Pedro felt a sniffing at his feet as he and Audree celebrated. A growlithe was standing by him, sniffing casually at his shoes. After a moment, the growlithe looked up at him, tongue hanging out. It's fluffy tail wagged happily as it looked at him. Then, without warning the growlithe bit down on Pedro's leg like a clamp. Its teeth, although not tearing into his flesh, were certainly well capable of it. The growlithe growled and tugged at his leg to try and pull Pedro to the ground.<br/><br/>Suddenly, from the crowd burst an officer in his blue uniforms who tackled Pedro. Behind him followed, a Pokeball which went hurtling through the air, striking Gastly and activating, dragging the Pokemon inside. The Pokeball, a specially built Ultra Ball meant for the detaining of Pokemon clamped closed and landed on the ground, waggling as the Gastly inside fought to escape, though was unable to. Another officer emerged from the crowd and help the other wrestle Pedro to the ground.<br/><br/><span style="color: blue">Here!</span>One of the officers who was on top of Pedro, restraining him, yelled.<span style="color: blue">I've got him!</span>He, dragged his arms behind his back and slapped the cuffs on while the other officer, a woman with long wild blue-green hair sticking out from her hat, kept her weight on Pedro's legs to keep him from kicking. She waved off the Growlithe who was intent on keeping his jaws locked around Pedro's leg.<br/><br/><span style="color: darkorchid">Good work Growlithe. That's enough.</span>She ordered and the growlithe leg go of Pedro and began circling the downed boy, growling at him as if daring him to get up.<br/><br/>Once the cuffs were secure, the officers dragged Pedro roughly to his feet.<span style="color: darkorchid">Thought you could outsmart us, huh? Nice try, but you can't trick a growlithe's nose.</span>The growlithe growled happily in response. She reached down and picked up the Prison Ball that Gastly was trapped in and set it on her belt.<br/><br/><span style="color: darkorchid">You and your Pokemon are under arrest for stowing away, assault with a Pokemon, and evading arrest.</span>She said, putting her hands on her hips.<span style="color: darkorchid">Officer Daisy,</span>she turned to the officer that had moderated Pedro and Audree's match,<span style="color: darkorchid">Clear out these crowds!</span><br/><br/>The officer saluted.<span style="color: darkorange">Yes ma'am!</span>She turned to the gathering group of curious onlookers and began waving them off.<span style="color: darkorange">Go on, nothing to see here!</span><br/><br/>The blue-green haired officer marched Pedro off, making no effort to be gentle on him, and keeping her strong grip firmly on the cuffs keeping him restrained. The growlithe followed along beside watching for any would be rescuers with its head raised, proud of its accomplishment, leaving Audree suddenly alone in the dispersing group of onlookers.<br/><br/>The officer pushed Pedro through the town toward the station, giving him sharp shove and jerk if he tried anything. He had no chance of escaping the well trained and experienced woman. She walked him inside a moderately sized white and blue building with a modest bell tower with an attached garage. She walked him inside where there were several other officers either speaking with the various townspeople inside or typing away on their PCs. The officer detaining Pedro and his Gastly led him into the back where there were several jail cells. She emptied his pockets then unceremoniously shoved him into a cell and closed the door, not bothering to remove the cuffs.<br/><br/><span style="color: darkorchid">I'll be back to deal with you soon. Don't even <i>think</i> about trying anything.</span>She gave him a stern look, then set the Prison Ball on a desk that was piled with papers which sat opposite the cells. She turned and strode out of the cell room. The growlithe followed behind, nose upturned.<br/><br/>Other than the muffled noise of the station beyond the cell room, Pedro was now alone.<br/><br/><br/>***<br/><br/><br/>Eleyna passed the lab on her way back into Saisho. She gave the note on the door a single glance before moving on. She kept her eyes low, dodging through the crowd with far less vigor than before. The novelty of her adventure commencing had been trampled beneath her Growlithe's uncaring paws.  Reality had finally sunk in. She had no Pokemon to battle with, no Pokemon to train. And, when Professor Pine returned, would he even have any Pokemon to give? There were an incredible number of trainers here, and many junior trainers may have had the same thought as her, and emptied the lab long ago.<br/><br/>She wandered into the town square where she paused for a moment, looking around at the excitement of the people that filled it. As her gaze wandered, she noticed the veteran trainer that had been watching the Arcanine battle. He was relaxing, feet up on a table in a back corner of a cafe. He didn't seem to be doing anything, just sitting and watching. The cafe was full of other trainers as well, though, as she looked around at them, she noticed that everyone of them she could see had several badges.