Something was coming…Mewtwo could feel it.

He couldn't tell what it was entirely, or what its intentions were.

However, he could tell that it was coming towards the cave; he could feel the being's feet tap against the ground outside the hill. To his senses they were vibrations – little spasms that surged through his feelings, causing the sensation of worry to explode within the bowels of his gut.

He knew of the vast possibilities behind who the approaching figure was, but strangely despite how high the odds were that it was a friend coming to help them, he couldn't do anything but beg to differ.

It was danger.

It was an enemy.

He could feel it.

A small nudge in the forearm brought Mewtwo to escape from his thoughts, convincing him to turn his eyes towards Jeff, who was staring at him with worried orbs. The manmade Pokemon was tempted to roll his eyes at the irrelevant caring that the Roselia seemed to possess, regardless how 'retarded' the Pokemon appeared to be. Skyler the Flygon was even glancing at him, although it was more of a bewildered glare rather than one silently asking what was wrong with him.

Signaling to push the lingering worries aside by waving his hand in a monotonic manner, Mewtwo turned away from Jeff and Skyler, and instead brought his focus towards the coliseum beyond the wall he was hiding behind. It was then when he realized that he had been so jumbled in his previous thoughts he did not notice Raikou and Suicune inform Bouldarin that they were going to go into the other room to discuss new plans due to the recent revealing of unknown, yet surprising truths. No doubt were they slightly confused on how to convince the Rhydon to at least release Deoxys, which would be one step on finally solving the whole mess. It was obvious they were also bewildered why Atsila didn't tell them that Bouldarin was his brother.

As the thunder tiger and water dog emerged into the cavern behind the coliseum, Jeff and Skyler immediately ran up to them once they were out of view of the Rhyhorns, asking for their thoughts on the situation. Raikou only shrugged, lost within the trauma that was the confusing war between Bouldarin and Atsila – a war with two different viewpoints in which they couldn't tell which one was the truth. Suicune seemed determine to figure out the answer, although she seemed angered, possibly at the fact that Bouldarin had refused to release Deoxys until her innocence could be proven.

No matter how many times they had told the Rhydon that the robotic Pokemon were created by an organization trying to capture the Legendaries, the leader of the Rhyhorn clan was too stubborn to believe it. He did feel strange towards the idea of the creators of life being hunted down, obviously debating with himself if what Raikou and Suicune said was true. Apparently everyone was mentally accusing the other for lying, and Bouldarin no longer seemed affected by Suicune's status as a Legendary like any religious and spiritual clan leader would.

Raikou sighed, his head hurting tremendously due to the fact that his mind failed to cooperate with the heavy indent of information. He couldn't tell what was wrong or what was right, and was now wishing someone would lay it down for him in a manner fit for teaching a kindergartener with special needs. With the way the stories of both sides went in different directions Raikou couldn't conclude together the appropriate facts from each one.

Suicune was suffering from the same problem. She was a Legendary – not a detective or CSI. It was bad enough Atsila wasn't there to explain the truth behind Bouldarin's words, or tell them why he didn't include his brotherly connection with the Rhydon before, as well as the childhood feud they had had over who would be their clan's leader.

"Perhaps we should return to Atsila's tribe…" Raikou muttered, keeping his tone quiet, still feeling like he was running around in circles with no signs of course change. "Maybe we could bring this new information to him and leave him to give us the rest of the jumbled explanation."

His counterpart turned her head to the entrance into the coliseum, eyeing Deoxys, who was still trapped in her cage in the pit center of the room, with slight compassion as she watched Bouldarin sneer at her whenever she turned her eyes to him. She was quite paranoid to leave the DNA Pokemon in the hands of the Rhydon, seeing as how he seemed to be progressive and therefore if they did leave to meet up with Atsila, then she wouldn't be surprised if they came back to learn that she had been executed. She knew that Deoxys was innocent, but yet with no proof it was going to be hard to convince Bouldarin of the same thing.

