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Chapter 8:

PRESS SPACE (REDUX)


Flashback Start:

"There are two things in this world 'hat all living things share in common. Despite all difference that may occur, two things are certain for living things to experience. Many have tried to stop one of these experiences from happening, but it is a guaranteed thing to happen. Ya cannot avoid these things not matter what.

What are they, ya ask? The two things 'hat every living thing experiences is the sensation of being alive and the sensation of dying.

..Aye. 'hat's correct. Everything experiences being alive at some point, being sentient or not. Some living things can live for a long time or a short time. But what those living things, regardless of how long they live, must face the embrace of death one day.

Though the ones that do pass away have run out of time, we should all mourn for them in the various stages of grief, as they have passed onto the next stage, either onto heaven, hell or recantation, depending on what ya believe in.

Hmm? Too scary? Sorry dear, I was only answering yer question, that's all. Maybe I did go too far into detail.

What's 'hat? What are the stages of grief, Jackie? 'hat's a very good question!

Denial. Anger. Bargaining. Sadness. Acceptance. Those are the stages the grief, ya see.

Denial is the first stage in grief. It's when yer in shock of what's happening, and yer cannanot believe what is happening, 'hat a person 'hat ya love is gone. 'hat is a terrible feeling and is something 'hat all living thing must go through.

Anger is the second stage. When ya experience anger when grieving, ya feel like ya been wrong. Why has the person died, ya ask? Why on earth do they have to die? It's not fair 'hat they had died, why couldn't someone mean less had died?! These are the sorts of questions 'hat ya will when in anger, when ya release the angry emotions out.

Bargaining is the third stage. This is when ya would do anything to bring 'hat person back because ya missing them so much. Ya feel like ya will do things 'hat you never expect to do, like selling everything ya have or selling ya soul to the devil. 'hats how ya know ya on this stage, when ya will do pretty much anything to bring them back.

The fourth stage is the most obvious, of course. Sadness is this stage. Sadness is when ya realise 'hat there's nothing that ya can do be bring back yer loved one. The amount of sadness 'hat ya feel will overcome ya, as ya may experience this stage for a short time or a long time.

The last stage is Acceptance. Jackie, this is most far the important stage. In this stage, you have to accept 'hat yer loved one is gone and ya have to move on, as it's the part of life. Death happens, and it comes for us all one day.

.Aye, I suppose that's scary, Jackie. But ya shouldn't fear death. In fact, ya should embrace death if it was an old friend. Ya should do 'hat if ya feel 'hat ya lived a long and grand life. I think with parents like us, ya will have a pure good chance on 'aving a good life, eh, Jackie?"

"Aye, daddy!"

Flashback End


In the past, an hour before Bonecruncher's attack on Lucy….


Jack walked down a street whilst carrying a small bag by her side, heading back to her home as the sky shone a bright and brilliant twilight dusk as the sun dipped down on the horizon of the sea nearby. The Luxio gazed off into the horizon with a smile as the clear sky slowly crept into the night.

"Heh, 'hat's a deadly good sunset there…." Jack murmured to herself with a smile on her face. "Make me want a good glass of scoops…..But, Ignatius wouldn't want me ossified yet because I'm not legal yet….Eh, I'm grand with 'hat….I can see why…"

Jack turned left at a street junction to head towards her house, which is about two houses away. As she stopped and turned to look at the horizon again, the street lamps came on. Jack's eyes then moved over to where the town centre of Fougueux Ville is, more onto where the arcade is. Though viewing it from a distance, Jack could make out the shape of the building barely, with the most of it covered in shadows from the back.

Jack frowned as she remembered the Kirlia and the Prinplup that she encountered earlier that day. Complete strangers to her but as per usual, Jack somewhat cares about them. "Hmm….'hose two are few years younger than me but still….they're very innocent. Quite clever as well, 'hat Kirlia….the Prinplup however…not so much…."

