Chapter 3: A Flash to the Past
Setting: Elite's Lounge
When Red walked in the lounge for breakfast he saw Neo at the table eating a bowl of cereal. When he took a few more steps inside Cheyrll popped out of nowhere and jumped on his back. Red caught her legs holding her up preventing her from falling as they were both laughing and having fun Neo shouted at them "Hey you two this isn't a playground!" They both stopped and Red placed Cheyrll down off his back. When Cheyrll was off his back she grabbed her coffee and sat on the counter.
Red made himself a cup of coffee then he turned the stove on and was making omelets, pancakes, and sausage. Neo went back to eating his cereal and looking through his notebooks from yesterday. "What smells delicious?" Anna asked as she walked in the room sniffing the air. "It's breakfast." Red answered to her question then placed a few plates on the table. "I didn't know you could cook?" Cheyrll asked getting off the counter top and sitting down at the table.
Red placed the food on the table then turned off the stove and any other thing he may have used to prepare the food. "Remember there aren't a lot of things you know about me." He said while sitting down across from Cheyrll. Cheyrll looked upset after hearing that then Neo placed his bowl in the sink and started digging in the meal Red made. Before Red and Cheyrll could start eating Clair walked in. "Hi everybody." she said then she took her seat next to Red "Hey Red where did all this food come from?" Clair asked.
Red looked at her "I made it this morning." He replied then he started eating his food before it got cold. As there was silence Red glanced at Clair then Anna and noticed that they looked different "Hey Clair how come you and Anna look different?" The girls gave a smile. "How do we look different?" Clair asked "Well you two have your hair straightened which looks nice, you two are wearing makeup, and you both smell nice." Red replied. The girls were happy that Red said those things, but Cheyrll was being annoyed by their behavior.
"Hey Red can I ask you something?" Cheyrll asked causing Clair and Anna to wonder what she was about to ask. Red gave a nod "I was wondering if you could tell me your story now?" She asked shyly while looking down at her food. Red was thinking for awhile on how to respond "Yeah you should tell us Red." Neo said with food in his mouth. "Finish your food before talking Neo. Don't you know your manners?" Anna shouted at him "Please tell us Red." Clair begged. Red continued to put a bit more thought into it "Fine I'll tell you guys how I got to be in J's crew it all started in a typical morning on Mount Silver."
Setting: Mount Silver before the capture
"Hey Jolteon its pretty outside today do you want to go and get Flygon then we can go play in the snow." Jolteon nodded then went off. Red continued to look out the window of his cabin that he and his Pokémon made. While Jolteon went to wake Flygon Red put on gloves, a coat, a hat, and boots so he would be ready to go outside when his Pokémon came. Jolteon returned after a minute or two with Flygon who was still sleepy "Hey girl I'm sorry I had to wake you up, but it's nice out do you want to go play in the snow?" Red asked calmly to Flygon.
Flygon scratched its eyes then gave a nod to the idea for some sunshine and fun in the snow. Red placed a hat on Jolteon and gave Flygon a scarf "Flygon did you know that this is the same scarf my mother made for you since you were a little Trapinch I do miss her." Red said softly and with a sad look before turning away and heading towards the door. When Red walked outside he took in some of the fresh air, but then he was hit with a snowball from behind. When he turned his Flygon had two more snowballs and threw them at him and Jolteon. After she threw them Jolteon chased Flygon "its war now Flygon." Red declared with a smile.
They enjoyed playing in the snow they were having snowball fights, making snow families and Pokémon, they made snow angels, and tag. Red loved playing with his Pokémon since he really didn't have people to play with. They were in the middle of tag when Red and Flygon noticed Jolteon near a tree trying to get their attention. "What is it Jolteon is something wrong?" Red asked. As they got closer to Jolteon they noticed a Pidgey and an Oddish that were under the tree they seemed hurt and cold.
"Good works Jolteon, now Flygon do you think you can grab them carefully and take them back to our cabin?" Flygon shook its head yes then took both the Pokémon in its hands and flew to the cabin. Red and Jolteon ran right behind Flygon and scanning the area to see if any other Pokémon needed help. When they got to the cabin Flygon handed Red the Pokemon "Ok Jolteon go get some blankets and Flygon go get a Pecha berry and a Cheri berry for me." They gave a nod then went through the cabin to locate the items.
