So this is a kind of sequel to "The Journey of Xander." Although, it might be more appropiate to call that a glorified prolouge to this. If you want to read it then here is the link. http://www.serebiiforums.com/showthread.php?t=519725 You do not need to read that in order to read this. It will make some things clearer though. This will not be in journal form like my last fic, but will instead be in the standard form of storytelling. So here is chapter one.
P.S. If there is dialect that is between two * then that means that the character is thinking that.
Rated: PG
*Where do I go now? I’ve always been interested in shiny pokemom. Maybe that’s what I should do. Where should I start though?* Xander let out an audible sigh. Right then his Xtranciever rang. When he answered it he was surprised to see Prof. Rowan’s face.
“Hi Professor. It’s been a while since I’ve talked to you,” Xander replied in a calm and slightly disinterested manner.
“Xander, you must come quickly to my lab, you have to see this!” Prof. Rowan sounded ecstatic.
“What has you so excited Professor?” Xander was genuinely curious now. Not many things got Prof. Rowan excited, so this must be something big.
“No time to explain! I have to get back to it; there’s a plane on its way to you, and will take you to Sandgem town. I need you to get here as quick as you can!” At this Prof. Rowan hung up.
“What was that about?” Xander thought aloud. “Well, whatever it is, it has to be important. Now who should I bring with me? Salamence is a given, and I think Scrafty would be a good choice as well. I haven’t spent much time with Gliscor lately either. My shiny Lucario has been a good friend, so I will bring him. Charizard and Carracosta will come too.” Xander proceeded to withdraw those pokemon and waited for about 20 minutes for the plane to pick him up.
*** 1 day later***
Xander stepped off the plane and looked at Sandgem town. It had changed quite a lot since he’d last seen it nearly two years ago. It was larger in size, and sported its own airport. Xander stretched his legs after the 23 hour flight. “I really hate plane rides,” Xander said sleepily.
Prof. Rowan was waiting to greet him. “Xander, I’m glad that you made it. I trust that the plane ride was comfortable.” He sounded much calmer then he did when he first contacted Xander.
“I’m not much for planes in general, but you didn’t have to spring for a private jet Professor.” Xander was surprised to find when he got onboard that he was the only passenger. It did make the plane ride more bearable though.
Prof. Rowan smiled, “Don’t thank me, thank the Researcher’s Foundation, this is their private jet. Anyway, I didn’t call in a favor with the Foundation just to say hi. I found something that I thought you might like to see.” He said the last sentence with an air of mystery.
Xander asked, now very curious about what the Professor found, “What did you find that required me to fly half way around the world?”
With a twinkle in his eye the Professor simply said, “You’ll see.”
***At Prof. Rowan’s Lab***
Xander stared at the incredible sight before him. “Where did you find her?”
“She flew in one day, and was in pretty bad shape. As far as my staff can tell, she was hit by about a dozen Toxic attacks an hour before crash landing at the lab.” Professor Rowan explained to Xander.
What was lying on a table before them was perhaps the most beautiful, and intriguing thing Xander had ever seen: a Shiny Latias. He was dumbfounded at the sight.
“Is she stable?” Xander asked recovering from his shock.
Rowan replied cautiously, “She is better than when she first came here, that much is certain. Latias is not out of the woods yet though. She took in a lot of poison.” Rowan spoke these last words sadly.
Xander began thinking, “Latias is a powerful pokemon, case in point, the fact that she was able to fly for an hour after surviving that many Toxic attacks. That makes me wonder though, why would Latias take all of that abuse. Wild pokemon certainly wouldn’t, and couldn’t, attack that viciously. I wonder if people were involved. I know for a fact that Latias would go for a high price on the black market. I can’t imagine what a shiny one could be worth.”
“So you think that there might be poachers around here?”
“That’s right. Have you seen anyone suspicious around here lately?”
“Not that I can think of off the top of my head,” Rowan replied.
Xander was about to reply when one of the assistants came out of the room where Latias was being taken care of. The assistant was clearly excited, “Professor, Latias is waking up! What do you think we should do?”
“Let her out into the field, in the back of the grounds. Hurry, before she wakes up.”
The assistants sprang into action, and in no time Latias was unhooked from all of the medical equipment, and placed in a field.
Xander watched her from the bushes as she began to wake up. Her eyes began to open, and she started to float a little. As soon as she was fully awake, she tried to take off. She only made it about a hundred feet into the air before she fell to the ground. She was obviously still weak.
Xander decided that he would try to comfort her a bit, but the second he stepped out of the bushes, she fled at top speed. “Hm, that didn’t go well. Perhaps I should just let her calm down a bit before approaching her.” He let his old friend Salamence out of its poke ball. In a flash of white, Salamence’s form became solid and he looked at Xander inquisitively. “Hey bud! I need you to take me to the local police station; do you think you’re up to it?”
