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Dalton
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Time: 5d 14h
''Hi, I'm Dalton, but you probably know that by now. I just won against Damian in the Rezzai Cave and started heading towards Roggan Town, but with my luck, a sandstorm started building up. The air was filled with sand, and a huge black cloud started covering the sky. I hurried to the town, but the sandstorm was quickly catching up...''
Location: Rezzai Desert
The purple haired boy was now running. His palms were sweaty, knees week, arms were heavy there was sand in his hair already, he wasn't ready for something like that! He was tripping and falling on his face from time to time because of the sandy hills. Finally he reached the exit, but the storm was there before him, so it was really hard to see. Dalton entered Roggan Town, or so he hoped, because his vision by now was nearly non-existent. Blinded, with his hands searching for a building he was slowly making his way to the center of the little town. After walking for a short time in the dark, his fingers finally touched something that felt like a wall. A house? A Pokemon Center? Damn, even a shop will be enough. He searched for a door or an entrance and he finally found one. It was a regular door, which meant that he was in front of someone's house.
''HELLO?!'' He shouted. ''THERE'S A SANDSTORM! I'D LIKE TO COME IN!'' But there was no response. He pulled on the handle, the door was open! He quickly got in and shut the door immediately not even looking inside the house, his face was facing the closed door.
''I'm sorry that I had to barge in so suddenly.'' He let out a sigh of relief. ''There's a huge sands-'' He started to turn around to face the owner of the house and he froze. Silence took over the building.
''Y-Y-Y-Y-YOU?!'' A girl shouted stammering. It was that cultists girl from before, the one who Dalton saved from the trash mountain falling on her. ''W-W-W-WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!'' She was still shouting.
Dalton was still frozen in place. He didn't even move one inch. He started to reach for the handle again and pulled it. 'I think I'll go.' He though. And the second he pulled that handle a strong wind blew the door open and pushed Purple-head away from the door, making him fall on his stomach. The girl started walking towards the open door, but it was really hard, because of the wind, and when she finally closed the door she sat down on the floor with her back leaned against the entrence. Silence, again deaf silence. The girl was looking at the boy who was slowly getting up from the floor. When he turned in her direction he was covering his face with his hand.
''Ouch...'' He whispered to himself checking his palm. It was covered with blood from his nose. ''Damn it.'' He whispered again.
The girl raised an eyebrow and looked at the boy. What was he doing here? Why he? Why here? The boy who was her main enemy and at the same time the boy who saved her life. The one with the Mew, the one all the cults were after. And here he is. She had him in her house. If things would go her way she could even get promoted to a Cult Admin! She smiled slightly, but she quickly regained her cool again. Something dripped on the ground. She looked at the purple haired boy again. His face looked quite funny, somewhat flustered and embarrassed. What was going on with him. She looked at his right hand, which was covering his face. Something was leaking through his fingers... Was it blood? Did something happen to him when he fell down? She looked in the floor near him, and she saw a red dots. Yup, blood. She got up and went to one of her cupboards and started searching for something in it.
Dalton was watching her carefully. What was she up to? Did she have a gun or something like that hidden somewhere? She was a cultist after all. A cultist! Just his luck! First the sandstorm and then this? Wasn't he a Super Duper Luckster. And there's blood everywhere! Helix damn it! The girl finally closed the cupboard and with something white in her hands she came closer to Dalton and threw it to him. She threw him a bandage? A handkerchief some toilet paper and a white rag.
''Huh?'' He was confused. ''And what's that for?'' He asked with his nose stuffed with blood.
''It's for the blood you idiot.'' She said. ''Wipe it.'' She waved her hand in front of her face.
Dalton wiped his face and hands with the handkerchief and blew his nose into it. Quite a lot of blood came out. He looked at her suspiciously. What was she doing?
''Heh...'' He snorted.
''And what are you laughing at?'' She asked irritated.
''Aren't we enemies?'' He replied with a question.
''We're stuck in a house together during a crazy sandstorm. Do you seriously want to fight now?'' Damn was she irritated. Probably because of him not his stupid questions.
''Can't argue with that.'' Said Purple-head still sitting on the floor with a piece of paper stuck in his nose. He looked actually quite funny, but the girl wouldn't admit it. Like a guy like him would make her laugh!
The cultist girl sat in one of the chairs by the table, but soon she stood up again and went to her kitchen counter. She poured some water into a kettle and started warming it up. Next she prepared two cups and put some sachets in them. Was she making tea? And two cups of tea? Man she must be thirsty for some tea. Shortly after, the water started boiling so she turned off the gas and poured hot water in the cups. She took two little spoons, put some sugar into the cups and stirred the water. She then took both of the cups and sat by the table. One of the cups was placed next to her but the second one was placed on the opposite side of the table. She wasn't going to drink it? Then why did she make it? Kids starving in Aroma and she is wasting water? Typical cultist...
''So are you going to drink it or not?'' She asked after a while.
''What?'' Dalton was taken off guard. ''Drink what?''
''The tea I made, you idiot!'' She pointed at the second cup, looking at Dalton.
Purple-head was confused. The tea? The tea was made for him? He slowly got up and walked to the table and sat in front of the cultist. He took the cup in his dominant hand and brought it up to his lips, and he was about to drink when...
''It's poisoned!'' He shouted standing up.
''It's not!'' She stood up as well.
''Prove it!''
The cultist took the cup from him and took a long sip, she swallowed and then immediately cried.
''Aha! I knew it was poisoned!'' He laughed in triumph.
''HOOTTT!'' Tears were in her eyes.
''What?'' What was going on? The tea wasn't poisoned? It was just hot... What was she up to? They both sat down and the girl continued to drink her own tea with a irritated expression. Dalton was looking at the cup. Slowly he picked it up and took a short sip. ''Huh?'' He took another one. ''It's...'' And another one. ''Actually...'' Another one. He couldn't stop. Well, he didn't even think about it, but he just left a desert so he was quite thirsty. He looked up at the girl and caught her looking at him as well. When she noticed it she quickly turned away from him and started drinking from her won cup again, blushing slighly. He took the chance and looked at the girl. She didn't even look like a cultist right now. She wore a grey sweater and brown shorts. Her hair was blonde and quite short - it reached just past her neck. She wore a white hairpin in her bangs. Her eyes were a dark, blue color. Overall, a pretty girl. She probably wasn't even that old. She actually looked like she was Dalton's age, which was seventeen by the way.
''What are you looking at?'' She blushed.
''Heh, you're actually quite nice.'' Purple-head said.
''Well, you're just as stupid as they say.'' She complimented Dalton back.
The boy laughed. She was trying to be mean to him, but it ended up being really funny! Maybe she wasn't as bad as he thought she was. Was every cultist like that? They all were human after all. They fell like everyone else, they speak like everyone else. People tend to forget, that they are all human.
Some time passed in silence. Well, not really silence. You could hear the sandstorm raging outside, but still. Awkward silence.
''Why?'' Dalton broke it. The girls attention quickly focused on him. ''Why did you join a cult?''
The girl didn't really know what to say, or even if she should tell him. They were enemies! Right? Right! Right...
''Well...'' Right? ''Someone once told me...'' She hesitated. ''You are either a cultist or you're no one. I'd rather be a cultist than no one.'' She finally said.
''Is that so?'' He asked. ''Was it worth it? Do you like being a cultist?'' Purple-head kept asking. He was really serious, there was no hesitation in his voice.
''It's not like I have a choice now. Once you join a cult there's no backing out. When you quit, you might as well take your own life, otherwise they will do it for you.'' She wasn't very happy when she was explaining. It was clear by now - she wasn't a bad person. Probably most of the cultists were like her. Regular people, manipulated and forced to do the dirty work. Quite depressing. ''And you?'' This time the girl asked. ''Is it true? Are you really the chose one?''
