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Chapter 20: Drew's Resolve

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"Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions." - Elizabeth Gilbert

The Castle

Silence fell upon the three Dark Callers as they listened to what the King had to say about the situation at hand. The broken glass window was currently allowing a cold surge of wind into the room.

The female Caller shivered. "Master, I'm sorry to ask but why on earth did you let the human go?"

The King stared out of the window, ignoring the complaint.

"That's enough," Drew spoke to his female companion. "Who knew that he would actually kill himself in the end? Either way, the human is dead and there's nothing we can do to change that."

"I guess," she muttered in defeat. "But we could have destroyed those pathetic humans for good! It was our only chance..."

The other Dark Caller put his hand on her shoulder. "Stop, you've said enough. My apologies, Master. We'll take our leave now."

The three of them walked out of the room and the female glared at her male companions. "I just asked him a question, there was no need for either of you to be like that."

Drew only spared her a passing glance. "You can't talk to him like that, he's our master. Do not let your emotions get to you again, or you'll end up like me. Do you understand what I'm saying?"

"Yes," the female murmured, remembering Drew's horrific torture from their master. He had the scars to prove it.

"So keep your damn mouth shut next time," the other male Caller muttered before walking away from them.

They could only stare after him as he left, wondering what their next move could be. The King was no longer in possession of the human, so what now?

Drew decided that it would be best if he returned to his room for now, his head was pounding. He had a feeling that he just couldn't shake off.

Ever since his contact with May that day, Drew had begun to feel something deep inside that he just couldn't seem to let go of.

Shutting the door to his room, he leaned against it for a moment or so, wondering how it had come to this.

He couldn't remember anything about his past. Being a Dark Caller was the only thing he had ever known. He was born to serve the King and he had no other purpose...

Or so he thought.

Back in the human world we were so happy! So...so happy...

May's trembling voice played back in his mind yet again. What did she mean by that? Drew refused to accept that he had ever had some kind of relationship with this girl. He didn't know her.

But then why were her words grating on him in such a way?

Just kill me Drew! I don't want to carry on living anymore if you've forgotten me, you were the one who got me through these last few years of hell. You made me laugh, you made me the happiest I've ever been...

He felt his hands begin to shake as he furiously ran them through his hair. What connection did he have with this girl? And what was it that drove the King to ask for her in the first place..?

There were so many unanswered questions that Drew was unable to come up with a solution for.

But his brain wasn't programmed for these damn feelings. He wasn't supposed to sense emotion in his current state. Drew was a loyal fighter and he'd do anything for his master.

So why...why couldn't he obey his orders that day?!

"She belongs to my master..." he muttered aloud to himself. "She has nothing to do with me! She's just a weak...stupid...human..."

Drew trailed off on his last sentence as he felt the hot sear of tears pouring down his cheeks.

He didn't know it, but those precious memories locked away the back of his mind were trying to set themselves free.

He had to see her. He had to know the truth.

Wiping the tears of anguish off his cheeks; he flew open the door, his mind completely set on finding this girl.

May...who the hell was she?

She had to be hiding something, something that maybe even she didn't know about. Why else would the King have requested for her hand in marriage?

He marched down the hallway, his swords heavy on his back, until he reached the door for the underground cells. The guards simply looked down and let him pass.

It was so dark and cold down here, but he chose to ignore it as he searched for the girl.

It didn't take him long to find her. She didn't even acknowledge him at first, her dull eyes were staring into space as her body subconsciously trembled.

"Maybelle," he muttered.

She glared at him, her fists clenched. "Is he dead?" she spat.

"The human? Yes he is. He threw himself out of the window so there's no way he could have survived. Pity."

Neither May or Drew knew the truth of what really happened earlier on. Gary was alive and well thanks to Articuno but of course, they didn't know that.

"You killed him," she gritted her teeth. "You brought him here and now he's dead! He had everything to live for, he-"

"Quiet!" he interrupted her. "That's not why I'm here, May."

"Are you going to finally put me out of my misery?" she muttered.

During the time that he was here, Gary had explained everything he knew about the Legendary Callers to May. They were out there somewhere, fighting for her.

That gave her hope.

