Speeding through the desert Wes and his companions did not say a word to one another. The only thing on all of they're minds was getting back to Madame Fateen and finding out what she knows. Though his eyes and focus were on the road ahead of him, Wes's mind was filled with anything but the road instead his thoughts were about all the crazy things that have been happening to him over the past two days.
"My former partners want me dead, I meet a girl with weird powers, and now I've stolen two psychotic pokemon that have tried to kill me from two freaks who are in cahoots with one another." Wes thought to himself. "All I wanted was to live a new, peaceful, and quiet life with my Pokemon. Instead, I get pulled into all of this crap."
As the young trainer vented out his frustrations in his thoughts he looked down at Rui who was petting both Espeon and Umbreon. She had a soft smile on her face as she gently scratched behind Umbreon's Ears and softly rubbed Espeon's back. Wes looked back at the road as thoughts of the girl beside him entered his mind.
"I've never said it to her, I can tell she's hiding something." Wes said in his mind. "She may try to be happy and smile whenever she can, but I think there's more to her than what meets the eye's. She may not say it, but I can tell by the look in her eye's when she's upset. I can tell she's been hurt somehow."
Letting out a sigh that no one could hear, a sad expression formed on the face of the young trainer. Memories of his own past started to dance in his mind.
"She's not the only one." Wes said sadly in his mind.
Out of the corner of his eye, a lone tear streamed down his cheek, a tear that nobody noticed. Wes felt the tear and gently wiped it away. He started shaking his head trying to get rid of all the Memories in his mind so he could focus on the mission at hand. Looking straight once more, the group noticed Pyrite Town appearing in the distance.
Arriving at they're destination, Wes and company left the motorcycle in the spot where he parked it last time, and they made they're way into town. Entering the slum like city once again, Wes noticed the man who had tried to take Rui the last time they were here. The man noticed Wes as well and immediately ran into his shop when Wes gave him a look that said, "come near, Rui, and you won't live to see tomorrow."
"Come on, let's get over to Madame Fateen's house." Wes said to his companions who all nodded they're heads in response.
The walk over to Madame Fateen's house was a quick and quiet one. Everyone was wondering what the mysterious fortune teller would tell them about Makuhita and Quilava. They could only hope that she would know how to help them.
Arriving at they're destination, Wes and Rui enter the house with Espeon and Umbreon following right behind them.
"Mother, we're back!" Rui called out.
Hearing the familiar voices, Madame Fateen stepped out from the back of the house and looked at the two children and the Pokemon beside them.
"Ah, I can feel a sense of peace, I take it you both were successful in your mission?" She asked
Wes nodded his and pulled out the Pokeball that contained Quilava and showed it to Madame Fateen.
"This was the Pokemon that you believed would cause great harm." He said to the fortune teller. "However, Rui saw a black aura around it just like Makuhita."
"Hmm...I see..." Madame Fateen replied "Than it is just as I thought."
Wes looked at the old woman confusingly.
"What do you mean by that, Mother?" Rui asked.
"Please, come sit down." Madame Fateen replied, motioning with her hand for them to come forward.
Wes and Rui did as they were told and went over to the table. They each sat down in one of the chairs in front of the crystal ball, while Madame Fateen sat down behind it. Espeon and Umbreon followed behind them and approached the table as well. Umbreon laid down at Rui's feet while Espeon jumped into Wes' lap.
"Now," Madame Fateen began "Before you left I was a able to sense terrible power coming from the Makuhita that you showed me. When you were gone I focused on the power that I have and I was able to find out what had happened to the poor Pokemon."
Wes and Rui looked at each other for a moment and then back at Madame Fateen.
"Makuhita has been changed." She said to them.
Wes and Rui looked at the fortune teller confusingly.
"It's been changed?" Wes questioned.
"Yes," Madame Fatten replied "Someone has artificially closed the door to that poor Pokemon's heart."
Rui covered her mouth with her hands and let out a gasp of shock while Wes looked at the fortune teller with wide eyes, not believing what he's heard.
"S-someone close the door to it's heart?" Rui asked in a frightened, whispered tone.
"Yes, child," Madame Fateen replied with a nod. "Someone closed the door to it's heart and has caused it to become a fighting machine. Makuhita has now become, what is called a Shadow Pokemon."
Wes and Rui looked at Madame Fateen in utter shock as she continued to speak.
"When a Pokemon's heart has been closed it loses it's will to love and care as well it's sense of trust and thought. The only thing it would feel is a lust of hatred and violence, making them dangerous and unpredictable."
