Chapter 24: Hell at Aether
Sarah walked around the Paradise, clutching onto Lyn as she moved about. She found herself in a Pokemon sanctuary, where several different species of Pokemon lived in what seemed like harmony. This must've been the place that the foundation used to make themselves seem good to everyone as the Pokemon here weren't afraid of them.
"Moon?" She called. "Moon...where are you?"
"Ka?" Lyn asked, looking up at her.
"Lyn, not now." Sarah muttered. "We need to find Moon, or Angel and the rest of my team."
"HEY!" Sarah jolted around to see an Aether member in some sort of weird hazmat suit. It was all white with a golden face mask that covered the entirety of the face. The person clutched a weird looking pokeball in his hand. It was a black ball with several indents in and a seal with a purple button.
"Report, subject Sarah has escaped her prison cell." the person said. "Units, keep her away from the bottom floor laboratory. I'll apprehend her now. Go, Stoutland!"
A giant dog with a long white beard and blue fur coat hopped out of the Pokeball. Sarah immediately took notice of the fact that its eyes were bloodshot red and the dog looked like it was ready to kill someone.
Sarah felt Lyn starting to kick and squirm in her arms. She didn't really have much of a choice, she was going to have to fight her way out.
The Rotom Dex flew out of her backpack. "They didn't take me, allow me to help you scan Lyn's moves."
Lyn hopped on the ground and looked up at the large dog in front of her.
"Stoutland, use Fire Fang!"
Stoutland charged with its mouth lighting on fire. Lyn's eyes flashed a little reddish color as her claws grew in size. She charged at the dog and clawed it across the face. Stoutland let out a yelp as it fell backwards, Lyn then proceeded to kick the dog in the face with her feet claws.
"Zzzt, lookz like Lyn knowz Mega Kick and Crush Claw."
"Lyn, just uh, try something else...use slash?"
Lyn's right claw grew in size as she slashed across the dogs face, a large scratch mark landed across the eye before she unleashed three quick kicks in the dogs face. Stoutland fell to the ground with swirls in its eyes.
Sarah quickly grabbed Lyn and ran away as fast as she could before the man could take out another Pokemon. She rounded the corner and quickly went into a door that opened and closed quickly. Breathing quickly, she quickly looked to rotom, grabbing it and scanning Lyn.
"Alright, Crush Claw, Shadow Punch, Bite, Triple Kick, Fire Punch, Giga Impact...Shadow Bone?"
"Ka?" Lyn asked.
Sarah looked at the baby Kangaskhan…this was the only protection she had at the moment.
"Lyn...I know you're just a baby...but, I need you more than ever okay?"
The baby Kangaskhan looked at her blankly, then, it made a little fist. "Ka Ka?"
Sarah gave her a small smile, "Alright Lyn, let's go."
"Wait, Sarah!" She jolted around and saw the tiny white hedgeh ot with a green spike back and pink flowers. The small hedgehog walked up to her and gave her a smile.
"Shaymin?" Sarah said in shock. "What...what are you doing here? You need to go! You're in danger here!"
"I'm here to help you, Mew called out to me."
"Mew? But...Manaphy is in trouble, Moon is…"
"Moon needs your help and our help. I'm going to help you whether you like it or not. We need to find your friend and your Pokemon, let's go."
Lusamine ran into an unmarked laboratory, immediately, several Galactic scientists, alongside Cyrus, who had the two Cosmogs in a clear capsule, shocking them with a drainage shock. Manaphy was also getting the drainage shock as the Lake Trio stood there offering their psychic energy to the portal machine. In the laboratory, there were several frozen blocks of ice with Pokemon like Pikachu and Slowpoke inside.
"COS!" Both Pokemon cried.
"Shut up!" Cyrus growled.
"Lord Cyrus." Mars approached his side, the red haired female Galactic admin approached his side. "The scientists are saying that Manaphy is still showing resistance."
Cyrus's eyes flashed as he turned to the glass capsule that held the small water legendary. Who looked up at him, it gave him a smirky smile.
"Do you think this shit is funny?" Cyrus growled at it.
"Mana! Phy!" Manaphy hummed.
