Alright, I have announcement! As of this chapter, ALL OF THE REMAINING CHAPTERS HAVE BEEN/SHORTLY WILL BE POSTED!
That's right! I finished it!
But don't fret if you're sad! Into the Void is the first of THREE books.
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Chapter 25: Changing Minds
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"Mewtwo!" Sean yelled, he looked right at Jo, who nodded. He turned to Jordan and Julie, "We've fought him before, but we never actually beat him. He's extremely strong, so we ended up running from him the whole time."
"What do we do now, then?" Jordan asked.
"We fight!" Jo said, "Not only do we have you two back, but now we have Suicune and Mew, too!" She summoned her sword, "And we have our spirit weapons. Mewtwo doesn't stand a chance!"
While all of this conversation was happening, Mew and Suicune were confronting Mewtwo.
Mewtwo, why have you joined The Black Hand? Suicune asked, You don't have to obey them! You do know their intentions for Pokemon, don't you? They'll enslave us all!
Mewtwo chuckled, You really think I serve such petty creatures as humans? They deserve to be exterminated. I'm with Celebi, who is also working with The Black Hand. They plan to awaken Lugia, who will knock down an angel, who will be sacrificed to open the Void and let free our glorious master!
Mew thought for a second, who could this "master" be? There are many legends in the void, but only some have been put there to be exiled from the world, others are there simply because they need to prevent the exiled ones from breaking free.
The ones that were exiled were Giratina, Darkrai, and Rayquaza. All of them would cause disastrous events if freed.
The Black Hand was trying to awaken Darkrai…could that be their glorious master?
Mew was angered, You will not awaken Darkrai! Do you realize what will happen to the world? To the humans? To the pokemon?
The weak Pokemon must die. Mewtwo said plainly, Only the strong shall survive! Join our cause, Mew and Suicune! With you two, it is impossible for us to lose!
Suicune growled, Pokemon and humans can work together! Killing them off would be a waste of a race that would greatly improve society! Humans have indomitable will, and you think that they're weak? You're a fool!
Mewtwo chuckled, Look what they have done to world already! Deforestation, pollution, they create deserts when their farming drains the soil! They dry up rivers! They're a scourge to this land that only work to better themselves, and you want to work with them?
Mew's eye twitched, No being is perfect! Humans are ignorant of their own problems until they take a drastic effect, but then they work to fix them! Humans are compassionate creatures! You can't just group them all into one stereotype! They're extremely diverse!
Mewtwo was unaffected, Even so, they must atone for their mistakes!
"Shut up!" Yelled a voice from below that sounded strangely similar to Julie's, immediately Mewtwo was slammed by a hydro pump attack from below. It looked unusually big. Mewtwo flew straight up into the air, but stopped himself after flying up about 50 feet. Mew and Suicune jumped down to the street to see all of the four's pokemon and swords drawn.
"I've heard enough of this guy's preaching." Julie said, "This is genocide he's talking about!"
The others prepared for battle as Mewtwo descended down to a few feet above them, I'm no fool. I know this battle is unwinnable for me. He began to turn translucent, but this doesn't mean that the war isn't over!
Mewtwo disappeared.
"Oh WHAT THE HELL?" Jordan yelled, "We had him! Why didn't we just kill him?"
He would've escaped, anyway. Mew said. He turned to Sean, I'm glad you were able to help, but what about your parents?
Sean smirked, "Knowing them they'll be running over here soon."
Jo was inspecting the wreckage for any sign of an ocarina, she didn't find one. "Guys, were we trying to stop Mewtwo or capture the ocarina?"
Capture the ocarina. Suicune said, now inspecting the wreckage himself.
"Is it there?" Sean asked.
No. Suicune said, This was a distraction. They knew about our plans. But how?
"It's the Black Hand." Julie said, "I don't think we've been taking them seriously enough."
Agreed. I don't think any of you would betray us. Mew said, We'll just have to take action in a different way. They're summoning Lugia out of Lake Michigan. Our next step would be to fight them there.
Sean sighed, throwing his hand to his forehead as if he had a headache, "I can't believe we fell for this. Now we have a big problem on our hands."
Why do humans always have to state the obvious? Suicune asked.
I think if they don't stop talking, their brains will start working. Mew said with a smile.
"Hey! I'm plenty smart!" Jo yelled at the legends, who just chuckled.
Julie put her hand on Jo's shoulder, "They're just messing with us. C'mon, lighten up!"
Jo didn't lighten up, she just brushed Julie's hand away and walked off, Pokemon following her.
"Overreaction?" Sean asked.
"Yeah, she'll get over it." Jordan responded.
Sean was about to ask Suicune a not-so-serious question that probably wasn't important to their mission at all when suddenly he was interrupted by an ear-shattering siren coming from behind him.
An amplified female voice came over them like a wave, "This is the police! Put your hands in the air now! Get rid of your weapons and call off all of your Pokemon!"
Mew immediately saw the opportunity in this situation, he shot a thought at Sean, Jordan, and Julie, Let them capture you and try to persuade them to join our cause.
You're crazy! Jordan thought back.
It's worth a shot. I can break you out, in any case. Mew said reassuringly, The Black Hand won't be calling Lugia until around Midnight, they don't want people to be awake to see the summoning of the legend.
