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"Speech"
'Telepathy'
Thoughts
A/N: So... it's been a long time since I've uploaded anything, I guess. I haven't really been active with anything, really, but I am not dropping this story at anytime.
Also, this is kind of the last chapter (I hope) that is too confusing.
Chapter 36- Two Eyes Scarred
It was another dream. He was drifting. Again.
He heard voices.
"So… what are we supposed to do with him?" a familiar voice asked, although it sounded slightly different.
"We follow orders," another replied.
"Good soldiers always follow orders."
…
"Brother?" Rei asked worriedly as she nudged his side. "Brother, please, wake up."
Blu remained on the tree, sleeping and groaning. He didn't look good. It was far past the afternoon, and he was still not up. Omega told her that he was very tired after doing something in the workshop, but that didn't explain his pain.
"Guys!" she cried to the others. Latios and Latias stopped their playing and flew over. "He's still in pain…"
Latios grimaced. "There isn't anything we can do… not until Alpha gets back."
Alpha. The healer. The spy. The secret holder.
"Where is he?" Rei kept asking. "Omega's here, so where is he? The two are always together!"
Omega entered the Garden, returning from a long talk with Lorenzo. The two had arrived at a truce. A temporary one, but a truce nonetheless. He scanned the garden and quickly spotted the small Latias. He hurried over and knelt down to Blu.
"What's wrong with him?" he asked in a hushed tone. Whatever he knew, he didn't want it to be known for the others.
"I don't know…" Rei whispered. "Where is Alpha? He can heal him, right?"
"Alpha knows a lot, but he's not here," the Gallade replied. "We must make do with what we have. I'll try to get him… although…" He shot a look at Lorenzo. "… that might be a little difficult considering the current position he's in."
…
"… and that's all I know for now, Officer Jenny," Alpha finished as he sat back in his chair, having kept his calm composure all this time.
"That's… that explains so much…" she stuttered. Alpha had just detailed everything he had been allowed to say, although he had changed some of them slightly as not to give away all the secrets. "How do we find their base?"
"Impossible," Alpha said with a wave of his hand. He looked up to spot that several other higher ranking officers had joined Jenny inside the interrogation room and were furiously recording notes. They looked straight up once the world left Alpha's mouth.
"Impossible?" Jenny questioned. "This corporation is at large with malicious intent! We have to stop it! According to you, it is more powerful than any other in the world!"
"Yes," Alpha agreed. "However, their corporation is worldwide and their headquarters is never in one location." The others blinked incomprehensively. "What I'm saying, Officer, is that we have a much more threatening problem on our hands."
Before Officer Jenny could ask another question, a beeping sound came from Alpha's helmet. He paused and listened to the message before abruptly standing up from his seat. "I need to go. And I need to bring Nurse Joy."
…
Unknown Ocean- 5 years ago…
Blu awoke to gentle purring of a steady engine. The smooth wash of the ocean waves. The gentle breeze of the cool air. And groaning. Lots and lots of groaning.
"Ugh…" Alpha groaned as he leaned over the side of the hovercraft. "I don't feel good."
Omega turned around and stared at the fiery wreckage of the former Testing Facility that now lay behind them. "Just be happy you weren't in that thing. We had to find some way to get off that prison."
Blu pulled himself up to his feet and looked around. Surely enough, behind him was nothing but ravaging fire as it consumed metal grids. Everywhere else was dark, except the lone full moon that shone up above.
"Hey, Alpha! The kid's awake!" Omega called. Blu quickly spun around to come face to face with a Gallade. He stumbled back, slightly dazed.
"Excalibur?" Blu asked. "What are we doing here? What's going on?"
"Excalibur?" Omega asked. "Who is Excalibur? It's me, Omega." Blu was even more confused.
A hatch opened at the top of the hovercraft as Alpha hopped onto the top. "He probably hit his head against something. Again," the Lucario observed.
Blu blinked several times as he tried to recognize the figure. "Woah woah woah, you're a Lucario?" He shook his head. "Alpha?"
"It's still me," Alpha replied as he looked down at the small child. "No need to worry… it's just that our helmets are off. That's all."
"I saw you before…" Blu said. "A Lucario as a blur of light in my visions…"
Alpha shook his head. "You must've hit your head really hard. I was with you from the beginning of time, and we just got you out of that place you were always trying to escape out of."
