Chapter 9: Resurrection
Hey guys, Chapter 9 is here a day early and the chapters are getting longer. The plot holes are starting to thicken. And this chapter will reveal motives and reasons for past and future actions in the story. This going to be another flashback chapter. So enjoy and be sure to write a review.
Flashback
Seth's POV
Location: Sunnyshore City, 5 years before Chapter 1
...After I was nearly killed at the hands of my brother Zero, the orange dragon, and my stepfather, I spent the next 2 months wondering about Sunnyshore City. The world was my enemy. I could hear everyone antagonize me because I was alone. Without Mother or my stepfather, I was evicted from our home and had nowhere to go. I was homeless, and it had appeared that 'my sun had set' in Sunnyshore City.
I stayed at the top of the Sunnyshore lighthouse everyday for shelter for about a month. After that month passed by, everything changed.I could overhear people when my back was turned, and I was staring at the distant sea.
"You know, everytime I come to the lighthouse, that boy is here," I heard a random girl say.
"That's because he's homeless," another girl said.
"What a loser," one boy said.
They all laughed at me. I was called a loser, a failure, and a waste of time and space. I thought it was me against everyone. Until a single pat on my back started the beginning of my resurrection.
"Don't let those people get to," A voice said as he put his hand on my shoulder.
"Huh," I said as I turned around.
"Volkner?" I said.
" I heard about what happened to you," said Volkner.
I didn't reply. Volkner took a look at me. I had been living off berries and very clothess that were severely worn out. After observing me, Volkner spoke.
"How about you stay at my place? You can work at Sunnyshore Gym as a living condition," Volkner said.
"I've read history...about working in exchange for a place to live..." I replied.
"Don't worry, it'll be nothing like that," Volkner said.
"Why me?" I asked.
"To be honest, I havem't had a chance to meet you," Volkner said.
Volkner then replied with an answer that made a lot of sense.
"I build Sunnyshore City from the ground up, and in case you didn't know, I didn't plan on promoting poverty," Volkner said.
I accepted Volkner's request. I then had food, clothing, and shelter with the job at Sunnyshore Gym.
On my first day of work, I had met with a yellow electric type pokemon. The pokemon was training with Volkner's Luxray. It was shaped like and egg with two electric signals sticking out it's head. It's big arms and body had black stripes with a lighting sign in the center of it's body.
"Alright Luxray, power it up with Charger Beam," Volkner said.
The yellow pokemon didn't even try to dodge it. It actually absorbed the electricity.
Volkner saw that I had arrived at the gym, with new clothes and a new haircut. He then walked over with his Luxray and the yellow pokemon.
" I don't believe you've met these two," Volkney said. " Seth, this is Luxray, my most powerful pokemon."
"Lux," Luxray cried.
" And this is Elekid," Volkner said as he pointed toward the yellow pokemon."Elekid's is a wild pokemon, but is always hanging out and training here at Sunnyshore Gym."
"El," Elekid cried.
" Hey Volkner, that kid and his Pikachu are back for their rematch," A voice said as a man with a red afro approached Volkner.
I recognized the man. He was none other than Flint of the Elite 4.
"Alright Luxray, return," Volkner said as he recalled Luxray.
" Yo, you comin?" Flint asked.
I simply nodded no because I didn/t want to see anymore pokemon.
" Ha, man are you the quiet one," Flint said.
" Don't worry, it's just Seth being Seth," Volkner said.
Volkner and Flint headed back inside the stadium while I went to another room to think. That orange dragon is the reason why I started to hate pokemon. I almost got lost in thought before I realized Elekid had followed me.
"What do you want?" I asked.
It all started with that question. Over the next 5 years, Elekid had became my best had changed my perrspective of pokemon. They weren't all killers like Zero's orange dragon. I had captured Elekid, and in time, my faith in pokemon was restored. Whenever Volkner wasn't busy with gym battles fixing the gym, he would have Elekid and I train with him as sparring partners. Volkner and Flint taught me all they knew aboutpokemon, so I had a fair amount of knowledge on battle stances, strategies, and a trainers judgement even before I started my own pokemon journey. We continued living life normally for the next 5 years, until what happened to Elekid, with gave me incentive to go to the Jhoto region.
Location: Sunnyshore Gym 5 years later...
