Hey guys! I'm back with another Chapter! Finally, I know right? Well, you can thank a good pal of mine for encouraging me to continue this. I do have to say, this is probably the most creativity I've ever put into a story. It's really nice to see that be recognized as being imaginative and creative are two of my favorite things! Obviously being a story writer. Anyway, this chapter is SUPER long in order to make up for how long it took, so I hope you enjoy it! Just as a side note, if you see any errors that I didn't spot, I lost my glasses while on vacation so, I kinda can't see too well. So forgive me for any mistakes I fail to notice.
We actually make progress this time! Now let's get to the reviews!
Jyoster: Thank you so much! It actually took me a while to figure out if I was even going to implement the Portals into the story, but like people said when the Beta of Portal 2 happened; Portal just isn't Portal without the Portals. So I thought that up, which was my main reasoning behind making Chell an Umbreon, besides the fact of course that Chell is awesome and Umbreon is my favorite Pokemon.
Now, on to the show or whatever the crap I call this. x3
- Voltaradragoness
"Speaking"
Thoughts
Dangerous Tone
Chell's Dirt Writing
Neither moved, just stared at the now motionless sphere with mouths agape. Glados was the first to snap out of her stupor and after shaking her head, she wondered what she should do now.
The hell just happened? Did she just save me, again!? What is going on here!?
"I didn't mean to do that!" the girl suddenly blurted out.
Glados looked up at her with surprise and gave her a questioning look.
"I-I..." She sputtered. "You were starting to look really angry...so I thought I should just say it...before you attacked me..."
Glados blinked, then looked away, glaring at the ground. "I'm not going to attack you, so calm down." She then looked back at the Poke Ball. "That one's kinda prone to doing things that no one expects, so I can't really fault you for that."
Her expression suddenly turned vicious. "However, mind telling me what happens when you're sucked into those accursed things!?"
The girl took a breath and picked it up. "They're just contained in here, watch I can just let her out. She's not trapped forever."
The child pressed the white button in the middle and the red light exploded from the ball and formed into Chell the Umbreon who was now standing in the same spot she was caught in. She appeared standing and slightly dizzy. She shook her head and looked around, upon seeing the human girl again, she crouched in-front of Glados and her fur stood on end.
"Okay, mind explaining...this to me?" Glados asked, stepping in front of her and pointing at the situation using a wing.
Chell went expressionless and rolled her eyes, pointing at the Poke Ball.
"Okay yes, but what's with you being so protective of me? Have you forgotten we're enemies? That I tried to kill you? Twice?"
Chell simply shrugged.
Now the metal bird was getting annoyed. "Urrgh! You're killing me here! Figuratively for once, but it's just as painful!"
"HEY!"
Both turned in shock toward the only human around currently. "I don't have a single clue what's going on here, but based on what you told me earlier, you're all not from around here. You two, nor the Magnemite belong here. So, if you want to get back to wherever it is you came from, I think you should stop arguing and try figuring this out together."
"Well, who asked you?" Glados snarled. Chell looked almost impressed by the girl's words.
She pretty much said what I was thinking. she thought.
The girl's green eyes flashed dangerously at the bird as she leaned in close to her face. "Nobody asked, but that doesn't mean it wasn't needed."
Chell beamed brightly at that. Score one for the human race, huh Glados?
Said previous AI just turned away and pouted. "Okay, let's say we take your suggestion to heart. Genocidal maniac over there and I could work together decently well, as we've done so previously, but Mr. Magnet or whatever you called him isn't known for being cooperative."
"I noticed. Look, how about for now we get out of here and find a town? We can keep him in the Poke Ball until then."
Glados looked at Chell. "How bad is it in one of those?"
Chell blinked and looked like she was thinking about it. Her lowered ears then perked up and she wrote a response in the dirt. It's kind of like you're floating in space, sort of. Not really sure.
"Ah, alright well, that's a decent punishment for now." She turned to walk away, but then turned back to the girl. "By the way, I don't think you've told us your name yet. If we're going to be forced to work together, I think we should know who you are."
"O-Oh! My names Alexis. Sorry, I kinda got caught up in all this and forgot to introduce myself."
Chell nodded and padded over to her side, then lightly batted her tail at Alexis' leg to get her attention. Once she had it, she signaled with her head for her to lead the way.
