Hey guys, Chapter 2 here! This is back to about regular length and I would have written more, but I have a lot of stuff going on in my life right now, and writing is becoming a smaller priority on my list of problems.
Please review though! Please! I love hearing your responses!
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokèmon.
Michael would have said something, anything, but his mind was busy doing two things and only those two things. The first thing was to breathe, and that was hard to do with the second thing taking up almost all of his energy and concentration.
It was after Rosie had sent him a message while he was in the Team Beta hideout. They sent in another Pokèmon in the hopes that if they did enough damage, he would spill. Unfortunately, that had the opposite effect. The Hypno pushed too much, went too deep into his mind to poke and prod, and something had triggered a "lockdown" in his mind, probably as a defence for a situation when he was being attacked with a strong Psychic type.
He couldn't speak or control his movements. As soon as he went into "lockdown" mode, it was like being paralyzed by a strong Thunder Wave, and he sunk into his mind. But the Hypno didn't give up, and seemed to realize that he hadn't said anything, so it tried to gain control of his mind. Since Michael couldn't move, all of his energy was available to use, and he tried to block the Hypnosis Pokèmon. All his mental power was fighting the Psychic type, and he didn't have enough to respond to his sister.
But Hypno was winning, using status moves to boost it's Special Attack to get stronger and it's Special Defence to strengthen it's resistance. So Michael withdrew everything, his thoughts, his memories, his special skills in battle, his escape plans, his small visions and prophecies, all of it, into the back of his head and tried to make himself as small as possible. Hypno's power spread, and just when he was sure it was over, a shimmering golden shield surrounded him and the things he'd salvaged like a dome in the strange floating darkness of his mind. It seemed to radiate with the power of a Legendary, something he'd felt before, but never this strong. The shield pulsed with energy on the outside, and Hypno's presence fled his mind in the hopes of escaping.
I'm safe, I guess. Lucky thing too, because that Hypno scared me more than that Gyrados I saw emerging from the middle of the sea once did, back in Hoenn. I miss home.
Prophet.
The voice startled him, and he glanced around to look for it's source.
Listen to me. You do not have the energy to return to the world yet.
Why not? He asked the voice.
Team Beta has done damage. If I had not intervened as quickly as I did, you would've been forever trapped in you mind, rambling about prophecies and Legendary Pokémon. I couldn't risk that. You're an important part of this story, and your friends cannot complete their mission without you.
Who are you?
You ask too many questions.
You still seem to avoid my questions.
That's because I think you know the answer to your question already.
The train jolted, and N jumped a little, waking up and glancing around. For a moment, it reminded him of the subway in Nimbasa City. He'd been to the colourful city once, and he'd begged Ghetsis to let him have a break and see it. Growing up in a castle, he'd never really seen the outside world, and the thought of an amusement park had brought a shiver of excitement through him, something he had never felt before.
Lord Ghetsis finally agreed, and allowed him one day, only one, to go explore the city. He had been overjoyed and explored, riding each subway through it's whole route once, watching a few games of basketball and tennis at the Big and Small Court, even being part of one of the Musical Theatre's performances. He'd left the best thing for last, and was on his way to ride the Ferris Wheel, supposedly the one thing you had to do before leaving Nimbasa as a tourist.
But he'd spotted two of his subjects running towards it, and then that girl. Hilda. She spotted him, and he tried to act casually as he pointed towards the Ferris Wheel where the two Grunts had hid. Somehow, he had convinced Hilda to ride the Ferris Wheel with him, and felt truly happy as he sat across from her.
When he told her he was the king of Team Plasma, her face showed shock, but he was sure that a flicker of something went though her eyes, an emotion he had never been able to figure out.
N looked quietly at Rosie, sleeping peacefully on Michael's legs. The teen was leaning against the side of the train car, but he wasn't sleeping. No, his eyes were still open, and he looked awful. N looked at his bright blue eyes, and for a second, they lost the blank look and showed something else.
Another emotion I'll never be able to describe, he thought, falling back to sleep, lulled by the movement of the train.
Nicole yawned, looking at everyone. Maddie had literally collapsed in exhaustion after a half hour and was in the middle of their small room-like car. N was sleeping against some boxes and was snoring just a little. Nicole giggled softly.
Red was spread out in a corner and was using his backpack like a pillow. His hat was off, showing his messy hair. Michael was leaning on the side of the boxcar with his eyes wide open, not even drooping a little, and Rosie was sleeping soundly on him. They all looked so disorganized and peaceful, it was an interesting scene to look at.
Nicole closed her eyes and gave a shiver. She felt the sparks in the air as she let out some electricity. Pikachu- no, Raichu, had showed her how to gather static because she didn't have natural electric sacks like many other Electric type Pokèmon and couldn't attract the electricity in the air towards her, so she had to do it the slower way by letting it come to her. Raichu said that it would come faster as she did it more often because she'd slowly start to attract it herself. Unfortunately, she couldn't control it very well, and Raichu had compared her to a baby Pichu.
Hopefully, she'd be able to release it on command in time for the next time Team Beta attacked her.
A loud screeching startled them all, and everyone was wide awake and looking for it's source. Maddie stuck her head out the side of the car.
"I think we're stopping." the brunette said.
"The screeching must be the rails." N said calmly. "We should find out where we are and how to exit this place safely, because Team Beta will probably be everywhere and possible looking for us already. Make sure you're quiet."
Red helped Maddie pulled the train car door open as far as they could. Rosie was snooping in the boxes of supplies and pocketing some healing items.
"Coast is clear. Let's hurry guys." Maddie said, and with some help from Red, pulled the train car door open wider. N and Rosie got Michael up, his face showing a blank look still. The teens all jumped off, looking for a staircase to help them escape. Rosie quickly pointed out the door and they were surprised to find it unlock.
Nicole went first, quietly walking up the stairs. When nothing jumped out at her, she called the others up. At the top of the stairs they found another suspiciously unlocked door.
"Is it just me, or does this feel too easy?" Red asked out loud.
"This is a little too easy." Rosie admitted. Maddie nodded.
"That's a good thing right now. We need to escape. Maybe Arceus is just helping us out." she said, giving a grin.
Nicole shoved the door open, ready to fight off Team Beta Grunts.
Instead, she was greeted with miles and miles of dark blue water.
Team Beta Hideout, Route 17, Kalos
Omega's POV
After the six teens escaped, Lord Gamma was in a rage. He couldn't believe that we'd lost six teenagers, all without Pokèmon and one that didn't speak. He sent Alpha and me out, as well as a couple of trios to search for them.
For some reason, a deep, hidden part of me was glad that they escaped. Lord Gamma would have probably killed them all in the end, and they all had so many possibilities for their lives after this. So when I noticed the footprint in the underground train tunnel, I didn't report it. Instead, I went to Anistar City without telling anyone.
From there, I managed to buy plane tickets destined for Kanto. Hopefully, Alpha wouldn't get in trouble for my disappearance.
That voice is gone for now. Maybe I can take a break and work on talking to Rosie.
He concentrated, trying to focus on a single thought in his mind. It was hard, and the effort involved made him want to collapse, but he managed to string two thoughts together in his mind and tried to get Rosie to hear them. He pushed them towards her mind, the one connection he had still to the outside world like a lifeline still attached to him.
Two words was all he could say before his energy went back to rearranging what was left of his thoughts and memories into order.
I'm okay.
