Chapter 23
Conner's Worst
His mask fell to the ground, striking the bedrock beneath his feet with a clang. His eyes were fixed on me, glaring in an evil way as his red hair fell down in front of his face. Though I had already figured it out, seeing Ricky behind the mask was still frightening. Knowing the whole time that the leader of Team Rocket, the person calling all the shots, and the person stealing my pokemon, was right under my nose the whole time, and I didn't see it… What was I thinking?
"It is I who will make you pay." He glared at me as he walked down from the platform that sat several feet above the ground I was standing on.
"How?" I asked, watching as he came closer to the open area in the cave that Gyarados was waiting in. "Richard said you wanted me dead. If you do then why didn't you leave me in the water? Why didn't you let me drown? It would have been easy."
"Oh you poor child." He cackled. "I took you as being more intelligent then those lackeys of mine." He reached into his pocket retrieving a remote and pushing a button on it. The ground shook, and I found myself tripping and bumping into the tube that held Umbreon, floating in the blue liquid. I stabled myself, looking up to see another tube, raising up from a hole that was in the ground, and gasped when I saw what was inside.
"There would be no fun in killing you now." Conner said as he walked behind the glass tube that held the deformed pokemon. "Instead, I want you to suffer. I will let you in on a little secret of mine. This..." He slammed his hand on the tube. "This is Mew Three!"
"Oh my gosh…" I couldn't do anything but look at the monster that floated in front of me in the biofluid. It had two sets of wings, four arms, one pair of which were swords. Legs, a stinger, and scales were all over it. It had a rock head with spikes, and was so thin that its bones and organs were visible through its stony, scaly skin.
"Do you like it?" Conner asked as he grinned.
"You're a monster." I said disgusted in him. "How could you do something like this?"
"It's easy." Conner crossed his arms. "And to make your death even more satisfying to me, I'm going to tell you everything." He glared at me again. "You are going to be killed by your very own pokemon."
"What?"
"A while back Giovanni paid for an excavation in Sinnoh to try to find a Mew fossil. When the scientist found it Giovanni put out some more money to Team Rocket biologists to come up with the necessary formulas to create a fully evolved, more powerful Mew. He called it, Mew Two." Conner then laughed. "But the stupid fool didn't calculate in the fact that Mew is a legendary pokemon, and legendary pokemon will never listen to humans. So, he paid my father, Dr. Conner to create a mind control machine to brainwash Mew Two."
"What does this have to do with me?" I asked impatiently, knowing that I only had a few minutes to beat Conner before his pokemon would be unstoppable again.
"Well, this is the part where you come in." He continued. "My father had already tested his invention on two other legendary pokemon, Zapdos and Moltres. The machine was built to go around their necks, but there was a flaw. If the machine was damaged, it would fall off and they would be under their own free will again. So, my father started testing something else, a beam instead of a collar, but somehow when he tested it on an Articuno the cave fell in." Conner then grit his teeth as he spoke. "We all thought it was a freak accident, but a few Rocket Grunts said that they saw a boy with brown hair, a girl with a side pony-tail, and an Arcanine right before the cave fell in." He then pointed to me. "You are the reason my father is dead. Ever since I saw that Articuno, I knew it was you." He then took a breath and continued his story. "And because my father died Giovanni wasn't able to get the mind control device in time, so Mew Two ended up blowing up the main Rocket headquarters, forcing him to take cover in an abandoned Gym in Viridian. Then, out of nowhere, a boy with brown hair, and a girl with blonde hair came in and busted him, sending him to jail on a life sentence."
"Alright, so I killed you're father, and put Giovanni in the slammer, why go through all this for that? Isn't it good that you're the leader of Team Rocket now? I'm sure that would look great on a resume."
"Shut up you twit!" Conner spat. "After that the position of leader for Team Rocket did fall to me, but for what? That's all my father did was 'Team Rocket', and now that it was mine all I had left was a handful of idiots and a run down mountain range. It was then that I found Giovanni's plans, as well as my fathers, and re-worked them both." He patted on Mew Three's containment tube. "Giovanni didn't calculate in the trainable factor, but I did. I needed pokemon that were powerful, very powerful, to boost the powers of Mew Three, as well as pokemon that were very well trained." He then smiled again. "So I chose your pokemon. I stole them, took their DNA and spliced it with Mew's to create a new hybrid Mew Three. With every pokemon I added its power was boosted, and that's not including the rare candies I stole from you and broke down into the molecules of its cells."
