Pokemon Fan Fiction ❯ Pokemon: Rise of the Pokemorph ❯ Ironhide, Friend or Foe ( Chapter 5 )

Pokemon: Rise of the Pokemorph

 

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon. Only the idea and OC's.

 

Author Notes:

-- This will be used for scene breaks and for when the story switches to another character, but it does not mean that a new section of the story has started.

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`Poketalk'

 

Beta reader: Catsithx

 

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Chapter 5: Ironhide, Friend or Foe?

 

Jeremy and Violet made supper rather quickly. They had a quick meal before returning to the job at hand. The Pokemon, except for Melody were put to work cleaning out the extra pool and other various things. The humans in the group entered the main room of the gym with Melody. Multiple sets of stands lined the outer rim of the room whilst a very large, but empty pool occupied the center of the room. A large section of the tile floor was dug up revealing the pumps that the filled and emptied the pool.

 

“All we got left to do is just clean the pumps and pool, redo that small patch of flooring, and then fill the pool. It shouldn't take more then a few days to get all that done.” Lily explained.

 

“Then let's get to work.” Jeremy said adjusting his hat.

 

“This is why we called for your help Jeremy.” Violet walked over to where the pipes for the pumps were. “We made a few calls around town and nobody seems to have the gear to lift these sections of pipe out. We can't even find a Pokemon strong enough to lift them.”

 

“Let me give it a try.” Jeremy walked to the first and grabbed the end.

 

“Hold on. We've got a pulley system hooked up. Between the five us lifting up this side and you and Melody lifting up that side, we should be able to move it.” Daisy walked over into one of the halls and pulled out a large set of pulleys and a frame to hang them on.

 

It took a few minutes of doing, but after the pulley system was set up, the group got to work on trying to move the pipes. Between Ash and Misty along with her sisters pulling up one end with the pulley and Jeremy and Melody working on the other side, the group managed to lift up the first of the pipes.

 

“The two of you are really strong.” Daisy complemented.

 

“If I was human, this would be a whole different story.” Jeremy took off his hat and scratched one of his ears. Melody just nodded her head at the compliment.

 

“So, you are alive.” A voice sounded up in the stands. The group looked up into the stands. In the far corner of the room on the highest set of seats, the group noticed a single dark figure. “I was beginning to wonder if I would ever see you again.” The voice laughed.

 

“Who's there?” Misty shouted. “This gym is closed to the public until the end of the week.”

 

“For the public, yes, but what about someone who… does not …exist?” the voice countered. The figure stood up and began to walk down the steps that were built into the stands. The figure was a man in his late thirties by the looks of it. He had silver hair and pale yellow eyes. He wore a pair of blue sweat pants and a green T-shirt.

 

“You not human are you?” Jeremy asked. Melody latched onto Jeremy's arm as though she was scared.

 

“You catch on quick.” The man replied. “I am Ironhide and my focus was in Ghost, Fighting, and Steel type Pokemon. My job is to gather up information for agents and assassins like you.” The man took a bow.

 

“What are you doing here?” Jeremy asked. Melody started to tug on Jeremy's arm.

 

“I just had to come and see for myself. Relax, I won't tell the others you're here.” Ironhide looked over at the pipe that had just been moved. “Even after he implanted that virus, you still seem to the use of many of your… physical talents.” Ironhide smiled.

 

`Make him leave.' Melody was obviously scared, but had some hints of anger in her voice.

 

“So, she does talk. She wouldn't say a word to me.” Ironhide showed his teeth this time as he smiled. He had an additional four sets of fangs to go with his stand human set. “Ya know your brother is worried about you.”

 

“Melody, do you know this man?” Jeremy asked.

 

`He's the one who captured me and my brothers.' Melody snapped. She showed her teeth growling at Ironhide. The fear she had was slowly being replaced by anger.

 

“Melody is it. Is that the name you gave her or is it her real name?” Ironhide asked.

 

“Just leave.” Jeremy made the demand with a commanding voice.

