Chapter 51: What a way for this to "Saturn" out.
Looks like the lake pokemon are going to be released this time.(also James and Crystal leveled up against Cyrus last chapter, i didn't mention it so that the tension wasn't interrupted)
"Spoken text" = normal talking
'Speech' = thoughts
-Speech- = translated Pokemon text
(Speech) = Author's comment (on a part of the story that may be obvious or hard to understand)
*Words* = sound effect
Words = Formily Dream text, now Telepathy
Pokemon team levels and moves:-
Clarity/Clair (Gardevoir, Level 45) Moves: Focus Blast, Psychic, Thunderbolt and Calm mind.
Sparky (Luxray, Level 44) Moves: Thunder Fang, Return, Iron Tail and Crunch (Roar is a battle cry)
James (Emploeon, Level 44) Moves: Ice Beam, Iron Defense, Surf and Shadow Claw.
Angela (Absol, Level 45) Moves: Zen Headbutt, Slash, Swords Dance and X-Scissor.
Terry (Togekiss, Level 44) Moves; Fly, Drain Punch, Extrasensory and Metronome.
Crystal (Froslass, Level 45) Moves: Shadow Ball, Ice Shard, Headbutt and Protect.
Disclaimer;- Pokémon belongs to Gamefreak and Nintendo, my OC (Jake) belongs to me. (its' me :)) And the Idea of Angela is from Baby Mama Valkyria, the written form of her is mine.
Arriving in the dark heart of the Galactic HQ, the lift doors slid open to reveal a darkened hallway with a dark grey set of tiling for the floor, walls and even the ceiling. Besides the infrequent use of the Team Galactic logo on the walls, the decoration was otherwise dull with basic lighting allowing the group to see ahead of them. Of course the rest of the single corridor was clad in this same decor, but with large cylindrical containers of some sort of green liquid that made Jake and co uncomfortable as they looked over the place. The end of the long "room" turned to the left as well. As the trio began walking towards the end of the single passage they saw a couple scientists leaving the area by heading to the lift, clearly shaken by something, but didn't act upon seeing Jake, Clair and Angela, as they appeared too worried about themselves instead, though the three did hear the researchers mutter about something that was extracted from the lake pokemon before they were out of hearing range. -What's wrong with them?- Clair asked as she watched the last of them leave. Jake shrugged in response, "I don't know, but it must be serious if it's shaken them that badly." He replied, with Angela nodding in agreement. -Yes, whatever unspeakable things they must have had to do under Cyrus' orders seems to have broken their will to continue with it. Either that or they have realized that what Cyrus plans to do will have catastrophic ramifications- She said matter-of-factly, clearly focused on the task at hand.
Jake turned around and glanced at the scientists before turning back to his two pokemon and nodding once. "Well regardless of whatever it is, it seems we're the only ones who can stop it. Feels like an idea out of an action story or something but seeing as it's real, we have to stop Cyrus."(Sorry, couldn't resist the poke at the fourth wall there.) Jake replied as he headed to the end of the corridor and followed it the only way it led, the single turn to the left. This led to a door which opened up as the trio approached it, as it was activated by motion. A copy of the evil team's logo was placed on the floor before said door as well.
The room beyond the door was covered in the same interior design as the hall before it, but with 3 machines that appeared to be built to contain pokemon, a fact that was made very clear very quickly as the Guardians of the lakes were being held within each of the devices. Uxie, the being of knowledge in front of the entrance into the room, Mesprit, the being of emotion was off to the left side of the room and Azelf, the being of willpower was placed off to the right. All three pokemon appeared to be suffering as their expressions showed pain and distress.
