Alder's Monologue about Robin's father:
Kai Sparrow was born into a relatively poor family. He had no brothers or sisters. His parents were very neglecting and this boosted his ambitions to leave his home and to pursue his dream.
Kai Sparrow was very different from you Robin. He did not have your special power. He could not talk to pokemon and he was quick to abandon them if they were proven to be useless. He started his journey with a snivy. His snivy was very loyal to him and with his starter pokemon, he was able to obtain a roggenrola, pawniard, deino, axew, and tynamo. His team would soon develop and increase in strength. At the age of eleven, your father traveled around, battling with Serperior, Gigalith, Bisharp, Eelektross, Haxorus, and Hydreigon, which was a very solid team.
Kai Sparrow was very liberal, in a sense. He believed that pokemon could make change in society and help aid humans in achieving their dreams. I've heard that your mother has been talking a lot about Kai Sparrow and his feats. Well, they are all very true.
Kai Sparrow was a outstanding pokemon trainer. He never lost to anyone once and he beaten all the gym leaders of Unova without a close match.
Then, came the moment where Kai Sparrow attended the pokemon league. I was much younger back then, and I was also in that very league, aiming to be the champion of Unova. As the rounds began, Kai and I would begin to move up in the league, victory after victory. As destiny would put it, your father and I faced off during the finals.
Now back then, fighting Kai was a challenge. His team was very strong and he was very experienced and had a gift for battling. However, I also trained hard for this moment in the league. I was also very determined to win the title of champion.
The battle between us during that league lasted hours. As each of our pokemon were eliminated, the final stand was between my Bouffalant and his Haxorus. To make a long story short, my bouffalant defeated his Haxorus, but the fight was too close for comfort. Your father lost that day not because he was inexperienced or lacked battling skills. He lost because he did not have a strong connection with his pokemon.
Remember, your father did not treat pokemon the way you treat them. He constantly traded and released pokemon until he found his "strongest" team. But doing this, he had to sacrifice the long term bond that develops between pokemon and trainer.
When it comes down to the finals in the league, my pokemon had more willpower and determination to beat Kai's pokemon, because they grew up with me when I was young. They trained with me from the very beginning of my journey. They were very familiar with my goals and we were cohesive as a team.
On the other hand, your father did not have a deep connection with the pokemon he used during our battle. They might have been strong, but they lacked the determination to win the battle. In the end, Kia's haxorus gave in before Bouffalant and the victory was given to me. I went off to face the former champion and won, also with great difficulty. After I became champion, your father left the league and it would be a long time until I would see him again.
I wish the story ended there, but your father took a turn for the worst. He was angry that he wasn't able to become the champion. He took it out on his pokemon and punished them. Later I would find many scars and injuries on his pokemon, and I would learn that it was because your father was abusive. He changed from an ambitious trainer to a person who enjoyed causing harm to others.
As you know, Team Plasma was a relatively old group. Ghetsis was not always the leader of the organization. Team Plasma had many leaders before, and unfortunately, one of them saw Kai's battling skills at the league and grew fond of him. He wanted to use your father's battling skills to help further the movement of team plasma. He came to Kai one day and asked him if he was interested in being recruited into Team plasma. I know this might not seem like the person your mom has been talking about, but your father took the job without a moment of hesitation.
It pains me to tell you this, but your father did many bad things when he went on "expeditions" led by Team Plasma. These missions consisted of stealing large amounts of pokemon to invading native tribes for resource, land, and information. Team Plasma did many bad things to try and reach their goal of dominance over the region. Your father was promoted to a commander because of his excessive ideas and actions that benefited team plasma.
Along the way, Kai Sparrow met a lovely young lady, named Wren who worked for the pokemon musical corporations. Kai earned her trust and love and they were happy together. However, Kai did not treat this relationship the way Wren did. Wren was oblivious to what Kai actually did for a living. He stole, abused, and even killed pokemon everyday, without ever telling Wren. Kai eventually married Wren, not out of true love, but for public image. They settled down in Nuvema town, and Kai would always leave to help serve Team Plasma. This is why your father was never around when you grew up.
Then came the dreadful day of your father's passing. The leader of Team Plasma ordered your father to head to Dragonspiral tower. His goal was the same as Ghetsis's: to capture Zekrom and Reshiram to obtain the powers of the two legendaries. Your father obliged and headed to the tower. However, he was not as prepared as Ghetsis was.