 

“And why would I do that?” Ironhide took a seat on the lowest row of the stands he was on. “I came here to try to bring you back. You were the best of the best assassin we had. Although you were a bit blood thirsty, there was never a target that could escape your claws… at least not for long.” Ironhide looked straight into Jeremy's eyes. “Surely you miss the thrill of the hunt.”

 

“I said leave.” Jeremy repeated.

 

“Not without you. One way or another, you will return to the Hellborne Unit.” Ironhide smiled again.

 

“And are you going to drag me back?” Jeremy asked.

 

“Oh of course not. That would be suicide. You were the third strongest agent in the entire Hellborne project. I'm willing to bet that you still are. That is if you haven't grown stronger over the last several months.” Ironhide was shocked that Jeremy had even asked that question. “Besides, I'm just an informant. You wouldn't even break a sweat taking me down. I don't have anywhere near the same training as you.” Ironhide added looking up at the ceiling. “Whitefox really did wipe your memory.” Ironhide muttered under his breath.

 

“Then leave before I decide to find out just how much I remember about that training.” Jeremy threatened.

 

“Very well, but I still have a few days off.” Ironhide looked over to Misty and her sisters. “I'll be sure to come see your show by the way. Those last few ones were truly wonderful.” Ironhide then just sunk into the floor as though he was on an elevator. “And don't worry, I won't cause any problems.” Ironhide waved as the last of his body vanished into the floor.

 

“Who was that?” Ash asked.

 

“Some one I used to work with I guess.” Jeremy said. Melody slowly let go of his arm.

 

`I hate that man.' Melody stated.

 

“I can see why.” Jeremy added. “Let's get back to work and finish this. I'd hate to have that show held back a day.” Jeremy had a smile on his face trying to hide the mixed emotions he felt right now.

 

Jeremy and the others returned to work. Every time some asked about anything relating to Jeremy's past was only answered with silence. The group soon decided that it was best to drop the subject. It took almost three hours, but the group finally moved all six of the large pipes that that were connected to the water pumps. They decided to clean them in the morning and everyone went to get some sleep. Daisy, Lily, and Violent each went to their own rooms. Misty invited Ash to sleep in her room on the spare bed she had in her room. Melody of course went with Jeremy. As for the other Pokemon, they were given access to the spare bedrooms, which had a combined total of five beds, four couches, and three recliners. This easily provided more then enough space for the lot of them to sleep on comfortably.

 

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Jeremy slept on his side, his face showing no emotions what so ever. Melody had her back to Jeremy's, her calm face with a slight smile suggested that her dreams were pleasant. If only Jeremy could say the same.

 

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Many years ago… Rocket base, unknown location…

 

Jeremy sat back on a large aqua green sofa in a large waiting room of sorts. He wore some sort of black suit with little strips of silver running across it. Whatever it was that he was wearing was obviously meant for combat as the belt had a pair of empty holsters on it. There was also a bag designed to hold ammo clips, but it was also empty. He wore a headset that easily let his ears stand up. The headset had a small visor piece that covered one of his eyes. Several lines of information ran over the eyepiece. His gloves had a unique shape, covering his whole hand and most of his fingers, but leaving a small triangular hole over each nail. This was done on purpose to allow Jeremy's claws to grow out of his hands unhindered. His foot wear looked like a mix between hiking boots and sandals covering the back of his feet, but leaving his toes exposed.

 

The room had several other large sofas and recliners, each one also a light aqua green. Large numbers of fish tanks lined the walls of the room, each one filled small water Pokemon that swam freely around in the large tanks. On one side of the room was a large glass door and on the other side was a second glass door. The first door led to an undecorated hallway, white in color with several other smaller glass doors in it before the hallway rounded a corner. The second glass door was wide open letting a breeze flow freely into the room. It was connected to a balcony, which had several pieces of aqua green patio furniture on it like chairs and a few glass tables. Even the sunshades were aqua green. Below the balcony was a large evergreen forest filled with many pine trees and the occasional maple.