<br/><br/>Eleyna made her way to the cafe, intent on speaking with the veteran trainer. Any amount of advice would do, and anything involving getting a Pokemon to trust you would be particularly valuable.<br/><br/>But, as she stepped into the cafe, an arm extended in front of her, barring her passage. One of the other trainers inside with three badges that she recognized from the Johto region walked over in her way, then gestured to her like as if expecting her to show him something. She looked at him, confused and not saying a word.<br/><br/><span style="color: olive">"Badge."</span>He said, annoyed. She said nothing, looking at him.<span style="color: olive">"Badge."</span>He repeated.<span style="color: olive">"Only trainers with badges get to hang here. Veterans only. No juniors. So show a badge or go somewhere else."</span><br/><br/>Eleyna looked past the trainer in her way. Several others in the cafe were watching her, her intrusion taking their attention briefly. The veteran trainer noticed and the two looked right at each other. Eleyna watched him, hopeful that he would call off the others, let her in, impart some secrets to her. But, after a moment of looking at her, he looked away doing nothing. Disheartened, she backed up, and left the cafe, finding a seat at one of the other places nearby that had as many tourists in it as trainers.<br/><br/>Even so, they were all laughing and talking, enjoying themselves. Eleyna sat there for a long time, ordering the cheapest drink the cafe had to offer that wasn't just water. She sat there alone just watching people coming and going. It was remarkable how many of them weren't alone, roving around in small groups. Friends, siblings, or just recent acquaintances and all enjoying their time swapping stories or jokes, sharing in the adventure.<br/><br/>Time seemed to pass without her as she sat and watched, wondering. Perhaps, she thought, she was going about this all wrong.<br/><br/><br/>***<br/><br/><br/><span style="color: green">"Oye! Stop standing around over there!"</span>One of the farm hands yelled jokingly from the rice patty, smiling.<br/><br/>The farm owner, a man of growing years sat down on the grass and pulled a cloth from his worn and dirty noragi and mopped the sweat from his forehead. He waved off the younger farm hand's comment with a dismissive chuckle.<span style="color: darkred">"Ahh!"</span><br/><br/>The rice planting was going well. The climate of the island had made growing the crop easy, and bountiful. And they weren't lacking for places to sell, anymore. Saisho alone, at the foot of the hilly terrain could buy it all and then some with how many people went through it these days. He marveled at the sight in the valley, the trainers and Pokemon, the distant 'ooh' and 'ahh' that rose and fell from the spectators, the rumble of combat. The grass swayed like the waves of the ocean as a warm breeze rolled through the valley. He smiled, as the world here was simple and beautiful as it had never been in his life.<br/><br/>He sat for a while, resting and enjoying the afternoon sun until a commotion behind him drew his attention. He turned, looking back at the treeline not far from him. There was a cacophony of bird calls and sudden shaking of branches that seemed to grow rapidly. Then the flapping of wings joined it as entire flocks of Pidgeys, Taillow, and Starly all suddenly took flight from the forest.<br/><br/>The farmer stood, dabbing his chest with the cloth, looking at the growing volume of birds. He stared in awe at the incredible number of them, like a giant swarm of insects they flew up and away. It was as if the entire forest had suddenly taken flight. He wondered what had turned them away so suddenly, but his attention was broken as he shivered suddenly. He instinctually tugged at his noragi to pull it tighter around him, but the sun was still in the sky, warm as it had ever been. Then from behind him, the leaves of the forest rustled again, and he shivered again as a breeze drifted from the forest that was so cold that it felt like it had come from the arctic northern reaches of the world.<br/><br/>He looked into the forest, feeling suddenly uneasy. From behind him, the farm hands had stopped their work and were marveling at the fleeing birds. One of them called to him, asking what was going on. But the old farm owner couldn't reply. He stared at the grassy earth, utterly at a loss, as little streams of water began trickling out of the forest like tendrils from an unknown source. He stepped back as the water reached him, snaking between the grass stems, widening,  growing. The water wasn't , but seemed polluted, impure.<br/><br/>He felt the ground tremor once, then again, and again in time like the approaching footsteps of some great beast. The trees shook with each tremor as they grew in power. The old man looked into the forest, into the heart of it and knew that something within was looking at him. He wanted to run, to call out, but he couldn't. He was too afraid to move. From within the forest can a sudden blinding flash of light, and the old man didn't fear any longer.