"Alright, come on."
The triple threat began walking into and through the underbrush, the two newly made Pokemon tripping once in a while due to still not being quite used to their new body structure.
"So...while we're stumbling around this god forsaken forest. Mind explaining to us in greater detail what this whole Pokemon thing means?" Glados asked suddenly as Alexis pulled Chell out from under a vine.
"Huh? Oh, sure. Well, humans and Pokemon usually work together and a common way of expressing that bond is by battling. That's kinda what you saw when that guy attacked me."
"Okay, battle? What's the point of that? Doesn't that just end with everyone involved dying?"
Alexis' eyes widened. "What!? Oh my Arceus, no! I mean, sometimes accidents happen, but that usually results in the human being injured or possibly dying. Not the Pokemon."
Glados shook her head and sighed. "And the 'Pokemon' willingly partake in this?"
The human nodded. "Yeah, to them it's either a way to show off their power, or show their loyalty to their Trainer. Sometimes it's both."
"Uh huh. Alright, yeah I don't think I'll be participating in those little fights you talk about. Sounds like suicide. Meaning the fox freak over there would love to."
Chell was now back on the ground and rolled her eyes at the comment. I'd think the whole 'showing off your power' thing would be right up your alley. You certainly seemed to enjoy doing that back at Aperture.
"Anyway," Alexis started, trying to change the subject. "Is there anything else you wanted to know?"
"Yes, actually. You referred to us by some odd names. Those aren't our names, just pointing that out. Why did you though?"
"Oh, that? Well, I kinda explained this to Wheatley already, but basically I referred to you guys by the names of the Species of Pokemon you now appear as. I know now that your names are Glados and Chell."
"What were they again?" the metallic avian asked, shortly before getting her claws stuck in a tall patch of grass and muttering a swear word.
"Here, let me help you with that. This stuff tangles things up way too easily...but to answer your question, I called you two Skarmory and Umbreon. That's what you two are."
"Ugh! God, if there's one thing I've established so far, it's that I really, really hate plants. Can you explain that in more detail though? Cause I see that both of us have gained some weird as hell powers, and I'd kinda like to know how to use them, cause so far they've been activating on accident."
"I gotcha, here this'll help." Alexis responded, reaching into her pocket and pulling out a small red handheld device.
"What's that?"
What she said. Chell thought, sitting in front of the girl.
"It's called a Pokedex. It's like an encyclopedia for Pokemon. This should be able to tell you all that you wanna know."
"Alright...what are you waiting for?"
Alexis nodded. "Okay, let me just type your species in."
First she typed in Skarmory, and within seconds, she received a plethora of information.
"Dex entries give us some basic information, here I'll read what came up."
"Skarmory: The Armor Bird Pokemon."
"Skarmory are entirely encased in hard, protective armor. This Pokemon flies at close to 190 mph. It slashes foes with its wings that possess sword-like cutting edges..."
Chell's turn to widen her eyes, and she added to that by scooting a little bit away from her.
Glados however grinned evilly. "I like the sound of that." She then turned that grin towards Chell, who was now pretending that she wasn't afraid, as to not give her any satisfaction.
"There's more here...let's see...ah here it is."
"Its feathers, which fall off as it grows, are thin and sharp. In times long past, warriors used them as swords."
Chell's ears fell and she hunched over in annoyance. Great, like she needed a boost to her already blimp - like ego.
"Huh, I already knew birds were deadly, but this is a whole new level of deadly."
Fitting for you I'd say... Chell silently responded.
Alexis laughed nervously as she fiddled with her long dark brown hair. As she did, a Noctowl hooed above their heads, gaining the attention of all three.
"Uh, heh heh...we should probably speed this up. Let's see here, the rest of the info is your type and move-set."
"Say what? What do those mean?"
"Your type is...well basically it shows what your type advantages and weaknesses are. You're a steel/flying type."
"I could've figured that out based on the entries you just read. What are my strengths and weaknesses though?"
"Easy, you're weak to Fire and Electric, but you're types beat Rock, Grass, Bug, Fighting, Fairy, and Ice. I could be missing one here, but that's most of them at least."
"Wait, isn't that moron Electric type?"
