Hi everyone...here's Chapter 9, and be prepared for a few shocking events...BE WARNED...lolz...


Chapter 9 The Princess and the Pokemon

Upon the top of the Twisted Tower, Eracus stood in his usual stance; hands in his pockets and the unsightly smug on his face. He scanned the midst of Eden City, then looked to the Eastern plains, from beyond was the darkened and moist rain forest. He sniffed the air, as light formed itself next to him. This being had long pearly white hair, fangs, pale skin, white sweatshirt and white paints with pink stripes on the side...and his disturbing dark green eyes. All topped off with a pair of green, red and black thongs. He slouched at growled faintly. Eracus chuckled. "What brings you here my child?" Said Eracus. He walked up beside him. You could tell he was his fathers son, as he also had his hands in his pockets. "Here to watch the process...I'm actually quite interested in the outcome of this..." He said, rubbing underneath his nose with his index finger. "Kipaal, you know you shouldn't be here..." He commented. But didn't seem to worry. "I was also wondering about...you know..." The two didn't move from their positions. They could sense abnormal energy flow from that Eastern lands. "Your sister?" Said Eracus. Kipaal cracked his neck. "Yah.." Eracus cracked his neck too. "Let's just say you and your brother's efforts are not left unhindered..." He said. Kipaal nodded. "To think, a lot of those humans take things for granted, yet they supply the most interesting social memes." Eracus lifted his chin. "The souls of the mass are not quite dissimilar you know...how generalist life can be when one can take forth of what's there and become quite expendable." Kipaal gave his father a look. "In a sense it depends how emotionally close you get. Pokemon find themselves attached as much as humans do, but doesn't make them essentially oblivious to the fact that there is a limit in what you can take." Eracus snorted. "You do get the greedy ones. It's always the case of when enough is enough...sometimes...for some...it never is."

"And that's when disaster strikes..."

The two remained silent as the wind blew in between them from the west. Eracus breathed in the air, then breathed out. "Creation...Destruction. It is the cycle of most common worlds. In the end, that is what life is. To birth and to die." Kipaal looked at his father. "And in between?" He asked with a cocked eyebrow. Eracus grinned. "Depends...either way, it comes...then it goes..." "I'm glad we found the essence in time...although I doubt that it matters by that point..." The two exchanged nods at one another. "Alrighty then, I'll inform Gilaad...cya round..." Said Kipaal as he gave his father a two finger salute and evaporating into light. Eracus attention was still stuck to Turnback Cave...it wasn't over yet...

"I hate being left with cliffhangers..."


Meanwhile, Misty was practically busy frozen with powerfully mixed emotions. She couldn't believe this woman, a mercenary no less, would want a kiss from a young boy. Wasn't there a law against it? Ash stood there and fumbled, with eyes wide open, staring at Angie, who was arrogant with her mischievously seductive grin. What is with all the kissing lately? First Misty, now Angie? Ash gulped, as he was noticeably reluctant. "I can give it a try...but..." He looked at Misty who refused to look at him. He wasn't sure about this either, but...if it was to help them, he was willing.

He shrugged. "Uh...I...okay...I guess...I'm not a good kisser though..."

Misty just stood in the corner, fuming... "Great...just great..."she muttered...Angie briefly looked at her, who just glared. Angie was enjoying this all too much. "That's fine...I'm sure you've had practice with your girlfriend already..." Ash blinked. "Oh, no Misty's not my girlfriend. She's just a really close friend."

"They have a name for that you know..." Said Angie, who obviously knew the untold subtext behind that meaning. She turned back to Misty. "They call it friends with benefits..." Ash scratched his head. "Misty benefits me for just being a friend?"

At the same time, all three girls face-palmed...Lucinda included. Angie rolled her eyes. She approached Ash, still wearing that smug. "Never mind...this is just a simple payment. But if you want more you're welcome to have me as a benefit."

Ash shrugged. He wasn't sure what she meant, but went with it...

Angie leaned her head in towards Ash's face. Ash remembered Misty's advice and closed his eyes as they touched lips. Angie gently carressed his with hers while he responded with his own. Ash's mind was elsewhere however...he was fascinated with kisses though. A weird yet becalming sensation. Her kiss was different from Misty's. Comparing them, they were the same. But Misty's was better. Much better for reasons unknown. Angie slow took herself away from him.

"Hm...not what I was expecting..." She said, with a confused look on her face. She placed her hand on her cheek and faced Misty, who was deep red in the face with annoyance and anger. Then realized. She faintly laughed. "I see it...I get it now...makes a lot of sense to me."

She stood back from the trio. "Alright, I'll help you." She replied. "Let me get my things and let's get out!"

Ash, Misty and Lucinda waited outside for Angie who was grabbing her gear. Misty still wasn't looking at Ash, who was concerned for his friend. "What's the matter Mist?" He asked innocently.

Ah, the sweet sound of her nickname. His tone of care weakened her a little, but her stubborness was a firewall for preventing it from going through any cracks. Ash was still a kid. He, and she still had a lot to learn about relationships in general, even when he is one of the nicest and kindest people she knew. She sighed. They heard a door close as Angie came out with her Luxray in tow. Pikachu jumped onto Luxray's back. Angie had put on a jacket and some proper shoes. She whisked the plaits out of her face and hand her hands on the straps of her bag.

"Are we ready to move on?" Asked Lucinda. Angie nodded. "Yup...let's roll..."

Red looked on as Blue lent her hand out to Green. He said nothing and faded away into the darkness. She helped him up as the Giratina disappeared as well. Silence did nothing to get rid of the thick tension in the air. Green got rid of the dirt off him and felt the blood from his nose with his finger.

"Wow...you did quite a number on me there..." He said, looking at his index finger.

Blue rolled her eyes. "Sorry, I guess I got a bit carried away..."

Green shook his head. "No...its my fault. It's not right for me to bear the blame on you. You're doing what he would have done." He said. Blue smiled and put out her hands. "Friends?"

Green nodded and shook her hand. "Friends..."

They looked around each other. That creepy darkened background of ominiousness was just full of emptyness. "Should we start looking for the other two now?" Asked Green.

"Yeah...god knows what happened to them..." Replied Blue. "Let's hope they're alright..."

They hopped back through many of those dusty sandy floating isles and surfed up, down, left and right. Green almost tripped over again, but always managed to make himself steady once more. They eventually returned to the open portal, before another formed behind it. Blue and Green stood back, as a tall thin creature emerged, with another familiar cyberpunk worn female came behind.

"Oh, finally..." She said. "Gardevoir!" Said the creature. Blue smiled. "Ah Meredine! Trixie! Good to see the both of you are alright..."

"Bloody oath..." Said Meredine, who wiped the sweat off her forehead. "I was actually trying to find Mewtwo the bastard. He's vanished off the face of the Earth I reckon!"
Blue and Green looked at each other. "He did mention looking for Rowap Berries..." Said Green. Blue rubbed her chin. "Yes...but I think he should be fine..."

Meredine frowned, as did Trixie, as a Pokemon who reacts to the emotions of her trainer. Blue looked at her. "What's wrong?"

Meredine scratched her head. "I defeated that piece of shit of a skeleton, then I got trapped in some sorta subspace or something. I think...emphasis on think...I got a brief glimpse of him...but then whatever I did see disappeared." She said.

"What did the area look like?" Asked Green. Meredine shrugged. "I haven't the fuzziest. I mean, from what I saw was completely fucked up."

Meredine described the violet atmosphere and the strange tiles and the weird lightning sequences.
"And I swear I heard a voice over. It was very...you know, very game stagey."

Blue didn't know what to think of it. It was an area where dimensions merge of course, there had to be series of these. Green just stood there, observing it all.

"Can you take us to him?" He asked. Meredine smirked. "Sure, just gotta get Trixie here to make another hole..."
Meredine gave Trixie the nod, who then stood in front of them and lifted her arms. Her body emanated a psychic glow around her. Her eyes flashed all the colours of the rainbow as a slight shift in wind breezed through her hair and dress. They watched on as a black portal swirled with her powers. She moved to the side and pointed to the portal.

"Will this lead us to him?" Asked Blue. Meredine grinned. "Well, in all cases in point, hopefully."
Green crossed his arms. "Well, the time space continuum is extremely unstable around here. Who knows where we could end up?"
Meredine rolled her eyes. "It's not teleporting...just taking a short cut. Teleporting in this area is lethal from memory..."

They didn't hesitate to get inside the black hole one by one, followed by Trixie entering the portal herself, and closing it.

They stepped out of the portal, entering the same area as Mewtwo, who was about to approach another large platform. The others were on a straightened edge, which went into the infinite both ways. Meredine tried to spot Mewtwo in the darkness and finally seeing the purple catlike Pokemon after each flash. They estimated the distance between them and him was about 50 meters. Meredine tried calling out his name, but he was busy concentrating. Meredine gruffed and had to sit and stare. She hated to sit still in all of this. But she noticed something odd about him, as did Blue and Green.

"Wait a second..." Said Meredine. "Does anything seem strange to you?"

Blue nodded. "Yes. He is not using his powers to jump those tiles...actually, I'm surprised he's jumping at all!"
Green analyzed the situation. "Perhaps a lack of said powers is the problem..."
Blue and Meredine faced Green with his assumption. "Wait, how is that possible?"

He remained aloof and squinted at Mewtwo. "Anything is possible around here."

They turned back their attention. Mewtwo had just gotten to the large tile, before suddenly disappearing into tiny black squares. "Um...what the fuck just happened?" Wondered a wide eyed Meredine. Blue was just as confused. "Yeah...uh..." Green was surprised, but didn't show it.
"Like I said, anything is possible."

Meredine refused to sit and stare at the endless darkness. She ordered Trixie to float her to the tile. Blue rested her hand on her shoulder. "Wait...you don't know what's going on here..."

Meredine grunted. "Bah! I'll find him...I'll find him and bring him back!" She yelled. Trixie used Psychic to float Meredine to the large tile. She gently stood on her own two feet and looked back on the other two. "Did you two wanna join me?" Asked Meredine. Blue and Green looked at each other. "We're not leaving you alone that's for sure." Replied Blue. Trixie, along with Blue and Green floated themselves to Meredine. Blue tried feeling around the area with her arms but with no avail. "Hmmm...nothing here.." Said Blue. "Could he have been a fake? Or some sort of illusion?" Meredine shrugged. "Dunno, but this area feels edgy to me..." She commented.
"Could be rigged for one time only..." Suggested Green. Meredine scoffed.

"Bah...dickheads!" She said in frustration. "Why must you be so mentally exhausting..." Blue looked around. The tiles that Mewtwo had been on had disppeared, and the ones in front were gone too. Meredine looked at Trixie, who had her hands to her chest. "Trixie can you sense something?" Asked Blue, who noticed as well. Meredine looked concerned. "That's when the energy in this area flunctuates...which...well...shit..." She slurred before she hit the floor.

"Meredine!" Yelled Blue. Green knelt down. He looked at Trixie who collapsed as well. Blue went to her side and checked on them. "So...now these two have been knocked out for no particular reason?" Said Blue. Green shook his head. "Meredine was probably right. This area might be fluncuating at different rates. There has to be something here...possibly the same thing that took Mewtwo as well..." Green suggested. Suddenly, Meredine's and Trixies bodies rose into black squares, while Blue and Green could nothing but stand and stare. "It's back!" Said a surprised Blue. "What ever it is, it's...gone...". Green looked at Blue. "How can you be so sure?" Blue closed her eyes. "My aura senses went haywire, now...they're back to normal..." They searched around. They were stuck on that one tile. "What about Togekiss?" Asked Green. "And Gyarados? Surely the former can fly us and the latter is long enough to reach that cliff..."

They turned to the direction where the cliff was...but, like the tiles, they'd vanished. "Would it be wrong to say this was entirely Red's fault?" Asked Green. Blue rolled her eyes.

"Let's just say we're fundamentally screwed..."


Professor Orange sighed. He tried getting on with his work, but had the difficulty of his paranoia of people bursting into the room. He gave up what he was doing and sat down on a chair nearby. He grabbed his cup of coffee and relaxed himself...but then he heard a knock, so thus was disturbed and had to get up. He walked up to the door to confront whoever knocked. He opened the door to a strange surprise.

"Um...who're you?" He said with a cocked eyebrow. He felt himself forced to the back wall by an unknown force. The woman had long dark green hair and twisted eyes, as well has being shoeless, but wearing black trackies and a singlet, as well as her long thin pink tail that swayed about. She silently and in a calm fashion, remaining stoic as she approached him. "You are Professor Orange are you not?" She said in deadpan. He nervously nodded. She let him go and telekinetically brought two chairs over. "Sit." She said. He did as he was told and sat down, as did she. She sat up so straight, with her legs down and in symmetry. He gulped as he slouched. She brought over his coffee as well. He took it, surprised as this strange gesture. "I'm not here for destructive purposes." She said.

