Chapter 22: Lake Valor
Nei:
I continued to read the file which documented the failed attempts to catch the lake spirits, it was titled "unstable mind" which probably was named after what the lake spirits represent individually and as I whole. Volkner asked "where'd you find this?" he was leaning forward reading the file I got and he continued "Rowan didnt mention about any of this" I nodded and told him "this information was given to me before this meeting from a reliable source, someone who travels a lot and knows when they have fabricated info. But I hold only a possibility nothing for certain" I think he got what I meant and chose to tell the info to Rowan but also mentioned it may be false, at least the possibility it may not be the cause.
I asked Volkner "just in case, it might be a good idea to tell the other gym leaders so we can all work together to find not just a cause. After all, if this info is accurate, as much as I expect, then we'd need to have the upper hand against Team Galactic. They might not be easy to take down and it's a trainers worst nightmare to underestimate a foe" Volkner agreed with me as anyone can be strong with any pokemon. Glaceon looked at Sylveon who then shrugged and looked to Volkner. Volkner looked at me and said "in that case I'll use the pokemon centres to send word to the other gym leaders and even ask for the reports on similar incidents to be transported here so we can read their dates, comparing them to the dates in this file" i nodded as he continued "but this mean you need to stay here for you to read them all" staying here might be a bother, sure i'd be able to get the reports like I want to confirm my data but it also means i can't check out the lake locations for additional data not mentioned. Volkner said "hey, I have an idea that may help" he got out 3 poketch with an additional feature. They had a wireless head set each that could slot into the ears and he continued "this will act like a walkie talkie, you can talk to each other over some distances" I thought that I'd be able to talk and convey information my pokemon has seen using this as a medium for my ability. He put them on Glaceon and Sylveon, thankfully they kept still as i tested out reading their thoughts through the poketch and it worked perfectly. mine was around my wrist and theirs were around their neck.
It was getting close to evening and Glaceon along with Sylveon were getting hungry so using the herbs and poke food I had on me, I made pellets for them that was full of nutrition and tailored to their tastes. Volkner was surprised "wow, a healer, a trainer and a motherly chief. Didn't expect you to have all those skills" he said with a chuckle. As Volkner was surprised at my range of skills I decided to make a plan as to which lakes to visit in a certain order. I said to Volkner "i'll visit once I have been to a certain place first" as he was about to ask, i answered "Lake Valor is where I'll head first but I'll head there after some reading" reports of various incidents came in slowly and I read them all day long.
reading some of the incidents some of the dates matched up with the failed attempts to catch the lake spirit but there were also dates mentioned that I didn't have. This made what I thought that Team Galactic seem less creditable. Yet even without all of them being in my file, having some does raise questions. So tomorrow I'll head to the nearest lake then go from there. Later, after a nights rest in the pokemon centre, I made a quick snack and got myself ready. Glaceon and Sylveon woke up and tried to be quiet as the nurses were asleep but the gym leader wasn't around. Glaceon saw him outside training with his jolteon. He was impressed and I made sure they both ate before watching the gym leader train. I thought he's impressive and dedicated to what he thought was right. After Glaceon and Sylveon ate, we headed to Lake Valor. the lake was huge with a small island in the middle, Lake Valor was where Azelf is. The file says each one lives on the small island but it looks broken. I looked around and noticed the trees were either bent or broken and the water was dirty, almost as if there were a land slide and most of the water had gone. Being replaced with holes across the ground and a deep crevass where the lake water came from. Glaceon used ice bream to make a bridge to the small island and we all crossed.
we entered the cave and saw the image of a massive circle of water through shallow with 2 smaller circles, they must represent the other lakes in the region, since they were positioned as such. At the back hiding behind rubble was Azelf and I went over to the injured pokemon. Glaceon thought "this must have been an attempt to catch them and failed, or rather they lost track of this one and thankfully they did. They tried to move away but I hovered my hand over Azelf and started to heal the more serious wounds. The wounds I could tell were serious, there were deep cuts, several burn marks to the second degree and even some scald marks to the same degree. Either way I looked at them, they were brutal. i have to take care of the immediate threat then take Azelf to the pokemon centre for further healing. Once i healed the more serious wounds, I picked up Azelf gently and carried the to the Sunyshore City. We made our way back and the nurses were up then set the emergency to high, as Azelf was in critical condition and all my healing did was stabilise for now. Without doing a thorough examination, it's hard to say if Azelf is at life threatening or not.