Dalton wanted to say that he wasn't really sure, but he thought about Damian and Nora and the danger he would put them in. ''I guess.'' He replied. ''Mew chose me so I think that makes me the one the prophecy talk about.''
''So it is true...'' She seemed kind of sad about that.
''What? What's the matter?'' He saw that.
''It's just... If you're the one, that means that every cult is after your head. Including my cult.''
''Ah, I see.'' He smiled. ''Don't worry, I won't go down so easily. And I think you know that quite well.''
She remembered how he saved her and wounded still fought the other cultists. She looked at her ankle which was bandaged. That was quite a reminder of his actions. 'Why?' She thought. 'A young boy like him... It's just sad...'
''Cheer up!'' He said. ''Let's change the subject!'' She nodded. ''Well, actually I didn't even introduce myself. Hello, I'm Dalton.'' He stood up and bowed like somebody from a royal family. The girl giggled.
''I'm Emily.'' She stood up and just like a girl with a big dress she pulled it up and bowed a little. They both laughed, and continued talking.
They talked for about an hour not even noticing that the sandstorm stopped quite a while ago. When they finally noticed it, Dalton decided it was time to leave. He stood up from his chair and walked to the door. Emily walked with him.
''Hey, I had a really great time.'' Dalton said looking at the girl.
''Me too.'' She smiled. ''But remember...'' Dalton looked at her with a questioning glance. ''After you leave we'll be enemies again.'' She wasn't really happy when she said that. Did she actually take a liking to the boy?
''Don't worry.'' Said Dalton. ''I'm sure, when the time comes and we'll face each other again, we won't fight.'' A big grin appeared on his face. Emily smiled as well, it looked like he managed to cheer her up. ''I hope we'll meet soon.'' He reached out his hand to her.
''Yeah, let's meet soon.'' She grabbed his hand and they shared a warm handshake.
Dalton left the house and waved again to Emily who was standing in the door. When he walked away from her home he looked at the sun. Night time was about to begin really soon, so he had to hurry to Helios City. Just before he left Roggan, he visited the Pokemon Center to heal up, and continued his adventure.
He headed towards Route 6 battling his way through it and soon after, entering Route 7. When he set his foot in it he saw two red towers on each side of the road that lead to the Helios City. You could see it from this route pretty clearly. It was really big, probably the biggest city in the region. No wonder the Second Augur decided to make it his home. There were a lot of tall buildings, but one was especially tall, reaching the clouds and even going past them, or actually the clouds lowering themselves near the tower. Dalton looked at it wondering if this is Jaern's headquarters. With this thought flying in his mind, he made his way towards the city.
Soon he entered Helios, and a familiar face greeted him. It was Damian.
''Took you long enough!'' He shouted.
''Well, sorry but I got caught up in a sandstorm and couldn't really proceed.'' Said Dalton looking at Damian with irritated expression.
''Okay, okay, never mind that! Listen, just now I was in the Jade Tower, and it was filled with cultists! I think those were from the Sky Cult! They wore really dark green clothes and capes!'' Dalton froze. He knew they went to the Augur, but to think that they would do it without hiding or without any discretion.
''What else do you know?'' Dalton quickly asked.
''They are blocking the entrance to the Jade Tower, so we can't get in from the front, but I heard, that the tower is connected with the Helios Sewers, so maybe we can get in by going through the sewers.'' Damian explained. This wasn't exactly a bad idea. A great one if I had to say.
''Looks like we don't really have a choice, huh?'' Dalton admitted. ''We're going through the sewer system. Let's scatter and find a way to go in.'' He proposed. ''When one of us finds it, he'll send a signal through the Pokedex watch.''
''Okay! See you later!'' Damian ran off.
''All right, let's do this!'' Dalton rushed off as well.
Purple-head started off by talking to the townsfolk if they knew a way to get into the sewers, but no one really knew, or they didn't want to tell him.
''Excuse me! Do you by any chance know where the sewer system entrance is?'' Asked Dalton an old man.
''No, I'm afraid I don't know...'' He answered a little bit sad that he couldn't help the youngster.
''Oh, alright... Thank you!'' The boy started walking off when suddenly the man spoke up.
''Wait a second boy. Have we met before?'' He asked. ''You seem awfully familiar... I swear we've met before.'' Dalton eyes sparkled. They might've met before! This man probably saw him before his memories were wiped off! He was seriously excited.
''Well, I don't know, have we?'' He didn't really know how to ask. He wanted to know more.
''No, I don't think we have, sorry for troubling you!'' The elder said walking off.
Damn it! That was his chance to find out more about his past. Se he certainly was in Helios City before. Maybe this was where he came from? Ahhh! This encounter sparked more questions than gave answers! Well, he was getting closer to his past, that was certain, but he was still so, so far away.
Dalton continued his search for the sewers with a lot happening inside his mind. He couldn't really focus, so his search was a failure. To his surprise, his watch suddenly started vibrating. It was Damian!
''I found it! Go to the Department Store and search its basement. We'll meet in the sewers!'' Was all he said. Dalton quickly ran to the big store and as soon as he entered it he went straight for the basement.
''Excuse me!'' The receptionist cried. ''You can't enter the basement!'' Now the boy had a problem. How did Damian even enter the basement? That kid...
''Ah, I'm sorry.'' He backed off. And exited the store. ''How can I get in?'' He was rubbing his forehead, searching for an answer. 'What are my options? A distraction? I could sneak by in one occurred... Wait! I know!' He finally thought about a pretty neat plan. Dalton drew one of his Poke Balls and called out a Pokemon. ''Nishinoya, come out!'' An armored mole landed on the ground. Dalton crouched and petted him on his metallic head. ''Listen buddy.'' He began. ''You have to use Earthquake as soon as we'll walk in this building, alright?'' The mole nodded. Looks like the plan was clear.
Both of them started walking in the building, and as soon as they did the cashier started talking again. ''Sir, I told you, you can-'' But she didn't finish because suddenly the ground started shaking and the whole building started trembling. The casher dropped on the floor and ducked under her table. Dalton quickly returned Nishinoya back to his Poke Ball and run as fast as he could down the stairs which lead to the basement.
''Yes!'' He whispered to himself while looking at Nishinoya's Poke Ball. ''All thanks to you.'' Dalton smiled at the capsule and attached it back to his Poke Belt (a regular belt but with special Poke Ball holders).
Dalton started searching for and entrance to the sewers and soon enough, he found one. Behind some boxes, a ladder was leading down underground. He started climbing down, and a strange stench hit him. It wasn't as bad as the Vipik Dump, but still it wasn't something pleasant. Purple-head jumped down from the last three rugs and landed in a pond of green, polluted water. He cringed at the thought that the whole area will be filled with it. Well, it's not like he had a choice. He looked around to check if Damian was anywhere near, but he wasn't. Of course. Why would he? They only agreed to meet in the sewers. Better keep moving, he probably started searching for the connection with the Jade Tower. Dalton started walking through the smelly maze covered in polution and... other stuff, back and forth walking on dead ends from time to time. Soon, he found a big, deep pond of the green liquid. He could see a ladder on the other side! How was he going to cross it? Damn it!
''Mew!'' He suddenly heard. It was the pink pixie.
''Mew? What is it?'' He petted it on its head. It flew to the middle of the pond and started glowing with green light. ''What? Is that... Seedflare?'' That's right! Mew could use any move! It saw Shaymin use it back at the dump and learned how to use it by itself... Amazing!
Mew covered the whole area with light green, soothing light and purified all the water in the area. The fluid in the pond slowly started to change color, from green to clear blue. When Mew finished it floated back to Dalton and landed on his head, completely exhausted.
''Great job!'' Purple-head praised the fluffy Pokemon, and after the Pokemon hugged Dalton's head, it disappeared yet again.
