A Platinum Adventure
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Kenshin: Gentlemen, and ladies but there aren't that many here, behold; Ten Commandments has brought to us the newest chapter of Platinum Adventure.
Journal Entry 10: The Darkness Among Space and Time
"Sneasel, Ice Punch!" Candice shouts to her Pokemon, who skates along the ice to attack the blue Pokemon.
"Riolu, Endure it!" A red light illuminates around Riolu, who takes the hit head on. It doesn't collapse though and instead slides back on the icy floor. "Reversal!"
Riolu gathers energy into his arms, and then releases it at Sneasel. The attack successfully knocks in hard into the ceiling, causing it to faint. Candice's jaw dropped in shock. 'You gotta be kidding me!'
"This match goes to me!" Lucas shouts, as the other Lucas raises his hand in triumph. Human Lucas retrieves his Pokemon to its ball, knowing how tired and weak it is from receiving those two blows. After all Counter doubles the attack received and returns it at twice the damage he took, and Endure prevents it from fainting by taking the attack with all its might.
"I guess I underestimated you a bit. Time for the second battle. Go, Piloswine!" Candice sends out her next Pokemon, a giant brown pig. It was the pre-evolved form of Mamoswine.
'It looks just like Mamoswine, so I should use that guy.' Lucas sends out a Pokeball, releasing Floatzel. A water type would do well against a ground type, and it would survive against the ice attacks it might have.
"Don't be surprised if I blow you away too quickly; Piloswine, Earthquake!" Her Pokemon lifts it front feet and stomps on the ground. The attack releases a tremor shockwave throughout the area, which forces Floatzel to its feet.
"Don't give up Geyser! Use Aqua Jet!" Floatzel fires off after Piloswine while covered in water.
"Blizzard!" Piloswine opens its mouth and fires an icy wind at the incoming water jet. The ice attack completely covers Floatzel and it ends up getting frozen solid. Lucas gasps in shock at his sudden defeat. Seriously, nobody saw that coming!
"Return, Floatzel." Lucas retrieves his frozen Pokemon, knowing it would have no way of safely breaking out. And if it did he wouldn't want to risk it getting hurt by continuing the battle in that condition.
This really leaves him with only one option; "Go Natsu!"
Lucas sends out his starter Pokemon, the Fire/Fighting type. Such a Pokemon is perfect for battling Ice types. Infernape looks at its opponent, the ice and ground pig. "I'll finish this before you can use a fire attack. Piloswine, Earthquake!"
"Vacuum Wave!" Infernape throws a quick punch at the swine, releasing a powerful shockwave. This attack makes contact with Piloswine before it could strike the ground, knocking it over to the side.
Piloswine tries to lift itself back up, but could only get so far before Infernape leaps above it. Lucas then shouts, "Flamethrower!"
Infernape releases a stream of fire at Piloswine, finishing it off and ending the battle. Natsu lands and Candice returns her Pokemon to its ball. "I'm going to go all out here. Go Abomasnow!"
Candice's next Pokemon is a giant abominable tree thing covered in snow. "Abomasnow, use Water Pulse!"
"Rock Climb!" Infernape jets towards Abomasnow as fast as it could, tackling it to the ground before it could make a fatal blow. "Flame Wheel!"
Infernape covers itself in flames, burning the ice and grass type it is already in contact with. The super super effective hit knocks Abomasnow out, resulting in another win for Lucas.
Lucas shouts out victoriously again, as Candice starts to breath in slowly. She reclaims her Pokemon. "I won't lose this time Lucas. It's your turn to shine, Froslass!"
Appearing before Infernape is the Snow Land Pokemon. It looks like a Glalie wearing a kimono. Cheryl blinks when she sees it, and mutters, "Yuki-onna?"
"This won't be as easy as the last two for Infernape." Riley says while he watches the battle.
"We won't let this get to us; Natsu, Vacuum Wave!" Upon Lucas' commands Infernape throws a punch at the female Pokemon, but the wind that would strike it passes through it. "What?"
"Froslass is a Ghost/Ice type. Your fighting moves won't work on her." Candice says to Lucas while laughing victoriously. "Psychic!"
Froslass' eyes glow light blue, and Infernape is lifted up into the air and slammed into the wall. Infernape could barely rise up from that strike. Lucas grits his teeth in anger. "Damn…Infernape can't battle against Psychic attacks."
"Too bad for you; use Psychic again!" Froslass prepares to attack Infernape once again, but this time Lucas was ready.
"Infernape, stop it with Flamethrower!" Natsu opens up its mouth and releases a stream of fire at Froslass, but before it could make contact the flames were pushed away by its Psychic attack. Infernape then rises up and heads after the ghost.
"Shadow Ball!" Froslass gathers dark energy before it, and fires it off in the form of a sphere.
"Shadow Claw!" Infernape gathers darkness around both hands as it approaches the specter. Infernape's first claw tear through the ball like it's made of paper, and the second one comes up and slams into Froslass. Stunned by this surprise assault Lucas shouts out, "Finish it off with Flamethrower!"
Natsu doesn't hesitate to follow his direction, and releases a stream of fire at Froslass. The flames consume and incinerate the frost ghost, ending the battle for Infernape's victory. Natsu leaps up and down victoriously, having finally slain the ghost before it. Lucas smiles and throws a punch in the air, shouting, "Alright, we won!"
"Congratulations, Lucas!" Cheryl cheers from where she stands, beside Riley on the other side of the field.
"He did okay. All that training pulled off." Riley mentions to himself in a low voice. He was impressed over Lucas' Pokemon as well, almost as much as the trainer's directing and training.
