The Final Strike Chapter 1: Section 1, a pokémon fanfic

Mack and Aura are busy enjoying their honeymoon after a lavish wedding. Despite the massive losses in the Gardev region, the battle to annihilate Cipher rages on. The evil scientist, Dr. Namwen, has not given up on his quest to complete Project Omega. All he needed was a suitable test subject and Cecil was more than willing to volunteer. Cecil, still blinded by rage, wants nothing short of having vengeance on the Guardians of Gardev and to claim the legendary Gardevoir city for Cipher. Project Omega will allow Cecil to gain the powers of the Guardians, but he does not realize that he is about to fall into the demented scientist's trap. Meanwhile, Cipher is starting to come apart at the seams in the Orre region and no one knows just what Dr. Namwen will do out of desperation to save Cipher, if not claim the world for himself.

A Pokémon fan-fiction written by Philip "Dr. Mack Foxx" Byard and Aaron "Aaraboga Jones" Byard

The Sequel to "The Village Guardian" and "Project Omega" written by Philip "Dr. Mack Foxx" Byard with some help from Aaron "Aaraboga Jones" Byard

This is a work of fan-fiction and may not be modified or sold under any circumstances.

-The Final Strike-

-1-

K-1 stood alone in front of Central's main control terminal. The soft electronic clicks and beeps coming from the massive super computer were the only sound that could be heard in the room. K-1 had wanted some peace and quiet for a long time now. A chance to relax and unwind from the constant maintenance of the underground laboratory and the powerful star fighter, the Firefox, but with Mack gone, the lab was almost too quiet. He almost wished there would be a malfunction of some sort somewhere in the lab to break the monotony. Even having all the R-25 robots in the entire lab go berserk would be more fun than being alone in the large, hidden facility. Due to a series a freak teleportation accidents, Mack was now a Gardevoir, but that was only the beginning. Just a week ago, Mack had married Aura, a young Gardevoir, in the Gardev chapel. Now Mack would share the duties of protecting the small town and its people. Mack and Aura had left for the hidden Gardevoir city after their wedding night. K-1 knew they would be stuck in the world of Pokémon until an antidote could be found to revert Mack back into his fox-like form. K-1 and Central also figured the antidote could be used to transform Aura into a vixen. Thus, Mack, K-1 and Central would all be able to return to their home world with Aura, without drawing too much suspicion from Mack's friends and family. Either way, it would be one hundred years until the antidote would be ready. K-1 sighed, knowing how much time it would take to find a cure without any chance of side-effects or other various mishaps. Suddenly, Central's voice broke the near-silence in the room.

"K-1, we have a visitor," reported Central.

"I wonder who it could be this time," replied K-1 with curiosity. K-1 hoped that maybe Eric and his group of Alakazams had come for a visit. After all, they were the only others besides Mack and Aura who could access the lab.

"I can't get a visual on the surface," said Central, "Not since that Pidgeot tried to roost on one of the cameras and buried its talons into it."

"That poor bird got quite a shock when he…discovered the camera's power systems," said K-1 with nervous laughter, "Perhaps I camouflaged it too well."

"Well, once the Pidgeot recovers, releasing it will be a cinch," said Central as the soft humming of an elevator filled the room. K-1 faced the entryway, wondering who would round the corner into the room. As the doors of the elevator hissed open from down the hallway, K-1 then heard some strange rustling and a soft voice. K-1 could soon distinctly hear Mack walking down the corridor, humming the wedding march.

"Huh? What's Mack doing here?" asked K-1 to himself.

"We're just here to check on a few things," said Mack as he rounded the corner with Aura in his arms.

"A pleasure to see you again so soon, Mack," said Central happily as she gazed at Mack and Aura through one of her cameras, "I must say, you and Aura do make a very cute couple."

"I would hope so!" giggled Aura.

"Aren't you two supposed to be on your honeymoon?" asked a confused K-1, "And why are you both still wearing your wedding dresses?"

"Its Gardevoir tradition," replied Aura with a smile, "The bride and groom wear their wedding attire during their honeymoon while out in public as a sign of celebration."

"Is this how all Gardevoir couples celebrate marriage?" asked Central with curiosity.