"You're a freak." I said, looking around at my pokemon. I have to get them out!
"If you're thinking about freeing them, I think I should let you now that the glass they are suspended in is made of solid diamond. Nothing can break that, nothing in the world."
"What about your fathers invention?" I asked. "You said you improved that as well."
"Oh, you will see." He said, walking over to a computer. "It seems as if my second trial is almost done. The first one, however, will take a few more minutes." He then glanced up at me. "Bigger pokemon, ya know?"
I've got to get this battle started. I looked around again at my pokemon. The sooner I beat him the quicker I can free them. But how am I going to beat him? Even if I am the Pokemon Master of Kanto, it'll be three pokemon against at least six of his, how am I going to do this? "Well…" I said under my breath. "I guess I'll just have to."
"What was that?" Conner asked.
I glared up at him. "You think I care about your father's death?" I barked. "All you Team Rocket members are nothing but scum. Yeah, so what, I killed your deadbeat father! What are you going to do about it, tell me another bedtime story?" I watched as he began to snarl. His face turned red in anger as his hands began to clench into fists. Perfect, it's working. If I get him mad enough he'll start to make stupid mistakes and I can win this much easier. "So you want to kill me?" I asked, throwing my hands up and turning my head and looking around the room. "Well I'm still here. You're doing a pretty crappy job of it. I already survived drowning, breaking out of your dungeon, pushing over all your guards, and even made it to your evil lair." I then glared at him with a smile. "God, I bet your father is laughing at you right now, the stupid moron."
"That's it." Conner snarled. "You asked for it. If you want to die that badly then I will happily oblige." He reached in his jacket pocket, pulling out a pokeball. "Go Tyranitar!"
The ball flew onto the makeshift field zapping out a massive shadow that stood in the dark. I saw the form open its eyes, which glowed red in the dark. The ground shook as it took a step closer, having one of its massive green legs showing. It then took another step revealing the rest of its scaly body. "Taaarrrrrrr!" Tyranitar roared, shaking the cave.
Holy crap! I've only read about these kind of pokemon. Tyranitar was huge, standing nearly as tall as Gyarados as he slithered around the green monster.
"I shall end this." Conner said as he walked back to this throne. "Tyranitar. Use Thrash."
I watched Tyranitar lower down as it brought out large claws that extended from its hands. Its glowing eyes narrowed to slants as it bared its teeth. "Aaaarrrrrrrr!" The monster screamed, running at Gyarados while its claws began to glow.
"Hydro Pump!" I screamed.
"Rock Edge, Tyranitar!" Conner ordered from his throne.
Gyarados opened his mouth, letting out a large stream of water at Tyranitar. Tyranitar stopped its rampage, bringing its hands up in a defensive block. When it did this, rocks began to shoot out of the ground, forming a wall between the Hydro Pump attack and Tyranitar.
The water hit the rocks, chipping away at the wall little by little until it broke through, hitting Tyranitar and forcing it to the ground.
"Tar… Tar…" It huffed.
"So, Richard shut down the chips. Oh well." Conner waved his hand in a nonchalant way, looking not worried in the least. "I don't need those microchips to beat you. Tyranitar, use Hyper Beam."
"Right back at it, Gyarados!"
Both pokemon opened their mouths, letting out a bright white light that lit up the entire room. The light was blinding to look at so I shielded my eyes, turning my head when I did. But as I looked away I saw Conner, sitting at this throne, with a laptop in his lap. He was smiling.
The attack was still going on when I ordered the next move. "Move to the right!" I said. "Hydro Pump!"
Gyarados did as I said, slithering away from the attack to the right, which left Tyranitar completely open. Gyarados opened his mouth, ready to fire when Conner ordered an attack.
"Stone Edge again!" But it was too late. The Hydro Pump hit Tyranitar hard as he held his hands in a defensive way, forcing rocks up to block the water, but every time they emerged they were shattered under the pressure of the attack. Tyranitar's feet dug into the ground, keeping its hold on the rocks, but slowly sliding back.
"Hyper Beam." Conner ordered, throwing one leg over the armrest of his throne.
Tyranitar opened his mouth, taking in water at the same time, but forcing out a light that shot through the Hydro Pump.
