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Phione gazed up at the single window in her captor's lab. A dazzling beam of sunlight shown through onto her face. She sighed. How she longed to actually see the sun, instead of just its rays. But Phione knew that wasn't going to happen anytime soon. So absorbed in the beam, she toppled off of the makeshift bed that she was sitting on, earning her a large bruise on one of her arms. Instinctively, she used Aqua Ring, and the mark disappeared. Then she gasped. That was it!
Phione closed her eyes and used Secret Power on a nearby water pipe. An instant later, it burst, and water rushed in. Phione smirked. Ciar wouldn't know what hit him.
Chewing on his eraser, Mesprit looked down at the paper in front of him. Blank. Like it had been for the past two hours. What had Umbreon said? Just let your feelings out, yeah, that was it. Mesprit thought a minute. Well, he loved Mew more than anything else in the world, more than the stars, the sun, the sky, more than cheese! But he couldn't write that on paper; it would sound like a six-year-old wrote it. Then another idea popped into his head. If he really liked Mew, he should be able to act like a six-year-old around her. He could just be himself around her! Mesprit started writing furiously. Finally, he removed his pencil from the paper, tucked the letter into the envelope, and sat down, much more relieved. He was sure that it was all going to be perfect.
Yeah, right. Mesprit looked down at the envelope in his paw and sighed. Like it was really going to work out just because of a stupid, first-grade level love letter. He took out the paper and read it over. He was just about to crumble it up when Umbreon slipped inside his yellow tent silently.
"Whatcha doin'?" she shouted over his shoulder.
"Ack!" Mesprit whipped around, hiding the paper behind his back. "N-nothing!" he stuttered. "Nothing at all!" Umbreon looked at him cynically.
"Sure." She twitched her ears, and the letter, now surrounded by a blue light, shot from behind Mesprit's back and into Umbreon's paws. She scanned it, her eyes moving back and forth in a rhythmic matter. When she lifted her head at last, tears could be seen in her crimson eyes.
"That," she said, "was the most beautiful thing I have ever read." Mesprit slightly blushed as Umbreon handed it back to him. "Give it too her now," she urged. Shocked, Mesprit shook his head. "That wasn't a suggestion." The fox pushed him out of the tent and toward where Mew was sitting. Just then, however, a jolt of lightning scorched her ear. She whisked around, fuming. "Hold that thought," she said. "I've got some business to take care of." With that, she disappeared in the blink of an eye.
While his other comrades were sitting around the campfire eating breakfast and chatting happily, Jirachi solemnly munched on his French toast, silent as a mouse. He knew that the tittering wouldn't be very happy in a few minutes. Regretfully, he glanced toward the carefully hidden button under the log on which he was resting. A single phrase meant the pressing of that button, and terrible things would happen. Not to him, of course, but still...it wasn't right. Should he be doing this? These were his friends, the Pokémon sitting in front of him; Manaphy, his face covered in scrambled egg, Celebi, laughing so hard that she was turning red, Azelf, chugging down her fifteenth helping of bacon, and Uxie, still asleep. As always. Jirachi chuckled to himself, but only briefly. What he was about to do could do away with them, that he knew. The order came.
"It is time." Jirachi hesitated. Why was he doing this? He reached for the button, then pulled his hand back. He couldn't. Then a picture of Mew flashed into his mind. Oh, he could. And he must. Eyes closed, he slammed down on the button and flinched as the cages mysteriously appeared from under the ground and surrounded the other legendaries.
"What the...?"
"What's happening?"
"We're trapped!"
"Jirachi!" Celebi cried. "Get us out of here!"
"Celebi, I...," he started, but stopped as a cold hand was placed on his shoulder.
"Very good, Jirachi," came the voice, dark as night. "Very good."
Celebi gasped.
Raichu hesitated before shooting another Thunderbolt in Umbreon's direction. He knew that last night's trick was going to crash-land him into a world of pain, but, boy, did it feel good. Not that he'd let Gideon know. Raichu glanced back at the man behind him. Oh, if he let Gideon know that he visited their target, he'd be in a universe of pain. Raichu opted with the world. But as Umbreon sped toward him, eyes glowing with fury, he sure wished that there was an Option C. He stopped his assault a moment, and Umbreon, too, stopped.