"No," answered Aura, "Gardevoirs who don't live in the hidden cities like to keep things simple. They find a mate; exchange vows before a few witnesses and off they go together for the rest of their lives."

"Ah. I see," said Central.

"We'll also wear our wedding attire when one of our children gets married, on either Mack's or my birthday, on certain holidays and, most importantly, on our wedding anniversary," explained Aura as she stared at Mack. K-1 was busy gazing at Mack and Aura's wedding attire.

"Sheesh, Mack, your mother and father would blow a gasket if they saw you now," laughed K-1.

"Why would they?" asked Aura as she stroked Mack's satin-covered shoulders, "He looks absolutely wonderful."

"As do you, my love," said Mack gently. Aura smiled and winked at him.

"Now then," said Mack nervously as he faced K-1, "We came here to check on Ramirez. Is he doing any better?"

"I was just about to check on him," said K-1, "Follow me." Mack carried Aura as they followed K-1 to the medical room. There, sleeping in the cell-regenerator was Ramirez, Aura's younger brother. Though eight days had passed, Ramirez's skin and pendant were still jet-black.

"I see he's still a shadow Pokémon…" said Aura with despair.

"But there has been some progress," said K-1 as he closely examined Ramirez from behind the class covering of the machine, "He moved and spoke while viewing your wedding."

"After only a week, he did all that, eh?" asked Mack, "Well, that's good news, despite the fact that Ramirez's appearance hasn't changed at all."

"Does this mean he'll be cured soon?" asked Aura.

"Maybe," said K-1, "I still don't know how long this will take." K-1 closely gazed at the dark pendant on Ramirez's neck and noticed something peculiar.

"Find something?" asked Mack.

"Perhaps…" answered K-1 as he strained to get a closer view of the pendant, "I'll try a 400x zoom." K-1 could examine things on a microscopic level, but still, he could not get a good look at a very tiny, discolored blotch on the pendant.

"Let's try a 1600x zoom," said K-1 as he gazed even closer at the pendant, "Eureka! I don't believe it!"

"What do you see?" asked Aura with excitement.

"There's a microscopic area of the emerald pendant that has reverted back to its normal color. You can't see it with the naked eye, though. It's barely 75 nanometers across," explained K-1 as he walked away from the cell regenerator and reset his vision to normal.

"Glacian, Alexander and Aurora would love to hear of this," said Mack happily, "The pendant is purging itself of the darkness."

"I can't wait until my brother is back with us," said Aura softly.

"Is there anything else you needed?" asked K-1.

"Yes," said Aura, "Have Fredrick and Anna been behaving well?"

"Of course," answered K-1.

"I'm glad you could watch over them," said Aura with a smile, "My father and mother still have to rest for awhile before they can watch over the family again."

"They can rest as long as they need to," said K-1 with determination, "I can watch over Fredrick and Anna in the meantime."

"I see that you're good with children," said Aura with delight.

"I guess you could say that," said K-1. Aura smiled and looked into Mack's eyes.

"That could prove very useful in the near future…" said Aura tenderly as she closed her eyes.

"Indeed, Aura…Indeed…" said Mack gently as he closed his eyes and kissed Aura. The sapphire and ruby pendants once again glowed brightly as the lovers' lips touched. K-1 went wide-eyed and slack-jawed.

"I think I'm gonna short-circuit!" howled K-1 with despair as he flopped onto the floor face first.

"Relax K-1!" laughed Aura.

"We aren't going to be having children. Well…" said Mack as he gazed into Aura's eyes, "Not for a while, anyway." Aura giggled and faced K-1.

"Speaking of children, where are Fredrick and Anna right now?" asked Aura.

"Oh! Simon dropped by earlier and I let him take care of them for now," reported K-1 as he got back on his feet.

"You left Anna with Simon?" asked Aura with uneasiness in her voice.

"Yeah," replied K-1, "Is there something wrong with that?" A loud "BOOM!" from down the hallway confirmed Aura's anxiety. Moments later, Simon rushed into the room with Anna right on his tail.

"AAAAAACK!" screamed Simon the Kabutops as the little Kirlia chased him around the room with surprising speed.

