Five Days after the return of the Gallade Royal Guard to Growen Town, February 13
Cynthia
I walked into Gality's workshop to see him studying some sort of pink rock, along with another that looked like it had no energy left. He turned around to see me, though it was still odd to see him with a sling on his right arm. "So, Mr. Gality, you usually bring Steven and Blue to your workshop. Why did you summon me today?"
"Steven could have suffocated on the last adventure, and Blue lost his Pidgeot to ice. I would feel bad throwing them back out there." I nodded in understanding.
"So, why have you brought me here?"
"The Negative Zapily helped absorb the electricity in my legs last time, and I think the equivalent ghost variant will help Luke escape the effect of Nightmare. It's slowing breaking him, and if we wait too much longer, his mind may be permanently altered. I brought you here because I don't trust myself going alone with one arm, and I'm not going to bother Selena. Are you in?"
"I'll go on the mission. What do we have to do?"
"The only place that I know of that has the stone is the Gardevoir Community. The problem with that is the incident at Tavabrook was recorded on security cameras that both the Gardevoir and Gallade Communities got access to. The Gardevoir know that I could possibly know where Jubilee is, and could capture both of us. Stealth is of the essence."
"Do we need anything special for this mission?"
"No."
"Well, should we be going, Mr. Gality?"
"I talked to Luke's friend Henry, and he agreed to fly us there with the help of one of his buddies. Do you have a problem with that?"
"No, I do not."
"Good. Then let's get going!" We outside of the base into the cold February air, where Henry and his friend were waiting. We mounted them, and then they flew us off into the direction of the Gardevoir Community, though one thing was stuck in my mind throughout the flight: What happens if I was to be caught?
Blue
I walked into Red's room, since the door was open. I assumed that he would be in the back area, where he had created a small pond where Pokemon like Magikarp, Pidgey, Poliwag, and other Pokemon would live. He was sitting in the back corner on a bench, feeding Pidgey. I saw down next to him, and he sat the empty back of seeds on the ground, which on Pidgey investigated for more food. "Red, why did you immediately bail when Steven asked about going to Mount Dernek?" Red stared off into the distance for a while.
"That mountain wasn't always called Dernek." I was caught off guard by the fact that Red actually said something. He laughed quietly. "Are you surprised that I said something?"
"Well, yes. I haven't heard you speak since the day Giratina took over." Red flinched for a second on the remembrance of that day. "You usually answer my questions with drawings, or some other method."
"That won't really work for this situation. That mountain was called Mount Silver before, where the only thing that happened was that I would train, and then be beaten. I could train until my Pokemon were all level 100, but I would still lose. The only memory that the mountain brings me is misery and defeat." I put my hand on his shoulder.
"Why didn't you tell me this before?"
"Didn't think that it was necessary." There was a silence as a Magikarp started flying out of the water, trying to compete with others to see who could go the highest. "So, how did the mission go?" I slumped a little in my posture just thinking about the mission.
"Well, we got the stone that Gality needed. Steven was caught in an avalanche, and the device that supplied him with sufficient oxygen cracked, so we had to rush down the mountain after getting the stone. We had to use our flying mounts to get down, and since Steven's Skarmony was injured, we went down with Charizard and Pidgeot. We did get down in time, but Pidgeot froze." Red quickly looked up from a Pidgey in front of him to me.
"The original one from our adventure in Kanto?" I nodded. "That was your last original Pokemon, wasn't it?"
"Yes. Pidgeot was the last thing I had to remember Kanto."
"I'm sorry, Blue." There was another period of silence.
"So, I've been meaning to ask you a question for a while." I stated, trying to get my mind off Pidgeot.
"What?"
"Why have you not said anything since that day?" Red closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
"After that day, when we fled through the cave systems to escape the Insurgent Pokemon, I could only think about how it all went wrong. How we could have defeated Giratina. That day keeps me up at night. I have dreams that enact the exact events that occured, whether I saw them or not. Pallet Town being destroyed, getting beat back into the caves, losing, watching the world devolve into Giratina's empire. Sometimes, I have flashbacks of that day, when things during the day remind me of it."
"Don't hide these things from us, okay? We can help you!" Red nodded. "So, if you have any more of these memories, promise you'll tell me!"
"Okay Blue, I will."
"Good!" We sat on the bench for about an hour, just looking at the Pokemon play in the small reserve. "Well, do you want to do anything specific?" Red stood up and grabbed a Pokeball, containing a Pidgey.
"It may not be the same Pidgeot, but you need a team member. How about I help you train this Pidgey here?"
"I would like that." I started walking towards the Pidgey, and seeing what kind of moves that it already knew, and what commands it would follow.
Cynthia
The Charizard landed near a small pond, dropped me off, and then flew away. I followed Gality towards the small town until he motioned for me to stop. He then vanished, and reappeared about ten seconds later. "Follow me." He whispered. We ran parallel to the city until we reached a small creek, then we approached the city. We ducked behind some bushes as some Gardevoir, who looked like police officers of some sort, walked by. I followed Gality as he ran into a house with all of the windows covered, and a repaired area in the wall. He locked the door behind me. "There shouldn't be anyone in here. There's a tunnel that will lead us to the Town Hall, where I believe the stone is."
