Chapter 7 – Jailbreak
"Hey, is anyone else down here?" Jeremy called. "Funny you should mention," a voice called back. "There are about forty of us trapped here." Jeremy raised an eyebrow. "'Of us?' Just what are you?" The other person sighed and said "Can we get some light in here?" A few feet away from where Jeremy presumed the person was standing, a light flickered into existence. What Jeremy saw shocked him.
Brandon was with Magnus, discussing the inventions of various universes. Mew was anxiously waiting for someone to devise a plan to rescue Jeremy, but already knew he would be well on his way back by the time they came up with something. She sighed, twitched her foot, and went back to playing Pokemon Emerald.
"JEREMY!?" Darkrai yelled, gigantic red jaw dropping. Muffled whispers could be heard, which were something along the lines of "I knew it!" or "It's Jeremy!" Jeremy shrugged. "Yeah, it's me. Long story, do you want to get out of here or not?" Darkrai hit one of the metal bars in frustration, then nursed his burnt hand. "Rrgh… We tried… But they made these doors out of some alloy which burns us on contact." Jeremy touched one of the bars, not feeling anything but metal. "Huh. Nothing. Um, this is a random request, but does any of you have anything aluminum?" Darkrai thought a bit, and replied "Meloetta found an aluminum cup in her cell… Why?" Jeremy grinned. "Pass it over, I'm busting us out of here." Darkrai shrugged, and had Meloetta pass the cup over. Jeremy starting rubbing it across the floor, to make aluminum powder. Since the bars on his cell were already rusting, he scraped the rust off of that and collected the mixed powders into one neat pile below the bar. He then used his aura to make a small, but brightly burning flame. "Ladies, gentlemen and former prisoners… Prepare for trouble!" He then lit the mixture, causing it to burn through the bar. "Heh, thermites always were my specialty," he thought out loud.
Once he had squeezed through the gap, he saw that a guard who would normally be patrolling was sleeping. Cresselia was in the cell across from him, a look of triumph on her face. "Good timing," Jeremy said as he grabbed the master keys. He proceeded to unlock every cell in the room, until all the Legends were freed. "Get out of here," he said. All forty-some Pokemon quickly evacuated, as the alarms started to sound throughout the complex. As Arceus went by, he paused and then looked at Jeremy. Good to see you again, Chosen One, he remarked. Remind me that I am in your debt. Jeremy shrugged. "If you say so," he said. Arceus then ran away, leaving Jeremy in the middle of a horde of guards. "Hi there! Are you ready to learn?" he shouted to the crowd. They looked mildly confused. "How about the science of Newton's Laws?" Some nodded, apparently stupid enough to do so. "First Law: An object in motion tends to stay in motion!" He said as he punched a guard, sending him flying. "Second Law: The total force applied on a body is equal to the time derivative of the linear momentum of the body!" He then picked up a guard. "And third law: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction! Example given: Foot on body, body on foot!" He kicks the guard into the air. "Example two: Gravity on body, body on gravity!" The guard from earlier slammed into the ground, knocked out. Jeremy then beat the tar out of every guard, all the while acting as though he were teaching a science class. When all of the guards were knocked out or dead, Jeremy surveyed them. "Well, it looks like you all understand! Lesson Two is on – wait, what am I doing? I have to leave," he finished, and subsequently left. Latios had recorded the whole thing on camera, and was holding back laughter the entire time. He flew down to Jeremy and mockingly bowed. "I would be honored if you could teach me," he said, and then burst into laughter, Jeremy following. Latios then motioned for Jeremy to climb onto his back, and the two rode off towards the group of Legends.
Mew saw a dot in the distance of the still-open Spear Pillar portal. Probably just another plane, she thought. There seemed to be a lot of those. Then the plane crazily careened out of the sky, heading straight toward them. Mew was now thoroughly worried. Planes couldn't see Spear Pillar, and no plane could go that fast… was it their mysterious enemy, back for the rest of them? She magically whipped up a pair of binoculars, and saw Jeremy and Latios whooping as they did loops, barrel rolls, and many other fun sky tricks. Of course, she thought. Of course.
Jeremy lightly hopped off the back of Latios… while he was still a few hundred feet in the air. Normally, neither would have been concerned, but Jeremy noticed that he wasn't positioning his feet right so he would land without injury, so he corrected himself. He landed with an audible crack, and the stone under him was severely dented. Jeremy looked at his legs, which were shaking. "Huh," he said. "Looks like I didn't practice skydiving enough." Mew laughed, and rushed out of the portal to hug him. Arceus, landing, was intently staring at them. Jeremy and Mew noticed this, and pulled apart, blushing slightly. No, no, don't mind me, Arceus said. This only made Mew and Jeremy blush further. Abby then hugged Jeremy, but in a more friendly way, not a girlfriend way. "I'm glad you're okay, Mewtwo told me how bad it was in that place," she said happily. Jeremy raised an eyebrow, smiling. "Mewtwo? Not normally the talkative type, is he?" Abby grinned. "For some reason, he acts more… human… around me." Jeremy grinned back. He knew exactly why.
A/N: What does Arceus need help with? (Hint: A certain, previously mentioned Legend has the same problem). Post your answers in the reviews!
Abby: Review! …Some guy told me to say that… I don't know why…
Author: …You'll find out.
