Shattered Reality: Part Two
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Chapter Six: Alliance
"Mewtwo. Man, if I'd have known it was you, I wouldn't have even considered rescuing you." Ash said scornfully. "If I had known, I wouldn't have asked." Mewtwo said, no longer using the phycic voice. "But you fought with them, how did you get locked up? Or is this a trap?" Ash asked accusingly. "I fought with their forces because they had Mew. I couldn't let those monsters hurt her. But when Mew escaped, and they could no longer force me to fight. So they locked me up with the rest of you." Mewtwo said, his voice wavering. Ash considered that. Could it be possible? A single tear fell down Mewtwo's cheek. Ash watched it fall and splash on the ground. For a second, Ash's heart, hardened by prison and war, softened. But only for a second. "Okay, I believe you. I still hate you, but I believe you. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gettin' out of this shit hole." Ash turned around and started for the door. "You won't get far." Ash turned back to Mewtwo. "What are you babbling about?" Ash asked. "They've locked the front door. Only Icarus can open it. And me." Mewtwo answered. "Then why tell me about it? You could have not said anything and they would have killed me." Mewtwo hesitated, then answered, "Those containment devices weren't just for show. It'll take a while for me to get back up to speed. At the moment, all I can do is open the door. I...need... your...help." it gave Ash a sick satisfaction to hear him ask for help. He would help Mewtwo, but first he would milk this a little bit. "What did you say? I couldn't quite hear you. Could you repeat that?" Ash said, smiling. "I need your help." Mewtwo said slowly. "Oh, alright. Come on, we need to get out before they find us. Mewtwo hopped down and followed Ash out the door.
"AAAAHHHHHHH!!" The soldier screamed, falling. "I hope were almost there, I'm just about out of bullets." Ash complained. " Go to the right. Your Pokemon are held there." Ash went to the right. "Were are you going?" Mewtwo asked. "This way. The thing transmitting its voice in my head said to." Mewtwo gave him a funny look, but followed. When they got to the Pokemon storage facility, Ash quickly found his Pokemon and put the pokeballs in his pocket. "Let's go." Mewtwo didn't argue. " Now exit the compound. And hurry. Icarus has sent a squad of commandos after you." Ash wasn't sure what a commando was, but he sure wasn't going to stick around to find out.
Ash watched as Mewtwo used his power to unlock the door. "Hey Mewtwo, what's a commando?" Ash wondered out loud. "Believe me, you don't want to know." Ash dropped the subject. "Okay, that should do it. Why were you wondering about commandos, by the way?" Mewtwo asked. "Well, the voice said something about Icarus sending some after us and..." Ash started. "WHAT?! And you didn't tell me?! We have to get the hell out of here!" They set off at a dead run. "Why are you so worried? How bad can they..." Mewtwo slammed Ash down to the ground, an explosion going off where his head was a second before. "Stop, or face termination!" Ash turned around. "Forget I asked."
Chapter Seven: Bloodthirsty
"Misty, they're still after us!" Gary shouted. Misty stole a glance behind her. The soldiers had released a team of Arcanine to search for them. "Keep going, if we can reach the sewers we can lose them." But just as the words came out of her mouth there was a flash and a figure appeared before them. "That's as far as you go, rebels. I'm supposed ta bring ya in alive, but if you retaliate..." It shifted it's gaze to Misty. "Hey Misty. Whatcha doing hangin' around with these losers? Tell ya what. If you come with me now, I won't kill ya. What do you say?" What is that? She thought. Then it hit her. "AJ? What the hell did they do to you?!" Misty gasped. "Some genetic engineering here, a mechanical augment there. It's a hell of a lot betta than what I used to be. And now no one can stop me. Not even ya old boyfriend can stand up ta me now. Where is that bastard anyway? I knew he was dense, but to pass up a gem like you? What a dumbass!" AJ turned to Gary. "You look tough. Let's see how tough." AJ's eyes flashed and Gary doubled over in pain, literally being torn from the inside out. "Stop it! You're killing him!" Misty shouted. Gary looked up, blood dripping from his forehead. "I...can take him..." He said weakly. Gary struggled to get up, failing miserably. CRAAAACK! "AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!" Gary shouted, clutching his chest. CRACK CRACK CRACK! Gary fell to his knees, writhing in pain. A steady stream of blood started flowing from his chest, staining his shirt red. "I'm...going to...kill...you...for..." Gary's eyes rolled back in his head and he fell to the ground. A pool of red slowly seeped out from his motionless body.