 

A man sat in a recliner that had its back to the sofa that Jeremy was sitting one, each of them a different color. His skin was light silver in color as was his hair. He wore a simple business suit, nothing too fancy, just a simple black suit with matching tie, shoes, and dress pants. Compared to Jeremy, who had appeared ready for war, this man was nothing more then simple businessman.

 

“You're sure you want to take on this Bounty Group? I know you're powerful Death Bringer, but to attack the entire unit of fourteen well trained personal and their pokemon all at once.” the man asked in a calm, quite voice. His eyes were closed as he sat back, arms folded over his chest. He was quite relaxed sitting where he was. There were no signs to show that he would be getting up anytime soon.

 

“They betrayed us, Ironhide. They promised me a new set of Eevee and a pair of Dragon eggs, although they never said what kind they were. I know they have the eggs at least, but they refuse to give them up even after I paid them.” Jeremy leaned back; his eyes closed in the same relaxed position as Ironhide. The way he acted suggested that he was not at all worried about the battle he looked like he was getting ready for.

 

“Just because you've been named Agent Death Bringer does not mean that death won't come for you.” Ironhide stated. His voice was still calm as though there was nothing to worry about.

 

“I don't have to remind you of my records do I? Out of the thirty-eight missions I've been on, I've had two failures, but they were quickly corrected.” Jeremy yawned. He stretched his arms. His muscles were quite relaxed.

 

“So when are you leaving?” Ironhide asked. He still remained in the recliner as calm and peaceful as ever.

 

“I have a few days off starting tomorrow. I'll put them to good use.” Jeremy said.

 

Just then, two ninja clad people jumped on to the balcony. “We've come to kill you.” The first one said. Both of the figures wore green masks, cloaks, gloves, and suits. Each one had a long curved blade on their back. The hilt and sheath of these weapons were also green.

 

“I'll call for help.” Ironhide jumped out his chair. He was not trained for such encounters yet.

 

“No, I think I'll just use my own skills this time. Besides, when was the last time I got to enjoy my gifts so much?” Jeremy changed as he stretched; eagerness filled his voice as a smile grew upon his face. His nails turned into claws, fangs grew from his mouth as it stretched out into a short snout, a long thin tail similar to a purple Mew's tail grew out of the base of his spine, and his eyes went black and white. “This is going to be fun.” Jeremy walked out onto the balcony. His tails swayed in the wind just like the trees below him.

 

“If you need help, just call. I'll be loading a few guns.” Ironhide yawned as he slowly started to drift off towards the hall where he picked up a pistol hoping not to draw too much attention to himself.

 

“That's good to know. Now then, if you'll excuse me, I'd like to go have some fun.” Jeremy smiled. Both of the ninjas charged forward, much faster then any human could. Jeremy grabbed the first on by the neck, his claws tore threw the outer most layer of the clothing worn by the ninja. Jeremy wasted no time, and charged back slamming the first of the two ninjas into a wall.

 

“So, tell me about yourself, Ironhide.” Jeremy asked as though there the fight he was in wasn't even happening. “You're the new informant assigned to my unit; let's hear a few things about you.” Jeremy grabbed the blade from the ninja's back that was pinned in the wall. The blade was brilliant silver reflecting the light of the sun almost perfectly.

 

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Jeremy's face began to show some signs of discomfort as he continued dreaming. His ears would twitch now and then. Melody still slept quite peacefully unaware that Jeremy was reliving his past.

 

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“Well, I was just completed last month.” Ironhide jumped back just in time. The second had decided to deal with Ironhide rather then help their partner. Ironhide loaded the pistol he had and fired three shots toward the second ninja. The ninja moved aside as though the bullets were moving in slow motion. Before Ironhide even had a chance to move the ninja swung their blade for a second time landing a powerful blow on Ironhide's left shoulder. The clank of metal banging against metal rang out. The ninja lifted the blade in disbelief. Ironhide was on the ground holding his shoulder in deep pain, but there was no blood or any thing other then the fact that his suit had cut perfectly along the seams of the shoulder. The ninja looked at blade, which had somehow been bent inward. “And this is why they call me Ironhide.” Ironhide got back up laughing. “Primary focus was in ghost and steel types.” Ironhide sunk into the floor.