Jack then pulled out the pill from out of her hair, which now is covered by a plastic covering. She stared at the pill intently, trying to think on where she remembered it from. It feels somewhat familiar towards her. Frowning and shaking her head, Jack stuff the plastic-covered pill back into her hair and continues to walk towards her home.

Once in front of her home, and with a little spring in her step, Jack bounds towards the door and opens it with the handle. The moment she opened the door a little bit, the heavenly scent of a cooked meal flowed through the opening of the door. Grinning, Jack then proceeded to open the door wider, now able to get in and shut the door behind her.

The sight that greeted her was a familiar one in her house, which is a hallway from the front door. From what can be seen from the front door, two floor mats are there, one of them a harsh rough texture to it and being a light brown colour which is used to wipe your feet on. The other mat is much longer and the colour is a lighter shade of black, which contrasts the somewhat-cream coloured carpet that it lies on. The walls itself are also cream coloured, though a much different shade of it. On the right side of the wall, a painting of Fougueux Ville's sea side from one of the hills is hanging on that wall. On the other side of the wall, a large mirror can be seen. Four doors can been seen in the main hallway, one of them leading into the main room, one into the computer room, one leading into the shower room and one leading into the kitchen. Currently, the only door open is the kitchen. Before we move onto that, the last thing about the hallway is that a flight of stairs is placed directly across from the shower room, which are both close to the kitchen door.

The kitchen, where the smell of a cooked meal is coming from, has a black-tiled floor and white walls. Against the furthest wall, marble kitchen counters with draws can been seen placed there, along with a fridge and an oven, though those two are placed away from each. A sink is placed to the left of the oven if you were to face it, whilst a dishwasher is placed between the two. Another counter is placed on the left wall of the kitchen, with white cupboards above and below it. Several food-related items, like pepper for example, are placed under the above cupboards whilst an item called a slow cooker can been seen, cooking the meal slowly inside itself (though near completion.) A small glass and metal table is placed in the middle of the kitchen, which can hold up to four seaters.

As Jack was about to walk into the kitchen, her father, Ignatius Firesoul appeared with a grin, whilst wearing an apron that says 'Please do not do anything to the cook!' on it. "Ah, Jack!" he went, picking up a large plastic spoon to serve up the food. "You're just in time for dinner!"

Walking into the kitchen, Jack noticed that the table has already been set up with some knives and forks, though the bowls for the meal is on the counter, ready to be served. Jack also noticed that there two guests in the house, two familiar guests.

Amos Lettigo the Meowstic is sat at one of the seats, reading a book called 'The Appetite Tournament'. With a cup of Chinese tea by his side, the fifty one year old Meowstic glanced up and gave a kind smile to the Irish Luxio, before going back to his book. The other guest is Sam Barker the Poochyana, who's currently fast asleep on his chair while upside down, snoring as all of his paws are up in the air. Since Jack's chair is next to Sam's, the Luxio in questioned jumped up onto her chair whilst nudging Sam's chair a little.

This was enough to wake Sam up in a frenzy. "Wha-wha-what?!" Sam questioned all too quickly, being startled when being awakened. Seeing his friend next to him, Sam smiled sleepily.

"Ah…..morning Jack…" Sam goes yawning, changing his position to sit upright. Jack chuckled a little. "It's evening, ya sleepily head!"

Sam then checked his phone which was on the table, for the time. "Oh….so it is….." Sam yawns once again. "….I'm….still a little tired….."

Jack frowned, cocking her head slightly as Ignatius placed down her meal in front of her despite her looking at Sam. "How come ya knackered, Sam? Ya not usually this knackered, ya muppet!"

Amos closed his book all of a sudden, surprising the young ones as Ignatius placed down his meal. "Sam was chasing and fighting the Pokémon who were bullying Peter again." Amos commented on the situation. "Also, thank you Ignatius."

"No problem, Dad!" Ignatius chirped happily as he placed down Sam's meal before going to grab his meal. Jack smirked deviously.

