Chapter 10 (X)
The Orb-secure
"Well, anyway, back to the story!"
"FINALLY!!!"
"Uh-oh, Spaz Orb attack!!"
"Huh?"
"Time again, the light shines
far far away from heart thine
Through the water of the sea
into the hands of the broken mist
Through the grains of thy sands
afain, again Time again
Lose not your light
nor thy own sight
Remember the forgotten
his shall you call again
His might have been decieve
yet all that is not what ye percieve
Ye know deep within
Help from your own kin
Ahead of them you seem
in the end it counts on the team
His heart is yours
his soul is yours
Forget not him
Time, Time again"
Misty stood there on the marble floor..speechless.
The poem, no more like the prophecy or maybe a prediction, but whatever it was, had left her
breathless.
She knew what those words meant.
Those words were for her, meant especially for her.
She didn't know how, or why, but she knew they were indeed for her.
Right there in the room, standing upon a ditto rug, staring at the wall opposite her, she did
realize what she had hoping she would eventually.
She knew that something would happen...
She knew that something would go wrong...
She knew something would threaten her life...
She knew something would threaten HIM....
"Oooh, Misty, can you please help me?"
No response
"Fine, Ok. I can very well lift my limp body up!"
Still no answer
"Misty?"
"Duplica, I want you to cut the crap and tell me how exactly did you get into the possession of
the orbs..NOW!"
Misty spoke with such finality and warning that Duplica bit down her perky remarks.
"Um..Ok, Misty."
"Start Now!"
"Ok, OK. Anyway, where was I? Oh yeah the security guar--", Duplica looked at the forming frown
on Misty's usually cheery face.
"Ahem. Anyway, Dr. Rohisho assigned me to be in charge of seeing to the safe delivery of
the artifacts coming in from the far regions.
On one occasion, there came this real large delivery from the Ancient Kanto region, earlier
known as Old Ridian.
Dr. Rohisho told me that he was going to go on an expedition to the new site dicovered right at
the entrance of Mount Moon, and saying so, he left me in charge of the place. Well, I had already
turned 16 by then, and I was responsible enough to handle something like that.
That night after Dr. Rohisho left to catch the Kano Train, I went downstairs to the store room to
check out the latest arrivals. I had had just taken a shower and my hair was still wet when I
went down there. It was heated so I really didn't bother drying my hair.
So there I am checking off all the items that have come and examining them and re-examining them
to check how good their quality and condition was.
I was on the third item on my list when I noticed that there was a small box from the Old Ridian
area that had not been recorded on my checklist. I grew curious, so I decided to check out what
the box might contain."
"Go on!", Misty said sitting down on the bed and crossing her legs.
"I was about open it when Ditto arrived down the stairs and played around in the room. I laughed
at it and then went back to the box. It was a box made of some hard material, upon later discovery
I found it to be made up of a harder alloy of lead. It had the stamp "OLD RIDIAN" on its cover but
there was something odd about it. It did not have all that dirt and debris and musty smell around
it as the other boxes and artifacts had. It was also pretty new--"
"I don't care about how the Damn box looked like, I want to know how you came to the Orbs!!"
"I WAS GETTING THERE!", Duplica shouted.
She cooled down and continued.
"I'll pretend I didn't hear that insult. Anyway, I tried to open the padlock by using a screwdriver
but to no avail. SO I tried a hammer, and then it did come loose. I opened the box and within it
I found some really weird writings.
Ther was this little note at the place where the latch would close.
I took it and read.
"Raakshe Mowas Kavo Pideey da boear
Zofa maxalot Kahiz'rd burnogsho
Bastoisel mave Vunusuva roloe
Dionaso Seeya se Piradas groiet o
Fersm jaafo maxalie QueenNIdo Oppo
Aavo therwe vee norean, forean, joreon
Snaralax, Uaros, MIruna, Farigarif,
Muchoes konoes lames mmooveser sads re
Houkamava leefeaf compufaes daerfse
Komno davino danovo dininva poktes
Danstha futur jones manioes damnno"
"You memorized that???", Misty asked amazed.
