Jason Traybrick's Story

Jason awoke. He could see that he was in some sort of city, it was very bright and colourful, it made him smile. He could hear laughter from the distance.

He stood up from the grey, but clean pavement he awoke on, he saw a billboard that said 'Nimbasa City'

"Huh, Nimbasa city, i'll be damned, it's been a long time since I've seen a place like this!" He said to himself, waiting for someone to reply.

"I'm quite hungry, I wonder if they have any hot dog stalls!" He said to himself again, as he walked off into the distance

Jason reached into his back pocket, to pull out his last Pokeball, he could see a Jigglypuff stood in the middle of the road, it looked scared. Jason was no longer hungry. He felt bad for the Jigglypuff because it looked rough, like it was having a hard life, but was excited to catch it!

The moment triggered a flashback. When he captured his first Pokémon, he loved his Eevee, he named it Rhy, he enjoyed every moment with him up until he was stolen.

He closed his eye and ever so slowly approached the Jigglypuff.

"Ready... Aim... Gotcha!" He spoke, gradually getting louder.
His shot was directly at the Jigglypuff.
He crossed his fingers and waited.

First bump...

Second bump...

Third bump...

as soon as he got the third bump he jumped up laughing, he knew he had caught it. But what would he call it? As he retrieved the pokeball, he scanned names in his head. Quickly, he came up with a name, Floss.

"All right...Zoltan, was it? How about it? Your squid thingy against my Terrakion? Keep it nice and quick-like, you know? But I won't lose...I was Champion once, and darn it, after what happened today I'm totally going to take back that crown. Katsu zo!"

Touko leaped back and got ready to throw down. "Let's go, Dweller! Use Substitute!" The Terrakion closed its eyes and grunted a bit, sparing some of its energy to make a decoy that would take hits for it while Touko fished out her Pokedex. "Ugh...hypnosis powers? Wow, good thing I decided to scout first instead of going right on the attack."

Purple particles emerged from the clouds, They formed a human body in the sky, not stupidly far up obviously, Jason fell from them down to the grass. with Floss following behind.

"Come on Floss, now I want this hot dog!" Said Jason.

Floss pulled on his Leg, trying to get his attention, he was having none of it, he was so hungry, nothing was stopping him..

Floss was forced to go with him,

Unfortunately, Jason had missed his chances at catching one of his favourite pokemon, an Eevee..

As Jason walked closer towards the hot dog stand he could see a Pokémon battle in the distance, between a Terrakion and another type of Pokémon, he smiled. He loved the amount of action in the city. His happiness soon came to an end though, when he realized that the hot dog stand had closed...

Zoltan channeled more dark energy around himself as he floated, narrowing his eyes at the Substitute being attempted. "I will admit, in any other situation, a Substitute would be advantageous! Bravo! But Lammy knows plenty better, don't you Lammy?"

Lammy seemed unsure at the Substitute, but smiled nervously at Zoltan giving her a look. "U-Um, right! Z-Zoltan! Infiltrate past the Substitute! U-Use your Superpower!"

Zoltan would rush forward, using a sort of falsified double image of himself to strike past the decoy; his fake self attacking the decoy only proved an illusion as the real him appeared before the Terrakion, all the while raising a fin. "Now witness my superior power!" The attack was aimed with force, and intent on striking hard if not true, and it was fast, very much so. If it connected, though Zoltan was quite sure it would, he would seem to grow stronger as his dark aura intensified slightly, and the blow would have a significant impact increase thanks to the nature of the elemental types. Maybe Lammy knew some stuff after all? Or so it seemed until Lammy shielded herself at the level of force Zoltan was putting into the blow, and it was then made clear he wasn't a newly evolved Inkay, but rather, a Pokemon at a Level far beyond what its Trainer should probably be attempting to control, a level that would definitely be limited in a facility like the Battle Institute. It was definitely an incredibly strong and well-trained Pokemon for a novice Trainer to have.

"G-Great strength, Zoltan! Y-You're definitely stronger than, than even T-Touko's Pokemon! Fighting T-Touko... It has just started, and it's s-so exhilarating!"

Praise being given to the Malamar being what it was, Lammy at least also had an idea of the relationships between Pokemon and Trainer.

Touko grunted in surprise as the Malamar got right through, striking hard with a massive blow that left the legendary Musketeer reeling. "Come on, I'm not sure if we can take another hit like that! Dweller! He's wide open, get him with a Sacred Sword!"

He roared in pain and anger. "You are strong! But let's see you TAKE a hit!" Terrakion charged forward with glowing horns, but it wasn't a straight on ramming attack. Instead, he did a head fake to try to misdirect Zoltan's guard at the last moment, like a hockey player trying to deke a goalie, before delivering the actual attack which was more like a powerful slash than a stab.

"Come here you little Squirtle!" Screamed Jason, determined to catch it, Floss was watching from behind Jason's back. She didn't want him to catch it, she wanted to be his main priority forever!

