Chapter 41

Ascension: Part 2 - The Beauty eternal

Earth 97, 2050, 7:13 AM

Charlie's POV

"Holy crap" i muttered, in awe as the base's compound shrunk beneath us, getting smaller and smaller as we gained altitude.

"We need to move" Lucnia reminded me.

After sneaking around some patrols of guards we came to what looked like a radar room, the bridge was a few decks up, to avoid detection we jumped a scientist and knocked her out, i turned to lucina and said "get dressed, I won't look". She sighed and said "don't worry, I can do it this way" she took the scientist's uniform and took off her ballistic vest, elbow pads and knee pads leaving nothing but her skintight shiftsuit. Then she put the scientist shirt and lab coat over it, allowing the shiftsuit to serve as black pants.

After tossing the unconscious scientist into the nearby supply room containing assault rifles and equipment, I swiped a rifle for my disguise and shocked the door, frying the electronic lock and sealing it shut. Finally I focused on my glamor charm and took the appearance of one of the red armored guards we had snuck past. The door opened automatically and we took our places, Kelly took an empty chair while I stood to the side of the door and held my rifle over my shoulder.

We had thought that this would get us the keycard needed to access the bridge. We planned to just pickpocket one but the three scientists who were clearly in charge of the area had the only keycards hanging on their belts. We decided to observe and wait for our opening

Two of them were female, the one on the left was checking readings on a console while the other one was watching a holomap of the airships and the dome on the right wall. It was clear that they were bored at their current task by their posture alone. The male scientist sighed and said "i'll check in with Lysandre on the bridge, keep on eye on things here" before walking towards the door. The man looked at me as I averted my eyes, he put his hand beneath my chin and raised my eyes to be directly level with his, hopefully he wouldn't figure out that my helmet and goggles were an illusion.

"Eyes up soldier, it's an important day, you should be happy!" he exclaimed before walking away down the hall

The Scientist at the console was wearing knee high orange rubber boots and had an orange top that looked like a ballerina tu-tu and a blue tie that went into her shirt. I noticed an orange magnum pistol on her belt as well. Her most odd feature was definitely the visor she wore, it was grey with two blue lights over her eyes that covered most of her face and a portion of her forehead up to her hairline. Her hair was dark blue with two curled loops on the side.

The other Scientist was wearing a top that looked like a miniature orange suit, she had a green tie to match her green hair and visor, the visor looked like a solid piece of green glass with multiple screens within it for readouts. She had orange short shorts and the same orange boots as Mable. Along with the boots she had a matching orange pistol as well.

"Mable, is the reactor running at maximum?" the Green haired one at the holo map asked.

"Yes Bryony, just like when you asked before takeoff, 10 minutes ago" Mable groaned.

"We need to keep an eye on it constantly, Lysander ordered us to…" Bryony tried to say before mabel cut her off.

"Constantly monitor readings so everything goes perfect to Giovanni's plan, like you said 10 minutes ago" Mabel repeated.

"Fine, whatever" Bryony scoffed before turning back to the holomap on the wall.

"Find a way to cut this room off from the rest of the ship, we need to deactivate security cameras and any audio sensors to cover our move from the bridge" I ordered Lucina.

"Got it, give me a sec" Lucina replied silently, she began to type as fast as she could on the console on the end of Mabel's station.

"Cutting the cameras and sensors, in 3, 2…" before she could finish the command Mabel came up behind her.

"What are you doing you little rat?' she demanded, causing the entire room to turn their attention to her. She took one look at Lucina's screen and began to draw the pistol on her hip.

I went wide eyed and yelled "PRESS IT" before opening fire at the scientists and other soldiers in the room, every was hit except for Bryony who dived to the floor in time, luckily Lucina had cut off the security systems in time.

Bryony screamed and yelled "you little shits, you got blood on my uniform" completely uncaring about her associates deaths.

"You brats will never be able to stop lysander from…" she never finished as I fryed her with a thunderbolt, falling to the ground as her visor turned off.

Lucnia got up and threw off her lab coat and shirt, shaking from the bloodstains on everything but her shiftsuit.

She looked me dead in the eyes and said "did you have to do THAT!"

"What they're are all horrible people who work for Giovanni, she was gonna kill you after all?" I responded casually before she slapped me in the face.

"They're still PEOPLE!" she yelled.

I rubbed my sore cheek, the pain fading almost instantly thanks to my healing factor, "I deserved that, but we need to move!" I said as I remembered our time frame to get to the bridge.

"I know it's just…" Lucina sighed before I put my hand on her shoulder and looked her straight in the eyes.

"We have to stop them, and I couldn't let them harm you, sometimes you have to put them down to save others, it's hard but necessary sometimes" I admitted.

I held up Bryony's keycard and said "let's get to bridge ASAP"

We ran down the same path as the male scientist and came to a heavily armored door I stepped forward to zap it but Lucina held out her arm to stop me.

