Chapter 41: The Enemy Digs His Grave
"NO!" I screamed. "NO! GRANDPA! NO!"
I turned and ran from the room. I ran, and didn't stop running until I reached my papa Norman's gym. I ran inside, and ran to the farthest room.
No way. That was just a mask. Grandpa Birch. The coolest grandfather a kid could have. The funny man who loved to go out into the fireld and explore and climb into the trees and feed the baby Tailows so their parents could rest. The old man who would come home and drop his papers all over the floor, then scurry to pick them up while mom laughed and would come over to help him. The man who would take me out in the field and let me help him find rare pokemon. The great healer who mended the broken wing of a Swellow I had found when I was put playing with Blaziken.
He couldn't be dead. He just couldn't be. Not like that. Not with his face so badly burned that the only way we could be sure it was him was because of his labcoat with his ID tag hanging out of his pocket.
"Dustin? Please, dont do this Dustin. If we dont stop this monster, then there wont be a chance to give him a proper burial. He would've wanted to have his death made right. And that can't be done if you lose it." I heard Natalie cry.
She was right. I walked out of the room, and to the front of the gym. There she stood, looking tough, but loving and caring.
Yes, there was a lot of understanding in her eyes too.
"I guess you're right." I mumbled.
She took two steps, and hugged me, burying her face into my chest. I heard little sobs escape, and I knew that she was just as badly affected by this as I was.
"I've decided." I said.
"What?" she asked me, looking up at me.
"I'm killing that son of a bitch entity and putting it into its grave."
Chapter 42: The Battle Of The Battle Tower
Four days passed. Finally, it was time to go to the Battle Tower.
Time to kill this stupid fuck.
We flew to the Battle Frontier, and instantly, the first thing I noticed was the intense heat. I also noticed that a lot of fire type pokemon were here.
A LOT.
"What has happened to this place?" Natalie whispered.
"I dont know. Your guess is as good as mine."
I turned around, and there was Red. Next to him was a boy, wearing a black shirt, blue jeans, and had his brown hair sticking out all over the place, yet it was still attractive, in a way. On his other side, was a girl wearing a white shirt and a short, pink skirt. She wore a white fedora cap, and carried a white purse. standing next to her was another person. This one I recognized.
"Yellow?" I asked, startled.
"Yep, it's me," she laughed.
"Looks like the whole party is here. Look." Red said.
I looked where he was pointing, and saw my mom and dad running to us. Next to them was Emerald. Flying overhead was Drake, the dragon master. Sidney, Phoebe, and Glacia were nearby, too.
"Decent turnout. Now where is the Legendary League?" I asked.
"If you would look as often as you ask questions, you would have already found us."
I turned around, and saw the entire Legendary League. There was Rhonda and Joshua as well.
I walked over to the Pokemart, and everyone seemed to look at me expectantly.
"Go on," Natalie whispered to me. "Say something."
I took a deep breath, and began;
"Look, I know that we dont all like every single person here, but I want you all to know, that that is not what matters here. What matters is taking out these things, and destroying the entity. Red and I saw what this thing can do firsthand, and we know how dangerous it is. If we all work together, we can stop it." Then I choked up. "I want you all to think of one thing you are fighting for, to make you ready to win. I know what I am fighting for." I took a deep breath, and then cried out; "I am fighting to avenge my dead Grandpa Birch, who we found in his lab earlier this week, dead by the fire this thing created."
Sapphire screamed, and fell to her knees. Ruby knelt by her, and held her while tear flowed down her face.
"I dont know how I know it was this thing, but I just do. It's as if this thing WANTS me to know, and I have only one thing to say." I turned around to face the Battle Tower. "I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR YOU ASSHOLE AND I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!" I roared.
That's when the front of the Battle Tower began to melt, exposing not the inside of the tower, but a world created as if by fire.
