Do I own Pokemon? No, no I don't.
Chapter 12
Separation
Cyndaquil woke up a little while later and immediately started looking around.
"Ow, my head… Are you okay, Chikorita? ….Chikorita?"
A voice came from somewhere that said, "YOUR FRIEND'S PRESENCE IS NOT VERIFIED."
"Huh…?"
A different voice said, "YOUR FRIEND IS NOT PRESENT IN THIS CHAMBER, OR ON THIS MOUNTAIN AT ALL."
"What…?"
A third voice said, "SHE IS LIKELY FAR FROM HERE, IN THE HOLDING CHAMBER."
Cyndaquil was starting to get mad. "What do you…"
One final voice said, "SHE WILL LIKELY BE TERMINATED OR DISPOSED OF."
"WHAT?!?!?!?!?" By this point, Cyndaquil was mad, but not mad enough to transform into his Onyx-black counterpart (Let's call it Onyx Cyndaquil)
"WE HAVE ORDERS FROM DARK MEW TO DISPOSE OF CYNDAQUIL FLAME. DESPITE OUR MASTER'S DESTRUCTIVE NATURE, HE IS VERY HONORABLE, AND WILL ALLOW US TO GIVE YOU A FIGHTING CHANCE." The cavern began to get brighter, and Cyndaquil could now see what he was up against: 4 dark figures, one that was made of light purple ice; Dark Regice, one that was made of purple rocks; Dark Regirock, one that was made of dark purple metal; Dark Registeel, and one that looked like a figure of white fire; Dark Regigigas.
Dark Regigigas said, "THE POSSIBILITY THAT YOU WILL SURVIVE THIS FIGHT IS ZERO."
The 4 Dark Regi charged at Cyndaquil. He opened up the fight by blasting Dark Regice with a flamethrower. It was hurt, but was still going strong. Dark Regirock hit Cyndaquil with rock throw, and hurt him pretty badly. Regice attacked him with an icy wind, which was easily dodged, but Cyndaquil jumped right into Dark Registeel's metal claw attack. He was knocked back into Dark Regigigas' zen headbutt, sending him flying into a rock wall. He used lava plume, which hit everyone, hurting Dark Regice and Dark Registeel badly. Dark Regirock was hardly affected, and Dark Regigigas felt it a little. Dark Regice was getting exhausted, and Cyndaquil could see that. He blasted him with another flamethrower, and Dark Regice was nearly down. Dark Regirock attacked with superpower, and Cyndaquil was knocked into Dark Registeel. He was left barely conscious, and very weak.
Dark Regice said, "I MUST ADMIT, YOU WERE QUITE THE FIGHTER. BUT THERE WAS NO WAY YOU COULD HAVE WON. THE BATTLE WAS OVER BEFORE IT STARTED."
"No… I won't let Chikorita down… She's… my best… friend…" Cyndaquil was starting to get angry, angry at Dark Mew for setting this trap and separating him and Chikorita, angry at the Dark Regi for telling him Chikorita was going to be killed, and angry at himself for letting this happen. And he was starting to turn black.
Elsewhere, Chikorita had just woken up in a cage inside a cave. She already knew Cyndaquil wasn't around, because, unlike him, she hadn't been knocked unconscious at the end of her surprise trip. There was a cold draft coming from the other end of the cave, indicating that it was in the Frost Area of the Stellar Region. There were rocks and ice around the cave, but other than those, the guard, and the cage, it was empty. However, unlike what the Dark Regi had said, he wasn't really going to kill her. All he was doing was watching her for Dark Mew.
"…So, why am I here again?"
"I have orders from Dark Mew to keep the Chikorita traveling with Cyndaquil Flame in here, under surveillance until Cyndaquil is terminated."
"He's a really strong pokemon, you know, Dark Pikachu. He won't be that easy to get rid of."
"Of course he is. But can he survive a 1 on 4 fight against Dark Regirock, Regice, Registeel, and Regigigas?"
"………"
"In fact, he's probably already dead. But you are to stay in there until I receive confirmation of that."
Chikorita remained completely silent, but was thinking, I don't think he's THAT strong… What if he really WAS killed? …Oh, no…
Dark Registeel said,"DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FIGHT BACK. IN YOUR CONDITION, YOU WILL ONLY BRING ON YOUR DEMISE FASTER."
"Chikorita… Mew… Everyone…" Cyndaquil was starting to turn an even darker shade of black, and the Dark Regi were confused as to why, but kept advancing towards him. "I… won't… let… you… down…" The fire on his back became ruby red. "I WON'T DIE HERE!" There was an explosion, and the Dark Regi were flung back. When the dust settled, there was a ring of charred ground. And in the middle of it stood Onyx Cyndaquil. "I won't go down that easy. Get ready for round 2!"