 

Jeremy was just about to thrust the blade he had taken from the first ninja when he was suddenly thrown back. The ninja raised its fist and threw it hard into Jeremy's face sending him back hard. Jeremy looked up holding his snout that was now bleeding badly. His breathing was hard as a look of anger crossed his face. “Well continue. What are your like and dislikes?” Jeremy asked charging forward slamming his fist threw the wall where the ninja had just been.

 

Jeremy looked up and smiled. This is going to be interesting fight after all, Jeremy thought.

 

“I dislike assholes like these two.” Ironhide threw fist after fist at his foe. His fists were a mere blur to the human eye, but the ninja always seemed to be one step ahead of him. Ironhide threw his left fist out arcing right, then using his left heel as a center point, spun around lifting his right leg well over his head only to bring it down, and then he followed up with right hook. The ninja side stepped Ironhide's left fist, jumped back to avoid his right foot, and the caught his right hook.

 

“What are some of the things you do like?” Jeremy asked, he grabbed the ninja he was fighting around the neck and flipped them over his body into the concrete floor of the balcony leaving a fair sized dent in the concrete.

 

“I enjoy watching my enemies fall in battle.” Ironhide threw his foot up and brought it down finally landing a hit and a good one at that. Ironhide's foot connected with the ninja's left shoulder almost completely severing it from the body. Only a decent size chunk of flesh held the arm to the ninja's body. The ninja looked down at his busted arm like it was nothing.

 

Jeremy was no having problems. The ninja he had been fighting was only toying with him until they had been slammed into the balcony. Now, they had Jeremy by the throat with one hand as they placed their second one his forehead. A sudden burst sound sent Jeremy flying back into the wall.

 

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Jeremy practically jumped out of bed. His breathing was hard like he had the wind knocked out of him. Amazingly, Melody did not wake up. Jeremy looked around making sure nothing was out of place and other then Melody, there was no one else around. He listened to everything around him, the beating of two hearts, one his own, the other belonging to the female Lucario beside him. He heard the breathing of several bodies, many of which were Pokemon, but there were of course humans too. He listened to the light winds outside and to the sounds of footsteps in the hall.

 

Jeremy got up and decided to walk around for a bit. That's when he realized that he heard a seventh human breathing. Jeremy looked out side the bedroom he had been loaned while he was staying at the Cerulean City gym. There, half way down the hall was Ironhide.

 

“Good. You're awake. I'd like to talk if that's ok with you.” Ironhide asked.

 

“Make it fast.” Jeremy was in no mood to deal with anyone right now. He had too much to think about.

 

“You've been having strange dreams lately about a life you know nothing of, correct.” Ironhide said. “That's completely normal. Whitefox failed to perfect the virus and remnants of your old still remained.” Ironhide walked along.

 

“How do you know about my dreams?” Jeremy asked.

 

“Let's just say that it would be to my benefit if you were to remember your past. I have a device that could return to you everything that you have lost. All of your forgotten skills, gifts, and memories.” Ironhide said smiling. “But I think that would be unwise at this time. Your other half may very well try to take over if I made an attempt to restore you life at this time.”

 

“Other half?” Jeremy confused.

 

“Yes. You had your memories wiped twice now. Once when you first joined resulting in the personality that we all called Death Bringer taking control of your body. He was the best assassin on the force and like I said earlier, the third strongest in the Hellborne project. Now your real side, the side that was always there is the one in charge right now.” Ironhide explained. “Although you don't seem to have the memories of your past life, you still have the same kind, caring, and helpful personality you had before the incident.”

 

 

“What incident? And what the hell are you taking about?” Jeremy asked.