I heard of the news then, that Team Plasma was going to try and capture the two legendaries. I headed over to Dragonspiral tower immediately. I knew that I had to try to stop, for I was the champion of the region. When I arrived, it was too late, and I could only watch as the events unfold. I wasn't able to come when Ghetsis went for the capture, because he did a better job keeping it a secret.
When the stone tablet was set up, the two legendaries were called upon to the tower, however, they sensed danger and began attacking the people on the tower. Kai Sparrow ordered the men to stay and to shoot down the two dragons with their weapons.
Your father saw that it was futile and that their weapons were not strong enough to defeat the two legendaries. But, your father had a trump card. He was in possession of a larger weapon, just like Ghetsis, where if it hits the legendaries, it will stun them and knock them out. Your father almost succeeded.
He ran up to the highest vantage point and aimed the large weapon at the occupied Reshiram who was trying to dodge the team plasma members shooting at him. Zekrom noticed your father preparing to shoot down Reshiram, and out of pure protection for his brother, he flew over to Kai with great speed and used his power signature move on him. Fusion Bolt. A million volts of electricity rained down onto the unsuspecting commander and even from where I was on the ground, I could hear the man scream in agony. When the electricity died out, your father had died, and all the team plasma members surrendered and ran away from the scene.
Reshiram and Zekrom flew away and the police later ran into the tower to check the damage. They retrieved your father's body, and I ordered them to report his death to your mother. It's true that Zekrom killed your father, but your father was a very bad man. He had the intention of controlling the whole region. He was responsible for the deaths of many during Team Plasma's reign of terror.
End of Monologue
"Please understand, Robin. Zekrom had to stop him. He was doing it to prevent team plasma for getting out of hand." said Alder. "Don't pull that lever. I know it's not what you want to do."
Robin stared down at the panel, she was now thinking clearly again. "My father was a murderer? He helped aid Team Plasma and he lied to my mother her whole life?" asked Robin. She seemed to be lost. She didn't know what to believe anymore.
It's true, Robin. I only killed your father to stop him from doing something horrible to Unova. But I didn't tell you before, because you needed to hear that from someone else. Said Zekrom. I am truly sorry for taking the life of your father. If that hurt you deeply, I apologize for what I've done.
She looked up at Zekrom and I could tell that her anger was gone. She walked up over to where she had thrown the keys earlier and picked them up. Using the keys, he opened the capsules that contained the two legendaries. When they were released, Reshiram exited through a large holes in the ceiling that led outside to the night sky. However, when Zekrom was about to fly out, he turned around and faced Robin.
Robin, I… started Zekrom but Robin cut him off.
"You can go. I…" she seemed to pause for a second, but then I saw the resolve in her eyes. "I forgive you!" said Robin when tears began flowing down her eyes. "You did the right thing to stop my father. I might've even done the same thing if I had known." said Robin.
Zekrom smiled at Robin and said, Thank you. As he turned around and flew out of the building.
Robin walked over to Gigalith and summoned him back into his pokeball. Ghetsis got up immediately and was very angry. "You little…" said Ghetsis ready to pull out a pokeball when Alder stepped between them.
"You really want to call a pokemon fight?" threatened Alder. Ghetsis backed down and Alder escorted him out of the building. Robin looked over at me. When our eyes met, I looked down to the ground. It seemed that Robin had remembered the words she had blurted out when she was consumed by anger.
"Oh no, what did I do?" said Robin worried as she realized that she had disowned me. She quickly ran up to me. "I'm so sorry for saying that to you. I don't know what I could possibly do to take that back." said Robin. I could tell she was deeply regretting what she had said, but the truth is, I was really hurt by her statement then. I didn't if an apology could be win me over. However, as I was about to respond, I saw that the hydreigon that I had defeated before was now awake. Robin did not notice, for he was behind her. The hydreigon got up and pounced toward Robin, ready to deal a fatal blow to Robin's body.
At that split second, I knew I had to forgive Robin. The truth was, I loved her as a pokemon. I could never let her get hurt, even if she didn't want me as her pokemon. My body moved faster than my mind. I found myself lounging towards Robin to push her out of the way of the Hydreigon's attack. I pushed her to the side and now I was in the line of fire. I felt the hydreigon claw through my body and searing pain surged from my head to my tail. This was the end. I would save Robin and sacrifice myself. I didn't think it would have to come to this.
