A/N: Hello all my readers.

I'll sleep when I'm dead by Set It Off

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon.


Nothing compared to freedom, and right now, Dragon's belief was that flying was freedom. It would never get old, especially for one who spent all their life grounded. But he had a job to do. So, flying at what Dragon guessed was near Mach 3. Which honestly felt like he was comfortably flying for fun. Looking down at his extra set of wings, an 'abnormality' for normal Latios, Dragon guessed they had something to do with it. Sometime he'd need to test how fast he could really go. Focusing back on his flight path, he took notice of the structure rising out of the greenery of, of all places, Alabama, Dragon turned invisible and slowed down as he neared, lowering his altitude to stay under radar if that was the place.

Gliding over the complex, Dragon matched the buildings and walls to what he saw previously on the blueprints. And if the guards on the walls and catwalk weren't enough then he didn't know what was. Looking at the sun nearing its highest point, Dragon figured right about now everyone on the base was either hungry or tired. Giving him the best chance to sneak in.

As Dragon moved closer to the catwalk the guards changed positions. As the one from the end of the catwalk turned to return back to the inside of the base, Dragon fell in line behind him and followed him to the door where he pressed his thumb to the panel on the side of the door and entered a code.

'5568. Need to remember that.' Just as the guard cleared the door, Dragon swooped in, being mindful of his wings, just before the door closed. A box room with another door and a hallway leading away met his sight. As the guard was about to walk down the hall, letting his gun hang at his side, Dragon knocked on the other door. The guard froze, grabbed his gun and looked over at the door. Quietly walking to the door, the guard pressed his ear against the door, listening. Moving back, the guard opened the door and pointed his gun.

Only to find an empty janitors closet. Dragon checked the hall, empty. Looking back at the man just before he closed the door.

"Hey." The guard spun around as a light flashed behind him, only to find himself staring back, fully decked in camo green and fully armored. He lowered the gun in utter befuddlement. The guard turned his head to the side.

"How in the?" Dragon pointed at his gun.

"You have my gun." The guard looked at the gun, then back up. A little blackish purple light was laced at the edges of Dragon's index and middle fingers. Before the guard could do anything, Dragon pressed his fingers to the man's head. His eyes rolled back and he fell into the closet. Grabbing the rifle, sidearm, radio, and ammo, Dragon put the guard in the closet and closed the door, sure that he would stay asleep. Before he closed the door though, Dragon put his two fingers to the guards head and did a brief scan for how to talk on the radio.

Feeling stupid for not checking before, Dragon looked around the room for cameras and found that the closet was a blind spot and he had been in it the whole time. Walking the path he memorized, Dragon soon found the elevator and saw a guard standing by the door. Just as he was about to turn the guard saw him.

"About dam time Scot. You know we're on a timed schedule. CO is gonna run our asses if we're late any longer." Going along with it, Dragon walked up next to him. Like the door, there was a finger print pad next to the elevator. The guard pressed his thumb when his face appeared on the screen next to it. A 'PERMISSION GRANTED' flashed a couple times before it switched to his 'face'. Hoping he got it right, Dragon put his thumb to the scanner. It took several seconds longer but the same words flashed and the elevator opened.

As the elevator went down the guard started to talk.

"Is the wife still mad?" Dragon glanced at him before shrugging.

"Well, she will be if you don't find your ring. Could of sworn I saw it on you this morning." Dragon looked at his ring finger, pretending to have just noticed it.

"Well, shit. Can't look for it now." 'Thank GOD that I got the voice right.' Dragon thought.

"I'll help you look for it later. Probably just left it in your locker." Dragon nodded. A faint 'ding' let them know they had stopped. Dragon was surprised at how fast they had moved. From the look at the blueprints the elevator went down for miles.

"It always gets me." Continuing his ruse.

"What?"

"At how fast this elevator is." He said as he stepped off, Dragon right behind him. In front of them were a pair of guards waiting.

"You're late." One said.

"Yeah, yeah. We know. Dickson decided to take the scenic route." Said Dragon's 'friend'. The pair of guards went by them to the elevator.

