Battle Era, The RPG

<August 14, 09:15>
<Kanto>
<Vermilion City>
<Vermilion Harbor>
<Giovanni>
"considering the companionship she's in, she probably is too weak. But it's not her fault; afterall, she refuses to dominate her Pokémon so she doesn't have a cheap heads-up on the rest, and I think that sort of attitude is needed somewhat when there are people who are blurring the line between training and brainwashing them..."

<Tulsin>
"... but that's where you're wrong... or did you forget why Rafe had to take the boat?.. it's because I took the plane. I still have it sitting in the air-strip in Mistralton City. We could head there once we're done at the Orange Islands." I said with a smile.

<August 14, 09:15>
<Kanto>
<Vermilion City>
<Vermilion Harbor>
<Alex>
"Just... so you know, me and my father don't brainwash our pokémon. There are years of training in his pokémon, and the same goes for those that are mine from the start." I walked up the stairs toward Tulsin, "The Orange Islands? Why are we going there? Zoey requested if we could go to The Resort Area in Sinnoh first."

<Alexis>
I placed the plate I carried on the small table and walked back into the ship, toward Rafe and Zoey. I opened the door, "How are you two doing?"

<Roxan>
Lucky me, I didn't carry a plate. I hopped up the stairs and wrapped my arms around Alex, "You were to explain things to me?"

<August 14, 09:15>
<Kanto>
<Vermilion City>
<Vermilion Harbor>
<Tulsin>
I'm picking someone up there." I said. "Someone I know from long ago, he's was an informant in Team Rocket but his cover was blown. after we pick him up, we'll head to the Resort Area."

<Zoey>
"Rafe's still asleep... That attack must've used a giant amount of energy.." I say quietly. "how are you doing? ..."

<August 14, 09:15>
<Kanto>
<Vermilion City>
<Vermilion Harbor>
<Alex>
"Got a picture of him with you? I can ferry him from the orange Islands to the ship with Pidgeot if necessary and more convenient."

<Roxan>
"You're planning on heading out again?! Explain what's going on first!" I

<Alex>
Oww, you're soo annoying from time to time! "Okay, you want to know what is going on? Fine! We got a lunatic after us that has a grudge on the Archer family for something that happened long ago. There! That's our situation in a nutshell!" I yelled, turning around and walked out of the steering-cabin. This whole thing is getting on my nerves and I really need a break!

<Alexis>
"I'm doing alright. A bit shaken up from the sudden appearance of that Rugan guy, and now the whole ordeal with Rafe being out cold here, and Alex' ever rising temper, it's all a bit too much at the moment. Mind if I sit down?" I asked kindly with a lowered voice.

<August 14, 09:20>
<Kanto>
<Vermilion City>
<Vermilion Harbor>
<Tulsin>
"that'd be great. I don't have a picture of the person, but he's got a face that makes a Slaking look like a pornstar... I think you'll find him easily that way." I chuckled.

<Zoey>
"Feel free to sit down. I don't have a reason to deny." I mention. "... I'm just worried about the turn of events right now.. With Rugan on our tails we'll all have to get stronger, and I can't keep relying on Rafe's Latias like I did before.." I take a look at one of my Pokéballs, it was still pristine and shiny, where as Rafe's Pokéballs were all scratched, dented and dirty... He didn't really take good care of his Pokéballs. "would you mind training with me in the Resort Area in Sinnoh?"

<August 14, 09:20>
<Kanto>
<Vermilion City>
<Vermilion Harbor>
<Alex>
I walked out of the steering cabin and grasped the pokéball of Pidgeot and summoned her forth, "We're leaving!" I exclaimed, mounting the bird, before it took off toward the Orange Islands. I took the Pokénav out of my backpack and took up the map, changing course to said location.

