Chapter 7: One Sealed, One Broken
"That, kid, was no earthquake. That, was a dragon." Alfa finished, attempting to get to his feet, before the earth started trembling again, and the world blacked out as the floor collapsed underneath their feet.
Alfa looked up, pulling his visor down immediately to protect his eyes, the S-Lens inside analyzing what was going on. Beyond the lightly green tinted glass, he saw a scene of chaos. Reshiram was awake. And it was not happy. Alfa took in the scene before he hit the ground, the pain distracting him from his surroundings momentarily. What he saw was not a situation it was suitable to have novice rangers with him in.
The castle floor above the throne room had imploded onto the lower floor, and the roof of the castle had exploded skywards, blasting the sand out of way. As the chunks of sandstone the floor had been made from disintegrated from the heat in Reshiram's roar into sand, Alfa had the privilege to witness something it was speculated Reshiram could do, but had never before been documented. Reshiram's eyes glowed as a mass of sand approached it from the sky, and with another heat wave, it turned into glass, sealing the castle from above, the dome like shape preventing sand from obscuring the sunlight.
It was awe inspiring. Then he hit the ground. He lost focus for a second, having hit the corner of a piece of sandstone, before looking around again to see what had become of Kellyn and the others. Kellyn was getting to his feet and the others were lying on their backs, or faces. Alfa tried to pull himself up, collapsing on his first attempt, succeeding after a while on his second attempt. He tried to assess the situation. Reshiram was alive and kicking, not happy by the looks of it, it was probably just him and Kellyn in the fight. Standing behind Reshiram were a bunch of people in red lab coats.
'Team Flare? Wait, no, they wore white lab coats and red suits. These guys are red everything.' Alfa thought to himself. They were too far away to make out the symbol on their coats.
'Idiot! You're wearing an electronic visor. Just zoom in on the damn logo!' Alfa realized. He turned the dial on the visor, zooming in on the symbol on the back of one of the scientist's coats. A flaming M. Team Magma.
"Blaise." Alfa whispered under his breath, mentally swearing as he heard the echo go around.
"I TOLD YOU THERE WAS SOMEONE ABOVE US YOU IDIOTS! I KNEW THERE WAS SOMEONE ALLOWED IN THE DAMN CASTLE TODAY, AND THEN YOU B****** GO AND SAY 'NO NO! IT'S EMPTY! WE"LL BE UNDISTURBED! BLITHERING IDIOTS! AND GREAT, THEY'RE RANGERS! HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO HAMMER IT INTO YOUR WORHTLESS MINDS TO DOUBLE CHECK THINGS BEFORE YOU REPORT TO ME YOU STUPID PIECES OF ****!" shouted a scrawny man blond man in a red hoodie moving out from behind Reshiram.
"I CAN BARELY FREAKIN CONTROL RESHIRAM AS IT IS AND NOW I HAVE TO DEAL WITH YOUR IDIOCY!" He continued ranting.
"P-P-P-Pleas-se, M-M-M-Mas-ster B-B-Blais-se. P-P-P-Pleas-se, I b-beg of-f y-you, f-f-forg-g-give us!" whimpered one of the scientists as Blaise walked up to him red in the face, shaking his fist at him.
"NO I WILL NOT FREAKIN FORGIVE YOU, BECAUSE NOW, THEY FREAKIN KNOW WHO WE ARE! GO TO THE CORNER AND HIT YOURSELF!" Blaise ordered him, his eyes briefly glowing red. And this was where Alfa witnessed his possession in person.
The scientist eyes glowed red before his face lost all expression, his body slacked and he moved dully to the corner and started hitting himself. In this brief moment of distraction, Alfa summoned his entire team silently, sending Latios outside the glass dome via its own teleportation, which was the first thing Blaise noticed. The glass was thick and uneven, and Alfa suspected that Mega Latios would be able to magnify Luster Purge through that shield of glass, heating it to the point of explosion.
And Luster Purge did expand, but the glass didn't break. Alfa, looked over at Kellyn in despair, who had Rampardos and Empoleon by his side, staring at Reshiram with a look that told Alfa he would survive, no matter what. And then Alfa's mind flickered momentarily to Courtney, his will iron bound for survival and return to her. Kellyn slowly moved next to Alfa.
"This glass may magnify Luster Purge because it's uneven, but it won't break either because it's uneven!" Blaise cackled, laughing maniacally, which Alfa noted was perfectly in character for him. Whispering something to Kellyn, successfully without an echo, they launched into full attack. Sceptile and Empoleon kept Reshiram busy, Swampert tossing Rampardos and itself to the roof, and Blaziken independently leaping to it in an attempt to break it.
"NINETAILES! STOP THEM!" Blaise shouted as he tossed out as poke ball, his Ninetails preventing the attack from succeeding.
"HAH! I STOPPED YOU!" Blaise jeered as Ninetails repeatedly knocked Rampardos, Swampert and Blaziken away from the roof.
Smiling Alfa replied. "And that was the plan. While you were busy with us, you didn't see the big picture. Look up, and see why you've lost." He finished, pointing towards the glass dome containing an amplified Luster Purge, stepping back at the same time as Blaise turned his head.
Latios soared faster than as bullet towards the dome, first a speck in the sky, then a purple jet, before it stopped moving before the glass, a fraction of a second away from hitting it, fully visible when the sonic impact hit the glass, shattering it like, well, glass. The frozen beam of energy hit Reshiram, knocking it out, and when the sand cleared, there was aught but a white stone next to Blaise.
"THIS ISN'T OVER!" Blaise screamed as his eyes glowed red again, and Alfa was mentally besieged, his own eyes glowing blue.
"You will bend to my will!" Blaise commanded, Alfa fighting for control of his mind with the honey coated voice telling him to obey Blaise. He had nearly given up, when his mind cleared.
A roar sounded, the likes of which Alfa had never heard before, and he felt Blaise's presence shrink as Latios ripped Blaise's mind to shreds, the onslaught forcing him back into his own mind where Latios destroyed him.
"IF YOU WANT TO LAY SIEGE TO ALFA, THEN YOU MUST LAY SIEGE TO THE BOTH OF US!" Latios roared. And then he was free.
'Thank you.' Alfa thought as he came back to reality breathing heavily. He looked over to see how much damage had been done. Latios was next to him, his eyes glowing bright blue, Blaise's eyes the same, his mouth foaming and his body seizing before Latios released him and he collapsed into a pile.
'Not a problem.' Latios replied.
'What did you do to him?' Alfa asked, staring at Blaise's collapsed body.
'I broke his mind.' Latios answered shortly. 'We won't talk further on the subject.'
'Okay then. Alfa replied. 'It's just scary to know you can do that.
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Author's note:
Hi, I keep forgetting to, but I hope this one disclaimer can be understood to apply to all my stories. DISCLAIMER: I do not own Pokemon or any of its characters, maps, or concepts, I only own my OC's.
And note, I may have accidentally in various places throughout this story and the one before referred to Latios as 'it' and not 'him'. Let me clarify that Latios should be referred to as 'him', which was my mistake sometimes and I will attempt to do so further on. Thanks for reading, Alfa19
