful wind that shout out at all of the Dodrio in front of him. The result was the thunder wave spreading over the birds like a blanket and paralyzing all of them.
"It worked!" Matt yelled, Raikou responded by shooting a Thunder attack at the Dodrio, all of them fell over dead.
Parker was busy cutting through the waves of Dodrio that he had no chance of stopping. He and Entei were taking down the Dodrio one by one, blood splattering everywhere. The smell of cooked bird permeated the air.
"Ack!" Parker yelled as he was caught by a peck attack in his neck, "Bastard!" he spun around and tried to chop of the Dodrio's head that bit him, but it was deflected by another bird's beak, knocking Parker off balance. He fell to ground, and immediately he felt claws scratching him, tearing open his clothes and his body.
"HELP!" He screamed right before a Dodrio slashed his right arm.
His cry was responded to with a thunder wave that paralyzed all of the Dodrio that were attacking him, followed by a thunder attack that knocked them all dead. A couple of the dead birds fell on him.
Matt cleared off the dead birds and took Parker's bloodied hand. He helped him to his feet and examined the damage. Parker was covered in cuts and plenty of deep gouges. His shirt was practically gone at this point and one could see that his chest was about to be ripped open, there was a gash leading from the top of it to his belly button. Matt shuddered, "You were pretty beat up. They weren't even on you for that long…"
"It hurts like a bitch, too." Parker said, breathing in sharply. His right arm was basically disabled; the Dodrio had cut some major tendons. He could barely move without feeling like a knife was being stabbed in him ten times in thirty different places.
Entei walked over to Parker and got on his knees, Matt helped his friend onto the Pokemon's back.
Sorry I couldn't help. I was in the same situation as you, you seem like you were torn up a lot worse than I was.
"It's alright…" Paker hissed, sounding harsh without meaning to, "You were having just as much trouble as I was."
The wall of fire around the family receded. They gasped at the sight of all of the dead Dodrio. Mia began to cry.
"Mumma! The Burdies are hurted!"
"It's alright, honey," Jessie said, "Those were bad birdies. They were just spanked and were told to take a nap. It's O.K. They'll be alright."
"Really?" Mia asked.
"Yes." Jessie said in a soothing tone.
Mia's sobs stopped slowly, although every now and then you could hear a choke of sadness come out of her mouth. She obviously didn't know the Dodrio's intentions.
"That was incredible," said James, "Parker, we have to get you to a hospital quickly!" Parker's wounds had started to bleed profusely, which James responded to by tearing off his shirt and ripping it to pieces to cover them up and apply pressure. Parker yelled in pain whenever he applied a new strip of clothing to his wounds.
"Until you get to a doctor, you need to keep this on, no matter how bloodied they get." James said. Parker nodded.
It was just then that Mew appeared in front of them.
There you are! The pink Pokemon said, floating freely in the air. Jessie screamed when the Pokemon appeared so suddenly, making Mia cry again.
"Wha…what is that?" Jessie stuttered, holding Mia close as if to protect her.
I'm not "that". Mew said, turning to Mia and floating down to her to get in her face, I'm Mew, the King of Pokemon, and I'm here to help humanity defeat Celebi and her spiteful army. Show me some respect, lady!
Jessie stopped and stuttered, "I…I…"
Mew smiled, Just kidding! I just wanted to mess with you. It's nice to meet you! Mew spun in the air playfully, making Mia laugh.
Mew turned to Matt and Parker, Parker, you look torn up. I'm teleporting you to a hospital.
"Fine with me." Parker said.
And you, Mew said, turning to the family, You three will be coming with us to D.C. I need witnesses vouching for me saying that I'm working for humans. Matt and Parker aren't enough, and seeing the scene here…Mew gestured to the Dodrio, It seems that I have proof enough.
"Didn't we have the army fighting with us?" Matt asked.
The President didn't know of us, and the Army's captains are M.I.A. We need further proof, you humans are weird, keeping operations secret from your President.
"It wasn't my idea, that's for sure." Matt said, "Are we leaving now?"
Yes. In fact, the president will see you now, if you wish.
"Let's go." Parker said impatiently.
To Washington, D.C.!
In a flash, they were gone.