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Chapter 9:
What has been done (Part 1)
17 Hours until the death of Amos….
"So, we're starting on phase two now?" one voice in a room inquired, belonging to a small figure. "That's cool. Looks like you and I are going Corruptor hunting today, Digby!"
"Huh…..Didn't expect the boss to start that phase so soon…." The figure, known as Digby commented, feeling rather odd. "….We haven't even finish phase 1!"
"Upupupupupu!" laughed the first voice heartily and naughtily. "That's the boss for you! He just starts things without telling us!"
"Didn't the boss tell you to stop laughing evilly?!" Digby questioned, rather annoyed by the laughter. "Besides, if we're starting phase 2 now…..that means that the boss has his target…."
"That's pretty obvious, Digby! Upupupupu!" giggled the first voice somewhat errantly. Though not seen, an irritated growl is heard coming from Digby.
"STOP LAUGHING, NOIRSHIRO!"
"WHAT?!" both the Angelo siblings yelled out loud, completely shocked by this. The Poochyena, with the shortest temperament that both Lucy and Alastor has ever seen, is the best friend to Jack? That's bizarre!
Jack frowned, giving the impression of some confusion and not being impressed at the same time. "Yer 'eard me!" Jack snapped in annoyance. "Sam's me best friend! Don't call him that!"
With his sister saying nothing, Alastor took a step forward, unsure of the easily tempered Poochyena. "But, he attacked us without letting us explain why we're here!" Alastor explained, complete bewildered by this situation. "How can you be best friends with him?!"
"Aye, 'hat's is true." Jack commented, quite calmly. "Sam may be Fougueux Ville's local asshole…."
"Tis true." Sam remarked, grinning somewhat darkly. "It is I, Sam Barker, the local asshole! And I don't know anything about anime, other the fact I don't like it!"
"…..but, he's me best friend, and doesn't like anime…though…." Jack continued to explain, still calm though the thought of what Alastor had said about Sam attacking them is still processing in her mind. The said Irish Luxio turned to the Poochyena with a frown.
"What Ally said is true! Yer shouldn't had attacked Ally and Lucy, YA GIMP!" Jack reprimanded angrily at Sam, who was taken aback by this.
"Wait, who's Ally and Lucy?" Sam questioned, gaining a slight scowl on his face as he cocked his head in confusion. Before either Jack or the two Angelo siblings could reply to the question, suddenly Simone Keyes the Aipom, who wasn't in her clown outfit, walked between the four Pokémon, juggling three small beanbags between her two hands and tail hand.
"Ah, that's simple, Sammy!" she responded in a rather silly tone, going to balance on one leg whilst continuing to juggle, using the other leg and foot to help balance and juggle the beanbags. "You see those two Pokémon here that you fought with? That's Ally, or Alastor as he's known as, and Lucy! You should really keep up with times you know? Even Vincent knows who they are!"
Simone stopped juggling the beanbags, which she caught with her tail hand, and then did a series of hand gestures towards the deaf Lucario, who still appears to have his eyes closed but is still able to see somehow. He also no longer has his clown costume and makeup on, but is now wearing a pendent around his neck.
But anyway, when Simone did her hand gestures to Vincent, the said Lucario gained a surprised look on his face, and nodded.
Simone grinned and turned to Sam. "See! Even Vincent knows who they are!" she teased mischievously. "You're being slowly, Sammy!"
"Tch…." Sam went, looking to the side in an annoyed mood. "I…just don't like strangers…"
Jack then proceed to whack Sam hard on his head, causing to grab his head in pain and roll around on the floor. "ARGH! ARGH! IT HURTS! THE PAIN! WHY?!" he questioned to Jack whilst rolling around the floor, somewhat comedic. "THIS FEELS A LOT WORSE THAN IT SHOULD!"
"Because yer being a bit of a twat, Sam!" Jack replied coolly, grinning teasing. Sam gets back up and bears his teeth whilst having anime tears in his eyes.
