Author's Note: Hello! This chapter is kinda cool because it really fused the stories and characters of Emerald and ORAS.
Remember, for the bulk of the story I'm using Emerald, but all the characters come 100% from ORAS (unless they're Emerald exclusive like a soon to be revealed 8th gym leader whose name starts with a J...) Once we get to the Victory Road it will be 99% ORAS. The only reason I ever chose to use Emerald in the first place is because I didn't want to decided between OR and AS, and I liked the idea of both Magma and Aqua being evil (any other way is stupid cause they're both pretty much terrorists.)
Anyway, enjoy!
Also, I do not own Fairy Tail or Pokémon.
Chapter Twenty Seven - Save the Space Station
Natsu crawled out of the doors from the Mossdeep Gym as he clenched his stomach with a green face.
"Okay…I give up…no more helpin' you guys…" He coughed up as he tried to threaten Nigel and the crew back in Magnolia.
Nigel rolled his eyes. "Natsu, your Pokémon team has gone through a lot so far. I think it was fair to let you take the way out of the gym…Well, now that we have the 7th badge, I'm completely out of options."
Levy began to scroll her mouse curser across the map. "Um, it looks like Jason and Lisia are still moving. I guess that means they're still looking…"
Lucy started worrying. "Oh come on! Isn't there anyone else who can help us!?"
Gray scratched his head. "Cana, you find anything on your end, yet?"
Cana shook her head as she had her Cyber-Lucy flying through the open seas of eastern Hoenn. "Nah, I haven't seen anything yet in these routes. Just rocks and water."
Happy also began to panic. "Oh man! What if we're gonna run out of time!?"
Everyone paused to imagine the worst as one more person, who had been sitting there the entire time, spoke up.
"Tee Hee! Well what about Nigel's friend Steven? He seems like a smart man."
The others turned and looked up to the large computer monitor to find Mavis Vemillion had now decided to sit on top of the screen and let her feet dangle over the edge.
Nigel then paused with total confusion. "Guys? GUYS!?"
Lucy rapidly shook her head. "O-oh right! Sorry Nigel. Urm, what about Steven?"
Nigel sat back and rethought her suggestion. "Wait…STEVEN! His in-game residence is ON Mossdeep!"
Everyone else lit up with excitement. "REALLY!?"
Levy spoke up first. "Wow! Well we can't expect him to know everything, but he will have a lead for sure!"
"Totally!" Lucy replied. "I mean the guy practically wonders around the region for fun, anyway. It's safe to assume he's seen some sneaky blue bad guys somewhere out of place!"
Natsu caught a whiff of Steven and shot up. "WAIT! I CAN SMELL HIM OVER HERE!"
He then darted up and ran right for the western most side of town, and came across a single medium sized cottage overlooking the inland sea. Natsu then noticed the sign on the front door. "Steven Stone's Home."
"OH YEA! I THINK WE'RE IN LUCK NOW!" He smiled as he kicked open the door, yet sadly as he did there appeared to be an empty house on the other side.
Nigel sighed. "Damn, I figured…I'll have to try and get ahold of him via comms lacrima. The guy never answers, but we have no other…"
"HELP! PLEASE! THEY'VE TAKEN OVER THE SPACE CENTER!" A random voice cried out from the opposite end of town.
Natsu turned around to hear the voice. "Space what?"
Nigel tried to explain. "It's a center that studied the stars and space above the planet. They're very scientific. But forget that now! We need to check it out!"
Natsu nodded and ran right for the large observatory on the eastern side of the island.
As he arrived, Natsu looked up to the very tall building made of glass and steel. "Whoa…this place is epic."
"Yea…" Lucy tried to act impressed, but her voice sounded confused. "Nigel, what's that big white thing behind the building?" She asked gesturing towards the large rocket ship.
Nigel smiled. "That's a rocket ship!"
Levy was taken back. "Well…what does it do?"