<Alexis>
I sat down on the other seat, while listening to Zoey. "If I would mind training with you in the Resort Area?" I lowered my voice not to wake Rafe up, "Zoey, I can understand your feeling of being weak. Remember? I'm the other weak one of us six? But it's just not fair that you bash yourself so hard on it. Relying on someone isn't good nor wrong, it shows you trust someone enough to put your life in their hands. Yeah, I'll train with you." I answered, before hearing Alex shouting that he was leaving the boat. "Yeah, I'll train with you. My main fear when I'm training is having Alex as a spectator. I might seem strong, but it's just so Alex doesn't think I'm weak, you wouldn't want to know how that feels."

<August 14, 09:20>
<Kanto>
<Seaway>
<Archer Vessel>
<Zoey>
"well, it's just that people have this image of me, as a wallace-cup-champion, people automatically assume you're strong, but nothing could be further from the truth. It's all showmanship and putting on a brave front.
I'm glad you'll train with me... I know what it feels like to be watched by someone who thinks of you as weak." I say softly. "and Alex can be quite a jerk if you're not strong in his eyes. And for all Rafe's worth; his Latias is all that's really strong.. His snivy is still not strong enough to beat even my Leafeon, and while many of his pokémon have evolved, none of them have the power that the others of his kind have.. Though he's been training a lot.. maybe I should've done the same thing.."

<Tulsin>
"ohh! while you're out there, get me a bottle of Pinot D'archipelago D'orange!" I shout, towards the departing teen. I chuckle, knowing full well that he probably doesn't even have the money to afford one of those ancient wines.

<August 14, 09:20>
<Kanto>
<Seaway>
<Archer Vessel>
<Alexis>
"Are you serious?!" I exclaimed, just managing to keep my voice low enough for Rafe to not wake up. "Now that I think of it, the only one I've seen as of late is Latias, the rest isn't even used during combat... okay, his Gardevoir during trainings battles, but nothing more."
"But I haven't noticed Alex training his pokémon as of late. He's absent often enough, and it seems like he's more focused on training himself. I think the strongest of us is Cindel, then Alex, then Rafe, then you, then me. I think that can be right, even with Typhlosion counted in.

<August 14, 09:20>
<Kanto>
<Seaway>
<Archer Vessel>
<Zoey>
"He doesn't use the rest of his pokémon because he's scared they'll get injured... He's too soft for the situation he's thrust into.
About Cindel I'm positive she's the strongest, next to Giovanni and Sabrina. As it goes, then comes Alex, and then rafe, You and then me. I wouldn't even be able to beat Typhlosion with anything I could throw at him.. I'm a show-girl, not some fighter.."

<Sabrina>
I walk into the cabin of the boy. "if you wish to train, the deck is free at the moment. Just make sure you don't go overboard." I say, as I take a sip of a fine wine. "and don't worry about him, he's just exhausted because of the suppression-field of Latias' focus-armour."

<August 14, 09:20>
<Kanto>
<Seaway>
<Archer Vessel>
<Alexis>
"Typhlosion belonged to my father, he's been through the war as well, and he has the same amount of training as Giovanni's pokémon, so none of us would be able to beat Typhlosion, maybe Giovanni and Sabrina. Cindel wouldn't make it with one pokémon, maybe with two if Alex isn't careful. She has no type advantage, which is something she seems to exploit." I replied, right before Sabrina spoke to us. "We're not worried about him, and Zoey, what do you think? Battle to settle who needs the training the most?"

<Somewhere above the Ocean>
<Alex>
I turned around and lay on my back on pidgeon's back, and looked up at the sky. The wind blew through my hair and past my skin, the total silence around me was just lovely, "I never thought I'd miss being alone so much." I whispered out loud, nobody could hear me so there was absolutely no problem with it.

<August 14, 09:20>
<Kanto>
<Seaway>
<Archer Vessel>
<Sabrina>
"just so you know, it'll just be 1-on-1 since we might need your other pokémon later on, and we can't have you two infighting too much and exhausting yourself." I say with a stern face. "I'll judge"

<Zoey>
"I hadn't said what I was gonna choose." I said quickly.

<Sabrina>
I tapped my head a couple of times with my fingers and then walked off to the deck, followed by Zoey.

