Poke’Fusion Vol.1

Ch.1: An Unexpected Encounter

In the middle of a large room, a round object sits suspended above the ground inside of a large cylindrical case surrounded by a large circular platform. A pair of men in uniform walks across the platform alongside a pair of floating metallic beings with large magnets on their sides and a single large eye with a screw coming out of its head. They circle the case seriously examining the room at every moment.

            “You have the time?” One of the guards asks the other.

            “It’s almost time for the shift change.” The other looks on seriously turning around to look towards the doors. “The next guards should be in soon.”

            “I guess I’ll take the Magnemite and put them into their Poke’balls, for now, they could use the rest.” The guard pulls out a pair of Poke’ball holding them up to the Magnemite with a gentle grin. “Alright little guys, just get into the balls and have a good rest.”

Suddenly the lights across the room flash read and a loud alarm blares putting everyone in the room on guard. A loud banging comes from the north most door causing everyone to circle around it awaiting some form of attack.

            “Alright Magnemite, when that door opens give whatever’s on the other side a Thunderbolt.” One of the guards orders the Magnemite while the other moves back to protect the casing.

The Magnemite spark with electricity as the door starts to open slowly. As a tall figure steps into the room carefully, the Magnemite unleash a large blast of electricity where the figure stands.

            “Well whoever that idiot was, they better know better than entering our base.” The guard says relieved looking back.

            “You idiot don’t turn around!”

Suddenly the figure leaps ahead towards the guard pinning him to the ground and setting his sights on the object within the case. It rushes ahead at top speed as the second guard orders the Magnemite as they unleash another blast of electricity.

            “That won’t work, rubber doesn’t conduct electricity.” The figure says starting a fight with the remaining guard.

He lifts the guard using him as a shield from the Magnemite circling around him as he moves closer to the case. He taps on the side opening the case and moving towards the object within the case.

            “You, who are you?” The guard asks trying to break the man’s hold. “You’ll never get away with this, our boss will hunt you down and destroy you just to get that back.”

            “I’m well aware of that, but I cannot allow them to utilize this device, I cannot allow them to succeed at this stage.” He says reaching out and snatching away the object stuffing it into his jacket.

He tosses the guard aside as the Magnemite comes in shooting out a blast of electricity as the man leaps back into the case. He looks around as the Magnemite surround him reaching into his jacket to pull out a small orb.

            “I don’t know what you’re planning but there’s no….”

He tosses the orb to the ground producing a large thick black cloud of smoke that quickly fills the case. In an instant, the door to the case swings open causing the dark smoke to spill out into the room covering it almost immediately blinding both the guard and the Magnemite as the figure slips past them.

            “Damn it, we won’t let you get away! You won’t be able to get out of this city; we’ll hunt you down and take that off of your corpse!” The guard shouts out as the figure leaves the room rushing through the facility in an escape.

            “Jude….Jude Jans, pay attention!” A voice yells out.

In the middle of a classroom, a young boy with bright red hair jumps up at his desk as everyone in the classroom starts snickering loudly. As he looks around confused a boy with green hair and half closed sharp eyes points to the chalkboard to direct him towards a question written on the side.

            “Um….what was the question?” He asks curiously.

            “Alright Jude, please explain to the class the relation between People and Pokémon.” A tall woman with long black hair and glasses says exasperatedly by his attitude.

            “Right, Pokémon are mysterious beings that share this world with us, and they can be found in almost every corner of the world. People and Pokémon work together to make the world a better place, fighting, living, and adventuring with one another to gain new experiences and see new sides of the world.”

            “Alright, sit down.” She says seriously as Jude quickly falls to his seat. “That was Jude’s interpretation of the relationship between People and Pokémon, now everyone has their own individual way of defining this relationship. Now I want each of you to write a paper on this subject over the weekend and bring it to me Monday Morning.”

            “Yes.” All of the students groan out tiredly.

A loud bell echoes across the classroom signaling the end of class as the teacher gathers up her papers and makes her way to the door. “Now I hope all of you have a good weekend, stay out of trouble and come to school safely on Monday.”

            “Yes, Ms. Inoue.” They all say in unison.

