-Chapter 25: The War of the Hidden Land-

-Connor's POV-

When we arrived in the cavern of Dragon Mountain, I spoke to Victini, "Take Dusknoir and Gengar, have Gardevoir imprison them. Make sure that they don't escape…

Victini nodded, and flew off to find Gardevoir. I looked around at the shocked faces of my colleagues, and I bellowed, "We will be honoring our friend and leader, Basileus, in the amphitheater! Meet there in ten minutes!"

Grovyle looked heartbroken, and I placed my hand on his shoulder, "Grovyle… I… Listen, I…"

Grovyle moved my hand away, "I get it… Don't go giving me your sympathy."

I sighed, "Okay… I won't. But something is wrong… About this entire thing… Darkrai would never attack us directly… But he did… And won. How is that possible?"

Grovyle seethed with anger, "Of course something's wrong! You need to wake up from this fantasy you've been living in your head, where nothing bad will happen to us! Because you just cost my father his life!"

My anger and pain exploded in a shout, "You think that he wasn't important to me?! He was one of my best friends! You think that I would have simply let him die?! I've made a lot of mistakes, many of which I could have resolved myself, but don't go blaming me for this!"

Grovyle fell to his knees, "You could have stopped him… You could have gone aura titan, or something."

I shook my head, "Dakrai's energy barrier absorbed my power. I wasn't able to shoot an aura bolt, let alone go Aura Titan."

Grovyle turned to me, and the rage… The absolute loathing in his eyes made me nervous. He shook his head, "I'm leaving."

I gasped in shock, "W-what…? You're joking."

He scowled as he stood up, "My father's dead. I have no need to be here."

I shook my head, "How can you say that?! You're just going to leave, after all we've been through?!"

Grovyle nodded, "Yes. That's exactly what I'm going to do."

I couldn't believe what I was hearing… Grovyle was just… Leaving?

"Where are you going to go?"

He pulled out his wonder map, "Back to my home."

I tried to speak, but I didn't know what to say… Suddenly, and I mean out of nowhere, a Hariyama sprinted at me and slapped my face before I could raise a barrier, sending me sprawling onto the ground.

When I rolled back over, Grovyle was standing over me, "Connor! What the heck happened to you?" You were on your salamence, and you just fell asleep on the saddle! Hariyama used wake-up slap on you, but we were worried something had happened!"

I looked around, "Wha-?"

I rubbed my eyes, and glanced around at my teammates: Basileus… Lucario… Grovyle… The entire insurgo… We had just arrived at the base of the hill...

I stood up, "What the… No way… That was too real to be..."

Darkrai… He was here… When I felt the chill in my spine… How did he put me in that nightmare...?

Grovyle looked confused, "Connor, something happen to you while you dozed off?"

I rubbed the side of my face, a red mark from Hariyama's attack still on my cheek, "Just a bad dream…"

Basileus smiled, "Well, It'll have to wait. Dusknoir, Gengar, Golurk and Sableye are all out there already."
I looked around in disbelief, Did Darkrai put me in that nightmare? His hallucinations are too good…

A tear forced its way out of my eye as the relief washed over me like a wave, and I smiled, "Let's get going..."

Grovyle nodded, and Lucario and Basileus took to the air on their flying pokemon alongside me. What Grovyle said in that dream actually made a lot of sense, though… It was true, I didn't think that we could ever be defeated… In my head, nothing bad would ever happen to us. I was only lying to myself. What Darkrai showed me is the truth… About what could possibly happen. We could very well lose this battle… What then? We'd lose, be driven back to Dragon Mountain, and be wiped out at the source?

I shook my head slightly, scolding myself, "That's enough thinking for today, Connor…"

Grovyle rode Steelix to the center of the valley, and I landed Salamence next to him. Dusknoir looked at us unwaveringly, and Gengar kept twitching, like he wanted to attack so badly that he could barely contain himself.

I dismounted the Salamence, and gave Basileus the mega ring, just like in the dream... I turned to our enemy, and sternly said, "Dusknoir…"

The big ghost was a full head and shoulders above me, but I stood up to him as he growled, "Human…"

"You know why we are here."

His stomach mouth smiled, "Yes… You wish to save your little group of pokemon from their unavoidable fate by proposing a deal with me."

I nodded, a sarchastic smirk across my face, "You're well informed, Dusknoir."

He scowled, "It'll take a lot more than flattery to persuade me. You must have something of great importance to give in return for calling off the Sableye."

