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Dalton (Percy)
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Time: 10d 10h
''It's me again, Percy! A lot has happened in my life recently. It feels like I'm on a emotional rollercoaster full of sudden turns, drops and slow uphill tracks. After joining the Anti-Cult Special Forces we've been getting ready to once and for all destroy the five remaining cults that my father failed to disband. For the past few days George has been gathering all the data he could put his hands on to make sure that our actions will be as successful as they can get. Our scientists have been working on some new gadgets as well, but they have been keeping them a secret from me, so I'm not quite sure what those devices will be able to do. I've been busy myself as well. I've been training like crazy in the Training Room. I've also instructed our IT specialist George to make the walls in the Training Room soundproof so when I'll train at night I won't disturb anyone while they sleep. I'm glad we have someone like George on our team! He's a genius! Well, today's the big day. Today, we begin our counterattack on the cults that have been terrorizing the Torren region!''
Location: Anti-Cult Special Forces Base [Utira Town]
Percy opened his eyes slowly and blinked a few times. He turned around on his bed from the strange position he was sleeping in and lied on his back with his sleepy gaze fixed on the dark green ceiling of his room. He blinked some more, trying to force out the sleepiness from his half open eyes. He always was bad at waking up.
Finally after some more laying around he stood up from his bed and walked to the closet in which his clothes were hanging. He quickly put them on and after ruffling his messy hair he exited his room.
It was a little after 10AM and all the people in the organization were already on their feet. Percy looked around and noticed, that there was no one in the dorms hallway, neither was there anyone in the central area. He shrugged and started heading towards the cafeteria to grab something light to eat.
''Ah, Percy!'' Suddenly a voice stopped him. The boy turned around and saw Nikki running up to him. ''George told me to wake you up.'' She explained.
Percy raised his brow. ''Why?''
''We're having an important meeting right now! It's about our future actions.'' She grabbed his arm and started dragging him away.
They ended up in front of the Meeting Room and entered with haste. As Percy closed the door behind him he heard a voice.
''Lock the door.'' It was George.
Percy did what he was told and turned around. In the room were George, Ross, Holly and Nikki - all already sitting by the large table. Percy chose a random chair and joined them.
George stood up. ''Now, that we all are here we can finally start.'' He said as he looked at everyone's faces. ''I'm sure, you all know what is the subject of today's meeting.'' Everyone nodded with agreement. ''Since Percy joined us I've been gathering data on all the cults so we can think of a logical strategy on how to defeat them efficiently.'' He walked away from the table to a whiteboard that Percy noticed just now. ''Our known enemies are The Cult of Darkrai.'' He wrote the cult's name down with a black marker. ''The Abyssal Cult, Infernal Cult, Sky Cult and Perfection.'' He wrote them all down and closed the marker. ''That's five versus one if anyone's still not sure of the direness of the situation we're currently in.'' He walked around the room. ''Now, what would be the best way to defeat a cult?'' George asked.
A silence filled the room for a moment, but Holly broke it quickly. ''That would be eliminating the cult leader, right?'' She played with her curled hair.
''Correct!'' George said and opened up the marker again while walking up to the board. ''Now, we are sure of the identity of only four cult leaders. That would be Persephone from the Darkrai Cult...'' He drew an arrow from the Darkrai Cult and wrote down the leaders name. ''Audrey from the Abbysal Cult, Zenith from the Infernal Cult and Reukra from Perfection.'' He finished writing. ''As for the Sky Cult we only have theories. Thomas - The First Augur had his predictions about this, but even he wasn't...''
''It's Jaern.'' Percy spoke up suddenly. ''I fought him in the Jade Tower where he revealed his true identity to me, Damian and Nora.'' After a short while he added. ''He also summoned Rayquaza if you guys are interested in that.''
''That's crucial information...'' George started talking again. ''It's just as Thomas predicted... Jaern that bastard!'' He said as he scribed down his name on the board. The man turned around to the rest of the team again. ''Those are our targets. If we get rid of them - we'll get rid of the cults. Well, in theory at least.''
''That seems logical and all but...'' Ross interrupted. ''The real challenge will be to locate them and actually defeat them in a Pokemon battle. Or at least restrain them so they won't be able to fight.'' He presented a rather good argument. ''How are we going to do that?''
''They must be on their guard right now.'' Nikki added. ''After Percy wrecked havoc through their grunts, I'm sure they are aware that someone is after them. Even if they don't know that that someone is us.'' She stopped for a second. ''I bet some of the cults remember the existence of the Anti-Cult Special Forces. If we act carelessly now they may actually find out that we still are here. We need a diversion of some sorts.''
''That's right!'' Holly spoke up. ''When they'll let their guard down, that's when we attack!''