"Get the cockroach babysitter!" shouted Anna mischievously as she chased Simon around the room while her right arm blazed with electricity.

"And why did you teach her Thunder Punch?" demanded K-1.

"Well, I was trying to teach her and Fredrick a few new attacks, but I didn't think she would try out her new moves on me!" yelled Simon as he ran back and forth. Anna stayed right behind him. Simon suddenly turned around and started moving his claws strangely, as if he was now behind a wall of glass.

"Huh?!" said Anna with surprise.

"Ha! Now I have a barrier up!" said Simon with triumph. He looked down and took a closer look as his claws: he was waving them back and forth rhythmically.

"Why is he telling me 'No' with both hands?" asked Anna as the electricity vanished from her arm.

"Oh, bother…" muttered Simon as his claws started glowing brighter and brighter with a strange, pale blue light.

"That's Metronome, isn't it?" asked K-1. Simon's body soon started radiating a bright, yellow and red light.

"And now he's about to unleash Explosion!" shouted Central. Mack quickly dove behind a large computer terminal while K-1 quickly extended a few arms, grabbed Anna and dove behind another computer with her. Mack held Aura tightly, bracing himself and getting ready to protect her from a powerful blast. Moments earlier, Central had unfolded several metal panels over her control panels, the other computer terminals and the main view screen.

"This is gonna be messy," grumbled K-1.Seconds later, there was a loud "Poof!" as smoke filled the room. The smoke soon cleared, revealing another Kirlia.

"Oh, no…" groaned Simon with despair, "…Transform…"

"Yay!" yelled Anna with glee as she broke loose from K-1's grip, ran towards Simon and then wrapped her arms around him, "Now I have another big brother!"

"I beg your pardon!" shouted Simon with shock as he tried to get free from Anna's bear hug. Fredrick quickly ran into the room after hearing the commotion.

"Is something wrong?!" asked Fredrick frantically.

"Nothing's wrong," answered Mack as he got up and helped Aura get back on her feet.

"Are you back from your honeymoon early?" asked Fredrick with curiosity.

"No," answered Aura with a smile.

"We just wanted to see how Ramirez and everyone else was doing," said Mack as his eyes fell on Simon, the struggling Kirlia, "And I'm glad we did, too."

"Someone, please get her off me!" complained Simon.

"Simon? Is that you?" asked a surprised Fredrick.

"Yes," grumbled Simon, "I tried to fool Anna into thinking I had a barrier up, instead, I used Metronome which lead to me using Transform! Now I'm stuck as a Kirlia!"

"But you make such an adorable Kirlia," giggled Anna.

"Is there an easy way to make that transformation wear off?" asked Fredrick.

"Well, the fastest way is for someone to defeat me in combat. For some reason, I've never been able to revert to my original form on my own. Would someone be willing to take me on?" asked Simon as he glared at Anna, "You, my dear, will not be taking the challenge!"

"Couldn't I just unload on you?" asked K-1 with a smirk as he retracted his hands and started to spin up his mini-plasma Vulcan cannons.

"It has to be a Pokémon battle," said Simon with a frown, "Heavy weapons will not do anything except blow me to steaming, black bits."

"Now, you know I'm just joking," said K-1 as his cannons spun down.

"How about me? I would like to try out those new moves you taught me," said Fredrick, volunteering for the challenge.

"You've only trained with me for a few hours, but you're already one of the best students I've ever had," said Simon as he faced Anna, "Unlike some Pokémon I know."

"Hey!" shouted Anna with disgust.

"Look on the bright side;" said Simon sinisterly, "You'll still get to watch me get beaten to a pulp by your older and smarter brother."

"But I wanted to destroy you!" quipped Anna.

"Now, now," said Aura as she grabbed Anna's hand and lead her away from Simon, "Just stand back and watch the fun."

"Shall we begin?" asked Fredrick.

"Yes," replied Simon as everyone else stood back.

"I would prefer that you would not engage in combat while in my main control chamber," grumbled Central as she surveyed the combatants, "Then again, this could be amusing. Carry on."

