Disclaimer: I can't own Pokemon. Can you?
Well, sorry for the delay but the next chapter is up! :D
I got school now, so as you can see, updates are ten times slower. And of course, the chapter is bit shorter than usual.
To cap off from last chapter, Solana and Rui are trying to escape while Wes and Lunick have gotten themselves in a pretty sticky situation. What is going to happen now?
Also, I have changed the Pokemon Lanturn to Manetric. I've realized after I updated this that there is no way a water Pokemon like that can move on land… yeah… The other chapter will be fixed with the name as well.
Anyways, enjoy!
Chapter 9:
Murph flinched when the alarm started to screech. The noise reminded him of the time back at ranger school when the teacher would use her nails and drag them down the chalkboard when the class misbehaved. Goosebumps formed on his skin. As for the six Hexagon Brothers stared at each other puzzling at the sound of the noise and started to panic.
"What is that?" The red ranger brother yelled over the noise.
"Trespassers!" The yellow ranger cried out. "Inside of the building!"
"How is that possible?" The green ranger said, "We were guarding the entrance the whole time!"
Uh oh, Murph thought. He remembered what Wes had said.
"Listen Murph, if things get bad and the Hexagon Brothers figure out that something is wrong, you need to get out of there fast. We'll be able to escape and give you cover so don't worry about us." Murph slowly inched his way toward the forest while the brothers continued to talk. Carefully, carefully…
"Hey where are you going?" the yellow ranger yelled, noticing Murph. The ranger flinched in fear as the others turned to look at him as well.
"Hold it," the red ranger, the slightly smarter one of the group, said as though he just realized something about Murph, "Where is your uniform? And now that I think about it, who were those people we let in?"
"Umm, well, errr," Murph sputtered, not knowing what to do now. He tried to run for it but the brown ranger grabbed his arm. "Okay, okay, I can explain!"
Suddenly, a large shadow grabbed Murph's other arm and pulled him away.
"What the-? Who are you?" The green ranger demanded. However, instead of responding to the questions, the person simply glared at the Hexagon brothers.
"Leave him alone," the shadow said. Murph blinked several times and immediately realized who the back of the person. The long green hair, the red ranger outfit… Spenser was here! Immediately, Murph sighed a huge breath of relief. They were saved! "And open the door while you're at it," Spenser added. His eyes were filled with anger and Murph had learned that when Spenser was that mad, it was best to not argue and if possible, run away.
"You can't make ridiculous demands like that!" The green Hexagon brother sputtered.
"Sorry, Murph," Spenser said to Murph, ignoring the Hexagon brother's questioning but nevertheless kept his eyes in front of the enemy, "I was trying to pound some information on those guys but they turned out to be very tough. What is going on inside? Where are the others?"
"Well… umm," Murph sputtered again but Spenser immediately got the message. The ranger groaned in frustration. The situation has become even more complicated. Why is it that the people he had to take care of are the most stubborn ones?
"When this is over, you and Lunick are on cleaning duty for the next year." Murph gulped. Lunick was not going to be happy about that.
"Wait a minute!" The red Hexagon brother exclaimed, pointing toward Murph, "You guys are wearing the same -." The guy didn't finish for Spenser wrapped his hand around the man's throat. The man was so surprise that all he could say was, "Gakkk!"
"Brother!" the other five cried out but had to move back suddenly a large Ferrow appeared out of nowhere and started to snap its beak at the five brothers.
"Ahhhh! Get away! Get away!" The five brothers screamed as they started to run around. It never occurred to them to retaliate by sending out their own Pokemon. Spenser slowly tightened his hold around the man's neck; just enough to let him know what would happen if he objected.
"Open the door," Spenser said; his tone was now dead serious, "Now."
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The first thing Wes did was slammed Lunick to the ground and then, like a deadly assassin, threw two Poke balls to the ground with such speed and accuracy like ninja stars. Immediately, Dodrio and Espeon popped out of their Poke balls and charged at the enemy's Pokemon.
"What are you-?" Lunick demanded, overcoming the shock of what Wes had done to him.
"Espeon, Reflect!" Wes ordered, "Dodrio, Shadow Blitz!" Espeon surrounded Wes and Lunick with a strong clear barrier and the same for Dodrio and itself. Dodrio squawked before charging forward toward Ludicolo. Bam! The water and grass type Pokemon rolled around like a bowling ball before slamming against Milotic. Bam! Dodrio didn't stop and continued toward Houndoom. The flying bird Pokemon was losing control and started to attack everywhere. Espeon on the other hand managed to dodge gracefully and received no damage thanks to its Reflect barrier.