Onyx Cyndaquil unleashed a super powered flamethrower on Dark Regice, which knocked it out. Dark Regirock used rock throw on him, and it struck it's target, doing a lot of damage, but Onyx Cyndaquil just shrugged it off. He used flamethrower on Dark Regirock, and knocked it out as well. Dark Registeel used metal claw, but Onyx Cyndaquil easily dodged it, and threw an ember attack at him, knocking him out, too. Now only Dark Regigigas was left.
"YOUR POWER IS INCREDIBLE, I WILL GIVE YOU THAT. BUT I AM MUCH STRONGER THAN THOSE 3. I WILL NOT BE AS EASY TO GET RID OF."
"We'll see about that." Dark Regigigas has, by this time, recovered from the effects of his ability, Slow Start. He charged at Onyx Cyndaquil and hit him with a zen headbutt. Onyx Cyndaquil blasted him with a flamethrower, and did a lot of damage to him, though he didn't go down. Onyx Cyndaquil was shocked. Dark Regigigas was the first pokemon to take a ruby flamethrower and survive. But he knew another one or two would do it. However, Dark Regigigas hit him with superpower, leaving him weak once again. Dark Regigigas had just lost the battle, though, because Cyndaquil's ability, Blaze, was now in effect, so now a single flamethrower would definitely win this.
"Big mistake, Dark Regigigas." He used his flamethrower, and Dark Regigigas finally went down.
"YOU… HAVE BESTED US… THE EXIT IS IN THE BACK OF THE CHAMBER…" The 3 Dark Regi faded away, and Cyndaquil went to the back of the chamber and found a ladder leading up out of it. He climbed up, and found himself not far from the summit. He ran as fast as he could to the top, and stopped just outside of Dialga's temple. He knocked on the large door, and waited for Dialga to come out.
"Hello?" Dialga looked down to see Onyx Cyndaquil.
"CYNDAQUIL?!?!" Cyndaquil returned to normal as soon as he heard his name.
"Whoa… Ow, my head…" He looked at Dialga. "Dialga! Mew told me to come see you."
"I know, young one. I see you fell into Dark Mew's trap. But where is your friend?"
"I don't know, I was hoping you did."
"Well, lets get inside and contact Uxie. It might know."
"Aww, you've gotta be kidding. She's in the Frost Area?" Cyndaquil, obviously, was upset.
"Yes, Cyndaquil. Is that a problem?" Uxie asked.
"Actually, yes, it is. I HATE the cold. I don't know why, but I do. So, of course, I have to go to the area of the Stellar Region that's freezing cold all year."
Dialga said, "Cyndaquil, I suggest you stop complaining. You DO want to save your friend, don't you?"
"…Yes, I do, Dialga."
"Then come with me."
"Okay. I'll see you, Uxie."
"Cyndaquil, wait. When you find Chikorita, tell her to call your name if you become your Onyx Cyndaquil form."
"Why?"
"It will change you back, but you will be left with a headache. I will see you again, young hero." Dialga led Cyndaquil to the back of the temple, and opened the door there. Inside, there were 2 pendants.
"These are the Iron Pendants. They will allow you to become the steel type I trust you will remember to give Chikorita hers?"
"Of course, Dialga."
"Excellent. Now, over here, is a secret chamber. Inside is a 3rd pendant. You will need it, as well as 2 other special pendants." He opened it up, and entered with Cyndaquil. "Here is the Pendant of Time. It will allow you to freeze time to get past certain obstacles."
"Thank you, Dialga. But I thought there were 4 Origin Pendants."
"There are, but we don't know what happened to the Pendant of Nightmares. I was given the Pendant of Time, Palkia the Pendant of Space, Giratina the Pendant of Dimensions, and Darkrai the Pendant of Nightmares. Ever since that day, nobody but Darkrai has seen it, and he refuses to tell us where it is."
"Well, I'd better go. See you!"
"Goodbye, Cyndaquil! I will see you again, young one!"
Cyndaquil ran down the mountain as fast as he could. Once he got to the bottom, Mew was there, as promised.
"Greetings, Cyndaquil. I see you found the 3 pendants. But where is Chikorita?"
"She's somewhere in the… ugh… Frost Area. I'm going to find her."
"Very well. I was going to suggest the Valley of Space next, but as long as you're going there, you might as well go to Mount Snowfall and meet with Articuno."
"Okay, but let's hurry. I want to get in and out of there as fast as possible."
To be continued…