"Well, I guess I've lost. I must say I've warmed up to you." Candice says as she looks at Lucas, after both trainers return their Pokemon to their capsules. She then says with a light pink tint across her face, "I might even admire you a little."
"Huh?" Lucas quickly turns to her the minute she says that last line.
"Oh nothing." She says, quickly returning to normal. "You were a great trainer. A guy like you has quickly earned my respect. I think your focus and will bowled over us completely!"
"Yeah, I guess." Lucas says humbly. His mind then travels back his friend Paul, and he quickly remembers that he needs to hurry back to him. "Oh right, isn't there something you need to give me?"
"Oh right, sorry. Here's the Icicle Badge." Candice hands Lucas over the Icicle Badge from out of her sweater pocket. Lucas gratefully receives it and places it inside his case.
"Thanks for the battle. We have to go now." Lucas says as he pockets his case. He steps over onto the ice but is stopped quickly when Candice grabs hold of his shoulder. "What?"
"Do you think I would be better off as a typical Ice-Type gym leader? Should I be more cold and distant towards others?" Candice asks him, grasping his attention for that moment.
Back with Cheryl and Riley the green haired teen grows pestered and slightly enraged when she sees Lucas stopping to chat with the gym leader. It was like the time he spoke with Cynthia back at Celestic. She was about to walk over and talk to him but quickly slips on the ice. Riley face palms him after she falls.
"I think you'll have trouble with that. No one should be closed off from the world." Lucas says to Candice.
"Wow, that's a great way to look at it. Thanks Lucas." Candice says to him with a smile.
Lucas then notices Cheryl slipping on the ice. He instantly forgot about Candice and the ice he stood on and ran towards her. But he falls just as quickly as he began. Lucas rises back up and this time slides over to her, but because he was wearing running shoes and not ice skates he crashes into Cheryl, who had finally managed to stand back up.
The two collapse on the hard cold ground with Lucas accidentally pulling Cheryl on top of him. They were confused for the moment on how they got into this situation, but quickly blush realizing how close they were. But unlike the other few times this would happen, before they confessed to one another, they didn't quickly move away or discourage the comfort. That is until Riley coughed in his right fist and garnered their attention.
Lucas and Cheryl quickly rise up, just in time for Riley to say, "Now that you got the Icicle Badge you can use Rock Climb. We'll be able to reach Lake Acuity, but first the Pokemon Center."
"Yeah. We'll stop Team Galactic before they go too far, well even farther than they were before." Lucas replies with confidence. The three friends exit the gym together, leaving Candice to sigh as they left.
"Wow. He already has a girl. That's funny irony there." She says with a chuckle. She then makes a depressed sigh and sits down.
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"Here you go. Your Pokemon are in tip-top shape." Nurse Joy says as she hands Lucas his three warn out Pokemon.
"Thank you." Lucas receives his Pokeballs and places them around his waist. He then turns around to Cheryl and Riley, and says, "Alright guys, let's go save Paul!"
"Of course Lucas. Yelling it isn't necessary." She says to him, as they all leave the center for Lake Acuity.
It doesn't take them long to reach the base of the mountain-like area that houses the Lake. Lucas stands forth in front of the rocky side, Infernape already standing by his side. On her back is Cheryl, who would be the first to be taken up. "Okay, let's give it a shot. Natsu, Rock Climb!"
Infernape climbs up the rocky side, as Cheryl holds on as tight as she could. She reaches the top and hops off, leaving Infernape to climb back down and take up Riley. Finally the fire ape takes Lucas up the rocky path, and is returned to its ball. Without hesitation they make their way through the forest area blocking their path into the Lake.
Lucas and his friends make it to the Lake finally, and see Paul lying on the ground in pain. He has cuts and bruises on certain parts of his body, leaving one to believe he was assaulted. Standing above him is Team Galactic Commander Jupiter. Seeing his friend in pain Lucas shouts, "Paul! Paul, say something!"
Jupiter takes notice of the newcomers, most especially Lucas who rushes up to his fallen friend's side. "Hmm. So you finally arrive."
Lucas glares up at the purple haired woman. "You…you were the one from Eterna."
"That's right. I'm glad you remembered me…because I can never forget you, or the humiliation you gave me!!" She growls at him out of anger. "I was truly expecting you to appear so I can deal with you, but I only found this little brat. So while I had those grunts capture the Lake Pokemon I took my anger out on him. This little kid was such a loser."
"Don't call him a loser!" Lucas yells at her, gritting his teeth as he stares her in the face.
"I'll say what I want, especially to a boy who thinks he can defeat me, and become the Pokemon Champion. Even if his Pokemon were tough enough, if the trainer is as pathetic as him-"
"SHUT UP!!" Lucas yells at her once more, a bit of his aura flaring up. Jupiter could only laugh at his anger since she didn't notice his energy at all. Riley could clearly see his slowly rising aura while Cheryl was more focused on his rage.
"Fine. I'll leave him be. If you want to save the Pokemon then you'll have to come visit our headquarters at Veilstone. Bye boy!" She tosses a tiny object to the ground, and it releases a bright light, which blinds them all. When it disappears she is nowhere to be found.
"Lucas, is he okay?" Cheryl asks him as she rushes over to his side. Lucas constantly tries to awaken his friend, and only succeeds after pushing him three times. Lucas breaths out a sigh of relief when he sees his friend are okay.
"Lucas…is that you?" Paul asks him, and receives a nod as an answer. He looks to the side and sees Cheryl and Riley with him. "I'm sorry…I was here…and yet…"
"It's okay Paul. You did the best you could." Cheryl says to him, hoping to calm him down.