<Unova>
<Archer Mansion>
<Niche's Office>
<Niche>
On a desk in the room there lay a number of reports, I walk over to them, and sit down on the chair as my hand quietly grasps one of them, and I open them. They usually weren't particularly interesting, mostly from the professors who had found out something "new" or something, but the headline of this one caught my eye.
"Legendary Birds unsettled, attacking visitors"
As I read on my eyes started to be quite amazed. This was unusual behavior, but with Ho-oh on a tantrum I suppose it was to be expected to a degree. Those birds are so attuned to nature that when a powerhouse like Ho-oh does get angry they probably noticed...
Then the next headline
"The Three Beasts spotted in Johto; looking at the sea."
... The report said that all three of them were spotted looking at the southern sea asif awaiting something to happen.
"Regice, Registeel, Regirock uneasy, Hoenn unstable"
"The Lake Guardians missing" "Legendary Dragons of time and space spotted, searching" "The Heroes of Unova are returning; The Ice dragon has awakened." The patern became all too clear. A servant walked in with a silver platter, ontop of it was a silver can of tea and several porselain cups. "Amy, when did these reports come on?" I ask with a serious look at them.
She looked at the pile of now messy papers. "Those came in half an hour ago, ma'm.." She said.
I threw some papers away to get to the phone, and I picked it up. My gut told me something was about to happen, and if the kids are headed to Sinnoh, they'll be right in the middle of it... "Amy, warn the other servants, tell them to get the command-centre up and running again."
"But ma'm, the command centre hasn't been used since your husband left." She said.
"I know, and I know he said not to use it in his absence, but we nééd it now." I said, as I dialed in a phone-number. As the tone went off I nervously tapped my foot on the floor. A click was heard and a friendly but stern female voice picked up. "Hello, can I help you?"

<August 14, 09:20>
<Kanto>
<Seaway>
<Archer Vessel>
<Alexis>
"She's psychic, dummy." I exclaimed as a joke, before following Sabrina's lead. 'Should I use Mightyena? Houndoom?... or Liepard? No, not Liepard, she's too powerful. She's too domestic, too obedient if I were Alex.' I thought, still deciding on which pokémon to use.

<Roxan>
"Say... Cindel? Isn't it odd that Alex is tense as of late? I'm worried about him, what if he's... you know?"

<Seaway>
<Back of Pidgeot>
<Alex>
I took the PDA out of my pocket and started looking through some files, "Old stuff, old stuff, old stuff... Maybe I should call Team Rocket, see if they have some operations for me to destroy. Naah, that wouldn't be necessary. I assume they're too busy reforming."

<August 14, 09:20>
<Kanto>
<Seaway>
<Archer Vessel>
<Cindel>
"I wouldn't be worried too much, a bit of relaxing in the Resort Area will do him some good." I commented quickly.

<Zoey>
"I'm no dummy!" I said as I walked out onto the deck. I grabbed my Pokéball and waited for my opponent to do the same. "ready when you are." I said.

<August 14, 09:20>
<Unova>
<Archer Mansion>
<Niche>
I sat behind my desk, when my doors swung open, and a strong muscular man walks through. His skin was rough, but his eyes were cold as ice.
I looked at him with a vicious look. "When last I checked, my husband had banished you..."

<Rugan>
"And you honestly think you can keep me out when he is here to protect you..? " I answer the woman. Weevile was already in the room, and I called forth my Haxorus. "We still have a battle to fight.. don't we?... It's been sixteen years since we last battled, and that battle was interupted."

<Niche>
"I have no desire to fight you." I said. "please leave."

<Rugan>
"I'm sorry, but I can't do that... my task is too make sure your two boys don't become a threat to the plan. So having you in my grasp would be an excelent trump-card."

<August 15, 17:20>
<Kanto>
<Seaway>
<Archer Vessel>
<Alex>
With its paws landing on the aft deck of the vessel, Pidgeot folded her wings together and allowed her pasengers to dismount from her back. "Last I know, Tulsin was in the steering cabin, look for him there." I exclaimed, dismounting first and stepping next to Pidgeot's head. "Good girl." I spoke out to the bird-pokémon as I gently petted the creature.