"Ah!" Nigel paused. "…well, I'm not really sure…"
Everyone in the story then sat around in an awkward silence, but before it could last too long, Natsu snapped out of it.
"AGH SCREW IT! We don't have the time!" He yelled as he kicked open the doors with a violent hit.
Once inside, he came across a half-army of Magma grunts terrorizing the employees and staff of the space center as fire filled his eyes. Natsu grabbed his first Poké Ball. "Okay…whose butt am I gonna have to kick this time…?"
He then eyed every grunt in the room until the bravest soul stepped forward. Sadly, the bravest soul was still scared out of his mind.
"Um…that would be me…?" He shivered and grabbed a Pokémon Ball as he began to cry a little. "*Sob* Go Numel…"
Natsu used that to make his next move. "AGH! GO JUVIA!"
The Rain Woman needed no long introduction to know exactly what to do. She quickly took over the scene with a huge wall of water that not only came crashing down on the enemy Pokémon, but it also washed away the grunt, his Magma friends, and badly enough some of the pedestrians.
As the waters receded Natsu wiped his brow. "Ahh…good work, Juvia. Now let's keep moving."
He quickly collected his powerful Milotic and ran up the nearest set of stairs. Any and all magma personnel that he ran into were quickly wiped out of sight as he pursued his main goal. Then, once he reached the top floor Natsu came across a computer room with several scientists and engineers cowering in fear as more Magma men and women appeared to be joining them.
Natsu noticed two familiar Magma members in the center of it all. The first to speak was the frail and robotic voice of Admin Courtney. "…Haha…I knew you would…I knew you would…Loading…"
She then snapped and turned to her Leader. "Maxie…we have another guest."
Maxie turned to find Natsu standing at the top of the stairs. "Well…I should have known you would be here." He turned to Natsu's left, and as Natsu turned to, it appeared that Steven Stone was standing in front of most of the scientists to keep them away from Magma.
Steven grinned. "Natsu, I am so glad you showed up…I was worried I would have to fight these guys alone." He then turned to Maxie. "Team Magma… What's the point of stealing rocket fuel?"
Levy, Lucy, and all the others back in Magnolia gasped, and the Celestial Wizard spoke first. "Nigel…how important is rocket fuel…?"
The businessman never answered as Steven did instead. "Well, let's just say it's supposed to get you into space…
Nigel rolled his eyes and sighed. "Maxie what the hell is this?" He asked his supposed collogue with an annoyed tone in his voice.
"Ah Nigel." Maxie retorted. "I can't say I missed hearing your voice…Fufufu...Since you're so curious, you deserve an explanation. We're going to bring it with us onto our new server. The entire map will look identical to this one, only there will be no Pokémon uploaded to it. As such we here at Team Magma will make it our goal to ensure only land Pokémon will exist, and we will then jettison the entire load into Mt. Chimney! With Groudon out of the way, we have no need for that slag heap of a mountain! So we'll use the fuel's power to make the volcano erupt! It will be savage!" He then began to laugh hysterically.
Lucy looked puzzled. "I don't get it. That doesn't sound so bad. If they just wanna make their own game then…?"
"They can't." Nigel flatly replied. "I already told them it's not possible…"
Maxie grinned. "Right, except I'm not asking you anymore, my humble Boss. I'm asking that fool who plans on wiping the sever clean."
Nigel slammed his fist on the table. "I KNEW IT! YOU'RE IN LEAGUE WITH HIM!"
Maxie shook his head. "Not precisely. He's ruining something I love too, but the only difference is he's given me and Magma a way out. So I lied, the new world will have Pokémon, but the hacker told me he would help wipe the new server of water Pokémon if I just stole this." He smiled as he held up the Rocket Fuel.
Steven stepped forward. "Hold on, why would someone outside the game want in-game rocket fuel?"
Maxie grinned. "That my friends is an answer we will both never know…" He then took out his Poké Ball as Courtney stood beside him.
"I…I…analyzing…I will help you, Master. We will dispose of them immediately."
