Chapter two
The Avengers decided to lay low and go get some new clothes for Bruce and Steve. Nobody had any money with them(they wouldn't even accept dollars if they did have some) and so Natasha put in her two gold earrings. She glared at the two men with a 'You owe me' look as the salesman looked the group over with a questioning expression on his face.
"What happened to them?" He asked, pointing at Bruce and Clint.
"Wild Pokemon attack." Natasha said.
It was a lie in Bruce's case, but there was no way that the civilian could have seen through the super spy, and the two gold earings, which were the equivalent of two Nuggets, had gotten Clint a new t-shirt and Bruce a new set of clothes.
Bruce now wore a red shirt with a pair of black baggy trousers and black sneakers with white soles. The clothes had special mesh sewn in to prevent injury from wild Pokemon.
Clint now had an oxblood-coloured sleeveless hoodie to go with his white and green sneakers and previously mentioned jogger's.
The town was bigger than it was in the games; it had more than sixteen buildings as opposed to just four in Pokemon Gold. The Player's house was just on the upper right of town, and though the temptation to knock and see who lived there was great for Tony, Sam and Clint, they decided against it. They did look at the mailbox and saw that the family name was Verres.
Having satisfying the fans' appetites temporarily, the Avengers walked through New Bark, but only managed to get to the Town Square before they had to ask for directions.
"Remind me again why you or Thor aren't just flying around?" Clint asked.
"Oh come on, Clint. You can't tell me your skills are getting too rusty. We have to keep a low profile until we can gather enough intel about our situation. Even a civilian knows that." Natasha explained.
"Uh... I knew that! But if we're trying to keep a low profile, then the Town Square isn't a good idea, is it?" Clint huffed, sweatdropping.
Ignoring the two, Bruce asked a passerby for directions. The twelve year-old youngster with a Rattata head embroided on his t-shirt told him that the Pokemon Lab was just down a street he pointed at, but didn't say so before he had commented on how he had known everyone in town and that the group weren't residents.
Tony perked up as soon as he was told the information about the Lab's location, and he rushed there as fast as he could, leaving his puzzled teammates behind.
When they got to the lab, Tony stopped to catch his breath before patting himself down to look presentable.
"Sam, Bruce, you're with me. The rest of you... Just wait here." Tony said, walking in with the two formerly mentioned.
The rest of the Avengers glared, but knew it was for the best, since the trio were the 'smart' guys of the group.
"I wonder if this town has a good cafe around here; i'm hungry." Clint wondered out loud, walking away with the remainder of the Avengers in tow.
Meanwhile...
The laboratory was way bigger than the games presented it; there were different doors leading to different rooms; caged lab Rattata being transported and finally the place where the Player gets his Pokemon Starter from; the personal workspace of Professor Elm. It consisted of his computers, a large birch table with lots of wires, papers and a worn out, brown Pokedex, a few bookshelves, a Hype-transmitter(Pokecenter healing device) and to top it all off, a small container where Pokeball parts were kept.
The three were amazed at everything that was going on in the Laboratory, but were briefly stopped by two Policemen with Pokeballs at the ready.
"State your business here." The first one, who had brown hair demanded in an authoritative tone.
"Oh yeah, got a little carried away. I and my team here are here to make a proposal to Professor Elm; one that will greatly benefit you guys as well as every other trainer in this region." Tony explained, winking.
"Fine, but we're gonna be right outside the door with our Growlithe. Any trouble, and you'll swiftly be apprehended. Any resistance, and our Growlithe will compel your obedience." The second policeman, who was obviously of a muscular build with his jet black hair, growled, leading them to Professor Elm's workspace.
Ignoring the dark comment, Tony knocked thrice on the door and entered without any further warning.
Prof. Elm looked exactly like the games depicted him. The Professor for Johto had been inputting some data from some papers into his computer, which he had then hooked up to his Pokedex in order to send the information to Prof. Oak. Being rudely interrupted was a big scare for him, and he nearly jumped in fright before slightly reassuring himself that he was safe.
"Take it easy, Prof. Noone here wants to steal any Pokemon. Not like you had anything of value to a lowlife thief." Tony said, calming the Professor down.
"I'm still a bit jumpy about sudden occurences ever since that incident with Silver." Prof. Elm stated, loathing the teenager's very name.
"Well, let's cut to the chase. I have a lot of knowledge and a bit of tech, so can we trade? I'm usually pretty well to do, but we're in a tight pinch." Tony explained as Sam and Bruce cleared some of the clutter on the large table before placing the suitcase on it.
