Author's Notes: So I spent my college break working on new chapters (and playing Pokemon Platinum, yes I admit it), and now I have here a new chapter for all of you before I head back to class tomorrow...well, actually it would be today, but not for several hours. Erm...anyway, here's the next exciting chapter. Enjoy!
By the way, as I said last chapter, I would show you guys my cosplay pictures. Well, some of you did PM me about that, so for those of you that made requests, I put a link to my cosplay pictures in my profile. So, feel free to head over to my profile and get that link to my pics.
Pit: Captain Black Knight only owns this story and the OCs. Don't ask me why I'm doing the disclaimer this time.
Chapter 20: Dealing With the Deities
"Pokémon?!" Link exclaimed as he stood his ground facing Dialga, clearly astounded by my answer. I gazed into the crimson eyes of both giant Pokémon and started to explain.
"Dialga and Palkia are both deity Pokémon," I started. "The blue one, Dialga, is a steel-dragon type with the power to control time. The pink one, Palkia, is a water-dragon type with the ability to control space."
"Time and space?" Meta Knight inquired incredulously as he kept his guard up against Palkia. "That seems impossible. How could these beings be capable of such abilities?" Honestly I couldn't find an answer to that question, since I didn't know it myself – all I knew was that my explanation was the truth.
"I don't know, Meta Knight. I just know that it's true."
"Well, are they a threat to us?" Link asked, gripping the hilt of the Master Sword.
"I don't know about that, either. Don't attack just yet." Meta Knight and Link both stared at me before backing down. I looked up and contemplated the situation.
The only guess that I could make was that the explosion of Subspace somehow disturbed the peace of the two deities. When they realized that something was threatening the Spear Pillar, they appeared in order to confront that something. It made sense to me, at least, since the Subspace nearly engulfed the Spear Pillar. But did Dialga and Palkia view the three of us as a threat? I would certainly hope not, since we didn't do anything.
At that moment Palkia screeched and slashed the air with one of its pink/white arms. I'm not exactly sure what happened, but suddenly I was facing Dialga instead of Palkia.
"What the hell?" I blurted out loud. "Wasn't I just facing Palkia? Now I'm looking at Dialga." Dialga was glaring daggers at Link, who in turn kept his hand on the hilt of the Master Sword, should the steel-dragon Pokémon make a sudden move.
"Wait, Link, don't do anything yet," I called to him. I dashed towards him, but for some reason he kept getting farther away from me as I ran. I finally noticed that as I was running towards Link, I was instead going backwards – and right into Meta Knight, knocking him over.
"Oof, sorry, Meta Knight," I muttered, looking at him with an embarrassed look. Meta Knight simply looked confused as I was. I turned around again to face Dialga and Link, who for some reason was still gripping the Master Sword with…his right hand?
"Link, aren't you left-handed?" I also noticed that Meta Knight had his sword in his left hand, when he normally held it in his right hand. It took me a while, but I then realized that Palkia activated its Spacial Rend ability to flop the surroundings and create a mirror image, causing my movements to become inverted. But just as I made this realization, Palkia waved its arm and reverted everything back to normal.
"Well, that was weird," I muttered again.
"Lady Brooke, you're confusing me greatly," Meta Knight spoke. "What just happened?"
"Palkia distorted space and caused everything to become inverted. That's how I ran backwards into you instead of running forwards towards Link."
"Oh, no wonder you were running backwards," Link commented, holding back a smirk. I turned to face Palkia and stared into its red eyes.
"Palkia, what are you doing?" I asked. "We mean you no harm, if that's what you're wondering." I hadn't expected an answer from the Pokémon, but what I heard next surprised me.
"What brings you beings here?" Palkia asked, apparently speaking to me by means of telepathy. I then heard another voice boom from behind me.
"None of you belong here, yet you enter our territory," Dialga stated. "How dare you trespass this area and threaten us!"I wasn't sure if I was more intimidated by Dialga's booming low voice or Palkia's screeching high-pitched voice.
"Wait a minute, let us explain!" I interrupted them. "We mean you no harm, I swear it!" Unfortunately I wasn't given a chance to make my case, for Dialga roared again and slowly swung its head around. I then noticed almost immediately that Dialga used its Roar of Time ability to drastically slow the flow of time. I then noticed that a light was forming within Dialga's mouth. To my apprehension it was charging up a powerful beam.
"Wait, Dialga, don't attack!" I cried out very slowly. I was trying to get out of the way of the next attack, but my movements became very sluggish and unbearably slow. As Dialga charged its laser, Meta Knight slowly flew up and away from the steel-dragon's line of sight. Link turned his attention to me and dashed towards me at a very slow pace (despite the fact that he was running as quickly as possible).
