Disclaimer: A fanfic writer can't own Pokemon.
Hey guys! I'm back! I wrote a pretty good amount and lots of exciting things are happening. :D
I am starting to explain the connection between the two games' bad guys so it might clear things up… or it might not. Lol.
Anyways, enjoy the chapter.
Chapter 4:
Wes knew that they were in worse trouble than before when he saw that Snagem guy. Wes' first thought was to retreat because of the dangerous situation, but then that stupid ranger guy had to ruin everything.
Really, now, Wes thought after listening to Lunick's brave speech, teach a lesson for that guy to never forget? What is with these ridiculous hero lines? Well, I hope he doesn't say my name. If that Snagem guy hears it then…
"All right Wes!" Lunick said, happy to be able to show off his skill, "I'll show you how tough we rangers are!"
"Miii!" Minun called out, looking just as happy as its trainer.
And hope just left the room, Wes thought as he smacked the palm of his hand against his head. However, to Wes' surprise, the Snagem guy looked only confused. As though he was trying to remember something…
"Wes… Wes… that name," the guy was scratching his head and looked confused at the familiarity of the name.
This guy… maybe he is a newcomer, which would explain why he didn't recognize Wes… either that or just plain stupid. Knowing Team Snagem, Wes was leaning toward the latter.
Now that the moonlight was brighter now, Wes could see the difference in the Pokemon. Its supposingly white eyes were now filled with red and the pupils were dilating as though it was injected with a huge amount of anger serum into its system. However, Wes remembered what happened back in Cipher. He couldn't tell if this was a Shadow Pokemon or a simply, as Lunick would put it, an enraged three headed chicken.
"Come on Minun!" Lunick grinned, not noticing the Snagem's or Wes' confused faces, and took out his Capture Styler. The red large phone style contraption suddenly sprung out a thick and about half an arm long glowing blue stick from the top. "Time to rescue Joel's Dodrio!" The large three headed bird squawked with anger and charged at Lunick. The ranger grinned and jumped into the air, confusing the bird Pokemon as it looked up with surprise.
"Capture time!" Lunick opened the phone and inside was a large white button. He pressed it and immediately that small top came out from the small opening on the bottom of the styler where the top was held. The top was small, fitting into the palm of the hand, and was white with half of a purple sphere in the middle of the top. There was blue lining on the side to protect the fragile device. The top was spinning fast – way faster than what a normal person can make.
Wes noticed that a faint white thick line emitting blue color glow followed the top like the streak from a shooting star but it was only about fifteen feet long. "Capture on!" Lunick held his styler and waved it around like a conductor orchestrating a symphony except his whole arm was extended out more than a normal conductor and he was moving it in a circle, causing the stick to spin round and round to make a circle of light. To Wes' surprise, the top was moving in the same way as the Capture Styler. If Lunick moved it left, then the spinning top moved left as well. Immediately the top started to fly in the air as it spun around Dodrio. Every time the top touched its streaking light (like a Skitty going after its tail), the light become stronger and powerful. The Dodrio Pokemon screeched with anger and started to charge at the white light, but the top immediately zoomed away, taking away the white light which was glowing even brighter.
"It didn't touch the line," Lunick said this as though relieved and made the top go after the Dodrio again. "Minun, stop it in its track!" Again, Minun sent out another strong crackling blue electricity from its cheeks and zapped it at Dodrio. The Pokemon struggled and squirmed but it was paralyzed. It was then that the Snagem guy suddenly came back to reality and noticed the situation in front of him.
"NOOOO! Not my Dodrio!" The Snagem guy screeched and tried to charge at Lunick but was immediately stopped by Wes, who appeared so mysteriously. The Snagem guy tried to reach for something in his pocket, but Wes grabbed the guy by the throat.
"It wasn't your Dodrio. You stole it from someone and injured him in the process… which reminds me, we need to have a little chat," Wes said in a soft yet threatening tone. Before the guy could react, Wes let go of the guy's throat and gave a swift side kick at the guy's knee.
"Gakkk," the Snagem guy cried as he fell to the ground; his kneecaps felt as though they were on fire or even worse, broken. "You… who are you?" Wes searched the guy's pocket and found what he was looking for. In it was the same Capture Styler Lunick had, except it was much bigger and colored with purple and black. Oh no, if this guy had this then that must mean…
Meanwhile, Lunick, not noticing this, was finished the loops of his capture. He was almost done and was about to be finished anytime soon.