"One bump, second bump, third bump!"
"Yay!"

Jason danced around the street, floss had an opposite feeling.

"I will, call you Sali!"

Zoltan would raise a fin to parry the Sacred Sword, though it was not without a bit of a price, he looked like he was actually injured from the act of deflecting the attack, massive cuts now on his fins. "An impressive blow! But it's time I ended this! Your boasts will not save you! Lammy! Say the word, and I'll faint this Musketeer!"

Lammy tried to keep it together. "Z-Zoltan! Use Psycho Cut! I-It should work!"

Zoltan generated several wicked sharp blades out of psychic energy that surrounded the Terrakion before launching in with slicing potential, each blade intended to finish off the Terrakion with a powerful swing of super-effective psychic energy. Each blade however appeared a blackish purple, instead of the usual psychic colors, while a small black and pink glow emanated from Lammy's lower back, around where her fanny pack was placed.

Touko looked up, noticing the sync between the Trainer's pack and the aura of the powerful blades. Dweller grunted, trying to hold it together, but his knees finally buckled. "You...truly are mighty..."

"Kuso... Dweller, return." The irritation was audible in Touko's voice. "Wow, kid. I feel like I should be asking you for an autograph...I've never had a front row seat to that kind of power. And this is after all the crap that happened today. After all I've gone through. You really put a damper on my plans to become Champion again. Lammy, was it? I'm going to have to train extra hard now. If there are Trainers like you about, surely the League must have gotten even stronger than THAT! Now, ah...how much do I owe ya?"

None of the trio of Electric-Pokemon looked away from Temperance when she bounded off to the Trainer staring at his PokeDex. Dee was studying Temperance carefully while Lumi and Skyball's attention turned towards the fight that was about to happen in front of them. There was a bad feeling in Dee's gut as she watched the Meowstic tug on the pant leg of the boy and stare up at him.

"What the hell are you doing?" Dee called out to Temperance, tensing her body in case she tried to do anything shifty. She would be ready to spring into action if the moment chose to arise.

Meanwhile, Lumi and Skyball were fascinated by the exchange of blows between the Malamar and the Terrakion they'd only recently talked to. What was incredible was that despite the girl's lack of authority in her voice, the Malamar carried the instruction across with a mighty power and an incredible aura. Both their eyes went wide when Zoltan finished off Dweller with an incredible beam of power. This...this had been the champion that stood up to Zane, so easily snuffed out by a virtually unknown female.

"Wow..." Lumi couldn't help but murmur, "That's...something..."

Skyball turned to Lumi and raised a quizzical brow, "That girl is very lucky to have that Malamar on her side."

The Pachirisu's brow furrowed, "What do you mean?"

"You didn't notice the separation in body language between the two?"

Lumi shrugged, "Guess not."

Skyball went on to explain, "Well, when a Trainer and a Pokemon are bonded, they tend to fight as one. Notice how much energy and passion was in Touko's voice when she commanded her Terrakion. They worked on a similar mind set...a singular wavelength. They worked with synergy. The Malamar, on the other hand, had done most of the work on the other side of the field. That girl had barely any kind of connection in her voice. In fact, she seems to be a novice to Pokemon battles. She wouldn't have nearly enough authority and practice in her voice to command a Pokemon who could sweep the floor with a former champion."

"So what are you saying?" Lumi asked, to which Skyball glared at the Malamar with a crossed look.

"I'm saying that either we watched the greatest miracle ever performed in a Pokemon battle...or something fishy's going on."

Misty walked through the street with an angry smitten face, she had nothing left.

She wanted to know everything, who her parents were, where she was from. She looked up at the sky.

She accidentally walked straight into Jason,

"Watch where you are going!" She screamed into his face.

He said nothing. He just sighed.

"Come on Floss, Sari, we have work to do."

"Are you ok?" Said one of the citizens to Misty, she pushed past him.

"Get out of my way!" She screamed!

She ran off into a nearby forest, where it was quiet, she lay down in the shade.

After a while she was gone, asleep.

As she drifted off into the Land of Nod, She felt something, saw something.

A baby crying.

A grown mans voice.

"We are going to call you Misty."

"Lets take her hom-" The voice stopped.

Her eyes opened.

She looked down to see a Squirtle stood staring at her, from her chest.

"Sali! Sali! Where are you?" Said a nearby voice

A man approached her,

"Sali! There you are and... oh.. you."

"Leave me alone!" Said Misty as she forced herself up and ran away without stopping to catch a breath...

"What was her problem?" Said Jason, crouching down to stroke Sali on the head,

"Wait a second. Where is Floss?"

Jason was worried. He loved Floss so much!

As he ran back from the forest, he felt so much guilt, he should've payed more attention, more care!

"Floss! Where are you?"

As he looked round, sweat dripping from his head, he became determined to find Floss.