PM: Okay, lemme start off by saying that I'm sorry for the long wait. This isn't me. It's just I've been workin' on my other fic a lot, but that hasn't gotten much progress either. AND I HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN ANYWHERE! I'M A FAILURE! (Crying)
But... What the heck. Here's Chapter 29.
CHAPTER 29:
The Mystery of the Legendary Pokemon!
From Petalburg City to Oldale Town and Slateport, from Slateport to Mauville and to Route 118 Roy, Steven and Melanie trekked. After using their Water Pokemon to travel across a river, the three stopped for a break. They had used their Skarmory power to fly to Mauville, but to give them some rest, had used Water power the rest of the way.
"Well, after our break, we should be able to get to Fortree by nightfall." Steven said, looking at a Hoenn map.
"Awesome! Then I can get my sixth Badge!" Roy cheered.
"Uh, we." Steven corrected.
"Huh? Oh, yeah, I forgot you need three more Badges like me!"
"Yep."
After their break and a little food, the three set off for Fortree again. But pretty soon, they came across a problem: high grass.
"Okay, how are we gonna get past this?" Melanie asked.
Roy chuckled. "I'll show you, Mel." Roy jumped up and then shouted, "I choose you! SuperSlicer!" Roy tossed out his Ultra Ball, which had a ton of spin action, dude! (I am so weird.)
"Skar-r-r-r-r-rmorYYYYY!" squawked SuperSlicer loudly as it appeared in yellow light.
"SuperSlicer, clear us a wide path through this grass with our new combo, SteelAce!"
SuperSlicer flew up into the air about ten yards, and swooped down toward the grass at such a high speed, it disappeared. The only trace was a flash of silver, which was when SuperSlicer sliced a five foot path in the grass.
It came back, and Roy recalled it.
"The combo components: Steel Wing and Aerial Ace." Roy explained, seeing Melanie's questioning look, and then walked through the path. Melanie went next, and then Steven.
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After slicing some more grass, the trio found themselves looking at a large building with instruments like radar and weather vanes on it.
"Hey... This is the Weather Institute!" Roy cried. But then, they all heard some gruff voices, as well as a few feminine voices.
"When are those guys gonna get back? I'm so tired a' waitin'..." said a gruff voice.
"Oh, shut it. You and I can't let anyone pass this bridge, like the other Grunts can't let people in the Institute!" shouted a girl.
"Grunts?" Melanie whimpered.
"Team Aqua!" Roy cried, seeing two pairs of a female and male Aqua Grunts, one pair by the bridge to Fortree, one by the Institute door.
"We better see what they're up to! HEY TEAM AQ--" Roy began to shout, but got clobbered in the head by Melanie.
"Roy, contain it! I'll get 'em back for making me get on their Team... Grr... Marshtomp, go!"
Melanie's Marshtomp came upon the grass. Melanie whispered something in its ear.
"Okay, here's what we'll do..."
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The Aqua Grunts were yawning they were so bored. But suddenly, a blast of mud shot from the grass into their eyes, blinding them!
"Let's go! Good job, Marshtomp! Return!" It was Melanie, Roy, and Steven! Melanie recalled her Marshtomp, and they all rushed into the building.
Inside, they all saw that several Aqua Grunts would have to be fought. As they all walked in front of one, a female, she caught them and made the challenge!
"Hold it right there you three! No one is allowed in here except Aqua Grunts! So, only the girl can come in!" she said.
"HEY! I QUIT TEAM AQUA!" Melanie growled.
"Well, then, I challenge one of you to a battle! Who'll it be?"
After a pause, Roy decided to battle.
"Okay, then. A one-on-one battle! Go, Sharpedo!"
From a Poke Ball came a Sharpedo, a blue shark Pokemon of the Water and Dark Elements. It had a white underside and back, with red eyes and a star on the back. Agolden scar was on the top of its head.
"Shar-r-r-rpedo!" it growled.
"Hmm... I choose you Machoke!"
Roy threw a Poke Ball, and his Machoke appeared on the floor of the Institute, showing off its muscles.
"Machoke!"
Battle statistics: This is a one-on-one battle with no substitutions or time limit.
Roy's Machoke vs. Team Aqua Grunt's Sharpedo
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Machoke, start with Dynamicpunch!"
Machoke charged into Sharpedo with its fist in white. The attack was super effective, causing Sharpedo to faint almost immediately! Roy was about to get cocky, when he saw Machoke clutch its hand...
'Oh, darn! I forgot about Sharpedo's Rough Skin!' Roy thought.
"Hmm! Sharpedo, Double Team and Surf!" the Grunt commanded. Unbeknownst to Roy and co, she snapped her fingers behind her back as a signal...
Sharpedo howled, and then split into twenty doppelgangers. Then they all formed a wave of water behind them, which crashed down onto Machoke, causing a critical hit!