"BUT THAT DOESN'T GIVE YOU THE REASON TO HIT HIM ME ON THE HEAD!" Sam yelled at Jack angrily. Jack started chuckling a little, causing Sam to cock his head in confusion whilst instantly dropping his anger. "Huh? Why are you laughing?"
"Ya look like a cute gom when ya angry, Sam! Ya shouldn't attack strangers without 'em explaining why they're there, even though ya don't like strangers!" Jack replied, cheekily as she teased Sam. The said Poochyena's face blushed a little as he looked away in embarrassment, muttering something. Jack then turned to Alastor, with a concerned frown on her face.
"Sorry about snapping at ya earlier, Ally." Jack apologised sincerely, with Alastor gaining a startled expression. "I just don't like anyone insulting my friends. If was just banter, I would understand. 'owever, Sam has….well, let's say, he's been picked on a lot. A bunch of tools 'ave picked on him because he's a dark type and 'hat to say he doesn't like strangers is a massive understatement! I care about him…."
Lucy nodded, thinking to herself as she raised a hand to her chin. "I see…." She murmured softly to herself, feeling somewhat sympathetic for the short-tempered Poochyena. She looked at Sam, he seemed to be hiding behind Jack a little, watching her and Alastor intently with a scowl. Lucy then smiles, one filled with mischief.
"Well…." She started, rather coolly. "I guess it's hard sometimes to take Sam so seriously considering how small and cute he is!"
Sam went completely red in embarrassment, as he went up to Lucy look somewhat angry and embarrassed at the same time.
"I-i-I'm not c-cute, you i-idiot!" Sam barked at Lucy somewhat furious at the fact that someone called him cute. "A-and I'm only s-small because I-I'm a f-freaking Poochyena, you dumbass!"
"Ah…." Alastor goes coolly and wisely, claw to chin, catching everyone but Vincent's attention. The said Lucario just cocks his head on confusion, unable to understand what's going on. But anyway, back to Alastor! The said Prinplup stands there, somewhat coolly. "….looks like Sam is acting like a classic Tsundere here!"
"I'M NOT FREAKING THAT!" Sam barked in anger, looking annoyed. Alastor chuckles to himself, and gestured a flipper towards Sam. "So, you know what that term means, then? It seems that you know then you let on!"
"….You know, I can bite you in 17 different painful ways. I wonder which one is the most painful." Sam threatened with a deadpanned expression on his face, staring blankly at Alastor.
"ACK!" Alastor screeched out in fright, taken aback by the Poochyena's threat. Simone then looked at the two separate groups of Pokémon, one made of Lucy and Alastor and the other being Jack and Sam. She then frowned, sticking out two purple paws out to try and stop them.
"All right, all right! Stop it now!" she commanded, seriously. "I don't need arguing in my amusement park here! Sam, stop threatening the potential customers! It's unethical!"
"BUT THEY BROKE INTO HERE!" Sam argued loudly at Simone, looking angry as usual. "THEY'RE TRESPASSING FOR GOODNESS SAKE!"
"Sam." Simon started, glaring disappointedly at the said Poochyena, who became startled at Simone's glare. "One, don't raise your voice. It's rude. Two, you left the door unlocked and forgot to put up the sign! Anyone who would had walked by WILL naturally assume that the park is open!"
Sam blinked for a moment, then flushed red, going silent after realising that. Jack simply laughed at that. "Ahh, the ye olde Sam being a gom! Never gets old!"
Simone sighed, and then turned to Lucy and Alastor with a tired look. "Sorry about that." She apologised, rubbing the back of her head with one of her purple paws. "My amusement park always has the oddest of Pokémon working here…. A short tempered Poochyena is barely one of them! I apologise for his behaviour…."
Lucy shook her head, smiling sincerely while feeling a bit nervous. "It's…..alright. We shouldn't have trespassed in the first place!" she murmured quietly. Simone shrugged, calmly.
"Eh…..It's fine. The problem here was that Sam never bloody listens to anyone! Well, except Jack….and his mother…." Simone asserted, rather peacefully. She sighs once again and then smiles somewhat sheepishly. "Anyway, to make it up to you, I'll whip up a few ice-creams sundaes! My treat!"