Alexis nodded. "Yeah, he's electric/steel."
"So that's why that hurt like hell!" Alexis gained a confused expression and Glados noticed. "Oh, after you got knocked aside the moron panicked and electrocuted me. I wondered why it had hurt more than what that rat thing had done to me, but now I know I guess."
"Oh ok, yeah that's basically what that means."
"Okay, so moves? Those are those weird powers I'm guessing."
"Yup, they're right here. You have the moves...Slash, Steel Wing, Toxic, and Sky Attack. That attack you used when Chell got knocked away? That was Sky Attack."
Glados looked at the ground in thought, while Chell face-pawed. Why is this so fitting?
"Alright." Glados responded finally. "What about her? What can this..." Chell glared at her at being referred to at 'this'. "Thing do?"
Alexis began typing. "Here we go. Umbreon: The Moonlight Pokemon."
Chell's ears perked up and twitched, showing her attention was fully on the girl.
"Umbreon is the evolved form of the Pokemon Eevee. Umbreon evolved as a result of exposure to the moon's waves. It hides silently in darkness and waits for its foes to make a move. The rings on its body glow when it leaps to attack."
Chell cocked her head to side, while Glados placed a wing over her face. "My god, are all these creatures supposed to be nightmare fuel?"
Alexis ignored her and kept going.
"When this Pokémon becomes angry, its pores secrete a poisonous sweat, which it sprays at its opponent's eyes. With its black fur, it blends into the darkness. It bides its time, and when prey appears, this Pokémon goes for its throat, and then eats it."
Um, woah? What the heck have I turned into? Chell thought, while Glados was thinking the same thing, though unlike her, she expressed it aloud.
"Oh, like you needed to sound even more like a homicidal maniac."
"Chell is a Dark type-"
"No kidding!" Glados interrupted.
Alexis made a face, then kept going. "Dark types are weak to...Bug, Fighting, and Fairy. You are immune to Psychic...and you are strong against Psychic and Ghost.
"Immune?" Glados questioned, while Chell nodded in understanding.
"Oh yeah, sorry I forgot to mention it to you. You're immune to Poison types, being that you're part Steel. Same goes for Wheatley. Now as for Chell's moves..."
She looked back down at her Pokedex and regained her confused expression. "What is it?"
"I'm not sure Glados...Chell appears to have four moves like you do, but only three have names. The last one just says three questions marks."
"Well, which ones have names then?"
"Hidden Power, Facade, and Payback."
Great, now it's way too fitting for me. Chell smiled to herself.
"Well, okay...wait...Chell, remember when you activated those portals using the ring on your head?"
Chell's attention was quickly gained as Glados usually didn't call her by her real name, but she nodded regardless. Remembering how strange it was.
Glados then turned back to the girl. "Could that be the fourth move that your little device there can't identify?"
"Hm, maybe. I've never seen or heard of a move like that before. The closest comparison I could make is a move called Hyperspace Fury. Do you know anything about those portals?"
"Yes, Aperture, our home is a scientific facility made to test those very portals, among other things. Previously, when she looked more like you, she wielded a device that was made to produce those Portals. Though, I'm still puzzled as to how you gained the ability to magically produce them of your own free will."
Chell thought for a moment, then began looking for some dirt to respond with. Once she did, she quickly scribbled her response, which was; When Wheatley was about to attack, I was thinking about how much I wished I had the Portal Gun. Then well, that happened.
Both blinked. "Interesting." Alexis said in response.
"I did wonder why those rings of yours resembled the portal's colors. I think I know why the one on your head is white now too." Glados added.
Chell then scribbled; Really? Why?
"Simple, Portals can't be thrown onto anything natural, such as grass. The white ring must represent conversion gel. You did kinda get covered in the stuff while you were going through test chambers."
Makes sense. I didn't even think of that. Chell thought, then responded to her fr-enemy with a determined nod.
"So, what should I call the attack? Just in-case we're challenged to a battle."
"What?" both responded, though Chell's was only a thought obviously.
"Well, I explained battles, but in them, the Pokemon fighting receives attack orders from their trainer. In this case, that would be me."
"Wait, hold the phone, we're supposed to take orders from you? In battle? You're kidding right?"
Even Chell seemed to agree that that sounded ridiculous.