Salamence grunted at the notion that he couldn’t fly that short distance. Xander climbed onto its back, and he zoomed off
as fast as he could.
“Slow down you dork!” Xander shouted into the wind. Salamence obediently slowed down to a casual space. “Thanks. I missed you buddy. Sorry that I had to leave you behind, but we’ll be traveling together for a while now.” Salamence was happy at hearing this. He had missed Xander a lot over the last couple months.
*I’ve really missed all of my pokemon. I can’t wait to spend time with them all.*
Xander had a kind personality, and couldn’t stand injustice, especially against those that couldn’t defend themselves. He also had an insatiable thirst for knowledge which has led him to take an interest in studying shiny pokemon. Xander looked down across the city; it sure had changed since he was last all that time ago. He saw the police station up ahead. “Land there Salamence.” Salamence veered and landed softly in front of the station. “Thanks buddy.” Xander returned Salamence to its poke ball.
***Inside the police station***
“No, I’m not here to turn myself in for abducting pokemon. I’m here to see if there have been any reports of any pokemon abductions lately,” Xander said this totally floored at the intelligence, or lack thereof, of this cop.
“That’s just what a pokemon abductor would say!” He exclaimed, “To check up on the competition, or maybe just to gloat over his work.”
*Wow, does this guy try to be this stupid, or does it just come naturally?*
The officer pulled out his hand cuffs and began walking toward Xander, “I think that we have enough circumstantial evidence to warrant an arrest. You have the right to remain silent…”
“Are you kidding me?! Salamence, show this guy who we are!” Salamence came out of his ball and looked intently at the approaching cop.
“Ah, I can see that you’re intent on resisting arrest! Well then, go, Bidoof!”
“BIDOOF?!” Xander yelled incredulously.
“Yes, Bidoof, and he is the best pokemon in the entire force!” The officer said boastfully, “And he can take on any Salamence.”
At this Salamence actually fell over laughing, and Xander couldn’t contain his laughter either.
The officer was clearly embarrassed, but before he could say anything back Officer Jenny walked in.
“What’s going here Jerry!?” She demanded from the officer.
“Well, you see, I was just trying to arrest this pokemon abductor here, an-“
Xander interrupted, “What the heck are you talking about! I came in here asking if there had been any reports of pokemon abductions.”
“As I already told this crook Officer Jenny, I’m on to his games. He obviously came back here to see if there was any competition in the thieving business.”
Officer Jenny looked at him just shocked, “Jerry, you’ve been dumb before, but this is just ludicrous! You’re assigned to parking ticket patrol for a month.”
“But, but why?” He whined.
“Because, you tried to arrest, and start a battle in the middle of a police station! Not only that, but did you really think that your Bidoof could take on this incredible looking Salamence?”
Salamence noticeably bulked up at the complement.
“It’s the best Bidoof in the station,” Jerry muttered under his breath.
“What was that?” Officer Jenny asked pointedly.
“Nothing ma’am.”
“Good, now you better get going on patrolling, and handing out parking tickets.”
“Yes ma’am,” The officer left dejectedly.
Officer Jenny walked up to Xander, “Sorry about that Xander. Jerry can be overzealous in his work, but he has a good heart.”
Xander looked kind of stunned, “Wait, how do you know my name?”
She laughed, “I watched the Unova league, Sinnoh league, and Johto league. You, were impressive in all three. I especially liked watching Salamence,” She smiled in Salamence’s direction.
“It’s nice to be recognized I guess. I just wish, that I could have placed higher than 8th. I didn’t come here though to discuss my short comings. I came here, to find out about any abductions that have taken place in the immediate area.”
“Is there any reason why you are interested in this?” She asked as she looked through the computer, and began printing off the files.
Xander thought about whether he should tell Jenny about the Latias, he decided not to, “Let’s just say, that I’m here on business for Prof. Rowan.”
“Um, ok. Well, here are the most recent reports of pokemon being abducted. Wow, I guess I didn’t realize that there have been 10 in the last month.”
Xander once again looked shocked and perused the list of abductions, “You didn’t notice, that ten of the same crimes, with the same MO, have been committed in less than a month?!”
“They had the same MO too? That’s interesting. Have you ever thought about joining the police force?”
“No, I haven’t, but thanks for the idea,” Xander turned to leave with Salamence, and rolled his eyes. *I didn’t think that the police force would be that bad.*
“Well Salamence, looks like we had better look into these reports.”
Salamence growled an approval.
So that was a pretty short chapter, but I wanted to get something up tonite. I don't want to call it a prolouge though as it contains important information. Please tell me what you all think!
P.S. If there is dialect that is between two * then that means that the character is thinking that.
