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Chapter 2
Just as I said I would do if I didn't find Giovanni, I destroyed the place with Rayquaza by my side. Once I exited the office, more grunts awaited me all shouting orders at each other, and they were completely unorganized. I made quick work of them, easily taking them out one by one with my combat skills.
I ordered Rayquaza to burn the place down, and now I stood in front of the giant inferno that used to be Team Rocket's base. The bright orange and red flames seemed to outline the night sky, as alarms and shouts came from outside the city.
Rayquaza drifted by me, his head resting on my shoulder once again, the burning inferno did not satisfy my pain, I wanted Giovanni dead, but I couldn't reach him.
Giovanni now knew who the dragon knight was, that had been destroying his bases and collecting was information on him. I was too foolish to not to keep my identity a secret, and I regretted that dearly.
Rayquaza's slick green body wrapped around me, I patted his side as his eyes reflected the bright flames in the distance.
Another base has fallen, bringing me closer but further away from my goal. As I took one last glance at the destroyed base, I swung my leg on the other side of Rayquaza's body, and sat on his back.
Rayquaza knew exactly what to do, he looked up towards the sky and started to gingerly float towards the fluffy clouds being illuminated by the moonlight. Within seconds we were airborne, floating farther and farther away from the wreckage.
Rayquaza's head broke through the clouds, and mist started to form around my armor, the moonlight was bright and the air was cool as we made our way back to base camp. I hoped that my friends haven't awakened, I remember going against their orders to stay put, and I had to keep this raid a secret.
Rayquaza seemed against it as well, but he wanted revenge just as much as I did, if my friends weren't so noble, they would want Giovanni dead as well.
The city was out of sight, and I really had no idea where we were going, Rayquaza seemed to know exactly where we were, and he easily flew through the sky with grace. My heart fluttered in my chest, my master would be very dishonored if he were to hear about my adventure tonight.
I know I could have been killed, or worse, they could have captured me again. Who knows what Giovanni would have done to me if he were to get his hands on me, he was torture me far worse than he did two years ago.
He said when he found me, he would end me, but I wasn't scared. Try as he may, he could never truly defeat me, unless he over powered me in some way. Rumors said that he had more scientific experiments all around the Kanto region, and I was determined to shut them down.
Rayquaza made a noise, and I snapped back into reality. He was drifting over a forest that seemed to be miles long, I saw the gentle embers of a fire that was dying flicker through the trees. I took a deep breath, as Rayquaza descended downwards.
I hopped off of Rayquaza's back, and started to fall towards the ground below. Once I made contact with the earth, I looked up towards the sky to see Rayquaza drifting lower towards the tree tops.
"Rayquaza return, thank you for your help tonight" I said softly. Rayquaza nodded swiftly before his body was enveloped in a bright red light, and returned back into his premier ball. I smiled at its smooth white surface, many memories of catching Rayquaza flooded through my mind.
I didn't have time to sit and remember my past though, I needed to slip back into camp without being noticed.
I silently made my way to the fire, its light reflecting off the surface of my armor and making it gleam in the darkness. I looked at my wrist, and saw the bright stone that controlled the armor. I quickly pressed it, and my armor began collapsing on itself, my chest plate shrunk and shriveled back into the bracelet that I wore, along with the helmet, the greaves, and every other inch of it that covered my body.
The bracelet I carried was my greatest weapon, with one touch of a button I was equipped with a powerful set of armor within seconds. The bracelet was another thing I stole from Team Rocket on one of my raids.
I carefully placed my shield down next to a tree, and slowly crept around the camp until I was at my sleeping bag. I wiggled into it, and listened for any sounds of my moving companions. I was happy to hear that it was all silent, and no one had seen me leave.
I was about to close my eyes and get a goodnights rest, when I heard the sound of crunching leaves and a purple and gray creature stepped out of the shadows, it had two blunt horns on its head, and a long purple tail that swayed behind him.
I felt my blood turn cold; I knew I was in for the punishment of my life. The creature approached me, its arms were crossed as I looked into its purple eyes, the scar on its right eye seemed to make his glare look even more terrifying.
