Chapter 8: Eon

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Sophi's POV

"How did you know?" was Tara's question, her eyes locked on me with an inquisitive stare. "I don't know, there was a flash, I saw the sniper take the shot after Andrew sat down and a branch snapped, then I was back here, watching the events unfold in front of me, albeit, I altered the outcome." I replied truthfully. I had come to trust the two of them and, at a time like this, it wouldn't be wise to conceal information like that from them. Tara simply remained quiet, as did Andrew; the two of them seemed to be pondering how to respond to this kind of info. I sat down and poked at the fire with a stick, unsure of what to make of the situation myself. This kind of thing never happened before; I thought to myself, it might be related to the random pink fur that's been showing up on my arms. Andrew spoke after a rather long awkward silence: "I'm not sure what to make of this, no human has the ability to sense the near future, and there are very few Pokémon who can. Is this the first time something like this has happened?" "This is the first time, however, I did have a strange bug bite the other day and I could swear I've seen random pink patches of fur on my skin for a second before they disappeared." I answered truthfully.

"This is just a hunch, but I don't think that was a bug bite." Andrew responded, Tara and I looked at him, confused. "A couple days ago, I thought I heard something from nearby your tent, I didn't get a good look, but when I got closer to investigate, something ran off into the forest." Before he could continue, the pieces came together in my mind; "You mean to tell me that somebody was screwing around near my tent one night, ran off, and now this is happening to me!" I was practically shouting by the end, extremely ticked off. It was bad enough we were on the run from my former employers, who now really, really wanted Andrew and Tara's genetic code. Now, somebody's screwing with MY DNA; "Its bad enough were on the run," Tara began, practically reading my thoughts, "but if whatever this is recent, shouldn't we find somebody to determine if this is good or not?"

She made a valid point, however there was a slight problem; "Your right Tara," Andrew responded; "But what if were tailed again, we can't just change and use our abilities in public, and somebody could get caught in the crossfire." Another valid point, at that point, I had an idea; "If my memory serves, I think there is a cave system about three miles north of here." Tara gave me a quizzical look, "In those caves are some ruins of a fortress which has long since been abandoned. I found the ruins several months ago while on assignment, I never told anyone as they didn't seem important to the mission at the time and I never fully explored them." I stopped for a moment, letting the information sink in. Tara seemed to be processing the information slowly while Andrew seemed to instantly form a plan. "If we get to these ruins," he began, "chances are we could use them as a hiding spot, lay low until the MCC forgets about us or gives up." "My thoughts exactly, as for food and supplies, there is a town about ten miles from the ruins. It's a bit of a hike, but with your ability to use illusions, we can prevent the local populace from suspecting anything." I finished, Andrew nodding in agreement. Tara seemed to be slightly confused, but she didn't voice it, simply nodding in agreement as well.

Normal POV

The trio quickly packed up what they had left and headed for Sophi's ruins. The journey was not more than four hours. It was nearly sundown when they reached the location Sophi had talked about, but to their initial surprise, they found nothing. Tara spoke up, looking around as she talked; "I don't see anything, no cave or anything." Sophi began walking forward, responding "Its here somewhere, we just need to…AAAHHH!" She was cut off abruptly as some of the forest floor gave way and she fell feet first ten feet, landing with an echoing thud on the floor of a large cave. Andrew walked over to the edge of the hole where Sophi had been moments before. Looking down to make sure she was okay, he sarcastically called; "I think we found it." "No shit." was the echoed reply from an annoyed Sophi. Andrew retrieved a climbing rope from one of the bags and tied securely around a tree. Tossing the bags down into the cave, Andrew and Tara began their descent into the entrance of the cave.

Once they were safely at the bottom, they grabbed their bags and began hiking into the cave. Using flashlights, they continued for what seemed like hours, seeing as all sense of time was lost to them in the depths of the cave. They arrived at a large junction with six different entrances that branched off into different tunnels. Sophi walked along the walls of the junction, looking for something. "What are you looking for?" Tara asked, Sophi just motioned to wait as she found what she was looking for, a small purple mark in the wall of the fourth cave entrance. Motioning to follow, she lead the group down the cave at a brisk pace. As they continued, Andrew noticed the cave walls slowly changed from that of what a cave should look like into a smooth, rectangular tunnel with strange markings on the walls in groups of seven.

They finally arrived at what looked like a door way, with no visible method of opening. Sophi huphed after searching for an opening mechanism for ten minutes "There's got to be a way of opening this, when I was here before, I didn't really worry about opening it." She sat down in front of the door, leaning her back against it. Andrew walked around, investigating some of the carvings on the door. Unlike the ones in the ones in the hall, these were in a different language, this one seeming more rectangular in design. Moving to the walls, he found what seemed like a drawing of man with his hand on some sort of pedestal. Raising his hand, he was about to touch the drawing but stopped short. The hairs on hand were standing up like they were near static electricity. The feeling intensified near the pedestal part of the drawing. Investigating further, he touched the pedestal drawing, jumping back slightly when the drawing light up in an amber color. Andrew whirled and Sophi jumped up as a whirring sound along with some rumbling began, a small pedestal rising up out of the ground. It came to stop about 4 feet off the ground and the rumbling died down. Andrew stepped towards the pedestal that was now standing near the doorway. Without thinking, he set his hand onto the surface, which immediately began to glow white.

GGLSX finishes uploading the new chapter and attempts to exit the room stealthily

Sophi: "And just where the hell do you think your going? Mister dissapear for a WEEK!"

GGLSX: "Its the holidays, Ive been busy!"

Sophi: "Sure, Sure, and now I'm gonna kill you for screwing with my DNA!"

Sophi charges for GGLSX, who dodges and bolts out of the room, shouting:

GGLSX: "Until Next Time!"