"Capture… Complete!" Immediately, the line of light was glowing so bright that a thin shell of yellow light surrounded the Dodrio. The top immediately zoomed back at Lunick who expertly caught it with one hand before inserting back into his Capture Styler. The gold sphere around Dodrio was now slowly fading away.
Dodrio stood there for a long time, not even acting threatening now. "Dodrio!" Lunick said happily as he came up to the calmed down Pokemon. "I'm so glad you're okay. Come on! Joel will be so -." What happened next, Lunick didn't have time to react. The Dodrio screeched and the middle head's beak stabbed into the unexpected Lunick's arm.
"GAHHH!" Lunick yelled as he fell to the ground. Minun fell and tumbled a couple of feet away. Lunick's arm was bleeding nonstop and for a moment he couldn't move due to surprise. To his horror, the Dodrio in front of him screeched and stomped onto Lunick with one of its three toed feet and pushed down hard until Lunick's lung gave away and was gasping for air. Dodrio's three mouths opened and a large red two dimensional triangles was formed – a Tri Attack.
Lunick immediately realized that the Pokemon was about to kill him... and there was nothing he could do about it. "NO!" Immediately a shadow came and grabbed the three necks, causing the attack to sway and missed Lunick, blasting into the forest instead. This also caused Dodrio to stumble, allowing Lunick to be freed from its grasp. He looked up and saw that Wes was now parrying against the Pokemon. The Dodrio was now going out of control and attacking aimlessly. Miraculously, Wes was not missing a single beat and dodged quite skillfully. The only thing Wes really did was put on his metal plated goggles that seemed to reflect easily in the moonlight, causing the Dodrio to flinch as it tried to take the human down.
"Wes!" Lunick called out but immediately stumbled to the ground. The pain in Lunick's chest was too great.
"Ha!" the Snagem member grinned with happiness at the situation. He was still on the ground but definitely in a better mood. "You just made things worse with yourself you stupid ranger! That was a Shadow Pokemon and you broke the bond that held it under my control! Now it'll keep rampaging and killing anything in sight!" The Snagem guy started laughing, not realizing that killing everything in sight now included him.
"What? Sh-shadow Pokemon?" Lunick groaned as he tried to stop the bleeding. What was this guy talking about? Who was he and what was this bond he was talking about? Lunick looked over at Wes and to his surprise, saw that Wes didn't even look remotely shocked at this new piece of information. It slowly dawned on Lunick that maybe Wes already knew and if he did, why did he hide it?
…
Wes gritted his teeth with frustration. He couldn't keep up this dance for long. Sooner or later, he was going to get tired and slow down, allowing the Dodrio to finally hit him. It was only a matter of time. Wes could only think of one way to stop this but the last time he tried it failed miserably. But it was better than running away. But first, Wes needed it to stop moving… That was when he spotted a couple feet away, Minun groaning and rubbing its head. It had been knocked out and was just waking up.
"MINUN!" Wes yelled to grab the Pokemon's attention, "I need your help!" Minun looked shocked at the situation and cried in pain as it watched Lunick struggled to get up. His bleeding arm lay uselessly at his side.
"Minun!" Lunick yelled, trying not to scream with pain, "Help Wes!" Minun's first instinct was to run over to Lunick, but seeing Wes' need o f help, the little mouse Pokemon charged over to Wes and sent out another buzz of electricity just before Dodrio's beak pecked Wes. Wes noticed that the electricity Minun gave out was weaker than before and Dodrio was struggling less than usual. Still it was enough to buy time.
"Now it's my turn!" Wes grabbed a Poke ball, a ball capsule that was red on top and white on bottom, from his bag and clench tightly in his left hand. Suddenly, the machine piece that covered his entire left arm started to hum and the Poke ball in his hand started to glow. Just as Dodrio managed to break through the electricity bind, Wes threw the Poke ball at it, and upon contact, there was a sudden burst of light. Dodrio was sucked into the Poke ball. It dropped to the ground, rolled several times before finally making a pinging noise to indicate that Wes had caught the Dodrio.
