Welcome back readers to another chapter of Remembering an Old Friend! I hope you guys enjoyed the last chapter despite the weak closing to it... well let's see, oh yeah! Colette's alive? What's going to happen in this chapter? Ironically, whenever I write or read anything on the computer for more than twenty minutes my eyes start getting screwed up and I can't concentrate on anything! Haha sorry Colette... and yeah high school is becoming a burden for me because after I finish all the homework I have on one day, another shit load gets piled on me the next, so instead of the usual two day update waiting period, it will be once a week :( I hope you enjoy this chapter!
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Last time on Remembering an Old Friend...
"Aw!" Misty whined. "Don't worry Misty, today wasn't such a great day for outdoor activities anyway." Bianca said, laughing a little. "Why don't we plan out our trip back to Kanto since its raining?" Brock suggested, receiving many nods in agreement.
For the rest of that day, our group of heroes spent their time on how Ash should confront his mother with Latias.
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"Well no matter how many way we look at it, the only reasonable way is to simply have Latias disguise herself and reveal her true form to Ash's mom when we're inside the house." the dark boy announced. Our group of friends were all huddled together in Bianca's room, covered in warm blankets, sipping hot chocolate, and playing board games while they discussed Latias' meeting with Ash's mother. And yes, Latios surprisingly joined in on the fun as well.
'Yes! Collect 200 dollars!' the blue eon cheered, moving his game piece and collecting his fake 200 dollars. "I wish you would show your playful side more often Latios." Bianca giggled, knowing this would make the blue dragon become flustered.
'Yeah brother, show your playful side more, like me!' the red eon squealed under her blankets. 'Ehh, uhh...' was all Latios said after he handed Misty the dice and then retreated into his shell of blankets. "Aw Latios is blushing." Bianca continued to tease after she received the dice from Misty who had already used her turn.
"I wonder what Ash's mom is like?" Latias asked herself, making sure her blanket was completely wrapped around her feathered body. "I'm so glad that everybody's happy. It almost seems that we've always been in despair. But we have so many things to be looking forward to like seeing Ashy's mom! Oh well, at least nothing can go wrong, right?"
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"Are you ok!" a scientist cried out, squinting his eyes through the thick wall of dust that surrounded him. "Yeah, I'm alright!" the assistant coughed, squinting as well as he got up from under a helicopter door. The two partners finally united, waited in the thick dust storm until it finally dissipated.
"Damn, what happened?" the assistant asked, wiping his eyes after the dust had finally left. "Looks like subject twenty ripped through the chopper's engine." the scientist announced, sifting through the chopper's wreckage.
"Oh shit! Did the subject make it to the island, or did it run free?" the assistant frantically asked. "No, it's fine, subject twenty is headed for Altomare right as we speak." the scientist answered, checking his locator.
"Do you have any idea where we are?" the scientist asked as he and his partner took in their surroundings. "No, but I'll call for another helicopter to pick us up." the assistant said, taking out his cellphone.
The scientist continued to look through the wreckage, "Damn, they all died. Pfft, not that I'm surprised." the two Rocket scientists where stranded on a conveniently placed island where the helicopter had crashed. During their flight subject twenty broke out of it's container and blasted through the six inch body made from a light titanium alloy that had been improved from the modern jet's material.
"Alright, ok, oh and tell them to make us some popcorn before they come pick us up. Alright, thanks." the assistant ended the phone call. "Our ride will be here in thirty minutes." the assistant announced, taking a seat on the helicopter's blade.
"Hey have you noticed anything weird since we crashed?" the scientist asked. "No, why?" the assistant responded, brushing the dirt off of his coat. "Just take a look. Everybody's dead, and half of the helicopter's body is now molten titanium!" the scientist explained.
The oblivious assistant observed the said helicopter and found half of it completely melted. "So? We're alive, healthy, and subject twenty is going where we wanted her to go! So calm down and wait for our ride." the assistant said, making himself comfortable on the wreckage.
The scientist shook his head in regret, "Sometimes I wonder why I even took this job."
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"Yeah I win!" Ash cheered, striking a victory pose. "How did Ash do so well in a game that demands a well thought out strategy?" Latios thought to himself in disbelief. "Wow, I didn't think buying property you landed on could make you win." Misty deadpanned.
"Good job Ash. And as winner you shall be the one who cleans up the mess we made!" Bianca announced, pointing to all the empty hot chocolate packets and bags of chips on the floor. "Hey wait!" the raven haired boy called out to his friends who were already making their way for the door.
