"L? So you are not going to tell me your real name?", asked Axel.
"Of course not. Do you think that I am so crazy to tell you my real name? I can see that you are thirsty. Let me help you with that.", said L, and took a water bottle and helped Axel drink a few gulps of water.
Water was something Axel sorely needed. He drank the whole bottle. For the first time in his life, he felt the importance of water as it slid down to his throat to his stomach. He could feel it all.
"Now, since you know that I am a good person, ask me just one question. And let me tell you, this might be the last time you will be having some water.", said L.
Axel didn't know what that meant and he didn't want to know.
"Why did you kidnap me and what do you want from me?", asked Axel.
"Oh, I didn't kidnap you. My employer told me to do it. I am just following orders and I don't want anything from you. Actually, I am quite a fan of yours, if you want to believe it.", said L.
"Ok, so who is your employer and what does that employer want from me?"
"Oh, you think that you are going to ask a question and I am going to answer it like a polite gentleman? No, there are going to be some rules and you will have to follow them."
"Ok, what kind of rules?"
"With each question that you ask, you will get one punishment. You asked me 2 questions now but don't worry, I will only give you one punishment. Since its your first time."
It was not the thing that he spoke that scared him but the way he spoke. He spoke joyfully with a hint of a smile. Like this was something he had been doing for his whole life.
That was scary.
"What will be my punishment?"
"Oh, didn't you hear? I already told you. No water."
Axel took a deep breath to calm down.
"I can tell that your employer doesn't want me dead, so not giving me water would kill your purpose."
"Don't worry, you will not die. You will just not get any water and I commend you for not asking me any question. You are very intelligent."
Axel could have said the previous thing by asking a question but he didn't cause he knew that he would get another punishment for it.
Slowly he was playing with the rules of L and he was not liking it.
After that, he fed some food to Axel and then closed the door leaving Axel alone.
Axel had a lot of things to consider after this meeting. First of all, the kidnapper was experienced and he loved to play with his victims. The real people who kidnapped him were not here and this was a hired help.
That was what he got from L but L may also be lying. He didn't know anything. The only thing that he knew was that L had left the light on. So, he was not in complete darkness right now.
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Gerad had also heard about the kidnapping now. It had been a couple of days and this had been the most famous news in the whole world. Gerad didn't know how he felt right now. He obviously hated Axel to the bone but he didn't want Axel to die.
But he still wanted to take his revenge. So, thought to give a tide mission to the mercenary team of Axel.
He posted the mission and it went to all the members of the mercenary team including Axel's phone. Henry was just furious after seeing the notification. There was no way that they were going to complete this mission without Axel. As of right now, the tide mission was not important, Axel's life was important.
As of right now, Henry and the others were in the violet city with Oak and Red.
"So, Gerad just sent that tide mission. Red, do you think that it was the league that kidnapped Axel?"
"No, I don't think so. If they did then they would not have sent that mission to make us angry. I think Gerad is just doing it to make himself feel better.", replied Red.
"Yes, but I still want to interrogate this Gerad."
"Oak, we cannot do that. Gerad is a high-profile person. We cannot kidnap him without any evidence.", said Red.
"Red, we have to do something. We are not getting anywhere. I cannot face Axel's parents like this.", said Oak.
"Axel has his Shedinja that loves to live in his shadow.", said Henry.
"That is a good point. Maybe Shedinja is coming here to inform us.", said Red.
"Yes, but that is just a possibility. We cannot be sure of that.", said Oak.
"Where is Blue right now?", asked Red.
"He is searching everywhere in the world for Axel. All of his team has been mobilized.", said Oak.
"So, we still could not find where the plane flew away.", said Red.
"Yes, we cannot. Detective Tyler has also been racking his brains. But his team has also not been able to find anything."
They had been able to find the traces of the plane after searching for a day but they could not determine where it was headed. For that, they had to contact the aerial department that would regularly monitor any plane moving but surprisingly they could not find the plane without their help too.
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When Dina started to train Axel's Squirtle, she found out that Axel had planned Squirtle to be a tank. This was easier to translate this time as she now had a king-rank Pokemon to translate.
"Squirtle, show me all of your moves.", said Dina.