"Gyarados!" I called out. "Move!" But I called it too late. The Hyper Beam moved through the water like it was a water gun. Gyarados tried to move, but was still hit hard in the side, spinning him around.
I watched Tyranitar cover the space between them in the mere seconds it took Gyarados to get back up.
"Tyranitar." Conner spoke. "Rock Edge."
"Gyarados! Hyper Beam!"
Tyranitar once again made a rock wall in the little space between it and Gyarados. Gyarados opened his mouth, letting out another beam of light, making it strike into the rock, shattering it instantly.
"Giga Impact." Conner said as Tyranitar reappeared from the shadows behind Gyarados. It was leaping in the air, having it's fist drew back, glowing brighter than the Hyper Beam.
Oh no… I watched as Tyranitar punched Gyarados in the back of the head, making him slam on the ground and skid across the rock floor. Tyranitar landed on the ground, weak, but still on his feet. Gyarados, on the other hand, was knocked out cold.
"My, my." Conner said, looking at his computer. "That is one down, and how many do you have left? Two?" Then he pointed to my shoulder. "And that is including that little rat you have on your shoulder."
I turned my head, looking at Pichu who was scared to death, looking at the Tyranitar that towered over the knocked out Gyarados.
"Hey, don't worry." I said to him, patting him on the head. "We will get out of here, I promise."
"Pi…" He said as he cowered behind my shoulder.
"Oh, what's wrong, Pichu?" Conner asked in a mocking kind of way. "Afwade of da 'big bag mosta'? Baw-haha!" He bellowed. "You better be! Because after I kill Kyle, you will be going in my little experiment."
"That's not going to happen!" I said, recalling Gyarados and reaching for the pokeball around my neck. "Go Arcanine!"
Arcanine stood up strong, completely healed from the gym battle we had earlier. I know that the type advantage is a little rough, but it's weak, and Arcanine is the only thing I have that can stand up to that.
"Taaarrrr!" The Tyranitar roared as it bent down, pressing its face up to Arcanine's, but Arcanine didn't do anything. He stood there, strong willed and not flinching. He stared straight into its face, glaring right back at it.
"Thrash." Conner called out.
"Extreme Speed!" I ordered.
Tyranitar raised its hand, getting ready for a swipe, but by the time it was in the air, Arcanine was gone.
"Now!" I screamed. Arcanined jumped out of the shadows, latching onto Tyranitar's neck, biting down and breaking its rocky scales. His teeth sunk in, breaking skin and shattering his protective armor.
"Raaaa!" Tyranitar twisted and swung its body around, trying to shake Arcanine off, but Arcanine dug his claws into its back, latching on tighter. Arcanine then bit it again on the neck, and again and again, tearing more and more rock armor off every time.
"Now!" I screamed. "Bite with Flamethrower!"
In the opened area around its neck Arcanine latched on. His teeth sunk deep into Tyranitar's neck, causing blood to flow out onto the ground. A fire quickly erupted in Arcanine's throat as a massive stream of fire bellowed out from his mouth, covering Tyranitar's head, neck and back in pure flames.
When Arcanine was done he jumped off its back, watching as the monster fell to the ground, knocked out.
"Oh, no bother." Conner brushed it off as he recalled his Tyranitar. "It is still two against five. I'm not concerned." He reached into his jacket, pulling out another pokeball and throwing it on the field. Before us appeared his Ursaring.
Alright. Now, from here on out I know all of his pokemon. The Tyranitar was the one that he never showed me, so that leaves Ursaring, Swampert, Dodrio, and Steelix. "Wait. Didn't he just say 'two against five?" Is their another one I don't know about?"
"Ursaring." Conner called out. "Thrash!"
"Extreme Speed on every attack it dishes out!" I screamed.
Ursaring raised its paws up as they shone a bright white. It ran towards Arcanine, and was about to swing when Arcanine vanished, appearing to its side and ramming it in the ribs. Ursaring stumbled around, and then tried to attack Arcanine again, only to find him using Extreme Speed, striking into Ursaring and causing it to stumble again.
"Attack to the left!" Conner screamed as Arcanine vanished. Ursaring did as it was told, swinging to the left and knocking Arcanine across the face and right out of his Extreme Speed attack.
Arcanine fell to the ground with three deep cuts on his face. "Arcanine!" I called out. "Take out its feet!"
