Ch. 37 Cray's Uprising 3

{Cray's Point Of View}

I quickly changed into my final form as I fell towards the island. The dreary day made it difficult to see me as the rain, wind, and darkness battered the guards. I could see the waves threatening to engulf the island but a thick high wall prevented that. As I fell, my thoughts went back to Kelly and hoping she's alright. She went to this island based on a rumor that a hybrid led this band of humans. That's likely to be true but that doesn't mean anything. If I'm lucky, she's probably trapped inside. I don't know how they could capture her but it doesn't matter. I'll kill all of them and get her back to base. The landing was swift. I fell onto a walking guard, crushing him underneath my boots. The armor I'm wearing is specifically designed for me. It's a specialized version of Gardevian armor. The helmet is a dome with red circle lens. Most of it is Green except for the mouth piece being white. The armor covering my chest and stomach includes a bulletproof collar for my neck. Metal scraps with hard leather cover my chest, stomach and arms. On my back is a leather exterior with multiple microscopic metal plates. The metal plates are linked to my powers and brain to maximize proficiency and comfort. If I'm under siege I can use the metal to make my back bulletproof. When I'm relaxed it allows it to be flexible so I can stretch. My legs has metal covering my knees, feet and muscle areas. Leather keeps it flexible and together around the joints. The leather is a dark tan while the metal is dark green except for the red Gardevoir head indented into the chest of my armor.

"Well, the armor works. I didn't feel the impact on my legs." I spoke to myself.

My suit spoke into my ears, "Warning, hostiles approaching."

I looked around to see several other humans closing in on my position. I focused my powers onto the floor and waited for them to be near me.

"Psychic tether." I whispered.

One soldier aimed an assault rifle, "Intruder!"

A solid purple aura rose from the ground. The edge acted as a noose and wrapped around the human's neck. He was thrust up into the air with enough force to snap it. There, he hung lifeless and drew the others' attention.

"Now with that distraction. Psychic pulse." I pointed at the other soldiers and shot a thin solid piece of psychic energy at them.

It pierced their heads with expert marksmanship. Looks like my practice helped quite a bit. Seeing how easy this was going to be, I began to look around for more soldiers to kill. After an hour, I killed every single human soldier on the island. I used my powers to redirect their bullets and grenades. They couldn't hurt me except one soldier that tried to snipe me. My armor deflected the bullet but cracked my left eye's visor. Once inside, I began looking for a computer terminal to hack for information. With luck, I found one but a password blocked me from looking through its files. I looked around at the surrounding dead bodies and began siphoning information from their dead brains.

A female voice came on the intercom, "Intruder alert! Lockdown initiated! All computers have deleted their files."

"Arceus... ugh. Whatever. I have what I came here for." I grumbled to myself.

Looking through the dead's memories, I found out that Kelly came here. She left with their leader a few days ago. These humans were playing on attacking the pokemon society. None of them trusted pokemon. When I reached the surface, I looked for a good LZ. The pilot needs one is he's going to pick me up. As I looked around, I heard crackling and turned just in time to get punched.

"Hostile nearby." my suit warned.

"Hm?" I wondered until I heard something.

"Thunderpunch!" A deep male voice yelled.

The force of the punch knocked my helmet off and staggered me, "Agh!" I yelled as I fell onto my backside.

I looked at who punched me to find Robert standing over me, "What have you done..." he muttered.

I got up, "Robert? You led these humans?" I asked.

Then I noticed Kelly close behind him, "Yes, he did." She replied for him.

"K-Kelly? Your on his side too?" I asked.

"Of course she is." Robert replied.

"But... why? You'd betray everyone... just for him!?" I yelled, pointing at Robert for emphasis.

Kelly looked away sadly, "Yes..." she answered.

I felt my eyes twitch after hearing that, "You... I came here to rescue you!" I yelled.

Robert crossed his arms, "Rescue? More like slaughter. It took me months to gather this many people. Now I have to gather more." Robert sighed.