The boy swam across the watter with his Instant Lapras and climbed up the ladder. He expected to come out in the tower, but what he saw was shocking. It looked like a underground city! There was a sign in front of the ladder.
''Welcome to the Black Market.'' Dalton read out laud. The Black Market? ''I guess it rings a bell... Someone told me about this while I was questioning people around Helios...''
''Ah! Dalton!'' The boy suddenly heard a familiar voice. It was Damian. ''Took you long enough!''
''Deja vu...'' He replied. ''Anyway, how did you get past the cashier?!''
''Oh, you know.'' He nudged him with his elbow. ''She couldn't say no when she saw me.''
''I bet she was laughing so hard she didn't notice when you slipped through.'' Dalton joked.
''Yeah right!'' Damian was a bit upset, but then he laughed. ''Let's get going, this place gives me the creeps.''
He wasn't exactly off with that statement. The Black Market was a really strange place. There weren't really any roads, you had to walk on quite big pipes to move around which were connected to platforms with buildings on them. Dalton and Damian were slowly walking through the market, Damian a little scared and Dalton actually interested and curious.
''Rare Candies, Rare Candies! We sell Rare Candies!'' A shady guy was shouting.
''Evolve your Pokemon without trading it! No need for friends!'' A old woman was screeching.
''Make your own move for your Pokemon! Your own original move!'' Another man was inviting.
That last one caught Daltons attention. A new move? You can make your own move? AWESOME! Nishinoya could use a stronger Steel type attack...
''Excuse me!'' Said Dalton while walking towards a guy with a coat and fedora.
''Are you crazy? Are you out of your mind?!'' Damian whispered to Dalton with angst in his voice.
''Chillax, I got it.'' Dalton reassured. ''Excuse me! How does this 'Original Move' work exactly?''
''Oh, it's quite simple kid!'' He answered with a raspy voice. ''It will be a Physical with base power of 70. No additional effect, you choose the name and the type. So what do you say kiddo?'' He grinned.
''How much?'' Purple-head asked straight forward.
''Ohoho! I see you like going straight to the point eh? I like that. For you it'll be 5000.'' He stated.
''5000? Alright.'' Dalton smiled. ''A steel type attack, and for the name...'' He stopped for a second. ''Hmmm... Let's go with 'Odin Sword'.''
''Hmmmh. Cool, cool. You got it. Hold on a second.'' He said and disappeared under his stand. He soon stood up with a disk in his hand. ''This may look like a TM, but it's not. This is a steel type Custom Move, and once I write the name...'' He wrote 'Odin Sword' on the CD with some kind of a marker. ''It should work for any Pokemon you have. Remember one thing kiddo! It works like the old TM, the disk disappears after one use, so use it wisely!''
''Thanks.'' Said Dalton handing over the money and receiving the Custom Move. ''By the way, aren't you concerned about a kid like me buying something from the Black Market?'' Dalton joked.
''Why would I?'' The man was confused. ''You seem like a very mature boy. What are you? fifteen?''
''Seventeen actually.'' Dalton corrected.
''Almost got it! Anyways, does it really matter what your age is? If you're mature, than you can even be fourteen and I would sell a Custom Move to you kiddo.'' He said and he ruffled Daltons hair.
''Again, thank you!'' Said Dalton as he walked off with Damian. ''A nice guy, huh?'' Dalton said to Damian.
''What?! You just made a deal with someone from the Black Market! That's just... Wrong!'' The sandy haired boy screamed angrily.
''Oh, come on!'' Purple-head waved it off, calling out Nishinoya. He then proceeded to hold up the Custom Move CD to his head and the CD got absorbed. The Pokedex opened up and a massage appeared, asking if Excadrill should forgot a move. ''Bye, bye Metal Claws.'' The move was forgotten and a new one replaced it.
''I can't believe you aren't fazed at all.'' Damian shook his head. ''Let's, let's just go.''
Soon they reached a quite big building, connecting with the top of the sewer. That could be it, couldn't it? They entered the building and saw a lot of boxes with strange devices inside of them. They decided to not touch them, they might've been dangerous. The walls and the floor were made out of steel or maybe metal? As they were walking further, they heard voices.
''Boss, someone entered the building.'' A man's voice was heard. The man wasn't old, that was clear, and his voice was familiar.
''Oh? Who is it?'' Another man, slightly older spoke up. The voice was somehow familiar, but Dalton couldn't figure out where he heard it. The boys walked closer to the men, tightly sticking to the cold wall.
''Two young boys, it seems that they are searching for something.'' The younger man explained.
''Hmmm, I want to meet them, let them come.'' Dalton felt Damian's grip tightening on his arm. Dalton's eyes narrowed.
''Let's go.'' He said, and pulled Damian after him.
Damian protested, but Dalton was persistent and didn't stop. They were walking towards the voices and soon they saw them. A man in a black coat and black fedora with white clothes sticking out of the coat was sitting before a computer screen, and a younger man with light blue hair, a white cape and pants and a blue shirt, the man was looking straight at them. Dalton knew both of those men... Kind of.
''So you came.'' The younger man started, and the older one turned around and when he saw the boys he smiled slightly.
''Well, well, well. I think I remember you boys...'' He started. ''How are my Deltas doing?'' The other man was a little confused, but quickly caught up with what was going on.
''Boss, don't tell me that those boys are holding on to our Deltas?'' He was kind of angry.
''Now, now Taen. Don't get angry with me! You wanted to throw them out anyways, so I gave them to my friend from the university.'' He stood up. ''Now, what bring you here if I can ask?'' He got dead serious.
Cultists. Cultists from the Perfection Cult. There was something off about them. The older, the boss had a really good impression. He looked shady, but he acted somewhat kind for a cultist. The other one was like a mirror reflection to him. More lively, he seemed like the type who would often act before thinking, but he also seemed like a calm and intelligent person. Those two... They really are dangerous people!
''Oh, where are my manners! I'm Reukra, the leader of the Perfection Cult.'' He smiled and took of his fedora for a brief moment. ''This is my right hand Taen.'' He introduced the other cultist. ''And you were...?''
''Dalton. I'm Dalton, and this is Damian.'' Purple-head nodded to say hello and introduced his friend.
''Ah! It's good to see that you're safe boys! But, um... Why exactly are you here?'' He asked coldly. ''You don't want anything happen to you, do you?'' A scary tone filled the room. The way Reukra was speaking seemed quite normal, even warm per see. But because of that, it was easy to forget that he was a cult leader.
''W-we need to pass sir...'' Damian mumbled.
''Need to pass? What for?'' Taen hissed. He didn't really like them, did he?
We have to go to the Jade Tower, but the Sky Cult took over it and we can't get in.'' Dalton explained.
The cultists looked at each other with serious expressions. Reukra started:
''Are you sure you know what are you getting into?''
''What do you mean?'' Damian asked, still gripping Dalton's arm and hiding slightly behind him.
''Oh, you know.'' Taen began. ''Cults are really dangerous, you can get killed.''
''We have to warn the Augur! He's in danger!'' Damian erupted. The cultists exchanged looks again, this time their faces even more serious. Reukra nodded. It looked like they were communicating through telepathy.
''Very well, we will let you through, but under one condition!'' The boss started.
''W-what condition?'' Damian was really desperate to get through.
''You'll help us with our research.'' He simply explained. ''You see, we, the Perfection Cult are a little different from other cults. While they, blindly search for a god-like legendary Pokemon we focus more on research. We were studying the Delta Pokemons a while ago and with enough data we moved on to Mega Evolution. The problem is, we lack specimens to experiment on.'' He tried to sound as optimistic as it got. ''So we have a proposition for you boys.'' He looked at Tean who hurried to some boxes behind him, and after digging in them for a while he came back with three strange stones and two strange devices. They both looked similar - like bracelets or rings, but were different colors. One was black, while the other one was white. They both had one stone stuck on the side of them.