But now, that hope had vanished. Surely Leaf wouldn't be able to carry on once she'd heard of Gary's passing.

"No," he answered sincerely. "I've come to find out who the hell you are."

"What..?" she blinked.

He opened her cell door and grabbed her immediately.

"Drew!" she squeaked as he put her over his shoulder.

"Shut up," he replied nonchalantly before walking out of the room with her.

"Where are we going?!" she growled.

"There's something about you that I have to figure out, no matter what," he answered. "Now be quiet before I put you to sleep."

May said nothing after that.

What was he thinking? She had grown to understand that he was second-in-command here so he could do as he wished, but what could he possibly want with her?

"Drew..." she whispered under her breath.

Even though Gary's death was his fault, May just couldn't bring herself to hate him.

It was quite the opposite of that, actually.

"Cress."

The beautiful Psychic type Legendary turned her attentions to the girl perched on her back.

"Where are the others?" the girl spoke again, allowing Cresselia some time to ponder her thoughts.

Neither Legendary or Caller could answer that question right now. As far as they could see from their aerial view, only two other Legendaries were in sight.

"Deoxys and Moltres..." Cresselia spoke. "How odd. There were more, I could feel their presence."

"You don't think they were captured by the King, right?" the girl stared down at the ravaged Kingdom below her, swinging her feet.

"I highly doubt it," Cresselia replied. "They're smarter than that."

She snorted. "You say that, but look what happened to us Cress. For nine months we were stuck in that-"

"Please don't," she interrupted her partner. "That's over now, I was careless. I won't let that happen to you again."

"That bastard..." she clenched her fists in fury as she tried to avoid thinking about these past nine months of hell. "No, all of them! I'll kill every last one of them for what they did to us!"

Cresselia sighed. Her Caller had a pure heart but she could be very naive. Assassinating the King and his three warriors would be no easy task.

"I can't allow that. I'm sorry but we must put our faith in the other Callers here for help, we cannot do this alone."

"Cress...I'm strong enough, I know I can do it alone! I don't need them!"

"Strength isn't everything in this world. You may be arguably one of the strongest Callers out there but that doesn't mean you can just defeat an evil mastermind like the King all alone. Teamwork is the only way to win."

The female Caller stared down at the two tiny figures fighting alongside each other with their Legendaries.

"I know," she muttered, "but after what happened, I don't know who I can trust anymore. Besides you, Cress."

The Legendary smiled - her bond with this girl was something that she cherished deeply. They were a dynamic duo and they had overcome so much in just a short period of time.

Her Caller wore an interesting outfit, consisting of a purple/pink coloured bikini-like top and yellow hot pants. She also wore purple and yellow vertically striped stockings; along with pink and purple bracelets tied around her wrists and a pink alice band adorned on her head.

"You just have to put your faith in them. Each one of them is connected to the Princess, they are not bad people."

She said nothing in response.

"Drew..?" May whispered, wondering whether she should snap her fingers to bring him back to consciousness.

They were sitting on his bed and he'd been staring intensely at her for more than a few minutes now.

"I...I can't work it out!" he was seething with rage. "It's like my brain wants me to remember something but I just can't. This only happens when I'm around you...tell me why, Maybelle."

"Back in the human world, we were close friends-"

"That's not right. These aren't feelings of friendship that I have for you, May."

"We were never anything more than that," she muttered. "You were the star football player and I was the loner girl. Apart from the base, we had nothing else."

"The base..." he pondered. That word struck a chord in him somewhere, but he just couldn't think why.

"What is the point of this?" she sighed. "You aren't going to remember your past as a human, the King has clearly made sure that you wouldn't remember a thing. He just missed something very important and that was your feelings. I was the trigger to unlocking them."

"So I had feelings for you as a human..." he muttered. "I want to know why."

"I...don't follow," she replied warily.

"Kiss me," he leant over and whispered in her ear.

Her cheeks flushed red as she stared with wide eyes. "D...Drew! I can't do that..."

"No, you will do it. I'm ordering you to."

"But why?" she quivered.

"I've never known anything except for loyalty to my master and the ability to use my swords, but something is happening to me. I'm feeling human emotion," he spat.

"We have a connection that you can't deny any longer, Drew," May spoke, her heart racing.