I listened for Darkrai's voice, but it was silent. I smiled with relief, and Dusknoir scowled, "Does something amuse you, human?"

I smiled nonchalantly, "Yeah; It's funny that you think I'm going to just give you whatever you want. It'll depend… What do you want in return for calling off the war?"

Dusknoir pondered the question, "I will require that you turn yourself in…"

I frowned, "Not happening…"

He continued, ignoring my answer, "As well as Basileus and Grovyle… Lucario is not a threat to me at the moment…"

I smiled slyly, "Um, no. Thanks, but you'll just send them anyways, and wipe us out. I'd rather go down fighting than not at all."

Dusknoir's stomach mouth smiled, "You are unwise, human… Alright; You leave me no choice… Forward!"

He waved his arm, and three dozen sableye materialized in front of us from the shadows along the floor. I leapt onto Salamence, and took to the air as I placed the Salamencite, a mega stone for Salamence, into a ridge on its neck. It stuck like velcro, and Salamence was enveloped in the purple sphere that marked mega evolution. His wings melded together into a crescent moon shape, and he grew metal plating on his underside where he placed his front arms. I looked down, and Steelix had swatted the Sableye aside with one Iron Tail attack. I looked to our side of the Valley, and the insurgo had begun charging forward. I looked at Dialga's side, and the Sableye began charging down the hill. The Golurk manned the giant crossbows, and began aiming them at various targets… I watched as Gengar mega evolved and fought Lucario and Braviary, and I observed that Lucario had mega evolved as well.

I glanced at Dusknoir as I flew towards the crossbows, and he was fighting Basileus and Tropius at the same time.

Dusknoir's fists were enveloped in crystalline fire, which signaled an ice burn attack… That can't be good for either of them. Then, Basileus mega-evolved, and looked at himself for a moment before laughing, "So that's what the stone does… Cool…"

Tropius used aerial ace to slash at Dusknoir while he was occupied with Basileus, who was moving as fast as a rapidash due to his mega evolution. Steelix and Grovyle were tackling the Golurk, and they crushed it in a matter of seconds; It didn't stand a chance. Steelix knocked it over with Iron tail, and Grovyle planted a Seed bomb in the crack in its chest before backing away as it exploded.

I turned back to the Insurgo, and Mega Abomasnow charged down the hill ahead of all the others, and used blizzard, freezing the sableye in chunks of ice. Mega Charizard X flew overhead and melted the frozen monsters, leaving nothing but puddles of water.

I heard a light whistling noise, and I diverted my gaze back to the enemy. The golurk had released the arrows from the crossbows, and they were flying really fast…

One arced right over Salamence's head, and I had to duck to avoid it. I scowled, "We need to take care of those…

-Grovyle's POV-

I heard a whistling noise, and after the Golurk blew up, I saw what it was. The Golurk on top of the hill had launched the crossbows. I saw one out of the corner of my eye sail right over Connor, and before I looked back, Steelix toppled over. I looked at what happened, and his side was impaled with a giant arrow, the metal rod being as long as an Arbok.

Steelix righted itself, and growled weakly. I pulled on the arrow, the metal rod being so big around I couldn't even wrap my arms around it, but it was stuck in his diamond-hard skin… I cursed, "Steelix… Stay with me."

Steelix nodded weakly and laid its head down. I looked over him at the army advancing, and I frowned… I had to fight, or die… But I had to save Steelix; He couldn't die like this…

I heard movement behind me, and I turned to see Tyranitar behind me, glistening in the dim light after using rock polish. He wrapped his arms around the protruding hunk of metal, and pulled with all of his strength. Steelix roared with agony, and Tyranitar growled, "Hold on…"

Tyranitar was enveloped in the purple sphere of Mega Evolution. He grew again, with the multiple protrusions along his body, and repositioned himself. He yanked again, and Steelix was dragged along the ground as Tyranitar dug his heels into the stone. He growled, "Serrated arrows… Perfect…"

Steelix groaned, and Tyranitar whistled from a crevice on his chest. A skarmory landed next to him, and morphed into a machamp. Tyranitar quickly explained to the pokemon that I registered as Ditto, "You hold Steelix in place while I pull the arrow out…"

He pat Steelix's side, and he murmured, "This is going to hurt, buddy…"

Ditto placed himself underneath the arrow, digging two of his fists into the ground, making a brace of sorts. Tyranitar counted, "One, two, three!" He pulled against the arrow, and I heard it slicing Steelix's skin as it was pulled out… It was a horrible noise, and Steelix roared in pain, gritting its teeth together. Tyranitar frowned, "That is a nasty lookin' arrow…"

It was ten feet long, with a three foot long draconian Iron tipped arrow head with serrated edges… Steelix roared again, and I looked around for Connor… I saw Salamence flying towards the crossbows, and I cursed my luck.