Simone then turned to Vincent once again and did a series of hand gestures to communicate with the deaf Lucario. Vincent suddenly gained a surprised expression and then nodded. He then proceeded to head into the building in the small restaurant area. Simone, beginning to juggle the small beanbags again, proceeded to follow him. She stopped for a moment, balancing on one foot as she did so.
"You four!" she spoke with a silly tone in her voice, still juggling the beanbags. "Take a seat over there! Me and Vincent will bring the sundaes out in a few minutes! And Sam, we'll talk about your behaviour later on with your ma!"
With a mutter of something rude from Sam under his breath, Simone went over to the small restaurant to help Vincent with the ice cream. Jack looked round the small group of Pokémon that were standing in an awkward silence. As if she couldn't feel the tension between the Angelo siblings and Sam, she grinned rather impudent.
"…Haha! I hope Simone has something 'hat has a bit of scoops in it!" Jack uttered obviously to the tension. She wandered over to the seat with a spring in her step. Lucy looked nervously at Sam before dashing after Jack to follow her in a tense manner while Alastor, who was rubbing his flipper in pain, and Sam glared at each other with some hostility at each other before following the two over to the table.
The four Pokémon sit in silence on the table, with Jack still obviously to the tension as the two Angelo siblings sit opposite them, looking nervous as Sam looked away, disinterested on what's happening.
"I didn't expect running into yer two today, Lucy and Ally!" Jack started to converse with the Angelo siblings, grinning as she is glad to see them. "How's ya holiday going so far? Good?"
Alastor shrugged, rather calmly while still rubbing his flipper. "Oh, it's been good. Got knocked into a jewellery shop by this monster that I couldn't see! But everyone thinks it's a gas explosion, so…yeah… It's pretty cool so far….." he remarked, rather sarcastically, crossing his flippers with an unimpressed expression.
If Jack was drinking at that moment, she would have done a spit-take in shock. Jack's jaw drops as she gains a dumbfounded expression from what Alastor had said, while Sam's ears perked up as he turns his attention to Alastor with a half-serious and half-unsure look on his face.
"What did you say? A monster attacked you?" he asked seriously, eyes furrowing as he watched Alastor carefully, putting a paw on the table to show how serious he is. Alastor glanced at Sam's paw and then looked dead in the eyes.
With a sigh, Alastor closes his eyes. "I didn't see it at all, per say, but judging from my sister's reaction of what happened before and how she described it to me, I would pretty much say it was a monster…" Alastor goes, uncertainty in his voice as he open up one of his eyes whilst cocking his head. "Ask Lucy if you want to know more…..My…..memory is kinda…fuzzy on what happened…"
Sam turned his attention to Lucy, who became flustered in anxiety as the Poochyena glared at her seriously. "What did the monster look like?!" Sam questioned seriously, hints of him getting impatient in the tone of his voice.
"Um….." Lucy started nervously, eyes dilating as she tried to remember what Bonecruncher looked like, shivering as she recalled the memories. "…..the monster was a Garchomp….but it wasn't like anything I've seen before….! It was….large….bigger than normal! It…..it…was pure white as well….a ghastly white…! I-i-i-it….I-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-it…."
Lucy shivered, recalling the monstrous Garchomp's attack on her. Alastor went to put a flipper on his sister's shoulder, to comfit her. Even though he hasn't heard that much, Sam looked convinced of something, somehow.
"Did it have a stripe on its face? A yellow stripe?" Sam asked slowly but seriously, staring unblinking at Lucy. Becoming even more nervous than before, Lucy nodded slowly and unsure to Sam's question.
SLAM!
A sudden slam of Sam's paw on the table both caused Lucy and Alastor to jump in surprise, at the said Poochyena turned away, eyes widened slightly as he muttered to himself something. On the other hand, Jack looked determined about something.
"Hmm…..If you remembered 'hat, then you must 'ave remember…..?" Jack query softly to herself. Catching on to her muttering, Lucy nodded to that, eyes furrowing due to her becoming somewhat serious.
