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Now or Never
"Is it all
Or nothing at all
There's nowhere left to fall
When you reach the bottom it's now or never."
--Now or Never-- by O-Town
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Mew woke me the next morning, early the next morning. I'm not much of a morning person, but she had to wake me because I wasn't about to wake up on my own. She had more good news for me. "There's a problem with the transdimensional portal."Naturally that got me up. "Say what?"
A few brave folk were walking around, giving us wide berth, various Pokemon by their sides. There was no sunlight due to the portal kicking up winds and creating a thick overcast to the clouds.
"Yeah, well, due to technical difficulties, your parents are stuck in your home dimension. Until the Pokedemons are taken care of, you're locked up here and they are there."
"Have you been able to talk to them? Tell them what's happening?"
Mew nodded, "But we didn't tell them that you were going to be the one to take them down."
"You're so considerate." I sighed. "Thank you, Mew. You're a real lifesaver."
"We should be saying the same of you, Cirrus." It was Entei. I turned to face him and blinked. He looked weary.
"Are you okay?" It was then that I noticed Mew looked a bit tired. "You guys, what's going on? Why do you look so drained?"
Mew was the first to speak. "Well, keeping you asleep was no easy feat. You thrashed around so much, or at least tried to. You could've wrecked the center if it wasn't for me."
"Thanks ever so. But why do you look so messed up, Entei?"
Entei stretched, "Keeping that portal open is not easy. I believe the Pokedemon must have informed its fellow entities of our intentions. At the very least, it has warned them that it has been captured by us."
"That's not cool." Once again, I succeeded in baffling Entei.
"I fail to see what weather conditions have to do with our situation."
"Relax, it was a joke."
"I fail to see the humor in our situation..."
"Nevermind." Geeze for so powerful a creature, he was living way back in the stone age. I shrugged. "So when do I do my thang?"
"You have an hour to prepare. It's best for you to just attack while we have what little element of surprise left over the Pokedemon." Mew looked apprehensive. "Meowth has some things for you to take with you. He thinks they'll be helpful for rescuing the people."
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I never did get to train and in the end, it was all up to the element of surprise, Meowth's gifts, and my own improvision. I'd need lots of that."You ready?" Mew didn't appear in front of me and she wasn't flying at all. I asked her why not and she smiled. "Because I need to save as much of my strength as possible. I've been sending out distress calls to the Legendary Pokemon...and Mewtwo...but I've had no word back from any of them."
"I'd think Mewtwo would be the first to..."
"Hah. He's stuck on the belief that he shouldn't get mixed up in humans' problems." Mew looked up at me. "Ever since that little mistake on New Island, he's had some sort of complex and he just won't leave his little hideout. All of his clones are there too. They pass the time by training, day in and day out."
"New Island. Ash doesn't remember any of that, does he?"
Mew shook her head, "No, and I don't think he ever will. It's best for him, and his friends, that he forgets that he died."
Suddenly, Brock ran up to us. "Uh, sorry to bother you two, but Entei says that it's time." Brock looked nervous.
Meowth had given me his gift in a small open-top duffle and I slung it around my neck. I talked to Brock the rock, startling him, "Brock, it's Cirrus. I need you to do me a favor."
He recovered from his surprise quickly. "Okay, what can I do?"
"I need you to gather some strong Pokemon. They have to be there for Entei and Mew, to give them their energy. I'd prefer the Pokemon to be Psychic, but any Type should do."
"Anything else?"
"Yeah. I'll need some strong Fighting type Pokemon handy, maybe a few Ivysaurs, or Venusaurs if you have them. They'll be needed to catch the people I rescue. Meowth has given me some handy little things to use in case the people are unconscious. I'm pretty sure they'll be out of it."
"Cirrus, while we're still young here..."
"I gotta go." Mew had caught some of my sarcasm. I wasn't sure if that was a good thing. I turned to walk to the door, luckily the Dark Charizard was a slender Pokemon and I'd fit through it. How embarassing if I couldn't!
"Cirrus, wait!" It was Brock.
I turned back to see him by the front desk, a few other people were around him, Ash being one of them. He and Ash looked at each other and it was Ash that spoke.
"What if you don't make it?"
Not hesitating for a moment, I replied, "I will make it," and I walked out the open door and into the set of Twister once again. Deep down inside, I wasn't sure if I could do it. The winds were rough and fast, sweeping down from the dark energy mass. The odd sensation of it ruffling the edges of my wings was unsettling and I felt my stomach rise into my throat.
Mommy, I thought as I craned my neck up to get a better look at my enemy's portal. It was pitch black and white energy arced around it like lightning. The grey clouds were low in the sky, a backdrop to the energy mass. It looked like it was getting smaller.
"Are you ready?" It was Entei and he looked tired. I nodded and put on my bravest expression. "Good," was all he had to say. He continued to focus his attention on the energy mass and I could almost see his energy darting around it. Mew settled next to him, adding her energy. The energy mass seemed to get a bit bigger.
"It's stabilized, you have to act now!" Mew's telepathic voice was faint, but the look in her blue eyes was determined. I nodded, spread my wings, tested them with two quick flaps, and, with a running start, I lept into the air. Luckily, the wind was bouncing off the Center and it acted as a lift, raising me into the air.
As long as I caught the winds right, I could make it. A quick look down had my stomach churning. I was high up in the air, the people outside of the Center, as well as Entei and Mew, looked like little toys. But it was the face in the upper window of the Center that caught my attention. It was mine.
The Pokedemon was at the closed window, the drapes had been ripped down, and it was looking at me. It grinned wildly and suddenly, I heard its voice in my head. It was weak, but malicious, "They...know!"
I gulped but aimed towards the dark energy mass. I had people counting on me. My parents, my friends...Gary. The closer I got to the energy, the harder it was to fly. Cross-winds buffeted me from every side and the only thing I could think to do was to fly above it. I did, the winds a bit less harsh, and I hovered above it...waited a second....and dove into it, unsure of what would happen.
Teaser
- Ooh, I'm so witty. If anyone wants the next part up sooner than Thursday, then let me know in your review. It goes to my mailbox so, sheesh what a weak way to get mail...