Without another thought the three dismissed their weapons and called back their Pokemon-including Suicune-, Sean turned his head and saw Jo do the same.
"Three hours. Get us out in three hours." Jordan said.
Will do. Until then! Mew said as he teleported away.
Sean sighed as he was turned around by two SWAT members to see a small army's worth of trucks and cars that came to get them.
"Why are we always getting arrested?" Sean asked as he felt the cold circles of handcuffs enclose on his wrists. He flinched when the SWAT member pinched them, "Hey! Asshole!"
The SWAT member said nothing as he threw Sean into a police car. All four of them were taken in different cars and sent off.
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"Not this again…" Sean muttered as an interrogation officer stepped into the cold stone room. It was soundproof and had a singular window looking into it from inside the building. What was worse was that the chair he was cuffed to was much too small and wooden without any cushions; it made for a very uncomfortable experience. The room reminded Sean of the interrogation rooms used in Law and Order.
Sean raised his eyebrows when he saw the interrogation officer was the same one he cussed out at his high school when this whole adventure started.
The officer looked at him with eyes that were filled with rage, he smirked, "Obviously you did have something to do with the CPS massacre."
"Ass." Sean said.
The officer's eyes glowed with rage again, "I can do whatever I want to you here."
Sean looked through the window, "No you can't." He said blandly, "There are people watching out there." He turned to face the officer, "You aren't very good at your job, are you?"
The officer slammed his fist on the table, he raised his tone, "Alright, punk, just tell me who you're working for! What are your motives? Why did you feel the need to kill all of those innocent people with your pokemon?"
Sean's eyes now glowed with fury, "Look, you idiot, don't believe everything you hear on the T.V., from the Newspaper, or on the internet!" He started to yell, his voice become scratchy, "It's idiots like you that lead people into shit, you know that? Do you know how much we've been doing to protect you people? Ask anybody who witnessed that site you arrested us at, we were PROTECTING them!" He took a breath, "Not only that, but we've been risking our fucking LIVES for past month to make sure idiots like you don't get hurt!"
The officer was giving a skeptical look, but he didn't interrupt Sean.
"The Black Hand DEFECTED from the government! We were attacking an armored vehicle to stop a package from getting to Lake Michigan that would result in the destruction of this city! I'm FROM Chicago! I have no reason to want it destroyed!"
The officer was intrigued, but still didn't believe Sean, "I can't believe the Black Hand defected. Where's your evidence?"
"I DON'T HAVE ANY!" Sean yelled, "You're going to have to believe me, because if you don't and you keep me here, by tomorrow morning this city will have gone to complete SHIT!" He shot the officer a cold look, "And with me telling you that and this conversation being recorded, as they always are, when this city is gone and I'm still locked up here, YOU'LL be the one to blame!"
"That's enough." The officer said, he was starting to believe Sean after what he said, "You could still be lying, though. That's the problem."
"I don't CARE!" Sean yelled, he calmed down, "Can I talk to your chief?"
"What makes you think you can make such a request in your position?" The officer asked.
"I need help from the police. Get your chief in here, please. I won't give out any more information if you don't." Sean was insisting on the fact that he was right.
The officer sighed, "Fine. Stay here, kid." He left.
Sean sighed, "Like I have a choice. You bastards handcuffed me." Sean's wrists were becoming raw.
A few minutes later a fit officer came in. He was older, probably in his forties, had blonde hair and a commanding air about him. He was decorated in pins as chief police officers were. This officer smiled at him.
Good, not another asshole.
"This officer told me everything, Sean." The chief said as he sat down in front of him, "But I'm afraid we need to know exactly what you're trying to say before we can help you with your situation." He was talking to him like a two-year-old. Sean knew he was going to be shipped off to the happy house after this was over if he couldn't convince them he was right.
Sean grew frustrated; he looked at the ceiling and yelled, "MEW! I need your help! PLEASE!"
Mew apparated in front of the chief officer, who fell of his chair in surprise.
Nice to meet you, sir! Mew said, I'm Mew, the king of Pokemon! It seems that you don't believe Sean.
The interrogation officer was about to go call backup at the sight of a pokemon, but the chief called him off, he climbed back onto his chair, "What exactly do you want?"
Mew relayed the whole story of what's happened so far to the world and the four friends. He told him of the prison break, going into the past, being captured by the Black Hand and being separated, awakening Suicune and being betrayed by Celebi, the awakening of himself, and the return to Chicago. The whole explanation took about 20 minutes.
The officer was shocked, but he couldn't really argue with the Pokemon. He didn't know if Mew was telling him the truth, but from what he's seen of the creatures, they will kill without warning. He decided to believe the pokemon for the sake of keeping his life. The evidence itself wasn't damning, but the fact that Mew was there certainly helped the case. The other three teenagers had relayed the exact same story Mew did; they were all interrogated before Sean.
The officer sighed, "Alright, what do you need?"
Sean was excited, "Really? You'll help us?"
"Why not?" The officer said, "It could kill the city or save it, but I have a feeling that the city would be killed either way seeing how things are going."
"Can you release my friends and give us our Pokemon back?"
"I'll get that done now."
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Done! I'll get the last 5 chapters up shortly. This is it!
Don't worry, I'll tell you the name for the sequel once I finish this book. That'll be out mid to late July.
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