"Well, we were told that you got new orders. Another set of guys are coming down to take your normal patrol. The scientists need you with them in case that creature they're playing with becomes hostile. Just do as they ask. See ya." With that the two entered the elevator and disappeared behind the sliding doors.

"Come on Scot, let's see what the mad scientists need us for." He tapped Dragon's shoulder and moved down the hall with various turn offs. The man didn't turn down any of them and kept going forward to a door at the end of the hall.

'This is easier than I thought it would be, but it's no time to get cocky. Anyone could find that body at anytime.' Dragon thought as they reached the door. Just as the door opened, the guard with Dragon reached for his radio.

"I'm sorry, I think my ear piece is messing up. Did you just say that Dickson is unconscious and in a janitors closet?...But thats impossible." He turned to look at Dragon who had one thought.

'Well, speak of the devil and he will show himself.' The guard turned to look at him. Dragon feigned ignorance; raising his brow Dragon made himself look curious.

"I'm looking at him right now...Then explain how he got past the scanners...Alright, fine, I'll do it." Dragon knew it was coming and was already walking backwards slowly. The guard raised his gun at him. "You can stop now. I had my doubts but now I guess it's true. What did you do to my friend?"

"Don't worry about him." Dragon stopped moving and dropped the rifle, along with the sidearm, and shook his head.

"Let me guess, worry about myself right?"

"Well, yeah, but no. Scot, right? Well, Scot will wake up tomorrow morning from the best sleep he's ever had. What you should worry about is what could happen if I don't get into that room." People inside said room were either watching the two, securing the 'subject', or attempting to hide.

"Oh yeah, and what do you plan to do?"

"Simple. Release my friend in there and get the hell out of here." At the opposite end of the hall the elevator opened, revealing multiple guards filing out. The guard chuckled.

"And how do you plan on getting there with me here and them behind you." Dragon raised a brow and started walking towards him.

"Easy, you won't risk friendly fire." The smirk on the guard's face fell as he realized what he meant.

"Now wait a minute, let's not make any hasty moves now." The guard was nerves as he realized that he now had no hold over the situation.

"Halt! Don't make another move or I'll shoot." Dragon stopped.

"And risk shooting your man over here. Besides, you can't shoot what you can't see." With that Dragon gave off a flash, transforming back to his true form, and immediately turned invisible before anyone could see who he was and rose as high as he could.

"Where did he go?!" One guard asked.

"I don't know." Said the lone guard. "I'm coming to you." The guard slowly made his way to the others, jumping at any shadow along the way. As he did, Dragon floated through the door and pressed the 'LOCK DOWN' button. A blast door covered the doorway.

"What the? He must be inside. Go and get a blow torch, I think he locked it from the inside." The voice was faint but Dragon's ears picked it up.

"Well that doesn't leave me with much time." Said Dragon as he turned around and faced the scientists, dropping his invisibility as he did. "Don't worry about me, I'm just going to pick up my friend and be on my way." One of them fainted, not that anyone really cared at the moment. Dragon looked at the far end of the lab and found a large, four sided, glass cage with a little bed inside. On that bed was a larger than average cat. And if the pink fur or way to long of an tail didn't give it way, Dragon didn't know what would. Said cat car a starting to wake. As he approached the cage, a scientist got enough nerve to speak.

"What are you?"

"A Latios." Said Dragon without even turning. Mew was now fully awake and sitting on the bed watching Dragon.

"Mew? Mew, Mew mew Meeew." Dragon heard- "Huh? A Latios, but you're different than normal." Dragon nodded.

"Yeah I know, and I'll explain later. Let me get you out of here first. Can you fly or use your powers." Mew tried but couldn't get far before falling. Mew shook her head.

"Then get behind the bed. I'll break the glass and get you out." Mew nodded and got behind the bed. Dragon raised his claw and a green-ish aura surrounded it. Swinging it down, Dragon shattered the glass, causing an uproar among the scientists.

"Impossible!"

"That glass is three inches thick and just short of indestructible!"

"Where did it get that power?!"