"No…that Pokemon…it was crying…in pain…I wanted to save it…" As Paul cries out to his friends, tears can be seen coming down his eyes.
Lucas, Cheryl and Riley each grow mad through seeing Pearl's tears, and now have a new focus to move to.
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After taking Paul to the hospital, a human one not a Pokemon center, Lucas, Cheryl and Riley head to the Pokemon center to prepare for their trip to Veilstone. Before leaving though Lucas catches a Snorunt and trains some of his Pokemon. He would need it for the chance that he would have to battle Cyrus.
After preparations were over Lucas, Cheryl and Riley fly to Veilstone onboard Tropius and Salamence. They head to the Pokemon center first to plan their entry, after Lucas exchanges Tropius for Snorunt. They are now standing before the entrance of Team Galactic's hideout, which was rather obvious to them now that they know.
"So how will we get in? We can't just waltz right in after all." Lucas asks the others.
"Well it would be best if we disguised ourselves and snuck in as common grunts." Riley says to him, thinking that would be the easiest thing to do.
"But how would we do that.." Lucas muses. Neither him nor Riley seem to notice Cheryl walking up to two grunt guards standing before the front door.
She messes up her hair, loosens up her clothes to the point where she is giving off more skin, and rubs some red lipstick on her smackers. Cheryl approaches the two guards, instantly gaining their attention. "Oh boys, can I get you to do a big favor for me?"
"YES MA'AM!!" The minute they saw Cheryl their eyes become hearts, their faces red, and steam blows out from their noses. Lucas and Riley finally notice what Cheryl's doing, and at first Lucas was falling for her appearance as well.
"This is our chance. Let's go!" Riley whispers to Lucas, as he grabs him and hides inside an alleyway.
Cheryl notices them hiding there, and figures out his part of the plan. "I want you to accompany me in that alleyway. I'll reward you greatly if you do."
And with a seductive wink and a heart at the end of her sentence, they were completely under her spell. Cheryl lures them behind the alleyway Lucas and Riley hid in, diving inside first.
"Oh boy, I knew all that hard work would finally get us laid!" The first grunt says, already loosening his pants.
"But I thought you said it would get us 'paid'." The second one replies to him.
"Who cares?! We get a hot chick like her all to our-" As they enter the alleyway, Riley leaps at them and pulls them in. Since they're hidden in such darkness there is no way you can accurately tell what's happening, but it is heavily implied that the grunts are getting the crap beaten out of them.
Riley drops both of them to the ground, both unconscious from the beating he gave them. Lucas chuckles a bit as he watches them fall. He then turns to Cheryl, who was hiding behind him, and asks her, "Where did you learn how to do that?"
"I saw this often in some anime. Apparently these guys are just as dumb as the ones I saw. I was kind of scared doing it though." Cheryl confesses, a slight blush on her face as she talked. She then looks him in the eye and plants a kiss on his cheek. "Don't worry Lucas. You're the only one I'll allow to touch me in such a way."
"W-what?" Lucas sputtered while blushing.
"Lucas, hurry up and take this guy's clothes off. We'll be wearing them." Riley says to his young friend.
Lucas nods and joins in, stripping the unconscious guy down to his boxers. With the clothes off Lucas and Riley begin to strip themselves, bringing Cheryl to blush in shock at them suddenly changing. She turns away to allow them to continue, but occasionally sneaks peeks at Lucas.
After 4 minutes of this they were fully dressed and ready to go. Lucas and Riley walk up to the building with their backpacks, which contain their clothes while Cheryl heads in the opposite direction. "Good luck you two. I'll meet you guys back up at the Pokemon Center!"
"Ooh!" Lucas shouts back. Riley only gave a thumb up. Before entering Riley holds out a can of spray and uses it on their hair. The spray turns their hair color green, so now they accurately match the other grunts.
The two 'grunts' enter the building, and see the many other Galactic members around them. It would seem they were lining up to head somewhere. Lucas asks one of them, "What's going on?"
"Don't you remember?! We're needed in the main room. Master Cyrus is giving his final speech." The female grunt answers Lucas.
"Final?" Lucas turns to Riley, who only shrugs as they join the line. The many members of Team Galactic head up the stairs or use the elevators to make it to their meeting room.
Lucas, Riley and the idiotic grunts make it to a large auditorium, facing a big podium that almost reaches the ceiling. The Galactic Commanders, Saturn, Pluto, Mars and Jupiter can be seen standing in pairs of two on both sides. Cyrus appears from a warp panel and stands at the front of the podium.
"Gentlemen, behold! Our plans shall finally come to fruition!" He shouts into the microphone in front of him, which resonates through out the auditorium. All the real grunts cheer in response.
"This world of ours is a crude one. In a world it is incomplete. It has been, and always will be, a struggle to survive in this world. We humans, and the Pokemon we live amongst, are hollow as well. Because of this, we fight, maim, destroy…such actions are truly ugly!" He continues, gaining more cheers from his speech as he looks down amongst them. He quickly picks out Lucas and Riley, which wasn't easy I can tell you that. It was like trying to find Waldo or Pandaman.
"To know that we are incomplete, disgusts me to no end. The world must change, it should. And who shall do so but I, leader of the many wondrous members such as you all?! Thanks to all of you we were able to uncover and expose the secrets of the Legendary Pokemon. We have captured them as well, and with them we have the energy to change the world!! The power of dreams is within my grasps Team Galactic!" He continues, almost coming to the end of his speech.
"Master Cyrus is so cool!" Mars mutters to herself with a blush on her face.