Silence filled the air as Wes sank down from exhaustion, as Lunick painfully struggled to watch with shock, and as the Snagem grunt stared in horror at what just happened. Wes carefully took the Poke ball as though it might explode and gently place it into a large pocket in his blue trench coat. Then recognition was painted all over the grunt's face.
"Wait a minute! You're Wes! Ex-member of the team! No way, you're that traitor!" The guy started gabbing and pointing at the tired Wes. Wes glared angrily at the bad timing of this stupid idiot and walked over toward him. The stupid guy faltered at the look of Wes' face and started to open and close his mouth like a drunken Magikarp. For a horrified moment as Wes toward over the frightened guy, Lunick thought that Wes was going to kill the man, but instead, Wes gave a swift rabbit punch, knocking the guy unconscious with a large bruise on his head.
"I don't stoop to the level of a killer," Wes stated as though he could see Lunick's shock face even though his back was facing Lunick. Wes, remembering the basic items that all Snagem members must carry, looked through the Snagem member's bag and found a large and thick rope. He tied the unconscious man up with thick knots. "There is a difference between thievery and killing."
"Tch, you sound way cooler than me… like a hero," Lunick grumbled. Wes pushed his metal goggles up to his forehead, came over and helped Lunick up. The bleeding has slow down to a trickle thanks to Lunick's constant pressure against the wound. Wes looked at the wound on Lunick's chest to see if there were any damages to the ribs. Minun sat down next to Lucas. There was an uneasy silence that was broken by Wes.
"I'm not a hero," Wes stated flatly as though this was a somewhat contradictory statement. Wes took out some white bandages from his rugged sack and started to tie Lunick's arm. "Besides, you don't trust me."
"Well, I don't," Lunick said defiantly, "But you kind of save my life back there, so I guess I sort of... but I still don't trust you!" For a moment, Wes' face flickered with amusement and perhaps a hit of laughter. Wes finished bandaging Lunick's hand and helped the ranger up.
"Can you stand up?" Wes asked. Lunick tested his weight and almost lurched to the side if Wes had not held tightly onto him.
"No, good," Lunick groaned, "My head is kind of swirling." Wes immediately dropped Lunick back down on the ground. "Give me a minute," Lunick said, trying not to look too wimpy.
"Sure," Wes said and took out his PDA and he, judging from Lunick's point of view, was sending mail to someone.
"Who are you talking to?" Lunick asked.
"A friend," Wes said and didn't elaborate. Lunick was starting to get sick and tired of this one-sided conversation and decided to take a risk. "So, what did that guy mean 'ex-member'? Do you know him?" Wes face immediately darkened and didn't respond, but that didn't stop Lunick from continuing.
"What is this Shadow Pokemon? What was that bond that person was talking about? How did you catch Dodrio? Who was that guy anyways? Wes, who are you?" It was several long minutes before Wes responded
"You know, you talk too much," Wes said.
"Yeah, a lot of people told me that, but it doesn't mean I stop talking." This time Wes didn't laugh and continued to frown.
"Something you shouldn't get involve with," Wes said harshly. "The less you know the better." The way he said it made it sound like there was something far worse going on. "It was pure luck I managed to capture your friend's Dodrio. Speaking of which, I'm going to need to keep the Pokemon."
"What?" Lunick demanded, "Dodrio is Joel's. Just because you caught it doesn't mean it's yours!"
"Then what is it called when I capture a Pokemon?" Wes asked sarcastically. Lunick sputtered, trying to come up a comeback but Wes wasn't interested in arguing.
"I'm not going to keep it permanently; I needed to borrow it until I can fix the problem. Do you really want Dodrio running around like that?" Lunick recalled how Dodrio's mood violently changed. Of course Dodrio was acting out of control before Lunick used his Capture Styler but after, it was as though it was going berserk. Yet, Wes acted calmly…
"You sound like you dealt with Pokemon like Dodrio before," Lunick said. This time Wes didn't say anything and Lunick knew his comment was right on target. "Is Dodrio a - what did that guy called it- a Shadow Pokemon?"
"I don't know," Wes said carefully and sounded truthful to an extent.
"How long will you keep things hidden in the dark?" Lunick grumbled, now trying to get up again. This time, his legs didn't give away. "How can I trust you if you don't tell me what's going on?"
"You don't have to trust me." There was a stun silence from Lunick.
"What?" Lunick said shocked, "Trust is important if we're to work as a team."