Cyrus's eyes flashed again. He pushed a button releasing the Manaphy from her capsule.
"Listen here you ignorant brat." Cyrus growled. "I have Moon and I'm certain he would detest seeing you under my control forcefully."
"Mana!" Manaphy shot a few bubbles from its mouth. Each one popped and sprayed water in the man's eyes, making him shout in frustration.
"Damn you!" Cyrus growled as the legendary giggled mischievously.
"Cyrus," Lusamine walked up to him as he held Manaphy in his firm grasp.
"What the hell do you want?" Cyrus growled. "Why are you here instead of down in the laboratory dealing with Moon?"
"Lord Cyrus!" Mars quickly ran up to them waving a piece of paper. "Monitor statistics from the Shadow Knight show that...well...I don't really know how to explain it."
Cyrus scowled. He placed Manaphy back in its capsule and turned to face Mars, "Do you have the scans? Where are they?"
Dyson walked into the room. "Lord Cyrus, We've got a situation...Moon appears to have...lost it."
"Good." Cyrust said.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN GOOD?" Lusamine roared. "That kid is going to kill someone!"
"That was the intention." Cyrus muttered. "I need Moon to become a secondary Shadow Knight."
"Lord Cyrus, with all due respect. Moon has gone rogue…"
"Cyrus, that boy has gone mad over the fact that the baby Phione gave her life to save him."
Cyrust turned to Lusamine with wide eyes. "The Delta Phione is dead?" he growled.
"Yes."
"YOU IDIOT!" Cyrus roared at her. "That Phione was the key to everyone bowing down to us!"
"Regardless, Moon has gone insane." Mars said quickly. "He's looking around the entire laboratory...what's worse, he's probably going to destroy anything he comes across."
"Madam President!" An Aether Member ran into the room. "Moon has entered the secret laboratories!"
"WHAT!" Lusamine shouted. "How did he even get the secret code?"
"Madam President, Lord Cyrus, there's too much down there to lose! Do you have any idea how much research we could be losing!"
"Like what?" Cyrus growled. "What in arceus' name have you been researching down their?"
"Uh...well...there's uh…"
"You know what...forget it." Cyrus growled. "Dyson, go deal with the boy. Bring him and all his capable glory to us."
"As you wish Lord Cyrus." Dyson bowed to him and left the room.
"Now, back to business." he turned to Manaphy and withdrew a Dark Ball. "Now then, little legendary, I've had it with you and your stupid antics...let's see what happens when I cut your communication line with your keeper." Manaphy's eyes widened in horror.
"ARE YOU INSANE!" Lusamine shouted. "If he reacted in this way when he lost Edelgard, who he was given a duty to protect from Manaphy, you can't just cut off his contact with Manaphy.
"I'm not cutting his contact, but with Moon's current state, we may be able to use Manaphy to manipulate him."
"You can't stop me Lusamine." Cyrus growled. "Now, go fix your freaking mess,"
"And leave you to continue destroying my resources while your insane test subject runs around destroying years worth of Aether Research."
Cyrus turned to face the woman. "Go fix the mess, or I will send your daughter Lillie through that Wormhole as a test subject."
"YOU CAN'T DO THAT!"
"Try me." Cyrus growled. "You take away my experimental research, then I'll take something from you! May I remind you that she is currently up in the watching zone."
Lusamine looked up at the glass, she could see Lillie waiting up there and she looked distressed almost in many ways. She turned away, shaking her head and muttering to herself. What they all failed to notice was a hand reaching to Lillie's and dragging her out of the room.
The door to a laboratory suddenly burst down, startling the members inside as Moon Fabby and Mew charged into the room.
"Gah what the-"
"FLAMETHROWER! Mew...do something...please!"
Fabby blasted a large fire blast from her mouth as Mew launched a thunderbolt attack from its body. The people in the room let out a scream as Flames and Thunder started to blow the room apart.
"Moon...are you okay?" Fabby asked nervously. "Why are we attacking everyone?"
"They killed her!" Moon grunted. "They killed her!"
"My guardian!" Manaphy's voice rang to his head. "My guardian? Can you hear me?"