"NO!" I heard Robin's desperate yell as she saw what had happened. I slowly lost consciousness. I collapsed onto the hard floor and blacked out.
Miraculously, I woke up. But, I wasn't at the headquarters anymore. I was laying in a large field next to what seemed to be a pokemon center. I looked at my body and I saw I have been treated and bandaged up. I looked up and noticed the many people walking down the public street staring at me. I don't blame them for staring. I was a gyarados lying outside right next to a pokemon center, where all trainers converged.
A nurse walked out and saw that I have woken up. "Oh, looks like you're awake." said the nurse. "Sorry we had to place you outside here. But your trainer did not have a pokeball for you. The pokemon center isn't big enough for us to manually treat you, so we had to do the procedure outdoors. Your trainer is worried sick about you, I'm going to tell her to come out and see you" said the nurse as she walked into the pokemon center.
Robin walked out and she was with N. Without warning, Robin ran up to me and hugged me. "I'm so glad you're fine!" she exclaimed full of tears. "I didn't know what I would do if I lost you." Robin looked up at me and she knew what was bothering me.
"I'm really sorry for saying that I disown you. I was s stupid! I didn't know what I was saying. You will always be my pokemon. I promised you that, John, and I will always keep it." said Robin.
Robin...I began, but N chimed in.
"You know, she freaked out when you were injured by Hydreigon. I woke up just in time to see Hydreigon ready to strike you again to end you. Robin had jumped onto his back and distracted the hydreigon. I summoned a Conkeldurr to help Robin and Conkeldurr used brick break to subdue that Hydreigon." said N.
"Yeah", said Robin. "I got the attention of Alder and he got people and vehicles to help transport you out of the base and to bring you safely to a pokemon center."
"Robin was worried sick about you. I can't possibly imagine that Robin doesn't think of you as her pokemon. Take it from me, Robin really does care about you." said N.
"But most importantly, John. Thank you for saving my life again last night. You saved me from that Hydreigon's dragon claw." said Robin.
I stared down at Robin and said, Robin, I might have been hurt by those harsh words, but you weren't thinking straight. You were blinded by hatred of your father's death because you didn't have all the information. Now you know everything about your father, and you were mature enough to forgive. Therefore, I also forgive you. I also cherish our bond. I wouldn't want anyone else to be my trainer.
Robin smiled and hugged me again. "John, in my eyes, you will always be the best, friendliest, and most caring pokemon ever." she said. "Not to mention, you also achieved your goal. You saved me multiple times these past few days."
I guess I did. I said as I smiled back at Robin. That was a sight to see. A gyarados showing affection, but I was only the way I was because of Robin's personality and the way she treated me, so I owe her all the thanks in the world.
"You're right, John." said N. "Maybe I am too critical about this whole pokemon liberation. There might be some people who are bad, but the world is also full of caring pokemon trainers. I shouldn't rob their privileges of having a pokemon. I guess there doesn't need to be change. The pokemon world is perfect as it is now. Ghetsis has been sent to prison, and Team Plasma is finally disbanded. And, I'm sorry about your father." said N towards Robin.
"It's fine." said Robin. "Now I know that if he had succeeded, he wouldn't have come back to live with us anyways. He would be too power hungry and I wouldn't have been able to go on this journey and meet all my pokemon!" said Robin. "In the end, it all works out, and the past is the past."
I could tell that Robin was genuinely past her struggle. And she was. N bid us farewell as he was on his way. So, about the unova league….I began.
Robin looked up at me. "Yes! We have one more badge to go! We will be battling Drayden. And guess what, we are in Opelucid City right now!" said Robin.
For the first time, I took a look around and I realized we were in Opelucid. It was a nice, historic city. Well, then let's head to the gym. I said.
As we began on the city streets, Robin asked, "John, you are a gyarados now. Isn't it a bit weird that you aren't in a pokeball."
Well, we were attracting quite the attention. I said, Well, if you want me to…
"Just kidding!" said Robin. "You can stay outside. I like it that way, and plus, if I'm tired of walking, I could ride you on our journey" said Robin jokingly.
Alright, but you better not be using me as a trophy to scare off other people. I said jokingly as well as we headed for the dragon gym.