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    This is a chapter 1, but im not sure if I should keep going. This is my first time, so please help me out a bit. Also, I need a name for this. The Agents doesnt seem right. Anyways, here goes;

    ~>) The Agents (<~

    Chapter 1 - It starts


    "Zan, get over here! Now!" yelled the boss of the whole service, Bryan.

    "Yes, boss?" says Zan, curios what his boss would want. Walking into the chamber of Bryan, he marvels at the paintings. Hi-tech equipment lay on the table near Bryan. A chart, showing the productive agents and the less productive ones. He didnt see his name on the list anywhere, although he didnt see any of the YAS on the list.

    The YAS is a new program in the agentcy. It stands for Youth Agent Service, almost spelling out what it is all about. The big agentcy, the OAS, or Official Agent Service, had a theory. When people are up to no good, and suspect the OAS will be looking for them, suspect an adult. Any tough looking adult will be ambushed, or killed. Well, maybe they will try. But sending a kid in is different. If they kill a kid, everyone will know what they are doing, or everyone will suspect. Jason is new to the YAS, and just learning how things went. Never being been in Bryan's room, he was amazed.

    "Zan, we have your first mission. We have already sent Jason to the coast of Liberia to stop what we suspect is Pokemon Labor and the making of illegel weapons and drugs. However, we have lost contact of Jason. Last we heard was Jason saying that he has found one that he loves, but will still be on the case. Nothing afterwards. Your mission is to go find Jason, help him, and stop all suspections. If you fail however, come back immediatly. No harm done, except maybe a drop in the rankings. Good luck, Zan." Bryan said that almost wanting Zan to go. All the YAS agents arent here he thought. Now its Zan's turn.

    "But sir, we are in California here. How will I get to Liberia? Im completely broke right now!" Zan questions with a worried look in his eye.

    "Ah son, you underestimate us. However, I would suggest you get a job, get used to working in the real world. Now, back to the matter at hand. A jet is waiting for you at our private airport. It is near the building, ask anyone who has been here long for directions. It will take about 16 hours. However I could be totally wrong so sorry. However I think it will be about 8000 miles from here. Your pokemon are ready to go."

    "Oh my god i forgot about my pokemon! Are Zephyr and Brawler okay? I hope they dont feel bad." worries Zan.

    "Zan stop this! Your Pidgey and Meditite are fine! The OAS are capable people if you havent figured that out. Now, out with you. Get your gear on floor 3."

    A quick '"Yes sir!"' and Zan is out. Walking through the hall, Zan sees a window. Not noticing coming in was because of the rush. Now, as he looks out, he can see training happening. Two OAS agents brawl. They are both veterans it seems; one with a great-looking Rhydon, the other fighting with a sturdy Nidoking. Rhydon and his trainer suddenly fall to the ground, on knees first. The building that Zan is in starts shaking. It abruptly stops, and Zan sees somebody exploding at the Nidoking user. It seems earthquake isnt the best move considering that a huge building s near. Rhydon doesnt care. He gets back up and suddenly his whole body starts crackling. Sometimes, a faint yellow can be seen. Then, a large bolt of lightning flys at Nidoking, although in vain. The large beast seems un-touched by it, making the Rhydon madder. The large horn on Rhydons head starts spinning out of control. He lowers his head and charges. Nidoking, looking at the last moment, get pummeled by the spinning horn. Rhydon lifts his head, with bloodstains all over it. Mostly at the top though. The Rhydon looks victorious, and the Nidoking looks horrible. A huge gash can be seen on his stomuch. Blood flows freely through. Zan quickly walks away, not wanting to see anymore. He finds the elevator and takes it to Floor 3.

    He walks out of the elevator to a dimly-lit storage room. Papers are scattered everywhere. A sign on the door says 'Back in 5 minutes'. Another door is at the end of the room. Walking through, he opens the door, and instantly becomes amazed. Selves after shelves stacked with walky-talkys, watches, smoke bombs, everything you can think of! The manager, or well it seems, of all this taps Zan on the back, startling him.

    "So, your the last YAS to leave, eh Zan? Well, I guess youll be needing this." Offers the manager, pointing to a vest on the table.