"Understand it, my fellow members! My long-held dream world is on the verge of becoming a reality. All those headed to Mt. and those who shall remain here, though our missions may differ, our hearts shall stay connected. Let there be glory for Team Galactic!" He finally finishes his speech, and his grunts below cheer his name. Lucas gives out a cold stare while glaring at him.
With this the grunts were dismissed and filed out to go on their missions. Lucas and Riley manage to separate from the group and change into their normal clothes. They even find a bathroom to change in and wash their hair back. Afterwards they slowly exit the bathroom, and begin to search for a way up where Cyrus gave his speech.
"Hey!" Someone shouts. Lucas and Riley look down the corner and see two members of Team Galactic. But the thing is these guys were the same ones they beat up earlier. "It's them! Those are the guys that stole our uniforms!!"
"They beat the shit out of us too!" The second one whimpers.
Riley wastes no time in creaming them, by creating an Aura Sphere and tossing it at them. It effectively knocks them out. They then head down the corner to escape the coming grunts that were probably called out.
As they run an unseen person pulls Lucas into a room. Riley notices this and follows them. Lucas then sees the person is Looker, the detective from before. "Looker? How long were you here?"
"I was here in time to listen to Cyrus' big speech. Who knew a 27 year old like him could rise to power in such short time?" Looker says as he looks around, making sure no one else was around. He notices Lucas' new friend and asks him, "Who's this guy, and where's that cute girl you were with before?"
"It was too dangerous for Cheryl to come. The three of us would stick out too much. This here is Riley." Lucas says as he introduces his friend to the cop.
"Nice to meet you. Do you know how to get to Cyrus' main office?" Riley asks him.
"There's a warp panel over there. It should take you to a second panel. That will take you to a room, which should lead to Cyrus. Here's the key card for the door." Looker says to the blue trainer. He then hands him the Galactic key card.
"Thanks!" Lucas says. Him and Riley dash over to the panel, and use it to teleport to a second one. Using that panel they reach the top floor. Lucas could tell it was so because the ceiling has a galaxy ceiling, just like the one in the Eterna building.
"Lucas, get ready." Riley says to him. He then slides the card in the door slot, and opens it up. Both of them enter inside, and see a desk with a big, black leather, wheel chair.
The chair turns around to show the seat part of it, revealing Cyrus sitting in it. "Nice of you to come, boy."
"So you're Cyrus. You're just as I was told." Riley says to the Galactic leader. Lucas just glares at him out of rage.
"And you're the Aura Guardian who is now helping him. But now I wonder, where is that lovely young lady you're always with?" Cyrus shifts his eyes onto Lucas, and smirks deviously as he successfully makes Lucas even madder. "I also guess you two were here in time to listen to my big speech."
"…Question; how much of that speech was a lie?" Lucas asks the blue haired adult.
'His speech was a lie then?' Riley muses over in his mind.
Cyrus chuckles a bit, and then answers him by saying, "All a load of crap. The only part of it that was the truth was me creating a brand new world."
"That's the only thing you spoke the truth of? Then what are you really planning?" Riley asks him now.
"No one else can exist in my world, or else it won't be perfect. It won't exist for Team Galactic at all. You've seen them anyway, the minions you've battled before. You yourself must know how uniformly useless and incomplete they are." Cyrus explains to them, causing Lucas to grit his teeth.
"Even if they were useless, their loyalty to you wasn't fake. You shouldn't just- Riley places a hand onto Lucas' right shoulder, stopping him from continuing any further. "Riley."
"Give it up Lucas. No reasoning will get through to him. We have a task to do." He says to the younger trainer, who sighs and calms down a little.
"I know why you're both here; you want to save Uxie, Mesprit and Azelf right? That's okay. I have no need for them anymore. I've already taken what I want from them. I won't even need those Master Balls." Cyrus looks to the side of his desk, and three Master Balls and seen sitting on the table.
"Master Balls? Aren't those the strongest Pokeballs around, that can catch a Pokemon without fail?" Lucas asks Riley, who nods in agreement.
"Still just tools used to make friends with Pokemon, something I don't need. I also do not desire to make them my tools, like Mars and Jupiter and the other fools here. I make them apart of my own power, and that is the only true way to use them. Such useless emotions, I don't need them." Cyrus then rises up from his desk, and walks over to a warp panel.
"Hey wait! Where do you think you're going?" Lucas yells at the Galactic Leader. He turns around and glares at him with a smile. "I don't give a shit about your world of loneliness! But I won't allow you to hurt so many living beings with real emotions and get away with it!"
"Even if you made this new world of yours, our world would still exist along side it. Wouldn't this be a problem in your plan?" Riley asks the evil leader.
"Your world won't exist when I'm done with it…" He says as he walks onto the panel. He then begins to disappear and move onto the connecting panel. Before he goes he says, "If I were you though I wouldn't be focusing on me. After all who knows what Saturn and Pluto will do to those three Pokemon."
And with that he's gone. Lucas was just about to head after him, but is stopped by Riley. "We can go after him later. The most important thing now is saving the Lake Guardians."
"Right." Lucas eventually gives up and follows him down the third warp panel, which wasn't the one they used to come in or the one Cyrus just used.
They appear before a dark laboratory, lit by an eerie green light. Lucas and Riley could see three giant cases, which contained Uxie, Mesprit and Azelf. At a computer table stand Pluto and Saturn. Lucas and Riley approach them, gaining their attention as well.
Saturn says to them, "You two came all this way to save a couple of Pokemon? Though I'm not surprise, I can't really understand our boss. Why let a couple of intruders do what they wish?"