''If it only was so easy...'' Percy said. ''Even if they won't expect us that doesn't mean that they will be completely defenseless.'' He looked each one of them in the eyes. ''I've fought with many cultists and all I can tell, that they are completely devoted to their beliefs.''
''You're right.'' Holly said with her head down. ''So aside from a diversion we need massive firepower.'' She summed up.
''If that's the case...'' George finally said something. ''We won't be able to do anything right now.'' He clenched his fist. ''We don't have enough people in our team for an all out, big power attacks. Our people are well trained, but they'll surely outnumber us.''
''So in short...'' Nikki spoke. ''We need to recruit some more trainers, right?''
''Yes, but that won't be an easy task.'' George answered. ''The reason we don't have a lot of members is because to join the ACSF you need to be a trustworthy and loyal person. There aren't many of those people left out there...'' He said and bit his thumb. ''For now, we have to focus on diversion. The attention of all the cults has to be shifted away to a new thing that won't have anything to do with our organization. That way, we'll be able to operate around Torren more freely.'' He lied his hands on the table. ''Any ideas?''
Suddenly, a though came to Percy. He looked up at George. ''I may have an idea...'' He proceeded to look at the rest of the team as their gazes focused on him. ''Someone said to me a while back, that some people considered the ACSF as a cult, right?'' The members looked at each other. ''What if... They are right?''
''What are you trying to say Percy?'' George squinted his eyes.
''What I'm trying to say is...'' Purple-head talked again. ''What if we tried to be a cult?'' Silence filled the room and everyone was looking quite baffled. ''I mean, not a real cult! We'll take on a different name and start imitating an actual cult. That could allow us to roam Torren without the fear of being identified as the Anti-Cult Special Forces!''
''I-I thing I get what you're trying to say...'' Ross started. ''That would be some kind of diversion that would allow us to make some moves, while still being safe... As much as this sounds risky, I think it could potentially work!'' He looked somewhat excited about the idea.
''It would be better than sitting passively and watching as the cult spread even more terror amongst the citizen of Torren.'' Nikki added.
George who was silently listening to the conversation suddenly stood up and walked back and forth a couple of times with his hand on his chin. He was thinking about it really hard. After a short while of silence he came closer to the table again. ''It's worth a shot.'' Percy smiled. ''But for this plan to work we need to put a lot of effort to convince everyone that we actually are a cult. We need unique outfits a name and finally a Legendary Pokemon as a target to summon.''
''I ask around our base to see if anyone know how to make clothes!'' Holly stated.
''Alright, that leaves the name and the Pokemon.'' George said and looked at Percy.
He looked back at him. ''What? You want me to choose?''
''Well it's your idea after all.'' Ross added with a smug smile.
Percy scratched his head and thought for a second. ''What about...'' He looked at George. ''Discord?''
The I.T. Specialist smiled. ''I like that name. And what about the Legendary Pokemon?''
''I think Giratina would be a good choice with this name.'' He smiled slightly.
George clapped his hands. ''It's decided then!'' Everyone stood up with smiles on their faces. ''From now on, we're called Discord and we praise Giratina the Legendary Pokemon of the Distortion World! As risky as the plan sounds it's basically our only choice right now to stay relevant in the Torren region and have any kind of influence. This is our chance people! This is our chance to take Torren back and take vengeance on Jaern to honor Thomas! Let's do our best!''
''YEAH!'' A synchronized shout filled the room.
After the meeting ended and everyone left, Percy came up to George. ''Huh? What's up kid?'' The man started.
''I wanted to ask you something real quick.'' Percy answered.
George looked a little surprised. ''Yeah, go ahead.''
''Would it be okay for me to continue my adventure? I still need to get stronger and I don't think I can get a lot experience by just training alone in the Training Facility. Besides, when I'll be traveling I can always look for clues as to the whereabouts of the cult leaders.'' Purple-head really wanted to continue his adventure through Torren.
''I don't know about that Percy.'' George was skeptical. ''What if you'll get captured again? No one wants to lose you again, especially Nikki.''
''I know, but that's exactly why I want to travel again. I won't be able to defend you guys if I won't become stronger! Without my memories I became really weak so I need to do everything that I can to become more stronger to compensate for that. Please!'' His eyes looked really sad and you could tell just by looking at his face that he was more than just serious about his words.
George hesitated for a moment but finally gave in. ''Fine. But you have to be extremely careful! Now that you have us try not to engage cults like you did before. Your our only hope for defeating Jaern.''
Percy smiled and nodded. ''Don't worry, I can handle myself!'' And he ran off.
''Jeez... Maybe he lost his memories, but in the end he is the same as he always was...'' A sad smile appeared on his face.
Percy was about to head out, but before that he wanted to take a quick shower just to be refreshed. He turned on the water and set it on a warm, but not hot temperature. After washing himself properly he exited the cabin and walked to the mirror to dry his hair. As he approached it he froze as his gaze focused on his hair.
