Jewel was chasing her tail out of boredom. No one was paying any attention to her. Drew was leaning against a tree, and May was eating. Digging her claws deep into the ground, Jewel prepared to jump. She sprang up from the ground. Using her tail to propel herself, she did a summersault in the air. She landed perfectly on the ground.
"That was awesome, Jewel," May cheered.
Jewel's eyes sparkled and she stood proudly on the ground. She walked over to her trainer, and sniffed her hand.
"Oh, you want some food?" May guessed.
Jewel nodded happily. May dug deep into Drew's backpack looking for some pokemon food. When she couldn't find any, May gave Jewel the rest of her apple. Jewel nodded, and took it gently.
"Drew, do you have any water?"
Drew didn't answer.
"Drew?" She repeated.
He had fallen asleep near a tree. She could see his injured leg twitch every once in a while. Sighing, May walked over to him. It was almost dark, and too cold to travel. She sat next to him.
"Drew?" She whispered.
He didn't wake up, so she sat quietly next to him. Feeling tired, May curled up at his side and fell asleep. Too bad she didn't see Jewel scamper away.
The little rat had heard a rustle in the bushes. Heading towards the noise, she saw the moon reflecting in a puddle. She bent down to take a drink, but an ear splitting noise stopped her. The noise came from father ahead of her. Stepping carefully over the puddle, Jewel slipped into the bushed.
She sprinted back to May and Drew. May looked up as Jewel ran towards her, but Drew didn't move. Worry was drowning out any other emotion. Jewel nudged the sleeping boy. He didn't move or make a sound.
"Rat!" Jewel alerted her.
May nodded, knowing exactly what was going on. She had a dream about it a few minutes ago. Shaking Drew gently, she started to stand up. But he didn't move. Sighting, May poured some water on his head. Jewel saw that she was standing next to a small puddle.
"Come on, Drew."
He slowly opened his eyes.
"What is it?" He asked.
"We have to go. Now!"
Drew could tell that it was urgent, but he didn't want to get up. Giving up, Drew stood up and walked around her.
"What now? What's going on?"
"What is this, twenty question?" She asked.
"No, but I need to know what's going on," he pointed out.
May nodded but didn't say anything. She grabbed his hand, and started walking through the grass. She said nothing for two hours, and that worried Drew. May and silent don't go together.
"May, what's going on?" He tried again.
She didn't answer, but gave him a look instead. It was like she was trying to say, "Don't ask." So he didn't say a thing.
Drew could her a voice in the distance. Was it Cal? 'No, it couldn't be,' Drew told himself.
May looked up at the dark night sky. Visions from her dream came flooding back to her. It made her head her just think about it!
She saw a city, quiet and abandoned. There were bodies crushed under some broken buildings. Cal was laughing in the middle of the city, while Dragon dropped a little boy. The boy hit the ground, dead.
"Now that you have immortality, what will we do?" Cal asked.
"We shall rule the world with fear and blood," Dragon decided.
Nightwing shook his head, and looked at the destroyed city. He saw movement out of the corner of his eye. Turning his head, he saw a little girl trying to hide herself. Dragon saw Nightwing starring at something, so he looked at him, and followed his gaze to the girl.
The girl tried to run, but Dragon jumped in front of her.
"Where do you think you're going?" He asked.
"Please… don't hurt me!" She cried.
"Make me!"
Nightwing began to regret looking at her, and everyone knew it. Dragon lashed his tail at the girl, knocking her to the ground. Smiling in victory, Dragon clawed at the girl until she no longer struggled.
"With this power, I shall rule the world!" He declared, throwing the girl's body behind him.
May saw nothing after that. Darkness surrounded her, and tears burned her eyes. She didn't know what she was doing or where she was. Drew was waving a hand in front of her face.
"May?"
She said nothing. Tears rolled down her checks as she fell to the floor. Jewel was running around them squeaking madly.
Drew didn't know what to do. He sat down beside her and attempted to comfort her. Nothing was working.
"May, what's wrong?" Drew finally asked.
"They're going to destroy the city," May cried.
Drew looked confused, "What city?"
"LaRousse."
"So?" Drew didn't seem to get what she was saying. "What's wrong with destroying LaRousse?"
"Drew, my family lives there! And they…," she couldn't say the rest.
"They, what?"
"They killed…Max."
Drew stared at her, shocked. How could they kill Max? Wasn't he strong? Drew was confused and angry at the same time. Was all of this true? If it was, how dare they kill someone May cared about!
"May, it won't happen… we'll get rid of them before they can get that strong."
May nodded, but she wasn't really listening. Something inside her said that Drew was wrong. That she had to fight them by herself. But what was it, and why did she have to fight alone?
Jewel was still circling them, but suddenly stopped at the sound of footsteps.
"I knew we'd find you here!" Dragon said, clearly happy that Cal was wrong.
"Whatever," he muttered.
Drew turned around to face Dragon. "What do you want?"
"The girl, of course," he said.
"I get her first!" Cal boldly stepped towards Drew.
"Then next move you make will be your last," Cal said.
Drew wasn't fazed. He stared Cal right in the eye, causing the boy to flinch. Releasing his Absol, Drew stood up to battle. May grabbed his arm and stood up too.
"We didn't come here for a battle," Cal said. "But if you want one, you got one!"
Drew shook his head and smiled. This was going to be easy!
