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(A/N: What's your guys favourite gym/gym leader from any region? Mine is Skyla from Unova because in the games there were canons you shot out of.)
[•—•{James Morgan}•—•]
"Hey what's your name?" I asked the maid as the three of us kept on walking. The maid holding a little food basket gets flustered as she stutters out her name.
"M-my n-name is Amy." She croaks out nervously. Chuckling at her response I started to make some small talk as walking around a huge mountain full of metal Pokemon wasn't that exciting.
As the hours went by with Amy and I mostly talked about what to eat. Hopkins managed to battle quite a few Pokemon.
We found a few wild Magnemites, Mawiles, and some rock types like Geodude. Currently we were on top of the mountain finally with Hopkins battling against a Graveler.
"Magmar use [Ember]." Hopkins calls out, which in turn made me question his move choice. Soon after Magmar attacks which didn't do much but still startled Graveler. The move ended up angering the Pokemon and making it use Rollout and head towards Magmar at full speed.
"Quickly use [Cross Chop]." Hopkin says right after reacting accordingly to the Pokemons attack. With Graveler not knowing about this and dumb enough to fall for the bait, rolls itself right into a super effective move which sent it tumbling back.
"Finish this with [Mach Punch]."
Magmar not giving the poor rock a chance, sprints towards it and decisively knocks the poor Pokemon out.
'Damn I guess I can't expect everyone to be a brainless brute force trainer like in the anime. But it makes sense in a way as these are real people.'
With the road now clear, we kept on walking towards one of the mountain cliffs to where we saw an interesting sight.
"Bel beldum!" A Beldum with a white and gold colouring hums in fright. Looking down at the cliff side we saw two more normal coloured Beldums with a Metang in the middle.
"Meta meta!" The Metang hums right back as it gets in close and swings it arms towards the now identified shiny Beldum.
The shiny Beldum not moving at all just tanks the hit as the other Beldums who were watching started to join in on the beating which lasted only a few more minutes.
But to me it felt like hours as my blood started to boil. You'd think because they're practically smart computers that they wouldn't discriminate because of a colour difference.
'I guess these robots are racist in some way or another.'
While thinking this, the two Beldums and Metang started to trot around and left the area. With them now gone I could see the Beldum just sitting there seemingly contemplating something.
"Should we go hel-" I quickly cut Amy off as I didn't want to alarm Beldum.
"Shhh, we'll just watch for now. I've decided to catch that Beldum but I want to watch it for a bit longer." I tell Amy as Hopkins just watches from the side completely silent.
After saying this I look back at the shiny Beldum to see it already up and going with a determined face. We followed the little guy which he ended up heading over to a rocky land scape with huge boulders which was directly next to a forest.
Beldum proceeded to tackle the lower part of a huge boulder vigorously for short intervals. He wouldn't mindlessly hit but wait in certain spots to hear cracks in the rocks, just like beavers with trees.
So this is what Bill finds so interesting…
After a bit Beldum, went into the forest shaking a little as it was still injured.
It soon came back but with a Magnemite and a Magneton following it. Beldum while moving towards the huge boulder, tanked a few [Thunder Shock]s as it lured the two Pokemon under the previously hit rock.
And when the time was right, Beldum used [Tackle] at the huge boulder which made it completely collapse and drop on the two Pokemon.
*Crash!*
"Magnemite!"
While the Magneton was completely under the rubble without any movement, Magnemite was still up but extremely weak.
'That's the ability [Sturdy] I assume.'
Beldum seeing that there was still a survivor, doesn't hesitate and instantly goes for a [Tackle]. Magnemite still recovering from the boulder doesn't see Beldum coming at him and gets directly hit sending him down to the floor unconscious.
"What high intelligence." Hopkins quietly comments on seeing Beldum win a 2v1. Hearing this I nod with a smile.
'He's perfect no doubt, what a specimen of a pokemon.' I thought in admiration.
This Beldum had to be MINE...
An obsessed look seeped into my very core as I stared like a Yanderee.
Beldum seeing that its won floated over to the downed Magnemite and started to feast on it. With it only taking a couple of bites to properly consume the Pokemon.
Watching this first hand, I get a little surprised but not react too much as I already knew that Pokemon ate Pokemon in this world.
Real animals such as cows and chickens did exist in this world, but Pokemon didn't refrain from eating other Pokemon.
Beldum after finishing its meal, hurriedly went to the rubble and used [Tackle] some more to reveal the Magneton who wasn't moving an inch.
The Iron Ball Pokemon proceeded to grab the Magneton and went as fast as it could towards a specified direction. The three of us following it from behind still, made me a little nervous as we went deeper in to the mountains.
Fortunately for us though it didn't take to long for Beldum to take a break as it found a Metagross and three Metangs.
"Beldumm!" Shiny Beldum hums out in plea as it offers up the Magneton it caught. The other four Pokemon looking down at the Beldum from above didn't look impressed though.
"Meta metagross…" The Metagross hummed back in a low but seemingly threatening tone.
Despite this Beldum persists on by bumping Magneton forward, seemingly in desperation.
Metagross having had enough, uses [Teleport] to get in front of Beldum and smash it to the ground. Soon after this it notifies the Metangs and they proceed to head out of the area.
'Does all Psychic types know [Teleport]?. I mean in the anime I've seen it, but Metagross doesn't learn that.' I thought in contemplation.