"Oh my, is that the Shadow Dodrio you 'stole from us?" the cold voice said.
"He didn't steal it!" Lunick retorted back, "You stole it in the first place!" The man ignored Lunick and continued to address to Lunick.
"Since you send it out, it is obvious that you're in a desperate situation. Keep it up and you're going to end up digging your own grave."
"Shut up!" Wes roared. Lunick and Minun flinched in fear. They had never thought Wes would lose this much control. "Dodrio, use Shadow Blitz again!" The bird didn't listen to Wes but nevertheless, continued to charge around.
"No!" Venus squealed as the sight of Milotic flinching from being hit, "Move your stupid Ludicolo Miror B.!" Lunick looked up and was finally able to see the lady who said this. The woman, Venus, was a long hair brunette with corkscrew bangs. She had a very thin pink silk covering her mouth. She was wearing some sort of white dress decorated with blue diamond crystals at the bottom and with long pink sleeves. On her back, she was carrying what appeared to be a very large crescent moon. She had the body of a thin model and a very pretty face but right now, it had this disgust look that made her look more ugly than beautiful and her light amber eyes were narrowed in arrogance.
"Whaa?" Lunick looked up at the sound of the monkey voice and saw the largest afro in his life. He looked down and saw that It belonged to a man with some red garish shades and a golden disco outfit complete with white boots. Lunick didn't know whether to laugh or to gag at the sight. "You should watch yourself! My darling Ludicolo can't stand with this stressful situation!"
"Stressful situation?" Venus cried, "You are obsessed with your stupid Ludicolo 24/7! I swear, you pamper your Pokemon better than people!"
"Well, what about you?" Miror B. cried; his white teeth were blinding Lunick. "You and your stupid facial care products are totally ruining the space! And you keep wasting your time by hosting your stupid television shows!" Miror B. put one hand on his hip, pretended he had a microphone in the other hand, and said in a squeaky and unconvincing girly voice, "I'm your Venusssss!"
"Shut up you retro geek! You're just jealous that I'm actually popular! And your afro is so obsolete!" Venus yelled in fury. The two continued to bicker as though they completely forgot their surroundings.
"Espeon, Psybeam!" Wes cried out, not skipping a single beat. Espeon fired this attack toward Houndoom but the fire Pokemon merely dodged and gave an angry growl.
"Manetric, use Thunder!" The cold voice ordered. The blast hit Dodrio who screeched in pain and fell to the ground. Lunick immediately felt the top of his hair singed from the electricity and was grateful now that Wes had pushed him to the ground.
"Houndoom, Fire Fang!" This came from an ape looking man whose red brownish hair stuck out like a fiery flame. His face had weird paint on it to make him look even wilder. On the man's neck was a necklace made of Poke balls. He had on a white outfit that outlined his muscles and abs. His large hands could wrap around Lunick's head and hold it like a basketball. The Houndoom charged straight at Lunick but the ranger managed to dodge out of the way and kicked the fire dog while at it. Lunick could feel the heat coming off from the hot fire. Thank goodness he managed to dodge that.
"Minun!" Lunick yelled and the little Pokemon used Quick Attack straight at the Pokemon to add to the pain it was receiving.
"You dare to hurt my Pokemon?" The giant roared and Lunick gulped in horror as the man stomped one of his foot to the ground and crouched like a sumo wrestler.
"Move out of the way!" Wes yelled, ordering his Espeon to shoot a Confusion attack at Manectric. The attack managed to slam against the electric dog but it didn't cause too much damage as Wes hoped.
"Give me a bit of a warning!" Lunick said, barely dodging that attack. Wes responded by kicking Lunick out of the way to avoid Manectric's Thunder Wave attack. "Ouch! Like that! Whose side are you on anyways?"
"You're not getting away with this!" Venus yelled with anger. "Milotic, dazzle us with Hydro Pump!" The long snake like Pokemon, with the same angry and haughty look on its face, sent out a powerful tornado of water toward Wes and Lunick.