"Ah, 'hose punks again!" Jack went, chuckling a little. "I assume ya gave them a pure good baytin, Sam? I beat ya scared the heck out of 'hose boxes!"

The said Poochyana shook his head, to first get out of his dreamy state and to say no to Jack's question. "Nah, gave them a good fright instead. I would have beaten them up but Amos stopped me before I got a chance."

"Just because I'm a retired detective and now working at a theme park doesn't mean I don't stop any fights from happening!" Amos retorted, looking somewhat impressed and not impressed at Sam at the same time. "I get what you were trying to do was good but there are other ways to solve situations with violence. After all, that's what I learnt as a police officer!"

Placing down his own meal, having removed the apron and sitting down, Ignatius nodded. "I'll agree. You should know there are other ways to solve things. Isn't that what Intoxiquer and I been trying to teach you five about?"

Sam nodded, rubbing his head slightly. "Yeah. I just lost my temper again. Peter's young, after all." He commented calmly, with everyone else nodding. The young Poochyena then turned to Ignatius. "Do you want to say grace?"

Ignatius nodded once more as he put his claws together in a prayer position. The other three Pokémon in the room did the same thing with their paws. "Bless, O Lord, this food to our use and us to thy service, and keep us ever mindful of the needs of others. In Jesus' Name, Amen." Ignatius prayed to God, in a clear and pronounced manner.

"Amen." The other three remarked after Ignatius and with him, began to dig into the food. Jack's eyes become starry the moment she tasted the meal.

"Oh, this meal is savage!" she went excitedly, after swallowing the first part. "What's in this, Ignatius?"

"Heh, it's a beef stew with a red wine gravy with some garlic, cumin and plenty of carrots, potatoes, cabbage and peas!" Ignatius boasted, rather proudly of his work. Amos nodded, tasting some of the meal.

"Yeah…. It is nice. Good job, Ignatius." Amos commented somewhat bluntly, smiling a little as he took in a sip of his tea. As the 51 year old Meowstic remarked that, Jack glanced over to see Sam eating the food as fast as he can, with bits of food flying everywhere like it was shrapnel flying everywhere.

While Amos looked at Sam with a disgusted look on face and Ignatius looking somewhat startled, Jack began to laugh her head off. "Hahahahahaha!" she laughed heartily, as Sam took a moment to catch his breath and get a drink. "Ya look absolutely barmy, Sam!"

Sam grinned, with food still stuck on his face. "Yep! The food's nice!" he commented, wagging his tail a little. Then, Sam's face drops a little, looking at Jack's hair. "Hey, what's that?" he asked, pointing towards Jack's hair, where he could see a piece of plastic sticking out.

Jack then suddenly remembered the pill in her hair, and quickly put down her knife and fork to then retrieve the pill that she got from Lucy earlier that day.

"I've been meaning to ask, Ignatius…." Jack started off in a confused tone of voice, handling it over to Ignatius. "I'm feeling like I 'ave seen this pill before….But for the good in me, I cannanot remember where….I feel like a right tool…. Do ya recognize it?"

Ignatius nodded, as Amos lean in slightly to have a better look at it. "Yep. You're sure to remember it, Jack. After all, you used to take it."

"Really?!" Jack went, eyes widen in surprise, leaning back. "I did? Then what's it called then?"

"I can explain that." Amos interrupted quickly before Ignatius could reply to Jack's question, grabbing the red and green pill in question away from the vicar Blaziken. "Though the scientific and official name for this pill is 'Ignoranceoxide Blindness-glycine', amongst us it's called the 'Blinding Tablet'."

Having cleaned his face a little, Sam frowned. "Huh? Why is it called that?" Sam questioned, extremely curious to Amos.

"It is called that because when you take it, you become temporally blind to seeing the Corrupted, and anything related to them." Amos continued to explain, seriously. "Not only that, the drug also causes the body to emit a scent that is cannot be smelled by anything but the Corrupted, which repels them."

