And here we go! It's time for Ultra Space lads and lassies. Can Lillie and Collin bring back Nebby? Can they save Lusamine and Guzma? Find out today in this chapter! Enjoy!
Chapter 26-Ultra Conflict
Greeting the couple when they exited the Trial was a long set of stairs, leading up to their goal. The Altar of the Sunne. Just before they began to walk up, Lillie remembered something important.
"OH! Collin do yo realize what you done?!" she said, looking excited. Collin looked at her with confusion all across his face.
"Um...can't say I do." he said.
"You've just beaten all seven Trials of Alola AND defeated all Kahunas! You're now an Island Champion!" she said, bouncing up and down while grabbing a hold of his hands. "I'm so happy for you!"
"Thank you Lillie, I honestly forgot." He let her hands down and she stopped. "But there are more important things that need to be done now, so we can't waste any more time."
"Right." she said, looking serous. "It's now or never. Let's go!" The two slowly walked up the stairs, which began to tire Lillie out a lot. "Oh...my...Arceus..."
"You okay?" he asked.
"Yeah...I just didn't think..." she panted. "...that there would be this...many stairs..."
"Heh, try climbing up a mountain peak, then we'll talk about how hard it is to climb something." he said with a hint of snark. Lillie stuck her tongue out in protest as they continued to trek up the stairs. By the time they reached the top, Lillie practically collapsed on the ground in a huff.
"Remind me to not skip leg day when I go on my own journey." she said, getting up from the ground to look at her surroundings. In front of them was a large tower like structure that bared a symbol that looked like the sun. On each side stood two more towers, one with the same symbol on the large tower, the other having a symbol that looked like the moon. "So...this is where we need to play the flutes...where we summon the legendary Pokemon...I'm getting goosebumps thinking about it."
"Yeah, it feels like there is some weird energy coming from around here." said Collin, looking around the area. "Now...what do we do exactly." He looked around carefully to see if there was any way to find out what to do. However, it was Lillie that spotted something.
"Collin! Look at this!" she called. Collin walked to the middle of the Altar, and saw her looking at a stone tablet. The tablet detailed two figures standing opposite sides of each other, holding what looked like flutes. Above them was what looked like music notes. It clicked for Collin.
"Damn...can you read music?" he asked Lillie.
"Yeah. Can you?"
"Barely. I haven't done much in lessons." he said, reading over the notes. "The last time I had to use a flute I just had to hold it in the air and it played itself." he said, looking over the notes once more. "But it looks simple, so it should be no problem.
"Okay. So what do we do?" she asked.
"Well I assume each one of us takes a flute and stands over where the corresponding flute should be and play the song at the same time." he explained. "Sounds simple enough. You ready?"
"Yeah. Nebby, Collin...I'm gonna make my mother wake up and see reason. I'm gonna make her hear me...I'm going to tell her how I feel! Even if I'm not a Trainer, I can still do so much!" she called out to the world.
"I couldn't agree more." said Collin, giving her a quick peck on the forehead. "I'll take the Sun Flute, you take the Moon Flute." he said, taking out the flutes from his back and handing the Moon Flute to Lillie. "Okay, let's get into position."
"Right!" And with that, Collin and Lillie walked to their respective towers with their flutes in hand. With one final preparation, the two nodded at each other showing they were ready to play. With one final internal countdown, the two began to play their flutes in harmony. The music from the flutes sounded magical, almost like it was made by a full blown orchestra. When the music was finished, there was a low rumble that increased in strength. Suddenly, light began to form under from the panels they were both standing on and they followed along the path along the large tower until it completely covered it, making it glow. The symbol began to part ways and from the inside came a powerful multicoloured beam of light that shined down onto the middle platform. Amazed by the sight, Lillie didn't noticed that her bag began to shake until it flew off her.
"NEBBY!" cried Collin as he saw the bag float towards the beam of light. The bag opened up to reveal the small Pokemon, floating in midair until a blinding light covered it's whole body. When the light faded, a loud roar could be heard when a massive Pokemon towering over Collin and Lillie appeared from the beam of light. The Pokemon landed onto the ground and let out another mighty roar, before sitting down and purring slightly while looking at Lillie and Collin. It took a few moments for it to dawn on the experienced Trainer to realize what just happened. "No way...it can't be..."