"Yes….I do recall your voice after I was attacked by…t-t-that monster…." Lucy replied, stuttering due to the memories of Bonecruncher's attack. "…..a-a-after me and Alastor woke up….I remembered that and wanted to f-f-find you…and a-a-ask you about it….."
Jack nodded, remaining silent as she thought deeply about something. Alastor crossed his flippers and gained a thoughtful expression, trying to recall something.
"Hey…." He went, catching the attention of the other three Pokémon. "Didn't that Simisage….what's his name…..I think it was….Shinrin? Anyway, we met a Simisage in that Crobat's bookshop and he pointed us in the direction of the church, but he said something odd….what was it again?"
"'Beware of Corrupted'." Lucy stated, blankly and emotionlessly with eyes empty. Though given a shocked look from Jack and Sam about the Corrupted part, Alastor's shocked face is for a completely different reason.
He's never seen Lucy act like this before! Never in all his memories of this life did Alastor ever recall this face! It truly startled him to hell and back, face paling a lot.
"Grrrrrr…!" Sam growled, starting to get very, very angry as he jumped off the seat and began walking to head out of the park. "I'M GONNA KILL THAT SIMISAGE! WHY DID HE DO SUCH A THING?!"
Jack scowled in annoyance, and then turned her head to the small restaurant hut. "Yo, Simone! Cancel those sundaes for another time! We gotta go somewhere! Me and the shams 'ave something important to do!" Jack called out to the Aipom.
"Okay!" Simone's muffled voice called back from the small hut. "It's kinda of a mess in here anyway! Whatever happened last night sure messed up the electrics!"
With that, Jack jumped off her seat and then proceeded to follow Sam. The two Angelo blink in confusion, look at each other with MORE confusion (if there was any more confusion, they might as well hurt themselves in confusion!) and turned their heads towards the large Luxio and regular sized Poochyena.
"Where the heck are you two going?!" Alastor questioned, in some annoyance as he has NO idea what's going on!"
"Isn't it obvious, ya muppet?" Jack asked back rhetorically, turning her head towards the two with a scowl. "We're gonna give yas some answers! We're heading to Intoxiquer's!"
BUT I WILL SEEK MY REVENGE
THE BEST KIND OF REVENGE
THE ONE WHERE I GET THE LAST LAUGH…..
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"'Hey, hey, hey….!'" A funky tune came out of a music player, as Kiri the Simipour sorted out the books in the book shop, stacking manga books as she listened to the music somewhat happily. Since it was slow today in the bookshop, Intoxiquer went to bed earlier than usual to catch up on his sleep and tasked Kiri to sort out the books as recently some young kids messed around with the books when the Crobat wasn't looking.
Kiri smiled to herself somewhat, as she finished up the manga section of the shop. "Ha~a~tsu, finished here…." She spoke to herself softly, getting up as she was previous sat on the floor. "That section's finished…. Intoxiquer-San will be pleased by this…."
Kiri then frowned, somewhat annoyed at the kids who did this mess. "Why would they put Rising Storm with the graphical novels? It's obviously a manga….." she thought bitterly, crossing her arms. "These kids are obviously up to no yoi….they even put Planes of Existence, which is obviously a graphical novel, in the manga section! I'm gonna get those bakas…!"
A sudden noise of the bell going off caught Kiri's attention, and she turned her attention to the door, where she saw Jack, Sam and the two kids from yesterday come into the shop. Kiri saw that both Jack and Sam had serious expressions on their faces, while the Kirlia and the Prinplup had somewhat confused and surprised ones.
Taken aback by the sudden appearance of the four, Kiri goes to turn off the music player, which is behind and under the counter. Once off, she turns her attention to the four, mostly Jack and Sam.
"Jack-chan? Sam-kun?" Kiri questioned, inquisitively to them as she cocked her head slightly with a frown. "What are you ni doing here? Aren't you ni supposed to be at worked?"
"'hat's true but something came up…." Jack replied seriously, walking towards the backroom of the bookshop, which is currently closed off with a red door. "…..we need to see the book about them….to Lucy and Alastor….."
