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Lawrence's Road To Somewhere

Chapter 5: Who are you?

Lawrence hadn’t moved from his spot sat outside the operating theatre of the Slateport City Pokémon Centre for over an hour. The sky outside was dark now. A young woman walked through the corridors of the Pokémon Centre. Lawrence heard the footsteps approaching and stood up, he knew who the footsteps belonged to.

“Come to check up on me I suppose?” Lawrence didn’t even look at the girl as he spoke, instead he leaned against the windowsill looking out at the city.

“Yeah, I wanted to see if you were alright and if you wanted something to eat.”

“I’m fine.” Lawrence couldn’t even tell if he was lying or not, he just said it not to cause any bother. “I’ve just been thinking.”

“Can I ask what you’ve been thinking about?”

“Everything.”

“Oh, alright. What’s your name?” the girl asked. Lawrence paused for a moment and looked at her.

“I don’t have one.” There was an awkward silence and then Lawrence went back to looking out of the window.

“That’s just silly, you’ve got to have a name. Or did you have amnesia and forget it?”

“No, I thought I had a name. I thought I had an entire life but apparently not. The person I thought I was doesn’t exist. I’m no one. I don’t exist.”

“…I don’t quite follow.” The girl looked at Lawrence confused.

“Never mind. Well, who are you then?”

“My name is Sarah, I’m from Petalburg City. I’m travelling round and hopefully challenging the Gyms.” The girl introduced herself.

“Well, nice to meet you Sarah.”

“Do you have any pans?”

“Just keep wandering around looking for a purpose. Although, I think I may have found one.” Lawrence reached into his pocket and pulled out the Gym badge he’d received. He looked at it and thought, he then thought about Sarah and the cyclist.

“Are you collecting Gym badges?” Sarah asked.

“I was thinking about it, but now I’m not so sure. Today, I’ve done so much that’s made me feel alive. More alive than when I thought I existed. I want to continue it, I want to continue helping people… I know it sounds weird but I feel like I can do it and for some reason that it’s only me that can do it.”

“You may say that you don’t exist, but you’re standing there and the person standing there is a person that I have seen do good. And… I was wondering, would I be able to travel with you?” Sarah got slightly shy as she asked.

“You think I’m somebody? Hmmm. Ok, we’ll go together.” Lawrence made up his mind and shook Sarah’s hand.

---

“Let your anger out, justify your hate.” A woman’s voice spoke through the dark.

“…” In the darkened room someone else stood breathing deeply.

“Use your power, let nothing stand in your way.” The woman spoke again.

“…I wish they would all go away…” The figure spoke slowly.

“Get what you desire, show the world who you really are.”

“…I wish they would all die!”

A swift metallic sound broke the silence of the room and a moment later the figure had moved across the length of the room and a number of objects fell to the floor smashed and broken. The figure looked back for a moment before opening the door with a grin on his face.

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The following morning Lawrence woke up early and left the Pokémon Centre to explore the city. It was filled with market stall owners rushing around setting up for another day and fishermen preparing their boats to go out and work for another day. Everything that went on seemed to be like a routine for everyone. Despite the manic rushing and busy streets it all seemed organised as it was a day to day thing.

Lawrence stopped on a pier and looked out at the sea. He stood looking out to sea, wondering what strange foreign lands were out there. He knew one of them reasonably well, Johto, the place he’d been born. Lawrence thought back to when he lived in Goldenrod City. The finest technology in the region was there and that was what sparked his interest with a little help from his parents. Rivers Tech had been originally set up to spread the technology across Johto due to the fact it was a very rural region. But in the end they moved to Hoenn for reasons Lawrence never actually found out.

“What are you doing out here so early?” Lawrence was interrupted by Sarah’s voice.

“I don’t know… Something to do I guess.”

“Decided on where to go to next?”

“Not sure, probably thinking of Dewford.”

“Alright, also, I need a name to call you by. I just keep thinking of you as that guy with the scarf.”

“I must ask, why is it that you want to travel with me?”

“You’re such a good person, and if you’re going to continue helping people I want to learn from that. I want to become a better person myself.”

“Does the prospect of someone to protect you not seem a good enticement?”

“What? No! I’m not using you or anything like that.” Sarah looked at Lawrence surprised.

“Good, I wanted to see how much good actually is in this world.”

