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Lugia Talking
Chapter Eight: S.S Libra
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A few years had passed since Shadow Lugia had awakened and he was now full grown. One of the helicopter pilots walked up to him and motioned for him to lower his head. The pilot reached up and placed a receiver in Lugia's ear, "It's cloudy here at Citadark Isle but when we reach the S.S. Libra the sun will be rising and the sky will be clear, you'll have to move fast and fly high so nobody see's us" he reminded Lugia.
Shadow Lugia nodded, they had been over this a thousand times he knew exactly what to do and where to go. I know what to do human, he snapped at the pilot Are we going to be moving out anytime this century or not? he asked irritated at all the preparation. I could have been at Gorigan's Lair and back by now, Lugia hissed shifting back and forth.
Eldes looked at the pilot, "He has a point, are you ready to leave yet?" he asked them. The pilot bowed to Eldes, "Almost sir, we're making the final preparations right now, we'll be leaving any minute now" he replied. Eldes nodded and looked up at Lugia, "And you XD001? How are you doing so far?" he asked. Lugia rolled his eyes, The sooner we leave the sooner i'll be done with this job, he replied his short temper getting shorter by the minute. "We're ready to lift off!" a voice shouted as the helicopters started up.
Eldes backed up and nodded to Shadow Lugia who flapped his wings and flew up above the helicopters, he hovered there until they lifted off and led the way for him. 'These pathetic humans...always relying on pokemon to do their work for them'Lugia thought as they headed towards the setting sun.
It was only 30 minutes before Lugia saw the S.S Libra below them, Lugia tilted his head as the receiver in his ear hissed and one of the pilots spoke to him. "Alright Lugia there it is" he pointed out, "Swoop down and grab it quickly there are other ships in the area so we have to move fast" he ordered. Shadow Lugia nodded and adjusted his flight so he was directly over the cargo ship.
Two of the people on the boat came out to look up at what was going on as the helicopters surrounded the ship. Lugia focused his power and a beam of psychic energy extended towards the ship and slowly lifted it out of the water. He grunted from the weight, it was a bit more then he was expecting, but he still had no problem lifting it.
Luiga headed towards Gateon Port and from there they would head south of Agate Town over the Desert Lab and when they got into the heart of the deep desert they would head north to where the Cipher Key Lair was.
'If I last that long' he thought irritated at having to carry the stupid thing all over creation just so they could make more Shadow Pokemon. If they wanted pokemon why didn't they just take a boat of their own and raid the S.S. Libra? They had plenty of other toys to play with. 'But nooooo, they just HAD to have me, the greatest Shadow Pokemon of all time sitting around with nothing to do' Lugia grumbled. He briefly considered how much trouble he would get in if one of the helicopters suddenly 'fell' down to the water.
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Several hours later they were east of the Desert Lab and getting ready to turn north when Shadow Lugia suddenly felt weaker and his hold on the massive cargo ship slipped slightly, he struggled to hold it up as his hold on it strengthed. Lugia shook his head in confusion, 'What was that about?' he thought. They had been having some problems with his powers as they made the final adjustments. Lugia's powers would suddenly cut out at strange moments.
"We have 45 minutes until we reach the Cipher Key Lair hold on until then" the pilot told him. Lugia grunted as his powers suddenly cut out and the ship dropped to the ground, "Oh no the ship is falling! Everyone get out of the way!" they helicopters pulled back as the front of the ship slammed into the ground. The sound of metal tearing apart filled Lugia's ears as the front of the ship tore apart and the back landed several yards away.
They all watched as the S.S. Libra skidded to a halt throwing sand everywhere. Shadow Lugia landed in the sand and sighed in relief at not having to carry the ship anymore. The helicopters decended to the ground and the men got out and stared up at the cargo ship. "Great! Just perfect! Now what do we do?" one grumbled glaring up at Lugia who simply yawned and turned his attention to preening his feathers.
Lugia ignored the humans as they decided what to do next, 'All I know is that I am NOT carrying that ship any farther' he thought calmly. Lugia looked up at a gligar that was watching them curiously, it circled them for a few moments before leaving to find something else. After several minutes of constant arguing Shadow Lugia spoke up for all of them, Why don't we just go ahead and tell Gorigan what's happened? We're almost there anyway, he finally snapped making them jump.
They hesitated and Lugia could feel their unease at having to tell Gorigan about what happened here. Fine, you don't want to tell him? Then we'll just leave this massive cargo ship in the middle of the desert. The S.S Libra is scheduled to dock today at 10:00 am so its not like anybody is going to miss it, ships appear in the middle of the desert all the time right? Luiga asked casually.
