So guys, here's the next part of the story. All my work for uni has finished for this term, so I can now focus on writing more chapters for this story as well as focusing on my walkthroughs on youtube as well! Anywho, enjoy!
The Cerulean Café had been passed down from family member in each generation, with the locals providing enough income for the café to still be running after all the 160 years it had been open. The current owner, Gareth, had been working there since he was a little boy at 10 underneath his father. Go forward around 30 years and he was still there hard-working no matter what.
So he even though he knew everyone that lived in Cerulean to the tee, he was surprised to see 3 new faces in the café sitting down. It wasn't unusual for trainers to come to the café seeing as the gym was nearby… but 3 fully grown adults? It was completely strange.
Still, he didn't raise any questions when they came up the stall to order, simply asking for 4 black coffees. He simply nodded and produced the order pretty quickly; at the end of the day, money was money to him, but there was this niggling feeling at the back of his head as he watched the trio sit down at a round table, just waiting.
The clinking of the bell at the door caught Gareth's attention, and he saw a man, who seemed to be in quite tattered clothes really, as if he had been dragged through a forest, before sitting down with the others. Gareth just shrugged as he turned his back to them, to carry on with some cleaning and other pieces that had to be done.
"Comrades." Petrel said simply as he sat down at the empty chair, looking at each individual in the eyes. All three of them were dressed in all black, except each of them had a small armband around their left side with different colours.
To his left was a female with long, pinkish hair that had a hint of some curls in it. Her redeyes seemed to burn into Petrels, before turning away and sipping at her coffee in her left hand, not paying attention for the moment whilst her right hand twiddled at the blue armband around her bicep.
To his right sat who he thought was the most chilling out of the three. Her grey eyes were darting from side to side as she looked from her cup to Petrel, before flickering to the others rapidly. There was never a dull moment, as she seemed to be calculating every single thing that was happening, expecting something to happen and to have a perfect plan to counter it. She toyed with the back of her purple hair gently whilst she did this, with a dark green band on her wrist.
Finally, sitting opposite him was finally another male, who was able to keep eye contact. His blue eyes locked onto Petrels, not moving an inch at all, as he swept the few strands of hair that were falling onto his forehead. His band however was located on his hand, the red fabric wrapping it up as if it was tape.
"You know why I'm here. You have heard of what happened at R1." Petrel stated to just get nods back in reply. The explosion had been in the news, but covered up as a simple blown gas pipe that had caught on fire.
"Ghetsis managed to finish the tests in time. It seems that each Pokémon only responds to the correct person. I have already managed to get mine, hence why I look like I do." He said, whilst waving a hand up and down his body slowly.
"The results are positive though. Everything succeeds initial thoughts, so the boss will be happy with this. So before we move on, here are the others. You should feel the attraction." Petrel said as he placed a black, red and silver pokéball onto the table.
The man in front of him was the first to react, simply leaning forward and grabbing the black ball. He held it for a few seconds, as if to contemplate the power inside, before he nodded and placed the ball into a pocket. The girl with the blue armband looked across to the grey eyes of the other girl, who was seen twiddling the red pokéball in her hands slowly, before tossing it up and down as if it was a sports ball. Sighing, she finally grabbed the remaining silver ball, feeling the slight tingling of static on her skin as she clenched the ball, as if it was merging with her skin. But quickly, the sensation went. Staring at the ball, she shrugged before placing the ball on her belt.
"Now that is done, we need to move onto other matters. Ketchum is back, which complicates things somewhat, but the boss has apparently found out a way to deal with that." Petrel said, before turning to the grey eyed girl.
"Sird. You are entrusted with finding a book. With info the boss has found on Ketchum, this book should be the key to defeating him fully apparently. Finding this is vital. Details are here on where it is kept. It should be fairly easy for you." He said as he slid a piece of paper across the table. Sird picked it up gently, studying the paper, a frown appearing on her face.
"…Is the boss certain on this? But this is a risky accusation to make? However the book will be easy to gain. It won't take long at all."
"The info is correct. There have been…incidents that have proven this. Do not be fooled." Petrel said, before facing the girl to his left. "Shelly. You have the task of collecting these 3 artefacts. These were hidden after an incident, and the boss has heard rumours that they have appeared in a new region. Collect them and return them to the rendezvous point once you have done so. Your ticket is here. Your flight leaves tomorrow." Petrel said as he slid another piece of paper and an envelope towards Shelly. She collected both and stood up, leaving without saying another word at all, walking out of the door quickly.
"Moody bitch." The other guy muttered under his breath as he watched her leave.
"Tabitha, keep your opinions to yourself." Petrel said, giving him a cold stare, before moving his head in Sird's direction. She got the message and stood up as well, leaving without looking at the two of them. Tabitha looked on confused, wondering what was going to happen now.
"So you may be wondering why I asked Sird to leave. The reason for this is because you have two missions, with the second being top secret." Petrel said as he slid the final piece of paper across. Tabitha, closing his eyes slightly, before reading the info, picked it up gingerly. His eyes widened as he got towards the end, before slamming the paper on the table, eyes full of hesitation and fear at the same time.
"Are you actually being serious? The first part is hard enough for me to complete in the time required. But the second part… questions WILL be asked about that!" He said, waving his hands wildly.
"I know." Petrel said calmly as he studied his hand. "For the first part, everything is in the same place, so collecting it all should not be that hard, given you don't screw up. I admit, the second half is much more difficult. But for the plan to be complete, this item is needed. Which is why you will be at the rendezvous first to collect it. You do not want to disappoint the boss with this one."
"But why me?"
"Because Shelly's emotions would get in the way with this, whilst Sird cannot be trusted to get an item of such power. You on the other hand, have proven that you can do the job with no issues. You are the best fit." Petrel said, before standing up from the table, leaving his coffee untouched. "Your boat room has already been booked. You have 24 hours to prep before it leaves. Time is of the urgency here." Petrel said, before turning on his heel, walking out of the door towards the direction he had come from.
Tabitha stayed sitting down at his table, staring at the information, before folding it up and placing it in his pocket. He grabbed his coffee and downed it all in one go, before rapidly getting up, chair screeching across the floor.
By the time Gareth looked out from the back to see what had happened, all he was greeted too what an empty table with all 4 chairs all symmetrical, with a small item on the table. Gareth walked up, not only to clean up, but also to examine what had been left behind. It was a small black badge that looked like a black hole with small white dots on it. As he picked it up, a small click was heard, and the last thing Gareth ever saw in his life was a bright flash, before the intense heat of flames licked at his body, before everything was turned to ash.
"Boss, the evidence has been removed of. I am on my way to collect up the plates and put them into their right places. Is there going to be a cover story for the explosion?"
"Excellent Petrel." A dark figure on the x-transceiver said, with his face obscured by the shadows in the area. "Everything should be going to plan. Not too long ago, I was a different man. After learning the truth of everything, the plan must be completed for the true world to be revealed. And I'll tell the media that it was a rogue Electrode that wondered in from Cerulean Cave into the café. "
"Of course. Once the plates are collected, I'll finish Kanto first, and then move onto the other regions. I should be back in time. What about Ketchum though?"
"The boy should be of no worry at all. Time is on our side, and everything will fall into place. He is but a pawn in our game, and the time will come to which he will suffer for everything he has caused…"
So, this was the chapter in which I talk about 3 of the main actions which is going to be happening throughout the story now; can you guess which one is the most important? ;) We shall see... So in the next couple of chapters, Ash and co. will be arriving in a new city, and will come across an interest event...stay tuned! ~Sheep