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PETRAS (Prologue part 3b) "What Oak Never Wanted
to Know"
Disclaimer: I Don't own the anime most of these
characters belong to (I wish I did), and I make no
profit from it (though that would be nice too).
C&C to Undine2040@yahoo.com (Wise Crystal)
The recap's at the bottom of this story
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Spoiler note: For Extreme Evangelion fans, if you
didn't watch the end of Evangelion, or didn't read the
scripts, or just don't wanna know what happened, avoid
this story for awhile. . .
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"Ugh, how many meters left?" James staggered
across the elevator room.
"I'd say at least 1100, James," Meowth looked as
the altitude was lowering to almost a kilometer below
ground.
"Wow, you don't look too good." Jesse looked down
to the blue-haired male.
"Of course I don't!" James eyed an underground
river outside the elevator.
The uniformed man across the room was checking
the elevator controls. "-200 meters and decreasing"
he bellowed across the room, which consisted of only
him, Meowth, and the married billionaire couples.
"You've been calling out the number every 10
meters!" James shouted in an ireful state.
"Huh?" Sergeant looked around the room, which was
actually quite small; detecting it was the gentlemen
in front of him who said it. "Oh, sorry, uh sir, uh
Mr. Rochelle." He immediately hollered from
rechecking the controls, "-210 meters and decreas. .
."
Three angry elevator passengers halted the
officer. It took 200 more meters before the room
settled.
"So tell me, what should we call you anyways?"
Jesse asked.
"Corporal General," the officer smiled.
"You're a general?" James was already intrigued,
or at least shocked.
"Corporal General" shook his blonde head. "No,
General's my last name."
"What's your first?" Meowth replied.
"Sergeant."
If the room were larger, the three other elevator
riders would've fallen over. Eying the Corporal, they
realized it was no joke.
"So, you're the Corporal of this elevator," James
sighed.
"Exactly," Sergeant General smiled as he eyed the
elevator controls. "-500 meters and decreasing!" he
hollered.
"This cost us millions," Jesse exasperated and
felt a migraine coming to her.
"Nice to meet you, Mr. And Ms. Rochelle," Ash
shook both their hands.
"Uh huh!" both the Rochelles nodded to the
teenager in slight wonder.
Years ago, they were after his pokemon, mainly
his pikachu, and there they were. They were the same
side, with different titles from their past; one
former pokemon master and two former Team Rocket
members. Their meeting was discomforting.
"Commander Ketchum, is it?" Jesse feigned a
pleasant greeting.
The screening on Washuu's viewscreen was paused a
moment as the viewer turned to look at the shadow
behind her. "You know, you could just go and help
Sasami cook."
Rei's red eyes dimmed as she replied, "Not time."
Some things were what even Washuu couldn't
understand, especially Rei. The girl with the short,
blue hair merely stared back to the viewscreen. It'd
been minutes since Rei noted her purpose, though not
specifically.
"I can skip later or so, right?" Washuu's
question went unanswered for what seemed minutes in
time. "Okay, then.
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"Promise me you will," Oak firmly addressed the
teenager. "If you are truly an Oak, take it."
Gary was flickering in emotions. He knew that
taking the detonation trigger would mean accepting a
fatal promise, for the building and especially
Professor Oak, but what could he do? Oak was right
when he noted the importance of each piece of
information in the lab.
"In any event, if they get their hands on any
article in this disk," Oak held up the yellow diskette
as he sighed, "Then we'll automatically lose."
It'd been a month since they discontinued the
black hole observations; a month since they discovered
the black hole was only a small part of the
coordinates given in the diskette. They'd already
read one-fourth of the many files within the disk.
"But all the pokemon," Gary sifted for an excuse
to refuse.
"All the pokemon here are residents in this
building by their own will. They already know the
dangers of being studied here, but they've consented.
You think they'd rather have the invaders use them for
information?"
Gary held his palm out, accepting the small
device, which held more power in taking out a city. A
mere trigger, it would only take a certain push of the
code to activate a building explosion.
"In any case, if there's any signs of Sector 8
failing in defense, it's your trigger."
The mysterious Sectors. There were rumors that
even spread to Pallet Town of underground armies of
defense. Gary knew Ash was part of one of them,
feeling all the more worried as Oak said the previous
statement.
He wasn't sure if his sleeves were catching tears
from his eyes. It'd been a long time since Gary had
tried venting his worry. "I promise."
