The Flames of Destiny by BigRai

OK here is my disclaimer: I don't own pokemon others do (you know who you are), I only own Richard and the other characters in my other stories. So don't even try to sue me! I have no money anyway.

< >: Pokemon speech [ ]: Thought / Thought-Speech

Chapter 5: The Rocket Boy

"So what is the status of your mission?"

A frightened teen stood as still as possible in front of the leader of team rocket.

"I…I have nothing at this moment sir," the teen finally stumbled out sweat poring from his forehead and down his face.

The man only grinned and stood up slowly, this made the boy back up a step. Looking over his small glasses the man quietly opened his desk drawer and brought out a small gray pistol seeing it the teen started to shake uncontrollably.

"Paul, Paul, Paul," the man said walking up to the black haired teenager, "just like your father…USELESS!"

The man slammed his fist on the polished wooden desk making a small dent and making the boy jump in fright.

"What am I going to do with you?"

The kid didn’t answer fearing retaliation on any thing he would say. The man smiled, how he loved these moments, and pointed the pistol at the boy.

"I should kill you right now. Your family is a disgrace to this organization, always had been always will be. What do you think? Should I end your sorry excuse of a life?"

The teen couldn’t speak fear had his voice and tears rolled down his face.

"ANSWER ME," the man yelled at the top of his lungs.

The teen fought back tears and answered through clenched teeth, "N…no."

"No?"

The man walked right next to the boy and put the barrel of the gun right against his temple.

"Did I hear no? You are a rocket boy. Your response should have been ‘fuck you’, but you beg for your life?"

The man swung his pistol as hard as he could and sent Paul to the ground.

"Get up," the man yelled and the teen staggered to his feet.

The man quickly grabbed him and slammed him into the wall. Keeping the pistol on Paul’s cheek the leader spoke to the kid in a dark voice.

"Listen and listen good boy. This is my organization now, I don’t care how you grew up in the old TR."

Suddenly Paul felt the man loosen his grasp and back away from him. Paul watched as the man went back to his desk and sat down.

"You know I don’t have to kill you…" the man finally said putting the gun back in its drawer, "…he already has hasn’t he? If it were my father he killed his family, hell his whole town would have been dead by now. You have the power but you are week, ha he will kill you as well. Now you begged me to let you go and hunt for the boy that killed your father and so far you’ve come up with nothing. I pity you; your father must be spinning in his grave. Go, and don’t come back until you’ve killed him. GO!"

The teen scrambled out of the room and the man went back to reading the papers that were on his desk. The plan was going slowly, but he was optimistic.

[You shouldn’t scare children like that.]

The leader put his papers down and rolled his eyes, "It is none of your business."

Suddenly his chair was turned 180 and he was looking at two glowing brown eyes.

[How dare you speak to me that way!]

An invisible force stood up the man’s body. He growled and suddenly his eyes flashed green. His body was let go and he stood with his arms folded.

"Fool, unlike those scrambling for Stone I know my power and," the man grew an evil smirk on his face, "I know you."

The thing shuddered and looked down at its visibly swollen stomach, it was female.

[You will pay for what you did to me!]

"Ha, my dear as soon as you give birth, well I guess you know."

[I will kill you first.]

The man smiled and again his eyes flashed. The female gasped for air as her skinny white neck was being telepathically choked.

[No!]

"What was that? You want me to do what…"

[Please?]

"…To take you again?"

[Duce, no!]

She tried in vain to pull the force off her throat with her stubby white paws. Her eyes flashed in a desperate attempt to escape but he was ready for all her attacks.

[No, Duce I can’t]

Duce only looked at her with gray, uncaring eyes. What he wanted he always got she was no exception. His eyes flashed and the both disappeared from the room.

[Duce! Noooo!]

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<What did he do to you!>

Paul looked over at the mirror on his bedroom wall. So this is what has become of his life. He looked at his black rocket uniform and cursed it. He despised being a rocket but it was the only way to get to the bastard that had killed his father.

<Are you all right…PAUL!>

Paul looked down at his pokemon companion, "Yea I’m cool"

He laid back in his bed and remembered the times he and his father, all of them were happy. His father was a good man that got tied up in some bad situations.

"Like father like son hay dad?"

<Paul would you put this on your eye its swollen.>

Paul sat up again and took the bag of ice from the monster.

<You don’t have to do this.>

"Yes I do, I have to avenge my fathers death."

<You heard the reports your dad tried to take a boy by deadly force.>

"Lies just because he was a rocket the media justifies murder."

<Paul I know this is…>

"No Volt you don’t know your father wasn’t killed!"

<Ok I but killing some one else isn’t going to bring him back.>

Paul just ignored the rodent, he was the one who lost some one he loved. The monster looked up grimly at the teen,

<This can only lead to death, Paul I don’t want you to die.>

Still nothing the pokemon got mad and walked to the door, but turned around.

<You know you are lucky I never even got to see my father. He ran out on us as soon as I was born. Now I know that happens with you humans a lot but for us raichu it almost never occurs. So instead of moping around and getting the crap beat out of you, I think you should drop this stupid grudge and make something of your life. Remember your father as he truly was and be grateful, some of us aren’t so lucky.>

With that the raichu left, Paul sat on his small bed contemplating,

[What dose she know she’s just an animal. I’ll get you boy, just wait till we meet.]

He watched and laughed evilly as his hands exploded with electricity.

Richard better look out. With Paul after him will Richard ever make it to stone alive? Read on to find out. BigRai

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