LU IN TROUBLE!
Cyril had been roused by Lu flying onto his machine and hammering
on the glass with his beak till Cyril heard him, and let him in.
"Rachel's missing!" he said. "I heard her scream and swam to help,
but she wasn't there!" Cyril went white. It sounded like Rachel had
been attacked. He called George and John, who promised to keep
their eyes open, and then called the Ashes on his P.D.A, who said
they'd ask around as well.
When he'd done that, he asked Lu to take him to where he'd
last seen Rachel. Lu was pleased to oblige, and could take Cyril to the
exact spot, being used to navigating in the ocean. Cyril could not see
any sign of Rachel or anything else having been there, Lu dived a few
times, but he too could find no sign, although the Shellders told him
of a huge shadow, and Rachel seeming to have been lifted out of the
water by something huge.
"I cannot think what that could be." Said Lu.
"I can." Said Cyril, wondering if someone else with a machine like his
and Lawrence's could have taken her. He would contact the man who
made them, and find out one way of the other if someone else had
stolen her as something of a novelty or rarity.
Lu noticed something high in the sky out of the corner of his eye.
"What is that?" he asked, turning to look at the sky. He began to
shake. "It's a Pokémon, but there is something terribly wrong about
it." He lifted his head, and warbled an enquiry towards it. It came
closer, and neither Lu nor Cyril could believe what they were seeing.
"Is that…a Lugia?" gasped Cyril. "It looks more like his evil twin
brother!" Lu had gone almost transparent with shock, his eyes wide.
"That's my Dad! But what's happened to him?" He warbled another
concerned enquiry. The Shadow Lugia hovered for a moment, and
looked at Lu. Then it struck.
With a speed they had not expected, XD001 dove and seized Lu by
the upper wings with it's talons, and seized the back of Lu's neck in
it's mouth. Lu screamed, and Cyril could see that the bite had drawn
blood. Lu struggled as the Shadow Lugia beat it's wings, bearing him
upwards. Lu's thrashing sent up waves that threatened to swamp
Cyril's boat, and Cyril could do nothing other than watch as he tried
to stay afloat. The Shadow Lugia easily drew Lu up, and as Cyril
watched, flew off with him. Cyril checked on his compass the
direction it was flying in, and traced it on a map.
If it kept flying that way, it would end up in the Orré region.
Grimly, Cyril headed back to land, to tell the Ashes this new
information. It looked like they would be venturing far again to
recover their loved ones.
