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Hey, what do you know? I wrote a lot for this chapter! Yay! Sorry for the wait but hey, it was a fast update. XP
Anyways, enjoy the chapter! As I promise, there is quite a bit of excitement and humor going on.
Chapter 8:
"You got to be kidding me," Wes muttered as he cling onto the Scyther's leg he was riding on. He was expecting something better like a bird Pokemon. At least transport so he can sit down, not dangle fifty feet in the air and expect everything to be okay. He watched his feet dangle below him and the trees with luscious leaves even further down. "This is the best flying Pokemon you have?" Wes' Scyther glared at him for a second and seemed to be slightly offended by the comment.
"Well sorry," Lunick yelled sarcastically from the right side of Wes, "But not a lot of flying Pokemon live here and those that do tend to be small since the tree branches here makes it difficult to fly high in the air. Therefore most flying types are either small birds or bugs." Minun, riding on top of Lunick's head, nodded in agreement. Wes closed his eyes as Lunick continued on about how ungrateful Wes was and how much effort and luck it took to gather this many Scyther together. The guy was so annoying…
"Come on!" Rui said, cutting off Lunick's speech. She too was holding onto Scyther but unlike Wes, Rui looked like she was having the time of her life. Of course, there was a bit of fear in her eyes but she was definitely enjoying this new experience. Murph, on the other hand, had both hands clinging tightly onto his Scyther and praying to every legendary Pokemon he could think of that he won't fall off and die. His piggy eyes were clamped shut tight as though the thought of looking frightened him.
"Both of you, quite complaining," Rui continued, "At least try to get along for now!" Lunick looked away from Wes while Wes gave Rui a 'You kidding me' look. Rui pouted but didn't try to encourage any more. No point in persuading two stubborn men to get along with each other.
But then something caught Wes' eye and he immediately turned to face the front. There in the horizon and past thousands of trees…
"Smoke," Wes said, loud enough for everyone to hear. Lunick looked up and saw that Wes was right. In the horizon, and in the middle of nowhere, there was black smoke curling up against the blue sky.
"Smoke?" Lunick repeated, "What is that doing there? What does that mean?"
"It means," Wes said quietly, willing his Scyther to move forward, "That we're going to get off soon."
…
After some insistence, Wes had everybody land a couple of miles away from the complex. Of course, landing itself wasn't easy and Lunick was ready to complain and all had not it been for the fact that Solana was in trouble and Wes was only doing this as a precaution. It wasn't easy to land on the ground thanks to the thick trees but with a bit of help from the Pokemon, all of them managed and sped off in the direction where the smoke came from.
"This is the place?" Lunick whispered, peeking through the bush that the four of them were hiding in. He saw a large, black, and tall building in front of him that seemed to tower to infinity though he knew for sure that the building was at least shorter than the trees surrounding it for the sake of being under cover. Still it gave a chilling look as though it was indestructible and some sort of indestructible fort.
"That's the place," Murph said, "I was waiting here when Solana went in." Lunick peered at the entrance and noticed that there were four guards in front. They were dressed in the same way – red vest, bald head, and headphones over their ears.
"How did Solana get past the guards?"
"There weren't any," Murph replied to Lunick. It was then that Murph realized the puzzling situation. "That's strange. Why are there people now?"
"Maybe," Rui said slowly, "they're upping their security now because I escaped." Lunick nodded. It does make sense. If things went accordingly, Spenser should be here soon as well. People should have already been notified of a possible break in.
However, Wes frowned for a different reason. Unlike the rest of the group, he was confused as to why there were only four guards. Something was not right. The amount of guards does not add up to what he would've expected. If anything, there should be guards at ever spot. Yet why are there only four in the front? Was this some sort of trap?
"Hey, thief," Lunick whispered, breaking Wes out of his thoughts, "Any ideas how we're going to charge in?" Wes frowned but continued to look intently at the situation. They could take down the guards right there, but Wes would rather not take the risk of back up waiting in the shadows.
