Chapter 54 – Pure Evil

There was a sudden commotion in the front lawn of the Hall. Jeremy, sunbathing on the rooftops, jumped down to find Dark Jeremy, holding the other Legendaries at gunpoint. Jeremy walked up to him. "For the love of waffles, why do people keep showing up here?" Arceus hurriedly closed a small portal behind him. Jeremy, pretending to not notice, asked "What are you here for?" Dark Jeremy grinned, and flew at Jeremy. The two collided, and…merged.

Everyone was stunned. There was a flash of light, and at the center was a new being, exactly half light and half dark. The light faded, and everyone looked again only to see Jeremy, looking very confused. "What?" he said. The Legends walked off, muttering about "random events". Only Mew and Arceus stayed behind. Arceus walked up to Jeremy, and appeared to examine him. You might want to revisit Ero's study… Arceus whispered in his ear. Jeremy nodded, and Arceus teleported away. Grabbing some scientific supplies from Magnus ("I'm, um, making platinum?"), Jeremy went down into the cavern…

Mew and Jeremy were studying the texts they had read last night. Jeremy seemed different as he read them, Mew noticed. He had some of the features of Dark Jeremy, such as a new scowl, and she had heard him muttering to himself at night.

Jeremy also noticed something was wrong with him. He was provoked easily, and he kept hearing Dark Jeremy's voice in his head. Might want to check out that vial of Dark Energy, the voice suggested. No, Jeremy replied. I'm only here to help. The voice said sternly. Jeremy sighed, and went over to inspect the vial. It was in an everything-resistant casing, and he took it out. To his surprise, it seemed to be attracted to him. He went over to Mew and showed it sticking to his arm. Mew laughed. Nice trick, is it magnetized? Jeremy showed her that there were no magnets attached. Mew was perplexed. But how is it doing that? She asked. She turned back to her texts, and looked up after a while, waiting for an answer. To her shock, Jeremy was trying to open the vial. As she moved to stop him, the contents spilled out and absorbed themselves into Jeremy's skin. "Ah crap!" he said, and there was a sudden drop in the lighting of the room. Mew, stunned from the blast, could only watch as Jeremy transformed into a frightening new form…

Jeremy looked absolutely terrifying. His fingers were a foot long each, and sharpened to deadly, knife-like points, and his entire body was a deep and pure black, except his eyes and mouth. His eyes had no pupils, and his teeth were even sharper than his fingernails. Most astonishingly, he had gotten thinner, to the point where he had no air resistance when moving. His spikes had reformed, but they were not spikes. Now they were curved into a pattern similar to a Stantler's antlers (try saying that five times fast…) with a levitating sphere in the middle to match. With a bloodcurdling howl, the newly formed creature sped off into the night.

You may have been wondering how Jeremy was feeling about this. He felt reckless, and very fast. Meanwhile, the voice in his head was speaking. What did I tell you? It said. This is your new dark form. Jeremy furiously replied I don't WANT a dark form. The voice ignored him. To use your powers, activate a negative emotion. Like when you were going to battle Dialga. Jeremy remembered back to that time. He had been pretty ticked, come to think of it. He set a course for the Hall, with only one thing in mind:

Fight anything that moves.

Another scuffle in the hall had everyone running outside. The first to reach the outside, quickly tried to get back inside, causing much confusion. Finally, everyone was forced outside, to look at Dark Jeremy. "What the cheese is THAT?" Kyogre said. "I don't like it," said Victini. "Jeez, it looks like evil reincarnated!" exclaimed Keldeo. The 'thing' gave another howl, and Groudon stepped forward. "I don't care what it looks like. Jeremy doesn't seem to be around, so let's deal with it ourselves!" The others nodded assent to this, and charged the new guy. It jumped into the air, spun around so that its head was facing the ground, and released a shockwave of darkness. Then followed a fight for the ages, with the Legends who weren't knocked out from the first hit fighting furiously against the dark creature, who was evilly laughing and easily defeating them. Mew came shooting out of the cavern entrance…

Guys! She yelled. No one noticed. Mew pulled Celebi out and whispered her idea. Celebi gave the thumbs up, and froze time around the spectacle. It was quite funny, with several of the Legends in extremely awkward positions, others frozen in midair, still others about to prepare an attack. They looked at the two expectantly. That's Jeremy you're fighting, she explained. Everyone stood still (literally, they couldn't move) as the implications of this hit them.

Arceus was drinking tea. Meh, I'll go do something when I feel like it, he said to the author. The author shook his head, and pointed to the outside doorway. Arceus sighed. Fine, he said. Then he got up and walked away.

Meanwhile, outside, time was still paused for two reasons: One being that no one wanted to restart the fight, another being that they didn't know what Jeremy would do. Arceus walked out onto the lawn, stared, and conjured a music player. He set the track to "Blue". Everyone else didn't see what he was really doing, because they were too afraid of Jeremy powering up even further. "Arceus, no!" Kyogre shouted. The music started playing, and Celebi, finally getting the idea, restarted time.

The others watched as the music made a new reaction with Jeremy: It drained him of his dark form, leaving behind only regular Jeremy. "Wait, wat?" said Rotom. "Shouldn't he have gotten stronger?" Arceus looked at him. The answer is for only Jeremy to know. Rotom quickly backed down.

Jeremy got up in a medical bed. "Whoa, was I drunk?" he asked to no one in particular. A voice sounded over the speakers. "No, but you are in the Aperture Science Medical Facility. I have been asked to take care of you." Jeremy knew that voice.

It was the computerized voice of GLaDOS.

It had been a week. Jeremy was still in the Enrichment Center, getting stronger every day. He even got to do some Test Chambers, but he wasn't allowed to do anything dangerous, and wasn't allowed in the decayed parts of the facility (this taking place just before Portal 2). One day, he was in Test Chamber 84, when he noticed a door set into the wall. He opened it, and saw a dead scientist. "Wow, someone saw a good show," he said. Then he noticed what the scientist was holding. It was very similar to an electronic reader, more specifically a Nook, but it had old-style green text flashing across it. Jeremy, thinking it was a video game, picked it up and took it back to his Relaxation Vault.

Jeremy was finally ready to go back. He took his stuff, and thanked GLaDOS, who acknowledged it and told him to get going. "After all, there is research to be done." Jeremy had shrugged at this, and a portal opened in front of him. He stepped inside, expecting the bright flash of light. Instead, he was met with cold stone…