[align=center]PROLOGUE
Location: Sugarland Prison, Jhoto
Day: Tuesday, 10th of May
Most of the inmates of this hellhole of a prison are sleeping but one of them is rudely awaken. “WAKE UP!! You have got a visitor” shouts the warden. The man who was sleeping gets up, his real name is not known but once he was known as the ‘IRON-MASKED MARAUDER’. He has been locked in this prison for months, for the crime of poaching. His ‘visitor’ walks into his cell wearing an expensive suit, “Let me, introduce myself, my name is Jonathan Wooden”. The marauder looks towards him and says, “I don’t care if your name is Max Payne, what do, you want with me?” The man sits next to him and says, “Well, Mr. Marauder, I heard that when you worked for Team Rocket you had perfected the design of something called a ‘darkball’. My...firm would like to know how it worked; you would be handsomely rewarded, given bail if you wish. Hearing this, the marauder chuckles and says, “Well you sure know how to convince a man don’t you Mr. Wooden. Even if you don’t reward me, I will tell you anyway. I’m a man with nothing to lose. You see a lot of people have this notion that the ball does the trick, that’s not true. Actually it’s a brain implant. I attach the implant to the back of the head and then capture the pokemon in my darkball, that’s when the magic starts. You see the implant sends a signal to the body ordering it to release vast amounts of adrenalin, plus because the pokemon ‘sleeps’ in the ball, the implant activates its primal instincts.
That is, it causes the pokemon to go mad with fury and rage. It goes berserk and destroys everything it sees.” Mr. Wooden appears to be very happy with this and asks the marauder; “Is there any increase in the physical capabilities of the pokemon” .The marauder puts his hands behind his head, rests it against a wall and answers, “Well, there is a vast increase in strength and power and the pokemon’s size seems to increase by1½ times. Its skin color becomes darker and you can actually see some of the veins on its body”. Mr. Wooden is quite impressed by all of this and asks one final question “Is there anyway to stop such a dangerous pokemon?” The marauder smiles, “None. Though if the pokemon is somehow incapacitated, the implant stops working, unless it wakes up of course.” Mr. wooden then gets up and turns to face him; “Thank you for your time and information Mr. Marauder and as promised, here is your reward...” he immediately takes out a gun and shoots the marauder
He hands the warden a bag and walks out of the prison as if he has no worry in the world. He enters into a helicopter which fly’s him out to a large mansion.
There are people waiting for him at the gates, all wearing white suits with a black raven printed on their breast pocket. The helicopter lands and all the people present bow to him in respect. He is escorted inside; there is a large room which has a screen showing satellite images of 3 cities in Kanto, Jhoto and Hoenn. He asks one of the men standing near him, “Jason, have my men raided the marauder’s base?” and he replies, “Yes sir, we have found enough data and equipment to mass produce these implants” Mr. Wooden smiles, “GOOD! Show me the test subjects” He is soon brought to a laboratory where 9 pokemon have been chained and ‘prepared’ for his schemes, Also there are 3 unchained creatures that seem to be organic but their behavior is robotic. Just standing still like mannequins. He smiles, seeing that all is going according to his plans. Jason asks his master, “Sir, we have done everything you have asked for, but what exactly is your plan?” Wooden looks at him and replies, “Well you see, my plan for now is to send 3 each of these pokemon into one city of Kanto, Jhoto and Hoenn each as a part of my field test program. Then after the entire world has witnessed their destructive power, I will sell these super-soldiers of mine to the highest bidder; I already have a client waiting....some Hussein or something like that.
And as you must know I have already installed 3 transmitters in each of the cities which will send the signal to the implants which instead of being exposed will be inside the heads of the pokemon.
