And wow, chapter 50. Holy Arceus I cannot believe it's gotten this long. 10 chapters in or about the Asylum latter and we are nearing the end of this arc, but don't think I built all the way up to this for nothing. I've got some secrets I need to exploit before I can move on and I've wanted tell you guys these for so long it's almost killing me to not be able to tell you sooner.
A new question as well : Out of these characters who's past are you more interesting... Ruby, Night, Dexter or Ferne? As always the question will be on my profile.
I couldn't sleep, I could barley close my eyes without being tormented by my thoughts. 'What were they doing to her, what were they doing to Dawn?' was all I could manage to let into my mind. They were doing something horrible to her, I could just tell. Standing straight up in the dark cell I was literally shaking from the fear that engulfed me. I wouldn't be sleeping anytime soon.
Beside me... or at least somewhere in the cell slept Pyro, he had been snoring for the past few minutes. Or had it been hours? I couldn't tell. All I knew is that despite the situation he still managed to fall asleep and not worry about what was going on. How could he do it... how in the hell could he still manage to fall into a peaceful sleep while Dawn was suffering I'd never know.
It's amazing what time in such a lonely place does to someone. The darkness was comforting, but ominous. It was empty and shallow, full of nothing. Without it I would at least be able to study my surroundings in detail, but with it all I could do was sit there and wait. Wait for something to happen.
'Where the hell are you Azelf, you're suppose to protect me and guide me. You haven't done anything...why?' I said in my mind 'Help me you son of a bitch, help the guy that's gonna save Arceus.'
I slowly closed my eyes, sleep was taking over. I tried to fight it, but in the end my body won. However, the moment I fell asleep I still remained alert and present. My state of being wasn't transferred to my subconscious and yet again I found myself standing in the endless field of white that I was starting to get used to.
I sighed "Again, really. I'm starting to get tired of this Azelf."
"Azelf is not here at the moment Night." spoke a strong female voice.
Almost pooping myself I jumped in surprise and looked behind me to see the source of the voice, and boy was I surpised at what I saw.
"Holy Mew...you're Articuno!" I shouted at the top of my lungs. Before me stood the ice legendary bird in all of her glory. She hovered over me with her icy blue coat of feathers and red eyes scanning me. This was without a doubt Articuno, but what did she want with me.
"Stand up Umbreon, I need to speak with you." said the bird in a calm voice "Something has come up."
Still in complete shock I managed to focus myself and stand up, it was time to get serious. It was in that moment that I realized the scope of what I was involved in. Before I thought it was just Azelf and I, but with Articuno showing up I saw this was a big issue.
Articuno seemed to realized I was a bit worried and did her best to sooth me "Don't be afraid Night, I'm here to help you."
"You're going to help me escape the asylum?" I asked with excitement in my voice,.
She lowered her head "Mew has not decieded wheter or not action will be taken to save you, but I assure you that we will not let anything happen to you. If you're going to help Arceus recover we will protect you."
"Can you do anything to get me out the the Asylum?" I asked, starting to get comfortable around the large bird "Because that'd be pretty cool."
At this question looked away "Mew has not chosen whether or not he should break Arceus' commands, so I am not sure if I will save you."
"What command did Arceus give, isn't she sick or something?" I asked again with my interest peaking.
"I really shouldn't tell you, I have no idea how much Mew and Mewtwo want you to know at this point...sorry."
"Wait,wait... you report to Mew and Mewtwo? Aren't all legendaries under Arcues' rule?" I questioned.
This seemed to hit a nerve in the large bird, which scared me a little. If she was able to get into my mind I had no idea what she was able to do to it. I lowered my head and apologized.
Articuno waved a wing "It is fine Night, you are only curious... besides I am only here to check on your mental state and you seem fine so I'll be on my way."
I smirked "What, leaving so soon? I was enjoying the talk." I whined.
"We can talk all you want latter Umbreon, right now I suggest you try and get some sleep." And before I could blink my eyes I was back in that cell, the silent darkness was back and for the first time I found myself wanting to be in the emptiness of my subconscious.
I sighed "Cool... alone again."
Everything was set and ready. I had run the simulation through my mind countless times trying to find a crack in the plan or something that might go wrong. It was perfect, it had to be. As I sat in the forest contemplating all the variables I was confident in my plan. It would work, there was no doubt in my mind.
"You all set Dexter?"
I turned my head to see Vapor standing there with a worried look on her face. Just from her expression I could see she was very stressed about what was going on, who wouldn't be. I put a smile on my face to confort her and said "Yep, is everyone else ready?"
She nodded with a new found smile on her face and replied "Yes."
"Good, come on lets go." I responded and started to walk towards the rest of the group. I had guided them to an area that I knew was on low population so we'd have out privacy and avoid the spying eyes of Team Galactic. It was a clearing in the middle of a dense forest that was just under a klick away from the Asylum. When we entered the clearing everyone was having a conversation about this whole ordeal.
"I think it's a good idea, Dexter seems to have this thing figured out." said Razor.