Since Arcanine was already on the ground he didn't have to do much to bite down hard on Ursaring's foot. "Urrrrsssa!" It cried out as Arcanine gave it a quick pull, making it smack its head on the rock it was standing on. Arcanine stood up, holding Ursaring's foot in his mouth as he spun his head, throwing Ursaring against the wall of the cave.
"Now!" I said, watching as Arcanine's mouth began to drizzle with little embers. He let go of Ursaring's foot, only to cover it in a mouth of fire. The hair on its body sizzled in the intense heat as it fell to the ground, knocked out.
Arcanine shook his head, making blood drip on the floor as Conner recalled his pokemon. "It's just a mater of time, Kyle." I saw another pokeball fly onto the field as his Steelix slithered out from the shadows.
"Liiixxxxxxx!" it screamed.
"Arcanine!" I called out. "Remember what happended in Olivine? Don't get close, use Extreme Speed to dodge and only use distance attacks!"
"Stupid fool." Conner laughed. "Does he not realize I have ears?" He then spoke up. "Steelix, Stone Edge!"
"Arcanine! Dodge and use Flamethrower!"
Steelix slammed his tail on the ground as rocks began to fly up around Arcanine. Arcanine moved, running behind a bio-tube and blasting Steelix with a Flamethrower every chance he got. Rocks were flying everywhere when Arcanine jumped in the air, hitting Steelix with a Fire Blast attack.
I saw Steelix's tail began to glow a bright white, and I knew what was going to happen. "Arcanine!" I called out. "Flamethrower the wall!"
"Iron Tail." Conner called.
Steelix raised its tail, swinging it at Arcanine as he blasted flames on a nearby wall, pushing him away from the attack, but he was still hit. The tail came down, striking into Arcanine's side, knocking him out of the air and into a nearby rock.
Arcanine stood up, shaking off the pebbles as Steelix slithered up behind him.
"End it now!" I said. "Heat Wave! Give it all you got!"
"Rock Tomb!" Conner called.
Arcanine took a deep breath, stabling himself as he let out a roar, followed by an orb of solid fire that dispersed in all directions. Steelix stood it's ground; slamming into the rock wall and making stalactites fall from the ceiling, crashing down on the orb of flames. But the flames were so intense that the rocks began to melt as they fell closer and closer to Arcanine, which did nothing more than feed his fire with his 'Flash Fire' ability.
Before long both Steelix and Arcanine were caught in the mass of flames. The heat escalated and walls of the cave around the attack started to warp, bending and molding around the orb. Soon the attack ended, and Arcanine stood up from the molten rock that lay around him, most of which was Steelix's burned and melted body.
"RRRrrrr…" I heard Conner growl.
"Ar… Ar…" Arcanine huffed as he stumbled around, trying to regain his footing on the rocky floor.
"Arcanine!" I cried out. "Are you okay?"
"Oh please!" Conner screamed. "Look at him!" I watched Arcanine huff as he closed one of his eyes. "He's done. Congratulations for taking down three of my pokemon with that mutt, but he's done for!" Conner then threw out another pokeball as Dodrio appeared on the field.
"Crraaaaa!" All three heads crowed at once.
"Arcanine!" I screamed. "Flamethrower!"
"Quick Attack." Conner spoke.
Arcanine opened his mouth, shooting out a stream of fire that struck Dodrio, but when it did the bird vanished. Dodrio reappeared beside Arcanine as all three of its heads began to feverishly drill their beaks into Arcanine's side.
"Arr!" Arcanine whined as he began to fall on his side.
"Bite!" I screamed. With that, Arcanine latched onto the bird's foot, biting down hard as he fell to the ground. "Now!" I said. "One final Flamethrower!"
"Tri Attack!" Conner screamed.
Arcanine, still biting down, let out a stream of fire that burned Dodrio's foot, but at the same time the bird combined all three of its heads, each one shooting out a beam of energy that struck Arcanine in the face. One was ice, one was electric, and the last was fire. I saw Arcanine's grip on Dodrio's leg loosen as his head fell to the ground with a thud.
"Cra! Cra!" The bird cried, limping away back to its trainer.
"Now!" Conner said. "Kill it!"
"What?" I screamed, looking at Conner and then back to Arcanine.
Conner grinned. "Use a Hyper Beam."