"I work solo." Wes said this firmly and before Lunick could object, Wes continued, "We have a common goal so until we reach that forest, I'm going to help out. After that, we're done." Lunick frowned in frustration.
"What is the big deal in working as a team? People judge you because you keep hiding your true self! And what about your friend? Isn't she part of your team?" Wes didn't say anything and changed the topic.
"We need to get moving. Someone could be watching us now."
"Wait, what are you talking about?" Lunick asked, thrown off by the sudden change of topic, and Wes rolled his eyes again at Lunick's nonstop questions.
Wes pointed at the Snagem guy and said, "That guy is definitely not alone. He attacked us, so there is a good chance he was here to guard the tunnel. If we don't pass it soon, they'll figure out something is suspicious and tighten security in there."
"Wait, the Fall Rangers went to the tunnel earlier and didn't see anything suspicious," Lunick said carefully. "If they are in there, they would've taken them out as well as Joel."
"Who said they were there earlier? They probably took out Joel so that people will become cautious and wouldn't leave town and waited until later in the day to move in." The way Wes talked made Lunick feel stupid. Then again, Wes had been treating Lunick as though he was stupid.
Lunick frowned at Wes' street smart conclusions. He acted as though he knew how undercover organizations worked. There was definitely something shady about this guy's past. "So," Wes continued, looking put out from answering Lunick's questions, "Any suggestions on what to do with that guy? Or do I have to come up with another solution?"
Lunick looked furious at Wes' mocked question. Lunick looked around as though for an answer to their most pressing problem. He suddenly noticed a night time Pokemon crawling up the tree. Taking another closer look, the Pokemon ranger noticed that it was an Ariados, apparently watching them silently the whole time. "Well, then you want a plan," Lunick grinning at his stroke of inspiration as he took out his Capture Styler, "I have a good one."
…
Wes and Lunick observed the large darkness inside the opening of the cave. Both were positioned so that they were lying against the outer wall of the hole and peeked into the hole slowly but carefully. Wes had been overly careful to the point that it drove Lunick insane and now, Wes was contemplating whether or not to go into the cave.
"Really?" Lunick said exasperatedly, "Do we really need to do this?" Wes didn't respond. He was in the state where whenever Lunick asked a question, he would ignore it.
"I think there is no one really here. Must be minimum security," Wes muttered, thinking it was odd. He motioned with his hand to Lunick, letting him know that it was safe to move. They slowly crawled their way in, allowing the darkness to swallow them up. It was then that the two realized a major problem.
"I can't see," Lunick grumbled. Although, the ground was smooth, there were still rocks that were big enough to cause a stumble. Minun whimpered, obviously afraid of the dark. "It shouldn't be this dark here at night. Where are the lights?" Lunick fumbled in his pocket for a flashlight but Wes, immediately sensing what he was doing, grabbed Lunick's hand.
"No, we can't let ourselves get away that easily." Lunick sighed in frustration at Wes' lack of cooperation. He suddenly noticed several Zubat flying around in the cave. They seemed to be more agitated than usual.
"Then I'll just ask for help." Before Wes could protest, Lunick grabbed the styler and used the same method as Dodrio to capture one of the Zubat. The top spun round and round, creating a bright light and encasing the Zubat with a yellow sphere. The wild Pokemon flew to Lunick and waited patiently for orders. Carefully, Lunick touched the Pokemon and sighed in relief when it didn't bite it. "That was a close one. So my styler isn't the problem."
"What are you talking about?" Wes asked as he watched the Zubat with some interest. The way Zubat was able to listen that easily. Minun and Zubat were even starting a conversation now in their own Pokemon words.
"Oh look who is asking questions now," Lunick said sarcastically but didn't press forward because Wes was definitely not in a good mood. The Zubat flew up ahead, screeching once in a while to listen up ahead. Both started to walk and it was then that Lunick decided to explain what he meant. "When I tried to do that capture with Dodrio, it didn't work like I thought it would. I was wondering if it was because of my lack of ability or something…" Wes realized that Lunick was apprehensive at the situation. This obviously never happened before and Lunick was wondering if it was his fault Dodrio's capture failed.
"Let's go," Wes said, unable to think of anything to really say. Lunick took out a small flashlight and shined it on the ground for them to see. Wes could see the darkness stretch for miles though and wondered how long it'll take to get to the other side. "How far is this tunnel?"