"I am Sabrina." She said. "I am meant to be minding the Pokemon Center in Shadow Town, but I have the Blissey there to maintain it." "Oh that Sabrina..." He replied. He shook his up cup unintentionally as he took a sip and placed it on the bench beside him. "I think they mentioned you over the phone. Weren't you a Gym Leader?" He asked, adjusting his glasses. Sabrina didn't budge. "I currently in need of your assistance." She said, ignoring his question. He blinked. "What do you need?" He asked. She looked over at his equipment, of various scientifitic machines and so forth. "I hear you are an expert on DNA." She replied. "And you were part of Project THUNDERSTONE no doubt?" He nodded. "Yes. Its a study of...uhh...the Yellow Crystal...speculated to be a Thunderstone but we're not so sure...we've only had a brief glimpse at it...and that was with a Pokemon we sent up at the Ruins, you know, that we recently discovered to be relatively old ruins...connected with Pokemon and Human alike..." Sabrina nodded. "Yes. That is written as the once great High Temple, created by numerous and quite large legendary characters in Plethora. As of now, I can reveal myself to you as your study of DNA can help me link myself to this Temple." Orange battered his eyelids. "Well, I know that we do have a shard of the Yellow Crystal. Which in fact does possess DNA in itself. Do you want me to connect that to you?" He asked. "Yes." She replied softly. "If you find a match...then my theories will be proven..."

Orange nodded. "Alright...I just need a piece of DN-oh..." He said, as he was presented with a small circular tray with two pieces of dark green hair and a strand of pink fur. "Connect them to me please. There's a reason for my own being." Orange nodded again. "Let me just...find the piece. I have to go to the archives..." He said, placing the tray down and bolting to the door. "Did you need anything...else?" He said, turning around and realizing she had disappeared. Orange just scratched his. "Uh...sure...?" He shrugged and headed off the Archive Room...


Meanwhile Dawn and Tracey were exhuming absolute boredom and waited for Ash and Misty to finally return. May had gone down into the basement to train her Pokemon, as well as Brock preparing to feed them. Dawn was busy prodding Piplup while Tracey was sketching. He noticed Piplup becoming agitated and told Dawn to stop it. Dawn sighed.

"Oh man...can't we do ANYTHING around here?" She asked.

Tracey placed down his sketch book. "Well...maybe you should go train with May then..."

"I can't be bothered..." She moaned. She paced around the room in hindrance. "I wanna go exploring."

She headed out of the room with Tracey in tow, making sure she didn't get up to much trouble. She headed towards the main entrance, but was confronted by guards.

"Sorry." Said the one on the right. "But orders were to keep you all inside until further notice..." Said the one on the left.

"But..."

"Forget about it Dawn...we'll manage somehow..."

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

"DAWN!"

The main entrance exploded in a pinch, killing the two guards. Tracey shielded Dawn in a hunch, but apart from minor cuts and bruises, he was fine. The dust soon left the air and the rubble all over the place. Tracey picked Dawn up from the ground. "Are you -cough- okay?" He asked.

Dawn nodded. "I'm okay..." They dusted themselves off, before seeing creatures heading down the stairs.

"Houndoom!" Tracey and Dawn cried in fear. There was a whole pack of them, running downstairs and using flamethrower. Piplup used Bubblebeam to knock them out of the way. "Thanks Piplup!" Said Dawn. Piplup was primed and ready for the next battle. They saw several BLUEGREEN Legion Grunts head off in their direction.

"Children! Quickly! Head off down into the basment!" Said one of them. Dawn and Tracey looked at each, but Piplup was ready to fight. Dawn quickly returned him and bolted off to the other hallway. They quickly found the elevator and headed down.

"THIS IS AN EMERGENCY! SECURITY COMMENCE TO MAIN ENTRANCE IMMEDIATELY! THIS IS NOT A DRILL I REPEAT THIS IS NOT A DRILL!"

Dawn collapsed on the side. Tracey spun around. There was blood coming from her left side. She looked faintish. Tracey immediately tended to her. "Dawn...you're...bleeding..."

She faced Tracey. "I'll be okay...just.." She said, before slowly closing her eyes. Tracey blinked. He couldn't do anything. Their bags and so forth we're upstairs. He ripped off a piece of his shirt and took off his shirt and wrapped it around her waist. The help was modest, but it was better than nothing. As soon as they hit the bottom, they were greeted by May and Brock. Tracey had Dawn in his arms.

"What's going on up there?" Asked Brock. He turned to Dawn. "Oh no..." They rested her by the lake May looked around. "I swear I saw a first aid kit on this level...I'll go look for it." She said, running off. Brock and Tracey were at Dawn's sides. "What happened?" Asked Brock, visibly worried.

"Dawn got bored, then wanted to go outside, but was stopped by the guards. Suddenly, this explosion comes out of nowhere and in come a pack of Houndooms!"

"Hmmm..." Muttered Brock. They put the pressure on the rather small wound. He hoped this wasn't going to be another Ash situation. May was frantically looking around for the kit.

"Whereisitwhereisitwhereisit?" She whispered to herself, while continusly spinning around. She saw a white box in the corner. She immediately grabbed it and headed back to the others.

"Hold on Dawn...just...hold on..." Muttered Tracey. He saw May come back with the first aid kit. He and Brock hastily went to work patching her up. "Where's Nurse Joy when you need her?" Asked May. Brock wrapped the bandages around her waiste, after removing Tracey's shirt. Dawn regained consciousness and looked at Tracey with weakened eyes.

"Dawn you're alright!" Announced a relieved May. But something was weird. Her eyes seemed dead all about grey. She began to mutter.

"First Light...I notice it...it's coming. The darkness that riddles these plains is not human or Pokemon, but something more. It is the Sinners Unbirth that forbids reason and Plethora speaks that it does not take an easy form on the naked eye, therefore it needs a body..." She murmured.

"First Light, sees the thing in its ultimate form...it's coming..." She said, before falling out again. Tracey shook her to try and wake her up. "Dawn...wake up...Dawn please wake up..." He said, tears falling from his face. Brock placed two fingers on her neck to check her pulse. He frowned.

"She's...gone..."

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The surrounding three were reduced to small hiccups and chuffles as the tears dropped on top of her lifeless body. Tracey slammed his fist into the ground. "It's all Red's fault! Damn you Red!"
May placed her hand on his shoulder. "I'm so sorry Tracey..."

Brock wiped his nose. "I don't know what we're going do...this...this is..."

Ash froze on the spot and frowned. "What's the matter Ash?" Asked Misty.

He was deep in thought and had a sickness in the pit of his stomach. "Something...terrible has happened...we need to get back to the base now!" He said as he started running.

Lucinda nodded. "I feel it also. Let us return!" She said, also running off. Misty and Angie looked at each other and nodded. They two bolted off behind two. They weren't too far off, before they reached the cliff-side before the Giant Dead Tree. They saw smoke and flames arise from the main hatch, and part of the tree caught fire. "Oh no..." Muttered Misty. They hopped off the cliff-side and headed towards the hatch. They saw several maroon cloaked goons, commanding their Pokemon.

"Pikachu use Thunderbolt!" Ash ordered. Pikachu leaped into the air and unleashed electronic hell onto the goons. They all screamed in pain before collapsing into ashes. They headed down the hatch, as Misty brought out her Staryu and ordered it to use Water Gun on the flames. The starshape Pokemon gushed out a massive stream of water from the top point, as it doused the flames in almost an instant. They moved down to see the massive pack of Houndoom that had entered the area. They had mercilessly taken down the BLUEGREEN Members and their various Growlithe and Arcanine. Blood all over the place. They froze, before an oncoming Houndoom charged at them. Lucinda managed to release a barrage of Aura Spheres at the vicious beast. Ash yelled to Pikachu to use Thunderbolt against it as well, causing it to crash into the wall. Three more headed in their direction as Misty told Staryu to use Water Gun once more. "Hyaah!" Cried the starfish Pokemon as it brushed out fastflowing water. They saw Jacket and Nassie head in their direction. They had their Pokemon with them as well, a Jynx and a Mr. Mime respectively.

"We're using Psychic Pokemon you fool!" Nassie cried. Jacket sighed. "I'd use Dacky but he's asleep!"

Nassie facepalmed. "Well wake him up!"

Jacket had no time to spare as he ordered Mr. Mime to use Barrier to shield him from a Fire Fang ready Houndoom. "I suppose we can act with cowardice and prevent ourselves from getting killed!"

Suggested Jacket. "No we're not!" Yelled Nassie. She yelled to her Jynx to use Hidden Power. Jynx obeyed as small white orbs surrounded her, and flung towards the Houdoom, sending them elsewhere. "Does help when Jynx' Hidden Power is conveniently ground typed." Said a snarling Nassie. Jacket huddled to the wall, shaking, but trying to give his Mr. Mime a command.

"Use Thunderpunch!"

Mr. Mime withheld its fist as it crackled with electricity, and sent it flying into another Houndoom.

"Alright Mimey!" He cried.

Lucinda took down the last Houndoom with a mighty Bone Club. She, with Nassie and Jacket exhumed their bodies, as well as the fallen members of the BLUEGREEN Legion. She turned to them... "We'll take them down to the morgue. As well as the Houndooms can be cremated." Said Lucinda. Ash and Misty sighed. "What about us?" asked Misty. "Oh...uhh...we got a call about ten minutes ago from Nurse Joy...it's..." "What happened?" Ash asked. "You may have to see for yourself..."

Nassie gathered some members to help with the bodies, while Lucinda grabbed Ash and Misty to the Medical Wing. There were a few members who survived the ordeal as well as injured Growlithe that Nurse Joy had been repeatedly tending to, as well as her Blissey and Chansey. She gave them various orders before noticing Ash and Misty in the room.

"Oh...you're back." Said a lethargic Joy. "I'm afraid I have some bad news..."

She took them to a private room, which was a bit bigger than the space around the Medical Wing's beds. They saw May, Tracey, Brock and Piplup surrounding a bed. They slowly but surely approached it, revealing an unsightly figure...

"Dawn..." Murmured Ash. She lay on the bed, lifeless, but cleaned up in a weid post Morten could see the scars and wounds that were inflicted on her face.

"We did everything we could..." Muttered Brock. Pikachu looked at Piplup, who sat on the bed, hoping that Dawn would eventually wake up. He hopped on beside him and patted his back.

"Piiiikaaa..." Said a saddened Pikachu. "Piplup..." Cried the small penguin Pokemon.

Ash held onto Misty's hand unconsciously, who was quite surprised as the gesture, as it was unlike him. She supposed after such a terrible loss, such discomfort was disallowed in the time of grieving. She let it slide as she didn't mind...she hardly knew Dawn herself and never met her before. But she seemed like a nice ambitious girl. She felt so sorry for her Pokemon. She looked at Tracey who looked the most distraught. He had continuous tears running from his cheeks. She noticed that the two were getting close. She admired his work and he was just a geninuine guy ready to help. She sighed. Lucinda looked to the ground. She had worked with Lucia, who sort of knew Dawn from a future time. Lucia wanted to be a Riolu of a Coordinator. It was from her stories that aspired Lucia to become who she was. Not that many knew that of course. Now that the bond was broken, there was only one way that Lucia would go...into great despair and grief that she too would eventually fade away. She couldn't stop it. She looked at the children. They were a mess. The idea of bringing them here was a massive mistake. A death has sparked numerous problems for the past. How in the world will they fix it? Blue, Green, Mewtwo and Meredine weren't around. Only Professor Orange. She patted Misty on the back.

"I deeply apologize for this. But I must go see Professor Orange..." She said, before leaving the room. In her mind this was still quite shocking. She was filled with irepressible rage and anger and other conflicted emotions. She partly blamed all of them for this...they truly can't go back now. She bumped into Angie on the way out, who had assisted with moving the other members bodies from the debris. "I heard the whole thing...the men where muttering that one of the children had died. Which one was it?" She asked. Lucinda looked away. "It was...Dawn." Angie went wide eyed. "Dawn? She's here too?" She said with surprise. Lucinda looked her back in the eye. "She has paid the price for sheer stupidity, that was on the hands of Blue and Green." Angie frowned. "Shit...another major fatality..." Lucinda bowed her head. "I also heard about your misfortune you had recently...this would add to the already drenching despair..." Angie looked away. "Of course it does! Why wouldn't it! Dawn was a good friend to Ash...and Ash was a good friend to Anabel...""You still screaming revenge?" Asked Lucinda. Angie faced Lucinda. "Yup...from now on I only serve the children..." She said sternly. Lucinda turned around. "I am going to see Professor Orange...hopefully you will get what you need. Because I will eventually need it too..." The two soon parted ways as Angie headed into the Medical Wing to see the others, as Lucinda headed into Professor Orange's lab.