''I've got one question for you...'' Dalton started. ''What are those?'' He looked really interested. ''Are they by any chance...''
''Indeed.'' Taen giggled. ''Those are three Mega Stones, one for each Delta Pokemon boss gave to Professor Sylvan and the Key Stones.''
''We want you, to use them.'' Reukra explained.
''So... what's the catch?'' A straight forward question from Dalton.
''Hehe, sharp!'' The Perfection Leader laughed. ''Here's the deal. We'll analyze the data from your Key Stones and you'll be able to use Mega Evolution. Seems like a fair trade, doesn't it?''
There was no response. Both of the boys were thinking really hard. Was it a good idea to make a deal with a cult leader? Is data analyzing the only drawback there'll be? Can they really trust cultists? Sure, some cultists, like Emily aren't actually that bad, but those in front of them... It was obvious that they weren't exactly good people.
''A-alright.'' To Dalton's surprise, Damian spoke up. Was he really that desperate to save the Augur? When you think about it, it was really messed up. A young boy was ready to strike a deal with a cult leader just to serve the Augur. That was some serious brainwashing shit right there! ''I'll do it.'' He stepped forward, leaving Purple-head behind and walking up to Taen. He took the white ring and a Mega Stone for his Delta Blastoise. When he put the ring on, he felt a hand on his shoulder.
''Count me in.'' It was Dalton. He took the black bracelet and put in on, then he took the Mega Stone for Kageyama and turned to Reukra. ''Will you tell us how to use these?''
''Heheh.'' He laughed. ''That wasn't part of the deal. You need to figure it out yourselves, I'm sure you'll be able to.''
''Okay kids, now go away. If you go a little bit further you'll find a ladder which will lead you to the Jade Tower's basement.'' Taen said waving the boys off.
They were walking in silence. Damian looked sad, but Dalton didn't really have anything to say. Taking the offer was Damian's choice after all. Purple-head decided that it'll be for the best if Damian will agree with his decision alone.
''Let's go Damian. We're running short on time.''
They entered the basement in complete silence. It was dark, so they couldn't see much, but there were no cultists down there. They decided to slowly and silently move up a floor. There was light there which blinded them for a second, but as soon as they regained vision, they looked around.
''Strange, there is no one here...'' Dalton whispered. ''Are you sure there were Sky Cultists here?''
''100% sure!'' He whispered a bit louder.
''Maybe they moved up a floor, let's go.'' Dalton waved his hand and quickly walked to the next set of stairs. But when they went up them - again, there was no one, not a single soul.
''What's going on?'' Damian was nervous. ''I swear this place was filled with cultists... Where the hell are they?'' This time Damian went up another set of stairs first. This floor was different. It seemed bigger and you could just feel that someone is on this floor. They went deeper into the room and they saw none other than the Second Augur - Jaern. The moment he saw the two friends he spoke up.
''Ah! Two familiar faces! I remember you from one of the towns I visited...'' He was sitting on a throne, which was situated over a battle arena. Near the battle arena, a man in a suit was standing, holding a cane.
''Jaern!'' Damian cried. ''You're in danger!'' He stepped closer to the Augur.
''Danger? What do you mean?'' He looked at Damian and Dalton with a strange look. It wasn't filled with concern or angst, but with suspicion and anger? That's strange...
''The Sky Cult invaded the Jade Tower!'' Still, Damian was taking the lead in the conversation.
''Invaded?'' The Second Augur's expression hardened, but soon a wicked smile appeared on his face. ''Invaded?!''
''What? Where are you going with this?'' Damian stepped back. His concern changed into angst.
''Invaded!'' He shouted. ''They didn't invade the tower, I invited them.'' The smile widened even more.
''What why?'' Damian asked. Dalton's fist clenched. This was it. This was the moment. Jaern was going to reveal himself.
''Because I Damian, I am the leader of the Sky Cult!'' He stood up and started laughing. Dalton saw a tear flowing down form Damian's cheek. Then another, and soon a river was flowing down Damian's face.
Dalton grinded his teeth and looked at the Augur with a look filled with hate. He stepped up and joined Damian. He knew it! He knew Jaern was up to no good! Why? Why was he doing this?
''The scroll.'' Dalton started. ''What was it for?''
''Oh?'' He stopped laughing and looked down at the purple haired boy. ''So you saw it? Eh, I'm disappointed in my people. How could they let a child witness something like that? There will be punishment, but for now...'' He clapped his hands and a door in the back opened up. Around six cultists entered through it and quickly surrounded the boys. ''Since, you're going to die, I'm going to tell you why I need this scroll. You see, as the Sky Cult, we want something. What we want? Rayquaza.'' Dalton's eyes widened. ''That's what we want. Why do we want it? Justice.''
''Justice?!'' Dalton erupted. ''That's why you killed the First Augur?!''
''Oh? So you figured it out?'' Jaern giggled. ''Yes, I killed that filthy scum. I did justice to the Torren region by killing him. Without him, I will bring justice to the whole region!''
''You sick fuck!'' Dalton was extremely furious. That was something that triggered him, and he didn't know why, but he didn't give a shit right now. He started walking towards the cult leader but some grunts blocked him and didn't let him through. ''Let me go!'' He tried to pass them, but he failed and was knocked back and landed on his back. He stood up immediately and tried yet again but was knocked back.
''Bwahahaha! This is hilarious!'' The Augur sat on his throne with tears of joy in his eyes. He was holding his stomach and arching forward, laughing out loud. ''A-alright, alright!'' He was still laughing. ''Here's the deal boys, right now, you're dead. So what are your last words?''
''...'' Dalton was silent, yet his expression showed that he wanted to tell a lot to the false Augur.
''Let's make one last deal.'' Started Damian emotionless. Dalton looked at him confused, but still enraged. ''Let Dalton battle you. If he wins you'll let us go, if no...'' Purple-head's eyes widened.
''What? Why me?'' He asked.
''Because you're the strongest person I've ever met...'' He looked down. ''If anyone has a chance in beating the Augur, you are the one.''
Dalton stayed silent. Maybe he was right? Maybe from the beginning of his journey, this was his destination? A fight with the Second Augur. Dalton looked back at Jaern who was still smiling devilishly.
''Mhmhmh, alright.'' Jaern agreed. ''But, you won't fight me. Instead you'll fight East, the Helios City gym leader. And if you'll lose I will use your soul to summon Rayquaza. If you win, I will sacrifice East.'' The man wearing a black tuxedo came forth and stood in front of Jaern, on the battlefield. ''Grunts, let the purple kid pass.'' They backed off and made the way clear. Dalton slowly walked up to the arena and hopped on it.
''Good luck beating the strongest leader in the region!'' One of the cultist shouted.
''Yeah! You're dead kid!'' Another one added.
''Alright, alright boys!'' The Augur laughed. ''I want to see a fair fight!'' He had the nerve to joke in a situation like this.
''Don't take it personal, son.'' The leader apologized, but Dalton stayed silent. He was looking down, the shadow from his hair was covering his face.
''Shut up.'' He hissed. ''Let's get this over with.''
''FIGHT!'' Jaern shouted and the battle began!
''Don't let me down, go Skarmory!'' East called out his first Pokemon. It was a big bird covered in steel. It had sharp spikes sticking out of his head and wings.
