The morning sun began to shine across the empty streets of Pyrite Town and into the window of the room Wes was sleeping in. After the events that had happened yesterday, Duking had offered He and Rui a meal and a place to sleep for the night. The light hit his eyes forcing them to open. He sat up in the bed he slept in and let out a loud yawn followed by a large stretch of his arms. He wanted to fall back onto the bed and fall back asleep so badly. However he felt that he and his group have been in Pyrite Town for too long and they need to move on. Even though he had no idea of where they should go next.
Looking at the edge of the bed he saw Espeon and Umbreon curled up together. Very carefully he got himself out of the bed revealing his bare chest. He only slept in his jeans. He went over to a hook on the wall and put his shirt and trench coat on before looking back at his Pokemon. He figured to let them sleep until he was done with his morning routine. He turned and opened the door slightly and left the room before closing it softly. He then crept downstairs as quietly as he could so he didn't wake up the other people sleeping in the house.
Entering the dark living room where the only light was the sun shining through the curtain closed windows, Wes silently walked into the kitchen to make himself a cup of coffee that Duking told him he had. He had been told many times in the past how much of a grouchy terror he was in the mornings and this was the best remedy for most of that problem.
After he had finished his morning brew he went back into the living room and saw Rui who was sleeping peacefully on the couch with Plusle sleeping on her stomach. He was somewhat amazed at how different she looked right now. Her fiery red hair was down and it was spread across the pillow her head was resting on while some of it was spread across her cheek. The necklace she always wore around her neck was off and was placed on a table by the couch arm her pillow was on.
Watching her sleep made a memory from last night flash through Wes' mind. After they had eaten dinner Duking told them they could sleep at their house for the night, however he only had one guest room. He remembered the argument he and Rui had about who slept in the guest room and who slept on the couch. Wes demanded that she sleep in the guest room because she was kidnapped and held hostage so she deserved a good nights rest. Rui countered this by telling Wes that he had been running all over Pyrite Town and had battling all day. In then end Rui won the argument and sent Wes upstairs. Wes should have known that at times she could be just as stubborn as he was. With his mind returning to the present time, Wes stared at Rui again for a moment. He was about to wake her up and tell her that they needed to leave, but before he could he saw a smile creep onto her face, she must be having a good dream.
"I'll let her sleep for now." Wes said quietly.
He then turned around and began to walk towards the front door. There was something he wanted to do before he and his group left Pyrite Town. As quietly and quickly as possible, he went outside the house without waking the sleeping girl on the couch.
Outside on the streets Wes was amazed at how quiet the town was when it was empty. During his Team Snagem days, he had been here several times but never when it was it was this early in the morning. If he hadn't known any better he would have believed that this town had been abandoned for years.
Turning towards the town entrance he saw the sun rising over the mountains in the horizon. He went outside the town gate and stared at the sun as it slowly rose into the sky.
"I don't get it!" He said to himself. "Rui says she loves to watch the sunrise what so lovable about it?"
Wes stared out at the rising sun and continued to ponder what it was that was so enjoyable about it.
"It's beautiful isn't it?"
Wes nearly jumped out of his skin when he heard a voice from behind him. When he turned around he saw Rui standing at he at smiling at him. She now looked just as she always has since he met her. Her hair was back in pigtails and her necklace was back around her neck. She walked towards his direction with her smile still on her face.
"I just don't understand." Wes said to her as she now stood by his side. "What's so great about the sunrise? Why do you love it so much?"
"I told you why I loved back in Phenac City." She replied to him while staring out at the sunrise. "Ever since I was a little girl I always love to watch the sunrise because it welcomes a brand new day."
"I still don't get it."
"Then you're thinking too hard, I actually love sunrises even more ever since I met you, because you've been taking me on this great adventure."
"That's a nice way of putting it considering everything that's happened to you. You've been kidnapped twice, you have the burden of being able to see a Pokemon suffering from loss of it's own free will, and you've also been traveling around with a criminal."
"I really wish you would stop calling yourself a criminal, Wes."