He was sitting down on his stool and was readily busy studying and doing numerous experiments with his lab equipment.

"If this is about Dawn I already know..." He said, looking into a microscope. "No..." Said an angered Lucinda. "It's about you not caring what happens to them. She's dead. A member of the past is dead! This will have a massive impact!"
"No...it won't..."

Lucinda spun around. "What are you?"

It was Sabrina. She stood in front of a desk, in a dead straight manner as her hands were by her sides and stuck in a position. "I do not know...that is why I am here." She said in a monotone voice. It freaked out Lucinda. "Why won't the future change?" Sabrina looked at Orange, then looked at Lucinda. "Celebi has placed a Time Lock on this world. This is a permanent alternate future...unable to be altered."Lucinda stood back. "Wait, Celebi can't control time! It can only travel through it!" She roared. Sabrina calmly shook her head. "No...this Celebi is special. From what memory serves, the Dragon/Steel type Pokemon Dialga had endowed Celebi control of the Temporal. And as such, is known as Temporal Celebi." Lucinda looked at Orange. He seemed strangely aloof to it all. Seemingly not caring about their current situation. Lucinda also was weirded out by her tail. A long, and thin pink material.

"So...we're gonna continue to rot like we always have?"

Sabrina nodded. "But...if the children can find a way to change their own destinies in the past, there is still a chance this future can be avoided for them. Unfortunately for us we are stuck in a small pocket of the multiverse for eternity." Lucinda blinked. "How do you know all this then?" Sabrina's expression failed to change at all. "I know because I must know. I have the knowledge of what is written in my mind and my DNA. Which is why I know Ash and Misty have returned and I need to see them." Lucinda violently shook her head. "No way, they just got back...and one of their friends HAS JUST DIED? DO YOU HAVE NO SHAME"Sabrina looked down. "I am nor beast, man or God. That is why I must find out which of them am I in order to figure out whether I am based on raw power, morals or faith."Lucinda rubbed her head. "So...you're only gonna decide once you find out what you are? That is...ridicolous! You always have a choice regardless on what side of the Mass you are on!" She roared.

"If I was a beast, I must obey those who have control. If I was man I would base it on choice. If I was a God I will uphold the balance of what I wield the most."

Lucinda scratched her head. "And you're actually going to do one of those if and when you figure out what you are?"
"It is written in the laws of the originals. My DNA is bound by it."
Lucinda rolled her eyes. She looked at Orange. "You're possessing him, aren't you?"

Sabrina nodded. "It will leave him no memory of who I am. I will keep it a secret until further notice."
Lucinda didn't have time for this. She left the room in a huff and headed towards the main entrance to contact Ruka...


Meredine batted her eyelids. She was in a pitch black area. She tried to get up, but hit some sort of railing. She felt around her. She was in some sort of cage or prison. She noticed a door opening in the distance. She made no quiet qualm about getting out.

"Hey you bastards! Get me, the fuck out of here! Or else I pop a cap in your ass!"

Their stood shadows overhanging. She heard a few whispers, before the door closed again.

"Oi! You fuckers! Gah...what the friggen hell is goin' on!"


Mewtwo reentered by what he called a game space. He reluctantly took the advice of the mysterious voice. Appeared in sprite form was a Zapdos. Mewtwo chuckled. He somehow chose 'FIGHT' and up came a list of four words. One by one he read them.

"Psychic." Said one. "Shadow Ball...Calm Mind...Recover.."

He immediately clicked on the on the Psychic one. The screen changed colours and had patterns for a few seconds, before the image of Zapdos flashed in and out, and the green bar next to it decreased.

Mewtwo now understood this. It was a battle. An easy battle. The green bar went down a fourth of the way. The Zapdos had then initiated a Rain Dance attack. Mewtwo watched as little droplets spread across the screen in an instant. Mewtwo now could choose his attacks. Once again, he decided on Psychic, which the screen changed colours like before, and with the green meters depletion afterwords to around the half mark. The text mentioned Zapdos using Thunder, which blasted a massive thunderbolt through Mewtwo's sprite, causing immense pain and causing his meter to plummet. This pain was not felt anywhere in particular. It was an invisible, untouchable ache that he couldn't understand. But the agony was only for a few seconds. He had to go on. He went and chose Calm Mind next, which circles surrounded his sprite, then the sprite changed green with patterns. The text read that his Special Attack and Special Attack had risen. Mewtwo was not about to give up. The next message was that Zapdos was glowing, in which Mewtwo then used Psychic again. The green bar went beyond the three quarter mark, turning red. Zapdos then released it's Sky Attack against Mewtwo, causing even more unseen pain. He looked at his HP Bar, which was dramatically low, even lower than Zapdos'. He watched as Zapdos suddenly flew up into the air without notice, causing his now chosen Psychic to miss. He was a dead Pokemon if he didn't survive this. His health was extremely low. He looked at his list of moves and remembered that Recover was there. He quickly clicked on it, and felt a vibrant energy and new life surge through him. Zapdos Fly hit its target, but Mewtwo was fine. He released Shadow Ball onto Zapdos, causing the Pokemon to faint. Mewtwo sighed with relief.

Then the screen went blank. Mewtwo found himself standing in the middle of a massive tunnel. He looked around. He walked over to the walls and found strange writing. He carressed his fingers over the weirdness, but could transcribe the words on the walls. He'd seen this sort of language before and could have sworn he'd studied it.

"She who gives birth to sin, must absolve sin herself."

Mewtwo thought this was strange. Sin. A massive blemish on mankinds behalf, but wasn't restricted to them.

"Although beasts are capable of sin, it's those who set examples are often to blame for a string of evil..."

Mewtwo spun around. He saw a little girl with her nice clean white dress and long, wavy sea-green hair.

"Amber!" He announced.

Her glinty eyes melted his heart. She sounded and looked okay. But her sense of context was bothering him...Her green-blue hair swayed from side to side as Amber's giggled filled the cave with quite disturbing echos and varied pitched squeals. He bowed down to her level. "What are you doing here?" He said, resting his paw on her shoulder.
"Making sure you're welcomed here...Oh I've wanted to tell you for years...but He wouldn't let me..."
Mewtwo's face changed with confusion and suspicion. "Who is 'He'?"

Amber ignored him and continued giggling. "Aren't you gonna ask why I am here?"

Mewtwo stood up properly. He wasn't entirely sure anymore. Out of all this crazy things he had seen in his life, this was certainly one of the craziest. His earliest memories were of her...now they were no longer repressed. He kept his guard up a little, as the air suddenly shifted and made him breath a little heavier.

"Amber, what is this?"
"Please Mewtwo, try to understand..."

Suddenly, she rose up into the air. Her nightie dress waving in the wind like with her hair. Her tiny legs dangled as she came up to his height. She approached him and carressed his face like a child with her pet.

"I wanted family. He said he could give it me."
"But you died...I saw you disappear with my own two eyes!" Mewtwo roared. Amber started waving her index finger about. There was something definitely fishy about this. It wasn't right. She should be dead and buried. And by those standards, she shouldn't exist at all!But she kept her creepy smile and had her hands behind her back. "You finally solved my puzzle, I quite enjoyed you playing my game...but aren't you gonna thank me for giving back your powers?"

Mewtwo stood back from her. He looked at his paws. He had that old energetic flow within him. He should be grateful, but...this wasn't the Amber he encountered. The old Amber gave him his first life experience...something to learn from...

"I will not ask again, what are you?"

Amber's face dropped. Mewtwo felt she was faking it. He noticed those looks by examining humans like her.

"Mewtwo, have you read, the Plethora?"That was a strange question. He definitely had read it. Everyone else did these days. A savior of sanity. Even when it was the most crazy book he'd ever read.
"It's a strange weird book isn't it? that talks about some stuff that I have no idea what its supposed to mean, but HE told me the stories in it tell us something to do...some other stuff."

Mewtwo sweatdropped. "No...I apologize. I do not seem to know what you are talking about...

He tried to think back...back to Hearthome...

It was a bright sunny day. Mewtwo had hidden himself from the general public. He'd been in Hearthome for well over a week, attending these meetings with the Psychic humans. He rested atop a tall tree on the outskirts of the city. He rested back and enjoyed his time. But would not dare show himself to the sun itself. Suddenly, he heard knocks to the trees. The leaves that ruffled woke him up and he looked down the trunk to see who was talking to him. It was Sabrina.

"Can I come up?" She asked politely. Mewtwo shrugged. "Sure..."

She eventually used her powers to float herself up to the top. She held a black book on her hand. It was small and had a silver cross on the front of it. She handed it to Mewtwo who examined it.

"Is this another of your pointless drabble of literature that you have been force-feeding me lately?" He asked. Sabrina shook her head. "No. This is Plethora."

"Plethora?"
Sabrina nodded. She described the book as foretelling of the highly connections of existence. It intrigued Mewtwo much to his delight. "It sounds interesting..."

Sabrina smiled. She let her leg dangle off the branch. "The contributions and writings are not by another author, but by numerous theorists, philosophers, prophets...and perhaps Pokemon too..."
Mewtwo's head shot up. "Pokemon have written fiction as well?"

Sabrina looked away. "Well, lets just say a lot of it isn't that good. But I can guarantee that book holds many metaphors and reasons for being."
"Do I have to agree with it?" Mewtwo asked curiously.

Sabrina chuckled. "No of course not. One must make up their own minds about what they believe in. This book might just open your eyes a little...". Mewtwo was confused. "But...my eyes are fully open..."
Sabrina giggled again. Her giggles made him crack a small smile. "Your laughter...its...nice..."
Sabrina grinned. "They say laughter is the best medicine..."

"But I am not ill..."
At that point, Sabrina lost it...her laughter was so loud that a few passerby's thought a flock of Chatot were mucking around. Mewtwo noticed a tear fall down her cheek.

"You're...crying..."

Sabrina stopped herself and wiped her face. "Heheh...well, when you find something really funny, say a joke, people laugh."
"But why shed tears when you are happy?" He asked, rather curious of this notion. He seemed to think that being sad was the true reason behind glassy eyes. Sabrina just smiled on.

"Because you do not only cry when you sad, hurt or in total despair. You cry because you are so emotional that your heart can no longer bring to bare the intensity of explosive feelings."

Mewtwo sort of understood what she was saying. "Does this book explain that?" He asked. Sabrina just looked on. "Like I said, the book opens yours a little...or in your case whether or not you want your eyes to be opened even more..." She said, beginning to chuckle again. She checked the watch on her wrist. She got up and floated in the air. "Where are you going?" Mewtwo asked innocently.

"I have to go back to Saffron City. These meetings only happen every so often..."

"Don't go..." Mewtwo cried as a strange weaker and lighter voice seemed to squeak in sync with it.
"I have a duty to uphold as a Gym Leader. But a young boy who changed my life seemed to make the job easier for me..."

Mewtwo was taken aback. He placed his paw to his chest. "Me too..."

Sabrina nodded. She rested her hand on his leg and stared him in the eyes with delight.
"Read the book and you will seek to understand. Trust me, that book has more to offer than anything..."

Mewtwo looked back at Amber who knew he remembered. She wore an uncharacteristically smirked smile on her face. "You remember the Firstborne Chapters?" She asked innocently.
"Yes." Replied Mewtwo, now realizing. Amber bounced back on the ground.

"Do you know the similarities between you and verse 1:17?"

Mewtwo thought back... "Between God, Man and Beast is the equality of balances. Balances lie within Force and Will. God reigns supreme triumphing level Force and Will. Man triumphs Will over Force. Beast triumphs Force over Will."
Amber nodded. "As you may or may not know...and I didn't until I had Him read me more...is what three existances of Mass actually are." Mewtwo read the whole book itself. He knew what they represented for sure. "From what He told me, God is Legendary Pokemon like...uhhh say...Ho-Oh. Ho-Oh has always been a favourite of mine..." Mewtwo continued on. "Man is humanity...like Ash..." "And Beast is just your average everyday Pokemon...like a Pikachu. So adorable..."