 

“The reason you willing joined the Hellborne Project. Honestly, do you think that some…?” Ironhide stopped. “I'll save that story for another day, what I can tell you are that you were a very nice boy and knew a lot about Team Rocket, but you still joined our ranks for a reason.”

 

“Tell me everything you know right now.” Jeremy demanded.

 

“Why should I tell you when I can just let you relive it in your dreams?” Ironhide countered. Ironhide's wristwatch started beeping. “I guess I should be going. Until we meet again, here's hoping that you remember more.” Ironhide once again sunk into the floor.

 

“I'm never gonna figure out who I am at this rate.” Jeremy sighed. Jeremy just continued to walk around the gym for a while before returning to bed. This time, he slept peacefully without any dreams to wake him.

 

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The next few days passed quickly. The group had finished remodeling the main pool, Jeremy had a break from the nightmares haunted his, and Ironhide was nowhere to be seen.

 

“Come on everyone, we need to get ready for the show. It starts in two hours.” Violet screamed. Everyone was running about trying to finish up last minute touches on costumes and whatever else needed down. Misty quickly going over her lines again while Jeremy was once again sewing up Daisy's dress.

 

“How can you tear this dress so many times in just a few hours?” Jeremy asked annoyed. Even Ash was in the show this time and he was going to be the prince. Misty was going to be the mermaid for the show while Violet and Lily played the villains. Daisy was going to the queen and Jeremy also had a part, but he wasn't going to be seen though. Jeremy was going to be in charge of the underwater lighting area. Everything was planned out nicely as the group got ready. Jeremy took a quick look outside and saw that several people were already in line waiting to get tickets. “Violet, people have already started to line up. I thought it was a bit early for that.”

 

“It is, but then again, we have been advertising this new play for about a week now.” Violet stated.

 

“That explains it. Now let's hurry up and finish these last minute preparations.” Jeremy said as he finished the dress he was working on for Daisy. “I've loosened it up some, so it won't be quite as tight on you. That should make sure that it doesn't rip again.”

 

“Thank you so much, Jeremy. I don't know where you learned to sew like this, but I'm glad you did.” Daisy hugged Jeremy.

 

“It would be nice if I knew myself.” Jeremy said, slightly disappointed by the fact that he did know how he had obtained the skill. There were many talents like his sewing, cooking, and musical traits that he had mastered, but he was not sure where he had learned them. Not that Jeremy questioned his luck for having learned these skills and keeping the knowledge of how to perform them so well even after he had lost his memory, he just wanted to know where and why he had learned them.

 

“Don't worry; you'll get your memory back some day.” Daisy tried to cheer Jeremy up some.

 

“From what my dreams and these people who seem to know keep mentioning, I'm not sure I really want those memories back.” Jeremy lowered his head thinking deeply about what all had happened over the past week.

 

“Don't space out now, Jeremy. We still got work to do.” Lily said.

 

“I know.” Jeremy sighed.

 

“I'm going to out and start selling the tickets.” Violet ran down the hall with a moneybox in hand and a number of tickets as well.

 

“Jeremy, we should really get you down in the lighting box.” Misty said. “We don't want too many other people to see you.”

 

“Good idea.” Jeremy agreed.

 

Misty and Jeremy walked to main pool where the show would be taking place. Misty handed Jeremy a small air tank and put one on her.

 

“If you're going to continue to hold shows like this, you really should put a door on the bottom the pull so that you don't have to swim to that lighting box.” Jeremy said attaching the air tank before diving in.

 

“It's just that we don't always use it and we have to take it out for gym battles.” Misty explained.

 

“Good point.” Jeremy performed a back flip into the pool. Misty was quick to follow him.

