I'm going to try to be more consistent now! Sorry for the slowness of everything.
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Chapter 8: For Freedom
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"We only have one hour?" Parker yelled in fury, kicking the ground beneath him with such force that Matt though he'd start an earthquake, "How in the world are we supposed to be ready in an hour? D.C. is HUGE!"
Mew nodded, which is why we must pick out the key points to defend. There are three I can think of. See if you can guess.
"The White House, obviously." Matt said.
"The Capitol Building, also obvious…" Parker said.
And the Washington Monument. Raikou said. Mew nodded.
"Wait, why there?" Asked Matt.
It's a symbol of America's first great leader and has stood erect for hundreds of years, losing it would cause a great loss of morale among your people.
"Fine." Parker said, "But what resources do we have besides our Pokemon?"
We're alone in the this fight, Parker. Entei said.
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"A whole army of WHAT?" President Barack Obama said into his phone at his desk, his mouth agape in surprise. He should've listened to the kids in the first place.
"Mr. President, we need authorization to mount a defense against this force."
"No you don't!" Obama yelled, "Gather all of the local army, navy, air force, and whatever else you have! Call in the National Guards from every state possible!"
"Will do sir. Anything else?"
"Evacuate the city. We can't afford to lose any more lives than we have already."
"Already under way sir."
"Dismissed."
Obama gently placed the phone on the receiver. He placed his hand on his forehead and sighed, "It's all my fault…if only I had listened to them in the first place…"
A knock came from the door to his office, he called the person in. A man dressed in a black suit wearing black sunglasses came in. He was a secret service agent.
"Mr. President, we have to get you out of here." The man said.
"No." Obama said, "I'm fighting with these children and our army. You worry about my family, but I'm going to the front lines."
"Mr. President, if you die the whole nation would lose hope."
"No." Obama said, he smiled, "I'm not going to be the one they look to anymore. It's going to be those kids…the ones who are preparing right now to defend our nation. They have more patriotism than I ever have."
The agent nodded, "Are you sure you want to go through with this?"
"Yes." Obama said, "Before you go, make sure you get a squad protecting those kids."
"We need a description."
"They'll be the ones commanding the Pokemon. You won't miss them."
"Understood."
"Dismissed."
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It was done. The preparations had finished, and the battle was only minutes away. Parker took up defense of the White House with Entei, while Matt took up defense of the Capitol with Raikou. Mew and Jirachi were both at the Washington Monument observing the city. No army could be seen yet, but it was close.
Parker was only allowed to be at the gates of the White House; it was considered trespassing beyond them and was punishable by years of prison. With the army not helping in this battle, Parker had to get as close as he could. He realized, of course, that when the battle broke out there would be no rules on where he could go.
Suddenly, three large armored vehicles the size of school buses sped around the corner and pulled up at the front of the White House, right in front of Parker. Large amounts of soldiers quickly dispatched from the back, a wave of green lurching out from behind. There must have been at least 150 soldiers by the time everyone was out of the trucks.
A commanding officer highly decorated in shiny pins and medals came out from the back of one truck and called the troops to attention. He had a stern face, and his shiny bald head only made him look more intimidating.
"This is it, men!" The officer yelled, "In an instant, our very freedom has been threatened! An army of Pokemon are coming to take our capitol and destroy everyone in the city! It is our job to defend our city, and most importantly, the people living inside of it! You are all in a battle as significant as the entirety of Revolutionary War! This is not a battle for oil or ideals, this is a war for our very sovereignty as a nation! This is a battle for freedom!"
"For freedom!" The soldiers yelled, throwing their fists in the air.
"Good! You've received your assignments before coming here, troops, begin operation FREEDOM!"
"Sir yes sir!"
The mass of green suddenly broke and spread across the city. Parker watched in awe at the spectacle, not noticing the officer approaching him.
"Are you one of the kids I hear is supposed to be defending the city?"
Parker hesitated, but then nodded, "Yeah…so what?"
The officer pulled a handgun from his back pocket and pointed the grip towards Parker.
"Take it."
"This? I can't even use a gun!"
"I hope you're not going to have to use it, but if you have to…" He shook the weapon, "…it could mean the difference between life and death."
"Thanks sir, but I have other means of…"
The officer shoved the gun into Parker's chest, giving Parker no choice but to take it. He delicately grabbed the gun and thanked the officer, who then gave him a holster.
"Keep it safe." The officer said.
Parker attached the holster and placed the gun inside. It admittedly gave him a better sense of security, but in the end he had his mastery of Light to defend himself and didn't really have use for a gun.
Parker noticed the trucks wouldn't leave, "Sir, what's going on here?"
"These are civilian evacuation vehicles. The White House is an evacuation point." The officer said, "By the wage, don't call me "sir", it makes you sound like a whiny bitch. Call me Sarge."
