Intro:

Well, lads, it has happened, finally, it's here Pokemon Brilliant Diamond, Pokemon Shining Pearl, and Pokemon Legends: Arceus has been announced and I am so hyped. A little context to me (info on the author write it down lmao jk) I haven't actually played a Pokemon game since Black 2, I have been keeping up with the series but Black 2 was the last game I played and Sinnoh has always been my favorite region. Part of me wishes they just remastered Platinum and called it a day but hey I'll take it. I just hope they fix what was wrong with the OG Diamond and Pearl that was later fixed in Platinum (slow story, level gaps, surf speeds, etc.) I'm sure they will but I am hyped for this. Without further ado though enjoy another installment of A Trainer Named Lucas!

Disclaimer: I do NOT own pokemon in any way, this is just a fanfiction. Please support the creators by buying and playing Pokemon Platinum Version wherever sold in your respective area.

AND. HERE. WE. GO.

Guide:

Bolded Italics: Speaking to Audience or Out of Time

Regular Italics: Thoughts

COF: Character(s) of Focus

Chapter 22: Seal the Deal

COF: Hunter "Looker" Langley/Lucas Diamond

Sinnoh CT Office, Jubilife City

Hunter "Looker" Langley

Looker looked around the office of the IP's Sinnoh Counter-Terrorism office, ever since going undercover he hadn't been back to the office and it was nice to not be surrounded by criminals. Going undercover made you assume a role that wasn't you and without having contact with good people for a long time it can take a toll on someone's mind. However, Sinnoh's IP has been recorded to do the most undercover work out of all the IP departments. The International Police had a department in every region. In the said department, there were divisions all designed to handle specific crimes or tasks.

International Police Divisions:

Regional Police: Every day police officers dealing with misdemeanors and nonspecific crimes; robbery, larceny, assault, etc.

Narcotics Division: Deals with any drug-involved crime in the region

Homicide Division: Deals with homicides and or missing persons (mostly within humans)

Foreign Affairs Division: Handles outer region issues within a certain region

Legal Dispute Division: Handles legal issues between people or groups (not always crime)

Counter-Terrorism Division (Looker's current area): Deals with terrorists, mass attacks (pokemon and humans), hostages, and organized crime

Pokemon Rescue Division: Handles any crime dealing with pokemon (abuse, murder, trafficking, etc)

Special Victims Division: Deals with any crime involving sex, children, elderly, disabled people, trafficking, and abuse (mostly humans)

Looker had been in two divisions, when he was first starting out in the IP he was in Hoenn's Narcotics Division within the division he was placed in the Criminal Tracking Squad. It was a squad designed to track and locate suspects, escaped convicts, and non-cooperating witnesses. There he got the nickname Looker because he had a talent for tracking. While he didn't get to do much tracking in his current assignment, Looker still used the skills he developed to find out more about a person.

Looker knew he wasn't going to be in the office for long, he just wanted to check in with Murphy about the plan he had regarding Mike but being reminded of who he was is something he always loves. Looker walked through the desks of agents and made his way to Murphy's office and knocked on the door.

"Sir, can I come in?" Looker asked.

"Yeah, come in, close the door behind you Looker," Murphy said.

Looker closed the door and sat at his desk, he knew that for Mike to comply with the IP he had to have some leverage on him to force his compliance. It might have been a cruel strategy but Looker was in a division where hundreds or thousands of people could be hurt so he wasn't exactly feeling so guilty.

"I got you those files you needed, Mike's family," Murphy said, putting three files on the table.

"Nice, only three?" Looker asked.

"Mike seems to have a small family: a mom, dad, and sister, everything you need to know about them are in those files. What do you plan on doing?" Murphy asked.

"Force Mike into helping us by threatening his family," Looker said.

"Agent you know the rules," Murphy said, raising a brow.