"Look, I know it may not seem like it, but I do know what i'm doing. And I will in a Pokemon battle. Just trust me, alright?"
Glados looked the other way. "Yeah, how about no? I've already put way too much faith in a human to keep me alive, I'd rather not have to do that again with a human I know even less."
Chell gave her a look. I got you out of that alive, didn't I?
"Alright, fine, but can we at least think of a name for the unknown attack just so we have one?"
"Fine, how about Portal Device? Or something like that? At least for know it'll be something to shut you up."
"Shouldn't we leave that up to the one who has the attack?" She turned to the Umbreon. "Chell, what do you think?"
She thought about it. Portal Device sounded decent, but it just felt...lame. Surly she could think of a better name. After a moment of her eyes being half-shut in thought, they snapped open as well as her ears, which flew up as she had an idea. In her replacement for paper, she scribbled the words; Portal Frenzy.
Alexis smiled. "I like it. Nice choice there."
Glados shrugged. "Whatever, now can we continue on? At this rate we'll be trying to find this town of yours in the dark."
As they started towards their destination, Alexis laughed. "Funny you should say that, it says here that Umbreon have excellent night vision. So you and I might be screwed in the dark, but Chell won't."
"Oh, that's comforting. So it'll be easier for her to 'go for my throat' as it said. Right, Lunatic?"
Chell, who was now padding along beside her raised her head high, indicating that she wasn't listening.
"Yeah, yeah. So...anything you can tell us about the moron?"
Alexis only laughed in response. As they continued their trek, she informed them of some of the things Magnemite were known for. Which made them both burst into loud/silent laughter.
"Yeah, they're frequently the cause of power outages because the like clinging to Power Plants and Towers to feed on electricity."
"That sounds about right! Damn parasite. He practically clinged to me, or my body I should say."
"He did mention something about that, though he made it sound like he was the victim."
Glados snarled upon hearing that. "He does love to do that...doesn't he?" she asked, turning to Chell again.
Chell looked at her, then away, letting her ears droop. This took her by surprise. "Huh? What? Oh, wait...that's right..."
"What is it?" Alexis asked, stepping over a stone, then almost tripping over another. "What's wrong with her?"
"Oh, the moron betrayed her. He used her to gain control of the facility, with the promise of setting her free. Instead, he lured her into an elevator and punched her into a pit. Along with me I might add."
Chell's walk slowed as her head fell closer to the grassy forest floor, as she did, Alexis' green eyes shone with sympathy. "That's...awful...you poor thing."
Chell glanced up at that, Never before had she been shone sympathy in such a way. Alexis met her gaze and decided to help in the only real way she knew how. She stopped, and reached down, picking up the small black fox. Chell flailed a little in surprise, but stopped when Alexis brought her close into a soft hug.
Glados watched, semi amused as her enemy didn't do what she normally would, which would be to fight to get away. Instead, she went rigid for a moment before relaxing, realizing what the girl was doing.
"I'm not gonna pretend that I understand what you've been through, what either of you have been though, because I don't. But what I do understand is betrayal. I had friends once who did that to me, and I treasured them, but it hurt all the more to see that they didn't see me in the same light. So all this time, I've gone through life alone, secretly hoping to find a friend who wouldn't be like that, with albeit little success."
She pulled Chell away so she could look at her face. "Anyway, point I'm trying to make here is that, you may feel alone, like no one in the entire world could ever understand your pain, but usually there is. Somewhere. I guess what's I'm trying to say here is, I'm that person, or I could try to be. I know what loneliness is like. It's not fun."
Chell blinked, never before had she thought she would ever hear those words, especially from another living human. Then again, she never thought she'd feel the embrace of a hug either. So in response, she gave the girl a genuine smile and practically jumping into another hug. Which Alexis obliged with a tighter embrace.
Thank you, Alexis...
Glados merely watched the scene with curiousity. Never had Chell expressed such...
She then noticed that Chell was even shedding a few tears as she hugged the girl's shoulder.
Raw emotion...she's usually so blank faced...I really don't know how to react to this side of her. Then again, after studying humans for so many years, I of all people know that humans crave social interaction and physical contact. I wonder why I'm so floored by this...maybe because Chell had always shown such restraint? Despite killing me of course, but Humans aren't exactly know for that kind of control. She sighed. I'm over thinking this way too much, all humans are different, but I guess this one strikes me as so strange, simply because she is.