"Machoke, no!" Roy cried. But then, some guy behind him with large muscles grabbed him!
"WHAT THE!" Roy yelled. The thug, who was a huge Aqua Grunt, put a rag over his mouth. Roy felt a gas seep into his lungs, which rendered him unconscious.
"MACHOKE!" Machoke snarled, seeing his master harmed. Before he could move, an electrical cage formed around him from the floor, and zapped him!
"Ah ha-ha-ha-ha..." the female Grunt chuckled, and recalled her Pokemon.
"Let 'im go!" Melanie yelled.
"I'm afraid I can't do that, sweetie. For you see, you'll have to defeat my boss for you to get your apparent sweetie-pie back. And, Silver-hair, over there!"
"THE NAME IS STEVEN." Steven growled.
"Whatever. Don't you help, for if you do, the prisoner will get some shocking torment." The female and male dropped Roy in the cage, sealed it, and walked out of the building.
"We'll never get him back..." Melanie said, tears forming in her eyes. She dropped to her knees...
The electricity hummed and crackled, being the only sound in there.
"Melanie, we will get him back. But, I can't help you. If I do, Roy will get hurt." Steven said sadly.
Melanie opened her eyes very quickly, and got up quicker. Steven was a little bit scared when he saw her eyes were... blue.
"Uh, Melanie?" he asked.
"What is it, you mortal? Ee hee-hee-hee!" Melanie said in an eviler voice. Steven was officially freaked out.
"YAAAH! DEMON!" he screamed, and ran out the door into some tall grass, regardless of the rain.
Melanie looked toward a staircase with her angry ocean blue eyes.
"Now, I shall see what happens when I am battling instead of that fool I live in.Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha..." She walked up the staircase, and found herself in a room with two Aqua Grunts, both female, Shelly, the Aqua Admin from before, and Archie last. The two Grunts walked up to her with two red crab-shaped Pokemon beside them. They had two blue stripes on the tan mouth, a yellow star on the head, a red lobster tail with a star on it, red, large, sharp pincers with a tan lower segment, a pair of red crab feet, and two feet with white claws. The Dark/Water- Type Crawdaunt!
"Stop right there, girl. If you wanna get to Shell, then you gotta beat us!" said the first one, a blonde.
"Exactly." added the other one, a redhead.
"I don't think so! HYA!" Melanie jumped up and clobbered all of them with two... fins? They were blue, with four white squares on the end, along with a red pattern...
Melanie just walked past the out-cold Aqua Grunts and Pokemon.
Next, she came upon Shelly!
"Well, well, well, what do we have here? Little Melanie with different eyes. Frightening. I challenge you to a battle!" she shouted, pointing at her.
"I accept. A two-on-one battle with no time limit or substitutions. Two of yours vs. one of mine!"
"Huh? Okay, then, if your that desperate to lose. Go, Crawdaunt and Mightyena!" Shelly tossed out two Aqua Balls, and a Crawdaunt and Mightyena appeared.
"Crawdaunt!"
"Yena!"
"Let's see whatcha got, hon." Shelly taunted, folding her arms.
"Two hardly formidable Pokemon... A Dark Element and a Water-Dark. Easily beaten by me, literally. I call forth my inner might! This time when you and I confront, it's by battle. And this time, it's winner take all. I call forth my inner demon!" Melanie put a strain on 'mon'. (De-MON.)
"The inner demon I have been possessed by is... The Sapphire Soul. The soul of KYOGRE!" Melanie roared. A stranger, underwater-sounding roar was head by Shelly as Melanie said that...
Melanie's eyes became turquoise, and she fully became a large blue orca-like creature with a white underside, two fins, a red pattern on its back and bird-like back fins, a tail that split into two, and then two more. The four "fins" on each side were notched. Lastly, the fins Melanie smacked he snot out of the two Grunts with burst out of Melanie's arms!
Kyogre-Melanie gave a deep growl, echoing in the building.
"Whoa..." Shelly said, her mouth dropping.
Kyogre-Melanie unleashed from her/its mouth a ring of blue iciness, which actually struck both Shelly's Pokemon, causing a KO!
"That was... Th-that was... Sheer Cold." Shelly said in amazement. Melanie-Kyogre Roared (The attack), and Shelly's Pokemon returned to their Balls. Melanie returned to her demonic self as her enemy... fainted.
"Now for that dimwitted nimrod Archie! HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!" Melanie laughed evilly, proceeding to her former boss.
"Huh...? Who... What are you?" Archie asked.
"That is of no importance, Archie. This is: I WANT MY FRIEND BACK!"
"You... You've been possessed by the legendary Sapphire Soul!" Archie gasped, stumbling backwards.
"That's right, Arch. Now, I challenge you to a two-on-one Pokemon battle. Me vs. two Pokemon! For ROY!" Melanie roared, transforming into Kyogre.
