Angel Wings
Amy: Yay! Another update in the world of Angel Wings.
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Amy: *sigh* Everyone is currently taking place in the story right now... I know! *runs away and comes back with Jade*
Jade: What the hell am I doing here?
Amy: You're here to do the disclaimer! ^.^
Jade: I was in the middle of a very important plan of action in the rebellion!
Amy: C'mon, no one will miss you!
Jade: My name is in the title. The Jade and Onyx arc. Couldn't you have pulled out someone else?
Amy: No. Now do it and I'll send you back.
Jade: ... Fine. Amy47101 does not own pokémon.
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Aqua P.O.V
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"So, why are these freaks separate from the other freaks?"
"Beats me."
"And we can't go in?"
"Nope."
"Why are we on the afternoon shift?"
"Haven't the slightest idea." Ah, the afternoon shift. Basically, testing went on from the sunset to the crack of dawn. When finished, everyone goes to sleep, including us Angels. The two grunts I was listening to sighed from boredom. Hey, at least they had a phone or something to play around with. I was about ready to bang my head against the wall. I heard a wrapper crinkling.
"Hey, you want some candy, I have about six or seven of them stashed in my pockets."
"Full candy bars?" I guessed the guy got his snack. "How's you manage that?"
"Have you put your hands in these pockets? They're big enough to carry a pistol!"
"That's probably what they were meant for, anyways." the other guys said as he munched on the candy.
"Probably," the grunt crunched away. "But I'm using them for snack storage."
"Got any coffee in there?"
"Nope."
"Well, damn."
"Sorry." Cue two more long sighs. While all my friends were fast asleep, I stayed up and listened to the grunts conversations at night. You never know, they might have something useful. And I think I just stumbled across the motherload. Now to get their attention...
"Whoa!" one cried as I smirked. "Is that water?"
"And it's coming from in there!"
"What do we do?" the guard asked fretfully. "They said of we go in, we get kicked off the ship, and'll have to swim to shore!"
"But of there's a leak in the boat, and the freaks died..." a few moments later, the door banged open, thankfully not waking any of my friends. I feigned sleepiness, and sat up rubbing my eyes.
"Where's the leak?" one grunt demanded, while the other carefully scanned the wall. At least these two had the courtesy to not make so much noise.
"Leak...?" I mumbled. "What leak?" I looked from the grunt to the water on the floor, and widened my eyes in shock. "Oh, god, did I do that? Sorry."
"What...?"
"See, I can control water. Like so." I said as I flicked my wrist, and the water formed into a ball around the size of a basketball. The grunts stared in awe.
"But that still doesn't explain where the water came from." one grunt said.
"Oh? Well, the human body is about seventy percent water, right?" they nodded, and I flicked my wrist again, the water forming several different bubbles. "Well, being able to control water, sometimes mine goes above average, and it releases through my hands, mostly while I'm asleep." Which was complete bogus. "Usually, it's only happened about once or twice a year. But now it's happening every other week." The grunts looked at each other, and then back at me.
"Why... Do you think that's happening?"
"Because of the testing, lack of care." I sighed. "But you probably are just like the rest. You'll laugh, kick at the cage, call me a freak. Don't worry," I made sure some tears formed at the corners of my eyes. "I'm used to it by now."
"God," the chubbier grunt said. "I didn't think..."
"It was bad? It's horrid. But like I said," I wiped away at the fake tears. "I'm used to it."
"We'll probably get killed for this, but here." the cubby one reached into his pocket, and pulled out a few of those candy bars he mentioned earlier. I stared at the candy like it was gold, and, in an ironic way, it was.
"Really, mister?" I asked as I touched the candy.
"Sure. We'll come by for the wrappers later."
"Thank you so much, mister!" I exclaimed quietly as they left. I came around, and knocked against Dashs' cage, trying to awake him. "You have no idea how much you've helped."
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Eleanor P.O.V
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"This is taking longer than I thought." I mumbled as I searched for a place to land. Remember what I said about flying for miles without getting tired? Well, it was nearly three in the afternoon, according to Calas' standards, and I've been flying with an army of bird pokémon behind me since three in the morning. "I'm tired..."
