Hunk

**Hunk** (Japanese: **ハンク** *Hanku*) is a very notorious criminal and cat burglar, having pulled several successful heists over his criminal career.

## **New Era**

### **Johto Journey**

During the middle of Clair's Blackthorn Gym battle against Dwayne, Hunk manages to sneak in and steal the Dragon Fang from the Gym's treasure room without setting off its infrared alarms. However, once he removes the Dragon Fang off it's display, the alarms are set off, which alerts Clair and the others about the robbery.

Hunk flees the crime scene with the Dragon Fang in hand. Hunk commandeers a nearby boat and speeds off into the Dragon's Den, a cave filled with a confusing network of tunnels in the middle of the water. Clair and the others call out a flotilla of Pokémon and swim after the thieves. Her Dragonair light and ability to sense changes in water currents help them to track the criminal, who finds himself in the Dragon Holy Land. Hunk is saved from falling down from the waterfall into the Holy Land by a Dragonite, whom he convinces that he's trying to protect the Dragon Fang from Clair and the others. As his pursuers also manage to reach the Holy Land, they split up to look for the criminal. Upon arrival, the Dragonite fires a Hyper Beam as a warning shot at the group. Everyone is surprised by the odd partnership. Dragonite goes onto pick Hunk up and flies off with him. Kaburagi explains that the Dragonite had once belonged to the first Gym Leader of Blackthorn City, and had never felt the same since her Trainer had passed away.

Kaburagi then summons his own Dragonite, Altaria, and Noivern, and they all fly on them to chase after Dragonite and the criminal. Meanwhile, Hunk is having a very uncomfortable flight in Dragonite's arms, and wonders where the Dragon Pokémon is taking him to. Dragonite finally drops him off by a large lake, before going into the woods and collecting fruit for Hunk to eat. In the air, Clair and company have spotted the same lake, prompting Kaburagi to wonder if Dragonite would take Hunk to the Dragon Shrine. When Dwayne questions Kaburagi about the Dragon Shrine, the old man explains that it was built long ago to represent hope for harmony between humans and Pokémon. Within the shrine lies the Prayer Flame, a symbol of the eventual peace between humans and Pokémon; despite being lit over 500 years ago, it remains strong to this day. Unbeknownst to them, Hunk is sneaking into the shrine while Dragonite sleeps, planning to raid it of its valuables. He comes upon the golden bowl containing the Prayer Flame and resolves to steal it. However, the bowl's heat burns right through his gloves, causing him to hurl the flame out of the shrine. The fallen flame has set the landscape ablaze. Dragonite notices this, and turns on Hunk with a Hyper Beam, even as the flame burns out of control.

After dodging several attacks, Hunk brings out his Wobbuffet to use Mirror Coat and reflect one of Dragonite's Hyper Beams back at it – however, this only seems to make the Dragon Pokémon even angrier. Luckily, Dwayne and his allies arrive on the scene, with Dwayne's Gardevoir's Moonblast saving Hunk from another Hyper Beam. Clair sends out Dragonair to put out the raging fire by making it rain, while Kaburagi's Dragonite, Altaria, and Noivern save the Pokémon trapped in the fires. Gardevoir glares at Dragonite, but Dwayne reins her in, intent on trying to reason with Dragonite first.

Clair begs Dragonite to recognize her and stop its attack but to no avail. Dragonite fires a Hyper Beam at her, which is only partially deflected by Gardevoir's Shadow Ball. Although Clair is unharmed, Kaburagi finally realizes why the Pokémon is so unreasonable; he warns Clair that Dragonite is suffering from Outrage. As the guardian of the Holy Land unleashes a powerful Twister that forces Dragonair to dispel its rain clouds, Dwayne asks Clair about Kaburagi's statement. The Blackthorn Gym Leader explains that Dragonite has become confused after performing too many consecutive attacks, causing it to attack everything it sees in a berserk fury.