"Relax nothing is gonna happen to them but Mike is a family man the moment I even mention anything happening to them like being kicked out of Sinnoh and facing potential jail time for helping a terrorist, he'll submit," Looker grinned.

"That's rough Looker, you really are desperate for this guy's help aren't you," Murphy asked.

"I don't want his help but I want him to know that if he even thinks of ratting me out and that he knows we won't hesitate to do something about it if he does," Looker said.

"It's a shame he can't be an informant; he probably has a lot of secrets about Team Galactic," Murphy sighed.

He was right Mike couldn't become an informant unless he goes willingly or the IP has him in custody. Mike wasn't in custody because having Team Galactic's advisor in cuffs would one be harder than anything right now and two, set off multiple alarms to Cyrus and the commanders, something Looker wasn't willing to gamble with.

"I'll meet with him and have him sign a contract saying that he will not tell anyone about me and his cooperation in letting me remain within Cyber Security," Looker said.

"I got you your contract, you have until tonight to get that in writing understand?" Murphy asked, putting the contract on the desk.

"Understood, I have to go thanks Lt.," Looker said, grabbing the files and the contract.

Looker could just threaten Mike outright but having files on his family might scare him and show that Looker wasn't bluffing.

Team Galactic HQ, Veilstone City

Farid Rome/Hunter "Looker" Langley

Looker was at his computer, searching through the files of the team. While in Cybersecurity, it has given Looker an edge as an agent because there weren't a lot of agents accustomed to such high-tech computers. However, with Looker's role, it did actually teach him a few things about searching around computers and drives.

"Hey Farid, camera systems are down, see if you get us through," A supervisor told Looker.

"Yes sir, working on it now," Looker said.

Looker went to work, normally this would be an easy thing, he found out he had a knack for computers and fixing systems. The camera system in Team Galactic HQ was top of the line. HD, real-time, microphones, and easy to save the footage but every now and then it would have glitches and sometimes shut itself down. Having a good camera system was good for Looker to secure videos of activity in Team Galactic HQ, but it was also a curse, it made it hard for Looker to explore and snoop around the offices because of these cameras. As a side project, he was working on a program that could shut down the cameras with a press of a button but it was still a work in progress.

After fixing the cameras he noticed two people talking in the room, Saturn and Charon. Interested, Looker turned up the volume in the cameras to hear in on their conversation.

"Is everything ready?" Charon asked.

"Shouldn't I be talking to Master Cyrus about this?" Saturn asked.

"It's fine, I need to know if our contact is available," Charon said.

"He said he's willing to cooperate with us, Master Cyrus will be meeting with him next week," Saturn said.

Who the hell are they talking about?

"Once we have the explosives we set our plan in motion, this will be the beginning of our new world," Charon grinned.

"What about our little thorn, Lucas?" Saturn asked.

"Him...just saying his name makes me angry, we are still recovering from Eterna City and the Windworks, but we must wait sooner or later his false sense of heroism will lead him to us," Charon said.

"Can't wait, teach that little brat a lesson," Saturn hissed.

"Patience Saturn," Charon said, leaving the room with Saturn.

Looker quickly rewound the footage and recorded their meeting to his personal drive. A contact with explosives is something the IP needs to investigate. As Looker was saving the footage he got a text from Mike. He told Mike to meet him in the basement of the HQ, it had no cameras and was almost always empty. Looker fixed the camera issue and excused himself. It was time to see if he could pull it off.

Team Galactic HQ Basement

Mike leaned against the wall waiting for Looker. Mike hated waiting on people, it was so annoying to him because lateness was a personal pet peeve of his.

Mike considered his options, was he really going to let Looker roam the base undercover as an agent? While Mike was loyal to Team Galactic he knew that loyalty would not last forever and was always looking for a way to make sure he would be okay when Team Galactic eventually fell. It's not that Mike didn't have faith in Cyrus and the team, it was just that history tended to repeat itself and teams tended to always fall.

