Chapter 1 – The Storm Returns

It has been fifteen years since Raynar K'Tal vanquished Cyclone and defeated Mewtwo on Wyvern Isle. Since then, Raynar has been raising a family with his childhood sweetheart, Eva. Now, their daughter, Sarah, is on a collision course with the same destiny each generation of her family had been forced to carry out, when the same enemies Raynar thought had been defeated return with a vengeance…

The sun was high overhead and the weather was calm over the newly renamed Arcceonn City, formerly known as Explorer Station Two. The ancient capital city of the lost kingdom had been greatly rebuilt, save the fortress which was still being surveyed before construction could begin, but none of that mattered to most of the inhabitants, whom lived relatively peaceful lives since Raynar K'Tal defeated Cyclone; the Lucario was now a city official, and was in charge of security and law enforcement. It was at moments like this when Raynar would lie down on a grassy slope, relax, and watch the clouds as they moved slowly overhead. Life was extremely peaceful, almost too peaceful, and in a way, Raynar almost wished that Cyclone were still around for him to fight; it was rare for him even to fight a criminal in Arcceonn City, as the crime rate there was virtually nil. This was somewhat stressful for him to comprehend, given he was use to fighting for his life on a day-to-day basis. It was at that moment he felt a familiar aura approaching; it was that of his daughter, Sarah.

"I knew I'd find you here Dad" she said as she walked over and sat down next to him, "whatcha doing?" Raynar sat up and stretched his arms, having been woken up from his daydream; his daughter, a shiny Gardevoir, had the looks and witt of her mother, but had Raynar's indomitable will. He knew that Sarah mostly spent time with him because there wasn't much else to do. "What I usually do…" Raynar answered, "Just…thinking of what else I could be doing." Sarah chuckled slightly at the remark; her Father always had a way to make her smile, even if she was having a really bad day. "So…what's on your mind?" she asked. "Oh…just the fact that I'm bored…" Raynar replied with complete honesty, "I mean, I'm used to having to fight for my life, not…this lifestyle…I almost wish that something would happen, just every once in a while." Sarah turned towards the ocean, sighed, and replied, "well, you told me once before, don't let things happen to you, make them happen!" "Yeah, but I think it wouldn't be right for me to start an insurgency just so I can end it" Raynar replied with a subtle grin. Sarah laughed and replied, "Well, I guess that wouldn't make that much sense now would it?" "No, it wouldn't…" Raynar replied, "but you know something Sarah, fate works in mysterious ways, and sometimes, you find something unexpected in the form of what you least expect it to be." Sarah tilted her head slightly to the side and asked, "What does that mean Dad?" "Patience Sarah" Raynar replied, "It's not something you can be told, but something you must discover for yourself." Sarah rolled her eyes, knowing Raynar's tendencies to use proverbs, metaphors and hyperbole when trying to teach a lesson; it made him sound something like a fortune teller, in that meant different things to different people. "Okay Dad, whatever you say" Sarah replied as she turned back towards the sea.

The two of them remained in silence for several minutes after Raynar's lecture, giving the air a seemingly tense feel to it, but it wasn't because of the semi-awkward silence between them. Raynar had his arms folded with a visible scowl on his face, which Sarah took note of; "Dad, what's wrong?" she asked. "I don't know Sarah, but it feels like something's about to happen, but I'm not sure what…" Raynar replied. Sarah was about to ask another question when suddenly there was a massive explosion, causing the ground to shake from the shockwave. "What the…what was that!" Raynar exclaimed in shock. "Raynar!" somebody shouted from the top of the hill. Andre McKnight, an Absol with as dynamic of a history as Raynar's, ran down to Raynar's side, flanked on either side by the two ex-Cyclone operatives, Cade and Darman, now part of the Arcceonn City Security Force after a four year incarceration over a decade ago. "What's going on Andre, what caused the explosion!" Raynar shouted frantically. "Raynar, we're under attack by an unknown force of undetermined strength" Cade answered, "probably terrorists, or worse." Raynar nodded before turning around to face his daughter; "Sarah, stay here till I return" he said as calmly as he could. "No Dad, I'm not gonna let you get hurt!" Sarah shouted in protest. "I don't wanna hear it Sarah, stay here!" Raynar replied as he ran up the hill in the direction of Arcceonn City. Sarah watched him go in irritation; Aw screw this! If you wanna get blown up, that's your problem, but I'm not gonna watch anyone die if I can say something about it! Sarah thought angrily as she teleported.