"You act like they meant nothing. What were they? Tools?" I asked.

"Funny to hear that from you considering you killed them all but... What else were they? They're mercenaries; hired guns. None of this mattered to them. Just the money. That's why they meant absolutely nothing." Robert replied darkly.

I examined Robert and noticed how different he looked. His forearms were a lot bigger and covered with black fur. He stood over me, standing at 6 feet tall, despite only being 14 years old.

"You've changed." I acknowledged.

"You think your the only one they enhanced? After you, they injected me with the destabilizer serum. Since I can't mega evolve naturally... I had to change forms artificially. I've always hated you Cray. Thinking you're the best around when I was clearly better than you. Look, even Kelly knows I'm better than you." he grinned.

"Screw you!" I screamed as I used psychic to throw a couple of bodies at him.

With a roll of his eyes, he swiped a weapon vertically down to cut the mass of bodies in half, "Really Cray? Using the dead as a weapon? You sure have gotten low." he teased.

"I was taught to use everything at my disposal. Even the dead." I replied, masking my anger.

He held a particularly large bladed weapon, "The same goes for me idiot. I hope you're ready to face my Executioner." He swiped the blade sideways, releasing a shockwave.

The weapon in question extended 7 feet with a large halberd type edge. The metal didn't look like anything I could recognize as electricity began to run through it. A faint indentation of an X appeared on the base of the weapo near the handle. A large chunk of the weapon was missing near the tip up until a foot from the hand. The best way to describe it is to take a lower case f and imagine the weapon was shaped life that, minus the line through the middle. What did interest me, is the lightning flowing between the tip, through the empty space, all the way to the handle. Then a ball of light was formed.

"Photon thrasher!" Robert yelled as he threw the ball of light at me.

I dodged the attack and used my Will-o-Wisp on him but it was blown away with a static shock, 'Hm, I knew he was going to be strong. However, this looks problematic... Robert...' I thought to myself before sighing sadly.

Robert held his Executioner against his right shoulder, extending behind him. Blue electricity began to run along the blade as Robert ran at me. I pulled out a pistol from my back pocket and shot it at him. Robert blocked them with his Executioner before reeling it back. I jumped up over a horizontal slash and tried to kick him. Robert stopped gripping the handle of his weapon and caught my foot with his right hand. I tried to use my psychic abilities to blow him away but his electric abilities countered them. He threw me aside, making me fall onto my left arm before rolling a bit. As I rolled, Robert raised his weapon up to slam it onto me. I stopped rolling and got out of the way. When I stood up, I kicked his hands, knocking the weapon away. It didn't go very far but it allowed me to focus on my abilities. I tried to blast him with a psychic but he blocked it with a thunderbolt from his hand. I jumped back and started throwing more psychic waves. He countered with thunderbolts before picking up his weapon. He started hitting away my attacks effortlessly. I pulled out my pistol again and shot at his legs. He dodged or blocked the bullets easily before running at me.

"Psycho cut!" I yelled, slicing my arm diagonally.

A wave of sharp purple energy flew at Robert. He sidestepped the attack easily and continued advancing towards me. I threw another Psycho cut at him but he blocked it by slicing his weapon on it.

'Damn it, I've got to dodge this.' I thought to myself, preparing myself for his assault.

He started with a horizontal swing but I jumped over it. With a quick sidestep, I dodged his follow up attack. It was a jab straight at me but he quickly reeled back. I rolled forward just in time to dodge a forward slam. Amidst my roll, I landed on my hands and twisted to get my feet on the ground, facing Robert. I charged up my hand with a psychic lace made to pierce his body.

"Gotcha!" I yelled.

As my hand lunged towards him, I was met with a shocking sight. Robert turned to look at me but noticed that Kelly stood between us. My hand easily pierced her chest but my shock stopped me. I was brought back into reality when Kelly grabbed my arm with both hands, keeping me there. Robert reeled back his Executioner to attack us.