"Well, no, not me personally, but my orb-soul. You see, when I took out the orbs and placed them
on the ground, nothing amazing happened. But when I took out that little key at the bottom of the
trunk and placed it into the purer white of the two Orbs, the whole place vibrated. And then the
key disappeared into the Orb and the keyhole disappeared. Suddenly the Orbs places themselves
around me, one behind me and one directly in front of me. Then they formed a bluish circle around
me, and started spinning very very fast around me. Thats when I went unconscious and when I woke
up, poof there i was, torn out of my clothes. Naked, lying on the floor with the Orbs resting
upon my chests, no just below my breasts. My new Ct Jeans had been ripped so much that I looked
as if I were wearing hooker panties--"
"Duplica, spare me the details! TEll me, what does that message mean??"
"Oh yeah, about the message, this is what I interepted of it from my Orb-soul's understanding.
"From the grace of the Pidgeot,
Roaring burning fire of Charizard,
Also Blastoise water, Venesaur grass,
Fast as the noble Rapidash, even more,
Strong and poisonous as the NidoQueen
and NidoKing,
With the powers of all Eevee evolutions
Vaporean, Flareon, Jolteon,
Snorlax, Tauros, Miltank, Girafarig,
And many many more of the greatest.
Combine all or one of each into the one
The queen of the changing souls"
"And so I guess, "the queen of changing souls" would be you?", Misty said as she put her chin on
her palm.
"Yeah, I guess so. Anyway, MIsty I think we better get going."
"Where?"
"I really don't know but its urgent we get out of here!"
"Is your Orb-sense tingling??", Misty teased.
"Misty, lets go!", Duplica tensed and grabbed Misty's arm and started pulling her up.
"Whoa, Ok, OK, I'll get up!"
Duplica kept on pulling, and then she yanked a suprised Misty out of the room.
"Ok, what was that all about?", Misty asked reclaiming her arm and rubbing it to soothe the slight
pain.
A thunderous lightning roar sounded through Duplica's room.
The impact sent MIsty head on into Duplica; Misty's head slammed into Duplica's right side and
banged into her chin. Misty got a hard headache and then....
* * *
"Now lets see! If the junction to the Viridian area is there and Lavender Town is here and I'm
supposed to go to Cerulean City, OH NO. WE ALREADY PASSED CERULEAN CITY!!!"
"Stteel"
"You mean we didn't?"
"Liix", the enormous steel type pokemon curled its head around and looked at the tanned passenger
it was carrying. The opened its jaw and spun his head around and then snorted at the map.
"Turn... turn... map, OH, You mean turn the map around?"
"Sttteeelix"
"LEts try it then, MY goodness you are right! SO according to this we only have a half day's
journey ahead of us."
Steelix nodded.
"IT'll be so great to see the pretty flowers again"
"STTEEEL"
"WHat? What?", Brock snapped out of his daze and fell onto to the ground.
"LIIIIIIIX", Steelix growled.
"huh?", Brock got up and wiped himself.
Steelix was growling at something behind the mini rock caves.
"Steelix, be careful. With all thats going on, we don't know what anything is!"
A sudden black shadow emerged from the rock and started advancing towards Brock and Steelix.
"Steelix, SWIFT!"
Steelix's protruding body horns illuminated instantly and sharp stars started emerging out of them.
The shadow got cut in half by the swift attack but now it started attacking from two different
directions.
"Oh, CRAP! STEELIX IRON-TAIL!"
Steelix roared and then his thick steel tail turned pure white and then snapped across the shadow
with such force that a nearby tree fell to the ground just from the gust impact.
"GRAVELLER GO!"
"GRaaavv"
"Graveller, DIG US OUT OF THIS MONSTROSITY, NOW!"
"GRavvv"
THe huge rock type pokemon started using all of its four arms to dig out a hole into the ground.
The shadows stopped advancing on Steelix, but suddenly raced after Graveller.
"WHAT? GRAVELLER, Avalanching SELF DESTRUCT!!!"
"LLLLLELEEERERERGRAAAVV"
The shadows quickened and enclosed Graveller as it self-detonated.
The light was all hidden and absorbed by the shadows and then really pained roar.
"GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAVEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRR"
Silence.
Then as suddenly as they appeared, the shadows dissapeared.
