A/N: Time for another chapter. I hope you all like it. And remember: Comment, Review, Like, and Favorite.
"Man I barely slept last night." I yawned to Misaki as we were eating breakfast.
"Well why don't you just have Rotom put you in a trance. You'll get plenty of sleep then." Misaki giggled.
"Very funny"
"So Ren, where's our next stop?"
Both Misaki and I had defeated Gardenia, the Eterna gym leader. We decided to see the sights Eterna had to offer, which lasted the rest of the day.
"Hearthome City is up next. It's the largest city in the entire Sinoh region. To get there we have to go through Mt. Coronet".
It's weird, but no one feels like this is a game anymore. It feels more like a whole new world. To us, this world isn't the cluster of ones ands zeros that it is to those on the outside world. Come to think of it, I wonder how everyone on the outside is taking in the info of this "death game". The one I worry about the most is Clair, my little sister. I've always been there to watch after her. Now that I'm stuck in here, how is she holding up? It's all the more reason I have to beat this game. For Clair.
A random stranger ran into the pokemon center, interrupting my thoughts.
"Help! Somebody! A group called Team Reaper is terrorizing the streets!"
"What!" Misaki screamed.
As if to add to our surprise, the player that just ran in here was suddenly stabbed in the back by something. The objects in his back were thin violet needles. He fell to the floor and shattered into fragments, indicating he was dead.
That was the pokemon move, poison sting!
Shrieks of horror filled the pokemon center, and a lone player slowly walked in. She had pinkish violet hair that went down to her shoulders. She had a red long coat on. It was unbuttoned and showed a uniform she was wearing. It was a grey vest with an emblem on the breast pocket that looked like a reaper. She wore red shades that covered her eyes. At her side was a Golbat.
"Alright. If you don't want to end up like the dead fool there, hand over all your pokemon now!" she yelled.
'This can't be good' I thought.
"How did he die?" said a trembling player. "The towns are supposed to be safe zones."
"Heh we'll it helps when you have someone who helped make the game on your side. The entire safety net in Eterna City is gone." smirked the girl.
This situation was getting worse by the minute.
"But how can we protect ourselves without our pokemon?" said a girl intimidated by the deadly woman's presence.
"Simple. Join Team Reaper!" exclaimed the woman. "Join and help Team Reaper conquer this game! We take pokemon from the weak and distribute them among our members. And all that get in our way will perish! Does anybody want to be an example?"
As she turned her gaze to a trembling girl, she smirked. "Looks like we have a volunteer!" She exclaimed. The little girl cried out a shriek of horror. "Golbat use..."
"Staravia! Whirlwind!" I cried out. Staravia used its wings and whipped out a mighty gale, blowing Golbat and the woman through the air and crashing into the wall.
"You little brat! You'll pay for that!" the woman viciously yelled at me.
Misaki grabbed a pokeball, ready to fight, but I stopped her right away.
"I've got this. You get everyone out of here. I don't want anyone getting caught in the crossfire of this." I told her.
Misaki hesitated, but soon nodded understandingly. She ran with everybody, guiding them out safely. After she left, I walked over to the door and blocked it from the snarling woman glaring at me with hatred.
"Let's settle this punk!" she screamed.
"My pleasure" I replied.
The next few minutes were the most intense I've ever lived. Staravia and Golbat danced through the pokemon center, lowering each other's hp little by little.
Eventually I backed her into a corner. Right when I was about to end it, the window next to her shattered and a player jumped in.
"Madame Agatha. We have been ordered to fall back to HQ immediately" he informed her.
"What! On who's orders?" she snarled back angrily.
"Sir Thoron's. He said the virus won't last much longer." the underling replied.
"Damn it all! Don't you dare forget this, boy!" she hissed towards me as she and the grunt lept out the window into the city.
"Darn. Almost had her." I cursed under my breath. I ran outside to check on the situation.
The city was a mess. Debris from the battles that had taken place throughout the city filled the air. Severely injured pokemon and trainers filled the streets. It looked like the aftermath of a bomb going off.
What the hell happened?
I saw Misaki running through the streets toward me.
"Ren!" she cried. "Thank god you're okay!"
"Misaki! What happened out here?" I asked.
A/N: I hope you all like the antagonist intro. I know the whole "Team" thing is cliché, but I honestly couldn't think of anything better. Look forward to next week.