- Neojourney -
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The Plot Thickens..uh, kinda
"I've got things on my mind
Never thought I would
I'm losing all my cool
I'm about to break the rules."
--I Wanna Be Bad-- by Willa Ford
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Two voices murmuring in my head woke me from a sleep I didn't know I was in. They sounded like they were arguing."I'm telling you that she's the one!"
"I know that, little one, that is not being the issue being questioned."
Who's the one?
"Then what is?"
"Whether she can do this at all. I could tell by looking at her, the look in her eyes...she does not believe that she is the one." The voice was male and his words were carefully chosen when 'spoken.' The deep timbre of the tone reverbrated in my mind; whoever he was, he didn't care if he was 'heard' by anyone else. Especially if I could pick up on their conversation.
The male voice continued, "The Others have gone deep into hiding, Mew, and that is both good and bad."
Mew? Who knew Mew? All of this had taken such a serious twist that left me confused and frustrated. I had to see who this mystery speaker was and I was certain they were physically close to where I was. But then I realized I didn't have to see them at all. By swimming to consciousness, I felt something click within me, as if a rusty gear in an old clock had moved for the first time in ages and I knew it was Entei. I could feel his power, as I felt Mew's, and as I felt my own. I could also sense the individual energy, the life source, of the surviving humans in the Center. It was more of a shock to the system than a Thunderbolt.
Groaning at this rush of newness, I sat up, dazed. It wasn't telepathic thoughts or even raw emotions, it was just...their essences, their core beings, their souls. A part of me wanted very much to sample it, firsthand. I whimpered at the flood of need, the need to take it, and I found myself wanting to move towards it and to snatch it...I couldn't take it!
Suddenly, the desire lessoned to a bearable point and I opened my eyes to see Mew hovering in front of me. "Better?" She was still wearing the gauze bandage.
"Thank you, Mew." I knew to use telepathy; it was getting easier to use.
Entei strode closer to me and bowed his shaggy head at me. "I am sorry."
"For what?"
He stared at me, amazed. "For displacing your very soul into that foul creature's puppet."
I gave a shuddering sigh, then I smiled, "I'm used to it."
Entei shook his head, "I...do not wish to learn more on why...there is much to discuss and not enough time in which to do so."
I looked at Mew, "Translation please?"
Mew landed on the front desk, about ten feet from me, "You have to destroy the portal to the Pokedemons' realm. You are the only one capable of doing so."
"Well why me? Why not the Legendary Birds? Legendary Dogs? Lugia, Ho-oh, even Mewtwo..." I stopped when Mew shook her head. "What?"
"They can't destroy it from the outside, where their powers are the strongest. The only way to destroy the portal is from the inside. And anyway, only Pokedemons or their creations can get into it. Since you're in the body of this Pokedemons creation, it's up to you."
"What about all the people in it now?"
Entei rumbled, a sound like thunder in the confines of the Center, "They entered through a different portal...one created by the Dark Charizard."
"So what you're saying is someone has to stop it," I sighed, "Looks like it's me."
"There is more." Entei said.
Sighing, carefully, I rolled my eyes. Of course there's more. Always when it's me, there's more. This is turning out to be an infomercial...but wait! There's MORE!
"Cirrus..." Mew's voice privately informed me to behave. Entei was speaking, unaware of Mew's 'little talk' to me.
"The Pokedemon, in your body, still has some telepathic ability, a link of sorts, to its realm. This link not only keeps the Pokedemon empowered, it also keeps it alive. Without the link, it would perish in our realm within one hours time."
"That's way harsh." I thought for a moment. "So say I go into this portal and I manage to destroy it, from the inside out, and say I make it out alive. What happens to my body, the people that were taken, and the body I'm in now?"
"If you survive the ordeal in the Pokedemon's portal, so will the Dark Charizards' body. The people in the portal will be totally dependant upon your success. It will be up to you to rescue them."
I nodded, "Okay, that sounds feasible. How many people were abducted?" I felt like Mulder. Scully! Bring me X-File P264809!
Entei grimaced, making me feel queasy and decidedly un-heroic. "Around 300."
"Naturally. The Pokedemon couldn't Value-size it. Nooo, it had to Super-size the whole order."
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An hour later...Sleep didn't elude me, but I was trying to hold it off. I had a bunch of stuff to deal with. I suppose I should clarify on time here. When I regained consciousness, it was around 2 in the am. Now it was around 3:15 or so. In the previous hour, both Entei and Mew talked and I listened. For about the first time in my life, I barely said anything and I only interrupted Entei once.
The news was bad, very bad. If the Pokedemon, in my lovely bod, found out any of our plans, Entei figured I'd have very little time to save all those innocent people, destroy the link, and get my bootylicious-self out of there.
Save the world before bed-time? I hoped so. See, I'd have very little time to adjust to this new body, learn whatever attacks the Dark Charizard knew (one guess that they wouldn't be normal), and save the world...Argh! I hate borrowing lines, but why me? Wasn't the world always turning to Ash?
Not this time, fans. He, Brock, Misty, and the other rescued humans were kept safe in the rooms upstairs. Meowth and Pikachu had gotten the aide of the Pokemon left by their abducted Trainers/owners. They were standing ground, making sure no one else was taken. It was the same with Pokemon in every town, something started after the last people here were taken. The Pokemon would protect the ones they loved.
My Pokemon weren't with me. They were found in their Pokeballs on the Magnet Train, but the Police were holding them. Not a chance they would believe that I was the Trainer, at least, not in my current condition. I hadn't seen myself either, though that would be wierd out the wazoo. Mew had informed me that the Pokedemon was under the highest in security, that of a team of Arcanine, Growlithe, Houndour, and Houndoom; two of each species. There were two teams; one team in the room, and another team outside the room. The outside team was separated with a Houndour and Arcanine outside the room and a Houndoom and a Growlithe on the grounds outside of the rooms' window.
It seemed funny that a room in the Pokemon Center could comfortably hold an Arcanine, Houndoom, Growlithe, and Houndour, but it was and I was just glad they were getting along nicely. I was worried there would be fighting, but I guess I was just used to the dogs of my own dimension.
I'm babbling again, even in thought.
As for me, I wanted to train all night long, to prepare for my 'ordeal,' but Mew insisted on me sleeping and conserving my strength. I was so worried.
"Cirrus! You're still up!" Mew surprised me out of my pacing. I hadn't realized I'd been pacing. "That pacing could wake up the humans...er, sorry. You could wake everyone up!"
"I can't sleep." I faced her. We were eye to eye since she had taken to hovering. I clenched a three clawed fist. "Mew, I'm too keyed up! I need to train!"
Mew shook her head, "I don't want to do this, but you're making me!" Her eyes started to glow a bright blue and I felt sleepy. I fought to stay awake, but I found myself being telekinetically lowered to the ground, a pillow was placed under my head.
"No...Mew, please...let...me..tra.."
Sleep won.
Teaser
- Boy, dat Mew's one sneaky kitty. I wonder what's gonna happen next. Knowing me, probably something a bit angsty, character death or emotional distress...you get the picture.
A.N.Yes, I know that I cut up Willa's lyrics, don't remind me. It's just that Cirrus doesn't wanna get bad with anyone, she just wants to save the world.
Hey, does anyone happen to know the title of the song that's played in the Saab 9-3 commercial? Where the girls in the convertible pass the tourist bus, pause on the side of the road for the bus to go by just so they can re-pass the bus? Please? It's killing me!