Chapter 25

Mirrored

Earth 63, 2049, 9:32 AM

Charlie's POV

"Dad, please?" I grunted as he finished tying my bow tie, it felt like my collar was strangling me. The black suit I was wearing just wasn't my style of outfit.

"I know you're not a fan of these kind of events, but it's very important to your mother and I." My father explained as he finally backed off.

It was the 25th anniversary of the attack on Veilstone, My Dad, Uncle, Mother and sister had to be onstage for Connor's speech. Apparently there was going to be a major announcement at the beginning of the service. Held once a year to honor the lives lost during the attack, it was a major event. Connor always gave a speech, then the other headmasters along with my Father and Jake took turns reading the names of the fallen.

I respected the event, but I never liked going to the dinner afterwards. It was always drug out as long as possible, me and my sister usually weren't made to go, but our parents insisted that we came for a least a part of it.

My mom walked in with Kelly behind her, She was wearing her usual business suit while Kelly has chosen a long, purple, sleeved dress that barely showed her heels. My sister looked more formal than I had even seen in her whole life.

"I packed you two's casual clothes in a duffle bag, you can change after you come to the dinner for a bit." My mom said as we got in the car. We were going to use the teleporter in the vault, that way we could get there a few hours early without flying commercial.

Hopefully this event would go fast…

Earth 63, 2049, 3:45 PM

3rd person POV

As Connor and the other headmasters took the stage the crowd went silent, the entire city had come to campus to attend the event. Kelly, Charlie and the other students were watching from the front row. The wind was slightly to the east, parallel with the stage.

Connor stood up and went to the center podium, he adjusted the microphone.

"Before we begin, I have a quick announcement for you all as well as everyone watching via television. Out of respect for the 25th anniversary and to the victims of the recent terror attacks around the globe, the Pokémon World Tournament has been postponed. It will be held at Indigo Plateau in Kanto this April."

Connor than pulled out his speech from the podium's cabinet and began to speak.

"Dearest friends, 25 years ago Vielstone City was attacked by a terrorist organization known as Cipher, many lives were lost, but many more were saved by…" He was cut off as a sniper shot blasted the ears of everyone present, however no one, save for maybe Kelly and Charlie, saw what actually happened on the stage. Cassie had saw the sniper's scope glint at the top of the campus clocktower just in time, and had tackled Connor out of the way at literal lightning speed. However once people could see the two headmasters again a noticeable red stain was growing on the right leg of Cassie's pants.

The entire crowd ran, screaming in terror as more sniper rounds came down, but Connor was prepared and had created a psychic barrier around both the stage and his students, the bullets fell harmlessly to the ground.

"Get after the sniper, I'll take Cassie somewhere safe!" Connor yelled as the sniper jumped down from the top of the tower, showing superhuman durability as he walked away from 8 story jump and began running away as if nothing was wrong.

All of the students, along with Jake and Dana ran after then assassin, Kelly, Layla and Lucina losing their heels in exchange for running barefoot.

Alex too a good look at Connor as he said "I got her, go!"

He nodded and bolted off in the direction of his son and daughter.

"Something's wrong, come on, we'll heal you in the vault" Connor said as Cassie put an arm around him and hobbling alongside on one leg. Cassie's healing factor should have completely repaired the damage by now, Connor needed the medical equipment in the vault he kept in case of a shifter needing specialized help.

Cassie's POV

As I entered the vault, Connor's friend Z already had a hospital bed set up. Connor laid me down and said "It's that bullet, it has some kind of energy on it, I need to take it out," Connor said in a strangely calm voice.

I stopped my rapid breathing, taking a moment to relax, if the bullet was out, the healing factor of a Raikou would heal the wound almost instantly.

Connor than held is hand over my leg, almost as if he was feeling the air around it for something, he stopped a little left of the wound and said "This is gonna hurt, try to breathe and keep cool."

I nodded and closed my eyes, after taking a deep breath I felt a searing pain in my thigh, like someone was jamming a knife in it. However, just as I was about to scream the pain stopped. I opened my eyes to reveal Connor holding a bullet in between his fingers.

He handed it to Z and said "We'll need to study that, it went all the way into the bone so give it about a day until you walk again"

I gave a sigh of relief, a day for healing was incredibly long for a legendary Pokémon's healing factor, but more than doable.

I opened my mouth to say thank you but the entire wall at the other end of the vault exploded, revealing two soldiers in armor along with a man in a white tuxedo in front of him.

Z ran forward, dropping his illusion and showing his claws. However one of the soldiers punched in front of them, creating a massive blast of electricity and blowing Z across the room and into the wall next to me.

Connor grabbed his cane from the table and stared down the attackers, the fire in his eyes showing a firm resolve to fight.

"You pathetic excuse for a Latios." The man in white said before being enveloped in a white flash, revealing a Latios that looked like an exact copy of Connor, albeit one red eye and one golden one.

Connor gasped, but regained his composure and held out his cane like a sword. The opposing Latios charged, only for Connor to rush forward at a speed even Cassie could barely see. His cane struck his opponent at four precise points. One on the forehead, two halfway up each wing and one in the chest where the neck met the rest of the body. Connor's doppelgänger fell to the ground like a rock, unable to move a little more than his head.

"How did you do that!" His opponent demanded

"Now who's a pathetic excuse for a Latios, you seriously don't know our kind's pressure points and how to defend them? The two armored soldiers ran in to help their commander, but Connor swiped his cane in front of him in a wide arc, creating an energy wave the blew back his two remaining attackers and sent them into a wall, shattering the backs of their helmets in the process.

The soldiers threw off their helmets, causing my jaw to drop, it was Kelly and Charlie! These lookalikes of them had a few minor differences though, Charlie had a large scar across his right cheek while Kelly had a buzz cut.

The two of them shifted into Raikou, they jumped at Connor, their massive teeth barred for attack. Connor stopped then midair with telekinesis, his eyes glowed and he twisted his hand to the side. The two shifters fell to the floor, returning to their human bodies in the process.

"How did you do that?" Charlie's doppelgänger said as he punched the air, however no lightning appeared.

"Hacked into your minds and locked out your muscle memory along with the parts of you brain that you need to focus on for shifting, your mental resistance is pitiful." Connor mocked as the two soldiers grabbed their fallen leader and pressed a button on their wrist gauntlets. They teleported away in a purple flash immediately after.

"Who were those two?" I asked, still struggling to comprehend what had just happened.

"Your children, but from another earth." Connor assumed.

Just then all of the students, along with Jake, Alex and Dana arrived in the vault, only to see the cracks in the stone walls and damage from the fight.

"What did we miss?" Alex asked, clearly afraid of the answer.

Connor shook his head and said "quite a lot."

Chapter Edited And Proofread By FXCF

Author's Note-hopefully I surprised a few of you, rest assured that Connor won't be able to beat them that easy again. If they face him again they'll be ready.