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Lugia Talking
Chapter Nine: Starting Over
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Shadow Lugia sat patiently as Master Greevil paced back and forth. Ardos had already left to make preperations, and Eldes was standing beside Lugia watching his father pace. Master Greevil finally stopped and looked up at Lugia, "Michael as you know has been causing trouble with his snag machine and the Shadow Pokemon he's captured. He's already purified most of the one's he's caught" Greevil told him.
Eldes nodded thoughtfully, "He stopped us at the Desert Lab, Pyrite, Phenac, and even the Cipher Key Lair, he's already here and made it up to the second level, it's only a matter of time before he gets up to us" Eldes put in. Greevil nodded, "That's why i'm counting on you and Ardos to stop him, if you can't then I will face him with Lugia at my side" he said looking up at Lugia who stood a little taller. I won't let you down Master, that child will not defeat me, Lugia assured him. Master Greevil nodded and walked out of the dome.
Shadow Lugia thought about everything that had happened so far. Michael and his purified pokemon had been destroying Team Cipher's plan's one by one. And now it was up to him, Shadow Lugia, to stop this child. Lugia frowned, 'How could one kid take down Team Cipher so easily?' Lugia thought.
"Are you ready for this Lugia?" Eldes asked interrupting Lugia's thoughts. Lugia tilted his head and looked down at him, What do you mean? I'm ready for anything, Lugia said narrowing his eyes. Eldes crossed his arms, "Thats not what I meant" he said correcting himself. "If Michael does manage to defeat Cipher and Master Greevil, then he will capture you and do everything possible to purify you" Eldes told him.
Lugia frowned, Why? Why would he want to do that? Is there something wrong with me? he asked a bit confused. I can understand why he would want to purify the other pokemon and return them to their normal state, but i've always been a Shadow Pokemon. to me this IS normal, to fix something you have to find a problem with it. And I don't think there's anything wrong with me, Lugia stated lifting his head.
Eldes didn't say anything, "I must admit I never thought about you in that way before. But if you really don't want to be purified then who are we to change your mind?" he said thoughtfully before walking away. Lugia watched him for a moment before flying out of the dome, he still had a little time left before the battle, if it happened at all that is. Shadow Lugia landed on the rocks just outside the dome and waited.
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Shadow Lugia sat on the rocks, eyes closed as Michael battled Eldes inside the dome. Michael had already beaten Lovrina, Snattle, Gorigan and Ardos and...Lugia lifted his head and opened his eyes. And now Eldes was defeated as well. Lugia flapped his wings and circled the dome waiting for his cue to enter the arena. Lugia turned around as the dome opened up and he flew in. Lugia hovered over the floor for a moment and looked down at the kid. 'So this is the famous Michael who's been taking Cipher down, one plan at a time' Lugia thought landing.
Michael looked up at Shadow Lugia in awe, before frowning at Master Greevil. "I'm guessing this is the ultimate Shadow Pokemon all of you have been raving about?" he asked releasing a houndoom and an umbreon. Master Greevil nodded, "Shadow Lugia the pokemon that can never be purified, you may have defeated the others but nobody can defeat Lugia. And he is only the start, soon i'll have an army of Shadow Pokemon just like him, pokemon that even you and your fancy machines can't change" Greevil said proudly.
Michael shook his head in disgust, "How can you talk so calmly about that? Closing the hearts of normal pokemon and turning them into heartless fighting machines isn't right!" he objected. Master Greevil shook his head, "It doesn't matter what you think your crusade ends here! Lugia shadow blast!" he ordered.
Lugia fired a shadow blast at the houndoom but it dodged, "Fine then! Dark Moon use bite!" Michael ordered as they charged. Lugia narrowed his eyes, since they were dark types his powers wouldn't work on them. Lugia used shadow blast to knock the
umbreon back as it tried to use bite when he was hit from behind by the houndoom. Lugia hissed and used shadow storm on the two pokemon. They got back up quickly, "Moon faint attack! Axel flamethrower!" Michael ordered.
