CHAPTER FIFTEEN
One Year Later
I stood on World's Edge Island looking out over a barren wasteland. At least this island was still standing. Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Orre, Fiore, Orange Islands, Sevii Islands, Pokémon Island, Mystery Dungeon, Birth Island, Triangle Island, Navel Island, Navel Rock, Southern Island, Faraway Island, and countless other regions had all been destroyed. Only World's Edge Island, Team Rocket HQ, Team Rocket Labs, and the Battle Frontier remained untouched. Even Sinnoh's Underground had collapsed. All of Team Rocket's projects were completed except for catching Latias.
I continued to stand there, looking for any signs of life. We knew Latias and the girl were still alive because we had made a machine to control Latios' Sight Sharing. Instead of Latias seeing what Latios saw, we now saw what Latias saw. However, because of the fact that it sucked Latios dry of power every time we used it and the fact that almost everything was a wasteland, it was hard to pinpoint their location. But last time we got lucky. We happened to see them passing the Battle Frontier, heading towards World's Edge Island. I had immediately flown there, hoping to catch them. Just then, I saw a flash of red out of the corner of my eye. I looked over and saw Latias and the girl running up the slope that was the only way onto the island. I stood my ground and waited for them to see me. They didn't see me until they were about 32 feet away.
The girl stopped dead and yelled at me. "Who are you?"
"I see you don't recognize me," I said smirking. "Well it has been a year, so it's really not that surprising."
"What do you want?" She asked, shaking slightly.
"Latias." I replied simply.
The girl's eyes widened in shock. "You!" She gasped.
"Me," I said smirking.
She threw six Pokéballs into the air. Out popped a Luxray, Lapras, Weavile, Charizard, Venusaur, and a shiny Altaria. Latias moved up as well, showing it was going to fight.
"Have it your way," I said, a huge grin spreading across my face.
I threw all of my Pokéballs into the air. Out came a shiny Sceptile, XD001, Ash's Pikachu fused with the Red Orb, Swampert, Typhlosion, and Magquaza. The girl's eyes widened in fear.
I laughed. "Bring it on, little girl!"
A massive battle followed. In about 20 minutes her Charizard, Venusaur, and shiny Altaria were knocked out, but at the death of my XD001, shiny Sceptile, and Typhlosion. It was now Ash's Pikachu fused with the Red Orb, Swampert, and Magquaza versus Luxray, Lapras, Weavile, and Latias.
"No way," I muttered. "She killed three of my Pokémon. This is madness!"
This is from Brittney's point of view
I stared at Neos who seemed to be talking to himself. I realized that he must have been driven mad by what had happened to him. I had hacked into Team Rocket's database to find out about him. He had lost his whole family, his friends, his house, and now half of his Pokémon. I was about to stop the battle when he yelled in anger.
"Pikachu! Use Megavolt!"
The possessed Pikachu nodded and started to draw energy into itself. My eyes widened in fear.
"Weavile, stop that Pikachu!" I yelled.
Weavile sent out a ferocious Ice Beam at electric mouse.
"Magquaza!" Neos yelled.
Magquaza flew in front of the Ice Beam, intercepting it. It twisted in pain then stopped moving altogether as the ice around it solidified, trapping it. The block of ice that was the dragon's prison crashed to the ground and both the ice block and dragon shattered. Neos roared in fury right as Pikachu released its Megavolt. What exploded out of the Pikachu made what I had expected a tiny spark. It was like the fury of the gods had been put in the mouse, doubled while inside it, the released in the form of pure energy. Luxray, Lapras, and Weavile were all knocked out instantaneously. The Pikachu was able to stand for about five more seconds before it collapsed and died. Swampert seemed unaffected and was glaring at Latias. Then its eyes widened in shock and it looked down. I gasped in surprise.
It seemed the Megavolt hadn't just done damage. As I looked around plants were growing everywhere. As far as I could see, greenery was popping up everywhere and growing really fast. Swampert, who had been right next to the Pikachu when the attack was released, was being crushed by the mass of plants. It roared once before its lungs were crushed and it suffocated. Neos stood where he was, stunned into stillness. I was about to call back Latias when he looked up. His sunglasses were missing and instead of being neon green, his eyes were blood red. I felt a massive amount of energy flowing from him and I knew something bad was about to happen.
