Chapter 8 – Arthfosor Tower, The Awakening


Morning breaking over the Island of Johto and followed on to the midday nothing happening much over the course of the day movement showing at the campsite and also inside the Arthfosor Tower, scientist looking at the writings and thanks to Meowth they writ down what they said even the history of this place and what purpose it was made.

Giovanni with Persian walk to Maxwell's tent "So this place is millions of years old." Giovanni spoke to his Persian as they enter the tent "What is your progress Maxwell?"

Maxwell turned around from his computer "I think I found a way to get to that crystal staff. I managed to translate this section of writing" Maxwell explained showing it in English to Giovanni, he read it then looked at Maxwell

"How did you manage this?" Giovanni asked and Maxwell type in a few keys then several windows opened on other forms of writing then using the translator system they have on the computers now it showed matching of symbols or similar to those in the tower.

"As you see I used a mixture of symbols and writing from all over the world all equal to this they have matches or similar markings to that of Earth all over the planet" Maxwell told the boss how he managed it but how he did was help from his new Guardian friend.

Giovanni look at the data then put his arms behind the back "Well Maxwell, why don't you take Jessie and James to the central chamber and get me that crystal staff" Giovanni said with a smile then walk out of the tent

"Will do Boss" Maxwell called out then quickly turn to the computer "Not on your life Giovanni, this staff and it powers will be mine and I will rule Team Rocket" Maxwell grinned then got up walking out of the tent with his laptop,

You are worthy of it power, soon you will have what you earned so well my friend. It will give you more then whatever you wished it will be your greatest mark on this world. You will do your fellow Human friends well bring them hope and happiness. I will help you on this journey it will the last and greatest step on this.

Maxwell felt amazed and alive he was going to be greater then any human on Earth walking to the cave to meet up with Jessie and James to go and take that Staff from that energy field his greed blinding his senses. "Soon I will show the boss what I am really made of then have that Domino sitting on his right arm all the time"

Jessie and James see Maxwell walking up to them "the boss told us to wait for you, we coming to give you a head in opening that barrier up" Jessie said to Maxwell with arms crossed

James smirked with closed eyes a rose out "Yes and once that door deliver the staff to the boss" James said opening the eyes looking at Maxwell.

"Right" Maxwell replied "then should we get going" He pushed them and start to walk into the caves to the tower entrance "I think there markings on that staff, I will have to study that as well"

"Alright no pushing we can walk" James spoke back as they went to the tower.

Meowth on the other hand was walking through some of the other corridors going up a few levels each coming to a open square that had looking over the edge the crystal staff in the middle of the chamber below "Wow they really went for going higher and closing in. huh?" Meowth saw what look like a spiral triangle moving in on eight pieces "Wonder if that some sort of door, nah pokémon couldn't have but" Meowth look at the writing his helped to translate on his laptop opening it up he sat down looking at the writings.

"Meowth, if this is right that the arch to some sort of teleport pokémon power to Pokélonum. It making me feels like that the legendary place is more real by the second. What if they did create this an as two-way path but then why did they close it off? What really happened all those years ago to make them close it off by some sort of Great Barrier?" Meowth made more questions for itself not knowing the truth since it was no where to be found no history telling of any battles just that words on the Eon Light armour at he saw the only piece of the puzzle to what happened before the tower was closed off and the island created around it.

"A island hiding the massive tower? Wow these old pokémon must have had real power like we never seen before" Meowth look at the information then hear voices turning around Meowth looked down to see Jessie and James with Maxwell walking up to the energy barrier. "Wonder what going on down there" Meowth wondered as it watched them.

Jessie and James stood by the barrier not convinced that it could be opened up in such a manner of what Maxwell told them on the way "Look Maxwell simply pulling out some blocks of rock and shifting them around not going to open this thing up, it not that simple" Jessie said looking at him.

Maxwell smiled "You will be surprised, now you two shift them the way I want you to, they numbered 1 to 8 as you see from what been sprayed on them" Maxwell told them

James mumbled "still a bad idea"

"Like me to tell the boss that?" Maxwell frowns

"No no, I will do it" James said scared a bit.

Maxwell look at his laptop opening it up "Pull out block one and seven switch them around" Maxwell told James and Jessie they taking the stone blocks out of their walls amazed to get them out so easily then they walk by each other putting them in the slots.

"Now move Five and Eight" Maxwell told them they did it moving them around.

Meowth watching this saw in horror "No don't!" Meowth shouted out but they couldn't hear Meowth or even see it above them the ceiling was lower then Meowth was on their side making it look there was no upper level.

Meowth look for something then took it laptop and throw it at them but hits the invisible floor sitting on top of "Ah" Meowth jumped back "No wonder they can't hear me there some pokémon power making some sort of fake ceiling" Meowth then turn and run to warn them but with the blocks being moved.

"Two and Three" Maxwell told them and they placed it in and at the same time a wall slide in quickly Meowth hitting it falling over.

