Chapter III: On the Run

Mewtwo stormed through the corridor of what was left of the house. He wiped a three-fingered hand across his scarred face. There were three deep slashes on it from Groudon. Mewtwo opened the door to find the shadow sitting cross-legged on the floor.

"Have you recovered them?" it asked him.

"Do you hear annoying crying?" Mewtwo replied.

". . .No," he replied, opening his eyes. He got up. Mewtwo then realized his features: he was slightly short, with a dark ripped cloak around him. He had dark yellow eyes that he didn't make contact with. Mewtwo was smarter than that.

"Go back." he ordered.

"He's probably gotten away by now," Mewtwo said.

Malunus held up a finger pointed at Mewtwo. It began glowing. Mewtwo looked down. His eyes turned blue again. "I'll go."

"Good," Malunus said, resuming his cross-legged position.

Mewtwo walked out of the dark house. He couldn't see anything. He formed a Barrier around him to see where he was going and started levitating towards where he assumed Groudon had gone.

Groudon was walking now. He was about 400 meters away from where he ran, and the babies were keeping quiet. There was no longer any darkness, but even then it was hard to not run into an invisible wall. This was one of the reasons that Groudon would never live in Glitch City. He was in a different side of Glitch City, a part where there was light brown ground and miscellaneous objects everywhere. One wall he had hit made Manaphy fall off of him onto the ground. It took a while to stop it from crying. Groudon hadn't an idea how to get out of Glitch City, nor did he know how Deoxys had managed to get them there. Suddenly he had an idea that he couldn't believe wasn't thought of before. He turned to Mew. "Mew, can you Teleport us out of here?"

"Mew. . .Mewmew!" It replied, levitating off of his back. Groudon held the other babies in his arm and Mew with the other. They then disappeared. And started falling down a dank green cylinder-shaped hole. They hit the ground an instantly got wet. Groudon got up. Even Manaphy and Phione didn't like the water.

"Uh, where did you take us?" Groudon demanded Mew.

"Mew," it replied simply.

"Why did you take us underground?"

Mew said nothing. Instead, it fainted.

"Mew!" Groudon exclaimed, catching it before it fell to the murky waters. Groudon cradled it in his arms. There was an echo that made his ears perk. He jerked his head to the direction of the noise.

"We have to keep moving," he told the babies. He put Mew in the care of the other babies on his back, then started walking.

In a white void that seemed endless, Deoxys sat slumped on a chair, reminiscing about what had just happened to him. He held his head in his hands. Again he rubbed his hand across where his purple crystalline organ should be. It was an empty gap. He was dead. His brother approached him. Deoxys opened his eyes and got up. His brother also was missing his green jewel.

"Didn't make it either, huh?" his brother said.

"I failed," Deoxys replied, "we both did."

"Don't take it too hard. I'm sure that the others can beat—" Deoxys interrupted, "Don't be an idiot. This isn't the time for hoping for something to happen. That "Thing" is more powerful than Mewtwo. His power may match or even surpass Arceus'."

"Good point." his brother said.

Deoxys hugged him in a brotherly embrace. Once they came apart, Deoxys' brother asked,

"What do you think will happen to the others?"

"I. . .don't know," Deoxys replied, giving up, "I have to take some time to think."

"Well, you have all eternity for that."

Deoxys slumped in the chair again and buried his head in his hands again.

The darkness around Palkia and Kyogre seemed less dense. Palkia could see the body of Kyogre before him. It wouldn't be long until Kyogre woke up, and even then Palkia wasn't sure if it was still corrupted. The light suddenly returned, and Palkia looked around to find Dialga standing there, roaring a strong wave that Palkia recognized as Roar of Time. Palkia shielded the body of Kyogre as she felt the ripples in time wash over them. Once it was over, Palkia shakily got up and managed to choke out, "What's wrong with you?"

"A simple 'hello' would have been too much to ask?"

"But why did you do that?"

"Well, I couldn't think of anything!" Dialga replied, "at least the darkness is gone."

"I guess." Palkia could see everything. The portal from which that shadow came from was visible. It was a red beam coming out of it in the air. Palkia stared at it, until finally walking toward it, on guard.

"Palky, don't!"

"Shut up." Palkia looked through the portal. She tore her head away after seeing horrible things in it. Palkia fell to its knees. Dialga walked over to Palkia.

"Are you all right?" Dialga asked.

"Horrible things. . .in there," Palkia replied, panting.

End of Chapter III