"NEBBY!" cried Lillie as she ran to hug the white lion looking Pokemon. "...sorry, Solgaleo..." she said before trying to back out of her hug. It wasn't until Nebby gave her a light lick across her hair, showing that it was alright. She looked at the Legendary Pokemon, with tears in her eyes. "Oh Nebby, you had us so worried!" she said and hugged the Pokemon again. Collin walked up to Nebby, his eyes wide and mouth agape.
"I've traveled through many regions and faced countless of Legendary Pokemon...but this...this is something else." he said, walking up to Nebby and began to pet him. "Who knew you were carrying a Legendary Pokemon all this time!"
"In all my research, I never come across anything like this myself." They continued to pet the Pokemon before Lillie backed away for a bit. "Nebby, please. We need to save my mother and Guzma. You are the only one who can help us. Please." she begged.
"LA-LONNNNA!" roared Nebby and he lowered himself, allowing Collin and Lillie to get on his back.
"You got this Nebby!" said Collin, rubbing his back.
"You can do it! Let's save mother!" cried Lillie.
"LA-LONNNA!" roared Nebby and he shot a white beam from his mouth, opening an Ultra Wormhole. With one massive sprint, the Legendary Pokemon, Collin and Lillie, traveled through the Ultra Wormhole as it closed behind them.
With a flash of light Collin, Lillie and Nebby entered a new world. The whole place was devoid of light, aside from the little glow of Ultra Beasts floating in the air. Lillie looked around and was amazed.
"It's...much more beautiful than I imaged. But the air is so thick! I feel like I can't breath!" she said as she took a deep breath. "You can feel it too right?"
"Yeah, it's as if we are underwater...which makes sense considering what the Ultra Beasts here look like." said Collin as they looked at the Ultra Beasts floating above them, which seemed to not pay attention to the couple. "You okay?" he asked Lillie.
"Yeah...it's just...overwhelming. Like I don't know if I should be scared, or amazed." she said, continuing to look around. "...are the Ultra Beasts even Pokemon?" she asked randomly.
"I guess. When I fought one in Aether, it used moves that Pokemon would use themselves." said Collin. "I guess they are just the common Pokemon from this world."
"Yeah. Let's go and find mother and Guzma." said Lillie as she began to walk.
"La-Lonna!" roared Nebby. He was letting off a white glow the lit up the pathway that Collin and Lillie were to follow.
"You need to stay here?" asked Lillie, which Nebby responded with a nod. "Okay, thank you Nebby for helping us." she said, petting his head. "I'm grateful for what you have done."
"WE are grateful." said Collin, holding Lillie to his side. "Come on, let's get going. We don't want to be here longer than we should." With that, the couple walked down the path. The more they walked, the more Ultra Beasts they saw. They seemed to float above them aimlessly, as if they had no direction. "I just noticed something." he said, stopping for a second.
"What is it?" asked Lillie.
"We are in a trench. See?" he said pointing tot he sky. Sure enough, the was a massive crack that shot across the sky, showing bight stars. "Who knows what kind of world we are in if this is just one part of it."
"Oh Gosh I don't even want to think about it!" she said, rubbing her head. Little did they know, there was someone above them, watching.
"I'm the Team Skull boss, and I've never been scared of nothing or nobody. Hell, I live my life making people scared of ME! So listen to what big bad Guzma has to say...YA'LL ARE FUCKING STUPID!" said Guzma, jumping off what looked like a tree and walked over to the couple.
"Well you're stupid for even coming here in the first place...so pot calling the kettle black?" said Collin, looking at his "father". "You okay?"
"I could be better." he said. "How the hell did you even get here?"
"We got Nebby to open an Ultra Wormhole." said Lillie, pointing at the white lion behind them. Guzma turned around and his eyes nearly fell out of his sockets.
"Well damn! That must have been a lot better than what I went through" he said, looking away.
