NEVERMORE
~Part One Of Forever Trilogy~
Chapter 11
War At Eterna
I immediately wished we never even entered Eterna City. Mostly due to Am, we had managed to hide Tempo in Jade's bag. Her bag was the largest, and after emptying in, we managed to fit the Buizel in...somehow. We made sure the bag wasn't unzipped all the way so he could breathe.
You would never guess what was going on in the ancient city. War was happening. Literally. Pokemon, yes Pokemon, were fighting other Pokemon. What the hell? People were running around screaming. What I recognized as the Storm Trooper uniform was on most of the people that were fighting people. Storm Troopers were the army. But last time I checked, they did not use Pokemon.
"What's going on?" Jade yelled over the fray.
"Don't really know," said Am. "I recognize some of our trainers! They must be trying to take back the city!"
I couldn't believe it. More Pokemon trainers! Maybe this would turn out okay after all.
Suddenly, Jade began to scream. Her bag was on fire! Water suddenly squirted from the bag, dousing the fire. Tempo appeared, unscathed. Plato was relieved. Raiden wiggled out of my bag, hopping onto the ground.
"Look! More trainers!"
Suddenly, we were surrounded by Storm Troopers. They all sent out a Pokemon. Something wasn't right. Why were they using Pokemon? It was against the law! They worked for the government!
"Go, Raiden!" I said, and the Pikachu leaped forward, eager to battle.
"You help too, Tempo!" said Plato.
"Might as well get involved too," said Am. "Come on out, Hindsight!"
A strange bird Pokemon that I recognized from the book as Xatu appeared out of the Poke Ball that he kicked. It took to the air, hovering about Raiden and Tempo. But just as the Storm Troopers were about to order their Pokemon to attack, someone stopped them.
"Enough! I wish to speak to them!"
The Storm Troopers spilt, allowing whoever spoke room to come see us. The man that walked down the aisle...I would never forget him. He had snow white hair, and a black moustache. He was dressedly in a black business suit and a black bow tie. Tied to his belt were a kind of Poke Ball I never seen before.
"Ah, yes, you are the young ones who left Twinleaf Town in hopes of becoming Pokemon trainers," he said. His voice chilled me to the bone.
"Who are you?" I demanded.
"Ah, a fiesty one you are," he chuckles. "I am President Synis."
There were gasps. Rubin fainted. My jaw dropped.
"Ah, I know who you are," he said, nodding to me. "Miss Topaz King, best friend to Mr. Chase Black."
My blood ran cold. Raiden growled.
"Did you know, Miss King," said Synis, "that Mr. Black is here?"
It was so weird, hearing him call us by our last names. I felt like I was in a daze.
"Wha?"
"BLACK, YOU BETTER GET YOUR ASS BACK OVER HERE!" came the yell of a very angry voice. "I DON'T CARE IF THEY'RE FREAKING NOOBS, STAY WITH ME!"
The strangest Pokemon I had ever seen appeared. It was pale green, along with dark green and gold, and was serpentine in body. Its eyes were red. It towered above all at over ten feet. Somehow, though, I recognized it. Him, I should say. This snake-like creature was Viper all grown up.
"Viper, use Leaf Storm." As if to confirm this was Chase's voice.
A storm of, well, leaves, blew away all of the Storm Trooper's Pokemon, along with some of the Storm Troopers themselves. Viper was amazing. He was that strong. The Storm Troopers scattered, leaving us with Synis. Then he finally appeared.
Chase hadn't changed much since I last saw him, though for some reason he looked different. He had a different hat. His brown eyes had never looked so serious. Viper swirled over to meet him, and Chase tossed another Poke Ball, but he caught it, not releasing the Pokemon.
"Synis," he said darkly; I had never heard him talk like that. "It's pretty low of you to mess with noobs."
Am laughed. "Not all of us are noobs, Black," he said.
Chase grinned. "Good to see you again, Am. Who's with you?"
He finally looked at us. I'm sure we must have been a sight. Our clothes were torn and filthy. Plato and Jade were still holding up and unconscious Rubin. Tempo was trying to look all tough and Raiden...Raiden looked like one pissed off electric mouse. But when his eyes landed on me, they narrowed.