'Come on Dalton! You won't lose this time in your first battle! You can't lose!' He was thinking. ''Kagami!'' Dalton's lead was his Typhlosion. The fiery badger landed on the floor and roared loudly. Flames instantly burst from his back and he stood up on his back feet. ''Eruption!'' Dalton shouted and Kagami's eyes shone with a red color. The flames on his back intensified and he fell back on the ground standing on his four feet again. He arched forward and the flames exploded from his back covering the whole battleground with red, hot fire. He roared and the flames became even hotter. East covered his eyes and took a step back, while Dalton and Jaern stood unfazed. The cultists took a couple of steps back as well. When the fire finally died down they could witness the damage with their own eyes. The whole ground was covered with black stains left after the flames, and in the middle of the battlefield the Skarmory was lying unconscious.
''Tch! Come back.'' East was irritated.
''Hohoho! Damn, Dalton!'' The Second Augur looked somewhat amazed. ''Last time I saw you battle, I was afraid you'll lose your life!'' He laughed again.
''Kingdra, come out.'' This time, a blue seahorse landed on the floor. ''Hydro Pump!'' The Kingdra build up power and released a huge stream of water right in Typhlosion's direction.
''Kagami, come back! Kageyama!'' He switched the Fire Pokemon with the Ghost/Dragon Pokemon. He tanked the attack pretty well and looked at his opponent with a fearsome look. East looked shocked when he saw Dalton's starter. Jaern saw him before but in his unevolved form.
''You all are going to pay...'' Dalton said as his right hand went up to his face's level. The sleeve fell down a little reviling a black Mega Ring. He placed two finger on the rock. ''MEGA EVOLUTION!'' He screamed and the Key Stone started emitting lights in different colors. It was bursting with energy which was blowing Dalton's hair away. Kageyama started glowing, with the same light the ring was producing, and started changing his form. This time even Jaern reacted. He stood up in disbelief, his grin finally disappearing from his face. Everyone else aside from Damian looked terrified. The sandy haired boy's eyes sparkled and he opened his mouth in awe.
A loud roar filled the whole tower and suddenly the area became as dark as the night sky. People on the outside looked at the Jade Tower and started coming closer to it.
Everyone inside the tower was confused (aside from Dalton of course), even the Augur. They were looking around, not able to see anything because of the sudden light change. Their eyes were starting to get used to the dark when suddenly purple flames lit up in the dark. Everyone saw Delta Charizard's new, upgraded form. The dragon lost his legs but gained big, burning, purple wings. Instead of his legs there was a long flame which looked like a tail. Kageyama's empty eyes were emitting hot flames. His claws were floating, covered in flames. The black bones became even spikier. The bones designating his wings were especially sharp. Kageyama looked truly terrifying.
''What the fuck!?'' Jaern shouted. He certainly didn't expect to see something like that. Dalton smiled looking at his starter. Kageyama looked back at him and it looked like he smiled back.
''Kageyama! Use Dragon Pulse!'' Charizard's eyes burst with more intense flames for a second as Kageyama leaned back and inhaled air. Then, he released it all but it wasn't air, it was a huge, purple wave of destruction aimed right at the seahorse. The impact sent the foe flying and hit the wall, cracking it. ''This power is amazing.'' Dalton commented. The Kingdra slowly got up, bruises all over its body, barely managing to hold it balance.
''...'' East expression was priceless. Angst and frustration. His fists were trembling as he called to his Pokemon. ''Come on! Use Dragon Pulse as well!'' The leader pointed at the black dragon. Kingdra did the same motion as Kageyama, storing all the energy it was capable of and released it all out shooting a purple beam at Charizard. The move was quite strong, the Delta was knocked back a little due to its power. It wasn't enough to knock him out though. Not even close.
''Shadow Ball!'' The Charizard created four shadow missiles in front of him in a circle. They shot one at a time in the opponents direction, each hitting its target. The Kingdra fell unconscious on the floor.
''Gah!'' East was shocked. ''So much power...'' He looked at Jaern who wasn't very pleased. His look showed that he was starting to get impatient. ''Come back Kingdra...'' The Gym Leader looked down and called his fainted Pokemon back. ''I'm counting on you, Altaria!'' A cloud-like Pokemon floated above the battlefield. East hit the ground with his cane and the cane started glowing just like Dalton's Mega Ring a while earlier. The Altaria soon after started glowing as well and started changing shapes. The amount of energy the Mega Evolution created was amazing, but didn't match the Delta's Mega Evolution. Before Dalton stood a new Altaria. Its body was almost fully covered in clouds now, and her tail got longer. The two streamers on its head turned into clouds as well. It didn't look dangerous at all, it looked really fluffy!
''Dragon Pulse!'' Dalton shouted and Kageyama released a stream of purple force which hit the foe. The Altaria wasn't fazed at all. It looked like the attack didn't even hit. 'So resistant to Dragon type attack now... Did it gain the Fairy type by any chance?' Dalton was kind of worried. Dragon Pokemon couldn't stand a chance with Fairy Pokemon.
''Now, use Dragon Pulse!'' East commanded and his Pokemon shot the attack at Kageyama. Dragon Pulses were flying back and forth for some time now, and almost each one did heavy damage. This one wasn't a exception. Delta Charizard backed off a little after the attack. It did quite some damage, Kageyama was exhausted and all bruised up. The Altaria on the other hand was perfectly fine. This battle is going to be tough...
''Damn! Kageyama, attack with Shadow Ball!'' The dragon created four shadow balls again and shot them at the Mega Altaria. The attack did some damage and dropped the foe's Special Defense.
''Let's finish this! Hyper Voice!'' The opponent started screeching loudly while flapping its wings. The sound wave was in a incredibly high pitch and Kageyama after a while dropped on the battlefield changing back in his regular form. The darkness disappeared as well. ''Hah! Pathetic!'' East laughed, and it looked like Jaern was pleased.
''Come back Kageyama! You did good.'' He praised his starter for his splendid work. ''Now... Come out! Nishinoya!'' The steel mole entered the battle and looked at his opponent with a fierce look. ''Let's do this! Odin Sword!'' Dalton shouted as Excadrill jumped into the air forming a drill and covering himself with steel. He started spinning with a high velocity and coming down on Altaria. While he was flying down with amazing speed he looked like a silver sword. He hit the Mega Pokemon dealing monstrous damage to it, almost knocking it out.
''Attack with your strongest move! Hyper Beam!'' The Altaria started accumulating energy before its beak into a pink ball, and suddenly it shoot a huge beam from it. The attack went straight to Excadrill who blocked it with his steel claws and threw them to his sides reflecting the foe's move. He took damage, but it was insignificant. ''What?'' East couldn't believe what he saw. His strongest attack did almost nothing to a regular Pokemon. And then Nishinoya regenerated most of his HP due to his Leftovers.
''This is it! Counterattack with Rock Slide!'' Nishinoya raised his claws to his sides and stomped on the ground creating a portal above Altaria's head. Huge boulders starting falling from the wormhole hitting and knocking the Mega Pokemon out.
''Grh...'' East grinded his teeth. ''Come back Altaria! Go! Gliscor!'' A scorpion with wings appeared on the battlefield. It shrieked and stared at its opponent. ''Earthquake!'' The whole building started to shake and Nishinoya took a lot of damage, but survived and regained some health with Leftovers.
''Quickly! Rock Slide!'' Boulders started falling on the Gliscor damaging it greatly. It was a critical hit! Nishinoya managed to knock the threat out with one hit.
''...'' East was speechless. He stole a glance at Jaern and saw that he wasn't very happy with the outcome of this situation. ''Come back...'' East was somewhat sad. Dalton noticed that, but he wasn't very happy himself. He was actually in a pinch. His starter got knocked out, Nishinoya was on the verge of fainting, Akame doesn't really want to listen to him and only Kagami was in his top form, but from what Dalton saw, East's Pokemon were mainly Dragon type, which meant that Fire attack won't do shit. ''Go! Noivern!''
