Angel Wings, chapter 9
Amy47101: chapter 9. Um... ya know what? I'm not gonna bother you with my author notes, and Just get strait to the story.
Disclaimer: Amy47101 does not own pokemon.
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(Carter P.O.V)
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"CARTER! I'LL KILL YOU!"
"Not unless you catch me!" I yelled towards Eleanor. Once again, I broke into her room, and once again, I stole the Eevee doll. I was fast, but Eleanor was a hell of a lot faster. She practically flew down the stairs! I looked over my shoulder, and saw, to my horror, that she was on my tail, literally. I looked forward to quicken my face...
Only to run smack into somebody. I fell over, and Eleanor fell on top of me. We looked up. Kincaid. Oh, boy, were we in trouble. He stared down at us, and we scrambled to get up.
"Where you two... running in the hallways?" he asked in a cold voice. Crap! We've gotta hurry up with an excuse!
"We weren't running! We were, uh, slipping!" I blurted out. I could feel their weird stares, and mentally smacked myself. "Yeah, the floors are really slippery from the, uh, the... the, um... the wax! And, well, we were kinda, um... getting used to it? And well..." Why am I even continuing? "Isn't the weather wonderful today?"
I laughed nervously. We're so dead.
"Oh wow!" said Eleanor suddenly. "You're hair looks wonderful today Mr. Kincaid!"
I looked at Eleanor like she was insane, and Kincaids face went from suspicious to confused/shocked.
"R-really?" he asked.
"Oh, yes! What do you use?"
Kincaids face changed to arrogance.
"Well, the hairspray that I use is very special. It is a mix of blah blah blah and blah blah blah, along with a pinch of blah de blah." he said with his eyes closed, as if he were lecturing us.
"What are you doing?" I hissed to Eleanor.
"Saving your butt." she said through clenched teeth, smiling as if she was genuinely interested in Kincaids hair.
"And some of it has to be imported all the way from Unova, which is were the famous Pokestar studios is located."
"Gee, all the way from Unova?" asked Eleanor.
"Yes, it is rather hard to pay shipping expenses." he said.
"Oh no! Mr. Kincaid, your hair is drooping!"
"It is?" he said, pulling out his mirror.
"It is?" I asked, not really seeing it.
"Yeah, it is! Look, right there!" she said while pointing to were his hair curled up. "Can't you see it, Carter?"
"No..." she stomped on my foot, and glared at me. "I-I mean, yes! Yes, it's drooping terribly!"
"You're right!" he yelled.
"Go, Mr. Kincaid!" yelled Eleanor. "Go save your gorgeous hair!"
"Yes!" shouted Kincaid as he hurried to the teachers dorms. Once he was out of earshot, we both laughed.
"It really wasn't drooping, was it?"
"Are you kidding?' asked Eleanor as she wiped away a few tears that fell down her face. "That guy has so much hairspray on his head, that it would be dangerous to have him around an open flame!"
"Hey guys." said Flare as she came up to us with Dusk behind her. "Whatcha doing?"
"Avoiding punishment." I said. "You?"
"Heading towards Pledge Stone. Outdoor class is today."
"I forgot! I thought up of a whole lotta questions for the ranger. One hundred and two, to be exact." I said as I pulled out a sheet of paper.
"That many? Isn't that called 'overdoing it'?" asked Eleanor with a shocked look on her face.
"No, it's called 'an active brain at work'."
"Carter has a brain?" asked Dusk. I thought he was joking, but I think his face said otherwise.
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(Eleanor P.O.V)
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After stealing Carters' paper and threatening to burn it, I negotiated him into a hostage exchange, and I got my doll back. So after putting it back in my room, I began to head towards Pledge Stone.
"Aw, man, hurry up! I'm freaken' pumped!" shouted Carter, who was already waiting at the stairs.
"I'm coming!" I yelled.
I walked down the stairs, and saw two figures. One was male, and the other was female. The had on the newest form of a ranger uniform, with a yellow scarf and red goggles. The girl had short hair that curled out slightly and the boy had hair that stood on end. They had their backs to Carter and I, but I somehow knew who they were.
