Chapter 8 A Run in With the Elite Four! Cynthia Comes to Town!
The ggroup decided to rest when they arrived in Eterna City for the second time. They all took baths and let their Pokemon heal as well as they went off to the cafeteria to eat. While they were eating they heard a ring come from Eliza's pocket.
"What is that?" Maritza asked.
"Oh, it is my PokeGear!" Eliza answered as she took it out and answered it and saw her uncle, Professor Elm, on the screen. "Uncle!"
"Hi there Eliza, it's been a while since we talked!" her uncle exclaimed.
"Yeah, I have been pretty busy with the contest training and everything." She said and felt everyone else crowd around her.
"That's good! How is it coming along?" he asked.
"I got my very first ribbon in Floraroma and well…I also kind of got a badge by mistake."
"A badge by mistake?"
She told him how she ended up bumping into Gardenia and how they ended up having the gym battle at the gym.
"That's good! At least you did get something from your efforts. By the way, have you heard about two teams in Hoen when you were there last?"
"No, why and who are they?"
"They are known as Team Aqua and Magma, they are two teams that caused a whole lot of trouble in Hoen. It is rumored that a former member of Aqua is running around in Sinoh and might be causing trouble from what Professor Birch told me, so be careful out there."
"I will, by the way, how is Windd?"
"She is doing fine, she will be able to fly soon according to Nurse Joy here."
"That's great! I better get going, I am back in Eterna for a rest."
"That's good! Good luck with your contests and be careful."
They said their goodbyes and Eliza hung up.
"I can't believe you're related to him!" Marty exclaimed.
"Man! You're such a fan boy!" Maritza exclaimed.
"I am guessing that you are his niece I take it?" Ike asked.
"Yeah, he is pretty awesome even though he sometimes ramble about his findings, hell he even kept Professor Oak on the phone for a long time when he told him about my Pokemon he received from Kanto once." She answered.
"What he was talking about this time? Two groups ?" Maritza asked.
"Team Magma and Aqua from Hoen, I never heard of these two groups before and whoever they are they do sound dangerous." Eliza said.
"You're right , they are!" they heard and turned to see a woman in travler's clothing and Eliza noticed that she was wearing an Elite Four badge.
"No way! You're an Elite Four member!" Eliza exclaimed.
"Yes I am, I guess you fought against us or something?"
"Yeah, well, actually more like the other reggions' elites."
"I guess you're a skilled trainer then, I am Cynthia, the leader of the elite here."
"I am Eliza Elm and these are my friends, Rusty, Marty, Maritza, and Ike."
"Nice to meet you."
"What brings you here to Eterna?" Rusty asked.
"For that member of Aqua, he seems to be missing and probably came here and somehow Aqua has been causing trouble in the other regions searching for them." Cynthia answered.
"I guess he is really trouble then." Ike said with a slight smile on his face.
Rusty went a little pale at that remark.
"Whoever this guy is, I think Officer Jenny and the rangers would make sure he won't cause anymore trouble." Cynthia said.
"You got that right." Maritza said and then noticed that Rusty was not around for a bit. "Where did Rusty go?"
They just noticed him gone.
"I guess he left for something." Marty said.
"Maybe we should go and look for him." Maritza said.
"You go do that! I will head out and do some stuff and get some things, so I will meet you guys back here." Ike said and left.
Cynthia saw him leave and got a suspicious vibe off of him.
They all went outside and decided to go and search for Rusty and split up as they do so.
Rusty was walking down one of the streets passing by shops as he kept on thinking about what Cynthia said and then remembered a flashback of when he was on the shores near one of the bayside cities with bad injuries and torn clothing and then remembered a star tip of a Pokemon.
"Why am I remembering these things?" he asked.
"Rusty!" he heard and turned to see Eliza.
"Eliza?"
"HEY, YOU SEEMED PALE BACK THERE! Is there anything wrong?"
"Nothing is wrong, why do you ask?"
"I don't know but I am a bit worried about you that's all." She said.
"There is something and it has to deal with my past, which I lost the memory of and how I really got to this region in the first place." He told her.
"So, you're not really from around here." She said.
He shook his head and said, "Nope, I think I was from Hoen or even Johto or somewhere else and whenever I hear the mentioning of Team Aqua I feel like that I remembered something from my past of it."
"where were you when you came to Sinoh?" she asked.
"In a port citty , I think I rode in on a Pokemon and never saw it again or something because I remembered seeing the tip of a tail or fin of one that went back into the sea. I heard later on a Raichu crying out to me and somehow I woke up in the Pokemon Center with it right next to me."
"I see, I guess you may have been injured or something." She said.
He nodded.
Little did they know, Ike was listening to their conversation in the bbushes.
So, it was you Rusty, the traitor. No wonder I saw blood on the floor that day. I guess Shelly took really good care of him. He thought to himself.
"So, that's where you ran off to! I had a feeling that you were a weird one." He heard and turned to see Cynthia.
"I guess you were following me, how cute of you to do so." He said with a smile.
"Who wouldn't when you have suspicion all over you. Tell me something, are you with Team Aqua?" she asked.