"Nyeh heheheheh. Maybe he knows you stand no chance against him." Pluto laughs, causing Saturn to glare at the old man.
"Look just let them go. You don't need them anymore!" Lucas says to them.
"We of Team Galactic take all that we need, and destroy what we can't. But you did take the time to come, so I guess I can reward you." Saturn presses a round blue button on the computer desk, and it releases the gears around the three Pokemon. Free, they now disappear and leave them, probably to stop Cyrus. Saturn then takes out a Pokeball and throws it, releasing Golbat. "Consider this payback for back at the lake! Golbat, Air Cutter!"
Golbat flaps it swings hard, releasing a powerful blast of wind. It blows Lucas and Riley back. Riley slams into one of the containers, and a contrapment cuts into his right arm. "Riley!"
"Give them another!" Saturn commands his bat Pokemon.
"Snorunt, Ice Shard!" Lucas releases his first Pokemon, the ice type Snorunt. It lets loose frozen shards of ice and shoots them at Golbat first. This cancels out its Air Cutter. "Ice Beam!"
"Confuse Ray!" Golbat releases a bright light from its eyes at Snorunt, which blinds it and almost distorts the Ice Beam. The beam is able to strike its left wing, freezing it and causing Golbat to fall. Snorunt shakes off its confusion and faces the fallen Pokemon.
"There's no escape now. Once a bird loses its ability to fly it's nothing but dinner. Ice Beam!" Snorunt fires a beam of ice at Golbat, completely freezing it this time. Saturn returns his Pokemon to it ball and glares at Lucas.
"This next one won't lose so easily. Bronzor." Saturn sends out his steel type.
"Snorunt, return to me." Lucas reclaims his ice type, and then sends out Gabite. "Gabriel, use Dragon Claw!"
Gabite lunges at Bronzor, striking it with its right claw. But with its steel hard skin it barely makes a dent. Saturn laughs at him. "Too bad! Your attacks won't be able to defeat Bronzor in a single shot! Shadow Ball!"
"Dragon Rage!" Gabite counters the darkness with dragonic energy. Both attacks collide and create a powerful explosion. Lucas rushes over to Riley and pushes him out of the way, since the explosion blows away a great deal of the surrounding equipment. "You okay?"
"Yeah, I'll manage. Finish your fight!" He says to the young trainer. Lucas nods and turns to the battle, and sees both Pokemon have suffered no damage.
"Another Shadow Ball will blast all of you to pieces!" Saturn shouts as his Pokemon prepares another blast.
"Use Earthquake." On Lucas' orders Gabite stomps on the ground and the area around them begins to shake up. From above a piece of equipment crashes onto the Bronzor, effectively knocking it out.
"That attack worked! I didn't think it would…" Lucas says to himself as Saturn returns his Pokemon.
"I didn't think I'd have to use this so soon. Toxicroak, X-Scissor!" Saturn sets out his final Pokemon, which leaps quickly at Gabite and strikes it. Gabite falls down to one knee still beat from that last battle. Lucas reclaims his weakened Pokemon and then takes out another one.
"Go, Lucas!" Lucas sends out Riolu, the little Pokemon that did well against a Gym Leader's Sneasel. "Use Zen Headbutt."
Lucas gathers psychic energy around its head and charges at Toxicroak. The head butt successfully knocks it back enough for Lucas to make a counter attack. "Hit it with Poison Jab!"
"Counter!" Riolu releases a red aura around it as it receives the blow. The attack gets reflected and Toxicroak is knocked back into the wall. It the falls to the ground fainted. Saturn grumbles as he returns his Pokemon.
"Gah! What makes you so tough?! Whatever. You may leave. You're too late anyway; Cyrus crafted a Red Chain from the three crystals he took from the Lake Guardians. He also made a duplicate through the same materials and will use it to shackle something from Mt. Coronet's Spear Pillar." Saturn says to them as he plops onto his buttocks.
Riley wraps a spare towel around his injured arm as he listens to the blue commander. "So that's what he's doing."
"What?" Lucas asks Riley, not understanding what he was implying.
"Even I'm not sure of what he's planning, but I do know that even you stand no chance against him." Saturn says to Lucas.
The two ignore him and exit the lab, their sights now set for Mt. Coronet. As they exit the building Pluto chuckles mischievously. "You're all pathetic. Even Saturn failed to crush a little boy."
"Shut up old man. You act as if Cyrus will fail." Saturn says to him, and notices his unwavering look. He then gasps saying, "Wait, what do you know?"
"Even if that boy and his friends were unable to defeat Cyrus, there's still that thing." Pluto then heads to a warp panel and slowly disappears within it. On a cell phone he says, "Prepare my jet for Iron Mountain."
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"Lucas, Riley!" Cheryl calls out, running up to Lucas and giving him a hug. "Lucas, I saw the Lake Pokemon exit the building. You guys did it!"
"Not really; there's still one last thing we have to do." Riley says as Cheryl looks up at him.
"Huh? But didn't you two defeat Team Galactic and free the Pokemon? Shouldn't they be unable to go through with their plans?" Cheryl asks them, feeling completely left out.
"Well, Cyrus made two red chains from the crystals on the Lake Pokemon. I still don't know what he's up to." Lucas answers her.
"What does he need with that?" – Cheryl
"Lucas, go heal your Pokemon, and swap out Snorunt with Staraptor. We need to get to the Spear Pillar as fast as possible." Riley says to Lucas.
"Uh, sure." Lucas releases Cheryl and dashes onward to the Pokemon center. It would take him a while to heal his tired Pokemon.
"Let's go." Riley says to Cheryl, who nods and follows him.