"Oh no you don't." I reached for Arcanine's pokeball as the Dodrio shot out not one, but three Hyper Beams, one from each of its heads. The beams flew towards Arcanine, but I recalled him just before they hit. He was sucked back into his pokeball just as the rocks beneath him turned into dust from the power of the attack.
"Oh, Kyle." Conner said. "Whatever will you do now? You should have let him die. At least that way it would have been painless." He then smiled. "Now it seems as if I can torture him before he dies."
"That's not going to happen Conner!" I said as I gave Pichu a look. Pichu nodded, jumping off my shoulder and running into the shadows of the cave.
"And what are you going to do?" He laughed, obviously not seeing Pichu making his way back behind Dodrio.
"I'm going to stop you." I said as I grit my teeth.
"And how do you plan on doing that?"
"Like this! Pichu!" I screamed. "Quick Attack with Volt Tackle!"
"Piiii!" Pichu screamed as he charged up. He was standing behind Dodrio, and with his screaming, he gave away his position. It also didn't help that he was putting off a yellow glow of electricity in the dark cave. Dodrio turned to look at the mouse as he charged forward, making sparks of electric surge through his paws. Pichu leaped in the air, discharging all his built up energy into the bird pokemon.
"Crraaaa!" Dodrio cried, falling to the ground as Pichu landed beside the knocked out bird. Pichu was breathing heavy. This isn't good. He used up almost all of his energy on that one attack.
"Very nice show." Conner said. "Too bad for you that you and your pokemon are still going to die. Now!" He stood from his throne. "Go Swampert."
The pokeball flew out as the mud fish appeared in front of Pichu. He stood tall, and looked down at the little mouse that sat only a few feet away from him.
"Pi!" Pichu put on a smile, remembering only a few weeks ago when they both worked together to earn a badge. "Pi! Pichu!" He smiled happily as he ran up to the fish, holding his arms out wide for a hug.
"No! Pichu! Stop!" I screamed as I saw the Swampert bare it's teeth, snarling at Pichu as water began to pour out of its mouth. "Pichu! Come back!"
"Finish this!" Conner screamed as the mud fish opened its mouth letting out a mass of water which struck Pichu hard. Pichu flew back, slamming into the cave wall as the power of the water attack crumbled the wall on impact.
"Pichu!" I screamed, running over to the wet rubble. I frantically began to pick up rocks, tossing them aside as Conner laughed loudly. "Oh look, there's something on my wall, I think its mouse guts! Bwahaha!"
"Please be alive. Please be alive." I spoke, throwing rocks away from the pile. Eventually I saw his little black tail. I tossed more rocks away and their laid Pichu, badly hurt under the rubble, but still alive. "Oh you crazy little thing." I said, hugging him close. I then opened my eyes, and grit my teeth. What am I going to do? That monster… I'm out of pokemon. I can't fight any more… I took Pichu in my arms as I stood, facing Conner. What can I do? I guess there is only thing I can do… I guess… I guess I'm going to have to give up.
"Oh come on, Mr. Pokemon Master! Where are those fighting words now?"
"Ricky…"
"Wait, let me guess." Conner said, cutting me off. "You're going to beg for your life, right?" He then laughed. "Why don't you do that, that would amuse me to death!"
"Kyle!" I heard a woman's voice. "Kyle! Listen to me!" The voice said. "I need you to step back as far as you can."
I looked around, bewildered. "Articuno?" But in the cave it was just me, Conner, and the bio-tubes.
"What was that?" Conner called out. "Speak up! I want to savor this moment! Hahah!"
I took one step back. "This isn't over." I took another step back. "Not yet."
"And what else do you have?"
"ME!" Articuno screamed through both of our heads as the ceiling above me began to crumble.
"What's going on?" Conner screamed, grabbing onto his computer station for support as the entire cave began to shake.
Dust started to fall down from the rocks overhead, then shortly after a large crack appeared. Pebbles began to fall, then the bright light from the mid morning sun shone in as the roof collapsed. As the roof began to fall I turned my back to the rubble, covering over Pichu to protect him. The ground shook violently, and then stopped. I opened my eyes when I felt a cold breeze sweep through the now brightly lit cave. Through the dust, I turned and saw Articuno. She was beautiful. The sunlight struck her feathers and was reflected from the frost that coated her body, creating a glistening shine that was almost blinding in the cave.
