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POKESPEECH/THOUGHTS:
"Normal Speech"
'Normal Thoughts/Normal Telepathy'
'Pokemon Thoughts/ Pokemon Telepathy'
'Subconscious'
"POKESPEECH/Abilities"
DISCLAIMERS: I do NOT own Pokemon, if I did Ash would have already gotten all eight Kalos Region badges.
-Ruby Ciel Garnet belongs to "CR0553"
-Michael and Jessica Kramer are my OC's and belong to yours truly.
WARNINGS: (listed below)
-Adult Themes
-Graphic Violence
-EXPLICIT Language
Viridian City- Outside the ruins of the Viridian City Gym (Three minutes after Shadow Yule shot Sir Preston "Blaze" Walcott)
Normal POV
All eyes were trained on the new arrival, the woman's modest figure, showing curves and muscle in all the right places. Atop her head flowing locks of sky blue hair were accompanied by a pair of night vision goggles and a Bluetooth receiver just inside her left ear. Around her neck were a pair of headphones with a mouthpiece attachment hanging from the right side.
A pitch black turtleneck sweater seemed an odd choice of wear considering it was only the beginning of November; the winters in Kanto did not traditionally get cold until the beginning of December. An odd device was pinned to the sweater just above her left breast, a dim Violet indicator light flashing periodically at the same time that a distinct humming noise was created. To those unfamiliar with this piece of equipment it would come across as a sort of beacon to signal others of the wearers location.
Those who were familiar with how psychic energy worked could pinpoint the purpose of such a device before it even started making its humming sound. It was a jamming device used to block Psychic-Type pokemon attacks and abilities, including the use of telepathy or reading the wielders thoughts. Michael, Jessica, Blade and Sabrina stared at the trinket with disgust and rightfully so.
A pair of form-fitting black leather shorts "covered" everything above the knees but failed to do much of anything else. To say the shorts were street-friendly would be the overstatement of the year, evidence proven by the prominent display of cameltoe between the woman's loins. A pair of knee-high satin lace stockings covered skin below the knees and the look was finished off by black boots that went as high as her shinbone.
The equipment of choice, while severely lacking in the stealth and subterfuge categories, did a decent job at hiding Yule's lethal intent to just about everyone who happened to cross paths with the blue-haired girl.
"Master Oak! That's the girl I saw in the lab with Walcott! She captured that Gardevoir!" Ruby called out much more loudly than would really be necessary. Michael, however, could have heard the Alpha Shadows words even if they had been a whisper. Emerald green eyes stared coldly at the woman before him, his thoughts going back to when Jessica was captured by her Alakazam while he was dealing with one of Walcotts thugs. It was undoubtedly the same Alakazam that also invaded his mind, giving him his first real glimpse of the terror known as Hell Pokemon.
Yule sensed those hateful orbs staring a hole through her soul and gave Michael a look that could have been perceived as genuine regret, or overly dramatic grief. Either way the Shadow knew she was not off the hook, even if she was part of Gary's squad.
The mere fact she was even in the same corner as Michael and the others made the half-breed start to question the truthfulness of Gary's words.
"You must be the Gallade I saw alongside Ash, Latias and Lucario..." Yule trailed while Michael continued to stare daggers at the former Agent of P.A.I.R. "I know that nothing I say or do will ever be able to make up for what I put you and your mate through."
Michael and Jessica merely looked at Yule with empty expressions but one could sense the animosity brewing in the air around the trio. The previously unknown Shadow lowered her eyes to the ground and sighed heavily.
"I should have expected as much of a response from you two...I will leave it with this warning..." Yules tone suddenly took on a dangerous air as her gaze shifted to the leader of P.A.I.R. Who was still clutching at his left hand which had a bullet-sizes hole in it. "Walcott is no mere human, do not be deceived by his appearances. Inside of that man lies the heart of a serial killer who only views pokemon as a means to justify the ends, which is complete and total domination over pokemon, ridding the bonds one forges with them and overtaking those who see them as friends and partners."
Jessica seemed to soften her gaze a small amount but Michael only seemed to grow more enraged the more Yule talked. Hearing those remarks made by the very person who sent his beloved to the slaughterhouse, the same person who, now, claimed to be working against P.A.I.R. and was acting as though she understood pokemon, Michael found it practically impossible to believe anything that was coming out of the womans mouth.
"You honestly expect me to just let time heal your past deeds? Is that what you're hoping for? Why should I even allow you to keep your head after turning my beloved into a mindless, cold-blooded killing machine?"
Michael's Emerald green eyes burned with rising fury and the half-breeds next outburst summed up his anger perfectly.
"You worked alongside a man who took the lives of innocent people...hardworking people who only sought to better the bonds between humans and pokemon! This is the same man who killed Professor Langston, who was on the verge of changing how the Pokerus virus was perceived!"
