The Alpha's team
Author's note: In explanation, Dusk is Giratina's partner.
"Well, it's been awhile hasn't it Jimmy?"asked Dusk. "Dusk, I know you're upset-"he started."I'm not upset, just wondering why you ended our relationship so soon."said Dusk, barely concealing her sadness. "Well, I kind of had some things to do-"."Like what?"cut off Dusk. "Stop cutting me off and I'll tell you. I had to work on a project with my dad. He needed help with building the Pokemon translation device, so we could talk to non-legendary Pokemon, you know? I'm sorry if it seemed like I just abandoned you, but I never see any use in sugarcoating things."finished Jim. "Apology accepted."said Dusk, grabbing Jim and making out with him. "Thanks for explaining." said Dusk with a smile. "Jim, why is it you always have that dull expression?"."What dull expression?"asked Jim, forcing a smile. "You finally see me again, and I can't get you even to give a casual grin?"asked the no longer happy Dusk. "Yes."said Jim with a stoic expression and serious tone. Dusk sighed in exasperation. "Why is it you're never happy?"asked the concerned Dusk. "Nothing really seems worth being happy anymore. Even when I almost fell guilty for not feeling happy for something, I can't make myself be happy. I guess that's the cost of enduring sadness."said Jim remorsefully. "Well, I know what happened to you, and the fact that you got out of that with your sanity intact is amazing."said Dusk, trying to comfort him. "I don't think you're quite right about that. Every day I take an introspective look at life, always seeing darkness wherever I look. The fact I can no longer decide on anything anymore is also a side-affect, probably. The only things that I treasured in my mind that made it out were my creativity, my wisdom, my maturity, my kindness, my love, my morality, and my reason. Those things are all that's left of the hollow shell that you see before you. No happiness, not anymore." said Jim, still speaking almost emotionlessly. "Jim..."Dusk said, trying to hug him. Jim slowly backed away, his expression saying that while he wanted to, he had other things to do. "Alright."said Dusk, almost annoyed that when she finally got to see her boyfriend again, he was as depressed as before. As Jim walked away, Dusk thought about him for a bit. He wasn't really considered emo, as he was very much helpful to everyone else, and despite his depression, never spent time feeling sorry for himself. She tried to picture what the event that made him this way was, as she only found out a little bit. She decided to activate her powers, and tried to use them to picture what his traumatic event must have looked like. She pulled out her stone carved out of solid platinum, with a red opal in that middle, and small wing-shaped pieces of obsidian on the top. When she activated it, she saw her clothes had changed. Now, she was wearing a grey jacket, with a red and black undershirt. Her pants were also grey, and her shoes were yellow. She then slowly traveled into a dimension where she could look into Jim's terrifying past...
Jim was 12 years old, but he already looked like he could be fourteen. When he got into bed, his mother told him good-night from the hallway. He cheerfully responded with a good-night back. He was very excited: he could finally see his brothers again after two years of not seeing them tomorrow. As he went to sleep, he failed to notice a shadow creeping on the wall, slowly moving towards him. When he closed his eyes, the shadowy figure revealed itself to be Darkrai, looking for a meal. It did not intend to harm him, but its powers activated without him trying as he used Dream Eater to regain energy from the boy's dreams. When Jim was in his dream, he saw his brothers, both on a plane, flying through a thunderstorm, when a rouge lightning bolt fired by Zapdos struck down the plane, and destroyed it in the blink of an eye. For one of the few times in his life, Jim screamed out loud in a terrified, moaning wail, when Darkrai appeared in his dream. "What you just saw really happened not one second ago. Prepare yourself, for tommorow, the real pain comes..."the shadowy being punctuated his statement with a laugh that was filled with nothing but pure evil. When James looked up at the figure, he asked it a question."Why did you show me this?"he asked, strangely without tears. "Because puny child, you should fell real pain! Isn't it unfair that all those children in Africa and other countries feel pain you only feel once in a lifetime?"asked the monster, now attempting to crush his self-esteem. "No, it's not. I was chosen to get good things, and they were not. That's just the way things are. It doesn't make me a bad person just because I'm rich."said the defiant James. The figure gave him a look of pure rage, and swallowed dream-James whole. James found himself in a burning room, filled with all kinds of bottles. While he was in there, he grabbed the ones he thought were most important. "Morality, Reason, Maturity, Wisdom, Creativity, Memory, Love, and Kindness." Others, such as Happiness, were left to burn as James ran out of the building. When James awoke the next morning, his mother gave him terrible news: his brothers plane was nowhere to be found, and was suspected of being destroyed by a lightning bolt. James held back tears as he walked up to his room. He turned on his mp3 player to listen to "Typical" by Mute Math, while he thought about what just happened...
Dusk was shocked at what she just saw. She was horrified at the nightmares that Jim was forced to go through, and was more sympathetic towards him then she ever was before. She never had siblings, and was almost glad, now that she would never have to worry about losing them. As much as she was sad, she was also impressed that Jim had been able to withstand such torture. She felt no malice towards Darkrai, as he obviously didn't mean to hurt Jim, and had he done it to someone else, thay probably would have lost it under the pressure. She did, however, feel incredible rage towards Zapdos. What kind of monster would kill innocent people? she came to one conclusion: Give Zapdos the punishment she deserved.