It's all up to me then… I won't let another die while I can help it...

My mother had told me not to blame myself for death, but if Steelix died, it would be my fault… I had to heal him…

I placed my hand on the giant wound that was as large as my body, and my arm sunk into the wound that pierced his skin. I pulled it out quickly, his golden blood staining my exo-suit… Wait a minute…

I thought about it for a moment, "How do I activate the power boost thing…?"

Tyranitar shrugged, "I dunno, but we'll protect you while you figure it out."

Ditto nodded, and turned into a serperior, a long, elegant grass-type snake. Its red eyes paralyzed any pokemon looking directly at them, and they got on each side of Steelix, and held back any Sableye daring to get close.

I switched buttons on my armor, and I found one on my backside. I pressed it, and I felt power course through me… Unimaginable power. I was glowing orange, and I used mega drain on the nearest horde of Sableye. They all shriveled and melted into shadowy clouds, leaving behind only their crystalline eyes as evidence of their existence. The life energy I had drained filled me, and I transferred it to Steelix through a vine whip. The wound on his skin closed, and his breathing steadied. I smiled, "Good…"

Steelix shifted its eyes for me to get on, and he lifted his head up, filled with energy. I smiled, then I saw another arrow flying straight for us. Steelix saw it this time, and blocked it with the chunks of metal and stone orbiting his head. He condensed them into a wall in front of him, and the arrow ricocheted harmlessly off of the shield.

Tyranitar backed the sableye away with dragon tail, and Ditto as a Serperior used solar beam to mow down the entire enemy line.

Steelix was slithering along the ground, and I saw Connor riding Mega Salamence. Salamence's wings glowed green, and I heard a roaring sound coming from above the clouds. A giant rock surrounded by green flames was descending through the cloudline, and landed directly in the middle of the line of crossbows, exploding the ground. The meteor incinerated all of the forces on the hill. Connor shouted with joy, "Woohoo!"

I smiled, but realized that there were still thousands of sableye crawling through the valley, but Steelix just slithered over them all, while the insurgo fought them.

I looked back, and Dusknoir had beaten my father down. My dad's arm was frozen, much like mine, and Dusknoir's fiery fist was raised, "You will not see the future changed, Basileus…"

He swung down, but Tyranitar had sprinted and intercepted. Dusknoir recoiled, "Gah! You!"

Tyranitar smiled, "Yeah; Me. You're goin' down."

I leapt off of Steelix, and called back, "Keep mowing down Sableye!"

Steelix acknowledged, and slithered off, crushing the Sableye. Gengar's shadow tag erected a shadowy barrier around us all, so we couldn't flee, and Tyranitar was battling hand to hand with Dusknoir.

I ran over to my dad, "Dad… You can regrow limbs like I can… You have to trust me."

His arm was limp, and he grimaced due to the frost spreading up his arm, but he nodded. I extended a leaf blade from my wrist, breathing heavily, and I looked at his eye… He nodded, "Do it…"

I swung down, my leaf blade cleaving through the ice like it was air. His arm fell off, shattering against the stone ground, and he gasped, his eye wide. He laid on the ground, and his feet extended roots, and he sighed with relief as the energy was restored with ingrain. A vine extended from the stump of his arm, and it thickened, becoming just like his other arm.

I smiled, "Good… Let's help Tyranitar." His feet-roots retracted, and he nodded as he rolled his shoulder out in an attempt to recalibrate it, "Yes, let's."

We charged Dusknoir, but then a shadow ball was launched in front of us, bringing us to a halt. We heard maniacal laughter, and Gengar appeared from our shadows.

He used sucker punch on my father, and grinned, "Surprise!"

My dad shook it off, and he looked to me. I nodded, and focused on my body again. Then I remembered what Connor had said earlier about my exo-suit.

It grounds you to this dimension, to prevent any of the stupid Golurk from zapping you to an alternate reality.

I sighed, "No shadow-travelling... Fantastic…"

Gengar appeared behind us, and slashed at my dad, who countered with a leaf blade, parrying the strike, then slashing with his other hand. Gengar phased through it, and laughed, "How does that even work? You can't kill a ghost!"