Jason becomes worried and asks, “But sir what if someone finds these transmitters and tries to destroy them.” At this, Wooden laughs and replies, “Don’t worry, they are quite well hidden and the people will be to scared or panicky to do anything about it.” Plus as an extra precaution, I am sending The Trio (points to the 3 unchained creatures) after the troublemakers
FIRST ENCOUNTER
ABHISHEK & SABRINA
Location: Saffron City, Kanto
Day: Tuesday, 17th of May
It is a beautiful day in Saffron City. The sun is shining, the birds are chirping and a wonderful psychic aura seems to surround the city, since it is the home of world famous psychic pokemon trainer and Gym leader Sabrina.
Little does she know that she is about to receive a very, unexpected visitor.
A young man enters through Saffron’s famous ‘Golden Gates’
He carries a bright smile on his face and a heavy bag on his back; it seems that he is a regular over here as many people seem to know him.
He enters into the Saffron Gym but is abruptly stopped by a man with a mask on his face, “STOP! Who goes there?” But the boy is not amused, “C’mon Michael, enough with it already.” Michael takes of his mask and recognizes the boy, “Abhishek! WOW! Long time no see. I’ll tell Sabrina you’re here.” Abhishek refuses, “No thanks, I want to give her a surprise.”
He goes through the hallway and pushes the Gym doors open, inside it is absolutely dark except for a line of torches that go from the doorway to the stage. These torches illuminate a red drapery in which the shadow of a little girl appears. A voice... “Are you ready to die mortal?” Abhishek replies sarcastically, “Oh Mistress of Death! Please don’t hurt me; I am too young to die!” Then, all of a sudden, the lights turn on, and a young woman appears on the stage, her name is Sabrina, Saffron City Gym Leader. “Abhishek?! Oh My God!” She runs up to him, stares and gives him....a tight slap, “2 years and not so much as a phone call”; Abhishek is shocked, “Ow! That Hurt! You didn’t have to hit so hard and I didn’t call because I was busy.” Sabrina replies, “Yeah right, you told me you were going to the Pokemon League” Abhishek smiles, puts down his bag and takes out a trophy, “Here’s the proof, I won the Jhoto League Silver Conference!” Sabrina smiles, “Well congratulations. Looks like you actually did learn something from me” They share a few more giggles and decide to go to a coffee shop. As Abhishek sips his coffee, Sabrina looks out the window and her smile changes to a frown. Abhishek asks, “Hey Sabrina, what’s wrong?” Sabrina looks longingly at him, “Abhishek, I have to tell you something important. But I don’t know if I should. You might think I am going crazy or something” Abhishek puts his mug down and grabs her hand, “C’mon Sabrina, you can tell me. We have been friends long enough to trust each other” Sabrina replies, “Well since the past 2 days, I have been having these nightmares.....no visions that something bad will happen. I have had visions before but they were nothing more than erratic dreams, but this one’s different, it seems real.” Abhishek gives a worried look, “Ok, do you have any idea when this will happen?” Sabrina looks down and closes her eyes as if trying to answer his question, and then she screams with horror, “NOW! IT’S GOING TO HAPPEN NOW!!” Abhishek replies in confusion, “What? Now! But..........” but before he can finish his sentence Sabrina jumps out of her seat, grabs Abhishek by his shirt and pulls him down just as a SUV smashes trough the window and sails inches above their heads. People start screaming with horror and confusion, when Abhishek and Sabrina get up, they clearly see why........
