"Some legends are born, most fail, but some are worthy of being told."
~~The Story Begins~~
Screams of agony rang through the chambers within a hidden organization. The screams were painful for everyone to hear, but they continued to run their tests without remorse. A girl sobbed softly, as gashes and burns decorated her body, she had no idea what they wanted, and she didn't know if she could give it to them even if she knew.
"She gives more blood, and the tests run better if she is under distress and under extreme pressure."
A voice echoed through the dark room, metal slabs decorated the walls, and a single red light flashed from above. Rust covered the old tank that contained a single girl, the glass tank was filled with water up to her chin. A man in a white lab coat pulled a lever, creating a fresh current of electricity to shock the girl no older than eleven.
The electricity wasn't enough to kill her, but it wouldn't tickle either. The girl screamed again, her body was smoking as tubes filled with dark red liquid. The tubes carried the liquid into jars, as a machine lit up measuring and calculating how much blood they could collect.
"Now, Lydia. Why don't you explain what happened on October twenty first." The malicious man said, resting his hand on the lever.
"I don't know, I don't remember, please let me go!" The girl recently identified as Lydia croaked.
The man shook his head, Lydia wanted to look into the man's eyes, so he could watch her squirm in pain. The man's face was covered by a mask, probably to hide him from the smell. He was accompanied by a younger woman, Lydia could tell by the body shape, and how often the female would flinch when the contained girl would scream in agony.
An arm from the machine surrounding Lydia in the tank filled with water jerked, before poking her with a syringe needle. Unidentified liquid spilled into her bloodstream, Lydia panted as she waited for the oncoming wave of pain.
The girl's eyes bugged, as her senses sharpened, her bruises and burns intensified. Fresh tears streamed down Lydia's face, as her matted black hair fell in her eyes. Her ponytail was messy, and her clothes were torn and burnt from the electricity. Lydia used to be full of life, but after months of this torture, she began to welcome death.
The covered man licked his lips in excitement, how fun this would be indeed.
"Your pain receptors have been coaxed to their maximum potential, you know how this works, tell us what we want to hear, or suffer for hours on end."
Lydia trembled, they kept asking about October twenty first, all she remembered is that she battled a man named Giovanni. The man who had her put in this cage, was the same man that made her scream and battle in rage on October twenty first. When she caught wind about a man that lead an organization called Team Rocket, she tracked him down and discovered his taste in experiments. She remembered the thousands of failed clones, all clumped together in a melted pile of goop.
Giovanni had explained that day that he was trying to make a weapon, one that would devastate the world. Lydia blacked out after he said that, and woke up outside Giovanni's base, lit up in flames.
That day Giovanni figured something out, and caused him to generate a plan that caused this much hurt and pain for Lydia. Giovanni had caused Lydia's best friend to betray her, and drop her off at Giovanni's front door.
The thought of once being close to that person made Lydia's stomach acid rise. Since the girl had already thrown up so many times do to pain, she didn't think she could muster another hatred themed vomit. The only people Lydia knew here in this tight room, were the ones who tortured her on a daily basis. They gave her the name Lydia, it was to make fun of her, it was a name meaning "beauty," which was something they were glad to tell her wasn't true.
Lydia's arms were bound by chains, the sores on her wrists were begging to touch air, but they would never let her out. The water helped secure her hanging weight, but the stretching in her arms was starting to pull her muscles apart.
"You are no ordinary girl, that much is true, but in here we control and own you!" The man said, taking his finger and turning the notch to full power.
The girl beside him tried to stop him, but when he shoved her aside, she whimpered before returning to his side. The man laughed darkly before twisting a knob, the machine beside the tank sparked, before the tubes that collected blood started to fill with green liquid.
"You have about twenty minutes before this acid eats your body, perhaps I will stop it, perhaps I won't."
Lydia lifted her head as the acid started eating away inside her body, her insides felt like they were burning and melting. Lydia refused to scream, it only gave the man more satisfaction as he tortured her.
"Why are you doing this Dr. Zager?" The female pleaded with her superior. Lydia couldn't take it anymore, her mouth opened, but she couldn't scream.
"Because I can, Giovanni asked me to get the answers he seeks, and if he questions my methods he can have fun trying to find another scientist!"
Dr. Zager took his mask off, letting Lydia see his face for the first time. His snowy white hair and mustache had strands of gray hair poking out, probably from no sleep. His eyes were twitching and crazed, and wrinkles were present in his face, he was too old to be doing this. The strain of no sleep and continuous research that involved torturing a little girl was going to weaken his body.
"This acid will never be as painful as the beautiful betrayal Giovanni prepared for you. Even if I wish for it to be so, unfortunately I cannot replicate the same damage for you."
Lydia soiled herself, her bladder was too frail to contain her waste. Her muscles were weak from being contained for months, she has not moved from the spot since she arrived. The pain made her stomach contract, and she threw up the last nutrients she had.