---

The pair began to walk back to the Pokémon Centre. They didn’t talk much as they didn’t have much to discuss other than Sarah trying to get a name out of Lawrence. The tone of the noise changed quite suddenly.

“Stop! Thief!” A man shouted. Lawrence looked around only to see a man charge straight towards him, push Sarah aside into a market stall and run past carrying a bag of something. Someone nearby went to help Sarah as Lawrence looked at the fleeing thief.

“Hoothoot, time to go to work.” Lawrence sent out his Pokémon and begun to run after the thief. Hoothoot flew ahead as fast as it could in pursuit of the thief.

Ahead, the thief turned his head to see Lawrence and Hoothoot following him. As he he looked back to check where he was running Hoothoot dived in and swiped the bag from his hand. Even without the stolen goods the thief kept running and Lawrence continued to follow. They turned a corner and the thief ran at a Warehouse door hoping to get in and hide only to slam straight into the locked door. He fell to the floor as Lawrence arrived.

“Why? Why did you continue after you reclaimed the money?” The thief looked up and pleaded.

“Because I need to teach you and everyone else a lesson. I need to show the world that there is justice, and it’s me.”

“What are you talking about?”

“Everyone does wrong and everyone gets away with it. No one stands up for what’s right, but I’m no one so I shall stand up and fight. I am the justice this world needs.”

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“Word travels fast. You’re making a name for yourself...” Nurse Joy said to Lawrence as he walked into the Pokémon Centre.

“And what are people calling me?” Lawrence asked.

“The hero in the scarf. Rumours are spreading across the city about what you did yesterday and this morning.”

“So, I’m a hero for doing what everyone should try to do? Just another demonstration of the selfish laziness of people, they won’t do anything for themselves so just praise whoever does it for them.” Lawrence then waited for Sarah to go and get ready to leave.

Location: Slateport City
Status: Waiting in Pokémon Centre
Pokemon: Hoothoot, Meguroko
Badges: Lightning badge (Mauville City)
Items: Rucksack, Clothes, Books, Pokégear, Umbrella, Scarf, Photo of parents, and Sonic Screwdriver
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Ok so I genuinely forgot about this, last I heard we were moving forum again and it never happened. Guessing I also forgot what I wanted to do with my story so yeah.

I SHALL ATTEMPT SOMETHING AT SOME POINT!

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Lawrence's Road To Somewhere

Endgame

“Hold on.” Lawrence looked up realising something.

“What’s wrong?” Nurse Joy asked. She paused from her work as Lawrence stood up.

“That PC, it looks different.” Lawrence walked over to the PC.

“Ah, yes. It’s a new model. It arrived yesterday.” The Nurse explained.

“Hmm? What’s new about it other than appearances?”

“Apparently it’s faster and has a new additional secure deposit box to prevent hackers.”

“Seems a bit odd, why make just one box extra secure? Surely people want all their Pokémon to be as safe as they can be?” Lawrence decided to try and log on only to discover that he couldn’t due to his old life being wiped from the face of the Earth.

“Are you having problems?”

“The fact I don’t exist isn’t helping but I can bypass it.” Lawrence took the Sonic Screwdriver from his pocket, pointed it at the screen and pressed a button. A moment later a black screen with code flooding it appeared. He typed a few things in and then paused. “Now, that is odd. All coding for making it work beyond the log in screen is locked away behind several layers of protection that I can’t actually bypass. I’m going to take a look at the inside.”

Lawrence got onto the floor and looked at the metal box before him. He used his Sonic Screwdriver to unlock the case and remove one of the sides. He moved a few wires out of his view and had a look at all the components inside.

“What are you doing?”

“…The hell is that? It looks like the feed to the central storage facility but that’s there. It can’t be a secondary one, it doesn’t need it. What are you up to Rivers Tech?” Lawrence moved back slightly and thought. Whoever had taken over his parents’ company was doing something. This hadn’t been in the plans from what he’d known before. The old PC system had been fine and there were little to none incidents of hackers breaking into the system. Why would it need the protection now?

Lawrence sealed the PC back up and closed it down. He wasn’t going to get any more information on this now and trying would make things seem weirder. Although, the nurse decided not to ask questions as he’d returned things back to how they were.

---

“Mankind will fall to the fires of Hell on Earth and I shall rise as the God of a new world… I will cleanse the world of its plague and stand as the world starts over. “

“Fulfil your destiny, let nothing stand in your way…”

---

“This should be good.”