"( Tough it out.)" Miles said threateningly.
"I've been flying since three A.M."
"(Tough. It. Out.)" he growled as he gave the most menacing look. I suddenly feared Dashs' life when it came to training... I should warn him, future reference.
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Aqua P.O.V
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"Hey, Dash..." I whispered as I tried to wake him up. He mumbled something that sounded strangely close to my name, and he woke up, rubbing his eyes sleepily.
"Wha, Aqua?" he asked as he sat up, stretching. I cringed as I heard the cracks that rang out in the room. "Man, I'm stiff. Guess sleeping in cages isn't to good on the back." he cracked a small smile as he turned towards me. "Mind telling my why you woke me at whatever hour it is?"
"Sure." I held up the three candy bars that the grunt gave me, smirking. Dash stared, agape.
"Whoa... where... how... When did they start giving out candy?!"
"Sh!" I shushed him before any of the others awoke. "I conned some grunts into giving it to me."
"Sounds devious." Dash commented before smiling. "I like it." My cheeks heated up, but I doubted he could see it.
"A-anyways," I muttered. "You want this, don't you?"
"Hell yeah, I do." Dash said. "Angel of Speed plus Superstrength plus ADHD plus candy equals crazed maniac hellbent on escaping. But," he paused, and looked up. "You know what happens when I crash."
"You fall unconscious, I know." I sighed. "But we've gotta risk it, Dash. This may be our only chance of escaping, with our energy full. If push comes to shove, and you to crash, then I suppose we can carry you out until you come to..." I let out a sigh. "Please?"
"You do realize," Dash said while reaching for the candy. "That I'll do anything to get out of this hellcrater, right?"
"Hellcrater? Is that even a word?"
"No," Dash smirked. "But prettiful isn't a word either, Aqua."
"Hey, don't bash prettiful since you came up with hellcrater!" Dash chuckled, and smiled.
"You know you're kinda cute when you're all flustered and angry like that, right?" I felt the blood rush to my face, but went with my usual cheeriness.
"Yep!" I said as I flashed the peace sign. "Now eat the candy, and bust us out, you crazed Angel!"
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? P.O.V
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I jogged through the hallway with my Luxray, Zap, right next to me. Now's the time to bust all these kids out. And we'll start off with the survivors of the Angel-Demon experiment.
I gritted my teeth as I thought about it. That one boy, the one with brown hair and gold eyes, he reminded me of my brother. Wasn't Carter his actual name? I don't know. We never were introduced properly. He reminded me so much of my little brother, the one who died in the Angel-Demon experiment. And every time I saw a grunt, every time I saw that damn bastard, Kincaid, I wanted to order Zap to shock them till they died.
But I never did. The grunts merely saluted to their admin and I... I had to salute to Kincaid. I couldn't afford to blow my cover, or they may toss me overboard like they did with Barlow.
...
What became of him? Although he tried to keep it secret, he was terrified of the water. Where we close to land? Did he manage to get ashore? Or could he be...?
No.
Barlow wasn't gone. He didn't go out easy, that's for sure. I didn't doubt the Veintown Base Leader. He never went down without a fight, and he can get over his water fear, just to save these kids in the cages. Barlow would be fine.
I came across the room that held Carter(?) and his fellow survivors, and saw the grunts were gone. Like they vanished. As I turned towards the doorway, I saw that it had literally been thrown off it's hinges. That was a solid steel door, with thirteen different locks on it, along with an electrical shocking mechanism if it was ever tampered with. Whatever pulled it off must be insanely strong.
Slowly, I looked into the room, and saw something rather, well... terrifying. Those cages that held the survivors? Done for. Completely obliterated. All nine of them were standing up, and the one in the middle, ripping away the last of the bars with his bare hands, releasing the dirty-blond, turned and looked at me, his brown eyes dilated.
"Hehehehehe..." he snickered as he tossed the bars away. "Candy... Can... dy..." I gaped at the tan-haired kid. He lost it? And was he asking for... candy? Why?