Sarah arrived in the middle of the city, horrified at what had occurred; a massive crater had formed where what appeared to have been a bomb had gone off, and the buildings around it, all engulfed in flames. "Who could've done this?" Sarah muttered in astonishment when she saw a Magmortar and two Houndoom running into an alley. "Hey you!" Sarah shouted, "What's going on here! What happened!" The Magmortar and Houndoom spun around in shock; "We've been caught!" exclaimed the Magmortar. Sarah was shocked; she had just found out the ones whom had caused this mayhem, and even as forgiving as she was, she couldn't let them go. That plus the fact that she was in mortal danger gave her an adrenaline rush as she readied to fight. "So you did this!" Sarah shouted angrily. "You catch on quick, Kid" a familiar voice said from above; Sarah looked up only to see a winged figure she identified as a Gliscor drop in front of her, facing the three fire types. "But you're not fighting alone!" said the ex-assassin, Razon "the Dagger" Nachturne. "Well Razon, you really did change sides!" the Magmortar sneered, "but that doesn't change anything, we've served our purpose!" "I may only have one eye, but that's all I need to see to it that you're taken out for keeps!" Razon shot back angrily before looking over his shoulder to Sarah, "Kid, you know I'm gettin' old for this type of business, so I'll need you to fight with me. I'll take the Houndooms, you take the Magmortar!" Sarah was still a bit shocked but nodded in reply and psyched herself up for a battle. "Alright then, so that's how it's gonna be, and that too is fine…" Magmortar said, pointing at Razon, "but you won't stop us!" The Houndooms leapt at Razon whilst Magmortar moved towards Sarah; the battle had begun.

The Magmortar was the first to attack with a Fire Punch, assuming that he would be fast enough to strike his less experienced adversary with a physical attack. Sarah, on the other hand, remembered the rigorous self-defense training Razon had given her years ago and immediately teleported away. The Magmortar stopped and searched frantically around for his opponent until he felt himself being launched head-first into a building; Sarah had teleported behind him and had flung him forward using Psychic. Infuriated at her tripping him up, the Magmortar quickly stood back up and retaliated with Focus Blast; Sarah teleported again to evade that strike as it slammed into a building, completely demolishing it as well as the one behind it. Whoa, she's fast! The Magmortar thought, I'll have to revise my strategy…I know! "Tell me Kid, how is it you think you can fight us!" he taunted, "Even Raynar K'Tal failed to completely defeat us!" Sarah, having teleported behind the collapsed remains of a wall, was trembling from fear upon realizing what her foe was implying. "So how do you expect to win this, weakling!" Sarah teleported out of her hiding spot, irritated almost to the point of losing control at her enemy's taunts. "Then I'll just have to show you what Raynar K'Tal's daughter can do!" Sarah shouted furiously as she unleashed her own Focus Blast. The Magmortar cried out as he was slammed by the attack into another building, through the wall and into the room beyond. He knew now he was beaten. "You know, there's a bit of advice Razon once told me" Sarah said as she teleported into the room, "Float like a Butterfree…" She suddenly came up and slammed a Thunderpunch into his chest, the shock from which knocked him out. "Sting like a Beedrill!"