Rui felt a huge and cold wave of fear course through her body. She couldn't believe that such a Pokemon would even exist. It sounded like a Pokemon out of a horror story. The very thought made her tremble and move a little bit closer to Wes so she felt safe.
Wes didn't even notice her, as he stared blankly at Madame Fateen as he tried to let what she had just told him sink into his mind and let it be understood. However all it was giving him was a headache and a very uneasy feeling.
Madame Fateen noticed the uneasiness in both of them and smiled.
"Please calm down children, may I see Makuhita's Pokeball once again?" She asked kindly.
Wes gave the Pokeball to Madame Fateen, who gently took it from her hand and put it in front of her. She placed it on the table and put her hand over it as she let out several deep breaths.
"Yes, yes, this is a good sign." She muttered happily.
Taking her hand off the Pokeball, Madame Fateen returned it to Wes and smiled at him and Rui. The smile she was giving them made them both feel a little bit more at ease.
"You called forth Makuhita and battled with it, am I correct child?" Madame Fatten asked Wes.
The young trainer nodded his head.
"Is that a bad thing?" Wes asked
"No, no, just the opposite." Madame Fatten replied "Battling with it, has caused the door to it's heart to open a little bit."
A smiled formed on the face of both Wes and Rui when they heard that.
"You mean, it's returning to normal?" Rui asked
"In a way, yes." Madame Fateen replied. "The more you work together with a Shadow Pokemon, the more the door to it's heart will open."
"So you're saying," Wes began "If I battled with Quilava and Makuhita, the door to their hearts would open?"
Madame Fateen nodded her head in response, with a smile on her face.
"Once the door to their hearts is fully opened would they turn back to normal?" Rui asked hopefully
The smile on Madame Fateen's face instantly faded away.
"I'm afraid not," She said "Even though they're hearts are opened, they would still have they're violent personalities as well as a mistrust of humans."
"Then how do we return them to normal?" Wes asked
Madame Fateen shook her head sadly.
"I'm afraid I do not know." She said before she let a soft smile form on her face. "However, I know there is a way to change them back, there has to be."
Letting out a sigh Wes sat back in his seat and rubbed his forehead with his fingers. Rui looked at him with a soft smile on her face. She then placed a gentle hand on his shoulder.
"Don't be sad, Wes, I know we'll find a way to help them." Rui said softly to her friend. "At least we now know what's going on so that's a start."
"Yeah," Wes muttered to the girl beside before looking back at Madame Fateen. "Mother, tell me, how do you know all of this?"
"Ah, child," The old fortune teller replied "I have been around for a very long time and have seen many things happen in our world and to the Pokemon who inhabit it. I also have the ability to see things nobody else can see, just like your friend at your side."
Motioning a hand to Rui, Wes looked at her as she stared into his eyes for a moment before looking into Madame Fateen's eyes.
"You can see them too, can't you?" Rui asked "You can see the, Shadow Pokemon."
"Yes, child," Madame Fateen replied. "And, it pains me to know that carry this heavy burden as well. To see such magnificent creatures such as Pokemon and to see them in such terrible pain, I know it must be troubling for you isn't it?"
Rui remained silent and let Madame Fateen's painful words of truth sink in. Wes looked at her and saw something that he had never seen come from her. A lone tear fell from her eye and streamed down her cheek. She quickly felt the tear and rubbed it away with her hand. Umbreon noticed the sadness on the girl's face and he licked her hand comfortingly. Rui looked down at the Pokemon in sadly and she gently stroked him. Madame Fateen noticed the sadness as well and gave the girl a soft and comforting smile.
"Please, do not worry child," She said gently "I know if anyone can help these poor Pokemon it's the two of you."
"Thank You, Mother." Rui said softly.
"Alright, so now what do we do?" Wes asked.
"Isn't it obvious?" Rui began "We need to find a way to open the door to Makuhita and Quilava's hearts."
"I believe that I know of a way to help you accomplish that task." Madame Fateen said to both of them happily, before looking at Wes. "I think you should enter the tournament that's being held at the Pyrite Colosseum. If you battle with Quilava and Makuhita you're sure to open the door to they're hearts."
"That's a great idea, Mother!" Rui said happily "How about it Wes?"
The young trainer nodded his head in response.
"Let's do it!" He said determinedly.
Espeon jumped from Wes' lap and Umbreon stood up as the two got to they're feet. The group turned to Madame Fateen and bowed respectfully to her.
"Mother, thank you for everything." Rui said greatfully.
"We promise that we'll find a way to return the Shadow Pokemon to normal." Wes continued.