“Oh yeah. I’m liking this. We even got guns this time.”

“Hey, what if that scarfed hero guy shows up?”

“You actually believe that? It’s a load of crap. And if it is real and he does show up, just shoot him down and show that we’re better than him.”

“K boss.”

---

Lawrence and Sarah walked out of the Pokémon Centre with their bags on their backs and Pokémon by their sides ready to set out for the port where they’d catch a boat to Dewford Town.

“Plu?” Sarah stopped waking and looked down at her Plusle, it was looking ahead slightly confused. The Minum next to it was doing the same.

“MINUM!” Minum sparked and jumped up into Sarah’s arms. Lawrence turned back to see what was going on.

“Something wrong?” He asked.

“Not sure, something seems to be bothering them.” Sarah comforted her Pokémon. Lawrence looked at Hoothoot who seemed unaffected by whatever it was.

There was a loud screeching noise as a large black van skidded around a corner into the market place and crashed into a couple of stalls smashing them to pieces ad sending various fruits and vegetables rolling around the area. Everyone nearby stopped what they were doing and looked at the van. All was silent until the back doors of the van burst open and several men in black clothing armed with guns and another device that had a similar shape to a handgun.

“Ok, nobody move! Hand over your Pokémon and no one gets hurt!” One of the men shouted. It was obvious no one would listen. The crowd began to scream and several people began to flee in various directions. The men then opened fire on the fleeing people hitting a couple of them in the back. Some of the men concentrated on using the other device. One of them pointed it at Sarah’s Plusle and Minum and pulled its trigger. A long rope and net shot forth from it and ripped the Pokémon from Sarah’s arms.

“Hoothoot, attack!” Lawrence shouted and pointed at the man who’d stolen Sarah’s Pokemon. The men looked at him and noticed his scarf. Lawrence dived as he heard gunshots. They were firing at him. He crawled along the floor behind some crates and looked over to see one of the men try to fire the device at Hoothoot. “PECK!”

Hoothoot darted forward at the oncoming attack and sliced straight through breaking the device and slamming into the man and disarming him as he fell. Hoothoot swooped up into the air above the man who’d taken Plusle and Minum then dived directly down. In an instant a second man lay disarmed on the floor with his device broken. Plusle and Minum ran for shelter and Sarah chased after them. Lawrence jumped up ready to try and fight somehow. He ran over to the fallen men and threw their guns a distance away so they couldn’t get them back.

Lawrence heard Sarah scream and turned to see her fall to the ground clutching her shoulder. Lawrence ran forwards towards the man who shot her. Hoothoot swooped down and hit him on the back of the head and Lawrence jumped to kick him in the stomach. The man let go of his weapons and fell overa fence into the sea. The device used for capturing people’s Pokémon fell to the floor and smashed releasing the imprisoned Delcatty that ran off somewhere in search of its owner presumably.

Lawrence didn’t know what possessed him to do it but he took the gun and used it to hit another of the men over the head to knock him out.

“Someone help her!” Lawrence shouted and pointed at Sarah. He then stopped as he looked up at Hoothoot in the sky. Its body began to emanate a radiant light and change shape. The light disappeared in an instant and above him a Noctowl spread its wings wide and prepared to fight.

---

People ran through the streets of Mahogany Town desperately trying to save themselves, their belongings, their homes and their friends. There were flames engulfing some of the houses in the eastern side of the town and several corpses lay in the roads. A smartly dressed woman holding a microphone in one hand stopped running and looked around. A man holding a large camera on his shoulder was with her.

“I’m reporting to you live here in Mahogany Town in Johto as the town faces possible destruction…”

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“I am reporting live from Slateport City just minutes after bein attack by an armed gang of thieves with the intentions of stealing the Pokémon of local trainers. All of the thieves are now being arrested and have not been successful in taking any Pokémon. However, there are at least 20 confirmed injuries and one person has been announced dead. The thieves were stopped due to the help of a mysterious hero wering a scarf who has had several rumours of his heroics spread throughout the city over the past 24 hours…” A man stood talking into a microphone while looking at a news camera. Behind him were paramedics rushing about getting people into ambulances.

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“Think you’re so great beating us up for a bit of glory? Calling yourself a hero when you’re stopping us liberating these poor creatures from people.” One of men as slowly getting up off the floor.