"Disgusting, look at you. I almost feel sorry for you, but alas, my research beckons me." Dr. Zager said, the female beside him took her mask off. Her brown hair was in a braid, she looked like a teenager, she had green eyes and a soft and sorrowful expression.
When the smell of Lydia's dirty and unsanitary state hit her nose, she flinched. The wails started up again, as Lydia's body shook violently as the acid rampaged through her delicate body. Dr. Zager watched in complete awe, as he recorded Lydia's results through a machine.
"Please stop, the acid is going to kill her! Giovanni will have your head if she dies!" The female said, tugging on Dr. Zager's arm frantically as he rubbed his mustache as thought for a moment.
Dr. Zager smiled, before turning to the broken girl in the glass tank.
"Alright, if Lydia agrees to call me her master, I will stop the acid and save her life, and perhaps give her a meal. I do think she would rather be fed, then go a few more days without food and water."
Lydia lifted her head, and gave Dr. Zager the nastiest look she could muster. The girl beside the scientist held her breath, and silently prayed that the trapped test subject would just obey her superior. Lydia's chest was heaving as the acid started poisoning her lungs, with the last bit of strength Lydia had, she filled her cheeks with saliva before spitting on the glass in front of her.
Dr. Zager's face filled with rage, as he shocked Lydia with another series of painful volts. He didn't care if she died, he did what Giovanni asked anyways, he collected blood samples and concluded that she was the lost person they were looking for.
Perhaps Giovanni would be mad for a few days that he killed her, but he would have his army, and the threat would be eliminated. The giant metal doors burst open, and Lydia saw bright light for the first time in ages. A young man accompanied by a Golbat ran into the room, infuriating the scientist even more.
"Dr. Zager! The test subject its-" the man was stopped by the furious scientist.
"I don't care, you grunts should know not to bother me in my time of work! Get out, before I throw you into the tank with this pathetic excuse for a human!"
The grunt swallowed hard, before scampering out of the room with the Golbat trailing behind. The girl standing beside the doctor, knew what other subject they were keeping behind these metal walls. They were specifically pumping Lydia's blood into it, to keep it under control and to keep it from awakening.
She didn't know why Lydia's blood controlled the Pokémon, Dr. Zager figured it all out, but refused to explain why it worked. It was sickening to think that they were only keeping Lydia alive to study the rare chemical in her blood, so that they could re-create it and feed it to the Pokémon they were creating.
The Shi Pokémon, that is what it was called, it was evil and one would not need to know much to understand that it was made to bring death.
"You are going to regret the day you crossed me!" Dr. Zager exclaimed, before he jammed his hand on a button. The machine shook and spewed smoke and sparks before the tubes lit up with poisonous liquids of all sorts. Lydia was too weak to do anything, to weak to scream, to weak to even move.
A metallic taste came into Lydia's mouth as her life force started seeping out of her body. She would die today, she already knew it, and in all her suffering she just hoped that something would get justice for her.
Something exploded behind the metal doors, it made such a big impact on the building that pieces from the ceiling fell. Dr. Zager turned from Lydia, his focus was ripped away for once in his life. Shouts and screams came from beyond the door, fire, electricity and ice from attacks lit up the room from the small cracks in the door.
Something sliced through the air and all was silent behind the doors.
"Quick barricade the doors, and protect me! Do it now, I am your superior!" Dr. Zager cried, shutting down the noisy machine, and luckily cutting off the flow of poisonous liquids going into Lydia. The tortured girl took a deep breath of air once the acid stopped eating away at her body, and could finally move without being paralyzed.
Dr. Zager's body guard shivered in fear, as she slid a giant bolt through the door's handles. It was there just incase the building was attacked, but the female felt it was wrong to trap the grunts out there, with whatever was out there. The girl could hear the last of the grunts slamming their hands on the doors, begging to be let in, as something tore through their Pokémon.
"Don't you dare let them in, they are expendable, I am far more important!" Dr. Zager commanded. His assistant obeyed, she squeezed her eyes shut as she heard the painful cries of the grunts from beyond the doors. In minutes everything was silent again, they both heard footsteps on the outside, slowly creeping towards the door.
The crack below the door revealed a shadow, that was casted along the floor of the room. The thing just stood there, whatever the creature was, the power could be felt all throughout the room.
Suddenly something threw itself against the door, making a large dent in the metal. The hard substance the door was made from was no match against the creature's strength, as the steel bent to the will of the monster.
The bolt snapped in half, and the doors burst from the hinges, slamming on the ground in front of the scientist. Pokémon lay in heaps behind the creature, smoke rose from the knocked-out bodies of the grunts, as the monster stepped into the room.
A single core made of purple light gleamed on the creature's chest, it had a humanoid figure, and a long thick tail. Its head was mostly normal, but on the side of its face its structure was jagged. It had bright purple eyes, and two sharp but short horns that curled towards each other. Two tubes came from back of its skull to the top of its spine, it had a muscular form and a chest that looked like a breastplate. It had three digits on its hand, with short claws extending from its fingertips, along with three spherical tips as its toes coming out of its foot. The creature also had claws coming from its three toes, its skin was black as night, almost as if it were a shadow.