"I failed you Manaphy." Moon cried. "Edelgard died! I failed you."
"My guardian! You didn't fail me! Please! You need to stay focused!"
"Manaphy...I...Edelgard...I couldn't protect her...I failed you."
"My guardian...you need to stay focused! You need to help me."
Moon felt his headache get worse and his anger blaring as he heard Manaphy talk to him. "What...what's wrong?" he grunted. "What did Cyrus do to you?"
"Nothing...but...I'm fearful...he says he's going to try and use me to...manipulate you? Something about putting me in this weird pokeball."
"Mr. Moon?" Mew floated over to him as Fabby stayed by his side. The pink cat Pokemon pointed one of his little nubby hands, there were a few things that hadn't been destroyed by the blast of attacks launched by Fabby and Mew.
"What…" Moon grunted.
Mew floated over to a panel screen that hadn't been charred by the flames or zapped off by the thunder...somehow. Moon looked at the screen, the picture showed a black pokeball with little crevices and indents with a purple seal and button.
Dark Ball
This specialized type of Pokeball turns a Pokemon's thoughts into evil. Using compressed negative energy that channels by the likes of several ghost and dark type Pokemon such as Darkrai, Haunter, Houndoom, and Hydreigon, we were able to construct a pokeball that manipulates any Pokemon's thoughts, allowing them to think in the worst ways possible and obey any order from there said captor, regardless of their own thoughts, it turns them into a puppet that sees nothing but darkness. A ruthless fighting machine.
Moon slammed his fist against the screen. He heard an explosion from somewhere before realizing he hadn't lost contact with Manaphy, he heard the sound of a capturing pokeball and felt his face go pale.
"My guardian...please…" Manaphy grunted and cried, it sounded like it was in serious pain.
"MANAPHY NO!" Moon cried. "I CAN'T LOSE YOU AS WELL!"
"I...I will fight it...my guardian...just please…" There was a cut off as a ding placed shut.
"Mana…Manaphy?" Moon felt tears fall down his face again as Fabby and Mew looked at him nervously.
"Kill them...my guardian...kill those Aether People!" Manaphy's voice rang again. Only...it sounded more twisted and cold. "Kill! Kill! Kill!" His headache started to worsen.
"Manaphy...I…"
"YOU FAILED ME!" Manaphy hissed at him. "My guardian you...FAILURE...please Moon...FAILURE...Edelgard was...KILL THEM!"
"HALT!" Moon barely even opened his eyes through his tears to see a boy with black hair and a long braided ponytail down his center. He had sharp yellow eyes and wore...Moon was boiling. The boy wore the same black armor that the Shadow Knight used.
"YOU!" Moon roared. "YOU BASTARD! WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME!?"
"I'm sorry...old friend." Dyson replied, "But it is time that you retake the place you were training to become. It is what Lord Cyrus demands of you."
Moon felt his head boiling in anger and rage. "FABBY! BURN HIM IN THE FIERY DEPTHS OF HELL!"
Fabby looked up at her trainer with a horrified look in her eyes. Moon glared back down at her. She gave a reluctant nod and fired another flamethrower, Dyson quickly rolled out of the way.
"Please Moon…" he muttered. "I don't want to do this...you know that…"
"YOU SPENT FIVE YEARS TOTURING ME!" Moon screamed.
"Don't make me do this." Dyson said.
"Go on then," Moon muttered. "I'm not scared of you anymore. And when I kick your ass, I'm gonna hang your head from the gates of Enbarr."
"Why must you…" Dyson shook his head. "Zoroark, death time."
"Fabby, comply!"
"Zoroark, Night Slash,"
Zoroark summoned two black blades and dashed at Fabby. The Silver Ninetales jumped out of the way and quickly dashed into the bipedal hedgehog thing. Zoroark let out a hiss at Fabby before shooting flames from its mouth. Fabby absorbed the hit using her flash fire ability.
"Flamethrower, slaughter it!" Moon growled.
Fabby launched the trail of fire from her mouth increasing in size as it blasted Zoroark across the fire trail.