"What do you mean by that?" asked Collin. Guzma let out a long sigh and looked at the two teens.
"It was so dark. I couldn't see anything in front of me except those stupid Ultra Beasts...I tried to catch one." he said looking off into the distance. His eyes seemed to dilate as he remembered the experience he had. A few seconds later, he shook his head. "But it possessed me! My body, my mind... They started running wild, and I couldn't do anything about it! It was like I was somebody else and I finally felt what fear is like! AND IT'S FUCKING TERRIFYING!" he screamed.
"Are you sure you're okay Guzma?" asked Collin, genuinely concerned for him.
"I'll be fine. I just need to rest. But that lady...she's too far gone. All she cares about is her Ultra Beasts." he said looking down the path. "There is no talking to her, no reasoning with her...she's just gone..." Lillie stamped her foot down, getting the attention of the two males
"That doesn't change anything. I still have to go!" she shouted and she ran down the path.
"LILLIE!" cried Collin, chasing after her. Guzma decided to walk down the path to see what would happen. By the time they caught up with Lillie, she was standing in the middle of a wide room the that was crowded by the Ultra Beasts. Suddenly, a few of them formed a tower and slowly, one by one, they disappeared. When the last one disappeared, in it's place was Lusamine, smiling like crazy.
"Look at it... The world of my Ultra Beasts... A world where the only thing that exists is the love between Nihilego and myself. So beautiful... So delicious... This is the real paradise!" she said, looking all gleefully at the surrounding Ultra Beasts, now known as Nihilego. She then turned to Lillie and Collin and her face turned from bliss to pure rage. "AND YET YOU TWO ARE HERE! WHY DO YOU CONTINUE TO PESTER ME?!" she shouted at the top of her voice.
"Because you're a crazy bitch that needs to wake up." said Collin in a deadpan voice.
"Leave! Leave my beautiful world and my beautiful Beasts alone. I do not need you, I do not need that old ugly world! How can you possibly convince me to go back to that world?!" she asked, standing up.
"How could you say such at thing!? Do you not care about Guzma? You dragged him from our world just for his help! How do you think he feels about all of this?!" said Lillie. Off in the distance, Guzma smirked, knowing that someone actually cared for him.
"Why should I? Why should I care about things that aren't deemed worthy of my love?!" Lillie and Collin were stunned by the word the woman was saying. "I don't care if you were my child, I don't care if you were loyal to me, I don't even care if you were the rarest Pokemon in the world! If you aren't beautiful, you aren't worthy of my love!" Lillie looked down to the ground, looking like she was about to cry.
"You always do that...you always thought about yourself over everyone else...all those years on Aether...you've been like this..." she mumbled. Collin walked up to her and wrapped his arms around her.
"It's okay, let it out if you want." he whispered in her ear. No tears came as Lusamine who started laughing.
"That's right! All I need to exist in my world are the things that I want to have with me! Everything else is just a bother to me!" Collin was about to let loose on Lusamine, when suddenly, Lillie got out of Collin's embrace and ran up to her mother.
"I AM THE ONE WHO IS SICK OF YOU MOTHER!" she shouted. It was so loud it echoed through the whole trench. "Children are not just THINGS that belong to their parents! Pokemon aren't just THINGS that a Trainer can do whatever they want with! I AM alive! Collin IS alive! Nebby IS alive! We are not made to be just discarded by you! YOU ARE A TERRIBLE FUCKING MOTHER!" she screamed, her face completely red. If it wasn't the current situation, Collin would have cheered Lillie and hugged her for dear life, but it wasn't the time or place. However, Lusamine didn't look phased at all. In fact, she just shrugged it off.
"Terrible? Me? How am I any different to a Pokemon Trainer, like your "boyfriend" over there." she said pointing at Collin. "Tell me, what do you do when you can't use a Pokemon? You put them in the PC box. Am I right?" she said with a wide grin across her face. Collin however, chuckled.