SANA & CLAIR
Location: Blackthorn City, Jhoto
Day: Tuesday, 17th of May
“Hey down here! Clair” shouts Sana gleefully, waving the flashlight in her hand. Having heard her friends call, Blackthorn City’s gym leader glides majestically down on her Dragonair, “Hmmm....Nice work. I would not have found this section of the Dragon’s Cave without your help” The Dragonair using its light beam, scans the entire cave like a miniature spotlight. The light reflects of the shimmering rocks and waterfalls. Sana exclaims, “Beautiful isn’t it. A fine addition to my 3D Cave map” Clair smiles, “Yes it is quite beautiful. But don’t let the information get leaked, you know this cave is sacred to us” Sana returns the smile, “Of Course, you can trust me. This is just my way to test the software. In the future cave explorers and Cave divers are going to need this kind of thing. No more getting lost, you will have the entire cave on your Palm™. Anyway, people are too scared to enter this place........Monster Dragon’s you know!” she chuckles. Clair laughs, “Yes I know! But after that Team Rocket incident, I have been more careful, then again those 3 were just bumbling idiots.” Sana wonders, and then asks, “Hey, listen. Isn’t there a story about a sleeping dragon or something that lives here” Clair’s face softens, “Well yes, My grandfather told me that this cave is a tomb, a tribute to the greatest of all dragons, they say that his spirit resides here and whoever is daring enough to enter will be guarded by the dragon’s spirit for eternity. Sadly, this story has been mutilated and now is a script for a monster movie. Anyway, they say that when the cave rumbles, it is the spirit who has become restless” Sana replies, “Then again it is this monster movie script that saves it from nosy people.” Just then, the cave rumbles, Sana immediately jumps on to her Milotic, “Time to go!” The 2 trainers and their pokemon glide out of the cave and as they leave, they look back at a statue of a dragon in the middle of the cave. Clair exclaims, “In the 10 years that I have known you, you never seem to cease to amaze me” Sana exclaims, “Brrr.... I am cold. Let’s warm up with some coffee” Clair smiles, “Finally! The hot blooded Indigo League Winner, Sana gets the chills” Sana smiles, “Very funny........bla bla bla” They head off to a coffee shop and talk. Sana yawns, “You know not much goes on nowadays, it’s almost like the world has gone quiet. I wish something big and exiting would happen” Clair smiles, “Be careful what you wish for, you never know when it might come true” Sana chuckles, “Yeah right! O C’mon. I wish a big ‘FIREBLAST’ would scream right past this window, that would be fun to see” Clair shouts, “Holy Cow!! DUCK!!” and almost as if her wish had been answered, a huge blast of flame screams past the window and rips the wall apart. They wake up in smoke and smoldering steel. They move outside, the entire block seems to be burning, cars exploding, people screaming. An entire building explodes and out from the rubble walks out an enormous monster. Clair quips “See! I told you” to which Sana replies, “ALRIGHT! FINALLY!!”
NISHANT & ROXANNE
Location: Rustboro City, Hoenn
Day: Tuesday, 17th of May
“Another day another trainer” yawns, Roxanne, Leader of Petalburg Gym as her newly defeated victim slumps out of her gym. “That was the 3rd one this week! Where have all the good trainers gone? Shouts Roxanne. Then suddenly a friendly voice quips, “Hey, I’m a good trainer, battle me! Plus, if you keep battling like a maniac, the league council will boot you for being too good” Roxanne takes a deep breath realizing who it is, “Yeah right Nishant! It’s just that nowadays trainers are not serious enough, though Ash Ketchum was pretty serious, an exception, a diamond in the rough” Nishant who had been Roxanne’s friend since childhood replies, “Well I don’t think so, It’s just that different trainers fight in different styles. Everyone’s serious it’s just that they haven’t yet discovered the right balance between style and substance” Nishant then smiles, “I on the other hand have discovered the balance, I didn’t win the Whirl Cup and Orange League by acting cute now did I?” Roxanne looks at him awkwardly, “OH! Will you please shut your pie hole; you’re giving me a migraine. You and your...what do you call it. Oh yes, flexibility” Ever since Nishant and Roxanne had known each other, they were completely different. Nishant was always flexible like water whereas Roxanne was hard and rigid like a rock yet by a miracle of fate, they were practically made for each other.
Nishant quips, “Hey, do you want to have some coffee?