As the class begins to relax talking amongst themselves, the sharp-eyed boy walks up to Jude sitting at the desk opposite Jude’s. “Come on Jude, that was a given, but you still managed to good it up.”

            “Oh come on Orrin, that was a difficult question to do and I wanted a bit of context to it,” Jude says rubbing his head.

            “So why were you so tired today? Was it work?”

            “Yeah, my last temp job was a bit too much on me physically so I’m kind of exhausted right now,” Jude says barely able to lift his head from the desk. “Either way I’m going to rest here for a moment and then head off to another job.”

            “You’ve gotta do something before you collapse.”

            “Well, I can’t afford to live in the school’s dorms so I have to work hard to afford my apartment,” Jude says exasperatedly.

            “Well, I think it’s time for them to have some time to stretch.” Orrin pulls out a Poke’ball holding it out towards Jude. “Get yours out and we’ll head to the courtyard, everyone needs a break including our Pokémon.”

            “Right,” Jude says exhausted forcing himself up. “They’ve been cooped up all day since we didn’t have battle training today, so let’s head to the courtyard.”

After a moment they duo arrive in the middle of the school a large sprawling field with trees scattered across the area. In the field, various students alongside their Pokémon run around excitedly to relieve a stressful day of education.

            “Alright, Denki, Kero, come on out!” Jude yells out tossing a pair of Poke’balls into the air.

In a flash of light two figures pop out of the Poke’balls, one a small yellow rodent Pokémon, with long pointed ears, a pair of small red circles on its cheeks, and lightning bolt shaped tail; the other a small Pokémon with a reddish-orange center surrounded by a whitish blue aura of electricity ending in lightning bolt shaped appendages.

            “A Pikachu and a Rotom, still the lover of Electric Types.” Orrin says with a sly grin on his face as he tosses out his own Poke’balls. “Well, now it’s my turn.”

In a flash of light two figures pop out of the Poke’balls, one a small pale purple scorpion-like Pokémon with a tail claw; the other a large red dragonfly-like Pokémon with two pairs of large wings and a green mask across its face.

            “Skorupi, and Yanma, for the Bug Type lover,” Jude says jokingly.

            “Either way let’s just enjoy ourselves here for a moment before we have to head off,” Orrin says seriously. “You need to recharge your batteries yourself as well.”

            “When you’re right, your right,” Jude says falling to the ground to stretch across the grass as his Pokémon look over him. “So I guess I’ll take a nap right here.”

            “Do whatever, at least you take a break, unlike our resident battle maniac.”

A while later in a quiet corner of the city in the dead of night, a man in a large trench coat rushes around alleyways avoiding lights as various figures chase after him. He hides behind a large garbage can pulling the object out of his coat as he tries to catch his breath; soon afterward he pulls out a switch holding it in his hands cautiously.

            “No I can’t, right now I have to find someone to pass the device onto before they can get their hands on it again.” He says half exhausted before forcing himself up and moving alongside the walls. “I have to protect everyone from them, if they get their hands on this, it could be the very end f the world.”

In the city streets, a number of men in suits rush around quickly alongside their Pokémon. One sits still watching the groups numbers as they enter and leave alleyways checking for the man, alongside them large hyena-like Pokémon with short gray fur and various bits of dark shaggy fur sniff out the air joining in on the search.

            “Sir, we’ve cornered him and with the Mightyena tracking his scent, he has no way of escaping this area, soon the device will be back in our hands.” One of the uniformed guards says saluting the man.

            “Good, now gentlemen, let’s keep hunting.” He says with a slight grin on his face.

Elsewhere Jude rushes down the alleys leaping over trashcans and making his way quickly towards the other end. He grins happily with though the rush before a figure leaps into the alley causing Jude to bump into him with the pair falling to the ground.

            “Damn it, sorry about that I wasn’t paying attention to…” Jude stands up reaching his hands out towards the man.

            “Sorry kid, but it's best you get out of here and forget you’ve ever seen me.” The man says getting up off of the ground. “So kid, can I ask you a question before you leave?”

            “Question?”

            “What are Pokémon to you?”