''Wha-'' Escaped his lips. ''GUYS!'' He quickly put on his clothes and ran out of the shower room.
He ran to the central area where Nikki and George were chatting, but stopped as the saw him approach rather fast.
''Percy what-'' Nikki started but couldn't finish.
''What is this?!'' He pointed at his hair. It wasn't purple anymore! Well, it was, but only a little. The top was completely jet black and as the hair went on, purple stripes started showing. (look up Haise Sasaki if you still don't the description). ''Why is my hair like this?!''
''Oh, the paint came off!'' Nikki said casually. ''It looks kind of cool to be honest with you.''
Percy looked up at his bangs and ruffled his hair. ''So what you mean is that my hair isn't naturally purple?''
''What are you an idiot?'' George laughed. ''Have you ever seen a person with pink or let's say yellow natural hair?'' Nikki and George started chuckling.
''Maybe I did, but it just so happens that I lost my memory of it...'' Percy pouted.
''Aaaah, don't worry about it bro.'' Nikki wiped a tear of her eye. ''I think you look cool like that, besides our enemy may have a harder time recognizing you now!''
''Yeah, you have a point.'' George nodded.
Percy shook his head. ''Well whatever.'' He said and blew air up his face blowing some hair off his forehead. ''I'll be going then I guess.''
''Good luck out there!'' George smiled.
''Yeah, don't get caught brother!'' Nikki waved with a large grin on her young face.
Percy chuckled and waved back as he exited the base and ended up in the Pokemon Center in Utira Town. He opened up his Pokedex Watch and checked the map. It looked like he was supposed to head south now - towards Miara Town. Even though the town didn't have a gym, it was worth a visit. Maybe he would find some clues about the cults there? Who knows.
Without any hesitation he exited the Pokemon Center and headed towards Route 8. As soon as he passed the trees that separated the town from the route he noticed that Route 8 was rather straight forward. It was somewhat long, but he could basically see the next town on the horizon. It was about 12AM so he had a whole day to get there.
As he anticipated, the route was filled with trainers, but unfortunately none were strong enough to oppose Percy and his Pokemon. One of the trainers instead of money gave the boy HM02 Fly. That could be useful judging from the Pokemon he had inside of the Premier Ball. With a smile he proceeded through the route.
His legs were starting to get tired. He hadn't adventured for some time now, so it was only natural that he lost some stamina. He decided to take a break near a small lake surrounded by trees. He saw some fish Pokemon swimming in it, but he didn't feel the need to catch them. He felt good with his current team, although he basically lacked one more Pokemon to have a total of six but he had no idea what kind of Pokemon he should go for. He sat down near a tree by the water and watched as the fish Pokemon scattered thought the entire lake with fear.
He was actually happy right now. Even though he fucked up a lot, everything was starting to make sense and turn out great. Although he lost his friend, he found new ones - even his family. His Pokemon were in shape as well, especially Kageyama with whom he was training like crazy for the past few days. Akame was getting used to him as well. She warmed up to Percy but not to the fullest. She still had her doubts.
He leaned back on the tree and closed his eyes as the sun beams caressed his face. It wasn't crazy hot today. The combination of the warm sun and the pleasant wind was great for adventuring. The air felt light as well it was easy to breathe and every breath filled Percy with newer sources of energy.
Time passed and Percy finally felt rested. He stood up and scared the fish Pokemon again. He swiped his back and bum a couple of times as blades of grass flew down from him. The boy proceeded to go further down Route 8 feeling well and refreshed.
He made his way to Miara Town without any more stops and without any more problems. He noticed a sleeping Snorlax that was blocking an entrance to a cave, but he wasn't concerned about that for now. He entered the town and immediately noticed how quiet and peaceful it was. You could hear the sound of waves and Wingulls as well as Pelippers. The whole town was located on connected small islands containing one to two buildings. He carefully crossed the bridge that tied the village to the continent and the first thing he did was visiting the Pokemon Center to heal up his exhausted Pokemon. After healing up he exited the red building and started sightseeing.
The building that caught his attention practically immediately was a rather big and old looking building with some pillars supporting the entrance. It looked like a museum and as Percy approached it, he confirmed his assumptions. It was the famous Miara Museum and some tourists were surrounding it. He decided to go in and look around, maybe he could eavesdrop on some conversations and find some intel on them. It was worth a shot.
The boy entered the museum and paid a fee of 500 PokeDollars (which was a total scam by the way). He started looking around the building which contained some ancient relicts found mainly underwater. There were some people walking around as well, but from what Percy heard they had nothing interesting to say. He was a bit disappointed, but at least he got the opportunity to check out some neat artifacts and read some interesting historical facts and trivia. Just as he was about to leave he noticed a strange person entering the museum. It was a woman with silverish, long hair and characteristic blue clothing. It was plainly obvious that she was someone from the Abbysal Cult.