"Ludicolo, dance with us with Ice Beam!" Miror B.'s Pokemon blasted an icy attack. Lunick immediately flinched and shield his face until he realized after a couple of seconds that the attack hasn't hit them at all. Espeon had jumped up front to take the attacks. However, the sacrifice left the Pokemon barely holding on right now. "TCHA! Looks like we'll have to use more force!" Miror B. said. "Ice Beam again!"
"Espeon!" Wes yelled and returned his Pokemon into its Poke ball and out of harm's way as Ludicolo's Ice Beam attack came again. Although Wes managed to save Espeon, the Ice Beam attack slammed at the boy's feet and froze it up to his knees. The attack hit Lunick as well and not only his legs but his arms were frozen to the floor as well. Minun was the only one who managed to avoid the attack since it was on top of Lunick's head.
"Damn!" Wes gasped as the feeling of a thousand needles pierced his legs. Lunick struggled to move but the pain was too great. Minun started to pull on the ice as though its weak arms tried to grab the slippery ice.
"Ohh!" Miror B. exclaimed, happy as the two struggled to break free. "Looks like my attack was the finishing move! I win!"
"No fair!" Venus wailed, unhappy at the result. Dakim pouted and mumbled to himself.
"Fool," the cold voice said, finally stepping out of the shadows to reveal himself – the last of the four people. Immediately, all the other people hushed up. Wes' eyes flashed dangerously like the time before when the man had first spoken to them.
Lunick took one look to see who this person was and realized that this guy was on a whole other level. The man, surprising young, wore dark purple shades and had slick long black hair with long strand of hair that was shaped like a lightning bolt on his forehead. He wore what appeared to be a flashy style of white lab coat and purple pants. "You lost the moment you decided to battle against us. Seriously Wes, you're getting sloppy. I would've thought you would put up a better fight," Ein said, smirking at the murderous look on Wes' face.
"Your friends should have already been captured," Ein continuing as though he wanted to see how much he can throw at Wes' face before the guy lost his cool again and slowly walked toward Wes before stopping just a couple of feet away. "I think a nice long torture should be a great welcoming present for Rui. Maybe I should cut up that pretty face of hers."
Wes' eyes widened with fury and swung his fist at Ein but the man was still too far away to hit.
"Careful!" Ein said, grinning, "Or else the ranger you were trying to save will end up the same way as Rui will." This time, Wes wasn't the only person whose anger was burning up. Lunick couldn't take it anymore.
"Minun!" Lunick yelled, "Shock that guy!" Electricity blasted out of Minun's cheek and for a single moment, Lunick thought that they had managed to hit Ein but at the man merely stood there and at the last second, the electricity froze and changed direction, hitting Ein's Manetric. "Wh-what?" Lunick sputtered in shock as the electric dog Pokemon merely shook its head in discomfort from the attack.
"Futile," Ein said, slowly turning to Lunick's direction for the first time. "My Manetric has the ability called Lightning Rod. It takes any electrical attacks that are aimed at others. Though I guess common sense such as this doesn't exist for a ranger."
"Don't you dare criticize a ranger!" Lunick yelled. Ein snapped his fingers and immediately, Minun was grabbed by Dakim. "Minun!" Lunick watched as the small mouse Pokemon struggled in Dakim's large hands. "Let Minun go!"
"Are you in a position to make such demands?" Venus said, giggling like a high school girl. "You do realize that we're still deciding how to kill you."
"Oh I think we are," Wes said, speaking up for the first time since they were frozen. There was a sudden silence as everyone, including Lunick, turned to stare at Wes. The guy was… smirking? "I suggest you start listening to me if you want to get out of here alive."
"What was Wes talking about?" Lunick thought desperately. "That Venus woman was right, what kind of position are they in to make such demands?"
"What are you talking about?" Ein said as though reading Lunick's mind as well, for the first time, the scientist sounded worried, maybe even scared. Venus' smile disappeared like a light bulb that had just blown out.
"Do you really think I would just waltz in your secret base without a backup plan? Especially after that fiasco back in Orre?" Wes said calmly and looking down so no one could really see his eyes. Lunick stared blankly at Wes' rhetoric questions, but it seemed that the Cipher Admins had look of small fear on their faces. "I've brought more Pokemon with me. And let's just say that they're not very happy being coped up inside their Poke balls all the time." Ein's eyes widened with shock as though he knew what Wes was talking about. Lunick, on the other hand, was completely clueless but this backup plan didn't sound like it was a good backup plan.