The alarms around all Sectors were blaring.
Somewhere in Sector 9 were two Commanders preparing
themselves for flight.
"This is it," Ash grimly spoke to Commander
Richie.
Richie nodded in the same expression, but then
changed his tone into a more cheery fashion. "So,
when are you gonna call Misty?"
Ash placed a hand in his pocket, with the other
hand in his hair, "Ah, I've left it off too long. How
bout' after we take out these 'aliens'?"
They smiled, as they ran to their stations, but
during the running, there were plenty others
surrounding them. Merely running towards his plane,
Ash failed to notice what was falling out of his
package. Keeping his pace, he merely ran off.
With a set of keen eyes, Richie noticed something
had fallen from Ash's pocket. Since there were plenty
other officers in that hall running to their
designated areas, Richie hoped to preserve whatever
had fallen from his friend's flight suit. Looking
down to the floor, he immediately noticed it wasn't
yet trampled. He'd give it back to Ash later
Though Richie seemed to understand what it was as
he looked to what he was picking up.
"A ring?"
The alarms were blaring in Pallet Town. It was
truly happening. While there were flocks of people
heading to their local shelters, the ones in the
laboratory building were merely evacuating the
materials first.
"You've gotta get outta here!" Gary was ushering
a petulant Misty out of the lab.
"Gary!" Misty simply defied him, quickly
continuing, "I'll be all right! I've just gotta fax
today's coordinates to the sectors."
The surrounding sounds were of blaring alarms.
Gary pleaded, with a look of desperation, "Misty,
please, I seriously don't want you to get hurt in all
this."
"And I won't. Now, get Professor Oak and the
Slowbro out of the lab. I'll be right out with you."
Gary knew he had to give in. "Promise?"
"Of course," Misty looked up from the fax
machines, only to turn silent.
With one hand on her cheek, he leaned for a kiss.
"I promise," Misty stepped back from him a second
after. He didn't give her a chance to respond to the
kiss, since he was already running out of the lab.
The alarms were finally catching her attention.
"I'll be fine!" Oak yelled over the alarms,
running with the Slowbro in his arms. He was heading
towards the exit of the building.
Gary knew he didn't need to ask if his Grandpa
was sure. He merely breathed as he rushed back to the
laboratory where Misty was.
Smacking his forehead, he recalled how Misty
would be waiting for him outside anyways. Rushing
back another way to another exit, he figured he'd meet
Oak soon after. Misty would probably be heading
towards the shelter by the lake.
"That's strange," Oak turned to his slowbro.
Only a few feet away from the building exit, the
slowbro in Oak's arms seemed to glow. Even with the
wrong time for it to occur, Oak was amazed. Slowbro
was turning into a Slowking.
Quickly, his attention was averted to a glowing
green light right above him.
Misty eyed Gary Heading outside. She still was
unsure of what to say, but merely ran towards him. It
was hard to catch up with him, so she chose to call
out to him from the exit she was heading out of.
"Gar. . ."
A fast-moving object appeared to hit the ground
between them. Hurled back, Misty found herself back
in the building. Luckily, she had no bruises, as she
shook off some dust from the rubble around her.
Looking up, she noticed a glowing light.
Gary could've sworn he heard someone, but instead
chose to run first, before thinking of it. Right
above him were frighteningly large crafts, not of
friendly origin. He just barely missed the explosion
from the missile aimed at him.
Still running away, he knew he was heading
towards the shelter where Misty'd be. Running with
some instinct, he chose to go to Misty, but his mind
soon caught up with him.
"Oh no," Gary took out the device in his pocket,
"I forgot."
He had to keep his promise, in blasting whatever
information dwelled in their long-lived building. He
wouldn't break his promise.
Looking up, he suddenly heard the crafts hovering
over him. They already caught up with him. Eying his
surroundings, he realized there were none. He was out
in an open field. Knowing it was then or never, Gary
typed in the detonation code.
He then looked up.
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Recap from PETRAS3a:
Disrupting a conversation, Gary had Ash and
Misty head towards the Pallet Town's Laboratory
Building. Meanwhile, Brock became engaged with
Officer Jenny of Pallet Town. Within the laboratory,
they found out more to their world, and the pokemon
within it.
Six months afterwards were Jesse and James
in their rooftop apartment. Obviously successful,
they were still quite forgetful. With the reminder of
the "ETRAS" project, Meowth informed them of the
millions of dollars to be spent on the sector
underground.
