Prologue
We all have something wrong with us. Something we cannot control. Let it be a habit or a character trait, we cannot change who we are. Some have ignored their flaws and others used their flaws as an escape from reality. A flaw is a flaw, and justice is justice.
It was June 15, 2006. A huge crowd of people flocked at the center of Hearthome City, where it seemed that an announcement was being made by Team Galactic. It seemed like a harmless thing from even a bird’s eye point of view, but from a sniper’s point of view, it was a dangerous thing.
Team Galactic’s leader, Ray Skylar, was standing in front of the short microphone that had a long wire connected to it, which connected to big speakers that stood behind him. “Testing, testing”. Everything was perfectly fine, except for a flaw that would change Team Galactic’s history.
A man holding a somewhat large suitcase entered the hotel that was next to the place where the announcement would be held. He picked up his card key and went up to his room. There was a small window that was positioned perfectly towards the announcement.
He opened up the suitcase, revealing a sniper rifle with a large scope attached to it. He set up the gun and opened the window a little, leaving nothing suspicious behind. The scope was dusty and had to be brushed off, which is exactly what he did.
He put his eye up to the scope and pointed it towards Ray Skylar, Team Galactic’s leader. “I’ve seen what you do in the future. You have to be stopped now, before it’s too late” the man said. He placed his finger in front of the trigger. The man pulled the trigger and the bullet struck Ray in the head.
Screams and shouts were heard from Hearthome City, but their cries would not bring their leader back to life. The sniper pulled out a PokeBall from his backpack. “Go, Gardevoir.” All the sniper did was nod and Gardevoir placed her hands on his shoulders. Moments later, the two were teleported away from the hotel room.
Only a few minutes passed and the police cars rolled into the crime scene. Chief James Wilsbrow came out of his car and was greeted by a few of his co-workers. “Get Jen and Ryan here right away” he said in a deep, rusty voice.
Another police car came up to the crime scene, but this time, a somewhat young man and woman exited the car. “We’re here, sir” said the man.
“Good to see you could make it, Ryan and Jen” he said sarcastically. “Team Galactic’s leader was shot in the head, by a sniper. Now we’ve checked most of the hotel rooms and there aren’t any weapons or any evidence that would suggest a sniper rifle was in the room. Go investigate, do your magic.”
Ryan was a somewhat tall man, about 6’1”, and had pale white skin. His hair was brown and short, only a little longer than a buzz-cut. Jen, on the other hand, had tan-colored skin and was a lot shorter than Ryan. Her hair was long and brown and beautifully matched her personality.
Ryan grabbed one of the PokeBalls that was strapped onto his belt. He pressed the button, releasing the human-like Pokemon. “Gallade, let’s go” Ryan commanded. The two ran to the entrance of the hotel to inspect the area.
The lady at the front desk must have seen him and maybe the camera got a quick shot of his face Ryan thought as he made his way to the front desk. “Excuse me, but have you any idea which man it was that could have been the murderer?” Ryan asked. Suddenly, his phone vibrated. Ryan grabbed the phone out of his pocket and took a look at the message that the chief had sent him.
“Room 551 is the most suspicious; there was a suitcase left behind with several parts of a sniper rifle. This is most likely the room of the sniper, so ask the person at the front desk who ordered room 551” the text message read.
“Sorry about that, but who ordered room 551 for this morning?” The lady typed in a couple words into her computer and a file came up.
The lady had a confused look on her face, but told Ryan exactly what was on the computer screen. “It seems that he registered with us with the name of C. Seems like he covered up his tracks somewhat well” she said with a small chuckle.
Ryan turned around and exited the hotel with Gallade. “Chief, it seems that he registered his name on their database as C. Could this be a codename?” Ryan said with a shrug. “Has Jen gathered any information?”
Jen dashed over to them with her Electabuzz by her side. “They’re taking Ray’s body to the hospital right now and extracting the bullet from his head to see exactly what kind of gun we’re dealing with here. We should have our answer in about two hours” Jen responded. “Alright, come back into the Poke Ball Electabuzz.”
The Chief grinded his teeth against each other; he was annoyed that there was so little evidence in such an important event. “I’ll be at my office. When you’re done here, head back and we’ll wait for the results of the bullet extraction.” He went back into his car, backed it up, and drove off.
Jen sighed and looked up at Ryan. “Are you alright? You seem disappointed.”
“I’m not disappointed. The fact that innocent people are being killed is what bothers me. Team Galactic has always worked to help for the good. This event could even trigger a retaliation of some sort. It could change Team Galactic completely” Ryan explained, but he wasn’t really sure he knew what he was talking about. “I’ll be at my house, contact me when they get the bullet information and I’ll head down to the station.” He took out his empty Poke Ball and returned Gallade to it.
Jen sighed and went to the car to meet up with Ryan. “Drop me off at the station, please.” Ryan nodded and they entered the car.
He quickly dropped her off and drove to his house. “Home, sweet home. A place to get away from anyone, anything, and everything.” He lay down on the couch and closed his eyes. Seconds later, the phone rang, and it was Jen. “My goodness, already?”
Ryan picked himself up and picked up the phone. “Have you got the bullet?”
“Yes, but it’s complicated. Get down here right away.”
Thanks to:
Dictator Dauntless for finding 2 mistakes
Wariopower for helping me come up with some of the names
CCloud for nothing [16:39] <CCloud> .: put me in there somewhere :.
