Author's Note: Okay, remember if you see 888 that means scene change.
Professor Yucca took a few steps forward getting closer to the edge of the airship. He gave one last puff of smoke and emptied his pipe before putting it away. Shadow Skarmory had reengaged Deoxys in mid-air combat but was unsuccessful at landing any hits. Deoxys still in its speed form was able to outmaneuver Shadow Skarmory with ease.
As Professor Yucca watched Shadow Skarmory perform various aerial striking maneuvers he thought to himself, I'm surprised it can still move like that after taking Deoxys's giga impact. He took a quick look at his masterdex one more time scrolling up until he found what he was looking for.
The screen displayed:
Prime Skarmory
Lv. 11.
He had a look of surprise on his face and said, "Prime? The probability of a prime pokemon appearing randomly is extremely low without a trainer. Unless it does have a trainer."
The thought that a trainer would voluntarily turn his pokemon into a shadow counterpart disturbed him deeply. Although it could be that this Skarmory belonged to a trainer, and was stolen from that trainer then forced to turn into a shadow pokemon. At that thought his heart sank a bit. If that was the case then he can only imagine how that trainer would be feeling.
He closed his masterdex and placed it back into his pocket and took out a small circular metal item. I wonder if this calm scent will work he thought.
"Deoxys, psychic!" He said.
Deoxys dodge rolled to the left avoiding a shadow rush attack from Shadow Skarmory and transformed into its normal form using psychic from behind holding Shadow Skarmory still.
Professor Yucca clicked the top button of the device releasing a powerful scent from it and threw it in the air towards Shadow Skarmory. Scents have a powerful effect on shadow pokemon and can help in the purification process. This device and scent is one that Professor Krane and I made ourselves, its potency is two times that of a vivid scent which used to be the most powerful scent one could use on shadow pokemon.
As Shadow Skarmory stayed unmoving in the air the calm scent flew onto its back and continued to release powerful white fumes around it. It should be taking effect now Yucca thought. Ten seconds went by before Shadow Skarmory released a powerful and angry cry.
"It can't be…it didn't work." Professor Yucca said.
A shadowy aura enveloped Shadow Skarmory's wings as it prepared to launch another shadow wave.
Only one choice left Yucca thought. We'll have to defeat it and bring it back to the lab.
"Deoxys, extreme speed." He commanded.
Deoxys transformed into its speed form and instantly disappeared before the dark waves of wind could strike it. Deoxys appeared to the right of Shadow Skarmory who prepared a shadow rush attack.
"Protect." Yucca said.
Deoxys transformed into its defense form and a barrier appeared shielding it from the harsh strike of Shadow Skarmory's shadow rush attack.
"Skaaarrr!" Shadow Skarmory screeched as its body was encased in a dark aura attempting to penetrate through the barrier.
Eight seconds had passed of Shadow Skarmory attempting to breakthrough the barrier but to no avail and ceased its attack preparing to fly up.
"Now, Zap Cannon!" Yucca commanded.
Deoxys transformed into its attack form and a golden/blue orb of static electricity formed by its core. Just as Shadow Skarmory began its ascent Deoxys released the powerful zap cannon at close range which released a loud electrical crashing noise as it made contact right in Shadow Skarmory's chest. A cloud of black smoke appeared around Shadow Skarmory where the attack had landed and not long after, Shadow Skarmory began to fall unconscious towards the ocean below.
"Deoxys." Yucca said.
Deoxys nodded and reverted back to its normal form using psychic to catch Shadow Skarmory and brought it towards the airship. Once Deoxys set Shadow Skarmory down atop the airship Professor Yucca disappeared inside and back to the control room.
"Get us to Tenjin Island now. No exceptions." He said.
A dark and serious tone evident when he spoke. The pilots took a moment to take in his words and realized that when he said no exceptions, he really meant it. The pilots dared not disobey even though they were technically supposed to go to Nike Island and switch shifts. They steered the airship towards Tenjin Island anyways and replied, "Yes sir! Right away sir!"
"Tenjin Island? Were you unsuccessful purifying it?" Professor Azalea said.
Professor Yucca looked at her and said, "It's not a normal shadow pokemon."
"Did you find anything on it that might help us to determine how it came to be?" She asked.
Professor Yucca thought for a moment before saying, "Perhaps you should come take a look. You are an expert on pokemon evolution. To me it looks as if this Shadow Skarmory didn't transformed into a shadow pokemon. It's almost as if it was forced to evolve into one."