All of the organizations did, Team Snagem's base was blown up by some badass kid. Team Rocket was originally defeated by Red and Blue but Mike did hear of the events in Johto currently but figured it was only a matter of time. And finally, there was Team Magma and Aqua, Mike was always worrying about Brendan after he said he was gonna go after them. Seeing first hand what an organization could do he didn't want Brendan to get hurt but he turned out alright.

"Sorry I'm late, somehow your amazing camera system failed," Looker said.

"Well that's your job Cybersecurity dork," Mike scowled.

"At least I'm not a terrorist," Looker hissed.

"I'm not a fucking terrorist Looker, I don't massacre towns of people," Mike said.

"Yeah well we see you all on the same level of scum," Looker said.

"Enough with the pleasantries, what do you want?" Mike asked.

"Here's the deal Mike, you keep quiet about this whole undercover situation and we keep you out of prison but my higher-ups don't have faith you'll keep your end of the deal," Looker said.

"That doesn't sound like my problem IP," Mike said as if he knew that was coming.

Looker pulled out the three files and gave them to Mike with a smirk.

"The fuck are these?" Mike asked.

"Files on your family," Looker said.

Mike's eyes widened detailed files on every member of his family. Their address, occupations, ages, heights, weights, recent photos, everything. Mike had never been so furious and yet so scared in his life. He knew the IP could be ruthless and god knows what they had planned.

"Got your attention didn't I?" Looker smirked.

"Is this supposed to scare me?" Mike asked, putting up a front.

"Mildly, Mike we know you're a family man and despite our opposite morals I respect that so I'm gonna warn you, you're gonna sign this contract, and Mike if you violate it in the smallest bit, I will personally make sure you and your family rot in prison," Looker threatened.

"Hey man come on, they have nothing to do with this," Mike scowled.

"Doesn't matter, they are accomplices as far as the law is concerned, and if you think I'm lying I really wish you would push me," Looker said.

While Mike's family aren't accomplices, Looker was using a tactic he learned. Talking with more assertiveness in your voice made what you're saying sound more real. It was a classic tactic he learned from Oscar back in his days in Kanto and Looker was banking on the fact that Mike would be affected by this.

"We have eyes on your family 24/7 at any point I give word and IP agents knock down their door and arrest all of them, is that what you want?" Looker asked.

"No of course not you fuck!" Mike shouted.

Looker slammed down a contract on a table and tossed a pen at Mike. His eyes burned a hole through him. Mike was shocked normally he would remain calm during situations but this time even he could admit he was not in control here.

"Sign it...now," Looker said.

Mike looked at the contract, this was the moment he signed this contract and he became a traitor to Team Galactic and if they found out then he was in big trouble but on the other side was immunity and a secure future for him and his family. With a click of a pen and flipping off to Looker, Mike signed the dotted line. He had officially made a deal with the International Police.

"Pleasure doing business with you Mr. Rollins, with this contract you now have full immunity for you and your family but remember we are always watching," Looker said, still staring at Mike.

"Yeah shut up, just remember if I feel that you aren't keeping your end of the contract, then if I'm going down you'll go down with me," Mike said, bumping his shoulder in Looker's as he walked off.

"What is that supposed to mean?" Looker asked.

"You aren't the only one who did their research...Hunter, what region were you from again oh yeah Hoenn right?" Mike asked.

"So what?" Looker asked.

"I wasn't gonna do this but since we are threatening families now, I did my own research into yours, for the sake of both of our families let's play nice," Mike said.

Looker stared right at Mike not showing fear but deep down something gnawed at him, Looker wasn't always in contact with his family but that doesn't mean he didn't love them. He left Hoenn to keep them safe because he knew that his job could potentially bring harm to them. What did Mike find out?

As Looker was about to confront Mike, he heard a rustle from above them. Above them was a back entrance to the building that no one goes there unless it was to unload shipments.

"There are no shipments today," Mike said, looking up.