"You went when I deliberately told you not to" Shadow said, I was caught red handed, and what was strange is that he didn't punish me right off the bat yet.
"You worried us" A voice said from behind him, Lupe stepped out from behind Shadow, his tinier form looking like a mouse compared to the bigger Mewtwo glaring angrily at me.
"You could have been killed!" Shadow said, his tail flicking at me with frustration.
"All you tell me to do is wait, I couldn't wait any longer, Giovanni was there I knew he was!" I said, Shadow shook his head at me, and I prepared for his wrath.
"Did you find him?" He asked, my eyes wandered to the floor in shame, I didn't find him at all, he had either escaped, or left that hologram just for me to see just to mess with me.
"Exactly, your careless actions had lead you right into his trap, and I can already tell that you revealed yourself, which gives us a whole new problem" he said. I closed my eyes in shame, I forget he could read my mind, he already went through all my memories, regardless if I wanted him to or not.
"Get out of my head!" I shouted, Shadow didn't care by my comment as I felt him prying the inside of my brain open for all of my secrets.
"I wish I could do that" Lupe said quietly, as he watched me growl in anger.
"You were going to kill him, weren't you" Shadow said, as he watched me cross my arms with a huff.
"So what, he deserves it!" I said, Shadow seemed unconvinced as he uncrossed his arms and started at me.
"I told you, I didn't train you just so you could use your skills to kill others, we are just going to stop him, nothing more" He said, I shook my head and glared at him angrily.
"It's because you are weak, only weak minded individuals couldn't bare the thought of killing a man that would torture innocent people!" I screamed, my voice echoing in the night, Shadow's eyes seemed to flash with anger as he quickly brought out his hand and a blue aura surrounded him.
His eyes started to glow, and the blue aura grew stronger, I felt my body moving from its position, and no matter how hard I fought against it, his power was just too strong.
"I am the most powerful creation in the world, I am not weak, it is you that are weak minded, it takes a strong leader to control their anger and show mercy, and you Leah, have a long way to go." Shadow said, I clinched my teeth as I felt my body collapsing on itself, my muscles felt stiff, and I couldn't swallow or hardly breathe.
"Not to mention you left us behind, we want to stop Giovanni too! You weren't the only science experiment he worked on!" Lupe said, his tail thumping on the ground in annoyance.
"Hush Lupe" Shadow said, as he released me from his telekinesis, I dropped to my knees and gasped for air. Shadow would never hurt me, but he sure did love to make a point now and then.
"If I wanted to I could crush Giovanni like a fly, and if your life was ever in danger again, I would do so. But our goal is to stop him permanently, and if we were to take him out right now, someone else would take his place, and the cycle would begin all over again" Shadow said. Inside of me I knew he was right, but I just wanted to get my hands on him so bad.
"That's why we are taking down his officers and destroying all his higher ranked bases" Lupe added, just like always he was completely clueless about what Shadow was trying to say.
"I get it, I messed up!" I said, as Shadow eyed me from his position.
"Giovanni wasn't the only reason you went, was it?" Shadow asked, I clutched the grass angrily, how dare he go THAT far in my brain.
"You wanted to know about Red, didn't you?" Lupe said, his eyes were full of concern for me, he knew the memory hurt.
"I want answers" I said, my chest felt heavy and I could feel Rayquaza inside his ball nudging the side of my body.
Tears started to slip from my eyes, and soon I was weeping, all the pain and sorrow just seemed to pour out of my heart. Red had wounded me in a way that would never heal, it would always be an open wound, it would never heal into a scar.
I felt the strong arm of Lupe wrap around me, he pulled me into his chest as his tail wrapped around me protectively. His chin rested on top of my black hair, and I could hear his heart beating in his chest, he was a living creature, how could Red turn his back on him just like he did with me.
How could Red live knowing what Giovanni was putting us through, wherever he was in the world, he better be ready, one day I WILL find him, and it will get bloody.
"I know you are in a lot of pain, but remember Lupe and I went through the same thing with you" Shadow said. Lupe nodded his head, but still held onto me with all his strength, he wanted to heal my wound so bad, but even with all his power, he still couldn't do just that.