With Sam following the large Luxio but leaving Lucy and Alastor at the entrance of the shop with dumbfounded faces, Kiri frowned, confused at the fact that the two wanted see that book. She turned to look at the Angelo siblings, who still look dumbfounded (IT DID SAY EARILER).
"Ha~a~tsu?" Kiri goes, getting even more confused at what's happening. "These ni are Seers?" Jumping back in surprise, Alastor blinked whilst muddled at the currently situations that he and Lucy are in.
"'Seers'?! What the heck are those?!" he demanded somewhat angrily, having no idea what's happening. "And why are we in this book shop?!"
"WE'LL GET TO THAT INTO A BIT!" Sam snapped in an annoyed and angry tone of voice at Alastor, who eeped and hid behind his sister, who was also scared by the Poochyena's sudden mood. Sam then sighed, and then glanced round as Jack entered the back of the shop.
"Only the Kirlia can see... She saw and was attacked by a Corruptor yesterday and heard Jack's voice before she fell asleep….! Grr…..those two put two and two together and found Jack to want answers!"
"Don't talk to them like they're a pair of gimps!" Jack's voice called, from the other room. Sam rolled his eyes and continued to explain. "So, yeah…we're here to show them answers….Well, Jack wants to give. Also, they learned the name of the Corrupted thanks to your brother, who KNOWS TO KEEP THAT SUBJECT A SECRET BUT BLABBED ANYWAY!"
As Sam stomped off in the backroom furiously, steaming at the fact that Shinrin did that, Kiri sighed whilst poking her forehead. "Oh Shinrin….you loveable baka…. What have you done…..?" she questioned to herself. Shaking that thought out of her head, Kiri stopped poking her head and turned to the Angelo siblings, gesturing towards the red door with a hesitant smile on face.
"Go ahead….I guess…?" Kiri said somewhat uncertain on what's happening. Lucy and Alastor nodded, heading into the backroom of Intoxiquer's bookshop.
Once they got into the backroom, all they can tell from it compared to the front of the shop is that it's rather…plain! (IT'S LIKE THAT THE AUTHOR SWEARS)
The backroom seems to be a living area, split into two sections. The first section seems to be a combination between a living room and a kitchen. The living room part of the first section has a small oak table in the middle with several copies of newspapers on it whilst four purple pillows surrounding the table. A small window can be seen on the far wall at the back. Speaking of the walls, something off about them.
"Hmm?" Lucy went, staring at the walls with some uncertainty at what she's looking at. "Even though the walls are just a plain cream, why is there splats of purple pain there? It looks like someone has tried to paint but gave up…!"
The kitchen area, though small, has a decently sized over and a couple of cupboards to store food and bowls and/or plates. A small cooking top is placed to the right way, with a fridge next to it.
The second section of the shop's backroom is to the left and expected for a bookshop, several books in different books are placed, filling up the second section mostly apart from a pathway to what appears the entrance to the stairs and a bookshelf at the back, supporting large books.
Currently, Jack and Sam are near the book filled side of the backroom, with Intoxiquer slightly above them and talking about something with the Luxio and the Poochyena.
"Eh?" Intoxiquer started, somewhat bewildered by what Jack and Sam had said to him. "You want to see the Guild's book on the Corrupted? Why? You two know plenty enough about them? Did you two hit your heads or something?"
Jack noticed that Lucy and Alastor are in the backroom as well, perplexed on what they doing here, and then pointed at them (surprising the two when Jack did that.) with a serious frown on her face.
"'hat Kirlia is a Seer, like us. The feek and her brother were attacked by a Corruptor last night…they want answers and the Kirlia heard me before she fell unconscious…. I feel…..like I owe it to them…."
The Crobat nodded, seemingly agree with what Jack had said though has a frown on his face. "Well, I can't say much about it, but you getting spotted….well, 'heard' by an outsider of the Guild….you know what will happen next….."