Its tail came up to its belly, before going in-between its long legs and flowing behind it growing thinner before ending in a small bulb. Between its lower back and tail, red blunt spines decorated the creature in a straight line before ending abruptly in the middle of its red tail.
"Protect me assistant Cacao!" The terrified scientist said. The now identified female known as Cacao stood in fear as the creature scanned the room with its purple eyes. Cacao fumbled the pokéballs on her waist, the success rate of defeating this super creature were very little.
The beast stomped over to the cowering scientist, it was a little taller than him, but it leaned over so it was eye level to him. Dr. Zager shook as if he were freezing to death, the creature's fury could be seen in its eyes. Dr. Zager's heart thundered in his chest as the beast's hot breath tickled his face.
This creature was the test subject that he was feeding Lydia's blood to, he had no idea how it awoke, and he also had no idea how to stop it. The rage that the Pokémon was feeling, and what it would do to him, scared the doctor beyond anything.
The man's body couldn't take how fast his heart was beating, his fear was causing his body to collapse on itself. Dr. Zager fumbled with something behind him, a piece of metal that had flown from the broken doors had landed on the panel behind him. The doctor grabbed the piece of metal, before slamming it into the test subject's face.
The creature stumbled back from the surprise attack, it put its hand to its face, touching the fresh wound over its right eye. It left a direct mark from the top of its eye all the way down to its bottom eye.
The Pokémon grabbed Dr. Zager and lifted him up off the ground, Cacao held her breath, but she was too terrified to do anything else. The experiment swished its tail, as its claws poked the scientist. Dr. Zager couldn't breathe, he was frozen in fear, all he could do was watch the creature's lips part.
"What I could do to you, is nothing compared to what you deserve."
The voice of the Pokémon was so calm but so full of anger, it rocked Dr. Zager's core in his soul. Nothing could scare the doctor more then his own life at the hands of something he created.
He now knew the price of creating the 'Death Pokémon.'
Dr. Zager clutched his chest, the fear and his feeble body had had enough, his heart was his own demise. The Shi Pokémon dropped his creator, and stepped back in surprise as Dr. Zager gasped for air. His body twitched, and spasmed as he tried to crawl his way to an unknown destination.
The doctor rested his head on the ground, taking his last breath of air, before not moving again.
Cacao watched as the phantom turned to her, its expression shot daggers at her, and she didn't waste any time in fleeing from it.
The creation didn't chase her down, it was too interested in the girl hanging from chains inside a tank. Lydia's breathing was slow, she was hardly alive, her wounds were so severe if anyone were to move her too quickly or too harshly, she wouldn't make it.
The creature rested its hand on the glass, its claws scratching the surface as it cocked its head to the side.
Lydia slowly rose her head to look at a black blob in front of her, her head was spinning, and her vision was blurry. The creature stared at her, they both looked at each other, time seemed to stop as they each examined the other.
Lydia coughed before uttering final words to the freed experiment, "Hurry, leave before they call reinforcements."
Lydia's head dropped, and her body went limp.
The creature flexed its hand, the glass cracked, and the pressure of the water inside the tank made the weakened glass explode. Shards of glass scattered on the floor before being swept away by a current of gross and dirty water. The water ran over the creature's feet, as it examined the girl up close.
The water was drained, and Lydia hung loosely from the chains binding her to the tank. The creature stepped into the dry cage, as it eyed the girl from afar, Lydia did not respond.
The creature reached out, it pulled back for a second, before touching the girl's hanging body. The Shi Pokémon's eyes lit up, and the core on its chest responded to its commands. The chains released the girl, and she slowly drifted to the ground and rested on the cold floor of her empty prison.
The black and red Pokémon gently knelt down, before scooping the fatally wounded girl in its arms. It gently stepped over the broken glass, holding the girl close to its chest, as hundreds of advancing footsteps emerged from the outside.
The creature's core reacted, and its psychic power blew a hole through the many floors of the underground base. The reinforcements arrived, the grunts were horrified at what stood in front of them, waiting to take them all on.
Fortunately for them, it seemed the experiment had other plans.
With a powerful jump, the creature flew up the hole in the roof, and blasted through the other floors until it burst through the last layer. It sliced through the air and in seconds, and it disappeared from sight, leaving the grunts to wonder where it had gone, and why it chose to take the girl with it.
~Two Years Later~
Thump Thump
Metal footsteps echoed throughout the night, the moon shined brilliantly, showing a path for a shadow emerging from the rooftops. The flat roofs of the buildings were an ideal place for an ambush. An axe that seemed to be forged from the heart of a volcano dragged behind the mysterious person. Sparks were left behind the wake of the axe, as the armored being dragged the weapon across the concrete.