"Admin!" a couple grunts ran down the corridor, and I whipped around.
"Zap,Thunderbolt!" they screamed in agony as the electricity jolted through their bodies. I turned back towards the survivors, ignoring insane-hyper-kid. "You all okay?"
"Tom...?" Carter asked as he stared at the unconscious grunts. "Why did you attack your own men?"
"Because I was never their leader to begin with," with one fair swoop, I ripped off my Hellion uniform, and revealed the well known ranger uniform underneath. The survivors gaped as I shoved my signature red cowboy hat onto my head. "My name is Sven." I said as I held up my wrist with my styler around it. "And I am a top ranger of the Ranger Union."
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Eleanor P.O.V
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My styler began to ring off the hook, and I looked around, trying to find a place to land. I noticed an extremely large rock that seemed suitable, and landed. The bird pokémon landed around me, resting their own tired wings. Tilting my head back into the evening sunlight, I answered the call.
"Hello?"
"ELEANOR, WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?!"
"Oh, hey Crawford."
"DON'T 'HEY CRAWFORD' ME! YOU'VE BEEN OUT OF COMMISSION FOR WEEKS! WEEKS! AND WE'VE GOT ISSUES HERE, BIG, BIG ISSUES!"
"Shouting isn't helping anything." I sighed. "I'm sorry for being out of contact for so long. I've been figuring out some things."
"We lost contact with Carter." Crawford said as he scratched his forehead. "And we just got report of Barlow washing up on the coast of Cocona Village the other day. Both he and Carter had taken a mission on Team Hellions boat, and, no pun intended, Barlow looked like he'd been through hell and back. He was all beat up."
"Knowing him, he probably fought through an army of men just to keep Carter safe. But demons also..." I mumbled the last part, so that it was inaudible to Crawford. I pounded my fist against some rocks. "Those stupid, hardheaded rangers! What was Carter thinking when he went on the Hellion boat?! Was he trying to get himself captured?! He was a target! That stupid, idiotic, arrogant little..." I let a long slew of profanities aimed toward Carter. Crawford waited patiently for me to finish. After a deep breath, I apologized to my fellow ranger.
"It's fine, Eleanor. I actually did the same thing when we lost contact. I believe that Carter is being held captive. It is unknown wether or not his styler was destroyed, or just turned off." the afro ranger paused. "Speaking of which... where are you? Actually, never mind, I'll have Maxine track you." there was a brief pause. "Somewhere off the coast of Oblivia, I think on or near the Sky Fortress."
"Wow, that's far." Crawford said after a low whistle. "Did you, well, you know..."
"Fly?" I finished. Crawford nodded. "For the most part. And you don't have to walk around the subject."
"Yeah, but we've got Big Bertha here with milk pudding..." Crawford mumbled. I gasped.
"Did she hear?"
"No, I don't think so. Ollie and Elaine are distracting her."
"Thank Arceus." I sighed as I fell onto my back. I opened my eyes, and saw, strangely, smoke. Squinting, I sat up, and turned towards the direction of the smoke. The source: A huge steam boat that looked like it could hold a ton of cargo. Why would a cargo ship be coming through Oblivia...? We never get a ship of that size around here... Unless..."Hey, Crawford..." I said, watching the boat as it chugged idly along. "I'm gonna have to hang up now."
"What?! Why?" demanded the ranger.
"Because," I paused, my eyes locking on a human with bat-like wings flittering around the boat before landing. Thankfully, he or she didn't see me. "I think I just found where Carter is."
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Amy: Okay, someone requested a longer chapter, so I hope this is good enough. Thanks goes out to guest reviewer RandomFemale17, who gave me the idea of the whole 'Dash on sugar high' idea. Thanks! And also... Some Riptideshipping! And... Sven was the admin Tom! What'll happen next?! Sadly, I am alone, so I will continue on with my life and leave all you hanging in suspense! I AM EVIL. MWA HAHAHAHA *cough hack cough*
Amy47101 signing off! ^.^