"Uh, hi there," I said weakly, sweatdropping.
"Topaz. What are you doing here?"
"What does it look like?" I asked. "Taking on the government by storm. Oh, yeah, we've got this. Nobody can beat us. We're just a bunch of noobs that need protecting, right? We can't be of any help. We're just a bunch of idiots who have a death wish. Yeah, we can take Synis any day."
It sounded like he didn't want me here. I gritted my teeth. I crossed my arms and scowled.
He sighed. "You haven't changed one bit, have you?"
I smirked. "Yeah, that's about right."
"Now that we're done with this touching reunion," said Synis, "let us continue."
But, sadly, he didn't get to because whoever was screaming at Chase earlier stormed up to us. It was a guy. He had short dark blue hair with eyes to match. He looked about sixteen, and was quite pale. He had on a black and red baseball cap, black t-shirt, leather jacket, dark green combat trousers, and trainers.
"Black," he growled. "I thought I told you to stay with me!" His voice was offly high for a guy...
"Sorry, Sapph," he said. "But Am's here, and so is-"
Sapph? Talk about a girly name-
"Are you a boy?" asked Rubin, who happened to wake up. "Or a girl? I can't decide."
I wanted to facepalm so badly at that momment.
"I'M A GIRL YOU IDIOT!" she screetched. "CAN'T YOU TELL?"
"Well, not-"
"Just shut up, Rubin," said Jade with a sigh. "Shut up."
"But-"
"No buts," said Viola. "Keep your trap shut."
"Dear Arceus," said Chase. "This is Safaia, or Sapphire as she likes to be called."
"Yeah, I'm a she," she said, scowling, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Excuse me," said Synis. "But I require your attention."
"What do you want, creep?" asked Sapphire.
"You all are under arrest-"
"Yeah right," said Chase, interrupting. "Like you can arrest us. We're not criminals. Aren't you breaking your own laws? Anyway, sorry to end this lovely meeting, but it's time for us to leave."
...
We managed to escape from Eterna City. We went under the Cycling Bridge turned Magnet Train road and hid right in front of Wayward Cave. We made camp. Am's Magmar, Hearth, started a fire for us. I ditched my hat for that, hugging my jacket closer to me to keep warm. It was getting colder and colder each down.
Diamonda started flirting with both Am and Chase, which pissed me off. Sapphire was more amused than everything. Chase ignored her, and Am didn't really have to do anything. Viola and Plato both went off on her. It was hilarious. I didn't feel sorry for her at all. Served her right.
"Get a life, Di," Plato told her. "Besides, Chase is too young for you. You don't want to become a cougar, do you?"
"I am not a cougar!" she screeched.
I wasn't the only one who laughed; Sapphire did too.
"You guys are so entertaining," she told me.
I laughed. "You have no idea."
All my worries were pointless. Sapphire and I would get along perfectly fine. And it was obvious she had no romantic feelings for Chase. She might just turn out to be a good friend after all.
But I never got a chance to talk to Chase at all that night. But that was okay. I would get my chance, eventually. But at least we were together again. We had three people who knew how to get to Mount Silver now. How could I not be happy? I had all my friends, we were all safe, Raiden wasn't hurt.
War was brewing, but everyone I cared about was okay.
Thank you for all the OC's. I could use some girls xD All I've been getting have been guys.
Topaz King ~ 15 years ~ descendant of Red and Yellow? ~ Raiden (Pikachu)
Chase Black ~ 15 years ~ descendant of ? ~ Viper (Jalorda), rest unknown
Viola ? ~ 15 years ~ descendant of ? ~ none
Rubin ? ~ 15 years ~ descendant of Ruby and Sapphire ~ none
Plato Bertliz ~ 15 years ~ descendant of ? and Platina ~ Tempo (Buizel)
Jade ? ~ 14 years ~ descendant of Silver and Green ~ none
Diamonda Bertliz ~ 16 years ~ descendant of ? and Platina ~ none
Amyethest ? ~ 17 years ~ descendant of ? ~ Twitch (Snorunt), Hindsight (Xatu), Hearth (Magmar), rest unknown