"Maybe" said Jolt, "But this whole thing seems to simple. I don't know much about these Team Galactic fellows but I would think they have security systems in place to stop things like this."
Ruby stepped in "I agree with Jolt, I think Dexter's underestimating Galactic. If they were able to capture Night and use a psychic type move effectively on a Umbreon they have some serious power."
"I'm not underestimating Team Galactic, be sure of that." I said defending myself. They all turned to look at me as I continued "Team Galactic is dangerous, don't forget that. But they are not some invincible force. They are an organization that is very organized but they do have small flaws that we can exploit. This facility has a strong focus on trying to keep the population of inmates inside. This means that there is a very small amount of security keeping others out and that it the reason this plan will succeed ."
A silence filled the clearing as my fellow Pokemon contemplated what I had just said. I ended the quietness with one more question "Now, is everyone ready. Once this starts there's no turning back."
"I'm ready." spoke out Spark, who besides Vapor was probably the one who was closest to Night.
"Me too" said Vapor with a smile still on her face.
"I'm up for a rescue" spoke up Razor.
"I'm ready to kick some ass" said Ruby (Of course)
"And so am I" added Jolt looking straight at Vapor, who instantly blushed as he spoke.
"Good then" said Ferne before turning to me "Lets get this started."
The door was opening, I don't know how long we were in there but the door was finally opening. My heart seemed to be beating through my chest as the anticipation started to come. By then Pyro had awoken and was standing next to me but was noticeably more calm than I was. Having spent his whole life in the asylum he had most likely seen the results of Team Galactic "test sessions" and was expecting whatever results they had on Dawn.
As the door opened wider the light from the outside was low,but still enough to cause a shock to my eyes. Once the door was open enough I heard the familiar voice of Steel say "Now get in there." Afterwords there was a moment of intense silence when the whole world seemed to stand still. After a moment of that Steel said "I said get in Purrloin!" with a more define tone.
Through the opening in the door I saw Steel push Dawn in through the door. She fell to the ground with a grunt as the door started to close again
I rushed over to her "Are you okay?" I almost yelled with anger and fear in my voice. I was surprised at how emotional I was getting about this. I had only known this Pokemon for a day, maybe two, and I was on the floor almost crying for her. It was astounding how fast I had allowed myself to open up my emotions to this Purrloin. She had been open to me, but ussualy I can stop myself from getting to attached and involved. That's what I did with Spark... he was nice to me but I simply brushed him aside even though he was my friend. But I just couldn't do that to Dawn, I couldn't just let her feel alone here.
"Give her some space Night, she's been through a lot." spoke Pyro as he approached her. From the sound of his voice he seemed relieved as well that Dawn looked alright but was no hurry to show it.
"I'm..." started Dawn in a weak tone "I'm fine... thank you." Her head was looking straight at the ground as she picked herself up with her wobbly legs. Her breathing was hard and she looked tired but besides that she looked perfectly fine, well, at least until she looked up at me.
My blood ran cold as the Purrloin's eyes met mine and my expression of reilef quickly turned into one of worry. I saw Pyro lower his eyes and shake his head.
"What?" asked Dawn "What's wrong."
"Dawn..." I said "You... you have green eyes. Right?"
The feline nodded quickly "Yes, of course. What's wrong Night?" Her voice showed her intense worry.
I looked down and sighed "Dawn what did they do to you?"
Her eyes started to water "I don't know, they put me to sleep... What's wrong with me Night?"
"Your eyes are red Dawn." blurted Pyro "They gave you something that messed with your genetic makeup."
As much as I wished that the Houndour was lying, he wasn't. One of Dawn's most obvious attributes were her deep green eyes but whatever Galactic did to her the pigment in her eyes was now red. "I'm sorry Dawn" finished Pyro.
"What?" yelled the feline "You can't be serious, my eyes are red now? How does that even happen?" She was in shock. Just a few moments before she struggled to stand but in this rush of adrenaline she was now pacing back and forth.
"Dawn they did tests on you, that's what they do here. You survived with what looks like very minor side-effects, okay. You should consider yourself luck-"
Before Pyro could finish his sentence an incredibly loud explosion cracked from a ways away. The force was so large virbations could be felt in the walls and on the ground.
"What is going on here?" I yelled "I'm pretty sure that's not common, is it Pyro?"
The canine growled "It's not, something's up, but whatever it is I'm sure it can't be good for Team Galactic." his growl turned into a toothy grin" And that means it's good for us."
"Is that part of the plan Dex?" asked Ferne as we watched a plume of smoke rise up from the ground. Without a doubt that was an explosion, a controled one. I hadn't planned for this, but it was going to help us out.
"No,"I replied to Ferne with a smirk "But now getting this done is going to be much easier with a distraction. With the naked eyes all you would see was a clearing in the forest with a cave in the middle but with the information I had I knew that this was the back door to the Asylum. This was it, no more planning, no more calculating, no more doubts.
"This is it guys," I said before turning to the group "It's time to start this."
