Book 3: Colosseum Chapter
Round 36: Vs. Pansear
Spinal wasn't able to keep his mouth shut when they arrived at the Pokemon HQ Lab.
"So where's Professor Krane?" he asked Amber, as they got out and off their vehicles.
"Follow me, I'll show you to him" Amber said. He led Spinal and Rui into the right building. They took an elevator up to another level of the building. Then, they walked into a room that read, Shadow Pokemon Purification Chamber. Inside, Amber's mum, Lily, and Professor Krane were standing in front of a portable potty sort of thing with a metal door. Amber whistled.
"You told me it was finished mum, but you didn't say it was a massive chamber room! I thought it would've been just a little box you placed Poke Balls containing Shadow Pokemon in" Amber exclaimed. That made Lily turn around.
"Amber! You're home safe!" she cried, running up to Amber and hugging him.
"Good to see you in good spirits mum" Amber smiled. Then he turned to Professor Krane and shook his hand. "Thanks Professor for giving my mum the job of assistant for this big project. It's made her much happier now"
"My pleasure Amber. I got to find out about how good an assistant your mother is. In fact, she's so good that I've decided to hire her for full time duty as my assistant for all future projects" Krane said.
"That's great!" Amber turned to his mum. "Oh wow, this is great mum! I'm so happy for you!"
"Thank you dear, this is the happiest time for me since I married your father!" Lily exclaimed. Spinal cleared his throat, accidentally gathering attention to himself.
"Oh, that's right! Professor Krane, meet Spinal. Spinal, meet Professor Krane. He's an expert in Shadow Pokemon Purification" Amber introduced.
"Well, I don't know about expert, but yes, I do specialize in Shadow Pokemon Purification" Krane chuckled, shaking Spinal's hand.
"Yes, I've heard a lot about you. Apparently, Amber received a Orre Region Pokedex and Starter Pokemon from you?" Spinal asked.
"True, although Professor Oak himself actually gave Amber his Pokedex" Krane confirmed.
"So, what would it take to receive that spare Pokedex sitting on that desk over there?" Spinal innocently asked. Krane suddenly caught on, as his expression become much more serious.
"Oh, that's what you want. I see" Professor Krane realised.
"To receive that legendary item and a starter Pokemon from you, I would do anything for you, help anybody for you" Spinal said.
"Hmm, a loyal one. The last loyal one I trusted ran away and got himself killed" Krane yawned, unimpressed.
"I'm not your average trainer" Spinal said.
"Confident too? Two good qualities in one. Unfortunately, they may be good qualities, but not the best" Krane said, still bored. "Well, I'll finish this up quickly with a simple question Oak's used too many times to count. What are Pokemon to you?"
"Excuse me?"
"You heard me. What are Pokemon to you?" Krane repeated. After a few seconds of thought, Spinal answered with a solid answer.
"Pokemon are the light of the world. Cruelty and Pain is the darkness. Pokemon are freedom fighters, fighting for good and for peace. Cruelty and Pain are the jailkeepers. Pokemon are part of the force of good, keeping cruelty and pain, the forces of evil in check. I fight for good, to defeat the evil team's, Snagem and Cipher and prevent them from stealing the hearts of all Pokemon. I will not let those evil teams hurt my ally's!" Spinal declared. Lily was obviously impressed. She was smiling. Amber was also smiling. Rui was smiling. Even Krane was smiling.
"I don't think I've ever heard an answer like that," Krane admitted. "Ally's, eh? Good answer" Krane scooped up the Pokedex and held it out to Spinal. "Here's your prize"
...
Krane picked up a Poke Ball from a nearby Pod and opened it. Out came the High Temp Pokemon, Pansear.
"This is your starter Pokemon Spinal. It's name is Pansear, and is just like you in many ways. It has all your characteristics, loyalty, confidence. It even believes people are it's ally's" Krane said.
"How do you know all this?" Spinal asked.
"A few months ago, a Pokedex Owner just like you and Amber visited this Laboratory. I can't remember her name, but she had blonde hair. She had psychic powers and seemed to be able to read Pansear's mind. She told me a young man like you would soon come by this lab seeking a Pokedex. I had to make sure you were the one" Krane explained.
"I see. Uh, I'm gonna go take... a nap" Spinal said, passing out right on top of Rui. Luckily, just in time, Pansear caught Spinal and lowered him onto the ground, not on top of Rui.
"Thanks Pansear" Rui thanked, taking a deep breath. She picked up it's ball and returned Pansear. Then she placed the ball back on Spinal's belt, and gestured to Amber.
"Can you take him to a spare bed or something please?" Rui asked.
"Sure thing Rui" Amber smiled, picking up Spinal over his shoulder and carrying him out of the room. As he walked into the elevator to go down, he walked past a girl that seemed familiar to him...
"Kyanite, is that you?" Amber asked.
"Amber! Hi, I was just going to visit Professor Krane! Who's that on your shoulder?" Kyanite asked.
"Oh this? This is Spinal, the third member of the Orre region Pokedex Owners" Amber said.
"Oh yeah? Well, I'll meet him later. It seems he's doing a great job sleeping" Kyanite said.
"Yeah, I know right? Just passed out right on the spot. Hey, what happened to your clothes? Why are they all ripped?" Amber asked.