'He'd go right through Kelly just to cut me down!?' I thought in my head as I hugged Kelly.

I jumped back with all my might but couldn't get us out of the way in time. Robert sliced through Kelly but didn't hit me. Using Heal Pulse, I started closing her wounds as we fell back. I pushed her off me and got up to look at Robert before glancing at Kelly.

"I can't believe she'd do that. She nearly sacrificed herself to save your worthless life." I mumbled.

Robert sneered for a moment before leaning his Executioner against his shoulder, "Like it matters. She never mattered to me. I merely used her." Robert replied.

I glared at him, "You selfish piece of shit."

Robert replied smugly, "Hah, selfish? Call it what you will but I'm a survivor. I'll hack my way through anyone just to survive. Even a potential lover... or slut for that matter. I've got plenty of power hidden away because I don't need all of it to beat you. I am superior to you!"

I clenched my teeth in anger, "I'm going to kill you!"

"Why so angry? I knew she was your best friend but..." His eyes flashed for a moment before grinning, "Oh. I see what's going on. How sad. You murdered the one you loved."

I looked at Kelly and noticed her shallow breathing before hearing an old conversation play in my head, 'You know, Cray, I really like Robert.'

'Yeah, me too. He's kind of cool.'

'No, I mean like like.'

'You like like Robert?'

'Yeah. Do you think he likes me?'

'Well... I don't know.'

I sighed out loud, "I never really disliked you Robert. Until you betrayed us, that is."

"I've hated you from the beginning Cray!" He pointed a finger at me accusingly, "You! Huff... You always got special treatment! You know nothing of hardship!"

"My father died in front of me. I think that's enough hardship for a young child." I shrugged.

"I! Had! Nothing! No one! At least you have family! At least your a Gardevoir!" Sarcasm dripped off his lips as he said Gardevoir.

"Interesting but let's not drag this out. Show me what you've got Robert. My evolution versus your innermost demon. I've wanted to see this power since you jeered about it." I held my hand out aside.

"Careful what you wish for... CRAAAAYYYY!" Robert screamed.

A deep purple aura forced itself out of Robert angrily. The aura forced a demon like face over Robert. The aura encased him as he held his Executioner aside. Purple lightning began to resonate along the blade with violent crackling. The psychic lace around my hand began to crackle as well. I forced my psychic powers to fuel it with enough force to cut a building in half. I ran towards Robert full speed with my psychic energy flaring up. My evolution came forth as I fueled my hand with more energy. Robert met my challenge to run at me as well. His demonic energy flared up as he reeled back his Executioner. The X lit up with a blaze of purple energy. My psychic laced hand clashed against his Executioner. The resulting clash started to get dangerous as we raised the energy level of our attack. Purple lightning and psychic energy shot into the air and sky, cutting apart the storm. I pushed with all of my might as he returned the attack but I refused to give in.

"ROBERRRRRRRT!" I screamed as I finally broke through.

His weapon flew into the air and landed near Kelly. My hand, on the other hand, went right through his chest. Robert stared past me in shock. His arm twitching after realizing his weapon is gone.

"You... bastard..." He whispered as I ripped my hand out of his chest.

"Goodbye demon." I glared as he held the hole in his chest.

Robert fell forward, onto his stomach and didn't move, "I'll... get you for... this..."

I threw a black hole into the air and watched it suck him and his weapon and crushing it to the size of a pea. The small ball fell to the ground and I stepped on it out of spite. I hope he enjoyed that, that smug piece of garbage.

I walked off to Kelly whsipering, "No, you won't."

After killing Robert, I went to check on Kelly. She was breathing but only faintly. I had to bring her back with me. Even though she'll hate me, I needed to save her life. I still loved her...

-Back at the Spec Ops training Facility-

I was busy talking to one of the nurses, an Audino, about Kelly. She hasn't regained consciousness since I got her back home.

"Will she be okay?" I asked nervously.

A female Zoroark walked by us to enter the room, "Yes. She'll make a full recovery." The Audino smiled.

