"Scout the area! I don't want one thing not checked!" Shouted one of the goons.
There garb was similar to that of steampunk outfits, most of the males sporting classy outfits with those goggles. As for the females, their outfits were of the same kind, only dresses with an opening at the front for their legs.
Both outfits had a metal shoulderguard on their shoulder, (Men had theirs on the left, and women on the right.) with weird electrical prongs edging out of the guard. A strange looking electricity was traveling through the prongs.
I took a picture of the outfits on my phone. Turning to Mew, I asked a question.
"Who are they?" I asked.
"That's them. Team Steam…" Said Mew.
"How original…" I said sarcastically.
"At least it matches their clothing…" Said Plutia.
I scanned them, one of them stood out. He covered his head with a hood, I barely made out a metal eye cover, which also had tiny metal prongs sticking out. His outfit was fitted with Gears of all things. The electricity that was bouncing off the metal prongs that adorned the shoulder pad and the eye cover was a weird purple colour.
"Oh hello…" I whispered "You seem to be important…"
He was bellowing orders, a grunt ran quickly up to him.
"Sir, we found something!"
The man turned to the grunt.
"Is it…?" He began.
"Not sure sir, but some of our more… 'Scientific' members are getting giddy." Said the grunt.
The man nodded before following the grunt.
"Let's go after them." I said. Turning to Plutia, I made a 'Be silent' gesture to her.
I blinked up to the trees and followed them. Plutia and Mew close behind me on ground level.
When we arrived, Team Steam were looking at some old… ruins.
"This it?" Asked the boss.
"We believe it to be sir." Said one of the grunts.
"Than mission is complete. Bag it and move, leave no trace we were here." Said the man.
"As you wish." Said one of the grunts.
"Any chance you can make it look like a rattata took what their about to bag and run off with it?" I asked Mew.
Mew just nodded before her eyes turned blue. The members of Team Steam looked at the illusion Mew made, and ran after it.
I quickly jumped down and grabbed what they were looking at.
"What is this thing?" I asked.
"We can look at it later, for now we need to move!" Exclaimed Mew.
Blinking up to the tree, I jumped into the bushes, and along with my companions, ran of to Pewter.
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After checking into the Pokémon Center, and getting a room, we decided it would be best to sleep until morning.
After the quick sleep, we decided to take a closer look at what Team Steam were after.
"Any ideas?" I asked.
Mew shrugged. Plutia shook her head.
Hajimari on the other hand, he poked it.
And did I mention how bright it is?
The artifact of sorts opened up, inside was… a fruit of some kind. Along with a arm gauntlet, like a brace of sorts. It had a very… old look to it, like rare Mew card old.
There were symbols that adorned the gauntlet, to me it was illegible.
As for the fruit…
"Their apricorns…" said Mew.
"Apricorns?" asked Plutia.
"There used to make Pokéballs, the really special kind." I said. "Too bad we're in Kanto and not Johto…"
"Why Johto?" asked Mew.
"In the games there was a Pokéball maker by the name of Kurt. He made some of the best ones." I said. "However, I'm not sure if there is anyone like him in Kanto. It was a thing that really only stayed in Gen 2 games and their remakes."
"I might know a guy…"
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I looked over at one of the newspapers that just arrived.
Viridian Forest catches ablaze!
Huh?
Reports claim that strange people in steam punk looking outfits started setting charges in the forest around midnight. The local firefighters were quick to douse the flames. Unfortunately, a good quarter of the forest is now burnt ash and bark.
This can't be good…
*creak*
I turned my head to the door, Mew walked in with an old man… if said old man was still able to suplex a Tauros.
"This is…?" I asked.
"Calvin, I was told by an old friend that you needed some help with apricorns?"
"Yeah, take a look." I said,pulling out the fruit.
"Hmm… it's nothing I've ever worked with before… and it's not something that is familiar… tell me, where did you find these?" asked Calvin.
"In there." I said, pointing to the totem.
"Hmm… interesting… I'll see what I can do." Calvin said.
As he went to do his work, I turned to Hajimari. He was currently playing with the Pichu I had caught recently.
I walked up to the mouse and picked him up. I looked at him for a second before a name came to mind.
"Starvolt…" I said.
The Pichu looked at me for a bit, before smiling, electricity ran through his cheeks.
Plutia walked over, in her hands was a letter.
'Come to me ASAP. They're finished… and I have never seen something this beautiful.' - Calvin.
"So… to see what it is?" I asked Plutia.
She nodded, and I returned Hajimari and Starvolt.
To Calvin!
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(Author's Note)
Next time!
Thanks for reading and until next time…
DFTBA.