"What...the...FUCK?!" Jake shouted in anger, catching both Clair and Angela off guard for the second time that day, but this time it was because of both the swearing and his sudden outburst of rage. Saturn heard the teenager and turned around to him as he had been busy watching Charon as he typed away on a computer that was occupying the center of the wall at the back of the room. "You insolent punk. You came all the way here just to save the guardians Pokémon of the lakes?" He asked before sighing and clutching at the bridge of his nose in annoyance. "...Though it's nothing new, I can't say I understand our boss... Why would he let a kid like you come and go freely even if you did beat him in battle?" He paused after this question to sigh again while Charon finally stopped typing and turned around. "Who are you talking to..." The short scientist started before he got the answer to his unfinished question as Jake was there infront of the door, plain as day. "Ah yes it is you again child, the same one that beat Mars back at the Valley windworks." He said flatly in a tone that seemed to mimic Cyrus' to a point, since it still carried more emotion then the Team's boss ever had. Saturn turned to glare at him as the smaller old man was about to speak again. "That's enough out of you Gramps, don't bother speaking to him, this troublemaker has been stopping all of our plans up to now." He said in mild anger, clearly annoyed by Jake's continued stopping of Team Galactic's plans even though he actually had no idea of what the endgame of Cyrus' plan really was.(Saturn only learns of what Cyrus wanted to do after you stop him ingame so that's how im playing it off here)
"Oh so all of our team's failures are linked you child? How very strange that a mere adolescent, teenager or not, could stand up to our plans and stop them up to now. Nevertheless, you will..." Once again Saturn cut him off. "Seriously grampa, can it, save the monologue for another time." He was evidently getting sick of putting up with Charon and his longwinded way of speaking. The person in question took the hint and stepped back, easily seeing that a battle was about to unleash.(the cages are reinforced so the lake pokemon are safe here, just for those of you who think that'd play into things, it won't) We, Team Galactic, take all that we need, and eliminate what we do not." Saturn began as a form of battle-cry(loose use here) as he pulled a pokeball of his belt and continued to speak. "But anyway. You've taken the trouble to come this far. Let me welcome you! Consider it payback for you insulting me at the lake." He finished before he threw his first pokeball into the soon to be battle arena.
Battle time is a go:-
Saturn's first pokemon was the same as last time, his Gengar.(Level 45 with Shadow Ball, Thunderbolt, Ice Punch and Energy Ball(only changed one move)) Said ghost grinned darkly as he saw Jake and company, with the teen merely glaring back as he sent out his first pokemon in return, James. The large penguin landed with a dull and stared defiantly at his opponent. Neither Gengar nor his trainer reacted other then calling the first move, Energy Ball. The ghost/poison pokemon began charging the telltale ball of green while Jake called for an Ice Beam to counter. James focused the icy blue power to his left flipper while Gengar kept the energy on his face. Both pokemon fired their respective attack off at the same time, resulting in a clash of icy energy(?) against the ghostly power. This results in a minor struggle of a beam against orb projectile before the clash went right up in smoke quite literally in an small explosion. Gengar jumped back a bit to avoid the blast force while James just endured it without moving. Saturn called for Thunderbolt next, with Gengar performing the move through the smoke that remained after the blast and James narrowly avoiding the attack through instinctive dodging, the bolt almost hitting the Water/Steel type in the shoulder.
Gengar then did the same thing he had last time, using his ghostly abilities to phase into the floor out of sight, prompting James and Jake to both look around in order to counter any surprise attacks. Saturn's pokemon appeared behind James as the penguin slowly stepped towards the middle of the arena, with Jake calling out a few seconds too late as James only turned around halfway before ending up on the receiving end of an almost vicious second helping of Thunderbolt. The strike caused James to shudder in pain as the electrical energy surged through him rapidly for a moment before he shook it off the best he could only to find Gengar had vanished again. Jake sighed to try and keep his anger in check, due to both the lake pokemon's mistreatment, and him hating people who fight in cowardly ways, but regardless he kept scanning the room to see if he could counter his opponent's next move. The chance came when Gengar appeared behind James again, but both trainer and pokemon were ready this time as Jake spotted him as he began coming out the ground, starting to charge an Energy Ball as he went. As the green orb was fired though, James did what he always did when faced with an energy projectile and smashed it back to sender. This caught the ghost off-guard and as a result he received a face full of natural power, the impact of which knocked him over, though due to the move being Grass type it wasn't too effective.