"Ummm, not too far. The main road should take only about fifteen minutes. But at the rate we're going, probably twenty… Wes, are you sure there are people here?" Lunick looked at the empty place with apprehensive. "It seems deserted. Though, too deserted."
Strange, Wes thought, there is no one here. Does that mean that Snagem guy simply went out here by himself and just happened to be standing there? No, that sounded way too weird… No one would do that. But still, guarding by himself…
Immediately, Zubat immediately frowned and started chattering as it flew around in frenzy.
"Zubat, what's wrong?" Lunick asked and the Pokemon flew in front of Lunick's face and started to act nervous still. "I think its saying that there is something strange ahead…" Wes suddenly noticed a lot of wild Pokemon hiding in the dark. There were Paras, Magnemite, Machop, and Diglett. They were all looking suspiciously and fearfully at the two humans but didn't do anything. Then he heard it, footsteps and the sound of wheels moving against the dirt road.
"Hide!" Without hesitation, Wes and Lunick immediately jumped to the sides and hide between the large boulders. Lunick fumbled and panicked as he tried to turn off his flashlight. Immediately, the footsteps got louder and the entire cave got brighter. Pokemon were hidden and shivering despite the fact that it was slightly warmer in the cave thanks to the light.
"Man, this is sure easy work. Shipments are so much easier to deal with now." The male voice sounded young, around mid twenties, yet immature. Wes narrowed his eyes with suspicion. Shipments? That would explain the need for a guard at the entrace. But they seem so lax. Have they been doing this so many times that they have gotten overconfident?
"Anyways," the male voice continued, "Why in the world couldn't we deliver it by air? It would be easier?"
"Because, having air mail is a lot more suspicious. Plus, the air is being guarded by that Wintown Rangers. We can't risk being intercepted like that. At least on the ground, we have a better chance of escaping." This voice was female and sounded high pitch. Her voice literally sent chills down Lunick's spine. Zubat's and Minun's excellent hearing caused him to whimper in pain as Lunick held them both in his arm.
Suddenly the footsteps were right next to them, and Lunick looked up to see two tall people passing them. One was a male with brown hair that looked bowl shape and the female had blond short hair with bangs pushed to the side in a sweeping manner. Both were wearing strange goggles that reflected purple and yellow lenses respectfully. The weirdest thing about them, despite walking around in a cave in the middle of the night, was that both were wearing what appeared to be white uniforms in cowboy style. The guy was wearing long wide pants and wrist length gloves along with platform shoes. The woman was wearing a short miniskirt with a mini tank top that was tied by the neck. She had long elbow length white gloves and knee high cowboy boots. The girl was holding a lantern. The guy was pushing what appeared to be two cages on top of one another by using a small flat wooden cart.
The light shined on the cages and Wes and Lunick saw what were inside. Wes' face immediately paled and Lunick's face turned to shock.
"Strange that they didn't want these shadowfied for a long while until after they arrived from Orre," the girl said, giggling at the tranquilized creatures. "I guess the Snagem leader had a bit of a soft spot for both of them." Lunick noticed that Wes' face turned even paler. He looked like he was in pain, watching the two people laugh. Oddly, Wes' expression looked so familiar. Lunick tried to remember what was it in Wes' face that was so… wait a minute. Lunick had seen that look before on missions for people who had lost their… At that moment, something clicked inside of Lunick's head.
"So, where are we taking these?" the girl asked.
"I think to the factory to become Shadow-"
Without hesitation, Lunick got out of his hiding place and smashed the two people to the ground. The cages clattered the ground and echoed in the dark cave, causing many wild Pokemon to start panicking.
"WHA-?" the guy sputtered and saw that there was a strange kid trying to break the iron cages' locks with a rock. Blang! Blang! Blang! An intruder? That was when the guy noticed that the person who pushed them to the ground was wearing a red jacket uniform with black and white jumpsuit…
"Ewww!" the girl squealed, "A ranger!" She acted as though she actually believed that rangers give off cooties or something.
"Hey!" the guy cried and grabbed the ranger. Under the light now, the cowboy guy could see that this ranger had black hair that parted neatly and evenly from left and right. "Who do you think you are?" Before the ranger could explain, or object to explaining, another shadow came out of nowhere and pushed the cowboy grunt away from the ranger. The grunt stumbled and fell on his partner.