Blu looked back. That place. The giant building.
Then he realized.
The Testing Facility.
He started feeling drowsy as a black haze started clouding his vision.
"Get some rest now… Blu." Blu strained to hear Alpha's last words. "You have a very long day ahead of you."
…
Location: Alto Mare- Present day
"Follow and hurry!" Alpha hissed to his companions behind him. Trailing behind were two police officers, Officer Jenny, and Nurse Joy, who had reluctantly stepped out for a mission of "utmost importance."
"Remind me why we are following a possibly evil soldier throughout the city?" Nurse Joy whispered to Officer Jenny. Alpha had disappeared into the shadows, leaving the group at an empty and quiet intersection.
"I… I'm not sure," the officer replied, observing her surroundings. Where ever they had been led, all the paths seemed blend into one entire maze. That was saying a lot considering she had studied the city map ever since she started her career in Alto Mare. "But he told me a dear friend of all of us would die if you did not come to save his life."
"Well," Nurse Joy replied, slightly irritated. "I could be using my time to help others back at the Pokécenter. We don't even know if he just abandoned us here. For all we know, he could be lying to us! There are still those back at the Pokécenter that are still recovering from that anonymous ship attack. It could be him…"
Officer Jenny sighed, knowing that the nurse had a point. "Let's wait here just a little longer. If he does not return, we'll go back to the Pokécenter."
A sudden figure leapt from the rooftops and landed between the nurse and the officer, startling both of them.
"Freeze!" one of the accompanying police officers shouted as he drew his fire arm.
"Hold you fire!" Officer Jenny shouted. It was Alpha, back from the shadows. We really need to regulate the use of our weapons she thought to herself. The police department wasn't always that effective.
"The way is clear," Alpha reported as he began to walk down one of the four paths.
"Hold on," Nurse Joy asked, halting him in his tracks. "Why is so important that I treat this… patient?"
"Because if you let him die," Alpha replied in a dark tone. "You let this city die."
…
The steady flow of water was always audible, yet the group simply could not spot it. They had been walking for nearly an hour, a duration of time which had slightly worried Nurse Joy. Before she left, Chansey had been put in charge of the Pokécenter. She could only hope that all was going well after so long.
"Chansey is doing fine," Alpha said, interrupting her thoughts.
"H-how…" Nurse Joy stammered, until the realization came to her. "You're psychic, aren't you?"
"… Perhaps," Alpha replied, a slight hint of mischievousness in his voice. "Perhaps not."
"Hold on, if you are psychic, that means you listened in to everything we've said and thought of since we left for this journey!" Officer Jenny said, her eyes narrowing.
"That is a possibility," Alpha replied once more, keeping his eyes on the road ahead.
"You've been testing us."
"Yes," Alpha answered definitively. "You are true with that statement."
"But why?" Nurse Joy asked.
"I need to make sure I can trust you." He glanced back at the two auxiliary officers. "All of you. The friend you are about to see is like a family to me, and this city. I needed to make sure that your morals were right."
Nurse Joy sighed. "Did that require walking in a maze for an entire hour, though?"
"Mmm… I guess not."
"But… it has been an hour! The patient's condition could be deteriorating now! We have to hurry!" Nurse Joy warned, urgency and worry rising up her throat.
"I'm sorry, but it has only been a minute," Alpha corrected. A white flash of light blinded them all, and when vision came back, they were back at the same intersection Alpha had started from. He chuckled. "This city can hide some very interesting illusions." The sun was still high, still in the same position before Alpha guided them into the long walk.
"I trust you."
…
The group faced the front of stone wall. Alpha had been staring at it for quite a while now.
"Well?" Nurse Joy asked.
"I am quite aware that all of you are familiar with the legend of Alto Mare?" Alpha asked.
Officer Jenny nodded. "There are two Eon Pokémon, a Latios and a Latias, that watch over our city. They protect the Soul Dew, which regulates the water flow through the city."
Alpha nodded. "Correct."
"But what is the meaning of telling us that?" Nurse Joy asked. "For all we know, they are just legends. Myths. They aren't real."
There was a silence.
"Nurse Joy," Alpha informed. "One of your ancestors came to this very place and saved the city by healing the patient. And now you are doing the same."