"Rui, I was-"
"I know you were part of Team Snagem, but your not anymore. Your now trying to save the world from an evil organization that's hell bent on changing Pokemon into something horrible. So could you at least try to give yourself a little more credit?"
Wes gave no response. The two then watched the sunrise together in silence for a few minutes until Wes turned around and began to make his way back into town. Rui continued to stare out at the sunrise for a little bit longer and then chased after Wes before he was completely out of her sight.
Back at Duking's house the two of them stood in front of Duking and his eldest daughter Marcia with Umbreon at Wes' side, Espeon at Rui's side, and Plusle on her shoulder.
"I don't know how I can thank you two enough, for everything that you have done." Duking said with a smile.
"You can try not to have you're towns Colosseum taken over by a bunch of Psycho's." Wes said.
"Wes, don't be so Rude!" Rui scolded as she slapped his arm.
Duking laughed.
"It's quite alright my dear, he's right I should have seen the takeover coming. However I'm never going to let these event repeat themselves, of that I'm certain. I'm also going to try and dig up a little more information on this group called Cipher. Which reminds me, Wes do you have a P.D.A."
"No I don't" Wes replied.
"Yes you do!" Rui said just as quickly. "Remember that woman from Phenac City gave you one after you saved her Eevee?"
Wes thought back for a moment and realized she was right.
"Well then I guess I do have a P.D.A." he said as he reached into hid coat pocket for a minute and pulled out the device he had completely forgotten about.
He gave the P.D.A. To Duking Who entered his number into the device before handing it back to it's owner.
"Alright if I have any information regarding Cipher I'll contact you immediately."
"Thank you Duking!" Rui said with a smile.
"Yeah, thanks, but I think that it's high time for us to be moving on." Wes said.
"Well then you are welcome here any time. Thank you both so much for all that you have done for us." Duking said before turning to Rui. "Take care of my little Plusle."
"Don't worry, I will." Rui replied sweetly.
"Alright, let's get going." Wes said before turning around and leaving Rui smiled and waved at Duking and his daughter before running after Wes.
Out on the city streets which were now full of life, Wes stood against a building with Rui by his side.
"So Wes, do you have any idea what we should do next?" Rui asked.
"I think we should see go see Madame Fateen." He replied to her. "So far she's been able to point us in the direction that we should go, but first we need to go somewhere."
"Where?"
Rui noticed Wes walking away without answering her.
"Hey wait for me!"
After a few minutes the group found themselves standing in front of a familiar cave.
"Wes this is Miror B.'s hideout, why are we here?" Rui asked.
"With Miror B. and the rest of Cipher kicked out of town I think it would be a good idea if we looked around his hideout for anything that may be important."
Wes went into the cave with Rui quickly following him. They made there way through the dark corridors all the way to the place where Wes had battled Miror B. the two searched the area frequently but were coming up with no luck whatsoever.
"Are you seriously telling me that there's nothing in this place!?" Wes asked with a hint of irritation in his voice.
"Wes over here I think I found something!" Rui called out.
Wes quickly went over to her and saw that she had something in her hand. It was a notebook that looked very familiar.
Ein File P
"Ein File? Isn't that what the notebook you showed me last night said?" Rui asked.
Wes took out the notebook in question and sure enough it was an exact replica of this notebook but with a different letter.
"So there are more than of these things out there." Wes said. "Well, let's read what's in this one."
Rui nodded her head and the two of them opened the notebook and read the file inside of it.
"Purification of Pokemon"
Shadow Pokemon are fighting machines that are created by closing the door to their hearts.
The Process of restoring a Shadow Pokemon back to it's original state is known as Purification Exactly how a Shadow Pokemon is purified is unclear but there appear to be several causes.
We must eliminate reaction to these factors, and create Shadow Pokemon that will never revert back to the original, Purified forms.
Shadow Pokemon Lab Chief Ein.
Wes and Rui were shocked at what they had just read.
"Wes do you know what this means?" Rui asked. "We just found a way to save all of the Shadow Pokemon!"
"Yeah we did, but the question is how do we do it?" Wes said. "Cipher knows about this but is just as clueless as we are. We have to find someway to Purify these Pokemon before they do."