Percy hid behind a wall and observed the woman from a safe distance. She didn't look interested in anything and anyone. She just walked nonchalantly downstairs not aware that someone had their eyes on her. Percy quickly followed and saw as she approached an artifact that was guarded by a guard.
''I'm sorry, but you can't walk closer than this to this artifact. It's the legendary Blue Orb and it's very important to us.'' The guard said. The woman simply pushed him aside and came closer to the Blue Orb.
''If you don't want to get killed just stand aside boy.'' She said coldly and inspected the orb.
The guard flinched but quickly gathered enough courage to speak up. As he was about to say something he froze and his eyes widened. ''Wait... Aren't you...?'' He was stuttering with fear.
''Audrey, the leader of the Abbysal Cult.'' She finished his sentence without even looking at him she was too absorbed with her investigation.
Percy could hear his heartbeat by now. So she was the one behind one of the cults? Her face felt strangely familiar as well... Well, it looked like it was Percy's lucky day. The ACSF may be able to defeat at least one of the cults faster than anticipated!
''Ah, yes!'' The woman suddenly spoke up. ''There it is!'' She reached behind the display case and grabbed something from a hidden container. She took out a small, azure colored bell and quickly placed it inside her pocket. ''I'll be leaving now.'' She said to the guard who was now crawling on the ground from the shock he received.
As the woman closed in on Percy he quickly turned around and ran up the stairs and hid behind a wall far from the entrance but with a good view on it. He had to follow her to find out what was she plotting. He wasn't supposed to do any risky things but there wasn't even enough time no notify the Anti-Cult Special Forces. Besides, if they were to step in right now, the whole plan with The Discord Cult would fail miserably.
Soon enough the woman showed up and immediately exited the building. The boy carefully followed her, trying to be as sneaky as he possibly could. Outside, he saw Audrey go south towards the sea. When she got to the end of the town she drew a Poke Ball and released a Swampert into the water. She jumped on it and surfed away.
Percy quickly ran after her and grabbed his inflatable Lapras from his bag and threw it onto the water. The rubber Pokemon inflated instantly and wiggled on the water surface. The young boy jumped on it and rode in the general direction where Audrey went. He lost her from his sight, but he saw something else instead. Some rocky islands started showing in the distance with Abbysal cultists swarming everywhere around them.
Percy slowed down and started looking around. There was a total of five islands from what he could tell. There was literally no telling on which of them Audrey got off, so it was basically a game of hit and miss. He decided to check the biggest island first. As he got closer he saw that some cultists were already waiting for him.
''Go back civilian!'' One of them shouted. ''You're entering The Abbysal Cult territory!'' Percy saw as the cultists reached for their Pokemon.
The boy didn't answer them, he let his actions do the talking. Just before he jumped on land he reached for two Poke Balls and readied them.
''You asked for it little boy!'' The other cultist shouted as he threw a capsule. A red beam flashed and a Starmie landed on the rocky beach. The other one joined him and sent out his Kingdra.
''Akame, Kageyama!'' Percy shouted as he released his Pokemon during his jump on the beach. A big, black dragon made out of bones and a white and yellow humanoid Pokemon landed on the soon to be battlefield. The grunts were quite shocked at the sight of Delta Pokemon but they quickly gained their composure back and started the battle.
''Starmie go on! Attack that black monster with Psychic!'' The back star of Starmie spun around and a unnatural wave of energy pushed Kageyama back. It didn't look like it did some crazy damage, as the Delta Charizard roared while taking a step forward.
''Kageyama, counter it with Shadow Ball!'' The black dragon casted three dark spheres of energy and blasted them in the foes direction. The impact caused a cloud of dust to cover the area, and when the dust finally settled, everyone saw Starmie lying on the ground unconscious.
''Argh!'' The second grunt growled. ''Let's not fall back Kingdra! Launch a Dragon Pulse at the black Charizard!'' The Kingra leaned back and stored energy, just to release it a second later in the form of a magnificent purple colored beam. The attack was strong enough to knock Kageyama off his boney feet. He was pretty beat up right now, and was panting heavily.
''Akame, fire off an Ice Beam!'' The Delta Gardevoir obediently started casting the attack, as big and small snowflakes started appearing around her. When the attack was ready a insanely cold beam that looked almost like a beam of electricity shot out, and hit the seahorse Pokemon causing it to fell to the ground. It got up relatively quickly. ''Let's follow up with a Dragon Pulse, shall we?'' Percy commanded again and this time Delta Charizard leaned back and you could see the energy storing inside him through the bones. White and purple lights were shinning through the black bones and suddenly a wave of intense energy was shot out of his mouth. The attack was strong enough to knock Kingdra out.