Yule opened her mouth to speak but Michael interrupted her.
"Explain to me why I should believe anything you say after you took part in kidnapping and EXPERIMENTING on my beloved! You took her from me and marred her skin with viscous fluids, corrupting her mind to lose sight of what was important to her!
Michael's chest spike began pulsing erraticaly as his tirade went on, his emotions pouring forth in terrifying quantities.
"EXPLAIN TO ME WHY I SHOULD FORGIVE YOU FOR NEARLY KILLING MY BELOVED!"
"I'm not asking for complete forgiveness, Michael...I merely ask that you hold judgement until this is all over. Master Oak will better explain why I did what I had to do. I hope you will see that a proper surveillance was created-"
"Yule...you fucking BITCH!"
The enraged voice of Sir Preston Walcott cut Yules' speech short, the bloodshot eyes of a madman staring daggers into the former Agent. Yule, the woman in question, merely flicked his insult aside as though it was a speck of dirt on her finger.
Gary stood in front of Yule while Ruby, Michael, Jessica, Blade and the rest of the Shadows looked on in bewilderment, as well as utter confusion as to what the hell was going on.
"Yule never worked for you, Walcott...you may think she did but she acted on my behalf."
Michael immediately turned his attention to Gary and his anger started boiling over yet again. At that moment Jessica placed her hands on the half-breeds shoulders, humming a gentle tune in an attempt to calm her mate.
"Michael! I understand your anger but do not hold it against Yule, I needed a double agent in order to know exactly what the inside of the lab looked like, what kind of procedures were executed in order to transfer Crimson Agate from stasis into the pokemon. I also needed someone capable of tainting the remaining batch of agate in the event mass production was indeed possible, which was the correct call on my part."
Gary then turned to Walcott.
"Surely you must have wondered how a powerful legendary like Moltres would be so much weaker than what you calculated, Walcott? Its the same no matter where I am, I'm ALWAYS one step ahead of the opposition! Thanks to my Shadows, and the undercover work of Yule, your days of creating Hell Pokemon are OVER, WALCOTT!"
Walcott gave Gary an irritated look but, despite being so severely outclassed and down in numbers so dramatically, he managed to replace it with a satisfied chuckle. This soon turned into boisterous laughter and those gathered began to grow sick of it.
"Oh, oh...NOW THAT is rich! You honestly believe I wouldn't have had a contingency plan in the event things went sour? Oh, Gary Oak...Gary Oak...Gary...fucking Oak...you have SO much to learn!"
"Just what are you babbling about now, Walcott? If you don't mind I have a Gym to rebuild and I'll start by using your bones as mixture for the cement!"
"I'm saying you aren't the only one with cloaking technology..."
All eyes began to narrow with concern when, seconds later, gunfire came from all directions. Shadows scattered and poke balls were flung recklessly from all sides. Michael shielded his beloved with his body as a few shots managed to graze his arm blades but, otherwise, the half-breed was unphased.
Jessica erected a Barrier while Omega Shadow Sabrina held the bullets in stasis, jamming the weapons in the process. Latias was darting around and using Recover on those hit by stray bullets, mainly innocent bystanders who were caught in the crossfire.
Several Houndoom and a couple of Mightyena emerged from their poke balls with bloodthirsty eyes and feral snarls. One of the Houndoom looked particularly vicious, it's entire body was caked in flames while maintaining its normal frame structure. Four fangs were hanging from the bottom and upper lip of the Pokemon, fresh blood dripping off of the pointed ends.
Michael stared at the Hell Pokemon with disgust, emerald green meeting scarlet red. Suddenly Michael surged forward and began a sequence of attacks. Before the first Mega Punch could land, however, a snipers bullet chipped off a portion of the half-breeds left arm blade, sending Michael tumbling to the ground in extreme pain.
Jessica heard her beloveds scream and rushed to aid him when another snipers bullet came within inches of her head. The shiny Gardevoir stopped dead in her tracks and erected her most powerful Barrier she could manage seconds before she came under a hail of automatic gunfire.
Omega Shadow Sabrina was being the focused target of three Houndoom, the distraction enough to cause the former Saffron Gym Leader to lose control of her grip on the stasis. As a result all hell broke loose outside of the Pokemon center, several citizens were critically wounded by stray gunfire and a few were killed by deflected bullets.
The situation took another turn for the worst as Ash and Gary found themselves under fire from two separate Hell Pokemon, a corrupted Jolteon and Raichu. Ash pulled out his poke ball closest to his right arm and threw it out, releasing Charizard. Gary pulled the poke ball off of his necklace chain and called forth his legendary pokemon.
"Go, Darkrai!"