Parker nodded, "Alright, Sarge."
"Good."
"Sarge?"
"Yes?"
"Do you have anybody on your communications telling you about the incoming army? Like, how large it is?"
"I do." Sarge said, he sighed, "Our satellites are reporting a force of well over five thousand pokemon."
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Matt stood at the capitol, staring at his new gun. He always wanted to own a handgun, but gun laws in his state prevented even adults from owning one. Now he had one, and it felt awesome. So awesome, in fact, that he momentarily forgot that the U.S. was at stake.
Matt. The sky.
Matt looked towards the sky when Raikou spoke, and saw that it was turning black again. It was only 5:00pm, not even close to late enough to be seeing a sky such as this.
Matt sighed, "Whose side is Arceus on?"
I'm not even sure. All I know for sure is who I'm fighting for, and that's Mew, you and Parker.
"Thank you, Raikou."
For what?
"For being consistent. Lord knows nothing is for sure anymore."
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At the Washington monument, Mew was meditating with Jirachi.
That's when they heard the first gunshots. They opened their eyes and looked out. The northernmost part of the city was under attack by a swarm of Beedrill.
That didn't take too long. Quickly! Jirachi said.
Of course! I'll warn Matt, the Beedrill are heading towards him! You get the colony of Castform ready, we're about to make things really cold!
On it!
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"Of HOW MANY Beedrill?" Matt yelled at the air, Mew was speaking to him telepathically.
Approximately 300. You can do it!
"What happened to our plan of hailstorm by the Castform?"
It's coming, but we're defending the monument. Good luck!
At that point Mew stopped talking. Matt mounted Raikou and called out his Graveler. The pokemon looked at him and nodded his head, knowing exactly what was to come.
Then they came. First Matt heard a faint buzz in the distance, but soon he saw the mass of black and yellow that the Beedrill made. He could see hundreds of stingers, aimed right at him. The swarm was so large it took up the whole street in front of him, leaving him nothing but a black and yellow promise of death approaching him.
"Now!" Matt yelled as he saw the Beedrill were coming too close. He summoned his sword and cast forth a tornado, which Raikou charged with electricity. The tornado slammed into the wall ofbeedrill, causing the pokemon to scream in pain and quickly fall to the ground. Meanwhile, Graveler was throwing rocks at individual ones.
They held off at least half of the wave before the tornado gave out; then all hell broke loose.
The swarm came upon Matt before he could see them advancing past their trap. He was thrown off of Raikou and mauled by the Beedrill. Their stingers came crashing down on him while he was still in the air; they were trying to inject their slow-acting poison into him.
Matt summoned a tornado around him, a giant funnel of wind encasing him and giving him protection against the buzzing black mass. The Beedrill that were attacking him were sucked in and thrown away, he could hear their cries as they slammed into each other.
Matt! Are you alright? Raikou asked. The legend could be heard using discharge on the bugs.
"I'm fine!" Matt yelled through his wall of wing, "But what are we supposed to do to break this?"
Nothing! Brace yourself! Raikou yelled.
A minute after Raikou gave him the command Matt felt the air temperature drop to below freezing as many icy wind attacks rushed past his tornado, soon he saw hail coming out from the sky, and, eventually, a snowstorm covered the whole street around him. Soon the intense buzzing created by the Beedrill became silent.
Matt released his tornado and saw that every attacking Beedrill was frozen. He turned around to see about 30 Castform, all in ice form, panting.
"Great job, Castform!" Matt yelled, the pokemon cheered in delight.
Raikou came to Matt, perfect. We survived. Were you punctured?
Matt checked himself, "Nope. You?"
Nope. We got lucky that time. I'll thank Mew for the help.
"Don't take too long!" Matt said, summoning his sword, "We're just getting started!"
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Parker's Illumise floated in front him, she seemed determined to help.
"Illumise! You know what to do! Go!" Parker commanded, the bee-like pokemon nodded and zipped away, determined to fufill her duty. Parker's Vibrava floated down next to him and bit on his pants, tugging his leg to his right. Parker turned his head and his heart plummeted.
Before him was Celebi. She was coming straight for the President.
"Sarge!" Parker yelled, "We have to get these people out of here NOW!"
Sarge was still loading civilians into the armored escape vehicles, he saw Celebi and gasped, he picked up his radio, "Hello! Hello! Come in! Civilian loading area H is under attack by a powerful hostile, all squads in the immediate vicinity report immediately! We need backup!"
He radio echoed back, "Bravo on the way."
"Sigma on the way.
"Foxtrot on the way."
Sarge looked towards the civilians, "Quickly! Quickly!"
Parker looked at Entei, the legend nodded. "Let's go!"