"Too bad. He wasn't much of a challenge at all." AJ complained. "You...you...MONSTER!" Misty shouted, her grief quickly turning to fury. "So, who's next?" AJ asked casually, uncaring. The rebels reached for their pokeballs instinctively. "I am." All eyes went upward. "Who's there!?" AJ demanded. "Your killer." Quicker than they eye can follow, the mystery vigilante jumped from it's perch and at AJ's face. It connected, and sent AJ flying into the alley wall. AJ spit out a mixture of blood and saliva. "That's pretty good." AJ said, standing up. "Real good. I don't know anybody that can do that. 'Cept maybe da boss. I haven't had a good challenge in a long time. I can't pass up an opportunity like this." He got in a fighting stance. "Bring it on hero."
The mystery fighter vanished, but AJ was ready this time. He blocked the frontal assault and connected with a punch. The thing was knocked against a trash can. It didn't get up. "Hmph. I thought that would be a lot more challenging." He looked down at the small figure. "He's a hell of a lot smalla than I took him for too." AJ turned his attention back to the rebels. "Let me see, where was I? Oh, yes. I was about to kill all of you." AJ took out a pokeball. "Go, Sandslash." There was a flash and a Sandslash materialized in front of them, sparkling when it came out. It looked different than a regular Sandslash, though. It was bloodred, and it's claws were an inch longer than usual. "Kill them. And have fun with it." The Sandslash nodded. "It's only one pokemon! We can take it down!" Misty shouted. "Go! Gyarados!" The huge dragon exploded from its pokeball, towering over everything. "She's right! We can beat it!" Shouted one rebel. Within no time the lone Sandslash was up against a Scyther, a Machoke, a Raichu, and Charizard. "Pathetic little assortment. They'll last a minute at most." AJ boasted. Unknown to them, his Sandslash had undergone a few "improvements" as well. Too bad he couldn't be treated to a better fight than this. "Use hyper beam Gyarados!" AJ looked up. The battle was on.
Chapter Eight: Savior from the shadows
Gyarados reared back and fired a beam of immense energy at Sandslash. The beam hit its target, making a huge explosion. The soldiers and Arcanine looked up. "Over there!" A soldier shouted to the others, and set off to the source. Meanwhile the dust was beginning to clear in the alley. The Sandslash was nowhere to be seen. "We did it!" Exclaimed one of the rebels. AJ just smiled. A blur appeared in front of the Gyarardos, and it fell to the ground, three slash marks in its gut. Sandslash reappeared in front of AJ. "Attack!" Shouted the other pokemon's masters. Charizard blew a fire blast Sandslash's way. It nimbly dodged, and launched itself in a ball at Charizard. It had no chance. The mighty fire dragon fell. Scyther tried to hit it with a slash, but Sandslash blocked and used a mega punch. Scyther banged into a dumpster and was knocked out. Machoke charged at it, but an earthquake attack stopped in its tracks. Raichu let loose a thunder, but Sandslash was unaffected due to its type. Sandslash used fissure, and the rebels' last hope had been shattered in one mighty blow.
"50 seconds, a new record." AJ mocked. The rebels recalled their Pokemon. "Well I guess there is nothing left to do but..." Before AJ could finish something knocked him to the concrete. AJ looked up to see the small fighter he presumed dead standing before him, still shrouded in shadows. "Well well, you're a little tougher than I thought you were." He said, climbing to his feet. "No matter. Sandslash, kill him." Sandslash leaped at the mystery attacker, blades whirling. It dodged Sandslash and hit him in the stomach. Sandslash just stood there for a second, holding his stomach, its eyes bulging. Before he could recover it kicked Sandslash toward AJ. AJ sidestepped and Sandslash banged into the ground. He weakly dragged himself to his feet, but it was a futile effort. The mighty Sandslash fell.