"The hell was that?" Looker asked, looking up

Veilstone City, Sinnoh

Lucas Diamond

Lucas packed his bag and checked out of his motel room. One thing Lucas didn't like about being a trainer was that he was constantly checking into new motels. Some of them were dirty and rather overpriced. And while he could always fly back home now that he had the HM, he felt it would be too much on Staraptor because flying long distances was hard on pokemon. The use of Fly has been debated on whether or not it should be banned or not for being immoral and abusive to pokemon. Lucas would never want to abuse his pokemon but Fly was essential, with this being said he didn't want to rely on it too much though.

With Lucas was Luxio, he felt that it had been a while since he got to be alongside him so he decided to walk to the city with him by his side. Lucas couldn't wait to leave Veilstone but he did feel bad that he couldn't free the city as he did with Eterna. Veilstone wasn't like Eterna, Lucas knew that trying to liberate the HQ of Team Galactic would be borderline suicide. Lately, Cyrus had been on Lucas' mind. The man behind Team Galactic is the reason all of this was happening. While the hatred for Cyrus burned in Lucas he was also interested in him, what could happen to someone to make them build a criminal organization?

"Let's get you some snacks Lux," Lucas smiled.

Luxio just smiled and kept up with Lucas. Luxio was beginning to question himself, his other teammates were evolving and he himself had been at the Luxio stage of his growth for quite some time.

Lucas noticed the insecurities of Luxio and wanted to assure him that he still loved and knew it was only a matter of time before Luxio reached his full potential.

Lucas made his way to the Pokemart when someone came running out of the mart, knocking him to the ground.

"Oh my god I'm so sorry brother," The man said, helping Lucas up.

"It's fine don't wor-," Lucas said, looking up.

Lucas looked up to see a big man with a blue mask on. His clothes were blue with black around the thighs and yellow outlines. He looked like a professional wrestler and Lucas looked at him like he was crazy.

"You need to be more careful wandering around with people like me in the street brother," The man laughed.

Lucas thinking it was an act, decided to do something he would soon regret

"What are you gonna do put me in an armbar?" Lucas laughed.

As Lucas was laughing he was soon put into an armbar. The hold was painful and Lucas was shocked both from the pain and the fact a grown man in his thirties was putting him in an armbar.

"Tap out brother!" The man shouted.

Lucas tapped the ground and was released. Being a trainer was chalked full of surprises.

"W-what the fuck man," Lucas said, rubbing his arm.

"That's what happens when you mess with the Crash-ter brother," The man said, flexing his muscles.

Lucas raised his brow, this guy had to be off his meds. There was no way he was somebody important.

"I'm just kidding brother I'm Crasher Wake, the gym leader of Pastoria City," Crasher said.

Fuck. Me.

"You must be Lucas right, the kid who freed Eterna City," Crasher said.

"Yeah, and you're my next gym leader," Lucas said.

"I see a challenger, I look forward to battling you," Crasher said.

"Thanks also please don't put me in an armbar ever again," Lucas said.

"Sorry brother," Crasher laughed.

"Do I even wanna know why you talk like a wrestler?" Lucas asked.

"I'll be happy to tell you at the gym, I'm in a rush I gotta go brother," Crasher said, leaving the area.

Lucas was contemplating what just happened when he heard someone yelling his name.

"LUCAS, LUCAS," Dawn said running to Lucas.

Dawn ran to Lucas, hugging him. She was hysterical trying to talk but getting choked up.

"Hey hey what's going on, I thought you left," Lucas said, trying to calm her down.

"I did but I came back because I left my purse at the diner but then those..errr those," Dawn hissed.

"Hey what happened?" Lucas

"Those, those sons of bitches, stole my Pokedex, Torterra, and backpack," Dawn cursed.

"Who?" Lucas said.

"Team Galactic, someone named Mars stole my stuff, they have my Pokedex, Torterra, and my backpack which contains files on pokemon science," Dawn said.

