Alex had rushed through the retreating crowd when were heading back to their house after the day's work and often collided with a couple of people.
In order to make things realistic that he was searching for his two companions, he sent off his Pokemon Swablu and Growlithe to search for them.
He had noticed that throughout the day, there were some eyes that were on him. He was already s_e_n_s_i_t_i_v_e to others gaze as a aura user and with his last Tide experience it was even more strengthen so the spy who weren't hidden properly or were amateur in spying weren't doing enough to hide from him.
As he was running towards the mansion, he made sure to keep watch around himself. As he passed through an empty lane, he noticed a few shadows trailed behind him but he didn't put much thoughts on them. He wanted to catch the bigger fish which was their overlord.
He was the one who mattered. The rest were just flies which could be eradicated whenever he wished for.
When he arrived at the boundary of the mansion, he noticed it was pretty far from the town main area.
He walked at the sides of the tall fences of the mansion until he arrived in front of a large metallic gate which creaked a lot as wind blows through it. The gate wasn't completely closed and had enough space for two people to enter at the same time.
He walked through the gate and his pokemons followed behind him. The main gate was a hundred metre away from the mansion building. When he walked halfway, his Growlithe growled in warning while Pikachu's long ears twitched showing someone was nearby.
But Alex didn't pay any heed and continued forward.
He walked to the door and pushed it open as it wasn't locked or anything.
As soon as he entered the door and into the hallway, he say his two young companions knocked out with minute injuries on their body.
But when he did so, the door of the mansion closed with a loud ' thump' and the people from the shadows begin to emerge.
They had surrounded Alex from all direction. There were about forty people all together.
" So is this the brat who came to deal with us? Pretty amateur to get into our traps so easily." One said.
" What do you expect from a kid? He was overconfident and paid for that. Look at his Pokemons, they are all babies. A chicken, a mouse and a pup. These are the ones he was going to use to fight us." Another mocked him.
Similar mocking voices could be heard from the surrounding, but Alex didn't pay it any heed and he and his pokemons stood guard around the unconscious friends.
Then some cl_i_c_k_i_n_g sounds of the heels came from the upper parts of the mansion. From the upper floor, three people appeared.
They wore a characteristic cloak with the symbol of the fiery skull which denotes their identity as a member of the Shadow organization, the strongest underworld organization of the johto region.
The one leading them was a female who appeared to be the leader of this current task. She dressed on a bright red dress with black tight pants. She had silvery long hair and a cold glint on her eyes. Her eyes were green and her face was heart shaped. She had a spotless white skin which appeared just as soft. She was a beautiful lady who was only a few years( about five to six years) older than Alex.
The ones by her side didn't have any special features except the fact that they had a scar marring their forehead and other cutting diagonally through ones face.
They were around advanced level strength with the woman having similar or higher strength. When they appeared, Alex's gaze was fixed on their body and he didn't move from them for a moment.
Similar to Alex, their gaze too was fixed on Alex.
The trio stood only a few metres away from
" Such a strong trainer. Kanto League sure is a cradle of genius." The leader of the group, the lady said with a certain sultry tone. She ended with a soft m_o_a_n running through her vocal cord.
The surrounding grunts had to adjust themselves as they openly ogled their leader.
" So you are their commander. You appeared pretty quickly in front of me. I thought you would take some time before revealing yourself. Let alone almost your whole strength. " Alex said calmly not at all perturbed at the fact that he was surrounded.
" I would have done that too. But catching your companions caused us much loss. The Haunter was powerful. If not for me being around, we would have lost many of our people in hunting the two." She stated and then walked around Alex.
She stepped in front of Alex, and runs her single finger through Alex's face softly with an allure in her eyes, which made the surrounding people jealous of Alex.
She continued while circling Alex completely ignoring his Pokemons who stood guard ," I saw the reports of the fight before my arrival. The kids were only rookie and cannot possess and even if they had, can control a Pokemon as powerful as the Haunter.
So I heard they had another person with them who showed off intermediate level strength. Then it clicked to me that you might be it's trainer. I wanted to see your face to face, and I am not disappointed." She bent down with her c_h_e_s_t pressing on to Alex and whispers in his ears," you make me want to make you mine. And only mine "
Alex's a_d_u_l_t mind almost went haywire and would have if not for a certain mental connection helping him up, he calmed himself and said,. " So you knocked down my Haunter."
She was slightly miffed at him not acting how she wanted, but continued ," Of course not. It was one with a scar through the face. His Gengar knocked him out. If not for me, he would have perished long ago.
After all, I can't make my newest follower sad by killing his pokemons, could I?"
Alex wasn't worried about his Haunter's safety knowing if he wanted he could escape or send a distress signal if things go wrong and neither happened, so he was pretty calm.
" Who are you, anyway?" Alex asked the beautiful and seductive lady in front of him.
" Ahh. Does my follower want to know her master's name. Since you asked so nicely, let me introduce myself.
I am Hella. The elite of the Shadow and your future master. Why don't you bend down and greet your master." She said with Glee in her eyes.
Alex fingered his pokeball which was seen by everyone and everyone did the same," So talks won't work."
The newly introduced Hella wasn't bothered by his refusal and said,"If you agreed easily, it won't be interesting. To tame someone is better, especially someone as powerful as you."
She turned around and reached her other scar faced people and simply said," Attack"
Alex similarly shouted out," Take them away." And a bipedal white Pokemon with red horn on his c_h_e_s_t and narrow legs with arms shaped like tonfa with extendable blades on armd appeared. It was a gallade.
Haunter too appeared from the shadows and had some pokeballs most probably belong to the two. Gallade took away the unconscious duo and the Pokemons.
Appearance of Haunter made Hella aware of something and grumbled,. "He didn't go all out last time. Their capture was a trap to get to our hideout. Isn't it?"
Alex threw some pokeball in the air releasing nidorino, pidgeotto, ivysaur, Charmeleon, claydol and butterfree. He kept back electabuzz in case of emergency and some unexpected situation.
" Is it necessary anymore?" Alex said.
" No more." And the released Pokemons of the shadows rushed forward to clash with Alex's.
The shadow Elite Hella would be a recurring character and would have some relation with Alex in the near future. Spoiler: She will be a rival of Cynthia for Alex along with another oc ice type trainer. Stay tuned