The earth shook as the massive Fearow hit the ground. The crowd roared and covered their ears as Lightning joined them with a screech. The Champion recalled his fainted Fearow with a grimace. He stared up at the crackling bird in the sky with a burning intensity.
The crowd cheered Lightning as he flew laps around the stadium, letting off bursts of electricity that once again had the hair on Jaden's body rising on end. He didn't notice though. He attention was focused solely on the Champion some hundred yards away from him. The older gentleman broke his gaze away from Lightning and smiled over at the trainer.
"You think you're special with your legendary lightning bird, do you?"
Jaden raised his eyebrow as the crowd grew silent. "Not at all," he shouted. "Im not special at all. However, my six friends here are far more than special. They are an unbeatable force that will rip your team apart."
The crowd went wild. Jaden had a way with words that could make anyone do just about anything. He glanced up at Lightning flying around in the sky, almost free as he used to be.
The arena faded and suddenly Jaden found himself running as fast as he could, Shadow speeding along right behind him. The shouts of Team Rocket seemed to be getting closer and closer to him. He could hear an Arbok slithering through the grass behind him.
"Shadow," he shouted behind him. "Hypnosis!"
He heard the Arbok's cry as it lunged from the grass, either at Shadow or at himself. All he heard was the sound of the large serpent hitting the ground hard.
Above him, Zapdos screeched and shot a bolt of lightning at Team Rocket. He heard their cries as they went down.
Jaden finally stopped, his lungs and legs burning from the long run. He doubled over in pain and clenched the stitch in his side. Shadow floated beside him, gently rubbing his back in comfort.
Jaden felt a powerful gust of wind hit him and the area around them a moment before Zapdos landed directly in front of them. The hair on the trainer's body stood on end as static electricity charged the air.
He looked up at the giant legend before him and found himself unable to speak. Awe had overtaken him, the bird's fierce beauty more than he could handle.
He finally found himself able to utter a sentence. "Get out of here," he said quietly. The bird leaned in closer, as if inspecting the small trainer. "Hurry, before more of them show up."
Zapdos just stared at him intensely. A whistling in the air drew both of their attentions away and toward the abandoned electric plant. A small slender rod whizzed toward them, shining red in the last rays of a dying sun.
The rod exploded out as it got near, a giant net appearing out of the smoke, ensnaring Zapdos. The bird screeched angrily as it tried to free itself to no avail. It was trapped.
Jaden burst into action immediately. "Shadow," he yelled. "Keep those bastards busy. Do whatever you can to give me time."
Shadow nodded and flew off toward the group of oncoming Team Rocket members. They were hell bent on capturing Zapdos for themselves. Jaden just wanted to see the legend free and able to go where it pleased. He ran over to where Zapdos thrashed, trying to release itself from the net.
As Jaden got closer, he saw that it was no normal net. It looked like some kind of metal alloy that seemed to be absorbing the bird's electricity. He would have found it ingenious had it not been.put to such a horrible use.
"Zapdos," he shouted. "Stop thrashing. Im going to try and get you out."
If the bird heard, it made no effort to listen. It continued to thrash, and as it did, moved itself ever closer to the lake some twenty feet away.
'If Zapdos falls into that water,' the trainer thought. 'He's going to be in some real trouble.'
He looked behind him to see Shadow fighting tooth and nail to hold Team Rocket back. He wouldn't be able to hold them much longer. It looked like there was only one option. He wouldn't be able to get Zapdos out so long as he thrashed around like that and sooner or later the bird would either drown or be captured by Team Rocket.
"Shadow," he shouted. "Use hypnosis on Zapdos. Hurry!" The Gengar quickly broke away from Team Rocket and obeyed, its eye beginning to glow a bright blue. Zapdos caught sight of it and slowly began to stop thrashing. After a moment or two, the bird was fast asleep. But Team Rocket was quickly heading toward them, murder in their eyes.
Jaden quickly reached for an empty ball at his belt and threw it at the sleeping Zapdos. The ball hit the bird and enveloped it in a bright red light before disappearing into the ball. It wiggled around on the floor for a moment before falling still. The ball flew back into Jaden's open hand. He replaced it and quickly grabbed another as he turned to face the oncoming attackers.
The stadium appeared once more and Jaden found himself back in the presence, staring keenly at Lightning. Six months. It was hard to believe that it had only been six months since he was forced to captured the legend to save it. Had there been any other choice, he would had taken it.
As it was, once they were able to get to the Cerulean Pokemon Center to make sure Zapdos was alright, he tried to release the bird. It began to fly away before it stopped in midair and hovered, staring down at Jaden. It screeched once before landing before him.
"You....you want to stay with me?" He was incredulous as the bird nodded. After a moment of thought, the trainer smiled. "Fine, but only on one condition! I name all of my Pokemon. That means you need a new name! Hmmm.....how about.....Lightning?" The Zapdos screeched and let off a bolt of electricity into the sky. "I'll take that as a yes."
He was glad Lightning had chosen to remain with him. The bird had proven to be a great friend and powerful ally.
"Take down that sorry excuse for a legend, Onix!" The ground shook, ripping Jaden's gaze from the Soaring lightning. In the center of the area stood one massive Onix. It glared menacingly at Lightning before lunging.
No comments:
Post a Comment