Taking advantage of the knock-back, Jake got James to use Iron Defense in order to try and punch shadowy pokemon clean in the large grin that made up about half of his face, only for him to quickly phase back into the ground, almost in panic seeing as James had leapt up over him, aiming to use a downward punch. The would-be fist instead struck the tiled floor, cracking it as James hit before he pulled his limb free. Gengar appeared to James' right this time as he tried to use a mock sucker punch(as in out of view) with Ice Punch. James spotted this right as the fist was about to hit and just let it connect, seeing as he was almost barely effected by Ice type attacks. Gengar looked a bit surprised when the punch didn't freeze James' face like he was hopping it would. Said pokemon then grabbed Gengar by the shoulders and threw him upwards into the air. Gengar tried to float like a ghost could once he got his bearings straight to then have to avoid a Iron Defense fueled punch to the face as James leapt up to him. The two pokemon then began somewhat of a boxing match, with Gengar's fists engulfed in Icy mist and James using Iron Defense on his fists. James blocked Gengar's attempt at an Axe handle attack before gut punching him and then following it up with a hook right to Gengar's set of teeth, some of which came loose as the metal clad fist impacted the ghost square in the mouth. The ghost was launched back where he phased through a wall for a moment before staggering back into the room and falling over flat, out cold.
Saturn sighed as he recalled his first defeated pokemon and sent out his second, a new team member for him, the large bronze bell Bronzong.(level 47 with the moves:- Flash Cannon, Sunny Day(because pokemon logic), Solarbeam and Psychic.)
James stood his ground, showing he wasn't going anywhere and giving a film nod to Jake signalling he was still ready for more. Bronzong's first move was Sunny Day, a bright light being shining up above the battlefield. James winced slightly from the bright light shining into his eyes and the effect of the move slicing water moves clean in half. Bronzong's next move was Solarbeam, which because of sunny day was charged instantly. The beam of weaponized sunlight was blasted right at James who stood his ground and blocked the attack directly. Said beam clashed against his flippers/arms as he winced, due to the heat and the normal type "advantage" since James wasn't weak to grass anymore. James kept himself on his feet even though the attack hit somewhat hard. As the attack finished he went right for an Ice Beam which hit Bronzong right in his unblinking eyes, or more exactly the right one.
The large bell pokemon didn't wince from his eye being frozen but did shudder seeing(lol) as the bell was his body but the eyes seemed painted on or something like that. Saturn called for a Flash Cannon which his pokemon began charging up the attack using his limbs to focus the orb above him even though his eye was encased in ice. James braced for the attack and as it was fired, he used Shadow Claw to slice through it, splitting the sphere into 3 pieces with an upward slash before following with a second swing downward that shattered the ice off of the bronze bell Pokémon's face but narrowly missed actually hitting him. The next attack from both sides was another Solarbeam from Bronzong and an Ice Beam from James, this time meeting in a clash of celestial-powered laser against a glacial beam of energy. The two attacks were in a stalemate for a moment before Jake called for James to finish using his half of the attack and then dodge the remains of his opponent before then rushing him as well as he could with his steel body. Saturn called for Psychic in order to try and slow James down, this motion only half worked though as Bronzong managed to telepathically grab one of James' limbs and restrain him from getting any closer. This stopped the penguin's fist, or rather pointed flipper tip, right before it met the bell's face. James began trying to pull his limb free of his opponent's psychic grip while Bronzong began charging up another Solarbeam quickly, seeing as the effects of Sunny Day were going to run out soon. James managed to finally rip his limb out of his limb out of the borderline supernatural hold before having to use Iron Defense on his flippers as he blocked the beam that was fired nearly at point blank and was bigger then normal orb of sun energy. The laser was split into several smaller ones as James braced for impact and was pushed back a bit as a result. He did start fighting the force of the attack by slowly pushing his way forward.
Saturn called for his pokemon to "turn up the heat" ,so to speak, of the attack by firing it with more energy, which stopped James dead in his tracks yet again. James held his ground as best as he could could against Bronzong's firing of the lazers before he half stumbled to the side in mild agony and a dull haze from the beam impacting him. The Water/Steel type held himself up despite being in pain from the recent blasts and with the Sunny Day having ran out he began "charging" (used loosely here) up a Surf projectile in his claws/flippers while Saturn called for a Flash Cannon. The beam of light energy which was Flash Cannon clashed against the stream of water, causing said H2O to splash everywhere while the light from Bronzong's attack split into smaller rays like before with Solarbeam. James then used Iron Defense to reinforce his limbs like always before rushing Bronzong again, this time actually connecting a few punches in a string of jabs. This resulted in a loud couple of bongs since Saturn's pokemon is a bell after all. This is finished off with James performing an uppercut using Shadow Claw, the slash going right up Bronzong's middle and this caused him to flop to the floor with a metal clang, comical Xs for eyes as he was out cold.