"Shadow Lugia is right, we have to tell Gorigan so that someone can come and recover these pokemon; Snattle is already going through with his operation in Phenac City but there are others around we have to hurry" one man said before they climbed back in the helicopters and headed towards the Cipher Key Lair.
Lugia looked around before following the helicopters. After this he was scheduled to go back to the Desert Lab to complete his final tuning. Then he would go back to Citadark Isle. As they flew he thought about everything he had gone through so far with Team Cipher. All the tests and preparations, to get to this point and now after 5 years they were almost finished.
After 45 minutes they arrived at the entrance to the Lair. The helicopters and Lugia landed with a sigh, now maybe he could get some rest; if they thought he was moving that ship again then they were dead wrong. Lugia looked up as Gorigan and his assitant Snidle came charging down the ramp. "Where is it? What happened?" Gorigan demanded angrily.
Shadow Lugia rolled his eyes, Gorigan hadn't changed in the least. It was only 8:30 in the morning and Gorigan was already on a warpath. The other Cipher members shifted uneasily until they finally pushed one person forward, "Well um...Gorigan sir we kind of um..." he stammered trying to come up with some kind of excuse.
"Well what! What happened to the S.S. Libra! You idiots better not have messed up" Gorigain snapped at them. The man took a deep breath before explaining, "Well sir we were almost here when XD001...um uh...he dropped the ship" he said quietly. Gorigan narrowed his eyes, "Say that again? I didn't quite hear you" he snarled at them. "Well uh Gorigan sir, XD001 dropped the ship about 40 miles south of here" he repeated backing up.
"HE WHAT!" Gorigan exploded waving his fists at them, the pilots flinched away from him as he shouted and stormed back into the Lair. Lugia ignored all of them and waited patiently until somebody told him what to do. The helicopter pilots milled around unsure of what they should be doing.
Lugia looked over his shoulder at them, Instead of waiting around here for Gorigan to come back and yell at you, Lugia began glaring at them, Why don't you head back to Citadark Isle and tell Master Greevil about this so something can be done? The longer you put it off the angrier he's going to be, Lugia told them. They nodded and hurried off before Gorigan could come back. Lugia sighed as they left, now maybe he could get some sleep.
He was just drifting off to sleep when Snidle walked down the ramp and stood in front of him, Luiga narrowed his eyes, What do you want from me now? Lugia snapped at him. Snidle looked up at him, "Gorigan and I are going out to check the damage done to the S.S. Libra and make a count of how many pokemon are on board, you are going to be coming with us" he told Shadow Lugia.
Lugia hissed in irritation, but didn't talk back, instead he waited for the pathetic humans here at the Cipher Key Lair to prepare for their trip to the desert. When they left and got back to the spot where he'd dropped the S.S. Libra the sun had risen and they could see clearly the immense damage done to the cargo ship.
Gorigan stepped out of the hover car and threw his hands up in the air. "Look at this! Look at all of this damage! Now what am I supposed to do? What if somebody see's this out here?" Gorigan said glaring up at Lugia who was perched on the deck of the ship. "This is all your fault you miserable creature! If it wasn't for you..." Gorigan began angrily, If it wasn't for me Cipher would have fallen apart, and will fall apart, if you have a problem then take it up with Master Greevil not me monkey breath, Lugia told him.
Shadow Lugia was tired of being pushed around and treated as if humans were so much better then he was. HE was the one doing all the work, HE was the one carrying ships all across creation, HE was the one sitting on his butt being tested and experimented on all the time. Maria told him that most pokemon worked together with humans and were happy to help one another; something Lugia didn't understand.
Lugia narrowed his eyes as he watched Snidle cut a hole in the side of the ship so they could get in. 'How could you be happy serving someone else?' he thought in confused. All the humans he knew were power-hungry savages more or less. Lugia sighed and looked up at the clouds passing by, 'Except for Maria' he thought thinking about her for the first time in years. He felt a bit guilty that it had been so long since he had thought about her.
'I promised I would never forget about Maria and here I haven't thought about her in years' Lugia considered looking at the desert laying before him. 'Where is she? I wonder if she's happy now' he thought with a sigh. He remembered her saying she hadn't talked to her family in years, 'Family...i've never had a family, but I could tell that Maria cared about hers a lot even if she didn't quite say it' Lugia thought flapping his wings and landing in the sand next to the hover car Gorigan and Snidle had arrived in.