"Going back to see Atsila would be wise," she started, earning the attention of everyone but Mewtwo, who had returned his eyes to the entrance into the Rhyhorn clan caverns, "but I really don't want to leave Deoxys here. To tell you the truth I don't trust Bouldarin…"

Raikou nodded, agreeing with her. As Suicune turned her eyes downward to ponder on the predicament, Raikou brought his eyes to Mewtwo, smiling slightly as he thought of a solution to their problem. "Why don't you go talk to Atsila, Mewtwo?" he asked somewhat childishly as if he was proud at himself for coming up with the idea. His counterpart returned her eyes to him, although her casual expression hinted that she agreed with it, while Jeff and Skyler remained silent with bewilderment.

However, the manmade Pokemon that was Mewtwo didn't respond, instead keeping his narrowing eyes towards the one spot he couldn't take them off of – the entrance into the caverns. Jeff was tempted to nudge him again, but for some reason decided not to when the said feline-humanoid gaped his mouth slowly, as if realizing something horrific. His eyes seem to dull, widening simultaneously, and oxymoronically an expression of both awe and fright graced his facial features.

The danger he was feeling – the weird sensation of heavy feet stomping across the ground outside, gaining closer – it was driving his delicate senses crazy. He could feel the churning sensation of nervousness erupt throughout his stomach, and now it wasn't just his gut who was signaling his worry.

He knew who the stomps belonged to.

It wasn't just a Pokemon, but instead dozens of them, all heading towards the hill like an army charging into battle. He knew for one thing that the stomps did not belong to the vast army of Atsila's tribe, nor the warriors of any other clans, but instead of monsters hell-bent on capturing the Legendaries.

Artificial monsters – artificial Pokemon.

He knew this because the stomps were not sending the vibrations of padded footing, or the flesh of real feet hitting the ground, but instead…

His eyes widened, almost bulging out of his head, and Raikou and the others only quirked their eyebrows at this, completely oblivious to the terror that was approaching them from outside.

Instead they were sending the vibrations of...metal.

"We need to get out of here…" he mumbled, his voice coming out as a nearly-incoherent whisper under his breath. Raikou and the others exchanged looks, appearing bewildered all the same since their senses were not powerful enough to capture them – to sense their closing distance.

To know that an army of dozens of robotic Pokemon were coming.

Mewtwo turned to the others, his expression now contorted with fury since they had not acted on instinct with the call of his previous words. He knew there was no time - that they needed to leave.

"WE NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE NOW!" he repeated, his telepathic voice booming across the caverns. Bouldarin and the other Rhyhorns snapped their eyes around, searching for the owner of the voice that had carried a tone similar to a person informing his comrades to get away from a bomb that was mere seconds away from detonation. Raikou stumbled back from the explosion of Mewtwo, who had already begun to back away in the direction opposite of the entrance into the caverns.

"Why?" Raikou asked, his tone calm unlike Mewtwo's. It was obvious he lacked fear due to being unaware of the reason why the said manmade Pokemon was suddenly frightened.

All of a sudden, as if on cue, a loud screeching sound echoed throughout the caverns, and Raikou and the others growled in pain before throwing their heads down to the floor in hopes of protecting their ears from the deafening beep. With the way snarls (which could barely be heard over the intruding sound) came from the coliseum room, Raikou knew that Bouldarin and his clan were suffering from it as well.

It was almost as if hundreds of smoke detectors had gone off at once, blinding the inhabitants inside the caverns with a screech that made their ears sting. Mewtwo managed to push his head up from the midst of it, bringing his eyes, which were practically clenched together, to the entrance into the cavern, and what he saw made his heart plummet, coldness enshrouding his muscles as he recognized the one thing he had been fearing.

Standing at the entrance, dozens of others like it entering behind it, was a Garchomp, robotic appendages serving as its real ones. Its metallic eye zoomed in, its comrades snarling from behind it, obviously waiting for the commands to launch forward. Raikou gasped in utter disbelief as he turned his eyes towards them as well, the others doing the same. The beeping sound had ceased, and all was left was the large vortex of fear and misery that had covered Raikou and the others.

They had been found.

