A/N: Sorry this took so long, guys. I know the chapter's short, but I felt bad about leaving such a big cliffie last time and wanted to get this up. So, here ya go! Chapter 16 is up, and Valentine's Day is just around the bend, hopefully I can write a fic in time for that . I'll get working on Chapter 17 and see what I can do about V. Day. Happy Reading!
Disclaimer: I know I leave a lot of cliffies...but I'm not so cruel as to take May and Drew off the show right when things start heating up!!!! (In case that doesn't explain anything...I DO NOT OWN POKEMON)
Chapter 16
"Rock Slide!"
The Mightyena broke away from a snarling Yue and before May's eyes, a shocked Tok replaced it. Yue jumped to her feet but froze as Moonlight had. The rock slide was coming, straight towards Drew. Worse, whether it was Smoke or Drew, he was frozen as well.
"Drew!" May cried. Her voice was like a crack of lightning next to the thunderous roar of the rock slide. Nobody moved, not one Red Eyed Evil, not one pokemon. Then, Moonlight sprang, as soon as she reached Drew she rammed into him. Drew was knocked just far enough to be safe of the tumbling rocks. He lay very still—still in shock.
"No…" May heard Spoof whisper. As she looked at him, she could have sworn she saw tears in his eyes. Yue stood horror stricken—still in the shape of an Absol—and as May's breathe caught, Moonlight disappeared in the sea of boulders. She was only to be replaced by a rock pile when the dust cleared.
As the sounds of the rock slide quieted, nobody moved. Moonlight couldn't be dead…could she? Could it have really been that quick? And then, Tok seemed to realize what had just happened. A smirk crawled on his face; he turned to all the Red Eyed Evil and cried:
"The great Moonlight IS DEAD!" Cheers from all around the clearing echoed off the canyon walls. And as Tok bathed in his victory, Drew stared at where Moonlight had been. A voice echoed in his head more clearly than any of the Evil's cheers.
"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."
"It's happened again." He whispered, just as May's gaze traveled to her rival. Suddenly a bit of green appeared in the center of his eyes and, ever so slowly, grew until they were no longer red. Drew blinked and looked up until his emerald eyes met hers.
"May?" he said softly, more asking himself than May. May forgot she was supposed to be hiding and ran to him. Just as she reached him, though, she couldn't say anything for it would have been drowned out by Yue.
"YOU SAD EXCUSE FOR A POKEMON!" Before Tok could act, Yue replaced her Absol form and she pushed him to the ground, her hands gripping his neck as she held him down.
"You killed my brother, you killed my trainer, and now you've killed the only sense of family I had left! You don't deserve any punishment but death! And, as the Mew said, you WILL die!"
"You…" Tok said "…but, you're DEAD!"
"Never! I followed you here, I watched you take over, I fought off your friends and now I stood and watched as you killed Moonlight! I will never die with you alive! I will watch as the light destroys you! I will cheer once you have passed! I will even celebrate of your death!" Yue cried, she was never this angry, and through her newly discovered anger she continued…
"You're not Tok; you'll never be my brother! You are a ghost, a ghost of the Gengar I once knew! I've let that memory slide by because I was once your friend! But the scientists went too far! Your mind had been twisted, as well as your heart! Gengar, for that is your name; you will never be the same again! For this, I have no choice but to watch you die!"
Everyone stared; May was lost for words. As far as May or Drew knew Moonlight and Yue hadn't known how the Red Eyed Evil had come to be. It was possible that Yue had mentioned her friendship with a group of Gastly and their evolved forms, but she'd never gone into such detail. If anything, she'd only mentioned it once or twice. Tok sneered.
"So, you knew all along? You knew it was us, did you?" He asked.
"How could I not, Gengar." Yue seethed.
"You thought there was a chance you could save me, didn't you Yue? You are a fool, but worse…you still loved that girl! After all her uncle and his little science-geek friends had done to us, you and your brother still stuck with your masters! Of course I killed her! She was happy the ghost pokemon left the meadow! You know she feared us! Violet was a coward!" Gengar shot back.
"Don't you DARE say that! Violet died at heart the day her uncle announced was to do to you!" Yue cried.
"NEVER! IF SHE TRULY MOURNED FOR US, WHY DIDN'T SHE FREE US BEFORE HE STARTED EXPIEREMENTING?" Gengar roared.
"BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T! THERE WASN'T ENOUGH TIME!" Yue shrieked.
"YOU LIE!" Gengar kicked Yue off of him. Before May could do anything, she felt Drew grip her hand tightly.
"Drew, what the—" but he wasn't looking at her, his eyes were shut tightly as if he was in pain.
"Drew, what's wrong?" May asked franticly, panic flooded through her.
"I…I can't…" Drew's eyes opened wide and May saw the red starting to grow. Drew was losing control.
"Don't give in, Drew! Just, don't give in!" May cried. Suddenly, the ground started to shake. Boulders went flying from the rock pile, Red Eyed Evil screamed from every direction as they all ran to escape the flying rocks. What it revealed was a dome-like shield that surrounded a, very much alive, Moonlight.
"IMPOSSIBLE!" Gengar screeched (A/N: Sorry to interrupt…I'm just gonna call Tok "Gengar" from now on, but he still looks like Tok. Got it? Ok, on with the story).
"You underestimate me." Moonlight seethed, her eyes shone white and the tablets disappeared. Gengar shrieked in anger as Yue disappeared as well.
"May, go." Drew whispered. May looked back to him, there was barely any green left in his eyes.
"No…I'm not leaving you." May said. Moonlight turned her head to May.
"May…I…" but Smoke finally took over. Just as he was about to grab May, she felt herself being teleported away. Gengar screeched in anger once more, and Moonlight disappeared as well.
From the bushes, Spoof watched as the confusion in the canyon quieted. He watched Gengar walk over to Smoke.
"Smoke, can you get up?" he barked. Smoke sat up slowly and tried to stand.
"Yes, but walking is another story." He spat.
"I'll help you back." Gengar said, and then he turned to the rest of the Evil. Spoof listened in horror as Gengar cried angrily:
"THIS IS WAR!"