"Stealth is out as soon as that door opens, let's blow away any guards in front of it" she explained before shifting into her Gardevoir form and mega evolving. As the light faded I took notice of Lucina's mega form, her body had turned almost completely white; only her hair remained green. Her "gown" had become longer and wider, resembling a bridal gown. Her forearms were slightly thicker with a pointed extension above the elbows. The Gardevoir's facial spikes were larger and now curled upwards. There are now two horns in the center of its chest, extending to either side.

Her eyes glowed and with a massive blast of psychic energy, the blast doors blew inward pinning the male scientist from before to the ground along with the guards. The blast also knocked the bridge crew unconscious, luckily autopilot was enabled before we had arrived. The bridge was massive, at least the size of a tennis court.

Only one person was still standing on the bridge, he was tall, wearing a black suit with red outlines and a massive white furred collar, his orange ascot covered this neck, but he looked relatively normal aside from his hair. His stern face and blue eyes were surrounded by a red beard that went all the way up his sideburns. His hair was puffed up like a mane, it reminded me of a Pyroar.

"So, you're the troublesome brats Giovanni warned me about, I must say you don't look very impressive" he scoffed in a Kalosian French accent.

"Who the hell are you supposed to be?" I asked, despite the situation I had trouble taking him seriously. He looked like an angry fashion designer.

"I am Lysandre, the leader of Team Flare. On my Earth, I used the ultimate weapon of Kalos' ancient king and the power of the legendary Pokémon Yveltal to wipe out all life except for Team Flare and the Pokémon we had stored for safekeeping. Afterwards I drained the power of the legendary Pokémon Xerneas and restored the world to its natural and beautiful state, with that done Team Flare has ruled a perfected world for almost a decade now" he said proudly.

As he finished his monologue my jaw dropped, this guy had killed all but a select few on his earth and was proud of it, a smile on his face as he recounted his tale. "You're a monster!" I yelled.

"That's all you've got to say in response? How original, monster is a relative term. To a Dedenne a Persian is a monster" he argued.

"Shut up!" Linca yelled as she fired a Moonblast, however Lyansder held out his hand and caught the attack like it was nothing. Lucina took a step back in shock as Lysandre crushed the Moonblast in his hand like a piece of glass, she was mega evolved and it was nothing to him.

I fell to all fours as i shifted into a Raikou, it was clear that Lyander would be quite a challenge even for me. "Bring it on" I snarled

He smirked and said "this will be interesting, Giovanni promised me more worlds to perfect but he also gave me a little bonus for this mission. One of the advantages of my alliance with him is that there are quite a few legendary Pokemon DNA samples that he can obtain, including ones that no longer exist on my earth"

On cure his body was consumed by a white light, his body became quadruped and slender, when the light faded his form hand changed to that of a Pokemon with a black fur and a black and blue stripe down its back and a short, bushy tail. Starting at its knees there is a blade-like trim around each leg, which formed a point under each hoof. There was an upside-down, V-shaped marking on its chest in the same color as the trim on its legs. Its head and neck were blue, and there are two large tufts that extend onto its chest and curve upward. Its first pair of antlers extends onto its head and curves around the underside of its eyes. The eyes were a bluish black with X-shaped pupils. The Pokemon's most defining trait however was its antlers,its golden antlers had what looked like gemstones of all colors on them.

"Behold the legendary Xerneas, the being of eternal life, and the bringer of your doom!" he announced before firing a moonblast at me, unlike Lucina's however it was a concentrated beam of pink energy, Lucina casted a barrier as she came up beside me. However as Lysandre's horns glowed brighter cracks began to form in the shield, Lucina groaned as the cracks grew larger. The barrier collapsed and Lucina was blasted back, falling to the floor unconscious as her mega evolution dissolved.

"Pathetic, your turn" he scoffed, as he began to charge up another attack

Then it happened, I felt a horrid bloodlust overtake me at the sight of Lucina passing out and Lysander mocking her, along with the thought of the innocent lives he had ended with no remorse. I snapped and summoned enough electricity to vaporize anything in front of me. Even with his powers Lyander steeped back, unsure of what was next. With a savage roar I fired the strongest thunderbolt I had ever mustered. The bolt hit him dead on and he fell to his thin knees, even with the defences of a Xerneas that attack had taken its toll. He breathed rapidly as sparks swirled around him, still reeling from the hit. I charged him at an inconceivable speed and slammed him into the bridge windows. The cabin depressurized as he was thrown from the ship, the Xernaus gave a final desperate shrek as it plummeted to its death, unable to use its powers to survive after fighting, it disappeared into the clouds below as I regained control of my senses and a metal shutter closed over the shattered window.

Lucnia got up and tapped my shoulder as I shifted back "did you…." she didn't need to finish the question as she saw the scorch marks on the ground and the sealed window from our fight.

"All teams this is Charlie, Alpha secure" I said into my earpiece.

"Give us a sec!' Z requested as i heard fighting in the background of his voice.

It was clear that we were the only one who had taken their ship, so far...