Trapped in the Darkness - Chapter 3
A Pokemon Fanfiction
... look at this you guys. I love you so much, I actually updated. :'D
Gold: YEAH. BE GRATEFUL, DAMMIT. :I
Crystal: GOLD, LANGUAGE. *turns to audience* This author does not own anything. If she did, then Pokemon Special would be the storyline of the TV show.
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Red's head was pounding. He was faintly aware of people screaming about some kid named Silver, but the fact that bothered him the most was that he was on the ground. He groaned, trying to lift his arms, but they felt as if they were made of lead. It was then that Red realized that the was only partially on the ground, being held up by someone.
"Red?" called a voice, one that Red remembered hearing before, but he couldn't quite place the face that it belonged to. He opened his eyes groggily, grimacing as a sharp spark of pain ran through his head as he did so. The blurry objects around began to sharpen, so he blinked a few times before they were clear.
Red stiffened when he saw his rival, but more so when he noticed the condition Green was in. His lips were dry and cracked, and it looked as if it was split once and was the the process of healing. His right eye was swollen, but not blackened, and tons of bruises littered the rest of his face.
Red sat up abruptly, hissing as the pain in his head roared.
"Red, are you alright?" Green asked, placing a hand on Red's shoulder. Red didn't respond, but turned to face his rival almost robotically.
"Your face..." he stated simply, but it sounded more like a question. He reached up and gently stroked a cut on Green's left cheek with his thumb as the Viridian gym leader laughed.
"I'm fine. No offense, but you don't look too much better, buddy," Green said cheerfully, yelping as Red punched him. He clutched his injured arm, adding, "I was kidding, Red."
Red just answered by sending a glare his way before looking around. He was in what looked like a cell, and suddenly all the events from the previous night overwhelmed him. His eyes widened and he stood up, facing the cell doors like he was going to try and break them open himself, but was stopped when Green grabbed him by his wrist. He looked back at his friend with an expressionless mask on, but his crimson eyes betrayed him by revealing his expression for a split second: Fear.
Green caught this, but ignored it as he shook his head. "I've already tried breaking it, stupid. It's not gonna work." He sighed, standing up as he rubbed the back of his head. "They must have made it unbreakable or- HEY!"
The cause of Green's outburst was that Red had ignored him and tried to bend the bars himself, giving up after a minute. As those two began arguing, the two Johto trainers still continued to holler for their missing rival, successful attracting the attention of two annoyed Rocket members.
"Will you two shut the hell up?" the one asked, a male. He glared at Gold as he was given the finger, returning the same gesture back at the boy. Crystal sighed, and Green stepped up to the plate.
"What? Are we being annoying?" Green asked, grinning mischievously. He then began to make noises that made his sound like he was a moron, Gold following his example. Red and Crystal sighed at the same exact time. The two boys stopped as the Rocket member's hand flew into the cell, grabbing Green by his shirt. The grunt yanked him forward, Green's head hitting the cell bars as he swore in pain.
"I said shut up, you stupid kid," the Rocket member threatened. He was about to give the Viridian gym leader a punch to the face when a pale hand grabbed the Rocket member's wrist tightly, refusing to let go. He glanced over in annoyance when his eyes met deep crimson, the expression in the blood-red orbs dark and dangerous. They seemed to say, "Don't you dare."
The Rocket grunt grinned stupidly. "What are you gonna do, Champ? Kill me with your stare, you little weakling?" He easily tore Red's grasp off his wrist, earning a small grunt of pain from the raven. Green was let go then, and the two Rocket members easily took a step back so they were just out of reach from the brunette as he threw himself at them, trying to grab one of them. Green gave up and he glared at the two men from behind the bars, not breaking his stare.
"We will get out of here, you assholes," he said, contempt unhidden in his voice. The Rocket member that had grabbed Green snorted, unfazed by the comment.
"You wish, kid. You four are only the beginning. The bosses have big plans for the brats who ruined all our plans. The real fun will begin when you all are captured," he said, snickering. His expression turned sour then. "Until then, we can't lay a finger on you any more than a punch or two." His expression changed to a grin again, and he looked up at Red. "But when we can, you'll be first, kiddo."
Red looked disinterested, but Green stepped in front of him. "You wish," he said harshly, his hands balled up into fists. "You'll have to go through me first." The Rocket member rolled his eyes, sighing.
"Jeez, it was a joke, stupid. Stop taking me so seriously. The only people who can touch any one of you or the other brats are the bosses," he said, his lips pursed. He laughed then, throwing his head back.