"Moon, you need to listen to me," Dyson said. "Your father-"
"MY FATHER TRUSTED YOU!" Moon growled. "Fabby!" The fiery tornado surrounded the silver Ninetales as she transformed into her little devil fox form as her tails became sharper. An intense heatwave suddenly blasted over the area. Fabby launched another Flamethrower, which blasted Zoroark into the wall, the Pokemon fell to the ground with swirls in its eyes.
"I see...so that is the power that they are after." Dyson said
"WHERE IS MANAPHY?" Moon snarled.
"Manaphy is under Cyrus's control." Dyson replied. "But that's irrelevant.
"I HATE YOU!" Moon roared. "Lancer! Genji! Sapphire! Comply!"
The three Pokemon jumped out of their pokeballs and readied themselves for a brutal fight.
"If you insist on wasting my time, then so be it." Dyson muttered, returning Zoroark. "Darkrai, Galvantula, Gengar, Death time."
The three Pokemon leaped out of their pokeballs, bracing themselves for a fight.
Lancer dove down at Darkrai, crossing its pins together for an X-scissor, he slashed through the overwhelming more powerful ghost legendary with immense power.
Galvantula launched electrical thunderbolts all over the place as Sapphire attempted to whack it upside the head with a bone club. Genji quickly used Shadow Sneak to fall behind it and kick it across the room. Mew joined in, helping a flare with its own Thunderbolt, sparks from around all the equipment caused explosions to run throughout the laboratory.
Fabby breathed a large amount of fire at Gengar, who vanished into the shadow realm before appearing from behind and using phantom force to slap her upside the head. Fabby let out a large cry before flailing from the ghostly effect she gave off.
Genji used Night Slash to try and run Darkrai down into the ground, forcing a large explosion to take place mid-section between the two Pokemon. Lancer dove into the smoke and Smashed Darkrai against the wall using his pins. The beedrill held the ghost Pokemon down before spinning its drill stingers around and making spin in quick circles, dizzying it before the monitor they were on exploded.
Sapphire turned his attention over to Galvantula, the spider bug launched a sticky webbing from its mouth, a part of it got onto his own arm as Sapphire lunged at it before slamming into the ground with a large Force Palm, The amount of force broke through the floor of the laboratory spiking Galvantula down into another abandoned section of the lab.
Mew used swift to summon several silver stars before sending them off and down at Darkrai, the ghost Pokemon vanished before appearing behind Mew and grabbing onto it with its whispy arms. Mew cried out in pain as Galavantula propelled itself back up and launched a thunderbolt. Darkrai quickly let go as Mew was zapped by the overwhelming amount of electricity. Before Gengar fired a shadow ball at Mew, sending it into a large glass capsule.
"Kill him! Kill him!" Manaphy hissed at Moon. "You're pathetic! You're worthless! My guardian...You're nothing! I trusted you!...Help...help!" Behind the hissy voice, he could hear a second voice calling out. It sounded like Manaphy was in genuine pain. But all he could feel was an empty darkness, just frustration and anger. As Edelgard appeared in front of him.
"Why Moon?" She asked. "Why didn't you save me?"
"I'm sorry...I...wanted to help you. Honestly Edelgard, please, I just wanted to-"
"YOU FAILED ME!" Manaphy hissed at him. "I told you to protect this baby and you couldn't even do that!"
Dyson watched Moon stand there, watching his Pokemon do all the work, not even giving them commands, he saw a dead insane look behind a mask of what he could only call was pure evil. He quickly ducked out of the way as Genji hydro pumped Gengar into a large dashboard which induced an electrical fire that quickly started spreading.
Fabby used Extrasensory to hold onto Galvantula as Mew came in and extended its tail to a large bluish color before slamming it downwards and spiking the poor electric spider into the ground. Genji then unleashed a quick Night Slash through the spider which flung it into the flames of the fire.
Gengar quickly vanished and reappeared by its comrade to allow a quick successful rescue before the spider became engulfed in flames and possibly burned to death. Darkrai used Dark Pulse to hit all five Pokemon and blast them in different directions.
"Such...anguish." Dyson said to himself. "He doesn't even give them commands anymore...they just know what he wants…and they don't think for a second that what they were doing...but...what triggered that...Saturn said that if given proper electrocution the heart would become...grrr."
