Hey this is mine and Trainer Jayden's story. Collaboration, we'll be posting on both our stories, only difference is the title and summary. I write even chapters he writes odd. (R&R&R) I welcome constructive criticism and like to see how I can improve. Enjoy.

Chapter 1: Hell Rising

New Island Research Facility, July 14, 9:12 AM

The boy panted as his chest convulsed. The table he was attached to was held vertically so he could see the ground. Cold sweat poured down his exposed chest and onto the frigid metal floor. The technological seals holding him to the table were especially tight today. His long, shaggy black hair hid an extremely good looking face. But right now, a look of intense pain was upon his attractive features. His body was laced with cuts and markings. The table hid a large scar on his back running from his left shoulder to his right hip.

Jayden lifted his head and gazed at the scientists with his hazel eyes. They eyes that once made girls swoon, friends trust him and adults favor him were now filled with intense, fiery rage and unbearable agony. Blood oozed out of a new wound and the robot arm moved away and the scientists scribbled on their clipboards.

One lab coat wearing man walked over and spoke to the 15 year old, "You can't hide your powers forever Jayden! We will have our Project AS succeed. And we will see the return of the Guardian Corps that you so despise."

Jayden looked up and his eyes flashed red. The man flew into the metal wall over thirty feet behind him. His body collided with the steel with a painful thump before flying through the wall completely and stopping after another twenty feet. Jayden grinned, but soon groaned as a sharp electric current ripped through his being. His eyes lit up blue this time and the pain stopped. His wounds begun to heal, except for the scar on his back.

The teenager looked up, spit out blood, and remarked in his perfectly pitched and clear voice, "What's next gorgeous?" The lady in the back walked forward. She had long brown hair that shone, an unbelievably beautiful face. The other men turned their heads as she walked by, but Jayden just grinned flirtatiously.

She spoke in her wonderful voice, "Hell, handsome."


The dark skinned teenager slowly crawled through the door. The guard behind him lay dead, having been hit by a strong blast from hi gun-arm. His Poke-Gauntlet was once again strapped onto his left forearm, as was his Transfer Bracelet to his right wrist (Like from Aura of the United: Chapter 3). His short black hair was filthier than it had been for over a year.

He fingered a Pokeball in his right hand. Seth glanced over the edge and saw three guards protecting the room where Jayden was. He threw the Pokeball and a Gallade appeared, "Go distract 'em!" Seth muttered. Gallade nodded before walking up to the two guards and slapping them both and running, teasing, "Gallade! Gal gal gal!"

The men ran after the green and white psychic-type. Seth slowly walked over to the door and entered the stolen Key Card. It slid open quietly. Seth looked around and almost gasped, but no just yet. The enchanter woman was apparently using Jayden for her own needs. AKA, she was making out with him with her freakishly sharp teeth. Jayden looked over and flashed his eyes.

Seth nodded and slowly tip toed over to the control panel and tapped the release button. Jayden's binds leaked a small sound, but was unheard over the loud sounds of Jayden's lips locking. Then Seth slid over to the alarm button and pressed it. Loud sirens and red lights blazed through the facility. The woman pulled away and looked around. Then she spotted Seth. He had one word to say: "Shit!"


Jayden shook his head as Seth screamed and ran, simultaneously, around the lab. "Jayden, help! Gah!" he cried as he narrowly dodged a bullet. Literally. The woman was pointing a gun at Seth.

"Nah. Rather not." Jayden replied, smiling at his friend's misfortune. Then a bullet grazed Jayden's table and he said, "Okay, I'll help." Jayden pulled his arms away from the table and his binds shattered like wet tissue paper. He landed head down, on his feet and one hand on the ground. Instantly, the woman stopped firing and Seth sighed with relief. The scientists continued to flee.

The female slowly smirked as she looked at the half-nude boy, "You really expect me to be scared, Jayden?" She scoffed, "As if! My powers are fully developed and I know how to use them!"

Jayden just looked up. His eyes were bright yellow. Instantly, the lady flew into the control panel. Sparks flashed, wires thrashed, the lights flickered. "You left me in a cell for a year and a half with nothing but near-infinite power and time. You might think I'd learn how to use it!

"Infinite power?" the female asked, pointing her pistol, "How is that possible?"

Jayden knelt and replied, "I can alter the universe at will. Space and time are mine to command. The secret you spent so long coveting, was one I learned in 10 seconds."

She smirked and quickly reached her arm behind Jayden and tapped the scar on his back. Instantly, fiery pain burned within Jayden. "You are limited though. You can only alter what you can give back. That means that you're limited by how much energy you have. And I'm guessing since we tortured you so much, your energy is off the charts. But not for long." She raised her pistol and pointed it at Jayden's head.