Squirtle went on to show all of its moves. Dina realized that Squirtle had a lot of healing and defensive moves. Even though it was only 3 months old right now, it had a very strong base and foundation. Dina was surprised by the way it was being trained.
She instantly knew that Axel was a wonderful trainer.
So, she didn't change Axel's strategy cause Squirtle was Axel's Pokemon.
"I think your trainer has done a good job. It is a good strategy. So, I think we should follow your trainer's plan."
Squirtle raised its chest as if it was proud of its trainer. It didn't understand what the word 'strategy' meant but it got the gist of it.
"Since you just came out of the baby stage, your body is still weak. So, we need to train your body. Our target is for you to evolve to Wartortle in 2 months. You will train 4 hours in body stats, and 4 hours in moves and abilities, and 1 hour in battle with other Pokemons."
That was 9 hours of training. For normal trainers and their Pokemons, it was very high and since Squirtle was just a common rank Pokemon, it was obviously high.
But Dina was from the Toise family. She knew the capacity of Squirtle species. Looking at such a healthy Squirtle, she knew that it could train for 12 hours. But she also had a soft side and didn't want to pressure it too much.
"Another thing we will talk about would be battle strategy. It is now time for you to learn how to battle different kinds of Pokemons. We will do that slowly, so don't worry.
So, are you ready to train?", asked Dina.
"Squirt.. Squirtle!!!", shouted Squirtle ready to train.
"Ok, let's do it."
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Shedinja's POV
Shedinja knew that it was going to be a long ride. It didn't have moves to sense the nearby island or place and it would not know where it would be going. Swimming and resting in water would not be a problem for it and it didn't need to eat food to sustain. But it knew that the sea was the domain of water-type Pokemons.
Arceus knows how long these water-type Pokemons were living inside the sea. So, the sea was going to be a big hurdle to cross for it. Yet, that was the only choice that it had.
It thought to fly at a high altitude so that the water Pokemons would not catch it. It would use moves like 'Agility' and 'Gravity' from time to time to ease the flying pressure but that would make it even weaker as moves like those would consume stamina. It had been flying for all day but it had not been able to see any sort of land. Seeing that all around it was just blue water, it was getting frustrated.
After flying for the whole night, it was getting dark. If the day traveling in the sea was horrible then the traveling at pitch black night was another story.
Shedinja was a ghost-type Pokemon, so moving at night would not have any effect on it but the thing that made it so difficult was the storm.
For the entire day, the water was as calm as a yogi that was deep in meditation but at night, the weather suddenly changed. There were multiple tsunamis that were going on and the water was very fierce. For the first time, Shedinja respected water and also feared it at the same time.
The tornadoes were not so harmful as it was flying at a good height but by flying at a good height there was a good chance that it might forget the direction.
It was a king-rank Pokemon and it was near to reaching tier 3 but flying continuously would naturally make it tired. Since this was the sea, there was no place to land and rest and Shedinja didn't want to go near the sea surface as it was afraid of water-type Pokemons.
'Axel is waiting for me. I have to go there.', thought Shedinja again and again. It didn't even know where it was going but it had to find a land.
While it was flying it was making sure that it was going in the same direction so that it could not confuse the island where Axel was staying.
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5 days have passed and Shedinja had not stopped even once. Even for a king-rank Pokemon, flying for 5 straight days was a commendable achievement and Shedinja didn't even specialize in flying.
'I wish that kid was here', it thought remembering Charizard.
If Charizard was here, it would have covered 10 times the distance by now cause it was very fast and it had powerful and strong wings. But such was not the case for Shedinja.
It had been using the move 'Endure' for quite some time. The only reason that it was doing so was that it hoped that the move would evolve and that would help in its stamina. But so far there was no luck.
As it was using the move 'Endure', it was concentrating on guiding the energy in such a way that it would make its body feel less pain and increase its stamina because it was on the verge of collapsing right now.
As it looked like all hope was lost, Shedinja immediately felt that its body was light by 100 kg. It felt refreshed. It was not back to its original state but this was much better than a few seconds ago.
It became hopeful to cross the never-ending sea with a new vigor and speed up to reach its destination.