They stood frozen in place, frightened beyond their whims and therefore too scared to move. Raikou couldn't help but quirk his eyebrow slightly as a humanoid figure appeared from behind the metallic Pokemon, the said artificial beings stepping aside to allow him to pass as if they were his loyal bodyguards. His maroon-colored eyes glinted with obvious deviousness, seeming to shine despite the distance between him and Raikou, and he brought a gloved hand up to flick a bang of silver from his face, smirking slightly while doing so.

Raikou was trying to learn of the being's identity, although he gasped when he noticed other humans with intimidating, dark garments on appear from beside him. His eyes paled as he noticed the large, red 'R' that was printed on their clothes, and it didn't take much for him to mumble out the name of the enemy in which every Legendary was aware of – in which every Legendary had been captured by.

"Team Rocket…"

He saw the silver-haired being mumble something to the Rocket grunts around him, his smirk strong, although it died down slightly when a grunt carrying some sort of handheld computer device came by, whispering something in his ear. The robotic Pokemon kept their eyes on Raikou and the others, obvious bloodthirsty, waiting for someone to give the command for them to launch forward. They were starting to grow antsy.

Terotrey Horrifiance couldn't help but smile as he entered the Rhyhorn caverns, gazing upon the two Legendaries he had been searching for instantly as they came into view. His robotic Pokemon growled from around him, waiting for him to push the button on the remote he hid behind his back, which would send them sprawling forward and towards their targets.

"I…have found you…" he hissed to himself, his maroon-colored eyes focusing on Raikou and Suicune. The key to starting his final experiment was only a few yards in front of him, and he knew all too well that it was practically in the palm of his hands now. He couldn't help but feel excited, although he managed to confine it all into a devious smirk and a flick of one of his silver bangs.

He was about to push the button, which would send the dozens of robotic Pokemon he had forward, when Rocket grunts appeared at the sides of him, one coming up to inform him of something he hadn't been expecting.

"Sir," the grunt began, whispering into the scientist's ear, "according to my scanner here" – he slightly held up the handheld computer device – "Raikou's displaying power levels of a normal thunder-type…"

Terotrey snapped his eyes towards the grunt, his smirk slowly lowering into a frown. "What are you trying to say?"

"Uh, sir…Raikou's Legendary essence is missing."

The silver-haired scientist's face fell completely – at realizing that one of the Legendaries he had been searching for wasn't even a Legendary anymore. He could feel anger slightly grow in him, although he was still wondering how a thing even came to be. Nonetheless, he was satisfied that Suicune still had hers, and therefore she would be the final key in his experiment.

"Suicune's essence should be enough," he told the grunt, bringing the remote he was holding into view, thumb placing itself on the button to launch his robots forward. "Capture Suicune and only Suicune – forget about Raikou; he is worthless to me."

It wasn't long before Bouldarin and the Rhyhorns emerged into the main cavern, gasping in disbelief themselves as they gazed upon the silver-haired scientist whom Raikou had overheard was called Terotrey. Mewtwo, despite feeling like time had frozen, took sanctuary behind a different wall to avoid being spotted by the Rhyhorns, as, knowing Bouldarin, the Rhydon would probably try to connect him with the enemy. Out of their own fright Jeff and Skyler did the same, hiding beside Mewtwo.

"The metallic monsters…" Bouldarin began, his breathing quickening. "They…they…belong to Team Rocket?"

Even tribes that lived in the forest were aware of the monstrous organization that was Team Rocket, and suddenly Bouldarin's thoughts on his brother, Atsila, as well as the supposed 'demon', Deoxys, grew dim, and he no longer blamed them for anything. He now had proof that he was wrong, and Raikou and Suicune blinked in surprise when the Rhyhorns suddenly stepped in front of them, acting like a stone barricade.

Sensing the exile and Legendary's confusion, Bouldarin turned to them, and with a face fit for a serious general, muttered, "I now believe what you say – that these monsters belong to Team Rocket and have been hunting for you. We will hold them off as best as we can, but you must escape through the exit at the back of the tunnels."

Raikou and Suicune were shocked at Bouldarin's sudden change of heart, and how he seemed he was ready to give his life to protect them.

"What are you waiting for?" he then snarled. "Go! NOW!"