Lugia flew into the air to avoid the flamethrower and used shadow blast on the umbreon but it dodged and slammed into him with faint attack. Lugia grunted and knocked it away with his wing. He flinched slightly as another flamethrower hit him in the back, Lugia used shadow down, followed by shadow storm. When the tornado's cleared both pokemon were down. Shadow Lugia shook his head, 'Pathetic pokemon thinking they could defeat me' he thought smugly looking away.
Lugia hissed in surprise and shook his foot as the houndoom used bite on him and the umbreon's eyes glowed blue. Lugia froze for a moment in shock as the psychic attack hit him and paralyzed him. He cryed out in rage, 'Impossible! A dark pokemon can't use an attack like that!' he thought immedietly seizing the umbreons mind and forcing him to stop the attack.
The umbreon whimpered in pain and fell to the ground, as something hit Shadow Lugia in the side. Lugia turned his head in time to see a masterball open up and Lugia was immedietly pulled inside. He heard the ball lock, preventing escape. Lugia fumed silently, he knew that no pokemon could escape from a masterball but that didn't mean he was happy about being stuck inside it.
'That child planned the whole thing with his pokemon, he waited until I was distracted to attack, and he didn't even shout out an order. His pokemon knew exactly what to do' Lugia thought relaxing slightly. 'I've never seen or heard of a pokemon and trainer working so well together. To come this far he must really believe in what he's doing' Shadow Lugia thought. The kid Michael reminded him of...'Of Maria' Lugia thought sadly. 'My friend...the only real friend i've ever had' he considered. 'It would seem Team Cipher has been defeated again. I now have a new master, a stronger master' Lugia thought not really upset, a bit irritated at being stuck in this thing, but not really upset at the rest of the situation.
Shadow Lugia thought about what Eldes had said earlier about them trying to purify him if he was caught. 'They may have captured me and I will obey him...' Lugia hadn't forgotten the 'lesson' Ardos had taught him, that he exsisted only to serve humans; 'But they will not change me...i'm not sick or broken, i'm just fine and they WON'T purify me,' the thought really bothered him. 'There's nothing wrong with me' Lugia considered, 'I'm fine, i'm normal, there's nothing wrong with me, nothing at all...' but Lugia was a bit unsure if that was true.
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After being smothered with praise and attention for defeating Team Cipher, Michael had been forced by his mother Lily to lay down. Dark Moon was sleeping at the foot of his bed and all of his other pokemon were wandering around the Lab. So he hadn't told Proffessor Krane about Shadow Lugia yet. The purify chamber was filled up at the moment anyway.
Michael frowned and set the masterball down before picking it up again; 'I wonder if it really is impossible to purify this Lugia' he thought putting on the masterball on his belt. Michael shook his head, 'No, there must be away to purify him, he has a heart like every other pokemon so there must be a way to change him' he thought getting up. Dark Moon opened one eye to look at Michael as he left, before slipping under the bed covers where it was warmer and falling back asleep.
After getting a sandwich to eat Michael walked outside and saw Proffessor Krane standing there. "Proffessor Krane I want you to look at this!" Michael shouted running up to him. "Michael, it's good to see you up, did you need something?" Krane asked with a smile. Michael held up the masterball Krane had given him; "This is Shadow Lugia, and I think it's the ultimate Shadow Pokemon Team Cipher was talking about" he said handing it over.
Krane nodded, "Very good Michael, we'll examine it immedietly and check it's level of purification. The Zapdos, Moltres, and Articuno are at the highest level of purification i've seen so far, this Shadow Lugia is going to be even higher" he said heading back towards the Lab. "It's going to take some time but soon all of the Shadow Pokemon Team Cipher created will be completely purified" Krane said as they walked through the door.