"First off, we're not going to charge in," Wes said calmly. "We need to figure out if there is a back door or not."
"But that'll take forever," Lunick hissed, "What kind of professional are you? I say we just barge in there and knock down anyone who gets in our way." Wes looked murderous now as though he was going to strangle Lunick when there was a huge commotion going on with the guards.
"Sound off!" Wes, Lunick, Rui, and Murph flinched and dodged back in the bushes. Surely they didn't hear the four of them conversing? "Switch guards!" The Snagem members, looking relieve, immediately marched back into the building and in their place were six people.
For a moment, Lunick thought that it was all over. There was no way now that they could take down six guards. At least that was what he was thinking until he saw who the new guards were.
"What the-?" Lunick almost gasped loud enough to give away our position had not Wes slapped his own hand over Lunick's mouth.
Standing in front of them now were six very colorful dressed people. They all worn amour that covered their entire body and even a helmet. In order from left to right, there was a red, a blue, a brown, a yellow, a purple, and a green. On the back of each of these amours was a pair of white elliptical shape wings. Overall, they looked like some sort of characters one would usually see in a children's cartoon show.
"We are the sextruplets!" The six cried in unison. "We strike terror through the land. We are THE HEXAGON BROTHERS!" The six shouted name of their group so loud that Lunick winced in pain from the throbbing of his eardrums.
"Sound off!" the red amour one cried. Immediately, the line dutifully started to shout the number they were in the line.
"One!" the blue amour said.
"Two!" the brown amour said.
"Three!"
"Four!"
"Five!" the green one said in finality. There was a pause for a moment in the air when suddenly; the six realized that something was wrong.
"Five?" The green amour one said, "Who are we missing?"
"That's impossible," the red amour said, "I could've sworn that all of us are here. Let's try again. Sound off!"
"One!"
"Two!"
"Three!"
"Four!"
"Five!" Again silence.
"Maybe I was wrong," the red amour said slowly as though he couldn't believe he was make such an error, "Well, whatever. We'll punish him later when he comes."
"Yeah!" The five other brothers shouted in unison.
"W-who are those people?" Lunick asked, trying very hard not to choke with laughter as he stared at the rainbow color uniforms in front of him. After seeing Wes and learning a bit about Orre from him, Lunick thought that people in Orre were dangerous evil looking thugs. Yet, it was as though these six rainbow brothers were trying to prove him wrong. Were there people from Orre that were this… this stupid?
Murph and Minun on the other hand were slowly counting the six guards as though they were confused as to why the numbers they counted (which was six) didn't add up to how the guards did.
"The Hexagon Brothers," Wes whispered as though he couldn't believe it. Of course the six weren't real brothers. More like six idiots who decided to form a little happy go-lucky club together. Was this luck that they are receiving now? Even if it was a trap, Wes knew that this was probably the quickest way to get in without sounding any alarms. By the time these stupid six brothers realized that there were intruders, it would be too late.
Wes grinned – a scheming grin. Rui knew that look. Whenever Wes looked like that, it means that it was time to plot deviously.
"There is a way to get in without wasting time," Wes said. The plan was already forming inside of his head. However, it would require bait. "But we're going to need Murph's help."
"Huh?" Murph said, looking shock as Lunick and Rui and Minun spun their heads toward the chubby and confused boy and then back at Wes as though he was some crazy lunatic. "HUH?"
…
The six dutifully stood in line, assuming that there were only five. And they would've thought there was only five the entire time had not been a voice that said, "I'm here, I'm here!" The six looked around and saw a plump and short guy running toward them. His small eyes made it look like he was asleep. And his outfit was completely different from theirs but that didn't really clicked in the Hexagon Brothers' minds yet.