"Oh you couldn't be far from the truth." he said, walking up beside Lillie. "If there is one thing I've learned throughout all my years as a Trainer, it's that no Pokemon, big or small, tough or weak, old or young, is useless. Everyone of my Pokemon has been there for me when times get tough. Like Lillie said, Pokemon aren't things to be carried around like a new item of clothing. They are living, breathing creatures, unlike you who I don't even think you're human anymore." he said with what sounded like a snarl in his voice.
"ENOUGH WITH THIS USELESS TALK!" shouted Lusamine, standing even taller now. "Lillie, you once listened to me, no questions asked. You were even adorable to me. But now, you've been tainted by this awful Trainer who thinks he knows what's good for you! You hatefully little Trainer! HOW DARE YOU INTRUDE UPON THIS WORLD THAT WAS MEANT FOR NIHILEGO AND ME?!" she shouted, taking out a weird looking Poke Ball. "NOW, WITH NIHILEGO'S POWER, I WILL SHOW HOW WRONG YOU TWO WHERE TO COME HERE!" She threw the Poke Ball into the air and out came a Nihilego. But instead of attacking Collin and Lillie, it floated down to Lusamine, who had her arms in the air. They came together and there was a flash of light
"LILLIE GET BACK!" shouted Collin as he and Lillie backed away from the blinding light that consumed her mother.
When the light faded, there was no sign of Lusamine or Nihilego, until a purple creature floated down from the sky. It was massive, with long pointed tentacles with stingers on each tip. But what shocked the two of them the most, was what was inside of the creature.
"M-Mother?!" cried Lillie as she got a closer look. Inside the creature was none other than Lusamine herself, this time with glowing yellow eyes and dark purple hair.
"AUAAH!" she cried "SEE?! I AM THE PERSONIFICATION OF BEAUTY!" She floated in midair with her hands stretched out, showing her in full form. Collin didn't seem phased though.
"I think you mixed up Beauty and Beast you crazy bitch." he said, ready to attack.
"I'm gonna fix that little mouth of yours Lillie! But first, you can watch your boyfriend pay for what he has done to you!" Within seconds, her long arm stretched out towards Collin at lightning speed.
"COLLIN!" cried Lillie, scared of the outcome that was about to happen. Collin braced himself for impact when suddenly, all of his Pokemon came out of their balls and used their bodies to block the arm.
"WHAT!?" cried Lusamine. "HOW DARE YOU UGLY POKEMON PROTECT AN UGLY TRAINER LIKE HIM!"
"Heh, now's our chance. Everyone! Attack Lusamine!" commanded Collin. "Empoleon, Metal Claw! Decidueye, Leaf Blade! Mimikyu, Shadow Claw! Salazzle, Flamethrower! Crabrawler, Close Combat!" All of his Pokemon attacked Lusamine at once, causing her to fall back from the attacks. However, she didn't go down. She began to swat away at Collin's Pokemon, sending them back by his side. "Make sure she doesn't hit Lillie." he said to the team. They all nodded and went back on the offense. "Dodge every attack she throws at you!" he called back.
"Koo hoo!"
"Hiss!"
"Brawler!"
"Kyu!"
"Poleon!" cried his Pokemon as they began to attack. Mimikyu jumped onto one of Lusamine's tentacles and began to claw at it, only to be flung into a wall after not paying attention.
"Mimikyu!" cried Collin, returning the Pokemon to his ball. "Everyone! Be careful!" cried Collin. Everyone continued their attack on Lusamine. She attempted to punch Collin, however failed when Crabrawler used her own fist to direct it into a wall, getting it stuck.
"Brawl!" cried the Pokemon, and tried to aim directly for her face, however she managed to get her fist out just in time and slammed the Pokemon to the ground.
"Damn it!" Collin returned his Pokemon to her ball. With only three Pokemon left and each taking a beating, Collin feared he was in a loosing battle. But he couldn't give up, he had to trust the new strength that all his Pokemon had. "Decidueye! Spirit Shackle!" he shouted. The owl Pokemon shot an arrow directly into Lusamine's body, preventing an escape.
"YOU UGLY POKEMON!" she shouted and used her powers to throw massive rocks at Collin's Pokemon. While they managed to dodge most of the attacks, Decidueye was caught by a big one, sending it flying back and knocking it out.