My dad cooly replied, "Well, from what I heard, Celebi almost killed you by using ancient power. One of the weaker rock-type moves. How do you explain that?"

Gengar hesitated, and my dad stepped inwards as he pinned Gengar with pitch-black vines. Gengar strained against the bonds, but he couldn't phase out of them for some reason.

My dad walked up coolly, "Give up now, Gengar. I don't want to kill you."

Gengar sneered, "You don't have the nerve to kill me. You're weak!"

He extended a leaf blade down to Gengar, "Try me."

Gengar's eyes showed fear, but then he vanished. Gone in a poof of steam. My dad backed away, "Blast! Substitute!"

Gengar appeared behind him, "Surprise! Copycat!"

He extended a shadowy blade that looked just like a leaf blade, and stabbed at my father's back. He swatted it aside with his tail, and raised his arms quickly. I saw vines erupt from the ground, followed by wooden limbs that twisted into odd shapes, coming together. Then I remembered; He had let me face these when I was way younger, like a few months after I was born.

They solidified into humanoid shapes, and he extended a leaf blade again, and swung his arm down. These plant warriors moved like real pokemon, fast and deadly. Gengar spit toxic onto one, but it coated its body with a thick case of wood, and discarded it as the toxic dissolved the wooden shell were six warriors, and my dad smiled weakly, "It's over, Gengar…"

The plant warriors sprinted forward, sticks sharpened and leaf blades extended, moving towards him with their wooden skeletons supported by vines for muscles. Gengar slashed them down with shadow claw, but they just put themselves back together again like skeletons, and kept advancing. My dad turned to me, "Go help Tyranitar. I'll handle Gengar."
I smiled, thanking Gengar for his shadow tag ability, which turned our little battle into an arena free of Sableye.

I sprinted to Tyranitar, who was hurting pretty badly. Dusknoir was winning, by the looks of it, and Tyranitar was on the ground. Dusknoir floated over him, "You really think that you stood a chance? I am Lord Dialga's right hand pokemon! It will take more than a dark type to bring me down!"

Tyranitar rolled over, "Gah… Dusknoir, you…"

Dusknoir bellowed, "Silence!"

His fist slammed into Tyranitar's chest, and he grunted in pain. I tackled Dusknoir right afterwards, "No! Dusknoir, stop!"

Dusknoir shook me off, and roared, "You?!"

I smirked, "Surprised to see me?"

He got over his surprise quickly, and his hands burst into flames, "I will burn you to ash, Grovyle!"

I was kind of caught off guard by his harsh comment, but I got over it. This isn't dusclops… You have to kill or be killed…

I used vine whip to back him into the shadowy dome, and he growled, "You've been a thorn in my side for too long, Grovyle… This ends today!"

His eye glowed slightly, and a small ball of light floated from his eye. My attention went to the orb, and I couldn't look away… Then it vanished, and when I looked back, the entire world was spinning in circles. All I saw was spinning, distorted images. I groaned, and vomited a little bit, but I managed to pull a lum berry from my wonder bag and chomp down on it.

Just in time, too; Dusknoir swung down with a fiery frosted hand, and I leapt out of the way with a speed boost from my exo-suit. It barely skimmed my arm, but the point of contact exploded into pain, and my vision went red. I stared at my arm, which blistered underneath a crystalline layer of flaming ice.

Dusknoir smiled, "I have mastered the art of combining moves… I have fire so cold it burns. Your flesh is weak, even with your armor protecting you."

I stood up and swung at him as he charged an attack, sinking my leaf blade into his stomach, but he laughed, "payback!"

His shadow extended, and a giant fist emerged from it, and slammed me into the dome. My exo-suit protected me from any serious damage, but it still hurt. My arm was the problem… I was losing feeling in it again, and I didn't want to push my luck with regenerating another limb…

Dusknoir's stab wound closed up, and his hand twitched, "Grovyle… Treecko… You were… What…"

He looked confused, then his serious expression took over again, and he boomed, "Your time is over!"

His mouth stomach opened, and he began pulling in everything around him as he charged a shadow ball. I planted my feet using ingrain, and began gathering the dim light around me. I condensed it into a sphere, and I hit the button that gave me a power boost, "I'm sorry, Dusknoir…"

The shadow ball grew larger, and I charged up my solar beam until the last second, and I launched the beam of light straight into his open stomach mouth.