"Sorry I'm late," the guy said panting, "I was on orders to check the perimeter when I got the call I was supposed to be escorting some people into our building and just came back. N-number six, reporting for duty!" Murph said the last part while saluting. There was an uneasy silence as the six guards looked at each other with uncertainty. Murph gulped and could feel his own fear growing. Wes told him that that was all he had to do but surely these people weren't that stupid. Even Murph could've figured out that something was -.
"Number Six!" the red amour guy said angrily, "You should let us know ahead of time instead of making all of us worried. You will be punished accordingly later." The other five nodded in agreement, not even a slight suspicion in their minds either.
"Uh, y-yes sir!" Murph said, saluting again. He couldn't believe it. He actually managed to do something useful for once.
"Don't be mad at him," a voice said from behind. It was Wes but hiding under a cloak that obscure his face from the six rainbow guards. Wes had made his voice deeper and more somber as though he was truly sorry for causing so much trouble for Murph. Wes' voice made it so hard to distinguish from his own that even Murph, for a moment, thought that someone else was hiding underneath. "It was my fault for not letting the authorities know that I was coming so soon." Behind Wes were Lunick and Rui. Both too were hiding under cloaks provided by Wes but their cloaks were a bit smaller, only covering their upper bodies, and couldn't completely hide their faces. Rui glanced sideways in hopes of the guards not seeing her face. She will not be the reason for them being caught now.
"You six are important guards right?" Wes said, "You have access to every part of the building. Surely you can spare some sympathy for the sake of a guest." Wes' compliments made the 'real' six Hexagon Brothers swell their chest with pride.
"That's right," the yellow amour one said, "We guard everything! Treasure rooms, that ranger prisoner we capture recently -" Lunick made some sort of small noise – "And the very leaders of this place themselves! They even give us the keys to everywhere!"
"I see," Wes said, allowing his voice to be filled with awe and amazement, "Well it is no wonder why they would trust. I mean, what is not there to trust?"
The red amour guy stared at Wes' appearance for almost a full minute before giving an approving nod. It didn't occur to the six of them that Lunick and Murph were wearing almost the same outfit and that in itself was suspicious enough.
"Very well," the guy said. "I, Resix, will go easy on my brother for the sake of you as our guest!" Lunick snorted with laughter at the word 'Resix' but managed to turn it into a somewhat convincing cough. Luckily, Resix and his brothers were too stupid to realize this and immediately moved to the side to allow Wes, Lunick, and Rui in.
"Opps," Wes said, bumping into Resix, "Sorry about that. Still tired from the journey." Resix nodded understandingly and motioned to his brothers.
"Let them in!" Resix said. The yellow and green amour opened the double doors electronically with a card to let the three in. The three walked calmly in, saying thanks along the way. Not a single one of them noticed a small Minun hanging on Lunick's back. Once all three were in, the doors slammed shut with a loud 'Boom!'
"Such a nice guy," they all murmured until Resix decided that guard duty needed to be focused now.
"Okay, sound off again!" Resix yelled.
"One!"
"Two!"
"Three!"
"Four!"
"Five!"
"S-six!" Murph said as the final count. Then silence fell and everyone stood perfectly still, watching carefully for any intruders. Murph gulped and looked above at the giant building before him.
Wes, Lunick, Rui, please be careful!
…
"I can't believe that actually worked," Lunick sniggered as he took off the hood on his cloak. They were now in a very dark hallway that was only lit by small tiny lanterns that were only bright enough to allow the person see only a couple of feet ahead of them.
"It is only because they are one of the most extremely stupid people on the planet," Wes said as he too took off his own cloak. "However, don't let your guard down now. Not everyone else is like them." He noticed that Rui was more hesitant and seemed to shiver at the fact she was in the building that kept her hostage. Bad memories were filling up in her mind no doubt. "Rui, don't worry. I have your back. Make sure to stay near me." Wes grabbed her hand and pulled her forward.
"O-okay," Rui said, feeling her entire face blushing. Lunick eyed this event with slight disgust but decided not to say anything.