''Damn it!'' Both of the grunts cried as they returned their Pokemon and ran off in the direction of Miara Town.
''Now that that's taken care of...'' Percy talked to himself after returning his Pokemon back to their capsules. ''I need to move quickly before those grunt inform Audrey that I'm here.'' He said and he ran into the cave entrance located on the island.
The inside was dark - well it was a cave after all. His eyes got use to the lack of light rather quickly as he proceeded through the damp cave. He had to step carefully, as the rocky ground beneath him was quite slippery and it was easy to sprain an ankle. After a while of silent walking he heard some voices. He immediately hugged the nearest wall and could fell his back getting wet. Water was dripping everywhere from the rocky wall, but he couldn't be bothered with that right now.
As the voices got closer his eyes caught the sound of footsteps as well. Soon, two cultist appeared in his line of sight. They were casually talking about some uninteresting stuff and thanks to the darkness that surrounded them, they didn't notice Percy. As they passed him he could finally release the air from his lungs. 'So they still don't know I'm here then.' He deduced. If they would know he was inside, they would certainly be looking for him. That was good. It allowed him to take thing slowly and carefully and take lesser risks.
After some more walking and hiding from cultists he approached a bigger area which was strangely lit up with the beautiful reflections from the water flowing on the spiky ceiling. The area was big enough to fit in a small waterfall in it and a medium sized underground lake to which the waterfall was falling disturbing the water and causing small waves. Right in front of the lake was a rocky platform with some ruined, ancient looking stairs leading to it. The platform was surrounded by a couple of higher ranked cultists, or at least so though Percy, because on the platform itself stood the barefooted Audrey. She was holding the strange bell from the museum in her hands.
The boy wondered what he should do right now. If he were to go straight in, he would have to face aver grunt and on top of that battle the cult leader, and that would be probably his end. He had to find a way to somehow avoid the grunts and battle Audrey head on. But how was he supposed to do that?
As the boy was thinking he heard Audrey say something. ''The time has come!'' She shouted and raised the bell above her head. ''I summon you Lugia!'' Percy's eyes widened. Lugia? The Legendary Pokemon? If she were to really summon that Pokemon it would make her a crazy strong opponent. Suddenly, the waterfall started pouring even more water as five ghosts appeared around Audrey. The ghosts had the appearance of withered geishas and looked really creepy. They lacked skin in some areas and their muscles and bones were showing. The grunts looked frightened as well as everyone took a step back.
The ghosts started dancing in a unnatural and disturbing way around Audrey to the sound of the bell jingling. The scene over all was really obscure and strange to look at. Percy could feel his heart in his throat.
Suddenly, the waterfall divided in two parts and revealed a hidden grotto inside of it. A shadow moved inside of it and slowly started coming out. It was none other than Lugia, the Legendary Pokemon that has the ability to control the weather. A slight smile appeared on Audrey's face as she spoke up again.
''Lugia!'' She screamed towards the emerging Pokemon. ''I have the Tidal Bell!'' She showed the Pokemon the azure bell as the Lugia roared and the walls shook and some stalactites fell to the ground and in the water. ''Obey me!'' She shouted again as the Pokemon roared even louder and got closer to her. ''I said obey me!'' She shouted louder and took a step forward. The Lugia hesitated for a second, but after a second or two it bowed it's head to Audrey as a sign of obedience.
''Shit...'' Percy whispered to himself as he moved a little and caused a small rock to tumble down to the main area of the cave. Everyone's attention shifted to the rock formation behind which Percy was hiding with drops of sweat flowing down his face like crazy. His heart was beating so fast and hard that he couldn't hear anything else.
Suddenly he felt strong wind blowing and the rocky formation started to break. He quickly jumped to the side and rolled off as a huge blast of wind shattered the rocks. If Percy staid there he would be most likely dead by now. But he had worse problems right now. He was exposed.
''Who are you?!'' Audrey shouted and pointed at him. ''And what are you doing here?''
''Um.. I got lost?'' Percy tried to play it off.
''Lugia Aeroblast.'' Audrey simply commanded as the Pokemon shot out another insanely powerful wind attack.
''Fuck!'' Percy cussed as he jumped down the stairs leading down to the big area. The attack shattered the stairs behind him leaving him without escape. ''Oh, that ain't good.'' He said to himself as he drew a Poke Ball and readied it.
''You insolent child.'' Audrey said as she stepped off the platform and the ghosts disappeared. ''How did you get here? Did you actually defeated the cultists that were guarding this place?'' She was irritated it seemed.
''I know a few tricks.'' Percy smiled.
The grunts came running to Percy and surrounded him. ''Stop right there and drop your Poke Balls!'' They shouted.
