(A/N: Sorry for the long wait peoples. Apparently, according to Goddess of Discord and Heaven, I will be tortured by some sort of voodoo doll… *shudders*)


Chapter 8: The Horrible Truth

He couldn't tell where he was, for his thoughts kept leaving and returning constantly. He could hear some voices, which sounded familiar. Raiden soon opened his eyes and soon found that he was lying in a bed and that a bunch of faces were staring at him.

"Oh Raiden!" RiRi said, who was the first one to come up to him and give him a hug. She had been worried sick about him, not to mention he had been out for about five hours. "I'm so glad you're finally awake."

"What happened?" Raiden said groggily, who was still trying to gain full consciousness. "What about those Pokemon? Are they alright?"

"It was strange," RiRi said. "After the Pokemon regained consciousness, they had no recollection of what had happened."

"You were passed out for hours," Hayden added. "You were breathing, but you were barely moving."

"Yeah, my head hurts," Raiden groaned, rubbing his head slightly. He could slightly remember what happened before. He had encountered Zangoose and soon after, his head felt like it was going to crack in two. And then… it seemed like he almost blanked out there. But then again… he could also remember he had felt something almost foreign to him… hatred. But it wasn't just the hatred you could normally feel. No, it was a deep hatred, and it kind of scared Raiden himself.

"Listen everyone," a voice then said, and everyone turned to see it was Volt standing there. "I think maybe its best now we allow Raiden to rest and also to give him some breathing room. And Raiden?"

"Yes?" Raiden replied.

"When you're able to go out and about, can we speak in private?" Volt asked.

"Of course," Raiden said, figuring it might have to do with the events that have unfolded. Once everyone had left, he laid back in bed, trying to recollect his thoughts. Of course, the thoughts he recalled pained him, since he could remember Zangoose's words. His parents… worked for Cipher? It was impossible. If they were, why wasn't he? Why was he born and raised in the wild instead of some stupid organization? It didn't make sense, but then again, Zangoose could've said that to manipulate him. He sighed as he turned to his side. He was still sort of weak, and decided it was best to rest right now and he closed his eyes, soon falling fast asleep.


Volt was walking outside in one of the hallways when he suddenly heard his voice called. He turned around and saw another Pikachu, one with a scruff of hair on his head. "Sparky?" he asked, seeing his old friend.

"I have some news you might want to hear," Sparky said. "I was talking to one of those Pokemon and they mentioned that they were told about who was behind the whole attack. Volt… Cipher has returned and is here in Jubilife."

"Then it all makes sense now," Volt said. "Why these events are taking place. I should've known this. Anything else?"

"As of right now, no," Sparky replied.

"I see. Go back to him and see if he can remember anything else," Volt said.

"Got it buddy," Sparky said with a wink, causing Volt to smile, and then soon left.

Volt then sighed. This was not good. But now everything made sense again. However, before he went on his way, he happened to see two Pichu coming around and once taking a good look at them smiled again, recognizing them. "Hey! You two!" he said.

Jaden and Zack both looked to him. "Yes?" Jaden asked.

Volt knew these two were the Pichu Bros. "What, you two forgot me already?" Volt said with a smile, remembering his old friends.

"Wait a minute…" Zack said. "You're not…?" Volt then nodded. "Holy crap! It's you!? What are you doing here!?"

"Shh!" Volt quickly said. "I know you two may recognize me, but for now I go as Volt, got it?"

"Oh," Jaden said. "I see. I can't believe it's you though! What are you doing here?"

"Well, it's a long story," Volt said, smiling slightly. "Anyway, I thought since I have the time I could meet up with some old friends of mine, and talk about our adventures?"

"THAT WOULD BE AWESOME!" the Pichu Bros. said together and soon the three of them began talking about their old adventures, as well as their new ones.


"Houndoom, I wish to speak with you," Purugly said.

"What is it?" Houndoom said, looking back to her. They were in their underground base.

"I'm going to say this right now," Purugly replied. "I don't like this Cipher group."

"I figured you wouldn't…" Houndoom replied.

"Houndoom, they're killing innocent Pokemon!" Purugly snapped. "I thought it was only just terror attacks, but they're going as far as to take actual lives!"

"I know," Houndoom said, who then sighed. "But what can I do now? They outnumber us now and we try leaving, they'll kill us all."