Roxanne replies, “Yeah sure. Hopefully it will fix this migraine.” They head off to a nearby coffee shop to talk. Roxanne orders, “Um... Waiter, 2 Espresso coffee’s Please!” Nishant asks, “Hey Roxanne, How long have we known each other” Roxanne smiles with sarcasm, “Oh C’mon. We have known each other since we were babies, we were......” Nishant interrupts, “So if 2 people have known each other for this long.........is it okay for them to.......you know!” Roxanne laughs, “Well Yeah! Why not? But personally I think all this is a waste of time. At first it’s all happy but after the first few years it starts to rot, but why are you asking me all this??” Roxanne then eyes Nishant carefully, worried that whether she said something wrong. Their coffee arrives and as they drink, Nishant’s face becomes solemn, “Listen, um Roxanne. I need to ask you something. Something important” Roxanne’s face, lights up, “Is it possible? Is he going to ask THAT question?” she wonders to herself, her heart starts to beat faster. While Nishant himself starts sweating, fearing the answer he does not want. He looks at her and says, “Um... Roxanne, will you....” But before he can finish his question, he is interrupted by a huge explosion that occurs outside. They run out side and see a huge traffic jam on the road, people screaming. Then a huge earth quake like fissure rips the road apart, tossing cars left and right and then just a few feet away from them, the earth erupts like a volcano as if something had just freed itself from its clutches. Something green flies over their heads, and lands in a group of cars nearby. Roxanne quips, “Rustboro! We have a problem”
VENKAT AND DRAKE
Location: Pumello Isle, Orange Islands
Day: Tuesday, 17th May
A beautiful day dawns on the peaceful island of Pumello, but sadly soon things here will turn ugly. We see Drake, leader of the orange crew playing with his beloved Dragonite. He uses a launcher to shoot a ball into the air while his Dragonite flies up to catch it. A shadowy person watches from behind. He walks up behind him. Drake smiles, “Hi, so how you doing?” The man answers, “Hi Drake, I ‘m fine. Anyway, something big is going on” Drake’s face on hearing this becomes grim, he calls back his Dragonite and turns around, “It’s not them is it?” The man looks down and answers, “I apologize for bearing bad news but according to our Intel he’s back and this time he’s become stronger shocked, “What! That’s crazy. What’s that ******* up to now??”
The man replies, “Well, there is some good news. We finally managed to get a mole deep inside the demon’s den. Apparently he managed to get the ‘Marauder’s’ technology. I don’t know how he did it but he killed the ‘Marauder’ for it. And what the mole told us is staggering.” Drake becomes restless with fear and anxiety, “What? What did he say??” The man tells Drake everything and as he does so Drake rubs his temples with disbelief. “NO! This isn’t possible. Venkat! You told me that the ‘Marauder’s base would be found!” shouts Drake. Venkat replies, “We did but by the time we got there, it had been wiped clean. Plus he sent the THE TRIO after us.” Drake slaps his head in confusion, “NO! This is crazy. And now he sends THE TRIO. This is like some bad nightmare” Venkat grabs Drake by the shoulders, “Drake! Calm down! As members of the GLOBAL ELITE, It is our duty to stop nutcases like him.” Just then an alarm starts to ring throughout the stadium, the two go to a secret room where a LIVE! TV broadcast is being shown on 4 screens. 3 cities are shown being ravaged by 9 pokemon. Then a man’s face appears, he speaks, “To all who are seeing this, my name is Jonathan Wooden and I am the leader of the DARK LEAGUE, a secret organization devoted to world domination. I present to you my pokemon super soldiers. Stronger and smarter than any other soldier in the world. These are nothing; I can make hundreds of super soldiers. They are the strongest army in the world. I am too lazy to do anything and therefore invite the terrorists and tyrannical generals of the world to buy my soldiers to spread hell on earth” Venkat smashes the screen with his fist, “I hate his egotistical demeanor, don’t you” Drake lowers his head and rubs his temples with his fingers, “We have to think of a plan. What do we do? If we leave they’ll find our base and destroy Orange for it. But if we don’t hundreds of people are going to be killed. One way or the other, we lose”
Then Venkat notices 3 images on the other screens and smiles, “Don’t worry Drake, we’ll handle things here. There are 3 people in those 3 cities that I trust will take care of the situation”
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