I allowed myself to let out a huge sigh of relief, "That's a huge relief."

"She'll just need a week to recover and I can't even begin to comprehend the emotional scars she'll be suffering from." Audino frowned.

I looked down sadly, "Yeah... I nearly murdered her." A memory flashed in front of me as I remembered stabbing her through the chest.

I heard Scrafty yell at me, braking my memory, "Cray!"

"Huh?" To turned to him before saying, "What is it sir?"

"Margrev needs you to see her." Scrafty informed me.

"I'll go now. Thank you for taking the time to speak to me Audino. I hope to see you in the future." Cray smiled.

After Scrafty told me where Margrev is, I went there immediately. My cousin isn't the type for friendly visits. Something important happened or is about to happen. When I entered the room, she was wearing a black gown.

"Margrev... wow. I'm surprised you've already gotten a black gown." I smiled.

Margrev shrugged, "It's not all that special. What is special, is this. I'm being bonded to another Gardevoir."

"Funny. I didn't even know you had a boyfriend. Congratulations." I told her sincerely.

Margrev blushed before looking neutral again, "Thank you. I just wanted to let you know that since you're going to help me subjugate humans."

I narrowed my eyes at her, "Margrev, I'm not going to help you enslave humans. My brother is human."

"Oh really? Cray, your brother is doomed. Just like your mother was." Margrev smirked.

I glared at her and screamed, "No! Gardevoir will not interfere with my little brother's life!"

"Wow. You dare raise your voice to your better?" Margrev laughed.

"Margrev I..." I looked down before walking over to Margrev and holding her shoulders, "Look. My brother isn't going to be an apple to be picked, eaten and discarded. I know how we Gardevoir are. If I allow Gardevoir interference then he'll end up dead."

"Cray, don't be over dramatic. Think of everything we can give him. Free education, a laid back future, a beautiful family, even our protection. Think about it. Like, Hypothetically, what if my daughter fell in love with him." Margrev asked.

"Huh? You don't even have children. Plus, that's disgusting." I replied.

"I said, Hypothetically. Plus, your brother has no Gardevoir genes. None at all. There is no form of incest there." Margrev chuckled.

I gave her a searching look, "You know something don't you?"

Margrev smiled wide, "Your... grandmother... gave me some interesting information referring to your brother. It turns out, he falls in love with my daughter."

"...A future sight has never been wrong before..." I whispered.

"Correct. Now. Your brother is a good mate. His genes will make the Ralts more intelligent." Margrev told me.

"So you're basically using him to get better grandkids." I clarified.

"Maybe so but he'll be happy. I can assure you of that." Margrev grinned.

"I can't just let my brother marry my 2nd cousin..." I replied, conflicted.

Margrev wrapped her arm around my shoulders, "Cray, I'm asking you nicely to give me your brother. Your path is going to be long, lonely and heart shattering. Your grandmother saw your future too and she was heart broken. I'm sorry but if you involve yourself with Rui, you'll only harm him." Margrev warned.

"...Can you... guarantee he'll... have a great future?" I asked hesitantly.

"He's already going to be accepted to Gardeviorite Academy for free. As for College, we'll cover any college he wishes to go to. Work, any job will accept him or we'll get involved." Margrev replied.

"...Okay. Fine. I accept." I sighed.

