Category: Pokémon
Rating: M
Couples: Olympia/OC
Warnings: AU, hint of rape/character death
Chapter: 26
Copyright: Characters & places © By Game Freak, Plot © by me
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"Mh?" Cynthia 's attention turned her Gym Leader, who was looking up at the building.
"Not now." Fantina whispered. "The ghosts are too strong as is." Her jaw clenched. "I will have to deal with Antoinette before I leave, certainly."
"I wish I had known she had lingered." Therese sighed softly. "We could have dealt with it under far better circumstances."
"I am sorry." Diantha stated. "I let it get this far."
"Nonsense." Green eyes looked at her sadly. "This had become inevitable the moment he joined the League. After all, half of Kalos' League – all the females – were on his hit-list, save perhaps Korrina because he might…. Might have considered her young enough to be 'salvaged'. You could have done nothing to stop it, especially once he got his excuse." The member of the Sinnoh Church chuckled hollowly. "Besides, you saved Olympia… and Fantina, by proxy. How can I hate you when you managed to do what I could not back then?"
"That..."
The older woman raised her hand. "And that is final, Diantha." She let it fall back down. "We will leave it at this… at least until such time that Olympia brings up the details herself. Then feel free to restart any discussions you might want to have."
"I'll see how she is." Leaving her gloves, Fantina headed up to the building, her back perhaps a touch too straight. This left the group to fall into silence, at least until she returned after a while.
"Well?"
"About as good as is to be expected." The Hearthome Gym Leader informed them. "She wants to see Diantha, though. Apparently you were partaking in her Break?"
"I… was?" The actress echoed in surprise.
"You did touch her?" Steven pointed out. "Perhaps that?"
"That would do it." Lucian answered softly. "I don't sense any damage, but I imagine that she'd want to see it herself."
At that, Diantha rose to her feet. "Can you show me, Fantina?"
"Of course." Their path led them deep into the house, up several stairs and down two corridors. "Here." The purple-haired woman opened a door leading to a darkened room, only some light streaming between the two heavy curtains.
"Ah, Diantha..." Allortan turned to look over the backrest of the couch he was sitting on. "Over here."
She headed over, having to move slowly while her eyes got used to the gloom. She blinked in surprise in seeing several other people around the couch, including Oizys.
"Our children." The lawyer gently shooed the other male aside a bit to make room for the actress. "Apparently, Olympia's distress could be felt all the way in Lumiose for those closely connected to her."
"I see." She felt quite awkward, looking at the four youngsters, something which Oizys seemed to notice, leading her siblings out of the room. It allowed the Champion to turn her attention to her Gym Leader resting on the couch, the Lawyer's legs forming a pillow.
She couldn't tell with certainty in the gloom, but Olympia looked still deadly pale. It really would take her a while to recover from this. "Olympia?"
Purple eyes opened. "Diantha..." She pushed herself up, supported by the male.
"You don't have to get up." She crouched down. "You should rest."
"I'll be doing that plenty later on." Anistar's Gym Leader took a deep breath, resting one hand on the other woman's cheek. "But I can't while wondering if you are alright."
"I'm fine." Diantha nearly flinched at how cold the fingers on her face were. "This could have waited."
"No." Breaking contact, she returned to resting down. "Ask Lucian, I could have killed you."
"Well, you are not the first, certainly." The actress sat down on the ground fully with a small smile. "Honestly. We just got out of a world-ending drama, do you really think you compare?"
"Pretty certain you are more shaken this time around." She had almost forgotten the other in the room. Allortan chuckled softly, one hand tugging the blanket back into place. "I assume Therese had a long talk with you?"
"Yes..." That removed the smile she had at once, face falling as she looked down.
"Not the best time of my life." Olympia sighed softly. "Don't feel bad for me, Diantha. I have well moved past it."
"Says the one who had a Mind Break...?" The Champion weakly countered. "I'll be returning to Lumiose soon but we can have a talk about all this later. This really is something that can wait."
"You don't need to wait for me." The lawyer softly stated, hand settling on Olympia's shoulder. "I can get back on my own."
"I am also still having a long talk with you." The white-clad woman slowly made her way out of the room, where Fantina was waiting for her. The youngsters were no where to be seen. "Where…?"
"Visiting their grandmother." The purple-clad woman turned to lead the way outside. "The twins are exceptionally sensitive, even for the Gojika-lineage. This has unsettled them deeply."
"I see." She followed, looking around a bit while they walked. Even in the house, the only Pokémon she spotted were Psychic-types, though she didn't see any of the many relatives that also had to be here. Only at the very end, near the door outside, did she see anyone; Oizys. The only publicly acknowledged child of Allortan smiled weakly at her, joining them as they rejoined the gathering outside.
In the end, they all left Anistar; Wulfric and Valerie returned to their cities, while the Champions and Elites took Diantha's helicopter back to Lumiose. Later that evening Diantha would be informed that Lombardt would survive his ordeal.
She was not happy about that by any means.