"Freeze!" I turned around to see a Gardevoir charging a Moonblast, though she didn't look like law enforcement. She stopped her attack when she saw Gality turn around. "You...you know where Jubilee is!"
"Sort of. Why should I tell you?"
"I'm her mother. I haven't seen her in three months."
"Well, I don't know where she is, and you won't report this."
"Understood." I was very confused about what was happening, but I just kept moving through the passage. We walked for about three minutes until we reached a steel door.
"Stay to the side of the door. There's a good chance that there are guards surrounding this entrance. Attack when you think you can." I stood to the side, and Gality broke open the door before entering a room that presumingly had guards in it.
"Don't move, Gallade!" One of them shouted.
"Like this?" Gality replied. I looked through the doorway to see that he had jumped off the ground level. I quickly threw out Milotic.
"Milotic, Surf!" The Surf knocked all of the guards out, and I walked into the room. Gality jumped back down to the ground level.
"Good job." Gality opened the door, leading to a hallway that split into two directions. "You go right, and I'll go left. I don't know exactly where the stone is, but I know it's on this floor. If you find it, just get out!" I nodded, retracted Milotic, walked down the left hallway, and turned left at the second split. I ducked into a room when I voices from the hallway, and when I noticed that they weren't going away, I looked around the room and noticed a map. It showed that there was a vault through the training room, and that was the only way to get there. Great, I thought. The only way to the place that I probably need to go to is through the place with the most guards. I opened the door and continued walking towards the vault, since the Gardevoir had walked past the room. I made it to the hallway that opened up to the training room. There's no way I can take on all of them at once. There has to be at least thirty of them. I then noticed a door, and upon entering it, it revealed a flight of stairs. I climbed them, and they put me at a viewing deck above the training area with three Gardevoir watching the soldiers below.
"How are they doing, General Psyspeed?" One of the Gardevoir beside him asked. Psyspeed? I thought. They must be related to Jubilee. That can't be her mother though…
"What are we going to do with them?" The other Gardevoir asked.
"As you know, we are usually peaceful. However, we must find Jubilee. She is too powerful and unhinged to be out in the wild. Plus, my sister might just destroy the world in worry and misery. Admiral, is your fleet ready for bombardment, if necessary?"
"Yes, sir."
"And you, Air Force Marshall, are the fighters and bombers ready?"
"Yes, sir."
"Good. If Jubilee does not come out voluntarily, we will siege her out. Tell your units that I want her alive, if possible!"
"Yes,sir!" The Admiral and Air Force Marshall answered, then they left the room.
"I'm not sure if Jubilee will let Herhen burn to the ground, but if she does, one region is better than the world." General Psyspeed stated to no one,and then left the room. Luckily, there was an exit door opposite of where the General had gone, so I was able to get past the training room. So, that must be Jubilee's aunt. That would explain some of the aggression. I reached the vault, but it was locked by a keypad and a fingerprint lock. This is going to set off an alarm, isn't it? I thought as I threw out Togekiss.
"Togekiss, Air Slash!" I whispered. The AIr Slash went through both panels, and the alarm started as I opened the door into the vault. I looked around the large mound of gold all over the room, and after moving some of it to the side, there was a translucent purple rock sitting there. I picked it up and hid behind a pile of gold when I heard approaching footsteps. I threw out Milotic and had her sit near the top of the pile.
"Come out intruder!" One guard shouted.
"Milotic, Surf!" The Surf went through the door of the vault, causing a few soldiers to back away from the door. Suddenly, reality started to warp, and I was back near the pond that we had landed at. Gality was standing by the edge, looking at a Magikarp. "Mr. Gality, I thought that you couldn't teleport into locations you don't know the layout of!"
"I can't. There was a map on the wall, and after hearing the alarm, I thought that I needed to get over there. Also, if you're going to refer to me as "Mister", you may call me Mr. Swordhand."
"Okay Mr. Swordhand, when will our rides be here?"
"Right now! Gality pointed up at the descending Charizards. I mounted the same one as I did on the way here, and we flew back towards the base.
Gality
I jumped off Henry before he could even completely land, and rushed into my workshop. I grabbed the machine that would make use of the stone, and ran towards the Medical Bay as fast as I could. I walked through the doors leading to the hospital rooms. The nurses saw the machine in my hand, and moved out of the way so that I could enter the room. Selena was sitting by the hospital bed, as she'd been doing for nearly 19 days. Selena backed up to the wall as I started to turn on the machine. I walked to the side of the bed, put the machine close to the blackened side of Luke's face, and turned it on. The electricity went through the crystal, and it started to glow. The black on Luke's face slowly started to disappear, and when it had fully dissipated, I turned off the machine. Luke sat up in his bed, panting. "What!? What is this one?!" Just then, Selena ran over and hugged him. "This isn't a nightmare, is it?" I shook my head. Luke stood up and hugged Selena back. "This is real. I can't believe it." Luke kissed Selena and walked over to me. "What happened to you?"
"Well, the Pokemon at the base decided to paralyze me instead. Don't worry about that." Luke nodded and we all walked out of the medical area, and when we arrived at the waiting area, everyone there cheered, and some of them came up to Luke to greet him and ask some questions. I walked towards my workshop to put up the machine, and then start creating machines for everyone at the base that requested them.