Chapter 17

After the fight at the mansion, Alex had handed over the grunts to officer Jenny who came over to see the loud noises and explosion which the residents living nearby heard off and informed her about.

After confirmation of his identity, he was allowed to leave, of course, she wasn't happy as the cause and reason for the battle was only revealed to her. The battle procedure report, as well as the people involved, weren't stated to her.

Alex had returned his pokemon and left the area for the Pokemon center via teleport to not cause I wanted attention on him as he had blood on his clothes along with his injuries.

His status, as well as the current situation, was enough to let him teleport around the city without any hassle or legal problem which he might suffer from.

After arriving in front of the Pokemon center, he went to meet with the Nurse Joy. She was currently in her office while waiting for his arrival anxiously.

He knocked on her door and on hearing " enter " he went inside.

Seeing Alex appearance, she wished to hug him tightly and in her hold, she said to Alex," When I saw the injured appearance of Jim and Daisy, I was scared. When you did t arrive for hours, I thought something may have happened to you too."

Alex patted her back to calm her down.

She left her hold on Alex and then glared at him and stayed in her maternal tone," So what reason did you have for making me wait for so long and not even sending any message regarding the mission which you said you would every hour yet were non-responsive for four hours."

Alex almost saw the ghostly body of Dusknoir awaiting him and decided to put the black pot of making her wait on someone else and said," I would have arrived early had it not for Officer Jenny holding me back and questioning me.

The fight was kind of bloody and hence she decided to interrogate me. Only after my identity was confirmed, did she let me leave?"

She still has her arms on her waist and glared at him, though the intensity was much lesser than earlier.

" Fine. Now, remove your shirt so I can treat you. And, I won't take a no for an answer. Are there any pokemons you need to treat?" She asked while pulling off his shirt to reveal his chest filled with small cuts.

Alex handed her the pokeball of Pikachu, Swablu, Growlithe, gallade, ivysaur, pidgeotto, nidorino and butterfree along with one more Pokeball for the checkup.

Although most of them were injured, they still had drained out their energy while taking on a large number of the enemy so he decided to.let them rest.

She passed it on to her truth worthy Chansey for the treatment while she began to treat Alex.

While treating, she asked Alex about his actual mission," Did you complete the task?"

" The boss lady escaped and in her escape attempt, the two of her highest members perished. I managed to knock them out and was going to interrogate them or hand them over to the league for intelligence gathering, but they died on her escape attempt.

I have caught the grunts. But their number is too much so I let the police handle their processing. We can get information about shadows through these members too, although it might not be much." He said.

" So how do you grade your mission as, Alex?" Nurse Joy asked.

" I think I failed the task since no important person was caught up. " He accepted his failure of the task.

Nurse Joy didn't honey the words and tried to encourage him, and bluntly said," Indeed, you didn't complete the main objective, you set for yourself, of catching one of the top members in the opposition, but the actual mission was dealing with the threat of kidnapping trainers, while intelligence gathering was secondary and a non mandatory task.

Alex, you are still young, so you don't understand it well. But, the tasks granted by the league to a trainer directly is composed of multiple sub-tasks.

They arrange the task in regards to their understanding of the trainer. The league sent this task to check in which category you belong to. This mission had two tasks so two categories were checked.

The first one was the strike force and the second one was intelligence.

Similar tasks will be given to you so your bio-data can be created. And after you are strong enough, you will be given higher difficulty tasks.

From what I gathered, intelligence gathering isn't your forte and so you mostly wouldn't get spy task in the future. " She explained it to Alex and her treatment was also completed.

Alex wore his tattered shirt once more and then asked," when can the two brats he discharged."

Nurse Joy was setting her treatment equipment in place so she absently answered," I had placed them in forced sleep to speed up their healing. They were only in pain and had no deep injuries. They can be discharged as soon as they wake up which will most probably be by tomorrow morning.

You can call their parents to inform them, about their present situation. Kids, their age after these situations need the help of their parents for recovery." she said while suddenly remembered something," I would inform you when your pokemons are completely treated. You should rest yourself too. You are still growing and cannot put excess stress on your body especially in your quick growth years. " and she sore him away and motioned him to go and rest in the room.

After being shooed away, Alex went to see the two. Seeing them asleep, Alex went off to his own room to rest.

on arriving in his room on the third floor of the pokemon center, he crashed onto his bed and began to think of the past occurring of today's events.

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Flashback,

Alex looked at the crushed Magmar body. Although his body was gravely injured, his spirit was still strong along with his aura. He willed to survive. This will of his made Alex come to a decision.

He crushed all the pokeball he found on the scarred man and then pulled out his own and catch this spitfire Pokemon which usually resided in the volcano and areas around it.

As soon as he caught the Pokemon, two pairs of bright white light attracted his attention.

One of them was his pidgeotto which had been showing signs of approaching her evolution. Under this effect, her body was enlarged at least three times her current size, had a full plume on her head and her claws were sharpened more.

As soon as she evolution process can halt, she sent a powerful hurricane which dealt with all the remaining standing Pokemons. But her attack was too strong and couldn't be controlled. It almost injured her companions too.

The weaker ones like Pikachu and Swablu were protected by claydol who teleported to their side. Nidorino and ivysaur planted themselves on the ground to protect themselves. Charmeleon had sunk his claws on the floor to prevent himself from flying.

Meanwhile gallade, Growlithe and butterfree were protected from the uncontrollable attack by the cause of second white light.

A 6-feet tall purple ghost stood guard in front of them and neutralize the threat. It was a dark purple, bipedal Pokémon with a roundish body. It has red eyes, a wide mouth that is usually curled into a sinister grin, and pointed ears. On its back are numerous spikes and it has smaller spikes on top of its head similar to tufty fur.

Its arms and legs are short with three digits on both its hands and feet. It also has a stubby tail. It was Gengar.

Alex's official starter, Haunter absorb the ghost energy from the dead Gengar and dusclops and evolved into his final form. This evolution hiked his strength into the level of elite level Pokemons.

The evolution of pidgeot wasn't surprising as she would have evolved within a week time anyway, it was Gengar who was shocking. Although he was in shock he was still delighted at his newfound powerhouse.

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At present, when he thought of his pokemon evolving, he was once again reminded of the two young trainers under him. Although what happened to them was necessary according to Alex for the better future prospect of the duo, it was still a bit too cruel.

He picked out the voice-operated smartphone he got from Bill Montenegro as a gift, Jewel. He decided to inform the family about their near kidnapping and how they may be needed.

He first contacted the family which can be easier to handle. It was the Waterflower. The phone rung thrice until it was picked at the image as well as voice if Daphne Waterflower, the mother of Daisy appeared on the screen.

Alex had only one thought on seeing her,' He was fucked up.'

How will Alex survive the possible righteous fury of a protective mother? Stay tuned..

To be continued...