Silence
"Graveller.."
Gravellor had been Brock's second pokemon, the second pokemon Brock had ever caught as a Gym leader.
He turned and stared at Steelix.
Steelix was also quiet and it was staring at the ground.
Brock imagined how it felt.
It felt just like him.
It felt guilty.
Brock felt guilty.
Then anger.
"Steelix, I want you to go twice as fast now, no, make that four times as fast. I Want to reach
Cerulean city within the next two hours, Got it?"
Steelix was looking for a way to make up for not being able to defend his now extinct rock friend.
"Steelix!"
"Good, now the threat is serious. Our roles have changed and the time has come"
"Steelix!! STEELIX! STEEELLIXX!"
The roars sent echos all around the far areas, but in the sounds of Onix.
Brock narrowed his eyes to slits. (big difference)
"THE DURESS WILL BE REBORN!!"
* * *
He strolled across the grassy field pondering over his thoughts.
He had heard about the going-ons in the urband areas, but he was not interseted in them, he was
more interested in knowing about Misty's upcoming birthday.
She would turn 17 now.
Ash had just turned 17 two days ago and the only gift he recieved was from Professor Oak, Gary's
sister,his mom, and Brock.
He had had heard nothing from her.
Nothing..
{}How can this be? How can she do this to me?{}
He pounded the railing on end of the garden.
A tear fell our of his left brown eye, but before it could reach the grass, it was blown away by
the wind.
The next few tears fell to their mark and some of them onto his shirt.
A minute later after, a weary teen wiped his tear-streaked face on his white vest.
He sniffed and then stared up into the sky.
It had hurt...
It had pained...
It had been love...
He clenched his fists and then twisted his handsome face into a sneer.
A scornful cynical sneer.
"You took my heart.."
The sky started looking darker as clouds gathered.
"..you kissed me and pulled me further.."
The clouds turned darker and low thunder groaned.
"..then..then..you pushed me away.."
The skies turned pitch black.
"..you told me you'd marry me someday.."
The thunder began to grow louder.
"..but all you really wanted was that bike.."
The rain started pouring, slow at first and then very fast.
"..YOU USED ME! DAMN IT, YOU USED ME.!!"
The rain soaked him.
"..MISTY, I WILL NEVER FORGET THIS..NEVER!!!"
Water started dripping off his bangs and into his eyes.
"never", he whispered.
* * *
A quiet beach off the coast of Sea Foam islands. A place that was not visited anymore due to the
volcano eruption on Cinnabar Island. Two years ago, an announcement was made over the media
nationwide. Blaine addressed the people:
"Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, those who reside in Kanto and those who live in Jhoto, I have some
very sad news to relay. Yesterday at exactly 4:56 in the night the rumbling started in the inner
most areas of the volcano on Cinnibar Island. By this evening, around 6.45, we are required to
evacuate the island. Ferries going to Pallet Town, New Bark Town and Fushia City will be stationed
all around the island. I plead all residents to gather as many as their possessions they can
gather and evacuate in an orderly fashion. Three cargo ships will gather all the possessions from
the fourty-nine houses by tomorrow afternoon. Please do not panic and it is advisable to contact
your relatives for support. I, Blaine, gym leader and official Island mayor repeat: ALL WOMEN
AND CHILDREN SHOULD BE TRANSPORTED ON THE SHIPS. Some can stay behind to help, only those few
over the age of fifteen will be allowed to help out."
---Today, the island is only but a memory. It is embedded in the minds of peoples' electromagnetic
waves, only little electric charges in the brain. No visual aid to acknowledge the existance of
Cinnibar Island.It is only but rock under shallow water...., only rock ender shallow water...
Bubbles erupted from the deeper end of the rocky bed. The bubbles were magnifyied with heat waves
that sent thermal waves vibrating through the hydrogen dioxide. A bright pink eye shone through
the stimulating water and a supersonic wave elaborated its fingers through large expanses of the
ocean.
Psychic thought waves resounded through the water and every creature heard the thoughts of the
creature.
"THE DARKS...THEY WILL PAY!!!"
. . . .
~ ~ ~
End of Chapter 10.
