A Note From the Author
*rolls into room and jumps up* Heeey! It feels much better to be going back to regular updates- and I'm sure you guys are happy about that too :P
I've been in a Pokemon mood all week; mostly with X and Y instead of D & P though (BLASPHEMY)
You see, Vol. 3 of the X and Y manga was released about a week ago, I'm making a Team Flare cosplay atm and one of my favourite episodes of the anime is being aired at long last on Saturday in English! So I'm very much in a XY mood :P
Also a question for my readers; do you like the Pokemon mangas?
I always assumed it was one of those "if you've read it you probably like it" deals but the mangas aren't as well known as things like the anime outside of Japan so I assumed its lack of popularity was due to people not knowing about it, rather than them actually believing it was bad
Personally, I love the mangas; while I think it can have a very "screw you- we're not explaining this at all" thing at times (I think that's more down to the Japanese way of writing than anything) I do think the stories are original and downright fantastic but recently I've been browsing the internet and it seems not everyone feels the same way- in fact a majority of people who read the mangas actually don't seem to like them all :O
So yes, I'm always curious to know how you guys feel about them! :D Lemme know ^-^
Now, on with the story!
Chapter 10; Not again!
Normally when one person tells another specifically not to do something and they still plan to, they may wait a few days before actually doing said task- but Shivu was much too impatient for that. Thus not 10 minutes after Charon had told him not to tell Cyrus about Giratina, Shivu sprinted right off down the hall towards his office to do just that.
As he did so, he thought about the decision he had made to disobey the Commander; he slowed as the simple question entered his mind, "Why am I doing this?"
Team Galactic had literally caused him nothing but trouble from the second they'd stolen that book, whatever it was, and hadn't even let him leave once they'd gotten what they were after.
Shivu felt a spark of anger at this but he ignored it and shook his head. While it was true that Cyrus and his subjects had done a lot of things to him, none of which he liked, he still couldn't let Cyrus be killed. If only for his own sense of conscious he could not stand by and know Cyrus was getting himself into a bad situation that Shivu could have easily prevented.
He made up his mind and doubled his speed until he arrived at a door leading to the staircase. Here he slowed, cautious after the last time and crept down the stairs carefully.
When he left the stairs he began running again but at that point he almost slammed into 24.
24 seemed very mildly surprised- Shivu had learnt quickly to assume this was the most emotion to expect out of the average member. "What are you running for?" 24 asked.
"Err, have to talk to Cyrus," Shivu mumbled, trying to go past him, but 24 grabbed his shirt sleeve and tugged him back, "Have you been given a message for him?"
"No," Shivu replied impatiently, "But I have to see him!"
He tried to pull away again but 24 wouldn't let him go, "You are acting strangely," he said firmly, "I am bringing you to see Charon,"
"No!" Shivu gritted his teeth and quickly recovered himself, "No, wait- I-I…" he took a deep breath and tried again, "I am sorry 24. I am feeling better now. Would you kindly let me go?"
24 carefully did so- the minute he did Shivu whipped around and scampered away.
"Shivu," 24 called, "We are not supposed to be running!"
24 desperately didn't want to break the rules by matching Shivu's speed as he chased him, and he didn't but he did follow him.
Shivu made it to the corridor where Cyrus' office was- at the bottom three of the Commanders had just come through the door. Shivu sighed with relief when he realised Charon wasn't amongst them and quickly made to go past them but Saturn caught him on the collar and again Shivu found himself being held back.
"Woah, little one, where are you going?" said Saturn, giving him a baffled look.
Shivu suppressed a groan of frustration, "I just need to talk to Cyrus,"
"He's busy," snapped Jupiter, "So just run off, will you?"
Shivu was well aware a normal member wouldn't have argued but this was an emergency, "I really, really need to see him," he said, struggling now to sound blank when so much was at stake.
Jupiter and Saturn exchanged a meaningful glance. Shivu was trying hard not to show any emotions but the desperation in his eyes was obvious.
"Please!" he tried again, "Just let me talk to him for five minutes, that's all I'm asking,"
Footsteps announced 24's arrival. Shivu winced and turned as he began to speak; "Oh," he said, "I'm sorry Commanders," he did a small bow, "Shivu ran away from me,"
The three Commanders turned to face him. Shivu went white.
"Did he now?" growled Jupiter.
"Why did you do that?" Mars asked.
"N-no reason!" stammered Shivu.
He tried to pull away from Saturn but the Commander was having none of it and tightened his grip.
"Oh boy," Shivu thought, "The gig is up- I'm done for!"
Shivu decided that if he was going to be sent back to The Machine, he was at least going to get his message across first. "CYRUS!" he suddenly howled, "Cyrus open up I need to speak with you!"
"Argh!" groaned Jupiter, "He's gone lucid again,"
"That was fast," Mars observed in puzzlement.
Shivu kicked out at Saturn who let him go in surprise- but as Shivu went to dive at the door, 24 seized him around the waist and hoisted him into the air, "No! Disobedient child!" he scolded, "I'm really sorry, Commanders- he's just acting a little strange today," 24 explained, his voice straining slightly with the effort of holding Shivu still, "I will bring him back to Charon to get him fixed up,"
"No!" Shivu cried, "Please don't bring me back to him- just let me talk to Cyrus! It's important; when he tries to summon Dialga and Palkia he'll…!"
That was as far as Shivu got before 24 slammed his hand over his mouth.
"No don't bring him there," said Saturn, "Cyrus and Charon are the only ones who know how to use it, and both are too busy right now…" he tapped his chin in deep thought, "We were supposed to think up a threat for him, weren't we?"
Shivu wasn't sure what he was talking about, but he didn't like the sound of it.