AJ being furious was an understatement. "Who the hell do you think you are?!" AJ demanded. "Your killer." It repeated. "OH YEAH?! Then try this one on for size!" AJ leaped toward it, his fists flaming. The figure jumped up on AJ's head and did a body slam. AJ picked himself up and wiped the blood off his lip. "You're pretty good. But pretty good ain't gonna cut it. You hurt Sandslash, and I'm going to avenge him at any cost. Die you bastard!" AJ launched a blast of energy at the stranger. It countered with a ball of electricity, sending the energy back at its creator. AJ didn't have time to react before the energy hit him. AJ was crackling with electricity and bleeding badly. "Fatal damage to vital systems. Energy levels low. Return for repairs or risk total systems shutdown." Said something from within AJ. "Oh shut up." He responded. "I have wasted enough of my time on you." Said the stranger. "Time to finish you off." The stranger started glowing blue, building his power. "You'll like this. It'll be of extra interest to you, with those mechanical augmentations. EMP attack!" It shouted. With that the stranger unleashed an electromagnetic pulse. Blue energy spread through the alley, blinding everyone there. And when the light faded, the stranger was the only one standing.
Misty slowly got to her feet. "Wha-what happened? She asked to no one in particular. She looked down. "Oh god!" She screamed. AJ was lying on the ground. Half of his skin was missing, and there was machinery were organs should have been. In fact, she could see now that he had been more machine than human. "Electromagnetic pulse. Shuts down anything electronic." The stranger looked at the corpse. "Even humans." The stranger turned to leave. "Wait!" Misty shouted. The stranger turned around. "Yes?" It asked. "Who are you? And why did you save us?" Misty demanded. "My name is Mechachu. I saved you by accident. I was here to kill him." He pointed at AJ. "And I did." It looked down at Gary. "You'd better leave. Those soldiers will be here any second. And I suggest some medical attention for your friend there." It turned around and disappeared into the shadows. Misty just stood there for a minute. What was that? She thought. A pokemon? A human? Some strange mixture of the two? "I think the flash came from over there!" Misty snapped out of her trance. "Everybody get out! You two, help me with Gary!" She ordered. They lifted Gary up carefully and managed to get to the sewers, narrowly escaping the soldiers. "Who was that guy?" One of the rebels asked. "I'm not sure. But at least he did." She responded. "At least he did."
- Chapter Nine: Commando assault
They were six feet tall. Robotic battlesuits. Strange visors for eyes. Machine gun arms. In other words, death on two feet. "I told you, you didn't want to know." Mewtwo grumbled. "I believe you!" Ash shouted back. "The head is their only weak point! We have to nail it!" Mewtwo shouted. "Right. Go, Charizard!" Ash commanded. In a flash, Charizard was standing before them. "Pikachu, go!" Ash commanded. The pokeball opened, but it was empty. "Didn't you hear? Your Pikachu escaped months ago. No one's heard from it since." Mewtwo said. "What? Really? Well, it doesn't really matter. He can take care of himself. But he was our best shot. Charizard will have to do." Ash said. "Give yourself up! Or face termination!" These guys don't look so tough. Ash thought. "Charizard! Lock on to their heads and use your flame bullet! Rapid fire!" Targets appeared on one of the commado's head, and Charizard shot small, thin bullets of fire at them. Only one connected, Charizard being out of practice. "AAAHHHHHH!!" The commando shouted, only a bloody stump left where the head should be. The others kept coming, regardless of their comrade's demise. By that time, the commandos were almost on top of them. "There's no room for a fight, we've got to run!" Mewtwo shouted. Ash recalled Charizard and ran like hell, bullets whizzing by his head. "Isn't...there anything...we can do...to fight them?" Ash asked Mewtwo breathes. He was as out of shape as his Charizard. "Not really. If you stay in one place for more than a second they can lock on with their rockets. We need to lose them. And duck." Ash ducked, a rocket whizzing over his head. "Thanks." Ash grumbled. "Don't thank me, it won't do any good. We're at the end of the line."