Dragon ignored them and approached Mew and picked her up.

"Stay on my back. Just hold onto my sheath." Mew gave him a strange look when Dragon realised what he just said. "My sword sheath. That actually sounds worse. Just hold onto the thing on my back." Dragon could of sworn that Mew was giggling and rolled his eyes. 'Thank God for black scales and feathers.' Dragon thought as he started to blush. Shaking his head, Dragon turned around and found that the door was just opened and the guards came pouring in as the scientists scattered to the sides. Lining up and pointing their guns, the leader spoke.

"Alright, whatever you are I'm gonna guess that you were disguising yourself as Dickson earlier, meaning you can understand me, so I'll put it simple. Get on the fucking ground and don't move!" Dragon just raised a brow.

"Hey Latios?" Dragon looked behind him at Mew. "Ever been through a portal." She pointed at a black, spiral turning portal behind them on the opposite glass. Dragon's eyes widened at the sight, but before he could react, a whirlwind overtook the lab, pulling people down and sucking at vials, papers, and other lab equipment. As for Dragon and Mew, Dragon grabbed onto the bed, now thanking that it was bolted down. Mew on the other hand had another idea.

"Come on, don't worry about it." And before he could stop her, Mew jumped at the portal and disappeared into it. Dragon didn't care what Mew said. Anything that involves being sucked into a black abyss was something Dragon had on his 'No way in hell' list. Then, only to make Dragon think of any horror dream or movie, a large black tentacle with a red claw at the end came out of the portal and wrapped around Dragon and started pulling on him.

"Shit! Shit! Shit!" He was losing his grip. Finally the metal snapped from his grip and he flew into the portal. As soon as he past the portal, clawing and biting the whole way, the whirlwind stopped and it disappeared, dropping any flying object and giving the room's occupants a chance to breath.

"What the hell! Was that!?"


Never let it be said that Dragon would go down begging. He was biting, clawing, punching, and anything else that came to mind. For some reason, he couldn't find his powers, and couldn't reach his sword. Being dragged through nothingness, tugged this way and that, until coming to a stop. Stopping mid bite, Dragon felt eyes on him and a shiver running up his back. Turning his head, his body following as the tentacle spun him around, Dragon had one though at his first sight.

'Those are some beautiful, red eyes.' Immediately Dragon felt embarrassment and a blush coming on. 'Once more, thank God for black scales and feathers.' As if the owner of the eyes heard him, it tilted to the side slightly. It was so dark that that Dragon could only see the creatures eyes and the six red claws. A powerful voice penetrated Dragon's head.

"'It is said that when the Chosen One is laid to rest, And the time of constant chaos is depleted from the world, That an evil unlike any seen before would rise to swallow the world of Pokémon.

'"In defiance, Arceus would call upon his Guardians of his world, and they, their children of descendants, to battle the evil. But they would be to late. For the by the time Arceus realizes the danger, The world would already be lost, And all with in it would die."'

The voice was feminine and came in a sing-song voice that threatened to over take Dragon in a trace.

'"Though, that is only what the book of Prophecies stated, and where it ended. But I knew Arceus, he wouldn't give up so easily, No, it simply wasn't like him.

'"In one last act as a god to all of his creations, be they the humans or the Pokémon among them, To his Guardians or the world they protected, He would save them, though at the cost of his life.

"'With the last of his once great power, Arceus sent the life forms of his world, to another, And every animal of that world, would turn into one of his, though they had no knowledge of the world they once lived, only the memories of the one they lived in to begin with. Arceus made it this way so the life of his world would live on, with as little disruption of the other worlds creatures. And with them, came up the internal knowledge of what a Pokemon could do, to give them chance. And finally, after moving those, Arceus used all but a bit of the strength he had left to send the legendaries, the Guardians, on to defend the next world, along with what of their descendants remained.

"'When the last of those gone, Arceus did the last thing I thought I would ever hear from him, the one thing I longed to hear from him.

'I, am sorry. And I could never ask for forgiveness, for I do not deserve it, for what I did to you is unforgivable, but maybe this, could be a start.'