<br/><br/><br/>***<br/><br/><br/>The cafe shook, the plates and cups clattering loudly. Eleyna blinked and lifted her hands from the trembling table. She looked around at the people of the cafe who had all stopped their musings at the sudden disturbance. Outside in the streets, people had stopped their going about, and the whole town seemed to suddenly plunge into silence. A moment  passed and people began muttering then another tremor came,<i>hard</i>.<br/><br/>Cups and plates fell from tables and racks and children began screaming while others shouted. Eleyna looked around as confused as anyone. Suddenly someone outside began shouting, then others. Eleyna looked into the streets where people began flocking to see what was being shouted about.<br/><br/>Eleyna stood up and began following the crowd. She saw people on roofs yelling and pointing at something to the north east. Eleyna reached the town center and tried to see past the crowds, but her vision was obscured. She noticed several people heading up a stairway in a building to her right, and Eleyna quickly pushed through the crowd and headed up the stairs after them. After another flight of stairs, she followed them to a roof access that gave her a clear view of the pokemon battle grounds. The whole town seemed to tremble again.<br/><br/>She heard distant screaming and yelling and looked in the direction that all the faces were turned, all the fingers were pointing.  Her lips parted slightly as she saw it, not sure for a moment what exactly she was looking at. The battlefields were in a  panic, people and Pokemon scrambling to escape. There was a flash and a beam cut across the field, leaving giant spikes of ice everywhere it touched. Their source was a Pokemon that Eleyna had never seen before.<br/><br/>Beside her, a trainer had pulled a Pokedex.<br/><br/><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console'">Suicune:<br/>
<i>LEGENDARY POKEMON</i><br/>
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</div>Said to be the reincarnation of north winds, Suicune embodies the compassion of a pure spring of water. It runs across the land with gracefulness. This Pokémon has the power to purify dirty water.<br/>
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Class: Water<br/>
Average Size: 2.0m<br/>
Weight: 187 kg<br/>
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</span><br/><br/>Eleyna listened to the Pokedex and stared at the Suicune in astonishment. The stats were<i>completely</i>inaccurate. The Pokemon in the field towered over everything. It had to be at least 2.8 meters, or even 3 and who knew how much it weighed. And it had a black mass above its left shoulder. Even more astonishing, though, was that it looked like it was<i>attacking</i>the people in the field. Eleyna watched as it cut another swathe with its powerful ice beam, then bounded forward, closer to the town. Another blast, then it ran toward the town. People on the edges of the street began screaming as the Pokemon drew closer.<br/><br/>The Suicune turned, saw the town and seemed to pause, then suddenly<i>screamed</i>. Eleyna simply couldn't think of another word to describe it. A shrill cry of anger, even rage... pain. Suddenly it fired an ice beam at the crowd at the edge of the town, but a spasm seemed to make it jerk, and the beam cut across the nearest building, blowing out the windows and fracturing the walls under the sudden change in temperature and expanding ice.<br/><br/>People began yelling "Run!" and panic consumed the crowd. Eleyna was almost pushed to the ground as one of the trainers on the roof turned and started sprinting for the way back down. The crowd of people turned into a seething mass of fear. From the crowd emerged a group of officers, who all began throwing Pokeballs containing various Pokemon. Leading them was the green-blue haired officer that had arrested Pedro.<br/><br/><span style="color: darkorchid">Go! Evacuate everyone! We'll hold it off!</span>She yelled and the other officers all pushed into the crowd, shouting and directing, trying to keep people from trampling each other as they fled. The defender Pokemon assembled in a line, all ready to attack the giant Suicune. They weren't the strongest group, among them Eleyna counted a Growlithe, a Meganium, a Chatot, and several others. The officer called for them to get ready to defend, but it didn't matter.<br/><br/>There was a flashing of light that centered in the crystalline crest on the Suicune's head, a shimmering, turbulent ball of energy appeared, charged briefly then fired a line of energy into the line of Pokemon. Eleyna was thrown backwards by the blast as the Hyper Beam completely decimated the town defenders. Eleyna hit the rough roof and rolled. The world seemed to spin around her for a moment and all she heard was a high pitched whine. She blinked and pushed herself up. The blast had blown out the corner of the roof she had just been standing on, throwing rubble across the field and into the town. All around people were scrambling to get off the roof tops, to run and escape.