Jungle Outskirts of Pokemopolis: The jungle was full of teeming wildlife and Pokemon as the sun shone brightly through the high treetops. A Nidorino and Nidorina nuzzled each other underneath a fern when suddenly a loud snap sent them scurrying off as the branch moved aside and a white Pokemon and a human moved past where they had been and continued onwards. Kylie wiped her damp forehead as she still looked at The Legend in front of her with a mixture of fear and trepidation after the pokemon had dispatched the Team Rocket helicopters without a second glance in a manner of seconds with a pair of energy balls. The two hadn't said exchanged a single word since then besides The Legend remarking that his actions should be no concern of hers. Since then they'd taken military transports to get to Kanto and near Pokemopolis before The Legend simply refused to get on a transport to take them directly to the archaeological dig and had simply walked off with Kylie following him bewildered. Snap to the present and now in the distance a plume of smoke could be seen no doubt from the dig itself.
"So how're we going to go about this?" asked Kylie finally deciding the time for silence was over.
"We are from the military, civilian operations do not concern us," responded The Legend harshly.
"I don't think they're going to buy that," Kylie pointed out.
"Then that's their problem," came the embittered response from up front. Kylie growled angrily before walking past The Legend and stopping right in front of him.
"You're not helping," she said.
"Then go on without me. As I told you before I don't need your help," said The Legend as he brushed her off. Kyle rolled her eyes and held her head as she felt a headache coming on.
"Is it because of where we're going is that it?" asked Kylie finally. The Legend stopped in his tracks.
"It might," he admitted finally. "Don't be surprised if I end up tearing the whole place down when we're done here."
With that he moved on and Kylie continued in her pursuit of him as they approached the camp.
"But you promised the PM-," began Kylie.
"I KNOW WHAT I PROMISED THE PM!" The Legend spun around and roared at her. "But that was before he stabbed me in the back! Now all bets are off!"
With that he whirled back around and stalked off even madder than before.
"What the hell did he do?" demanded Kylie.
"Pray you never find out," responded The Legend.
"You keep saying that! When are you going to tell me the truth about all this!" shouted Kylie.
"If you're lucky, never, because if you do your entire perception on right and wrong will be irrevocably shattered," said The Legend and with that he was gone through the jungle leaving Kylie alone with her thoughts.
"What the hell is he talking about?" Kylie's inner thoughts raged before she pushed that aside and chased after the mysterious pokemon.
Camp: "Such wonderful discoveries Professor!" said an individual who could only be a butler extremely happy. Inside of the trailer he and Professor Eve, a child barely into her teens but already an acclaimed expert on Pokemopolis, stood gawking at numerous items uncovered from the remains of the stone temple and the nearby grounds.
"It's so wonderful!" shouted Eve happily as she used her magnifying glass to examine a multicolored spoon. "I hope that one day we will be able to identify all of these items and what purpose they were used for!"
At that instant, the door to their trailer blew open and wind gusted out of it as two silhouettes were visible amongst the light that poured in, one human and the other a pokemon with glaring blue eyes as wind swirled around them. The two individuals inside the trailer gulped in fear before the wind abruptly died and the moment was over.
"Professor Eve?" asked the human approaching her.
"Yes," asked the professor unsure. The human pulled out her military ID.
"I'm Lieutenant Kylie Karlstrom of the JSDF, the military informed you of our impending arrival," said Kylie. Eve nodded nervously as outside the stark white Pokemon stared at her angrily through his blue glazed eyes before they promptly switched into dark red as the creature began growling at her.
"Merde," said Eve stunned. Kylie looked at The Legend who was beginning to let of arcs of lightning from his closed fists before she shook her head at him and the energy wave stopped and The Legend returned to 'normal'.
"What is that?" the butler whispered.
"I don't know," Kylie admitted. "But he's with me on this assignment, his name is The Legend."
"I've never heard of such a creature," said Eve reaching for her magnifying glass which subsequently shattered by an invisible force.
"Perhaps you know me by my more common name around here: Ka Faraq Gatri," said The Legend darkly. Eve's expression dropped at that and she began backing up slowly.
"It's not possible," she said grasping nearby for a book that contained all the information she'd collected on Pokemopolis.
"So he has a name that's from a dead language, so what?" said Kylie shrugging it off. "We have a job to do."
"You don't understand, if he's Ka Faraq Gatri then that means…" began Eve as she flipped through her book before she came to an image. She looked at it, looked up at The Legend, and then looked down at the image once more before fainting. Kylie looked at her stunned as The Legend simply walked off towards the temple. The butler quickly rushed to tend to the collapsed professor as Kylie picked up the book which depicted a stark painted image of a reddened sky and a white being with electricity arcing off of its body above a Pokemopolis in flames as individuals on the ground ran for their lives. Beneath it read the description: Ka Faraq Gatri: The Destroyer of Worlds. Kylie sighed and tossed the book aside before chasing after The Legend who was in front of the temple that was embedded in the nearby rock wall. The Legend sighed as he looked up at it as Kylie stopped right next to him.
