(Late at night in a small town)
It was 1:30 am in a very small town, a cool night with some clouds can be spotted, and a lone Charizard was walking down allies and passageways to avoid the most amount of people, specifically humans.
As he walks some blood is dripping down his back then dripping to the ground marking his path.
His claws were covered in blood as well, you may wonder why a Charizard would rather walk instead of fly.
Because his left wing is heavily scarred and with some new scratches bleeding out.
However there's something else, a symbol of Team Rocket and a serial number under it, going by MX-469.
The Charizard felt weak but unfortunately a human about 15 years old with an Umbreon beside him spots him.
The Umbreon was ready to attack but the boy told him to stand down, realizing how weak it was.
Biy: "This is definitely going to be an easy catch."
he said, holding a Pokéball up towards him.
The Charizard leans on a wall for support growling at the human who clearly doesn't care about his well-being.
The boy gets close to the charizard but then, a bit too close as the charizard grabs the boy before throwing him down.
The umbreon was in shock as he had never seen a human get hurt by a Pokémon intentionally.
The Charizard steps on the Pokéball, crushing it with ease.
Boy: "Umbreon do something."
The boy said, as the umbreon gets ready to attack; the Charizard simply picks the human up and throws him at the umbreon.
Both the umbreon and the boy get up and start to run away in pain. "This isn't the last you've seen of me, next time you'll see, next time." The boy yelled.
The charizard chuckles at the thought, he opens up the boy's bag to see a bunch of Pokéballs inside it.
He makes his way to the bridge where there's a river flowing, he opens all the Pokéballs one by one.
Except they're all empty so the charizard throws them into the river to float down and never be used.
He looks through the bag again and finds a binder with several papers about major cities and a list.
As he looks at the list he notices that Ryme City was completely crossed off, he looks through the binder to find no paper about Ryme City, only other cities with large arenas and Pokémon centers to battle at.
This makes him slightly mad so he throws the binder into the river, he then sees a crumpled up piece of paper.
He opens up the paper expecting Ryme City to be just like any other city, but instead of a picture of an arena or large complex, it's a picture of a park.
The description then explains how Ryme City is different and that it's a safe haven for Pokémon to live in peace without being captured or battle.
This tickles his interest a bit since he's never heard of a place like it, he puts it back in the bag and hangs the bag around his neck.
He continues on his way towards a new direction. Towards something to fill his life with meaning.
4 months later…
During the morning, a woman with a Snivy by her side is organizing some photos, papers and sticky notes, all in a mess of some big conspiracy.
A man walks into the room carrying a cup holder with 3/4 coffees, the Goodra behind him holding his own.
"Hey Eclipsa, what's all of…this?" The man asked.
"Hi Francisco, thanks for the coffee." She takes one from the cup holder and sips a few times. "These are all the information we've collected over the course of, I think a few months or so." She ties a few strings onto a pin which she connects to another pin.
Francisco looks at a newspaper about how a politician and his Pokémon was found dead at the airport, Francisco almost picked it up before Snivy snapped a vine at him.
"Don't touch anything" Eclipsa said to him.
"I won't," Francisco replied. "What's with the team rocket logo in the middle?"
"I don't know, somehow they're involved in some great conspiracy." Eclipsa's phone dings which she pulls out to look at a notification. "We need to go somewhere."
"You're the boss." Francisco says.
(Fight Club in Downtown Ryme City)
Meanwhile in the backstreets of the city at a secret fight club, 2 Pokémon are currently in a battle with each other. The crowd cheered on.
A Charizard walks behind them seemingly trying to get to a backroom, eventually though he goes into a hallway. Peering through a window with some humans and 4 briefcases filled with money.
He watches as 2 of them shakes hands, they close the briefcases and take them out of the room.
The Charizard proceeds to follow them back outside.
"Let's see it." One opens the truck revealing a Lugia in a cryo chamber.
Gang member: "Sweet, this will bring in a lot of money. but i have to ask, How did you even get one of these?"
Dealer: "it was sent in by team rocket."
The man turns to him. "That still doesn't explain the catch, why would Team Rocket give me 20 million dollars and a Lugia for free?"
Dealer: "Well let's just say that the mysterious death of a certain politician has drawn in a few of his friends." The guy hands an invitation to the memorial which will be on a yacht.
The Charizard darts his eyes around realizing that he needs that invitation.
However a Garchomp steps on his tail from behind, the Charizard headbutt the Garchomp's neck and tries to push her to the ground.
The charizard used flamethrower, burning the garchomp. But then a vaporeon uses water gun on him, weakening him enough for the Garchomp to get on top of him.
The gang members circle around them, guns aimed at the charizard. The ones who brought the money and Lugia have gone out of sight.
"Well Well Well, look what we have here, a Charizard aye. Where's your trainer?" The Charizard growls at him. The water on Charizard's body evaporates and the fire at the end of his tail grows.
"BOSS, GET BACK!' one of the men said, pulling his boss out of harm's way. Another man closes the truck door.
With a flick of a tail, the vaporeon was thrown to the walls of the alleyway and Garchomp let go, feeling his body heat going up too high.
However, unfortunately for the Garchomp, Charizard grabs her, using the Garchomp as a shield when the gang members start firing.
"GO NOW!"
The driver of the truck hits the gas and gets away quickly, while one of the gang members starts his van.
Charizard leaps onto the van before it drives off; the driver turns sharply out of the alleyway, almost tipping it over.
Charizard dug his claws into the roof of the van, holding on to it as the driver swerved through traffic.