As her mind wandered, her eyes did too, over to the belt where Alexis kept the Poke Ball containing the magnetic idiot. Alright, now's the time. We're gonna figure this out or so help me...
Glados quickly snatched a capsule using her beak and pressed the button. "Alexis, hold onto Chell."
"Wait, what? Wh-"
Before she could question her, the ball burst open revealing Wheatley the Magnemite who appeared on the ground in a ray of white light. Realizing what she was talking about, Alexis gasped and gripped the Umbreon tightly out of slight fear and mostly protection. Chell only bared her teeth and flattened her ears against her head and Alexis' face, which ended up with black fur in her mouth. "Pff."
"Urm...wha?" His one eye snapped open and he flew into the air like a bullet. "What, where, how!?"
"Down here, moron." Glados deadpanned. He looked down and immediately started sparking with electricity. "Oh, I see! You wanna go another round, you, she witch?"
Chell looked like she was gonna leap from the human's grasp at any moment, clearly showing that protective side of her again, but Glados only sighed.
"No, look, we're trapped in a weird place that none of us know of or understand, and that girl over there has expressed that the only way we're going to make it back home alive is to work together. As much as I hate having those words defile my mouth."
Wheatley blinked. "What?" He turned to the girl, who still had a death grip on Chell, who also looked like she wanted to rip him apart. "Oh, you're still here?"
Let me at him! Chell screamed in her head. Alexis' gaze went from her to the flying magnet.
"Yes, I'm still here. Look, I know you all have some seriously bad blood between you, but I want to help, and I don't know how much help I can be with you being all genocidal on these two. They're willing to cooperate if you are." She then looked down at the death glare Chell was giving him. "I hope."
Wheatley stopped, as something seemed to flash in his eye for a moment. After it did, he looked away from the Umbreon, in...shame?
"I-I see...Perhaps I have been a bit monstrous..."
Glados almost face-winged. "My god, has the moron become aware? We're all gonna die, that's gotta be it."
Wheatley narrowed his blue eye at the female, but ignored her. "Perhaps, regardless...I think I'm willing to listen. What did you have in mind?"
Alexis nodded, grateful that he was even reasonable at this point. "Well, I'll catch you up in a bit, but in simple terms-"
"The only way he'll understand..."
"Glados..."
"Fine! Continue, so that we can keep moving!"
"Ugh, anyway the idea is that you three will not try to kill each other and at least try to get along until I can get you guys back home. Alright?"
"That's fine, I guess...as long as SHE doesn't pull anything!" he yelled, sharply turning to face her.
"Glados?"
She sighed. "I won't pull anything if he won't." she responded, in a slightly mocking tone.
"Alright, now let's keep going. Wheatley, I'll catch you up on the way. Here, I looked up their species of Pokemon in the Pokedex and what moves they can use. I'll do the same for you."
"A-Alright, thank you."
They walked through the shaded greenery for another hour or so, learning that Wheatley had the moves: Thundershock, Supersonic, and Magnet Bomb.
One less move than the other two, which Glados of course called him out on. He then called her out for making fun of him, to which she responded saying that the agreement was that they wouldn't try to physically harm each other, and that she had said nothing about not inflicting mental harm.
He nearly zapped her for that, but stopped when Alexis threatened to put him back in the Poke Ball.
Finally after was seemed like forever, they stepped out of the forest onto the pavement of a road. All three sighed in relief as they now walked on solid stone.
"About time! I swear, when we get back to Aperture, I am burning everything that's even remotely close to the color green."
You would. Chell thought, still being held by Alexis as she enjoyed the attention and feeling of being safe, and so did the girl. She actually laughed at Glados' comment though. "I don't blame you, I was getting pretty sick of all the green too."
"So, why did we wanna come here again?" Wheatley asked.
"To find a Pokemon Center to stay at for the night, so that we could figure out our next course of action tomorrow." Alexis answered.
"Oh."
"Weren't you listening at all? Or is that above the 'all powerful Wheatley?" Glados scorned.
"I was listening! I just forget things sometimes! Quit mocking me you evil queen!"