At the center Lucas finally gets Gabite, Riolu and Snorunt healed. He then sends out Snorunt and Riolu. "Alright, I guess you guys are ready for this final battle right?"
Both his Pokemon nod and shout in agreement, and then glow brightly. Lucas stares in shock at the silhouettes of his two Pokemon, realizing finally that they were evolving. Snorunt stops first and becomes the Face Pokemon Glalie. Riolu finishes evolving second and becomes the Aura Pokemon Lucario.
"Wow. I'll be doing great with you two, but sorry Glalie you have to go in the pc." Glalie frowns at this news and is soon returned to his ball. He sends Glalie to Professor Rowan and withdraws Zephyris. "Let's go meet with the others, Lucario."
Lucario nods and joins Lucas as he heads outside. They come before Cheryl and Riley standing outside while waiting for him. Cheryl is the first to notice Lucas' evolved form, and comments, "Wow, Lucas already evolved. It's sooner than I expected."
"Riolu can only evolve during the day and only when it's close to lots of love and affection. I guess being around you two is candy to it." Riley says as he watches Lucario being fawned over by Cheryl.
"I guess that would make sense." Lucas says as he retrieves his Aura Pokemon.
"Lucas, you ready for what could be our last fight? Cheryl, you as well?" Riley asks both of them.
The couple nods in agreement to his question and prepare for their final assault. It would be dark within a couple of hours. Lucas sends out Staraptor while Riley releases Salamence. Lucas boards his Pokemon while Cheryl and Riley get on the dragon. Together they fly off to the closest entrance to Mt. Coronet, which is in Hearthome City. It would also be the only way to reach the top.
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Lucas and company makes it to Hearthome City, not wasting any time in heading towards the mountain entrance. It took a few minutes to go past the route for them to reach the entrance and go inside. The only way to the top level is through a Rock Climbing path, which wouldn't be so hard thanks to Infernape.
Afterwards they continue up the pathway, until they reach some broken debris before what appears to be their next path. Cheryl then says, "So we have to go through there huh?"
"I knew you would come." A voice says to them from behind a boulder. Out from it walks Looker.
"Looker, what are you doing here?" Lucas asks him.
"See that rubble? That use to be a painting, but Team Galactic destroyed it." He explains, pointing to the cave pathway. "I'm not strong enough to stop them, that horrible plan of theirs."
"So you know what Cyrus is going to do?" Lucas asks him, hoping to get information out of him. He was still slightly confused as to how exactly will that guy be able to make a new world.
"You don't have to worry! We were planning to stop them in the first place." Cheryl says, making a fist with her left hand.
"Thank you. You'll have to look out; they're expecting your arrival," warns Looker, who walks the way they came from to leave.
"So he held no chance against them in the first place?" Cheryl asks her two male friends.
"Let's go." Riley says to his friends in a serious tone, like always. The blue trainer and the other two head into the hole, and move onward up the mountain path.
They soon reach outside the mountain, though still on the path. The entire path and the surrounding area seem to be covered in snow, which instantly catches onto them. Lucas mutters, "He could have warned us it would be snowing!"
"We should hurry before we catch frostbite." Riley says, moving along the snowy path while Cheryl steals Lucas' hat.
"Hey, give that back! You've got plenty of hair to keep you warm!" Lucas argues, trying in vain to grab his cap back.
"It's not like my hair is covering my head! I need this more scarf boy!" Cheryl says back in response.
"It's called preparation, something you don't seem to do due to your weird style." – Lucas
"I thought you liked my hair!" – Cheryl
"That's not the point-"" – Lucas
"Oi! Are you listening to me!?" Riley shouts at them, losing his temper and his character for that moment.
Both of them stop what they're doing, and for that moment ignore the cold. Lucas follows after Riley first, while Cheryl comes up after him. She was holding onto him closely for warmth. Riley seems to be affected, but is ignoring it as the mature and eldest of the trio. It takes them a while to reach the inside of the mountain again.
As they head up the steps, they come before a large group of Team Galactic grunts. Each one eyes the trio maliciously. The first one says, "So you've finally arrived."
"Our boss is about to put the finishing touches onto his plan." The second one, a female, says to them.
"We won't let you interfere!" A third one says. They all take out a Pokeball and release a Pokemon, mostly Golbat, Stunky and Croagunk.
"Good thing we prepared for this." Lucas says as he takes out a ball. Riley places a hand on his shoulder, stopping him from releasing the Pokemon inside.
"Lucas, you and Cheryl head up and take care of Cyrus. I'll deal with these small fry." Riley says to his friends, holding out four Pokeballs in his hands.
"Riley…" Lucas looks back at his friend.
"Lucario, Mamoswine, Gyaradous, Metagross, let's go!" Riley sends out his Pokemon, who appear before him to battle the army of Pokemon ahead of them.
With Lucario's Aura Sphere and Gyaradous' Hydro Pump they were able to clear a path for Lucas and Cheryl. The young couple takes Riley's word and push forward, hoping Riley would be okay. The two protagonists look back and notice Riley's fights have already begun, and hopes the guy will be okay.
"He'll be fine. After all didn't he beat you?" Cheryl reminds him, knowing that Riley could defeat Lucas in a battle after being told so later.
"Yeah…" Lucas finally accepts Riley's and moves on with Cheryl.
Farther into the path Lucas and Cheryl press onward, having no more trouble in reaching the top. Finally they come to the very peak of the mountain, Spear Pillar. It looks like the standing area around them was man-made, unlike the rest of the mountain path. There are also marble towers close by.