 

It was a short dive down to the lighting box. Misty opened the door and Jeremy swam into the glass box. The box was more then large enough to house the small control console used to remotely operate the lights that were placed around the pool which also had a com device built into to it just in case. There was also enough room for Jeremy and Misty if she was going to stay. Jeremy used a towel that had been placed in the box to dry off his hands, arms, and hair. “Now you go get ready. I'll run some tests on the lights and make sure everything is operating correctly. I'll improvise I come across any problems.” Jeremy said as Misty locked the door form the outside after giving a thumb's up showing that she had heard Jeremy.

 

Jeremy began to activate the console as he looked outside the glass box. He had a perfect seat for the underwater part of the show. There were a few plastic floating rock formations on the top of the pool that he wasn't able to see the tops of, but that was okay. He had more important things to do then watch the show. He had to make sure that the lights were all properly timed to turn on and off as needed for the show.

 

“One hour until show time.” Jeremy looked at his watch. Even though he was in a glass box, he wasn't worried that anyone would see him, so he let his ears stand up. While he could easily see what was going on the on the outside of the box, no one would be able to see inside the box. They wouldn't even know that it was there really. It was well hidden among the rocky bottom of the pool. In order to see inside it, one would need to be inside the pool. Jeremy leaned back as he tested the lights one by one. All of them were in working order. “I guess I'll just wait for the show to start then.” Jeremy sat back and set an alarm on his watch just in case he spaced out. He decided that now was as good a time as any to think about his past.

 

“So, from what I've heard, I was an assassin for Team Rocket and willing joined up with them for a reason.” Jeremy began talking to himself out loud. Jeremy took out a notebook that was put in the glass box to help keep track of the lighting systems and flipped to the last page. He pulled out a pen and began to write some things down. “I know that this incident that caused my memories to be wiped last time was about seven months ago.” Jeremy drew a long single line on the paper and at one end, wrote the word present. Then a short ways back, he drew a small dot and labeled it the memory lost, seven months ago. He dated both the present and the dot he had drawn. “If my dreams are real, then I had to of joined up with Team Rocket sometime before I was thirteen or fourteen. At least that's how old I looked in those labs.” Jeremy drew another dot and labeled it possible time I joined Team Rocket and dated it four years ago.

 

Before long, Jeremy had a whole set of dates drawn out on this time line he made, each date corresponding with how old he looked in his dreams and what he was in them. A few of the dates were even listed the day as in the dreams; he managed to see a calendar and hoped they were correct. Jeremy's watch then started beeping indicating that the show was going to start soon. He began turning on the lights. He looked around outside the glass and saw that every seat had been filled. He knew that Misty and her sisters would offer some of the profits they made to him for helping out so much, but that really matter to him. He was helping friends. Jeremy continued to look around. Slowly, he felt the pool being raised up out of its spot in the ground. Soon, the entire pool in its glass case was lifted up so that everyone could see inside it. There were a few Goldeen, a Staryu, and several other water Pokemon that Misty and her sisters had in the pool, all which were playing around happily.

 

Jeremy looked up toward the diving board waiting for Misty to the stage.

“Ladies and gentleman, thank you all for coming.” Violet's voice sounded throughout the room via loudspeaker. “We're glad to have you all here and now on with the show.” The audience burst out in cheers. “Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful mermaid.”

 

Misty slowly made her way to the end of the diving board. She walked, or wobbled gracefully as the tailpiece of the suit made it hard for her to truly walk, but she was still graceful none the less. She wore a long golden wig that had hair coming down to her waist. She wore a clam shell style bikini top that was a brilliant shade of purple and matched her amethyst tail. She raised her hands and the crowd once again went wild. Jeremy focused all of the lights toward a single spot that Misty was going to dive into. Misty jumped forward in a somersault before falling to the water below.

 

“She lived happily with all of her water Pokemon friends.” Violet's voice rang out over the loudspeaker happily as she narrated the story that was unfolding.

 

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Sorry for the short chapter, but I thought it was the best place to end. I'm not sure what all is going to happen in the next chapter, so it may take me a while to write it. I do however know that I will be introducing another villain in the next few chapters, only this one won't be so quite about it. Reminder, I am still looking for two villains for my story. See my profile for details.