"Raichu!" cried his master. "Stop standing there and get moving!"
"Gideon, something's wrong here," he whispered back. At that moment, Umbreon twitched her ears, and the ground started shaking madly. A small crack appeared, then got bigger, and bigger, and bigger, heading straight for the electric rat and his trainer. Gideon's eyes got wide.
"How in the world does she know Earthquake?" he shouted. "Move out of the way!" The command reached Raichu just in time, and he jumped up a second before the fissure reached him. The hole in the earth closed up, revealing one angry Umbreon dashing toward them. Her ears twitched again, and a barrage of rocks sped through the air, dangerously close to where Raichu was standing. As he leapt out of the way, he was met by a well-aimed Aura Sphere that knocked him down face-first. When he struggled to get up, another Rock Throw was sent his way, followed by two Aura Spheres and a Rock Tomb. Badly damaged, Raichu lifted his head weakly.
"The ears!" he heard in the distance. "Attack the ears, you dolt!" With his remaining strength, the electric mouse got up and ran toward Umbreon. The two met, heads clashing. The force pushed them away from each other, both taking heavy damage.
"This fight's over," muttered Umbreon. She tried to twitch her ears, but was met with a spasm of pain. Her left ear had been broken by the impact!
"No," said Raichu between his gasps for breath, "it's only just began." Fox and rat looked at each other and the fighting began. Lightning met Aura, electricity met darkness, and, for a while, it seemed like there would be no winner. Suddenly, in the midst of the fighting, a cry was heard.
"Go Pokéball!" A red and white sphere was tossed toward Umbreon, and she was sucked inside. The ball shook once, twice, and...
FLASH!
Umbreon broke out and the capsule split in two. She smirked. "Not getting me down that easily!" Gideon looked at Raichu, nearly dead.
"Let's get out of here," he muttered, recalling Raichu to his Pokéball. Then he left, dashing away as fast as he could. "Not a great victory," he said to himself, "but he who runs away can catch the Umbreon another day!"
Umbreon looked off into the distance. "And don't come back!" she shouted. Then she turned around and promptly headed back to camp to get her ear fixed.
"Gideon, we should just give up," Raichu pleaded.
"Give up?" Gideon glanced at his partner. "We can't give up. But there will be no more fighting."
"How could we weaken her then?"
Gideon smiled slyly. Pulling a purple ball from his pocket, he said, "We won't have to." Then he laughed, and stared at the single M that donned the Pokéball.
Lucario was meditating when he suddenly jolted upright. "I know where Phione is!" he said. Four heads popped inside his tent.
"Really?" Kiki asked. The fighting type nodded.
"Well, where? Tell us!" Mew started bouncing up and down like her hyperactive self again.
"Follow me."
The group packed up camp and set off after Lucario. Umbreon was walking beside him, her ear enclosed in an ice pack. "Everyone is there," he told her.
"What do you mean, 'everyone'?" she asked, shocked.
"Celebi, Jirachi, the entire Party One," Lucario replied. Umbreon gasped.
"Does that mean they've been Pokénapped, too?" Lucario shrugged.
"Maybe they're captives, maybe they're rescuers, only time will tell." Then he stopped. "There's danger here."
The entire group stopped in their tracks. "Don't move," whispered Lucario. They stood completely still for about five minutes. Then came disaster.
"I can't take it any more!" shouted Kiki. She jumped up into the air. Suddenly, a multitude of black holes surrounded them. Fierce winds started blowing.
"Hold on to something!" Lucario shouted over the wind. Mesprit grabbed Kiki, who grabbed Mew, who grabbed Umbreon, who grabbed Lucario, who grabbed the ground. Then, a single piece of paper flew out toward one of the holes.
"My letter!" Mesprit cried. But it was too late. The letter had already been sucked in.
Hope you enjoyed! As always, R&R!
-Umbreon Mastah