Jack bobbed her head, looking sad. "Aye….meeting with the Guildmaster….." she affirmed, feeling rather guilty. Intoxiquer did nothing for a moment, sighed in annoyance, and then flew off upstairs, to find something presuming.
With the Crobat gone, Jack and Sam went over to the living room area. Jack continued to head over whilst Sam stopped, to look at the Angelo siblings with a half-serious frown on his face.
"What are you wait for, you city dolts, someone to come and take you to your seats?!" he rhetorically asked at the two. Alastor scowled as he went to take a seat on one of the pillows as Jack moved the newspapers. Lucy, coming over to the small, scowled as well at Sam's rude behaviour.
"You know, you don't have to speak like that to us!" Lucy scolded rather sharply at Sam, who simply chuckled as he sat down on the pillow closest to the kitchen area, with Alastor to his left and Jack at the back.
"I speak the way I want to, thank you very much!" he smirked confidently back at Lucy, extremely arrogantly as he cocked his head. "Meaning? I can talk whatever crap I want at anyone! Be thankful that I'm actually polite at you, you idiot!"
"DON'T TALK TO MY SISTER LIKE THAT!" Alastor yelled at the Poochyena furiously, angry that someone spoke that insult to his sister.
"I DO WHAT I DAMN LIKE!" Sam snapped back angrily. Suddenly, a yellow glint in Jack's eyes appeared as she glared at Sam for being rude. Sam's ears went down as he shivered in fright. Both Alastor and Lucy are taken aback by this, with fear running through their veins.
"This must be Jack's Ability…..Intimidate…." Lucy thought to herself as she paled with fear and feeling her attack lowed. With nothing much to say, the young Kirlia then sat down on the pillow opposite to her brother, waiting for the Crobat to come back.
Without even a second after Lucy sat down, a sudden sound of furiously flapping wings was heard and then Intoxiquer appeared, carrying a large, brown book in his little claw like feet.
"Go wild…." Intoxiquer remarked, slamming the book down onto the table and then he went to flew over to the kitchen area to hang side down. "I'm just gonna nap over here….. None of you shout please, I need to catch up on my sleep…..ESPECIALLY YOU ENRAGEMENT PENGUIN!"
As Alastor growled to himself over that nickname, Jack put two paws onto the table, looking at the Angelo siblings. "Before we start, I got a question for yer….'ave you two 'eard of something called the 'Plasma Event'?"
Lucy shook her head, frowning slightly. "No, I haven't. I don't think Alastor knows that either….." she affirmed, unsure of where this is going.
"Considering how you two are younger than us and thus in a different year of school, I don't blame for not hearing about it….." Sam started, closing his eyes to think wistfully. "Consider the fact that they don't teach that event in history until Jack's year, it's normal that you wouldn't know….."
Both Lucy and Alastor are taken aback by this. This is the most polite thing that Sam has said to them! The said Poochyena said somewhat serenely, opening his eyes. "I guess I outta explain it to you, what the 'Plasma Event' is."
Sam breathed in and then out, and then started to explain clearly. "The Plasma Event happened around 1,000 years ago and is suspected to the cause of our world today, with the humans gone and the Legends' disappearance all those years ago….
According to documents made by Pokémon when the Plasma Event happened, the cause of the event was a battle between a human trainer and his Pokémon against a team of humans by the name of Team Plasma.
It was said that N, the leader of Team Plasma, wanted to create a world for Pokémon separated away from humans. He was backed by the Legendary Pokémon of Ideals, Zekrom, whilst the human trainer themselves had the Legendary Pokémon of Truth, Reshiram.
A great battle commenced between them, to see who was superior. But, in the end, N won."
"What happened then?" Alastor questioned, interested to see where this tale will head to. Sam nodded, trying to remember the tale of the Plasma Event.
"Well, what happened next was something world changing…." Sam replied wistfully, continuing the explanation. "Since the trainer lost, Reshiram deemed them unworthy of her power, and joined N's side. With the spiritual energy power of Zekrom and Reshiram by his side, N split apart the world of humans and the world of Pokémon, sending each side into their own world both physical and spiritual to never be joined again!