"Long story. I need to see Professor Krane right now, so I'll see you around, k?" Kyanite winked, turning around and heading towards the lab Amber just walked out of. For some reason, Amber felt himself going red.
"Uh yeah, see ya later" Amber croaked out, before jumping into the elevator and pressing the down button.
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Just before Kyanite opened the door to Krane's lab/ Shadow Purification Chamber room, she heard a bit of a conversation between Professor Krane and a young sounding girl.
" -have a hunch to why you can see those Shadow- Kyanite! How are you dear?" Krane asked, seeing Kyanite's torn clothes.
"Long story including a certain Bonsly throwing a tantrum on the way here" Kyanite grumbled, taking out a crying Bonsly out from a Poke Ball and cradling it like a mother.
"Wait, is that the same Bonsly that I asked you to find and give back to the little girl?" Professor Krane asked.
"Yeah, except she said Bonsly had become attached to me. Not wrong, it won't go in it's Poke Ball without crying!" Kyanite complained.
"It thinks it's your it's mother. You need to treat it like a child. Lily, could you get Kyanite's Bonsly a baby milk bottle to suck please?" Krane asked.
"Sure thing Professor" Lily said, walking out of the room. Once Lily had come back with the bottle and Kyanite had inserted it into Bonsly's mouth and stopped Bonsly from crying, Rui stepped forward and offered Kyanite a hand to shake.
"Hi there, uh Kyanite was it? My name's Rui" Rui said.
"Good to meet you Rui!" Kyanite smiled, shaking Rui's hand with one hand, while cradling Bonsly with another.
"Is it hard being a mother?" Rui asked.
"Well, I'm not exactly a mother, but it's been an extremely hard 3 hour drive taking care of a Bonsly while also driving towards a laboratory" Kyanite said. At that moment, Spinal and Amber crashed into the door and fell onto the ground.
"Professor! Nett called! He said he's deciphered the Data-Rom! He wants me to get here immediately! I need to go now!" Amber cried out.
"Go Amber, we need to find out what's on that Data-Rom!" Krane cried. Amber scrambled out of the room, just as Spinal got up off the ground.
"Spinal" Krane said, turning his attention to Spinal.
"Yes?"
"Rui told me about her ability to see Shadow Pokemon without an Aura Reader" Krane said.
"Wait, you can do that Rui?" Kyanite cried out in alarm.
"Is that a problem?" Spinal asked.
"Well, not really. It's just I have a hunch where she get's her powers from. When I was kidnapped, the Cipher Admin interrogating me, Lovrina, she told me about this old shut down project called Project Amethyst. It was a human testing program to try and give humans the ability to turn Pokemon into Shadow Pokemon using powers they were given. Fortunately for us, it backfired and instead the tested people were able to see Shadow Pokemon, and some even cure them. They shut down the project soon after, but the project, while active, was held in the Shadow Pokemon Lab, about East of here in the desert" Krane explained.
"Wait a minute!" Spinal realised something. He pulled a book out of a pocket in his jacket. On the front it read; Ein File: Purification of Pokemon.
"I found this in Pyrite Town. It said something about a place called Shadow Pokemon Lab and a man named Chief Ein" Spinal said.
"Him!" Krane cried out, balancing himself on a nearby desk. "Lovrina mentioned that someone created the Shadow Pokemon in a Shadow Pokemon Lab. And she said the man's name was Ein!"
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A young adult walked across the Cave Poke Spot, spotting some Zubat, Golbat and Crobat in a corner, sleeping. He sighed.
"Oh come on, not more bat's! Why did Crys give me this place? There's nothing but bats! I'm heading to back to our meeting spot" he said, walking out of the Poke Spot.
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At the same time, a young woman kicked a Poke Ball at a Hoppip hopping around in the lush flowers. It hit right on mark, capturing it.
"Capture complete. That's 20 Pokemon exactly and every single species available at the Oasis Poke Spot. I'll head back to our meeting spot now" she said to herself, walking away from the flora peninsula.
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Just a few seconds before that moment, a teenager with blonde croissant styled hair walked across the Rock Poke Spot, kicking Poke Balls at any Pokemon he spotted, he released all except the ones necessary for the research.
"That's a job well done Emerald. K, I'm gonna go find Crys and Gold at our meeting point now" and he walked away.
Phew, this was actually, surprisingly easy to write, for some reason. Finally, Gold, Crystal and Emerald make an appearance. I meant to make them appear earlier, but I forget. But better late than never though!
Next Time: Spinal and Rui head to this so called 'Shadow Pokemon Lab'
Amber: Eevee (Ve-Ve) Lv 32, Simisage (Sa-Sa) Lv 34, Electabuzz (El-El) Lv 36, Alakazam (Al-Al) Lv 36, (s) Skarmory (Ka-Ka) Lv 35+
Spinal: Umbreon Lv 40, Espeon Lv 40, Hariyama Lv 42, Noctowl Lv 38, Pansear Lv 15
Kyanite: Swellow (Swell) Lv 30, Simipour (Pour) Lv 30, (s) Voltorb (Volt) Lv 30+, (s) Lunatone (Luna) Lv 34+
Rui: Plusle Lv 22