It got up and looked at the wall "I got to do something! Those writings on the blocks are covered up; I knew that Maxwell was up to no good. I got to warn Jessie and James" Meowth see a way to get down a hole then it jump down landing below with a thud, it got up shaking the senses back. Meowth ran for the central Chamber "I hope I am not too late" Meowth ran into there to see four and six just being placed in the new slots "Don't!"

Jessie and James turned as they pushed them in "Meowth?" both spoke then a glow came from all 8 walls and James with Jessie gets blasted back on their backs hard.

Maxwell walk to the crystal the barrier flashed and dissolved into nothingness Meowth jumped up at him covering his eyes "Stop him" Meowth cried out then it was throw into the wall the entrances of the chamber slamming shut one by one the glow in the room a purple aura making them scared.

"What going on!?" James said with fear holding onto Jessie with fear

"I don't know but it not good for us" Jessie gulped in fear as Maxwell came up beside the staff.

"All the power inside is now mine just as the Guardian promised" Maxwell went to grab it

"It no Guardian! I read some of this writing something about evil, I think that evil is in there!" Meowth shouted out to him

"Oh shut it cat" Maxwell grabbed it and pulled it free then he felt something going through him, he trying to keep control then his eyes fully closed and opened again he look at then purple appearing for a second then normal "As you was saying?"

"That not Maxwell, it some evil pokémon in control of him!" Meowth sneered the Maxwell look at Meowth with a glare.

"Very cleaver for a cat pokémon" the voice was now different "You are right. I am not the weak soul Maxwell, I am Zarkaruio." He spoke out to Meowth "But no one going to know that" he grinned.

Meowth went over to Jessie and James who was in fear still "We need to do the motto and while you doing that we get your pokémon to take out a warning to the boss" Meowth whispers to them.

"Right" both nod handing their pokéballs to Meowth.

"We will keep him busy" Jessie smiled

"Don't worry about it" James winked they got up as one of the doors opened up but the aura still feeling the chamber.

"Hey you, we got one thing to do before anything happened" Jessie point at him

"Oh and that is?" Zarkaruio looked not too impressed

"Our motto" James said and they started

"Prepare for Trouble"

"Make it Double"

"To protect the world from devastation"

"To unite all people within our nation"

"Jessie"

"James"

"Team Rocket Blast off at the speed of light"

"Surrender now or prepare to fight"

As this was going on Meowth explained to the other pokémon what to do "Now you got it, get out of here and give Giovanni this note, the boss need to get out of here at once" Meowth explained to them "this is for Jessie and James, they going to hold him off long as possible" they nod and leave the chamber in a hurry. Meowth then runs in and jumps over Jessie and James

"Meowth that right" finishing the Motto.

Zarkaruio looked at them with a blank stare "Was that suppose to scare me?" he asked them with announce in his voice "If so I am not impressed."

"We just trying to look brave" Jessie said with fear again

"Uncle" James cried out.

"Yes brave" Zarkaruio spoke coldly "stupidly brave, and this body is stupid as well but in 3 days when the moon of this world is full over this island and on the last night of the full moon my body will be restored and this Maxwell human form gone for good" Zarkaruio said looking over himself then look back at them trying to sneak off. "Trying to leave?"

They froze looking at him "Yep we going to run" Meowth said scared out of it mind looking at the dark pokémon that now in control of Maxwell.

"You will by my guest" Zarkaruio spoke the crystal glowed and pulled Meowth into a rock like cage that appeared from the cloud of glowing Aura putting Meowth inside it.

"Let Meowth go!" James demanded

"As for you two" Zarkaruio spoke again two tightly packed auras formed above him "You will both be my first shadow slaves. Those human forms are far to weak for it so I will have to just change you two into black pokémon, a BlackCharizard and BlackBlastoise should be a good first choice, my first shadow pokémon"

Jessie and James gulped then they stood straight with a smile "that if you can find us first" James then pull up a rose as Jessie spoke

"A flower?" Zarkaruio laughed out at this then James push a thorn a black smoke covering both of them "What!?" Zarkaruio sneered then using his power from the crystal not strong enough to use it without the crystal a whirlwind blows the cloud of smoke away disbursing it.

Zarkaruio saw no one there, Meowth laughing, "They gave you the slip!" Meowth still laughing then got zapped by purple lighting and sat there blacked out and faints with a whiz of pain.

Zarkaruio then look back where they was "They not going to get away that easily. Go my transformation Aura find and change them into my shadow Pokémon" Zarkaruio spoke the two aura balls flying out of the chamber leaving in two directions.

Meowth sat up coughing "What the problem can't leave this chamber?"

Zarkaruio glare at him "No, but as the aura covers the tower by tonight this tower I will move freely but in 5 nights I will be once free to move over this world and crush all that stand in my way of conquest of this Earth and Pokélonum" Zarkaruio grinned, Meowth looking very scared.

Meowth then look at the covering aura slowly moving out of the central chamber the purplish light with partials appearing like stars making it look scary "What did you do to Maxwell?"

