This is the eighty-second chapter in the Pokemon Heroes story. This chapter mostly focuses on the new, evil bounty hunters of the story, with a little bit of Ash and friends. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon or any of the songs
The group of friends got off the mountain, and the weather had changed tremendously. It was snowing yesterday, and now it was just hot and scorching. But except for finding a place to settle down, they were all on an island in the middle of a lake. A rather small island as well. Could've only fit about ten to thirteen people. Ash looked up at the hot sun as he was under the shade of the palm tree. Brendan sighed.
"Well there goes our day," said Brendan, "Next time, we don't take Drew's suggestion to go out for a swim." He looked over at Drew, who was with May fixing a broken boat by the shore.
"How would I know that guy was an asshole," said Drew.
"You gave him all of our money," said Dawn.
"Yeah, but it was for a good cause," said Drew, "That sailor said he'd let us take a ride on his boat, and then stop it in the middle of this damn lake for us to take a swim in it if I paid him that much money, and I did."
"That luxurious boat was really just made of damn cardboard," said May, "That guy put us on a fake, broken boat, stole our money, and then swam off. Was that really a good cause?"
"Guys, let's stop blaming Drew for this," said Ash, "We were the ones who were dumb enough to let that dumbass decide what we were going to do today."
"Thank you Ash for backing me up," said Drew, "At least someone understands."
"No problem buddy," said Ash. A Fearow flew by them in the sky. Today was going to be a long day.
Practice Mission
On the outskirts of a large mountain, Lee and Riku, two bounty hunters, walked up a ledge. They were looking for the Team Rocket base entrance. Before this, Team Rocket had assigned them a mission. They were heading towards the place to accept it. Lee groaned like a baby with every step he took.
"Are we there yet?" asked Lee, "I'm tired. Maybe those asshats tricked us and sent us the wrong coordinates."
"These are the coordinates," said Riku as he looked at a hologram that showed a map of the mountain, "We just have to find that entrance. They are a wanted group of criminals. They have headquarters all over Ransei, and we were assigned to come to this one."
"Did you find it yet?" asked Lee, and Riku responded by shaking his head. Lee groaned.
"Do you even know where it is?" asked Lee.
"They said it's a part of a test for us to qualify for this mission," said Riku.
"Qualify?" asked Lee.
"Yes. This mission is classified as a level S. We have to kill a princess in this mission, not capture her. Giovanni doesn't care if she returns dead or alive."
"Ouch. And why is it level S? Don't we just have to kill her? I can take on her fucking bodyguards."
"Not that simple. This bodyguard is an Aura Guardian."
"Aura Guardian?" said Lee, "Everytime I hear that I think you're joking. No way that man had a kid. He was always on the go. If he did have one, I wonder how strong that kid is. Remember the last time we fought an Aura Guardian?" Riku didn't respond. He just put the hologram into his pocket and continued walking.
"Don't remind me," said Riku under his breath, and then he started feeling the walls of the mountain, "The message says that the doorway will open once a hidden switch is pressed. I guess they didn't want the way to get in to the spread out, so they just told me it had a small, carved in T on it by a big rock." Lee looked around. Everywhere was big rocks. He groaned loudly and went on his knees exhausted.
"Fuck it," said Lee, "I'm not doing shit anymore."
"Get off your lazy ass and find it," said Riku.
"No way," responded Lee, "They carved a small T. A small T! How the hell am I supposed to find a small T on the side of a huge mountain with a bunch of rocks. Bullshit! I'm just gonna be lying here. Tell me when you're done." He then leaned his back against the wall. Something clicked, and the wall moved inwards. He quickly stood and saw the wall get pushed back and moved to the side, revealing an entryway. Riku looked at where Lee was lying against, and saw a small T carved into it, by a huge rock.
"You do the most remarkable things," said Riku.
"Yeah, you should work harder than act lazy," laughed Lee mockingly, "I have to do all the work around here!" He then walked in. Riku sighed, and then walked in as well.
They had found the Team Rocket base. After getting signed in, they headed for Giovanni's office, which was down a long hallway. Jesse and James were leading them towards it. They didn't speak one word towards the two. They knew the terror they could bring, and they didn't want anything to happen to them today. They got to the door, and slowly opened it. Inside sat Giovanni, smirking at their arrival.
"This way please," said James. The two walked in. As they did, Jesse and James sighed in relief, and shut the door. Riku and Lee were now in the presence of Giovanni.
"Good afternoon fellas," said Giovanni.
"Cut the shit, Giovanni," said Lee straight up, "We're here to talk about the mission, not random shit all day." Giovanni waved his hand around in amusement.