"I was right..." Archie said as he watched the events unfold.
"You had doubt?" Melanie/Kyogre didn't even move her/its mouth! It was telepathy! (Or whatever it is.)
"Uh... Grr! I can still defeat you, ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!" Archie cackled. "Come on out! Crobat and Sharpedo!" Archie threw two Aqua Balls, and a Mightyena and a Crobat materialized.
"I shall win with one move! HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!" Melanie laughed in a maniacal and evil way.
Battle statistics: This is a two-on-one battle with no substitutions or time limit.
Sapphire Soul - Kyogre (Melanie) vs. Team Aqua Leader Archie's Crobat and Mightyena
BATTLE WHICH I HOPE ARCHIE WINS COMMENCE!
"Mightyena, Crobat, use Poison Fang!" Archie commanded.
Mightyena and Crobat's fangs began glowing a poisonous purple. Both dashed into Melanie's proximity, fangs prepared for a bite.
'Poison Fang is an Egg Move of Poochyena's, so that's why Mightyena knows that.' said Melanie, answering a question in her head.
"Archie, your Pokemon will feel the coldness of my heart! HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Melanie cackled as she let out a double Sheer Cold! From an icy blue ball in her large mouth (Sometimes that could be implied even when she's NOT Kyogre...) shot two semicircles of icy power, once, then twice. Archie's Pokemon fell down once hit by the powerful 1-hit KO attack.
"NO!" Archie cried.
(Author: I wish I could let Team Aqua win for once... Er, twice. (Roy.))
Meanwhile, at Roy's location...
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WHAM! BANG! BAM!
"Ohh... Can we stop now, Machoke?" Roy moaned. He had a lot of bruises and anime bandages on him. His Machoke stopped ramming into the cage and fell backwards.
'All my other Pokemon are with Mel...!' he roared in his head. 'I gave 'em to her before I passed out!'
Suddenly, Roy heard a long roar coming from above. But aside from that, he heard a scream that belonged to...
"MELANIE! I gotta get outta here... For Mel." he said. Then, mustering up all the energy he could, he rammed into the cage sides, but nothing happened.
"No... I can't do it... I failed..." Roy mumbled, tears forming in his eyes. He fell onto his back, waiting for something to happen...
Something did. Roy suddenly became overtaken with rage, and his eyes snapped open... Like Melanie. His eyes turned into a different color... Like Melanie. He began to mutate... Like Melanie. His eyes became red... Not like Melanie!
Roy, a human, had transformed into a beast! It was a red dinosaur-like creature, having a head crest, white spines along its sides, a pointed tail like its head crest, and black markings on its hands and arms... The markings were like Melanie's.
"I'm finally free... again! I, the Ruby Soul shall see what has happened to my enemy, the Sapphire Soul – Kyogre!" Roy rumbled up the stairs as the legendary ground Pokemon: GROUDON!
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Melanie had trashed Archie, and had returned to her old self. This caused Roy's predicament to cease as well, just before Melanie saw him.
"Ohh... What the... Ow..." Melanie moaned, laying limply on the floor.
"Melanie! Oh, are you okay?" Roy cried when he saw her on the floor. But, before he ran over to her, he saw Archie behind her, all bruised up.
"What happened...?" Roy gasped.
"I'll tell you later... Roy..." Melanie groaned, getting up from her position. Her hair, which had been kept up regardless of the fact she ripped off her Team Aqua bandana two months earlier, had drooped down over her face and her neck.
"Need any help?" Roy asked.
Melanie just simply nodded, too shaken up to say any words. She had remembered every detail...
The thrill of attacking... The joy of injuring... Melanie had gone under serious strains to keep a strange impulse she had been feeling since she met Roy... But now that it was out, she had been feeling rather... She had a lust for injuring and hitting, stuff that wasn't her nature...
But Roy felt that way too. He had been feeling like he wanted to snap all the Aqua Grunts around him in half for the short time after he had been possessed or whatever...
Roy helped Melanie outside, but of course recalled his Machoke before completely exiting. Melanie didn't decide to ask when she saw the hall of the Weather Institute slashed up and slightly burnt...
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"Are you two okay?" Steven cried out when he saw the two come out of the building alive. Heh...
"Well, aside from the throbbing muscles and the migraine headache, I think we're okay!" Roy said sarcastically.
"Ooh... Sorry I asked. Sheesh." Steven mumbled.
"Oh, that's okay Steven. We're just a little tense. Maybe we need some rest..." Melanie said softly.
"That's a good idea." Roy agreed. After some dinner provided by Steven, Melanie and Roy went straight to bed. But neither one could sleep after what they remembered from their possessors' little "outing"...
PM: Oh, yeah! An almost Steven-less Chapter! YEAH! Um, anyway, reviewers and readers, again, sorry about the delay. I've just had other things to do, something went wrong with the uploader, and there ya have it.