''Leave him.'' Audrey commanded as she came even closer. ''I'm going to punish this child myself.'' As she closed the distance between them her eyes widened. ''No way!'' She smiled cynically. ''I can't believe it!'' Percy frowned. ''Aren't you the First Augur's kid? I would recognize this face anywhere! Haha! That Darkrai Cult can't even kill a child!'' She started laughing maniacally. ''Well, that doesn't matter right now, because you're going to die now either way.''
''Try me.'' Percy challenged her.
''You're a cock one aren't you?'' She giggled. ''Well, how about this. If you defeat me - I'll let you go. If I win, you must die.'' She smiled devilishly.
''Bring it.'' Percy returned the smile. 'Well, I'm fucking dead.' Was what he thought though. He knew that his chances of winning were low, as his enemy was in possession of a Legendary Pokemon. Not to mention that she probably had a team of five more Pokemon and he only had five if he included the one he got from Omicron.
''Let's not waste time then! Lanturn, go!'' She shouted as she jumped back and chose her first Pokemon. The blue and yellow dolphin landed on the battlefield and gave Percy an angry look.
''Shit, I don't really have many answers to Water-type Pokemon. I'll have to base my tactics around Kageayama and Akame this time... I'll probably be forced to use the new Pokemon as well...'' He whispered to himself as he switched the Poke Ball he held to another one. ''But for now, let's try this! Go! Nishinoya!'' The mole Pokemon appeared from the capsule and landed on the ground. He sharpened its claws and glared at his opponent. ''Since we're faster go for an Earthquake!'' The Pokemon stomped on the ground and let out a roar as the whole cave started to shake. Rocks started falling from above and cracks appeared on the ground. Lanturn started shaking alongside the ground and as soon as the quakes stopped it fell to the ground defeated.
''Tch!'' Audrey called back her Pokemon. ''Luck, that's all that it was!'' She commented as she drew her next capsule. ''I still have a few tricks up my sleeve though, so be prepared! Go, Ludicolo!'' A Pokemon with a sombrero appeared and danced happily. I guess some Pokemon don't change no matter who is their trainer.
''Well, I don't really want to be in this situation, so let's switch it up a bit. Nishinoya, come back! You did great, now it's time for you Kagami!'' He shouted as his next Pokemon appeared. It may not have been the best choice, but Typhlosion would be useless in this battle anyway, so he should at least try to take out one foe.
''A Fire type against a Water one? Hah, you really are pathetic! Ludicolo use Rain Dance!'' Ludicolo danced around and suddenly dark clouds started appearing inside of the cave. Heavy rain started pouring from them as Kagami's strengths weakened. ''What's more, Swift Swim allows me to move first! Go on Ludicolo! Fire off a Hydro Pump!'' Percy could fell his heart beat stronger again as he prepared for the worst. The Ludicolo fired off a giant stream off water in Typhlosion's direction. Even though the move was powered up it missed hitting the rocky wall behind Kagami. The wall was left destroyed with water slowly leaking out of it.
''What luck!'' Percy said relieved. ''We got a chance to attack now Kagami!'' The Pokemon nodded and readied itself. ''Let's show them Flamethrower!'' Typhlosion stood on his two feet and the fire exploded from his back turning the nearest raindrops into hot steam that quickly enveloped most of the area causing a small fog to appear. Suddenly, a stream of whirling fire was blasted from Kagami's mouth and hit the Ludicolo. The opponent resisted the attack rather well due to the effects of Rain Dance. ''Shit! No burn as well!'' Percy commented shortly.
''Bid farewell to your puny Typhlosion kid! Another Hydro Pump!'' Yet again a stream of water shot out from Ludicolo's beak and this time hit the Typhlosion for massive damage. It launched the Fire type Pokemon at the wall damaging it again making even more water leak from it. Kagami fainted.
''Come back!'' Percy returned his Pokemon. ''Thank you. Now rest a little.'' He said as he looked ferociously at his opponent.
''What, not doing so well?'' Audrey laughed.
Percy didn't bother to answer which apparently irritated Audrey a little. Percy though for a second on his next move and finally decided to pull out the big guns straight away. ''Let's do this Kageyama!'' A black dragon landed on the battlefield and roared fearsomely. The Abbysal grunts walked back a little at the sight of the Delta Charizard.
''What is this monstrosity?'' Audrey appeared to be bothered by the sight as well. ''Is that even a Pokemon?''