"Ewww!" the girl squealed again, "A guy!" Before the two of them could react the new shadow took out what appeared to be a… Pokeball? He threw it at the two stumbling grunts and they suddenly found themselves face to face with a giant three headed chicken. The Dodrio squawked with anger and it seemed to be almost on the verge of striking anything in its path.
"Put your hands in the air," the shadow growled. Awkwardly, both grunts put their hands in the air.
"Oh boy."
…
"What the hell were you doing?" Wes hissed with anger, grabbing Lunick by the collar. Wes and Lunick both had finished tying up the two grunts before Wes, Lunick objected to the very end, knocked both of them out by ordering Lunick's captured Zubat to use Supersonic. Of course, after doing its job, the Zubat flew away. Thankfully, Dodrio was back in Wes' Poke ball without any incident. However, the same can't be said for Lunick. "You almost gave our position away! What if there were other people here? We could've been in big trouble now!"
"Hey! I was trying to help them!" Lunick pointed to the two cages whose lock was now all bent out of shape due to the repeated blows from the rock. "And what about you? You… you looked like you were in pain…" Wes stared for a second before releasing Lunick and grabbed a small key from his pocket. He tried to fit it into the lock but had great difficulty thanks to Lunick's repeated smashing.
"Where did you get that key?" Lunick asked suspiciously.
"From that guy," Wes said, pointing to the unconscious grunt that had his mouth wide open and was drooling.
Both of the hostages were muttering something about a Skitty and fish sticks…
"When?" Lunick asked, trying to remember. He didn't see Wes searching in the guy's pocket for a key.
"I swiped it when I knocked into him." Wes was so calm and managed to open one of the cages.
My next question would be - How? Lunick thought, wondering how exactly quick Wes' hands were. Lunick's face turned into more shock when he saw how happy and excited Wes looked. He didn't have that normal evil grin he had when he managed to catch that Dodrio. His looked friendlier, like a normal human being should be. The cage door finally swung open and Wes reached in to take out a weakened Espeon. The purple cat stared up groggily and tears immediately flow as it cuddled into Wes' arm.
"Hey, there," Wes whispered and hugged the Pokemon closer to him as though he was afraid Espeon would disappeared. Then, still holding onto Espeon with one hand, Wes tried to open the second cage but had a hard time.
"Here, let me help," Lunick said, still a bit shock at this new side of Wes. Lunick grabbed the key and fit the key into the lock with great difficulty but managed to open the door. Suddenly, a sleek black Pokemon came out and with the last of its strength, jumped into Wes' arm as well.
"Hey, Umbreon," Wes whispered and hugged the two Pokemon close to him.
"Ar-are you crying?" Lunick asked, seeing a small tear falling down Wes' cheek. Wes didn't respond and continued to hug the Pokemon. Lunick, now truly embarrassed, looked away as though the scenery was much more amusing. It was a couple of minutes before Wes broke the silence.
"Lunick," Wes said his voice very steady, "These are my Pokemon – Espeon and Umbreon." Lunick looked back and saw the two Pokemon looked back very appreciatively.
"Hello," Lunick muttered. Minun came over and patted both Pokemon and talked in its little Pokemon talk. Wes immediately returned the two Pokemon to two worn out Poke ball and got up.
"We have to find a place to heal them," Wes said.
"Why did you do anything?" Lunick felt the bottle up feeling he had ever since he realized those two Pokemon were Wes' come out. "Those were your Pokemon. Why didn't you try to save them?" Wes didn't say anything and got up.
"Come on," Wes said, "We need to go –."
"I don't understand you!" Lunick hissed angrily, "You act like you don't care about them but then you do! Why in the world did you just let those guys pass?"
"I don't know the situation," Wes said angrily, "If I rashly went out like you did, who knows-."
