A/N: Good evening everybody and welcome to another installment of "A Crazy Journey across Torgé." Thank you all for reading my fan fiction and all the views I have been getting. Special thanks to Shadow-Wolf-Hikaru for proofreading my chapters. Thank you Morris Archeltum and OnceInAFullMoon13 for allowing me to use Julian and Lacey. Sorry for the shortness or the chapter.
Calvin: PokéFan does not own Pokémon. He only owns Torgé and the plotline and most Original characters in this fiction. Without further ado, here is chapter 7.
Into the Shadows
Metal Island. A place of mystery and pure steel. This place is making me feel really uneasy with all these Steel-Types floating around.
"I'm catching me another Pokémon!" Shadé squealed.
I guess my sister is going on a Pokémon frenzy. I heard Luc chuckle under his breath as I glared at him. This guy isn't on my good side and I still don't trust him.
"Oh look, a Beldum! I'm going to catch it!" Shadé declared.
Honestly I'm happy for her but she needs to calm down. She is a little hyper after her first two gym battles and is doing great for herself. I couldn't say the same since I didn't want to be here.
"Leafeon use Energy Ball!" Shadé said.
Beldum took stunned (as stun as a platonic face could get) and was shot out of the air. Shadé wasted no time a throw a Poké Ball at it. Like come on, catching Pokémon isn't that damn easy.
I heard that ding of the Poké Ball, hinting at her successful capture. It looks like Shadé does make everything seem easier. Shadé cradled her new capture and smiled to herself. Our dad would be proud at the Trainer she is becoming. I know that he couldn't say the same about me.
"All right, the ferry is leaving soon. Can we go now?" Jerry asked irritated.
"Yeah Shadé, we want to make it to Lyndale City by the morning." I said.
Shadé huffed then sighed. I knew she wanted to stay but Jerry did have a point. I would like to get to the next City as soon as possible.
"Okay. I guess I did get something out of this. Let's hurry because the ferry leaves in five minutes." Shadé said.
Shadé and Jerry said their goodbyes to Kelli and Luc. I wanted to have a word with Kelli so I told them to leave without me.
"Hey, you be careful okay. I don't trust this creep at all," I whispered, gesturing at Luc.
"Don't worry I'll be fine and Luc is a good person so stop being mean to him," Kelli said softly.
I nodded and headed towards the Ferry but someone grabbed my arm. I turned around to throw a punch but the same person caught my fist.
"Whoa buddy don't go hostile on me. I wanted to give you something before you go." Luc said.
I glared at him but let him continue. He pulled a bag out of his back pocket and handed it to me. I was stun that he ever gave me something.
"Why are you being so nice to me?" I asked.
"Because I care about you. It might seem creepy but it feels like I've known you forever." Luc said, smiling down at me.
I continued to glare at him but took his gift. There was no way I was denying a gift, especially if it was free. Luc waved goodbye at me as I raced to the ferry. I saw Jerry and Shadé enter the dock and ran on the peer, begging them to wait. I finally made it on the ferry and it pulled off immediately, heading towards Route 403. Shadé and Jerry stood beside me as we watched the ocean.
"It's hard to believe that it's only been a week," Shadé said softly.
I wondered the same thing. I think I made up my mind and decided after they get their third badge, I might head back home. I knew I wasn't ready for a journey but I kept pushing myself. I'll tell them when I'm ready.
"We should keep going. I think we could make it to Lyndale City by the morning," Jerry suggested.
"Sounds good to me," Shadé said.
Jerry retaliated but I wasn't paying attention. I was too wrapped up in my own thoughts. I think I'm going to leave after the next city. The only thing is that I'm not good with goodbyes. I looked out at the sea, searching for answers.
-xXx-
"Just admit it doofus, we're lost!" Shadé said.
Jerry grumbled and looked at the map some more. I don't have time for this childish banter.
"Let's just keep moving forward. If we happen to see something weird then we will follow the path back." I suggested.
Shadé and Jerry agreed and followed my lead. I knew my way around a forest so it shouldn't be too heard. Then I heard a noise and stopped.
"Do you guys hear that?" I asked.
"Yeah! It might be coming from Lyndale City!" Shadé said excitedly.