'Shit.' Dalton though. Another dragon... This was starting to getting irritating. Akame would be perfect! But she won't listen... Maybe he should give her a chance... Maybe she'll listen to him one more time... He had to take the risk! If he wanted this plan to work, he had to sacrifice Nishinoya. There wasn't any chance for a switch mid-battle, it was too dangerous. Dragon types and Flying types are usually really fast Pokemons, so that would mean that when he switches, they are going to hit him twice in a row, and that's really bad. 'I CAN'T lose this match...'
''Noivern, use Flamethrower!'' The dragon breathed fire and the whole room lit up with a orange light. When it stopped attacking the Excadrill fell on the floor with burn marks.
''Come back!'' Dalton called him back calmly. ''Come one, Akame. I NEED your help.'' He said as he called out a white and yellow humanoid Pokemon with a long dress. It was the Delta Gardevoir. She looked at Dalton and immediately crossed her arms and looked away from him.
''HAHA!'' The Second Augur laughed at Dalton. ''You can't even control your own Pokemon!'' Gardevoir looked Jaern with the same expression she looked at Dalton and then she turned again to Dalton to give him the cold look again, but when she looked at him her expression changed. Dalton was looking at the ground embarrassed.
''I knew this was a bad idea.'' He whispered to himself as everyone aside from East and Damian were laughing. Akame heard him and she bit her lower lip. Gardevoir closed her eyes turned around to face Noivern. East's brow raised, but it soon turned into a frown.
''Noivern! Dragon Pulse!'' The dragon stored energy and shot it at Akame. She withstood the attack pretty well, because of her high Special Defense. Dalton's eyes focused on Akame. She was going to fight?
''Akame!'' Dalton shouted. ''Ice Beam!'' The Gardevoir put her hand before her and created a white, twirling ball, from which a beam of ice shoot out and hit the Noivern freezing it completely. It was a one hit KO, or so they thought. Noivern stood back up reviling its Focus Sash, which broke instantly. The Noivern was on its last hit, but it looked ready to fuck somebody up.
''Ice Beam? Are you an Ice type?'' East asked looking at the Delta Pokemon. ''Well then, Focus Blast!'' The dragon put his wings before itself and created a huge red ball which was spinning at a ridiculously fast speed. The next instant, the Noivern flew in the air with the energy ball, spun with it and shot it at the Gardevoir. Akame readied herself and took a step back bowing a little. She was looking at the missile flying at her, with a concentrated look, and when it was really close to her, she did a pirouette and avoided it. The attack exploded behind her and dust and smoke flew everywhere limiting the field of view of everyone.
''Ice Beam!'' Dalton shouted suddenly and a beam of ice pierced the cloud of smoke making it vanish. The attack hit the wyvern and knocked it out completely this time. Akame looked pleased, as a little smirk appeared on her pretty face. Purple-head looked quite surprised himself. Delta Gardevoir was amazing! So much power! It's sad that she doesn't like Dalton that much...
''I'm... I'm on my last Pokemon...'' East looked at his last Poke Ball terrified. Jaern was quite unhappy as well. His face showed that he lost his confidence from before and was irritated right now. His eyes were drilling through Dalton.
''Finish this.'' He simply said to the Gym Leader. ''I'm getting bored of this fight.''
''Yes, my Augur.'' East responded a bit nervous.
''You know I'm counting on you right?'' Jaern wasn't even looking at his servant while he was talking to him. ''I believe that you won't fail me.''
''Never!'' East shouted and raised his Poke Ball in front of him. ''Talonflame!'' A read beam released his final Pokemon on the battlefield. It couldn't be worse. His final Pokemon was a Fire type... It was really fast as well! ''Let's end this!''
''Ice Shard!'' Akame immediately started shooting shard of sharp ice in hers opponents direction, throwing her arms constantly. Each ice spike hit its target in mid-air and the Taloflame was slowly backing down. The attack wasn't very effective, but it weakened the foe.
''Enough! Flare Blitz!'' The bird flew up a little and then dived suddenly covering itself with blazing, bright red and orange fire. It charged right at Akame with crazy speed and then collided with her causing an explosion. When the fire died down Akame was lying on the battleground covered in burn marks and Talonflame was flying in circles around her. The impact heavily wounded the bird as well, there were scratches all over his body and his wing movement seemed a little bit slower than before.
''Come back, Akame! You did great.'' He switched the capsule with another one. He looked at it with focused eyes, and then closed them. ''This is it. This is the final battle.'' Dalton gripped the Poke Ball harder. He clicked the button in the middle of the ball and the capsule grew bigger. ''Kagami! Let's finish this!'' He called out the big, badger-like Pokemon. The fire immediately burst out of the holes on his back and he roared at the Talonflame.
''Brave Bird!'' East shouted pointing his finger at the Typhlosion. The bird did three spins in the air, with each one flying a bit higher, and after the third spin it dived enfolding itself with bright sparkling fire. Just like with Fire Blitz, it crashed into its foe. The Typhlosion flew back and hit the floor a couple of times, finally reaching the wall and stopping on it. The fire on Kagami's back died down, and his head dropped down. ''Ha! This is the end!'' East looked at Jaern, but the Augur wasn't celebrating yet. His eyes were closed and the expression on his face hardened. East looked confused and focused on Typhlosion. His back exploded with blue fire and he stood up in silence.
''Blaze.'' Dalton quietly said looking at his Pokedex. ''His ability activated...'' Kagami finally opened his eyes, revealing a light blue, almost white iris instead of a dark red one. Typhlosion slowly stepped on the arena again and he fell on his four paws. He was ready to attack. East's expression changed again, this time from confusion to angst. He was terrified. ''Let's finish this Kagami!'' Dalton rose his fist up looking at the Talonflame. It was very weak after taking recoil damage two times in a row. ''Eruption!'' Kagami's fire died down immediately and he leaned forward, rising his bottom body higher. The holes on his back started glowing with bright, blue light and little blue embers started shooting out of them. He roared and fire exploded from his back covering almost the whole floor in hot flames. This time the power of the attack caused everyone to cover their faces with their arms and move back a little.
Outside of the tower it was nighttime already. The sky was full of starts, and you could actually see the orange glow behind the horizon, confirming, that the sun went down recently. The lanterns on the streets gave out quite enough light, but it still was hard to see. Suddenly a bright light lit up the entire town. The city looked like it was lightened up by the full moon, but the source of the light was the Jade Tower. More precisely - the floor on which the battle between Dalton and East was taking place. The light died down as suddenly as it appeared making the lanterns yet again, the main source of light.
Inside the tower the battle has ended. East was on his knees, while Jearn was looking greatly disappointed.
''I put my faith in you East.'' The Second Augur started. ''You were my strongest man, and you lost to this child.'' East's body started shaking. He knew what was coming next. He looked up at his boss, his eyes were trembling, not able to focus on Jaern's face. ''I'm sorry, but you know what the deal was.'' Jaern snapped his fingers and after a couple of seconds two cultists dragged Dalton down from the arena.
Purple-head wasn't able to say a thing. He just sentenced a man to death. He didn't have a choice, did he? It was either him or the Gym Leader. He looked up at Jaern whose face was covered by the shadow of his hair. The moment Dalton got off the arena, it lit up with a bright, yellow light, making it impossible to see the leader. East started shouting his lungs out. It was such a painful scream it caused the grunts to close their eyes. Dalton got goose bumps after hearing East's cry. When the light died down, everybody looked at the arena just to see a ball of yellow light levitating in the middle of it. Jaern climbed down from his platform and took the ball in somewhat of a container and turned to Dalton.
''You're just like a cockroach aren't you?'' He said with a angry expression. ''I've got enough of you. Meet me at the rooftop, I'll finish you off this time.'' He walked off to the elevator from which the cultists walked out.
The whole situation caught Dalton a little off guard. The Second Augur knew something about him? How? Why? What was going on? He just finished fighting for his life, and now he was going to do it again? But, did he really have a choice? If that means that he can find out something about his past he had to give it a try! But first... He needed to heal his party.