Lucas knew what he had to do, if Team Galactic got their hands working on a Pokedex it could severely turn things in their favor. The Pokedex didn't just give you information on pokemon, it was sort of a bit of a cell phone. Dawn being the professor had a lot of important people listed in there that if Team Galactic found out about, it could do some serious damage.

"I'm going to get it back," Lucas said, marching off.

"Lucas, that's the whole HQ you're gonna be walking into," Dawn said, trying to stop him.

"We can't just let them take your stuff, they could seriously hurt people with the information you were carrying," Lucas said, looking back.

"At least wait and call Barry for backup," Dawn pleaded.

"He already left, you know him, I got this," Lucas urged.

Dawn finally gave in, she knew that once Lucas had a plan nobody was gonna change it.

"Just be careful, that place is packed with grunts," Dawn warned.

Lucas made his way to the building. It was large and had this pressure building aurora around it as if saying stay away. Lucas knew he couldn't just walk in the front entrance he needed a way to secretly get in. He looked around and spotted what seemed to be a back entrance.

"Perfect, hopefully, this leads me to the storage area, that might be where they took Dawn's stuff," Lucas said.

Lucas snuck his way into the entrance to avoid detection, he put Luxio back into his ball. He didn't want to make his pokemon fight unless they needed to. Lucas heard talking and dove to hide to see Mars and a couple of grunts walking back to the entrance.

"Commander Mars, why did we take that girl's stuff?" A grunt asked.

"Because we can and also she is the new professor of the Sinnoh region, she has to have some valuables on her," Mars said.

"That bitch again," Lucas hissed to himself.

Lucas went to take out his Pokedex from his bag to record them but when he got out his Pokedex he noticed the group was gone. How did they disappear so quickly? Lucas didn't care about the grunts he mostly wanted to keep his eyes on Mars.

"Where did she go," Lucas said, standing up.

Before Lucas knew it he heard a bang and sharp pain in the back of his head. He collapsed to the ground and felt blood trickle down his head. He looked to see the grunts walk in front of him, holding a piece of metal. Lucas tried to reach for his pokemon but the bag was kicked away by the smiling grunts.

"Let us take you to her," One of the grunts laughed.

Lucas could make a glare before drifting into unconsciousness. He had been captured by Team Galactic.

Outro:

Left you guys on a hook there... HA IM EVIL. Lol, I'm jk, I never did a twist so I hope it went well. I know this isn't what happens in the story but this is what I meant by a reboot a lot of events that don't happen in the story but relate to it will happen and I think this is the first major event that is different besides introducing Mike and other stuff. Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed it. As always leave a comment telling me what you liked, disliked, etc. PM with any questions or if you feel that I should cut my hands off then LMK. Thank you all for coming by and I will see you in the next chapter!

Don't forget to Smile!

-Shocker

Question of the Chapter: Would you be afraid of Team Galactic if they were real? What was your favorite moment of the chapter?

For me, I think I would be afraid whenever you are dealing with terrorists it has to be frightening. Also, my favorite part of the chapter was when Lucas got captured at the end. I know it's dark lol but it is severely different from what actually happens in the story but I think it's a nice twist.

Important Moments/Ideas:

-Looker seals the deal with Mike

-Mike reveals he has dirt on Looker

-Lucas meets Crasher Wake

-Dawn gets robbed by Team Galactic

-Lucas gets captured by Team Galactic

Lucas' Team (5/6):

-Infernape: Flamethrower, Mach Punch, Flame Wheel, Cut, Leer, Burning Mach Punch

-Luxio: Spark, Charge, Tackle, Bite, Flash

-Bibarel: Water Gun, Headbutt, Rock Smash, Yawn

-Staraptor: Fly, Aerial Ace, Quick Attack, Tackle, Brave Bird, Defog

-Gabite: Slash, Dragon Claw, Dig, Take Down, Iron Tail

Next Chapter: Captured

Lucas is captured by Team Galactic!