The man of steel got worried, but Natsu finally stepped up with a smile. "Hehe, just what I was waiting for…"
Steven smiled. "Natsu! You're going to help me?"
Natsu grabbed his first choice and nodded. "What can I say? I've got a fire in my belly now!"
Steven grinned. "Okay! GO METANG!"
Maxie threw his Pokémon out as well, followed by Courtney. "MIGHTYENA!" "Camerupt."
Natsu then took his turn in the rotation. "JUVIA!"
Then, the Woman of the Great Sea emerged for the fight. "Ah, I missed beating on these Magma fools. I hope they're ready to get wet…" She smiled as she sent out a powerful wave of crashing water onto the field, which flooded everything in sight; including all three other Pokémon.
Steven laughed and scratched his head. "Hahaha, that's a pretty powerful Milotic you have there…all though it may be best to just stick with single attacks."
Natsu shrugged. "Hey, she loves fightin'! Hehe."
Maxie sighed. "Ugh, Go Crobat."
Courtney made no emotion what so ever. "Go Golbat."
Juvia went to attack, but now Maxie's grinning teeth emerged.
"CROBAT! USE POISION FANG!"
Courtney made a similar command. "Golbat…you too."
"JUVIA!" Natsu gasped, but was too late as both bats came down and landed their powerful, poisonous fangs right into the neck of Juvia.
She began coughing uncontrollably as she fell to the ground. "*Cough* Ugh…I…I-I can't…breathe…"
"OH NO! JUVIA!" Lucy clenched her fists and jumped up in fear.
"DAMN IT JUVIA! HANG IN THERE!" Gray jumped out of his seat and grabbed the monitor. He suffered through watching her squirm in pain as she finally released words.
"G…G-Gray…is that you…?" She then passed out due to a loss of energy, which only made Natsu angry.
"Okay…I've seen some pretty stupid bad guys in my days…but none of them had ever made a plan to deliberately piss me off…" He then looked up.
"SO MY PLAN'S GONNA INVOLVE KICKIN' YOUR ASS! GO LAXUS!"
The heavens began to light with fire and bolts of energy as the powerful Laxus Dreyar emerged as a large and daunting Electivire. Steven's back filled with chills at the sight of his new partner. "Wow…Go Skarmory…"
He hesitated to watch the struggle before releasing his next Pokémon, and now delivered the metal bird Pokémon to the field.
Then, Laxus spoke up. "Man, I don't know how many times we have to do this…BUT IT'S GONNA END SOONER OR LATER!" He then slammed his fist into the ground and electrified the entire field with lightning particles.
"Laxus used Ion Deluge. All Normal moves are now Electric!"
Steven's mouth was now dropped to the floor. "What the…?"
Nigel began to wonder as well. "Oh wow…he can't Mega Evolve, but I think his magic is trying to compensate for it by charging up all is inner energy and releasing it onto the field."
Lucy's lips began to quiver. "But…that means…"
Levy looked on. "Dragon Force."
Maxie's eyes lit up with excitement. "Oh my, this is a truly remarkable Pokémon!"
They all had a chance to attack, but neglected to do so. This left Laxus wide open for his next move.
"AGH!" He began to light up with energy. "LIGHTNING DRAGON ROAR!"
He sent an unbelievably powerful beam of energy right for the enemy Crobat, and as it soared across the field large particles actually left the foe Golbat and friend Skarmory seriously injured and paralyzed.
"Laxus used Hyper Beam! It's Super Effective! Foe Golbat and ally Skarmory are both paralyzed!"
It would have included Corbat, but it's safe to say the powerful beam of light vaporized him into oblivion. Maxie sat back and clapped as Laxus nearly fell backwards and forced himself to recharge.
"Agh! Well...it looks like your little demon there is done…oh my mistake he's a Dragon Slayer isn't he?" Maxie laughed at Natsu as he made a reference to the real world Laxus. "Very well, Go Camelrupt."
He then sent out his next Pokémon, and as he did Steven moved first.