Parker leaped onto Entei's back and charged at the approaching Celebi, his eyes filled with anger.
"Celebi!" Parker yelled, "This is for you!"
He had caught Celebi off-guard as he leaped off of Entei's back and into the air, creating a large gap between him and the legend, Celebi's head being right below him.
Parker's sword changed into a bow spontaneously, Parker aimed it straight down, "Arrow of Light!"
He shot a small but bright arrow of light at Celebi's head, it approached quickly and hit her right in the back of head, a large column of light erupting from the point where it hit.
"Direct hit!" Parker yelled as he landed on the ground next to Entei ,"We showed her!"
Too easy. Entei said, this is not over.
The column of light dissipated, nothing was left of Celebi. All that could be seen was a dark black spot where the column of light sprang forth.
"I obliterated her…?" Parker asked, now confused.
Something's not right!
A maniacal laugh erupted in Parker's ears, a woman's evil voice echoing throughout his brain. One that he knew all too well.
"Celebi!" Parker yelled.
You fell for it! The fairy Pokemon said as she appeared in front of Parker, Did you think you could kill me that easily?
Parker was about to respond when he heard Celebi behind him, Yeah! I'm offended, actually!
Parker turned around and saw another Celebi behind him, one to his right, to his left, and soon a whole circle of Celebi appeared around him.
"What?"
Clones! Entei said, Parker, it's an illusion! One of these could be the real Celebi, or none could be at all!
"Bullshit!" Parker yelled, he readied his bow, "Which one should I aim at? How do I know?"
It's me! One of the Celebi yelled.
No, it's me, I'm the real one! Said another Celebi. Soon all of them we're begging Parker to take a shot at them, they were taunting him.
Don't do it, Parker! It's a trap! We have to break free of this circle! Entei yelled.
BREAK FREE? The Celebi yelled, they all let out a piercing laugh, BREAK FREE? Did you honestly think we'd trap you here so we could let you escape? Oh no, this simply will not do!
Parker's feet were soon ensnared with vines that cracked through the cement; Entei tried to burn them off, but soon more and more came until they could no longer see the ground. Parker and Entei were soon both being strangled by vines that seemed to have come from nowhere.
Meanwhile, the Celebi were all laughing, You have seriously underestimated my power! Parker and Entei were being lifted up into the air for all to see. Celebi wanted everyone to see their deaths.
Now everyone will watch as you're strangled to death!
A vine came up and closed over Parker's throat, he tried to grab at it, but another vine kept his arms down. He tried to scream, but his vocal cords were being crushed. He was defeated. His world was turning red, then purple, and then grey. He started to see black spots; his consciousness was fading as his body begged for air.
Parker closed his eyes before he could see his Illumise.
"BEEEEEAAAAAATTTTTTTTT"!
A swarm of Volbeat charged the Celebi clones; they let out a blood-curdling scream as the mass of bug pokemon cut through their ranks. Without the Celebi's concentration on Parker and Entei, the vines they had conjured to hold them quickly fell and dropped Parker and Entei to the ground. Parker was unconscious by the time he hit the road beneath him, but Entei was conscious.
Illumise had led a swarm of at least one hundred Volbeat to the battle. An Illumise was said to be so rare among the breed of pokemon that one could attract hundreds of Volbeat by just dancing. That's what Parker told the Pokemon to do.
In an effort to prove themselves to Parker's pokemon, the Volbeat tore at the Celebi clones, tens of the attacking one at a time. With each clone outnumbered, they quickly disappeared into the air as if they never existed.
Entei picked Parker up on his back and saw the civilian transport vehicles leaving. He nodded towards Illumise, Thank you; you saved ours and hundreds of people's lives.
Illumise nodded and cheered; the Volbeat cheering with her.
Parker was beginning to regain consciousness, "Ngh…Entei…what…"
Don't talk. Illumise came through and saved us both. The civilians are alright.
Parker grunted a satisfied grunt.
Alright, let's head back to the front of the White House, just in case the real Celebi decides to show herself.
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Mew and Jirachi were fighting off hordes of Pokemon fighting for Celebi. A Honchkrow tried to nail Celebi with a steel wing, but Jirachi used swift on him just in time.
How many more Pokemon can we handle? Jirachi asked.
I don't know… Mew replied, but this can't be it…something's…off…
Soon, Mew's troubles were proven correct. There was loud "CRACK!" in the sky that could be heard for miles as Mew saw a large, dark ball of energy slam into a random part of downtown D.C. The energy was crackling with sparks and incinerated everything it touched. It must've been three hundred feet in diameter.
Jirachi! I was right! Something was off! Celebi isn't heading this battle! She's just the one behind the scenes directing it all!
Who is it, then? Jirachi asked.
It's Darkrai! He's trying to open another entrance to the The Void, right here in D.C.!
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