"Oh, who knows," Lunick imitated Wes' words in a higher pitch voice before reverting to his normal tone, "What the hell! Are you telling me, you're willing to throw even your Pokemon away just because you're worried about the consequences?" Lunick felt his throat grabbed by one hand and found his back against the wall. Wes' eyes were flashing dangerously again. Minun flinched in shock and cried out in anger. It tried to pull on Wes' leg to stop the fighting. Lunick wanted to fight back but before he could do so…
"You! Stop acting like a super hero," Wes snarled, "There is no such thing as winning – especially winning without consequences. Until you realize that, you're nothing but a stupid idiot who thinks that the world revolves around you." Lunick felt his air way clogging up before Wes let go and hurried down the passage, leaving Lunick all by himself to massage his throat and Minun trying to calm Lunick down. "Don't ever tell me about consequences when you haven't sacrifice anything in your life!"
Lunick was burning with anger. Consequences? He knew about consequences! Every day he had to help others. He could've become a Pokemon trainer but instead, he wanted to become a ranger – a profession that works with Pokemon and help others. What does this guy know about him? All he does is swipe people stuff and care about his Pokemon only when it isn't a liability to him. Lunick got up and grudgingly followed Wes. There was no way Lunick wanted to work with this guy. EVER!
Lunick was about make a turn in the tunnel when he started to hear voices and a strong light was coming up ahead.
"Well, well, well, look what we have here, back from the dead already." Lunick froze and held back. He peeked over and noticed that Wes, his back to Lunick, was facing a strange guy. Lunick suddenly realize that this strange guy was dressed exactly in the same way as the guy with the Dodrio. It was then that Lunick realized the guy was flanked by people looking exactly the same as him. The headphones, the bald head, and the red vest – it was like a quintuplet marathon or something.
"Hello Wakin," Wes growled. Lunick couldn't see clearly but Wes was clearly shaking. From fear or fury, Lunick wasn't really sure. Minun shivered and looked at Lunick. The Pokemon's eyes were clearly asking if they should help or not. However, Lunick was now being thrown with another problem. Wes definitely knew these guys, but who are they? Is Wes truly a –
"I see you found your little Pokemon," Wakin grinned and chuckled. "And, I heard you talking to someone. New friend? Aren't you going to introduce him to me?" A couple of the guys laughed from behind and Lunick immediately backed away. If Wes was with them, then there was no doubt Lunick was in trouble. There was a pause before Wes spoke.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Wes said coolly, "Perhaps you should take off your headphones once in a while and clean out your ears."
"Ouch, burned!" Wakin said, though he looked highly amused. "But you know, the boss figured you never really died. He even punished us for almost killing you but was relieved to hear that we never found your body. He suspected that you would come here as long as we brought out a rumor and bait."
"Is that why you attacked that ranger?" Wes asked in a steely voice. Lunick felt his heart pump faster. These people were the ones who attacked Joel? Lunick's hands clenched in fury onto the boulder in front of him.
"Bingo! I'm just surprise you came out here earlier than expected. You are unpredictable. Just like when you blew up our base just to steal our machine that you're wearing right now." Wakin motioned his head to Wes' left arm.
"Wakin, I'm not here to talk about the past," Wes said, sounding serious, "Now, I'm going to ask you once and only once, so listen carefully. Where is Rui?"
Rui? Lunick was confused at this question until he remembered that Rui was the girl that Wes wanted to save earlier. Who was she anyways… his sister?
"Rui? Ruiiii? Oh, that Rui. So you miss your girlfriend," Wakin said in a playful voice. The other grunts started laughing hard now, their voices echoing in the cave.
Lunick gaped in shock. Wes had a girlfriend? Rui was Wes' girlfriend? Who would be attracted to someone who was dark and mysterious and who apparently blew up a building?
"Well, sorry," Wakin said, "but we're not here to answer your question. The boss just wanted to let you know, that he is willing to give you another chance. We have made a grand discovery here and would love you to join in as well."
"You really think I believe that? Do you really think I want another chance?"
"Well, no," Wakin admitted, "but it was worth a shot." Wakin snapped his fingers and what happened was so fast that even Lunick didn't have time to react. A large rumbled filled the air before the cave's wall broke and a large sumo wrestler Pokemon came out in between Wes and Wakin.
"Hariyama," Wakin said calmly as though he was savoring this moment, "I know you don't have any Pokemon strong enough to battle a wild Hariyama so I suggest you turn yourself in."
"Shut the hell up Wakin." This time Wakin didn't grin at Wes' comment and looked really mad.