It was a slow, cloudy day in Sunnyshore City. Elekid and I were watching an exhibition match at the gym between Flint and Volkner. Volkner was using Electivire while Flint was using Magmortar.
"Now, Electivire, hunder Wave," Volkner said.
"Vire!" Electivire cried as it released a wave of thunder using it's atennas.
Magmortar couldn't avoid Thunder Wave because the wave of Thunder covered the whole battlefield.
"Mag," Magmortar cried as it became paralyzed.
"No!" Flint yelled.
"Finish it off with Earthquake! Full power," Volkner yelled.
Earthquake's shock spread throughout the whole battlefied, just as Thunder Wave did. Magmortar was unable to avoid the attack due to paralysis. When it, Magmortat fell to the gground and fainted.
"What an upset," I said calmly.
"El," Elekid cried.
"Magmortar, return," Flint said as he recalled Magmortar.
"Nice job Electivivre, return," Volkner said as he recalled Electivire.
"Wow, you weren't kidding when you said you could challenge the Elite 4," Flint said.
"Hmph, well-," Volker said before he was interrupted.
All the lights had turned off.
"A blackout..." I said with the room dark.
"You're right, Seth," Volkner said.
" But Volkner, you said you've fixed Sunnyshore city's solar energy sysstem," Flint said.
"It's cloudy today, but sill. There should be enough stored energy in the lighthouse to power the entire city's electrical supply." Volkner said.
"Someone must've hacked Sunnyshore City's electrical system.
"We need to get to the lighthouse now," Volkner said as we all started toward Sunnyshore Lighthouse.
Location: Outside Sunnyshore Lighthouse
We had made it to the lighthouse only to find that it was on lockdown and that the automatic doors weren't reponding.
"What do suppose we do about this?" Flint asked.
I spent a moment thinking, but my lack of common sense at the time couldn't find an answer.
"I got it. Elevtivire, go," Volkner said as he called Electivire.
Elekid was still outside it's pokeball, so Volkner asked Elekid to participate as well.
"Alright, Electivire and Elekid, use brick break and aim it and the center of the door," Volkner said.
Both Electivire and Elekid easily broke the door open.
"Now let's go," Flint said as we made our way inside the lighthouse.
We then saw the elevator had also been set on lockdown. But this time we lucked out as a man, who appeared to be dresed in a distinctive uniform, emerged from inside the elevator. Electivire kept the elevator door open after the man walked out. The man was bald and wore a black sleevless shirt. He wore a dark blue vest as well aa black pants and black boots.
"Whoa, uh, what are you doingin here?" the man asked.
"What are YOU doing here," Volkner asked.
" Well- ah uhmmmm," the man said. I clearly thought he didn't plan for outsiders to enter the lighthouse. So I came to the conclusion that this man caused the blackout.
The man then quickle spoke through a communicator on his wrist.
"Hey N.S.2 Commander! We have intruders," the man said in a hurry before we captured him.
The man was knocked out. Whe he came to, Volkner and Flint had already went ahhead to the upper levels of the lighthouse while I was on lookout for any more intruders.
"Back-up, is arriving," The man said.
My pokegear the rang...It was Volkner.
"Hey Seth, you told me about Team Neo Snagem, right," Volkner asked.
"What of it?" I said.
"Well, it appears since the lighthouse control all the electricity in Sunnyshore City, Neo Snagem must've come here to take over Sunnyshore City through it's electricity," Volkner explained.
"Well done," someone said as they were clapping their hands as he entered the lighthouse.
Than 'someone' appeared to be wearing the same thing as the man we captured, except he wore a blue long coat instead of a vest. And he had this weird machine-like thingy on his left arm.
"I commend you for catching on so quickly," he said.
"Who are you," I asked.
"Hmph, you should know very well who I am," he said.
Chapel? I know Chapel...I am Chapel...
"No, I'm Seth," I said.
I looked at this guy. I am Chapel, and I met this guy before.
"Wes... I'll kill you," I said.
"Wait. Wes?" I said confused.
"Seth, you know Chapel, and Chapel know you alot more than you think," Wes said.
"Where's Rui?" I asked.
Wes closed his eyes and smiled.
"Your heart, as well as Chapel's heart, have been connected with each other. You two know everything about each other" Wes said.
