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Chapter 7 : A MEGA Expedition!
Ash's POV
5:28 AM
I can't wait for this day to come...
Can't...
Wait...
I slowly opened my eyes and soon I could get a clear view, but it is still night time, the whole vicinity is still dark and the light of the moon is giving off a light radiant light, I could feel cold, chilling winds flowing towards this place, it is really common for every nights, and my eyes looked around and saw the lights from the lab are open.
Which out of curiosity, I looked around and every of my Pokémon is still asleep, and the second feeling is that I wanted to go in the lab.
Looking at my gorgeous sleeping wife who is softly snoring and the egg wrapped around her front hooves, slowly I stood up, and transform to my human form, which I managed but my hand accidentally bumped against her mid-section.
She snorted in disturbance, and I almost made it worse, disturbing Arceus is not something I should never rather do, even to the fact that I've never done it but a simple inappropriate action can make on or lest to a dangerous state, if unless I have a good reason with it and wishing for at the least temper issues.
Her head rose in instinct and her head rotated to me, and her face in an annoyed state (like always if faced the right way) turned to a sad one. "Ash, what is it?"
"Oh no... nothing... I'm sorry for waking you up dear... You can go back to sleep." I said and gently patted her mid-section, and she nodded and nuzzled my head and went back to sleep.
Okay, that's the easy point over...
Slowly I walked to the lab, which I held both of my shoulders from the cold winds that aroused in the area. And I arrived and saw Gary who's grabbing some papers and his camera and stored it inside his bag. I knocked to the glass and Gary perked up and noticed me and walked to me sliding the glass door open.
"Hey Ash, morning..." He greeted as he scratched his head.
"Morning Gary..." I yawned and stretched. "It's really cold outside..."
"I know, the temperature is 25 degrees, unusually the expected weather report is at 32 degrees, but I think that's because of one of your Legendaries changed the weather phenomena." He said. "I may it is Articuno, because Articuno is the winter bird of the weather trio, and it is interacting the current climate."
Make sense.
"Yeah, that may be the reason, and it's still early for you to wake up." I said.
"Things and research, Ash. Research. We are going back to the place where we found the location, and pretty much it is Professors' enthusiasm, this is going to be a massive thing when this information gets out, but really risky if people are trying to do something stupid to hurt the people." He pointed out.
"Okay, I know. It's like we kept all the information for ourselves." I complained. I would never even understand that Professors can be this serious, and that shows Gary on his job as a Professor, well maybe technically all Professors. Obviously all Professors are getting attention from their rare research on certain things and/or Pokémon.
I looked around the room and I saw Professor Sycamore who's drinking with the mug while he is folding some black clothes, and I conclude that is the diving suit we need to use.
I walked around the corridor and saw Casey who's carrying two stacked-trays in each hand and it looks like he's losing balance on each. Quickly I rushed to him and managed to hold one of the pairs of trays. "Whew... careful." I said.
Casey sighed. "Thanks Ash, it was hard for me to carry it, well that all four of you are in a rush." He said as we walked to the room and sat down the trays.
Soon me, Gary, Prof. Sycamore and Casey is here, but where's Prof. Oak?
I looked at the wall clock and see the time is only 5:30.
"Come on gramps, where are you? You should be here anytime now." Gary complained.
"Where's Prof. Oak, Gary?" I asked.
He raised his head and looked at me. "Well, he left a little early, 4:45 to be exact, he went on Route 10 near the beach for us to rent a boat so we could take a trip north of the boarder of Kanto, on the same location, he should be back here about 45 minutes ago, looks like he's late." He explained.
"Well, he is pretty old for a Professor, just take his time, he can't be driving in his sleep like that..." I said, rather to think of it, it would be funny.
Prof. Sycamore stood up and went to me. "Well, that ol' timer has the energy himself if I say. Come on, there's still one more thing we need to carry, can you help me Ash?" He asked me.
"Sure..." I replied.
We began walking through door, the sun had risen up giving off a soft shining light, as we arrived at the backyard which I got a sight of my Pokémon sleeping peacefully, and seeing most of them are sleeping in pairs and quite together. I and Prof. Sycamore walked to a side wooden door and looking down the basement and we saw 4 dual cylinder diving tanks, the proof is that it is covered by a plastic cover which means that it is unused.
"Can you help me carry this Ash?" He asked as he dove in and grabbed one of the tanks.
"Of course." I replied while I followed down the basement, when I dropped down, there was a loud-
*CRASH*
Arceus' POV/Intermission
Once my consciousness still in sleep, I could ever think for me and Ash to be more intimate, when he's taking me the purest of love while I moan and move in rhythm, feeling the waving bliss through my body while he is saying words that made my heart thump loudly and tears in my eyes bail out.
It was all sooo good... and...