Mewtwo resigned to scorn her for being so obnoxious. Nonetheless, he was still waiting for answers. "What does this have to do with me..." He demanded. He crossed his arms. She sure seemed eager if not over the top with excitement. She smiled and waved her hair about as she danced and twirled around him.

"There's a reason you're alive Mewtwo. I know now I wasn't never supposed to be brought back to life...so easily..."


Ash was hiding in the subbasement, away from everyone, including Pikachu. He'd taken one of the cards from the dead member bodies and hid away in the deepest corner of one of the storage rooms. He sat down, with his head in his arms, watching as glowing tears fell from his face, but in a strange silence. That was all he did, was quieting weeping. Not chattering, no wimpers. Just repeated tears. He was motionless. It's as if his noise would alert those with the greatest hearing to find him. The hushess of breathing was almost non-existant at this stage. He really needed to be left alone...

Misty sat in the bedroom as she and May were going through Dawn's stuff. They knew it was disrespectful, but they had to go through and search for her Pokemon. Brock and Tracey were there as well, and Angie stood in the corner, observing, while those two sat on their respective beds. Tracey refusing to even look at the bag and Brock trying to be strong for the rest of them. Pikachu was sitting on Ash's bed, eagerly waiting his best friends return. Piplup sat next to Misty.

"He can sense you're a decent trainer..." Commented Angie. But then she had a closer look. She went up to Piplup. "Is...that an Everstone?" She wondered. Misty examined it as well. Piplup looked at Misty. It had pleading eyes to Misty, as if trying to talk to her. Pikachu noticed then and tried to help out. He made several gestures that they recognized. Angie's eyes widened.

"Wait, Piplup, are you saying you want us to remove that Everstone?" She asked.

Piplup nodded. Misty indicated to Pikachu to take it off. Pikachu reached his paw under Piplups neck, and removed several pieces of rock.

"Wow..." Said Brock. "It...broke?" May blinked. "But...that's impossible..."

Angie nodded. "When Pokemon officially hold an item, it actually stays in their PokeBall. The technology can register a specific type of item that can be held, say an Everstone or a Soothe Bell. With that, so in battle, the item will be continued to be used without it being a nuisance. To get rid of the item, one must click the button on the ball three times in a fast motion, so when the Pokemon is released, the item comes with it."

"Is that how they do it?" Said Brock. Angie nodded again. "Yup. But that stuff is old technology. We actually have a more efficient technological basis, where the PokeBall has a screen on the back that emits a holographic display when you touch the screen itself, even when the ball is in travel mode, it makes it larger."

"But...how do you put the item on it then?" Wondered Misty. "Simple." She said, pulling out her Luxray's PokeBall. "They called this Pocket Ball Version 5.2. Point 2 was the last software update. Anyway...". She then touched the screen at the back of the PokeBall. A green hologram displaying a menu of stats emerged. It included the stats, moves learned, nature and the current item holding.

"See how my Luxray is currently holding a Sitrus Berry?" Said Angie. She pressed on the berry itself, and it suddenly formed in real time. Angie held the Berry in one hand. They were amazed.
"Wow...never...really thought like that before..." Commented May.

Angie shrugged. "Back in your time, the software that was spread through your PokeDex was really slow. Nowadays we used WiFi...for the time being..."
Brock raised his hand. "Question, what if the Pokemon is wild and it holds an item?"

Angie tapped her chin. "Yes...well, I don't think they ever figured that out. There was one official theory that they contain their own little pocket of hammer-space specifically for that one item. They reckon every Pokemon has their own little pocket of hammer-space in that regard." She said as she shrugged. They then turned their attention back to Piplup, now realizing. "So...the Everstone...because Dawn no longer...well...you know..." Said a saddened May. Angie rubbed her chin. "I assume so..."

Suddenly Piplups face changed. He threw away the rest of the rubble in a huff and jumped off the bed. He screamed several times causing concern. May attempted a cool-down hug, stopping when Piplup started to glow. started to glow, and become bigger.

"Is that what I think that is?" Said a wide-eyed May.

The glow around Piplup disappeared. A tall, dark and shiny, pointed winged and universally blue with a large forked crown.
"Wah...an Empoleon?" Said a surprised Brock. Tracey came back from his shock induced silence to glance at the Empoleon. "Wait...did...you say Empoleon?"

Angie was weirded out too. "He just...completely skipped an evolution...how...is that possible?"
"Too much energy..."

Their heads flung to the door. It was Sabrina.

"Sabrina! I thought you were back at Shadow Town?" Said Brock. Sabrina glanced at Empoleon. "Piplup had innate and forceful strength as well as experience. As Ash's Infernape and Torterra had gone through, Dawn's Piplup would have done the same, had it decided to evolve in the first place.". Angie got off the wall and looked head to two at Empoleon. "That...doesn't explain why it went straight passed the Prinplup stage..." She said sarcastically. Sabrina, as solemn and stoic as ever, responded calmly and not most surprisingly, with her total lack of emotions.

"There are many strange happenings in this world. This is just one of many." She commented. "But the best explanation is love. His love for Dawn was strong, therefore he was willing to evolve for her to defend her honour."
"Empol!" He roared. He appeared pretty pissed. Tracey quickled grabbed his PokeBall and returned it before its rampage could hurt anyone. He sighed with relief, but then glared at Sabrina, who just stared. "I will be in the laboratory. Misty, follow me..." She said as she turned around.

"No..." Sabrina stopped in her tracks. Misty was expecting a reaction of sorts, but didn't get any. Sabrina instead was her usual self. "If you wish to hear your path of destiny young girl, you best come with me..."

Misty shook her head. "Misty, your stubbornness will only get you so far. Its crucial for your to learn and grow as a person." "That's pretty ironic..." Commented Brock. "Consider the last time we ever saw you, you were pretty much describing yourself until that Haunter loosened you up..." Sabrina's head fell. "I do not understand your logic Brock. But to my knowledge I only have what I currently wield...and that is data that needs to be come information..." Misty rolled her eyes and followed Sabrina. "If I come with you, you promise that you'll explain everything?"

Sabrina shook her head. "I cannot. The other data is not meant for you."

Misty sighed. Why must she be so complicated? She reluctantly got up and followed Sabrina to the lab. They walked there in silence and when they finally arrived, Misty could see Professor Orange minding his own business on a computer, but then strangely got up and left the room. They sat down on stools opposing each other, but rather uncomfortably close. Misty was taken aback. She stared into the deadened eyes of Sabrina. She was definitely not like this before. There was a keen interest into what had happened to make her become this way for the second time. Surely, from the stories she heard about how she escaped from Reds' Fortress, there was obviously some sort of torment surrounding it. Nonetheless...

But from their previous encounter in the present, Sabrina did act unusual. Other than from the Leaders group sessions, she was friendly and free to everyone, but more closer to Misty herself. Misty believed it to be because of the Saffron Gym incident. Misty was naturally close to Erika, whom both revealed secrets to the other and kept their own circle of trust. But Sabrina wanted to butt in and shove herself into the circle. Surely however, when Koga went missing, his daughter Janine stepped in and even then, she overtime became a well set in female leader and laughed and giggled like she had been there the whole time. But Sabrina never did fit in...

"Another day in paradise..." Stretched Misty. She'd woken up on a rainy day. There were no battles this week as the Kanto League had just started. She had Janine and Erika coming over to watch the battles on the big screen. The trainers were bland and boring, except for the occasional nutter. She hoped the Sinnoh League would be on soon, so she could watch Ash instead. Psyduck had been walking around in circles all night, causing concern from Misty. He was not himself lately. She never really used him for battles. She sighed and quickly tended to him. She gave him some medication...but he didn't change. She returned him to his PokeBall and quickly headed off to the Pokemon Center, grabbing her pink raincoat along the way. She ran through the hard rain and bolted off towards the massive building. She went through the automatic doors, puffing and dripping wet. She approached the desk and frantically hit the bell to get some attention. Soon enough Nurse Joy appeared and walked towards Misty.

"Good morning Misty. How can I help you today?" She asked. She gave a good glance at the poor girl. "What seems to be the matter?" She said as she frowned. Misty handed the PokeBall to her.

"Psyduck doesn't appear to be feeling well..." She sighed. Nurse Joy took the Ball and put her finger to her lips. "Doesn't Psyduck look like that all the time?" She said. Misty shook her head. "Not that kind of sickness...just...that he's been pacing really fast. I'm worried about him...it's more apparent than usuall..."

Nurse Joy nodded, then smiled. "I'll investigate this straight away!" She said. She patted Misty's shoulder, before walking away.

"It's coming.." Said a calm voice...

Misty looked to her side. She saw Sabrina sitting down on the couch, with her hands and her legs crossed, and head down. Misty scratched her head. "Sabrina!"

"We've been discussing this for a while. The Pokemon know what's coming..." She commented.

Misty was confused. "What's coming?"

Sabrina looked up at Misty. "The rise of an evil. Within the next few years Misty a lot will change. And it's not going to be pretty..."

Misty walked up to Sabrina and sat next to her. "What does that have to do with the Pokemon..."
Sabrina stared into the distance. "Everything..."

Sabrina placed her fingers onto Misty's temples and closed her eyes. Misty twitched with fear as light flashed before her eyes. Numerous colours and shapes crossed her mind that she could grab with common sense. Out of the mess of junk came across herself. But this self had longer hair and a toga encassed with gold appendages, such as armbands and a belt. This self didn't move as Misty examined it closely. She heard indecipherable whispers and fast things zooming past her at high speeds. She began running in the deadness which was the white atmosphere. She looked down, but soon fell endlessly.

"You are Misty, Gym Leader of Cerulean City and the fifth of the sixth prophecised."

Misty gulped. She heard screeched voices calling to her. She noticed Sabrina straining her brows, but didn't think much of it.

"Ah yes...we call you...the Fifth Heart...and your prophecy is one of the more odd ones...blessed and cursed..."

Fifth Heart, Fifth Start

Support with hammer dart

Healer Spirit plus one whole

Loveth six for art

Sabrina took her hands off Misty's temples as reality flashed back before here. Sabrina examined Misty's eyes. Misty made a face as Sabrina stood up and had a closer examination.

"There is something very wrong here. Your eyes...they're a strange reddened colour..." She commented.

Misty felt her cheek, then felt something wet. She dabbed her finger then looked at it. It was black.

She almost fell off her chair and screeched at Sabrina. "What have you done to me?" She yelled in fear and confusion. Surprisingly, Sabrina was wide eyed. She stood up from her chair and was straight standing. "I have done nothing. There appears to be an anomaly. I was wondering why I was finding it so hard to see through it..."

Misty spun around as she heard a door open. It was Ash who smiled at her. He walked beside and faced Sabrina. Misty noticed he was odd. She blinked as she gasped at the realization that he had his eyes back.

"Ash? Your eyes?" She asked. He put his arm around her. He didn't appear to notice what Sabrina was so concerned about. She instead glared at him and raised her palm at him.

"I order you to leave this instant.." She said calmly. Ash still had that dreamy smile, which turned into a cocky smirk. "Me? Leave? I would...but...you...you sicken me Sabrina..."

Misty moved away from Ash at his words. This...wasn't Ash...She looked at Sabrina who looked furious. Then looked at Ash. She watched the floor as a sudden brownish reddish fog seeped through the tiles on the floor and under the door as well as from cupboards under desks and on walls. Ash stood before Sabrina who's tail was whipping around like mad. She transformed herself into an Alakazam, reading its spoons and about to fight with its psychic fury. She turned to Ash who had possessed that irritable smirk. He shoved Misty out of the way and in a black light transformed into a Gengar. Misty stood behind a desk as strange ruin like patterns and emblems bled through their skin. She then fell over as everything seemed to break away from reality. She was forced to stand on one edge. The ground beneath her disappeared and repeared as a black glass like platform with white lines around forming some sort of Pokemon Battle Field. Ash stood on one end, while Sabrina on the other. Misty stood on the side in the middle, finding herself unable to move. The air around, the scenery had exploded into a strange mystical cloud like area that constantly moved. Misty knew this area as the Unown Dimension. She faced Ash who clapped his hands and chuckled. Sabrina lowered her head and glared at him. Misty gulped.

"I see right through your manipulations...I know who you are..." Commented Sabrina.

"I know...because I killed you once before..." Ash snarled.

Misty tried to interfere, but found her mouth wide shut. She panicked, whom Ash soon turned to.

"It's okay Misty. I've got this. I'll get rid of this abomination as soon as I can okay? I'll protect you at all costs!" He said with care in his voice. Sabrina could hear the lies and irony in his words. She spat before releasing a Shadow Ball in his direction. It collided with him as he hit the ground. Misty's eyes widened. But...she wasnt' so convinced. Her head suddenly felt light. She saw black tears fall from her cheeks. She wanted to freak out, but was forced into a wooden chair with her hands strapped to the arm rests.