Seeing that the area was cleared out, my eyes went blood-shot red at the situation.
'Finally, I can recruit a canon Pokemon to my team.'
"I'll go to it myself, just stay here. I will bring Haunter with me just in case though." I tell Hopkins as he just nods at my words.
Getting out of my little hiding spot, I walked up to the downed Beldum who was just barely hanging on to its consciousness.
I didn't want the others to hear my words as it wouldn't be a thing, kids would be saying casually.
"Hey Beldum, I saw what happened. Things must be tough on you huh."
Beldum realising that there's a human in front of it tries to straighten itself to show that its still strong, but this only makes itself shake in pain even more.
"It must feel like shit to be treat like this no? The feeling of weakness..." I say sucking my breathe in. "I can help you get stronger, so you'll never have to feel this pain again. Just get up and on my hand."
"The opportunity to become the strongest, luxury beyond your wildest dreams and most importantly… my family. All you need to do is be obedient."
While sounding a bit simplistic, using complicated words on a Pokemon was stupid.
"Bel?" Beldum hums in painful contemplation. It's currently at an all time low, the iron ball Pokemon has been trying to get back into the colony for months now just for it to be attacked and left behind.
It was not even a year old yet…
Beldum seeing no other way out, shakily floats to hand of the James in plight as it powered through to get stronger. The DETERMINATION clearly visible on the little guys face.
Watching this a maniacal grin could be seen plastered on my face.
"I see you've made your choice." I comment with a sly grin as the Shiny Beldum soon after closed its eyes in exhaustion and fell onto my hands. "Oh shi-"
*Crack!*
Feeling the weight of 92kg falling onto my hand, I nearly fuck up my wrist as I kind of dropped the poor guy to the floor. The ground cracked at his weight and my eyes buldged at the sight.
"Shit." Looking over to my back, I stared into Hopkins eyes with a helpless look. "Help me, I don't got a Pokeball or have the strength to carry it."
Beldum was fully knocked out…
Hopkins hearing this quickly walks over with Magmar and Amy at his side.
"We didn't really bring any Pokeballs with us young James, I thought you knew this?" Hopkins said helplessly. "I didn't think you actually wanted to catch or that we would find a Pokemon suited for you."
"I got an Idea, we can put Beldum into Amy's basket and get Magmar to hold it so we can hide the Beldum until the Pokemon center." I recommend.
"But why should be hide a Beldum?" Amy sort of stupidly questions as she hands the basket to the ground. While Magmar loaded this basket up with Beldum and closed it shut, I answered her question.
"It's because a Beldum who evolves into a Psuedo-Legendary will catch too much attention because of the difficulty to get one. Plus this one being a discoloured one on top of that." I explain. This could attract the wrong attention and I really can't be bothered to have some of them on my back at all times.
How did Ash deal with Team Rocket anyways, did he ever just snap?
Speaking of the Beldum line, the reason it's almost impossible to catch one is because they are like a hive of mind. With the alpha of the group being a fucking super computer with four minds or something, a baby Beldum typically wouldn't get lost.
Or like at all.
If one's in trouble then it can call on the big boys to help via telepathy to the hive. So if one gets yoinked then the others will know it's location and race off to save it.
That's why I'm so happy that I got a Beldum. Not only was he ignored, he accepted my offer and never sent signals back to the main hive. I'm not exactly sure how it works but he might be disconnected from his pack.
But because of this it's safe to take this awesome Shiny Beldum now.
'Is this how Steven Stone got his own monster of a Metagross?' I thought in contemplation.
With the little guy now hidden and in possession, we start to make our way back.
The journey back was at least 40 minutes long as we only got lucky to spot such rare Pokemon. While on the way back through the last bit of forest, we spotted an aircraft which had a tank like vehicle coming out of it.
'I think I recognise this vehicle.'
Squinting my eyes at the sight, it felt familiar. Soon after this a Salamance could be spotted leaving the thing with a woman on top of it.
She had short silver hair, a fit figure, glasses that covered both of her eyes like a visor and had some kind of attachment to her right arm.
While taking off, the Salamance suddenly does a double take and heads towards our direction. Hopkins seeing this starts to sweat a little and sends out another Pokemon.
"Be careful young master." Hopkin says as he taps a Pokeball from his pockets.
"Golem!"
The Pokeball reveals a Golem as the Salamance with the woman on top of it lands in front of us. Seeing this I finally recognise who this is.
We really stood no chance.
"I will have to warn you to stay away from this area or I'll have to kill you." The woman tells us in a threatening tone. Hearing this I flinch fully well knowing her words weren't merely "words".
"I apologise for intruding, my two servants and I will quickly leave." I swiftly say doing a small bow.
Hunter who witnessed this just nods in approval. The future infamous Hunter J looks at me in the eyes and gets an interested look.
'If I was a Chinese protagonist I might hold a grudge.' I joke to myself trying to improve my mood.
Even when I get enough power to not care about such trivial people like her, I won't keep such grudges unless they hurt my people.
Unnecessary conflict is never advantageous.
"Let's quickly go young master." Hopkin says nudging my shoulders. Nodding at him we left while hiding the Beldum succesfully.
'I almost forgot about Beldum.' I thought extremely nervous.
With some sweat dripping down my face I reminded Hopkins to buy some Pokeballs when we exited the mountains.
Safe for another day...