"Will Murph be okay?" Lunick asked as he looked back. He was a bit unsure if it was such a good idea to leave his ranger friend behind with the enemy. Murph will have no way to defend himself if that happened.
"Don't worry," Wes said. He took out a Poke ball and revealed his purple Espeon. The Pokemon shook its head as though clearing its mind before waiting patiently for orders. "By the time they realize something is wrong, we'll already be out of here." He said this with so much confidence that Lunick decided to trust Wes on this one. They're going to have to if they want to save Solana.
"So, where to now?" Lunick asked. "Any ideas where Solana is being held?"
"Judging by the large complex of the building," Wes said, "I say the back and maybe on the highest level. They obviously don't want the prisoner to escape easily. It will be heavily guarded though so I'll have to come up with a plan." Wes immediately started to move forward. Rui and Lunick followed behind him just in case something came up from ahead.
"If we can get there," Lunick grumbled. "If you haven't noticed, there is no way we can simply break through all the doors."
"Of course," Wes continued as though Lunick had never spoken, "we'll need these." Wes held up a ring of shiny keys from his pocket.
"Where did you get that?" Lunick asked, shocked.
"Swiped it from that red power ranger," Wes said simply as he pocketed the keys back into his blue trench coat.
"One day," Lunick muttered, shaking his head in disbelief, "You have got to show me how you do that."
"Oh?" Wes said, raising one of his eyebrows, "Interested in changing careers?"
"What?" Lunick said, feeling insulted, "No!"
"Shhh!" Rui said, "Keep it down." Slowly and carefully, the three moved in silence, making sure that no one will notice that they are here.
…
They had many close calls. Apparently, the deeper they went in, the more guards were on alert. And the more the hallways turned into mazes. There were times when they had to backtrack because the risk was too high. Of course, Wes, the best thief of the three, managed to create small enough diversions to help the three sneak past them. There were even times when Espeon used its power to confuse the guards long enough for them to slip past. When they came upon a locked door, Wes would slowly observe it carefully before deciding whether or not behind it was another passage or trap. Of course, Espeon's power to predict slightly into the future helped them to hide from unexpected guests. Best of all, Wes seemed to immediately know where the spy cameras are mounted and immediately figure out a blind spot for them to use.
"Amazing," Lunick thought as he watched Wes worked professionally. The boy's amber eyes never seemed to have failed to detect the slightest weakness in this strong fort. It was like watching a movie on bated breath. Will they make it or will they not? Finally, after several wrong turns and a couple frustrated but silent tantrums, they have finally reached their destination.
"Someone is in there," Wes said, peeking past the wall to see a large steel door with a small barred window on top shut tight. Next to them were four Snagem guards. None of them had the look of sleepiness in their eyes.
"Solana is in there?" Rui asked in a hushed whisper. She put herself as close to Wes as possible.
"Yeah, no doubt," Wes muttered. "I've been on guard duty long enough back in the days to know the difference between guarding valuables and guarding a prisoner." Lunick immediately started to charge forward and would've done so had Wes not immediately grabbed his red jacket.
"Let go of me!" Lunick hissed. It took all of Wes' strength and some of Rui's to keep Lunick hidden and quiet.
"Are you stupid?" Wes said angrily, "You go in right now and you'll ruin your chances of saving your ranger friend!"
"But, but!" Lunick protested. He was so close. Yet so far. One door. Just one door. The look on Lunick's face made Wes sigh in frustration. The plan still need some work.
"Think! Even if we get her out right now, there is no way we can carry an injured person without raising suspicion."
"What? She's injured?" Lunick asked, shocked enough to not try and fight anymore.
"The likely hood is great, assuming she is still alive," Wes said. He let that sink in and Lunick fell to the ground in shock. Wes sighed. If they want to get out, they're going to need a diversion. Still, Lunick's idea of just blindly charging -.