Suddenly I heard a gunshot, and something silver with bright lights came bouncing into our camp. Everything seemed to move in slow motion as Shadow snapped his head towards the sound it came from.
"Get down!" He screamed as he quickly made a psychic barrier to block anything that might attack us. His quick reaction saved our lives, Lupe covered me with his body as the silver object exploded, and it seemed to be like a black hole as it sucked in everything around it.
Trees and dirt were sucked inside the ball of darkness that formed, wind slapped my face as Shadow kept up his barrier trying to save us all. The ball of darkness seemed to be growing bigger, as Lupe struggled to keep his balance on the ground and not be pulled into the black hole.
Once the black hole started to deteriorate, all that was left of our camp was a giant hole in the ground, several meters deep. The leaves from the trees around our camp were gone, leaving the trees to look ghostly and bare.
"What was that?" Lupe asked Shadow who was staring at the sky with an angry glare.
Once I looked upwards, my heart started beating wildly at the hundreds of aircrafts flying over our heads. Another aircraft shot out another silver object, but this time Shadow was ready, and he knocked the silver object back at the aircraft.
The silver object exploded in mid-air turning into a black hole and sucking in several of the aircrafts in it, but I noticed that more kept coming.
"Team Rocket found us!" Lupe yelled, I rolled my eyes, he didn't need to state the obvious.
Suddenly people started jumping out of the aircrafts, each one wearing a highly expensive jet-pack that kept them airborne. There were at least a hundred of them, Giovanni must have sent his entire organization to try and defeat us.
I wasted no time in gearing up, I smashed the button on my bracelet with my left palm, and a bright light swirled around me, as silver plated armor started to form on my chest and legs. Soon a helmet appeared, and I was looking through the eyeholes at my target.
The sky was bursting with red light, as the Team Rocket members released a horde of their Pokémon. Golbats, Nidokings, Haunters, and even a Salamence appeared in the forest surrounding us.
The Salamence must have been from an officer, usually the grunts didn't wield so much power. The Salamence roared, sending a blast of fire down on us in an instant. Shadow deflected it with a protective barrier over our heads, before a blue light appeared in his hands, and he shot the energy at the Salamence who seemed to dodge it in midair.
"Lupe get in there and fight!" Shadow commanded at the shaking Mewtwo who seemed to protest at the thought of fighting.
"You all know I can't fight well" Lupe protested, as he started to back away from the approaching Pokémon.
I started to feel the earth shake, as a Nidoking used Earthquake. I fell on my knee, as Shadow countered with a move of his own. The Nidoking was ripped off its feet, and hoisted into the air, the Nidoking cried helplessly as he was rammed into flying Team Rocket members who were still airborne.
The Salamence used Hyper Beam, tearing up the earth underneath him, I dodged the beam of light, rolling to the side and looking for my shield. Once I spotted the shield laying near a tree, I dodged swooping Golbats as I dove for my shield.
Just in the nick of time, I placed the shield over my head as a Golbat's teeth sank into the shield I was holding. With a swift movement of my shield, the Golbat was slammed into the ground and knocked out instantly.
The Salamence prepared to use Flamethrower, but I quickly threw my shield into its jaw, knocking it out of the sky. The shield came back to me with such force, it moved me back a little when I caught it.
Lupe seemed to be supporting Shadow with a shield of psychic energy, as Shadow tore through his opponents with ease. Shadow lifted himself in the air, and started swatting the Team Rocket grunts out of the sky as if they were flies.
So many Pokémon filled the sky and ground, it was hard to spot my allies that were fighting for their lives. Lupe seemed absolutely terrified, as he tried defending himself against a horde of Golbat that were trying to use Poison Fang.
I slammed into the Golbats, knocking them away with my shield, I snatched one by the wing and threw it into the other. The Golbats turned away from Lupe, and started using Air Cutter on me.
The wind just bounced off my armor as if it was paper, but the force was moving me back a little. I shielded myself, as the draft blew around the shield I wielded, my teeth clenched together as I tried to hold my stance.
