RE: Winds of Time - PokéBeach CYOA - Chapter 17
What's up, Pokébeach
This is Vom (you didn't know this) and here is my first contribution to the story. Enjoy! ^.^
Chapter 18
Wondering about what to ask the professor, you think about your options. The memory of Rex and the village comes back to you, and you consider for a second…but drop it immediately. You don’t want to feel guilty for leaving them, defenseless, against…no. You can’t think of that now, you have to go meet Riley’s friend.
Speaking of that, that friend is supposed to take you into SWC unnoticed. However, you don’t know anything about it, other than the obvious. Professor Rowan sure knows more about it than you do…so might as well ask him. There’s nothing to lose, after all.
“Professor, do you now anything abaout the SWC? A friend of mine has too do…work.”
“Mia, are you coming today? We don’t have much time!” Riley shouts from the truck.
You nod and put the Pokédex back in its place. The professor’s answer will have to wait, it seems. As the truck leaves, you look at the Pokémon Center from your window. It has an old and rusty roof, almost fully covered in snow.
“The roof was red back in the day,” Riley says, in an attempt to socialize a bit. “The Centers would be almost always full of trainers, even if nearly none of them needed to heal their Pokémon. They went there just to meet people.” He started to sound nostalgic.
“I wish I could have lived in that world, even if it was only for a day,” you say, feeling bad for him.
“Well, that world wasn’t perfect, either. There was corruption…Something that almost doesn’t exist in this world. I’d be surprised if one of the professor’s assistants was actually working for SWC, for example. The odds are nearly none.”
The professor! You completely forgot! You look for the Pokédex in your purse, and read the answer:
“The SWC? Be more specific. There’s a lot about it.”
So the professor does know about it. You ask for a way to get in, and some information from the inside. You always heard the inside was enormous and clean, but you wanted to know what the professor had to say.
“You can’t get in there alone.There are guards everywhere. If you make it, however, it’s a lot easier to move around. The streets make a big circle, and there are several streets that connect the circle to the center of the city, the Shining White Tower. That’s where the White Lord resides.” It’s almost as if the professor had been in the city.
“Thnx, professor. With that we might be aible to doo it.”
“You’re welcome. Do something about your spelling, though, it’s really starting to bother me.”
Typical. No conversation with Professor Rowan could end without a complaint about your spelling. Maybe you’ll do something about it, you think. Maybe someday. But not today. Today, you were going up the mountain with Riley.
2 hours later…
“Riley, are we close to where we’re supposed to meet with your friend?” You ask. “We’ve been riding forever.”
“Actually,” he says, “the meeting spot is right there. That woman there, that’s my friend.”
“The one with blond hair?”
“Yes. But she didn’t mention-”
BOOOOOOOOOM!
The rear of the truck exploded, launching Riley, you and Prinplup out of the vehicle. As soon as you landed, the blond woman called out a Togekiss and left. Strange. Having a bad feeling about this, you call out Ralts and ask it if it feels any emotions other than yours, Prinplup’s and Riley’s. It nods.
“Ralts, use Confusion!”
Ralts drags about 20 persons in view, but becomes very weakened due to the effort made. They’re all wearing white uniforms, and all have very long spears. You’re surrounded, there’s no way to escape. You’ll have to fight. One of them steps forward, while all of the others stare at you menacingly.
“This is Mars from the SWC Watchers! You’re surrounded, surrender or die!”
You look at Riley. He’s puzzled, very possibly because of his friend’s betrayal. You shake his shoulder to bring him back to reality. He looks around, looks at Mars, then at you. He has a confident smile, and tells you that you should try to battle this Mars.
“They’re 20, Riley. Even if I beat Mars, there will be 19 more to defeat. If they don’t kill us, that is.”
“Don’t worry. You’ll be fine. Believe in your Pokémon.” For some reason, you start to feel really confident about this, and challenge Mars to a Pokémon battle.
“Hahaha, a battle against you? You don’t stand a chance, sweetheart. However, I’ll let you battle me.”
“Alright,” you say. “If I win, you’ll let us both go.”
“Deal. But if you lose…you’ll both come with me, your friend with the Z on the chest will go to prison and will be tortured day and night until he tells us the secrets of the rebellion, and you…you’ll stay with the men. They’re really bored these days, you know.”
“I accept,” Riley says. You look at him in despair. What if you lose this battle? He’ll be tortured, and you…you don’t even want to think about what could happen to you. Mars sends out an ugly cat, which your Pokédex identifies as Purugly. You see Ralts is tired, so you call Prinplup to do the fighting.
“You go first, sweetie. Maybe it’ll make you feel better when you lose.”
The cat’s somewhat big and mean-looking, so you think it’s a Fighting type.