Amos looked at the pill intently at the pill, with some confusion, before putting it on the table. "My question is, Jacqueline, where did you get this? As far as I'm aware of, Intoxiquer doesn't make them anymore."

Jack grinned nervously. "Ah…I meet with a Kirlia in town earlier and she took these pills as part of her medication…." Jack confessed, somewhat ashamed by this. "I….recognized the pills….So I asked if I could take one…so I could know where…"

Jack then stares at Ignatius with a serious look, whilst the said vicar Blaziken stared blankly. "I didn't do natin, I swear! I'm not a bleeding eegit, for feck's sake!"

"Meh, I believe you." Ignatius goes, calmly, with Amos face-palming on how Ignatius calm he is. "Just don't do it again, okay? You know it's against the law to ask for a drug."

Jack nodded, somewhat sheepishly. "But, 'hat's not all. Since I know what that tablet is now, there's something 'hat's bothering me…" she started, curiously. "'hat Kirlia said she takes 'hose tablets to stop hallucinations…. Is she not aware of the Corrupted….?"

Amos nodded, crossing his arms. "Did she ever mention anything about them?" he asked. When he saw that Jack shook her head, he thought for a moment.

"Hmm…..Maybe you could find some answers later on when you're doing your search of the town for any yellow Corrupted along with Charlotte and Ignatius." he stated seriously, starting to eat again by picking up his knife and fork. "Sam can't do it tonight."

Jack is taken aback, and looked over to Sam, who looks quite annoyed. "Okay, I'm locked out of my home again!" he declared, rather irate whilst bearing his fangs. "I forgot to take my keys with me this morning when I went to work and Mom doesn't get back until much later on…..

I can't do my search this evening because of that….I can't get my stuff…."

Jack chuckled a little. "I guess you 'locked' out on this occasion, eh, Sammy boy? There is not 'key' to this situation, eh?" Jack punned horribly. While Ignitaus laughed and Amos gave a somewhat cheerful sigh, Sam face-palmed himself.

"I swear to all that is good, Jack, if you weren't my best friend, I would killed you a long time ago for all those stupid puns you make….."

"Guess I'm not 'punny', then?"

"I SWEAR TO GO-"


SECRETS HURT THE ONES YOU CARE ABOUT

THEY HAVE HURT ME BEFORE

NOT WITH PUNS, BUT…WELL, YOU KNOW.


Later on, about five minutes until Bonecruncher attacks…


"Sigh…." Jack goes somewhat bored, walking through Fougueux Ville with a bag of filled with items and her silver cross wrapped around her neck. "There's nathin tonight…. Nah Corruptors or anything…."

Turning right into a corner, Jack is heading towards where one of the main tourist points in Fougueux Ville is located, 'Coco Charlie's'. Walking straight for a moment, then turning left, Jack walked into an open alleyway that lead into a dead end.

The alleyway is colourful, with all sorts of colours from the top to the bottom, though draped in shadows as it is night time and a shine of yellow light in coming nearby from a street lamp. On the left side appears to be a newspaper office for Fougueux Ville's local newspaper. The slightly uneven cobblestone pavement is hard to see at night, through it can been seen much more thanks to the street lamp. The pavement seems to go smoother towards the building on the right, where 'Coco Charlie's' is located. Nothing can be said much for the store now since it's closed at night, apart from a cartoon image of a Charizard with different types of cartoony chocolate can be seen on the window.

Jack looked round, frowning to herself. "Eh, no bleeding Corruptors 'ere either. Nat even Charlotte is about…." Jack murmured to herself, quietly as she turned round to head back out of the alleyway. Suddenly, a sound of scuttling could be heard, and Jack glances round to see an Ariados had appeared from the shadows, looking around. It had an unusual colour scheme, different from a shiny one.

In fact, from the previous chapter about Bonecruncher (yes, I know it's breaking the fourth wall here, but whatever!), this Ariados has a similar colour scheme. The majority of its body is a pure white, where the red parts would be. For the yellow and purple parts, instead are grey and black, respectfully in the order of what I just listed as. As for where the black parts of its body, instead a pussy-yellow colour is there instead.