"Alright, Fredrick," said Simon, "Come at me with all you've got and don't hold back." Before Simon could utter another word, Fredrick ran right at him as right his arm blazed with electricity. Simon tried to jump out of the way, but ended up slipping and falling to the floor. Simon was certainly not used to standing on his tip-toes like a real Kirlia. Before Simon could react, Fredrick landed his punch on target, hitting Simon squarely in the face. Simon coughed as Fredrick jumped back, ready to either defend himself or try another attack.

"Typical…" moaned Simon, "Even the younger members of the Guardian family are incredibly powerful…" Simon could hardly believe what had just happened: after a single hit, he could no longer stand up.

"I…won already?" asked Fredrick with disbelief.

"Ooh! It was that easy to beat him? I want to try next!" said Anna with excitement as she got ready to attack.

"No…" said Simon weakly as he transformed back into his Kabutops self, "I've had enough punishment and embarrassment for one day." Suddenly, Fredrick started to glow with a bright, white light.

"Is he evolving already?" asked Aura with amazement as she shielded her eyes from the blinding light.

"Simon must be very hard to defeat indeed if that one battle was enough to make Fredrick evolve," said Mack with astonishment. Moments later, the bright light faded, revealing a Gardevoir where Fredrick the Kirlia had been standing just a few moments ago.

"Wow!" said Anna with happiness, "If that one fight made Fredrick evolve, than I really want to kick Simon's butt!"

"Not now you won't," said Aura with a smirk as her eyes glowed with a blue light. Anna lifted into the air.

"I think you can stay up there until you've cooled down a bit," said Mack. Fredrick was awestruck. He gazed at his green hands and at his new, white gown.

"Wow!" said Fredrick with amazement, "I'm a Gardevoir now?"

"And I could be one too, if Aura would let me!" protested Anna as Simon finally got back on his feet.

"You had me at a serious disadvantage, Fredrick," said Simon as he dusted himself off, "Nevertheless, you did well, Fredrick. Very few Pokémon have ever caught me off guard. You'll be a very good fighter indeed before long."

"I…I wonder if Sakura will evolve soon too," stammered Fredrick with hope.

"I'm sure she will," said Aura softly as she walked alongside her younger brother, "I know for a fact that Sakura likes you a lot."

"Now if you'll excuse me," said Simon as he started for the entrance of the room, "I'm going back to Gardev to get some rest and attempt to forget about what just happened here…"

"Do you want any help getting back there, Simon? We could give you a ride in the S-1," suggested Mack.

"No," replied Simon, "But you and Aura should come back to Gardev with Fredrick before long. I'm sure Alexander and Aurora would love to see their son now." As Simon left the room, Mack returned his attention to his beautiful wife.

"Since we're here, how about we pay a little visit to William? I would like to see just how well Sakura has been taking care of him," suggested Mack.

"Yes, we should," said Aura as she smiled at Mack, "Besides, I have a strange feeling that there is another pleasant surprise waiting for us back in Gardev."

"Then let's be off. Shall I carry you, my dear?" asked Mack with a polite bow as he smiled at Aura.

"If you insist, handsome," said Aura with a grin as Mack came alongside her and took her up in his arms.

"I'll watch over the lab," said K-1 as Mack carried Aura out of the room, "See you two later." Meanwhile, Ramirez stirred in the cell regenerator. He had overheard everything.

"…So…my little brother…evolved. That's wonderful," said Ramirez weakly, "…Simon…you may have failed, but…you still fought…as well as you could…" Central's cameras and hidden microphones quickly picked up this activity.

"Impressive!" remarked K-1 as he walked into the medical room and faced Ramirez, "He must have overheard everything!"

"Please don't let him…come back…for us…please…" wheezed Ramirez with fear as his pendant glowed strangely. Moments later, Ramirez lay still and silent again. K-1 took another close look at the pendant with his powerful eyes.

"Sheesh," said K-1 with disbelief, "Now the green area is over 156 nanometers across."

"But what did he mean? I wonder who Ramirez could be afraid of," said Central.

"Obviously," said K-1 grimly, "I think Ramirez can sense something coming. After all, Eric's brother did manage to escape us. Considering what that madman has done so far, I can only imagine what he's up to now."