Asking the Impossible, Chapter 14
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Dayan's POV
We stood there, amazed by what we had just seen. I thought all the legends were in the Hall of Origin, with the exception of the roamers, of course. Yet we just met a legend, one who apparently gave us weapons to use against Cipher.
I looked over at Violet, and I could see her inspecting her claws avidly, probably to find traces of the glow I saw when our "wish" connected with us. I glanced at my tail blade, but upon seeing it looking normal, I turned my attention back to Violet, who was just glancing up at me.
"What was that about?" she asked me and the room.
"What was that weird light, and why is it whenever he mentioned my claws and your tail, that's what was glowing? It just doesn't make sense!" Collecting my thoughts, I responded
"Actually, I think it makes more sense than you believe, my dear. He mentioned your claws and my blade, and that's what the wish fused with, so that leads me to believe that the power is focused on your claws and my tail blade. How we access this power, however, is beyond me. Do you have any ideas?"
Her eyes went to the floor, and she seemed slightly embarrassed that I had to explain it to her. I thought she looked so cute that way, and I couldn't help but smile at her intoxicating beauty. She saw the grin on my face, and during the height of her emotions, she snapped at me.
"What's so funny?!" She was also blushing. I chuckled and replied
"Nothing. I just love you so much right now. I only wish Cipher was already gone so I could provide you with a safe home, where we could share our love for eternity." Her gaze softened, and she reached up to kiss me, saying
"I love you, too." We embraced, sharing the moment for a long time. Finally we broke apart, and we knew that we had to leave the cave and get back to camp. We would leave the speculation for later.
When we finally got back, dawn was breaking, and the army was rising for breakfast. We ate some of our own provisions, then broke camp and set out on our way, Violet and I leading the army.
Violet's POV
We were heading out for the Petalburg woods, a lovely forest as I remember. I began reminiscing about all the fun times I had there when my parents visited. We had a few good friends with the Breloom tribe that took residence there, and I had loved playing with the various pokemon. The Shroomish were the most fun to play with, though. I had a rather sadistic nature as a child, and I loved to knock them over to their backs. I used to think it looked so funny how their tiny feet would flail around as they cried out indignantly, and they would spin sort of like a top on its side. One day I was laughing too loud, though, and I had been too close to the rest of the tribe. My parents and the mother of the Shroomish found me, and seeing the Shroomish on its side screaming at me, laughing on the forest floor, they put two and two together. I had never seen a Breloom angry, and after that experience, I didn't want to again. My parents stopped her from pounding me into a pulp, assuring her that they would do it. I wasn't quite a pulp, but I sure didn't want to torture Shroomish anymore.
By about noon, when the sun was at its highest, we reached the mouth of the forest, and we stopped to look at it. I had a smile on my face, remembering the good times, ignoring the bad, and looked over to Dayan. I was astonished to see that he had a worried look on his face, so I asked
"What's the matter, honey?" He briefly smiled at me, but when he turned his attention to the forest his frown came back.
"Do you remember Jirachi's words? About there being shadow pokemon in a green forest? Well this is the first forest we've encountered, the one ahead of us. I have reason to believe there are shadow pokemon lying in wait. And since we don't know how to access our weapons, we won't be able to purify them." I thought about what he said, and I knew he was right. He usually was. But we couldn't let that stop us.
"Well, we have the army; we could detain them at least, and then figure out how to use our weapons. At any rate, we have to go through the forest to reach the other side. Or do you know another way?" I asked him. He slowly shook his head, then agreed with me.
"Alright." he said directly to me.
"Okay," he was addressing the army now. They gave him their attention as he said
"We have to get through this forest, but there are shadow pokemon in here. I want everyone to split up into pairs, nobody goes in alone. If you spot any pokemon exhibiting strange powers or behavior, or don't belong here, don't be afraid to capture them, they could be very informative to our cause. Get moving!"
Everyone began splitting into their pairs, and Dayan had encouraged pairing different species. Obviously we were together, and when everyone was in their pairs, he directed them to different parts of the forest, while we went in the front entrance, believing it would be heavily guarded.
When we entered, I didn't see anyone or anything, except for trees. A little further in, though, I felt a tingling sensation in my claws, and when I looked at them, I could see the same glow that had surrounded them shortly after we made our wish, though it seemed a little more subdued. I pointed this out to Dayan.
"Dayan, what's happening to my claws?" But his attention was on his tail.
"Evidently the same thing that's happening to my blade." Looking around, I could see the same glow surrounded his tail, the same amount of light, too.
"So, do you think this could mean something?" I asked, already mentally smacking myself for such a stupid question.
"It definitely means something, but exactly what, can't tell."
Suddenly, the lights around my claws and his tail grew in brightness, until it was the same level as when it first appeared, when Jirachi had given the lights to us. Then we noticed a pokemon, what kind we couldn't tell since it was still in the shade of the trees.
Inspired, I lifted my claws to spread the light around more evenly, and the identity of the mysterious pokemon was revealed to us. It was an Alakazam. I thought right off that this had to be a shadow pokemon, we didn't have any Abra evolutions in our army. And maybe that's what was causing the glow; the presence of a shadow pokemon.
Dayan's POV
I was glad that Violet had raised her claws and revealed our visitor to us. An Alakazam. Clearly a shadow pokemon, but I decided to check anyway.
"What's your name?" I called out to it. The Alakazam snapped its head to us at the sound of my voice, as though it hadn't even noticed the light. But when it spoke, it had a mechanical, monotonous tone.
"I am experiment 5523. My directive is to enlist allies, either by persuasion or force. Will you be persuaded?" it droned. Violet and I both shook our heads at the same time, and it said
"So be it; you are now a possible threat to the glory of Cipher. Prepare to be assimilated."
Then it jumped with surprising speed and agility, directly at us. I pushed Violet behind me and made an involuntary swipe with my tail blade toward its chest, but it didn't connect. Instead, it sank completely through its chest and came out the other side, but without a trace of blood. The Alakazam's face changed, becoming one of dull servitude to surprise.
"Huh?!" he shouted out before crashing to the forest floor; it was obvious now by his voice that he was male. After he crashed, my tail blade went dark, as did Violet's claws.
"So that's how they work" I thought. "When we get close to a shadow pokemon, they glow, and when they're purified, the glow goes away."
I was about to report my findings to Violet, but as I opened my mouth, a loud, long groan emanated from the Alakazam, giving me pause, still not quite sure the danger was over. He sat up, began rubbing his head and muttered
"Ugh, what hit me?" He looked up at us, then everything seemed to come back at once, a huge smile split his face, and he jumped up and pulled us into a massive hug.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" he was shouting to the sky. "I thought all was lost when they turned me into that wretched creature, but thanks to you I'm back to normal!" He released us and was spinning in place with his arms out and his face to the sky, which was mostly hidden by the forest. Then he stopped for a moment, then broke into a meltdown.
"Wow, that was fast." I thought. Then I asked him
"What's wrong?" He turned to me, and the look on his face spoke utter agony to me.
"They have my mate and children, waiting to be corrupted by the bastards who did this to me! I've got to save them, and now!"
He had already jumped to his feet and was beginning to make his way through the forest, but my call stopped him.
"Wait, do you even know where you're going?" He froze in place, then turned to me, fresh tears running down his face as he cried out
"No, I don't, but I can't just sit here idly while my mate, son, and daughter suffer!" I nodded in agreement, then asked
"Would you like to come with us? We, and an army, are on our way to defeat Cipher once and for all." His face lit up, which cleared away most of the emotion on him.
"Really, you have an army, and you're going to overthrow them?" I simply nodded, knowing we had another ally.
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