"Of course, where are my manners?" said Giovanni, "The details of the mission were all in that message. You have to kill the princess of the Maple Family, May Maple. She has been a thorn in by backside for way to long, and the best way to rid of that thorn would be to kill her."
"May Maple?" said Lee, "Pretty cute chick. Would be fun to hear her scream in pain with that cute voice, am I right Riku?" Lee started to nudge Riku, who just ignored it.
"Is there seriously an Aura Guardian involved in this?" asked Riku, "I thought they all died out."
"They didn't all die out," said Giovanni, "There are many out there, but they don't know of their ability, but there is one boy who does, so he could be considered the last Aura Guardian."
"Is he Aaron's son?" asked Riku, with a hint of anger in his voice.
"That's correct," said Giovanni, "The basterd most certainly had a son, and he's as troublesome as his father. This boy is not one to mess with, that's why this mission is on a high level." He then clicked a button on his desk, letting a hologram pop out from it. In the hologram, it showed Ash and his friends around a fireplace. Giovanni placed his finger on Ash.
"This is the boy, Ash Ketchum," said Giovanni, "Even looks like his father, doesn't he?" He then started going clockwise around the kids.
"This is the princess, May," said Giovanni, "And their other friends who are Dawn Blertz, Drew Hayden, and Brendan whatever the fuck his last name is." They stared at the kids. Riku was just staring angrily at Ash, as Lee concentrated on Brendan. He had on a confused expression.
"This kid looks familiar," said Lee, "Don't you think, Riku?"
"I don't care about him," said Riku, "We're taking the mission."
"Excellent," said Giovanni, "You will be rewarded with bags of money. But I'm afraid I don't think you two are qualified to face him."
"What? You don't think we're strong enough to kill a kid?"
"I'm not saying that at all. I'm just saying that I don't want to be expecting too much from you two, only to be disappointed in the end. Maybe it would be a good idea to call in other bounty hunters to help and split the cash."
"You've gotta be pulling my leg here!" yelled Lee, "No way in hell am I gonna..." He was stopped by Riku who shut his mouth.
"That will not be necessary, Giovanni," said Riku, growing angrier, "We can take care of this by ourselves."
"Alright, but I'm gonna have to make sure you two can handle it," said Giovanni.
"We can do this with our eyes closed!" yelled Lee. Giovanni nodded. He clicked another button under his desk, and the hologram of Ash and his friends disappeared, and another popped up. This time, it showed a close to old aged man in a laboratory. He was bald and had black glasses that covered his eyes. He had two long extended mustaches above his chin that spread on both sides. He had on a long white lab coat.
"If you want to go on this mission, then you'll have to complete another one for me first," said Giovanni, "This man is named Blaine. He used to work for us, until he decided to betray us and now works for the region's national lab. He has put all that he's done behind him, and also spilling our secrets to the government. I need you to end that. I know you two have a reputation of usually bringing back the dead, so you can do whatever you want with him, but his body has to be here. We have tried using our grunts to get him, but he knows us, and he maneuvers us everytime."
"Are you going soft on us?" asked Lee, "This is one easy mission."
"Think whatever you want," said Giovanni, "But remember not to go soft on him."
"Alright Giovanni," said Riku, "We'll leave immediately."
"Good luck," said Giovanni, "I'll call for a helicopter to bring you there. And remember, I don't appreciate failure."
The three boys looked up at the scorching sun under the same shade from the palm tree. May and Dawn were swimming in the lake with the safety of their Pokemon. Just because they were stranded, it didn't mean they couldn't have any fun. After a few more minutes, Brendan sat up.
"No more playing around," said Brendan, "We need to head back to shore."
"But we have no water-types we can ride on," said Drew as he sat up and looked towards shore. "Also, I don't think it would be a good idea to just swim over there. This lake does have some dangerous Pokemon."
"Then how do you think we should get off this island?" asked Brendan. Drew placed a finger on his chin, and then snapped his fingers.
"We choose one of us to go and get help," said Drew.
"Didn't you just say this lake was dangerous?" asked Ash.
"I like that idea," said Brendan, receiving a mutter from Ash, "But how do we decide who goes?" Drew thought again, and then smirked. He then gathered everyone on the island in a circle. Going clockwise, it was Drew, Brendan, May, Ash, and Dawn.
"We settle this with some good old fashioned Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe," said Drew, "The one who gets picked has to go." He then started singing it while going counter-clockwise. He said it for a considerably long line, maybe a minute. He was finally reaching the end of it.