"L-Latias," I stuttered. "Use Recover before it's too late!"
Latias barely managed to finish healing herself before Neos' chest split open and out came a massive bird made of pure energy.
"Behold!" cried Neos. "The legendary spirit of Cerise Island that only appears with the break of day! Do you know how long it took me to get to fuse with it? One and a half years! But now, I'll make you disappear!"
I stood in shock. Neos had a gaping hole in his chest but it wasn't bleeding. The bird let out a piercing screech and dove at me. Latias a shadow ball at it, knocking it aside. At the same time Neos screamed and flew sideways. I gasped. When he meant he fused with the bird, he meant he fused with the bird. Everything I did to the bird, I did to him.
"Latias," I whispered, wondering if it worked the other way. "Try hitting Neos with an attack."
Latias nodded and started to fly in circles. The bird dove at her and she dodged, shooting a Mist Ball at Neos. The bird was too far away to counter the attack, so it watched in horror as Neos was hit by the Mist Ball. Neos and the bird both flew backwards and skidded along the ground for several feet.
"Alright!" I cheered. "Latias, attack either of them!"
Latias nodded vigorously but stopped as an insane laughing started. Neos got up, clutching a round disk. It had eight badges in it. Neos seemed to be glowing as he walked forward.
"No one," he said, a glint in his eye. "No one has every pushed me this far! But now face the power of my badge energy amplifier!"
My eyes widened in shock and fear as his spirit bird grew bigger, then dive bombed Latias. Latias barely flew out of the way. It seemed that Latias was losing her strength. Both our Pokémon stood as a testament to their power. Only one could win.
"Now die!" screamed Neos. "Use Final Judgment and combine it with Penance Blast!"
"Latias use Giga Impact and combine it with Steel Wing!" I cried.
Latias glowed purple and shot forward like a wild beast breaking out of its cage. The bird glowed orange and lunged forth like a demon consumed with anger. They were 50 feet away from each other when they both broke the sound barrier. Two loud booms left me startled and disoriented. I regained my composure just as they smashed into one another. There was a flash of light and another boom. When I could see again, my jaw dropped. They were both still pushing against each other with all their might. Then Latias shot forward and ripped through the bird's chest. The bird and Neos both cried out in pain and fell.
The bird dissolved into nothing as it died, but Neos seemed like he had taken no damage. It was only when I got close to him did I see why he hadn't gotten up. The edges of the hole in his chest were bleeding, the result of being fused with the bird and Latias' attack. I grabbed his arm and Latias' wing.
"Teleport to the hospital."
Latias nodded and in a flash of light we were gone.
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
This is from Neos' point of view
I woke up strapped to a bed. My chest had bandages all over it. So did my hands, legs, neck, and head. I heard noises and froze, listening intently. I soon found out it was coming from outside my room and watched as three people walked in front of the glass walls of my room. It was the girl, Nurse Joy, and Officer Jenny.
"The hole in his chest was easy to heal," said Nurse Joy. "It practically healed on its own."
My eyes closed. I was so tired.
"Well, thanks again Brittney." said Officer Jenny. "We've been looking for him for a while. He'll be put to death tomorrow. You can come and watch if you want."
My eyes snapped back open. I was being put to death! This was bad.
Brittney nodded. "I think I will."
I shut my eyes and fell into a tortured sleep. When I woke up I was strapped to a chair. A man was filling up a needle with some sort of yellow liquid. I looked up and saw Brittney, Officer Jenny, Nurse Joy, and Latias all staring down at me. I scowled at them and looked around at the room I was in. It was a tiny, cold, metallic room with those viewing windows that those fools were staring at me through. The man turned around and put the needle next to my arm. As it inched closer I shut my eyes and was flooded by memories. I opened them as the needle went into my skin. I watched as its contents were pushed into my bloodstream. I started to feel woozy. I shut my eyes and fell down, down, down. Then the darkness consumed me and I knew no more.