"NO! Return!" called Collin. With only two Pokemon left, he felt it would be more easy for him to control the fight. "Salazzle, Flamethrower again!" Salazzle prepared use her Flamethrower, just as Lusamine picked up both her and slammed her into the ground knocking her out. "SALAZZLE!" shouted Collin returning his Pokemon back into her ball. With one Pokemon left, Collin only had one thing to do. "Empoleon, you ready?"
"Empoleon!" cried the Pokemon.
"Okay! UNLEASH Z-MOVE!" He twisted the Waterium Z-Crystal on his Z-Ring and preformed the dance, powering up Empoleon. "USE HYDRO VORTEX!" he shouted. The battlefield was covered by a wall of water when Empoleon slammed right into Lusamine and created a whirlpool around her. When the water was gone, she looked like she was knocked out. "YES! Well done everyone! And well done Empoleon!" Just as he was about to return his Pokemon, it was slammed to the wall by a tentacle. "WHAT THE FU-" was all Collin could say before being grabbed by Lusamine.
"Did you really think you could beat me that easily?!" she said, getting right up into Collin's face.
"COLLIN NO!" cried Lillie, tears in her eyes.
"I'm going to enjoy ripping you apart like the ugly worm you are. And then, I'll show Lillie the errors of trusting you." she said, as her grip tightened around Collin and started to choke him. "Any last words to fall from your ugly mouth?"
"...fuck you you hentai loving, ugly, cunt fucking bitch!" he spat out just as Lusamine tightened her grip even more as Collin's face began to turn blue.
"Say goodbye to your loved one Lillie!" shouted Lusamine as Collin began to struggle for air. Lillie couldn't take it any longer.
"H-HELP US! PLEASE! NEBBY HELP US!" cried Lillie. A massive thud could be heard as Solgaleo came to Lillie's aid, causing Lusamine to be distracted by it.
"LA-LONNNNA!" roared the Pokemon as massive shock waves shot from it's mouth and hit Lusamine directly. She began to toss and turn in the air as the attacks kept coming and she let go of Collin, causing him to fall to the ground and cough.
"Aaauuuggghhhhhhhhh!" she screamed as a white light appeared over her body. Collin rushed over to Lillie after returning Empoleon to his ball and shielded her from the light. When the light faded, the Ultra Beast was nowhere to be seen and Lusamine was falling slowly to the ground. Lillie jumped out of Collin's arms and rushed towards her mother.
"MOTHER!" she cried just as she fell to the floor. Lillie carried her into her arms slowly and looked at her mother's face. It looked peaceful as she slowly opened her eyes. "Mother?"
"Lillie?" said Lusamine in a low, tired voice. Just has Lillie was about to speak, Lusamine put a finger up to her mouth to shush her. "Heh...when did you get so...beautiful..." she whispered before closing her eyes again, falling to sleep. Collin walked over to the adult and felt her pulse.
"She'll be fine, she's just knocked out." he said, reassuring Lillie.
"Oh thank goodness." she said, breathing a sigh of relief. Just then, the surrounding Nihilego began to cry out at the same time, just as Guzma came to the small group.
"Woah! What the hell just happened? And just when it was about to get interesting!" he said. They looked around and saw the swarming Nihilego beginning to group up, looking like they were ready to attack.
"There are so many of them!" cried Lillie.
"Too many!" said Collin, grabbing Lillie and Lusamine and putting them on Nebby. "Hop on Guzma, we are getting the fuck out of here!" Guzma wasted no time and hopped onto the Legendary Pokemon. "Let's go Nebby! Back to Alola!" he said.
"LA-LONNNNA!" roared Nebby and began to run back to where Collin and Lille came from, while being chased by the Nihilego's. They were gaining on the group just as Nebby opened up an Ultra Wormhole and jumping in, closing it behind them just as the Ultra Beasts were about to enter it. The group was now on it's way back to Alola, back home.
Woo boy that was one hell of a chapter! I hope you enjoyed it! Reviews and comments of any nature are welcomed and as always, I'll see you in the next chapter. Cheerio!