Red took the two pokemon towards the fireplace in the living room he removed his scarf and hat and placed Oddish in the hat then wrapped Pidgey in the scarf to keep them warm. He held them until Jolteon came with blankets on its back and Flygon with the berries in its claws. "Good work you two." He took the blankets and placed them on the floor then laid the Pokémon there. He tore the Pecha berry into a small piece and fed it to Pidgey then a small piece of the Cheri berry to Oddish.
"There you go now you two should feel better soon." He said to the tiny Pokémon then got up off the floor and placed the berries on the table. Jolteon decided to take a small nap near the fire as well "Hey Flygon do you mind helping me with lunch?" The dragon gave a smile to Red then they headed towards the kitchen. Flygon started to set up the table so it grabbed silverware, plates, bowls, cups, and napkins. As Flygon was setting the table Red prepared some stew and some Pokémon food "Flygon do you mind using flamethrower to give the flame some more heat?" Flygon came by and heated the pot a little bit.
"Thank you Flygon. Do you want to have a taste?" Red asked then Flygon gave a nod and a smile then Red grabbed a spoon to give to Flygon. Red poured a small amount on the spoon then fed it to Flygon "How does that taste?" Flygon gave a happy grin and thumbs up to his meal. Red gave a smile to his Flygon and then grabbed his cooking spoon to continue stirring "It will be done in about five minutes Flygon you can go rest with Jolteon and the other Pokémon." Red told his Pokémon.
After Red was done with the stew he poured some in the bowls then got the drinks ready and for the two smaller Pokémon he made bits of food that contains some medicine. After he was completely done Red went to go get the Pokémon "Hey you guys lunch is ready." He shouted. His Pokémon rushed to the table and the smaller Pokémon were slowly waking up. Red got on his knees so he can be eye levels with them "Hey little guys my names Red. You don't need to be afraid I'm here to help you. Are you hungry?" The Pokémon gave a slight nod to Red.
Red went and brought back two plates with their food and a small bowl of water for them to drink. The two Pokémon gave a happy look and started to chow down "Glad you two like it now eat up." Red said with a smile. Jolteon was barking at Red to hurry and come back to the table and eat "Ok Jolteon I'm coming." Red yelled while getting off the floor. When Red got to the table he poured Jolteon's serving and placed on the ground for him to eat. While Red got Jolteon's food Flygon was able to serve itself then Red poured his serving.
While everyone was happily eating Red glanced out the window and noticed a long dark shadow covered his home. Red then started to feel the ground shake a bit "What was that? It couldn't be a Pokémon could it?" Red whispered. After it passed Red decided to ignore it and continue to eat his meal. When everyone was full Flygon picked up their plates and went to the kitchen and Jolteon followed by Pidgey and Oddish went back into the living room to rest.
Red walked outside to see if there was anything there, but when he glanced at the sky it was clear as day. "Must have been my imagination." He shrugged as he started to walk back inside. When Red was about to enter his home a huge explosion occurred causing the ground to shake and him to collapse to the floor. "What was that?" He yelled then his Pokémon came running towards him with a worried look "Did you feel that too?" The Pokémon gave a nod. When Red got up he looked around and saw smoke but some trees were blocking the view.
"Flygon can you give me a lift we need to find out where that smokes coming from." Flygon hovered towards Red and lowered its back so he could get on. Red got on Flygon "I haven't done this in awhile but no matter alright girl lets go." Flygon took off with incredible speed. As they were checking out the scene Jolteon went back inside the house to make sure the two smaller Pokémon were ok. As Red and Flygon were flying over the forest the smoke was becoming much larger as they got closer.
When the area came into view Red saw a small town at the bottom of the mountain being burned. "Flygon look Tellap town is on fire we need to go back and get Jolteon." Red turned Flygon around and they headed back to the house. When they got back Jolteon was waiting by the door with the Pokémon behind him. "Jolteon the town is in trouble we need to go help." Jolteon gave a nod and started running off in the forest towards the town. The two other Pokémon were frightened "Don't worry we will be back I left some Pokémon food for you just in case." Red smiled to the Pokémon.