"Bye Ash! Have fun!" Misty called out as she walked out of Bianca's room. "Latias, you too?" Ash said weakly as he watched everybody leave him to clean. 'Don't worry Ashy, I'll help you clean.' Latias replied, picking up the blankets with her claws.
"Thanks." Ash smiled. 'So Ash, what's your mother like?' the red eon asked after she had folded all of the blankets. Ash thought of how to explain his mother to Latias without embarrassing himself, "Let's just say that she's the nicest person in the world with amazing cooking skills." Ash said, rubbing the back of his head.
' I can't wait to meet her!' Latias squealed, tackling Ash onto Bianca's bed.
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'My brotherly senses are tingling!' Latios said out loud, earning many confused looks. "What was that Latios?" Brock asked as the blue eon disappeared into thin air, only to reappear in front of Bianca's room.
'My senses are tingling even stronger than before!' the blue eon whispered as he peered into the pink room. 'What do you think you're doing!' Latios called out, startling the couple. 'Hi brother!' Latias squealed, innocently tackling the blue eon to the floor.
"Wow, she's really carefree." Ash thought to himself as he got off the bed and surprisingly began to finish the cleaning.
'Did you need something bro?' Latias asked as she got off of her brother. Latios was quite shocked, his sister's cheerful mood completely disarmed his brotherly instincts. 'Uh, never mind. I was just checking up on you guys.' the blue eon replied.
"Come on, let's go meet everyone downstairs." Ash suggested as he beckoned the two eons to follow him down the steps.
The trio had regrouped with the rest when Brock suddenly stood up. "Something wrong Brock?" Bianca asked. The squinty eyed boy began to look at the door as if he hadn't heard the girl speak. "Hello! You know it's rude of you to not answer Bianca when she's talking to you!" Misty scolded.
Brock finally came back to reality, "Huh? Oh sorry Bianca. I'm going to go out for a walk." Brock announced, leaving the kitchen.
"What? In this weather?" Ash asked as he passed by his friend. "Yeah, don't worry about me, I just need to go out for a while." the dark boy replied. "Here, why don't you take my umbrella?" Bianca offered, rummaging through the living room closet for her said umbrella.
After a few moments of searching, Bianca finally pulled out her pink hello kitty umbrella. "Uh, maybe you would like a different umbrella." Bianca sweatdropped along with the others as she began another search for her grandpa's umbrella.
"Ah here it is!" Bianca sighed in relief, pulling out a pure white umbrella. "Hey isn't it a little strange for an umbrella to be black?" Ash asked, taking a sip of hot chocolate. 'Well not particularly. Companies make black umbrellas so that it can absorb more heat when it rains, thus keeping the consumer slightly warmer than with a regular colored umbrella.' Latios answered.
"Thanks Bianca." Brock smiled as he took the umbrella and headed out the door. "Be safe!" Misty called out before Brock shut the door. 'I wonder why he's walking out in the rain?' Latias asked, taking a seat on the couch.
"Maybe he just needs to clear his mind or something?" the raven haired boy answered.
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The rain pelted the island of Altomare, the man made canals were still at their correct levels due to smaller canals built by the people to keep them at the same level. Wave after wave after wave pelted Brock's umbrella as he continued his stroll through the soaking alleys.
"Jeez it sure is raining hard." Brock thought to himself as he began to walk through the park. The dark boy continued his walk, he soon passed by the harbor which was now a hazardous area because of the ravenous waves colliding with the island.
"Hey look, it's Lorenzo's island." Brock thought to himself as he managed to make out a small land mass through the rain.
Brock walked and walked, passing by many stores, shops, and, restaurants. "Wow, that five star restaurant would incredibly busy if it weren't for this down pour." Brock thought to himself, but suddenly stopped in front of it.
"This restaurant..."
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'How could you have afforded this? This is one of Altomare's top three five star restaurants!'
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"Ah!" Brock grunted as a head splitting migraine appeared out of nowhere.
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"Here take it, it'll come in handy."
"Oh no I couldn't, and besides my wallet is already full as it is."
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"These memories!" Brock grunted mentally as the pain brought him down on his knees, which began to soak in the rain.
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"I wonder what's taking Brock so long." Ash worried, taking a sip of his never ending hot chocolate. "He's probably just enjoying his walk." Bianca answered. "Or maybe he's too busy flirting with girls!" Misty hissed, a large vein was busting out of her temple.
'You're probably right Mist-...' Latios stopped his sentence and looked at the door. 'What's wrong brother?' Latias asked, not sensing what her brother could. 'Something's here, and it's definitely not friendly.' the blue eon explained as he made his way towards the patio door and teleported outside.
