The Day after Luke was freed from Nightmare, February 14

Luke

I walked into Gality's room, where he was sitting on his bed. He motioned me over to a table, which I don't remember him having, and we sat on opposite sides. "So, Luke, you wanted to talk about what happened when you were out of action?"

"Yes. How about we start with the fact that you right arm is paralyzed."

"Well, when you were stuck in that room with the Pokemon that put you under Nightmare, I was in another room, probably close by. They had me tied up to a machine that would electrocute me with a click of a button. They tried to interrogate me, but I was uncooperative, so they put the voltage high enough to knock me out. Turns out, that paralyzed both of my legs and right arm. Luckily, I'm left handed, so I was able to make a machine that could get rid of the paralysis with a piece of Negative Zapily," Gality took out a yellow, sparking stone and put it on the table. "This rock right here. Steven and Blue volunteered to go to Mount Dernek to retrieve it, and they encountered some of Giratina's guard there."

"What was Giratina's guard doing up there?"

"I don't know. Well, they beat the guard, and then camped in a cave for the night. The next day, an avalanche occurred and they jumped on their flying mounts. Skarmory, whom Steven was riding, was hit by a Fire Blast, and they both fell into the avalanche."

"Wait, what Pokemon that can learn Fire Blast was up on Mount Dernek?"

"You're forgetting a major point there. Your community may have taught you that you have a limited move set because those moves work best for your species, but you can learn others. For example, Jubilee has Psycho Boost, but Gardevoir usually don't learn that moves because it's hard for them to use." Wait, I thought. Jubilee had Psychic for the limited time that she was here. How would he know that? "Well, back on track. Steven's respirator, as I called it, was cracked. That allowed him to breathe at that altitude, so Steven and Blue had to rush of to where the stone was. They got the stone, and then flew down the mountain. According to Blue, Steven had negative eleven seconds of air left."

"I see the stone didn't fully work."

"Yeah. It only worked for my legs, not my arm. I still don't know why."

"Well, how did you manage to get the stone to get rid of Nightmare?"

"Cynthia and I went to the Gardevoir Community to retrieve the ghost stone. I don't know what it is called, because the Gardevoir hoard them so that the Ghost Pokemon don't have advantages over them. The stone was in the vault, and the only stealth way to get there was to go backwards through an escape passage in a house. I thought it was abandoned, but Jubilee's mother was in there. She asked where her daughter was, which I don't really know the answer to, so I made her believe that we weren't ever there."

"Wait, wait! What do you mean by made her believe?!"

"Mind control, of course. What else would it be? A strongly worded letter?" I stood up and walked to the other side of the room.

"Is this still the Nightmare realm?" Gality looked at me, confused, and shook his head. "This happened in the realm. You mind controlled the population."

"How did you get that idea? The realm only works off fears."

"When Jubilee went on multiple mass killing sprees, I thought that maybe something was fishy here. I thought maybe that you had mind controlled her. She has the symptoms of someone who escaped mind control. Gality, did you do that?"

"Of course. She was a violent murderer, and needed to be stopped. You noticed that she acted like a normal human being?"

"And you caused more to die!" I screamed back at Gality. "Your failure to even do what I deem to be immoral correctly caused the death of hundreds, and some of the greatest heroes of the region!"

"And what do you want me to do?"

"Get. Out. Of. This. Base." I charged an Aura Sphere in my hands. "Or I will make you leave by force!" Gality stood up and started to wave his hands oddly. It almost felt like there was a person in my head, but nothing happened. "Get out of my head."

"Why won't it work on you?"

"You gave me a machine to stop psychic attacks on my brain. Now, I know who you are. You are no friend of mine. You are a monster that makes Pokemon do things against their will. Making Pokemon better by force doesn't work. That just makes slaves to do your bidding." I fired the Aura Sphere, breaking a hole in the back wall, revealing the rock behind it. "And I refuse to allow the base to fall to you!"

"So be it." Gality launched a Psycho Cut, which I dodged, and it broke the door in two and flew into someone else's room. He'll destroy everything here, and could get people hurt. I have to retreat to the arena. I thought as I ran through the now busted door and towards the emergency stairs. I ran up as fast as I can, even though the stairs and even sometimes the railing behind me was being deleted by Psycho Cuts. I made it up the stairs, and Pokemon in the hallway went from confused to terrified as Psycho Cuts continued flying down the hallway.I rushed down to the training arena, and Gality followed, covering the door in psychic energy. "If you really want this, only one of us is making it out of here." I saw Selena and the leaders of The Remnant rush to the glass and fruitlessly try to open the door.

"Just know that you have brought this upon yourself!" I said as I launched a Meteor Mash in his direction. He Teleported away, and I grabbed his leg when he warped behind me, and threw him into the wall. He got up and Teleported again, this time far behind me where he fired three Psycho Cuts. I jumped to dodge them, but Gality Teleported in front of me, and used Brick Break to knock me into one of the Psycho Cuts. I slowly got up from the side of the arena, and Gality was laughing from the other side.

