RE: Pokebeach- Cliff Hanger
FINALLY! Chapter 8 is finally done! Thanks for waiting, guys.
Chapter 8- Beginning
“*******!”, Cried the broken man, blood caking his lips and spurting from his mouth. He dropped his purple pendulum onto the floor. The other man, holding his throat, pocketed the pendulum and then proceeded to kill the other. His grip tightened, and blood from the man’s neck, covering the killer’s skull adorned black suit in a deathly red. “Who are you?!” The man choked with his last breath. The killer’s emotions were sealed by his cruel voice and black mask. “I… Am… Death”
A huge blue tower loomed upon the citizens of the beach. Two men stood at the top floor, exchanging documents. Their figures were blurred to sight by unknown causes.
“I am sending you these because I believe it is right. If you mistreat or misuse them in any way then I will refuse to do any more business with you”
“My good sir”, came the other, with a friendly chuckle, “We’re just like you. We’re doing this for what’s right. Pokebeach needs change. And we’re the ones to do it”
“I certainly hope so”, said the first, his face grim and regretful. The other man dashed forward to cheer him up a little, but he was given a sharp look which told him otherwise. The door slammed shut with a thud. Darkness and silence were welcomed in, creeping over the sea blue walls and the one man who sat there. He glorified in lights absence and threw his arms into the air, clutching the papers he had received with an unbreakable grasp. His excitement and thirst for revenge seeped away at him, draining his short lived sanity, and left him helpless, rolling on the floor and laughing like a madman. He would leave soon. He would leave his mark. He would leave his stain in the trench coat.
A quite breeze gently wafted through the glaring heat. The beach laid quietly too, in all its magnificence. In all the years, no matter what happened to the city, the beach remained unchanged, a glorious haven for life. There were ripples in the sea. Somebody was swimming, silently and swiftly, occasionally going underwater and observing the scene around him. He had spent a few hours, and finally decided to sit back down on the beach. He spared drying himself, and lay on his back, in the sun, looking up to the sky. “How good”, he said, “It feels to be free”
“Mind if I join you?” Gentle humming was heard as KG gently landed next to him.
“KG… Was this right?”
“Hmm? Was what right?”
“Going back… I feel I’ve made a mistake”
“You know the city needs help”, said KG, “The government can’t provide that yet. We do what we can until they’re ready”
“We used to be the government, KG. But over time, there was the media and the campaigns…”WPM stopped. KG sat next to WPM, taking of his armour and laying it alongside WPMs. “Some people are vicious”, said KG, “And they attack anything different. They use differences as weapons. The reason?”
“What?”
“They want to be better, WPM. And that’s exactly what happened”, The two were still for a few moments. KG lied down too, his arms behind his head. Some birds flew past, young and energetic, frantically flapping their wings to stay afloat. “Just like…”WPM stopped, and just trailed off, reaching his hand out slightly in a lost cry.
“KG?”
“Hmm?”
“Please, call me Jon.”
“But I thought you said-
“I changed my mind. Or, actually, my memories did. Even when I tried to forget…”
“Whatever you want”
“Thanks”, said WPM, grateful that KG had spoken so quickly. He stood up and put his armour back on, KG following shortly after. The birds landed.
“Why’re we going to the cavern Jon? I thought-
“Special. Bacon says he needed to be here-
“WPM, thank god you’re here!” Shouted Amt.
“Huh? What happened?”
“Lucario”, said Bacon, the group crowding around it, “Returned. Something happened. We believe it may be linked to the-
“Lucario…” Said WPM, leaning over him. Their hands touched and a bright blue glow enveloped them.
“My head”, moaned Lucario, “Like a thousand rats biting and chewing away, like it’s slowly ripping apart… Never mind me though. Doesn’t matter. The people I saw, they were right”
“People? What people? Lucario, please-
“There was a guy… Green gas everywhere around him. He took me to a room, filled with vines and trees and air that stank of pollen. He told me it all. A society that worships the media and everything their superiors tell them. A people that have to live in the shadow of another, bigger, superior one. Without them, they cower and whimper, because when there’s no shadow… there’s light… And it blinds them. He’s using it master. They’re using it. They’ll use our weakness, and they’ll kill us all with it, I-”Lucario cut off, clutching his chest. He glowed for a second, and then stopped, throwing himself into the walls of the cave, tearing away his fur and screaming, blood pouring from his mouth. He grabbed a chunk of the cave wall, and still crying, threw it at the aligned set of screens which stuck to the walls on the other side.
“Lucario, stop, please!”
“Do it master!” He cried, “Do it!
“Forever…” Whispered WPM, and then, twisting his arms, fired a giant ray of cyber blue light from his palms, hitting Lucario and completely vanquishing him.
“WPM…”
“Forever”, he said, and then left.
“MEDICATIONAL AUTHORITIES REPORTED AND CONFIRMED THAT A PLAGUE OF CURRENTLY UNKNOWN ORIGIN HAS ESCAPED INTO OUR CITY. CURRENTLY, IT ONLY SEEMS TO HAVE AFFECTED POKEMON, BUT THIS MAY WELL CHANGE. GOVERNMENT REPORT THAT A WIPEOUT MAY BE IN ORDER, BUT THERE ARE MANY PROTESTING AGAINST THIS. POKEBEACH WAS ONCE FAMOUS FOR HOLDING HOME TO MANY POKEMON, AND NOW THE VERY FEW LEFT MAY BE DESTROYED. “IT’S FOR THE BEST”, SAID GOVERNMENT SPEAKER GALE. WE CAN ONLY TRUST SO.
EXTREMISTS PREACHING THE WAYS OF JIALIA BURNED DOWN AN OFFICE BUILDING AT 6PM TODAY. THIS IS THE THIRD ATTACK IN MONTHS AND WE FEAR THEY MAY INDEED GET WORSE. THESE MAY BE TIED IN WITH THE ATTACKS ON NUMOURUS AREAS OF THE CITY COMMITTED JUST AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE. WE AT-
“Shuddup”
“Wuh? Why turn of the T.V dude?”
“T.V lies. T.V sucks. No like lots T.V”
“T.V though dude, it’s T.V. T.V never lie!”
“Think so, yes? Think harder… I’m bored”
“Me too”
“T.V?”
“Good idea”