"Place?" Officer Jenny asked as she looked around. "What is so interesting about a wall?"
"Your eyes can deceive you. It is not about the wall. It is about what is behind it." With that, Alpha stepped through the illusion.
…
Lorenzo and Bianca were both on the stone balcony, near the Soul Dew pedestal, talking worriedly with Omega. Rei was levitating close to her brother, who was still groaning on the grass. Latias had her arm wrapped protectively around her smaller counterpart. Latios was doing the Lati equivalent of pacing around the garden, frustrated that he could not help.
"Where is he!?" Latios cried, flying up to Omega.
"He will be here soon. Soon enough."
…
It was the most beautiful place they had ever seen in their lives. The pure green leaves filled the branches, the cool water flowed down from the fountain into the ponds, and the soft wind softly blowing through mystical chimes truly calmed the soul.
Nurse Joy smiled… until she heard something sad. It almost sound like whimpering. Someone was crying. She looked down and gasped. A… Latias. The legends were true.
"Humans!" Latios cried, immediately diving towards them with a head on tackle. Nurse Joy opened her mouth to shout. They were here to help! However, no words could be expressed though her surprise and shock.
"Brother, no!" Latias shrieked.
As Latios' dive tackled began to streak closer to the group of humans, Alpha placed his right hand forward. All of a sudden, everything in Latios' vision flashed with a gray tint before returning back to normal. When the confusion was over, he realized that his tackle had stopped – he was levitating mere centimeters from Alpha's gloved hand.
"I think that's enough, Latios. They're here to help," he told the protective brother. Immediately, Latios began to calm down. It was as if a calm aura had entered his body. He suddenly understood and looked a Nurse Joy, backing away slightly.
"T-they… they're real…" Nurse Joy gasped, stumbling as the legendary Pokémon looked at her. She glanced over at the Soul Dew. "The legends are real…"
Alpha coughed. "Nurse Joy… please…"
She snapped back to attention. "Yes, of course. Who am I helping?"
Alpha motioned to some grasses below a large tree with a swing attached to it. There was a very small Latios, coughing and groaning, yet not waking up. There was one small Latias and another of regular size who were watching worriedly. "He needs dire help. Unfortunately… I do not have any equipment or supplies."
Nurse Joy hummed in thought. She had left her bag of supplies back at the Pokécenter by accident. It was too late now; she didn't even know the path back.
Lorenzo coughed, walking over with a plastic bag filled with potions and first aid kits. "It's not much, but I hope it can do something. I'll send Bianca down to the market to grab what you need."
"Wait," Officer Jenny said as Nurse Joy took the bag. "You know these soldiers and the legends Pokémon?"
Lorenzo winced. "It… is quite a long story. We can discuss after Nurse Joy is done."
Nurse Joy quickly scribbled scrawled down a list of items before handing it to Bianca, who glanced at the sheet before quickly trotting out of the garden.
The nurse pulled out the supplies available and began her best to heal the little Latios.
All she could wonder was what was happening inside his mind. What had he been through?
…
Unknown Ocean- 5 years ago…
"Well… this is the place," Alpha said as he hoisted the kid over his shoulder and stepped off the boat. A small island and a partly built wooden cabin situated in the middle. It was pretty much deserted… every square inch of it. "Seriously, who is living here?"
"Maybe whoever is— or was— here wanted to live in secrecy. Somewhere away from everything we've left behind," Omega suggested with a shrug. "Who knows? There's a lot of the world we still haven't visited."
There was a long silence as the lone wind ruffled the soft tree leaves.
"Hey, about what he was yelling about…"
"That wouldn't be the first time."
"Yea… I suppose."
"Time… time is an odd thing, isn't it?"
…
He was somewhere… An island of rock in the middle of nowhere? The scene quickly faded and changed to one showing a massive building. Blu shook his head as he looked at the structure. It looked identical to the one that had burned down… The scene went black. He could hear arguing. Something about "the Brother." Something about "the Son." Corruption… two sides of every story, of every person.
And then… a storm.
First, a gust of wind. A breeze. It felt brief… comforting… enlightening…
Then the storm hit. Destruction… fire… everywhere…
The sky? The ocean? He was too disorientated. Too confused. Too… too tired…