"You know, from how vehement to fight me for your ideals, you don't have much to back it up!" Gality ran towards me this time, and I did the same. I used Close Combat, and Gality used Brick Break, which caused us to wall each other.

"Well, at least my ideals aren't flawed!"

"You don't get it, Luke! If you were me, you would do the same. I couldn't have survived without mind control!"

"Well I did, and I've gone through a lot!"

"Your life is not comparable to mine!" Gality pushed me back, and then Teleported in front of me, and used Brick Break, but I used Extreme Speed to dodge the attack and hit Gality in the side. He got up quickly, and then started turning pink and floating. I started running to the side and flipping as the Psycho Cuts came in, but it didn't matter. They were more directed than normal, and about ten of them hit me. I could barely move, but I could see Selena knocking on the glass all of the same. Gality started walking towards me. I promised myself that I wouldn't use this, I thought, pulling out the odd looking stone. But sometimes, things have to be done. Mega Lucario will be enough. I gripped the stone in my hands and felt the power surge through me. I stood up to see Gality now walking backwards.

"You underestimate my resolve." I then charged in with Extreme Speed, which Gality blocked with Protect. I did it again, but instead of hitting him, I pretended to and went behind him, then used Meteor Mash to send him flying. While he was in the air, I repeatedly used Extreme Speed to accelerate him until he hit the wall with enough force to knock him out. I allowed the energy to go back into the mega stone, and then fell to my hands, remembering that I was pretty tired. The energy on the door fell, and Selena and the others rushed in. Cynthia and Blue went to go look at Gality, and the rest came over to me.

"Luke, what happened here?!" Selena asked, picking me up and walking me over to the chairs.

"He mind controlled Jubilee, and her mother yesterday. You know that I don't stand for that."

"Yes, but how did it evolve into this?"

"I told him to leave, or I would make him."

"Luke, you did the best you could do. I rushed down because you conversation was picked up on the hallway security camera." Steven added.

"Well, should we put him in the jail sector?" Selena asked.

"No. He's too intelligent to be stuck there." Red answered. We all looked at Red, confused that our usually silent leader actually said something. "I say that we put him on the far end of the region. If he tries to exact his revenge on the base, we'll be ready. Do you agree?" I nodded, along with anyone else.

"I'll run this over the others." Steven walked over there and explained the plan, which was met with nods. Steven ran back to us. "They agree. Luke, do you think that Henry will be able to do that?"

"I can go ask him." I ran towards the wing that Henry lives in, which had no Pokemon in the way because everyone had been scared into their rooms. I found his door and knocked, and he opened it up.

"What's happening, Luke?"

"Are you willing to take someone to the other side of the Dernek Region?"

"Yes. Who?"

"Gality. He thinks that mind control is okay, and no one here stands for that. I want you to take him there, and leave him. He's currently in the arena. Understand?"

"Yes. One thing before I do, Luke."

"What?"

"Why would he do this?"

"I don't know. I really do not." Henry nodded and rushed over to the arena to take my former friend away from my other friends.

Henry came back through the doors around midnight. "Were you successful, Henry?"

"Yes. Gality is somewhere in the mountains, with enough stuff in order to not freeze to death."

"Good. You may sleep, sorry for keeping you up."

"No problem, Luke." Henry flew back towards his wing in the base, and I walked back to my room where Selena and Helen were just sitting around.

"Daddy, where did Gality go?" I picked her up and set her on my lap.

"He's just going on a vacation, Helen."

Gality

I woke up lying on the snow, freezing. I walked around until I found a cave, and started a fire to keep warm. I thought about the day's events, but I just sliced a hole in the mountain in anger, so I thought about my current situation. Giratina's empire is oppressing people, and The Remnant is unwilling to use force to accomplish their goals. They will fail because they won't act. How could I not see that before? How did I end up in this situation? I can't think of one thing that could get me here… except for Jubilee! That blasted Gardevoir! If I hadn't had met her, or she didn't escape mind control and manipulation, I would still be in The Remnant base, fighting Giratina! I must take them all down. I thought that there were people like my in the world, but apparently not. I will defeat Giratina myself, and if The Remnant get in the way, I will do what must be done. But first, I must find Jubilee. She could be a good weapon. I walked around the cave to see if there was anything there but rock, but there was nothing. Why am I taking such a vicious approach to this situation? I just got kicked out of a club. That's the problem. Those are the only people who even kind of supported me. My own father tried to kill me, my friends think that I'm crazy, and the only people that you thought you could trust just kicked you out. THIS IS JUSTIFIED. I walked out into the cave, and stared up at the sky. "You all will never understand what you have done, and you will regret it all!"