Rated: PG
Chapter 1:An Interesting Find
*Perhaps if I had used Swords Dance before attacking, I could have defeated…No that wouldn’t have worked.* Xander was thinking this as he sat in his room, at the Unova league dorms. Xander was having a hard time accepting his loss during the Unovan league, as he has never made it further than the top 8 in the three leagues that he has been in, and was hoping to do better this time. To top it off, Xander just traded away his Ursaring for a Hydreigon. Xander was very close to Ursaring, and is currently depressed because of this.*Where do I go now? I’ve always been interested in shiny pokemom. Maybe that’s what I should do. Where should I start though?* Xander let out an audible sigh. Right then his Xtranciever rang. When he answered it he was surprised to see Prof. Rowan’s face.
“Hi Professor. It’s been a while since I’ve talked to you,” Xander replied in a calm and slightly disinterested manner.
“Xander, you must come quickly to my lab, you have to see this!” Prof. Rowan sounded ecstatic.
“What has you so excited Professor?” Xander was genuinely curious now. Not many things got Prof. Rowan excited, so this must be something big.
“No time to explain! I have to get back to it; there’s a plane on its way to you, and will take you to Sandgem town. I need you to get here as quick as you can!” At this Prof. Rowan hung up.
“What was that about?” Xander thought aloud. “Well, whatever it is, it has to be important. Now who should I bring with me? Salamence is a given, and I think Scrafty would be a good choice as well. I haven’t spent much time with Gliscor lately either. My shiny Lucario has been a good friend, so I will bring him. Charizard and Carracosta will come too.” Xander proceeded to withdraw those pokemon and waited for about 20 minutes for the plane to pick him up.
*** 1 day later***
Xander stepped off the plane and looked at Sandgem town. It had changed quite a lot since he’d last seen it nearly two years ago. It was larger in size, and sported its own airport. Xander stretched his legs after the 23 hour flight. “I really hate plane rides,” Xander said sleepily.
Prof. Rowan was waiting to greet him. “Xander, I’m glad that you made it. I trust that the plane ride was comfortable.” He sounded much calmer then he did when he first contacted Xander.
“I’m not much for planes in general, but you didn’t have to spring for a private jet Professor.” Xander was surprised to find when he got onboard that he was the only passenger. It did make the plane ride more bearable though.
Prof. Rowan smiled, “Don’t thank me, thank the Researcher’s Foundation, this is their private jet. Anyway, I didn’t call in a favor with the Foundation just to say hi. I found something that I thought you might like to see.” He said the last sentence with an air of mystery.
Xander asked, now very curious about what the Professor found, “What did you find that required me to fly half way around the world?”
With a twinkle in his eye the Professor simply said, “You’ll see.”
***At Prof. Rowan’s Lab***
Xander stared at the incredible sight before him. “Where did you find her?”
“She flew in one day, and was in pretty bad shape. As far as my staff can tell, she was hit by about a dozen Toxic attacks an hour before crash landing at the lab.” Professor Rowan explained to Xander.
What was lying on a table before them was perhaps the most beautiful, and intriguing thing Xander had ever seen: a Shiny Latias. He was dumbfounded at the sight.
“Is she stable?” Xander asked recovering from his shock.
Rowan replied cautiously, “She is better than when she first came here, that much is certain. Latias is not out of the woods yet though. She took in a lot of poison.” Rowan spoke these last words sadly.
Xander began thinking, “Latias is a powerful pokemon, case in point, the fact that she was able to fly for an hour after surviving that many Toxic attacks. That makes me wonder though, why would Latias take all of that abuse. Wild pokemon certainly wouldn’t, and couldn’t, attack that viciously. I wonder if people were involved. I know for a fact that Latias would go for a high price on the black market. I can’t imagine what a shiny one could be worth.”
“So you think that there might be poachers around here?”
“That’s right. Have you seen anyone suspicious around here lately?”
“Not that I can think of off the top of my head,” Rowan replied.
Xander was about to reply when one of the assistants came out of the room where Latias was being taken care of. The assistant was clearly excited, “Professor, Latias is waking up! What do you think we should do?”
“Let her out into the field, in the back of the grounds. Hurry, before she wakes up.”
The assistants sprang into action, and in no time Latias was unhooked from all of the medical equipment, and placed in a field.
Xander watched her from the bushes as she began to wake up. Her eyes began to open, and she started to float a little. As soon as she was fully awake, she tried to take off. She only made it about a hundred feet into the air before she fell to the ground. She was obviously still weak.
Xander decided that he would try to comfort her a bit, but the second he stepped out of the bushes, she fled at top speed. “Hm, that didn’t go well. Perhaps I should just let her calm down a bit before approaching her.” He let his old friend Salamence out of its poke ball. In a flash of white, Salamence’s form became solid and he looked at Xander inquisitively. “Hey bud! I need you to take me to the local police station; do you think you’re up to it?”
