Chapter 53 – Ero's Legacy
Jeremy snuck up to the statue. He wasn't sure why he was doing this in the dead of night, but he thought that if he did it in daylight, it wouldn't be as cool. He examined the statue. There was indeed a slot in the back of the neck. He climbed up, careful not to slip, and put a single glove into the statue. Then he looked behind him, as something was happening there. A set of stairs were forming, going deep into the earth. He looked around, and assured that no one else was there, descended into the deep.
Unfortunately, he was wrong. Arceus was awake and watching, and smiled to himself.
As Jeremy walked down the stairs, he noticed that there was a light ahead. He quickly jumped down the rest of the stairs, landed painfully, and continued. The light was a candle, that burned with an ethereal flame. There was a small, cozy room down here, with a desk, a bed, and hundreds upon hundreds of drawings. Jeremy picked one up and examined it. It was a design for a magnetic shoe enhancement, and it was advanced beyond anything Jeremy could have imagined. He picked up another, which was a design for a forge that could melt anything. Jeremy was intrigued. Number one, this place was cozy enough for him, which was rare, and two, it seemed to have been made with him in mind. It certainly wasn't a Mew's work, Jeremy mused, as there were minor imperfections in the room –the desk had a chip taken off, the floor pattern was not symmetrical, and other things that only Jeremy would spot. Then he spotted a small book, obviously well-worn, that said "My Diary" on it. Jeremy picked it up and opened it, reclining on the bed. He read;
"Today, I perfected subatomic theory. It wasn't that hard, once I got the information I needed and did some calculations. In other news, Arceus has grown impatient with me for some reason. I wonder why…" Jeremy flipped the page.
"Today, I discovered a new type of matter, which could revolutionize the power industry. It's not dark matter, but it is very similar in idea, in that it seems to be an opposite of my own energies. When I combined a sample of my energy with an equal example of this substance, it blazed with a light that blinded me for some time thereafter. Arceus came in, and told me he had been waiting for this discovery." Jeremy continued to read for quite a while, finally finding the last written-in page.
"I fear I may not be able to stay for much longer. The Legends, upon finding my research, were ill-tempered to say the least. Even my lover was against me. Mew…If you do read this…my apologies…"The rest was smudged out. Jeremy read the last sentence again. Mew? This guy had also had a Mew for a lover. Coincidence? Jeremy didn't believe in coincidence. Jeremy closed the book, and checked his new watch. It was precisely 1 AM, and he had learned a lot in just two hours of reading. Jeremy exited the study, vowing to come back and try to find more.
Mew had noticed a change in Jeremy. He was shifty-eyed at times, and reluctant to say what he had been doing. She didn't want to press the matter, but being a Mew, she knew the curiosity would eventually kill her. One of the oft-repeated sayings in the Mew's Guide to Staying Safe was "Curiosity killed the Mew. Avoid it, or satisfy it." So, one day, she followed Jeremy while invisible.
Jeremy felt like he was being followed this time, as he descended the stairs. He checked behind him again. Nothing was there, save for a slight shimmer in the air. He attributed this to the difference of heat between the outside and the inside. "I'm way too paranoid these days," he muttered. Mew, having barely escaped detection, continued following him down. She found herself in the same room that Jeremy had found, papers everywhere. She nudged one with her toe. Floating down, she read it. It was an advanced diagram of…something. She was about to move when an alarm sensor started. It was ingeniously loud enough to attract attention, yet quiet enough to escape notice from the outside. She froze, as a strange blue mist sprayed into the room. She saw Jeremy undergoing her same surprise. A speaker came on, and in a robotic voice, said "Invisible objects detected." The mist cleared, and as her vision also cleared, Mew found Jeremy staring right at her. She had been revealed! But how?
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"Um, Mew, were you following me?" Jeremy asked, one eyebrow raised. Mew, realizing the jig was quite obviously up, nodded, and muttered Sowwy… Jeremy smiled, and said "That's alright. I didn't expect to keep this place secret for much longer anyway. But what I'm wondering, is that voice said invisible objects, plural. So where are the other invisible objects?" Mew shrugged. "This could be important, let's look around," said Jeremy. Mew agreed, and dug through piles of stuff. Meanwhile, Jeremy noticed a new door, one that hadn't been there before. He pointed it out to Mew, and they opened it. It was barely human-sized, so that Jeremy, only five feet tall (he had been changed back from age 18 by a copy of his own powers from Magnus, and remembered him saying "Now we're even"). He went through a short corridor, specially designed to not let light into it. Needless to say, there was a lot of scuffling and bumping into each other. Nonetheless, they eventually came out into a room that was strangely tilted. Then something clicked, and the room settled back into normal view.
The room itself was a lab, but it was much more advanced than anything even Magnus could have dreamed of. Jeremy noticed an object that looked very light, and tried to pick it up, only to realize that the thing must weigh half a ton. Meanwhile, Mew had noticed something, and called Over here! to Jeremy. He saw a small coatrack, with two pairs of gloves hung on it. They simply said "Work gloves,"
and one was designed to fit a Mew, the other a human. Jeremy put the human-sized ones on, and thinking of something, tried to pick the object up again. It didn't work, and he sighed. Mew, noticing a small switch on her gloves, turned it on. She easily picked up the object, and it floated in her hands. Jeremy looked over at her, thinking she was showing off, and then he realized what she was demonstrating:
She wasn't using her psychic powers.
Jeremy, seeing her indicate the switch, quickly turned his own on. He could lift anything in the room, and he vaguely suspected that he couldn't have before. Mew was, of course, messing around with interesting stuff in the lab, when she came across a test tube. There was a glowing black substance in the tube, and it looked moldable. Foolishly, she opened it. The contents lifted up as if of their own accord, and flew directly into Jeremy. Jeremy gasped in surprise, and looked like he was changing into his Ultimate form, but he stopped. He coughed the stuff back out, and Mew hurriedly replaced it inside the test tube. "Ugh, what was that stuff?" he coughed. "I feel as if I got slapped by Kyogre, stomped on by Groudon, and hit by a missile!" Mew checked the label of the test tube. It said "Dark Energy, Pure". Mew showed him the label, and they both agreed to talk to Arceus about it tomorrow.
Meanwhile, Dark Jeremy had received a text from an unknown caller. It said "The time has come."
Dark Jeremy gathered his things, and set off.
It was time for his destiny, after all.
A/N: OoooOOooh, foreboding! What is the strange stuff? Why does it react so badly with Jeremy? (A clue –his dark side, and lack thereof) Why has Nick not been even MENTIONED?
Nick: Review. (goes off and cries)