"And your existence is valid? You demons deserve to be hypocrites..." She said calmly. Even her eyes were in a half droopy state. Not matter the intensity, she seemed to be emotionless throughout. Ash jumped back on his ghostly feet, still in his Gengar form. He used a Thunderbolt, as Sabrina used Light Screen to deflect the oncoming lightning. She used her two spoons and crossed them in front of her, which formed a golden box around her as her eyes shined the same colour. "The choice to live should not to be up to some idiot who makes the decisions, but by chance. If we die, we die...but if we are born we should be able to live life to our own. Why can't you all see that?"

Sabrina didn't budge but kept up her stance. "As was written into my DNA, you wish to assimilate life...become one single race of life that has its fully fledged freedoms and rights."

Ash nodded. He gave up using Thunderbolt and aimed for a Sludge Bomb, in which broke the Light Screen and drenched Sabrina, who winced in pain. "Sludge Bomb is highly toxic after all..." Ash snarled, as he watched Sabrina being badly poisoned. But...Sabrina seemed to managed. She winced, but her facial expressions never seemed to change. She turned back into her normal self and fell to her knees. Misty could only know one simple thing. She was dying. She wanted to scream and help her but couldn't. Ash turned back, but...he wasn't wearing his normal clothes. Instead, he was wearing his old clothes from the old Kanto days, complete with his league hat, blue jacket, black top, jeans and runners...as well as the trusty fingerless gloves. His eyes were as dark as the abyss as a smile reached from ear to ear. He walked up to Sabrina who had now collapsed and was on her side. She twitched from the badly poisoned sludge. No tears fell from her face, just that cold and distant look in her eyes. She tried to look at Misty.

"Misty...it doesn't matter anymore...I need not to exist...as I do not exist at all. I do know...but in order for you to find out you must seek the Church in Eden City. You cannot do so...not now. Just mention the Church to Meredine. She will understand what I mean...in the meantime, take care and good luck..." She said, before her body from toe to head started disappeared as her body eventually turned into black squares that rose into the air. Misty was so inclined to scream, as Sabrina finally faded away, Misty flung off the chair as the restraints were ripped away into nothingness. She ran towards where Sabrina's body was, but she was far too late. She leaned down and touched the ground in which she fell. Tears fell from her face as she slammed the ground.

"No...not another one..." She whimpered. She heard footsteps behind her. She shot up and punched him in the face. He dapped his finger underneath his nose and saw the blackened blood and licked it. She was ready to get her Pokemon out, before he again walked up to her. He put his hands over the Pokeball in her hand and looked into her face. The darkness in his eyes disappeared and turned into Ash's enticingly dreamy brown eyes. "Misty...she couldn't live in this world of hatred for things that shouldn't be living. I couldn't stand to see her die like that either." He said with fake sympathy. She wanted to retialiate, but again felt restraint in her movements. His hands completely covered hers as her PokeBall faded in her hands. She stood shocked and motionless as he let go of her hands and stood behind her. She stood up suddenly. She felt his breath behind her eyes.

"Here's a question for humanity..."

Who are when we are still dreaming? Whispered a voice which echoed.

Misty panicked and started breathing heavily...he rubbed nose against her neck which made her breath faster.

You are you when you are dreaming...your reality is not real. You hide. You hide from the world...you hide from what you need...you are in your world where you encounter your final frontier of fears and fulfillment. Dreams are us inside out. We do not like it, and its messy. Its just jumbles of data that cannot be untangled. We are all one...beautiful mess. Why must we hide?

"Didn't you say you didn't want to be afraid anymore?"

Misty managed to get a hold of herself and bolted away with her hands to her ears. She did not want to hear him say it. She tripped over and fell face first. Her tears became an ocean that swarmed the platform. The mystical clouds were withdrawn as concret walls flung up from all directions, creating a small darkened room. Pipes formed and dripped with irritance to the quiet ear. She tried to drown herself to wake up, but the ocean disappeared as fast as it came as drains seemed to absorb the water. She stood up, as she could hear Ash behind her.

"And that I told you to wish your worries away..."

Why must we conform to reality's standards? Can't we live as a dream self? Free and repentant. A desire to hold and grab with our bare hands?

But she couldn't move after that... Her legs would not let her move as if they were stuck to the ground. She saw his shadow come from behind. She felt his arms wrap around her neck. He wasn't choking her, but putting his mouth to her ear once more.

I know what you want. Its here...hidden deep in your psyche. Everyone wants the same thing...so I want you to have it. I want you to have what humanities deepest sins...because you were born that way...

Misty felt herself being twisted and molded at his every word. She felt sick at the pit of her stomach, but there was something about his song that was so persuasive. He reached his hands around her small breasts and squeezed them gently, causing her to moan slightly. She was disgusted at herself for doing so. She knew it wasn't really Ash speaking...but her subconscious. It caused her suddenly to rethink things, like does she really fell this way? Probably why he was so convincing. Her expectations of Ash would want her to feel comfortable and safe...but...this caused her to feel a lot less of herself. It was pathetic and gross. She hated herself for it...but couldn't help but feel aroused at his touch.

See? You enjoy this. Every human does. Thats why I love humans. They're the easiest puzzles...unlike Pokemon who are the impossible mazes of the societal norm. When we think we've reached the end, we find that the maze is bigger than we originally saw. And Pokemon is just that endless maze...where as humanity does have its beginning...and its end.

Misty swooned and breathed heavily as Ash's hand reached down into her shorts. He bit on her ear and ripped off her ponytail with his teeth as his eyes darkened again and bolts of black tentacles reached around the both of them, as black slime fell from her shorts and from the bottom of his pants and combined to reach the drains around them.

Life oozes momentum. And it's a cycle that...well, repeats itself in many ways. Like history...

Misty collapsed as he had reached down where to place where he shouldn't. But it was so damn amazing that she wanted to leave. She knew that this sort of violation would scar her, but her emotional waves were all over the place. There was a building force inside of her that could not stop growing. She whimpered as surges of pleasure ran throughout her body.

"But...a momentum of love is extremely painful, from all directions. Whereas this is a maze of great potential. His...is the greatest maze...for a human..."

She moaned some more, as tears ran down her face. The tears turned into black sludge, which murged with the black slime the two of them were excreting. The slime slid out of Ash's eyes as he kissed her neck. It ran down on her as he rubbed it all over her body. It seemed to burn away her clothes leaving her stark...

"Pokemon...their downside is that they're too...predatory and innocent most of the time. Mostly confined to a kiddish standards that was barred down by the inhibitors. Childish and boring. Some such children have the best imagination. Well...they hadn't had the imagination of millions years, reflecting thousands and thousands of fully evolved civilizations that were built and torn down. Specifically, the children that saved the lands were boring...but...this time its different..."

He suddenly burnt off his own clothes, revealing their own naked bodies, smothered in the black slime and sludge. He continued fondling her breasts, causing her to moan. Her eyes turned a bright green, but in return were extremely lifeless. Her head lay still as she was on her knees.

"The death of one character forms a chain reaction. They're around again, but...do not have the memories to contain. But...I take it as it goes...like you should..."

He kissed and nibbled on her neck. "I'm not stealing your preciousness away from you, this is more like you doing it to yourself as your imagination as a growing teenager becomes distorted with vague imagery. That's nothing to be ashamed of. Your prized possession however, should only be given to the one and true. I want you to show him the rawness of your abilities. Show him your true ability as a demi-goddess and give him what he will need. That way both of you would have exchanged gifts. Doing so will prove your willingness to the soil of humanity. That deep darkness inside you...deeper..." He whispered into her ear seductively.

"Deepest intentions...the...blessing of man..."

xXxXxXx ZzZzZzZzZzZz

"MISTY!"

Misty blinked. She looked up. It was Brock.

"I walked passed here to go to the kitchen and I heard your screams. Is everything alright?"

She sat up. She felt for her clothes and looked behind frantically as she then felt her ponytail. It was only a dream. But she was left dissatisfied with herself. And particuly ashamed of the way she was feeling. How could she even think like that? Even humanity for that example...she nodded at Brock who helped her up. She looked over to a fallen chair and Sabrina's body. He walked over and knelt down to see if she was alright.

"She's dead Brock..." Misty said coldly. There was a thickness in the air that Misty could see with her aura. She felt this strange sense of passion and lust, but could not enact it. She tried to ignore these feelings and remained complacent. Brock felt Sabrina's neck with his fingers for her pulse. Brock sighed. He got up and looked at Misty. She knew what he wanted. She crossed her arms and leaned on the side of bench. She rubbed her cheek, which was extremely cold. "She was trying to tell me my apparent information, when all of a sudden..." She said as she stopped dead. Brock got a blanket from one of the cupboards and put the body over Sabrina.

"It's alright Misty...you don't have to say any more if it hurts too much. We haven't gotten over Dawn's death without something else going wrong..." He said. He wrapped her up in a blanket and picked her up. Misty followed. She rubbed her neck as a breeze came out of nowhere. "What are you going to do with the body?" She asked. "I'm taking her to the morgue. Tracey's gone with May back downstairs to comfort Dawn's Pokemon and figure out what to do with them...I think Pikachu went with them..." This would be a perfect time to ask where Ash was.

"Oh..well, do you know where Ash went?" She wondered as she scratched her back.

Brock sighed. "I...don't know...last time I heard he went into the subbasement supply room to sulk. He hasn't come back since.." They walked down the hallway, passing several of the members on the way. He bumped into one of them, who offered his help. "I was gonna go down there to comfort him and let him take it out on me if he needed to...but I've gotta do this. Did you wanna do it for me? He'll be much more open to you..." He commented.

Misty nodded. "Sure...". Brock didn't smile...just acknowledged her and walked off with a few members to the morgue...Misty on the other just ran the other way towards the elevator...


Meredine grew impatient. She checked for her glocks, they had disappeared. As well as Trixie's and Happy's PokeBall's. She sat in the darkest of areas for several minutes, with a consistent dripping noise to play on her nerves. She brooded as she parked herself down and hid her head between her knees, whispering to herself and wrapping her arms around her. No, she was not insane, but rather preventing herself from becoming insane. She took a deep breath before staring into nothing. At least this gave her time to think about her life.

Meredine Joy, born into the infamous Joy family. Damn DNA...she couldn't figure out why they all looked the same. But she...knew. She thought back to her early years. She would often watch TV, while her mother and father were busy in their respective jobs, with the former a Nurse and the latter the Mayor of Shadow Town. She would sit on the couch and would watch endless episodes of Two Stupid Dogs. She giggled the way the hyper active and obnoxious Poochyena would hang around with the slow and aloof Growlithe, who's tuft of hair was quite longer than your average Growlithe. She imagined herself as the Red Riding Hood in some of the episodes she was in. She too would go between loud and quiet at the silliest of times. She wasn't allowed to watch some of the other programs. Usually the ones played later at night, like PRIS, or Pokemon Ranger Investigative Service. Although when her parents didn't come home by that time, she'd catch a glimpse. Her role model was Meeva Laveed, who was an excellent marksman. She was beautiful yet deadly. She used a Medicham, which seemed to be appropriate for such a astounding woman. Little Mere found the other guy cute as well...even though what he said half the time didn't make sense, that it warranted a head slap from his boss. Thomas Anizzio, who's partner was a proud Machoke. She especially liked the Forensic Scientist, Miss Tabatha "Tabby" Soxton and her gothic prowess. Her humble assistant was a brilliant Lopunny with various trinkets attached, and seemingly enjoy a drink called Poke-Pow. She knew it was this series that implored Little Mere to become a warrior herself. Perhaps a Police officer for starters then work the way up the ranks. But only one thing was stopping her: She was a Joy. She was friends with the local Jenny's daughter. Her real name was Persephone, but she prefered the name Penny. They would laugh and giggle as they played together, as Officer Jenny was married to the local Baker, who in turn was friends with Meredine's dad. Now her dad was a warrior as well...

She remembered her dad mention he played a part in Operation Desert Rocket, what ever that was. Apparently there were a lot of Flygon's and hundreds of ground type Pokemon there. He never did tell her the full details, but he saved and kept a local Ralts there, in which he had given to her for her 5th Birthday. Although her mother disliked the idea of her owning a Pokemon, she eventually agreed so she would get used to raising a Happiny. Her mother had her own Chansey's around the center. On her tenth birthday she received her Happiny, in which she called Happy. So she had Trixie and Happy as her primary Pokemon. Her friend Penny had her two Pokemon as well. Her uncle was a Pokemon Breeder who preferably bred Lucario. So she eventually got her own.