Ralts is too tired, you tell yourself. You remember the fist in the Pokédex getting hit super-effectively by…a brain? Psychic. Not now. You remember more…and see a fairy. Fairy.
Ugh Ralts would do really well against this guy. And you remember…a wing. Flying.
Flying!
“Prinplup, use Peck!”
Prinplup charges forward with its peck shining, but Purugly suddenly disappears, and Prinplup crashes onto a rock. As fast as lightning, the cat appears again and delivers a strong blow on Prinplup’s back, almost making it faint.
“Prinplup!” you scream, though you are not sure if it can hear you.
“How you like Quick Attack? Pretty speedy, isn’t it, honey?”
Ralts feels your despair. And Prinplup’s. And the men’s restlessness. Their will to end the battle and take the prize. It starts to panic. But then, it feels Riley’s confidence…and Mars’ overconfidence. So many emotions…its feeler begins to grow slightly.
“Prinplup, please, stand up! I need you!” you scream, trying to contain your tears.
“A single blow, all it took! Your Pokémon needs more training.”
Your panic keeps growing in intensity. You fall to your knees, almost waiting for the men to come and take you with them. But nothing happens. Then, there’s a bright, white light coming from Riley’s side, but it disappears as quickly as it appeared. Riley chuckles, much to your confusion.
“Out of Pokémon already? Sweetie, you shouldn’t challenge me if you have only one Pokémon. Not even your…friend can help you. No one cares about you. Look around, will you? Your Prinplup doesn’t even try to stand up, your friend is just watching, and even your little white thing left. Why do you keep trying?”
You look around at the mention of Ralts. She’s right, it isn’t anywhere to be seen. You look at Riley, as if to say ‘I’m sorry’, but all you see is a small curve in the corner of his mouth. Now you understand everything. Riley’s challenge and confidence, Ralts’ disappearance. You try to buy it more time.
“I do have one more Pokémon, and it does care about me. Just like the one that’s standing up.”
Mars looks at Prinplup, who is now standing, although it’s very weak.
“Look who’s back from the dead,” she says with a chuckle. “Come on, Purugly, let’s finish this! Use Quick Attack!”
Much to your relief, you see Prinplup suddenly disappear, barely evading Purugly’s Quick Attack.
“What is this magic? Witch! There are no more Pokémon! How-”
She can’t finish her sentence. Prinplup reappears right in front of her, and uses Peck on her belly, causing her to bend in pain. Mars is now laying down with her hands on her belly, incapable of standing up.
“I…I’ll get you for this…child…ugh…” You’ve never seen anyone in such pain. You almost feel bad for her…but you don’t.
“Prinplup, use Bubblebeam!”
Bubbles explode in her already badly damaged belly, increasing the pain and making her faint. Your relief can clearly be seen in your face, but its duration is rather short. The men and the Purugly are getting closer to you and Riley…and Prinplup disappears again. Flashes of light are seen everywhere, and you see the men fall one by one, and you see a scared Purugly run into the woods. After, Prinplup appears in front of you, accompanied by a Pokémon very similar to Ralts, although taller and visibly stronger. “Kirlia!” it announces.
“Ralts…I mean Kirlia…and Prinplup…I’m so proud of you guys…really…I don’t know what I would do without you two..the way you used your Teleport to help Prinplup...it was amazing,” you say, in tears of happiness.
Riley comes join you. “Look, Mia, a note from a Starly.”
Zee…captured…sent to SW with profe…..owan… -E..ik
A note from Eirik! It’s very damaged, but you can still read it…They took Eirik and Professor Rowan to SWC!
“Mia…I’m sorry…but we can’t rescue them.”
You feel like your heart stops beating. “What? Why?”
“You saw what happened here. If Ralts hadn’t evolved, we wouldn’t be here. We are not enough. There’s a small group of the resistance around here.”
“We can’t just leave them there! They’ll kill them!”
“Mia, use your brain instead of what you are using now. There are at least 300 guards. We can’t make it alone. I’m going to join the group. What you do is up to you. It’s not like you are my daughter or something.”
You walk and sit next to Prinplup and Kirlia.
“What should we do, guys? I really want to save Eirik, but doing so by myself seems impossible. However, by the time the resistance group goes up there...it could be too late.”
Sooooo guys hope you liked it, and..here are your options!
A) Go get Riley and the resistance, then Teleport to SWC. (Your plan)
B) Let Riley make a plan.
C) Tell Kirlia to teleport you to the top, because you fear it’s too late by the time you get there if you wait for the resistance.
I’ll be waiting for your choice, Pokébeach! And remember…sometimes, looks deceive. (And some other times, they don’t
) Choose wisely, guys...this *could* be an important choice in the story. (Not that other choices are irrelevant)
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