"This place used to seem so much larger back in the old days," said The Legend. "I guess nothing ever stays the same."
The Legend proceeded inside the temple as Kylie followed suit.
"Why did you have to go and tell her the truth?" asked Kylie.
"No choice. I didn't want her interference and now we won't have to worry about it," responded The Legend.
"You don't take no for an answer do you?" asked Kylie. The Legend briefly smirked.
"No, I don't," he said. As they walked through the temple they passed a massive mural depicting The Legend's destruction of Pokemopolis several thousand years prior.
"And you've lived every single day since then?" asked Kylie looking up at it.
"And more so," responded The Legend as he looked up at the mural.
"Who drew this?" asked Kylie.
"It was painted by some visiting individuals who were in Pokemopolis when I burned it to the ground. They had it here as a testament to the ages of what had really happened here. Too bad they left out the part about the Mew being sacrificed," said The Legend embittered. "But that's how history is. It's written by the victors who refuse to acknowledge the darker elements of the past."
"I thought you were the victor here," said Kylie bitterly as she placed her hand on the image of the Pokemopolitans running away in terror.
"No," said The Legend as he shook his head. "I lost this battle, my people, lost this war. Now all I am is an embittered foot soldier fighting a war long forgotten to the annals of time. I'm a relic, a relic that should've died with his people and not continued going on with this…farse."
With that The Legend turned and continued on down the hallway in silence. Kylie took one last look at the painting and the figure depicted in the center of it with waves of energy radiating outwards from it before looking at the shell of a Pokemon next to her and shaking her head.
"Is that why you're called 'The Legend'?" asked Kylie catching up with him.
"Not at first but its how I'm known now, which is all that matters I guess," said The Legend bitterly. "I've been called many things over the years from the Boogeyman, to the Grim Reaper, the Egyptians once referred to me as En Sabah Nur. But personally I've always gone by the moniker The Legend."
"So are you a legendary Pokemon then?" asked Kylie.
"I'm not a legendary Pokemon," The Legend laughed. "Those Pokemon deserve to be considered legends because they help out humanity in its darkest hour. I am the antithesis of a legendary Pokemon because I destroy humanity in its darkest hour. So no I'm most certainly not a legendary Pokemon nor could I ever hope to be, nor ever want to be. They've chosen their paths in life, I've chosen mine."
"Have you ever come into conflict with a legendary pokemon?" asked Kylie extremely interested.
"On more than one occasion," acknowledged The Legend. "Needless to say the ensuing property damage is extensive during the ensuing chaos but yeah it has been known to happen."
"Who wins?" asked Kylie a little worried about the answer.
"It usually ends in a stalemate because the legendary Pokemon refuse to outright destroy me for whatever reason," said The Legend before looking at Kylie's worried look. "They can destroy me they just choose not to because the Legendary Pokemon exist on a higher plane of power than I could ever hope to reach. Ah here we are!"
Kylie looked at him bewildered when she noticed the relief painting of a massive white object pointed straight up at the heavens with people all around it bowing in prayer. Kylie dropped her bag and took out some testing equipment as The Legend eyed it over.
"Definitely Pokemopolitan in origin as indicated by their clothing though I can't seem to ever remember them having worshipped an object such as this," he said confused as he continued looking about the mural.
"Assuming it's legit. I mean even if this thing does turn out to be positive for carbon dating with time travel involved anything's possible," Kylie pointed out as she scrapped off some of the painting and put into a test tube.
"I'd say this is legitimate because there's Giovanni and my counterpart along with that Celebi," said The Legend pointing to a trio of figures just at the edge of the mural. "Giovanni isn't one to leave a red herring of this magnitude."
"I suppose you could be correct," said Kylie as she began testing the sample. As she looked up however, The Legend had moved off and was now standing in front of a massive stone door.
"Is that where it happened?" asked Kylie. The Legend said nothing but just continued to stare at the door impassive before turning back and walking towards her.
"It's irrelevant," was all he said as he squatted back down. "What've you come up with?"
"It's authentic," said Kylie looking at the readout confused. "Do you know where that location is?"
The Legend looked at the landmarks around the missile before nodding.
"It's a couple miles from here in what was a quarry the Pokemopolitans used to use for their building materials," said The Legend crossing his arms. "Though I didn't realize it would've been large enough to accommodate a modern day warhead back in the day."
"Well we'd better check it out to verify authenticity of this sketch," said Kylie as she took some photos of it.
"Good, the sooner we reach the end of this the better," said The Legend preparing to leave.
"What about the Professor, does she know anything useful?" asked Kylie as she packed up her bag and they moved towards the exit.
"No and it's doubtful she ever will," responded The Legend.
"Even about the Mew massacre?" asked Kylie as they emerged into the sunlight.
