Chapter 1
"He who acts unjustly, let him act unjustly still. He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. He who is righteous, let him do righteousness still." (Revelation 22:11)
"Lucario, aura sphere!"
Calem had been training and traveling the Kalos region for the last year all for this moment. Looking across the battlefield at his prestigious opponent, he held his breath as his beloved blue Pokémon charged up a ball of pure energy and launched it at the Champion's Gardevoir. He silently congratulated himself as the attack made contact: a direct hit. He and his Lucario, however, were disappointed when Gardevoir got right back up, more annoyed than hurt.
"Not bad, but it's time to show you our true power," said Diantha, the reigning Champion of Kalos. Confused as to why she would wait for her final Pokémon to actually start trying, Calem watched as Diantha pulled out her necklace and proceeded to mega-evolve Gardevoir.
"Now, Gardevoir, join your heart with mine and mega-evolve!" exclaimed Diantha. There was a bright light as Gardevoir transcended its final evolutionary form in the process known as "mega-evolvution": a temporary state of increased speed, power, and resolve. At last, when the light had cleared, Gardevoir stood proudly at the other end of the battlefield, looking majestic and somewhat arrogant. Unfortunately for Diantha, Calem had likewise mega-evolved his Lucario (omitting the exclamation), and managed to use swords dance two times before Gardevoir had managed to transform.
"Wha-?! That's not-"
"Lucario, Close Combat." Calem grinned as the attack made contact, immediately rendering Gardevoir unable to battle.
"Gardevoir is unable to battle, which means the victory goes to the challenger!" Humbled by defeat, Diantha walked across the battlefield to congratulate the new champion. She got about halfway across when the radiant chamber doors slowly creaked open. Both Calem and Diantha turned to find a bloodied Siebold stumble into the room.
"Oh my God, are you alright?!" both asked in unison, while running towards the injured Elite Four member. Diantha managed to reach him first, but immediately jumped back with a scream of terror. Soon thereafter, Calem saw why; Siebold's left ear was missing, and his arms were covered in bite marks. When Calem looked into his eyes, his gaze was met with one cold and lifeless eye; the other apparently having been gouged out by the same being that mangled to rest of his body. Siebold let out a raspy moan as he lunged for Diantha, who quickly dodged, stumbling to the floor in the process. Siebold was quick to recover, and made another attempt at Diantha, this time successfully grabbing her left leg and sinking his teeth into her calf.
"Oh, Jesus Christ! Lucario, bone rush now!" Lucario sprang into action, swiftly striking Siebold in the neck, severing it in the process. Now, Calem processed the cries of pain coming from the now former champion. Examining the wound, Calem determined it needed immediate medical attention, as it was bleeding profusely. He quickly took off his blue jacket and wrapped it around her leg.
"Yveltal!" cried Calem, tossing out the blue and white Great Ball he had used to capture the legendary Pokémon. "I need you to fly us to the nearest hospital, quickly!" Yveltal frowned slightly and gave a sad shake of its head.
"What? Why not?" Yveltal sadly gestured towards the glass ceiling fifty feet above. They were indoors, and Pokémon aren't allowed to fly indoors. No exceptions.
"You've gotta be kidding me," Calem grumbled to himself as he returned Yveltal to its Pokeball. "Can you stand, Diantha?"
"Let me try," Diantha grunted as Calem helped her to her feet. As soon as Calem let go, however, her left leg collapsed and she fell once more to the ground with a shriek of pain.
"Alright, I'll carry you then," said Calem, more to himself than to Diantha. Returning Lucario to his Pokeball, Calem bent down and hoisted the groaning Diantha onto his shoulders. Taking slow and wobbly steps, Calem made his way out of the Radient Chamber and slowly proceeded outside. Though he saw nobody while struggling towards the door, broken windows and bloodstains on the walls suggested something had obviously gone horribly wrong.
At last, Calem reached the exit. Drawing out Yveltal's ball once more, he pressed the central button and the legendary Pokémon materialized in front of him.
"Alright, now I need you to fly us to a hospital," said Calem as he carefully set Diantha onto Yveltal's back before climbing on himself. The great legendary Pokémon spread its wings and took to the sky.
A/N: Welp, there's chapter one. Bet you weren't expecting zombies now, were you? Yes, I know the story problably seems generic and/or uninteresting, but I tried to make it as coherent as possible. I've been thinking of writing an apocalyptic story set in Kalos for a while now, and figured I'd put it on this website as I write it to see what others think of the idea. Any suggestions/ feedback/ grievances are encouraged, just leave a review or PM me. I can't garuntee that the story will be updated regularly or even finished at all, but I guess we'll see how it goes. If the format is a bit weird, I'm working that too. Thanks.