Within the sector underground, which was a
type of military station were Commanders Ash and
Richie. Contacting Professor Oak about some
coordinates faxed to them, they noticed he was still
irate since the discovery of the infamous ETRAS disk.
Professor Oak wasn't getting along very well
with Gary, especially seen when Gary disputed one of
Oak's theories. Still, Misty was there to reassure
him:
"He's just tired. We're all tired,"
Misty's cheeriness faded slightly to reveal a worn
expression. Still, throughout her fatigue was the
look of sincerity when she said, " But he does love
you."
RECAP of the main story: (But if u read the parts
before this, why bother?)
1. Pokemon: So far, Jesse was introduced as a
second SailorMars, much to Raye (SailorMars in
SailorMoon) and Jesse's own distaste. Brock, dressed
in a tuxedo with a rose in hand, was just sensing
danger and was off on another crusade. A male in
another tuxedo appeared to Brock with a yellow rodent
on his shoulder.
2. Evangelion. Shinji Ikari, a dispirited young
adult, was sharing an island with the girl who
constantly nagged him in his past life. Asuka was
rambling of "seeing only Shinji" while on the island
with him. Though thinking they were the only survivors
of the third impact (where every human on earth was
turned to liquid), a classmate was having troubles of
his own. Only a few months ago, Touji appeared on what
seemed to be another world (the world of Ranma1/2) to
greet a green-haired lady and a clumsy, blonde girl.
With no recollection of the world he came from, he
somehow ended up falling for Serena. Just recently
falling in love with the girl (Serena A.K.A.
SailorMoon), Touji kept noticing something was wrong
with her. By visiting his adopted parents' friend,
Dr. Tofu, Touji began recalling visions of Evas, and
possibly the past he had forgotten. With the addition
of a past classmate, Kensuke, Touji himself was
recovering his past.
3. Tenchi Masaki (a boy who found out he was a
prince from the world of Jurai) had dealt with unusual
proceedings in his home. Dealing with the space pirate
(Ryoko) and a relative who happened to be a princess
from Jurai (Ayeka) was tough enough. Unfortunately,
Tenchi found exactly what Washuu discovered (Shinji
and Asuka on one of Washuu's homemade worlds.) and met
a green-haired woman (Setsuna from SailorMoon).
Another experiment or creation of Washuu's went wrong
(Just like usual).
4. Ranma Saotome and Akane Tendo had their own
weird lives in Nerima before meeting a green-haired
lady (Setsuna). Ranma was a guy who turned to a girl
when splashed with cold water, who'd usually go into
harsh situations to turn back (with hot water) to a
guy. Akane was the martial arts school owner's
daughter who was set up to marry Ranma. Combining
their weird fianc�es parents, enemies, and whatever
came their way, their lives became a great mess until
they were finally married. Only five years after their
marriage, they both realized Ranma wouldn't be able to
give Akane a child. Once Setsuna came to them in
their fifteenth year of marriage, they were more than
willing to accept a child and whatever would happen
next.
A year after Serena's arrival, Touji came (read
part2) and somehow fell for Serena (literally and
figuratively). Both Serena and Touji knew nothing of
their past in their own worlds (from the aid of a
certain green-haired lady), yet began recalling it by
visiting Dr. Tofu. From seeing inkblots, Serena lost
more control of her mind than Touji; letting herself
recall her past as SailorMoon and the guy she once
loved (Mamoru A.K.A. Tuxedo Mask). Oblivious to
Serena's past, Touji merely let himself and Serena
fall further from each other.
5. SailorMoon (known as Serena in SailorMoon)
wasn't the only character with bad recollections.
When Setsuna sent Serena from her world to Ranma's,
Jesse was sent in her place as SailorMars2. Handling
everything as well as they could, the other sailor
scouts merely let Jesse be a Sailor Scout, except
SailorMars (Raye). Setsuna (SailorPluto A.K.A. the
green-haired lady A.K.A. the protector of time) went
over to greet Washuu on a "little" disturbance in
time.
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Author's Note: Okay, this is done, though most
likely just a draft. I think this concludes "What Oak
Never Wanted to Know". Oh, and it's a flashback
before part 1, pretty much.
C&C (Congratulations or Criticisms or both) to
Undine2040@yahoo.com (Wise Crystal)
How else do I know if I should continue this
series?
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