Seth walked over and punched her. Time instantly froze. She stopped talking. Jayden stopped groaning. The alarms were silenced. Seth had stopped time. He walked over to the damaged control panel and used his PokeGauntlet to hack into the mainframe. Instantly, a complex command board appeared on the large screen. With a few taps, the red lights faded and Seth sensed the disappearance of the future sound waves.

Seth snapped his fingers and time resumed. Jayden got up and remarked, "Hate that feeling." Seth chuckled and the two ran out of the room. At a safe distance, Jayden snapped and the room suddenly became full of fire. Another snap, and the door shut. One more and Gallade appeared and vanished into his Pokeball.


The metal hall was full of cameras and screaming scientists. So nobody noticed two prisoners walk into the Rec Room. There, the two showered and finally cleaned themselves. Then they found their clothes in the Holding Room.

Jayden wore blue-black jeans, a black tank top, a white t-shirt with a green pokeball symbol over the chest and a hood, and an open, half-sleeve red coat (like Red's) with yellow buttons and pocket lining and white sleeves. His high tops were light blue with yellow toes and laces. His belt was tan with a small pack on the side and a silver buckle. He completed his look with a pair of neon green goggles on his hair, hidden by his red hat with a black upside-down "U" in the front and green Pokeball symbol.

Seth wore baggy gray jeans, a white t-shirt with a silver Pokeball symbol on the bottom right, a black leather vest, and black and red biker gloves. He had on a black PokeGauntlet on his left arm and a Transfer Bracelet on the right wrist. Jayden's PokeGauntlet had waves of multi-colored light circulating through the crystalline material.

"Shall we?" Jayden asked, opening the door. Seth just walked by and slapped his friend on the chin. The hall was clear now and only one or two people remained, who Jayden mostly just round kicked or Seth hook punched. At last, the large doors to freedom appeared.

Seth held out his hand and an orb of temporal energy appeared. Jayden's hand held a ball of pure green cosmic power. They released and the orbs flew to the doors. The temporal ball struck first, instantly aging the wall to a rustic, older version of itself. Then Jayden's sphere struck the doors and it exploded, sending shrapnel everywhere. The 15 year olds ran outside, excited, but met two unwanted faces. This time, it was Jayden who said, "Shit."


Ever Grande City, July 14, 11:25 AM

Ash walked onto the battlefield, his loyal Pikachu on his shoulder. In the years that followed the Unova League, the young trainer had grown taller, stronger and a bit smarter. He was currently in an exhibition match against long time rival, Ritchie. The green-wearing teenager petted his Raichu and smirked across the field. Ash smirked back.

A flying kernel of popcorn struck Ash's head. He turned around to see all of his friends cheering in the stands. He grinned and faced his opponent. The referee strolled to the podium and remarked, "Just start."

"Torterra, I choose you!" Ash cried. The large grass-type behemoth appeared onto the field and roared.

"Go Zippo!" Ritchie roared, his equally big orange dragon materializing.

Ash whistled, "He evolved. Great." he muttered, not so happily, "Use Razor Leaf!"

"Counter with Fire Spin!" A cloud of leaves slashed through the air, while a funnel of red flames barreled toward them. The leaves burnt to a crisp before they made it to Zippo. The Fire Spin, however, struck Torterra full on. The grass-type skidded back to the edge of the field before shaking his head and snorting.

"Use Hyper Beam, Torterra!" Ash yelled. The large turtle reared his head back and released a massive beam of blue energy. Zippo screeched as he was thrown into the wall.

"Zippo, no!" Ritchie growled as Zippo panted, "Finish with Blast Burn!"

Zippo roared and soared up high. The sun seemed to intensify and the Charizard began to glow red all over. The ground below grew swelteringly hot and Torterra walked back a little. "Come on Torterra! Hurry up!" Ash begged as his pokemon recharged from the all out attack.

"Torterra!" the turtle roared.

"Hurry!" Ritchie cried.

"Torterra, use Solar Beam!" Ash shouted.

"That move takes too long to charge!" Ritchie exclaimed as Zippo grew hotter than ever.

"But your attack uses the sun's power. That means, Torterra can benefit too!" Ash retorted as the tree on Torterra's back shined almost unbearably bright.

Ritchie's eyes widened before panicking, "Now!" Zippo roared one last time and released an enormous beam of fire (like a Kamehameha, only made of fire). It rocketed down, waves of energy coursing down.

"Fire!" Ash roared. Torterra's mouth opened wide and a similar beam launched itself at the flames, rings of energy rocketing away from the blast. The two attacks met with a blinding light. A huge column of blue power rose and shook the earth itself. The light intensified and the stadium vanished in the flash of power.

The light eventually vanished and revealed two knocked out Pokemon. The referee decreed it as such and Ash released his Infernape, Ritchie with Rose, his Swellow.