Just like Bonecruncher, this Ariados is much larger than a regular one, looking more monstrous as well. Also like the ghastly Garchomp, it has spikes over its body, more dominate on its main head spike for an Ariados and front legs. However, these spikes are more curved than completely straight spikes. Furthermore, the face area looks like a more monstrous version of an Ariados' face, looking like a mask as well. An extra pair of fangs are around the Ariados' mouth, being smaller than the normal pair while its eyes are black and white. Lastly, a red strip is placed across its face, horizontally with the number 4 under its left eye

"Sneh neh neh….." the Ariados goes, chuckling a little, head cocking slightly. "…..What are you doing about here…..little Jack?"

"Oh." Jack started, blankly. "Sup, Billy. I'm just searching for yellow Corruptors. It seems there aren't any around tonight."

The Ariados scuttles in frustration, on the spot. "Ehhhhh….." it started, growling in frustration. "You know that's not my name! It's Stringslicer, not 'Billy'!"

"I'm not going to call you by your Corruptor name, Billy." Jack remarked casually, glancing to where she was about to leave through.

"I DON'T EVEN KNOW MY REAL NAME!" Stringslicer yelled out angrily, but then they shake their head. "Never mind…..I hear that you're looking out for yellow Corruptors?"

Jack turned her attention back to Stringslicer, with a frown. "Aye. 'hat's what I said, don't wear it out." She replied to Stringslicer's question. "What about it?"

"Sneh neh neh…." Stringslicer laughed to themselves, somewhat amused. "Only a few are around tonight…..and not powerful ones either….."

"Meh…." Jack went, somewhat disheartened. "'hat's pure disheartening…..I wanted a savage battle as well…."

Stringslicer scuttles a little, looking somewhat nervous. "There's something else….." they started, looking rather nervous as they look around. "Recently, the Corrupted of this town have been acting funny since earlier today."

"Wadda you mean?" Jack questioned, having a confused expression on her face. Stringslicer looked round anxiously.

"Two new Seers is in town, and it's made the Corrupted society rather nervous." Stringslicer replied, scuttling on the spot nervously. Jack became surprised by what Stringslicer had said, as they continued "We don't know if they're highly trained Pokémon Seers or just regular 'Mon with Seer blood…..All we know that it's freaking everyone else in the town, and it's caught the attention of the powerful yellow Corruptors."

Jack nodded, taking this seriously. "And what type of Pokemon do ya think they are?" Jack questioned once more, having an idea who one of them might be. Stringslicer cocked their head slightly, thinking.

"According to the red Corruptor Elders…." Stringslicer started, trying to remember what they've been told. "….one of them is a Kirlia…. With a Prinplup brother. We're think that the Kirlia may have no idea they're a Seer. She's attracting attention but somehow disappearing on us when we try to follow her….She reeks of Seer blood though…."

"She thinks seeing yer and the regular kind are some kind of hallucinations." Jack confirmed, gritting her teeth slightly. "She's been taking the Blinding Tablet. 'hat's how she was able to hide from yas. Ya might think she's being an utter tool, but methinks 'hat's what she's been told since she was only a wee lass. 'hat's actually a good idea if ya find yaself 'hat yer children are Seers from a young age."

Stringslicer nodded, thinking that is the best conclusion. "If that's true, that must mean that her parents must know something about it. You might need to go check that out."

"Aye." Jack remarked, casually. "I don't know where they are at the moment, but I'll gotta check them at some point and be whist frank with them…."

"GRRRRRAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHH!" a suddenly loud roar came from nowhere. Jack turned round to face the exit of the alleyway, looking surprised.

"Where da feck did 'hat come from?" the Iris Luxio questioned, looking rather startled. Jack glance to Stringslicer, who was crawling around on the spot in a major panic, black and white eyes widened in fear.