Any comments or suggestions
send to
Next Chapter: Clearance
~ ~ ~
The Orb-secure
"Well, anyway, back to the story!"
"FINALLY!!!"
"Uh-oh, Spaz Orb attack!!"
"Huh?"
"Time again, the light shines
far far away from heart thine
Through the water of the sea
into the hands of the broken mist
Through the grains of thy sands
afain, again Time again
Lose not your light
nor thy own sight
Remember the forgotten
his shall you call again
His might have been decieve
yet all that is not what ye percieve
Ye know deep within
Help from your own kin
Ahead of them you seem
in the end it counts on the team
His heart is yours
his soul is yours
Forget not him
Time, Time again"
Misty stood there on the marble floor..speechless.
The poem, no more like the prophecy or maybe a prediction, but whatever it was, had left her
breathless.
She knew what those words meant.
Those words were for her, meant especially for her.
She didn't know how, or why, but she knew they were indeed for her.
Right there in the room, standing upon a ditto rug, staring at the wall opposite her, she did
realize what she had hoping she would eventually.
She knew that something would happen...
She knew that something would go wrong...
She knew something would threaten her life...
She knew something would threaten HIM....
"Oooh, Misty, can you please help me?"
No response
"Fine, Ok. I can very well lift my limp body up!"
Still no answer
"Misty?"
"Duplica, I want you to cut the crap and tell me how exactly did you get into the possession of
the orbs..NOW!"
Misty spoke with such finality and warning that Duplica bit down her perky remarks.
"Um..Ok, Misty."
"Start Now!"
"Ok, OK. Anyway, where was I? Oh yeah the security guar--", Duplica looked at the forming frown
on Misty's usually cheery face.
"Ahem. Anyway, Dr. Rohisho assigned me to be in charge of seeing to the safe delivery of
the artifacts coming in from the far regions.
On one occasion, there came this real large delivery from the Ancient Kanto region, earlier
known as Old Ridian.
Dr. Rohisho told me that he was going to go on an expedition to the new site dicovered right at
the entrance of Mount Moon, and saying so, he left me in charge of the place. Well, I had already
turned 16 by then, and I was responsible enough to handle something like that.
That night after Dr. Rohisho left to catch the Kano Train, I went downstairs to the store room to
check out the latest arrivals. I had had just taken a shower and my hair was still wet when I
went down there. It was heated so I really didn't bother drying my hair.
So there I am checking off all the items that have come and examining them and re-examining them
to check how good their quality and condition was.
I was on the third item on my list when I noticed that there was a small box from the Old Ridian
area that had not been recorded on my checklist. I grew curious, so I decided to check out what
the box might contain."
"Go on!", Misty said sitting down on the bed and crossing her legs.
"I was about open it when Ditto arrived down the stairs and played around in the room. I laughed
at it and then went back to the box. It was a box made of some hard material, upon later discovery
I found it to be made up of a harder alloy of lead. It had the stamp "OLD RIDIAN" on its cover but
there was something odd about it. It did not have all that dirt and debris and musty smell around
it as the other boxes and artifacts had. It was also pretty new--"
"I don't care about how the Damn box looked like, I want to know how you came to the Orbs!!"
"I WAS GETTING THERE!", Duplica shouted.
She cooled down and continued.
"I'll pretend I didn't hear that insult. Anyway, I tried to open the padlock by using a screwdriver
but to no avail. SO I tried a hammer, and then it did come loose. I opened the box and within it
I found some really weird writings.
Ther was this little note at the place where the latch would close.
I took it and read.
"Raakshe Mowas Kavo Pideey da boear
Zofa maxalot Kahiz'rd burnogsho
Bastoisel mave Vunusuva roloe
Dionaso Seeya se Piradas groiet o
Fersm jaafo maxalie QueenNIdo Oppo
Aavo therwe vee norean, forean, joreon
Snaralax, Uaros, MIruna, Farigarif,
Muchoes konoes lames mmooveser sads re
Houkamava leefeaf compufaes daerfse
Komno davino danovo dininva poktes
Danstha futur jones manioes damnno"
"You memorized that???", Misty asked amazed.