Dialga unleashed the full force of its laser at me, but Link successfully knocked me out of the way before the attack could connect. The situation felt very similar to a Matrix scene, seeing as we both dodged a deadly attack and fell to the ground in slow motion. As we brought ourselves to our feet, Dialga made a motion with its head, and time resumed its normal rate.
"Did that thing just slow down time?" Link inquired with a slight tone of doubt. I nodded in response. At that point Meta Knight landed next to us.
"Apparently these Pokémon refuse to heed our words," Meta Knight stated, very annoyed by the theatrics that both Pokémon had made. As much as I had to accept Meta Knight's truth, I also refused to give up on coming to terms with the deities.
"Hmm, persistent beings, aren't you?" Palkia sneered. I locked eye contact with Palkia and then did the same with Dialga.
"Dialga, Palkia, please listen to me!" I yelled. "We did not come here of our own will. An enemy of ours forced us here, and now we are stuck here, so long as you don't let us leave here in peace. We mean you no harm; haven't we proven that by not attacking either of you?" Both Pokémon were taken aback by my testimony.
"The human is right, Palkia,"Dialga confirmed, sounding just like a wise old man. "None of these three beings have tried to attack us, and yet we go so far as to endanger them."
"How can you be so sure, Dialga?" Palkia retored. "Just because they haven't attacked us doesn't mean they won't try to do so eventually."
"Uh…I would suggest you cease the arguing and look over there," Link interrupted, pointing a finger. Both Pokémon seemed appalled by the fact that a mere human would interrupt them, but nonetheless they listened to him. All of us turned our attention to the direction of Link's pointed finger. The sight that we took in was not a pretty one.
A wave of Shadow Bugs began to flood Spear Pillar, covering everything in sight with purple spores. Everyone looked on in disbelief as the Shadow Bugs began to take distinct shapes.
"What is this blasphemy?" Dialga shouted, not understanding the scene that was unfolding before our eyes.
"Oh shit, Primids!" I yelled, grabbing the hilt of my Beam Sword and releasing the energy blade. Link and Meta Knight copied my actions and brandished their swords as well. "Dialga, Palkia, I motion for a truce. We have to destroy these Primids! Okay?" Neither of them responded for a moment, until Palkia spoke up.
"If it means protecting these sacred grounds, then I suppose we can help you fight," it stated. Dialga roared at the Primids, as if agreeing with Palkia. Link, Meta Knight and I all stood our ground, ready to strike the Primids at any moment. The Primids, meanwhile, surrounded all of us, leaving us little room to attack.
"CHARGE!" I exclaimed, rushing into battle. With my Beam Sword in hand I dashed at the front of the enemy line, slashing at the unarmed Primids. In about three seconds I fell six or seven Primids. I thought of that as impressive, since this was the first battle in a while – not counting the one against Galleom.
Link and Meta Knight also rushed at the Primids, severing the heads of dozens of unarmed and Sword Primids. The Scope and Boom Primids kept their distance and fired projectiles at them, but I moved in close and put a few of them to death.
Meta Knight distracted the closest Primids and engaged in close combat, while Link moved off to the side and used projectiles on the most distanced Primids. None could evade his bombs, arrows, or the Gale Boomerang; especially since the boomerang acted to bring the Primids close enough for Meta Knight and me to strike them.
There was just one problem: the Primids wouldn't back down. Their numbers seemed to remain the same, despite the fact that we eradicated several of them. When the deity Pokémon saw this, they moved in to assist us.
Dialga was the first to attack. It activated Roar of Time to slow down time, affecting all of the Primids but not us. The Primids became vulnerable from being so slow, and Dialga used their sluggish movements to its advantage.
"Everyone, move out of the way!" it shouted. Link, Meta Knight and I obeyed it, moving closer to Palkia. Dialga then jumped out at a dozen Primids and destroyed them with its Draco Meteor attack. Afterwards time resumed normally.
"I guess it's my turn!"Palkia gleefully commented. The three of us all moved towards Dialga this time. Palkia activated Spacial Rend and flipped Spear Pillar upside-down, completely disorienting the Primids. Taking this opportunity, Palkia cut a dozen more Primids to shreds with its Dragon Claw attack. Afterwards Spear Pillar flipped right side-up again.
As a result of the previous attacks from the dragon Pokémon, only a few dozen Primids remained. Meta Knight and I continued to stab and slash at some Primids, while Link fired arrows and threw bombs at other Primids. The remaining dozen Primids gathered together for a last-ditch attempt to attack and destroy us.
That was their biggest mistake, for Dialga and Palkia put their powers together for a final attack. A single beam of light materialized above said Primids, preparing to vaporize them. The Hyper Beam struck, but unfortunately one of the Primids grabbed Meta Knight and dragged him into the force of the beam.
