//------------------------------// // Chapter 2: A Hero and Damsels // Story: The Mane Six's Pokemon Journey // by Cheesecake404 //------------------------------// A Hero and Damsels Zander made a beeline for the rock/ground habitat. Stopping just short of a cliff face. “No problem. Go Torterra!” Out of the pokeball came the large continent Pokemon. “Torterra,” it cried, looking at its trainer. Zander quickly got on its back. “Okay, Torterra use Rock Climb.” No sooner had he said it Torterra was climbing the cliff at an incredible speed. Once at the top he looked back to his partner and said “Thanks Torterra, return.” Alright, lets get started. He pulled two more Pokeballs out and threw them. “Come on out Staraptor and Luxray!” The Pokemon appeared with a cry. “Alright listen up! A short time ago a space-time portal opened up and dropped something around here. We're going to find it or them. Understand?” “Staraptor!” “Luxray!” The two Pokemon said with enthusiasm. “Good! Now Staraptor I want you to look for anything out of the ordinary and I mean anything! Luxray I need you to use Flash!” With that the electric Pokemon began to glow and the bird took flight. “Okay, lets go!” Not long after the search began, the two reached the water reservoir. The reservoir was mostly for the rock/water and water/ground types. In the distance Zander could make out some splashing. Huh, must be a Wooper or something having a late night swim. “Help!” A female voice screamed from the splashing. Oh, crap! “Go Empoleon, save that person!” The Pokeball opened releasing the Pokemon under the water. Soon it surfaced with the person in its arms. That only seemed to make it ten times worse. “Ahhhh! Monster go away! Save me, save me!” “Try to calm down, Empoleon is there to save you!” Zander shouted. Empoleon made it back to shore a little bruised. But no worse for wear. Empoleon put the person down on their feet, who then collapsed to the ground. It was then when Zander realized it was a very young, very pretty, very naked girl. She had very long light pink hair that covered half her face, as well as turquoise colored eyes and little else. It took Zander a minute for him to realize he was staring. When he actually looked at her he could see fear in her eyes. He knelt down to her level and said, “Don't be afraid I'm here to help you.” As he took off his tuxedo jacket and handed it to her. She took the jacket and after a little struggling got it on. She looked up at Zander and smiled at him. Ga, I think my heart just exploded. “Can you stand?” “I don't think so,” she said in almost a whisper. “Okay, not a problem. Come back out Torterra!” The girl gasped as she saw the huge creature come out of the small ball, then again when the blue one went in a different ball. “How did you do that?” “I have no idea,” he said as he picked her up. God does this girl eat anything. She's so light. “By the way, I'm Zander. What's your name?” “Um... Fluttershy.” Another whisper tone. “That's a nice name. Now don't be afraid Fluttershy I'm going to put you a on Torterra's back so I can get you to safety.” “WAIT!” The hell? Did she say that? “My friends. My friends are missing. We were all together when...” she said tears welling up in her eyes. “Hey, hey.” Zander cooed “We'll find them. How many are there?” “Five.” A memory started to play in his head,'In the distance they could see a portal opened up and about five or six figures falling from the sky.' It couldn’t be, could it? I suppose any thing is possible with space-time. But now isn't the time for questions. I have five more people to find. “Um... if you don't mind me asking, how are we going to find them?” Zander pointed to the sky and said, “My Staraptor is already out looking for anything out of the ordinary. Now that I know what I'm looking for we'll find them in no time!” Fluttershy looked confused. Wait, was he already looking for us? How is that possible? “I assume your friends are girls?” “Wha~ oh yes.” “Okay.” Zander let out a whistle and soon Staraptor returned. “Staraptor I know what we'll looking for now. Five young girls. Did you see any?” Staraptor nodded. “Lead the way.” The five were heading off toward the mountain base. As they got closer Zander noticed two rock pillars. He saw that they were moving. Must be a couple of Onix. He then saw one was shining. Okay, an Onix and a Steelix. When they finally got there Zander could see three more girls. Two of them were in a fighting stance of some sort, the third was cowering behind the two. The two Pokemon were gearing up for an attack. Zander had to act fast! They looked like they were his but he couldn't be sure. He took a chance. Worse case scenario he’d have to fight them. He gave a whistle and the two turned. Their angry faces soon turned to joy upon seeing their master. Yup, their mine, boy am I lucky. But they're in a heap of trouble. Zander's face was less than thrilled. “Just what in the hell do you to think your doing!?” The two colossal Pokemon's heads began to sink. “Attacking defenseless girls? I thought I raised you better than that!” The two were now on the ground trying to hide behind their tails. “*sigh* We'll talk about this later. Now get out of here!” With that, the two burrowed into the ground. Now that the situation was over Zander turned his attention to the three girls all of whom were naked and standing awkwardly. The one on the left had rainbow hair and magenta colored eyes. She also look ready to fight. To his right was a blond haired, green eyed girl. She had a tan all over her body. Damn, what is it about an all over tan that's so hot? He shook his head. Stay focused! She also had on a stetson. The hell? The others have nothing and she has a hat? Something tells me tonight is going to get a lot stranger. The last girl had pale skin, indigo hair, and blue eyes. The rainbow one was the first to speak, “Hey! We are not defenseless! And who the hay are you anyway?” “First of all, your welcome. Second My name is Zander and I'm the guy who's going to save you and all your friends!” “We don't need your help! We could've handled it ourselves.” “And how would you have beaten two Pokemon. One made out of rock the other steel?” “Er...” “Exactly! Now, I already saved your friend Fluttershy.” He pointed to his Torterra. The girls looked at the monster and the girl. “Now I suggest you climb up there with her. Unless you want to walk.” “No of course not!” the indigo haired one said. “You'll have to forgive Rainbow she can be a bit... abrasive at times. Allow me to thank you for saving us and introduce myself. I'm Rarity, pleased to meet you.” “Nice to meet you too.” Zander looked at the other two. It looked like they were sizing him up. From the look of the two they could easily kick his ass. 