''Oh it is.'' Percy answered. ''And it's about to whoop yo ass!'' Percy raised his arm so his sleeve fell back a little revealing a black mega ring. He dropped his arm so his hand was on the level on his face and touched the colorful stone engraved in it. ''Let the New Moon shine! Mega Evolution!'' Kageyama started glowing and suddenly everything faded to black. The rain stopped pouring and the cave was filled with complete darkness. Two sourced of light appeared in the dark that emitted strange, spooky purple light. Soon, as everyone's eyes got used to the dark they could witness the true form of Delta Charizard. A floating, black boned dragon roared causing everyone to back off, even the Ludicolo. Purple flames emitted from his jaws and he spread his fiery wings sending small flame particles everywhere. ''Now that the rain is gone we can work! Shadow Ball!'' Four dark spheres suddenly jumped into existence swirling with black and purple energy. Charizard spun around his head and launched them all at his opponent and whipping up a cloud of dust and small rocks. When the dust finally settled Ludicolo appeared to be knocked out.
''Wha-'' Audrey was shocked. ''What just happened?!'' Percy smiled. Looks like the extra training actually paid off. ''Well then. Judging from what I've seen I can tell that this monster here is a Ghost type for sure. Then my answer to this will be you, Crawdaunt!'' A big lobster Pokemon dropped on the rocky and destroyed floor. It snapped with its pinchers a couple of times and got ready to fight. ''Let's show them a real Mega Evolution!'' Audrey put her arm forward and returned it to her chest and pressed the stone on her dark blue Mega Ring. Magical strings emerged from it and connected to Crawdaunt making him glow and transform. Percy watched as the enemy Pokemon turned more spiky and grew bigger. The lobster Pokemon stomped on the ground and the energy disappeared leaving Crawdaunt in his new, improved form. ''Now we're playing.'' The cult leader smiled.
'I have to be more careful now... The New Moon boosts Dark type moves as well so, I need to watch out for those. Staying in would be risky, but switching out may be even riskier. Akame can't take a physical attack to well, and Nishinoya may be destroyed by a Water attack easily... And the new Pokemon? It has type advantage but may not live the attack on switch in...' Percy was thinking really quickly in his head. 'We may need to take some risks in this turn, but I think this would be the best choice!' He finally decided on his next move.
''I won't be waiting for you forever! Go on Crawdaunt! Knock Off!'' The Pokemon started running towards Charizard quite swiftly as his claw shone brightly and turned completely black on the next second. Due to the New Moon type boost the claw grew even bigger and was almost the size of the Pokemon!''
''Kageyama, return! Go, Nishinoya!'' The dragon was switched for the mole, who took the attack. Both Pokemon clashed with their claws, but the Crawdaunt was stronger and it launched Nishinoya back dealing a significant amount of damage. Nishinoya dropped his Leftovers.
''Shit, there goes our healing...'' Percy cussed. ''No matter! Nishinoya attack with Earthquake!'' The mole stomped again and the whole cave began to shake. Rocks fell from above and cracks appeared everywhere on the floor and walls. Mega Crawdaunt took the attacks quite nicely. He looked beat up but he was still ready to take another attack.
''Say goodbye to your pathetic mole! Crawdaunt, Aqua Jet!'' Water suddenly enveloped the lobster and it launched itself at Excadrill with immense speed. Within a blink of an eye, Nishinoya was out. ''Haha, is that all you've got?'' Audrey laughed at the young boy.
Percy clenched his fists as he drew his next Pokemon. ''Akame, I choose you!'' A white and yellow Delta Gardevoir landed on the cracked up ground and bowed gracefully.
''Uhhh...'' Audrey grunted. ''Another one of these?'' Akame was greatly touched by that comment and with an angry face, made a fighting stance.
Percy smiled as he noticed that Gardevoir was more likely to listen to him now. ''Okay, Akame! Attack with Shock Wave!'' The Delta Pokemon put her arms in front of her and sparks started flying out of them. Soon two lightning balls appeared on front of them and little bolts of lightning exchanged between them. She let out a cry as she launched a wave of electricity at her foe. This attack couldn't miss.
Crawdaunt lit up like a torch and soon fell to the ground unconscious. Thanks to the earlier Earthquake, this Shock Wave was just enough to knock it out.
''Interesting.'' Audrey commented as she returned her fainted Pokemon. ''So an Electric type Gardevoir? We'll see how you'll deal with this! Swampert!'' A big blue Pokemon landed on the battleground. It looked around quickly and lowered itself a little, getting ready to jump and its opponent.
'An earthquake may hurt, and Akame may be useful in another fight. Bringing in Kageyama in to take a powerful attack isn't really the best idea either...' Thoughts were racing through Percy's mind. 'Let's not forget about the Lugia as well. I'm pretty sure Kageyama is the only one who can oppose it in any way, so it would be really bad to lose him before we face it... Let's just hope things go my way!'
Percy pointed at the Swampert. ''Akame attack with Ice Beam!'' The Delta Pokemon chanted and attacked with a frosty beam of ice. The attack did some damage, but it wasn't enough to swipe the Swampert off its feet.
