A/N: Ok, if u didn't read my Fic Updates on my profile...which u most likely haven't, o well...u won't know that i said I AM VERY, EXTREMELY, FULL-HEARTEDLY SORRY! I meant to update about a week ago...but then I read over the chapter and thought "ok, this is crap. nobody's going to understand anything that is going on. put in more detail and add some more character backgrounds so ur readers and u will all be on the same page!" (sorry for the pun...lol). so here i am, a Thanksgiving Day Weekend and a week later, giving u the long-waited Chapter 14. By the way...notice how much LONGER it is than my regular chapters? That's my "IM SO, SO, SO SORRY! I'LL TRY TO UPDATE FASTER NEXT TIME" present to u all. and if u can't notice how much longer it is...it's longer i SWEAR!!! so..anyways...Happy Reading!
Chapter 14
"You did well Smoke, as usual." Tok sneered. He could never truly sound pleased, but Smoke could tell his mood had lifted.
"Thank you, Tok. You know I would do anything for you." Smoke said. True, he was a bit of a suck up; but that's what it took to earn respect around Tok.
"You are excused…I must think what we are to do about the collapse in the canyon…this does seem mystifying." Tok said, talking more to himself than to Smoke. Smoke bowed Drew's head and walked out of the room—pleased with his work.
Darkness. He didn't dare open his eyes. He didn't want to see what that thing was making him do…never again.
—Flashback—
"I'll be right back, ok?" May said and, before Drew could answer, he was alone. Ever since they'd left the clearing, he'd felt strange. Not sick, but not well either. He felt…weak. But why? Was he simply tired? Or…was there something wrong with him?
Then…it had happened. At first, Drew thought that his foot was simply falling asleep. He shook it to get the blood moving…but it didn't help. Then, the numb sensation started to crawl up his legs. Drew looked down in panic, why couldn't he move his feet?! The numbness kept crawling up his torso. It appeared at his fingertips and crawled up his hands to his wrist. It was as though he was loosing control over his whole body…piece by piece.
"May!" he tried to call but his mouth wouldn't move. Drew felt himself collapse. The next thing he knew he heard a scream…May's scream. His eyes shot open and horror overcame him. He could see what he was doing…but he wasn't the one doing it. May tried to run away, but he smacked her. She went scooting across the floor, she sat up and crawled to the corner, May looked about to cry……
And then everything that followed had been pure torture. Drew watched as Moonlight slammed him up and down…listened as she growled at him…he had learned that he had been taken by Smoke…took all of Yue's angry looks…and felt her burning gaze as she escorted him out of the territory; but he had witnessed one other thing…May had been the only one in the room who had made eye contact with him…not Smoke…him. Moonlight and Yue had never truly made direct eye contact with him …but May had seen through the eyes Smoke was using…to him…she knew he wasn't gone.
As soon as he was over the border…as soon as Moonlight's footsteps had died away…as soon as the Tauros guarding the border had given its last warning bellow…Drew had shut his eyes. Darkness had surrounded him…he would not open his eyes again…no, never again.
—End of Flashback —
11:05 PM
May looked away from her watch. She'd been lying in this bed for hours. The pillow she was using was stained from her tears and her eyes stung. She guessed they were puffy by now. They screamed for her eyelids to cover them but May couldn't do it. Every time she did she saw red eyes…with just a little bit of green…
Tears started to come again…May shook her head. No, enough crying…her eyes couldn't handle it anymore…neither could her heart.
11:08 PM
Why hadn't Yue or Moonlight seen the flicker of green? Had she been hallucinating? Was it all just a dream? No…Drew had been there. He was there…but how? The Scyther hadn't had any color but red in their eyes! And no other possessed pokemon had had any other color in their eyes gut red…according to Yue.
So why had she been the only one to see it? Why couldn't Moonlight or Yue see Drew?
"One to love…one to heal…" The words echoed in May's head. As soon as Moonlight had returned, the three had gone to Slowking and Spoof. When Moonlight had told the two what had happened to Drew, Spoof's eyes had grown so wide, May wondered if they were going to explode.
That was when Slowking had told them of his discovery. He had been working for some time on decoding a stone tablet that Spoof and Yue had found. It had three gems: Red, Green, and Blue. An indentation at the top looked as if all three were connected to create a flower-shape.
He had finished decoding that day.
11:13 PM
"There shall be three…One to love…one to heal…one to protect. And when the Evil gains expected victory…light shall shine. It shall shine on the leaf that does not burn…to teach one that does not know. At the very end of the Evil's legacy…the one to love shall heal…the one to heal shall love…and the one to protect shall be protected…"
11:20 PM
Slowking had stopped there; Yue, Spoof, and May were dismissed. They suspected that that was not the only thing on the tablet…for it was a long while before Moonlight appeared at the cave entrance. She was deep in thought.
"Spoof…you are to stay with us tonight…Slowking has a job tonight and he may not return until tomorrow." She had said. She said nothing of what Slowking had told her…not even to Yue, who was as close to Moonlight as her own daughter.
11:25 PM
That afternoon, Spoof and May had watched as Yue trained with Moonlight. May found it amazing how easily she could forget that Yue was actually a pokemon.