The Pokémon smiled back and walked inside the cabin then Red came by to shut the door preventing the cold air from reaching inside. "Let's go catch up to Jolteon alright Flygon." Red told Flygon while getting back on Flygon. They took off into the woods so that they could find Jolteon. When they caught up to Jolteon it was standing at the edge of the hill watching the town in peril. "Jolteon are you ready to go?" Red asked with a hint of anger then Jolteon gave a smile then jumped off the mountain. "I'll take that as a yes let's go Flygon." They took off in a steep dive following the path that Jolteon was taking.
When Red got closer to the town they saw Officer Jenny escorting people to safety. Red and his Pokémon sped up to go ask Jenny what was going on while avoiding the townspeople. When they got to her they hovered over Jenny frightening her "What the…oh it's only you Red what are you doing here?" She asked. "I saw the town in trouble so I came to help what's the situation?" He asked " These people came with a Salamance, Toxicroak, and a Dragonite then started attacking our town, they were to strong for us to beat we couldn't do nothing." She replied sadly. Red felt sorry for Jenny since she usually handles the situation "Jenny it's alright do you know where they went?" Red asked.
Jenny raised her head "They were heading to Prof. Kao's laboratory last I saw." She said pointing up a hill. "Ok Jenny I'll check it out you get all the trainers with water Pokémon to take care of the fire." Jenny gave a nod and saluted before taking off. With that Red headed to the top of the hill with incredible speed trying to go faster than ever before. When they got closer there was smoke coming from the side of the lab.
Setting: Kao's lab
When they reached the lab they found a giant hole in the side of the building then when Red saw this he got off Flygon and rushed inside followed by his Pokémon. Red rushed around the building trying to find the professor to see if he was fine and if he needed help. When Red found a door that was broken off he walked inside to find the professor protecting some Pokémon while being surrounded by some people. "Professor Kao!" Red shouted "No Red it's not safe here." He shouted back causing Red and his Pokémon stop in their tracks.
The people surrounding Kao turned to glance at him "Who are you!" Red asked with anger. The woman stepped forward "My names J and these are my elites Zane and Brent. Now who are you to disturb us?" J asked with a hiss "My names Red." He replied. "Red these crooks are trying to take the Pokémon." Kao yelled "Shut up old man!" Zane barked. "Prof. Kao you take the Pokémon and flee. Officer Jenny will take care of you." Red told the professor. The professor quickly grabbed the Pokémon and began running towards the exit "Hey he's getting away Toxicroak stop him." Zane yelled. The Frog like Pokémon was rushing straight towards Kao until Jolteon rushed in and rammed into it causing it to slam into the wall.
"What the?" Zane said "Hurry professor before it's too late." Red yelled to the professor. "But Red what about you?" The professor asked "We'll be fine trust me we'll take care of these crooks you just get the Pokémon to safety." Red replied. Professor Kao gave a nod and took off with the young Pokémon. "J he's getting away do you want me to go after him?" Brent asked "No that old fool won't get that far right now we can just take care of this little pest." She replied. "Salamance use flamethrower to burn them to crisp." She ordered "Toixcroak use dark pulse." "Dragonite use flamethrower as well." Zane and Brent commanded.
The opposing Pokémon fired their moves straight towards Red and his Pokémon. Jolteon quickly reacted by using Dig to dodge while Flygon grabbed a hold of Red and flew up to avoid the attacks. When the moves made contact with the ground it caused an explosion making some of the lab equipment collapse. Flygon flew past the crooks and was able to place Red down safely "So you want to battle then fine Flygon use Dragon Claw and Jolteon use Thunderbolt." Red shouted. Flygon's claws began to glow then it went charging straight towards Dragonite and gripped its neck and slammed Dragonite in the wall. Jolteon dug itself out of the ground right behind Toxicroak and then Jolteon launched its Thunderbolt at Toxicroak causing it to be paralyzed.
