The Vagabond.

Chapter 18: Boon of Life.

The plan that Krash had hatched on his way over to the city was plain and simple; seemingly impossible to mess up.

Well, at least the first part was impossible to fail. As for the rest... It might prove itself to be challenging.

In it, the Lucario had to:

1. Get the attention of the Rarity Market by all means necessary: attacking an employee, or just simply walking around would do.

2. Fall into the arms of the strange organisation. This too was quite easy, as all he really needed to do was surrendering himself to them.

3. Get imprisoned in their facility and infiltrate it from the inside. This would mark the beginning of the hard part of this plan.

4. Find either the head of security or the main leader behind this whole operation. The reason for this is explained in the next part.

5. Find where Pyr is being kept and free him. If he's not in the facility, then ask about the one who bought him to find him later.

6. Either free everyone else that is being held captive there, or destroy the whole base altogether to put an end to their crimes.

7. Escape and reunite with Cain and Petros.

On surface and in theory, the plan was painfully dull and simple. In practice, however, even catching their attention was hard.

Maybe it was the weather, or maybe it was just him, but Krash found that it took them a painfully long time to realise he's in the city.

Once they did realise though, they sent two huge, burly men to capture him and (presumably) take him to their facility.

And that's where Lucario is at now- facing the two men standing right across the street, away from any source of light.

It was raining hard, and the thunders from earlier had only grown in power and size, as they roared around him and the men.

They both wore the same attire- black pants, black shoes, black blazers with a white shirt underneath, as well as a black tie.

On their eyes were shady glasses, obstructing their eyes and leaving only their mouths exposed to the public eye.

On their big hands were black, latex gloves, as if they were about to do crime and were scared of leaving any fingerprints.

Their arms were crossed, showing only a fraction of the white logo that remained of their chests, proudly showing who they were.

Due to the weather today, the traffic had been stopped, as no cars could be seen in the vicinity. There were no passersby either due to the same problem.

The humans began moving forward, walking nonchalantly through the heavy rain and the flooded streets.

Lucario, following the second step of his plan, put his arms up into the air and showed them that he had no intention of doing harm to them.

As they got closer and closer, he finally spoke to them via telepathy. "I know why you're here. Use force and I will respond with force."

Maybe it was because the two were brainless, but they didn't seem fazed by his message whatsoever.

As soon as the first man got in range, he balled his hand into a fist and toppled Krash with a mean right hook.

The Aura Pokemon fell straight to the ground, his eyes closing and his mind escaping elsewhere as his head hit the ground.

And when he awoke, he was back in the same void that was he was so familiar with; darkness surrounded him, with distant stars shining down on the scene.