Indeed, they had come to the end of the island. Ash and Mewtwo looked around frantically for an escape. "Boat dock!" Ash shouted. They raced for it, dodging bullets as they went. But when they got there they only found a speed boat and three guards. "Hey! Hold it right there!" Mewtwo dumped them into the water with a phycic attack. "Getting some power back?" Ash asked. A little. But not enough to stop those commandos. Let's go. NOW." Ash didn't argue. But when they were in the boat though, they were faced with a small problem. "Do you know how to drive a boat?" Mewtwo asked. "No idea. But how hard can it be?" Ash pushed a few buttons and pulled a lever. The boat lurched forward at surprising speed. "See? I told you I could drive this THIIIIING!" Ash screamed as the boat sped forward, completely out of control.
The commandos weren't thrown off that easily though. "Get a transport vehicle and pursue them. We can not them escape. Go!" A few of them ran off to find a boat, the rest firing from where they were. "Ha! We got away!" Ash shouted in victory. "Don't be so sure. Those things are pretty resourceful." Not a moment after the words escaped his mouth, a second boat pulled out, loaded with commandos. "I am really getting tired of these guys." Ash said, drawing his pistol. He looked in the rear-view mirror and started shooting. POW POW! A commando fell into the water. POW POW! Two more went down. CLICK CLICK! "Damn. What a time to run out of ammo. Okay, on to plan B. Go, Squirtle!" Ash commanded. Squirtle appeared in the water alongside the boat. "Squirtle, destroy that boat!" Ash said. Squirtle nodded and disappeared under the waves. "That should take care of them." Ash said. "Duck." Ash ducked, a rocket whizzing by. "Maybe not."
- Chapter Ten: Arrival
" You must make it to shore. If you die, the mission will fail. Check in the compartment by your seat." Ash looked down by his seat. There was a compartment. "Hey Mewtwo, look in that thing by my seat." Ash said, swerving to miss a rocket. Mewtwo looked and found skis, shotgun shells, and a pokeball. "Convenient." Mewtwo commented. "But what can we do with these?" Mewtwo asked. Ash thought for a minute, then got an idea. "Mewtwo, can you ski?"
Before Mewtwo knew what was happening, he was skiing in the middle of the night holding a shotgun. "How did I get talked into this?!" Mewtwo whined. He looked behind him and took aim. BOOM! A commando fell out of the boat. "This is going to be a long night." Mewtwo complained. Meanwhile, Ash was checking the pokeball. "Go!" He commanded. There was a flash and a Houndoom appeared in front of him. "Hound! Doom!" It said in greeting. Ash sighed. "A lot of good you'll do." The Houndoom growled. "Oh, I mean, you...uh...won't do much good in water because you're a fire type!" Ash said quickly. "Hound." It said in agreement. "Doom!" It yelped. Ash ducked. A rocket whizzed by. "I'm really getting tired of that." Ash turned backwards. "Squirtle! Now!" Ash shouted. A column of water burst up through the commando's boat, and it started sinking. "Evacuate!" They shouted. Ash called back Squirtle and Houndoom. "Come on Mewtwo, get back in." Ash shouted behind him. "I'd really like to, but I'm in kind of a desperate situation here!" Ash looked behind him. Mewtwo had one ski and was struggling to just stay up. Ash quickly pulled the rope back in and helped Mewtwo in. "Don't ever, EVER ask me to ski again, or I will personally rip out your spleen." Ash got the idea. "Die!" Ash and Mewtwo looked behind them. Three commandos had survived, and one had fired a rocket at the boat. Ash didn't have time to dodge it, and the whole back of the boat had blown up, throwing them into the air. "Bad day bad day bad day bad day bad day!" Ash shouted.
Ash landed with a thud, knocking the wind out of him. Mewtwo floated down slowly to the ground. "Why couldn't you help me down?" Ash asked furiously. "I only had enough energy for one." Mewtwo said, shrugging. "Well at least we made it to shore." Ash grumbled. "So did they." Mewtwo said. "Halt!" Man, don't those guys ever give up? Ash thought. "I'm not running anymore. It's time to fight." Mewtwo said. "Right." Ash agreed. "Let's get it on!"
End Part two