It hit the ball of shadows, and dissipated it, pushing it back into him. He groaned, "Groooohhhh!" as the shadowy energy was shot back into him. He fell to the ground, crackling with spectral energy, as he forced himself to breathe, every inhale paining him. I strode over to him, and extended a leaf blade to the back of his neck. "Make a move, Dusknoir…"

He laid down, not attempting to get up, and I nodded, "Good move."

I glanced over to Gengar, who was being held with my dad's plant warriors, and I smiled. My dad had him detained, and Gengar de-evolved, allowing free passage of any pokemon. It hadn't occurred to me that we couldn't see what went on outside of the bubble, but when it vanished, all of the sableye were killed, and from what I could see, none of the pokemon from the Insurgo had been downed.

I shook my head in disbelief, "How'd we pull that off?"

I heard a slight fluttering noise behind me, and I turned to face Celebi. She smiled, "My dear Grovyle… I am glad to find that you are alright."

I nodded, "Same here, Celebi… What happened out there? How'd we beat them?"

Celebi shrugged, "Well, Mega Swampert obliterated the battlefield with surf, Xatu teleporting everybody out of harms' way, and Connor used draco meteor to take care of the golurk and the stupid machines… Oh, and one of the sons of Arceus helped us… I think it was Xerneas…"

I looked around at the battlefield, not familiar with the name, and I asked, "Who didn't make it…?"

Celebi grinned, "Xerneas is the life-giving pokemon. We won, without a single death..."

I shook my head, grinning, "Seriously?! That's great!"

She nodded, and I turned back to Dusknoir, "So, what of Dusknoir?"

Connor landed next to me, Salamence landing next to him, "Dusknoir is coming with us. Same with Gengar."

Dusknoir swatted my leaf blade aside with lightning speed, and melted into shadows after loathingly replying, "Not today, Insurgo scum…"

He froze the plant warriors with blizzard, blasting the subzero chilled air at them. Gengar broke through their bonds, and melted into shadows, disappearing.

Celebi cursed, "How'd he survive a solar beam to the face?!"

I shook my head, "I don't know… But we won!"

Celebi seemed troubled by something, and she looked to the hill that was blasted apart, but she put on a smile again.

Connor looked to the insurgo, who were celebrating over their victory, and I felt rumbling coming from the ground. Connor felt it as well, because he shouted, "Everyone! It's not over!"

We turned back to the hill, and at least a dozen onix broke through the ground, more sableye pouring out of the freshly carved holes like durants from a nest, and Connor turned to Salamence, but he hesitated, "That Draco meteor took a lot out of you, huh…?"

The Salamence laid its head on the ground, and Connor growled, "Great…"

I felt a tingling sensation in my body, like when you get goosebumps, except this was a thousand times more powerful… Celebi and Connor, and even Salamence felt it. It flew away, back to the mountain, and Celebi whispered, "Oh, no…"

I saw what she meant a moment later as I turned around. Dialga himself strode over the crest of the hill, his red veins glowing with chaos, and he roared, a force so loud it made exploud seem like it was a whisper in the wind. It cracked the stone thirty feet in front of him, and he charged forward, unaware of the sableye he was trampling underfoot.

He glared at me, and Connor shook me out of my paralysis, "Grovyle… Take Celebi, and run. Don't argue. I'll take the time lizard."

Connor called for victini, and the little orange pokemon floated down to him, grabbing on to his sleeve. Connor was filled with orange energy, and he curled into a ball shape, groaning from straining to do something that I didn't feel like sticking around for.

Celebi grabbed my hand, and we sprinted away as Connor's body was surrounded by a massive blue aura bubble. It imploded, making a suction noise, then it exploded, and a twenty-foot tall blue outlined swampert appeared from inside of it.

It was translucent, and I could see Connor in the center of it, so it was like a phantom extension of himself…

He charged forward, tackling the lord of time head on. Dialga roared, and the ground underneath Connor erupted into lava, exploding the melted stone into the air. Connor's right front leg sunk into the molten stone, and dialga used ice beam to re-solidify the lava, trapping Connor's arm in the ground. He used dragon tail, knocking Connor's aura titan through the air. Dialga used ancient power relentlessly, smashing boulders into the giant Swampert, but then Connor retaliated with hammer arm, shattering the boulders and denting Dialga's armor. I heard the snap of giant, metallic bones, and Dialga roared in pain. Dialga stood back, not saying a word, and from its mouth shot a beam of red and blue energy. I felt time slow down as the beam was shot, and it hit Connor dead on.

