A/H: Hi all! here's chapter two of Our Journey. Last chapter was a lot of fun to write. I'm really enjoying this story, and I hope all of you will to!
"Mewtwo, appear." Professor Gary Oak said calmly, well, as calmly as anyone could say it when calling out a phsyco Pokémon clone that wants to destroy the world. Matthew looked frozen in shock, and Ash's jaw dropped to the floor. Literally. Me, Joanna, Laura, and Dylan were freaking out.
"Gary! When did you get a Mewtwo? Ash gasped at the sight of the cloned Pokemon.
"Ash, that why I called you here to come over. You guys too." He said, indicating us. "Team Rocket's new mission is to capture every legendary Pokemon, and then to use all their power at once. It could easily destroy any region!" Gary explained.
"Like the Death Star." I said.
"What are you talking about?" Laura asked.
"Never mind" I replied.
"Anyway, why do you need us?" Ash asked.
"I need you guys to help me spot and capture all of the legendary Pokemon, from every region, and capture it." Gary replied.
"Uh, one problem there, Gary. First of all, it's not right to keep legends in captivity, and two, even if it was okay, how would we capture them? As you said they have enough power to destroy a region! You expect them to just walk right up to the Pokeball ad jump in?" Ash was very doubtful.
"No worries, Ash. We'll be using these Mast-" Gary was cut off.
"Did all of you just totally forget I was here?" Mewtwo asked, using his Psychic powers to speak.
"Uh...no?" Ash said warily, not wanting to anger it. He had already been on his bad side and did not want to get turned to stone again.
"Stupid human. Anyways, as the boy was saying, you will be using Master Balls. It will allow you two catch any Pokemon without fail." Mew's copy explained."And as for keeping them in captivity, you will let them roam free, but no one else will catch them." He finished.
"So do we get these Master Ball thingies?" Dylan piped up, liking the idea of being able to catch any Pokemon without fail.
"Yes but only one. And only use them on legendary Pokemon. If you see one catch it, then let it go and immedeatly transfer the ball to the lab." Gary said sternly.
"Uh, I think I'm gonna forfeit this match. I'll have to wait until I'm a little stronger to beat Mewtwo!" Dylan explained. Gary looked at him strangely for a minute, then gasped.
"Uh, sorry Dylan, I kinda forgot we were battling." Gary apologized.
"Professor, can we have our pokedex and our pokeballs now?" Laura asked impatiently.
"Sure, here you guys go." He handed us each a pokedex and five pokeballs, plus a Master Ball.
We headed out the door into the forest., and I heard a noise coming from a bush.
"Guys, do you hear that?" I asked.
"Yeah, what do you think it is?" Joanna replied.
"It's probably a Pokemon, and I'm gonna catch it!" Laura yelled determinedly.
The Pokemon jumped out, already in a tackle attack, and I screamed. It was a Weedle.
"What the heck!" Why is there a bug here! I HATE BUGS!" I screamed, near hysteria. This wan the one bad trait I had inherited from Aunt Misty. The hate of all bug type Pokemon. I jumped behind Matthew's back and cowered there.
"M-M-Matthew, go be a brave cousin and fight that thing off." I whispered in fear. The Weedle looked up at us with eyes that had the look of determination.
"Not a chance! I'm catching this one!" Laura shouted.
"Get ready! Squirtle, I need you!" Laura called out, throwing her first Pokemon's Pokeball.
"Squirt Squirtle!" the blue turtle yelled, eager for a battle.
"Squirtle use water gun!" Laura shouted to her Pokemon. Squirtle blasted the worm in the face, blowing it tumbling backward. "Let's get it while it's down. Pokeball, GO!" She shouted as she threw the red and white ball. It touched the Pokemon, opened, and trapped the fainted Pokemon inside. It shook one, twice, three times. Laura had a grim look of determination, her dark brown hair thrown backward by the wind. The Pokeball caught the Pokemon.
"Yes! I caught my first Pokemon! I-uh, I mean, it's just a Weedle, no big deal." She looked away from us and stared at the ground. She mumbled something we could not hear.
"Uncle Paul would not like that celebration, I have to be more like him, otherwise I'll turn out like my dad."
We exchanged strange glances, then started down the road, me being on the look out that might jump out and eat me.
Dylan was happily humming a song, with not a care in the world, obviously glad to be away from home. Matthew was looking at his Bulbasaur's data on the Pokedex, and Laura was looking at the ground with a scowl on her face.
Joanna, felt something was wrong. Did she forget something? She had her Pokemon, her backpack, and sleeping bag. Why did she feel impending doom then? Finally she realized what she forgot. She forgot to say goodbye to her family! How could she be so stupid? Joanna smacked her forehead.
"Uh, Joanna, are you okay?" Dylan was concerned, as he had just seen her smack her forehead for no apparent reason.
"Yeah, just buzz of you little pest." Joanna said annoyed.
"Whatever, just trying to be a good friend." Dylan huffed.
The rest of our journey was silent, except for Dylan humming, (which was out of key and annoying) until we got near the end of the forest.
"AH! Another bug! Get it away!" I screamed, making everyone jump. There was a smallish Caterpie in the middle of the path.
"Aw, it's kind of cute. Just look at those eyes!" Joanna cooed.
"What? How can it be cute! It's a BUG!" I was screaming at the top of my lungs now, making everyone cringe, and I was again hiding behind Matthew.
"What's so bad about it? It is kinda cute, in a buggy kind of way!" Matthew laughed at his own joke, which no one else found funny and Laura scowled again at.