"Guys! Can we save this for when we're inside? We're starting to get some weird looks."
"Oh please, like that's threatening. I've gotten better glares from Lunatic one and two over there."
Chell let out a huff while Wheatley belted out; "Hey!"
Alexis shoved her head into Chell's back in exasperation, but startled her. "Look guys, let's just-"
Before she could finish, a loud blast exploded upon their immediate vicinity, startling all three.
"What the hell!?" Alexis screamed.
"Oh, what now?" Glados asked, almost emotionless.
Wheatley flew behind Alexis after screaming himself. "What the bloody hell is going on!?"
Alexis looked up and gasped. "Oh, Shuckle."
Above them were multiple people flying on top of bat-like creatures that Alexis recognized as Golbat and Crobat, unleashing Pokemon to the ground that were destroying everything. Once Glados and Wheatley saw them too, they knew exactly what or who they were looking at.
"They're dressed just like that guy who attacked you with that rat thing!" Wheatley excalimed.
"I assume they're in cohorts?" Glados asked, getting into a defensive stance with her wings spread.
"Yup, they're a villainous team of people who steal Pokemon from their trainers and focus on hurting others in general. They call themselves Team Skull."
"Great name..." Glados growled sarcastically. "How are we going to get to this Center of yours with them blowing everything up?"
Alexis suddenly stood up striaight, letting Chell down. "Simple, we battle our way though."
Glados froze in her stance. "You're kidding."
"Nope, come on. The sooner we do this the sooner it'll be over. You two with me?" she asked Chell and Wheatley.
Chell nodded, a determined expression adorning her face while Wheatley agreed with a shaky; "Y-Yeah, sure..."
Glados responded with a sigh and a re-spread of her wings. "Alright, if this is the way it has to be, bring it on."
With that they charged into view. Two of them flew forward furiously while the two grounded ones beat their feet against the pavement with confidence. Soon they were spotted by the tossed Pokemon, and they were diffidently rearing for a battle.
A Salandit, Vibrava, and a Fomantis were what they ran into first.
Alexis took a breath and gave her first orders to her newfound allies. "Glados, use Steel Wing on Vibrava! Chell, Hidden Power on Fomantis! And Wheatley, Thundershock on Salandit!"
She pointed to each target respectively to show them who was who, and it worked.
Glados charged forward at the Ground/Dragon type, wings aglow with white light and got a direct hit, sending it down to the ground in a heartbeat. Wheatley gathered his bravery and forced the Electrical energy from his new form into the reptile, making it flinch, but not knocking it down. It started charging a Flame Burst, to which he was told to dodge out of the way. He barely heard the command in time and got singed by the fire.
"Yow! That smarts!"
His exclamation of pain slightly distracted Chell, causing her Hidden Power to miss it's target. Though it did reveal something that the Pokedex could not. The energy balls were red, indicating that Chell's hidden power type was Fire.
A weakness of steel, there's some irony for ya... Alexis thought, glancing at the two steel types. She was snapped back though when the retaliating Fomantis struck Chell with an X-Scissor, causing her to be flung back. "Chell! Are you alright?" she yelled out.
Chell grit her teeth and nodded in her direction; yes. Though she noted that it was pretty painful. More-so than Wheatley's Thundershock. That was for sure. Without hesitation, she charged forward again, repeating her move and making contact this time. The Fomantis fell to the ground, down and out within moments of being struck.
"Oh, come on! That's not fair! You guys nail them in one shot, and yet I still can't take this thing down!?" Wheatley yelled in irritation, still struggling with the Salandit.
Chell rolled her eyes and Glados just hung in the sky, neither really all the willing to help the floating magnet. Alexis sighed again. "Chell, could you please?"
Chell glanced at her, then made a sigh of her own. Then ran forward towards him. "Alright Chell, Payback!"
What I would give to use this on him right now. she thought, as she leapt upwards six purple orbs appeared around her, ready to fire at her command.
When she reached the height of her jump, four of them fired a purple laser and struck the Fire/Poison type dead on, sending it flying across the town. The other two fired towards Wheatley, which narrowly missed.
With that, she landed gracefully as the other two female caught up with them. Wheatley meanwhile was freaking out. "What was that for!?"