    "It has a watch, walky-talky, a radio, a compass, and much much more. Here, try it on." The manager says, picking up the Vest and holding it to Zan. Zan takes it and slips it on. A perfect fit!

    "Its great, I love it. Thanks alot!"

    "Just stay safe, have a nice trip!"

    And so it begins Zan thinks to himself while walking out the door and to the elevator. Lets hope it ends...


    So, is it worth continuing? Im a new guy, so im not really sure. If you could help the name thatd be nice to. OKay, feel free to stomp me into the dust on this one

    PS: That chapter was really short because im not sure if i should keep this up.

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    I thought this was fine for a newbie. There are a few things you could work on for the future, but you should catch on quickly to what I'm saying.

    First of all, always edit your fic chapters before you post. This saves you the embarrassment of having numerous spelling erros in your work. There were several here that would have been easily taken care of with a quick edit. I'm pretty sure they were just typos, which shows that yes, you do know how to spell. Just edit it next time, ok? It'll make things look a lot more neat and appropriate.

    Secondly, the characters seem a little out of place for their setting. Yes, Zan may be new to the agency, but he should understand at least a little of what is going on. They wouldn't send him out without telling him what he should do and how to use his equipment. Unless they're crazy. Which seems to be a likely possibilty. Also, the boss seems a little unsure about this whole thing himself. He seems to be questioning everything he says, which wouldn't get him up to the high-ranking position he now commands. And a few of your lines were left unexplained, which leaves a bit of doubt as to what you mean. For instance, you said that Bryan almost wanted Zan to go. Of course he wanted him to go; he's the one ordering the boy to be sent out! Right? Unless I'm mistaken, in which case you can feel free to explain yourself and roast me.

    One final suggestion regarding your writing: STAY IN THE SAME TENSE. I've told countless writers this, and now I am telling you: Pick present or past tense, then stay with it. Don't change it, except for quotes. That's about the only exception I can think of. And another suggestion regarding the tenses: Past tense usually works better. Present tense ends up making the fic read like a script, which it's not meant to be. It's a piece of literature, with vivid descriptions, witty thoughts, exciting actions, and stirring quotes. (Note: That list was a suggestion in itself. I couldn't resist! )

    Now, regarding your title, it should feel comfortable with what will take place. A common technique is to take future events that you know you're going to write about, and create a very vague description of them, or even something that's simply related. A good title will draw the readers in. And you can change your thread title by posting on a "Sticky" thread in the Writers' Lounge. I believe the thread was started by the moderator OzAndrew. And don't worry about being torn to pieces! The people here are generally good-natured, and will try to help you out. All the mods are excellent contributors to the forum, and they'll help you in any way they can. Well, almost; they won't write your fic for you. I would be willing to bet that tactic's been tried already. In conclusion, have fun here! The members will try to help you along, and you don't have to worry about being torched by an angry reader. The mods will take care of that. Continue writing, and good luck! I'll try to keep up, but realize I already have about 20 other fics I'm watching, so I may have trouble keeping up! Anyway, I've rambled on far too long! Keep it up!
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    Default ~>) The Agents (<~(PG-13 I think)

    Ah i see what you are saying. Although im not sure that i switched tenses much, but ill keep it to one, namely past tense. So I should keep with this fic? I guess i could keep the name the agents too. Thanks for reading.

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    Default ~>) The Agents (<~(PG-13 I think)

    I have decided to make that a prolouge, and this Chapter one. Okay, here:

    The Agents
    Chapter 1 - Elevator Surprises

    As Zan approaches the elevator, he ponders about what will happen on the coast of Liberia. He is confident that Zephyr the Pidgey and Brawler the Meditite will work out, although they are young and unexperianced. Pressing the button labeled 'L', the elevator starts descending down the shaft. Suddenly, it stops all at once.

    "What the...?" Zan questions. A sudden sound of a crack turns Zan around immediatly. A Machamp fist can be seen through the hole. The hole is just the size for a head to look in, but it wont be that way for long. Three more punches and a wide hole is in the elevator side. A man in black steps into the elevator, threatining with his strong-looking Machamp.