Margrev pat my head before leaving and I stared at my feet wondering how this'll play out. After that, I spent as much time as I could at home. Rui was doing his best to learn and he impressed me with his progress. Years passed by and Kelly accepted my apology to killing Robert. I was always jealous of her affection for him but that's not why I killed him. She went back to the academy for a while. I wasn't able to see her but I didn't mind. I felt like I betrayed her. Then came the day she disappeared. I assumed she went back to the Spec Ops but later Intel suggested she went Rogue. It was bound to happen. After leaving to be with Robert, I knew it was only a matter of time. Little did I know, she'd go so far as to lead a group of Hybrids. She even got several other Hybrid Spec Ops to go rogue with her. To make it worse, she used to the truth to convince them to join. Hybrids were always treated as second class citizens. Accidents that never should have happened. The pokemon society only recruited us to not only lower our numbers but to make an effective squad of soldiers. They didn't care about us and the casualty reports showed it. Whenever one of us needed extraction, HQ would reject it unless we completed the mission. In the end, the hybrid usually died. Margrev's daughter was born and I got to meet her. She was cute and I think she could grow up into a great Gardevoir... if she doesn't get her mother's qualities. Then, my grandmother appeared while I was with Rui for the last time. He wanted me to play more basketball with him but I couldn't stay. He looked so sad... so disappointed. I remember looking back at him as he held the ball in his hands sniffling. I made sure someone brought him home. I wouldn't leave without knowing he'll get home safely. I had to stay at Gardevoirite academy because a Gardevoir named Angel was drawing too much attention. Then came the order to go Rogue by Killing a classmate. That, however, was far easier than I thought it'd be. The human with Angel wanted me to kill him. Especially after I told him what she truly wanted.

"So... she's feeding off my emotions?" he asked.

"Yes. You're just a drug to her. She's murdered several other humans before you. All of them 'loved' her because she forced them to. If you stay with her, you'll be murdered just like the others. When a Gardevoir has sex with a human, they infect them with a psychic trace. It binds you to them. You'll love only them but they don't have to love you. You could be tossed aside and suffer the side effect that makes you unable to have sex without excruciating pain." I explained.

"Then kill me." he told me.

"What?" I asked in shock.

"She's already infected me. Just end my struggle now. Please." He pleaded.

"...Fine." I stared him through the throat with my hand, "I have to go rogue anyways." I whispered mostly to myself.

After that, I left the school grounds to find Kelly. When I did find her, she wasn't what I expected. She was angry, hateful. She wanted to wipe both humans and pokemon off the map. Even when she spoke so hateful about them... I couldn't help but feel love for her. Maybe that's a trait Gardevoirs have for the ones they only truly love. Like my father when he loved my mom. Eventually, Kelly demanded me to murder my family to prove that I'll be loyal to her. I was skeptical. She declared me a traitor to our kind. That we're hybrids and should only look out for other hybrids. To make it worse, Margrev wanted me to join in order to spy on them. I couldn't kill Margrev but I couldn't go back to society either. After I committed that murder to go rogue, there was no turning back. So... I accepted and immediately went back home.

When my mother answered the door, she was surprised, "Cray! Your back?" She asked.

"I'm sorry mom." I whispered.

"For What?" She asked.

Bam. She was knocked out cold, "Someone has to die today..." I whispered to myself.

I mentally prepared myself to do what must be done. I used my powers to send out a psychic impulse. It located my little brother and my stepfather. They were both upstairs. As I went up there... I knew I couldn't resist the chance to see my brother for the last time. When I opened the door to his room, I was met with a bunch of drawings. Pictures of me and him holding hands, eating lunch and playing games together. Rui himself was taking a nap on his bed. The blankets weren't over him and I noticed him shiver for a second. I walked over to him and smiled a bit before pulling the blankets over him. I pat his head, earning a happy sigh. I pulled back my hand and left the room. I walked down the hall and opened the door to my Stepfather's office.

"Cray? What are you doing back?" He asked.

"I'm sorry." I closed the door, "I have to kill you."

"What!?" He yelled.

'Shit!' I cursed mentally before using my powers to pick him up.

He kicked wildly, sending things off his desk, "You can't do this! I was about to broker a knew age of peace!"

"B-brother?" I heard Rui whisper behind.

I looked to see Rui staring at me in shock, "You wouldn't kill me in front of your brother? Would you?" My stepfather asked.

"Actually... I would." I replied, steeling my nerves.

I forced him to float over to me and slit his throat with my right hand. Some of his blood sprayed onto my cheek. It felt warm and sticky as it dripped down.