"I know you will." Madame Fateen said calmly yet happily. "I wish you both luck."
The group smiled and bowed respectfully once again before Wes and Rui looked at each other.
"Let's get over to the Colosseum and enter the tournament." Wes said to the girl beside him who nodded her head in response. The group said they're goodbyes to Madame Fateen and thanked her once more before leaving the house.
Madame Fateen sat all alone as the smile on her face faded away.
"I'm sorry that I have to lie to you children." She sad sadly. "However I can't tell you how to save those poor Pokemon. you must discover the way on your own."
Looking down at her hands she let out a sad sigh.
"I wish I could warn of the danger's that you will surely be facing. It's only a matter of time before you become involved in a horrible battle, that will change your lives forever."
The old fortune tell closed her eyes and put her hands together.
"Tonight, your lives will end." She said before opening her eyes.
"And, your legend will begin."
Somewhere in an unknown location, inside a dark room, two men dressed in entirely in blue and wearing blue helmets that covered they're eyes threw a beaten and bruised man to the ground. The man was dressed like the two men that had brought him in except he was dressed in a torn apart red suit and had a smashed red helmet instead of blue.
Sitting behind a desk with two more like the one's in blue, was a figure completely who was hidden by the shadows. The light coming from the lamp above everyone in the room's heads only showed the figures hands as well which were put together on the desk in front. The light also showed the figure's mouth.
"tell me, what is your name again" The figure asked in a teasing yet chilling and sinister voice that made the man in red shiver in fear."
"M- my name is, Rosso, sir." The man said, completely frightened by the shadowed figure in front of him.
"Well, Rosso, I've been informed that there was a little problem and you lost one of our Shadow Pokemon."
Rosso's face when from nervous to horrified. He crawled on his knees to the desk and held his hands together in a praying way.
"P-please, sir, y-you don't understand," He said pleading "The kid used this weird machine to steal the Shadow Pokemon from me."
"Silence!" The figure shouted angrilly making Rosso cower in fear. "You had an extremely powerful and dangerous Pokemon and you lost it to child! You are a failure, and I do not take kindly to failures!"
"P-please sir, g-give me another chance!" Rosso begged "I promise I'll-"
"Enough!" The figure snapped while slamming his fist on the table. "If this is how one of our own acts in defeat, then Cipher has no use for a weakling such as you."
One of the figures hands left the light for a moment. when it returned, there was a Pokeball in it's grasp.
"My personal Pokemon is always in the mood to play with the weak in our group."
Tears began to appear from underneath Rosso's helmet and stream down his cheeks.
"N-No, please sir!" He begged. "Please don't, I have a wife and a newborn baby boy, he was born a few hours ago!"
"Oh my, then I guess the little one will never know who his father is." The figure said in a mocking sympathetic tone of voice.
"NO, PLEASE DON'T! I'M BEGGING YOU!" Rosso screamed before breaking down into a sobbing mess.
The figure pressed the Button on the center of the Pokeball and flash a life briefly illuminated the room. A fierce roar of a Pokemon was heard as well as scream of terror. Then there was silence.
"Return." The figure ordered as the Pokemon returned to it's Pokeball.
After a moment of tense silence the figure spoke up once again.
"Take care of the body." He ordered to the two men in front of him.
The two men nodded and did as they were told.
Once they were gone the figure let out a sigh.
"This boy and girl that that Miror B. told me about could be a problem." The figure said. "Have you managed to get any information on them?"
"Yes sir!" one of the men behind him said. "We managed to gather information about the boy the girl however is still a mystery."
"She is nothing but a cunning rat." The figure said as the man behind him gave him the information about the boy in question.
"Well, well, isn't this surprise." The figure said with a chuckle as he looked at the boy's picture.
"Very well, Wes, if you and that girl want to play with us, then we'll be glad to play." The figure said with a smile. "You have no idea what you're getting into my boy."
The figured chuckled as he reached upwards and turned off the lamp.
Author's Note: I hope you all enjoyed reading the chapter. I want to apologize for taking so long to make it. I was extremely busy and was not able to get much time that I wanted into writing this chapter. I also want to apologize if this chapter seems kind of short as well as any grammar errors you may find.
Now that I'm done with apologies, I would like to thank you all for the favorites, follows, and Reviews. This story is becoming more popular than I thought it would when I first started it. I'm glad you are all enjoying it.
It seems that Wes and Rui are fixing to be involved in something big and something bad. What's going to happen next, we'll soon find out.
I'll see you all next chapter. :)