    "Dont move or Fists kills you!" He yells, pointing at his Machamp. "Or better yet, I kill you!" The masked man pulls out a M16. Zan backs away, trembling in fear. "Now, hand over the pokeballs, and everything might be fine," the masked man says with a snicker. Zan sticks a pokeball-filled hand to the robber.

    "H-h-here s-s-sir. Th-thats all I h-have," Zan quviers as the masked man picks up the pokeballs.

    "Lets see what we have here..." he says, opening a pokeball. Zephyr flies out, looking around, first at the hole, then at the robber, then at Zan. "A Pidgey? How pathetic. Lets see number two," He says, opening the pokeball containing Brawler. "Meditite? You are weak arent you. Well, two pokemon for me," He laughs, turning around. Suddenly, Zephyr pecks furiously at the robber. Fists the Machamp is already gone, waiting perhaps for his owner. The M16 the robber holds in his hand flies out, right in front of Brawler. Seizing his chance, Brawler quickly does a little meditiation and then slams his fist into the gun.

    What did they teach him? Wonders Zan. Zephyr stops his assault for a second, a second too much.

    "I have more pokemon than Fists!" He yells, blood dripping out of his lip. A pokeball is sent high in the air, revealing a Dragonite, whos head break the ceiling of the elevator.

    "Oh my god a Dragonite!" Yelps Zan. Suddenly, a beam of pure whit light breaks another hole in the ceiling, hitting at the feet of Zan. Although the beam doesnt hit Zan and his pokemon, the force of the impact makes Zan, Zephyr, Brawler, and the masked man to there knees. The masked man recalls Dragonite and brings out a Scizor.

    "Clawz, False Swipe them all...then bring Mental out and get out..." The masked man falls to the ground, out cold. Zan struggles to get up, and he sees Zephyr and Brawler still on the ground. Suddenly, three quick slashes brings Zan and his pokemon to a standstill, namely out cold. Clawz gets to the masked man's pokemon, and opens a pokeball revealing an Alakazam. Teleporting away, the Alakazam takes the pokemon with him. Or her. Suddenly, Alakazam sees himself surrounded by OAF agents. Alakazam is in awe on how they got here so fast, but then sees Fists on the floor.

    Damn him! He attracted all these people. Grrrr Mental thinks. Suddenly, looking around he sees...black. The truth of the matter is that a very agile Scizor, with the owner Bryan himself, came down to do a vicious Metal Claw on the Alakazam, followed by a barrage of yellow stars. The OAF agents take Fists, Mental, and Claws away, leaving Zephyr and Brawler. Bryan however notices the two pokeballs laying on the floor, and investigates. Opening them, he sees the Meditite and Pidgey owned by Zan.

    "Oh no..." he thinks, checking the elevator. He sees Zan lying on the floor, and how much of a wreck the elevator is. He gets his walky-talky gizmo out and calls in medical help. The rush Zan to the emergancy room, and check him.

    "He will be ok, he should wake up in a bit," the doctor says. Zan's eyes twitch a little, and then open slowly. When they are fully open, he looks around at te white bed, the equipment lying around, and the doctors looking around him.

    "Wh-where am I? What happened?" Zan questions, looking around. He trys to get up, but gets back down.

    "Dont move. You were out cold in the elevator," comes the familiar voice of Bryan.

    "Bryan? What?" Zan looks around. It suddenly hits him like a train. The elevator! He tells his tale to the doctors and Bryan. The listen till the end, and then shake there heads.

    "Thats why. It all explains it. Being hurt by that isnt bad at all. Infact, you did great for what you have been through. A Dragonite? Those things are powerful as hell. And that beam? Ever heard of Hyper Beam? Well, its one of the strongest moves, and that Dragonite used it," The doctor explains.

    "Oh, I know what Hyper Beam is, but I look down on it. It tires your pokemon way too much. But that beam was Hyper Beam...? I survived it...?" Zan blurts, now lucky to be alive.

    "From the description you gave us, yes it is a Hyper Beam. I am surprised you are here today. However, it is now optional that you go to Liberia, or says Bryan. What do u chose?" Speaks the doctor.

    "I will go. YAS needs me, and Jason needs me. Well, I hope Jason doesnt need me, but by the info you have given...he does. Oh, one more thing. Where are Zephyr and Brawler? Are they safe? Also, Brawler did a wierd move on the gun I told you about. What was it?"