"Braaaa!" She called out, lowering her head down and blasting an Ice Beam attack at Swampert. The beam was fast, but not fast enough. Swampert dodged, leaping into the air, leaving a frozen block of rock under him from where the Ice Beam hit.
"Articuno…" I spoke looking at her.
"Kyle, this isn't the time." She said sternly. "We have to finish this now. He has three things left… one of which, you're not going to like."
"Yeah, I know what you're talking about." I stood up, walking beside her and sidestepping rocks. "That Mew Three is going to be a pain. But with you here…"
"Trust me." She cut me off. "The Mew Three is not going to be our biggest obstacle. In fact," She turned and smiled at me. "I already know you are going to enjoy Mew Three quite substantially."
I looked at her very strange. If Mew Three isn't the problem, then…
"So." Conner said as he recalled his Swampert. "It seems as if my little plan to bring you out worked quite well." He then began to clap. "Good show, good show, Ms. Legendary Articuno.
"No… No! This isn't good." Articuno said, shaking her head.
"What?" I asked, looking at her concerned. "What is it?"
"Confused?" Conner asked as he brought up the keyboard to the computer he was standing at. "What? You really thought that I didn't know you had telekinesis powers?" He laughed. "Oh, you and your trainer are so predictable."
"He…" Articuno spoke as she glared at Conner. "He changed his mindset, and keeps thinking of completely irrelevant things. I, I don't know what is going to happen. Our future has just changed."
"What do you mean, 'changed'?"
"Changed?" Conner laughed. "Changed? My guess would be that she was reading my mind to figure out the outcome of this battle. Too bad for you that didn't work, but for me…" He smiled. "Well, it led you right into my trap. Now, Kyle! Prepare to be beaten by your own pokemon, just like I promised!"
Conner slammed his hand on the keyboard, which in return raised a small glass dome on a stand beside him. The dome opened, and out from it Conner pulled a pokeball. "Go." He smiled as he threw the ball onto the field.
I watched Articuno's eyes open wide as she looked into the shadows of the cave that wasn't lit up from the light. She then turned back to me. "Kyle. Please. This is not going to be easy for you to grasp…"
"What?" I looked at her. "What are you talking-" I stopped speaking when I saw the shadows began to light up with a purple glow. I looked back ahead to see red eyes glaring from the shadows of the purple haze. The figure crawled forward as it emerged into the light.
"Car-GO!" My purple Magcargo roared.
"Magcargo!" I screamed, jumping over fallen rocks to go to him.
"NO!" Articuno screamed as she spread her wings. She leaped into the air, flying after me as Conner began to grin. I watched as Magcargo opened his mouth and began to build up a mass of purple flames inside of his throat. The flames shot out in the biggest Flamethrower I'd ever seen him use. It actually looked more like a Fire Blast, or even a Blast Burn.
I stood, dumbfounded, in the way of the attack when Articuno swooped in and blocked the attack with her wing. She wrapped her wings around me and Pichu, creating a shield that repelled the fire, but at a grave cost to her.
"Braaaa!" She cried out in pain as the flames singed the feathers on her back and wing. When the flames stopped, Conner began to laugh.
"Oh, poor little Kyle!" He bellowed in laughter. "I wish I had a camera to capture that face you had! It was priceless!"
"Kyle…" Articuno took a hard breath. "Stand back… Soon this will be over…"
"But…"
"Just do it!" She screamed at me as she spread her wings, pulling them back in as she began to re-grow her feathers right before my eyes using a Roost attack. I backed up, and when I did, Conner began to speak again.
"You asked me what my fathers invention had to do with you? Well, there it is." He said, pointing at Magcargo. "My father was wrong with using a beam or a collar to control pokemon. I took his plan and made it better. I have permanently brainwashed your precious shiny pokemon of all of his memories. Now he absolutely hates you."
"Is this what you did to all my pokemon?" I screamed, throwing my hand around to the bio-tubes.
"Sadly, no." He said. "For them I needed to keep their memories, to make Mew Three trainable and obey commands. But Mew Three is currently complete, with the exception of fully developing, of course. Either way, there was, and never will be any need for me to brainwash it. All of my calculations and test subjects all show the same results in multiple brain functions and memories to cross cancel each other, making Mew Three like a freshly caught Pidgey. Easy to train, and easy to fool."