The heavy armor shifted as the being held a mighty shield in its other hand, reflecting the moonlight on its shiny surface. The armor covered every inch of the person's body, but the elbows and fingers had chainmail instead of steel. The helmet was the most striking out of the entire suit, it had the face of a dragon, the mouth was open slightly enough for one to realize that the dragon had two jaws.
Giant teeth decorated the sides of the jaws, but the mouth wasn't open enough to where the wearer was revealed. The craft of the helmet was astonishing, the horns of the dragon-head were sharp and masterfully planned, so perfect, one might wonder if a blacksmith could possibly create something like it.
Two eye holes were present in the helmet, along with fins coming out on the side of the skull. Chainmail covered the being's neck, to where it could move freely and swiftly. The wearer had muscular arms, and the bulky armor made the being look sizable.
The steel on the axe the human wielded seemed to be burning. Small embers ran along the inside of the metal, making it look as if there were lava running through the cracks in the metal. The axe was double-sided, with a curved blade made of golden metal, and stuck at the bottom of the axe was a dragon skull.
The dragon skull had ruby eyes, and a gaping mouth, and the dragon-skull held the same features as the helmet the human wore.
The small embers on the axe lit the way for the being, as it suddenly crouched. It rested the bottom of the axe on the ground, as it looked over the edge of the building looking at a very boring and unexciting building directly in front of it.
The armored knight was still, as the night air was silent, no person or thing dared to make a sound. The being shifted once again, before taking its hand and smoothing its fingers over a Pokéball. It was white, and it had red outlining the button in the center, and outlining where the Pokéball breaks into two parts.
The single Pokéball shook responding to its master's touch, twitching and moving slightly almost to protest something. The being ignored its partner's frantic shaking, before picking itself up off the ground and standing against the building ahead of it.
"This is what you trained me for."
The being spoke, for the first time in a long night of silence. It's voice was distorted, hiding its true volume and identity. Without another word, the being leapt off of the building, falling several stories before slamming on the concrete below. The pavement cracked under the weight and force of the landing, as night guards looked at the shining armor that the being wore.
The guards patrolling the building were shocked, but for some reason they were prepared. Suddenly with a flash of red light, a beast snarled at the knight, baring its fangs and preparing to guard its master with its life.
"Arcanine, take the intruder down with flamethrower!" The guard commanded, as the canine Pokémon's orange pelt riddled with flames. The beast opened its jaws as a sea of flames erupted from its mouth, swallowing the knight and everything in its path. The concrete was scorched, and it turned the lamp posts illuminating the city to a melted pile of metal.
The Arcanine seemed satisfied with its attack, and the guard relaxed to know that the threat was over.
When the smoke cleared, the knight stood firmly on the ground, not a scratch on it. The Arcanine cried out in surprise, and the guard was baffled, nothing could withstand the heat from an Arcanine!
"My turn," The knight said.
With that cue, a burst of white light appeared from within the Pokéball the being carried. Emerald light burst into the night sky, washing over everything that stood in its way. The power resonating from the forming figure, seemed to overwhelm even the Arcanine that cowered behind its master.
A long serpentine body that levitated in the air appeared, its emerald green skin shimmered in the moonlight. Red-tipped rudder-like wings stretched out in twos on its back, but split into threes two times down its back. Yellow menacing circle-like symbols ran along its smooth body, and a single large circle rested on the top of its head.
It had two skinny arms, but attached to its fingers were long sharp claws. It was a large creature, nearly seventy feet in length. It stood tall, wrapping its tail behind it and opening its jaws. Its head had a bulky V-shape and two long green horns poking out of its head that were flat, along with two smaller horns along its jawline. It had pink gums, and two sharp fangs on its upper jaw.
Its yellow eyes locked on its opponent, as its throat rumbled and flames surrounded its jaws. With a puff of air, flames spat out engulfing the entire street and melting the concrete. The grunt fled, leaving his Arcanine to suffer the wrath of the godly creature. The Arcanine's flash fire ability couldn't help it, the flames ate through the creature's thick pelt, and the beast couldn't absorb the flames fast enough.
The Arcanine was defeated in seconds, it crashed on the ground twitching and shaking.
The dragon-like creature's jaws were smoking as it lifted its head in triumph. The armored knight seemed unamused, as it stroked the dragon's side, before departing from the creature and walking up the steps to the building ahead.
All the other guards have fled the scene, leaving behind all the hope they had for keeping their jobs or their lives.
"Come Rayquaza, we have work to do." The knight commanded, as the dragon followed without a sound.
The door was heavily locked from the inside, when the human tried to open the door, it refused to budge. The knight shook the door, but it did not move, the boring building was hiding something, but what was interesting was if the building was hiding something why such little security?
The newly identified Pokémon named Rayquaza blinked in concentration, he wondered how he would fit in such a small building. The dragon's jaws started to glow, the knight hid under its shield, as a blast of blue and purple energy destroyed the door and pretty much most of the building's front entrance.