Rui thought about this for a moment and got an idea.
"Why don't we go ask Madame Fatten and see if she knows anything. We needed to visit her anyway right?"
Wes thought about the plan for a moment and shrugged his shoulders
"It's worth a shot. Let's go and let's also keep our eyes open for more of these things." He said pointing at the Ein File in his hand.
The group then raced out of the cave.
Once they were outside they saw a familiar young face waiting for them at the entrance to the cave. It was Duking's daughter Marcia.
"There you guys are, I was hoping you hadn't left yet." She said.
"Well we're about to be leaving." Wes said. "So what's up?"
Marcia grew somewhat shy now.
"Um, I just wanted to apologize for not trusting you guys, when we fist met. Are thought you were with those Cipher Guys. Ever since Mama died I've been having to take care of brothers and sister when Papa couldn't. Ever since those Cipher guys came to town we haven't been able to trust grown ups, but since you guys were able to save our town we can trust you guys and now we want to help you."
"How can you help us?" Wes asked.
"We have a secret organization that has been doing things to get more information on Cipher." Marcia replied. "So if you ever come back to Pyrite Town come talk to me and I'll let you know more. Just don't tell Papa. He worries about us a lot since Mama died."
Marcia then ran off before Wes could even respond. He was now interested in what these kids were doing but he could find out what was going on later. Right now he had other business to attend to.
Walking though the streets the group found Madame Fateen's house and went inside where they saw Madame Fateen waiting for them.
"Ah, there you both are, I knew you could save our town." She said to them sweetly.
"But now were just as lost as ever, Mother." Wes said. "We've gotten more info on Shadow Pokemon through these things called Ein Files and the last one we found told us of a way to turn Shadow Pokemon back to normal."
"It said that we could revert Shadow Pokemon to their original states through Purification." Rui said. "The only problem is we don't know how to Purify them."
"Not all hope is lost child." Madame Fateen said. "I had a very strange dream last night. I saw a flying Shadow Pokemon being engulfed in a pure beautiful light. The Pokemon then flew off to the north with leaving a trail of the light. This dream must have been a message. I'll bet that the answer to your problem lies somewhere in the north."
Wes thought about this for a second. So far everything Madame Fateen has told them has been right. So it was probably best to trust her dream. Wes looked over at Rui to see if she agreed but when he did he saw here stare out blankly into space.
"Uh, Rui, you okay?" Wes asked.
"The north..." She muttered. "That's where...OH CRAP!"
Rui's shouting nearly gave both Wes and Madame Fateen a heart attack.
"Why are you shouting!? what's the matter!?" Wes asked.
"I completely forgot how could I forget about this!?" Rui said not even hearing Wes.
"Rui, calm down!" Wes said as he grabbed her shoulders. "What's going on!?"
"I live up in the north with my Grandparents! They must be worried sick about me! Oh man, when they find that I was kidnapped twice they're gonna freak!" Rui said before getting up from her chair. "Wes we have to go! I need you to take me to my home in Agate Village!"
Before Wes could even respond Rui grabbed him by his arm and yanked him out of his chair.
"Ow! Rui! Let me go!" Wes shouted.
Rui completely ignored and and ran out the door only to stop for a moment.
"Sorry Mother, thank you for everything!" She said.
"Ow, my shoulder doesn't like being yanked like that!" Wes shouted.
Rui ran out of the house and through the streets to the town entrance with a pain filled Wes trying to break her vice like grip on his wrist.
Back in Madame Fattens house the old fortune teller smiled.
"Good luck children the rest is up to you."
Author's note:
I hope you all enjoyed chapter 16.
The reason this one took so long to get out was because I had to rewrite this chapter twice. The first time I finished I forgot to save everything. Then I was in the middle of writing it when my computer ran into a problem. I had to reset my computer but when I did I completely forgot to save the chapter on my flash drive. Well the chapter's done now and I hope I it was as enjoyable as all my other chapters.
Next chapter Wes and Rui head to Agate Village what's gonna happen well we'll have to wait and see.
I'll see you all next chapter. :)