''Dalton!'' Damian ran to his friend and hugged him tightly. ''I'm sorry! You were so close to dying... If you were to die because of me... I... I don't even want to think about that... There is no way I'll ever repay you for what I've done.'' Tears were flowing down his cheeks.
''There is a way.'' Dalton started breaking the hug. ''Heal my Pokemons.'' He said seriously. ''I'm going to take on the Augur himself.'' Damian looked shocked. He wasn't serious, was he?
''What? Are you sure? I don't know... You had problems with beating East, but the Augur?'' The boy was doubting his friend's decision. Dalton nodded in response. ''Okay... Give me your Poke Balls...'' He proceeded to heal his party of four Pokemon and he gave the capsules back. ''I'm going with you though...''
''Let's go!'' Dalton smiled. It wasn't a smile of joy, it was a smile of determination.
They entered the elevator and they were about to take off on the roof, when suddenly someone else ran into the elevator as well. It was Nora. Looks like she caught up. She scolded them again for being too rash and said that as soon as she saw the light emanating from the Jade Tower she knew something was going down, so she got there as fast as she could.
After a short ride, the trio arrived at the rooftop. The night shy glittered with stars, there wasn't a single cloud to be seen. Actually, there were clouds, but they were below them. It seemed that Jaern somehow covered the roof of the Jade Tower from the people in the city by shrouding it with fake clouds. On the other side of the rooftop, they saw the Second Augur.
''Stay back.'' Said Dalton to his friends as he blocked their way with his arm and stepped forward. ''I'm fighting alone...''
''Are you ready?'' Jaern said looking at the purple haired boy. ''Watch this. I'm going to fight you with the strongest Pokemon there is.'' The Augur pulled out the container with East's life-force, turned around and raised it in the air. Suddenly a black octagon shaped crystal started floating in front of him. ''This crystal... The First Augur found it and used it.'' Jaern started explaining. ''As you know, Pokemon need PP to use their moves. The PP is nothing more than energy, and this crystal is a limitless source of energy. This means that when a Pokemon will be under the crystal's influence it will be able to attack forever. That's why the First's Pokemons were so strong. And now...'' Jaern looked back at Dalton. ''Using East's soul I will summon the legendary Pokemon Rayquaza! Come forth!'' He shouted, and the moment he did a loud shriek interrupted him. Everyone looked up and saw a snake-like shape in front of the white moon. It suddenly dived and with amazing swiftness flew in front of the Second Augur. It was Rayquaza. It bowed to Jaern and let him rest his hand on its head. ''Dalton...'' He said still looking at the legendary Pokemon. ''This is your end. You've been bothersome from the very beginning. From a time you don't even remember. But do not worry, you won't need to remember.'' He turned around to face Dalton. ''Any last words?''
''Bring it you fucker!'' He was burning with rage. So the Second knew him before he lost his memories! And Purple-head was sure that Jaern had something to do with his memory loss.
''Very well. Rayquaza, I pray to you, kill this peasant. No criminals, no threats, no insurgents shall remain!'' The legendary Pokemon suddenly started glowing and changing shapes. Dalton jumped back drawing a Poke Ball. The Rayquaza roared again as it stopped glowing - it Mega Evolved. Long, gold tendrils appeared on its body and its body looked sharer over-all. A strong wind blew from its direction pushing everyone back.
''Go! Kagami!'' Typhlosion appeared on the rooftop and took a battle stance immediately. The battle began. The battle that only Jaern, Dalton, Damian and Nora are able to witness. If they only knew, that there was someone hiding in the clouds, watching carefully.
''Fool! You don't stand a chance against the power of a god! Dragon Ascent!'' The Rayquaza leaned back and made a ball of light above its head. The ball started growing and emitting more light. The next moment the Rayquaza spun its head and with it, the ball and shot it at Kagami. The ball left behind it a long, bright, big trace. In the end, the attack looked like a beam. The move had such power, the moment it hit it target, Typhlosion was thrown back with great force, hitting the floor several times, every time bouncing back in the air just to fall again.
Dalton watched as the HP bar of his Pokemon quickly reached zero on the PokeDex's hologram. He was terrified. There was no chance of winning was there? The hologram showed something else though. ''What? If that's the case... I think I know how to win!'' A devilish smile appeared on Dalton's face. ''Kagami come back! Go, Nishinoya! Excadrill entered the battle.
''There's no point in fighting! Just give up! Dragon Ascent!'' The legendary Pokemon attacked again shooting the 'beam' at its opponent. The mole shielded himself with his steel claws but was knocked back either way. He was lunched back, but he regained his balance in mid-air and pierced the roof with his claws, slowing down immediately and standing back on his feet. He wasn't going down so easily.
''That's right, resist it! Counter with Rock Slide!'' Nishinoya stomped on the floor with all the energy that he had left after taking that monstrous Dragon Ascent, and caused huge boulders to fall on Rayquaza. It was hit for some damage, but it wasn't anything special. To make things worse, its ability was Delta Stream, which meant that its Flying type was shielded from super effective attacks. ''Crap!''
''Dragon Ascent!'' This time, the attack knocked Nishinoya out. Jaern smiled with satisfaction. He was unstoppable!
''Come back Nishinoya! Go, Akame!'' Dalton was not giving up! He knew he could do it! Just one more attack should do the trick!
Nora and Damian were watching the battle from behind a vent in terror. Dalton was boned! He was going to die right in front of them! There was no chance of winning, yet he still was fighting, and they were unable to help. It was truly a terrible situation. Damian's eyes were filled with tears and he was gripping Nora's arm. She was watching the fight with a worried and scared expression. There was nothing they could do, nut watch...
Akame was knocked out with another Dragon Ascent, not being able to make a move. Dalton called her back and drew his final Poke Ball. He looked at it and closed his eyes.
'I have only one chance. The Rayquaza is weakened a little, so Kageyama might be able to do it...' He opened his eyes and looked at his friends. The moment his worried eyes met theirs, he felt sad. They were really concerned about him... About their friend... Friend? How could he call himself their friend, when their whole relationship was based on his lies. He would tell them everything after this battle. If he ends up alive of course. Purple-head gave them a sad smile and a slight nod. This was it, he turned to Jaern who was wearing a sick smile on his face.
''You're really funny you know?!'' The Second Augur laughed. ''You keep on struggling, but in the end you know you'll lose!'' His laughter went from strange to straight up disturbing.
''You know what?'' Dalton smiled confidently. ''I'm not sure if you noticed, but Dragon Ascent has one flaw.'' He called out his starter, and Delta Charizard landed on the rooftop.
''Huh?'' Jaern stopped laughing and looked at Dalton a little bit confused. ''And what is that flaw?''
''Oh, nothing big really.'' Dalton touched his Key Stone and Kageyama burst with power, making the wind from Delta Stream change directions. Jaern took a step back and Rayquaza leaned forward to try to resist the power. ''Every time you hit with Dragon Ascent the Defense and Special Defense of your Pokemon drops by one stage.'' Dalton smiled.
''Pffff...'' Jaern snorted. ''So what? You can't outspeed Rayquaza either way!''
''No, I can't.'' Dalton admitted, but hid smile didn't disappear. ''Not by stats alone...'' Purple-head pointed with his finger at Rayquaza. ''Shadow Sneak!'' The Mega Delta disappeared in the shadows immediately and Jaern expression changed from happy and confident to terrified and confused.
''A priority attack...'' Was the only thing the Augur was able to squeeze out.
Rayquaza was looking around for the black dragon frantically. Suddenly, a shadow appeared behind it and erupted in purple flames, as Kageyama emerged from it, did a front flip and hit his opponent with his hot, fiery tail in its back. The Sky High Pokemon was taken by surprise. Its eyes widened and it let out a weak cry. It was frozen in air with its head risen in surprise. It changed back to its normal form and fell on the ground unconscious.