I could hear Rui sniffling, seconds away from crying, "B-bro... why? Why would you do that to daddy?" Rui asked.

I looked at him, my blood covered cheek freaking him out slightly, "Why? No reason. Just because I could." I replied blankly.

"Because you could? But daddy was family! Our family... you..." he sniffled pitifully as I began to snicker.

"I'm well aware of that my incompetent little brother. In fact, the reason I'm not going to kill you is simple. I WANT you to tell our mother I did this."

Rui started crying, "I wanted to see you again but not like this! I thought... you cared about me! Mommy said you did! That I was precise to you!"

"Precious." I corrected.

"Huh?" he asked.

"You said precise. You meant precious." I pat Rui's head, "You're too young to understand this world Rui. You'll forget so I'll tell you one thing that'll always be a fact. You are precious to me. You're my wonderful younger brother. I'm always going to be proud of you."

"Then why do this to me!?" Rui demanded.

"Above most, I'm a Gardevoir Rui. I have to do what they tell me." I told him.

"So... the pokemon made you-" thud.

I knocked Rui out cold. He laid face first on the floor unmoving. Sadly, I flipped him over and picked him up to carry him back to his room. After I tucked him in, I placed my hand on his head to manipulate his memories. I erased most of our last conversation but made sure he remembered to tell our mother what I did. When my hand came off his head, it was replaced with a few tears.

"Goodbye Rui. I'm so sorry." I choked before leaving the place I wanted to call home.

-Several Years Later-

After that day... I lost most of my happiness and hope. Kelly's attract kept me unconscious most of the time. Replacing me with a savage merciless psychopath. When I broke free, I'd report everything I could to the Gardevoirs. On occasion I'd sneak out to spy on my Mother and Rui. For one time only, on Rui's birthday, I snuck a present into his room. It's the sweater he wears. He never knew it was me who gave it to him and I preferred it that way. Seeing my mother so empty inflicted such a wound to my soul. The only upside is how well Rui was doing in school. It made me so proud of him. Then came the day Kelly ordered me to kidnap my brother. At the time, I didn't know why but I decided to visit my mother along the way.

(Music-Town, Flow of Time, People-Clannad Soundtrack)

As I stood outside my mother's apartment, I felt... strange. I was happy and scared at the same time. I walked up to the door and found it unlocked. I opened the door and walked in to find the place a mess. My mother was asleep on the floor and I couldn't help but notice how old she looks. Her hair used to be so vivid and lively but now strands of white began to come through. I decided to shake her in order to wake her up.

She groaned before waking up and looking at me, "Oh." she smiled at me, "You're home."

I was caught off guard, "You... you're not mad?" I asked.

She smiled widely, a tear forming, "Of course not Cray. You're my favorite son."

"But I ruined your life. You should hate me." I argued.

She shook her head, "My life was ruined the moment Rui died. His death was something I just couldn't recover from. However... I had you. Then I had your brother and that helped heal some of the scars I had. You're a kind child Cray. I always knew that but the Gardevoirs wanted to change that. Maybe they did change that but you never showed it." My mother whispered.

I couldn't help but tear up, "Mother..."

"I knew you wanted me to raise Rui correctly. I decided to be harsh but it paid off. He's smart, resilient and independent. Truly, I couldn't be more proud of him. He's so much like your father. He deserves his name."

"Enough mother..." I whispered.

"Hm?" She asked.

"Mother... are you tired?" I asked.

She nodded slowly, "Yes."

"Would you like to see my father again?" I asked calmly.

She nodded, "More than anything."

I smiled, "Okay mother."

I put my mother to sleep before pulling out a pistol and shooting her in the head. Goodnight Mother. I love you...

(Finally, the end of Cray's memory. Ch. 38 is the final chapter guys, so you get to finally see the ending. The complete ending of MUL. Honestly, I'm happy to end the series here but maybe I'll add on one shots of things that could have happened or did happen but were never showed.)