"Then what can we do?" Purugly asked.

Houndoom just turned around. "I don't know…"


After a couple hours, Raiden soon woke up from his sleep. He looked around and saw that he was alone, like before. It seemed that the power nap helped him out a lot as he felt better. Getting out, he walked out of his room. He remembered Volt saying he wanted to talk to him and went to look for him. It wouldn't take too long as he found him with, surprisingly, Jaden and Zack.

"Oh?" Volt said, looking to him. "Listen you two, Raiden and I have to speak privately…" With that, he headed upstairs with Raiden right beside him. "I'm glad to see you're finally awake and well," he then said.

"Yeah," Raiden replied. Soon they were outside in the city, in the same park as before. "I can't recall what happened before I passed out. It was strange though…"

"Raiden, I have to ask you something…" Volt said. "Before you passed out, at anytime before that did you come in contact with some strange material?"

Raiden's eyes shot up wide when he remembered the encounter with the gas-like stuff. "Yes, I did," he said.

Volt let out a sigh. "I see… Unfortunately, that was what made you black out. You see, that there was dark energy. And now it's in your system."

"What does that mean?" Raiden asked.

"It means you have darkness inside you," Volt said. "If you let your anger get a hold of you, you will practically lose control of yourself."

"Then that explains everything," Raiden said. He looked down in shame. "Am I becoming evil?"

"Technically, no," Volt explained. "But… if you keep resorting to your darker self, while it will make you stronger, there's a chance at some point you will stay that way until you die. Of course, some might be able to control it eventually. But… I'm afraid you will be stuck like this the rest of your life."

"I understand," Raiden said.

"However, that's not just why I brought you here," Volt said. He looked Raiden straight in the eyes. "I knew I recognized that birth mark from somewhere. The second I saw that, I figured what was going on…"

"My birth…" Raiden said. His eyes then lit up. "Wait, you know my parents!?"

"I did…" Volt said. He then let out a deep breath. "Back in the day… my trainer and I traveled to the Orre region to spy on the organization you know as Cipher. That was where their main headquarters used to be. We went undercover as new recruits and we saw what they did. They took many Pokemon who were stolen, since Orre has no wild Pokemon, and did what they did to you and many others, turning them wild once again…"

"But what about my parents?" Raiden asked. "Zangoose said they worked for Cipher."

"They… did," Volt said. "Zangoose was right. But I guess he didn't mention the other part…"

"Other part?" Raiden asked.

"Your parents loved each other deeply," Volt said. "They soon gave birth to a child, which was you Raiden. Of course, if the organization found out about them two, they would've faced terrible consequences. So, secretly, my trainer and I got you out safely and let you out into the wild."

"Then it makes sense then," Raiden said. He had been separated for a reason. "But what about Hayden?"

"We made another trip, about three years later…" Volt continued. "At this point, things were worse. Pokemon were actually being euthanized due to not being able to cope with the dark energy. Your parents were still around, but they had another child, which was Hayden. At this point, your parents were regretting joining such a terrible thing but then Zangoose, whose trainer at the time was the leader of the group, found out about us and soon we had to escape. Unfortunately, we were found out and had to run for it. We were only able to take Hayden with us. I'm sorry Raiden, if we tried to get them out as well-"

"I understand," Raiden said. "And what happened to my parents."

Volt looked uncomfortable now and hesitated. "Well… as we found out… they had been killed. Zangoose killed them as punishment for turning their backs on the organization… I'm so sorry Raiden."

Raiden just stood there, stunned like never before. His parents… were dead? Not only that, but Zangoose killed them? It felt like his heart suddenly stopped and could start to feel himself shaking but controlled himself. "No… it's fine," he said. "Um… I need to be alone for a bit, if that's alright?" Volt nodded and then left.

Raiden just stood there, in the middle of the park, almost motionless. Suddenly, the shaking began and soon the tears came to his eyes. He went onto his knees and started sobbing, not just because his parents were gone but because the entire trip was for nothing…

"Raiden?" He looked over and saw Hayden staring at him. He noticed she had tears in her eyes as well and almost automatically they went to each other and held each other tightly, both sobbing in remorse of their dead parents…


(A/N: Oh my God this is so sad! WAH! No really it is… Um… I don't know really what to say now but hope you all enjoyed and don't mind me while I check the tissues…)

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