Wally: This was quick...
Crow: Another update so soon?
Me: Well, this is a rather short chapter that sprouted up as a result of thinking of how Jessie and James's current situation should pan out.
Gantz: How short is it?
Me: Only 920 words.
Servo: Well, you did short chapters before, and they worked well.
Me: True, although this one is pretty dark in nature. I'm sure Otto will like this one a lot.
Otto: (smirks) Really? Heh heh heh...
Ace: Oh great, he's in creepy mode again!
Mallow: No time to worry about that now, it's fanfic sign!
Chapter 42: Saved by Death
Jessy and James were in serious trouble right now. They were being tortured by many of their former comrades while Meowth was taken to where the other pokemon were being held. The primary torture being done to them was one that was as old as the human race itself, but still dangerous and lethal: Whipping. Yes, whipping. The art of striking a person with a long line of teathered leather.
Jessy and James were in serious pain, but they remained stoic and defiant to their captors. The one in charge of this assignment said to the two former Rockets, "If you apologize for betraying us, we'll stop. But you will be forced to destroy your so-called friends to be let back in our ranks."
Jessie, being as headstrong as ever, said, "Go to Hell, asshole!" James then said, "We left the team to save ourselves! Even if we die at your hands, we'll be better off!" The executive who was in charge of the torture session said, "So be it. The deepest circle of Hell is reserved for traitors like you, so farewell."
Before a second squadcould do anything to kill Jessie and James, a dark sounding voice said, "You should talk, human!" At that moment, a dark figure appeared. It wore a jet black cloak, and the figure held a large scythe. The figure then said, "You will not harm these innocent souls any longer! And you yourselves shall pay for your crimes, especially since you were foolish to join the likes of the Dentes Rhohos!"
The Rocket Executive said, "Who are you!? And how'd you get here!!?" The dark figure then pulled back his hood, reveiling nothing but a skull. The skull then said, "I am known by many names, but most are simply an alias so I can blend in with your kind to do my work when I have to. My true identity is the Grim Reaper, the Harvester of Souls! Or you can simply call me Death!"
Jessie and James were terrified by the newcomer, but Death said, "Fear not young ones, you are not who I am after. After I am done bringing judgement to these fools, I shall set you free." The Rocket executive said, "Fat chance, bone-face! Everyone, attack!" The other Rockets unleashed a hail of bulletes on Death, but he blocked them all with some psychic force, and sent the bulletes back, killing al the Rockets other than the executive. The man's eyes were wide with fear as Death walked calmly up to him. Death's eye sockets began glowing with an eerie red light, then he said, "What goes around, comes around." Death poked the executive, and the man fell dead on the ground.
Death turned to Jessie and James, and said, "Now that that's over. Time to help you two." Jessie then said in a fearful tone, "W-w-w-w-why are you helping us?!!?" Death then said, "The ones you know as the Dentes Rhohos are beings more evil than you could ever comprehend. For many millenia, these beasts have relished a false victory against me where they stole a skill from me that reduced me to the skeletal state you see before you. This power made the demon dinosaurs immortal, and if they were defeated by mortal hands, they'd heal in a matter of hours, thus making them invincible! They also grew too powerful for me to stop, so I had to wait for a long time for someone to finally destroy them. The power they stole should never be held by those with dark intentions. I have been waiting for so long for the chance to finally get my revenge, and now thanks to you and your friends, I can finally see the hands of fate dealing a well-deserved fatal blow to those monsters."
James then said, "Well, that explains a lot... I guess those legends Luigi and Crow told us when they came here to help us were true after all." Death only nodded at James's statement, and then said, "However, in your current condition, you are in no way fit to help fight. I shall use some of my power to fix you kids up, so you can leave." After Death mentioned those words, a black glow snaked it's way towards the two former Rockets, and healed all the cuts and buises as well as repaired the damage done to their clothes. Death then carefully cut the binds on Jessie and James's arms which held them to the cieling.
James then said, "Thank you so much for everything!" Death smiled, or at least tried to, and said, "Think nothing of it. I was ordered to help you anyway. Of course, I would have helped you even if I was ordered not to, as I want to see the Dentes Rhohos suffer for their sins personally! Now, as for your partner, Meowth, he as well as all of your friends other pokemon are held in a cell just down the hall from here. All of your things are there too, including the bags owned by Clay, Ash, and Zane. Use the power up items from Clay and Zane's world to save the pokemon from being turned into DR pokemon. If your friends ask how you escaped, just tell them you were saved by death."
Death faded out as he chuckled at his morbid joke leaving Jessie and James to find the pokemon as well as Clay, Ash, and Zane.
To be continued...
Ace: (is out cold)
Gantz: Uh, I think you went overboard...
Me: I wanted to go over the top this time.
Gantz: Really? Well, you did a good job here then.
Otto: Wow, when you said it was dark, I wasn't expecting that! Great work here!
Zane: So Jessie and James are gonna save the pokemon using my items? Well, considering the situation, I certainly don't mind.
Me: Ok, R&R!!!