"No," Ein gasped as though he couldn't believe it, "You didn't…" For the first time, the scientist was showing fear – pure fear. Before the admins could react, Wes opened his trench coat to reveal two Poke balls and opened them.
Lunick felt a strong rumbling and suddenly found the room being held by two large Pokemon that seemed to tower like massive giants despite being in such a large room. One was a blue steel tank-like Pokemon with a large steel 'X' on its large blue discus face. Despite its massive body size, it was still able to float. The other Pokemon was a large green dinosaur with spikes going down its back and a very nasty looking set of sharp teeth. It let out a horrifying roar so great that Dakim dropped Lunick's Minun who squealed in fear.
"You know I still can't control these Shadow Pokemon very well," Wes said calmly to the horrified group. "So I suggest you start running. And fast."
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Rui gritted her teeth, realizing that they have all fallen into a trap. They wanted to make sure that Wes would try to stir up trouble elsewhere and away from her in order to help her escape with the hostage, but in reality, these people had already foreseen that and used it to their advantage so that she would be easier to be recaptured. The situation was bad. Umbreon was in pretty bad shape as it tried to fight off another set of Pokemon, namely a bunch of Whismur.
Rui couldn't run far or fast while carrying an injured person and she didn't have any Pokemon on herself either. And Solana's Plusle couldn't fight either in its weaken state. On the other hand, the guards' Pokemon kept on coming.
"HA!" one of the bald Snagem guards said. "Looks like you'll have to surrender now. Or aren't you worried about what will happen to your precious friends?" Rui flinched in fear. What was she going to do now?
"Well, things are going to plan pretty well," another guard snickered, "We get the girl back and teach that traitorous Wes a lesson. This is why the bad guys always get their way." Rui opened her mouth to speak but before she could utter an angry word…
"No you won't!" Solana said, speaking up for the first time. Despite the condition she was in, the ranger spoke with defiance. "Kidnapping people and hurting Pokemon, you won't get away with it!"
"Uh, I think we just did," the Snagem guard said, grinning at Solana's weakened state.
"I think you won't," a voice said from behind. "Ferrow, get rid of them!" All of a sudden a large Ferrow appeared and started attacking the guards.
"WAHHHH!" the Snagem grunts screamed as the giant bird tried to peck them to death. They ran off far away with their Pokemon skirmishing behind them.
"Man, I'm starting to appreciate Ferrow a lot," the voice said, coming toward Rui and Solana.
"Spenser?" Solana gasped in shock and relief. "You're here? Where's Murph?"
"Of course I'm here. Murph is outside, standing guard," Spenser said. His face turned to shock as he got a better look at Solana. "Solana, are you okay?" He immediately helped Solana off of Rui's shoulder and put the ranger on his back. "If I see those guys again, they're going to pay. You need to get help now."
"Hmmm, I fine," Solana said, looking exhausted yet relieved that they were going to be okay now. Rui ran toward Umbreon and picked the tired Pokemon up.
"You're Rui right? Are you okay?" Spenser said to the red hair girl who was looking blankly at the situation folding in front of her. Rui nodded, shocked that the guy knew her name. The last time they met, he saved Murph and her life before running off after some Snagem guys. The Ring Town ranger leader looked around as though expecting to see someone else. "Where is Lunick? And that Wes guy?"
Before anybody could answer the two questions, the floor began to violently shake. Rui almost stumbled to the ground if Spenser had not grabbed her by the arm. "Steady now," he said, there was a hint of panic inside his voice.
"What's going on?" Solana said, realizing that not just the floor but the walls were shaking as well. Cracks were forming on the walls.
"The building is going to collapse," Spenser said, "Come on!" He and Rui sprinted down the passage. They could hear other people screaming and running for their lives but ignored the three intruders. Debris started to fall from the ceiling.
"Wait, what about Lunick and Wes?" Rui said, "They're probably still in the building!"
"Once I get you guys out, I'll go look for them!" Spenser said from the roaring sound of the building. "Right now, your safety should be the number one concern!" Rui looked frantically around her as though Wes might pop up beside them any second.
Wes, where are you…?
Author's Notes
Well that's it from me. Urgh, I'm exhausted.
How many of you guys were shocked to see Wes' other Pokemon? Can you tell what they are? I hope the battle scenes were good. I got kind of lazy in the middle. XP
Let's thank my reviewers before I go.
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That's it from me.
-JapanDreamer