A/N: Thanks for the reviews, people who reviewed! Yes, PichuStar, this is very anime-like. That is my intent. Glad to see it's working. And the episode idea does sound good....from now on, each chapter will be called an "episode". And as for him being called Silver in the beginning...Ack-that was not good. Let's call that the prologue that doesn't necessarily line up with the rest of the story. So...Chapter 2 would actually be Episode 1, Chapter 3 would be Episode 2, and this would be Episode 3. Hehehehe. I might have to manipulate the previous chapters a bit. No worries, though. On to Episode 3!
Disclaimer: I own Pokemon. Getoverit, mortals! (an army of Dark Lawyers appear) ...OO I take it back! I don't own it! NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
Skeith: Cerse Liminara is the sole owner of the characters Silver and Naoko Himogira. Everything else belongs to Nintendo, Creatures, Game Freak, etc.
Darkness of the Unown: The Silver SagaEpisode 3:
Silver raced through the sky, the force of his flight causing the ground to crack under him. He could see Lugia clearly ahead of him. He was moving fast, using his own telekinesis to accelerate himself. But Silver was faster. He gained speed. As he drew closer, large spheres of psychic energy built up in his hands. That's when Lugia changed direction.
The giant bird suddenly whirled around, with a speed that would have reduced him to pulp if it weren't for his psychic powers protecting him. He swept over Silver, launching a Psywave attack directly at Silver. The combined force of the attack and the powerful air currents created by Lugia's wings were enough to disrupt Silver's attack and send him spiraling towards the ground again. Before Silver had time to react, Lugia sent another Aeroblast at him. The blast hit him full-on, forcing him down into the ground.
"Catch me if you can, Silver."
He took off towards the Whirl Islands. He would see how well Silver fared in his own turf.
>Goldenrod City, Meanwhile>
Naoko Himogira ran into the Pokemon Center, her clothes still torn from the incident earlier. She had a halfway-dazed expression on her face. She stopped for a moment, as if unsure of why she was there. Then she seemed to regain her senses somewhat. She stumbled over to the PC in the corner. She accessed the database search and typed in one word: Silver. The PC found one match. It read:
"Silver"
Registered Alias for: Allen Takenouchi.
Status: Deceased. Obituary.
Naoko finally slumped to the ground, tears pouring out of her eyes as her body was racked by tremendous sobs of anguish.
>Whirl Islands>
Silver hovered over the largest of the Whirl Islands. Below him, a gaping hole led into the dark labyrinth of caverns beneath all of the islands. He knew without a doubt that was where Lugia was. His mouth formed a sneer.
"Think you can outsmart me, eh?"
He dived into the cave mouth. There was no light within, so Silver simply used his mental prowess to feel the walls, while simultaneously searching for Lugia. He found his quarry in the form of another Aeroblast exploding out of the floor. This one Silver was able to dodge, giving him a chance to send a retaliatory sphere of energy at Lugia. He tried to dodge it, but it clipped his wing and sent him plummeting down the shaft he had been hiding in. Silver dived after him, two more energy spheres charging in his palms.
At the last moment before Silver would have released his blasts, Lugia suddenly turned into a side passage. Silver flew in after him, and found nothing. It was then that it finally dawned on him that this was where Lugia lived. He obviously knew his way around a lot better than Silver did. He dropped softly to the ground, two large energy spheres held at the ready. He advanced slowly forward. Still no sign of Lugia. Then he heard a noise at the far end of a tunnel. He whirled. A narrow pit opened in front of him. The sound was emanating from the pit. The very familiar pit....
>Start Flashback>
The girl looked apprehensively at the hole.
"Are you sure this is safe?" she asked, looking down into the blackness below.
"Of course," said the boy, "I come her all the time. It's not even 2 yards down. It just looks deep because it's so dark."
He jumped into the hole. The girl gasped and ran to the edge. The boy's face, barely visible in the gloom, looked up at her.
"See?" he asked, "Come on!"
The girl stood silent for a moment, and then ran at the edge of the pit. She intended to jump straight out so that she could land on her feet, but when she reached the edge of the hole, the rock gave way and she tumbled awkwardly into the hole. She didn't even have time to open her mouth to scream before she found herself held by the arms of the boy.
"Thank you...."
>End Flashback>
Silver closed his eyes and shook his head. Not again! NOT AGAIN!!!
But he couldn't stop himself. The energy spheres dissolved in his hands. He jumped into the hole, hitting solid ground before he had even seemed to fall at all. He was in a narrow passage. He walked through it and came out into a large, open chamber. A pool of water was at the center. The water table-the lowest place in the cave.
He walked around the pool to the other side, as if guided by some omnipresent force. And there, scratched into the rock, were the large, deep letters forming the words:
Allen/Naoko 2017>Begin Flashback>
The girl looked on as the boy carved the letters into the rock with a chisel.
"Are you allowed to do that?" she asked, "Isn't this supposed to be some sort of government-protected area?"
"Yes," he replied, "But nobody can get down here without knowing where they're going."
The girl laughed.
"Then how did YOU get down here, Allen? Hm?"
"Let's just say I had some help, Naoko...."
>End Flashback>
Silver was stunned. How is this happening? HOW?
"WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME?!!"
A/N: Wow, this turned out better than I expected. Short, yes, but I had to include that little cliffhanger...and I wanted to get something out for the fans...I realize I'm not very good with updating...
Next Episode: Naoko discovers a clue, but will it lead to Allen or Silver? Silver confronts the Unown about the flashbacks, and receives a shocking response. And whose side is Lugia on, anyway?