"Kyle." Articuno spoke. "We have to finish this fast. If we can take down this Magcargo before he can finish brainwashing the other pokemon he has, we can still win."
"Other pokemon?" I asked. "What other pokemon?"
"There is no time!" She screamed as she glared at me. "We have to attack! Now!"
"Well what do you want me to do?" I asked, looking at her confused.
"Well…" She then looked back to Magcargo. "You are a trainer. Why don't you start by telling me what to do." I looked at her shocked as she continued. "I can't read that thing's mind, and Conner isn't giving it orders. My guess is that he can't control it. You know that Magcargo better than anyone else, so you tell me how to beat it." She then paused, and continued. "If we don't do this fast, no one will get out of this cave alive."
"I don't know what you mean by that, but okay." I took a deep breath, placing Pichu on the ground beside me. "Articuno!" I cried out. "Fly into the air!"
"Braaa!" She called out as she spread her wings and took flight. Magcargo watched her flying around above him.
"Ice Beam!" I called out, pointing at Magcargo.
The beam shot out, striking Magcargo on his black shell, but turned into water vapor instantly, doing little damage. "Mag!" Magcargo roared, letting out a blast of fire at Articuno.
"Dodge!" I screamed as she moved out of the way. The flames flew up, hitting the left over ceiling over top of Magcargo. The flames melted some of the rocks, but that was about it. "Again!" I screamed. "Ice Beam!"
Once again Articuno shot a beam of ice at Magcargo that did nothing, and once again Magcargo shot out a massive amount of flames at Articuno. But the attack was faster this time, and Articuno was barley able to dodge in time.
"Again!" I screamed as the attack persisted. The Ice Beam hit Magcargo, who let out another fire attack, this one fast and bigger than the one before. Articuno tried to dodge, but was hit by the attack in the wing.
"Braaa!" She called out in pain as she fell to the cave floor beside me. "Just so you know…" She looked at me. "That plan sucked."
"Its not over yet." I said as I pointed to the bright red hot rocks that were hanging over Magcargo. "I'm sorry, Magcargo." I said in a low voice. "Now! Articuno! Ice Beam!"
Articuno opened her mouth, letting out a beam of ice that shot to the ceiling of the slightly molten rocks that were over Magcargo. The beam hit, creating a drastic cool down of rocks and causing them to crumble and fall. The boulders fell down, smacking into Magcargo and burying him under.
"Kyle…" Articuno said as she struggled to stand. "Just so you know… that plan still sucked!"
"Oh shut up, you're still alive." I said, watching as Conner recalled my Magcargo. When he did the mound of rocks caved in from where his body was.
"Yeah but all this could have been avoided if you'd just listened to me." She rolled her eyes. "But no, who would ever listen to a talking bird, especially one that can read minds and foresee the future! Oh better not listen to her!"
"Is this really the time?" I barked at her.
"No!" Conner screamed. "Noo!" He ran over to a computer, looking at some charts and then ran back to the other side of the room.
"Ha…" Articuno chuckled. "We did it."
"Did we make it in time?" I asked.
"Well…" We both watched as Conner ran between computers, cursing and screaming. "Looks like we will find out."
"Why… WHY!" Conner screamed. He was baring his teeth, making veins in his head stand up. His eyes began to twitch as he pulled his hand to his head, pulling out a fist full of hair as he screamed. "WHYYYY! Why is it not ready? I can't lose!" He then turned to look at me with those blood red eyes. "Fine! FINE!" He screamed. "You die! You all die! You will die now!" He then slammed his hand on a button on one of the computers by his throne. "Hah- Hah- HAHA!" He laughed in an insane way. "Fifteen! Fifteen minutes. Fifteen minutes is all it will take to kill you. Fifteen minutes!"
I watched as the large bio-tube in the middle of the room began to drain. The monster, Mew Three inside of it was being brought to life.
"Articuno." I asked as I watched the creature open it's bright red glowing eyes. "What did he mean by 'fifteen minutes'?"
The creature began to move its arms, scraping its sword like appendages on the diamond tube.
"Fifteen minutes," She said. "Is how long it will live." She then paused. "We have to beat Conner before that time runs out."
"Why? Isn't that good if time runs out?"
"No…"
Mew Three began to claw away at the diamond casing, scraping and clawing as Conner laughed out. "Yes! Yes! My creation! Yes! Come forth and kill!"