    Bryan speaks up, "My son, Brawler and Zephyr are fine. You can thank me for the move, it is called Dynamic Punch. be wary though; it isnt the accuratest of moves. If you want to use one a little more accurate, get some money and g t Liberia. There they have many TMs, such as Shadow Ball, which I suggest. Brawler will do fine. As for Zephyr, if you can, try to find a Dodrio that is a male. You can get the move Drill Peck by breeding, and if you want, they have made a new system. You dont HAVE to get an egg anymore, so why dont you try it out? Good luck Zan." Zan slowly gets out of his bed and makes his way to the stairs, elevator being out of service. He takes the stairs one by one. There were about 4 flights of stairs Zan passed on his way down, not too much work. He walks out into the sun-lit area, starting to get hot. Walking around, he finds the trainer with the Nidoking sulking with his friends it seems, who also are sulking. Cautiously he approches them.

    "Would you happen to know where the private airport is? Boss said we had one."

    "Kid, im not in the mood right now, my Nidoking just got pummeled by a Rhydon. But this is easy. Just take a Taxi, and go down the road all the way to the end, you cant miss it," The guy said with a frown.

    "I'm broke. How will I get a taxi?" Zan questions.

    "Just pay me back later," The guy offers handing out a 20-dollar bill.

    "Thanks a lot! I hope your nidoking is okay!" Zan calls back, heading out to the road.

    "Kids these days..." The guy mutters.

    Zan, in the mean time was sitting in the cab, watching for any signs of an airport. "Oh, wait. Stop here," He says to the cab driver.

    "Okay. That will be 16 Dollars," He says.

    "Do you have change?"

    "Of course," Zan holds out the 20. "Okay, one minute....there," He says, handing four neat 1-dollar bills out.

    "Thanks!" Zan says, running to the airport. Suddenly, a tap on his back.

    "You Zan Flow?" A low voice asks.

    "Yep," Zan says, turning around.

    "Your plane is waiting. Come on," He says. "By the way, I am Bill,"

    Zan follows him all the way to a slick-looking jet plane. It was brand new! Or, well it seems. As he steps into it a blast of cool air conditioning hits him. He sits into a seat, gets his earphones, and turns on some music. The sfety stuff comes, and they take off. About 20 hours later(hey Bryan was right), somebody wakes up Zan, who had been sleeping.

    "We have arrived," The plane assistant offers. Zan sleepily get out of the plane and onto the...beach?

    "What is this?" Zan blurts, not knowing why he is on the beach.

    "Private jets cant land on public places,"

    "But still, the beach?"

    "Well, yes,"

    "Why?"

    "No real reason, but this is as close to the Liberian Coast as possible,"

    "Oh yea..." Zan takes a peek at the full beach, seeing as the jet landed behind a wall. "Oh my god..."

    OKay, what do u think?

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    Yes, I definitely think you should continue.

    Watch the spelling! There were several spelling mistakes in this chapter. Many of them could have been prevented with an edit. Next time, you might want to look through your chapter before you post it to make sure it's okay in that department. Oh, and please don't shorten "you" to "u". Internet slang is not a good idea in a fic, unless it's part of an actual chat in the fic you're showing. I guess it would be reasonable to do it as part of some other gag, but I would have to advise against it. It just looks like you don't know how to spell. And try to avoid using the same word or words near each other. It doesn't look very good. Of course, common words that you have to use a lot in a story are exceptions to this rule.

    Also, I thought you were going to use past tense? Because this sure looks like present tense to me. Not that it's a problem, it's just going against what you had said in your previous post.

    This chapter seemed to go by very fast. You might want to slow it down a little bit next time. Maybe you could show more description and emotion. It'll make the fic look a lot better. Right now it looks like a chain of events, not a story. With some fine-tuning it could look really good.

    One final note: If you're going to call the original Chapter 1 your Prologue, you might want to edit that post. Keep going! It looks like we're about to get into the main part of the fic!
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    Default ~>) The Agents (<~(PG-13 I think)

    @mr_pikachu: Oops, to used to AIM talks. ill watch for that. Thanks!

    Anyone else?

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