At the far end of the area they could see Cyrus holding up twin chains colored blood red. He turns around and grins while facing Lucas and Cheryl. "So you've arrived. But you're too late. With these chains I shall finally complete my goal!"
"Like hell we're going to let you!" Cheryl yells at him, as she and Lucas charge after him.
"Like hell we're going to let you!!" Mars and Jupiter shout as they stop before them.
"It's them again." Lucas complains, mad that he has to waste more time against these two.
"The woman who tried to kill Lucas…" Cheryl mutters to herself, her rage from last time returning to her.
"I won't let you get in Master Cyrus' way, but I doubt you're going to listen to me. I was hoping to crush you anyway, since you've made me look like a fool more times than I can remember!" Mars shouts in an angry voice as she takes out a Pokeball.
"And I'll be next. No matter how strong you and your Pokemon are you won't be able to stop us and Master Cyrus at the same time!!" Jupiter states as well. She also holds out a Pokeball.
"Damn…even if we double teamed them our Pokemon would be too worn out for Cyrus." Lucas says to himself as he thinks over the situation.
"Not so fast!" Another voice shouts out. The four of them turn to the only exit and see Pearl, I mean Paul, walking out. He glares at Jupiter and holds out a Pokeball to her. "I'll take you on."
"Paul! How did you get here?" Lucas asks his friend, remembering that he was injured the last time they met.
"I went to Team Galactic's HQ to help you but when I got there you were already leaving for here. So I went to get something to eat and chased after you guys up Coronet." Paul explains as fast and coherently as he could.
"Did you see Riley on the way up? The blue guy?" Lucas asks him, wanting to know what happened to his other friend.
"Oh yeah, I ran into the guy over top of a pile of defeated grunts and Pokemon. He wanted me to tell you 'the rest is up to you, until I wake up'." He states to the two. Lucas breathes a sigh of relief knowing Riley's okay, and Cheryl chuckles when he heard he fell asleep. Paul walks up to them and faces Jupiter. "Your opponent shall be me."
"Ah, if it isn't the little crybaby from Lake Acuity. Did you toughen up a bit?" She says to Paul, causing the hyperactive trainer to grow even angrier.
"I'll fight too! Lucas, you take out Cyrus and stop him from completing his plans, whatever they are!" Cheryl says as she takes out a ball and points it at Mars.
"Oh, protecting your little boy-toy from me?" taunts Mars. Cheryl glares at her with all her anger.
"Cheryl, Paul…" Lucas then walks forward, going past Mars and Jupiter apparently, and heads for Cyrus. "Thanks guys. Your wishes have been received!"
"Don't be so cocky boy!" – Mars
"Once we pounce these losers you're next." – Jupiter
"I choose you, Noctowl!" Cheryl sends out her owl Pokemon.
"Get her, Munchlax!" Paul uses a new Pokemon unseen by Cheryl and Lucas, the pre-evolved form of Snorlax.
"Bronzor, let's fight for our master!" Mars and Jupiter shout as they send out their Pokemon.
With Lucas he comes before Cyrus, who is giving out more words like before. "…. Everything is ready for the creation of a new world: my world. Now, all shall end, and then begin again. With the Red Chain made from the crystals of the Lake Pokemon, and this replica duplicated from technological means, I shall pry open the portal to the next world!"
The entire mountain seems to be shaking from Cyrus' words. His plan seems to be working. Lucas rushes over to him quickly. "Descend forth, Dialga, the master of Time, and Palkia, the master of Space and dimensions!"
The rumbling worsens even more than before, knocking Lucas off his balance and causing him to fall on his knees. Lucas looks up at where Cyrus is, who is just two feet away, and his eyes widen in shock when he realizes what he's seeing. Two translucent spheres of black and white stars appear before them. They both spread out, wind blowing back hard against everyone. This catches all of their attention.
"So it begins." Mars says as she watches her master and the protagonist.
"Our duty has been fulfilled; now to clean up the trash!" Jupiter states as she turns back to her opponent.
"What the hell is going on now?" Paul asks no one in particular.
"Lucas…" – Cheryl
The spheres transform each into pillars of light. Each one differs in color; the left one was pink while the other was light blue. The blue one disappears first, revealing a blue sauropod-like dinosaur. It stands of four legs, has a long tail swinging from behind and a chestplate in the middle with a diamond in it. This is the Steel and Dragon type Temporal Pokemon Dialga.
The second pillar disappears and reveals another being. It resembles a pink therapod-like dinosaur. It has a long neck and a powerful tail of the same gay color. It possesses twin wings on its back and plates on its shoulders, which contain two pearls. This is the Water and Dragon type Spatial Pokemon Palkia.
Cyrus laughs maniacally as his red chains glow brightly, and the already red eyes of the ancient Pokemon change to a dark black red. Lucas gets up and turns to his friends, but when he tries to move towards them he is pushed back. "What…what's going on!?"
"Palkia has the power to warp and control space. Right now you and me are within a separate dimension and are unable to communicate with them." Cyrus explains to him, showing to him the large bubble they're inside of.
"What? So this was your plan? To create a new world in another dimension?" Lucas asks him.
"Dialga has the power to warp and control time. It can also erase and make new time." Cyrus says to him as his answer.
"Erase?" – Lucas
"Shaping this world is a double spiral of space and time, the very things these two godly creates control. By utilizing the powers of the Lake Pokemon I can take control of them, and create my complete and perfect world, ruling over it as a god!!" Cyrus then goes off making a maniacal laugh.
"So you got what you want…but I'm still here. I can stop you!" Lucas shouts as he runs up to him.
