Welcome once again to the amazing tale. In this chapter, I kind of felt good about what went on. I won't spoil, but I must say that this chapter is definitely longer than the previous ones. I hope many of you enjoy this chapter as much as I did. This is where the characters begin to develope into different forms of themselves. Some more serious.
The cry died down to low growling as the being stepped to the outside of the van. Joey hurriedly hid behind Ryo, who took shelter at the back of Lee. "What are you guys doing?!" Lee growled out.
None of the boys answered as they gratefully hid themselves. Lee didn't pretend to care, for he had more important things to worry about, like his life. So, Lee threw out his Pokeball, and out came Growlithe. Immediately, the Pokemon narrowed its eyes at the ominous figure before its master.
"Grrr…" Growlithe growled.
Ryo, having gained some courage, shook Lee's arm frantically. "Don't, Lee!" He shouted to the older boy. "We shouldn't attack! We don't know what we are dealing with!"
Lee shook off Ryo. "I don't care what that thing is! I want it gone!" Lee shouted. "Growlithe, use Ember!"
Growlithe wasted no time shooting his Ember. It sailed towards its target only to be caught in some form of invisible bubble. The figure lifted one limb and flicked it back towards Growlithe, hitting the Pokemon. "Again!" Growlithe shot another blast, and again it was caught and sent back to the attacker.
"Tch!" Lee spat. "Fine then! Growlithe, use Fire Fang!"
Before Growlithe could make another attack on the figure, its foe shot a blast of some sort and sent Growlithe into he ground. Ever so slightly, pressure was added to the Pokemon's body, slowly crushing it.
"Growlithe!" Lee shouted, now frantic for his partner's wellbeing. Joey and Ryo stared in shock as the Pokemon was struggling for life. Then, just before completely breaking any bones in Growlithe's now unconscious body, the figure forced the Pokemon back into Lee. Both trainer and Pokemon were sent sailing into a nearby tree. Both sat limp.
"What the hell?" Joey said.
"RAWR!" This time, the being gave a small shout as he leapt from the open van and landed directly in front of the two remaining trainers, knocking them both to the ground.
Having gotten closer, each boy got a better look at the foreign creature. It was some form of robotic Pokemon. It had long, metallic arms and legs. Its head was covered in a helmet of some kind. A small visor covered the seeing portion of its head. A long, armored tale sat at its backside.
The "Pokemon" turned its head towards Joey and swatted the boy into the ground. A small crunch was heard from Joey as he rolled on the ground in agony, clutching his left arm.
"Joey!" Ryo shouted to his friend. No other words escaped the young boy's mouth. The attacker was now in front of Ryo, taking him by some invisible bonds, and lifting him off the ground. Ryo was slowly choking.
Ryo did not hear the footsteps approaching the area. He did not hear or see the masked figures shout to one another for specific Pokemon to enter the area and apprehend the metallic Pokemon. Ryo did not hear the voices calling for his friends and himself to be taken away from the area and into custody immediately.
All Ryo heard was the unimaginable shouting from his attacker. All Ryo felt was his body going limp and hitting the ground. All Ryo saw was darkness creeping into his sight and slowly clouding every thing: his sight, body, and mind.
Officer Jenny had been on the Floaroma Police Force since she had graduated from the Police Academy years ago, and not once had she done her job poorly. Take today for example. Today was the day Officer Jenny had uncovered one of Team Galatic's most prominent strongholds just outside of Floaroma Town. It was a momentous day. Officer Jenny led the charge into the stronghold, apprehending almost all Galatic members on site. The only ones to escape were a duo of men. They left in some sort of armored vehicle, driving at a break neck speed. Leaving the original site to lead a chase after the men, Officer Jenny was thrilled. But all too soon, the day turned sour.
Well after the chase had begun, Team Galatic's vehicle had been uncovered deep inside of a thick forest area of Route 205. There, the team of officers found two dead Galatic members that had operated the vehicle. It immediately appeared as they had run into the tree before the vehicle. The back of the van was opened without much resistance, however. This raised the question of which team member opened the van before his untimely death.
The whole job seemed a little dirty to Officer Jenny. She felt dirty just looking at the crime scene, but something in the back of her head told her that there was a lot more to this than meets the eye. The question was: what was missing from the picture?
Ryo opened his eyes. He saw nothing but darkness and felt nothing but pain shooting through his neck area. He tried to speak, but only a harsh and strained form of his voice came out. It hurt like hell to speak.
"So you're finally awake." Ryo turned to see Lee. Lee had white bandages stained with a little blood tied on his head. He was shirtless, so Ryo could see his torso also bandaged. A few small scratches littered his body, but besides that, there was no remarkably noticeable damage.
Ryo tried to speak again. Nothing good came out.
"Don't try to talk, Ryo." This time it was Joey speaking. "The lady that treated us said that your voice will be strained for the next week."