"Well, no, not me personally, but my orb-soul. You see, when I took out the orbs and placed them
on the ground, nothing amazing happened. But when I took out that little key at the bottom of the
trunk and placed it into the purer white of the two Orbs, the whole place vibrated. And then the
key disappeared into the Orb and the keyhole disappeared. Suddenly the Orbs places themselves
around me, one behind me and one directly in front of me. Then they formed a bluish circle around
me, and started spinning very very fast around me. Thats when I went unconscious and when I woke
up, poof there i was, torn out of my clothes. Naked, lying on the floor with the Orbs resting
upon my chests, no just below my breasts. My new Ct Jeans had been ripped so much that I looked
as if I were wearing hooker panties--"
"Duplica, spare me the details! TEll me, what does that message mean??"
"Oh yeah, about the message, this is what I interepted of it from my Orb-soul's understanding.
"From the grace of the Pidgeot,
Roaring burning fire of Charizard,
Also Blastoise water, Venesaur grass,
Fast as the noble Rapidash, even more,
Strong and poisonous as the NidoQueen
and NidoKing,
With the powers of all Eevee evolutions
Vaporean, Flareon, Jolteon,
Snorlax, Tauros, Miltank, Girafarig,
And many many more of the greatest.
Combine all or one of each into the one
The queen of the changing souls"
"And so I guess, "the queen of changing souls" would be you?", Misty said as she put her chin on
her palm.
"Yeah, I guess so. Anyway, MIsty I think we better get going."
"Where?"
"I really don't know but its urgent we get out of here!"
"Is your Orb-sense tingling??", Misty teased.
"Misty, lets go!", Duplica tensed and grabbed Misty's arm and started pulling her up.
"Whoa, Ok, OK, I'll get up!"
Duplica kept on pulling, and then she yanked a suprised Misty out of the room.
"Ok, what was that all about?", Misty asked reclaiming her arm and rubbing it to soothe the slight
pain.
A thunderous lightning roar sounded through Duplica's room.
The impact sent MIsty head on into Duplica; Misty's head slammed into Duplica's right side and
banged into her chin. Misty got a hard headache and then....
* * *
"Now lets see! If the junction to the Viridian area is there and Lavender Town is here and I'm
supposed to go to Cerulean City, OH NO. WE ALREADY PASSED CERULEAN CITY!!!"
"Stteel"
"You mean we didn't?"
"Liix", the enormous steel type pokemon curled its head around and looked at the tanned passenger
it was carrying. The opened its jaw and spun his head around and then snorted at the map.
"Turn... turn... map, OH, You mean turn the map around?"
"Sttteeelix"
"LEts try it then, MY goodness you are right! SO according to this we only have a half day's
journey ahead of us."
Steelix nodded.
"IT'll be so great to see the pretty flowers again"
"STTEEEL"
"WHat? What?", Brock snapped out of his daze and fell onto to the ground.
"LIIIIIIIX", Steelix growled.
"huh?", Brock got up and wiped himself.
Steelix was growling at something behind the mini rock caves.
"Steelix, be careful. With all thats going on, we don't know what anything is!"
A sudden black shadow emerged from the rock and started advancing towards Brock and Steelix.
"Steelix, SWIFT!"
Steelix's protruding body horns illuminated instantly and sharp stars started emerging out of them.
The shadow got cut in half by the swift attack but now it started attacking from two different
directions.
"Oh, CRAP! STEELIX IRON-TAIL!"
Steelix roared and then his thick steel tail turned pure white and then snapped across the shadow
with such force that a nearby tree fell to the ground just from the gust impact.
"GRAVELLER GO!"
"GRaaavv"
"Graveller, DIG US OUT OF THIS MONSTROSITY, NOW!"
"GRavvv"
THe huge rock type pokemon started using all of its four arms to dig out a hole into the ground.
The shadows stopped advancing on Steelix, but suddenly raced after Graveller.
"WHAT? GRAVELLER, Avalanching SELF DESTRUCT!!!"
"LLLLLELEEERERERGRAAAVV"
The shadows quickened and enclosed Graveller as it self-detonated.
The light was all hidden and absorbed by the shadows and then really pained roar.
"GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAVEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRR"
Silence.
Then as suddenly as they appeared, the shadows dissapeared.
Silence
"Graveller.."