I was almost overcome by the though of Chapel before Elekid, who had remained with me, spoke. What's Wes talking about?I'm know more about Chapel then Elekid. I I've never even seen Chapel before. Elekid has been my best friend for the last five years. We battled alot, so we stepped up, implying to battle Wes.
"So, that's how it's going to be,"Wes said as he smiled.
"Go," Wes said as he threw two pokeballs, whcih contained Umbreon and Espeon.
"Elekid, Thunder," I said as Elekid launched a Thunder attack headed straight for Umbreon and Espeon.
"Pathetic," Wes said calmly.
Espeon then used it's psychic power to redirect Thunder toward me.
"Whoa," I said as I dodged it."So that's how you're going to play."
Wes was expecting something. Well, 'something' did happen. The man Volkner, Flint, and I captured had been freed by Umbreon, who I completely forgot about while dodging Thunder. The man then handcuffed my hands to the back of me.
"Why you," I said.
"Ever since you and your company entered the lighthouse, Team Neo Snagem has predicted every one of your moves," Wes said.
"Neo, Snagem?" I said while lying on the ground unable to move my hands.
"Did you honestly think I was just a dumb weakling who just happened to exit the elevator. You at least should've felt suspicious suspicious about me not putting up a fight, or that capturing me was a bit too easy," the man said.
"25, say no more," Wes said
"Sir," 25 said.
"Why would you take over the lighthouse?" I asked.
"We were planning to use the electric system to take over Sunnyshore City, but what we didn't plan on was you staying behing while Flint and Volkner went ahead," Wes said. "Just imagine having control over everything electric, in a city that's basically made up of electricity. But, since you're not with Volkner and Flint to hold them back, our plan isn't going 100 percent as planned. Volkner and Flint must've eliminated all the stationed grunts by now, so we'll let the authorities pick them up."
I thought about Zero being apart of Team Neo Snagem, but I also thought of him as a hero. Although I don't remember it, Zero saved my life from Wes and Rui. I was Chapel at the time. But...I'm Seth, and Zero was fully intent on killing me. Who is Chapel?
"That Elekid of your's has potential. Since I can't get control of Sunnyshore City, I'll snag Elekid as a second place prize," Wes said.
"What?" I said confused.
"Pokeball, snag it," Wes said as he threw a poeball at Elekid using the machine-like thing on his left arm.
I thought I had nothing to worry about since I had already captured Elekid. But I was shocked at the end result. It was as if a claw had reached out and forcefully pulled Elekid into the pokeball.
"No, Elekid," I said. "Come on, I've got to do something.
I couldn't do anything with my hands cuffed behind my back. I was what I hate: 'helpless'.
"Please, don't take Elekid," I begged.
I begged for mercy. I begged for Elekid. Elekid was my best friend. Elekid, Volkner, and Flint were the only ones to ever give me a second chance when I had hit rock bottom. I was teased and picked on by everyone else. The world was my enemy. I was label, a failure, a loner, and just a loser. I never spoke to anyone other than Elekid, Volkner and Flint unless deemed necessary. A major part of what gave me life-just taken away like an inanimate object I haven't seen Elekid since that day, and I had adapted an indifferent attitude since then. I then set out to the Jhoto region for answers. Neo Snagem had relocated to the Jhoto region for 'the real' Chapel. So I followed in my thirst for vengeance. I had hoped to find out more about Team Neo Snagem, Zero, and Chapel, who from our shred memories, is from Goldenrod City.
End Flashback
So earlier today, 25 had been spotted in Cherrygrove City, described by Althaea. 5 years ago, Wes had given Elekid to 25 and told me that Elekid would have to work up the ranks just like the grunts, meaning 25 was one of the weaker grunts. 25 had caused quite a chain of events in Cherrygrove City. I would make sure that we crossed paths.
To Be Continued
So now we know why Seth is such a quiet person. We also know of Seth's life back in the Sinnoh Region. We also know that with their hearts connected, Seth and Chapel are basically the same person, and why Seth even traveled to the Jhoto region in the first place. Seth wants answers. We all want answers, like answers to what cause the blackout in Cherrygrove City last chapter. The cause of the blackout will be reveal next chapter, so stay tuned and be sure to write a review.