Saturn looked quite frustrated as he recalled his second pokemon before sending out Crobat.(Level 47 with:- Air Slash, Cross Poison, X-Scissor and Steel Wing.)
James held himself up unsteadily before Jake gave him a super potion to ease his pain before recalling him and sending out Terry next who gave him a happy grin before taking a serious glare at the Poison/Flying who returned it before hearing Saturn's first command for the third "phase" of the fight, Cross Poison. Crobat's top two wings began glowing the telltale purple signs of toxic substance before Crobat dashed at Terry before taking a shot at his right wing. Terry narrowly avoided the downward X slash before using Fly to get into position above the improvised battlefield while gracefully avoiding Crobat's barrage of Air Slash projectiles, clearly showing Saturn's change of tatics from normal to much more aggressive. This was further shown when Saturn continued his onslaught by calling for a use of Steel Wing as Terry began his dive to ram into his opponent for the end of Fly. Crobat's right upper wing began to shine mentally as the move took effect and he swung at the happiness pokemon as said pokemon was dive-bombing at him. Terry, under Jake's suggestion, used the momentum of the dive to loop around Crobat in a horizontal loop as the pokemon in question swiped at him in a downward motion, missing as a result of Terry's swift movements.
Crobat was still able to avoid the attempted ramming however due to his natural agility so the fight had been even so far. Jake called for Metronome next which Terry did preform despite the lack of hands or even fingers and got Extreme Speed this time, which he used to rush at Crobat, seemingly vanishing out of sight for only a moment before appearing in-front of his opponent and slamming into him full pelt. Crobat was sent straight backwards from the impact but caught himself and halted the velocity that had been carrying him backwards before firing off more projectiles of Air Slash at Terry, who dodged most of them but a couple did hit him, half of which were grazes and the rest that connected were full impacts. The white avian pokemon did the flying version of strumbling slightly as he accommodated for the pain as well as he could.(Like when you try to regain your footing after being punched or pushed) Crobat was nearly ontop of Terry not even a moment later as he reeled up to use Cross Poison again, his wings turning purple to show this even though Saturn was heard calling the command anyway. Jake was ready to counter and called for Metronome again, this time getting Fire Punch, and Terry's left wing tip was engulfed in flames as he swung his wing "fist" at Crobat.
Both attacks connected with the targets being knocked back in the respective direction as the aftermath. Terry stopped himself from face planting the floor and had a nice double wing inprint on his head, though it was temporary along with the pain as well, and Crobat now had soot/mild burn marks on his face around the center of where Terry had punched him. This would have given Crobat a bloody nose if he had one to be punched, but it did still piss the Bat pokemon off regardless and despite the agony it caused to boot. Saturn called for another use of Steel Wing which his pokemon performed almost eagerly as he flew right at Terry while his wing began shining in the metallic sheen of the named metal. Terry used Metronome once last time and got, of all things, Hyper Beam which Terry fired in the nick of time with Crobat received point-blank. The violent laser knocked Crobat back into the wall with a loud thud before slumping to the floor in a pile, out cold. Saturn just sighed in anger as he recalled his pokemon and threw the prize money at Jake. He did still have Toxicroak but considering the 10 second beatdown Clair had given the poison frog last time, he figured there was no point trying in that regard, as it would just happen again.(Anti-climatic again i know but it'd be pointless, it's like a running gag in this story at this point i swear.)