It had taken Raynar, Andre, Cade and Darman quite a while to find and detain several of the attackers, all of whom confirmed that there were others that had escaped. By the time they reached the city center, they were hardly surprised to see Razon sitting on some rubble, with two defeated Houndooms at his feet. "Nice going Razon, you didn't kill them for once!" Cade exclaimed sarcastically. "Oh, the one responsible for the victory wasn't me" Razon replied with a wide grin, "there was still one more than someone else took care of." Raynar raised his eyebrow in suspicion and asked, "Who might this 'someone else' be?" "Her" Razon replied, pointing towards a collapsed building, from the direction of which Sarah was approaching them. "Sarah!" Raynar exclaimed as he ran over to her and grabbed her by the shoulders, "You're not hurt are you!" "Relax Dad, I'm fine!" Sarah replied with her usual smile. "That was quite the performance Sarah" Razon said as he glided over to them and landed on another piece of rubble, "you sure showed that Magmortar to blow up a bomb in our city!" Raynar suddenly turned towards Razon and exclaimed, "What! My daughter fought a Magmortar!" "More like pulverized!" Darman shouted as he and Cade dragged the unconscious Magmortar from the building he had landed in, "by the looks of it, the fight was no contest! Sarah completely overpowered him!" Raynar looked at the Magmortar, then at Razon, then at Sarah and back at the Magmortar in stunned silence. "How in Arceus' name did you do that without getting a scratch!" Andre exclaimed. "Easy, I teleported!" Sarah replied with a wide grin. At this Raynar couldn't help but laugh, as his wife, Eva, was known to use that tactic in battles all the time, and was the reason she won a majority of the practice battles she and Raynar had with each other, even when Raynar wasn't going easy on her. "Well Sarah, I'm just glad you're safe" Raynar replied, "now c'mon, let's go to the Police Station, I have a meeting to attend there anyways."

At the Police Station, Raynar stood at a table with Eva, Sarah, Andre, Razon, Cade and Darman to overview what had just occurred. "I have finished interrogating the prisoners" Cade said in a stern tone reflecting his militaristic background, "Apparently they were advance operatives of an insurgent group called Neo-Cyclone, which is a reorganized embodiment of the organization Raynar defeated fifteen years ago." He cleared his throat before continuing, "And it gets better. It seems their goal is not to revive the Wyvernian Empire, but something far more dangerous; they keep speaking of 'purging the World of its injustices' and all sorts of related nonsense." Raynar was taken aback by this, which worried everyone in the room. "Anything along that has the words 'Purge' and 'World' in it has disaster written all over it" Razon exclaimed, "and I can tell just by the strength of the operatives I encountered that even Raynar isn't not strong enough to fight them, we'll need a whole army if we want to even stand a chance!" Raynar nodded in agreement before closing his eyes as he thought. Suddenly, he had an epiphany; there might be one being out there that he knows that could be strong enough to defeat this new threat, assuming he doesn't try to kill him first. "There's one hope" Raynar suddenly said, "Cade, Darman, do remember Project XM-2?" "Hold it Raynar, don't even go there!" Darman exclaimed frantically, "Mewtwo wouldn't want anything to do with us, and the only one he might consider talking to is you, but we need you back here!" Raynar started thinking again when he arrived upon a conclusion that he knew nobody in the room would like, but was the only option.

"Then Sarah will go find Mewtwo" Raynar said suddenly, causing everyone in the room to jump back in shock. "Raynar, we can't do that!" Eva replied, "she could be killed if she goes after him alone!" "Who said she's going alone?" Raynar replied with a mischievous grin before gesturing towards Cade, "Because you and Darman will go with her!" "What! No Way!" the Scizor shouted, "We are not going after Mewtwo with your daughter, then all three of us will get killed!" "C'mon you two, please?" Sarah pleaded, looking up at them with the cutest face she could make. "Aw, not with face…no!" Cade replied, "there is no way we're going, end of story!"

"I can't believe we're going after Mewtwo!" Cade shouted angrily. "Relax Cade" Darman said flatly, "I'm sure there's a possibility Mewtwo's mellowed out a bit…" "Right! We'll have to see when we meet him, now won't we!" Cade replied sarcastically. "C'mon you Wimp, he can't be that bad!" Sarah exclaimed, "Now c'mon! Let's go!" With a sigh, Cade and Darman each placed their gear on their back and followed Sarah out of the gate to parts unknown. However, like Sarah's father said, fate works in mysterious ways, and sometimes you find something unexpected in the form of what you least expect it to be.