Chell as usual, said nothing. Instead she pretended to look away and appear innocent.
He just narrowed his eye.
Alexis then took a moment to look away and noticed that most of the other trainers in the town were fighting with them and had managed to chase away most of the attacking Pokemon. She saw a slightly older boy with a Gallade, a slightly younger girl with a Wigglytuff, and even an elderly man and woman who were battling with a Plusle and Minun.
This made her smile, seeing everyone willing to fight alongside each other. When a voice suddenly called out to her though, it ruined that almost instantly.
"Well, look what we have here..."
Alexis snapped her head upwards, as did her Pokemon. Above them was that same teenage boy who had attacked her before, sitting atop a Golbat, with another unknown girl atop a Crobat. She was another teenager, but almost terrifying in appearance. She wore very little clothing to cover herself, she had a purple tattoo of some kind on her midsection, and her hair was made into four ponytail - like points or yellow and pink while the rest of what she had covering her was made of blackness.
She turned to the boy. "Is the the one you told me about?"
"Yeah, this girl kept me from stealing some Pokes from the forest, then that Skarmory had to come all up and ruin my day further by refusing to be caught. It then had the nerve to take out my Raticate!"
"It!?" Glados yelled, offended.
This startled the two until they saw the translator. "Oh, interesting. I see you've gotten your hands on a few of those. Hard to come by, aren't they?"
Alexis took a step back for an unknown reason.
"My name is Plumeria. And cutting to the chase here, I dislike when people mess with my dumb little brothers. So, I think you realize that i'm itching for a fight here."
Wheatley slowly floated up to Alexis' ear. "What's with the freaky lady?"
Alexis snapped out of her stupor and stood up straight. "So you don't like when people mess with your dumb little brothers? Emphasizing the dumb for a moment, I don't exactly like when your 'brothers' mess with the Pokemon around here or anywhere. That includes these three."
"Three?" Plumeria wondered aloud. She then caught sight of Chell, which strangely brought a smile to her face. "Hey, you didn't say anything about the girl having an Umbreon." she said to the boy next to her.
"She didn't have it when I saw her last."
"Gotcha."
Chell trusted her intuition at all times and now was no different, which was why she disliked the way that girl was smiling at her. And she was right to.
"Well, let's see here...I've decided to be generous with you, so instead of fighting and beating the utter Cradily out of you, how about you just hand over your Umbreon? If you do, i'll let you go and forget this little...episode of yours."
Alexis' answer to that was letting out a gasp and quickly grabbing hold of said Umbreon, again holding her in a hug. Chell laid a paw on her shoulder in an attempt to comfort her while baring her teeth at the two teenagers.
Glados and (more hesitantly) Wheatley then got in front of the two, as if to solidify the answer of; No way in hell!
Plumeria sighed and shook her head. "You try to be kind..."
The boy looked at her. "Should I?"
"Please. I'll even help. Go Toxapex." She lightly flung an Ultra Ball out and out came a light blue, pink, and orange Pokemon resembling a spiked coral reef. It moved one of it's limbs revealing a small creature underneath, which grinned evilly.
As the boy tossed his own Pokemon out, which this time was a Haunter, he questioned his partner. "I thought you'd have thrown out Salazzle, what with all the Steel type going on here."
"Left her back at headquarters, now let's do this thing! Toxapex, Pin Missile on Umbreon, let's go!"
"Right, Haunter, Shadow Ball!"
"Son of a Bisharp, everyone move! Chell, go!" Alexis yelled, tossing her from her arms and throwing herself out of the way, along with the others. The attacks hit the ground with an explosion of green and purple.
Glados skid to a halt, scratching the ground with her claws. "Let's see how high and mighty you feel after this!" She sprang back into the air and charged forward. "Take this! Sky Attack!"
Like before, light formed around her, taking the form of a white dragon with glowing yellow eyes, as she charged into the two's flying rides. They tried to dodge, but didn't quite make it and the were sent right down to the earth. They recovered quickly however and called they're fallen bats back before Glados had the chance to turn around.
"Why you, Toxapex, Poison Sting! Go!" Plumeria called, thrusting her hand toward them.
