The Haunter looked around the tent and sighed. "You know, I've lived here in this tent for two years, not really doing anything." Then, the Haunter smiled at me. "Do you think I could join you in your journey?"

I looked to Star, who nodded. I looked back to the Haunter. "Sure, Haunter. You can join us. After all, you saved our lives. If not for you, we would've died of dehydration. My name's Stun, and this is Star."

The Haunter nodded. "My name's Necro." Necro and I shook hands. "So, where will we be going now?"

I looked at Star and shrugged. "I honestly don't know what our next step will be."

Suddenly, a flash lit up the outside, and we went outside to see what had caused it, Star in my arms. Outside of our tent stood Mewtwo, his naturally angry-looking eyes studying us.

"Stun." His voice rang out in our minds. "I need you to come with me."

I shook my head. "If Mew put you up to this, Mewtwo, you've-"

"Mew has nothing to do with this." He interrupted, looking a little angrier. "I'm afraid the news in Johto is worse than we feared. I want you to become my apprentice now. I'm going to teach you the most powerful attack I know."

"What, Hyper Beam?"

Mewtwo nodded. "And after you've mastered the Hyper Beam, I want you to be taught by Deoxys." I looked at Mewtwo in surprise.

"But… but isn't Deoxys possessed by the darkness?"

Mewtwo shook his head. "How little you know, Stun. There are two Deoxys."

"Oh." I said, setting Star down. "Well, what would this Deoxys teach me?"

Mewtwo smiled a little. "You are lucky. Deoxys is the master of Double Team. Each image becomes an actual clone that can think on its own. Of course, the clones are significantly weaker, but I'm sure it would still be useful."

I nodded, looking down. "Can… can Star and Necro come with us?"

Mewtwo studied the pregnant Gardevoir, then the Haunter. "No. I'm sorry, Stun, but a pregnant Gardevoir would slow us down significantly."

I looked at Star. "Star, I… I want to go, but…."

"Then go." Star said with a sad smile. "I'll wait here for you to return with Necro."

I nodded. "Thank you, Star." I gave her a farewell hug, then turned to Necro. "Make sure you take care of her, okay?"

Necro smiled in response. "Hey, no problem, man. We'll be safe here."

I nodded and stepped up to Mewtwo. "Alright, Mewtwo. I'm ready." Mewtwo placed a paw on my forehead, and we disappeared.

Next thing I knew, Mewtwo and I were standing in an open field, trees surrounding us in a giant, grassy circle.

Mewtwo raised his hand, and a white orb appeared in it. With a grunt, the orb transformed into a long, white beam that caused some trees to explode.

"That is Hyper Beam." He said confidently. "First, you concentrate all your psychic energy into an orb. This will tire you out. There's no doubt about it. Then, keep pumping energy into the orb, aim, and fire."

I nodded, and searched within myself. I had what felt like limitless psychic energy, just waiting to be released. An orb started to grow in my hand, but it wasn't like Mewtwo's orb. It was white, of course, but it was rapidly growing bigger and bigger, until it was bigger than me.

"What-" Mewtwo said, shocked. "How… how is that possible? It's too big!" And it kept getting bigger. Soon, it was the same size as Mewtwo, and I could barely hold onto it. "This… this is impossible!" With a smirk, I shot the orb forward, causing a whole legion of trees to be instantly wiped out.

I looked to the bunch of burned twigs that was left and swelled with pride. But, instantly, I got a huge headache, and fell to the ground, unconscious.

"Stun?" I was awakened to the sound of Mewtwo's voice in my head. "Stun, are… are you okay?"

I slowly opened my eyes and groaned. I had never felt so devoid of psychic energy. Mewtwo was standing over me. "Mewtwo? What… what happened?"

"Stun… that was amazing! Never before have I seen a Hyper Beam that powerful. Not even Mew could produce something like that. I wonder… I wonder what this means…."

I groaned again and grabbed my head. "My head… it feels like it's splitting in half. It… it hurts."

Mewtwo grinned and responded, "Yes, I'm sure it does."

"Ohh…"

Mewtwo's chuckle rang in my skull. "Still, it is amazing. Now, we go to Deoxys."