'Hat girl' walked up and extended her arm. Zander took it. “Names Applejack.” “Nice to...” “Save it I don't trust ya yet.” “Rainbow Dash,” said the rainbow one not even stopping to shake hands. The two got on Torterra with little problem. Rarity however. “Could you be a dear and help me please?” “S-sure no problem.” Zander kept his eyes glued to the ground as he got over to his Pokemon. He cupped his hands and she stepped up on to the Pokemon. “Thank you darling.” “S-sure no problem,” he said trying desperately not to look at her parts. “Staraptor.” Oh good Staraptor's back! “Did you find anyone else? Staraptor pointed in the direction of a forest. “Alright, lets go!” As Zander and the group made their way to the forest the girls began to talk amongst themselves. “Fluttershy are you okay?” Rainbow asked in a hushed tone. “Yes I am. Thanks to Zander.” “Do ya' trust him?” Applejack said. “I don't think we have a choice. But he seems nice and he wants to help us. So I think we can trust him.” “Alright then, what can ya tell us about this thing?” Applejack said pointing down. “I think it's called a pok-e-man or something like that. He calls this one Torterra. He also keeps them in little red and white balls on his belt.” “How the hay does that work?” “He doesn't know.” Before the conversation could continue Zander and Luxray jumped on Torterra. “Hang on tight,” he said. “Torterra, use Rock Climb!” Torterra then ran down the side of the cliff stopping at the edge of the forest. “What the hay was that!” Rainbow shouted as Zander and Luxray got off. “It was Rock Climb. The fastest way down short of jumping,” he said as they made their way to the forest. Before they got there, they heard a scream coming from the foliage. Out of the woods came another naked girl. This one had pink curly hair and light blue eyes. She was running straight at Zander. Oh no. She slammed into him knocking both to the ground. “Help me!” she screamed. Fortunately, the blow kept him focused on the problem and not on the naked girl on top of him. He looked past her and saw a swarm of Beedrill and nearly pissed himself. “Staraptor use Brave Bird!” Staraptor charged the Beedrill. It's body became encased in fire, became a blue light and smashed into the bug types. Most of them fled. The others fainted. “Good job! Now use Roost.” Zander turned his attention back to the girl who glomped him. “Um, it safe now. You can get off of me now.” She looked down at him and smiled. She then took a big breath and said, “Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you you saved me I'm Pinkie Pie I like parties do you like parties of course you do who doesn’t I should throw you a thank you for saving me party speaking of saving me that was awesome first I was all ahhhhh and they were all bzzzzz and then you were all like use Brave Bird and they were all runaway and then you all got like get of-” Zander put his hand over her mouth to shut her up. “Yes, get off and go join your friends over there!” he said in a harsher tone than intended. Though it didn't seam to phase her. “Okey dokey lokey,” she said as hopped off Zander and joined her friends. Zander got up and said, “Is she always like that?” “Yes.” responded all her friends. Oh joy. He looked over to Staraptor “you still good to go?” It replied with a nod. “Okay, five down one to go.” At that moment Pinkie went wide eyed and pointed at the woods. “Twilight's in trouble. We need to go now!” Zander was about to question how she could possibly know that, but decided against it. He would figure it out later. If she was right, they needed to hurry. If she was wrong, Staraptor would find this 'Twilight'. Sure enough a girl was there in a clearing and she was surrounded by half a dozen angry looking Scyther. The only thing between her and them was a Scizor and a Butterfree. Zander smiled. That's my boys. Onix and Steelix can learn a thing or two from them! “Luxray, Torterra keep the girls safe!” “What are you going to do?” Rarity asked with much concern in her voice. “I'm going to save your friend!” Zander signaled Staraptor to follow. He also threw out two pokeballs. “Hey,” he said getting the Scyther's attention. “If you leave now I won't hurt you.” They rushed him. Oh well worth a shot. “Okay, have it your way. Staraptor use Heat Wave, Inferape use Flamethrower, Lurario use Rock Slide, and you two,” he point at the Scizor and Butterfree “use Aerial Ace!” The first volley of attacks made contact. Five of the six were out cold, with the last one running away. Torterra and Luxray then made their way into the clearing. “That was the most awesomeist thing I ever saw.” “You can say that again Dashie.” “I reckon' you showed them critters whose boss.” “Indeed, those ruffians had it coming.” “Um... Yay?” Zander smiled. Every now and again he like to show off. He then called back his Pokemon save for Torterra and Luxray. He than turned his attention to 'Twilight'. She was huddled up next to at tree holding her left arm. Zander knelt down next to her. Like the others, she had no clothing on. Her hair was dark purple with a lighter purple and pink streaks. Her eyes were violet and like Fluttershy before were full of fear. “Hey, everything’s going to be okay,” he said softy. “I'm here to help. Are you alright?” “They... they cut me.” “Let me take a look at it.” She removed her hand to reveal a large but not deep cut. “It doesn't look too bad. You'll just need a bandage for now.” He ripped off the left sleeve of his shirt. If he was paying attention he would've heard Rarity gasp. He wrapped the sleeve around her arm. “There that should do. At least until I get you somewhere safe.” She nodded as he picked her up. He than carried her to Torterra. “Alright is everyone here? Yes, good! Time to saddle up and move out.” The group of nine began to make their way out of the forest and back to the lab. Hopefully, Zander thought to himself, it won't be a long trip back. I have questions that need answers.