Genji created two bowing knives and quickly cut down Gengar with them, the ghost let out a cackle of pain before falling to ground next to Galvantula. Leaving Darkrai on its own.
"Put them to sleep!" Dyson said quickly. "Then Dream Eater!"
"Oh I don't think so!" Moon growled.
Mew's eyes flashed a blue color as a barrier appeared around the five Pokemon as the black hole of Dark Void failed to encapsulate them.
"KILL THOSE WHO TOOK EDELGARD FROM US!" Moon shouted.
A large blast of Fire, Water, Poison drills, Aura Spheres, and Psychic energy exploded through the area, creating a large filled explosion that created a subset of explosions that echoed all throughout the Aether Foundation. When the dust cleared, Darkrai layed on the ground, motionless.
"I will slaughter all those who have fallen." Moon scowled as he approached Dyson.
"This is no place for me to die." Dyson scoffed. "Not even the amount of money Cyrus and Saturn paid me for serving is enough to make this happen." he returned his three Pokemon. "Giratina! Get me out of here!" The boy suddenly fell through a weird looking portal.
Moon's five Pokemon looked at him, each of them had the same irritated and pissed off expression in their eyes. Moon didn't even bother returning them, he simply walked out of the laboratory, spotting a weird pod on the bottom of the floor.
Cynthia, Gladion, Erick, and Petra each arrived at the first floor of the Aether foundations. Only to find Sarah and Lillie both running out from behind several stacks of crates that they were hiding behind. Gladion quickly embraced his sister in a quick hug.
"What in the name of Arceus is going on here?" Erick asked as they heard a loud explosion come from somewhere.
"I...I don't know." Sarah replied. "I managed to find Lillie...and the rest of my Pokemon, but I can't find a healing station anywhere."
"Where is Moon?" Cynthia said to Sarah with a worried tone.
"I don't know. Neither does Lillie. We've been searching for hours."
"You are searching for him?" All of them jolted around to see the Shadow Knight.
"You…" Cynthia growled. "You must be the Shadow Knight."
"I know what you're thinking, but let me explain." The person took off his mask, revealing his face, black hair and ponytail and yellow eyes.
"Nice to see you again, Lord Erick, you as well Queen Petra."
"DYSON?" both of them gasped.
"I don't have the time for this," Dyson muttered. "The original Shadow Knight, the one that tortured Moon back in Sinnoh, that was my father, your forces killed him last month."
"YOU BITCH!" Everyone's eyes widened in horror as Sarah all but tackled the boy into the ground and started punching him. "YOU BITCH!" She screamed. "WHERE IS MOON! WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM!"
"SARAH!" Cynthia and Erick yanked her off the boy, after several minutes of struggling they finally managed to pry her from them.
"I understand your frustration, but I had to get close to Moon." Dyson gasped as he got up off the floor. "The zaps I gave him were part of a method that Saturn used to try and reboot his heart."
"YOU BROUGHT US HERE!" Sarah screamed.
"On the request of Cyrus, I thought I had succeeded in making Moon untouchable to Team Galactic. Believe me, if it was ever my intention to put him in danger, I would've kidnapped him back at the Observatory."
"What do you mean...untouchable?" Cynthia asked.
"Saturn told you before, but Moon lives with an artificial heart, it was a weaponized tactic by Team Galactic used to try and find a key to unlocking the Bond Phenomenon with as many Pokemon as possible. The heart is wired to his brain in a way where you can rewrite it enough prying. My intention was to hopefully shut it down and reboot it with a more...how do I say...appropriate code."
"I don't understand." Petra said. "You used to work for Team Plasma...what inquired you to-"
"Enough about Team Plasma." Dyson growled. He turned to face Gladion and Lillie. "I do apologize for the misunderstanding I put you all through, but if you don't take me seriously, a lot of people are going to wind up dead! Including your own mother!"
"What is going to cause this."
"As I stated, the Artificial heart was a weaponized project. As such it was developed in a way to go to a more...Cyrus-like host. Because Moon had been living with it, Saturn tried to program him in a way to be more like a good son, but reverting to the...well…" he was cut off as another large explosion echoed from somewhere. Cynthia let out a horrified gasp, making everyone look at her.
