ORAS RP [Delta Destiny] Gengar x Aqua

((Aqua stahp it's good ))

"So let me recap," Brendan stated, looking back and forth between Steven Stone and his father. "So there was a war 3000 years ago and an ultimate weapon that ran off the life energy of Pokémon. Your grandfather," he indicated Mr. Stone, "developed Infinity Energy from this same energy. Now there is a huge meteorite headed straight for the planet, and you need a Meteorite Shard to stop it. I need to head to Granite Cave to get one while Steven goes to the Mossdeep Space Center and sets something up with a Link Cable, and something to do with warp systems."

They both nodded. "Exactly!" Mr. Stone exclaimed. "Should be a simple job for someone with your abilities."

"Well, if this meeting is over, I think we should head out," Steven said, beginning to walk towards the stairs. "We have much to accomplish, and little time to do so."

Brendan nodded and began to follow, but before he could take 2 steps a black and gray blur zoomed up the stairs and crashed into the much closer Steven. "Oh, sorry!" her voice called out, Brendan recognizing her as the girl he met in Littleroot Town. Zinnia, was it? "I didn't see you there, I didn't mean to run into you!"

"Quite alright," Steven said politely, looking quizzically at the caped black-haired girl and her Whismur. "Who might you be, and how did you get up here?"

Zinnia opened her mouth as if she was going to answer, but Brendan beat her too it. "Zinnia?" he asked, stepping forward. One of his hands was clenched subconsciously into a fist, and the other hovered over his belt. "Did you attack May?"

Both sets of Stone eyes widened at the questions, while Zinnia gave a sheepish smile. "Weeeeeeeeellllllllllllllllll, I didn't actually mean to hurt her," she admitted. "It just all happened so fast!" The Whismur chimed in agreement.

The new Champion's eyes narrowed. "And the Key Stone theft?" The Stones' eyes widened even more.

"Absolutely necessary!" the girl replied. "You'll see when I'm done." She winked at him. "Oh, that reminds me!" Zinnia suddenly bounded towards him, knocking into him with her shoulder. His sense of balance lost, he began to topple over, feeling Zinnia grab at his wrist for a moment.

No, not his wrist. The Mega Bracelet and its Key Stone.

At the same time, the Whismur rushed at Steven, taking him by surprise and managing to wrestle his Mega Stickpin's Key Stone from it.

"Nice work, Aster!" Zinnia called as she rushed back down the stairs, leaving everyone in the room stunned and, in Brendan's case, on the ground. As she and Aster ran down the building, she failed to notice a green-haired boy.

 

"Wally!" Brendan exclaimed, getting off the ground and rushing over to his rival, grabbing him by the shoulders. "Hey, did that crazy girl try and steal your Key Stone?!" He spied the green thread hanging around the boy's neck. "Or maybe not."

He turned away to look at Steven. "And you're fine, yeah?"

"Of course," Steven replied, looking slightly disgruntled. "The Whismur only surprised me, nothing else."

"Glad to hear it," Mr. Stone said, wearing a look of interest. "Now Brendan, who might your friend be?"

"Oh, sorry!" Brendan grinned, spinning back around to clap a friendly hand on Wally's shoulder. "This is Wally, one of the strongest Trainers I know! Wally, Steven Stone and his dad, the President of Devon!"

 

"Yes," Steven replied. "Both mine and Brendan's Key Stones as well as Brendan's friend May's were taken. As for her motives..." Frowning, he turned to Brendan. "It seemed like you knew this Zinnia. Do you know anything about her plans?"

The Champion shook his head ruefully. "She met me outside my house earlier today. She said... something about meeting me the first time? I don't know, and all I know about her is that she battled May and took her Key Stone."

"Intriguing..." Mr. Stone mused distantly before suddenly snapping back to the issue at hand. "Well, it looks like there may be a change of plans after all. Steven, continue to the Mossdeep Space Center." The silver-haired man nodded. "Brendan, think you could try to dig up some information on this Zinnia girl? At least talk to your neighbor and see what information she has."

Brendan nodded. "I can do that."

"That leaves you with the most important job, Wally," the president said, turning to the green-haired boy. "A Meteor Shard still needs to be obtained from Granite Cave. Think you can handle it?"

 

Muffled cursing was heard as a girl followed a bouncing Whismur deeper into a cave. "Aster, just where are we going? I swear, if you've lead us into another Zubat swarm..." still grumbling, her foot kicked an object. "Hmmm? What's this?" Kneeling down, she picked up the glittery rock her foot had encountered. "Is this... a Meteorite Shard? Sweet! That's pre-e-e-e-e-e-e-tty cool. And pretty!"

Aster's calling had her look up from admiring the space rock in her hand. "Okay, okay, miss pushy. I'm coming, don't worry!" Pocketing the Shard, she ascended the steps to view the giant paintings on the wall.

"Hmm, so it looks like it is true after all..." she mused, staring at the cave walls. "Just like the painting there, only that one shows Mega Evolution instead of Primal Reversion... So I guess that does prove that our ancestors lived here... Thanks to them, I have the knowledge to stop this threat from space! I swear I will!"

Aster squeaked, drawing her attention away from the paintings. "What's up Aster? Why'd you interrupt my monologuing? Hmmm?"

 

Zinnia blinked down at the green-haired boy (he was a boy, right? He looked a tad effeminate). "Oh hi!" she exclaimed, bounding down the stairs to confront him. "I'm Zinnia, and this is Aster!" Aster chirped a greeting. "I don't recall meeting you... Wally, right? Well met, Wally!" Zinnia smiled, evading his question for the time being. "My goal? Well for the moment my goal was to look at these wall paintings and see how they differed from the ones I've seen before. They're truly something marvelous, don't you think?"

Aster squeaked again, bringing the strange girl back to the present. "Oh, you're here for the Meteorite Shards, hmmmm? Did you know that the Legendary Pokémon that lives in the heavens above uses them as a source of power? No? I'm not surprised, it's not really common knowledge." She pulled out the Shard she encountered and brandished it. "I do have one though, so how about a battle for it? I can see you have a Key Stone on you," she winked at him, "so this should be interesting at the very least! Whaddya say?"

 

With a groan, her Salamence collapsed before Wally's exhausted Magneton. The battle had been fierce, but the green-haired boy emerged victorious.

"Niiiiice!" the Dragon-type Trainer trilled as she recalled the Dragon Pokémon. "Real nice, Wally! Oh, I'm really feeling it now! Top marks to you, my friend! As a reward, you get the Meteorite Shard. Here ya go!" She tossed the precious shard at him before realizing the carelessness of her actions. "Oops, sorry! Guess I should have thought that through better," she ruefully rubbed the back of her neck. Suddenly she was in his face, peering at him. "I think you'll do nicely for what I have planned!" She nodded decisively. "Yep! You'll do much better than Brendan, I'm sure of it!"

Backing away from him, she turned back towards the paintings. "Hey Wally..." she began, her voice unusually somber, "these actions you're taking. Are they based on the ideals you feel, or what you believe is the truth? If it is the truth, how much of the entire story do you think you have?"

Aster squeaked, and Zinnia's strange mood disappeared in an instant. "Alright Aster, alright! We'll move on. You're so spoiled," she laughed. "So where should we go next?" Aster chirped and bounded out of the cave, Zinnia following close behind. "Whoa, slow down girl! Nice meeting you, Wally!" she tossed back over her shoulder.