Chapter 31

Unearthed

Earth 63, 2049, 2:34 PM

Zander's POV

"Fitting that my patrol would be on the nicest day in months" I thought as I made my 3rd lap around the island. The weather was amazing, it was sunny and the wind was very calm. Of course the weather in Altomare was usually this way, but it felt especially better today. Luckily I was given a shortened shift for my birthday. One more sweep of the island and I was off duty. After it was destroyed 30 years ago by Cipher, Altomare was rebuilt as authentically as possible, however it seemed as though the garden in the center of the city was much bigger. After long enough the lati herd had returned and restored the psychic barriers. Despite the years of peace we still patrolled the city, stopping human criminals and checking on the population.

It had been almost 5 years since I left the MRPA, along with leaving my dad. While I understood my mother's position I hated to leave my father alone all the way in Sinnoh.

As a perfect Hybrid of all Lati types I was certainly a jack of all trades, my mother had told me that my father was far more powerful than he let on. With all of the body types inherited from his perfect hybrid parents, I could certainly believe that. Since i was his son, I shared that versatility, however I was always the best at flying. I could fly faster, turn tighter and go higher than anyone else in the herd. Sometimes I would simply shoot off into the clouds above Altomare and see how fast I could go, pushing my record every time. I was about to dive into the canals that led back to the garden when I felt something, a psychic signature I hadn't felt in a long time.

I dropped to the streets cloaked and applied my human guise. At a cafe across the street I saw my father, in his human guise sitting at a table with his cane beside him. I approached him and saw that he had ordered a lemonade. i hoped he hadn't been waiting on me for too long.

"Picked me up huh" he joked as I sat down across from him.

"Dad, it's so good to see you!" I exclaimed.

"It's good to see you too" he responded, his voice strangely blank.

"What brings you to Altomare" I asked, still very excited that he was here.

"You thought I would miss my son's 30th birthday," he replied.

I frowned and said, "You came just for that"

"Unfortunately it's the only real excuse I have to be here, or at least the only one your mother and the herd would accept" he confessed in a somber voice.

"Dad, you know that the herd respects you as if you were our leader" I complimented.

"Maybe before your mother and I parted ways, when Lati mate it's supposed to be for life, but I abandoned her for humans rather than stay" he admitted.

I shook my head and said "that's not true, you had your responsibilities and heck our herd would probably be gone if it wasn't for you. You know they'd help you with anything if you asked" I reminded him.

"How quickly some can forget one's deeds, regardless I have your present right here" he said as a box teleported into his hand.

As he slid it across the table I said "you didn't have to get me anything, please I'm fine"

"Please, just open it" he requested.

I did as he asked, inside the box was a metallic collar, in the center rested a pale blue stone with a purple and deep blue mega evolution sigil in the center.

"You found me a Latiosite?" I asked in disbelief.

"It took a lot of looking in Kalos, but I found it. It's Psychotanium just like mine" he explained

"Really?" I said, skeptical of the metal. Psychotanium was almost as rare as a mega stone. A special metal that could be formed in any shape via psychic energy.

"Try it and see," he said with a smirk.

I concentrated on the collar, trying to form it into a pendant for my human guise. Surely enough it formed into a necklace with a metallic ring around the stone. I put it on resulting in a smile on my dad's face.

"Happy birthday Zander" he said as he threw the money on the table for his drink and began to walk away.

"Dad, don't go, you can come back with me for a little bit" I begged.

"It's best if I leave now, before anyone else sees me. Keep up the good work on patrol" he asked before disappearing. I felt a slight gust of wind as he shot off into the sky, cloaked from view.

If only he felt welcomed here…..

Earth 63, 2049, 3:06 PM

Lucina's POV

I was reading the files on the creatures Z had warned us about when the alarms blared. I ran out of the room I was given only to see everyone else rushing to the bridge. I arrived just as Castle and Alex were giving the briefing.

"We think an airborne attack is on its way," Alex explained.

"Think?' Nixullium demanded.

"Our radar picked up group of bogeys about 5 minutes ago. They disappeared off the radar soon after" Castle clarified.

Alveri tilted his head and asked "what could be as fast as a squadron of jets and invisible to radar?'

I went wide eyed, Z's file on one of the beta's mentioned evidence of an airborne species.

"I think I have an.." I was cut off a swarm of creatures appeared from the clouds below the bridge's window. They were the size of Pidgeot and had pitch black, reptilian skin with glowing red wings that looked like a Golbat's. Their long tails were tipped with a red organ that looked like a pointed gun barrel. Despite their impressive wings they had 4 slender legs with clawed glowing fingers. However their most frightening feature was their mouth, the beasts had stretched out lower jaws that ended in four pointed mandibles. Their heads only had 4 eyes and a nose that led to rows of teeth hanging down over their bioluminescent mouths.

Before anyone could so much as gasp one smashed into the bridge, I side stepped and shifted into a Gardivoir. The Gargoyle snarled at me before unleashing a torrent of fire from its mouth. I redirected the fire around me and shot it out of the broken window, the cabin decompressing sucked a few of the allegiance soldiers out. Castle survived by grabbing onto a rail.

I shot a moonblast blowing the Gargoyle out of the bridge as a metal shutter sealed the window. The emergency system hissed as it replenished the oxygen.

Everyone gasped for air, after that they all ran off in different directions down the hall. Alveri and Nixullium running to the hanger while Kelly and Charlie ran after their father to protect the engine room. I stayed behind and began to heal who i could. Starting with pulling the glass shards out of Castle's right leg. He screamed as I removed the glass and then hit him with a concentrated heal pulse.

"Thanks!' he stammered through the pain.

I nodded and began healing as many as I could. The others could fight much better than I was capable of, I would do more good here….

Earth 63, 2049, 4:06 PM

3rd person POV

"The gargoyles are dead sir" Ethan reported.

"And the allegiance ship?' Calrok inquired.

"Long range weapons are gone but their still Airborne" Ethan confessed.

Calrok shook his head and said "it doesn't matter, Olivia has completed her scan of the island, we now have a detailed map of the ark and the volcanic tunnels leading to it."

The holo table showed the four black stoned spires that pierced the waves constantly ravaging the island, along with the cave entrances.

"Time to go cave diving" Ethan joked as Olivia entered with a squad of soldiers.

"Indeed, lets just hope our operative in Allegiance comes through, we have 18 hours until high tide swallows the island for another month" Oliva reminded Calrok as they opened the door towards the helipad.

The hidden home of the betas would be seen for the first time in millions of years, and Giovanni's prize was waiting….

Author's note- Surprised? I started writing after new years and have a pretty decent buffer built up, in fact i just finished chapter 34. im releasing them slowly so the previous chapters have time to breathe. Leave a review:)

Next chapter begins the first epic four part event, The Ark!