*CRASH*
I jolted up in alarm from the sudden loud, very loud noise, I looked around and saw the other Pokémon snapped awake, their heads looking around from the source of the noise, and I looked down and saw the egg warmly safe between my hooves.
"Are you okay Prof. Sycamore?" A voice said. Looking at its source and moving my vision on the laboratory as I could see a small door on the ground open and the voice sounded my love.
I stood up and went to the others which they had a curious look on their faces, and soon another loud *CRASH* we've heard.
"Whew, that was a close one!" My love said and then more noises are heard then another *CRASH*, "OWW!" Another voice yelled in pain.
"What's with the yelling voice in the morning?!" I complained.
"Well..." Mesprit levitated near me and yawned. "It is something had to do with something anyways, and by the sounds of it, someone's hurt..." She rubbed her eyes awake.
"Careful... I know they're heavy and excited about the discovery, can you just calm down?" My mate's voice ringed again.
Then soon something is coming out and appeared a tall man, in a lab coat, carrying two refined cylinder tanks, referring it's Prof. Sycamore with a huge red bulb on his head and next came is Ash which also carrying two cylinder tanks. Ash closed the basement doors and followed and soon noticed us awake.
"Ohhh, sorry if you got startle from the sudden noise, Prof. Sycamore got in a little pickle..." He explained, quite humorously as they walked in the lab.
We continued to look at them when they entered the lab and simply looking at the sky which the sun started to rise up. Soon we all got up and stretched a bit and to warm-up on this day, possibly I can see what's going on a while ago but what is the particular reason?
I stood myself up and began walking while also using Psychic to carry the egg and continued until I arrived at the glass door which I tapped on it, and soon Ash came into view and he opened it.
"Hello love..." He says as I used my powers to shrink myself in size of him and I nuzzled him lovingly. He smiled and nuzzled me back and went in.
We walked near the corridor and arriving at a room which we entered and in view was Professor Sycamore. Gary and Casey, they noticed us, but looking at me specifically.
"Good morning Arceus." They greeted.
"Good morning to you too..." I greeted back, as that done they went back to do their things, Professor Sycamore and Gary were placing thing on their bags and Casey and Ash were also packing up the things and some small gadgets. Now I wonder what they're up to.
I lowered my head to Ash's. "Ash, what are you up to?"
He smiled and reached up to caress my face. "It's something big Arceus, we're going somewhere pretty early too..."
Now that I think about it, definitely obviously *cough* related to their jobs or studies, but the way I see their packing in a black bag, it is something pretty big.
Soon they began to walk down the hallway to the entrance of the lab. I followed and they began to pack up their things in the vehicle, seeing the vehicle parked in front and rumbling. Then Ash approached me, "Arceus, stay here."
"Why? Where are you going?" I asked.
"Remember the thing I said to you last night..." He reminded.
My mind processed for a few second before I heard of what he completely said at that time. "Yes, but what are you going to do?"
He smirked. "We don't know, unless we're about to find out soon..." He rubbed my cheek as I nuzzled his hand more.
I've been thinking about joining him. Like I truly wonder how every adventure does and literally everywhere he goes, how does he experience it? Like believe me, I've been constantly seeing him from time to time in his adventure after we, and terribly met in the worst fate encounter, when I was so deeply enraged and without a thought that I've attacked him. So badly that he almost risked his life and to mention his friends at that time too. Thinking way back at the time from the accident that I was caught up with the made-up betrayal. When he, Pikachu and his companions came to my aid and restore me from the past to change the fate of the world for it.
Beholding it makes me thought of his heroism, I've heard his adventure through hearing massive conversation with my children. Every single step he goes on full of determination, sometimes being dense along it and using his own smarts against his ways. Definitely he has everything that an ordinary trainer would have. Though for me at first, he was just a diminutive person, simply as that that he's like the other humans I would see. But now realizing it, I could feel now ashamed of how I judge, mistreated and seemingly hurt.
Hurt...
Hurt the love of my life, such without even comprehension over such a simple want to grasp attention. Such one simple feeling dreaded to the tip of myself, with nothing to replace, but with him I saw and came to me, that bottled-up negative feeling simply stopped and soon it is being replaced with something even more positive one.
I couldn't stop thinking, this time now and forward, how much I am going to spend my time with Ash now. I love him dearly, beyond comprehensively to be precise. He risked his life, not for the Pokémon he met & loved and also for protecting the people he loved dearly; helping them more than his selfless self, putting himself to help them first and foremost without even wanting in return, oh how I love who he is.
For me, it would be the greatest fate that I met him. Everything about him, for his clumsiness to his bravest self in time. Whether he goes, he will just unimaginatively go on without a doubt. His now discovered love with me and his other beloved in his heart has made him realize that his even happier than ever now. With me and him, and our beloved child still growing of our egg.
Now, I swear to myself that I'll follow him whether he goes, no matter what the situation we'll encounter along the way.
