Author's Note: Welcome back to another chapter of the hopefully interesting-to-read series of Into Reality. So far we've lost our main trio but after hope has been restored, what can we expect... just have to read and find out (P.S. first draft, may have errors but please try to bear with me and the time crunch I had to make with all my tests just so I could get another good chapter out there for you guys, Thanks and enjoy ;) )

Into Reality Ch. 8 - Refreshing...

"Speech" or "Emphasis/hint"

'Telepathy' or "Thoughts"

*_* Action or *special cue*

Previously:

'CURSE YOU NATURE! AHH!' Pain was no longer my enemy; it was the thing that could mean life or pain quickly spread to every part of my body. All I could do was cry out in my own pain and suffering.

After emptying each syringe, I took another good look at the Pokémon. "My lord, why did you send them here…"A soldier rushed up to me, "Commander, we have enemy forces moving in from the south. We suspect they're here to secure the Poseidon.""I understand, order an emergency helicopter, we're getting these three out of here. They've suffered enough.""Understood." The soldier saluted runs back to a phone.

The doctors have little faith but that still hasn't proven them dead. I've been patient; waiting day after day for their rising, but that day has yet to come.

For now, I've ordered a complete lockdown on these three, I've secured complete authorization to them and I've done all that I've could to keep them healthy and ready for their awakening…

But all that I can do now… is wait…

*clicks pen and closes Log book*

"I want that emergency room cleared for the three. Have all medics standing by! Alert all surrounding officers to tighten security! Nothing gets in nothing gets out, UNDERSTAND!"

"Sir yes sir!"

"Well get your rear end into high gear and start moving!"

*Runs out of the office*

"All we need know is a miracle to bring them back. We can't lose them; we need them if we want to succeed." I could only think...

(In another room)

*Silence*

Nothing moved around me, but the feelings of life came back. I felt my will to continue empower me once more…

Situation: Waking up…

(P.O.V. : Raid)

My eyes twitched. *Slowly opens eyes*

'Uh… so blurry. What's going on… where am I?' My mind was still very slow. I felt extremely lightheaded and I could barely think straight.

I tried to move around but motion proved difficult as my limbs refused to move.

'I still can't see clearly.' I said looking around trying to distinguish my surroundings.

I managed to pick my head off the ground while the rest of me lay in defiance.

'Where am I?' I was very confused and could barely see but I was laying onto of a rug providing me my only bed.

'What happened to me?' In my own silence, intense flashbacks of my final moments in with Latias and Marlon came rushing back to me.

My eyesight quickly readjusted and in no time, I could see my surrounding clearly. My limbs suddenly unlocked themselves and I could move freely again.

My cloudy head vanished and I was on high alert. 'Wait! Marlon, Latias! Where are they! We were captured by soldiers and ... ugh… I can't remember anything.'

I changed tactics and focused my attention to everything around me.

The room was cubic shaped with mirror windows on all the side walls except for the ceiling and the floor. Floor beneath me had lights underneath a thick layer of glass providing the rooms only source of lighting.

'What is this, some kind of interrogation room?' Lost In my own confusion I tried to focus my energy towards my surroundings trying to find my brother and sister.

I searched everywhere for even the slightest thought pattern that matched either of the two, but I couldn't find anything.

Panic started to appear as I began frantically thinking of a way out.

I focused my energy around me and tried to start an energy flow through me so that I could focus my powers more smoothly.

*Sticks a paw out*

'Just need to concentrate. Latias taught me to breathe calmly while Marlon taught me to focus my energy. I just need to think hard enough and it will happen.' The last one I recalled a quote Marlon shared with the three of us in the past.

Doing as I told myself, I breathed in smoothly and focused my energy in front of me. I wanted to form a ball of my own psychic energy in front of me and with time, a dim pink-like orb of psychic energy appeared. I continued to focus on the orb and moved it around with my paw directing its movements.

'At least I still have control of my powers.' I dropped my concentration on the orb and let the energy dissipate back into the air.

*Takes in a deep breath*

'Just have to stay calm. We learned this when we got split up in the middle of a hurricane storm. Just have to relax and concentrate and the answer will become apparent.' All I could do now was recall previous experiences to soothe my confusion.

'What would Marlon do right now?' *looks around*

I concentrated once more and lifted myself from the ground via levitating. I approached one of the mirrors and stuck a claw out.