"...Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe, I choose you, now let's..." said Drew, and then he noticed that he was going to be picked if he continued, "gooooooooooooooooo." He extended the word, and his finger then landed on Dawn instead, who was right next to him.
"What?" asked Dawn.
"I guess Dawn's going," said May.
"That wasn't fair!" exclaimed Dawn, "He purposely did that."
"Pika," said Pikachu.
"Yeah, Dawn," said Ash, "Grow up and learn how to lose."
"But he cheated!" said Dawn. Suddenly, Brendan held her up. She tried to squirm out, but he held tightly and carried her to the shore.
"Don't worry," said Brendan. "It's just water. Call us if you need help."
"But I don't want to..." said Dawn, before she was thrown in. Nothing happened for a few seconds.
"Is she gonna be okay?" asked Drew.
"Of course," answered Brendan, "She's Dawn." An air bubble rose to the surface.
The helicopter dropped the two men on the island. After a salute, the helicopter left. Lee and Riku looked at the huge mini mountain in the middle of the island.
"Remember Lee," said Riku, "He's inside that mountain. He works in a secret lab on this island."
"I know, I know," said Riku, "You told me this before. This place is heavily guarded by the machines he builds. I'll just go in and get him out. I'll be back in a second. Don't wait up on me." He then jumped into a tree and hopped off. Riku just stood where he was.
Blaine shook a substance inside of a beaker. The substance changed from red to blue immediately. He started laughing.
"Did it," said Blaine, "This could help in healing Pokemon when they're in critical conditions. Wait till Jared sees this." Suddenly, the alarms started blaring. He went by his super computer and turned it on. On the screen there were about twenty panels. He looked at them all, showing the hallways, the basement, outside, and even the air vents.
"Intruder alert!" yelled the alarms, "Intruder alert! Intruder alert!" Blaine sighed.
"Another one of those hooligans," said Blaine. He clicked a button, making a microphone rise from the desk. He tapped on it to check if it was working, and then cleared his throat.
"Good day," said Blaine, "I'm sorry if I'm being rude, but this island is the property of mine. This is Seafoam Island. If this is someone who's lost, get out of my lab now. There are boats by the shoreline. Take them. If these are tourists, get out. Go on the boats. If this is Team Rocket, I would advise you to leave, or else." He didn't hear anything. He continued looking at the panels, but saw no one. After a few minutes, he sighed.
"Team Rocket it is," said Blaine, "Goodbye." He clicked another button, and from the panels, he could see traps being activated. From lasers and guns appearing from the walls, trap holes appearing on the ground outside, and sharp fans spinning at rapid speeds in the air vents. After another few minutes, he heard something getting hit by the fans. He chuckled.
"Sayonara," said Blaine. Suddenly, a vent door crashed on the ground. He looked up at the ceiling, and saw Lee jump out and land on the ground. He was laughing.
"How did you survive that?" asked Blaine.
"I got through those hallway traps in seconds," said Lee, "I just cut through those fans."
"You cut through them?" asked Blaine as he slowly stood and walked towards something, "You have a weapon?"
"If you put it that way, then yeah," said Lee as he shook his hands. Blaine chuckled.
"Good job getting this far," said Blaine, "Only a few make it through."
"I feel so special," said Lee as he chuckled. He noticed Blaine walking towards a switch.
"What are you doing?' asked Lee.
"Why are you here?' asked Blaine.
"Orders from Giovanni," answered Lee, "It doesn't matter if I bring you dead or alive, and let me just tell you, you won't be alive."
"Alright," said Blaine as he finally made it towards the switch, "I will not be an easy prey to capture."
"Bring it," taunted Lee. Blaine nodded and pulled the switch, sending him flying down a hole, and Lee jumped in. Blaine landed at the bottom in a hallway and started running. Lee landed as well and chased after him. After running for a while, Blaine pulled out switch and pressed it, making machine guns appear from the walls, pointed at the man. They shot, and it struck him at once. Blaine stopped when he saw the smoke that showed. He chuckled. When the dust cleared, his jaw dropped. Lee stood unscathed as the bullets lay beside him on the ground, cut in half. He was wiping the dust for his clothes. He was tightening his gloves, as if he took them off.
"How did you...?" asked Blaine.
"Secret," said Lee. Blaine groaned and continued to run, and Lee continued to follow. Blaine tried his best to avoid him, but Lee still didn't give up. He continued to chase the man. Blaine continued to lay out traps for the man, but they either blew up or got cut into pieces. He ran outside and into the woods, where he continued to run. After a while, Lee started to notice something.