Jumping slightly, Raikou and Suicune immediately took off down the tunnels, Bouldarin's clan becoming smaller as distance grew between them. They felt their stomachs churn when they heard Terotrey suddenly roar out, "DON'T LET THEM ESCAPE!"

With the way groans of pain and misery soon echoed throughout the caverns, Raikou turned his head back to notice that the army of robotic Pokemon had lunged forward and collided with the Rhyhorns, now pushing against them, trying to get through. Bouldarin and his clan seemed determine to protect them, though, and therefore pushed back, their long line of defense moving forward as they tried to withstand the immense power the robotic Pokemon held.

Mewtwo, on the other hand, jumped slightly when Bouldarin's narrowed eye turned in his direction, noticing him in the shadows. However, instead of accusing him to be another demon, or even staring at his weird appearance in bewilderment, the Rhydon muttered, "Are you an ally with Raikou?"

The manmade Pokemon emerged from the shadows and slowly nodded.

Bouldarin returned his eye to the opposing robotic Pokemon, snarling slightly as he struck his claw forward, hitting one in the side of the face and sending it flying backwards towards Terotrey, who growled slightly at the sight before taking off up the entrance to outside. The Rhydon returned his eye to Mewtwo. "Raikou will need you to protect him and Suicune. We will handle the metallic monsters here, but you must go with them." The Rhydon slowly darted his eye towards the coliseum cavern, sighing slightly while doing so. "The demon" - he stopped, correcting himself - "Deoxys is innocent, and I'm now convinced of that. Take her with you; she will be helpful."

Mewtwo stared in disbelief.

"We cannot hold them forever!" Bouldarin added as he rammed into another robot. "Free Deoxys from her cage and then go after Raikou!"

Mewtwo snapped his thoughts away and nodded determinedly before taking off towards the coliseum room, Jeff and Skyler following behind, covering their ears from the loud sounds of rock clashing with metal as the Rhyhorns fought and held back Terotrey's robotic Pokemon. It wasn't long before the manmade Pokemon opened Deoxys' cage, who stared at him bewilderedly as he, without explaining anything, grabbed her hand and lead her down the caverns towards the direction Raikou and Suicune had gone, Jeff and Skyler only a few feet behind.

Bouldarin turned his eye back to the crowd, aware of the commitment he had made. Revenge overtook his thoughts – on how he wanted every single metallic monster in the room to be dead, and all for the sake of his deceased son. He felt guilty for the innocent beings he had blamed due to his stubbornness, and was certain that putting himself in the risk of death to protect Raikou and the others from the hands of Team Rocket was forgiveness enough.

"I am sorry, brother…" he whispered.

Suddenly, rocks tumbled from above, and Bouldarin shot his eye upward to notice a hole to the outside surface form, the moon's light beginning to leak from it. Not only that, but Pokemon began to jump down the hole, landing on the ground beside him, displaying their own shocks from the situation before shaking their surprise away and immediately running into the battle mesh to help the Rhyhorns keep back the robotic Pokemon. Bouldarin, as well as the Rhyhorns, quirked their eyebrows as Luxrays came in to electrocute the robots around them, while dozens of other species of Pokemon took care of any that managed to get behind them.

It was then when Bouldarin recognized them as members of a tribe he had forced himself to hate, and the leader of the said tribe soon jumped down from the hole as well, landing right beside Bouldarin and convincing the Rhydon to gape in awe as he gazed upon his one and only brother.

"Atsila!"

Raikou and Suicune rushed down the dark tunnels of the caverns, focusing entirely on finding an entrance to the surface. However, guilt rushed through their minds at the thought of leaving Bouldarin and his clan behind, while disbelief from learning of the culprits behind the Legendaries' captures, as well as the other problems, surged through their aching muscles. They did not even notice Mewtwo, Deoxys, Jeff, or Skyler as the said Pokemon followed behind them, wondering about the situation as well.

They knew they had to escape, and because of this forced themselves down the labyrinthine tunnels which darkened as they got deeper into them. They began to panic as the sounds of battle grew distant, starting to feel claustrophobic in the midst of it.