"Rose, use Wing Attack!" Rose's wings glowed white before striking Infernape backwards. The ape cried out and skidded for a few meters before leaping up.

"Infernape, Flare Blitz!" Infernape's body encased itself with fire. The primate leaped up and soared towards Rose, the red inferno changing into a sparkling blue coat. Rose screeched in agony as she was sent blasting backwards into the wall. Infernape landed swiftly and winced as bio-electricity coursed through his fur.

"Nice job Infernape! Now finish this with Flamethrower!" Infernape's mouth filled up with fire and shot out almost instantaneously as a red hot inferno.

"Rose, use Giga Impact!" Rose's body glowed white. A ball of purple energy with five swirling orange lines encased her. She rocketed towards Infernape.

"Infernape, concentrate!" Infernape's eyes wrinkled with focus, waiting. Rose came ever closer. "Keep focusing." Infernape's arm glowed white and red, while orange, yellow and green energy scattered off it, forming a spike that extended past his head. Rose finally came crashing down. Infernape shrieked and practically vanished and reappeared behind Rose, smashing his fist into the Flying-type's back. The force of the Focus Punch cause a shockwave that shattered the field, sending debris and dust everywhere.

The dust cleared and Ash smirked only to gape in horror as he watched Ritchie fall to the ground, gray as a rock, while a deformed human grinned across the field, his mouth wet with Ritchie's blood...


New Island Research Facility, July 14, 9:57 AM

Seth dodged Hunter J's attack. The ex-bounty hunter had joined Project AS a year ago as a volunteer as part of her court-ordered community service. But it was obvious that she wanted to be here. J was one of the few Aura-users on the island. And she was good. Like scary good. Like he was trying not to get killed by her crater-creating balls of rock.

Jayden fared not much better against his opponent, the mighty Nefaro. The main security guard on the island, he was 6'6", ripped like hell and really powerful. Oh, and he hated Jayden.

"SETH!" Jayden cried while leaping from tree to tree as Nefaro knocked them over.

"Yeah?" his friend replied in kind.

"DUCK!" Seth complied and J suddenly met Jayden's foot while Seth delivered a punch to Nefaro's chest that made the giant soar backwards. Jayden closed his eyes before opening them again, the iris and whites gone, but a moving image of the cosmic energies being displayed in all of the colors of the Universe. The pupil stood in the middle, a basis for the center of Jayden's focus. Jayden flashed his Cosmic eyes at Nefaro and the hulk was sent up into the air and back down where he met the ground with a loud crunch. Jayden turned around but felt his body be punctured by a thousand bullets.

J held the remains of a rock, most of it being turned into shrapnel to fire at Jayden. The teen groaned in pain as blood pooled around him. "No!" Seth cried. He raced at her and pummeled the female with Superhuman-speed attacks. However, the sturdy warrior held strong and repelled each strike with her own. Seth leaped back and sent a wave through the ground, causing it to become old and weathered.

Seth grinned and replied, "Now what? No rocks for you to use now!"

J smiled and replied, "Who says I need rocks?" Suddenly, the rubble pile rose above the tree tops. J's hands extended to the sky and Seth's jaw dropped. He focused his power and shot a beam of energy at the cloud of rubble. The earth suddenly began to shift itself forward in time to a period where it would be just dust. And so it was. The cloud of useless particles flew across the island, scattered and unusable for J.

Seth smiled before a piercing pain caused him to fall off of his tree branch. J held a gun at Seth's face. Seth tried to move but the bullet in his arm was too painful. At his full power, a bullet would be useless. But lack of training and the torture had dulled him.

"Goodbye my dear bo-" J never finished that sentence for Jayden screamed as he ran, "Cosmic Bolt!" His hand held a sphere of cosmic-colored energy, crackling like lightning. The Cosmic Bolt went through J's chest, where her heart was and the female screamed in pain. An explosion sounded and J was sent into the ocean while Jayden and Seth limped to the dock. They approached a big one and Jayden took to the controls.

"Seth, looks like we're by Pacifidlog Town and Ever Grande City. I say we make for Ever Grande. It'll be a major city so we can get some help quicker."

"Whatever you say boss." Seth replied without paying attention, using his powers to restore his shoulder to it's previous condition.

Jayden sighed with annoyance but resigned to a chair while the boat navigated itself. He slumbered while his powers restored his body to its prime. His last thought was, We did it. We're finally free...