Michael heard a scream and looked to see who it was. He sighed when he saw that his sableye, Neo, had scared the receptionist by sticking his head up through the table again. Neo ran over and climbed up to Michael's shoulder, "If your going to scare someone you could at least scare somebody other then the receptionist all the time" he said shaking his head, Neo simply grinned in response.
"Here you go Aidan I want you to examine this Lugia" Krane said handing the masterball to him. Aidan nodded and slipped the the masterball into the machine. Michael sat down on the floor and took out his PDA he checked the shadow moniter briefly before putting in his pocket. He took out a spare ultraball and started playing with Neo while they waited for the results.
"Done!" Aidan said suddenly, distracting Michael who as a result was hit square in the face when Neo threw the ultraball back at him. Michael glowered at his pokemon as he vanished through the wall. "It turns out this really is the ultimate Shadow Pokemon" Krane told him. "We're almost ready to purify a couple of pokemon so we'll have space for this guy in about 30 minutes" Krane said handing the masterball back to Michael.
Michael nodded, "I'm going outside to let him out of the masterball, do you want to come?" he asked looking up. Krane nodded, "Of course we don't know much about this pokemon so we're going have to examine him closely" he said following Michael outside. He paused for a moment and took a deep breath before releasing Lugia. Krane stared up at Shadow Lugia in awe.
"Incredible, but I wonder why his color is different? None of the other pokemon changed color" Krane muttered to himself as Shadow Lugia looked around at the grounds and building before looking down at them. He leaned closer and examined Michael for a moment and then looked over at Proffesor Krane.
Krane smiled, "Hello there my name is Krane i'm in charge of this facility" he said watching Lugia carefully. Lugia snorted and lifted his head. Michael was once again amazed and how big and amazing Shadow Lugia really was. "He's amazing...how long do you think it will take to purify him?" Michael asked looking over at Proffesor Krane. Shadow Lugia immedietly arched his neck and hissed angrily.
Krane tilted his head, "Whats wrong with him?" he asked curiously. Lugia narrowed his red eyes, There is nothing wrong with me, a voice in their heads told them. Michael jumped and looked around before realizing where the voice came from. "Lugia?" he asked in surprise.
Shadow Lugia shook his head, Do you see anyone else around here? he sneered at them. Lugia shook his head, You humans and your toys, always trying to fix something that isn't broken, improve things that don't need to be changed. Just because Shadow Pokemon are different that doesn't mean we need to be fixed, he stated glaring at them. Krane was about to responed when Lugia looked towards the road that ran past the Lab. Someone's coming, he said as a news van from ONBS pulled up.
Krane frowned slightly and turned as Pofty and Cameran got out and walked up to them. They began interviewing him and got several shots of Shadow Lugia and asked Michael a few questions about Citadark Isle which was now being examined by police. Lugia was silent until Pofty and Cameran left, he looked down at Michael his new 'master.'
So I guess that makes you the big hero around here huh? Lugia stated more then asked. The kid who defeated Team Cipher and captured me...Shadow Lugia, now all you have to do purify me and you'll be remembered forever right? Lugia told them sarcasticlly. After all this is 'for my own good' isn't it? The only reason I exist is to serve humans right? So it doesn't matter what I want now does it? After all i'm just a pokemon what do I know about anything? Lugia told them extending his wings, he flew up and landed on the top of the building he glared and turned his back on them.
Krane looked up at Shadow Lugia in surprise before turning to Michael who was staring up as his new pokemon. "Proffesor..." he said slowly. "I think we should wait for a while before trying to purify him" Michael said slowly. Krane thought about that for a moment and nodded, "I think your right we still don't know how they closed Shadow Lugia's heart; I'm thinking the way they did him might be different from the way they did all of the others" Krane agreed.
Michael turned to Krane, "He is a different color from all the others...maybe the police can tell us something about what Team Cipher did to him. The police will have Team Cipher's research records won't they?" Michael asked glancing up at Lugia who still had his back to them. Krane tilted his head, "If Cipher hasn't erased them yet that is" he thought aloud.