Joey was a little less hurt. The only thing noticeable about him was his left arm, which was wrapped tight in a cast.
Ryo touched his neck, and sighed as he felt the wraps around his neck.
"Okay. Now that we are all awake and seemingly conscious, we can answer some questions." Lee was always the type to take command in a situation like this. "Where are we and what happened after I was unconscious."
"It would seem that we are inside of some metallic cell." Joey said as he knocked on one of the cold walls. They boys sat in a square, metal room. Holding the boys in was an electric current set like bars. "And we are locked in."
"Do you think your Ralts has enough Psychic control to bend the electricity and create an opening?" Lee asked.
Joey stood and reached for one of his Pokeballs. He felt none. "They took my Pokeballs."
"What about you, Ryo?" Lee said as he too came up empty handed. "Maybe Pichu can over charge them."
Ryo, too, was empty.
"Well, it seems that we are screwed." Lee concluded.
"Maybe not." Joey observed. He saw that at the far right of the ceiling was a ventilation shaft, large enough for them each to fit through. "Look over there!"
Ryo saw the vent and beamed, but before he could move, Lee held the boy back. Ryo glared at him, as if to say, "What the hell, man?"
"Shh!" Lee said as he pointed to a camera outside of their cell. All of the boys had failed to see the camera beyond the electrical current. "That camera moves from left to right slowly, but I bet that it can't hear a word we are saying."
"What makes you think that?" Joey asked.
"Let's just say: I've been around a few times." Lee said. "Now if we time ourselves just right, and move fast enough, all three of us can make it into that vent without being noticed until it's too late."
"This plan sounds stupid." Ryo wanted to say.
"We have nothing to lose." Joey agreed.
"But our LIVES!" Ryo shouted in his head.
"Okay, so the first one of us to go in is going to be Ryo, since he is lighter to lift." Some part of Ryo wanted to take offense to that statement, but he knew it was true. He was the youngest out of the three. "If we hurry, we can lift Ryo up, and then he can help you in, Joey. After that, I will jump up, and you guys can help me out."
"Ok." Joey and Ryo nodded in agreement.
Mars stood inside of the surveillance room, quietly fuming. She had been at Floaroma Town when Officer Jenny and her team had busted into Team Galatic's lab and immediately began arresting all of her personnel. Mars was one of the first to have fled the facility, not wanting to take the chance of being caught. I mean, no Commander of Team Galatic has ever been caught by the police, and there was no way in hell she would be the first.
At any rate, as a punishment for the operation going south, Cyrus appointed Mars to survey "his" captives. Some part of Mars scoffed at Cyrus. He was not the one to apprehend the three young boys. It was under her order that each boy should be taken into custody.
Speaking of boys, Mars could not believe their luck. To survive from an attack by a rampaging "Meca-Pokemon," one of Team Galatic's latest ideas, was beyond amazing. And what amazed her even more was that each trainer escaped with such minor injuries. Mars made a mental note to inform one of the prime scientists to increase the savageness of the "Meca-Pokemon."
Mars turned to the surveillance camera monitoring the three, lucky trainers' cell. Dead silence filled the room. The cell was empty. Like the planet, Mars turned scarlet red in rage before hitting a large, green button on the keyboard before her. It was a speaker key.
She leaned into a nearby microphone and shouted, "The Prisoners have escaped from their cell! Find them at once!"
Each boy stiffened as they heard the loud, feminine screeching from the intercom. "We have to hurry." Lee said as he crawled behind Joey and Ryo. "It is only a matter of time before we are found out."
"One problem, Lee." Joey said as he looked over Ryo's shoulder. "Which way do we go? There is a split in the shafts."
"Ha ha. Joey said shaft." Ryo laughed in his head.
"Ok. So how many ways can we go?" Lee asked.
"There are four, including this way." Joey said.
"Ok. Ryo go left, Joey right, and I will go up the middle." Lee instructed. Each boy turned into their respective shaft.
"But, we will split up." Ryo wanted to say. He didn't feel comfortable leaving his friends to fend for themselves, especially in a place where each of them was named a "prisoner."
Joey saw the doubt in Ryo's eyes as he stared at his friends. "Don't worry about us, Ryo. We will make it. I'm sure of it." Joey smiled.
"Here is the deal: no matter what happens, we have to escape from here and get to the nearest town. So don't stress yourself over the rest of us until you have found help." Lee stated. "Find your Pokemon and get he hell out of here. Do you understand?"
Ryo and Joey nodded. "Good, now split up and don't worry yourselves. We will meet again. I promise."
With that, the friends left one another, with the hopes of meeting again.
Well? Better, right? I completely loved this chapter. I hope you all did as well. What did you think about Lee taking command and Ryo temporarily losing his voice? More surprises await in the next chapter of this story as the trio tries to escape.