Gravellor had been Brock's second pokemon, the second pokemon Brock had ever caught as a Gym leader.
He turned and stared at Steelix.
Steelix was also quiet and it was staring at the ground.
Brock imagined how it felt.
It felt just like him.
It felt guilty.
Brock felt guilty.
Then anger.
"Steelix, I want you to go twice as fast now, no, make that four times as fast. I Want to reach
Cerulean city within the next two hours, Got it?"
Steelix was looking for a way to make up for not being able to defend his now extinct rock friend.
"Steelix!"
"Good, now the threat is serious. Our roles have changed and the time has come"
"Steelix!! STEELIX! STEEELLIXX!"
The roars sent echos all around the far areas, but in the sounds of Onix.
Brock narrowed his eyes to slits. (big difference)
"THE DURESS WILL BE REBORN!!"
* * *
He strolled across the grassy field pondering over his thoughts.
He had heard about the going-ons in the urband areas, but he was not interseted in them, he was
more interested in knowing about Misty's upcoming birthday.
She would turn 17 now.
Ash had just turned 17 two days ago and the only gift he recieved was from Professor Oak, Gary's
sister,his mom, and Brock.
He had had heard nothing from her.
Nothing..
{}How can this be? How can she do this to me?{}
He pounded the railing on end of the garden.
A tear fell our of his left brown eye, but before it could reach the grass, it was blown away by
the wind.
The next few tears fell to their mark and some of them onto his shirt.
A minute later after, a weary teen wiped his tear-streaked face on his white vest.
He sniffed and then stared up into the sky.
It had hurt...
It had pained...
It had been love...
He clenched his fists and then twisted his handsome face into a sneer.
A scornful cynical sneer.
"You took my heart.."
The sky started looking darker as clouds gathered.
"..you kissed me and pulled me further.."
The clouds turned darker and low thunder groaned.
"..then..then..you pushed me away.."
The skies turned pitch black.
"..you told me you'd marry me someday.."
The thunder began to grow louder.
"..but all you really wanted was that bike.."
The rain started pouring, slow at first and then very fast.
"..YOU USED ME! DAMN IT, YOU USED ME.!!"
The rain soaked him.
"..MISTY, I WILL NEVER FORGET THIS..NEVER!!!"
Water started dripping off his bangs and into his eyes.
"never", he whispered.
* * *
A quiet beach off the coast of Sea Foam islands. A place that was not visited anymore due to the
volcano eruption on Cinnabar Island. Two years ago, an announcement was made over the media
nationwide. Blaine addressed the people:
"Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, those who reside in Kanto and those who live in Jhoto, I have some
very sad news to relay. Yesterday at exactly 4:56 in the night the rumbling started in the inner
most areas of the volcano on Cinnibar Island. By this evening, around 6.45, we are required to
evacuate the island. Ferries going to Pallet Town, New Bark Town and Fushia City will be stationed
all around the island. I plead all residents to gather as many as their possessions they can
gather and evacuate in an orderly fashion. Three cargo ships will gather all the possessions from
the fourty-nine houses by tomorrow afternoon. Please do not panic and it is advisable to contact
your relatives for support. I, Blaine, gym leader and official Island mayor repeat: ALL WOMEN
AND CHILDREN SHOULD BE TRANSPORTED ON THE SHIPS. Some can stay behind to help, only those few
over the age of fifteen will be allowed to help out."
---Today, the island is only but a memory. It is embedded in the minds of peoples' electromagnetic
waves, only little electric charges in the brain. No visual aid to acknowledge the existance of
Cinnibar Island.It is only but rock under shallow water...., only rock ender shallow water...
Bubbles erupted from the deeper end of the rocky bed. The bubbles were magnifyied with heat waves
that sent thermal waves vibrating through the hydrogen dioxide. A bright pink eye shone through
the stimulating water and a supersonic wave elaborated its fingers through large expanses of the
ocean.
Psychic thought waves resounded through the water and every creature heard the thoughts of the
creature.
"THE DARKS...THEY WILL PAY!!!"
. . . .
~ ~ ~
End of Chapter 10.
Any comments or suggestions
send to
Next Chapter: Clearance
~ ~ ~