'I'll go check it out! While I'm doing that, you guys go and find Brock!' Latios ordered as he shot off into the distance.
"Hurry! We gotta find Brock before whatever it is gets him!" Ash said, rushing out of the front door. Everyone else nodded and followed the raven haired boy into the bone chilling rain. "Latias, can you sense what Latios was talking about?" Bianca asked in a frightened tone.
'I can sense it, but barely. I don't get why brother is making such a big deal out of it if I can barely sense it.' Latias replied, putting up a psychic barrier so that the group wouldn't get wet. "I'll call Brock!" Ash announced, stopping to take out his phone and confirm Brock's location.
"What if the thing that Latios' is talking about is so strong that Latias can't even sense it?" Misty pondered, earning surprising looks from everybody, including Ash who was on the phone.
Suddenly, Ash heard someone pick up his call. "Hello? Ash?" Brock asked in a very slow, weak tone. "Brock where are you?" Ash demanded, almost shouting into his phone, scared for his friend. "I'm by that five star restaurant that we ate at before we left for the Silver Conference!" Brock answered, a little more alert than his first response.
"Ok, stay there! We're gonna go get you!" the raven haired boy said as he and his group began to run in the opposite direction that they were heading. "Why? What's going on!" Brock asked frantically, not feeling comfortable with Ash's tone.
"Latios said that he sensed something on the island, and he said that it could be dangerous!" Ash shouted over the noise of the constant rain. "What!" Brock replied, completely filled with fear.
"Don't worry Brock, we're almost there!" Misty shouted into Ash's phone. The group turned around a corner to find their squinty eyed friend holding on to his umbrella for dear life. 'Brock, get in the barrier!' Latias commanded, allowing the boy to join them.
"What do we do now?" Bianca asked in a frightened tone. "We have to find Latios now!" Ash said, turning to Latias. "But why! Wouldn't it be dangerous if we joined Latios in the middle of a possible battle?" Misty exclaimed.
"Well there's nothing else we can do! Latias, could you see if you can sense Latios?" the raven haired boy asked. The red eon nodded as her eyes began to glow a brilliant blue hue, to search for her brother.
'Got him! He's flying directly south of where we are right now!' Latias announced, leading the group towards her brother.
"Why is this happening?" Brock asked. "I don't know, but whatever the reason, I have a feeling that Team Rocket's doing this!" Misty growled. 'Almost there!' Latias said, turning the group around a corner.
They had found Latios, who was surprisingly dry, especially in this kind of weather. He must have put up a psychic barrier around himself to keep himself dry. "Did you find it yet?" Ash asked.
'No. This things keeps giving me false signals! It's almost as if it's putting up illusions of itself and terminating them right before I catch it!' Latios replied, merging his psychic barrier with Latias'. "What kind of thing can do that?" Bianca asked in a fearful tone.
'All I know is that it's probably a pokemon. But not an ordinary one, it probably went through some sort of sick, twisted experiment.' the blue eon replied. "So what do we do now?" Misty asked, holding on to her baby egg pokemon with all her might.
'We need to find this thing as soon as possible before it does any damage!' Latios said, using his psychic abilities to search for the real target.
'Brother, how come I can hardly sense this thing but you can sense it perfectly?' the red eon asked in confusion. 'It's because that thing that is on Altomare is so powerful, that people and pokemon who aren't strong enough mentally, cannot sense it.' the blue dragon answered, continuing his search.
"But what are we going to do when we find it?" Ash asked. 'I'll try and fight it...' Latios replied, earning many shocked looks. 'But brother you cant!' Latias cried. 'I have to! If you can hardly sense that being then what else can we do? Me fighting it is the only option we have.' Latios said.
'I got it!' the blue dragon gasped. "Got what? Brock asked, rubbing his hands together for warmth. 'I finally found the real one!' the blue eon cheered. "Where is it?" Bianca asked. 'It's... It's in the garden! Shit!" Latios cursed as he shot off back to the secret garden at the speed equivalent to a jet.
"That can't be good!" Ash said as he led the group to the secret garden.
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'Why? Why would that thing go there!'
Latios made it to the garden within five seconds. He frantically searched through the heavy rain for the unknown beast until he saw black shadow near his father's fountain. 'What's it doing?' Latios asked himself.
Then, all of a sudden, the shadow turned towards Latios. 'Shit! It saw me!' Latios cursed, attempting to hide somewhere else in order to get a better opportunity to attack. But something kept him from moving! The shadow was using it's psychic to hold the blue eon in place.
The shadow came a few feet closer to the trapped Latios, "Ken?"
'What did it say?'
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