As Genesect charges up a beam of yellowish electricity, I exclaim with a smirk, "Karmine! Hit its laser with Flamethrower!"
Karmine chuckles with glee as a jet of ominous flames flow from his body, incinerating the charging pseudo-cannon on its foe's back. Much to the Genesect's dismay, the loss of its laser cannon not only rendered it near-defenseless, but also left paralyzed by the sudden release of its Zap Cannon directly on its pitiful body.
N exclaims with a chuckle as his eyes begin to glisten with a silvery aura, "I guess you realize by now that you have been put into checkmate, poor fool… Since there is no need or use to resist any longer, why don't you tell us who put you up to this? I bet it was my damn 'stepfather' who just wants to get rid of me as revenge for failing him back then."
Genesect murmurs with a static-drenched tone as wild charges of raw electricity ravages its pitiful body, "Ghe…tsis…is not…the…only one…opposing you…"
N looks at Genesect with maddened eyes as he replies with a dissatisfied frown, "What is that supposed to mean? Are you implying my faux patriarch has already found company so soon?"
The Genesect replies with a twinge of wicked glee as it forces out a smirk before at last losing consciousness, "Ba…kkun… The rainbow's end…shall reach you soon enough…"
Doubled picks his ear with his pinky finger and sighs nonchalantly, "Okay... That was random."
Max exclaims with a confused look on his face, "The rainbow's end? What could that mean?"
Kera replies with a shrug as he digs into his bag of supplies on his back, "I don't know, but rainbows sound awesome."
Doubled inquires with a raised eyebrow as he motions towards the fallen Genesect, "Should we catch it or use it for spare parts?"
Max replies with a chuckle as he also takes a look at the Genesect for himself, "It was a bug. And its laser was destroyed. What could we take for parts?"
Doubled replies with a bored sigh as he lightly thwacks its casing with his finger, "Well we could sell the metal, you know, cash?"
Kera interjects with a reluctant look in his eyes as he looks at the other two, "Isn't it all mechanical?"
Doubled replies with a neutral expression as he meets Kera's gaze with a blank stare, "'Sides that, it's probably got a bunch of other stuff in it that can be recycled into other stuff."
I reply with amusement in my tone as I swiftly return Karmine to its pokeball and begin to approach them, "I doubt it is dead at this time… It isn't considered a legendary for nothing after all."
Doubled replies with a weak scoff as he barely honors me with eye contact, "Then we could just remove the armor and crap. Come on, you give a child a weapon and suddenly he's the most dangerous person in the room. If we remove the armor, this thing's useless."
I reply with a dissatisfied sigh as I turn my attention to Ace and N, "While that is true, Doubled…what do you think, Ace and N-san?"
Playing with N's Menger Sponge that she somehow got a hold of, Ace replies with a disinterested tone as she points back at Doubled, "Well, I still have no clue what's going on, so do whatever he said."
While Doubled begins to try and salvage the obliterated laser cannon and Kera tries to figure out how to pry the armor off, N replies with a neutral tone as he turns to Zekrom, "I don't care… Just make sure you actually put it out of its misery before you strip it bare."
Just then, a gleeful voice that somehow sounds familiar enough to send shivers down my spine exclaims as a pool of mysterious shadows begin to pull the Genesect's body out of existence, "Well then… I will be taking my little toy back if you don't mind."
Despite suffering a minor wound from doing so, Doubled manages to plunder a shard of the decimated cannon before the Genesect's body disappears completely and shouts with slight joy as he nurses his wound by wrapping it in his shirt for a bit, "Still good for something. Waste not, want not."
Kera blurts out with shock as his face suddenly becomes pale from what he had just witnessed, "What the frack was that?"