But Little Mere was never quite content with her early life. Perhaps she knew the road she had to take, as her mantle of Joy. Her mother was so insistant that she become the next Nurse Joy for Shadow Town when she retired. Meredine thought back to her fifteenth birthday, presumably sometime around after the so called Cinnabar Island incident. Her mother was growing intensely paranoid and muttering strange things. The weather around Shadow Town becme increasingly violent and windy. Teenage Mere would spend her days at home, at the window, watching the trees being pushed around. She pushed forward, into several years later, where she graduated into a fully fledged Nurse Joy. The graduation was on the same day the Police Academys. She met up with Penny for drinks to congratulate each other. It was that day she met a certain person, who had barged into the pub for an unspecified reason. He had spiky brown hair, a brown jacket atop a green shirt, khaki pants, big black boots and an enticing aroma. Meredine and Penny giggled as if their sense of laughter and need for happiness never changed. Meredine herself, thinking about this time was one of the most memorable. Penny had dared her to talk to the man. Meredine by this time already had quite a few drinks and was carelessly messing around. She downed a glass and readily approached the stranger.

"Hey there." She said seductively. She remembered she still had her official Nurse Joy outfit on. This man was rather surprised as this. He was drenched, and worn. Meredine had immediate concern for this. "Oh my, you're soaking wet!" However, she was still tipsy. She cluttered about as she went back to Penny. Penny looked at her strangely. "What are you doing you idiot?" She asked. She took a shot and patted her friends shoulder. "I need the umbrella quick! I need to take this poor poor man back to the Pokemon Center!"

"Pfff..." Said Penny. "Take him home! He looks depressed!"

Meredine rolled her eyes. "I'm not a prostitute Penny! I'm a Nurse Joy! I have an entire family line's reputation to maintain!"

Penny chuckled. She brought Meredine closer and whispered in her ear. "Then offer him a few drinks! He wont' remember a damn thing!"

Meredine sighed. She remembered her father telling her not to worry about the tab as she was celebrating her new found Nursehood. She shrugged. "Oh what the heck..." She intertwined her arm with the strangers. "Come with me, me and my friend here are sitting right next to the fireplace! I'll let you sit on the couchs..." She looked at the green haired and clean cut Bartender, complete with matching moustache, and placed two fingers in her mouth and whistled. "Oi, Bane, we need 100 CCs of Beer stat!". Bane nodded. "Alright!"
As he was preparing the drinks, Meredine cuddled the man to the couch closest to the fire place. She placed his coat on the metal rod in front of it and patted him down. She liked the feel of his muscles, and noticed his bulgy yet toned biceps. She shook her head. "Alright mister, you need to tell me...Nurse Joy, where you're hurting!" She said with a smile. Penny couldn't stop chuckling. The man didn't look at her. He looked to the table in front of him. "I...I had a bad day...". Meredine frowned. "I'm sorry...I know this weather wouldn't help much...it's pretty much like this all the time..." She rubbed his back. He was very deep in thought by this point. He had slouched over with his elbows to his knees as he laid his head on his hands. "It's not that. It's...you wouldn't understand..."

Meredine leaned down to his level. "Oh trust me sweetie, I've been trained in this sorta thing...I can handle it..."

The man sighed. "Well, I witnessed death in front of my eyes..." He murmured.

Meredine's eye's widened. "Oh...I'm...sorry..." She said, in sudden shock. He was right, she didn't understand. She hadn't even started but from her mothers point of view it was the hardest part of the job. Watching people die, and knowing you can't do a thing to stop it. But she did understand somewhat he was that had been deep inside, judging by his body language. Duly to the fact that she had been tucked away in the midst of her tiny little community, safe from all the horrors of the world, despite the oncoming weather. She watched the PRIS solve murders, but she was in no position to solve them. She could only heal the wounded, not find the wounder and retain closure. She felt like she had no words for this sort of matter. She saw that Bane had come and brought a tray of drinks to the table. She nodded to Bane who went back behind the bar. "Here..I know this won't do much...but...have a drink..." She picked up a pot and handed it to him. He glimpsed at it for a bit, before grabbing it and downing it within seconds. "Woah slow down tiger!" She said passively. He put the drink down on the tray and wiped his mouth. He looked at the next pot and grabbed that one as well. Sooner than later, he felt light headed. Meredine looked over at Penny, who winked and gave a thumbs up to her. Meredine rolled her eyes. Penny had gotten with some stranger too. They remembered they had a deal to lose their flowers before their first day. That way, they could have a husband and children to take on their jobs. Meredine didn't like the idea at first, but she knew Penny loved her job as a Nurse. Ironic enough they wanted each others careers. But had predetermined factors that played into it, for unfortunately to be born as a Joy. She watched Penny talking to some random guy. He was an older trainer, scruffy looking. Obvious philanderer if anything else. Although, in Meredines mind, her guy was better.

"What's your name?" Asked Meredine. The man looked at her. He looked down for a few seconds before glancing back.

"My...name is B-I mean..uhhh Green...yeah..Green..."

Meredine cocked an eyebrow. Green? What sort of name was that? She had a laugh, but remembered his situation. But he didn't seem to care. In fact, he took a laugh too. "Yeah...dumb name...hehe..." He said in a flirty tone. It sorta scared her, his laugh. It was now apparent to her he was now drunk as a Skuntank. She didn't mind though. That was her intention. She looked back at Penny who was giggling and ready to go. Meredine faced Green. He was guzzling down each pint, one by one. She patted his back as he coughed.

"Alright Mr. Hero...I think I might have to take you back now..." She said...restraining her laughs. Green begrudgingly got off the chair. She put her hand to his ear and whispered. "I have more back at home..." She said as she winked. She wrapped her arm around his. Bane looked at Meredine as she was leaving. "Just put it on my dads tab..." She said, saluting him. Bane nodded.

Meredine got out her umbrella from the front of the pub and opened it. She put on her coat as they huddled underneath the umbrella. They quickly bolted off to the Pokemon Center, where her mother was working. She was behind the desk typing something on the computer, before noticing her daughter and Green. She cocked an eyebrow. "Mere, I thought you and Penny were at the Pub..." She commented. Meredine giggled. "I saw this poor poor man mum, and he was just drenched. I couldn't leave him there he could get hypothermia." Her mother nodded. Meredine took off his brown jacket and placed it near the fire place to dry, while her mother got a blanket and wrapped it around him. Meredine stared into his eyes. He was definitely sad and alone by the looks of it. Meredine frowned.

"Mother, with your permission...can I take him home?" She asked. She would probably later regret asking her, as her mother was rather alert to these sorts of things.

"Uh...sure..." She replied. Meredine had to make sure that she sealed the deal, but without her mother knowing. "But for what reason? We have plenty of beds here."

Meredine blushed. "Well, I sorta...well..you see...". Nurse Joy rolled her eyes. "Don't tell me...I don't want to know..." She said, as her hands flung to her hips.

The house was next door to the Pokemon Center. Meredine opened the front door with her key and proceeded to enter. She patted down Green who's depressed facial expressions never seemed to change. He had his head down. She felt incredibly guilty for taking advantage...it was unlike a Nurse Joy. Then again, they were both drunk...and maybe letting off some steam may do him some good. She lifted his chin with her index finger.

"You're pretty..." He moaned. Yup..he was drunk alright. Meredine had to force a smile.

"Well, you're not so bad looking yourself mr...and...oh..." She noticed the redness on his face was not because he was sick, but he was actually blushing. It became apparent to her that he was dumbfounded that a Nurse Joy was this close. He wore a stupid grin and was drooling. She quickly ran to the kitchen and took a few sips of vodka before heading back. He didn't budge. She grabbed his hand and went upstairs. "Where are you taking me?" He asked. "...somewhere warm..." She said. She opened a door and headed inside with him, before looking both ways outside and locking the door...
The next day, sunlight peered through her window. She turned herself around to look at the time. It was ten thirty am. She cracked her neck before rubbing her eyes and yawning. She saw that Green was sitting on the edge of the bed, already dressed. She sat up, covering herself with her blanket.

"Morning Nurse Joy." He commented. He was fondling with his fingers, before running his hands through his hair. "Morning Green..." She muttered. He appeared depressed as he did last night. He turned around and feigned a smile at her. "Thanks for last night...never really thought Nurse Joy's could heal that much...". Meredine grinned. But she wasn't convinced. "Thats okay...I wanna thank you for...well...a wonderful night..." She watched as he got up from the bed. "Where are you going now?" She asked. He stood looking at the floor for a moment. "I'm gonna set things straight..."

Meredine looked away to ponder. Perhaps she didn't heal as much as she would have liked. Nonetheless, she had done her part. And he kept her warm during the night. "Well, farewell Nurse Joy...lets hope we meet again soon..." He commented, before walking out of the bedroom. "Goodbye..." Muttered Meredine. As soon as he closed the door, she collapsed into her bed, with her arms across the pillows. She thought back as he took care in the art of touch as she shivered with delight as she remembered his hands running over her body. She turned to her side and hugged her pillow. She grabbed her phone from the desk and called Penny...


Mewtwo stood back further as something about seemed more odd than before. She was growing and slowly getting taller. Her night gown was becoming larger with it, presenting newly emerged bodily curves and a presentable chest. Her sea-green hair elongated and danced with her head. She looked at him with a snarl and evil smirk. "Memorably..." She started. Suddenly, the room seemed to twist and turn in an ugly darkened fashion. Unown appeared out of nowhere and surrounded them both forging spherical circles. But this weren't your average Unown...they were not black but were blue in colour. The atmosphere changed dramatically to a dream like space with endless warps. Amber floated around the subspace and played around with the Unown who circled around enjoyed their company. She looked at Mewtwo who had the Unown using their Hidden Power on him. Numerous attacks blasted fiery burns or thunderous shocks. He flew off in a high chase trying to get away. His paranoia led him to various places. He found himself in a pink room with black and white tiles. Amber was standing there patting an A shaped Unown. Her blue eyes tinged into dullness as a royal chair summoned itself out of nowhere and she sat on it, crossing her legs and portraying herself as a princess sparkling with diamonds and pearls adorned on a platinum tiara.

"No...the cloning and treaty came AFTER...yes...that's right. Now I actually remember it being that I was human. Humans cannot survive on sheer will alone. As the good book says so...life can only be created with enough force and will. Humans can give birth because they have the life force to do so...supporting the child's lack of known force."

Mewtwo quickly got out of there as fast as he could. He dodged and weaved surreal imagery that was making him insane. Still holding his trusting spoon close, he smashed glass that speared out of the ground with one slice with the summoned device. The pictures that floated on risen balloons depicted Mewtwo's life-story. It's entirety. Devastation after devastation...is was no wonder Mewtwo was loosing his mind. Swirls of tar splatted in front of him then formed into the shape of Mewtwo...except smaller...and more green. The Unown spun in two diagonal circles around her. Her eyes were innocent...and priceless to boot. Mewtwo began to feel nostalgic, before coming back out and swiping her with the spoon in ultimate fury. She disappeared in black splatter that was splattered all over the place, including Mewtwo himself. He breathed heavily before checking around him in fear. What was she trying to do?

"Amber stop this nonsense at once!" He demanded. He had his spoons handle in both hands, preparing for the next strike. Several of her original selves came from the sky, popping down on nooses, hanging on nothing but dead trees undermining the cold red sky. His spoon faded away and then he formed a small black sphere in his paws. He used his energy to create an even larger one. He screamed in anguish as he rose it up in the air and force threw it in front of him, sizzling the current image into flames. The processed itself into pitch blackness, causing him to go blind.

"But. Gods. Gods have equal amount of force and will to create their own. Or at least that's what I was told."

"Why must you insist on tormenting me?" Mewtwo ask desperately. He was down on his knees and holding his head.

"You are...a unique case. A case of cloning...you managed to successfully recreate life yourself with no consequences to them! You are a wonder...a clone that creates clones! No wonder Uncle Giovanni loved you!" Mewtwo sat under the spotlight by himself. Beyond that was nothing he could see. Just her twisted, rambled voice.

"You truly are a God as he says. Only Gods have the power to recreate life! To ressurrect and deem the impossible." "I am no God." Mewtwo stood up from where he was. He scanned around before a M shaped Unown came out of nowhere and flew around, taking in his image. "He says you were the perfect example of the transitions! The beast was created by man, thus the men turned into Gods and you turned into a man...then you obliverated the Gods and became one yourself! The Gods returned to their beast form...spineless spirits who toyed with life."