"I erased all the evidence when I destroy Pokemopolis to prevent it from ever happening again. Its secret died with this city," said The Legend. As they walked past the trailer, the door opened and Professor Eve stumbled out with a cold compress to her forehead. It was then that she spouted The Legend who scowled at her as she promptly passed out again.
Team Rocket HQ: "Current reports indicate they're heading for the nearby quarry," said Domino to Giovanni.
"Then perhaps it's time to send another test his way," Giovanni responded. "Dispatch Unit AB-12 to intercept."
"Yes sir," said Domino happily as Giovanni sighed at her exuberance.
"I still say I should destroy him," said 'The Legend' from the shadows.
"You wouldn't stand a chance because he knows what you are," said Giovanni drumming his fingers on his desk.
"So? I can still cause him grievous injuries in the meantime," said 'The Legend' cracking its knuckles.
"Yes but you'd be dead and you are too crucial to the coming war, The Legend knows this. Once you're dead, my whole plan goes up in smoke and then I'll have no choice but to set the warhead for maximum exposure," said Giovanni. "Only a fool rushes into a battle unprepared so just bide your time, The Legend will be dead soon."
'The Legend' scowled but ultimately tipped his head and vanished as Giovanni sat there alone with his thoughts before spinning around in his chair and looking at the massive Verteron Warhead displayed through a window behind him.
"Soon, soon I will show them what I'm really capable of," thought Giovanni with a small smirk.
Quarry: A rock was shoved aside letting light into a cavern as The Legend and Kylie entered into the inner area of the quarry.
"I used to roam these caverns as a Mew a lifetime ago," said The Legend. "I can't imagine things have changed since then."
"Does this bring back happy memories?" asked Kylie trying to see if The Legend could ever not be so brooding.
"It doesn't bring back any memories aside from analytical ones," said The Legend. "Now come on, the chamber we're looking for should be up ahead."
Kylie nodded and the two advanced down a pair of caves when suddenly a fist flew out of nowhere and connected with The Legend flinging him backwards through a couple stalagmites and then into the cave wall as some stones fell around him. As Kylie turned around stunned, a massive Golem appeared cracking its knuckles.
"Impressive, most impressive," said The Legend standing back up and wiping a streak of blood from its mouth. "I hadn't realized Giovanni's scientists had advanced psychic repression technology to that extent. I'll have to be careful of that the next time."
Kylie meanwhile yanked out her gun and fired it at the Golem point blank only for the bullet to bounce off of its hard exterior and slam into the top of the cave.
"What the hell?" she shouted stunned before the Golem backhanded her and she went flying backwards only to collapse in a heap. The Golem then turned its attention back to The Legend only for it to be kicked hard in the midsection and go rolling off away from them.
"Ah damnit!" shouted The Legend holding his leg in pain. "Crap that hurt! Good one Legend, good one."
"Why didn't you just blast him?" demanded Kylie struggling to get up while supporting herself on the side of the cave.
"His psychic repressor would've halted the attack and unfortunately out all of the options that I came up with you that was the one I chose," said The Legend hobbling down the cave. "I'll deal with him you just keep heading straight and you'll find the cave in question and I'll join you shortly."
"You're in no condition to fight," said Kylie stumbling after him.
"As long as I stay off this leg for a little bit I'll be fine. Besides, out of the two of us I'll stand the better chance of at putting that thing out of commission," said The Legend as he hovered into the air and shot off down the cavern leaving Kylie behind. Kylie just shook her head before continuing on down the cavern in search of where the warhead had been. The Legend meanwhile was arcing down caverns that he had not been to in millennia but still remembered each and every turn from his youth as a Mew.
"Nice to see some things never change," thought The Legend with just a touch of remorse, but even he knew he could never go back on what he had done since those days.
"This lousy warhead was supposed to be the end to my problems not the start of whole new ones," The Legend grumbled out loud.
"Yes," said a voice from the shadows. "And we all know about your precious warhead now don't we?"
The Legend halted in the air and looked around for the voice before quickly retreating into the shadows.
"There's really no point to that," said The Golem appearing from the rock wall. "Unlike humans my vision can see perfectly even when there's no light at all."
A pair of red lights were seen as The Legend appeared from the shadows but quickly died as The Legend ceased glaring at him after The Golem showed no signs of hesitancy at the action.
"And what do you know about this warhead?" asked The Legend casually.
"Only what Giovanni has found fit for me to know. Information that you will glean from my mind once I have been defeated," said the Golem crossing its arms.
"So you harbor no belief that you can defeat me," The Legend said.
"Hardly. My mission is to slow you down not to stop you. Whether or not I can defeat you, I am only allowed to cause you pain and suffering," said The Golem pulling itself into its core and spinning around preparing for a rollout attack. The Legend meanwhile held up his right hand close to his head as energy crackled off of it.
"Then let's go," said The Legend. The two Pokemon raced straight at each other.