Disclaimer: I do not own pokemon, however, I own all the main characters of this fan fiction.
Now for chapter two of F.U.S.I.O.N
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A man sat at his desk, his head rested upon his laced fingers. He could not be seen, for the curtains in his office were drawn. The eerie shadows that were painted around the room also rested upon his face, and the only thing you could see of him was an occasional glint from the eye. He glanced up as he saw the two large doors that led to his room creak open. Two scientists stumbled in, their eyes unaccustomed to the dark.
When they had straightened themselves out, one spoke. "Sir, we have updates about project F.U.S.I.O.N, and…I don't think you're going to like them." She said feebly, her glasses glinting as she adjusted them. She only continued speaking when she was certain she had seen a curt nod from the boss. "Err, project Gardevoir/Lucario has escaped, it took another hibernating fusion, project Zangoose/Ninetales. We believe it was out of sympathy. This is the first time a fusion has ever showed signs of…defiance. We believe it has…developed a personality."
The boss quirked an eyebrow, though, of course, nobody could see him do so. "Any other news?" He asked the two. The other one shuffled forward, coughing to gain attention, which was completely irrelevant for him to do. "The…Mewtwo/Darkrai project escaped as well, a little while after the Gardevoir/Lucario project." He explained, trying to look bolder than he felt.
The boss stood up and stared at them, his teeth glittering in a scowl. This was something new, and it was scary, only seeing the teeth and nothing else. The scientist ducked down, pretending that he had dropped something. The female scientist backed away and hung her head in shame. "We're sorry sir, we didn't have any control over it. It was a fusion of two legendaries, double the power. We were glad when it only broke a window." She whispered.
Nevertheless, the boss banged his fist on the table. "I want it back! I don't care about the other fusions, this legendary fusion is the most important one that we've ever made!" He shouted, his eyes glinting with malevolence. The scientists nodded quickly before stumbling clumsily from the room.
The boss sifted through his papers, bringing out the papers for the Mewtwo/Darkrai project. He looked at the hypothec picture of the outcome of the fusion before sighing and putting the papers away.
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I see nothing behind these eyes; I see nothing in my mind's eye. I feel nothing, only the cold. Why? Why do I feel nothing? Try as I might, I cannot open my eyes, they are tightly shut. Why is my consciousness still existent, when I cannot hear, feel, or see? What is my worth, if I cannot truly live? All I can hear is soft murmurs, I cannot be sure that they are real. All I can see is the absence of color, black. All I can feel is the cold, no pain, no heat, just the cold. Maybe it isn't cold at all? Maybe it is the absence of temperature.
Suddenly, I can see a pinpoint of light, and the shade of blue. Suddenly, I can feel warmth flood through my body, and something soft, fur, perhaps? I can hear a heart beating against my ear, and shallow breaths of effort. I still cannot see fully, just the shade of blue and the pinpoint of light that is penetrating my eyelids. At first, I think that I am waking up, but then I realize something is taking me, that, or saving me. From what? Oh, there are too many questions I have, will they ever be answered? I try to speak out my question, but nothing comes.
I can feel jolting, continuous, and slightly uncomfortable. Then I feel something rocky and uneven. It is cold, but pleasantly so. I can feel something on my shoulder, it is gentle, and it slightly presses down on me, but it is lifted quickly. I feel a flash of intense heat, not the warmth that I was feeling moments before, and I can see a flickering light whiz past my head. It is only a second before I am scooped back up into the warmth, and I can hear the heartbeat and the panting once more.
What does this mean? Where was I before I could feel and hear and see? What was I?
Luca
Luca walked cautiously through the woods. They had spread apart and thickened up, totally unpredictable. The fusion she was carrying was still asleep, but it had gotten warmer since she had first taken it from its tank. She guessed that was a good sign, it meant that it wasn't dead. She would be glad when it woke up and she didn't have to carry it around anymore, if it woke up. Nothing sang or twittered, nothing scampered in front of her. It was silent and desolate, and it probably had been since the extinction of normal pokemon. There probably weren't very many fusions in the wild.
Suddenly, something black and white sped out in front of her. Dammit, she hoped that she wasn't going to start jinxing things. The thing stopped, and it revealed a slender black figure that widened out at the hips. It had a long white tail, and three sharp digits on each hand. It was a biped, and its two most dominating features were the red spikes adorning its chest and its striking blue eyes. It looked at her before glancing at the figure in her arms.
"Um, excuse me? I'm trying to get through." Luca said, shifting her weight from foot to foot. The thing pointed at the fusion in her arms. "What's that?" He grunted. Luca stared at him for a moment before replying. "It's a fusion, just like you and me." She told him.
"Looks dead."
"It's sleeping"
"Can I eat it if it's dead?"
"It's not dead!"
"Can I still eat it?"
"No."
"Well, I'm hungry, do you have food?"
"No."
"Can you get me some food?"
"No."
"Is no the only word you know?"
"No."
"Can you stop saying no then?"
"Only if you shut up and help me find some food, I'm hungry too."
"Okay."
The other fusion stepped aside, and Luca flicked her short blue tail before walking past. She glanced behind and wasn't surprised to see the other fusion shuffling after her. They walked along for five minutes before the other fusion dove into a bush full of red berries. He arose from the bush spitting and hacking, wiping the taste of the berries from his tongue.
"These taste like -- --! I can't -- believe that I just -- ate those -- -- -- -- berries!" He spat, using the leaves from the bush to wipe the horrid taste from his mouth.
"What a colorful vocabulary. Did the scientists teach you that stuff?" Luca said jokingly, rolling her eyes and shifting the Zangoose/Ninetales fusion in her arms to a more comfortable position. The other fusion seemed to notice, because he stared at the sleeping form longingly.
"No."
"I know! It's just…"
"No."
"Humph, fine. Go ahead and carry around dead weight."
"It's not dead! I keep telling you!"
"I could…carry it for you."
"NO."
"Okay, okay, just a suggestion, but if you ever get tired, just hand him over and I will-"
"Eat him, you'll probably eat him."
"It's only been ten minutes and you already know me so well. :3"
Luca growled and flicked her tail in annoyance. If he was going to continue to tag along, he better keep his trap shut, or he was going to find himself over in the next country. He jogged a little bit before catching up with her, and he walked at Luca's flank.
"So…How 'bout them Lakers?"
"…"
"Fine, be that way."
He huffed and started to jog ahead, and he whirled around to face her when she was a ways behind. He was about to say something when he ran backwards into a tree. "Ugggg." He moaned, slumping down towards the base of the trunk. He watched as Luca walked by, and shook his head before getting back up and catching up with her again. Luca gasped as she saw that the trees finally ended, and she ran out to find that they were in a bustling town. The other fusion looked around in wonderment.
"Look! There's a bunch of other fusions, we'll probably fit right in!" Luca said to the other fusion, nodding towards the bustling crowd of people and fusions alike.
Just then, a person looked up and spotted them. "Look! Three wild fusions! Get them!"
Luca would face fault if she could. She had to stop jinxing things.