"I DO NOT HAVE A MOHAWK!" the guy yelled at the girl who laughed.
Yep, defiantly them.
"Summer! Ben!" I yelled, pushing past Carter to greet them. The two turned, and smiled.
"Eleanor!" said Ben as he held up his hand. I high fived it happily. "Long time, no see!"
"How's Oblivia?" I asked. "Did ya get those Pinchers?"
"Pretty much. Still haven't caught Red Eyes or Blue Eyes yet." said Summer with a shrug. Her voice suddenly went very low. "And Purple Eyes escaped. We don't know were he is or what happened."
I gulped. Purple Eyes was very dangerous, I've heard.
"Eleanor, do you know them?" asked Ms. April.
"Yep. These guys are Summer and Ben, the stationed top rangers in Oblivia." I said with a grin. I sat down beside Carter, who was glaring at me.
"What? Doesn't everyone know a couple of top rangers?" I whispered in fake shock. He only glowered at me a little more.
"As said before," said Summer with a grin. "I'm Summer, and that idiot is Ben."
"I'm not an idiot!" he shouted, before quickly regaining his composure.
"We are two of the three rangers stationed in Oblivia, the third being Rand, who is practically a father to us." continued Summer.
Two pokemon jumped from behind them. They were Pichu, one with a small pink pow on it's head and the other with a blue ukulele on it's back. The ukulele wielding Pichu began to strum a small tune on the instrument while the female Pichu did a little dance. The two earned a small applause, and stood next to their partners.
"These guys are our partners. This is Maya." said Summer while picking up her partner.
"And this little guy is Nate." said Ben while he strummed another tune. Several more pokemon came from behind them. Summer had a Lilligant, a Swanna, a Dragonair, a Glacion, and a Blaziken. Ben had a Staraptor, a Vaporeon, a Galavantula, a Darumaka, and a Gallade.
"These guys are our friend pokémon." said Summer.
"Now it's time for the worst part of the outdoor class. The Question and Answer Test of Terror!" said Ms. April.
"Dang it," I heard Ben whisper. "I was hoping to avoid that..."
"First question!" saidDusk. "Whats' the hardest type of pokémon to capture?"
"Hmm... I'd have to say psychic types." said Ben. "There crazy attacks tend to mess with stylers functions if they're strong enough."
"For me it's ghost types." said Summer. "They have a tendency to go 'poof' during a capture, and they like to sneak up on you when you decide to run away."
"Did Ms. April or Mr. Kincaid ever yell at you?" asked Aqua.
"Oh, god, at least once a day for Ben." said Summer.
"Now Summer, that's a lie." said Ms. April. "It was at least three or four times a day. Six times if you two were working as a duo, but you two were always looking out for each other. Ben always lit up a room with his crazy personality, and Summers' eyes would always shine with determination when faced with any situation."
"Did you guys ever make any mistakes?" asked Forrest.
"At the start? Oh, heck, yeah!" said Ben. "Like when I spilled soda on my styler. That was nasty. Or the time I wore my pajamas over my uniform. Or when I tried to capture a stuffed doll..." his eyes widened with realization of what he was saying, and his face turned bright red. "HEY! How come you're letting me say these things?"
"How bout the time you ran into Concona village with nothing but your underwear on? Or when you tried capturing a stone head because you thought it was a 'new breed of pokemon'?" asked Summer with a smirk.
"H-how do you know that? You where held captive by the Pinchers!"
"I have my sources." she said. I snickered. Ben whipped around to look at me.
"ELEANOR! Did you tell her that?"
"Are you accusing me?" I asked in fake shock. "Why I'm offended. Anyone could've spilled about the underwear thing. You did come through during Rainbow Ceremony."
"IT WAS AN ACCIDENT!" he roared.
"Moving on!" yelled Ms. April before Ben could strangle me.
"What is a ranger sign?" asked Dawn.