Lugia looked up as Gorigan came back out, and pushed all thoughts of Maria out of his head. Lugia was the property of Team Cipher, he was a weapon and to Team Cipher just a toy to play with and then throw away when they were done. For the moment it was his lot in life to obey humans and nothing more. Sure Lugia was glad Team Cipher had created him but if some honest-hearted citizen decided to come and stop try to stop Cipher then Lugia definetly wouldn't shed any tears over it.
Gorigan stormed up to him, "Allright XD001 we're all done here so go ahead to the Desert Lab and they'll make the final preperations, i've got to start moving and transforming all of these pokemon, as soon as possible" he said dismissing Lugia who fought the urge to use shadow blast on him. Instead he loosened a few wires and bolts before flying off towards the Desert Lab.
Those two wouldn't be going anywhere anytime soon.
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Shadow Lugia sat with forced patience as the mechanical arms retracted and Naps removed the wires attached to him. "That's the final adjustment Lovrina, he's all finished and ready to head back to Citadark Isle" Naps told his sister. Lovrina squealed with delight, "Oh my beautifull XD001 is finally all finished! Isn't he just the greatest pokemon ever!" she gushed happily.
Lugia rolled his eyes, he couldn't wait to get out of this place. 'And away from Lovrina, one minute she's all cheery the next she's chewing out her staff' Lugia thought as Lovrina yelled at some poor Cipher Peon. Naps looked up at him and gave Lugia a pat, "I can't believe we're finally done after all these years of preparation. Your the best Shadow Pokemon Cipher has ever created, the one nobody can purify" Naps said with a sigh. Soon Team Cipher's takeover will be complete...and I will lead, Lugia added as Lovrina walked over to them.
"Oh Naps! How is Proffessor Krane doing so far?" Lovrina asked him. Naps hesitated and Lugia smirked at his unease, He hasn't gotten any infromation out of Krane yet, and doesn't know if he ever will, Lugia told her. Lovrina glared at Naps, "Is that true? We need to know about the purify chamber at the Pokemon HQ Lab as soon as possible, if not Master Greevil is going to be oh so cross with me" she warned.
"I know Lovrina and i'm working as fast as possible but he refuses to tell us anything, he keeps insisting that creating Shadow Pokemon is wrong or something along those lines" Naps said dismissivly. Lugia perked up at that, he had met several Cipher members who felt a bit uneasy at having to create Shadow Pokemon, but no human who had outright refused to serve Master Greevil. Interesting.
Lovrina gave long-suffering sigh and looked back up at Shadow Lugia, "Well I guess you'd better get going, otherwise Master Greevil will be so upset with me" she said backing up and pressing a button on the wall. The ceiling slid back to reveal the open desert sky. They made a special hanger so that helicopters could pickup and drop-off materials and machines for research without going all the way through the building.
Lugia flapped his wings several times to clear the hanger door, he hovered there while the door slid back until it looked as if it had never been there. He was getting ready to head towards Citadark Isle when he changed his mind, and flew towards the Pokemon HQ Lab. His final tuning had taken awhile and it was now 3:00 in the afternoon. It would take about 2 hours to get to the Lab. Lugia wanted to see what the humans there were like.
'I have to be carefull and make sure nobody see's me, not yet at least' Lugia thought pleased with the freedom he had. Over the years as he matured Master Greevil had given him more and more freedom and Lugia wasn't going to do anything that might put his freedom in danger. As long as he checked in at Citadark Isle by dawn tommorow to talk to Master Greevil he could go wherever he wanted to. He would check out the Lab and then head towards Citadark Isle and catch some dinner.
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The sun had set and the outside lights were dimmed. Michael looked up at the stars, they had been searching for Proffesor Krane but so far they hadn't found anything. Michael looked down at Dark Moon his umbreon, "Maybe I was wrong there's nothing out here" he said with a frown. Moon shook his head and continued looking around. Michael yawned and rubbed his eyes, "Come on Moon lets go to bed, if you still feel that there's something out here in the morning then we'll search high and low until we find something" he assured his umbreon.
Dark Moon nodded and followed Michael back inside, he paused for a moment to look around again. Something was out there watching them. Moon shook his head, he was probably jumping at shadows. Everyone was on edge now that Team Cipher had reappeared. Satisfied with his reasoning, Dark Moon went inside the Lab. Not realizing his every move was being watched by a pair of blazing red eyes.
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