It was catastrophic! Regions shattered into new ones, technology and religion split apart as the spiritual and physical realms became two! Anarchy was abrupt in the new world before democracy and civilization was created a few decades after the Plasma Event! It would had settled down sooner if the Legends had been around to sort everything out….."
Lucy nodded, agreeing to this. "But because of the Plasma Event, the Legends disappeared…." She realized sadly, logically thinking about it.
"Aye, 'hat's what happened." Jack commented, with a small frown. "But there's theories why they disappeared, right Sam?"
"Indeed." Sam stated seriously, looking up into the air. "Zekrom and Reshiram were part of a trio, with the Legendary Pokémon of Balance, Kyurem as the third part of the trio. Many scientists and religious leaders agree on that because Zekrom and Reshiram was splitting the world into two, because of Kyurem's presence in the united world, N accidently made three worlds instead of two!
The ideal world, where we live is the first world. The truthful world, where the humans live in is the second world. And finally, the world without truth nor ideals which was intended, is the third world where the Legends are….well, that's only a speculation….a theory…."
Lucy nodded once more, but frowns with uncertainty. "But, what does have to do with that monster that attacked me last night?" she asked with a muddled face, wondering why the subject was changed from the monster to this.
"After the Plasma Event and the world was split into two, it created sometings 'hat didn't exist before…." Jack answered seriously, to Lucy. "And one of them being the Corrupted."
"But what is the 'Corrupted'?" Alastor wanted to know as he questioned that. "And how come Lucy can see them?"
"To answer the second question first….Lucy saw the Corrupted because like us, she's a Seer." Sam responded honestly and somewhat politely. He opened the book on the table, which the page that Sam turned to had images of Pokémon on there, except they were ghastly white and looked more monstrous and terrifying. "As for the first question second….. The Corrupted are ghosts."
Lucy gasped in horror, as she covered her mouth while her eyes dilated in horror, paling. Alastor, on the overhand, is gobsmacked, blinking several times as he struggles to take in the information that he was just told.
Then Sam turned to the screen, addressing the readers of this story. "If you had already guess that the Corrupted are ghosts before this chapter, congratulations!" Sam stated cheekily, grinning as he knew he was breaking the fourth wall. "Give yourself a pat on the back, or a gold star!"
"Sam, stop breaking the fourth wall, ya gimp!" Jack chastised harshly. "We need to get on with the plot of the story!"
"W-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-what….?" Lucy stuttered, unable to comprehend on what's happening. "I…..I…..b-b-been a-a-able…. to s-see…. g-ghosts…..?"
"The Corrupted were born after the Plasma Event, and it's a secret to our modern world." Sam stated seriously once again, starting to explain again. "Nobody in the Seer community knows why they appeared after the Plasma Event as they did not exist before, but they are here, in our world
Now, the next two questions you might be wonder are, one: 'What are the Corrupted?' and the second is 'Why is it a secret?'"
"To answer yer first question, first and foremost, the Corrupted are ghosts." Jack quickly interrupted, sighing since she was stating the obvious. "They are corrupted, monstrous, lost spirits in our world and they lie on the balance of the spiritual plane. Think like they are an combination of 'hose white creatures from 'hat game...what's it called...? 'Kingdom of Hearts'? And 'hat manga's monsters, Bleach... Anyway, 'hat's what they are in our world and 'hats the truth….."
"As for the second question….." Sam went, interrupting Jack before she could try and explain more. "The Corrupted are a secret because they are ghosts in limbo, monstrous souls of those who have past but unable to get to the afterlife. When a Pokémon soul becomes a Corruptor, it basically becomes a corrupted version of what they were like in life. For example, the sweetest Pokémon you know can become a terrible, vile creature that only wants to harm others in the darkest of ways, like ripping and murdering the living for example! Who would want to see their love ones become that?! It would cause a worldwide panic if the knowledge of the Corrupted were to come out! But, thanks to the Seers community, the secret of the Corrupted has been hidden away from the public for more than 900 years…."