One of the members throws a Pokéball shouting "Scyther, I choose you." The Pokéball hits the street behind them and the Scyther appears from it.
The Scyther went flying above the Charizard using Fury Cutter on him. the Charizard dodges multiple times, only for the Scyther to cut him.
Charizard gets cut on the hand forcing him to let go of the van, he rolls on the street to minimize his injuries.
The van stops ahead and Scyther stands behind him in the middle of the road. The sound of cars slamming their brakes not hit them.
Charizard struggles but he gets up and readies himself to fight, his tail burns brighter.
However before they could fight, police vehicles pulls up from both ends of the street.
An Espeon wearing a necklace with a gem in it runs up to them and uses Rest on the Scyther first. Charizard makes a run for it and the Espeon chases after him.
The Charizard then climes a fire escape to escape the Espeon.
(RCPD)
Meanwhile in an interagation room, Eclipsa puts a photo of a woman on the table, showing it the person across from her.
Eclipsa: "Can you tell me anything about this woman."
Person: "Like I said to the other detectives I an't know nothing."
Eclipsa: "Please, I need to know who this woman works for."
Person: "All I know is that she used to work for Howard Clifford."
Eclipsa: "The Founder?"
Person: "yep."
Eclipsa: "But who does she work for now is what I want to know."
An Ampharos opens the door and shakes his head at her. Eclipsa gets up to walk out.
Eclipsa: "excuse me for a moment."
She walks out and the Ampharos closes the door behind them.
Martin: "Who let you in here?"
Eclipsa: "Leo did."
Martin: "LEO, OFFICE NOW!"
they walk into the Martin's office and Martin sits down behind his desk, Francisco and Goodra are sitting in there already.
Martin: "How many times do I have to tell you guys to stay out of my station?"
Eclipsa: "Well I was told that you have a suspect who made a deal with the Shadow Woman…"
Martin: "Eclipsa, you're not a cop, you're a civilian. I don't want you to get hurt, but you have to leave this to the professionals."
Eclipsa: "But what about the truth, people should at least know what's going on."
Leo: "She can help us in some ways."
Martin: "I'll get to you in a second. listen, you only have a PokTube channel."
Eclipsa: "Yes, PokTube isn't perfect; but it's the best we got."
The radio chimes in with someone saying "Mr Rouge is spotted in the area of Lebanon Avenue, Downtown, be on the lookout over."
Francisco: "Whose Mr Rouge?"
Leo: "He's apparently a wild Charizard loose in the city, he's been around for like 4 months now."
Eclipsa: "How come I've never heard of this?"
Martin: "Because you don't need to; Ampharos, take them outside please."
The Ampharos nodded and leads them outside.
Snivy unlocks the truck as they walk out.
Eclipsa: "Francisco you're driving."
Francisco: "on it."
They get in and drive off, Eclipsa looks at her phone and searches up Wild Charizard.
Francisco: "Are you looking up the Wild Charizard thing?"
Eclipsa: "Yes I am."
Francisco: "And what exactly is your plan on this?.
Eclipsa: "We'll figure that out along the way."
Francisco: "I don't think going and looking for a Charizard is a good idea, like can we at least have a plan?"
Eclipsa: "hmm. I think I might have an idea, first we need some supplies."
Snivy points to a nearby pharmacy where there's a group of people, Eclipsa rolls down her window, to ask them a question.
Eclipsa: "What's going in there?"
Bystander: "I don't know, they just kicked everyone out."
Francisco notices a trail of blood leading down an alley, he parks the truck next to the building.
Francisco: "At least we have a story for today."
Eclipsa: "You know I don't like covering short cash grab stories."
Francisco: "You never know."
Eclipsa: "...sure why not, but it better be good."
They get out of the truck to go into the Pharmacy, they enter through a back door which appears to be broken into.
They go beside the aisles looking through them; by the 6th aisle with bandages and first aids, they see a charizard surrounded by the employees.(tho at a distance.)
The Charizard growls at them as he uses his mouth to wrap bandages around his arm, however he seems to be on the verge of fainting.
Eclipsa notices the Team Rocket logo on the Charizard's wing and a serial number going by MX-469 under it.
Eclipsa: "Who does this Charizard belong to?."
Lucario shrugs it's shoulders.
Employee 1: "We don't know."
Employee 2: "He kinda just walked in here."
Employee 1: "Lucario, I thought you got everyone out?"
Francisco: "Did you call an ambulance?"
Employee 2: "We tried, but he wouldn't let us."
The Charizard takes his tries to squeeze a bullet out, which causes him to whimper. Snivy walks up to the Charizard, growls a bit at her but is also in a weak state.
Snivy uses her vines to find the bullet in his tail wound and pulls it out, she cleans it with the alcohol Charizard was using and then bandages him up.
Charizard then tries to get up but faints completely.
Eclipsa: "He hasn't hurt anyone, has he?"
Employee 1: "No, are you going to take him away?"
(Francisco: "N…")Eclipsa: "Yes-we will take him."
Eclipsa and Goodra went over to pick the Charizard up, Snivy helped too with her vines a little.
Francisco decided to help them.
Francisco: "Why are we taking a Rogue Charizard with us?"
Eclipsa: "Like you said, you never know."
Francisco: "What if he's dangerous and tries to kill us?"
Eclipsa: "Well somebody shot him, and we all know that the police use Psychic type Pokémon to make other Pokémon sleep."
Francisco: "So we're turning him in…Right?"
Eclipsa: "Eventually."
Francisco: "I hope you know what you're doing."