“Liberation? By the use of weapons and capture devices? You’re nothing more than the filthy thieving scum that ruin the world.” Lawrence looked down on the man. Two police officers ran over and restrained the man before he was able to do anything.

“I’ll get you, mark my words, you won’t be a hero for much longer.” The man shouted as he was thrown into a Police van.

Lawrence then turned to go and find Sarah hoping she was alright. He was stopped suddenly as he came face to face with a cameraman and a news reporter pointing a microphone at him.

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A figure stepped through the flames in Mahogany Town towards the woman and her cameraman. The bringer of the destruction stood facing them. For a moment he was silent and then he raised his arm and pointed at the camera to speak.

---

Two news reports airing across the world at the same time had their viewers in shock. They both showed a young man looking directly at the camera with a Pokémon by their side. One of them was in Hoenn and showed a brown haired boy wearing a scarf and a Noctowl by his side. The other was in Johto and showed a green haired boy wearing a suit and a Houndoom sat next to him. Both unaware of the other’s existence spoke the same words simultaneously…

“This world is plagued with evil! A darkness within humanity that ruins the lives of so many. No one sees it and no one tries to stop it. But I am different, I know the truth of this world and I will change it. I will stand up and fight for what is right! I will fight the evils of this world and make it a better place. This has gone on for too long, but it ends here because I am justice!”

Both young men shouted. Their goals were clear and the same, but their methods would be very different. Together they would play a part in history, but no one knew who they were yet…

“I am the hero of this world and my name is…” There was a moment of pause.

“Aren!” The green haired boy shouted. And then the scarfed hero revealed his name…

“R!”

Location: Slateport City
Status: On the news
Pokemon: Noctowl, Meguroko
Badges: Lightning badge (Mauville City)
Items: Rucksack, Clothes, Books, Pokégear, Umbrella, Scarf, Photo of parents, and Sonic Screwdriver

OOC: First arc done, and with that, I'm going away for about a week.
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Hero of the Wind, R!

Chapter 1: Discontented Winter


Aren stood at the edge of the Lake of Rage alone. Night had fallen and everyone had rushed to the aid of Mahogany Town. He looked out across the water. The Lake of Rage was quiet and calm despite its name and Aren’s reflection rippled in the water below the moonlight.

“The world knows of my presence now. Soon enough they will come to fear my name when they realise the truth of their sins… Or will they rejoice that I will save them from themselves?” Aren drew a long silver sword from a scabbard attached to his belt and held it in his hands. The blade was splattered in the blood of the people he’d slain that day.

“Do you now see the joys of saving people?” A voice behind him spoke.

“At first I had doubts, but now I realise that I was destined to be this hero.” Aren dipped his blade into the lake to wash away some of the blood.

“Your own mother carried the prophecy about you.”

“I’ve heard it before, about a great hero who would come and save the entire world from the greatest hidden evil.”

“It’s why you were named as a Child of Blackthorn, so that you could fulfil your destiny.”

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Lawrence Rivers, a name that had been wiped from all records and its owner rejected his own name when he discovered his own lack of existence in a bid to start a new life. A new life and name came in the form of a single letter, R. He vowed in front of the entire world to do what was right and to stand up against those with evil in their hearts. However, he was not alone. At the same time in a different region another vowed the same thing using the exact same words. This couldn’t be mere coincidence, there was some sort of link between R and Aren and when it had been brought to his attention by the Slateport City Nurse Joy R knew it was something important tying the two together.

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R stood overlooking a bed in the Pokémon Centre. Lying in it was an unconscious girl with her right arm and shoulder wrapped in bandages. Sarah had been shot by a group of thieves who had attempted to take the Pokémon from the people of Slateport City. He wondered how dangerous it would get fighting similar people. Did he really want to put Sarah into that sort of danger and risk her suffering like that again?

“R, can I have a moment?” Nurse Joy put her head around the door of the room.

“Sure” He looked at Sarah again and then followed the nurse out into the corridor.

“There’s someone who wants to speak to you. She says it’s really important.”

“Hmmm? Who is it?” R asked unsure. There had been several news reporters asking to speak to him, trying to get interviews after his big appearance earlier that day.

“Her name is Winter, she says she’s from Johto. That’s about all she told me.”

“Ok, is there somewhere we can go?”

“I’ll show you to a spare room.” Nurse Joy led R to a room with a table and a few chairs. R sat down as the nurse went to collect his visitor.