As Doubled places the piece of the cannon in his backpack, I hear the voice from before utter with a strangely soothing and seductive voice inside my head, 'Hello…Paul-kun. I see you are as capable as you have claimed to be. The ink etched into the annals of this malleable realm doesn't ever lie after all…'
I reply with a determined mindset as I narrow my eyes, 'Who the hell ARE you even? Utilizing shadows, calling such dangerous machines your toys… There is only one smug S.O.B. I would know who would do that…'
The voice replies with a bout of ecstatic laughter as its tone begins to fade away, 'Think about it long and HARD… You will come to the truth soon enough, ya bakkun! But, as for now, the real party has yet to begin…therefore Ore-sama must unfortunately bid thee sayonara!'
Could it REALLY be HIM? No… It is near impossible that this mess is due to his defiance of fate…and logic. Besides, I don't remember him knowing my true face, but then again…implying that he would know something like that would be undermining him greatly, which is a deadly mistake considering what he is capable of. Nevertheless, I SHOULD be careful, even if it IS some crazy esper imposter Ghetsis hired to knock us all, or even either N or I specifically, out of our wits.
Suddenly I am pulled back into 'reality' as Kera softly kicks me in the leg and ejaculates with an impatient tone, "HEY! What do we do next?"
Max replies with a slight grin as he points towards Route 2 to the west, "We shall go that way, of course…"
N interjects suddenly with a subtle nod as Zekrom suddenly disappears into his amulet, "Striaton City does sound nice… After all, I have done thorough inspections on the pokemon gyms, and I think I can remain sane enough to try and actually earn the badges to be able to come face-to-face with the champion once again. Besides, the three brothers in charge of the gym actually are all nice fellows that are quite respectful towards pokemon despite their…unfortunate occupation choice."
I affirm N's statement with a grin as I add, "Either way, we will need to deal with who will travel together. As much as I am sure I would enjoy all of your company, we should probably split our efforts into either duos or trios. Any volunteers?"
Doubled inquires as he rejoins the group after supposedly selling his part for cash, "Wait, what about duos and trios?"
Max replies with a simple tone, "We're splitting up."
Kera interrupts with exuberance in his tone as he tightly clings onto Ace, "I GO WITH ACE!"
Doubled replies with a shrug as he begins to walk away, "Cool. I could just go off by myself, I guess…"
Max slyly retorts as he locks his gaze briefly with Doubled, "Or you could go with N…"
Doubled replies as he shrugs once more with indifference, "That's okay… I'd rather be able to talk to people and pokemon, and not just be all serious."
After pondering the scenario for a bit, Doubled looks at Kera and Ace as he concludes with a nonchalant sigh and a slight grin, "Screw it. I'm going with you two. Might as well have a few laughs along the way…"
Max exclaims with a slight smile as he turns his gaze towards me and outstretches his hand, "Well then, that means I'm with you."
I reply with an amused smirk as I embrace his hand as proof of our alliance, "Yep… That leaves only two people left without travelling companions...N and Scott."
Max raises both of our hands into the air above our heads, trying to seem victorious as he exclaims with glee, "Well, I'd like to hear how each of your journeys go! Should be interesting… And as for N and Scott...hope you two get along."
I interject with a slightly annoyed sigh as I outstretch my open hand towards N, "Actually, he would be of MUCH use to us, Max, therefore I would like it if he came along…"
Max replies with an subtle shrug as he lowers our hands after a reasonable amount of gloating, "Fine with me… But, what about Scott?"
I reply with a passive-aggressive tone as I roughly pat Max on the back in order to direct him towards the Pokemon Center, "Why don't you invite him to our squad for now? I think that if my theoretical instincts are correct…there may be more allies awaiting us further on our journey anyways."
Max replies with a grumble as he takes the hint and takes his leave to satisfy my 'request', "Fine…"
If this is all just part of HIS grand plan…maybe we should walk right into his hands for the time-being, or at least do so to coax the ever-possible imposter out of the shadows where I can oversee his condemnation PERSONALLY… Damn! I must really have a bit of him still festering within my confused mind if I am thinking so wickedly of my foes. No, I must NOT indulge my inner cravings for false justice, and instead keep a clear head no matter what the dull chaos throws before me and my allies. Only then can I truly emerge victorious from these trials with whatever sanity I entered with still intact…
Then again, 'sanity' is such an IRONIC term when insanity makes life bearable!