Jaern fell on his knees in complete shock. How? How did he lose? He had a legendary Pokemon on his side and he still lost! He looked up at Dalton with eyes full of rage.
''NO!'' He shouted. ''I won't allow you to win! Justice must be done! I failed to get rid of you once and I won't repeat my mistake!'' He stood up and ran back to the black crystal. ''I'll just use the crystal to completely heal Rayquaza, and then you'll be done for good!'' He was laughing like a maniac.
''I won't let you!'' Dalton shouted as he nodded at Kageyama. The Mega Delta flew up to the crystal and floated on the opposite side of it. He then spun around and hit the octagon with his fire tail and broke it into three pieces. The crystal exploded and the piece were launched all over the region.
''NOOO!'' He cried as he fell on the floor again. ''You fucking brat ruined everything!''
Dalton was joined by Kageyama, Damian and Nora. They stood behind him.
''It's over Jaern, hand yourself to the police, or I'll be forced to do it myself.'' Dalton threatened the Augur. There was a moment of silence, but it was quickly broken by laughter.
''Hahahahahha!'' It was the Second. ''Are you blind you fucking idiot!? The whole region is under my control! No one is going to believe you!'' As crazy as it sounded, he was right. Who was going to believe three kids? ''Rayquaza!'' Jaern called for his Pokemon. It got up weakly and flew slowly to the Augur. ''You'll pay for this Dalton... For this and everything else!'' He finished and he took off into the sky on the Sky High Pokemon...
The three teens were standing were standing on the rooftop of a tower in the middle of the night. Dalton looked relieved - ha managed to survive this time, but if the Augur would use one more Pokemon, Purple-head would lose. He needed to get stronger fast! Damian and Nora looked better as well. They still were shocked by the whole situation, but their concern went away. There was silence for a long time, no one really knew what to say.
''I'm glad that nothing hap-''
''There's something I want to tell you guys.'' Dalton cut off Nora. He was looking at the ground the whole time, and now he raised his head and looked at his friends.
''W-what is it?'' Asked Damian.
''The whole time...'' Dalton started. ''The whole time we know each other... I was lying to you.''
''What?'' Nora frowned. What was he talking about?
''From the moment I met Damian I was hiding the truth about me.'' Dalton was looking them in the eyes, but his gaze was drifting away from them constantly. ''I don't come from Selene City, I didn't come to Telnor Town to see the Augur...'' Dalton started pointing out his lies. The more he said, the more Nora's face changed. Damian looked concerned, but Nora's expression was different. She was mad. ''Actually, I don't remember anything... I have amnesia. The first thing I remember is waking up in Darkrai Cult's base...'' He wasn't looking at them anymore. Dalton was ashamed of himself, of his lies. But did he have another choice? If he didn't lie in the first place he probably wouldn't come this far...
''Wait, what?!'' Nora was angry. ''So you're telling me, that from the start you were hiding this stuff? You woke up in a cult's base and you didn't tell us?'' She was really angry at Dalton. Who could blame her? Dalton did lie a lot, but what made her mad the most was the fact that he didn't tell them about the cult he woke up in!
''N-nora, stop...'' Damian was trying to calm her down, but it was no use. She was furious.
''No Damian, I won't stop!'' She was shouting. ''Don't you see it? He tricked us! Who knows, maybe he even used us! We don't know if what he says is even the truth! Maybe he is a spy from the Darkrai Cult!'' Nora turned to Dalton. ''That's it, we can't trust you anymore.'' Those words hurt Dalton, especially that it was Nora who said those things. ''Our friendship was a big, fat lie as well, wasn't it...'' The tone of her voice lowered a bit, and she as well looked hurt. It wasn't easy for her. Dalton was someone she could rely on after all, he had a Pixie Pokemon just like her. Damian? Yeah, sure, he got one as well, but he and Dalton were different. Damian was kind, determined and a coward, where Dalton was... A traitor... ''I don't want to see you ever again, come Damian, we're heading out.'' She grabbed the boy by his collar and started dragging him out. He was resisting at first, he couldn't abandon his first friend! Dalton, he really cared for them, didn't he? There's no way he would lie like that... He looked at the purple haired boy who was standing still, looking at the floor. The shadow from his hair covering his face, which was barely visible due to night time. Damian finally gave up his struggle and tagged alongside Nora.
Dalton was speechless. He knew that the lies were going to have consequences, but he didn't expect to lose his friends... He went to the edge of the rooftop and sat on it. He looked at the night sky. It sure was beautiful. He looked down clenching his fists and holding up the tears. Maybe... Maybe it's for the better... This way, he won't put them in danger... He lied down on the hard roof and put his arm over his eyes. He lied, lied and lied and he finally lost track of time.
''Hey, why the long face?'' A voice suddenly spoke. Dalton jumped up and looked behind him. There was a man standing casually and smiling warmly. He didn't recognize his face. The man had brown hair, wore a black and white hat with a Poke Ball shape on it. He was wearing a black shirt, jacket and equally black pants. He wasn't very tall, he was higher than Dalton though.
''W-who are you?'' Dalton asked surprised. ''What do you want?''
''Ah! No, I don't want anything!'' His smile was really soothing. He walked to Dalton, who was standing - ready to fight, and sat down on the edge of the roof. Dalton was unsure at first, but he quickly joined the mysterious man. ''I saw you fight that Rayquaza you know?'' The man looked at the boy. ''It was really cool. The fight was really hard, but you came up with a pretty neat strategy!''
''What is your point?'' Dalton asked.
''My point is...'' He said as he stood back up and rubbed the boy's head. ''That there will be much harder fights...'' His tone changed, it was more serious. ''You have to get stronger!'' He smiled again and reached for a Premier Ball. ''Here, take this Pokemon. I received it a long time ago, but I didn't use it even once. I think you'll need it more than me.'' He said as he ruffled Dalton's hair again. ''We'll meet again, so train really hard until then! Maybe we could even have a battle!'' He giggled and started walking away.
''Wait!'' Dalton cried holding the Premier Ball. ''Who are you!?''
''Me?'' The man turned around for a second and locked eyes with Dalton. ''People call me Omicron.'' He replied and jumped off the roof just to fly back up on a Charizard.
Dalton stood on the rooftop watching as the mysterious person flew off into the distance. He gripped the capsule stronger while looking at it.
'Stronger...' He repeated in his mind. 'I will get stronger!'
Location: Unknown
''Gray to base, Gray to base!'' In a dark room a voice spoke. The room was full of monitors and electronics. ''Gray reporting in!'' A person walked up to one of the monitors and pressed a button on a keyboard located below it.
''Yes Gray, what is it?'' A man asked.
''I see him...'' The voice seemed happy. ''I see him! We finally did it!''
''That's great.'' The man clenched his fist. ''Stay put for now, I'll contact the rest.''
''Roger!'' And the conversation ended. The man opened a door and ran out of it in a hurry.
Just what was going on?
=Save
Would you like to save the game?
=Yes
There is already a save file. Is it OK to overwrite it?
=Yes
Dalton saved the game!
And this marks the end of chapter number four! Damn it's way too long, and it felt kind of rushed at the end! I thought it would be shorter, about the same length as the third chapter. Still, I hope you managed to read it and enjoy at least a little. From now on, the story's plot will change from the game's plot, so I hope you won't kill me for that! Either way... I think you saw that I gave Jaern a different personality than the one he had in the game. I just felt that w little crazy personality would fit him more. To sum it up, like, comment and subscribe if you liked the video, and definitely write a review! It really helps to write this fanfic! See you in the next chapter, Papa Bless You.
~Felix