Jerry ran ahead of us leaving Shadé and I behind. Shadé followed suit and I was lagging behind her. Piplup and Togepi are getting heavy. We run after Jerry until the forestland starts to turn into the road. We finally arrived in Lyndale City. It was actual quite small. I expected this place to be slightly bigger.
The next sight I saw was horrifying. I saw a group of men with all black sweats terrorizing people. I don't understand what is going on but I know it can't be right.
"Look there is Lacey!" Jerry shouted.
Lacey was on top of this big read Pokémon. I recognized it as a Gyrados but I was baffled. Weren't Gyradoses usually blue? Lacey commanded her Atrocious Pokémon to attack the men. I backed away in shock and then bumped into something. I turned around and Julian was in the large puddle, soaking wet. I outstretched my arm and tried to pull him up.
"I'm sorry about that," I said sheepishly.
Julian shrugged and a group of men came back out. Julian command a red dog-like Pokémon to use fire spin. Several other men tried to jump on him but they were burnt by his fire Pokémon. Julian saw us and gestured for us to follow him. He lead us away from the disaster and lead us in front of a huge building.
"Look there is no time to explain. Inside that building is something important and I need to you guys to go figure it out. Team Shadow has already invaded the city looking for something," he said.
My eyes widen and I stared at him. I wondered who else knew about Team Shadow. I mean they are all over the news but Julian is hiding more than he is letting on.
"You guys need to hurry. The Lyndale City Gym Leader is already inside. Lacey and I have out here covered," Julian said.
"Wait, I'll stay here and help out!" Shadé said.
I nodded my head and followed Jerry who was already running inside the building. Seriously, he could have at least told me what he was doing before running off. We ran inside the building and I notice a bunch of books around. This place seem familiar but foreign at the same time. I didn't want to think as I had to balance Togepi in my arms.
"Come on Slowpoke, we don't have time to be playing the guessing game! Hurry you ass up!" Jerry yelled at me.
We climbed to the top of the stairs to see a battle already happening. Random attacks were called and I made Togepi put a safeguard around use. Two people were battling against another woman. I'm assuming the women with the team shadow general uniform was the one we needed to look out for.
The girl in front of me had long dark black hair and a yellow sundress with matching heels. The way she controlled her Banette with so much grace and skill, amazed me. The guy next to her was taller than me. His brown eyes meet mines and he scrunched up his face. He focused back on the battle and commanded his own Banette to attack the girl.
"Give up the book Lady Ninja. It doesn't belong to you," The guy said.
"How do you know who I am?" She questioned.
"I've been keeping tabs for months now. Just give up the book and we'll make it easy for you!" He shouted.
"I'm not abandoning my mission because some kid told me too. Ninetales use Flamethrower!" Lady Ninja said.
"Banjee use Psychic to redirect it!" He said.
"Banette use Knock Off to get that book back!" The other girl ordered.
Ninetales opened its mouth to release a huge flame but it was redirected towards the ceiling. The ceiling caught on fire immediately. I started to panic and I shook Jerry.
"I can see it too. I'll worry about the ceiling and you try to see if you can get that book out of her hands." Jerry said.
Lady Ninja must have heard us because she growled under her breath. She then took out a Poké Ball, releasing her Seviper.
"Seviper, use Wrap on that boy!" She said.
"Bayleef, come out and use Vine Whip and get that book back. Piplup use Whirl Pool on the ceiling. Togepi use Rock Smash on Seviper!" I said.
Piplup glowed blue and a large whirlpool came from his beak. He then tossed in the air and demolish some of the flames. Jerry sent out his Swampert to help out as well. Seviper slithered towards me but Togepi jumped out of my arms and crashed her tiny fist into Seviper's face. Bayleef emerged from her Poké Ball as well and two vines came from her neck.
Lady Ninja jumped out of the way and stepped on Bayleef's vine with her heels. She then leaped into the air and recalled her Ninetales.
"It was nice knowing you but I have what I came here for. Ta ta for now. Seviper use Haze!" Lady Ninja said.
Seviper open its mouth and released a thick fog. When the fog cleared, Lady Ninja and Seviper was gone. The girl and guy from earlier look extremely mad.
"Gosh darn it. Team Shadow got away with the book. What are we going to do now?" The blond hair guy whined.
"I have no idea Kenneth but at least we tried," She said.
The girl and the guy finally turned towards us. There previous expressions changed to one of gratitude as they held their hand out.