'"And with that, Arceus used the last of his strength to send me here, to act as it's Alpha, it's main protector, And because of that, for my last fleeting moment in that world, I told him, 'I forgive you.'

'"But I cannot do it alone, for the Guardians themselves believed me their foe, Arceus' foe. This couldn't be farther from the truth.

"'Which leads to you, a human of this world, changed by a being of mine, but a human I chose. Why I chose you, I cannot say, for not even I myself know why I chose you.

'"It could have been your potential, or your strength that hides as stubbornness and pride, or, even more strangely, the attraction that befuddles me when you come to mind, for I know not what the cause of it is.

'"What I do know, is that the evil will come here, and we must be ready. Your job is to find the Guardians and prepare, and I will be the whisper on the wind to instruct you."'

Dragon grew tired of the constant riddles. Growling, he spoke.

"If that's so, then how can I know that you are telling the truth, how it is that you know this? And for that matter, who are you?"

'"How do I know this, and who am I?'" She chuckled lowly as the side of her lips raised in a grin. White teeth apeared below her eyes.

"'To the first, the answer is strange to some, even in this world because of you're animated version of us, of my old world.

"'I, am Arceus' Sister, and he, my Brother. Most believed he created me, but that is wrong. And, I had every right to not help him when the evil came, but I loved the world he made just as he did, for it gave me mine, my own realm, which allowed me to create a connection from his world to this one until he sent me through and cut the connection, leaving me in this new world, a new realm to watch over.

"'I was his Sister, and he forced the job I had for a reason, because in the end, it was more important than my anger at him, And now I know that, that is why I forgave him.

"'As for who I am? You already know, so why ask.'"

It wasn't a question. Dragon growled as the tentacle twitched and sent him serving around. She chuckled again.

"'I, am Giratina, the keeper of the reverse world.'" The plain around them brightened to reveal floating islands upon which buildings, greenery, pools of water that fell in different direction, or mountians as Giratina reared back in pride and released Dragon, who felt his powers return and spun around to be right side up. Her eye's glow intensified for a moment before returning to their normal glow. Her form was revealed last. Her serpentine form with various armor platings spread out to allow mobility. Her face guard was closed, hiding her grinning teeth from view.

"'I have watched you since I arrived and have decided that you, would be the best to help me in the fight to defeat the Darkness. Now prepare, there is much to be done.'"

Dragon leaned back, processing what was going on before. On one hand, or claw, he had found Giratina, or is it she found him? On the other, Dragon wanted to bust out laughing at Giratina's little speech. If he didn't think of something fast Dragon felt that he would be having a pissed off dragoness wanting to tear him in half for making fun of her. A thought came to mind, deterring his humorous thoughts. Crossing his arms, Dragon spoke his thoughts.

"What do you mean, 'chose you'? Why would you chose me after just arriving?" Despite the face armor, Dragon could see Giratina's grin grow. She then did two things that surprised Dragon; one, she switched to speaking instead of telepathy. Two, humor was laced with each word she spoke.

"Who said that I 'just' arrived?" Dragon tilted his head.

"What do you mean?" Giratina leaned closer to Dragon, making him wince slightly. Despite having Lativius' memories of when he was around her didn't help the fact that he was now actually in her presence. And now she was nearing his personal space.

"Simple." She started, turning away and started gliding towards seemingly nothing. Dragon dashed forward to catch up, gliding alongside her. "While the creatures of your would just turned and the legendaries have actually made landfall, I have been here for quite some time." She looked down at him sideways. "Or did you think that those dreams were just some strange occurrence." A smile had found it's way into Giratina's face as she turned forward. Dragon had to suppress a shutter as he watched Giratina.

'Lativius' memories ain't gonna help me one bit. That version of Giratina verses now is way off. From Lativius' experience, Giratina was a cold, driven, bitch. Now,' Dragon couldn't help the next shutter. 'Now she's like some girl in front of her crush or something. All happy and at peace with everything.' Dragon's thoughts kept going until Giratina stopped, at nothing.