New Island Research Facility, July 14, 10:30 AM

The scientist that Jayden sent flying stumbled to the ruined lab. The flames had spread throughout the facility and ravaged the island. "Years of work...RUINED!" the scientist roared. He tossed the charred notes, the smoked computers, the blackened tools. He began beating the burnt table before noticing that one iPad remained unscathed. He recognized it as the Master Control Tablet. "It controls all of the Project AS subjects' life support systems. I could send over a thousand of the Aura Slaves into the regions at any time." The Scientist glanced at the tablet screen. It had a notification, stating that Yacht 2 had been scheduled for a visit to Ever Grande City. "Excellent. I'll destroy the bastards who destroyed me!" The mad man tapped the "release" button in the Ever Grande City Map on the iPad screen. The screen flashed red almost instantaneously. The man read the reading before remarking, "Oh dear."

At that moment, the New Island Research Facility self-destructed, sending the entire building into oblivion, leaving only the broken remains of one man who, fueled by vengeance, would cause the apocalypse.


Ever Grande City, July 14, 11:57

Ash bolted into the stands, desperately fleeing the zombies that had begun to attack the field. He recalled his pokemon and tried to get to the emergency exits. He witnessed many of his friends engage the beasts, only to watch them die. Tears fell as he recalled the ends of Barry, Stephen, Trip, Ritchie and Casey.

Ash glanced at May. Over the last few weeks, they had grown closer than ever. Ash thought about asking her out. I may never get to take her out now... the young teen thought. He shrieked, "Stay safe!" before he was swept by the crowd. He only just heard the whisper of her words, "I'll miss you." Ash closed his eyes, hoping that this was just a dream, that zombies were not attacking and murdering people before his eyes. Then he opened them to observe a wave of the beasts pour from all of the exits.

The stench of blood filled the air. Pokemon appeared and did battle. However, the number of zombies was just too much and the trainers were soon overwhelmed. Ash had Pikachu help out, but mostly tried to run and find an exit. But all that happened was that the entire population in the stadium became trapped in the center. Ash closed his eyes and waited for the end. He could feel the emotions running high. He prayed in his head, Don't let them die. Not anyone. No more...no more..., "No More!" Ash cried as an enormous wave of blue energy sent a huge amount of zombies flying.

Ash gazed at his hands, smoking from the attack. He stuck his hands out and channeled his rage again. And once more, a blue wave sent a flank of zombies into oblivion. "This is...aura...cool!" Ash grinned with determination. He channeled his emotions and leaped into the sky, far higher than normal. He landed with a fist extended and the ground shattered, breaking zombies apart like twigs. Ash laughed before suddenly falling, a sudden and extreme exhaustion overcoming him.

His vision was blurry. Pikachu shrieked. Ash looked at a zombie approach him, teeth blaring, ready to kill him. Ash closed his eyes before he heard the words, "Cosmic Beam!" A multi-colored beam of power shredded a third of the zombies before Ash's very eyes. He looked up and saw a blurry image of a tall, skinny teen practically owning the zombies.

Ash opened his dry mouth and uttered, "Cool" before fainting.

Jayden pounded the zombies, elbowing countless faces, hook kicking shoulders, splitting abdomens with roundhouse kicks. Seth fired blasts of energy, aging zombies by the minute and seemingly teleporting, though Jayden knew that Seth was stopping time.

"Gwfahh!" a particularly ugly zombie cried. Jayden ducked the wide haymaker and countered by breaking the elbow, side kicking the knee and then back-handing the temple of the zombie's gray skull, shattering a portion of the bone. Jayden then did a Horizontal Kick to the Zombie's chest, sending ribs flying.

Seth brought his hands together and hammered zombie after zombie. "Jayden, catch!" Seth tossed a ball of energy. Jayden, with skills born of martial arts and soccer training, flip-kicked the ball straight into a pile of decaying humans. The bodies disintegrated, sending their bodily debris flying, killing even more zombies.

"Seth, shield!" Jayden cried. Seth nodded and tapped the ground. Instantly, the spots that used to contain living people vanished out of time, leaving behind a black outline of their bodies. Jayden jumped into the air and levitated about 30 feet off the ground. He roared as a powerful bolt of lightning arced across the suddenly cloudy sky and struck the earth. A soundless flash erupted, sending waves of deadly energy across Ever Grande City. The light subsided and Jayden landed on the ground, smiling as he viewed the zombies turn to dust and float away.

Seth patted his friend on the back, remarking, "Nice lightning thing Super-Boy."

Jayden pushed Seth playfully before sensing more zombies. He looked over and watched as some humans turned into the beasts. Seth ran forward as the crowd went wild. Jayden gazed at one human. He had raven hair, a blue hoodie and a hat. He looked back and for a second, Jayden saw himself, a 13 year old boy with a wonder of what was happening to him. Only that time, Jayden was alone. Jayden yelled to the boy, "You're not alone! Remember!"

The raven-haired boy just looked back before running forward to meet up with a brunette girl and escaping out of the stadium.


This event would come to be known as the Battle for Ever Grande. This was also just the start of a one year period where people faced these monsters with no hope for survival.

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