"Wait a minute," Wes thought, "Now there is an idea." Maybe Lunick does come up with good ideas once in a while.
"Rui, Lunick," Wes said softly. Both of them immediately looked up at the sound of their name. It looked like Wes is done planning. "Our main objective is to rescue Lunick's friend. However, there are other things that caught my attention as well and I'm not going to let this chance slip away." Wes paused for a moment to make sure that the two were listening. "Therefore, listen closely to what I have to say and memorize it word by word…"
…
Solana was staring at the ground without much of a reaction. She was weak and was hurting all over. Dry blood covered every part where an open wound had been. Her hands and feet were chained together so that her wrists and ankles were also in pain. Who knew this simple mission could take such a drastic turn of events? Solana hoped that Murph and Rui had managed to escape at the very least. At least then, she knew that she had done her job correctly. The small light coming from the barred window of the door was her only source of light. She could see poor Plusle lying down on the ground as well. The Pokemon was breathing but Solana knew that without medical attention, Plusle might not make it.
"Hey!" The word jolted Solana from her slumbering tiredness. "Who are you? What's going-? ACK!" There was sound of fists coming from outside. What was going on? Then there was a sound of running and more yelling. Solana couldn't make out the words. Then a huge alarm sounded.
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
That woke Solana up real fast. She jerked her head upward and saw to her surprise, a face staring back at her.
"Solana," the red hair girl said, her blue eyes filled with concern, "Are you okay?"
"R-Rui?" Solana gasped. She felt the blood in her mouth trickling down her chin. "What are you doing here?"
"Well, to put it in Lunick's words, I'm 'busting' you out," Rui explained.
"Lunick?" Solana gasped, "You know him? He's here?" However, Rui didn't respond. She had lowered her head out of Solana's view but Solana could hear the sound of the keyhole being messed with. Finally, for the first time since she was held here, the door opened. Next to Rui was a black Umbreon. The yellow patterns on its fur coat glowed so that the entire room was filled with light. Rui almost gasped in horror at the sight of Solana but managed to hold it back.
"Come on," Rui said finally, "We need to get you out of here." She carefully took another key from the ring and opened Solana's chains. "Thank goodness, Wes colored coded these keys for me."
"Wes?" Solana said, puzzled by this new yet familiar name, "Is he the guy you-?"
"Yeah," Rui said, smiling for the first time, "He helped rescue me." She looked dreamy for a moment before she realized what she had to do. "Bu-but that's not important right now!" Solana noticed that Rui was looking a bit red in the face.
It was difficult, but Rui managed to lift Solana up and shoulder Solana's arm to allow the ranger to be able to hobble out of the room. On Rui's other shoulder was Solana's Plusle. Wes' Umbreon took the lead, making sure that no one else was around.
"Wait a minute," Solana said, "Where is Lunick? And Murph?"
"They're creating a diversion right now," Rui whispered, wincing a bit from the weight. Thank goodness Wes was never a gentleman back at Orre and made her carry her own bags. At least she was prepared to carry one person and a small Pokemon out. With a bit of difficulty, Rui pulled out a piece of paper that Wes drew. On it was a diagram of the complex that they were in and the route that they should take. Leave it to Wes to be able to memorize the path they took and figure out how the hallways work.
"Will, will they be okay?" Solana asked before closing her eyes in pain. Rui paused a moment before answering that.
"Yeah, yeah, they'll be okay."
…
Wes jumped down from ceiling and found himself face to face with two Snagem grunts. Before they could so much make a peep of a sound, Wes knocked one of them out cold with his fist. Lunick, who hid behind the open door, managed to tackle the other one down, causing the grunt to hit his head against the wall and slump into unconsciousness.
"This way!" Wes said, running down the hall.
"Let me catch my breath first!" Lunick groaned. Minun groaned as well. It was tired of all of this nonstop movement and it felt like it was going to be sick soon. "And where are we running to?"