Venomous glowing purple stingers flew from the Pokemon toward Alexis and Chell, who was ready to take the attack if necessary, but low and behold, she didn't have to. Wheatley quickly floated over between the two and the attack, deflecting it completely.
Chell and Alexis both stared at him after that.
He turned and saw that, and answered their silent questions. "What? You told me that Steel is immune to Poison. And since that move had the word Poison in it I figured that counted as one of those. Might as well block it."
Both blinked and gave him a smile. "Thanks Wheatley." Alexis thanked.
"No proble-"
"Koffing, Poison Gas!"
Alexis gasped again. "Oh no!"
Before anyone could react, a cloud of purple gas struck them all from seemingly nowhere. Being that they were caught off guard, there was nowhere to run for, while two of them were immune to Poison, two were not. Alexis began to cough and her eyes began to water, making it impossible to see anything around her.
"Chell! *cough* Wheatley! *cough* Glados! Where *cough* are you?"
One of them was right above the cloud.
Shit. she thought, as she dove down and began flapping her wings furiously to send the fatal air away. Soon, she saw it began to work and the other three slowly became visible again. But only one was moving. Glados let out one of the few frightened gasps she ever had and dove down, landing right next to them.
Wheatley was panicking while Chell and Alexis lay, barely consious on the ground.
Chell was gritting her teeth as the rings on her body flashed purple in distress, while Alexis was struggling to breathe and letting out harsh coughs every couple of seconds.
Glados was floored. She had no clue what to do, neither did Wheatley. They both just looked at each other, for once with zero hatred in either's eyes.
"Well, that was easy enough. Thanks Grunt number 27." Plumeria's voice cut though the silence as she was now joined by a third grunt with a Koffing and a Flygon. They all began walking toward the now only double threat, thought to them is wasn't even that much.
"No problem, now what was your target here?" he asked.
"The Umbreon. So yeah, big help there."
Through the hot pain engulfing her body, Chell continued her glare, refusing to look afraid in front of whoever this was. But she knew that this was a losing battle, as she could barely see now through her blurring vision.
What does she even want with me? Won't be all pointless...when this stuff...kills...me...?
Glados watched as her mouth untwisted from a snarl into a once again blank slate as her eyes closed and she stopped moving, but to Glados' surprise, she was still breathing.
So she's not dead yet... she thought.
Alexis saw this and tried to call out to her, but she just didn't have the energy to find her voice. All she could do is grunt and cry out as the poison began it's work. Wheatley saw this and, something sparked in him that hadn't sparked in a long time. The urge to protect.
He flew forward, launching a Thundershock straight at the three humans, but it was quickly deflected by the third grunt's Flygon who simply swatted it away like it was nothing.
The grunt facepalmed. "Dumb Magnemite. Flygon, Sand Tomb."
"Fly!" it cried, summoning a large sandy tornado which took Wheatley for a ride.
"Woooooah!"
Glados watched as she was now left alone to defend herself and the others. She stood her ground however and spread her wings wide before Chell and Alexis. She then looked back at Chell and said something she never thought she would. A whole lot of firsts for me today. She thought.
"You'll take her over my cold, dead body!"
Plumeria only laughed. "Oh, I think that can be arranged. Everyone?"
Glados lost a tad bit of her confidence as the Pokemon of all three, and even the ones from earlier came toward her, threatening grins on their faces.
"Let's end this. Toxapex, Liquidation."
"Flygon, Dragon Tail! Koffing, Tackle!"
"Haunter, finish this with Shadow Ball!"
The three leapt forward, as the other three came charging with Fury Swipes, X-Sisccor, and Dragon Breath. Glados shielded herself using her wings and activating her Steel Wing attack, but she couldn't fight off all that power. Not when she was in Aperture, and certainly not now.
She screamed in pain as she was flung into the side of a building behind the two poisoned teammates. She then hit the ground with a loud bang. She looked up with one eye as the woman crouched down and picked up the unmoving Umbreon. Glados' vision started to darken until all she had left was one final thought.
Chell...
And there ya have it! I don't know when the next chapter will be out since i'll be really busy for a while, but hey keep up the encouragement. It's really what motivates me to keep this story going.
Oh, by the way, credit to for those Pokedex Entries. They're taken from Ruby, Sapphire, Sun, and Moon respectively if you're curious.
See you guys next time! :3