"You're heading towards the ocean, aren't you!" he yelled, but Blaine didn't respond. He just turned around suddenly and threw two Pokeballs, releasing Magmar and Arcanine.
"Use Flamethrower!" ordered Blaine, and they both did what he wanted, and both attacks hit Lee. Blaine breathed heavily. He was too old for this. Just when he thought it was over, a blur came from the dust cloud and ran through the Pokemon. Blaine was surprised. His Pokemon fell to the ground as blood started to surround them. The man had cut through their throats. He saw Lee slowly stand, and his eyes widened. His gloves were off, revealing his normal colored hands, and his long, sharp nails with blood trickling down them. Lee chuckled as he slowly stood up and looked at Blaine.
"Surprised?" asked Lee, "This could be the last thing you see." Blaine took a quick, small glance at his dead Pokemon. A tear fell down from behind his glasses, and he ran off again. Lee started laughing again. He just stood there and laughed. Blaine just kept on running. He now felt fear. He continued running until he got to the shore. He headed towards a boat to escape the island. He was almost there. His final act of hope. Suddenly, something crashed in front of him, making him stop. That thing stood up, a man to be exact. A very buff, tall man that looked down on the old man with stern, yellow eyes.
"Hello Blaine," said Riku. Blaine just stood there in shock. The boats then suddenly exploded. Fire spread throughout each of them. Lee then came out from the woods behind Blaine and watched the destruction. He smiled and laughed.
"I've been waiting for you to get here," said Riku.
The bounty hunters entered Giovanni's office. Giovanni turned towards them and smirked. Blaine was over Riku's shoulder. Riku let Blaine drop to the ground. Giovanni observed the man. One lens of his glasses was broken, revealing his open, surprised eyes. Giovanni wanted to say something to him, but he then noticed blood in his stomach area and three small holes in his coat in the middle of the blood. He chuckled. The old man was dead.
"You did great," said Giovanni, "You still hold your reputation of not even keeping them alive."
"'Yeah, yeah," said Lee, "Don't send us on such an easy mission like that again."
"I promise I won't," said Giovanni, "Now it's time for the main course. I expect no failure."
"Don't worry, Giovanni," reassured Riku, "We'll make sure there's not even a body left of the Princess, and her friends."
The four kids continued to lie down, waiting for Dawn to come back. It had already been an hour since she left.
"I don't think she's alive," said May as she peeked into the water. Brendan sighed and stood up.
"Fine," said Brendan, "Let's go look for her." Brendan then looked out, and saw something coming towards them. He continued to look out, and noticed them being a whole bunch of Laprases. The others noticed as well and stood up.
"What do they want?" asked Ash. As the Pokemon got closer, someone was visible on top of one. It was Dawn as she waved towards them. As they cheered, Dawn got closer and the Pokemon gathered around the island.
"How?" asked Brendan.
"It's a long story," said Dawn, "Let's just say that I helped make sure this lake doesn't have dangerous Pokemon in it anymore. It was a type of war actually, but I'll tell you more about that later. Get on one. They'll take us to the next town." They nodded and got on one. They then rode on them towards the other side of the lake where the town was. Brendan felt his stomach twist for a second. He held his stomach. Dawn noticed this.
"What's wrong?" asked Dawn.
"It's nothing," answered Brendan, but he did feel something. Was he sick, or was a nervous? If nervous, about what? As he thought, a boat passed by them. A man was riding on it as a couple was going for the ride. They looked at the man who rode the boat and they immediately recognized him.
"It's that basterd who stole our money!" yelled Drew.
"Turn back Lapras," said Brendan, "We're gonna kick some ass." They turned around heading for the boat as the man on it started freaking the fuck out.
(Ending song)
Next Time on Pokemon Heroes: The gang has entered Sandgem Town, and all is going well until Kenny enters the picture. Kenny has wanted Dawn's heart since the time they met in Twinleaf, and he isn't going to give up now. How will Kenny win Dawn's heart, and what is Brendan going to do about this? Next Time: Kenny the Charmer.
That was that chapter. Next chapter, I will be doing that thing again when I post two chapters, and one story is going on as the other is going on at the same time, just like I did with that first Drew and Green chapter. Once again, I'm sorry about posting extremely late, but my computer was like, "What up aamaylover. Yeah I'm not posting your chapter bitch cause I'm an insensitive jerk who always breaks down on you whenever you need me." Just because this came out today, next chapter might, and I mean might, come out Monday, or Tuesday, and if not, certainly Wednesday. Have a Happy New Year and see you in the next chapter!
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