Jake healed up terry and recalled him as Saturn just clutched a fist in anger before locking eyes with the teenager in front of him again. "How?! What makes you so tough as a trainer?" He nearly yelled as he tried to keep his temper under control seeing as he didn't like losing. Taking a deep breath he spoke again. " Fine... Oi old man, the kid came here to release the lake pokemon so you might as well do that now, not like there's a point to keeping them here anyway. Our boss already has what he needs." As Saturn spoke Charon because typing at the computer again, going through the machine to unlock the pokemon's cages. "Using the crystals he took from the three Pokémon, Cyrus crafted a Red Chain. That chain is what he needed to shackle something on Mt. Coronet I don't know what exactly he is planning but he did also create another of these chains though technical means. It's also apparently needed for creating something, But that's all I know unfortunately for you. Who knows what he's planning to do up there exactly. I will admit that you are a stubborn teenager and a strong trainer and if i don't see you again good luck. Knowing what you'll most likely do now, you'll need it." Saturn finished before leaving the room. As he left the room Charon finished using the computer and the cages for the lake pokemon clicked and went off while the short scientist just calmly walked out of the room, not even giving Jake a second glance as he appeared deep in thought about something.
The three mythical creatures wasted no time removing themselves from the devices and looking around. Uxie and Azelf both nodded to Jake and teleported away in order to recover, but Mesprit lingered in front of Jake, the teenager looking a bit confused at this. -My thanks for rescuing us young one.- She spoke calmly, nodding in a manner similar to a bow.(The pokemon in game are genderless but to make this a bit easier Azelf and Uxie are male, Mespirt is female.) Jake smiled and returned the nod. "No way I could let this sort of thing go unpunished, I'm Jake by the way and this is Clair and Angela." He said in a determined voice before gesturing to the pokemon as he named them, with Mesprit giggling lightly. -Understandable, given that you are kind. Before you ask I can see your emotions as I am the being of emotion." She explained before continuing. -This man who stole the crystals for the Red Chain, he is named Cyrus?- She asked in a curious tone that was deeply laced with concern and seriousness. Jake simply nodded as she sighed. -The world will be in grave danger if he uses the Red Chains unopposed. It is an item that can shackle one of the creation trio." The lake pokemon said to which Angela's face nearly matched her fur as she paled. -No, he can't be planning to...- The dark type cut off and Jake looked between them. "Yeah I'm going to guess he's planning to remake the world using them since he has two of these chains." He said matter of factually, with both pokemon nodding to him. -Yes, that is what he is planning to do. You are smarter then you act young trainer, but I should not judge you off of your willingness to take on tasks head on.- Mesprit said as her face became all serious now, mirrored by Jake almost perfectly. "Yeah no not gonna happen. Even if I have to battle those pokemon I am going to try my damnedest to stop him." Jake said, sounding as stubborn as ever, with Mespirt nodding once admirably.-Very well young one, I will teleport you outside of this building, it is the least I can do in return for you saving me and my siblings.-(yeah i know they're not normally related but i think it makes sense.)
She focused her psychic abilities and did just that, changing the background from the dark room in the HQ to the area out-front of said building. Jake looked around and nodded, "Thanks Mespirt." He said as turned back to her to see the effort had using up alot of her remaining energy seeing as she had been in a cage that was hurting her before, so he pulled out a Stirus Berry and handed it to her. -Thank you young man.- She said as she accepted the berry with a nod before then digging into the food eagerly. Angela and Clair tried not to give into the cute display of the small psychic type devouring the berry while Jake just smiled. Once this was done Mespirt wiped her mouth off and nodded to Jake. -I appreciate the thought there. Thank you Jake and farewell.- The pink pokemon said before giving a simple wave and disappearing from their view. Jake turned to Clair and Angela and his smile dissolved into a serious glare. "Right let's head to Oreburgh City but after that we should check into the pokemon center for the night. I don't know what time it is but I don't think it'd be a good idea to try and climb the mountain in the dead of night." He said as he pulled out Terry's and Angela's pokeballs, with both pokemon nodding. -Yeah that sounds like a good idea.- Clair said with a yawn while Angela shook one off. -Yes, that would save us some trouble down the line.- The dark type pokemon said before Jake nodded and recalled her and brought Terry out and flying to Oreburgh. They got there and checked into the Pokemon center to which Jake called everyone out, they had a late night tea and promptly passed out.
Ending note time:-
Yeah I know not as long as some of the more recent chapters but this does set up the next place the group has to go. Plus I think a shorter chapter fits in to break up the length a bit. Yes the last bit is bluntly short but given that the main threat is happening i think that can be forgiven for just this once. Especially since this does seem to be a good stopping point along with the next chapter being long most likely.
Read and review guys, and stay cool ;)