"Where's Silver?" Gold interrupted suddenly, his hands grasping the bars tightly. Crystal nodded, her expression cold. The Rocket member who hadn't said anything yet stepped forward.
"He's talking to the new Rocket boss," he said in monotone. Gold scoffed.
"I thought Silver's dad was the leader of Team Rocket!" he snapped. The member sighed, looking at the ceiling of the dungeon.
"Of Team Rocket, yes, but that was before Champion over there beat him. He's not our leader any longer," he said, sighing afterwards. "He's actually-" he stopped speaking abruptly, his fingers deftly moving up to a piece of technology in his right ear, and he muttered a few things.
Gold growled, not enjoying the fact he couldn't hear what was being said.
The monotone grunt nodded and his fingers moved back down to rest at his side. He looked Gold straight in the eye.
"That traitor you keep asking about is being brought here right this second," he remarked coldly before turning on his heel and he left the room, the other leaving behind him. Crystal and Gold looked outraged.
"Hey! Come back, you bastards! Silver isn't a traitor!" the wild golden-eyed trainer yelled, again busying himself with the lock on the door.
Red and Green exchanged glances. Traitor? Did he used to be a member of the thought-to-have-been-destroyed organization? Green nodded to Red in silent agreement.
"Gold," Green asked carefully, "Who's Silver?" He braced himself after the question, not sure how the Johto trainer would react to the question. Gold didn't look at the Viridian leader, he only pushed himself to try and break the lock harder. Crystal took the boy's silence as her chance to speak.
"He's our friend..." she trailed off, keeping her eyes on Gold. As she did, Gold lept up and spun on his heel.
"He's not our friend! He's a fucking jerk!" he snapped, kicking at the air and slamming his hand against the bars. Crystal winced slightly, but sighed.
It was a minute or two later that a boy with shoulder-length red hair came walking down the steps, two Rocket members behind him. Crystal let out an audible sigh of relief, but Gold just glared at the red-head.
One of the grunts grabbed the handle of the door to let Silver in, but the boy sent a harsh glare in that direction, and the grunt backed away. Silver walked in and kept his back to the cell door, sliding his eyes closed as the door shut with a final click.
Crystal threw her arms around the boy, murmuring things about being worried and so forth, but Gold and Silver just glared at each other, the unsociable atmosphere growing as their silences lengthened.
Green and Red groaned. This was just what this party of captured trainers needed. Two sexually frustrated boys who acted like they hated each other. Green covered his face with his right hand to make sure the two metal-named boys couldn't see his laughter and Red just shook his head.
Sounds that sounded like the soles of feet and another male voice echoed off the cold grey walls of the room, and the five trainers from within the cell turned their attention to the sound.
Down from the steps walked two men, but the five in the cell didn't recognize them. They weren't Rocket grunts, because one was wearing a blue uniform and the other wore a red one. They didn't seem to like each other too much, because they were bickering quietly the entire time.
Green noticed two trainers over their shoulders. One was flailing, and the other one, who looked like a female, dangled limply.
They were each put into the cell, a boy wearing a pair of glasses that were falling off and cracked and a white hat shoved in and he tripped, and the girl who was wearing a red bandanna was thrown on top of him roughly. She looked as if she had passed out earlier, and her brown hair was falling out from underneath her bandanna as if she had been in a fight. They both looked beat up, the equivalent of the other four that had been in the cell originally.
"Sapphire," the boy groaned, sitting up as he held his head, his forgotten glasses falling off his head and onto the ground beside him. He glared up at the two men who had thrown them in as he wrapped his arms around her protectively.
Green narrowed his eyes and walked up to the two, meeting them eye to eye with his shoulders back proudly. "And who the hell are you? I've never seen your type in the Kanto or Johto." The one wearing red laughed, the one wearing blue just glaring awkwardly at the opposite like he couldn't say anything.
"I'm a Magma member, and this is an Aqua member!" he said proudly, his voice holding disdain as he said "aqua". The Aqua grunt narrowed his eyes, but continued staying silent. The Magma grunt leaned forward, an arrogant grin plastered on his face. "And the reason you haven't seen us before, little gym leader, is because we're from the Hoenn region!"
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Yes, I love the Hoenn region.
And yes, Ruby is going to have his glasses and his scars like in PKMN special. Because I said so. And Sapphire isn't dead, she's only knocked out because she attacked the Magma grunts and they couldn't fight back because they're wimps. Tch.
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