Before I could even say that I want to join, he began. "Arceus, stay here with the others. Maybe we will be gone for awhile for now." He says and rubs my metallic cheek and then goes to join with the others.
What he says is something that I am afraid, even though that he is still conscious with his human self, he wouldn't have trouble using his own powers accord to the predicament they'll encounter, would it?
Nonetheless, I still must follow him and the others, secretly and stealthy as I can.
I began to levitate back to the yard to meet up with others. Soon after that, I began to search of who can guard the egg. My eyes flew to the figures of Mesprit, Virizion and Meganium; approaching them as I revert to my original size.
Their eyes latched onto me as I am approaching them. With Mesprit first to speak. "Hello, mother."
"Good morning Lady Arceus." Greeted together by the two Grass-type Pokémon.
"Good morning, now there's no such thing to greet me formally. We're after all Ash's Pokémon am I right, call me by my name next time." I inquired.
"Acknowledged, Arceus." Meganium concede.
I crouched down and let my Psychic powers encompass the egg and I motioned it in between the three Pokémon. "Can I trust you to safeguard my egg? I need to follow Ash with the Professors." I requested.
The Pokémon smiled and responded altogether. "Of course..."
I smiled and nodded in response and placed the egg in front of them. Then I turned back and right on time I heard rumbling sound in front of the lab. In instinct I levitated upwards high to get myself to see the vehicle they're using is on the move. Concentrating my powers to conceal myself, the power surge throughout my body and soon myself is completely invisible. Looking the vehicle in-motion I began to follow, having at least distance in between and managed to move at the same speed as the vehicle is going.
Seemingly hours of travelling, even in the early mornings, as the sun rose up the sky as the humans and Pokémon began to wake up in my sight. Feeling the cold, yet-lukewarm winds hits my body as I move, and it smelled fresh too in fact. Soon the vehicle is heading for the beach far up ahead of my vision.
Wondering why there? Maybe they have planned something big? Perhaps something related to their work, but why Ash is joining them for a fact? Is he really interested with their work as Professors? Defining that Ash said that they discovered something amazing, that what's pique my curiosity.
Soon I travelled faster and descended down near the sands. I hid near forest trees, still keeping myself concealed as my own green-natural camouflage waiting for them to arrive. With the view of the beach itself, there seems to be a small store-of-a building. There are some stuffs there related to beach-activities and boats roped-docked near the small wooden pier.
Before I could think of more thoughts, the vehicle arrived as it drove across the sand and halted near the building. Soon all four men got out and seeing Professor Oak went to the store while the others unpacked their things from the back of the vehicle. I saw Ash got a hold of a duffle bag and a cylinder tank, same with Gary and with Professor Sycamore with the other cylinder tanks. I slowly walked to them still sticking in the trees to avoid attention, even when I'm invisible, I am not entirely visible, since the light can deflect a small radiative energy that would slightly disturb the flow which would see a least the outline of my body, if they're eyes are sharp.
I made it near the position of the beach store and soon Professor Oak walked out together with a decent middle-aged man wearing simple blue shorts and a red beach shirt (seemingly a type of Hawaiian).
Then they begun speaking,
"So, is it good to go?" Professor Oak asked.
"Yup, the rest of the gear and equipment is loaded on the black one." The man said, as he dug his hand onto the pocket of his shirt and pulled out a keychain with a key. "Here's the key to the boat." The man handed the keychain to Professor Oak.
He accepted the keychain and nodded and went to the others. "A'right, follow me."
They began walking to the pier and the man went back in the store, as they reached the end, they rode on the black one. The boat itself is looking sturdy and it was floating rubbery type and with a motor engine behind, the boat itself is made for high-speed travelling (it's a Dinghy). I've noticed that they began removing their clothes, from the Professors to Ash.
Looking at them removing each apparel to their seemingly undergarments, hey don't think of me that way peeking at them. Soon they began to wear some type of black bodysuit, zipping themselves up as their heads is the only part is exposed. Then Professor Oak started the boat itself, seeing Gary detach the rope docking the boat and pulled it onto the boat, then they were off to the ocean.
I flew up and continued to follow them, and then I descended close to the water trailing the mixed-up salt water made by the motor of the boat, following it and keeping distance from them at the same time. They've passed the light house near the cliffs and continued until they stopped precisely in front an elevated cliff. They began slinging the bags onto their bodies, following the cylinder tanks and wearing equipments putting as a conclusion they're going to dive down.
Ash's POV/Intermission
We've arrived to our precise destination, the water is still raised, and meaning high tide is still in place. As Professor Oak docked the boat near the entrance, we've began to sling the duffle bags around our body, following the cylinder tanks harness on our shoulders and wearing our diving goggles and the web flippers on our feet.