"Uh, is there a reason for us being here?" Giratina nodded.

"Yes, to check on Mew." She reached up and pulled down a large pink bubble with a tentacle. Dragon floated closer to get a better view. Inside was Mew, looking ten times better. "When I pulled her through I asked her to go into this state and used my powers to heal her. Let's check on her." Using her claw, Giratina poked the bubble, popping it and releasing Mew.

Slowly, Mew woke. Stretching, Mew yawned and looked around before settling her eyes on Giratina. A large smile grew on her face.

"Hi auntie!" She said in a cheerfully high voice and started to float around before finally looking at Dragon. "And you, I need to say thank you for helping me out but my auntie handled it quite well." Giratina laughed at that. Dragon just looked at her like he just realized she was there. His composer of the tough dragon had completely diappeared and was replaced by hesitation, and a little fear, this version of Giratina wasn't what he was expecting and there was clearly more to it than he knew.

"That, my niece, was a test for him, one where he would prove that he could be of use to me. And he past." She looked down at him, a glint in her eye deeply unsettled him.

"What!? You mean I was a test!" Mew yelled, her childish behaviour gone for the moment. Dragon had a feeling it would soon return.

"And if he were to fail then I would have saved you, I promise." Giratina rolled her eyes. Mew settled back and crossed her arms and looked between her aunt and Dragon before finally settling on Dragon once more.

"Who are you? What are you?" Her childish tone returned as she started flying around Dragon as if analyzing him. He kept trying to keep her in sight by turning his head.

"I'm a Latios."

"Never seen or heard of one like you, and Lativius for sure never spoke of a black Latios. Especially one who has four wings." She continued to fly around him as Giratina settled to watch the entertaining show.

"Well, when you came to this world I and my grandfather found him. After giving me a short story of how he got there he transferred his powers, memories, even his physical shape to me." Mew stopped in front of him, upside down.

"You mean an Essence Transfer? Wooow. I haven't heard of those since the last Warrior of Lati, or something like that." Giratina chuckled, bringing the center of attention to her.

"You mean Guardian of Lati. At least that's the official term. I have heard of others. Warrior, Servant, I think I heard of one who liked to be call Soldier." Dragon raised a brow.

'Soldier?'

"Hey, I like that, Soldier of Lati. The Soldier of Dragons." Dragon had perked up. To bad Giratina decided to pop his metaphorical bubble.

"Let's just stick to Guardian of Lati, alright, little soldier-boy?" Dragon's right eye twitched. Turning towards her.

"'Little soldier-boy'? Well, I bet this 'little soldier-boy' could kick your ass!" Said Dragon starting to draw his sword as Giratina laughed.

"You, a recently mortal-turned immortal, think you could kick my ass, a Goddess's ass? Someone who has trillions of years of experience?" Giratina chuckled as she leaned back in thought. "Tell you what, and I'm only saying this because I highly doubt that you can, but if you ever, ever, defeat me in a spar or something, I'll go on a date with you." She chuckled again as she floated away.

Dragon's face instantly dropped any anger and his eyes widened. His sword, which was drawn slightly, made a shink and click as it fell into the sheath when he let go of it. Pointing at Giratina's retreating form, Dragon tried to speak.

"D-d-di-did sh-she just, uh, just say, wh-what I, uh, th-think she did?" Mew looked at Dragon then to Giratina.

"I don't think you have anything to worry about. I think she was just joking." Mew turned to Dragon. "So, what was that about 'coming to this world'?" Dragon blinked his eyes.

"Uh-!" Mew latched onto his arm.

"Good Then! Come on! I know the perfect spot where you can tell me!" And with that, Mew dragged the wide eyed Latios across the Reverse World to the 'perfect spot', the previous conversation and its contents at the back of his mind.


Giratina chuckled as she was Mew dragging Dragon around. Her chuckle stopped and her brows furrowed.

'But why the hell did I say that? Maybe he won't think on it to much and he'll just forget about it. Besides, he has more pressing matters to deal with.' Thought Giratina as she turned to deal with her duties.


A/N: There you go, a new chapter. Please review.