Category: Pokémon
Rating: M
Couples: X
Warnings: AU, Disturbing Imagery,
Chapter: 14
Copyright: Characters & places © By Game Freak, Plot & OC´s © by me
Author's Note: Multi Chapter Interlude between Sword's Fate and its' upcoming Sequel. Can be read alone.
"Italics" is indicative of Telepathy.
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Steven had requested they take turns having the Pokémon see their trainers. He'd rather not risk that the four teams' emotions start resonating with one another and then blow up the place.
"At least Rustboro is a nice city." Shauntal stood at the window with her arms crossed. The bag with Caitlin's team was heavier than if it was full of books. The Psychic-type trainer had looked so tiny and fragile when she last saw her. Perhaps she shouldn't have objected to Grimsley making the journey.
"Could use a better reason to be here though." Wulfric was sitting on one of the chairs in the hallway, hand resting on the bag that held a couple Pokéballs.
Bertha merely made a sound of agreement. The three league-members had chosen to give the mother the chance for first visit.
The writer merely grunted in acknowledgement, returning her gaze outside.
"One of you can go." Sabrina's mother left the room, clutching the ballrepository she had travelled with.
"Do you two mind if I go first?" Bertha rose from her seat. "Considering it was his Bronzong that found Lucian?"
"No problem." The other two trainers watched the Kantonian woman leave after Bertha entered the room.
The older woman sighed softly at the sight of her colleague in what amounted to a glass cylinder. "Well, come on out and behave, if you please. Can't have you blow this place up as well."
The first two Pokémon appeared in flashes of light, the Bronzong and Girafarig promptly moving over to their trainer. She couldn't even begin to tell what they were thinking, but she could see the glow appearing around them,
"Please don't blow the place up." The Earth-type trainer muttered, summoning the other Pokémon of her fellow Elite Four's team as well. Her only answer was that they didn't do it. That probably would be as good as she was going to get.
She had never really appreciated how much of Lucian's control over his team came from close mental contact. They tried to remember, but it was obvious they were used to just… reach out and tap their trainer's mind. The first time they did it had resulted in her throwing a plate through the kitchen.
Worse, despite realizing she could not reciprocate, they still got upset at the lack of an answer simply because they were so used to getting one. She joined them, looking up at her colleague.
"Well?" She knew it wouldn't do much, but she couldn't help but hold just a bit of hope that they'd be able to reach them. The Bronzong made a sound, moving back from the glass. "Guess not."
The Steel-type's red eyes met hers and despite it being an animated bell, she could see the defeat in them. "Take your time, but not too long. There's some others that want to visit as well."
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The month passed quickly, even as the anxiety increased. "How long again?" Diantha was laying on her bed, on the phone with Lance.
"If Giratina was going literal with her statement, only a couple days." The Dragon-type Champion was at the shrine his cousin maintained in the Dragon's Den. "I have planned to head to Hoenn in two days, you?"
"Three days. I have some filming to do in two that I couldn't cancel without lots of questions being asked." The actress rolled her eyes. "Film-schedules can be unforgiving, let me tell you."
"You mentioned some trouble having to cancel that one day of filming because your capital was being attacked?" The caped man chuckled lightly, shifting on his spot on the very top of the shrine. His life depended on his cousin not noticing him there.
"Yes!" The brown-haired woman threw her free hand up, nearly kicking the air with her sandalled feet. "You'd think that 'preventing the world from ending' would be the single best excuse to miss a day of filming."
"But no?" He tried to suppress the laughter boiling up in his chest, but was failing.
"But no." She snorted, rolling over on her bed. "I had to remind him that my duty to the Region came first and if he minded, I'd walk straight off the set."
"Alas, Great Psychics are not that important."
"Well, Olympia protected Kalos several times in ways she only could because she was one?" Diantha mused, reaching for her drink. "Still, I'd rather not start that discussion again and hopefully three days is still enough for me to be there when she wakes up."
"Alder mentioned he'd be taking Caitlin's entire team." Lance's voice dropped when he spotted his cousin coming outside. "So they could also be there."
"I was thinking about doing the same." The Kalosian Champion had no such problems. "No doubt Cynthia will also do that, what with the Bronzong finding Lucian."
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"So… when will we learn why this was necessary?" Olympia demanded softly, looking at the Legendary that over the month had become a near fixture with the four of them.
"I am trying to arrange something, but you know this all started because it had to be a secret. They are reluctant to then start revealing the whole thing." Mewtwo pointed out, sitting on an island he had pulled close. He studied the four human souls beneath him. They had become clearer and less see-through since arriving here.