"Oh no no no no no no no no no no no no no no!" Stringslicer repeated in a panic. "T-t-that's B-Bonecruncher's roar!"

"Bonecruncher?! Who the feck is 'hat?!" Jack snapped, rather annoyed at Stringslicer's antics. The said ghastly Araidos scuttled in the same spit again.

"Bonecruncher is a Garchomp Corruptor, a yellow one as well!" Stringslicer remarked in a panic. "Though he's a four like me, he's known to be extremely violent and loves eating Seers! He must have found a Seer! That roar sounds pretty close"

Jack's mind began to run in motion, to think who this Bonecruncher is attacking. "Sam's at mine, Charlotte is near the theme park, Kiri is with Intoxiquer and her brothers and every Corruptor is smart enough not to attack us in a group, Peter is at his home, Ignatius is at the outskirts…..Who is he attacking…..?"

Then, suddenly, an image of Lucy appeared in Jack's mind as the Luxio remembers that she is also a Seer as well.

"Oh feck me!" Jack goes, bolting off in a hurry. "Lucy's in trouble!"

Leaving Stringslicer behind, Jack exited the way she came into the alleyway, and appeared on the main street on where the Jewellery shop is and the American Restaurant is as well. Jack looked round as she stood on the opposite side of those two that I just described. DEAL WITH IT!

But anyway, as Jack looked round on the darkened street, she noticed that the Jewellery shop has a broken. Dashing over the street to the window, Jack sees that Alastor, Lucy's brother, is lying in the shop unconscious on a heap of glass, wooden and rare stones.

"Oh me Arceus!" Jack gasped in shock. "This Bonecruncher is dangerous!"

Suddenly, Jack hears a scream coming from the small amusement park, snapping her head towards where the scream came from. Confirming that Bonecruncher and Lucy are over there, Jack glanced over to the unconscious form of Alastor.

"I'll be right back, buck!" Jack stated to Alastor, despite being unconscious at the time. "Sorry!"

Dashing off to head up to the amusement park, Jack came across the scene of some attacks, seeing the massive cut in maintenance shed caused her to growl in anger.

"Feck…. Guess me and Sam will 'ave to fix 'hat….." she said to herself as she dashed over to the part of the amusement park where it overlooks the sea. Looking around, Jack sees a large, ghastly Garchomp about to bite Lucy, who was bleeding from one of her arms.

Wide-eyed, Jack then ripped off her silver cross from her neck and held it in her paw. "Silver Cross of Anger, Stage 1: Rage of the flames!" Jack whispered to the cross, trying not to gain the attention of Bonecruncher.

Then, Jack's cross begins to glow a red aura, which then heats up rapidly. Despite the rapid heat, it seems it doesn't affect Jack at all, who puts it in front of her with both paws on it. An orb of scarlet red energy forms around Jack, completely engulfing her as it spits off like fire, like if she was going through her own version of Mega Evolution or Primal Reversion. Like the former of those two, a symbol appeared on the scarlet red energy, which appears to be a closed black eye. Suddenly, the eye opens horizontally, revealing a lighting blue iris. After that appears, the orb breaks, with Jack emerging from it.

The appearance of Jack has changed quite a bit. First of all, blue flames have appear around Jack's eyes, coming from the tear ducts. Speaking of eyes, her eye colour has changed to lighting blue. Her hair appears to be on fire as well, though it doesn't seem to be hurting her. Finally, yellow flames are engulfing her paws, all four of them.

But the most surprising of all is how drastically her cross has changed. No longer is it a silver cross but a knight's sword is in its place. Being slightly large than Jack (she is bigger than the regular Luxio by the way. I think I mentioned that in chapter 3, I guess?), but being able to lift it is impressive. However, a ribbon of flames is wrapped around its handle, for its form.

Seeing that Bonecruncher hasn't noticed her, Jack grins, with some pink flames coming out her mouth. "You ain't gonna eat her, ya absolutely scumbag!" she declared quietly. Throwing her weapon up to the air above Bonecruncher, Jack jumped up at it and grabbed tightly.