Cyrus dodges his punch and kicks him back into his spot. "This incomplete world of yours can disappear. That's right, everything must go back to zero. Nothing can remain, not spirit, not emotions, not anything."
"Shut up! Why do millions of innocent people, Pokemon, and the people I care about have to die for your stupid world?!" Lucas roars at him, a bit of his aura flaring up.
As he yells, three separate orbs of light fly up to the top of the Spear Pillar. Each one surrounds Palkia and Dialga, releasing a bright light to try and contain them. Cyrus only laughs at the action. Palkia breaks free first as its right arm and pearl glows bright pink. Palkia then makes a slash motion at one of the lights, shooting a large wave of pink energy.
The orb is blown back, revealing it to be Mesprit. Cyrus laughs and then says, "So that's the power of Subspace Tear, Palkia's signature move. Let's try Dialga's move, Roar of Time!"
Dialga opens its mouth wide. The diamond on its chest glows and the fins on its back extend. Energy collects around its mouth in the form of a ball, and fires off at the other two in the form of a beam. The two lights fall to the ground next to Mesprit, revealing they to be Uxie and Azelf.
"The Lake Guardians were trying to subdue the two Pokemon, just like Cynthia's grandmother told me." Lucas says as he looks at them.
"They've come to protect this world? Pathetic! It takes all three of them together to stop only one of them. They won't be able to subdue both." Cyrus gloats victoriously. "Their appearance is pointless. Such meaningless drama."
"All they want to do, is protect the world from being destroyed by some guy's selfish ambitions, and you dare belittle them?!" Lucas growls as he glares at the Team Galactic's leader.
"Don't bother." Cyrus throws a punch at Lucas' face, and successfully connects with his left cheek. Lucas crashes on the spatial wall separating them from the rest of the world. The impact causes him to cough up blood. "You Lucas, you've interfered with my plans too many times. But I shall forgive you, and you know why? Because no spirit shall remain after I'm done."
"I won't let you…hurt my loved ones!" Lucas shouts as he wipes blood from his mouth. "Why do you want to become a god anyway!? Why kill people who are only trying to protect what they believe in!?"
"I shall forgive you boy. For now, you shall witness everything around you die and disappear. And I've chosen my first sacrifice." Cyrus says, as he points to Cheryl. Palkia forms an Aura Sphere and shoots it at her.
"Cheryl!!" Lucas screams to her, hoping he could get her attention.
Cheryl notices the sphere coming at her, so she reclaims Spiritomb and runs away from it. The attack crashes and breaks into the ground like a meteor, knocking her onto the ground. The attack also knocks away Mars, Jupiter and Paul. Cheryl looks back up at the sky, seeing the godlike Pokemon towering over her. "L-Lucas!"
"CYRUS!! STOP!! LEAVE HER OUT OF THIS!!!" Lucas yells at him, grabbing hold of his collar with both hands.
"It's too late. Now you'll suffer the same loneliness and pain that I had to, right before you die!" He says to him with a grin, smacking him to the side. Lucas wipes his mouth clear of blood, as a blue glow lights up in his eyes. He was just about ready to fight him again. "It's useless. Your strength isn't enough to stop me. You'll be forced to do nothing but watch as everything you love is ripped away from you."
Just as he finishes everyone around them stops in their tracks, feeling an immense pressure on them. There is already one coming from Palkia and Dialga each, but this separate force is adding onto it. Even Cyrus fears it. "What is this pressure I'm feeling…something is…enraged?"
"What's going on?" Lucas says as he looks around. He then notices the black puddle forming behind Cyrus. He becomes paralyzed with fear; this is exactly like his dream last night. "No…it can't be…"
"What…" Cyrus turns around and finally notices the darkness rising. Red eyes can be seen within it, along with what seems like a mouth. The shadow rises up, its presence bending the pillars around it. "Interesting…a Pokemon that only appears as a shadow?"
"Regardless, it is too late. With the power of time and space I am invincible!" Cyrus says as he motions both hands after the shadow. Both Palkia and Dialga enter the bubble to combat the Pokemon.
The shadow's own shadow shoots out and attacks Dialga's, knocking it into a large pillar and breaking it. Another portion of its shadow collides with Palkia and sends it into a second pillar with the same results. "Impossible!!"
"What is that Pokemon?" Cheryl asks herself as she watches this go on.
The shadow extends black wings with red tips out from behind it. This releases a sort of black ink-like liquid, which splashes onto the ground. The wings them turn into claw-like tentacles, as it looks down at both Cyrus and Lucas. A scared Cyrus could only mutter, "I, Cyrus, won't have anymore interfere-!!"
The shadow Pokemon lunges its left claw at him, grabbing hold of Cyrus indefinitely. With Cyrus incapacitated Lucas heads for the other end of the bubble, hoping to escape. But it also grabs him, and holds him up alongside Cyrus.
Cheryl pales in fear when she sees this, and shouts out, "LUCAS!!"
"What kind of Pokemon is that?!" Paul shouts when he rises up from the rubble he was stuck under.
"Master Cyrus!" Mars calls out, noticing the black Pokemon gripping him.
"What is…that shadowy Pokemon?!" – Jupiter
"I can't believe this is happening already." Another extra voice says, this time a woman. The four trainers turn to the entrance to see Pokemon League Champion Cynthia walking out from the mountain, with Riley draped over her shoulder. "I never thought I would have to deal with this Pokemon…Giratina."
Kenshin: And there you have it; chapter 10. Only three left until the epiloque. So I guess, enjoy the wait.
Yusei: Ah, whatever. I'm taking a nap. Still tired after having to catch that Darkrai.