Realizing that they need to battle Dragonite to snap it out of confusion, Dwayne has Gardevoir try a Shadow Ball; unfortunately, Dragonite dashes up and knocks her down before she can attack. Dwayne catches Gardevoir and is in turn saved from Dragonite's attack by Clair's Dragonair. Clair tries to talk Dragonite down, asking it to listen to the cries of the wild Pokémon around it, but the maddened Dragon-type is unmoved, and she becomes disheartened over not being able to control the Dragon-type Pokémon. Kaburagi declares that Dragonite entered the attack rage in response to something terrible, forcing Hunk to admit his attempt to steal the Prayer Flame. As Clair's Dragonair puts out the flames around the Dragon Shrine, Clair leaves Kaburagi in charge of restoring the shrine, while she tries to think of a way to stop Dragonite's rampage.

Meanwhile, Gardevoir and Dragonite face off over the lake. Gardevoir opens with a Moonblast, knocking Dragonite into the water. Dragonite emerges unharmed and fires a Hyper Beam at Dwayne, but Gardevoir quickly Teleports Dwayne and herself away from the range of fire. Clair arrives and asks Dwayne to work with her in order to stop Dragonite. When Dwayne agrees, Clair has Dragonair use Wrap to cut Dragonite off; when the fully-evolved dragon breaks free, Gardevoir and Dragonair blast it with Shadow Ball and Hyper Beam, respectively. Even this combination attack fails to slow Dragonite down, and it quickly evades and counters Dragonair's second attempt at a Hyper Beam. Dwayne has Gardevoir use Psychic, but Dragonite dodges and hurls Gardevoir into the woods. As Gardevoir returns to the fight, ready for another round, Clair realizes that Dragonite is too powerful for anyone's attack to work.

Trying a different approach, Clair orders Dragonair to summon thunder clouds while Gardevoir keeps Dragonite busy. After a moment, lightning begins striking Dragonite, and Gardevoir soon adds a Moonblast attack to pin the Dragon Pokémon down. Despite the devastating assault, Dragonite tries to break free with Hyper Beam. In response, Dwayne has Gardevoir use Psychic to contain the attack. The energy of the Hyper Beam is thus reflected and turned back on Dragonite itself; nonetheless, the furious Pokémon attempts another Hyper Beam. This time, the combined attacks explode in Dragonite's face, sending it plummeting into the water.

As everyone regroups and holds their breath, Dragonite emerges from the water in a flash. Assuming the worst, Dwayne prepares to have Gardevoir launch another Moonblast attack, but Clair tells her to wait and shortly after Dragonite's attack rage finally subsides. Having regained its conscious state, Dragonite weeps over the damage it caused to its beloved Holy Land. As it is consoled by the other Pokémon living in the area, Hunk manages to sneak away, albeit without any treasure and despite Clair's attempts to stop him, Hunk manages to successfully escape.

### **Hoenn Again**

Approximately one year later, Hunk was tasked with stealing the Ever Grande Conference Trophy off the Hoenn League. However, after collecting the trophy, the alarm was sounded, but Hunk managed to escape via his air balloon. However, Dwayne interjects himself by successfully embarking on the balloon's basket and begins fighting with Hunk over possession of the trophy. As the two continue to brawl, Hunk kicks Dwayne off, but Dwayne manages to grab the trophy case with him as he plummets off the balloon. Seeing this, both Dragonair and Vibrava desperately try to fly towards him to catch him, but neither are fast enough to get him in time. Realizing this, both Dragonair and Vibrava begin evolving into Dragonite and Flygon, respectively.

With their new evolved forms, Dragonite and Flygon successfully catch Dwayne before he hits the water. As Hunk curses Dwayne for interfering with him yet again, Dwayne orders Dragonite to use Dragon Claw to pop Hunk's balloon, and as the balloon flies away, Hunk jumps off, but Flygon catches him and drops him off at the cliff, where Officer Jenny awaits to arrest him. However, Hunk manages to summon his Wobbuffet, waiting for a battle, but Flygon knocks it out with a single Dragon Claw. Hunk is promptly arrested and the trophy gets secured again.

## **Character**

Hunk is a very stoic and reserved individual, rarely showing emotions, even when getting caught by others in the middle of his heists, always displaying a cool and collected demeanor. Even at the face of danger, Hunk remains focused on the task at hand, and refuses to give up on his assignments, but knows when to retreat to avoid capture by the authorities.

## **Pokémon**

### **On Hand**

Wobbuffet's only known move is Mirror Coat.