"Good question. A ranger sign is an emblem, also called involiths, that allows us to draw runes on the ground with a capture styler." said Summer. "For example..."
The two suddenly jumped into the air, and they both drew a triangular shape into the sky.
Then, two pokemon appeared under them, catching them as they fell towards the ground.
"Guys, this is Latios and Latias." said Ben as they landed, the two pokemon floating next to them. Everyone gasped in awe, seeing the two legendaries. "We used them to fly around in Oblivia while we were fighting the Pinchers."
Summer turned in their direction.
"Okay, you guys can go now. Thanks for coming!" The two flew off, much to the disappointment to the rest of us.
"Sorry we couldn't keep 'em for a long time. They get restless when they're around so many people." said Ben. "Anyone else?"
"I have a question." said Flare mischievously. "Is it true that you, Ben, have a crush on Summer?"
"EH?!" yelled Ben while Summer blushed. "NO! Nononononono! No siree!"
"Deeeeee-nial~!" she sang.
"Flare." said Kincaid while glaring at her. "Please leave their personal lives out of it."
Flare shrugged and gave a thumbs up to Kincaid.
"Okie doke. Whatever you say." she said with a small wave of her hand. Wynter raised her hand slowly.
"You!" yelled Ben, trying to get out of his embarrassed state. "Whats your question?"
"Well...um... It's my dream to become a ranger." she said super quietly. "I was just wondering... do you think I've got what it takes?"
"Well..." said Summer as she looked at Wynter. "Yeah! You've got what it takes, one hundred percent!"
She smiled and gave Wynter a thumbs up. Wynter smiled brightly.
"Really?"
"Oh, heck yeah! Your potential shines through like the sun!" said Ben.
"Wynter...aren't you mistaking the rangers for fortune tellers?" asked Surge. "But what about me? I wanna be a ranger too!"
"Now aren't you mistaking us for fortune tellers, too?" asked Ben as he raised one of his eyebrows.
"Yes. I mean no... I mean... uh... I don't know?" he said, flustered.
"You've got what it takes. All of you do!" said Summer with a laugh. "You've gotta just put your mind to it!"
"I have a question." said Carter as he looked through his list. "You guys came from Cocona Village, right?"
"Yeah. Why?" asked Summer curiously.
"What do you guys know about the legendary Celebi?"
There was silence for a moment.
"Ya know what? I was wondering about that too." said Dash.
"Do you guys know anything?"
"Have you seen it?"
While being bombarded by questions, I pannicked slightly on the inside. Celebi was an old friend of mine, and practically guarded me with her life. I saw them both look my way, searching for a way to answer. I mouthed two words: bluff it.
"W-well... no one ever actually saw Celebi. If anyone happened to get a picture, they where always incomprehensible, just a blur of color." said Ben.
"No one really knows where it is, anyways. We don't know if it's real, some sort of spirit, or if some people where just hallucinating." said Summer.
"So theres' nothing? No pictures or videos or anything?" asked Carter. Since when was he so interested in the time-travelling legendary?
"Nothing. Searching for Celebiis like chasing around a Zorua. Tricky and easy to blend in. It's practically pointless."
"Oh." said Carter. He sounded disappointed for moment. "Well as for my next question..."
"Hey! No fair, one question per a student!" I said as I playfully smacked his arm.
"Well, geez Eleanor, then whats your glorious question?" asked Carter.
"Why did you two become rangers?"
"What?" they asked.
"Why did you two become rangers? What made you want to help everyone in this way?"
"Well... I think it was that, all our lives, we've seen rangers helping people." said Summer thoughtfully.
"When we saw how happy all the people and pokemon were after a ranger helped them... it inspired us to become rangers. They all looked so happy, their smiles so bright. I guess we just wanted to see those same smiles everyday." said Ben with a smile.
Suddenly, there was a ring from both their stylers. They answered, and a hologram of an older ranger came up.
"Summer! Ben! Are you there?" he asked.
"Here, Rand, whats going on?" asked Ben, suddenly very serious.