Mewtwo glared into the eye of the M Unown. The Unown didn't budge, except for spinning around him again.

"What is the reason for this benign effort to force me to join you!"
"We need you Mewtwo! You're the only one who can help us now!"

Mewtwo looked down. What help? He's practically being tugged by fictional orals. Nonetheless...

"I demand you release me from this nightmare..." He said calmly.

Out of the darkness reappeared the original Amber with her A-Unown and her hands behind her back, looking so innocent as before.

"I want to show you something first...". The ground disappeared beneath them as the flew off into the distance. The atmosphere once more changed to appear as mindless cloud and space. They floated there hand in hand looking into the nothingness. "I'm afraid we're all in this nightmare together..." She said with sadness. "I don't understand..." Muttered Mewtwo. Amber faced him, then faced outwards. "Touch it..." Mewtwo looked confused. "Touch what?" Amber raised her arm and pressed it against an invisible war. She started patting it and tried to get Mewtwo to try it. He then lifted up his arm and felt it. "What is it?"
"We're enclosed." She explained. "Torn from time and stolen from space. Sounds like a poem I could write huh?"

Mewtwo scrawned his face in anger. He flew back and released a barrage of attacks against the wall. He gave up after a few times. He'd used Shadow Ball, Hyper Beam, you name it.

"You're not a God of Space-Time Mewtwo..." Muttered Amber, who managed to hook his arm with hers and whisper into his ears. "You're more like God of Mutation...birthed from the God of Life"

Mewtwo glared at her. "Then what is the purpose of me?"

Amber sparkled. "If you come with me...I can show you what you can truly do..."

Mewtwo unhooked his arm with her and flew back. "I'm not entering this insanity. You are not Amber..."

Amber frowned and started sniffling... "But I am...I truly am!"

The A-Unown flew behind her and suddenly a tall wooden door materialized behind her. She turned around and opened it slightly. As doing so, beams of light seemed through the opening.

"I want to prove to you that you can help us...well...help me mostly..."

Mewtwo was confused. Humans were such a complex species. But...Amber...why?

"What do you wish me to help you with?" Asked Mewtwo. He kept his skepticism on high and prepared himself for anything. She held his paw before leading him inside. His eye's widened at the sight before him. Endless fields of green and rows of sunflowers against a mountainess backdrop and a mighty castle at the back. She walked him down the path which was covered by overbearing and bended trees at which Pidgeys came and went as they pleased with their beautiful songs. On the way they passed numerous farms who had farmers reaping and sowing their crops and waved happily to them. The sun was shining down breathing giving warmth and hope to this wonderous yet suspicious land.

"Is that...your Remember Place?" Asked Mewtwo. Amber giggled

"No...I called this Amber's World. A Kingdom with Kings and Queens and Princes and Princesses and Dragons and Magic!"

They approached the moat to the castle. Mewtwo looked to the guard on the top of the tower. He wore chainmail, a helmet complete with bow and arrow for defence purposes. His banner was SeaGreen and adorned an unusual L shaped emblem on it. Amber waved up high in the air and smiled at the guard.

"Hi there!" She said with pleasantness.

The guard saluted her. "Greetings your highness, welcome back!"

Mewtwo watched as the door was laid down slowly by chains and formed a wooden bridge over the moat. Amber waved thank you to the guard and proceeded to enter. The entrance was long...and the walls were thick with protective rock. Then they emerged on the inside. The Kingdom was huge.

"This is our City...I named it Castle of Fuji after my last name..."

Mewtwo was amazed at the scenery. Knights rode on noble Ponytas as singers were on streets with their loyal Jynx and jugglers with their Mr. Mime.

"Isn't it cool?" Asked Amber.

They walked on by as members of the city bowed to them both and welcoming her back. Suddenly a man with a crown on a Rapidash approached.

"Princess Amber! Good to see you home safe!" He said.

He got off his Rapidash and leaned down to hug Amber. They laughed and cheered in total bliss. Nonetheless, this made no sense. The man had thicked brownish hair and a black cloaked patterned with red R's. He picked her up and carried her as he looked at Mewtwo. "Who is this my dear Amber?"

"This is Mewtwo daddy...remember?" She announced.

Mewtwo looked uneasy. He thought that man looked familiar. He leant out his other hand to shake with Mewtwo's paw.

"I'm King Fuji. It's so good to finally see you! Amber could not stop talking about you!"

Mewtwo contemplated on whether on not this was real. He looked at the M and A Unown together.

"Mewtwo, why don't you stay and have lunch with us? We have much to talk about!"

Mewtwo shook his head. "I would enjoy it so...but I apologize for I cannot. I have business to attend to..."

In actuality, he wanted to get back to the others pronto! He had been trapped here for a while now and the others could be looking for him.

"Aww come on Mewtwo pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease?"

As soon as he tried walking away, a blast of golden shot through in between the pair. Amber's face became twisted with rage, which surprised Mewtwo.

"Its the evil troll Deoxys! Always hurting our people! It's disgusting Mewtwo...get rid of it!"

Mewtwo wasn't sure on what to do, but this Deoxys was certainly a threat. He had a brief capture of the Pokemon. It looked alien like, with its red and green body and purple core. He stared into eyes, into which it too was also furious. Mewtwo had no other choice. He charged at Deoxys full speed and attempted to smash him with his spoon, only for Deoxys to change form at the last second, appearing bulky, and absorbed the collision with little effort. Mewtwo flew back.

"Hmm quite a foe we have here..." Mewtwo snickered. Deoxys changed form once more, to a more pointed and thin version. It summoned its long and skinny tentacles that created a ball of energy that bursted out at Amber, who screamed in fear. Mewtwo glared at Deoxys and used a Shadow Ball to knock the attack out of the way. The Deoxys made several weird computer like sounds, which Mewtwo understood.

"You are saying I should step aside? She's just a child. What right do you have to take a life away?"

Amber hid behind Mewtwo, visibly frightened. Mewtwo held onto her tightly. Deoxys made a few more noises, and changed back into a different forme.

"Its main attack is Psycho Boost. It's a Deoxy's signature attack..." Said Amber. Mewtwo shield her from another attack. It then changed forme again, to an even more skinnier version, with almost stick like arms and legs and more green and black features, before zooming away.

"Yeah! Mess with my Mewtwo again and you'll regret!" Yelled Amber. Mewtwo looked at her, quite surprised. She bowed her head down and had her hands behind her back. He noticed that she was blushing. It didn't bother him...but still...

"Does Deoxys attack often?" He asked. Amber nodded. "He's just a crazy troll that breaks my toys. I think he belongs to that Cult my dad once was apart of..."

Mewtwo's head swung down. "A cult?"

Amber shrugged. "I dunno...he never told me anything about. But I think that they're still around..."

Mewtwo sweatdropped. He was mentally tired from all the crap that just went into his head. Then again, this was still nothing compared to what ever would either be next or later on down the track. He just hoped this wouldn't become any more hectic than it needed to be...


Misty headed into the Elevator. She hastily pressed the Basement 2 Button and shivered, then huddled into the corner and sat down, tucking her knees in. What the hell just happened to her? She felt insane. But a weird inclination towards Ash. She needed to see him. Suddenly she felt hot, and stripped off her clothes. Her mind was clouded with senseless thought that she could no longer feel ashamed. She looked at her hands.

"Disgusting..." She said, starting to cry...then strangely those cries turned into creepy giggles. Her head fastly spun to the door as she heard the beep indicating that she had arrived at the sub basement...

Ash himself huddled into a corner as well. But he was stone cold. He heard footsteps walking in his direction. He looked up to see who it was, and was shocked to find a stark Misty, with her head down, standing in front of him. He was rather, speechless.

"Misty...I don't..." He said, standing up and backed up against the wall. She walked closer to him and pushed his hands and held them back. She lifted her head as Ash noticed the red dullness in them.

"Ash Ketchum you are such a fool..." She muttered. Ash gulped. "Maybe you should put some clothes on before you start to criticize me..." He commented. He moved his head away as she moved her head in closer to his. "I've given hints...I've kissed you and even told you how I felt, and still you are so ignorant and blind to whats in front of you!"

Ash was sore in new places that hardly ever got hurt that often. He didn't know whether she was joking about the blind part because of the status of his eyes or what. What ever she wanted, it didn't look like it was going to be pretty...

"Misty, we can work this out. Just tell me whats wrong and maybe I can help you..."

Misty shook her head. She took off her hair tie and threw it behind her. She glared at him, but licked her lips. "Not maybe...but will..." She said seductively. She used her right hand to take off his belt.

He retaliated and pushed her away. "Misty this isn't like you at all!" He yelled. She screeched and ran up to him and pushed him against a box. She held him by his collar and hissed at him.

"I've said I have feelings for you...and you pushed that away...your idiocy is the reason why I haven't lost anything yet..."

Ash scratched his head. "Wait...that doesn't make any sense..."

She raised him and threw him on the floor, then jumped onto his chest and knelt down and held her hands by his collar again. Her eyes were full of passionate violence that he could see.

"We're growing teenagers Ash...we can't ignore these urges any longer..." She muttered. The tone of her voice was certainly not Misty's. It was jerky and squeaky...and those words didn't make it any less creepy. He gulped and raised his hands in passive motion. "Misty, I'm not sure what is up with you, but...I don't feel any urges..."

She jumped off him and grabbed a chair. She picked him up and placed him on it. She soon then grabbed a rope from a box and tied his arms and legs to it. She sat on his lap, with her legs wrapped around him. She took off his jumper, shirt and hat in the meanwhile before she tied him. She forced her lips on to his and shoved her tounge into his mouth. By this point Ash was terrified, his heart was pounding like crazy. She then rubbed her hands on top of his chest, then felt down into his pants.

"Misty stop it!" He yelled, managing to force his head to the side. But then she undid his belt. She put her hands to his checks and forged a sense of extreme discomfort to his mind.

"Ash Ketchum, I want you to make love to me...I want you here...you run me rampant...like you've done for years..." She whispered, before kissing his nose. He felt a sudden pound in his chest. But knew he couldn't go there. This wasn't right. She shouldn't be doing this to him.

"Misty...you can't do this..." He muttered. "What happened to the Misty I knew..."

Misty snarled. "This Misty is doing what she originally thought. I've found out humanity is just one big massive sexually addicted race..."

Ash's eyes went wide at the word sexual. It certainly was not one of the words he heard often, or hear anyone else say. Perhaps once when accidently read a book his mother had, but that was about it. It was an adult word, however he was still young and had a lot to live for...but this wasn't for him. He was only 14 at this point. Far...far too young. Misty herself was a year older, so she was 15. "But I want my Misty...this Misty is scaring me. Isn't this considered rape or something?" He asked. But Misty ignored his cries. "I am your Misty...and forever will be..." She said, taking off his pants. He gulped as she kissed his neck. He twinged. He was furious at whomever had done this to her.

"But...my Misty..." He said. The neck kisses made him feel strangely neurotic about it. He bit his lip as she took off his underwear. His extreme fear only deepened at this point. Then he felt another sensation come across within his aura radar...

"Ash look out!"

"Huh?"

Ash bowed his head as he could feel an Aura Sphere from behind him, which collided with Misty, who was flung back and hit several boxes. She was subsequently knocked out.

"Misty are you okay?" Ash asked, worried. He felt a prescence come from behind him. It was Lucinda.

"She'll be okay. That was a low strength Aura Sphere. My concern is mainly you." She said. She untied him from the chair and gathered what was left of his clothes. He quickly put them on, before walking over to the knocked out Misty. He frowned. "I sensed she wasn't herself. There was a massive power surge in the lab. I encountered Brock, who mentioned that Sabrina passed away before. He said she was in there with her at the time, and couldn't remember what went on..."

Ash looked down. "I could feel that was well..." He commented. He picked up Misty's body and dusted off the debris. "I found her clothes in the elevator. They were ripped off. There was also a strange substance in there as well. I've ordered some members to send that off to the lab, where Professor Orange has returned and will determine what it is..."

They headed back to the Medical Wing, where Misty was given a set of new clothes and put under sedation. Nurse Joy conducted a medical scan of her entire body. She wrote down a few notes and shook her head. "I don't get it. She has a high adrenalin count and her hormone levels are through the roof!" She exclaimed. Ash sat on a chair beside the bed, staring at her. "What does that mean?"

"Well, what ever it was, it's made her extremely excited for no apparent reason. There are other readings on here that don't make sense either. She has low blood pressure and a low white blood cell count...which she should be feverish right about now...but she's as calm as ever. Still and her heart rate is normal. This isn't physically possible for a human being..."