"Don't tell me that they-"
"Madam, I regret to inform you that it may be best for you to know that Lusamine's torture tactics used on Pokemon have resulted in the death of Moon's Delta Phione, which has caused him to...go completley insane." Dyson replied. "Not even Darkrai was able to stop it. The heart emits a signal that connects with his Pokemon, so essentially...nothing is perfect at the moment, and Moon is basically on his way to bring this place to the ground."
"Given the several war crimes this place has committed according to Gladion, I hardly see that as a bad thing." Petra said.
"You don't understand." Gladion snarled at her. "There are still several innocent Pokemon in here not to mention the Pokemon they've used for research, sure, all the members are messed up, but there are still some Pokemon in here that will die if this place goes down."
"Pardon our interruption." Zoisse and Dulse ran into the room. "But...we've got a problem...down in sector A-5. Pardon our intrusion, but we've got some...problems."
"That's where the whole-" Lillie gasped.
"We need to move...now!"
"Sarah wait where are you-?"
"I KNOW WHERE MOON IS!" She screamed, "I'm going to find him!"
"But Sarah he-" it was too late, Sarah had already run off into the laboratories.
She ran furiously, she refused to believe what she was hearing. Moon going straight up insane? Edelgard being dead? No, that couldn't be possible, never in a hundred years.
"Sarah please...calm down…" Shaymin's calm voice said to her as she clutched onto the hedgehog.
She ran down a long hallway and found another warp panel.
"SARAH!" She jolted around to see Mavis looking at her in distress. "NO!" she scolded. "Don't you dare go in there!"
"But Moon-"
"Sarah...look at me!" Mavis got down and held onto her firmly as she struggled to wiggle free. "Sarah please...just forget Moon...let's go home!"
"He's going to KILL SOMEONE!" Sarah shouted. "I can stop him! I know I can!"
"He's going to kill YOU!" Mavis shouted back at her.
"YOU'RE EVIL!" Sarah screamed at her. "YOU MADE MOON LIKE THIS!" tears fell down her cheeks non stop as she cried and kicked and screamed. "Mavis WHY? What happened to you? Why are you doing this?"
"HE DESERVES IT!" Mavis snarled at him. "That filthy little son of a bitch kid deserves all the hell in the world! He has done enough! His whole family is filthy! His father faked his death just to prove they were good! I know he's still around here somewhere. I'll find him! And I'll kill him too!"
"Mavis they had the body!" Sarah cried. "Moon watched his father fall over and die!"
"Stupid time…" Mavis muttered. "Everyone's against us...the world, the galactic forces, everyone and everything…"
"What I...Mavis?"
"Sarah...look at me!" Mavis pleaded. "Just please...look at me!"
Sarah looked at her sister. Mavis looked back down at her.
"Sarah...do you truly believe you can stop Moon? Because he's going to need you more than ever."
"What...Mavis...why are you…" She noticed that Mavis's eyes were now more focused than they had been before, in a way that almost matched her own facial expression.
"Sarah...answer me this question...do you truly believe you can help him?"
"YES!" Sarah shrieked! "THAT WAS THE WHOLE POINT!"
Mavis looked at her with remorse. Then she bowed her head, reaching back and undoing the silver feather pendant that was around her neck. She handed it to Sarah, looking at her.
"Take care of Lugia for me." She whispered, before giving her a hug. "I love you Sarah...and I'm sorry that things had to turn out this way."
"What...Mavis what's going…"
"Just go to Moon...don't stay here any longer...go to your friend...I won't be returning."
"But Mavis whe-"
"I'm going away Sarah, to a region far away from here, one where I can hide, I've done too much to return to face Cynthia and the rest of Sinnoh, just please...go stop Cyrus...go save Moon...and take care of Lugia, I leave him in your care."
"But-"
"Go!" Mavis scolded. "Don't make me shove you on to the warp panel."
Sarah looked down at Shaymin, who seemed to have understood whatever Mavis was trying to convey to her as it looked like it was crying.