"Let's make a bet," Cal suggested.
"What kind of bet?" Drew growled.
"If I win, May comes with us! If you win, we'll give up," Cal smiled, watching Drew frown.
"And what makes you think I'd ever bet May?"
"Oh I just thought you weren't a coward! But it looks like I was wrong. Does the little baby want to cry to his mommy?" Cal laughed as Drew clenched his fists in rage.
"Fine, you're on!"
Cal looked at Drew. "Very well. But if you lose, she's going to die."
Drew was blinded by rage and didn't understand what Cal was saying. All he wanted to do was show him that he wasn't a coward.
"Yeah, and your point is?" Drew asked, walking closer to Cal.
May stepped back away from him. "Drew… how could you?!" She cried.
Drew looked back at her, and instantly regretted it. He face was stained with tears, and more kept on coming. He watched her try and wipe them away.
"May," he began, but she cut him off.
"Shut up, Drew! If winning is more important to you… never speak to me again!" She turned around and refused to look at him.
Drew could feel his heart breaking. He really didn't mean to hurt her. "May, listen to me…"
May said nothing.
"Are we going to fight or not?"
Drew nodded, and turned to Absol. His Pokemon could feel his pain and wanted to win for him.
"Lightning!" Cal called, releasing a beautiful, golden Arcanine.
The Pokemon landed gracefully on the ground in front of Absol.
"Meet Lightning. Beware, she's not a normal shiny Arcanine," he warned.
"Okay. Absol, use shadow ball!"
Absol jumped into the air and prepared to attack. Lightning didn't need a command from Cal. She bolted forward and knocked Absol to the ground. Cal made a signal with his hand, and Lightning launched a blue lighting bolt at Absol. Drew and his Pokemon were equally shocked.
"I told you she wasn't normal!"
The lightning bolt was coming closer and closer. Thinking fast, Drew ordered Absol to counter with iron tail. Absol nodded, and charged at Lightning with his tail glowing white. Cal shook his head clearly annoyed. But Drew's counter worked. Absol blocked Lightning's attack with his glowing tail. The lightning bolt bounced right off it.
"It's not as easy as you thought it was, right Cal?" Drew asked.
Cal glared, and commanded Lightning to use dig. The golden Pokemon nodded, and began to slash her paws at the ground, creating a huge hole.
"Water pulse," Drew commanded.
Absol created a huge wave that crashed down over the hole. Water poured into the hole, causing Lightning to yelp in pain. Cal snapped, and she appeared out of the ground using flamethrower. The fire hit Absol head on, and he flew high into the sky.
"Slash," Drew said.
Absol flipped around, and his claws started glowing. They collided with Lightning's golden fur, and the big dog was sent fly. She hit the ground and quickly recovered. Absol landed beside her.
"Ready to give up?" Cal asked.
Drew shook his head. "You wish! Absol hyper beam!"
Absol launched a hyper beam, but Lightning didn't move. "Hydro pump!"
Lightning nodded, storing a large amount of water in her mouth. She released the water when Absol's hyper beam was inches away from her. The water pushed the hyper beam into Absol, causing him to get hit with both attacks.
"Absol, are you okay?" Drew asked.
Absol struggled to get up. Drew smiled when he saw the white Pokemon get to his feet. "Shadow claw."
Absol jumped towards Lightning with one claw glowing black. Cal commanded his Pokemon to use extreme speed. She did as she was told, and smashed into him with tremendous speed. Absol managed to slash her side before he was flung off of her.
"Finish it with flamethrower!"
"Giga impact!"
Absol was surrounded by a green energy. Running towards his opponent, Absol prepared to smash into her. A large burst of fire was released by Lightning. The flame came closer and closer, but Absol didn't try to avoid it. He ran straight through the flame and smashed head first into Lightning. The giant dog was knocked to the floor, and Absol turned to Drew for an order.
"Shadow ball."
A dark, black ball hit Lightning in the side, causing her to jump to her feet.
"Fight! Lightning, use lightning bolt again!"
Another blue lightning bolt flew towards Absol. Drew commanded his Pokemon to use iron tail again. But this time the lightning bolt flew into the air. Absol looked confused until he realized it was about to hit him. Trying to stop the attack, Absol jumped into the air. The lightning bolt hit him head on. Absol hit the ground hard, and Lightning landed next to him.
"Absol, get up," Drew said.
But Absol was knocked out. Drew returned his Pokemon sadly. "You did great, Absol," he said. "Thanks for the help."
"You were awesome, Lightning!" Cal praised. Lightning stood beside him, and wagged her short tail. He returned her, and faced Drew.
"Looks like I win."
Drew nodded sadly, tears filling his eyes. "You win."
May looked at him but said nothing. She walked over to Cal as quickly as she could. She heard Drew say her name, but she turned away.
"Nightwing!" Cal called.
The black dragon flew down so Cal could get on. May slowly got on next, and Dragon smiled in triumph. He was finally going to be immortal! Nightwing flew away with Dragon following on foot.
Drew sank to the ground, and punched a rock. Tears landed on his hand, making him remember May's sad face. Why did he do that to her? He sighed. Maybe he would never know. Drew looked for Jewel, but remembered that May returned her before she left.
"I have to find her," Drew decided, releasing Flygon. "If I don't, May will never know how sorry I am." He jumped onto Flygon, and the green dragon raced after Nightwing.