The smoking pile of concrete and steel sizzled from the attack, as the knight brushed off the smoke from its shield. A newly created opening was now accessible, and the knight could easily step into the building.
The inside was made completely out of red steel, low red lights hung from the ceiling, as a single warp panel flashed in the back. This was no normal building indeed, it was camouflaged as a normal building to the public eye, but the knight knew better.
Rayquaza whimpered from the outside, he couldn't go through the warp panel, or really get into the building.
The knight turned to the dragon, looking at him for a minute before giving a command.
"Wait here, I can handle myself."
The armored being then calmly walked through the silent steel building, before settling on the warp panel. The panel started to light up, before zapping the knight into another room. Once the human recovered, it shifted its armor before standing in front of a horde of people dressed in black uniforms and holding highly advanced guns.
The guns were giant, and had chambers with bright neon blue liquids running through tubes. The people holding them were dressed in sharp uniforms, and were orderly placed in a giant triangle. There were about thirty of them, each of them holding a very dangerous and deadly weapon. The knight had no way out, expect for a door in the back of the room. Cracks in the walls in the shape of squares could be seen, but the knight couldn't figure out what they were for.
A man dressed in a black uniform with red highlights on his biceps stepped forward. He had a white belt with bulky squares on his waist, along with white gloves and white boots. His collar had a yellow outline around the rim, and he wore a black hat to cover his green hair.
"Dragon Knight, we have foreseen your arrival, we are required to use deadly force if you do not surrender peacefully to Team Rocket."
The grunts raised their guns, the man who had spoken seemed to be important in this organization identified as Team Rocket.
The knight was outnumbered, there was no way out, no way to go expect to surrender, or to die.
The man that seemed to be an Admin, smiled as the knight dropped its fiery axe on the metal floor. The axe made a sizzling sound, as the grunts lowered their guns when the Admin clapped slowly.
"That's a good boy, now I Proton shall be the one to welcome out new prisoner."
The knight now seen as a male clenched his fist, as Proton took out a metal stick, that for some reason would be used to contain the knight. Proton looked back up, only to see the knight flex his arm and spin around throwing the shield with blinding speed. The shield sliced though the air, before slamming into Proton's face knocking him back into a few grunts.
The grunts raised their guns and immediately fired, the knight caught his shield, as the liquid blasts splattered on the knight's protective piece of armor. The knight held his ground, as the living liquid energy tried to eat away at the shield.
The knight charged holding the shield in front of him, as he slammed into the first grunt that he could find. The grunt stumbled back, as the other lackeys frantically tried to get back into formation and shoot without harming any other followers.
The grunt tried to grab his gun, but he was hit in the head with the side of the knight's shield and was immediately out. The knight recovered from his attack, hiding behind the shield again as the grunt behind the one that was attacked lifted its gun and fired.
The blast stuck onto the shield, dissolving instantly when it couldn't digest the shield. The knight threw the shield and it bounced off of one lackey's head, over to another one knocking them both out before returning to its master.
Another blast hit the knight from behind, knocking him forward a little bit, but only making him angrier. The follower swallowed hard and tried to flee, only to be grabbed by his shirt and thrown onto the floor. The knight kicked him hard in the head, and he was slipped into unconsciousness.
The knight shielded itself with his shield again, knowing his armor could take a few hits from the liquid energy, but not many. The four grunts firing at the knight unleashed all the ammo they had on the male, and soon the trigger wouldn't respond when they wanted to fire, only making soft clicks.
The knight could almost be seen smiling, as he emerged from behind his circular shield. The grunts pulled out the other weapons they had, which were tiny pocket knives used for opening boxes and cutting through tape.
The first lackey charged swinging his knife wildly, clearly not trained very well on close up combat.
The knight caught the grunt's wrist, before twisting it, and slamming his fist into the grunt's stomach. He took the grunt's arm, and with the position the grunt was in, he couldn't resist following the movements of the knight.
The grunt was turned to where his back was facing the knight, before he was kicked hard in the back making him fly into the other three grunts that were cheering for their teammate to win.
The grunts were all knocked over, and were still conscious but struggling to get untangled.
The knight was surrounded by three more Team Rocket companions in a triangle, they all lifted their guns, and fired. The knight couldn't shield himself from all three in the angle they were standing in, so he decided to deflect the blows of the two closet together, but the third behind the knight got a direct hit.
The liquid sizzled when it hit the knight's back, eating away at the steel on the armor. The male grunted in pain, before throwing the shield with lightning speed at the first grunt in front of him. The grunt was knocked back, the knight then caught the shield and deflected the next shot from the grunt behind him, before knocking that follower out as well with another shield toss.
The last grunt lifted his gun, as the knight threw his shield at him. The grunt had quicker reflexes, and crouched low to avoid the shield. The knight's only protection went flying through the air before knocking itself on the wall, and clattering a few feet away.
