Umbreon and Espeon both hopped out of the Zoomer, and glared angrily at the two boys. Wes curiously walked behind the two boys.
"Hey, what are you doing?" One of the boys said. "Get a grip man!"
"Yea, you say that, but it won't stop squirming. Makes it tough to hold on," replied the other boy.
"What's in that bag?" Wes asked.
The two boys looked over at Wes.
"What's it to ya?" one of them replied. He then looked at the bag. "Okay, okay settle down in there. Just be quiet for a little while longer."
Wes gradually started to look concerned. "I'm going to ask again. What's inside that bag?"
One of the boys let go of the bag, and left it for the other boy to carry. He was having a hard time doing so.
"Do yourself a favor and go before we mess you up good," replied the boy. Do you know who we are?"
"Do I look like an idiot?" Wes replied angrily. "Open the bag!"
"Shut it, man! There's no way I, Folly, would do that!" yelled Folly. "This is ours!"
Umbreon and Espeon jumped near Folly, and surprised him.
"Hehe, your name's Folly?" Wes smirked. "What a fitting name."
Folly immediately turned a bright red. "You little punk!" I'll make you eat those words-
Suddenly, the bag started to move even more.
"Mgflpmmmgg.. Beh! Help! Someone let me out! Kidnappers!" the bag yelled out.
Wes started to have a darknened look. "I knew it," He angrily thought.
Folly turned back to the bag. "Tch, that tape didn't keep her yap shut!" He said in an annoyed tone.
"Well, now I really can't leave you guys alone," Wes said.
Folly immediately took out two poke balls. "Guess I've got no choice, blame it on your own bad luck!" Folly said.
Out came two Whismurs. Umbreon and Espeon stared angrily at both of them.
"My own bad luck, huh?" replied Wes. "If anything, I've had good luck all day."
Folly snarled, and said, "Whismurs attack with pound!"
"Espeon, use return, and Umbreon, use Secret Power!"
Espeon hurled itself and completely destroyed Whismur in an instant. Streaks of power came from Umbreon, and attacked the other Whismur.
It was nearly defeated, and paralyzed.
"No, Whismur!" Folly cried out. "Use quick attack!"
Whismur, despite being paralyzed, attacked Umbreon. Umbreon immediately got back up.
"Wha.." Folly said in disbelief.
"Heh, is that all you've got?" Wes asked. "Umbreon, finish it off!"
Umbreon bit down hard on Whismurs ears, and Whismur instantly fell down in defeat.
"Ergh, I underestimated you," he weakly said. "Huh, wait a sec... That face.. are you... Team Snagem's..
Just as Wes started to stare wide eyed in fear at Folly, someone cut him off.
An athletic man who was sweating furiously from working out ran to the Pokemon battle. "What's going on out here?!" He asked.
A woman ran to the scene as well. "Eek!" She cried out. "Robbers, they're robbers!"
The other boy then got angry. "You be quiet!" He replied. "We're no robbers! We're kidnappers! Get it? Kidnappers!"
There was an awkward silence.
Folly shot an angry glare at the other boy. "Trudly, you dingbat! Don't shoot off your mouth!"
Wes chuckled in amusement. "I gotta say, this is pretty entertaining," he remarked. "Not only did you lose this Pokemon battle,
but you've also shown your true colors. You'd better go back to your rabbit role, along with those weak Whismurs."
Folly then shot an even greater glare at Wes. "Don't get happy just coz you won!" He replied. "We will come back, and take all of your Pokemon for good!"
Folly and Trudly then ran off to their vehicle, and left Phenac City. The athlete and the woman then ran to the bag. Wes and his two Pokemon walked towards it.
"Oh, yuck! There's someone inside here!" said the athlete. He tried to open the bag, but the knot was too tight. "Gah, it's tied too tightly!" The man cried out. "How could those two boys do something so horrible?"
Wes looked at the bag sadly. "There are just too many bad people in this world, isn't there?" Wes said. "No matter how much good comes, there will always be bad to balance it."
The woman started to sob. "Why, oh why did this happen?" She asked.
As Wes crouched down to open the bag, he said, "But I'm tired of all this. I want to make the world a better place. That's why, I'll help."
The athlete stared at Wes. "This kid," the athlete thought. "He..."
Wes tugged hard on the tightly knotted rob that was closing the burlap sack. It gradually loosened. Wes undid the knot, keeping the mouth of
the sack closed. Out came a woman in bright orange hair and a light blue jacket.
"Phew!" She said. "Thank goodness! I'm saved!"
She then looked at the faces of the athlete, the woman, and Wes. As she looked curiously at Wes, he blushed a little.
"..Where is this, where did those two bring me?" She cautiously asked.
The woman replied, "this is Phenac City, the opulent city of water. This person saved you from those thugs."
"The way he battled those goons, it was truly superb," the athlete said. "I wish you could've seen it!"
They all looked at Wes and his Pokemon. Umbreon and Espeon stood more close to Wes, but Wes looked calmly back at them.
"Yeah, those guys did look suspicious, so I stopped them," he said.
"Oh! Is that so? Thank you!" She replied. "And, uh, you are..?"
Wes smiled. "No need to thank me, the name's Wes,".
"Nice to meet you Wes! My name is Rui!" She said. "I'm sure glad I met you! I was in a neighboring town when those two grabbed me...
Oh!"
Wes looked at her, immediately alarmed. "What is it?" He asked.
Rui started to look worried. "Did those two happen to use a peculiar Pokemon?" She asked.
The athlete looked in confusion. "A peculiar Pokemon? No, they looked ordinary to me."
"Ordinarily weak," Wes chuckled. "But what do you mean by peculiar?"
Rui then looked down to the ground. "Oh.. no, no that's fine then..." She said in a troubled way.
The woman responded saying, "Well, it's easy to see something's on your mind. You should go see our mayor!"
The athlete then beamed, "Of course! The mayor is a very kindly person, I'm sure he'll be able to help you somehow!"
"The mayor?" Rui asked. "Yes, that's true! The mayor might know something!" Rui then turned to Wes.
"Hey, Wes?" Rui asked.
"Yea?" Wes replied.
"I know I'm imposing, but I have no one else to turn to. Please, can you escort me there?"
Wes seemed very shaken by the idea. "Great, I've wasted enough time, now I have to babysit?" Wes thought.
The athlete laughed out loud. "Well I'll be!" He said. "This is a young couple in the making!"
Wes and Rui immediately glanced at him, and then back at each other.
"N-no you've got this all wrong!" Rui exclaimed with a blushed look. "I only need him to-
"Ahahaha I'm only kidding!" The athlete replied.
Wes in thought became even more enraged, and showed a little in his face. Umbreon and Espeon both smiled.
Wes finally said, "Fine, I'll help you."
Rui then happily said, "Thank you! Thank you for joining me!"
"However," Wes said. "I need to run my own errands in this city too."
"Ok!" Rui replied. "Well, let's get going!"
"What have I done?" Thought Wes. "Oh well, this can't be that bad. I just gotta take her to the mayors house, and I'll be done with her."
Umbreon and Espeon happily followed a bothered Wes and happy Rui as they walked through Phenac City.
Thank you for reading! Next chapter, will be quite long, so stay tuned for it!