'I wonder…' *Slices a hole in the glass with claws* the glass broke and I removed the broken pieces to reveal bricks stacked on top of each other.

'Well where ever I am, whoever put me in here sure doesn't want me getting out by accident.' I thought aloud.

Looking at the hole in the glass I grabbed all the broken shards of glass and reassembled each one back into position filling in the gap.

I continued looking around hoping to find some sort of useful information.

'If someone or something was able to put me in here, where there's a way in there's always a way to get out.' *Smirks* With a plan in mind I focused my energy into two Dragon Claws and began slashing the surrounding mirrors violently in an attempt to find a secret door.

Location: Operating Base 2 miles northeast, Command center…

It was chaos in the room. Men were running back and forth handing commands on letters in between other officers. All the while, Sam remained staring out a one way window into the black darkness outside, like he has for the past couple of hours.

A lone soldier left his post and approached Sam carrying multiple pieces of paper in his hands. He saluted to Sam from behind before saying, "Sir, we have new orders coming in from the pentagon. They're issuing a removal of the project if results don't show in the following days."

With a slow sigh, Sam redirected his attention around at the chaos already ongoing in the room, then at the soldier standing before him. "What do they intend on doing?"

"Sir, they are beginning to cut back on the programs funds. It's estimated that by this Friday, we will have no more supplies to continue to support the three."

"…"

"Sir, what should we do…?" The soldier asked.

"Raphael, you've been a good man to me for so long. But as you can see, there's nothing we can do. All we can do is wait."

"But sir, the storm is approaching fast. It will only be a matter of time before this whole region is shut down."

"…"

"We only have 12 days before the program is..."

"Staff Sergeant, I want you to address to me who is your commanding officer? I want you to name the person's position in the rankings." Sam cut in.

"… My commanding officer is CMC (Commandant of the Marine Corps) Samuel. He is in charge of all main operations within the Marines Corps." Raphael stated clearly.

"Good, now who does everyone in this office refer to?"

"You Commander Samuel." Raphael responded in a soldier stance.

Sam took a second looking through his glasses into Raphael's eyes before backing off.

"Staff Sergeant Raphael, you are at no liberty to concern the situation. I understand the circumstances, but the order is to wait. Do I make myself clear?"

"… Yes sir..."

Sam said no more, turning his attention back towards the window.

"Dismissed…" But before Sam could finish another Soldier came running up to him.

"Commander Sam" The soldier saluted. "Sir, our motion sensors are detecting some sort of movement on the inside of compound #7. We believe the Latios is awake!"

"…"

"Sir, we've double checked the incoming data. We believe one of them is awake!"

Sam continued to look through the window and nodded before turning around and walking towards the door. "I want men around all compounds! Nothing moves within a miles radius of those buildings besides me. Do I make myself clear?"

Everyone in the room stood up saluting Sam. "SIR YES SIR!"

Sam nodded, "We need choppers in the air now, secure the area."

"Sir, we have a chopper already standing by waiting for you."

"Let's move out." Sam simply stated.

Sam led a group of elite army men, all already geared for war, down the halls as soldiers rushed down below to the cargo rooms. Other military officers were following behind Sam as they ascended the stairwell. As several floors fell below the group the sound of choppers could be heard louder and louder. Once at the top, Sam opened the door. Upon opening a searing heat wave blasted its way into the stairwell. The wave was so intense the army men behind Sam instantly collapsed from a heat stroke. Sam on the other hand pushed through with no physical sign of a change. The men quickly recovered and caught back up to Sam. The temperature was so hot metal bars of the railing became too hot to touch without giving the receiver third degree burns through their Kevlar gloves.

As informed a chopper stood with its propellers spinning with only the pilot and co-pilot onboard. Sam boarded and took his position behind the two pilots. Each of the 9 men that followed Sam boarded the chopper as well taking their positions around him as a form of a human shield.

Sam signaled the pilot to take off. With all men aboard, the chopper went airborne and began its flight towards compound number 7.

"Sir, at top speed, three minutes!" The pilot spoke into his helmet.

"Two minutes." Sam replied.

Without disagreement, the pilot followed orders, "Roger sir!"

(Back inside the once glass room)

Mirrors became tiny shards of glass as I slashed through each wall open even larger holes into the concrete bricks, but still, there was no sign of escape in sight.

I was breathing heavily from overexerting my power but my will to escape into finding the others overruled my pain. There was only one place I hadn't checked. *Looks up*

With one more effort I focused my energy in front of me and charged a Dragon pulse in-between my two paws.