Salamence grunted at the notion that he couldn’t fly that short distance. Xander climbed onto its back, and he zoomed off
as fast as he could.
“Slow down you dork!” Xander shouted into the wind. Salamence obediently slowed down to a casual space. “Thanks. I missed you buddy. Sorry that I had to leave you behind, but we’ll be traveling together for a while now.” Salamence was happy at hearing this. He had missed Xander a lot over the last couple months.
*I’ve really missed all of my pokemon. I can’t wait to spend time with them all.*
Xander had a kind personality, and couldn’t stand injustice, especially against those that couldn’t defend themselves. He also had an insatiable thirst for knowledge which has led him to take an interest in studying shiny pokemon. Xander looked down across the city; it sure had changed since he was last all that time ago. He saw the police station up ahead. “Land there Salamence.” Salamence veered and landed softly in front of the station. “Thanks buddy.” Xander returned Salamence to its poke ball.
***Inside the police station***
“No, I’m not here to turn myself in for abducting pokemon. I’m here to see if there have been any reports of any pokemon abductions lately,” Xander said this totally floored at the intelligence, or lack thereof, of this cop.
“That’s just what a pokemon abductor would say!” He exclaimed, “To check up on the competition, or maybe just to gloat over his work.”
*Wow, does this guy try to be this stupid, or does it just come naturally?*
The officer pulled out his hand cuffs and began walking toward Xander, “I think that we have enough circumstantial evidence to warrant an arrest. You have the right to remain silent…”
“Are you kidding me?! Salamence, show this guy who we are!” Salamence came out of his ball and looked intently at the approaching cop.
“Ah, I can see that you’re intent on resisting arrest! Well then, go, Bidoof!”
“BIDOOF?!” Xander yelled incredulously.
“Yes, Bidoof, and he is the best pokemon in the entire force!” The officer said boastfully, “And he can take on any Salamence.”
At this Salamence actually fell over laughing, and Xander couldn’t contain his laughter either.
The officer was clearly embarrassed, but before he could say anything back Officer Jenny walked in.
“What’s going here Jerry!?” She demanded from the officer.
“Well, you see, I was just trying to arrest this pokemon abductor here, an-“
Xander interrupted, “What the heck are you talking about! I came in here asking if there had been any reports of pokemon abductions.”
“As I already told this crook Officer Jenny, I’m on to his games. He obviously came back here to see if there was any competition in the thieving business.”
Officer Jenny looked at him just shocked, “Jerry, you’ve been dumb before, but this is just ludicrous! You’re assigned to parking ticket patrol for a month.”
“But, but why?” He whined.
“Because, you tried to arrest, and start a battle in the middle of a police station! Not only that, but did you really think that your Bidoof could take on this incredible looking Salamence?”
Salamence noticeably bulked up at the complement.
“It’s the best Bidoof in the station,” Jerry muttered under his breath.
“What was that?” Officer Jenny asked pointedly.
“Nothing ma’am.”
“Good, now you better get going on patrolling, and handing out parking tickets.”
“Yes ma’am,” The officer left dejectedly.
Officer Jenny walked up to Xander, “Sorry about that Xander. Jerry can be overzealous in his work, but he has a good heart.”
Xander looked kind of stunned, “Wait, how do you know my name?”
She laughed, “I watched the Unova league, Sinnoh league, and Johto league. You, were impressive in all three. I especially liked watching Salamence,” She smiled in Salamence’s direction.
“It’s nice to be recognized I guess. I just wish, that I could have placed higher than 8th. I didn’t come here though to discuss my short comings. I came here, to find out about any abductions that have taken place in the immediate area.”
“Is there any reason why you are interested in this?” She asked as she looked through the computer, and began printing off the files.
Xander thought about whether he should tell Jenny about the Latias, he decided not to, “Let’s just say, that I’m here on business for Prof. Rowan.”
“Um, ok. Well, here are the most recent reports of pokemon being abducted. Wow, I guess I didn’t realize that there have been 10 in the last month.”
Xander once again looked shocked and perused the list of abductions, “You didn’t notice, that ten of the same crimes, with the same MO, have been committed in less than a month?!”
“They had the same MO too? That’s interesting. Have you ever thought about joining the police force?”
“No, I haven’t, but thanks for the idea,” Xander turned to leave with Salamence, and rolled his eyes. *I didn’t think that the police force would be that bad.*
“Well Salamence, looks like we had better look into these reports.”
Salamence growled an approval.
So that was a pretty short chapter, but I wanted to get something up tonite. I don't want to call it a prolouge though as it contains important information. Please tell me what you all think!