The knight tried to recover the fallen shield, but the last of the grunts took the opportunity to surround the defenseless knight. Proton emerged from the grunts, holding his hand to his giant bruised forehead.
"A very brave display, but let's see how many blasts it will take to break that armor of yours!"
Proton snatched a gun from one of his lower class mates, Proton had a wild and murderous look in his eyes as the grunts stepped back to let him have the deadly blow.
A bright blue light emerged from the muzzle, collecting all the energy in the gun for one giant deadly blast. Proton laughed psychotically as the knight stood firm in a sturdy stance, neither of them backing down.
The whiplash from the gun when it fired, caused Proton to slide back a little. The giant blast of energy took every bit of ammo the gun had, but the amount of power it had collected would kill any Pokémon or anyone on the spot.
The knight put his arms in an X position, as the blast hit his arms and exploded. Smoke covered the room, shaking the floor and ceiling as the explosion caused cracks in the steel.
Proton was proud of eliminating a threat that stalked Team Rocket for a long while now, the Dragon Knight was no more.
The grunts put down their weapons, and stopped shielding their faces from the smoke as everything died down. The smoke cleared, and standing in the middle of the circle of grunts was the Dragon Knight.
The Knight was breathing heavily, and Proton couldn't believe his eyes!
"That's impossible, how on earth could you survive something like that?"
The knight didn't reply, as blue energy sparked around his fists and wrists. The knight seemed to be enduring the energy, it was eating away at his hands and arms, but he was still alive and moving. He shielded most of his body from the blast, and his arms absorbed the impact.
The knight looked at the sizzling and smoking blue acid-like energy, the pain was excruciating, but the chainmail protected the knight's fingers from any permanent damage, well, for a little while.
The grunts and Proton were astonished at how powerful their foe was, Proton was sweating furiously as he threw a few grunts in front of him.
"Attack, ATTACK I say, do not fail me!" Proton screamed, the Team Rocket minions were beside themselves with fear.
The chainmail and steel wouldn't last very long, the knight needed to fight and wipe the acid off at the same time.
The Dragon Knight had nothing but his fists, but Proton knew that the male would manage. Proton hid behind the grunts as they cried out in power, and charged, shooting all the ammo they had in one last attempt to destroy the target.
The knight grabbed a grunt and shielded himself with him, the grunt screamed for the others to not shoot, but they did so anyways. The grunt was screaming in agony as the acid ate away at his suit, the knight threw the lackey aside before punching the nearest grunt in the head.
The energy sparked, as it sent the grunt flying with an explosion. It seemed like the knight really had a weapon after all.
The armored man simply devastated the Rocket army, with his energy charged punches, the explosions knocked out several grunts at once. A minion swung a fist clutching a knife at the knight, the male leaned back to avoid the blade even though his armor would deflect it.
The grunt put too much power in his swing, and was knocked off balance, causing him to expose his left shoulder blade.
The knight karate chopped downwards on the off-balance grunt, the acid jumped from the knight's hand to the victim. The contact caused an mini explosion, knocking several grunts trying to ambush the fighting knight into the wall.
When the knight turned only four opponents remained, three of them being grunts and the last being Proton.
Twenty six Team Rocket members lay unconscious on the steel floor, each of them with an injury they would never forget.
The acid still ate away at the knight's chainmail covered fingers, it burned and hurt, but he was not going to stop his mission because of a little pain.
Proton was hiding behind three minions with guns, they prepared to fire three ultimate shots at their target, not even knowing if they would survive the blast themselves.
The guns started to light up at the muzzle, Proton screamed at them to hurry up. The grunts looked at each other in fear and in respect that this might be their last battle together, but Proton was too focused on killing the enemy to realize that as well.
Before they could fire, the knight shifted into a sturdy stance, before slamming his arms in an X.
The chemical reaction from the acid hitting each other caused a massive energy shockwave. The energy left the Knight's arms to get sucked into the massive wave of destruction exploding its way to the grunts.
The blue light devoured the helpless grunts, it shocked their guns rendering them useless. The grunts screamed as the acid cloud devoured their clothes and stung their eyes, before shocking them with energy.
The Team Rocket companions fell to the floor, twitching and spasming occasionally as sparks of blue energy surfaced from their bodies.
The Dragon Knight was victorious, every enemy had fallen, but the battle had just begun.
The victor collected his items, reuniting with his axe and shield once again. The knight stepped over the bruised and beaten grunts, before making his way to Proton. Surprisingly Proton was still awake, probably because he used human shields to hide behind and didn't get the worse of the attack.
Spots of blue energy was eating away at his clothes, and electricity surged through his hair and boots. He laid on the floor squirming in pain, when he saw the knight towering over him, he shielded his face.
The armored male grabbed him by his shirt and dragged him along the ground before throwing him into a wall. Proton was beyond scared at this point, his dignity and crude attitude went directly down the drain when he started begging for his life.