"I'm interested..." The Professor said, keenly eyeing the Mark 42 suitcase.
Later...
The trio came out of the lab with some cash in their new accounts, three suitcases and two sleek, egg-shaped black bags.
Tony and Bruce wore the bags, while Sam carried two suitcases. Tony carried the Mrk. 42. With their stuff in check, they asked around for where the rest of the Avengers were and were led to a Cafè, where Thor was getting strange looks from the people around, despite him losing his breastplate, cape, helmet and generally armour from the waist upwards, leaving the god of thunder with just a black t-shirt.
After ordering some coffee for the group, Tony decided to share what he had recently acquired.
"Presenting, the Starkdex!" Tony exclaimed, earning some angry faces from the others in the Cafè as he handed out tiny black laptops to each of the Avengers.
"I want an explanation, but i'm sure it'll involve more theatrics from you, Tony. Let's continue this in a secluded area." Natasha proposed, eyeing the surroundings warily.
"Oh, fine."
Later...
The Avengers had gone back to the forest, this time avoiding the Pidgey nesting area and making their way back to where they had fought the Aipom. The Pokemon had probably woken up and gone away, because no Pokemon were seen there.
"Now that we're secluded, these are the Starkdexes; my version of the Pokedex. They have all our ID numbers on each, so there will always be a way of locating each other if we ever got lost. I inputted some new features into them that the good 'ol Pokedex didn't have. Jarvis, take it away." Tony explained, turning on his Starkdex.
"Yes, sir. The Starkdex has information on all Pokemon currently known; evolution chains, Move Lists, Abilities, various dimensions, Breeding Family and finally moves that can be learnt. It can be used to scan Pokemon for identification, probable Level and Moveset. I have been installed as the resident AI for the Starkdex, and will answer all questions you have to the best of my programming. It can function as a radio, phone and visual receiver. It broadcasts a signal to all other Starkdexes in the vicinity, giving an accurate location of the holder." Jarvis elaborated.
"You've really outdone yourselves this time." Steve said, patting Sam and Bruce on the back.
"Blah, blah, blah. Let's get going to... Wherever we're going." Clint interjected.
"What Clint is trying to say in his own rude way, is that we need a plan of action." Steve said, glaring at Hawkeye before adressing the three 'science inclined' members of the Avengers.
"Yes, my friends! My Electric Rodent and i would like to know our next destination!" Thor stated, his Pikachu nodding from its place on its shoulder.
"First, that's not an electric rodent. Well it is, but- Ugh." Tony tried to explain, but failing before scanning Thor's Pikachu with his Starkdex.
'Species: Pikachu.
Proposed Level: 12.
Gender: Male.
Current Moveset: Thundershock, Quick Attack, Tail Whip, Thunderwave.
Ability/ies: Static: Chance of paralyzing target that uses physical moves.
Speed Boost: Speed increases as battle continues.'
"Ha! Just level 12? That Pikachu could be beaten by Steve's Chikorita easil-AAAAHH!" Steve scoffed before getting a Thundershock from said Pikachu.
"By Odin! My Pikachoo can wield ligtning as well? It is like we were perfectly matched by Odin himself!" Thor gasped, looking at his Pokemon partner with surprise.
"Well, only a Pikachu or a Raichu can ground electricity using its tail without being a ground-type, proving that its an Electric-type." Bruce explained.
"Back to the matter at hand, Stark." Steve interrupted, noticing the impatient looks that Natasha and the recently-recovered Clint were giving off to Tony.
"Oh yeah, that. Right now, the Bifrost-Stark Portal only works one way, and we can't even access it even if it worked both ways. That leaves only one decision; we follow the storyline. It's apparent that Gold should be in at least Azalea Town by now, so we might as well just travel there. Thor's the only one with a Pokemon, so he's gonna temporarily be our 'protector' since we are a group of normal men and woman to all of Johto at this point that are vulnerable to Pokemon attacks. Got it?" Tony proposed, to which the Avengers nodded.
"Good. Avengers, let's be the best, like noone ever was!" Tony proclaimed, punching the air.
"Tony..." Sam whimpered.
"Sorry; couldn't just help myself."
A.N: Another chapter done! I had alreaady pre-typed this time! I decided to use this entire chapter to prep the Avengers for their journey. If you're worried about their Pokemon; don't. They'll start getting their Pokemon as soon as the next chapter. That said, i hope y'all review! It makes the world go round!
Archivewriter2... OUT!