"Oh this human, his soul and life force will providing my return, he is gone forever and now shut up Meowth and the humans that got away, they have little time hide or run they will become my shadow pokémon" Zarkaruio turn away walking to the middle raising his crystal stuff purple lightning blasting around striking the markings on the walls the energy flowing around the chamber, Meowth looking really scared seeing a pokémon that took over a Team Rocket member Maxwell. "The human Maxwell was more help then I thought" Meowth was shriving in fear "He was quite helpful in finding out about this present day. I will have some more help from you Meowth" Zarkaruio stares right at him with a grin "That why your unharmed. I sense you seen something rare by many times"

"Erm maybe" Meowth spoke

"Good" Zarkaruio turn away raising his crystal lightning blasting at the symbols the tower walls start shifting and changing "I will lead those humans right into my transformation aura. And tonight I remove those humans from that camp and…" Meowth saw him turn around a ghostly pokémon form appeared around him "You got their pokémon to give a message you crafty Meowth"

"The Boss will get out of here before you can harm them!" Meowth shouted at him, Zarkaruio then zaps Meowth with lightning again knocking Meowth down.

"You speak to much and too loud" Zarkaruio spoke with Meowth now dazed out of it mind, Zarkaruio raise off the ground the walls shifting around the aura entering through the wall.

Jessie and James running fast as they can and crazy trying to get the exit but the walls shifting around made them change directions. Then they smash their faces in the wall that slide in place landing on their backsides "Ow" Jessie rubbed her nose getting up "James get up!"

James did moaning in pain "Jessie this is mad, the walls they moving and they got that same creepy glowing purple like that light show back there" James moaned

"James we got to keep running" Jessie said to him and he saw one of the aura spheres coming right at Jessie from behind

"Jessie watch out!!" Jessie turned around

"Ah!!!" Jessie cried the sphere hit her and spreads around her "James" Jessie cries in pain "Help" James saw her hands glowing purple that only a outline was left and changed before his eyes into three claw hands then her whole body was only a outline changing her feet turned into three clawed feet following by a tail appearing and wings, then her head struck the outline of her face turned to a Charizard then it fade a bit showing the new form.

"Jessie…" James spoke

Jessie cried in pain her voice changing into a Charizard roar then the eyes opened the black scale Charizard eyes a purple colour the inner wings red purple in colour the belly and underside of the tail a grey colour the tail a fire orange with yellow burning brightly. "RAHHH!!!" the black charizard blow out flames from her mouth and walk towards James and he try to run but she grab him from behind holding him up being bigger and stronger now.

The large black Charizard that was Jessie held him up and he saw the other one coming at him "Jessie let go! Jessie!!!!!" the other hit him and then she let go. James feel on his feet the purple aura like a fire around him changing him "AHHHH!!!" he cried out "MEOWTH!!!!!"

Meowth heard his voice and closed it eyes in pain of suffering James and Jessie had been changed the pain he heard from both it was unbearable to hear; Meowth's friends changed into black pokémon the dark shadow pokémon only to serve Zarkaruio.

James outline changed form and shape the aura starts to fade the burning flames of purple aura fading away. Leaving a black scaled Blastoise with a dark blackish purple back shell, grey front of the shell and under side of the snout. The eyes opened purple eyes like the BlackCharizard "Blastoise!" two back shell plates open showing the two guns that fire water out of them. James and Jessie was gone in place was a BlackBlastoise and BlackCharizard both turn and walk back to the main chamber the walls sliding back into place they going to get their orders from their leader Zarkaruio.

Domino watched the whole thing from the ceiling and dropped down on the ground watching the two black pokémon heading to the chamber then she took out the radio "Giovanni this is Domino"

"Is it true?" Giovanni spoke from the radio

Domino lower her head "Yes it is, those pokémon carrying the message was telling the truth, James and Jessie was turned into some sort of dark versions of a Charizard and Blastiose, we need to get off the island at once, no time to get the equipment out if we want to live and pull back to strike this fend head on" Domino said and run to the exit fast as she can

"Very well, get to the chopper and we will leave" Giovanni spoke he on the other side of the radio look down at his Persian "I should of listened to your warnings" Persian looked very concerned then they leave the tent to the chopper.

He waited for a few moments looking at his watch "Where is Domino" Giovanni spoke then he saw her jump out of the caves running down to the chopper

"Get in! Take off they coming!" Domino shouted out and Giovanni saw them two fully evolved Charizard and Blastiose black as a night sky both then launch a fire blast and a hydro pump at Domino she'd jumping and dodging them.

Giovanni step back in shock "Jessie, James are those things!?" Giovanni then got in Domino jumping in the chopper taking off fast heading into the sky the boat speeding off as well. Giovanni look out of his window seeing the female BlackCharizard and male BlackBlastiose do a flamethrower and hydro pump into the sky in a triumph success driving out Giovanni and the others from the island now clamed by the dark being calling himself Zarkaruio. Giovanni and Domino just stare out of the window with disbelieved faces and the only words spoke by Giovanni came out as the chopper gets a safe distance from Johto Island "What have we done?"