"We're drawing them away," Wes said, "The farther the better. An exit would be nice as well!"
"There they are!" A voice yelled from up ahead. Wes winced. He didn't think there would be this many guards here so soon. "Grab that traitor and his partner!" Wes didn't hesitate and hurried down another corridor. Lunick was right behind his tail. The voices were getting louder and louder.
"Aw man," Lunick groaned, "Why do things have to be so complicated?" Suddenly, Wes spied a large door in front of him and without hesitation opened the door.
"In here!" Lunick ran in and Wes immediately slammed the door shut. The entire room was dark. Wes couldn't see anything really and stumbled into the darkness.
"Hey, Wes," Lunick said, "Do you have a light or anything?"
As though to answer his plea, a strong bright light appeared all of a sudden onto both Wes and Lunick. The light shined like a bright beacon. Immediately, Wes, always on his guard, placed his back against the baffled Lunick.
"Well, well, well, looks like you arrived just in time Wes."
"What's going on?" Lunick asked, shielding his eyes from the glaring light.
"It was a trap all along!" Wes said angrily. He shouldn't have been so careless! Slowly, coming out of the shadows and into the light from all sides were four people. Of course, the light made it hard for Wes to see clearly who the four were but he didn't have to guess.
"I applaud you," the chilling voice of the man said as he clapped his hand. The sound echoed in the entire cold room. "For coming this far. Especially with an inexperience ranger. Such a feat is not easy. And you even came here earlier than I expected."
"Ein," Wes growled. This man was probably the most dangerous of the four. Clever yet callous – a scientist who can now only be called an evil and mad one.
"You know these people?" Lunick asked, squinting to see but failing miserably.
"What?" A monkey voice screeched, "Are you telling us that you never told your friend about us? How rude!" These people were obviously toying with Wes. They see that there was no way for him to get out and now doing their best to have some fun.
"Weak," the third man grunted as though speaking took too much effort out of him, "No fun."
"Still," another voice said, this time female, "I was hoping for a bit of dramatic appearance. Surely a diva like me would need to have a climatic appearance."
"Venus," Wes said the woman's name as though it was filth. This woman was the worst. Thinking only about herself and her popularity. It was a wonder that people like her back at Orre. Not to mention that she used her popularity to make Wes a wanted criminal with obsessive Venus fans on the streets after him. "Still a selfish drama queen as always."
"Aw," the woman said, feigning hurtfulness, "Your face has the exact same heartless look when you look at me. You should try to smile more or you won't get my attention."
"Save your breath," Wes hissed. The very sounds of these voices were making his blood boil. He needed to calm down and fast before he did something reckless.
"Wes," Lunick said, sounding a little bit shock. Wes never lost his control like this. He was even shaking from fury.
"Enough, enough," Ein said, "I think we're making our guests quite impatient."
"What are you doing here?" Wes demanded. His voice was still calm but there was a slight tone of force in it. "Orre not good enough for you?"
"Really now," Ein said and Wes knew that the man was smiling, "Surely you don't actually believe that we'll tell you the reason."
"Hmph," Wes said, giving off a challenging and yet angry grin, "Still, you wouldn't want to anger your guests, right?"
"Of course not," Ein said, a smile still on his face. Immediately, Wes and Lunick found themselves surrounded by four Pokemon – Manectric, Ludicolo, Houndoom, and Milotic. "We'll make sure you'll never be angry again."
Author's Notes
Now we will know the true terror of Cipher… in the next chapter. Lol.
Meet the Hexagon Brothers! I hope I portray their stupidity correctly. And we finally got a bit of action. Will Wes and Lunick make it out okay? Sure hope so because the situation looks pretty grim right now. Lol.
So, for those who don't know already, I have posted up a new story – Black and White Memories. If you're interested go ahead and check it out. It is based on the new Black and White version of the Pokemon game. Also, your votes will determine the situation on my current stories (whether I will update them or not).
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