"Hello I'm O'Rona Arrowzon, Lyndale City Gym Leader and this is my Banette!" O'Rona said.
"And I'm Kenneth Akiko, but you can call me Kenny. This is my partner Banjee," Kenny said pointing to his own Banette.
"Hi I'm Jerry Tucker and I'm training to be a Pokémon Master." Jerry said.
"Hi, my name is Calvin Scott. This is my partner Piplup and those two are my Topepi and Bayleef!" I greeted.
Jerry walked away leaving me with O'Rona and Kenneth. Well, that was very rude of him. Wait until we get to the Pokémon Center.
"I'm sorry for his rudeness" I apologized.
O'Rona giggled and waved it off. "It's no big deal. Thank you for saving the Lyndale Library. We have so much to lose here; it would be a shame if it all burned down. I don't know what I would have done." She said.
I smiled and the three of us started to walk out the library. The name Kenneth sound familiar but I couldn't put my finger on it. I know that name from somewhere. Then it hit me. This is Professor Redwood's nephew that we we're supposed to be looking for. The room just got very awkward.
"Kenny!" I said sheepishly.
"Yes?" he asked.
"Professor Redwood said that we we're suppose to look for you." I said.
Kenny's eyes lit up in shock. His face then broke into a grin before he tripped on a step and fell. I winced as I saw Kenny struggling to pull himself up. And I thought I was clumsy.
"Yes, you're the trainers that have potential! Aunt Laura has a lot of faith in you trainers!" Kenny beamed.
This kid is very weird but I like him. He's way better than Luc. Luc is just creepy.
"They got away and took the book!" O'Rona said.
Julian and Lacey sighed. Shadé gave me a stern look like it was my fault. I glares right back at her until O'Rona interrupted.
"It doesn't matter because this isn't over," she said.
We all nodded our heads in agreement. I wonder what was so important about the book. Why did Team Shadow want the book so bad? What's their motives?
"Before I forget, O'Rona I challenge you to a gym battle!" Jerry declared.
"Hey that's not fair. I was going to challenge first jerk!" Shadé argued.
I sighed and tried to separate them. I can tell this is going to be a long night.
-xXx-
As soon as we enter the Pokémon Center, Kenny went to the video phone. Shadé, Jerry, and I decided to stick behind him to find out what's going on. Julian and Lacey decided to call it a night.
"Hey Aunt Laura!" Kenny said.
"Hello Kenneth. Is everything alright? I tried to answer your video call earlier but I was busy with the students." She said.
"Yeah we had a tussle with Team Shadow," he said sheepishly.
Her face fell into horror and she started to panic.
"What happened? Are you alright? You're not hurt, are you?" She asked in concerned.
"No Aunty I'm doing fine. Team Shadow broke into the library and stole the Book of Legends. Calvin tried to get it but they was too quick and they took off." Kenny said.
"This is very bad!" Professor Redwood paled.
"No need to interrupt but what's so bad about a book. It doesn't seem like a big deal." Jerry shrugged.
I glared at him and slapped him upside his head. Doesn't he know that it rude to interrupt a conversation? I smiled and gave Professor Redwood an apologetic smile.
"You see Jerry it is bad though. I'll explain everything soon. I need you all to meet me in Central City by next week. Don't worry it won't be a waste of time. There's actual a Gym and Contest Hall located there! I hope to see you soon." Professor Redwood said.
"We'll be there. Don't worry!" Shadé assured her.
"Thank you so much. This means a lot. Kenny try not to get into too much trouble. I know you can be dangerous!" Professor Redwood said and hung up.
Shadé, Jerry, and I looked at Kenny as he was rubbing his head. He beamed and flashed us a grin before declaring he was calling it a night.
"So Jerry and I can challenge the Gym and then we can get going. Then your next contest is calling you." Shadé beamed at me.
I half grinned at her. Little did they know my journey was coming to a short close? After Central City, I will be heading home. I already made up my mind.
A/N: And that was the next chapter. Thank you all for reading and happy holidays to those who celebrated. Read and review if possible.
Announcers: On the next time on, "A Crazy Journey Across Torgé", Shadé and Jerry try to win their Living-Spirit badge. Can they win their badges? Will Calvin ever get out of his slump? And who is this Kenny character? Find out next week on "Ghost of a Chance!"
Calvin: Thanks everybody, see you next week.