Sabre: "Hi everyone, so I checked up on Blade and apparently Hex is an actual hex from Hoenn. A novice hex to be exact. So she messed up a spell and Blade is stuck as an Eevee with a unique coloring scheme. Not silver or brown, but he'll show you when he is back a thing Hex is doing. Long story short, part of a deal made with Hex Read the chapter, Enjoy the chapter, Review the chapter."
Chapter Six: Eon
Still shocked about Sabre's plan, Justin asked "Your going to capture him? But isn't he a spirit? Or at least human?" Sabre shook her head, then she explained why by telling them about her dream. When Gardevoir psychically translated, Justin said "Ok, but what makes you think that this will work?" "If the guy can down seventeen men and four legendary pokemon that can travel through dimensions, I think it is a pretty safe bet he is part pokemon." explained Sabre. "Ok, that I get, but how are you going to get to the Kanto/Johto border before that priest guy breaks free of the temple?" Soleil asked. Sabre glanced at Gardevoir before answering. "Well, I was hoping Gardevoir could teleport us there, if she wants to. Otherwise, we might have Nova fly us to Canalave city and take a boat to Vermillion."
"I think I can make it, but I cannot be sure. I have never attempted to teleport so many beings over such a long distance," Gardevoir responded, "But I am willing to try. The closest I can get us to is probably Cerulean City." "Then we will leave when everyone is back." Justin declared. About an hour later, the rest of Sabre's team arrived and were put in their pokeballs, with the exception of Gardevoir, who was given a Twisted Spoon to boost the power of her Teleport. But the trip was delayed because Justin was trying, but failing to convince Sabre to get into a pokeball (Quick author note: Sabre is not speaking English, she is using her laptop's speech program that Z uses to translate. I won't even tell you how hard that is.) "For the fourth time, I'm not going into a pokeball! I do not want want to treated like a regular pokemon! No offense." Gardevoir just shrugged. "I think it is easier on Gardevoir if she didn't have to transport you me and herself." "It doesn't matter if I'm in a pokeball or not because it doesn't matter how many living beings is being transported, it matters on the distance! She could just be teleporting herself the same distance and it would still be the same difficulty!" "Well what if a trainer tries to catch you? What will you do then?" "I like to see one try! I felled a Machamp when I was fourteen." "Why don't I just-" Gardevoir interrupted before things got ugly, "Justin, just give up, it'll be next week before Sabre will submit, and she has a point with the distance being the main difficulty but you also have a point to Justin. I have a harder time teleporting when I have more sentient beings with me. But the how many isn't the problem, it's the distance that is the problem." With a groan, Justin complied with Gardevoir.
"Alright, now that it is settled that I won't be travelling by pokeball, I think we are ready to go." declared what probably is the most stubborn Eevee alive. Justin picked up Sabre as he went towards Gardevoir. "I can do without the carrying you know." said Sabre, but without the laptop, it came out "Eevee ee eevee vee eevee eevee ee." Justin responded by saying "I have no idea what your saying, but I do know I don't need to carry you, but I need something to do to get over the fact that I just lost an argument to an Eevee." Gardevoir just laughed at the response until Sabre said "Yeah, sure, laugh it up now while I know Shadow Ball." "Even being as cute as you are, you still can be threatening," Gardevoir replied in pokemon before saying mentally, "Ok Justin, are you ready?" "Yes, yes I am. But before we go, Sabre, if I get turned into a pokemon on this mission, I might never forgive you." said Justin. Sabre just shrugged.
"Ok then, lets go." A white light enveloped them and the next thing they knew, they were on the outskirts of Cerulean city. "Awesome! We made it!" Justin exclaimed. Gardevoir fell to her knees (assuming Gardevoirs have knees after Justin spoke. "Gardevoir!" said Sabre as she jumped out of Justin's arms to rush to her friend. "I'll be fine, I just need a minute to recover." Gardevoir tried to get up but fell right down. "Maybe you should get into your pokeball Gardevoir." Justin suggested. "No, I will be fine. I just need a moment." Concerned, Sabre said "Gardevoir, you are one of the strongest pokemon I've seen, but that doesn't mean you have to be strong for me just because I'm an Eevee. I can take care of myself and I am sure Justin will see to my safety. Get some rest, my friend." After a moment, Gardevoir nodded towards Justin who returned Gardevoir to her pokeball. "Well Sabre, it looks like it's just you and me for now. Lets find a pokecenter to stay the night. Oh and can you just use body motions like nodding or pointing with your paw when trying to tell me something?" Oh but what fun is that? Sabre thought while nodding. "Great, lets go." Justin replied.
When they reached the pokecenter, Justin handed his pokemon plus Sabre's pokemon lying to Nurse Joy that the extra pokemon were for a friend of his who broke his leg and needs him to heal them. Accepting the story, Nurse Joy asked "What about the Eevee? Is she yours or your friends?" After an awkward glance at his friend, he said "Just an Eevee who I keep running into, she isn't mine. Though I doubt I could catch her if I tried." Again accepting the story, Nurse Joy went to heal the pokemon. Then Sabre heard an all to familiar voice. "Ah Justin, we meet again. And how is Sabre doing? I hope she gets over her Eevee troubles." said a man in a black suit with a purple clock that had a swirl to it. "Eon!" Sabre exclaimed.