"That stupid kid! Toxicroak don't take that from weaklings use Poison Jab!" Zane yelled. The frog like pokemon turned to Jolteon then launched multiple hits towards Jolteon "Dragonite get close and use dragon tail." Brent ordered. The two Pokémon were sending back to back attacks on Jolteon and Flygon "Just keep dodging until the right moment." Red shouted at his Pokémon. The Pokémon were using all their ability to avoid contact, but every so often Dragonite or Toxicroak would land hits. Red was just observing the attacks carefully then he noticed that Toxicroak was slowly stopping its attacks and Dragonite was moving slower due to exhaustion.
"What are you doing don't slow down!" Zane screamed with rage at his pokemon. "Jolteon Toxicroak is paralyzed here is your chance to use Thunder and Flygon you use Dragon claw to give Dragonite a twirl." Red shouted with excitement. Jolteon charged up before launching a powerful jolt of electricity and Flygon used its claws to grab a hold of Dragonite. Brent's Dragonite was caught completely off guard when Flygon gripped its tail and began lifting the powerful dragon. Flygon twirled it around fast in the air and threw Dragonite right towards Toxicroak. Dragonite slammed into Toxicroak who was too paralyzed to dodge causing them to get thrown to the wall.
"Get up the both of you!" Brent shouted "Now Jolteon use Thunder!" Red commanded. Jolteon fired the powerful bolt of electricity towards the enemy Pokémon giving them a painful shock causing an explosion. The Pokémon had swirls in their eyes so Zane and Brent called them back "I'm sorry J." Brent said and bowed "You fools you couldn't beat a mere child! I guess I will have to take care of this. Make yourselves useful by reading the ship!" J yelled in response. The two of them took off leaving J and Red "Now Salamance Hyper Beam!" J commanded. Then her powerful dragon like Pokémon took in its power and began charging "Here it comes." Red announced. Then the Pokémon fired the incredibly powerful attack right towards them.
Setting: Tellap Town
When Professor Kao reached town he heard an explosion coming from his lab and when he looked back there was a cloud smoke filling the air. "I hope that Red is ok." Then the professor ran towards the central part of town looking for Officer Jenny. When he got to the park in the middle of town he found Jenny and other trainers using water type Pokémon to get rid of the flames. "Officer Jenny!" He shouted getting her attention "Professor Kao." She replied running towards him. "What are you doing it's not safe here professor you must go to the hill where it's safe." She ordered.
"But Jenny those crooks broke in my lab and were trying steal these Pokémon." He responded. "What they're in your lab!" She yelled as he gave her a nod in response "Yes and their demolishing the place I ran into Red and he said he would take care of it, but I'm worried about him." Jenny had a frightened look on her face "You must hurry I think the place might collapse!" He said. Jenny gave a nod then she turned towards two officers "You heard him didn't you come with me to the lab." "Yes sir." The officers saluted them they got in their police cars and headed to the lab.
Setting: Kao's Lab
Red was on the ground trying to get up since the blast from the Hyper Beam made him fly into the wall. Red's ears were ringing, he had blurry vision, and his throat was beaten up a bit yet he still tried to stand. He could still see that his Pokémon were still fighting even though his vision is blurry. Flygon and Jolteon were using Thunderbolt and Dragon Claw back to back while Salamance was using Flamethrower. Salamance was struggling to land hits on them and it was getting tired in the process. When Flygon came straight towards Salamance to land another Dragon Claw Salamance saw a chance to attack. Salamance fired a Hyper Beam right at Flygon sending it towards the wall then Flygon couldn't get back up.
Flygon was too injured to stand and Red was knocked out which made Jolteon super furious. Salamance had to recharge after the attack then Jolteon sprinted towards it and jumped on its back. Salamance panicked and tried to shake Jolteon off, but Jolteon wasn't going down without a fight. Then Jolteon used Thunder while attached to Salamance making Salamance scream. The dragon fell to the ground and was down and out, but when Jolteon jumped off the downed Pokémon it took another attack out of nowhere and went souring threw the air. Then a giant scorpion like Pokémon charged at Jolteon and kept throwing it around the lab preventing it from touching the ground. At one point the Pokémon caught Jolteon by the neck with its claws and slammed it into the wall making the wall cave in and collapse.