Lucinda stood at the end of the bed, with her paw to her mouth.

"I've contacted Ruka about Dawn, so he's going to come around and investigate these occurences." She exclaimed. "First Dawn dies because of a unwarranted assault, then Sabrina arrives and scans Misty...Sabrina dies...Misty goes mental...now...what?"

Nurse Joy frowned. "I wouldn't know. Maybe something happened with the treaty today."

They watched Ash who had been rightly worried about his friend. He sighed. Lucinda tensed.

"This is not fair to you all. We've screwed up another timeline for the worst. You should have gone home... but its too late now..."

"It's not your fault Lucinda..." Murmured Ash. "I understood what Misty said that we're not little kids anymore. Maybe its time for all of us to grow up for good. I now see whats on the outside of your average battle and what adults have to deal with behind the scenes."

Lucinda disagreed. "It is far too early for you to have to put up what adults do. What occurs on the inside is safe. Safe and controlled by the League who can tolerate the stressful jobs that they occupy. You can grow up sure...but it's gonna leave a permanent scar that won't heal. You certainly won't be you when you return..."

Ash faced Lucinda. "Does that mean we won't be able to go back?"

Lucinda and Nurse Joy looked at each other. "We haven't decided. We've lost Celebi and can't seem to track her."

Ash looked down, then back at Lucinda. "Lucinda, can I talk to you privately for a moment? I just..."

Lucinda saw that glint in his eyes that this was important. She agreed as they both decided to talk in the morgue. Sabrina's and Dawn's body were stored away neatly, as the morgue had several levels of its own. So much death that had occurred, and now more on the horizon...

Lucinda patted down her paws... "What's the matter?"...


"Meredine?"

Meredine looked upwards. She swung her head around and noticed her cage was gone. She also noticed Blue and Green standing in front of her. She facepalmed.

"Oh geez...what the crap?" She muttered. Green helped her onto her feet and handed her PokeBalls and glocks back. She subsequently kissed them all and was visibly glad to have them back. Blue facepalmed. Green turned around, facing the door. "We found ourselves entering a passage, and saw you in this prison..." Commented Green. Meredine snuffed. She put her Pokeballs and her Glocks away and patted Blue on the back. "Well...eh..."

They walked out of the room, finding themselves in the middle of a cave maze. She looked at the walls, which were made of a brown-reddish clay, which was supported by wooden braces. "How do you see in here?" She asked. Blue whipped out her flashlight. Meredine sweatdropped.

"Oh...thank you captain obvious..." She moaned. They went down several paths that lead them to the back of Turnback. Meredine rubbed her chin. All there was, was more cold and damp jungle...and a huge rock door, with several indescribable ruins on it.

"We've been trying to open this for a while now...with no avail." Said Blue.

"We've tried everything...seems everything around here is either made out of an indestructable alloy, or someone just can seriously lock a door around here." Continued Green. Meredine whacked the door...but..

"OW!"

She waved her hand around and blew on her sore fingers. Green chuckled.

"You know...when we said everything...we ment everything..."

Meredine stuck her tounge out at Green. "Screw you..." She muttered. Green grinned. She just realized what she had said...and promptly whacked Green at the back of the head.

"That was worth it..." He mumbled, rubbing his poor head. Meredine herself pondered about it. She wasn't an archaeologist...but couldn't help but wonder. These symbols came to her eventually without having to think too hard.

"Well...I...can assume you have to have some sort of key to open this one as well..." She suggested. Blue and Green looked at each other. She was probably right. "But how did open the last door? We needed a key for that as well..." Green pointed out. Meredine scratched her head. All she did was lean on the door and it quickly opened.

"Maybe we all should lean on the door again just in case? Might work like it did before..."

Blue facepalmed. "Not likely..." Green crossed his arms. "It could. Meredine seemed to do it easy even after all the things we tried..."

Meredine shrugged. "Couldn't hurt..."

Blue sighed. All three of them leaned their hands on the door, looking like complete idiots. They moved when the ground started to rumble, and the runes on the door lit up. The rocky door started descending slowly as dirt fell from above. Blue, the skeptic, sweatdropped.

"I can't believe that actually worked..." She said with a monotone. Green didn't give off any bodily reaction.

"I've seen weirder..."

They wandered inside, where it was pitch blackness throughout. Meredine released Happy and ordered her to use Flash. It was a narrow cave with various corridors throughout. They went on through before they found another door. This one was a thick metal door with a keypad next to it.

"So..Meredine...do we lean on this one too?" Green said sarcastically. Meredine just glared at him. Blue had a closer look at the pad. "This may have finger prints on it. Just need a fine powder to figure out the numbers..."

Green nodded. "Can do..." He said, before throwing a PokeBall out.

"Go! Butterfree!"

In a flash, a larger than normal Butterfree appeared, prompting Blue to recongnize it.

"Wait...when did you get that?" She asked, weirded out.

"It's very similar to a Shadow Pokemon according to Orange. The solution to curing it is to open its heart through battles...colognes and all kinds of crazy stuff that he mentioned. It knows Sleep Powder, so I can use that specific powder to find the fingerprints..."

Blue nodded. "Okay then..."

They moved out of Butterfree's way quickly, as Green ordered it to use the aformentioned Sleep Powder. Butterfree obeyed as it rose above the keypad and shook its wings, dispersing a minor portion of a blue glitter like substance. Green thanked it and returned it to its Pokeball. Blue then had a closer look. "1...9...6..." She muttered. "I wonder what order they're in. She promptly typed it several possibilities...only to fail with all possible combinations with the message:

ACCESS DENIED.

"Damn..." She muttered. "There must be a number thats pressed twice on here..."

"Let me have a look..." Said Green. He butted himself in. He noticed the 9's finger print was larger than the rest. "Hey Blue, what was that combination you used last?"

"Well, I did say 1 9 and 6...maybe it was 9..." She replied. Green looked at the keypad again...and typed in 1, 9, 9 and 6 respectively.

ACCESS ENABLED.

"Wow...you're useful for something else..." Meredine mumbled to herself. The door opened for them automatically, as they entered through it...

This room was full of different machinery that was running on gears and spattered gases everywhere. They covered their mouths and headed onwards. They got out of the room, only to find a larger maze...

"Aw fuck..."

They walked around some more, bumping into dead ends...believing this was never gonna end soon...


Mewtwo soon found himself forcibly sitting with Amber and her fake friends, having cups of so called tea. He took sips from it, while keeping aware of the general situation. He was in her room, which was atypical to a little girls, with lots of pink and white coloured lace that showered her bed, the walls...everything. The sun shone in through the open window, onto a low plastic table with several small chairs. Mewtwo felt a bit awkward sitting on a chair that was many times smaller than himself. Amber insisted that she made the tea herself, but Mewtwo didn't bother to argue...he looked at the plushes that she had. A patterned Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle sat on their own chairs with their petite cups. He looked at what Amber was wearing, which she wore a pretty pink dress, with a straw hat that had a rose ribbon around it. Amber looked as sweet and innocent as the day he first saw her. But...why like before, did she speak those strange words. From what Mewtwo had studied, Amber was still a small child. Their vocabulary wasn't as large as most adult humans. But her words would still be uncommon even if she were an adult. He took another sip from his tea, before placing the cup back on the table.

"So...what was it that you wanted me to do?" He asked.

Amber took a sip from hers before putting it back on the cosie. "Well..." She started, giving off strange looks. "Someone told me a way to bring me back to life permanently...but to do that I needed to help of a God."

Mewtwo looked down. "Like I mentioned before, I am not a God. I am a Pokemon. Pokemon are not Gods..."

Amber giggled. "Of course you are. Pokemon are Pokemon...each individual has its own power to share with the world."

Mewtwo's only power was destructive, which he regretted using. While Pokemon are kine to their own abilities, his own was a common trait among Psychic types. But what does this have to do with being a God.

"You were cloned from a God, which is a good start..."

Mewtwo took another sip. "Just because I am a clone of one, doesn't mean I act like one."

Which was a lie. He thought himself superior in the past, content with destroying everything and replacing them with genetically enhanced replicas. Perhaps that was the closest thing to being a God.

"Which He claimed was a pinpoint to realizing the truth..."

"What truth?" He asked, as his head shot up. Amber shrugged. "I dunno. He won't tell me much. Just saying your creation marked new possibilities for the world. And that everything had changed since a supposed death of a previous God."

Mewtwo cocked an eyebrow. "You suggested I have replaced this God?" He asked, rather surprised.

Amber shook her head. "Again...I don't know. Plethora mentions the journey of the Chosen One...its usually been mapped out for every occasion...including the person known as the Traveler."

Yes...Evith's gospel about this so called Traveler crossed his mind every so often. Spoken of as a being that was supposed to aid the chosen in his or her travels. Everyone knew who the Chosen was by this point and proclaimed that the reason the world went to hell quickly was because the Traveler was already dead and buried...that's what Professor Orange's theory was.

"I am not going to be a replacement. I've not been here as long as the other legendary Pokemon have, but I do know if I have some primal instinct to suddenly join in on the chosens group, I'll know you're right..."

Amber smiled. "I don't know what you are actually. You're still a person to me..." She muttered.

Mewtwo couldn't help but chuckle. "Yes...a person. A living being..."

He noticed Amber frown. His eyes went wide when he figured out why she was sad. "Oh...I am sorry..." He apologized. "No...don't worry about it. I'll be alive soon...you'll see..."

They finished up their teas and headed back down to the throne chamber. It was a large room, where the roof was around fifty meters above them and painted with religious taboo. Amber sat on her little throne, in which Mewtwo saw those L shaped emblems again, adorned on the green velvet on the chair. There was a green roll out carpet that stretched out to the balcony, which had a beautiful lush garden, full of roses and vines twisted themselves around poles. The floor was shiny as the light bounced off and revealed the portraits of Amber on the wall. Mewtwo could connect with the bit of narcissism there, but made no light of it. He had his hands behind his back as the two faced each other. Amber dangled her legs and had her arms on the arm rests.

"I would love you to meet my friend some time too!" She said happily. "And which friend would this be?" Asked Mewtwo. Amber giggled. "He's coming now...look behind you..."

Mewtwo turned around, but before he could focus, his eyes widened as a blast of light shot through him like a sudden pain. He fell on the floor, as a familiar face had walked up to his fallen body. He had rested his paw on his chest, as he knew this face.

"You..." He said.

A large blast of energy surrounded and swallowed Mewtwo, before the castle was absolved into a dark void...


"GAH!"

Meredine had fallen over on to her knees, with her hand beating on her chest. She gasped for air and thumped the ground in agony. "God damnit!" She roared. Blue and Green immediantly went to her side to see what the problem was.

"Meredine, you okay? What's wrong?" Pleaded Blue. Meredine cough and spatted.

"That fuckin' hurt like hell...cough..." She spat out phlegm and then whacked the wall with her fist.

"GAAAAAAAAAAH!"

She found herself rolling on the floor in the fetal position.

"!"

Blue and Green tried getting her up off the ground. They then decided to get Happy out, to see if a Softboiled Chansey egg could do the trick. Green released the bouncy Pokemon, who was worried about her master. She grabbed the egg from her pouch and leant it over to Meredine. Meredine took one look at the egg, and snatched it out of Happy's hand and started devouring it. She swallowed the egg and sighed with relief.

"God damn..." She said, panting. "What was that all about?" Asked Green. He helped her off the floor before she dusted herself down. "It felt like a major heart attack!" She yelled. Blue rested her hands on Meredine's shoulders. "Well, don't scare us like that again please? I've had enough weird shit for today..."

"Well your shit's gonna get weirder..."

They looked in front of them. A gray cloaked man stood in front of the trio. He had bags under his eyes, but a very hollow and gaunt look. He had light blue spiked hair and an annoying grin.
"Cyrus?


AN: Yes...I am evil...extraordinarily evil. Three have now gone...so how will this impact on their plans? And now a new character who thought to be a long gone has just appeared!

To be honest...I had a hard time finishing this chapter. I've been lazy as of late. I also had uni work and blah blah blah. I also started doing a bit of role play on dA with a group called Pokemon Platform. I was extremely lucky to get my fave Poke (Gardevoir) and into my fave colour (Team Acuity is Purple) There was much squee to be had. lol.
My story needs a Wild Mass Guessing thing. I need peoples assumptions. So I can see what people actually think is happening. So don't hesitate to message me about. Just be mindful of spoiling others.

Also thanks for the reviews and so forth. Each brings me some squee. :)

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