They both stared up at Shadow Lugia for a moment before Krane went inside. Michael hesitated for a moment before heading towards the pool behind the building. Michael took his shoes off and put his feet in the water; it was only a moment before his sharpedo came over to greet him. "Hey there Kisame how are you doing? I know i'm enjoying the peace and quiet " he asked. The sharpedo grunted and rubbed his head against Michael's feet in agreement.
Michael sat in silence for awhile before looking back at the Lab. Kisame turned in the same direction and spotted Shadow Lugia, he nudged Michael and rumbled a question. "Yeah i'll be fine, but i'm worried about Shadow Lugia, he's not like you and the other Shadow Pokemon i've seen. I'm not sure whether we should purify him or not" he said petting Kisame. The sharpedo tilted his head, and spit a mouthfull of water on him. Michael laughed, "I guess your telling me I should stop worrying so much?" he asked as Kisame nodded.
He stood up, "Yeah well, thanks for your support but I think i'd better go dry off" Michael said heading inside. Shadow Lugia watched Michael as he went inside the Pokemon HQ Lab. Lugia narrowed his eyes and looked up at the clouds, 'I wonder where Maria is right now' Lugia thought sadly. Was she still with the remnants of Team Cipher? Or was she somewhere else? 'I wish I could see her again...at least one more time' Lugia thought with a sigh.
Lugia lifted his head as a thought came to him. When ONBS ran that story everybody in the Orre region would see it. 'Maybe Maria will see it as well' Lugia thought his spirit lifting somewhat.
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Maria sighed as the waiter gave her another smoothie. She looked up at the tv in the corner and choked on her drink, Maria finally swallowed and stared at the tv in shock. "Shadow Lugia?" she said not believing what she was seeing. The waiter nodded, "Sure, they say it's the ultimate Shadow Pokemon one that can never be purified. Michael captured it on Citadark Isle, and took down their leader to" he said watching the news story.
Maria stood up, "I need a ride to the Pokemon HQ Lab do you know anybody that can give me a ride there?" she asked as the camera zoomed in on Shadow Lugia. The waiter nodded, "Sure I think there's a tour bus going there in about 15 minutes, if you hurry up you can catch it" he told her pointing to a bus idling just outside the diner. Maria thanked him and grabbed her backpacks and hurried onto the bus.
She sighed as the bus started down the road. 'Lugia...it's been so long since i've seen him' Maria thought taking a folder out of one of her backpacks. Maria fingered several computer disks that held all of Shadow Lugia's information; How they created him as Shadow Pokemon, test results, his growth progress, and everything else about him. She put it back and look at the other folders in her bag.
After Michael had taken down Lovrina at the Desert Lab, Maria had copied all of Lugia's infromation and gathered up all of her reports on him. She had fled to Pyrite Town to hide while things played out. And now that Cipher was gone -hopefully for good this time- she no longer needed to worry about them coming after her.
'I wonder if he still remembers me' Maria thought leaning back in her seat. Sure Lugia had promised that he'd never forget about her, but Lugia was a Shadow Pokemon after all, there was no telling how much he had changed since the last time she had seen him. 'I hope their treating him well' she thought worried about him.
Maria shook her head, 'Lugia can take care of himself, I shouldn't worry about him so much' she thought looking out of the window as the forest rolled past. 'Hold on Lugia, i'm coming' she thought with a smile.
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DragonMaster Reborn: Thanks for reading but sadly this story is coming to an end.
Xadius Dragon: The next chapter will be the last chapter in this story. Thanks for all the reviews!
DragonMaster Reborn: And i've decided to leave the choice of purifying Lugia up to all of you. It can be done but i'm going to let you readers decide whether or not Shadow Lugia should be purifyed or continue in a...different direction. So review and make your choice! I can't update until I get a the very least 3 votes!
Xadius Dragon: Thanks and Peace Out for now!