"Go Sarah, do not come back." Mavis said.
Sarah gave a reluctant nod before stepping on the warp pannel.
Mavis let out a sigh.
"Where is Sarah?" Mavis turned to face Cynthia.
"I'm done fighting." Mavis replied. "I'm sorry Cynthia, I really am."
"You know you'll never be able to face your family right?" Cynthia asked calmly. "I must be honest and tell you that I can barely look at you myself."
"I know," Mavis replied. "But, I'm not running away, I'm just going to show you why I couldn't do anything."
Cynthia's eyes widened. "Mavis...wait…"
"Tell Sarah to never go searching for me...when she's older you can tell her the truth." Mavis said.
"Mavis, we need you down here right now!" Cyrus's voice screeched through an earpiece.
"I'm done working for you Cyrus." Mavis replied flatly. There was a brief pause after she said that, then, she looked at Cynthia, "You may want to run...you know...so you don't look suspicious."
Cynthia nodded. "I see," she sighed. "So you made your choice." she turned herself around the corner of the room, she heard a few tiny beeps before a small explosion blasted through the hallway and she heard stuff splatter everywhere. The champion of Sinnoh bowed her head in disappointment.
"You were a good warrior Mavis...even if you go lost along the way."
"GIVE ME BACK MANAPHY!" Moon roared at Cyrus as his Pokemon stood alongside him.
Cyrus let out a mechanical laughter as he stood between Dan and Lavender. "Oh please." He scolded. "This is my Manaphy, I earned her fair and square."
Moon looked at Manaphy, the little blue legendary had bloodshot eyes and had an evil expression in its eyes.
"Manaphy!" Moon cried. "Please!"
"Manaphy!" Cyrus commanded. "Hydro Pump!"
Manaphy shot out some black water from her mouth, blowing Moon and his team backwards. Moon had blood splattered on him from several cuts from Lavender's Scizor and Dan's Infernape had burned him partially.
Moon coughed as his head stung.
"Kill Aether...Kill Moon! Kill!...My guardain….Kill! ...Kill!...help me, my guardian."
"GIVE...GIVE ME...Give me my…" Moon painted and clutched his knees, he felt himself getting weaker and weaker. All of his Pokemon looked at him.
"You have failed yourself and the rest of your life." Dan snarled.
"LAVENDER!" Lusamine and Guzma ran into the room.
"What are you doing!" Lusamine scolded. "Get down from there."
"I don't take orders from you!" Lavender snarled. "I'm going with Dan,"
Moon turned to glare at Lusamine. "YOU!" He roared. Lusamine quickly noticed him and she and Guzma both ran out of the room.
"Manaphy! Hydro Pump again!"
Moon was blasted into the wall of the Aether Paradise Laboratory, he fell onto a pool of blood.
"Manaphy…" he coughed, he heard Sarah let out a bloodcurdling scream before he blacked out into the darkness, hearing the cries of Manaphy and Sarah.
That's all for today's chapter, and once again, I don't really have an Omake. I always intended for Manaphy to get captured while Shaymin tried to help, but I strictly wrote more towards Moon's absolute Madness towards this whole event, I'm kinda crunched for time anyway, so I might as well just make this short and sweet since there isn't much more to say, I'd love to hear thoughts on how I handled this, since next chapter is kinda like a cooldown calm down, since I'm pretty sure you all understand the Lusamine is going nowhere near Necrozma at this point. Hope you all liked the battle with the Shadow Knight.
Anyway, that's all for today.
PKMN Teams:
Moon Wolfe:
Fabby - Ninetales
Sapphire - Lucario
Jade - Dartrix
Sammy - Furret
Genji - Greninja
Silver - Weavile
Lancer - Beedrill
Gojira - Tyranitar
Sparky - Jolteon
Pandora - Absol
- Mew
Sarah Jones:
Angel - Gardevior
Snowy - Glaceon
Scar - Incineroar
Candy - Corsola
Bellatrix - Mismagius
Flora - Lilligant
Delta - Dragalge
Lyn - Baby Kanga
Lucky - Togetic
Techno - Porygon Z
Pikaboo - Mimikyu
See you all next time.