"We've got a lead on Purple Eyes! He's somewhere in Almia! You guys are already there, right?"
"Yeah, we're at the Ranger School for Outdoor Class."
"Good, I want you to meet up with top rangers Kate and Kellyn at the Ranger Union. They'll give you further information. Hurry, before he starts moving again!"
"Right!" They both said simultaneously. They then each preformed their signature ranger pose.
"Sorry, but we've gotta cut this Outdoor Class a bit short." said Summer, turning towards Principal Lamont.
"It's super important! We've gotta track this guy down!" exclaimed Ben.
"It's perfectly fine. Hurry along!"
"Thanks! Swanna/Staraptor!" They, once again, said simultaneously. "Lets go!"
They hopped on their respective friend pokemon, and, like that, they were gone.
"Wow..." murmured Dusk. He sounded impressed. Damn, the world must be ending.
"Well," said Principal Lamont while clearing his throat. "That may have been one of the shortest Outdoor Classes in ranger school history, but also one of the most realistic. It was the first time we ever saw a ranger sign being performed. That was new. Anyways..." he turned our way. "As Summer said, as long as you all believe in yourself, there's nothing you can't accomplish!"
Everyone began to filter into back into the school, but my friends and I stood by the Pledge Stone.
"That was great! We saw Latios and Latias today!" squealed Aqua happily.
"Can you believe it? A real ranger guaranteed that I would become a ranger!" said Surge excitedly.
"Man, I still have a hundred and one questions to ask. Aw well, I guess those are questions that I'll just have to answer them myself!" said Carter with a determined look on his face.
All while they were talking, I was staring at the Pledge Stone. Suddenly, an idea formed in my mind.
"Hey, you guys." I said as I turned towards them. "Lets make a pledge."
"What?" asked Forrest.
"Lets make a pledge by the Pledge Stone." I repeated.
"Right here? Right now?" asked Dusk as he raised his eyebrows.
"Sure!" I said as I jogged up the three small steps and placed my had on the stone. "It's called Pledge Stone for a reason, right?"
"I suppose so." said Dawn as she placed her hand beside mine.
Soon, everyone had their hands on the Pledge Stone, waiting for me to speak.
"I pledge..." I stopped for a moment, going through words in my mind. "I pledge that we all become the best that we may be. That we all become the next best rangers of our generation."
Slowly, I lifted my hand off the stone, as if I was expecting something.
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Nothing happened.
I mentally smacked myself. What did I expect to happen? That magical fairies would open up a portal to the great Arceus and he would answer all my questions? Sure.
Suddenly, clouds appeared overhead, and thunder boomed. Then the rain poured down on us.
"Hurry! Lets get inside!" yelled Flare, who was not particularly fond of water.
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(No P.O.V)
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While Eleanor and her friends hurried inside, they took no notice of the mysterious figure holding onto a magneton above them. True, this was not particularly smart, but the lighting was attracted to the magnetons magnets, keeping all electricity away from the figure.
"How interesting..." he murmured, watching the ten of them run inside. "All of them at ranger school?"
He smirked, and pulled out a communicator, and began speaking into it.
"It is very apparent that they have no idea what each other are, nor what they are truly capable of."
Whoever was on the other end, spoke.
"Hm... Are you sure?"
Someone shouted at the figure on the other end, clearly upset of his possible denial.
"Yes, okay. Mm-hmm. We stay hidden until further notice. And the pokemon...?"
"..."
"Certainly." The man smirked. He once again stared down at the building. "There was a reason that you survived the experiment. A reason that far extends what you would ever understand. You may not realize it now, little angels, but one day you will. Until then, however, I have to resent from experimenting on you further."
He turned around. Lighting flashed, revealing piercing purple eyes.
"One day... I will fix it so that you are the demons that you were meant to be."
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Amy47101: *shudders* Okay, creepy purple eye guy is freaking me out. So, what exactly did he mean? I don't even know! ... Okay, maybe I do, but that's cause I'm the author!
Amy47101 signing off! ^.^