Alastor slammed down on the table, furious. "But that doesn't explain why Lucy is able to SEE THEM!" He exclaimed angrily, as his sister remained mute as the horror of what attacked her last night dawned on her.
"Because she has Seer's blood, you dolt!" Sam snapped at Alastor angrily. "In our world, creatures exist with spiritual energy, which some can only been seen with Seer's blood! Phantoms, spectres and the Corrupted can only be seen by a Pokémon with Seer's blood! The majority of the populations of our world doesn't have Seer's blood flowing through their veins, thus they can't see the Corrupted and is kept a secret from them! Somehow, in the past, your sister got Seer's blood in her body and you didn't! That's how she's able to see the Corrupted!"
"Did, per chance, get a blood transfusion when ya 'ere younger?" Jack inquired to Lucy, somewhat inquisitive. Lucy, finally getting her voice back, nodded.
"Y-y-yes….." she admitted, still stuttering nervously of the new information given to her. "…..I-I-I-I….g-got i-i-into an a-accident w-when I-I w-was t-two….I g-got a-a b-blood transfusion f-f-from m-m-my d-dad…."
Jack nodded, thinking deeply. Sam took this to explain even further, to get into the plot more. "…..There are two ways to obtain Seer's blood, and you, Lucy, had the most common of all ways….." Sam remarked calmly. "….Blood transfusion from a Seer into a non-Seer is the most common way to obtain the spiritual blood. It can't be passed down from mother or father to child through birth, so a transfusion of blood is necessary….."
"Wait…." Alastor went, going pale as he suddenly realized something. "….if Lucy got blood from our dad and she's a Seer because of it….does that mean that our dad is a Seer too?!"
Both Jack and Sam nodded, saying nothing but their nods to confirm this. "NO!" Lucy screamed, shaking in fear and anger at the prospect of this. "IT'S….NOT POSSIBLE!"
Jack scowled seriously, and pulled out the pill that she borrowed from Lucy yesterday. "I did some research on yer hallucination tablet of yas…." She affirmed, seriously. "…..Lucy, ya don't suffer from hallucinations….what ya really been seeing is ghosts. And methinks that both ya parents 'ave known this for a long time…."
"HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?!" Lucy screeched at Jack, psychic energy begin to glow around her as she caused the book to slam shut. Intoxiquer, awoken from the shouting, did nothing as he hanged from the ceiling. He simply watched the scene unfolded.
"This tablet is only used by Pokémon that are Seers or have the knowledge of the existence of ghosts and Corrupted!" Sam retorted at Lucy, glaring at her. "Ergo, since your parents know the existence of the tablet to treat your condition, they know what it does! IT STOPS YOU SEEING THEM! YOUR PARENTS HAVE BEEN LYING TO YOU ON WHAT THIS TABLET DOES!"
"No….." Lucy went, backing off a little as she paled fifty shades light. She then grabbed her head as she began to shake violently. "No…NononononononononononononononononoNONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONO!"
Suddenly, several objects begin to float around in the area, including the book and the newspapers. Jack, Sam and Alastor jump out of their seats as Lucy begins to have a meltdown, tears flowing from her eyes.
"MATTA!" someone called out, catching everyone off guard, even Lucy, who pauses her meltdown though the tears are still running. Everyone turns to the entrance to the backroom, where Kiri is standing there, looking panicky.
"Gomen'nasai, Intoxiquer-San and everyone!" Kiri apologised sincerely, slightly out of breath. "But I got news from Ignatius-Dono….."
"What is it, Kiri?" Intoxqiuer asked, concerned for his employee. Kiri took a deep breath to regain it, then spoke.
"There's…..a problem at Fougueux Ville's hotel….." she replied seriously and nervously. "There's a massive horde of yellow Corruptors attacking!"
To be continued….
A/N: Well, that was certainly a cliffhanger! (I think) I think this has to be the longest chapter so far that I've done... Welp! If you enjoyed this chapter, please tell me what you think so I can make the future chapters much better! I'll be glad with any postive criticism I'll get! So, in the meantime, read and review and I'll see you later!