"Maybe we should take this conversation to a more, private area. Oh Nurse Joy, may we borrow an unused room for a private chat?" said Eon. "Of coarse, go down the hall and it's the third room on your left. The lock is broken so you can use it for your conversation. I'll bring your pokemon when they are ready." After Eon, Sabre and Justin went into the room, Justin asked "What the hell are you doing here? And how did you know Sabre is an Eevee?" Eon is an Eclipse leader who tries to conquer the world by using ancient artifacts of great power. He also has an annoying habit of being one step ahead of everybody, but Sabre seems to be his blindspot in that matter. "Simple, I wished to know Sabre's location, so I hacked into a satellite in orbit to find her and I saw what appeared to be a half human half Eevee mix chatting with Gardevoir. I assumed that the being was Sabre and that she was in a fix. So I grabbed a special set of equipment and rushed here as soon as I could." "I'm not even going to ask how you knew we were coming here," Justin said knowing he could semi-trust the man as he knew he wouldn't do anything stupid, "but what is this set of equipment you brought?"
Eon opened a black briefcase and pulled out a collar and two earpieces. "This is an experimental pokemon translator that will allow a human to understand a pokemon wearing this collar while wearing one of the earpieces." He handed an earpiece to Justin, then he went to put the collar on Sabre who backed away, not because she didn't trust Eon, but because her Eevee instincts mixed with her memories of him took over her until she heard Eon's voice saying "Sabre, I know your instincts are causing you to back away, please listen to the real you." That snapped Sabre out of the trance, allowing Eon to put the collar on Sabre. "There, now that wasn't so bad was it?" Eon said as he moved to stroke her. Sabre let off a small growl as a sign that she didn't trust him fully. A little shocked by the growl, he asked "Was that instinctive or actually you Sabre?" "Just because your probably helping us doesn't mean I completely trust you." said Sabre in pokemon. After a look of confusion, Justin decided to try out the earpiece. "Hey Sabre, can you say something to make sure this thing actually works." Just as Sabre was about to say something, Nurse Joy walked into the room with both Justin's and Sabre's pokemon. Justin thanked her and Eon suggested that they take the talk to a more private location.
They walked out to the cape north of Cerulean where, thankfully, there was no one around. That is when Justin asked (For the second time, not that anyone is counting) "Sabre can you say something to make sure that this thing actually works?" "Eon is annoying, but clever." said Sabre. "Yeah, that's you alright. But before we move on, maybe we should let out the rest of our teams." Sabre agreed, but before Justin had a chance let out the pokemon, Eon said "Maybe I should release my own pokemon before you release yours, just in case your teams decide to... settle things." "Oh, good idea," agreed Sabre before barking "but no tricks!" "I give you my word."
Eon released his team, revealing a Claydol, a Bronzong, a Hypno and a Umbreon who walked over to Sabre. "Well Sabre, looks like I now have the advantage. May we battle?" "Maybe later, but not now Luna." Sabre said in response. Luna and Vaporeon have a history of being fierce rivals. "Ok, now that that is decided, maybe you should let out the others." Justin complied and released both his team and Sabre's team. When they saw Eon, they had the same response Sabre had, which nearly destroyed Sabre's recently enhanced hearing. They rushed to attack when Sabre stepped in front of them and used protect, stopping them flat in their tracks.
Outraged, a Gabite that Justin had yelled "WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS YOU INSIGNIFICANT EEVEE!" "Umm, let me think. Maybe because I need him alive." Confused, Nova asked "Why do you need him alive Sabre?" "Wait, that's Sabre?" asked a Wartortle that Justin trained. "Yes Bubbles, I'm Sabre." A few of Eon's pokemon snickered. Luna asked "Wait, your name is Bubbles? Kind ironic for a Wartortle."
Bubbles just went over to his pokeball and put himself in it. Justin asked why he did that and Sabre said "I revealed his name. We'll explain this", gesturing to herself, "to him later. Right now we need to make a plan to take down a guy who defeated four legendary pokemon like nothing." "I have a suggestion." Everyone stared at Eon who spoke up. "Does anyone here know about the move Endeavor?" Lucario was the one who answered telepathically. "Yeah, normal-type move that reduces the target's health to user's health. Why?" "What if we used that move against the High Priest of Evolution, Moonfall, then use a move or pokeball to defeat him."
(Just to clarify, Justin explained the situation to Eon on the way to the cape)
"How did I ever beat you?" Sabre asked sarcastically. "Dumb luck," was the response she got, then Eon continued "But we should use that in case the Masterball should not work or if we miss. We only get one shot with it. But if it does get to that, I have a TM with Endeavor on it that I will use on a pokemon right now as a failsafe." Suddenly, Sabre asked Eon a question about the situation that has been bugging her since the pokecenter.
"Why are you being so helpful all of a sudden? Not that I don't appreciate it, its just that The Eclipse is my mortal enemy, and yet here you are." Eon almost didn't answer but Luna urged him to. "When we last met, you risked your life to protect mine. I could not believe that you, the one person on the planet who hated everything I did to pokemon, saved my life. I owe you a debt that I can never repay. So I quit The Eclipse and dedicated my life to helping us understand the history between humans and pokemon." Shocked, Sabre just stared at the man who was an enemy just last week. "I... I don't know what to say but,
welcome to the team."
Hex: "Really? That's what your going with?"
An eevee with dark-blue where brown is supposed to be ignores the question and turns to you.
Blade: "Hey guys, so now I'm a blue eevee. And Hex has no idea how to change me back even tough she said she did when we made the deal."
Hex: "I said I was sorry."
Blade: "Shut up. Anyway, while Sabre has her problems, I have mine. But that doesn't mean I won't be writing this story and updating every Saturday at the latest. So, please leave a review, I have to deal with Hex for a moment."
Blade pulls out a computer and starts it up.
Hex "Uh-oh"