"Now, now, lets not make any rash decisions, for my life I will tell you everything you want to know."
The knight was silent, he just stared at Proton, swinging his axe slowly beside his leg. Proton shook nervously as the murderous aura plunged into a deeper atmosphere, each second that went by.
"Okay I can see that you do not talk much, that is alright, for I am the one that will do all the talking for you." Proton said, when the knight brought the axe up to his head in an attacking position, Proton blurted out all he could to make the male cease his attack.
Proton put his hands to his face before a sea of pleads and excuses flooded out of his mouth.
"Please! Giovanni knew you were coming, I completely went against his plan, but Giovanni would have had me killed. I am on your team, trust me, here, I will point you right to Giovanni right now! Enter the door behind me, and walk onto the warp panel and you will go to his office!"
The knight lowered his axe, Proton relaxed, thinking the knight got what he wanted. The experienced fighter opened the door and sure enough a warp panel was in the back of the hall, activated and ready to go.
The knight turned back to Proton, and the Admin flinched as the male walked back over to him.
"You disgust me," The knight said as he bashed his shield into Proton's skull knocking him unconscious.
The warrior then left the room filled with his fallen enemies, the knight's heart was beating quicker with each step he took in the dark hall. Banners with the Team Rocket logo adorned the hallway, swaying gently as the knight walked through.
The knight lifted his axe, and as soon as the blade touched the banners, little embers spread through the fabric. The knight walked through the hallway, dragging the axe along the wall, and lighting the banners in flames as he walked.
Soon enough the entire left side of the hallway was covered in bright burning flames that ate the banners.
The warp panel was a few feet away, shining brightly and spreading a strange scary vibe the closer the knight got to it.
The prepared warrior stepped on the warp panel, and as light surrounded him he clutched the axe so hard he forgot his fingers were injured from the acid.
"I am coming for you Giovanni," The knight growled, his body vanishing in a bright light.
The knight appeared in a ray of light onto another warp panel, this time in a dark room with a large and wide screen of glass. The glass window was thick, and it overlooked the city that was now shrouded in darkness.
A man stood with his back to the knight, looking out the window towards the dead city in front of him. His hands were behind his back, and it seemed like he wore a very expensive black suit. His hair was smoothed back, in a very expensive and professional manner. He had brown hair, and black shoes, but the front of him was hidden by shadows.
The man did not move, even when the knight walked forward. He was calm and very far from afraid, even though he had no defenses.
"Ah, so my suspicions were correct, you would come. Good, all the rumors I spread seemed to serve me well."
The knight may have left all the other grunts alive, but for some reason when Giovanni spoke the knight trembled in rage, just itching to drive a blade into his skull.
"You speak so confidently, even though your life will end here today," The knight replied.
Giovanni seemed to be holding a glass of liquid in his left hand, he calmly turned and took a sip of it. He made a satisfied sound, before turning around to face the knight with a smirk.
Giovanni looked at his drink, swirling the rest of it by spinning the glass.
"You know this drink is a lot like you, rare and resourceful, you know what I am talking about don't you Dragon Knight?"
The knight flinched, before threatening the boss of Team Rocket again.
"How stupid are you to be here alone, has the great leader of Team Rocket lost his touch?"
Giovanni chuckled, sipping from his glass once again before lowering his hand and smiling at the angered being.
"I see the metal parasite has taken a liking to you, you're welcome for the suit of armor by the way. It took millions in cash to perfect it, it is a very formidable weapon don't you agree? But I guess one could easily steal it, you made that pretty clear."
The knight squeezed the handle on the axe even tighter, before the knight's dragon helm shifted and melted away into a liquid-like substance. The liquid curled away from the wearer's face, revealing a darker skin tone, and bright blue eyes.
Long black hair fell down the knight's back, and side swept bangs could be seen on the knight's forehead.
The knight was now identified as a teenager, and a female one at that.
"Ah," Giovanni said, he didn't seem very surprised, but he seemed a little excited. "I had assumed it was you from the start, I just didn't know two years of solitude and hiding could create such a mess for Team Rocket. You must have trained for years on end to have such skill, but all just to get your revenge? Doesn't seem like a very fun path to be on, isn't that right Lydia."
The girl formally known as Lydia clenched her teeth angrily, she would take her sweet time eliminating Giovanni.
"Do not call me by that name, you should be wise to tread lightly, I am debating whether to kill you quickly or slowly."
Giovanni turned to look back out the window, staring at the tall buildings and taking note of everything around him.
"I am assuming the escaped Shi Pokémon had something to do with your new talents, and the other one, the useless one, is he with you as well?"
Lydia's sanity broke, as she jumped into the air raising her axe to slice Giovanni in half.
"Do not call Lupe useless! You cowardly fiend!" Lydia screamed, her axe made contact with Giovanni, but instead of hitting flesh she hit air. Lydia's face was full of surprise as she tumbled on the ground, her axe clattering on the ground a few feet away from her.