"It'll be just like last time right?" Wakin grinned, "When you couldn't save your little girly friend Rui, only this time, you can't save her at all." Wes' lost control. He charged at Wakin, only to be blocked by the large Pokemon. The Hariyama gave a battle cry and smashed his large orange hands at Wes who skillfully dodged it but stumbled a bit due to the enclosed space. Lunick could feel something was wrong. The Hariyama was going out of control as though wild and seemed way stronger than the Hariyama that Lunick had encountered… yet, it was only attack Wes… why was that? It was like earlier with that Dodrio…
"ARGH!" Lunick watched as Hariyama managed to pin Wes against the wall. Wes groaned from pain while Wakin looked up, very pleased. It was Wakin's look of pleasure in watching a human being being torutured that Lunick, once again, acted without thinking.
"Leave him alone!" Lunick yelled and came out of his hiding space.
"Well now," Wakin said surprised, "So this is your new friend."
"Lu-Lunick…" Wes groaned. His mouth was bleeding from the inside and he coughed in pain. Perhaps it was Lunick's sudden appearance, but Hariyama immediately let go of Wes, who slid to the ground, and charged at Lunick.
Oh snap, Lunick thought as he dodged just in time as Hariyama slammed his fist against the cave wall. The rock wall started to crack and the crack grew larger and larger until it reached to the top.
Suddenly the cave rumbled and Lunick saw heavy rocks crashing down.
"It's a cave in!" Someone yelled and everybody started screaming and running away. Lunick grabbed and turn on his flashlight. His first thought was to run as well but when he saw Wes lying there, Lunick hesitated. Wes called him an idiot but then… he also refused to sell Lunick out. Maybe he wasn't such a bad guy.
Deciding that he couldn't just leave him there, Lunick immediately rushed up to Wes. Lunick felt Wes' ribs and was relieved to know that there were no broken bones even though Wes groaned in pain. He was starting to lose conscious.
"Wes! Wes!" Lunick yelled and tried to pull the guy up. However, the rocks were coming down so fast that there was no way Lunick could carry an injured person out of here in time.
"Poke ball," Wes whispered softly that Lunick had to move closer to hear him. "Do-Dodrio." Without questioning, Lunick grabbed Wes' Pokeball from his belt and sent out Dodrio who squawked at the dangerous situation. "Hurry, before it starts to get out of control…"
"You know," Lunick said in wonder, looking at Wes' Pokeball, "This is the first time I used a Poke ball. I must say, I think I did a pretty good –."
"Lunick!" Wes hissed.
"MIIII!" Minun hissed as well.
"Oh right, right," Lunick muttered and helped Wes onto the Dodrio before getting on himself. "All right! Go Drumstick!"
"Drumstick?" Wes repeated. Dodrio screeched in anger at its new nickname but immediately started to run. "Come on! Faster, faster!" Lunick called, trying to stay on without getting smacked in the head by anything. Minun, on Lunick's shoulder, shuddered in fear as the bird Pokemon kept running and jumping.
"The exit!" Lunick yelled, seeing the end of the dark tunnel. "Come on! COME ON!" Dodrio gave its last spurt of energy and jumped out of the cave just as a large boulder came crashing down, sealing the entrance. After a couple of more steps, Dodrio tripped and fell to the ground, causing its three riders to tumbled down and sprawled across the grassy field. Lunick could smell the grass through his nose and looked up to see Wes struggling to get up and Minun trying to lift its head up.
"We…" Lunick panted in relief, "We did it." And immediately, due to sheer exhaustion, Lunick collapsed and went to sleep.
Author's Notes
"Who would be attracted to someone who was dark and mysterious and who apparently blew up a building?" I know some people who would be interested in him. XP
Random news. Don't read if you don't know and don't want to know anything about the new BW things.
What do you guys think about the new characters and Pokemon they recently showed for BW? I think Dento is a lot cooler than he looks in the anime. The deer Pokemon looks a little too pink for my taste but it is cute. The swan looks okay too.
And in the anime, Iris is kind of… weird. I mean she doesn't need to carry a bag since her hair is one. Lol. I wonder if she is a trainer and I bet a hundred fanfic bucks that Dento will be participating in that musical thing which would so likely appear in the anime.
Anyways, the action is a bit limited in the next chapter but hopefully, I can find more ways to add humor.
Let's thank my reviewers.
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All right that's it from me.
See you in the next chapter.
-JapanDreamer