"Oh, is that so…" She said.
Azalea and Yucca stared at each others eyes for a few seconds, both with an unreadable expression. In those few seconds a tension could be felt in the air that made the pilots feel uncomfortable. For those few seconds they felt like they were stuck in a cage with a Zangoose and Seviper who were known to be natural born enemies in the wild. They were a bit confused as to why there was tension in the room between Professor Yucca and Professor Azalea since they usually seem to get along well.
Once those few seconds had passed Professor Azalea broke eye contact and gave a deep sigh, she then walked over to Professor Yucca and said, "Well let's have a look shall we?" The tension in the room immediately disappeared.
Yucca gave a small grin and said, "Finally, lets go." The two Professors exited the room leaving the pilots confused about the whole exchange between them.
888
Karma continued walking down the cavernous path with Honchkrow by his side looking for anything that would resemble a token when he noticed the rocky terrain started transforming into a marshy terrain. He stopped as he noticed impressions on the ground. He knelt down to observe the impressions on the soft marshy ground.
"These are human footprints. But there's two sets of them." He said.
Honchkrow perched itself on a rocky ledge as it waited for Karma to finish his observations.
So other students came through this cave before he did huh. Karma thought to himself. He looked up with an interested glint in his eyes and continued to walk on following the footprints. Honchkrow jumped off the ledge it was sitting on and continued in the air above. Honchkrow turned its head to look around the area from the air when it noticed something and said, "Krow!"
Karma looked up and Honchkrow and said, "Hmm...What is it?"
Honchkrow turned its beak and pointed to a giant boulder about 12 ft. tall and said, "Krow, Honchkrow!"
Karma turned to look at the giant boulder and said, "So there's something over there?"
Honchkrow nodded its head and continued to stare in that direction. Karma narrowed his eyes a bit with a curious but cautious expression. He was about to walk over in said direction when he saw a student far on the other side of the marsh walking towards the giant boulder.
"Probably the student who left these track marks." He said.
Then he thought to himself, but it's just him, so who left these second track marks?
"Honchkrow, return." He said as he pointed his pokeball at Honchkrow safely storing the pokemon inside the metal ball. He walked over to a spot nearby that had really tall grass and hid in it keeping his eye on the boulder and the student. He slowly crept through the grass to see what was behind the boulder that Honchkrow was telling him about. He maneuvered his way to gain visual access to the back of the boulder and stopped with a curious expression.
"What...is that pokemon?" He said.
It looks like a Typhlosion, but what's this aura that's emanating off of it Karma wondered.
He saw that the other student was walking slowly towards the pokemon by the boulder. Karma brought out his multidex and turned it on silent mode. He flipped it open and scanned Typhlosion.
A host of information appeared on the screen:
Typhlosion
The Volcano Pokemon
Typhlosion obscures itself behind a shimmering heat haze that it creates using its intensely hot flames. This Pokémon creates blazing explosive blasts that burn everything to cinders.
Height 5' 7"
Weight 173.5lbs
Ability Blaze
Hidden Ability Flash Fire
Unknown Ability ?
Level Unknown ?
Karma's eyes widened a bit before a look of confusion was cast on his face.
"Hm? This Typhlosion has a third ability and the masterdex can't read it? It can't even read its level? That's odd." Karma said quietly to himself.
He then looked back at the situation. The other student had stopped and seemed to be doing something similar to him, observing from afar. This Typhlosion was sleeping and emitting some sort of aura that was the same color as it's body color. It seemed to be holding something.
At that moment Karma heard someone walking towards the large boulder from the same direction that he had walked from. As he turned his head he saw a man who looked about somewhere in his early twenties to mid twenties. He had wet black hair and a black and gold cap over his wet hair. His clothes were wet.
Wait, was the splash I heard from earlier his doing, swimming in the lake Karma thought.
He looks strangely familiar, have I met him somewhere before Karma wondered.
The man silently walked past the spot Karma was hiding in and stopped right in front of the strange looking Typhlosion. At that moment Typhlosion awoke and stretched. It then gave the egg it was holding to the stranger.
Wait! Karam thought. I know I've seen him before. His eyes widened at the realization of who it was.
At that moment the other student who was observing from afar stood up with a look of amazement in their eyes.
The student then said, "A-Are you...Aren't you the Champion of Johto? Ethan Gold?"