Disclaimer: Let’s just get this over with: I hereby state, that I
do not own Pokémon in any way, nor anything related to it. HA, try to sue me
now!
Claimer: Copy my OCs
and DIE!!!
Category: General
Rating: PG-13
AN: Yes, you see it. Another chapter, which means another week,
has gone by. Lots of rewriting had to be done here, so I started early. It’s
Thursday now and this has to be send in no later than Sunday.
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Fight For Freedom.
By: WeirdDutchGuy, email: swampthing1132[at]hotmail[dot]com
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Chapter Three: An Unexpected Guest.
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A lonely young man was walking in no general direction
at all. He was covered in dirt and his clothes were torn in different places.
He had been on the run since the start of all this, but only the last few
months had he been in Kanto. Getting in had been very hard as security was
strict and Rockets lurked round every corner in the empty streets. Fights had
been inevitable but he tried hard to avoid them. After he got into Kanto he had
gone straight to his old house in Pallet, but found nothing there. His friends
and family that lived there were gone. He didn’t make much of it, thinking they
probably went into hiding. So he went to the nearest place he had a friend,
Pewter. Again he found nothing, as if everything related to him had vanished
into thin air. On his way to Cerulean, where he’d probably find the same thing
to have happened, he had run into a few Rockets eager to claim the reward on
his head. When he finally did get to Cerulean his fears were confirmed. His
friend was gone. Feeling beaten and utterly exhausted he eagerly took Nurse
Joy’s offer and rested a few days. On the sixth day she came rushing in saying
he had to leave. The Rockets had somehow gotten wind of it and were turning the
whole town upside down. In his hurry he took the wrong turn and found himself
not headed for Saffron, but for the Rock Tunnel. It was too late to turn back now
so he headed down the path hoping for the best. He was glad when he spotted a
large rock on the side of the road. Something he could sit on and rest for a
while. The second he sat down he dozed of, dreaming of happier times… It wasn’t
to last though, as he was soon startled by the sound of an engine. No wait, two engines! Now fully awake, he looked down the path
where he had just been walking and saw two Jeeps loaded with Rockets coming his
way. He quickly woke up his Pikachu.
“Let’s go buddy, this is going to be a long walk.” “Chaa…” the Pikachu complained.
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Frank slowly opened the door to the ‘office’ and
peeked inside. He didn’t see who he wanted to, but John would have to do.
“Sir, where’s the boss? I’ve got to show him something
important.” He asked.
“Hmm? Oh it’s you. It’s Saturday
so he’s out training and he doesn’t like being disturbed when he’s training.
But I guess if it’s that important… by the way, when you see him tell him a
messenger arrived this morning. I send him to the dorms because he was
exhausted.” John answered, and as if he knew which question was next: “He
trains near the Tunnel entrance.”
After hearing this Franky
set off through the long hallways of the secret Faction base. The entrance
wasn’t far, but it could be a dangerous walk as wild Pokémon were more
plentiful and aggressive in the Rock Tunnel. When the walls were replaced with
the cold rock of the Tunnel he pulled out a Pokéball,
ready to defend his life should anything pop up.
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A pair of dark blue eyes watched from under a cap at a
flamethrower and water gun meeting in between Arcanine
and Golduck. Where it met the flames were put out by
the water and the water was evaporated by the heat.
“Give it all Golduck!” Chris
ordered, and not soon after the jet of water leaving Golduck’s
mouth almost doubled in size and started to push towards Arcanine.
“Your turn Arcanine, dig deeper, you can do it!” his
eyes narrowed as the light and heat of Arcanines
flamethrower intensified. The contact point stopped moving soon after. Chris
was pleased and ordered his Pokémon to stop their attacks. “Let’s go check on
the others, ok?” he told his Pokémon.
Just as he started to stroll over to the other
Pokémon, who were also training nearby, something caught his eye. A dust cloud
was moving up the path to the entrance. “What the? Wasn’t everybody banned from going out of town? This can only be Team
Rocket!” he
thought, while getting out his binoculars. Can’t be to sure, can you? Looking
through his binoculars he saw a guy of about his age getting pursued by two
Jeeps… packed with Rocket grunts. The Jeeps were catching up and the guy’s Pikachu turned around and used a Thundershock
at the front Jeep, popping its tires. The Rockets still capable of moving after
the crash with the tree climbed out and continued the pursuit on foot. By now,
Frank had made it to the entrance of the cave and saw Chris.
“Boss…” Franky started, but
after a seeing what was going on he paused. “Go, go get some men and get back
here as fast as you can!” Chris snapped and Frank left. Chris stepped out in
the open and drew out his handgun. He was ready, let’s
see how ready they were.
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“This is bad, I’m hardly feeling my legs and looks like the running is
going to go on for a while.” Ash thought to himself. Worse of all, he was now seriously
considering turning and facing his pursuers. As quickly as the thought came up
he rejected it. There were too many of them and they might be carrying guns. He
glanced back for a moment and started running faster because that Jeep was now
catching up fast. Maybe if he could make it to the entrance he might shake them
off. In the dark it should be easier. He looked up to see how far it was when
he saw a person standing in the middle of the road, with a handgun pointed at him. He was just about to let Pikachu
thunder him when the person yelled at him. “HIT THE DIRT!!” In no mood to
disobey a guy with a gun Ash dropped to the ground and not soon after he heard
a few shots, screaming tires and the sound of metal crashing into solid rock.
He looked up to see a smoking gun in the guy’s right hand, and his left hand in
front of his face. After he was helped up he looked back and saw the Jeep started
to burn.
“We need to get out of here, that thing’s going to
blow. Follow me.” Chris said and started walking to the cave entrance, not
awaiting an answer. Ash, having little choice, followed.
On the way in they passed a handful of men lead on by Frank.
“They’re on the road near the exit, just clean it up a
bit and make sure none of them get to tell their boss we’re here.” Chris
bluntly said. His men nodded and continued walking. Ash was surprised to find
the Tunnel well lit, not to mention it being the main base of the resistance in
the area. Chris didn’t know he was in for quite a surprise himself when they
opened the large door into the base…
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To Be Continued…
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AN: Ok, I know that wasn’t very much, or very
good, but trust me; the next chapter will be twice as big without the messy
grammar. Honest! I finished this a lot sooner than I expected. Next chapter
won’t need much work, just converting it into an HTML file and pasting it into
the layout. So I can now fully focus on producing chapter seven! That one will
shed light on the whole ‘how they took over’ and ‘how Ash ended up in this
mess’ stuff. So basically, it’ll be huge. I mean, I’ve hardly started the
explaining bit and it’s twice as big as this one already. Enough rambling, I
don’t want to spoil the story. You’ll just have to wait.
WeirdDutchGuy