"I know," he replied, carefully cupping her face in the palm of his hands, before bringing it closer to his.

May was smart enough to know that she should have ended this moment before it had even begun, but she just couldn't bring herself to do it.

When it came to Drew, she just didn't have the willpower. Of course, she tried to resist.

"Y...you have to stop this...it's hurting me so much..." she merely whispered as Drew broke the kiss and lowered his head, planting butterfly kisses on her neck.

He ignored her wishes, gently pushing her back down on to his bed and continuing.

"What would your master say if he knew his second-in-command was playing with his fiancé?" May asked, trying not to enjoy his merciless teasing. She had to take advantage of the situation while she had it.

"He isn't going to find out," he spoke automatically, looking up and staring at her.

"I wouldn't rule out that possibility. You may be highly ranked and respected, but you're not invincible."

"I don't think you understand how much I need this, May. This is fucking with my head and I-"

"So you think I'll just sit here and let you take out all your sexual frustrations on me? Forget it."

He glared at her. "That wasn't a one-sided kiss earlier, I know you return these so-called feelings."

"You're making a huge mistake," she continued on, "If anybody finds out about this then nothing would stop the King from murdering you. You'll be nothing but a lying traitor in their eyes."

"You were the one who triggered my past feelings, and now you won't leave my head. I need to get these feelings out of my system once and for all!"

"Do you not understand that doing this will only strengthen those feelings?!"

Drew froze. What was she talking about?

"You have these emotions but you can't seem to understand how to handle them."

He began to panic. He had assumed that doing this would get rid of these feelings, but judging from what May was saying, he was completely and utterly wrong.

"This...this can't be..." he muttered.

"I have no hope anymore. None. Gary's dead and Leaf will be crushed when she finds out. They can't save me or this dying Kingdom, this isn't a fairy tale. Even if they do come, the King will probably just kill them anyway. This is the meaning of reality."

Drew said nothing, he just stared at her blankly.

"I'm finished," she spoke again. "I have nothing left to hold onto anymore."

She was so...accepting of this. It was almost as if May had accepted that she was going to be the queen of this distraught land, as crazy as it sounded.

Drew got up, opening his door and asking the guards to take May back to her cell.

Hopefully these feelings would leave him once May had been turned. Well...that was what he was counting on anyway.

"Kiss me."

"D...Drew! I can't do that..."

The female Dark Caller gasped in shock as those words buzzed around her head like a hive of angry bees. She'd seen Drew carrying May from her cell and curiosity had gotten the better of her as she followed them.

"What are you doing?"

She turned around with a glare as she saw the Caller of Darkrai standing behind her, a bored expression on his face.

"Leave, would you?!" she hissed. "I have to listen to this!"

He ignored her and pressed his own ear against the door.

"I don't think you understand how much I need this, May. This is fucking with my head and I-"

He pulled back, a disgusted look on his face.

"Damn Drew! What the fuck is he playing at?!" he seethed with rage.

"What should we do?" she whispered, panicked. "What if he's remembered his past and now he's trying to save Maybelle? Something isn't right with him..."

"That's a risk I'm not willing to take," he replied. "We need her power to gain full control of the Kingdom, so if we have to eliminate Drew then so be it."

"Hey, we can't just go in there!" she hissed, grabbing his arm.

"Then what do you suppose we do now?!" he whispered back.

She froze as the door handle began to turn.

"We're going to inform our master of this. Now," he growled, dragging her off in the opposite question despite her protests.

But what the two Callers didn't know, was that the King knew exactly what was going on. He had taken away Drew's memory at the beginning of this war on purpose and he was now restoring it piece by piece.

He was toying with his soldier before he disposed of him for good, because the King trusted no-one. He was alone.

All he needed was Maybelle. That little beauty had everything he needed to get rid of the Kindaneers forever.

There was only one final barrier that stood in his way now, and that was the Legendary Callers. They were more than ready to fight for this Kingdom, it was their destiny.

This was the beginning of the end.

Authors Note: I'm half asleep right now so this probably isn't the best chapter I've ever written ^^' I hope it was okay though because I have a lot of motivation for this story right now.

Question: Who is Cresselia's Caller?

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