The explosion knocked all of us over, and when I looked back, Connor was standing there, his arms crossed, seemingly unscaved. A blue shield faded from in front of him, and the aura swampert smirked as Dialga was frozen from the recoil of using roar of time, and Connor used this opportunity to charge forward as he used earth power. He slammed the ground, and Dialga sunk up to its knees in the molten stone. Connor used headbutt to knock Dialga over, and then began glowing purple, and slammed the ground, shaking the entire valley. The very ground heaved, and became uneven, throwing all of us off.

Dialga stayed down after several hits, and the Swampert nodded once before huffing and turning around.
Dialga was surrounded by a green aura, and righted itself faster than I could blink before using iron tail to knock Connor's aura titan to the ground. Connor struggled to get up, and Dialga blasted him with roar of time again...

I waited for the blast to dissipate, but the Sableye were on top of us almost. Steelix had formed a barrier around us and used protect, but it wasn't going to last very long. Celebi murmured, "We can stop this…"

I turned to her, "What?!"

She said slightly louder, "We can stop this!"

I raised my arms, "How? The lord of Time is battling Connor, and now he's winning! What can we do?"

She smiled nonchalantly, "Connor will win. It's his destiny to survive to get to the past."

I looked around at Steelix' body enveloping us, and I called out, "Use rollout to get us out of here!"

Steelix glanced at me, and began shifting his body as he prepared to position himself into a ball shape. I grabbed Celebi, and encased both of us in a wooden sphere while Steelix enveloped us with his serpentine body.

It was dark in the sphere, so I used flash to see inside of the cocoon. Celebi clung to my arm, and the sphere began moving, which I presumed meant that Steelix had begun his rollout attack.

We were tumbling around for a little bit before stopping, and I heard Steelix hiss through its nostrils. I unraveled the wooden cocoon, and I looked around at where we were. We were back at the crest of the hill where we began.

I gasped, "No… We have to go back!"

Steelix groaned as it rolled its eyes, and lowered its head as we climbed up. He began slithering forward, and picked up speed on his way. I pointed to Dialga and Connor, who were still going at it, although by the looks of it, Dialga was winning. Connor's aura was flickering in and out of focus, and I could tell it was straining him to keep it up.

I shouted, "Steelix, help Connor! Celebi, help the others where needed."

I leapt off of Steelix, who blind sided Dialga with a body slam before wrapping his body around Dialga's legs, tripping him while Connor knocked him over.

I charged towards Tyranitar, who was fighting a Golurk, and I leapt onto its back as I extended leaf blades from my wrists. I sliced its head clean off, and the glow faded from its eyes as it collapsed into a pile of clay shards.

Tyranitar looked down to me, "Thanks."

I smiled, "No problem."

He glanced behind me and used dragon pulse, a blue beam of energy from his mouth, and I turned as a horde of Sableye were incinerated.

I heard a screeching noise, and Lucario and Braviary were destroying the Sableye, Braviary swatting them down with a series of hurricane attacks while Lucario launched aura spheres that were as big as I was into the golurk, shattering them on impact.

I turned around again, and a sableye crawled up to me slowly. I extended my leaf blades, and he backed away, enveloped in a purple sphere, the gem on its chest expanding in front of it. I sighed with relief, "You're the one that helped us…"

He nodded, poking out from behind his crystal.

I smiled, "Help us again, and start attacking the other Sableye."

He nodded quickly and darted off into the sarm of Sableye, who didn't even bother attacking him. He began glowing, and the sableye around him began screeching, blinded by the intense light.

I took that opportunity, as did Tyranitar and my dad. We all charged, Tyranitar smashing them all with an iron tail, and my father and I taking out any remaining sableye with seed bombs.

The Mega Sableye that used flash smiled, obviously pleased with his performance, and my dad nodded, "Keep going. That is an effective strategy."

The Sableye nodded as it darted off to the next group, running into the middle of them and using flash while we took them all down efficiently, and with little resistance.

We were on the last big group, and the Sableye ran into the middle of it, but then was sent rocketing back towards us. I felt a really horrible tingling sensation, like a Terror orb, but I held my ground.

Tyranitar caught the sableye, and set him down. His crystal was cracked, and he pointed towards the crowd of Sableye as he de-evolved, melting into a puddle of shadows, signaling his death, "Dusknoir…"

A long final Chapter, for you people. I couldn't leave it at Basileus' death, that would just be cruel.

Anywho, hope you enjoyed, if you did, feel free to leave a quick review or PM, and I will see you in a couple weeks! Much Love!

-PL