Chapter 9: Double-Crosser
Vesuvius and Pompeii led Braixen back to HQ. Braixen had asked to become a spy for the Pokemon Pilgrimage. Braixen would be double-crossing Darkrai, but she could let Cresselia in on her little plan to help Pompeii and Vesuvius rescue the universe from the corrupted Arceus.
I bet you're wondering why I said corrupt. Here's the story of how it all happened.
It all started when Mew and Mewtwo had their epic battle. Arceus had overlooked the battle and got very upset. Arceus was too absorbed in his mind thinking of a way to end the fight, that the dreaded Dark Void, a creature born from shadows, had risen up out of it's hiding in the Earth's core. It caught Arceus by surprise, taking over his consciousness. The old Arceus, along with its memories, had been shoved into an unconscious part of the body's brain. Arceus had been taken over by the Dark Void.
I'm also going to tell you how the Dark Void came to be in the first place.
Pokemon used to live in a world of happiness. But, as in all worlds, there is no good without evil, no happiness without remorse. There was one trainer who had bad intentions. His name was Blake, and he wanted to rule the Pokemon World. His mind had been corrupted by an urge for power and purpose, and so his mind is what created the Dark Void. It was just a large sphere, radiating a dark aura.
Eventually, Blake and the Dark Void had overtaken the Pokemon universe. Even Arceus alone could not defeat it. But Arceus had an idea. If I cannot do it alone, then I and the other Legendaries will do it together! Arceus thought.
All of the Legendary Pokemon gathered, and fought off the dreaded Dark Void, however they could not truly defeat it. So while it was weak, Arceus banished it to the Earth's core, to return in 1,000,000 years.
"So Braixen. . . why exactly do you want to be a spy for us? Are you using us for info?" Pompeii started interrogating her.
"I wanted to help. After I figured out that the Corrupted Arceus was going to destroy the universe and make a new one, I also figured out that we would die. Become erased from existence."
"I think you would have already known that. Any other reasons?"
"I just don't want any Pokemon erased because of this foolish plan."
"My plan or their plan?"
"Which one do you think?"
"Ugh, you're right. We need to think of something. . ." Pompeii ended the argument.
The rest of the way back to HQ was silent. Probably because Pompeii and Braixen wanted to think of a better plan than one another. But Vesuvius thought of a plan sure to beat theirs.
After getting back, the three Pokemon sat at the conference table and discussed their hasty, not well-thought plans. Vesuvius did not listen, because she was thinking of a way to execute her master plan. Pompeii noticed her spaced out expression, and slapped her. "Vesuvius! Do you have a plan?" Pompeii asked.
"Of course I do." Vesuvius replied
"Well what is it!"
"Don't be so hasty. I was about to start explaining!"
"Ok, then explain!"
"You interrupted me again."
"JUST TELL ME THE PLAN!"
"Ok, calm down Pompeii,
Here's my plan:
Train up. Evolve ourselves.
Gather an army of soldiers from HQ.
We go off and fight Arceus! Easy!"
"... Vesuvius. That's not a good plan. You left out two crucial details. One, WE NEED TO FREE LATIAS AND LATIOS! Two, Arceus is LEGENDARY. How can we fight that!" Pompeii said, completely irrational.
"Pompeii, I know about Arceus being legendary. That has nothing to do with anything. The Dark Void thing that I heard corrupted him beat him, and he was just a black blob. If it can do it, we can do it! Oh, and we'll figure out how to release Latias and Latios soon." Vesuvius calmly replied.
"Really Vesuvius. Great plan." Pompeii mumbled sarcastically, nodding his head at Vesuvius.
"I think it's a great plan!" Braixen said, quickly nodding.
"Thanks! Now, let's get training!"