The creature then stopped and opened its mouth. Outside the tube we couldn't hear anything, but we could see the diamond casing begin to vibrate and shake. It shook violently and then shattered. As it did a very high pitched noise shot through the room. I saw Conner wince and grab his ears as the sound bounced off the walls, but, it didn't hurt me. I looked over to Articuno who also looked unfazed, then back to Conner who was still grabbing his ears. I saw the bio-tube that held Pidgeot shatter as she fell to the floor. The liquid and shards of diamond littered the rubble as Pidgeot coughed up fluids from her lungs, clearing a way for oxygen to enter. Soon other bio-tubes began to break as my other pokemon fell out on the floor as well. Kabutops, Umbreon, Dragonite, Raticate, Beedrill, Primeape, Scizors, and even Typhlosion were free, but not moving. I'm guessing that the fluids paralysis are still in effect.
Tubing and electrical wiring began to fall down from the ceiling as the sparks flew all over the room. The creature then stopped screaming, and Conner stood back up. "Now! My creation! Kill them! Kill them all!"
I watched as the beast stuck one of its sword like arms out of its shattered tube, slicing through the rocky floor and pulling itself out. It fell to the floor as it struggled to stand. "CRaaa! Aaaa! BRaa!" It cackled and gurgled as it struggled to stand. Its bones began to crack under its massive weight as it put its Umbreon paws on the ground. It was thin, so thin that the bones in its body were showing. Organs were tearing through the skin as the rib bones made scales fall off its body. Its wings fluttered and twitched as feathers fell, making it struggle to fly. Its red scales caught ablaze as it began to crawl, fly, and walk over to me, all at the same time. "CRa! Cra! Craaaa!" It gurgled as it spat up bio-fluids.
"Articuno!" I screamed. "Used Ice Beam on it!"
"No." She said.
"What do you mean no?" I screamed. "That thing is going to kill us!"
"No it's not." She said calmly as she watched the monstrosity of nature began to crawl its way ever so closer.
"Are you crazy?" I asked.
"No, I'm just a bird that can tell the future." She said in a smart way. "But no, don't listen to me, its not like you ever do anyway."
"Then at least tell me why."
"I don't need to." She said with a smile as the beast came within five feet of me. "It will."
I looked at Mew Three as it tilted its Kabutops shaped head at me. It looked at me with its bright red eyes as its scales began to smolder out.
"What are you waiting for!" Conner screamed. "Mew Three! Kill him! Now!" But Mew Three didn't do anything, instead it stood, looking at me. "Now! I said now!"
"Ma… ster…." Mew Three spoke as fluid bubbled out from its mouth. "Ky…le…" It was then that I realized what Articuno was talking about. I looked back at her for confirmation, and when she nodded, I began to laugh. I laughed so hard that I almost fell over.
"Attack!" Conner screamed. "Kill him!"
"You idiot!" I screamed to Conner as Mew Three turned to face him. "You used my pokemon with their own memories to create Mew Three. That means they will still listen to me, and so will this one." I then placed my hand on Mew Three, who purred in a very garbled way.
"But that's not possible! The legendary factor in that should have canceled that out! That's how it was with every test subject! That's how it was!"
"You know, legendary pokemon will never be trained by humans." I said as I laughed. "Even when I was commanding Articuno I wasn't controlling her. They work on their own free will. Sure, you calculated the legendary factor in, but they can look deep inside your soul and see you are pure evil. Even if you had brainwashed my pokemon, Mew Three still would listen to me over you anyday."
"That is illogical!" Conner screamed. "That's not possible!" Right then a computer light came on. "Ha!" Conner laughed. "Hah! HAHAH! Now you will see the full power of a legendary pokemon!" He then slammed his hand on a button as another glass dome arose from this side.
"Kyle." Articuno said. "This is when my visions get fuzzy."
"What do you mean?" I asked as Conner grabbed up the purple masterball.
"What I mean is, I don't know what the outcome of this battle is going to be."
The pokeball flew out, and in front of us flew a dark gray Lugia with a purple haze around it's mouth. Its eyes were glowing bright red and its teeth were a vibrant silver color. "Luuuugg!" It screamed.
"Articuno?" I asked as Conner began to raise his hand to call an attack. "Can we win?"
"You tell me. Trainer."