He opened one of his eyes to reveal a red eye and said, "Good guess Elite Four member! No wonder I found the many members of the elite so interesting, which also makes me hate them even more and now that you found out who I really am, I must destroy you."
"What?" she asked.
"Go Octillery! Sludge attack on her!" he yelled.
She got hit and screamed.
Both Eliza and Rusty heard it.
"What was that?" Eliza asked.
"I don't know, let's go find out!" Rusty answered.
They ran in the direction of the scream and saw Cynthia on the ground covered in a black substance, even her eyes were also covered. They heard a laugh and saw Ike with his Octillery.
"Ike! What the hell did you do to her!" Rusty yelled.
"Oh nothing, she was just standing in my way and now you two will be facing the same kind of fate that she is going through!" Ike exclaimed and laughed again.
"Who are you really?" Rusty asked.
They saw Ike take the jacket off to reveal the Team Aqua uniform he wore underneath and said, "Why I am a part of Team Aqua of course!"
"I thought we were on the same side, that means you are part of that troublesome group that my uncle has told me about?" Eliza asked.
"Yes, I am, now I will take you down and claim my prize! Octillery, go and take them down!" Ike exclaimed.
"Eliza, we need to fight back!" Rusty exclaimed.
She nodded and yelled, "Go Sparkle!"
"Go Sparkplug!"
They sent out their Pichu and Raichu to go against the opposing Octillery.
"Octillery use your sludge attack!"
"Sparkplug use agility!"
"You too Sparkle!"
Both Pokemon dodged Octillery's attack.
"Now use bubblebeam!"
Both Pichu and Raichu were hit.
"Sparkplug get back up and use volt tackle!"
"Sparkle help him out with helping hand!"
Sparkplug got back up and went after Octillery with his attack as Sparkle helped him out with her move. Sparkplug hit the Octillery head on with the help and it caused Ike's Octillery go down.
"Return Octillery! You won't get away with this! Go Walrain!"
He sent out his Pokemon.
"shit!" Eliza yelled.
"Tolterra go!" they heard a familiar voice.
"Is that?" eliza asked and turned to see Gardenia. "Gardenia?"
"Yeah, I heard a disturbance from Officer Jenny and we ran over to see what it was and she took Cynthia to the Pokemon Center! Now Tolterrra use your earthquake and shake that big walrus off its feet!" Gardenia exclaimed.
Tolterra did as it was told and the attack hit Walrain head on.
"Now it's your chance you two!"
"Sparkplug…"
"sparkle…"
"…use thunder!"
Both Sparkle and Sparkplug sent a shower of thunderbolts and they hit the Walrain and took it out.
"No way! I didn't even had a chance to execute my attacks! Return Walrain! I will be back for you Rusty and this time you will regret messing with Team Aqua!" Ike yelled and ran off.
"I can't believe it, he is a part of that team?" Eliza asked.
"I guess so, how do you know him?" Gardenia asked as all three of them returned their Pokemon to their respective Pokeballs.
They told Gardenia about how they met Ike in the Eterna Forest and how they were with him during the Floraroma contest and they hung out in Eterna before they headed towards Celestic.
"I see, looks like we have major trouble coming up here in Sinoh. There is one thing weird and that is the interest in you Rusty." Gardenia said.
"Yeah, I don't know why they are after me, could it be how I got here?" Rusty asked.
"You did say you lost your memory when you got here, maybe if we get to the town where you washed up in it might come back." Eliza told him.
He nodded.
"Hey!" they heard and turned to see the twins run up.
"what happened here? We saw Officer Jenny run into the Pokemon Center with Cynthia and she was covered in some kind of gunk, was she hurt?" Marty asked.
They all explained to the both of them about what happened with Ike and how Ike was a member of Team Aqua.
"No way! Never thought he would be working for the bad guys." Maritza said.
"Better believe it, you guys better watch your backs while you are heading to the contest cities and also Rusty, good luck with your memory." Gardenia told him.
"Thanks." He said.
"I better head back to the gym and try to get in contact with the elite and tell them what had happened here in Eterna; I guess I will see you guys when you return to Eterna sometime." Gardenia said.
They said their goodbyes and headed back to the Pokemon Center to check on Cynthia, who was in the infirmary resting and having her eyes taken care of. Nurse Joy told them that she will be alright and that a message to be passed along to them on being careful when they travel. They also spent the night at the center and started a new day and headed out towards Celestic where their next contest holds for the twins and Eliza. Will Ike also be waiting for them?
Character Commentary:
Eliza: Hello people on fan fiction! The author decided on us characters to have a commentary!
Rusty: I bet you are wondering about a newer chapter 8 being posted in the place of the other, well, Runa decided to rewrite it and make a better version and apologize for what happened to the original.
Marty: For the record, her laptop is an idiot and she is trying her best in making it behave!
Maritza: Anyways, as you see so far, Ike is an Aqua member and will be appearing more and of course will reveal more of Rusty's past in the next few chapters!
Rusty: If I remember that is, so so hold on tight and look out for chapter 9 where you get to see Marty catch a new Pokemon.
Marty: I wonder what will it be?
Runa: Just hang on tight guys and find out in the next chapter!
Characters: See ya in the next chapter!