A/N: Apologies for the late update. I had a long trip yesterday and needed rest. I have published 2 chapters today
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The team went to the forest at a steady pace. Lucious would change the direction from time to time and none of the Pokemons ambushed them. It seemed like Lucious was truly knowledgeable and experienced. Axel was flying with Charizard and Lucious had Houndoom who was an elemental rank Pokemon.
"This is the place where Lance, Bloom, and Kelly were kidnapped.", said Raze pointing at the ground. The place seemed spooky. There were some battle marks on the ground. The team started to search around but after searching for more than 5 hours, they found nothing. There were some wild Pokemons but they would run away after seeing Houndoom.
"It seems that we should make a camp here. It is already evening. We would extend our search tomorrow.", said Lucious. Axel was content with his decision and started to set up camp. They made a small bonfire to keep them warm and started to talk.
"Raze, can you tell me exactly, what happened again?", asked Axel. Raze nodded her head and started to speak.
"We had heard that there were some wild Pokemons that were actively killing other wild Pokemons in this part of the forest. This is normal in the forest but the rate of deaths was very high which was unusual. I, Bloom and Kelly decided to take this mission after Lace came up from his expedition.
First of all, it looked normal. There were some wild Pokemons but their behavior was not unusual. But suddenly a bunch of Pokemons attacked us."
"What kind of Pokemons?"
"The type of Pokemons vary. There was a Vileplume, Sceptile, Golem and others. Most of them were in rare rank. But there was a Tyranitar who was in elemental rank. It was very powerful. All of our Pokemons were heavily injured. Lance made way for me to escape. That is all I know."
"Pokemons of different kinds and type attacking together is very rare. There is something fishy going on here.", remarked Lucious.
The team talked for some time and went to their camp to sleep. Raze said to keep the first watch as she was guilty. Axel went to sleep at his camp.
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Axel didn't know when he woke up, but he heard some noise from Shedinja. Shedinja never made any noise until necessary. Axel opened his eyes and sprang up. Just as he was ready to stand up, he felt very sleepy and tired. Axel felt that he had not slept for days. He knew something was wrong but he couldnot find in himself to stand up. He slowly fell to the ground and fainted.
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"Wake….p
"Wak… up Ax…."
"Wake up Axel!!"
Axel opened his eyes and found Lorelai trying to wake him up. He found himself in what seemed to look like a big cell. It had walls on the 3 sides and steel bars on the right side.
"What happened? Lorelai, where are we?"
"It seemed like we have been kidnapped too, Axel.", replied Lorelai.
"What? How did this happen?", asked Axel surprised.
"I don't know Axel."
Axel looked around and found that there were 13 people in the cell. Lucious and Raze were also there. Axel had never imagined that he would be kidnapped in a million years.
"There is 1 good news and 1 bad news", said Lorelai.
"Give me the bad news first.", said Axel rubbing his head.
"The bad news is that we are kidnapped. They also took all of our Pokeballs and our fingerprints. These kidnappers called themselves Greed. Greed is a high-level criminal organization that operates outside of the Kanto region. They told us that they would take our Pokemons. They have not told us what would happen to us till now."
Axel felt a headache coming from Lorelai's news. He was the successor. If they found out about it, he would naturally be killed. Fortunately, the mask was still on his face. The kidnappers didn't think to see who Axel was. This was good news but getting kidnapped by a criminal organization was not.
"The good news is Lance is also here."
"Really? Where is he?"
"He is in another cell right beside us. Bloom and Kelly are also here. They don't let us talk much though."
"Damn!! What the hell are we going to do now? We don't have our Pokemons and we are too weak to run away from these steel bars. Even if we do manage to escape from here, we would be immediately killed by their Pokemons.", shouted Axel in rage.
"We just need to wait. I had already told the league that if we don't come back after some time, then they should send reinforcement. They must have moved an hour ago. We just need to wait for now. We can't do anything.", said Lucious. Lucious seemed to have planned for every outcome.
Axel calmed himself after he heard Lucious. But his thought was disturbed by another voice.
"It seems like the last person has woken up. Let me tell you about your fate. We are from Greed. It is a glorious organization and I have come here to give you an offer. If you choose to surrender, you would be a part of us and start from the lowest rank Cleaners. All of your Pokemons would be returned to you. You have 4 hours to decide your fate". The man was mature. He looked to be in his early 30s with big muscles.
A man raised his hand from the cell.
"You are not in a classroom. You don't have to raise your hand, haha. Ask.", said the man.
"What would happen to the people who do not want to join your organization?" asked the man. Most of the prisoners nodded their heads. They also had the same thought.
"Do you need to even ask? Those people would be terminated."
A look of shock could been seen from everyone in the cell.