Jolteon was too tired to move and was choking from the Pokémon's grip then J appeared behind it. "You stupid Pokémon you actually think I came with just one Pokémon. My lovely Drapion showed you a thing or two, but I must admit your power is great you must have a good trainer." She said. J returned her Salamance then she began hearing sirens coming closer to the lab. Her airship hovered over the lab "J the mission is a fail we couldn't find the professor and Jenny is on her way." Brent announced through the speaker on the ship. "Plus the place is about to collapse." Zane yelled in the background.
They lowered a small platform that would lift J to the ship when she called to her Drapion it released Jolteon from its grip and Jolteon was gasping for air. J returned her pokemon back to its original pokeball then J took one step then she looked back at Red who was unconscious and his Pokémon to weak to move. J looked away then gave a big sigh.
Setting: Outside the lab
As Jenny was pulling closer to the building she then stopped the car and got out just in time to watch the entire lab collapse. Jenny started to tear up then she was running towards the building but was being held back by the other officers "Jenny don't go we don't know if it's safe." One officer said while holding on to her arm. Jenny managed to break free "I have to make sure Red is ok!" She shouted while running towards the rubble. She began digging through the remains of the laboratory and pushed any pieces of metal out of her way. She saw something that caught her eye something that was under piles of cement. She quickly got on her knees and tried to reach for the item and when she pulled it out she began to cry.
The professor who didn't go to the hills for safety like Jenny told him to, but instead decided to follow her towards his laboratory. When he got there the two officers stopped him "Professor Kao I'm terribly sorry about your lab." One of the officers said. "It's alright, but where is Jenny?" He asked "She went inside to check for something." The other officer replied pointing at the use to be lab. The professor headed towards the direction that the officer gave him and when he got to his lab he looked around for Jenny. He found her on the floor leaning on what remained of a machine crying which was strange since he knew her to be a strong person and not to cry often. When he got closer she raised her head and stood up wiping her tears and placed something behind her back.
"Jenny why are you crying? I hope it's not over the lab and where's Red?" He said "No it's just that I..." she couldn't finish her sentence because the tears had returned. The professor came by and gave her a soft hug "It's ok Jenny whatever it is I'm sure you will be over it in no time. Might I ask why you are crying?" He asked. She pulled a hat from behind her back that had tear stains, dust, and cuts and slashes threw it. "This couldn't be what I think it's is could it?" The professor questioned with a worried look on his face. Jenny gave a slight nod and began to cry on the professor's shoulder, he held her as he also began to release tears at the thought that Red is no longer with them and has died in the lab while it was collapsing.
Setting: Prison cell
Red was slowly waking up and noticed that he wasn't in the lab anymore "Where am I?" He wondered. He tried to move but he was dangling from a wall "Oh great I'm handcuffed." He said to himself. He looked around the room, but it was too dark to see much but he could hear some voices right outside the room. Red could hear the voices getting louder and louder meaning that they were getting closer. A few seconds went by then two figures walked inside, the light from outside the room blinded Red for a second then the two figures shut the door behind them. "He he J allowed us to rough you up a bit until she gets here." One of them said then punched Red right in the gut. Red made grunt while taking the punch "What was that loser you say something?" The other person said with a evil grin then punched Red in the face.
Red could feel that he was having a nose bleed he then spit at the two figures and stayed silent. "I think we need to teach you some manners you stupid kid! No dumbass like you spits at me!" One yelled at him. Red just gave a smirk to the guys' remark and just spat back at the guy once more. The guy became more furious and was sending multiple punches at Red's stomach then the other guy punched Red in the face. Once they stopped Red coughed up some blood then the two stepped back so Red wouldn't put blood on them. Red lowered his head and began to laugh which confused them "Hey idiot why are you laughing?" He asked.