“Hello R, my name’s Winter.” A woman entered the room and shook hands with R.

“Hey. So, what’s so important?”

“R, I have come here all the way from Johto to get your help. Not just I need you, but the whole world does which is why I’m here.” Winter sat down and began to talk.

“So, what exactly is the problem that only I can apparently solve?”

“I’m sure you’re aware of a young man called Aren.”

“I saw him on the news earlier, this whole thing about the two of us speaking exactly the same words at exactly the same time. Seems a bit odd to me. But yeah, I know of him.”

“Are you aware of what led him to appear on the news at the same time?”

“No actually, I didn’t hear.”

“He was destroying Mahogany Town, burning down the buildings and killing the people whatever way he could.” Winter explained and R stopped leaning back on his chair and looked at Winter.

“The hell? That’s his idea of justice? Killing innocent people?”

“It looks that way. He, like you, sees that there is darkness in the hearts of people. I fear he may believe that everyone is evil and his method of dealing with it is by killing the people he believe to plague the world.”

“…That’s sick…”

“I see you understand the problem now.”

“Why me though? Why do you need my help to stop him?”

“R, you are the most important person in the world at the moment as you are linked to him somehow. To be able to say the exact same words at the exact same time in different parts of the world without realising can’t be a coincidence. There has to be a link between you two. You share the same goals but your methods are the exact opposite. So, you are the one who can counter him.” Winter explained.

“Wait, if you’ve come all the way from Johto to get my help about this, how did you get here so fast?” R looked at Winter.

“Because I was already on my way here when it happened. Even if you hadn’t made your public appearance like that I would still be talking to you about this now.”

“What?”

“I know more than you think…” Winter then got up and whispered into R’s ear. “Lawrence Rivers.”

“…How did you?” R looked in shock. What was happening was now beginning to worry him.

“It’s not a case of how, but why. I come from a mountain town in Johto called Blackthorn City. I’m sure you’ve heard of it, coming from Goldenrod yourself. The Gym leader, Clair, had two apprentices who would carry on the Gym for her when she went to follow in Lance’s footsteps and become the champion. I was one of them and the other was my childhood rival, Jess. The original plan was for us to run the Gym together but that could never happen due to Jess’s own ambitions and goals. Then we were hit by a bombshell that tradition said only a Child of Blackthorn could run the Gym. At the age of ten every child born in Blackthorn City is taken to see the Elder who decides if they are pure of heart with the right goals in life and then decides whether or not they can be a Child of Blackthorn. I was accepted but Jess wasn’t. The clear decision was that I would become the Gym leader. Such was not the case. No one knows how or what happened but Clair left to become the Champion sooner than expected and Jess gained control of the Gym. There was nothing I or anyone else could do.” Winter explained.

“So, where do I come in?”

“There was a family in Blackthorn that kept close to the Gym leaders. The first child went on a journey, travelling the world and challenging Gyms like many do. The second child, Aren, decided to stay and train. His parents moved away a couple of years ago but Aren stayed. Jess took him in and looked after him. However, she manipulated him and twisted his mind. He’s become what he is now because of her. She has plans and they are big, whatever they are. The world is in danger. Now, this is where you come in. I knew you as a small child and your parents agreed for you to become my apprentice when you were old enough if you wanted. I knew you were good when I first met you and so I would have come to seek your help anyway. I followed your actions recently; it seems you were never told about the agreement. There is a little more you should know, but I don’t think you’re ready for it.” Winter stood up and continued to look at R.

“You want me to come to Johto with you and fight this Aren?”

“Yes, I would also hope you accept the proposal of becoming my apprentice so that I could train you.”

“Hmmm. I’ll have to think this through.” R got up.

“That’s alright, I’ll be fine to wait for your decision.”

---

It was dark outside as R walked into the main entrance of the Pokémon Centre. He’d been out for a walk to think things through. Sarah was sat at a table eating. She’d got up earlier and slowly began to recover.

“Sarah, I’ve made my decision.” R sat down opposite the girl.

“Hmmm?” She stopped eating and looked up at the mysterious boy.

“I’m going to travel to Johto.”

Location: Slateport City
Status: Sat in the Pokémon Centre
Pokemon: Noctowl, Meguroko
Badges: Lightning badge (Mauville City)
Items: Rucksack, Clothes, Books, Pokégear, Umbrella, Scarf, Photo of parents, and Sonic Screwdriver
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