Suddenly Raikou saw the moon's light reflect off a wall down a turn, and he immediately ran towards it, gasping for air, the others following him. He could feel himself sigh in relief as the cold air of the night soon pranced across his skin after he climbed a small ledge, the overwhelming-ness of the obsidian sky making him feel slightly dizzy.

Panting, he and Suicune fell forward onto the ground, the others soon doing the same. They slightly smiled towards one another as they realized that they had escaped, but nonetheless were fatigued more than before, and therefore needed to rest for a few minutes before they could continue. Mewtwo informed them that every passing second the robotic Pokemon were most likely closer to finding them again, and despite how distant they felt away from the horrific beings, they couldn't help but agree. Because of this they rose from their resting positions and began to walk down the field and towards the forest.

However, they stopped instantly when the large sound of turning propellers came up from behind them, and they snapped around to notice that a black helicopter, which would've camouflaged into the sky if it wasn't for the red 'R' symbol of Team Rocket painted on its surface, had come up from behind the hill. They could feel their stomachs burn again, and immediately broke out into a run, heading towards the forest.

Mewtwo, in the midst of this, launched a Shadow Ball towards the human contraption as it gained closer to them, soon hovering a few feet above them. He gasped when a robotic Fearow suddenly came up and swatted the ball of dark energy away, causing it to collide with the ground rather than with its target.

They had not escaped.

As if on cue, the door into the helicopter slid open, and Terotrey could be seen in the compartment behind it. He seemed to quirk his eyebrow slightly at the unidentified species Mewtwo and Deoxys were, but decided to pay no heed to them. Instead his devious smirk returned, and with a simple snap of his fingers about five robotic Pokemon appeared behind him and lunged outward, landing on the ground before heading straight towards them.

Immediately Raikou and the others were thrown backward as the robotic Pokemon ambushed them, their fatigue preventing them from putting up a good fight. Soon Raikou was thrown against a tree, Mewtwo and Deoxys suffering the same fate, while Jeff and Skyler had been kicked aside as if they were nothing but ants underneath a bully's magnifying glass. The only one who hadn't been knocked out, forced to stand in the middle, surrounded by her fallen comrades, was Suicune.

And she knew why.

She quickly took off to the side to avoid being captured, but before she could take sanctuary into the forest, the robotic Pokemon ambushed her from all sides, bringing her down in a few seconds flat. It wasn't long after that before she was placed in a net, the robots bringing her to the helicopter where Terotrey gazed at her with slight anger before ordering them to place her in the compartment.

Raikou moaned slightly as he regained consciousness, only to widen his groggy eyes when he saw the robotic Pokemon board an unconscious Suicune onto the helicopter, shutting the door behind them and allowing the contraption to take off. The thunder tiger gasped, his heart plummeting, and he struggled to return to his feet, immediately trying his best to launch whatever electric power he had to take down the helicopter.

However, it was no use – every thunderbolt he shot towards it wasn't powerful enough to cause major damage, and therefore Raikou could only tumble over as the helicopter flew towards the horizon, which sported shadowed mountains on its surface. He felt every inch of his hope die as he saw the Pokemon he loved be taken away from him, and only when the sound of the helicopter's roaring appendages grew dim with distance did the thunder tiger's tears begin to fall, him even screaming out her name into the night.

Suicune was defeated.

She had been captured.

And there was nothing he, an exile, could possibly do.

His love was gone.

"SUICUNE!"

Terotrey Horrifiance smiled as he eyed the unconscious Legendary Pokemon – Suicune, in her cage. Seeing as how Raikou no longer held his Legendary essence, he would have to take the last inch of the required substance from Suicune for his final experiment.

The silver-haired scientist slowly turned his maroon-colored eyes towards the window, eyeing the shrunken environment underneath the helicopter as the pilot maneuvered the vehicle to head towards the Team Rocket base among the mountains. Soon other helicopters from his organization came up from behind him, following his. Some were carrying the robotic Pokemon that had came with him, who had been called back from their fight with the Rhyhorns in the cave when the confirmation of Suicune's capture was stated.

In a few days his experiment would be complete, and soon only one Legendary would exist – a Legendary that would control all rules of natural balance under the power of its mere hand.

Him.