"Skarmory use Steel Wing!" He shouted and forced his partner to at least faint the opposing Golbat to make room for another enemy.
Courtney scoffed. "Ehhh…go Mightyena."
There were now four Pokémon back on the field, but before Natsu could move, the base around Camerupt began to glow. Then, Natsu looked up and noticed a familiar rainbow glow coming off of Maxie's glasses.
The fiery leader then addressed his enemy. "Now you see, this is my power! MEGA EVOLVE!"
And so, the Camerupt did just that and extended its back into a full on volcano as its fur also turned a darker color orange.
He then smiled. "Camerupt…Earthquake."
The beast replied by sending a large tremor towards the enemy field, yet as it did it also managed to faint its friend who just joined the field.
"Agh…" Courtney went to address the foolish move, but bit her tongue. "…eh…Reconnecting to Server…that's okay, Master. It was the best move possible."
Nastu ignored them as he watched the tremor hit his friend Laxus and fainted him then and there. He collected his Titan of a Pokémon and wiped his brow. "Mega Evolution…? You wanna see a Mega Evolution…?" He then slammed the button on his ring and threw out his ball at the same time.
"WELL HERE'S A REAL ONE FOR YA! GO JELLAL!"
The lightning quick Gallade needed no more time to land on the field, quickly evolve, and gear himself up for his most powerful move.
"TRUE HEAVENLY BODY MAGIC! SEMA!"
He sent down a crashing Focus Blast right on the lone enemy, and before Maxie could blink, the Mega Camerupt was fainted, he and his admin Courtney were completely defeated.
Steven blinked but smiled. "Wow…that was unconventional…I saw more Pokémon go down by their partners than by the opponents…"
Maxie did not smile, however. Instead he stood alone in confusion.
"All I want... I just want to expand the land mass... and make a suitable game for my followers…"
No one replied as he carried on.
"We failed to make the volcano erupt... We failed to control Groudon after we had awoken it... Is our goal to expand the land misguided? ... If... If we, Team Magma, are wrong... ... Then might Team Aqua's goal to expand the sea also be equally misguided?"
He then looked up to the ceiling. "And what about my fight against my company, my game, my home? Is that all misguided too? Have I been led down the wrong path too many times, only to let it consume me?"
Then, it was Natsu who stepped up. "Nah, I don't think its darkness…you just got a little cocky."
Maxie looked his way.
Natsu continued. "You just wanted to make a game for your friends in Magma. Archie scared you into the fight with Aqua, and the hacker scared you into the fight vs Nigel and A.N.T. You wouldn't have done that if you weren't blackmailed into helping him…Deep down, you're fighting the right fights, you're just handling them in the wrong way."
Maxie nodded. "All right...We will give up on the fuel... There appear to be more important matters that I must examine...Nigel. I will aid your Fairy Tail friends in the search for the hacker. We will save the server, and your friends with it."
Courtney stood tall. "I'm…I'm…I'm with our leader..."
Nigel rolled his eyes and smiled. "Okay we'll take the help…but Maxie when this is all said and done I'm gonna ride out to Crocus and give you and Archie a change in job titles…"
Maxie recognized the sarcastic anger in his voice and nodded. "Very well. I will accept my punishment. Now, we must find Archie."
Steven laughed and looked to Natsu. "Ah... Yes... I suppose I should welcome you to my home island now, Natsu. Please forgive the rather odd position on the search team, but I believe I can help us all find Archie."
Everyone smiled as he began. "... Now, where to begin..."
Then a rumble was heard outside, and the entire building, and even the island of Mossdeep began to shake out of control.
"Oh man!" Natsu yelled. "I didn't let Gildarts out by accident, did I!?"
Nigel looked on his radar and noticed a flashing red light below Mossdeep City out in the middle of the ocean. "Now, it came from outside!"
Ah intense! Big chapter tomorrow I think. I mean plot wise it probably is.
Thanks to all who have voted on my poll so far! I plan on leaving up for a good time because it makes a good survey.