Bright amounts of dragon energy began to form a sphere in front of me.

Once the attack charged itself to the point of physical damage I took aim.

With a battle cry and one massive launch, the attack made contact with the hard ceiling and erupted into a massive explosion causing dust and concrete to go flying everywhere inside the room.

The shockwave threw me back into the wall as dust was thrown everywhere in the air blinding me.

*shields eyes*

'Oh man, should've thought that one through, now I can't see again.' I tried feeling my way around but finally came to the point where I used psychic to clear the room of the dust.

With my paw lined with a faint pinkish light like before, I collected the dust and formed a dust cloud in front of me and slowly released the dirt onto the floor.

Now able to see around me once more I inspected my work.

'Man, still nothing, just a giant crater in the ceiling. Well at least I know there's no cameras' watching me right now. But then how did I get in here and more importantly, how do I get out!' I pondered on the question and just floated in place thinking for a rational explanation.

Desperation took over and I was pounding at the hard concrete walls with my paws in another weak attempt to find a missing clue.

But poor judgment led to even more suffering.

*Stomach growls*

'Great, now I know that if I don't get food soon, I'll parish from starvation in a box room. What a wonderful way to leave this world.' My dry sarcasm aided me slightly by distracting my mind of my hunger.

I continued pounding on the walls. 'I'm not… going to die… in a freaking… box!' Remembering the faces of Latias and Marlon only made each hit harder. Soon I was back to hacking at the walls removing chips of concrete at a time. I concentrated on a single point and was making slightly less than descent progress due to the ever so dense walls.

'Must… escape… Need… to… find… the others…' Soon I found myself picking of larger pieces that got larger as flashback of memories with Marlon and Latias slowly came back.

'Almost there… almost there… AHHH!' At this point hacks turned to digging as I was carving into the wall with each swing. I continued encouraging myself with each attack. Rebars were slashed to little pieces as the hole grew from the size of foot ball to the size of the width of a door.

I took a second and put a paw into the hole I created and tried to feel what was on the outside. The wall was warm, warmer than it was on the inside of the room walls that weren't as damaged.

'I think I'm close to the edge. Just a little bit more. Okay, I'm getting out of here.'

With another attempt at blowing a wall clear out of the way, I charged up my luster purge to the best of my ability and concentrated my attack (not wanting it to explode in my face putting me back into another comma).

For some reason, I was struggling to harness my power but was able to put a descent amount of power into the attack.

Purple mystic psychic energy began circling around in front of me forming a purple orb that steadily grew in size. As the orb grew, pressure continued to build making it harder and harder to keep the orb together.

Soon my attack was ready as the orb shined brightly reflecting off the shattered mirror glass on the floor as I took aim at the hole I created – not without difficulty taking aim.

Like before, I let out a battle cry. Grabbing the giant orb psychically in-between my paws, I swung my body around and launched the attack directly into the hole. This time the blast blew outwards and away from me as more metal reinforcement was ripped from the wall from my attack along with the entire wall it was once attached to. The energy packed into the attack was enough to remove an entire section of the once previously attached wall that was now just a bunch of rubble a hundred feet out in the distance.

A huge wave of the intense heat from outside rushed into the room catching me off guard as my reflexes kicked in as I put up a defensive stance. My paws went up in front of my face while I could still see in front of me.

'Gah, what the?! It's so hot! Where am I?!' I kept my hands up shielding my eyes from the intense sunlight outside as I slowly made my way out. The sun's rays made contact with my feathers and I began to burn on the outside as my skin was shocked from the sudden change in temperatures. I floated away from the building I was held in and looked around.

There was sand everywhere and not a living thing in sight. There were hardly any clouds in the sky as the sun's rays pierced easily through the bright blue skies.

'I guess I was put in a dessert. Well that answers that question but now I need to find the others.' Finding Latias and Marlon was the biggest thing on my mind. I ignored all the negative things my mind was trying to tell me and focused on finding something that would help me find either of the two.

Looking at the direction of the sun I determined which way was north and took off, blasting sand backwards. I quickly relearned how to manage high speed flight. Soon I was back into the groove of things and was keeping a high speed low level flight as I blasted sand out of my way. To prevent sand from blowing into my eyes, I put up a psychic shield and increased my speed. (My math wasn't too bad and by the looks of how fast the ground moved beneath me, I calculated my speed at about 440 miles an hour).