Lydia was shocked, her attack went right through Giovanni as if he were made of air!
"Silly Lydia, you didn't think I would actually be here would you?" Giovanni laughed, taking another sip from his drink and enjoying Lydia struggling to accept that she was outsmarted.
"You are a hologram! You coward!" Lydia shouted, but Giovanni just chuckled as tears started to from in Lydia's eyes.
"Aww, do not cry Lydia, you will indeed see me soon, but you will see me from the other side of your tank!" Giovanni said.
Lydia blinked the tears away and was back to being filled with rage.
"I am never going back there! I would rather die!" Lydia screamed, but she couldn't push away the painful thoughts of being trapped and helpless.
"You won't have a choice, I have rigged this building with gas, I have deadly gas and gas that will take you under. I was going to use the toxic gas to kill the Dragon Knight, but I need you alive now that I have confirmed its you, sweet Lydia."
Lydia was shocked as she replied, "You would have killed your own men with that gas!"
Giovanni shrugged, giving Lydia that infuriating smile that drove her to insanity.
"Perhaps it would have, that is the price I will pay to have a threat eliminated. The gas has been turned on, and all the warp panels shut down, good luck getting out of this one." Giovanni's hologram faltered, as it got ready to disappear. "Oh, and one last thing Lydia, the glass there is bullet proof, I want you to take a good long look at what the outside looks like before I have you again!"
Lydia knew Giovanni was a hologram, but she couldn't help trying to tackle him again, she of coarse went through him.
Giovanni gave one last smirk, before disappearing in a bright light. Lydia was freaking out, the smell of the gas was making her tired. Red gas leaked through the vents and was pouring into the room. Lydia's armor reacted and covered her face with her dragon helmet once again. The silvery liquid covered her face momentarily before hardening and taking form of the helm.
The helmet would only provide a temporary gas mask, she needed to get out of the room and quickly. Everything was shut down, Lydia ran over to the warp panels, and slammed her fists on them, but they did not react.
Lydia coughed, she shouldn't have come, not alone that is. She had friends that would have protected her, but she left them because she was so blinded by her craving for revenge she walked right into a trap.
Giovanni specifically spread those rumors, so they would reach Lydia's ears, she heard that the boss of Team Rocket would be hiding out in a city nearby. She did some digging (knocking a few Team Rocket member's heads) and found out the weird concrete building was actually a Team Rocket base.
Lydia had minutes to react, the only other way to get out was to break the glass. The girl knew she wasn't strong enough to break bullet proof glass, she needed something big and heavy to break the glass.
Her mind lit up instantly, Rayquaza was a big dragon, he could smash the glass with ease! Lydia knew Rayquaza could break the glass, but the problem was calling him, the glass was so thick that it provided a soundproof barrier, so her calls wouldn't be loud enough to reach the dragon.
Lydia was getting weaker she had to use all her strength to beat upon the glass, praying that Rayquaza would hear her.
Lydia picked up her axe and stumbled over to the glass, banging her blade against it. The glass vibrated with each hit, but not enough to break it, or to scratch it.
Lydia was wasting energy, and she needed all the energy she could muster just to keep herself awake. The teenager dropped to the floor, wheezing and coughing as the gas finally broke into her helmet.
She took a whiff of the gas and felt extremely weakened to where she couldn't move. With all her might, and with the last drop of energy and strength she had she opened her mouth and screamed-
"RAYQUAZA!"
Lydia closed her eyes, accepting the fact that she had lost this battle.
BANG
Lydia was jolted awake by the sound of something smashing its head against the glass. Lydia weakly lifted her head to see her dragon companion smashing his head into the thick glass, each impact made a huge crack in it.
With one final jab with his head, the glass shattered, causing huge chunks to fall downwards and crush the concrete below it. Rayquaza roared, as the red gas flowed out of the room and into the night sky. Lydia could breathe, and she quickly filled her lungs with fresh air.
Rayquaza gently took his claws and wrapped them around Lydia, scooping her up and taking her away from the gas.
The dragon flew higher into the sky until he touched the misty clouds that hung over the town. Lydia panted as Rayquaza kept her close, the dragon had saved her life, and heard her desperate cries.
Rayquaza purred, as he opened his claws allowing Lydia to climb onto his back. The cool night air had flushed the gas from Lydia's system, and she was finally able to concentrate. She looked to the moon, and thanked the stars above that Giovanni didn't recall her having a massive legendary God on her team.
"Kiryarararaaahhh!" Rayquaza cried, his dragon sounds echoing through the clouds.
"Let's go back to camp Rayquaza, I have had enough fighting and danger for one night." Lydia said, the dragon nodded before moving through the clouds. The dragon moved faster and faster picking up speed, until he was just a blur of emerald green causing static in the sky.
In seconds Rayquaza and Lydia were gone, leaving nothing but a trail of dismembered clouds, and a destroyed Team Rocket building behind in their wake.