"Now… Prepare for the end of the world!"
A red-haired man stood at a machine, connected to a large egg. The chamber in which they were in was far underground, but it was connected to a large cannon stretching out into the sky above. This was the fruition of many years planning, millions of Pokedollars, and several criminal undertakings
And it was about to be taken down by a young boy. Granted, he was almost 19, and he had seven gym badges, but he was still a boy. There was no way Lysander was going to let him win.
"Do you have a long list of clichés you're reading from, or do you think you're being original?" Tobias stared at Lysandre. He had been told by Professor Sycamore that he had been a genius, a billionaire, a philanthropist. Not a world-hating maniac. And you think you know someone…
"So, would you like to hear of my plan before you die?" Lysandre sneered at the boy in front of him. He would humour him, for now.
"Does it happen to involve the giant egg behind you, or is that just window dressing?"
"The egg, since you don't know, is the regenerative form of the Pokemon Yveltal. When the weapon activates, energy will be taken from the egg. The energy destroys life, completely cancelling it out. The weapon currently deployed above Geosenge Town will shoot the energy all around the world, with Team Flare's modifications. Except for Team Flare, safe in this base, everyone and everything on Earth will die. All humanity, all Pokemon, everyone. It is better that way."
"Just because everyone acts like that on the Internet doesn't mean they all deserve to die! Besides, what makes you think you have the right to choose what happens to everyone?" Tobias started shouting at the crazed man in front of him. He reached for his Pokeballs.
"I haven't. We all die anyway. I am just ensuring this will be better for the Earth, rather than letting everyone continue on to forever hurt each other and the planet." He reached for the lever to activate the machine, but his hand was knocked away by a thrown Pokeball, which landed on several buttons before landing on the floor and releasing its occupant- a Gallade.
"You fool… you've doomed us all…"
"Blade, hold him there. What do you mean, doomed us all? More cliché?"
"No… You've started the awakening sequence…"
"You don't mean for the Pokemon?"
"I do. It will awaken and drain the life from us all." Lysandre stood straight and tall, his face a mask. "It will roam Kalos, draining life and razing cities."
"How it that worse than what you want to do? Sounds pretty damn hypocritical!" Tobias was slightly panicking now. This was getting worse by the minute.
"This way, no-one is safe. I had hoped to save some… now, there will be no-one."
Tobias, even panicking, raised an eyebrow. "And yet you had a sequence for waking it up. Why? Are you suicidal or just plain stupid?"
Lysandre ignored him. He set to work on the console, ignoring Tobias and Blade. "Maybe if I can patch it back through…"
The egg glowed a dark black, sucking in all light from the room, casting dark shadows all across the room by draining the light, like a bulb in reverse. It reached a pinnacle, where the blackness was so intense it was too hard to look at, and then it hatched. A large bird was released from the egg, black and red, screeching at the top of its voice. Red energy tendrils stretched from its wing tips to Lysandre, who fell on the machinery, causing the tendrils to leak from him, shorting out the circuits. The base shook, and a klaxon sounded.
"Why do I feel that means this place is going to blow up soon?"
A female voice came on over the loudspeaker. "Self-Destruct sequence initiated. Please stay calm while fleeing for your life. Have a nice imminent death!"
He sighed, although he couldn't hear himself over the noise. He returned Blade, hoping that he'd live. He didn't expect to. This expectation doubled so when he noticed Lysandre body. It flopped onto the floor, eyes wide open, not breathing. He was dead.
Tobias made a break for it, and he felt himself be struck in the back by something. Something that felt bad, that was draining away what kept him moving. Red flashed over his eyes. Yveltal had him. He kept running though, up the large set of stairs, as the base started falling down around him. He wasn't sure if it was a shoddy self-destruct system or the giant bird trying to chase him up the stairs, but this base wouldn't last long.
He couldn't go on much longer. His run slowed down to a walk, pain starting to fill his legs. It could have been running up the stairs, it could be the death rays coming from the bird behind him, but whatever it was, it hurt. He couldn't stop though. If stayed, he was definitely dead. If he made it out, he might survive. He knew which one he'd rather take his chances with.
He struggled up the last few stairs, and made it. It wouldn't be too far to make it out the door. He could make it before… he…
There was a flash of darkness before he found himself on his feet, running as fast as he could towards the exit. He was almost there. He was going to make it!
Or he would have until he tripped up on a piece of ceiling that had prematurely fallen down. "Fu-!" He tripped front. He spun around quickly to look at the head of Yveltal, staring down at him in surprise and bemusement. Or that may have just been the Pokemon's face. Tobias, on instinct, did what he usually did when faced with a strange Pokemon- he threw a Pokeball at it. He didn't see what type, but it flew towards the bird and hit it on the beak. It opened up, converting the creature to energy and caging in in the small ball. He didn't wait to see if it held- he got to his feet, in pain and stumbled towards the exit. He, for some reason, felt extremely tired all of a sudden. He felt an small nudge on his belt and he fell forwards into someone's arms.
"Don't worry. You'll be safe."
"Oh great… More clichés…" He muttered before he passed out.
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