With everything under control I broke my line and began looking around in circle patterns trying to cover as much ground as possible. I was still fighting with myself trying to ignore all the negative things my mind had to tell me as continued my search.

'Latias, Marlon, where are you? I need you two. I've got to find them fast. Hopefully they're not too far out.'

I closed my eyes and looked around for any familiar signs that would lead me to my two best friends but nothing would come up. The land was lifeless as tumbleweeds rolled by me as I blew by them leaving a trail of sand blasting behind me. 'Please be okay… I won't let go again. I will find you two.'

I tried to encourage myself to continue the search as minutes went by. I flew mile after mile looking desperately for my friends but all I was met with was sand, sand, and more sand. My body was suffering from the intense heat. 'I've never trained in this kind of environment. Maybe when I find Marlon, I'll make him practice out here with me just so we can get stronger. To get stronger so next time we don't get split up again.'

An hour searching turned to hours as I covered the equivalent to an eighth of Texas's land.

'By the looks of the sun, I've got another 6 hours of daylight until things go dark and I go back to freezing in this desert.' The thought of the cold sent a chill down my spine. I stopped and took a break trying to recuperate myself and evaluate the situation (one thing Latias, Marlon, and I discussed a while back on Secret Island). I psychically grabbed the sand around me and formed a dome to shield me from the sun. The shade created was heaven-like and I enjoyed some time off. 'It doesn't look like they're here. Either that or I haven't looked hard enough. Okay, like Marlon said, I need to search the area three times over before I can make a valid conclusion.' Taking a deep breath I dropped the sand dome and looked around.

'Wait, what's that?' In the horizon a faint object was approaching fast. 'A helicopter, but what's a helicopter doing all the way out here? Unless… they know I was here, but something is familiar about that helicopter.'

The whole time my cloak was down so I appeared visible to the naked eye. I let the helicopter approach me but kept my guard up for any surprise attempts to attack me.

In no time flat, the helicopter was a hundred feet away and hovered over the sandy ground. I put up a psychic barrier in front of me to keep the updraft of sand away. The helicopter took off and once the sand settled, a man was walking towards me wearing only white, body armor, and shades shielding his eyes.

'I know this person… wait a minute. Sam…' was all I could think as the human approached.

"Latios, it's an honor to meet you at last. I don't know if you understand me but I am Commandant of the Marines Samuel." Sam introduced himself.

I nodded my head keeping a sharp eye on Sam while not lowering my shield. I floated motionless in the aid eyeing Sam with a glare that said "You're to blame!"

Sam stuck a hand out offering a handshake. "At least you understand me. I mean you no harm. I'm unarmed, you can read my mind if you want but I only speak the truth."

I refused to comply and continued watching him.

"I know you're looking for your friends. Don't worry, we're keeping them safe and secure, but that's not the only reason I'm here to tell you."

Sam put his hand behind my back and I snarled in aggression.

Sam responded and pulled his hand away and putting it in the air. "I just wanted to show you a beacon on you. There's a beacon on you left tailfin, you're free to remove it. We put it there to make sure that if any one of your three were taken we've find you."

Without moving I psychically grabbed the beacon from my tailfin and raised it to eyelevel with Sam. With a mere thought, I crushed the beacon and dropped it in front of him as a way of saying, "I'm this close to doing the same to you after what you've done to us".

"I understand your confusion and aggression towards me but please understand that you've been under our utmost care for a long time. We've been taking care of you ever since you were lost."

I was slightly confused but I turned my back on him and prepared to fly away.

"Wait, Latios! In case you didn't already know, you've been asleep for over a year, so allow me fill you in on what's happened…"

Stay tuned for next time when we FINALLY! get answers from Sam... What does he plan on doing with the trio, what are his motives, why is he helping them, why is his team name so long, why does he always wear shades?!

(Well as much as some of you probably would've like to have read/imagined me beating the living daylights out of Sam for putting Latias, Raid, and I into this mess... I couldn't because killing or seriously injuring him could affect the future... *gasps* )

cue colonel from metal gear solid: "Raid, You've created a time paradox!"

FIND OUT, NEXT TIME ON INTO REALITY!

I DON'T own the idea/theme of Pokemon. I DO HOWEVER, own the character Marlon and Raid the Latios and their names I also own the Idea and the theme/name of the Eon Squadron. It's all © by me marcturbo1.