"It's a creepy crawly bug! That's what so bad about it!" I screamed again. I really had to get over this phobia, it made my throat sore.
"I like it." Joanna decided, "and I'm gonna catch it!"
"Fine, be little miss I-see-the-bright-side-of-everything!" I huffed.
"Okay Pokeball,g-" Joanna was cut off in surprise at she saw the Weedle on her leg crawl up and walk right into the Pokeball. After on shake, it was caught.
"I was just about to tell you that you have to battle it first, but this way works to. Laura said, letting out a rare chuckle.
"Okay, on that happy note, let's head to Pewter City!" Dylan spoke up. I grabbed Joanna, who was still staring at her newly caught Pokemon's Pokeball, by the arm and led her to the exit of the Forrest, which I was relived to be out of.
"Whew! I sure am glad to be out of that bug infested Forrest!" I let out a huge sigh.
We stepped into the city, only to be surrounded by old, rock ages looking things. The only thing that stuck out was the Pokemon center.
"Hey, let's head to the Pokemon Center." Suggested Dylan. We all agreed, even Laura.
Inside, we headed to the nurse. only to find her being asked out by a spike, brown haired man.
"Nurse Joy! Please heal my hurting, lovesick heart with your tender loving care!" The man said.
"Hey, that's not a bad pickup line." Dylan commented."I might just use it when I-" He was cut off by Joy replying to the man, or more accurately, rejecting him.
"Brock, how many times do I have to tell, you! I'm already married!" The usually calm Nurse shouted.
"He sure is a blockhead." Laura commented.
"Hey you shouldn't say things like that about people you don't know, they might be famous or something." Joanna advised.
"Brock, Brock, where do I know that name?" Matthew pondered, tapping his chin,"Oh, I remember! Brock is the Pewter City Gym Leader!
"See what I mean Laura?" Joanna asked. Laura huffed in reply. I shook my head at my bickering friends. Brock wandered sadly out the door. It was then Nurse Joy saw us.
"Oh, hello kids. Sorry you had to see that." The nurse apologized.
"It's okay." Joanna replied, "but could you please heal our Pokemon?"
"Sure, that's my job." The Nurse replied. She was handed seven Pokeballs. She handed then to a Chansey, who took them down the hall. Then she turned to look at us.
"Do any of your names happen to be Grace or Matthew?" She asked.
"Yes, I'm Matthew, and this is my cousin, Grace." Matthew introduced.
"Well, both of you have Phone calls waiting to be answered, so hop to it. We walked over to the Video Phone. I sat down to take my call first. It was my Mom.
"Hi Grace!" She said cheerily, her pink hair wet.
"Uh, mom, did you just take a shower or something? Why is your hair wet?" I asked.
"Well, I was outside gardening when a terrible rainstorm came in and I was forced inside!" She answered. "But what I really just wanted to make sure you made it here alright." She said.
"I'm fine, mom!" I said, embarrassed that my friends were seeing this.
The another face appeared in the screen.
"Hi Gwace!" It was my youngest brother Eli, wet and dripping. I was so embarrassed I broke the connection before Eli did something to embarrass me.
"What happened?" Laura asked.
"Probably just a faulty connection from the storm over there." I fibbed.
"Oh my gosh! Why didn't you tell me your brother was so cute!" Joanna exclaimed.
"He's not that cute all the time,sometimes he's a little devil, trust me." I said.
"You are just so lucky you have a younger sibling! All I have are Trip and Ali, who are annoying teenagers, and really are devils!" She elaborated.
"Could you guys be quiet here! I'm trying to talk!" Matthew shushed us. He was one the phone with his uncle.
The rain pounded against his neck and dripped down his face from his blond hair. Good thing he looked so different from his brother.
He opened the unlocked door. 'silly children, you never know what might come in your door' He thought. He crept upstairs, seeing the pictures of all the children on the wall. Their smiling faces made him sick, but he had a job to do. He walked into a room, with a sleeping teenage boy in the bed. He silently released a Zangoose and crept to the bed.
"Okay Zangoose, murder him." The blond haired boy whispered. The Zangoose unsheathed its sharp, killing claws and made a skillful red 'X' design on his neck. The red was blood. It was a clean cut right through the jugular. Instant kill. The man smiled as he dipped his finger in the ruby red pool on the boy's chest, and drew a big, red 'C' on the wall. This was his calling card. He deserved credit for this murder. He walked over to the girl's room and did the same thing. A bloody murder. Coming out of the house, the man stopped at the pictures again. He hated the smiles, besides, they were not on the real kids anymore, so why should they be in the pictures. He smirked ah he ripped out the smile of each picture of the kids he had murdered. Not he other girl. Leaving the torn out smiles in a pile on the floor, he wrote something on the wall in the leftover blood on he finger, right over the picture of the girl that was still alive. 'You are next' and he signed it with his normal C.
We were allfooling around in the lobby of the Pokemon center, watching a tournament going on in Hoenn, when Nurse Joy silently walked over to us, looking grave.
"Nurse Joy, what's wrong?" I asked. I wish I didn't. It just caused a world of pain for my friends, even though they would have to find out eventually.
She took a deep breath then spoke.
"Joanna, I am very sorry, but your brother and sister were just murdered."
A/N: So many questions! Who was the murderer? Why did he do it? Why is he glad he doesn't look like his brother! If you want answers to these questions, then please review!
~Blueblaze