Shadow seemed to notice my struggle, and he sent a blast of energy towards the Golbats making them scatter all over the place. I looked towards Shadow with a silent "thank you" and proceeded to help Lupe who seemed shaken.
"Enough!" A booming voice echoed from above, I looked towards the sky as Shadow levitated in mid-air glaring at the person who had spoken.
"We wanted to capture you alive, but sadly it seems you will not cooperate" The voice said, I squinted to see a figure riding on a Dragonite. Its giant dragon-like body seemed to block the moon, as it floated in the air with an evil grin on its face.
The Dragonite turned to reveal a muscular man, who seemed to be very well built. He had spiky black hair, and a long necklace with a skull dangled on his chest. He wore a hood that was ripped at the bottom, and carried with him a large scythe.
"You do not deserve to know my name, but I have honored your will to fight, and in your last moments it seems only fair for you to know the name of your assassin" he said. Shadow's tail whipped around in the air angrily, as he prepared to strike down the man.
"My name is Silent Strike, and I will be ending your life tonight" Silent Strike said. I couldn't help but laugh, what was this pest going to do to me?
"Do not underestimate him" Shadow said, he seemed to have read my mind, and with him, I wasn't too surprised.
"Release the gas, I don't care if you kill everything in the forest with them" Silent Strike said, as the Team Rocket grunts slipped on gas masks.
Two Team Rocket grunts pulled out a giant black box from a helicopter, and threw it overboard. I quickly snatched Lupe's hand as the black box fell and broke apart on the ground, I started running as fast as I could away from the black box knowing very well what was going to come out of it.
A thick green fog burst out of it, immediately covering the forest in a thick fog. Shadow retreated away from the gas, but the Pokémon that were on the ground, quickly dropped down to the ground, gasping for air.
They were attacking their own, how could they? Their Pokémon were still fighting on the ground, and they were sacrificing them just to kill us! Lupe covered his mouth, as the green fog started to catch up to us. I felt myself being lifted into the air by Lupe, who had decided to start flying away from the fog.
Lupe was faster when he was flying, and soon Shadow joined us as we ran for our lives away from the toxic fog.
I started to feel my eyelids grow heavy, I must have breathed in some of the gas when it first came out of the box. Lupe yelled at me to stay awake, as he held me tightly in his arms. My armor started to feel extremely heavy on me, and I felt my grip on my shield slip from my fingers.
The shield was swallowed by the green fog, and I screamed in agony as it was lost in the haze. I needed that shield, it completed my armor and now it was gone.
"We can't go back for it" Shadow said. I knew he was right, but my heart still felt heavy when I realized it was gone.
The fog was going on for miles, and I started to feel Lupe growing tired, the effects of the fog must have gotten him too. Shadow looked in pure horror as Lupe fell to the ground, a cliff stopped Shadow in his tracks as the fog raged closer.
Shadow fell to the ground exhausted, the fog had infected his lungs, and now he was starting to fall asleep. The green fog caught up with us, and swallowed us whole as we gasped to catch our breath.
It felt like a thousand needles were poking my skin, I fell to my knees holding my neck, I coughed and sputtered, I felt like my eyes were bleeding.
Shadow and Lupe were both knocked out, they laid on the ground with their eyes closed, it was up to me to get us out of the fog. I grabbed Lupe's arm as well as Shadows and dragged them towards the edge of the cliff.
Every step felt extremely painful, as I made my way to the edge of the cliff. A roaring river surged underneath the cliff, and it was hundreds of feet down. The fog ripped at my lungs, and I started to feel myself black out, the fog was killing my friends, and even worse, they had no idea it was.
With all the strength I could muster, I threw both Lupe and Shadow over the edge, hoping, and praying that we would make it. Rayquaza had been affected by the gas too, and he too was still in his ball knocked out.
I pressed the button on my bracelet making my armor disappear as I fell, hoping the impact would somehow be softer.
As our bodies sailed through the air, plunging towards the river below, I could almost hear Giovanni laughing, as my body hit the raging river below and I blacked out.