Red raised his head laughing at them "Oh I just think its funny how you think that you're strong when you punch me, but actually you're really weak." Red replied. "What was that weakling?" He snapped "Oh I'm sorry I didn't know that you were deaf too." Red said with a smile. The guy was going to hit Red again when the other guy prevented him to "Don't hit him we don't want to knock him out not until she finishes talking to him." He said. Red looked at them "Yeah you ape why don't you listen to your little girlfriend over there and not hit me again." Red told them. The two of them were more enraged than before then they both decided to punch Red in the face.
Before they could make contact Red kicked one of them in the face causing him to hit the floor and then he used the handcuffs to swing to the left making the other one punch the wall at full force. He pulled his hand back in pain and in the process Red kicked him in the gut then kicked him in the face. After Red kicked him a woman walked in and forced the two out of the room then she turned towards Red and closed the door.
Setting: Elite's Lounge
"And that is what happened to me before I joined J." Red announced finishing his story then looked at everyone for their response. "Wait your mom is dead." Clair said almost bursting into tears "How did she die?" Anna said already crying. Red glanced at them a bit before responding "I rather not talk about it." He replied as Clair hit Anna on the back of the head "Why would you ask that." She asked "I'm sorry." she answered. They both hugged each other and began to cry together as everyone else just tried ignoring them. "I can't believe you kicked Brent and Zane oh what I give to do that without getting in trouble." Neo said while laughing.
Red let a slight sweat drop to Neo response then he turned to Cheryll to hear what she thought. "So Cheyrll what do you have to say about my story." He asked her, but she remained silent. "Cheyrll is something wrong?" She looked up at him "Oh I was thinking of something totally different it's alright um...so what Pokémon do you have?" She questioned. "I only have a Flygon and a Jolteon with me." He responded to her question. Neo then looked at his watch "Hey guys breakfast time is over I guess we should head to the front of the airship." Neo announced. The girls wiped their eyes and left the lounge "You're going the wrong way." Neo yelled at them. The girls turned around "its obvious J wants to see the people going on the mission so I'm going back to bed." Clair said "I'm going to go train." Anna replied.
Red then stood up and looked at Anna then gave a smile "Good for you Anna I know you'll get stronger." Anna smiled back and then the girls walked out followed by Neo who was heading to the front of the ship. As Red started to walk out he noticed Cheyrll wasn't coming "Hey Cheyrll are you not coming?" He asked. Cheyrll got out of the seat "Yeah you can go I'll be there in a sec." She replied. Red gave a nod and walked out the room leaving the door open for her. Cheyrll gave a big sigh as she turned around to put her dish in the sink " I can't believe I was day dreaming of Red while he was telling his story sometimes I wish I didn't have a crush on him." She said.
"You like Red!" Cheyrll was frightened by the unsuspecting voice behind her and when she turned around she saw it was Neo. "What uh no. What kind of silly thing is that? Me liking Red that is a laugh." Cheyrll said rubbing the back of her head. "Don't lie to me Cheyrll I heard you loud and clear." He responded. "What are you doing back in here anyways I thought you would be with J by now." Neo sat down as Cheyrll gave a frown for him listening in on her. "I came back for my notebook. I wasn't spying on you if that's what you're thinking." He said grabbing his notebook from the table. "So do you really like Red?" He asked "I'm not telling you you're too young. You wouldn't understand." She replied. "I'm 14 plus I already know the answer since I just heard you say it." He responded.
Cheyrll gave a sigh then sat down "If I tell you, you promise not to tell." She asked him and Neo gave her a nod. "Alright yes I do like Red." "Since when?" He asked "When I first met him, but I thought he was going to be annoying then I got to know him and find out he is one of the nicest guys here except the time when Zane pissed him off." She answered. "Have you told him yet?" Neo questioned then Cheyrll just nodded her head no. "Are you going to?" "Enough with all these questions Neo let's just go meet up with J." She said frustrated.
Neo grabbed his things and started to walk out the room with Cheyrll "Oh and Neo if you tell anyone about this especially Red you will be coughing up notebook paper for a week." She said with a smile then walked out the room. Neo gave a big gulp and was paralyzed in fear of Cheyrll's little threat, but he tried to clear his throat then decided to walk out.