As the figure descended from the clouds, Ash, Kareena, and Matthew went out to meet it.
Ash: Zekrom! Long time no see!
Zekrom: Indeed it has. (to all) I wanted to congratulate you all on your success. I would have aided you, but I was too far away when the revolution began to get here in time.
Kareena: Zekrom, a pleasure.
Zekrom: Alpha has spoken of you Kareena, he wished me to inform you, there is no return. I assume you understand, as I do not.
Matthew and Ash glance at Kareena, concerned.
Kareena: Yes, his prophecy. I assume his orders are why you didn't storm this place long ago?
Zekrom: You are a wise and perceptive one. But I must return to my post now, I wish you all luck in your future endeavors with your newfound freedom.
With a roar and the crackle of lightning about his tail, Zekrom soars into the sky, and the storm follows him away.
Matthew: What was he talking about?
Kareena: I'll explain later. Now we should get these people ready to move. We want to be well clear of this place when they find out it's been lost. And a large group like this won't move particularly fast.
Ash: I'll see what I can do. You'll have to lead the way.
Kareena: One last thing Ash, if there's anyone who can't walk, some associates have a cart that can carry a few of the badly wounded, I'd prefer to leave no-one behind.
Matthew: But what of the dead?
Kareena: Bury them. It's late though, Ash, make sure we can leave at dawn.
Ash: Yes Kareena.
The electric types buried their dead during the night, ate breakfast as usual, packed up what they could, at at dawn, they were off. Many talked with one another. Many worked to invent names for themselves. Some caught up with friends they hadn't seen in awhile. Or got to know family they'd never met.
Matthew: So then I suggested that they give the miners a break to re-train the guards, and then the Director backhands me with such force I go flying across the tent, clutching the gash on my face.
Kareena: Cruel indeed. I'm glad you're alright Matthew, I was worried I'd lost you.
Matthew: This, may sound a bit bad, but, as I thought you dead, I was actually a bit thankful for that.
Kareena: *offended* What?
Matthew: Well, with how bad things were, and the fact that they sent other slaves who knows where, I though death a better fate. I'd never see you again anyway, at least if you were dead you wouldn't be a laborer on some unknown location, assuming, you know, they didn't put you on duty like they did those souls in that one tent. *shudders*
Kareena: With your description, I'd likely have done something to get them to kill me within three days. Possibly purposefully if they'd tried the latter. Assuming they didn't try to use those torture methods on me first, that would delay the process. I'm not quite sure which of those two horrible tent's was worse.
Matthew: Torture or labor replenishment, hard choice indeed.
Kareena: You make it sound so tame.
Matthew: Yeah… Anyway, what happened to you?
Kareena: Well, knowing I was no use to either of us dead, and in no condition to fight the Golem and his inevitable reinforcements, I ran. Not sure for how long, but I do know I damn near bled out. One of the ambassadors and her friend found me and brought me to the tower, which I had actually gotten quite close to apparently. I then spend the next almost month in a coma, wake up, end up on a first name basis with a crown prince, and manage to convince the ambassadors to help with the plan to free all of you.
Matthew: I'm not sure what's the most impressive part of that.
Kareena: Also I had another dream on the tail end of the coma. This time I actually spoke with Arceus.
Matthew: YOU'RE JOKING!
Kareena: NOPE. Arceus told me he wasn't entirely sure the prophecy was referring to me, he gave me a chance to back out. But that'd meen abandoning you. I refuse to leave a partner behind. I don't think I could have lived with myself if I just forgot about you and went home.
Matthew: *sigh* *points at Kareena's new scar* Still lucky you only got shot in the shoulder.
Kareena: Yeah I know. It's like in those plays where the hero has the bad guy's sword under the arm and fakes him out.
Ash: Sorry to interupt, but It's around time to eat lunch right?
Kareena: Yeah, I think there's a clearing up ahead, at this rate we should be there in three days. It's lucky that this part of the Ground kingdom's mostly deserted.
Ash: May the legends continue to be with us.
Kage watched the electric types eat. Melting away into the shadows, he quickly covered the distance to his master's castle. He'd be happy to hear the news that the enemies to the south were weakened. Hopefully they'd push into the Three Way War in their weakened state, leaving them even more exposed than they'd've been before.
That moment when you're looking around the internet and realize that you're assessment of Absol's life span is canonically accurate.
No, seriously, I'd just picked 100 years kinda randomly from the fact I knew they were supposed to be wise. The fact it's stated in the pokedex was something I never saw as those versions of the pokedex entries aren't in versions I've played.
Also, yes Kareena figured out who Ace was, even if she didn't mention it, and she's kinda taken charge of the group, for now at least.