She then came down hard on Bonecruncher, slicing him so thinly and quickly he didn't have a chance to react, though it did make a large slicing sword in the process. Landing on the road in front of the small park area where Bonecruncher had slammed Lucy on the ground, Jack glanced over to see that the ghastly Garchomp had noticed her but realised it was too late.

Bonecruncher dropped Lucy down on the ground, beginning to disintegrate as his body appears to be burning. Blinking, Bonecruncher looked at his claws with a scowl as his mask begins to crack.

"Gaara…." He went, moaning in some pain. "…I couldn't…get…one…last….meal…."

As the rest of his body disintegrated, leaving nothing but his cracking mask behind, the mask dropped to the ground, shattering into many piece.

Jack sighed as her transformed faded away, returning her back to normal. Blinking with her yellow eyes, Jack walked over to Lucy and was about to say something when suddenly Intoxiquer and Kiri arrived, surprised to see Jack there. Kiri was holding a basket filled with what appears to be medicine.

"Glad ya here…." Jack goes, seriously. "Ya better fix her up quickly!"

Kiri and Intoxiquer nodded, but before they could do that, two more Pokémon appeared, a Gardevoir and an Empoleon. Upon the sight of Lucy's bloody, unconscious form, the Gardevoir screamed in horror and almost fainted as the Empoleon paled in shock.

"LUCY!" the Empoleon yelled, panicking. Intoxiquer flew up to the Empoleon, trying to stop him getting closer as Kiri got some medicine out of her basket to try and heal Lucy's injuries.

"I'm sorry, sir!" Intoxiquer goes, trying to calm down the Empoleon. "But you have to stay back! She might be infected by what's happned."

As Intoxiquer tried to deal with the Gardevoir and the Empoleon as Kiri continued to get out the necessary medicine to heal Lucy, Jack went over to Lucy, looking at her.

"Arh!" Jack goes, smiling as she spoke softly with a reassuring tone of voice. "Don't worry there, feek. We'll get ya fixed up in no time….."


Meanwhile….in the present day….

"So, Sakura." A voice goes, smoothly but calmly. "Have your finally found our target?"

The Pokémon known as Sakura nodded, chuckling a little. "Gheh heh heh heh….you bet boss! I know what he's gonna do tonight!"

"Hmmm…" the first voice goes, thinking. "That's good and all but I wished you didn't laugh so evilly. It seems…boring."

"What do you mean, boss?" Sakura questioned, curiously about this. The Pokémon known as 'Boss' shrugged, somewhat bored.

"What I mean is, in these sorts of situations where our identity is currently unknown to the readers of this story, evilly laughing seems rather cliché, doesn't it? They'll probably think we're pure evil villains, you see? What if we have a tragic backstory to why we're doing this, but they dismiss it because we're laughing evilly? It gives a wrong impression, you see? I want to try and avoid that."

Sakura nodded, seeing where the boss is coming from. "I see…..I guess those sorts of things may be a necessary evil, boss."

The boss rubbed the back of their head. "I guess you're right. But, getting back to our target, what's he doing tonight?"

"He's gonna do a reading at that dead place in the forest. You know, where the legend of 'him' is said to rest!" Sakura replied back cheerfully.

"Fantastic!" the boss goes, impressed. "You've done a great job, Sakura! Tell Digby and Noirshiro to prepare for phase two of our plan, again."

Sakura saluted. "YES SIR!"


THINGS ARE GETTING INTERESTING…..

WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE?


To be continued….


A/N: Well, that ends this chapter. It's been a while since I updated due to many different things, but I should get back into the swing of things. I just wished someone would review this. If you liked this chapter, please review! I need to know what I'm doing right or wrong here! Even if it just takes a minute or two, I would appreciate it very much to know what I'm doing right or what I'm not doing right! So, in the meantime, I'll see you lot later on!