Chapter 4: The Admin Who Attacks The Police

Damn it. I KNOW I'm not responsible. I probably should have listened to the note... Michael had hit deep despair when there was a knock on the door. "The Chief wants to see you." Sherles said to him, opening the door. Maybe the attacks continued. Maybe I'm free!

"Right this way. He's, uh, outside at the moment."

Michael was led outside. As he stepped outside, he noticed that something seemed different.

"MMMMMMMMPH MMMPH!"

"Oh, be quiet, Sherles. You too, Chief. No one's helping you. No one." 'Sherles' said calmly towards the trees. Then, he seemed to transform. Hair became white and long. His uniform became a purple cloak. His face developed into a hard set of features. "And you, Michael..." ,Nascour said to him, "are going to battle me. Here and now. Revenge is here for the wrongs you have commited. Prepare to be wiped out. This machine I have? I can become anyone. Even YOU. Hahahahahah..."

"I don't have any Pokemon, since YOU stole them, Nascour!" Michael shouted. "If you want to battle, give them back!"

"Fair enough. I suppose I should give you a sporting chance. Hehehehehehehe... Here. They always said it was dangerous to go alone. Take this."

"Gardevoir! Oh, it's delightful to see you again! Alright, I win, you give back my other Pokemon!" Michael was now determined to win.

"One pokemon against 3? My, someone's cocky." Nascour replied cooly.

"Three I know. How did you escape from prison?!" Michael replied.

"That's enough talk. Let's go." Nascour replied.

Gardevoir Lvl 70 Psychic, Hypnosis, Dream Eater & Thunderbolt

Pokemon Trainer Michael

vs.

Cipher Admin Nascour

Umbreon Lvl. 70 Moonlight, Faint Attack, Psychic, Hyper Beam

Ursaring Lvl 70 Thrash, Focus Punch, Hyper Beam, Earthquake

Mightyena Lvl 70 Toxic, Thief, Crunch, Swagger

"Go! Gardevoir! We MUST win!" Michael shouted, using his only Pokemon.

Hah. I said a sporting chance. Not a fair chance. I did something to his team. When I found out the specifics, I figured it would mess with his head a little to do this... Hahahahah...

"Alright. Mightyena, go! Now how is your Psychic-type going to take down my Dark type? Hehehehehe..." Nascour replied, cooly as ever.

"Gardevoir, use Thunderbolt!" Michael shouted. Psychic's useless, and I'm saving Hypnosis/Dream Eater for later. I'll need them to win.

The Thunderbolt struck Mightyena along the left flank. It showed no remorse, however. Nor did Gardevoir seem to care what was happening, but just fired the attack off.

Normally, they're best buds! How could they attack one another so easily? Unless... No. I refuse to consider the possibility.

Meanwhile, Nascour had decided to mess with his head more. Transforming again, he turned into a duplicate of Michael. In a mimicry of Michael's voice, he said "You'll pay for hurting my Mightyena! Sock em, Mightyena! Use Crunch!"

Mightyena bit down hard on Gardevoir, with as much force as if it were a hated enemy instead of a dear friend.

"Gardevoir! Use Hypnosis!" Michael shouted, gritting his teeth at how Nascour was making fun of him.

Gardevoir quickly nailed Mightyena with a full blast to the face, preventing it from attacking.

"Now, use Dream Eater!"

"Nascour": Hah! Here comes the surprise!

Gardevoir made no move to attack, but suddenly seemed... angry.

Mightyena, meanwhile, was snoring contentedly, happliy dreaming.

"Gardevoir, use Thunderbolt!"

Gardevoir turned around and stared at him. Next thing Michael knew, he was hurled up against the police station wall by his own Gardevoir's Psychic attack! Hey, what the-?!

"Hahahahhahahahahahaha! Having control issues? I've been toying with you this whole way, Michael! Is it not obvious now? Go ahead, try another move! Maybe you'll have better luck with Dream Eater! Wahahahahahahaha!"

I don't have much of a choice at this point... "Gardevoir! Use Dream Eater!" Michael shouted.

At this point, Gardevoir, instead of getting into dream sucking position, gained an expression he never wanted to see again. It was completely emotionless. Then, it launched into a full out charge, smashing into Mightyena, KO'ing it.

"Mightyena! Hmm... Seems like you KO'd it. But look at your Gardevoir."

Gardevoir collapsed to the field, KO'd. No... We failed! WE FAILED! DAMN IT! Now what?!

Nascour just stood there, laughing manaically. Then he stopped and walked over to Michael.

"I suppose you already figured this out. Tens-excuse me, Arceus knows you had enough clues. But I wanted to tell you, since I know it'll break your heart. Your precious Gardevoir and the rest of your team... are the newest batch of Shadow Pokemon for Cipher. Hahahahaha... Perhaps we'll meet again. Farewell. Oh, and do untie the police. I enjoy their bumbling efforts to recapture me."

Nascour walked away, disappearing into the night.

"Ugh... I guess I owe you an apology, Michael." Sherles sheepishly said. "Who would have thought Cipher had disguise tech like that, though?"

"They already did it to Wes, once. Speaking of which, you can't take them on alone. You should find Wes. He may be able to help you with your Cipher problems." The Chief responded.

"Where can I find Wes?" Michael asked.

"That's the thing. You don't find Wes. He finds you." The Chief responded. "I'll tell the Kids Grid what happened. They'll contact him. When and where he meets up with you is up to him."

Michael walked away, at least confident that his Wanted status had been revoked.

(Next chapter's the REAL Nascour's end. Sorry, I was going to put them into one, but this one ran longer than the previous three.)

Intros: None for this chapter. I'll explain Wes a bit later.

Explanations:

1. Shadow Pokemon know the move Shadow Rush. It's a 90 power typeless move that inflicts recoil. It overrides one of the moves the Pokemon should know, so he was caught off guard by it replacing Dream Eater.

2. Shadow Pokemon sometimes go into Hyper Mode if told to use Shadow Rush. When they do this, Shadow Rush gains a high crit ratio, but if told to use another attack, they may attack their Trainer or the opposing Trainer. They may even use another attack on their partner in a Double Battle. When Gardevoir uses Psychic on Michael, it's in Hyper Mode.