"META KNIGHT!" Link and I cried out, shielding our eyes from the beam's harsh light. When the Hyper Beam dissipated, the Primids were no more, but a trophy of Meta Knight lied there, steaming from the force of the last attack. Link, not hesitating for one second, walked over to Meta Knight and touched the base of his trophy, causing a light to radiate. When the light dimmed, Meta Knight stood there, shaking off the pain.
"Hey, are you all right?" Link asked him. Meta Knight simply nodded to him. All of us then turned to face the deity Pokémon.
"Sorry about that," Dialga spoke. "We didn't expect your friend to get caught in our attack."
"Hey, it's okay, it's not your fault," I replied. "Besides, you helped us out a lot. Thanks!"
"We're glad we could help," Palkia responded."You did help us protect our territory, after all. I guess you humans are better than we had judged you."
"I must ask you," Dialga cut in as it was looking up. "What is that dark sphere looming above us?"
"That's Subspace," I answered, also looking up. "It sucks in everything in its presence and traps whatever it absorbs in another dimension."
"That must have been what disturbed us and summoned us here," Palkia added. "Whoever is responsible for this 'Subspace' will pay for disturbing us!"
"Yeah, it's a good idea not to get caught in that Subspace," Link noted. I still had my mind wrapped around the concept of Subspace…Subspace…space…
"That's it!" I cried out! The Pokémon, along with Link and Meta Knight, abruptly turned their attention towards me, startled by my random outburst of excitement. But how could I contain such excitement when I just had an epiphany?
"Speak, young one! What is it?" Dialga eagerly spoke, wanting an answer from me. I turned to face Palkia and grinned.
"Palkia, you have the power to control space, right?" It nodded. "Well, since Subspace is still space, could you possibly reverse the effects of it and reduce it to nothing?" Link and Meta Knight's expressions lit up as I mentioned this. Palkia pondered this theory before making up its mind.
"I'm not sure," it answered. "I have never encountered something like this. However, I can certainly try to do that."
"That's great! Go for it!" It nodded. All of us directed out attention towards Palkia as it prepared to fulfill my request. We watched it intently and silently as we held our breath and stood absolutely still, avoiding any possible chance of breaking its concentration.
First Palkia bowed its head down and then reared it upwards towards the sky as it unleashed a screeching roar, waving both of its arms in the process. At that moment it activated Spacial Rend.
The Subspace began to crackle and spark with otherworldly energy, as if it was reacting to Palkia's power. Just as we hoped it began to pulsate and shrink. The dark sphere decreased in size little by little. But just as it was about to disappear, something went wrong. The Subspace sphere sparked more violently and began to grow to its original size, as if it was fighting back against Palkia's almighty strength. In a great flash of light the Subspace sphere returned to its original size, and Palkia stood there, slightly slumped over and looking exhausted from its attempt to control the Subspace.
"Damn, that didn't work," Link commented, annoyed by the failure. "Oh well, at least Palkia tried."
"Palkia, are you all right?" Meta Knight asked.
"Palkia used a great deal of energy to activate its Spacial Rend ability on that dark sphere you call Subspace," Dialga answered. "Normally that doesn't happen, but since this was a new experience for Palkia, its energy was nearly depleted. It's obvious to say that Spacial Rend doesn't work on Subspace."
"I felt a force fight back against me," Palkia spoke as it breathed heavily. "There was some entity within the Subspace that refused to bend to my will. I got a glimpse of a blue human of sorts, and it was using its own energy to weaken me and reverse the effects of Spacial Rend." Although Palkia sounded exhausted from its last attack, it also sounded like it wanted vengeance against whoever this 'blue human' was.
"That's terrible, Palkia," I said. "Nobody should mess with you or Dialga. I know I wouldn't."
"That's okay, young one," Palkia retorted. "I am sorry that I couldn't do more for you three."
"Oh, that's okay, at least you tried. Thanks for the effort, anyway. And thanks for all your help."
"We were happy to help," Dialga replied. "We're also grateful for all your help in defending Spear Pillar."
"You're very welcome, you two!" Link commented with a grin and a thumbs-up.
"Well, there is nothing more for us to do up here," Meta Knight cut in calmly. "We should return to the Halberd. The others are waiting for us." Link and I nodded to him and then turned to the Pokémon.
"Palkia, we should leave," Dialga stated. "You must rest, and we cannot afford to attract any more unwanted attention." Dialga then turned its attention to us. "We bid you three farewell and good luck in your endeavors."
"It was nice to meet you two," I replied with a smile. The portals from before reappeared, and the two deity Pokémon disappeared within them, leaving the three of us alone on the Spear Pillar.
"We should head back now. Do either of you need a lift?" Meta Knight offered. Link and I nodded, and Meta Knight grabbed us. As we held onto him, his cape turned into a pair of wings, and he took off. The three of us flew into the night and back to the Halberd.