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Weasel roamed the halls of the lab, her mind racing. It had been roughly a day since Nirkana's death, and the scientists were trying to figure out how to create better morphs, but to no avail. The tame morphs had been left to their own thoughts. It seemed that the rebel morphs had not found the base yet. Many of the tame pokemorphs were in their room, relaxing. Weasel and a few others, however, were up and about. Weasel was up because she could not stop thinking about the Iron Angel. She had seen him yesterday, and she now knew that they had known each other before they had become pokemorphs. What she couldn't possibly remember, however, was how. Weasel was brought out of her reverie by the appearance of the newest hybrid. Shadow Storm was the result of a newly tested formula tat was designed to give a pokemorph increased power. This was showing in Shadow by his odd pokemorph form. While everyone else had normal colors for their pokemon side, Shadow was an Umbreon morph with white circles instead of the usual yellow ones. Weasel had seen him twice before; both times, he had struck her as antisocial. Right now, he was standing there looking unhappy. Weasel decided that this would be a good time to make him a friend, and not a foe.
She walked up to him and spoke. "Hey! Shadow, what's wrong? you see to be down."
"Oh, it's nothing," he replied. "I'm just thinking."
"About what?" Weasel never got an answer. Instead, a blur flew by and crashed into her head with a giant, knocking her out.
"Mira, you numbskull," Shadow yelled, "Look what you did!"
"I'm sorry, Weasel! I'm sorry!" Mira yelled as she stared at Weasel's unconcious body.
"I'll go get help!" Mira took off, turning into a blur again as she shot through the corridors. Shadow took his attention away and looked at Weasel. Mira had to be more careful, or she'll kill somebody. We're already outnumbered, Shadow thought, and they'll be even more outnumbered once I escape. His thoughts were interrupted when Weasel's eyes snapped open. "I REMEMBER!" She yelled. "Remember what?" Shadow asked. "I remember where I know the Iron Angel from," she said excitedly. "Where?" Shadow asked, but Weasel wasn't listening. "I have to get out of here and find him!" Weasel was about to run down the halls when Shadow stopped her.
"If you leave alone, then the creatures in the woods will tear you apart. Let me come with."
"You would do that...for me?" Weasel said, stunned.
"Well, to tell the truth, I was planning to get out of here anyway," Shadow said sheepishly.
"Well, well, what do we have here? Two little pokemorphs trying to turn traitor?" Bale walked into the room. Weasel hated him. He was always so snobbish, and he was just downright nasty.
"Bale? It's not what it looks like, I promise!" The fear in Shadow's eyes were clear.
"Well, to tell the truth, I want to get out of here too," Bale said.
"Really? Well then, I guess we better get moving!" Weasel leapt up and practically dragged Shadow out of the room. Bale followed, wondering what he would be rewarded with when he brought the scientists not only these two traitors, but the Iron Angel himself.
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Nix was lost. Totally, absolutely lost.
He was in a forest. That much, he knew. Whatever forest it was, though, it went on forever. Nix had been walking for at least three hours now, with no end to the forest in sight. His six pokeballs hung at his side, ready to aid him if needed. What he needed now though, instead of protection, was water. He absolutely, dreadfully needed water. It was very stupid of him to have drank all of his water before he entered the forest. Nix stopped when he tripped over a vial. Muttering about littering, he was about to go on his way when he stopped cold.
A vial? In the middle of a forest that showed no signs of human habitation?
Nix whirled around and grabbed the vial. He stared at the contents. The substance inside looked like water, but it seemed like muddy, dirty water. Oh well. Water was water, and right now, Nix needed water. He opened the vial and was about to raise it to his lips and drink it, when he heard a cry.
"Stop!" A middle-aged man entered the clearing. He had a buzz cut, wore glasses, and had a ragged, torn lab coat. "Don't drink that!"
"Why not?" Nix asked.
"It's a special formula that I made," the man explained. "If you drank it, then you would have transformed."
"Well, it's a good thing that you came along then," Nix said. He handed the vial back to the man, who plugged the vial again. The man noticed the pokeballs hanging from Nix's belt.
"Excuse me, young man," he said, "but I noticed that you have pokemon with you. Will you help me get to my lab? It's a few hours' walk from here, but I was afraid to go because of all of the dangerous Pokemon around."
"Sure," Nix said. "I'm always able to help. What's your name?"
"My name," the scientist said, "is Jason."
"Well, Jason," Nix said, "Lead the way."
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Jason and Nix walked for an hour before they came upon the first enemy. A pair of Luxrays had found them, and they were hungry.
"Go, Rose and Garde!" Nix shouted. A Roserade and a Gardevoir materialized. "Rose, use Giga Drain! Garde, use Psychic!" The two pokemon easily knocked out the wild Luxrays. Nix recalled them, and they continued on. Everything was quiet until about an hour and a half since the Luxrays attacked. A whole pack of Ursarings was there, and they didn't want Nix and Jason to pass. "Go!" Nix threw out all of his pokemon. Rose and Garde, Elektro and Magema, his Electivire and Magmortar; and, to round out the group, Razor and Windcutter, his Scizor and Aerodactyl. Both group of pokemon stared at each other, then charged.
The fight was brutal.
The Ursarings could have wiped the floor with Nix's team, but they fought halfheartedly. Nix's pokemon, on the other hand, were extremely motivated. Jason watched, intrigued, when something ocurred to him.
"Where's the Alpha?" Nix turned to look at him.
"The what?"
"The Alpha. The leader of the pack. The Ursarings seem not to have one. I wonder where it went."
"Who knows? If their missing their leader, then that might explain why they aren't fighting so much." Jason opened his mouth to say more, but stopped when he got an idea. He pulled out a pokeball.
"Hey," Nix asked, "You have a pokemon too? Why aren't you using it to help?"
"This pokemon isn't for fighting," Jason said. "Go, PorygonZ!" A Porygon-Z appeared.
"PorygonZ, use Scan!" The Porygon-Z shot green beams of light at all of the pokemon present. "DATA RECORDED," The Porygon-Z said.
"Good," Jason said, "Use the Ursaring's Hyper Beam." The Porygon-Z drew in a quick breath. Nix could tell what was going to happen. "Return!" He called out, calling all of his pokemon back into his pokeballs.
It was a good thing, too. As soon as Nix's pokemon were in their pokeballs, the Porygon-Z unleashed an incredible Hyper Beam. It blinded Nix with it's brilliance. When he had his sight back, he saw the utter destruction that it had caused. There was nothing but a straight line of scorched trees in the direction that the Porygon-Z had aimed. There was no sign of the Ursarings, but Nix knew what had happened to them.
"You...you incinerated them! You're insane!" Jason payed no mind. He was recalling his Porygon-Z. "Why did you kill them?" Nix asked. "I could have taken them without killing them!"
"It was better to make sure that the threat was neutralized."
"You're a madman! I'm not helping you any more!" Nix stomped off.
"So be it," Jason said. He turned around and walked toward where he knew that the burned-down facility was.
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Jason sat at his burnt desk, the all-important vial in his hands. He had created the formula that had given birth to the most vicious pokemorph the world had ever known. Nirkana. But when the scientists had declared the formula a failure, they had booted him out into the forest. But he had the formula. He could use the formula to create his own army. Then he would show them. He would show them all.
Jason laughed a cold, dark, hollow laugh, then drank a portion of the vial.
Chaos: There's chapter Seven! It was a nice break to not write about Aaron for a chapter. Also, this chapter has repercussions that will most likely reverbrate throughout the whole series. There's a new faction in town; Teran's flock of Ursarings has been destroyed; and there's an actual human character now! Well, that's all for now. Cya!