''Counter that with Earthquake!'' The ground shook once more and even more rocks fell from above. The wall behind Percy was completely leaking with water with cracks everywhere on it. As the ground stopped shaking Akame fell to the ground. The darkness enveloping the area disappeared.
''Damn it!'' Percy returned the Delta back to hers Poke Ball. ''Thank you.'' He whispered to the capsule and changed it for another one. ''Let the New Moon shine again! Kageyama!'' The Delta Charizard entered the battle once again and the cave fell into darkness one more time. ''Come on big boy! Use Shadow Ball!'' The Charizard roared and four spheres of darkness appeared before him. He launched them at Swampert and as they connected rocks flew everywhere. When the dust settled Swampert was laying on the ground. ''Yes!'' Percy exclaimed with relief.
''Don't get too happy to early it's not the end yet!'' Audrey switched the Poke Balls. ''Come out Kingdra!'' A blue seahorse landed on the ground and glared at Kageyama.
''This is our chance to turn thing to our favor Kageyama! Go for a Dragon Pulse!'' Kageyama started storing energy in his jaws.
''What?'' Audrey looked a little shocked. ''It's a Dragon type as well?''
Percy grinned. ''You've guessed it! Now fire!'' As he said that, the black dragon sent a wave of energy towards Kingdra. The Pokemon was hit heavily but it managed to survive somehow and it started preparing for a counterattack.
''Don't get your hopes high up kid!'' Audrey smiled. ''Now it's our turn! Dragon Pulse!'' She shouted and Kingdra launched a giant beam of purple energy towards Kageyama. It looked like that was a critical hit!
Suddenly a loud cracking noise was heard and rocks flew on the battlefield. Right behind the rocks a wall of water followed. One of the walls of the cave broke and water from the sea started pouring in!
''Argh what is this?!'' Audrey cough as some water flew inside of her mouth. ''The whole cave is flooding!'' She quickly returned her Kingdra and made her way towards the Lugia and grabbed it by its wings. ''Get me out of here, now!'' She commanded as the Pokemon dove underwater and escaped with the woman through the huge crack in the wall.
The cultists grunts started panicking and running everywhere as the level of water got higher and higher. Kageyama who turned back into his regular form was frantically looking around for his trainer and when he suddenly caught a glimpse of black clothing he rushed to it. Percy's leg was stuck between some rocks and his head was already underwater. There was not much time left, so Charizard dove under the water and grabbed one of the rocks and put it away.
Both the trainer and his Pokemon surfaced as they took a deep breath of air. ''We have to get out of here! And fast!'' Percy said as he grabbed Kageyama by his boney wings. ''Come on, let's go to the stairs and from there we'll backtrack to the exit!'' He shouted and the starter started to swim by propelling himself with his tail. The water level was so high, that the stairs were completely underwater now, and the waterfall disappeared as if it never even existed.
As soon as Charizard felt the rocky ground under his legs, he started walking, but the water level was rising even faster now. Flames burned in his empty eye sockets and suddenly purple flames burst from his wings. They dried his bones immediately. Kageyama started flopping around with his wings trying to move faster. It worked, as they started to outrun the water and soon, they were stepping on solid, dry ground.
Finally, they were safe. A light at the end of the tunnel showed them the exit and they ran straight to it. As the light blinded them, they emerged from the cave system and looked back quickly. The water level stopped rising just at the entrance and the last air bubbles floated to the surface. Just how many people died in there just now? Too many, that's for sure.
''Thank you!'' Percy said while breathing heavy and patting his starter. ''You saved my life!'' Kageyama touched Percy's cheeks with his skull as if he was licking him. ''I'll take it as a 'no problem' then!'' Percy chuckled as he rubbed Charizards head. ''Now rest a little, you've outdone yourself today.'' He said as he touched Kageyama with his Poke Ball and put him back in it.
The boy walked to the edge of the island he was on. It was a different one than the one he was originally. He let out a big sigh as he dropped to the sandy ground and lied on his back. ''I don't know what to think about this...'' He started talking to himself again. ''Audrey escaped with Lugia, I pretty much lost the battle and many people died in the flooding.'' He clenched his fist while grabbing some sand. ''I need to get stronger! If I was strong enough I would've stopped Audrey right here and no one would get hurt!'' He slammed his fist on the sand as it made a dull sound. ''Damn it all!'' He shouted.
After lying some more he finally got up and grabbed the inflatable Lapras out of his wet bag. For now, he needed to return to Miara Town to collect his thoughts and plan his next moves.
=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 that's the end of this chapter folks! I hope you enjoyed it! It was actually rather fun to write and I honestly like how this fic is coming up. I hope you guys like the changes to the story as well, I think if this were literally the same story as the one in the game it would be kind of boring, so adding my own little twist to it is hella fun! Well, that's all I think, remember to leave a review and see you in the next one! Papa Bless You!
~Felix