<br/><br/>The Suicine bounded into the streets where people were still trying to get clear. Screams and complete panic took over and people began shoving and pushing to find a way to escape or hide. They streamed into buildings, ran for alleyways and down the streets, anything to get clear of the rampaging Pokemon. The officers were trying to keep people from trampling each other, but the task had become impossible. The Suicune took a deep breath and let out a high pitched screaming roar, then attacked, firing an ice beam down one of the city streets, people diving and leaping for cover away from the attack. The Suicune turned, saw people looking on in terror from the windows of an inn, and fired an ice beam into the hotel walls, obliterating the glass and destroying the walls and floors.<br/><br/>The streets were clearing rapidly as a flood of people got clear of the town and ran for the surrounding hills, and nearby coast. Rubble fell into the streets as the Suicune blasted another building, then breathing heavily, it looked for another target. Standing in the street was a little boy, no more than 6 or 7, holding a stuffed Pikachu. He stared in complete frozen terror at the giant Suicune staring down at him. The Suicune snarled for a moment, then hesitated, a darkness momentarily receding from its vision. It looked at the little boy suddenly aware, suddenly afraid of what it was doing. Then the black mass above its shoulder pulsated and it screamed again, faltering and stumbling as it was wracked by an immense pain. It whipped its head back around and fired an ice beam straight at the child. There was a flash of white, and a streak of red as suddenly the child was missing from the path of the attack.<br/><br/>The boy was screaming now as the trainer that had dove to grab him hit the ground and rolled, clutching him close to keep him from being hurt by the resulting impact. The twelve badges on his red and white hat glistened in the sun as he got up, then carried the boy under the roof of one of the open cafes, getting out of the Suicune's vision. He let go of the boy and yelled,<span style="color: red">Kid, run!</span><br/><br/>One of the officers appeared and grabbed the boy.<span style="color: blue">I'll grab him, but we have to get Jenny!</span><br/><br/>The trainer looked at him.<span style="color: red">Who?</span><br/><br/><span style="color: blue">The officer who tried to stop it! We have to help her!</span>The officer yelled and pointed to where the Suicune had entered the town.<br/><br/>The trainer nodded.<span style="color: red">Get him the hell out of here, I'll get her!</span>Then he started running, dodging between piles of rubble and into alleys.<br/><br/>The Suicune fired another blast into a building, making the inhabitants scream and run for cover as it began to crumble around them. A tremor in the ground made the Suicune pause and turn. Down  the street before it stood an Arcanine and a Rampardos, side by side. Their two trainers, earlier in the day opponents, now allies stood behind. The trainers shouted their commands and the two Pokemon charged. The Rampardos lowered its head and made straight for the Suicune. With builds everywhere, the Suicune would have a hard time getting out of the way. The Arcanine leaped left and kicked off a building, propelling it up onto the rooftops on the right side of the streets and bounded toward the Suicune.<br/><br/>The Suicune lifted its head and fired an ice beam down the lane at the street, rather than directly at the charging Rampardos. Emerging from the street in its path were large shards and spikes of ice. The Rampardos ran then jerked, stopping suddenly as the beam cut across its path. It snorted angrily then tried to move, only to realize it couldn't. It looked down futility at the jagged shard of ice that rose from the ground and went through its chest, emerging from its back. It looked at the Suicune, anger its final thought as it slumped against the shaft.<br/><br/>The Arcanine had closed the gap as the Suicune attacked, and launched itself at the Suicune, jaws open, fire burning within its maw, going straight for its neck. The Suicune took a half step back turned its head away from the Arcanine, then swung it around like a bat. The side of the Suicune's head hit the Arcanine mid flight, all its forward weight behind the hit. The Arcanine jerked and coughed as its momentum was completely overpowered and its flight path suddenly broken. It hurtled sideways into the second floor of an inn, glass and wood and plaster walls all crumbling shattering under the impact. The Arcanine, lodged in the rubble of the inn rooms, didn't move.<br/><br/><br/>***<br/><br/><br/>Inside the prison cell, the station trembled as the battle began outside, then shook again and again. The cell's bars clattered, then suddenly the entire station became ice cold as it was hit by one of the Suicune's attacks. There was an explosion of ice that pierced through the walls and dislodged the buildings construction. Walls collapsed and inside Pedro's cell, parts of the ceiling began falling, throwing up dust.<br/><br/>When the attack ceased, the cell walls had been broken, the cell door hung at an angle, giving enough room for Pedro to squeeze past. Laying among the rubble was the key to his hand cuffs. The Ultra Ball containing Pedro's Gastly had been knocked from the desk and had rolled across the jail, and was sitting in a corner, a broken slab of roof having nearly fallen on it, but had lodged against the wall before it landed on the Pokeball.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>