"Ow!" Yue had cried as she replaced the Shieldon she had been only seconds before (A/N: I'm using Sinnoh Pokemon! Yeah me!). She rubbed her forehead where a shield-like plate had once been. Defense wasn't Yue's best talent when it came to pokemon battles…
"A pokemon complaining about pain in a battle…sad." Moonlight had taunted her, trying to get her back in a battling mood. But Yue was done for the day. None of them were happy…and this wasn't helping.
"How can I sit here and battle you after I just lost another friend to those creeps, huh?" She burst. Moonlight sighed.
"I was wondering how long it would be before you would snap…sorry Yue."
11:40 PM
May looked up from her watch…again…had it already been 40 minutes?? Apparently it had, her watch never lied.
"He's not gone. I'm convinced of that. But, if he's not gone, why can't I stop crying?" May asked herself. Through all her success of keeping the tears in, one flaw happened just then. A single tear rolled down her cheek. And May could cry no more.
"…pen….eye….me…." a voice said, so soft Drew couldn't make out what it was saying.
No. He would not open his eyes. He would hide in this darkness forever if he had too.
"…Drew…danger…open….me…." the voice said once more.
Maybe, he could. Curiosity was getting the best of him. Slowly, he opened his eyes to find…nothing. Perplexed, Drew looked back to where he had watched all that had happened. Still nothing. This was weird…what had happened to his vision? Did that scum damage his eyes while he was hiding!?
A loud 'POP', and then…
"AHH!" Drew cried as a very bright light appeared in his face.
"What the…?" Drew stopped, it was a Mew, a golden Mew. But how? Mew were extinct. And, how did this one get in his mind???
"Sorry, you wouldn't open your eyes…" Mew said.
"You…talk? What's going on!" the shock now dissolving, Drew felt just confusion. Confusion had become his primary emotion these days….well….except for….
"Well, to answer your first question, I speak with telepathy…much like Moonlight. I can use telepathy because it is my role to speak with you…help you. Because, Drew, I am the light." The Mew interrupted his thoughts.
"Huh?" Now Drew was completely confused.
"The light in your amulet," Mew stated "I am not light per-say, but a soul from long ago…" sadness clouded the Mew's eyes as it spoke.
"Now I really don't understand…" Drew mumbled. Mew smiled. "So," Drew continued. "You're trying to tell me…that you're the light. But you're actually a soul, trapped in the amulet, that's in my mind because Smoke, the one we were keeping the amulet from,has my amulet?"
Mew thought about what Drew had said and, after a long pause, nodded.
"Then it's official." Drew stated.
"What's official?" Mew asked, bewildered.
"I HATE THIS PLACE!"
"WHAT!?" Triah exclaimed. The Dotrio was listening closely to Whisper as she told her about Smoke and Drew. Triah was not, however, a Red Eyed Evil. Along with Vesper, and some others, she had been a part of an experiment—which had failed miserably.
The idea in the experiment was that six male and six female Red Eyed Evil were forced to possess a pokemon and breed using that pokemon, breeding the Evil into physical forms. Two Dotrio (Triah's parents), two Furret, two Ninetails, two Flygon, two Dragonair, and an Umbreon and Espeon (Whisper) were used…not one gave birth to an Evil.
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So the Red Eyed Evil were left with six pokemon who, instead of inheriting Red Eyed Evil status, were born with immunity to the Evil. To the Red Eyed Evil, they were useless…but to Whisper—who was the only rebel in the 12 Evil who were used—they were precious.
Whisper raised the six—Vesper, Triah, Slink (the Sentret), Star (the Dratini), Dragonfly (the, now, Vibrava), and Flame (the Vulpix)—and now all six were members of the group of rebels along with Whisper.
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Horro…was another case. Horro had been born pre-maturely. He hadn't been developed enough when he was born to have the ability to fully possess a pokemon. In a way, this was a good thing; he could escape his friend, Mankey's, body easily. The whole time Horro took control, Mankey could watch what was happening from behind his eyes. Nobody knew this except for the other rebels, and Moonlight.
"Long ago, my sister had a vision that with the help of you and May and the most powerful force…the Red Eyed Evil would be destroyed by light—without a trace."
Drew raised an eyebrow, "what about Spoof?"
"Spoof's destiny has its own path; we will speak of that later." Mew said firmly, and continued. "My sister could also tell—by her vision—that "the light" meant a soul. She was going to trap herself in the amulet…it was whole then…but I was stubborn and wanted to go with her."
"Where is she then?" Drew asked. Mew took a deep breath and continued.
"As we were using our psychic power to put ourselves in, a rock slide started. I tried to warn her…but my sister was too deep in thought to notice…a rock hit her in the head…that was the last I saw of her. I was sucked into the amulet before I could do anything else. The rock slide is also what broke the amulet into thirds, once I was trapped in it."
"Oh…Mew, I…" It was just like Yue's story. The Red Eyed Evil had caused so much pain…so much sorrow. Sorrow…May. May's words rang out in Drew's head. They stung worse than they had when she'd said them.
"I have you…"