"What on earth do we threaten him with?" Jupiter asked, "Unless you know where he lives?" She looked at Saturn, then Mars- both shook their heads.
"Ah," Saturn waved his hand dismissively, "Forget it, for now. We'll bring him to the cells beneath the building until we can think of something"
"The cells?" repeated Mars, looking horrified, "Saturn you cannot bring a child down there, it's unethical."
"Well, it's either that or we leave him in one of the dorms; and look how that turned out last time." Jupiter argued.
"And besides, I know we're teaching him our ways but he hasn't learnt much, and is not much use to anyone yet." added Saturn, agreeing with her.
Mars didn't look happy but she didn't say anything else.
Unexpectedly the door to Cyrus' door opened and Cyrus himself emerged. "What is going on here?" he said in his emotionless voice.
Everyone turned at his entrance. "It's the boy sir," sighed Saturn, "He's somehow been released from the control of The Machine."
"Cyrus!" Shivu had managed to wriggle his mouth free from 24 and was now yelling desperately, "You can't release Dialga and Palkia, or-!"
But once again 24 smacked his hand over his face and quickly said, "My apologies, Master Cyrus, but Shivu is not feeling well."
"What was he trying to say?" asked Cyrus.
24 shook his head, "I am sure anything he wishes to say would simply be a result of his chaotic mind, sir."
Cyrus nodded, satisfied, "Quite right,"
Shivu's eyes widened and he redoubled his efforts to talk. "No!" he cried in his mind, "That's not it! Please listen to me!"
But Cyrus wouldn't even look at him. "You said you were bringing him to cells?" Cyrus turned to Saturn who nodded, "Good idea- go ahead then."
Saturn looked ready to burst with pride at Cyrus' approval, however deadpan it had been. Shivu began to wriggle wildly but it was no use; 24 was much stronger than he was.
"Oh, Cyrus you're done for now!" Shivu thought in despair.
% & *
Shivu tried hard to escape the cell but it was very much completely secure. After the last few escape attempts, Team Galactic were no longer taking it easy on him.
The cell was made of rough grey brick walls- the plain stone flooring added neither colour nor comfort to the small room.
A thick steel door with various bolts and locks on the outside ensured that whoever was locked inside wouldn't be able to escape very easily.
There was a small window, too small for even Shivu to get through and even if he had have been able to the window was barred.
There were chains too that were clearly for restraining a person to the wall. Shivu gulped as he realised he was lucky that he had at least been allowed to have his own free movement- and in this place it seemed any piece of freedom should be considered a gift.
On the way down, Shivu had overheard Saturn saying the minute Cyrus or Charon were done with their work they would put Shivu back under the power of The Machine, until they could come to a decision on what to use to keep him quiet when they finally let him go. Shivu had heard Saturn confirming earlier that none of the three knew how to use it; otherwise they would have simply done it themselves.
The thought of becoming a mindless slave again chilled Shivu to the bone and he convinced himself to try again with escaping. By the time night fell, Shivu was exhausted but not quite ready to admit defeat yet.
He decided the minute someone opened the door, he would run straight to Cyrus. He had to make it this time or Cyrus was doomed.
Further Adieu
Shivu: Okay this time I can't get caught. *5 minutes later* well.
Seriously Shivu if you were a secret agent or something you'd have been killed long ago :P
Okay can we talk about how complicated it is to do literally anything on this website? Like okay, if you wanna edit a chapter on deviantART- cool, click the chapter and there's an edit button right there in the corner. You wanna do it on Fanfiction?
You'll need to click this tab, then that tab, then edit then type then click another tab then replace/update chapter you may also need a cow as white as milk, a cape as red as blood, the hair as yellow as corn and a slipper as pure as gold
Like I notice there's a lot more spelling and punctuation mistakes on Fanfiction stories than on deviantART and I THINK THIS IS WHY
Alright let's have some tea and trivia people.
*Shivu's reaction to someone telling him not to tell someone is purely me; granted I consider myself to be very good with secrets but if someone says something I believe immediately affects them, or will somehow hurt them if I don't tell them, I tell them. Secrecy? What's that?
*Also my personal rule is "in the event that everything goes wrong, running or screaming your lungs out normally works"- apparently this also applies to Shivu :P
*Oh sure, tying Shivu to a bed doesn't work but put him in a stone room and you've found his one weakness XD Actually, it's just because the plot calls for it- Shivu's more or less the next Houdini in the Black and White comic :P
*I literally spent about 4 days writing this Chapter. Not because it was complicated but because I kept having to leave for some reason! Earlier in the morning I began to get a migraine so I had to leave to take some painkillers and as I was coming back down the stairs I noticed the floor was a bit dusty and so I thought I'd hoover a bit. But wait! Is that a sock I see? Eh, better pick that up before I hoover. In fact those papers have been sitting there for a while;better put those in my file. Hmm... those blinds could do with a dust too... Oh woah look at the front room; the ornaments definitely need shining up!
So 2 hours later the house is clean, my migraine is gone and Shivu's still frozen in time running to tell Cyrus what's up.
I decided to cook my lunch and then my dog brings me his lead so it's time for a walk! Another 2 hours later I return home and the post has arrived; oh look it's my provisional driver's license form I gotta fill that out!
3 o'clock my sister shows up and we chat for a few hours before my mum and brother come home and then it's dinner time. FIFTEEN HOURS LATER I finally get to sit down and have no idea what the heck I'm supposed to be writing XD
Oh and then of course my brain reminds me I need to shower for work the following morning *shot*
This is more or less the reason I don't manage to get chapters up daily; I can type at astonishing speed and any problems I have with wording are normally solved quite quickly because while I'm doing other things I think about how I'm going to describe stuff :P
That's more or less it for this Chapter; sorry it's so short! Be seeing you mon compains!