Professor Oak began. "Here take this communicator; it is water-proof so we can talk ourselves under water." He handed us each of the communicator and we've equipped it in our ears and the protruding mic reached close to our mouth.
Then together we've turned the valve behind the tank as the mouthpiece began to wiggle as air coming out of the tank. I grabbed the mouthpiece and there's a sling around it and let it securely lock and the whole thing covered my mouth as the air is going in my mask itself, I've noticed the Professors placed the mic on the hole of the mouthpiece, curiously I did insert the mic on the hole.
'Hey, is it loud and clear?' Gary asked.
'Yeah, no problem.' I answered, looked to the Professors which they raised their thumbs in response.
Securing everything on me and we began to sit down at the edge of the boat. 'Ready?' Professor Sycamore asked.
'Yup.' Me, Gary and Professor Oak answered.
Professor Sycamore raised his hands and shown three fingers rose, then he counted down physically to one and we've leaned back and let ourselves fall down the water. We've submerged in the water at least to compose myself to the weight I'm carrying; the Professors seemed to compose themselves when Gary spoke.
'Everything good?' He said through our communicator.
'Yes, the communicator will be better far off our communication tool for now underwater. Let's go.' Professor Oak said as he began swimming to the cave, soon followed by Professor Sycamore.
Then Gary shot me a look and I nodded, getting the point. My legs began to move in a kicking motion as the web flippers supported me to move forward following them in the cave. The cave entrance is quite big in fact for a distant view from the cliffs, which made it more entirely interesting.
What would I mostly thought about a cave like this would be inhabited by some large underwater Pokémon, putting the situation that the interior would be a den of some large and powerful Pokémon, believably if that ever happens, I'm here to protect the Professors, I am a Pokémon after all, and a God of that, simply it is the best choice would hugely benefit me against defending.
We swam deeper and deeper, interestingly there is no Pokémon residing in the cave, suspicious as it gets. As the pressure is making us resurface but still we held out. The light slowly depletes our vision as the cave gets darker in seconds, as a small ray of light radiating a downward path.
Then a bright light has shown to the path, seeing from the source of Professor Oak's portable spotlight. He pointed at the interior which is pointing on some moss covered cave walls; seemingly the path below is what we'll take. The path leads even deeper and deeper interior.
'The path itself is goes down deeper...' Professor Oak voice was heard to our communicator.
'Looks like we need to proceed downwards then.' Gary replied as he took the lead swimming down.
Then we continued to move deeper as the rocky ground is presented with many pointed rocks. Weirdly I felt a type of power signature right behind me, I turned around and looked behind away from the entrance far away, seemingly there is no Pokémon in sight, but I do feel something powerful.
My lost of thought got the attention from the Professors. 'Ash, you coming?' I heard Professor Sycamore's voice through the communicator, turning around as the three Professors looking at me.
'Yes, I'm coming, I kind of felt something is following us though, maybe it's nothing.' I said as I advance towards them as we continued swimming down. Feeling the need of alertness is a must whether something or Pokémon can spook us, I will be on my guard now.
Soon the path sets to a straight one, and looking to the dark interior, Professor Oak's spotlight is giving up a powerful luminous light at a small radius, the path leads even farther up ahead. Feeling the coldness of the water surrounding us even felt the place scarred and abandoned.
'Man, this place is formidable; we've been swimming down deeper for more than 15 minutes now.' Professor Sycamore said.
I swam faster to get closer to them. 'I have a feeling this is really deep than we think it would be.' I applied.
'Maybe, we'll submerge soon or found a possible cave opening here, there is nothing here except for some mosses, underwater plants and no Pokémon in sight.' Gary said. 'Man, I should go to the bathroom first before we leave.'
'Ahhh, don't pee here man, it'll be gross.' I repulsed.
'I'm trying to hold it in, damn it.' He complained.
Soon the spotlight lightens up an elevated rocky terrain. 'Oh look, looks like we're going up now.' Professor Oak said.
'Whew, I thought we're still going down, I feel really cold now.' I said, as we began to swim up.
At thinking of what we can find in this expedition we're going through now. What can be the possible things we'll see and find? Soon the light made the way upwards, and seemingly it is really high that we can possibly resurface soon too.
Then as we continued to surface up, the water itself began to feel warm. The water itself is warm oddly enough and Professor Sycamore said. 'Whoa, the water's getting warmer, weird...'
'Hey, did you wet your pants, Gary?' I repulsively asked, of all the things Gary would do here and now.
'WHA- No I didn't!' Gary yelled angrily through the microphone. I couldn't help but to snicker in delight.
'Swear to Arceus Ash, damn it, I'm still holding it in you retard.' He retorted.
'Now, now calm down, we're almost up.' Professor Oak said as he swam up faster, and so did we follow. Reaching up the surface is more difficult as if from before, but compare from the outside world with a complete dark mysterious one from the inside, but soon, I felt something very odd... I felt something, it is a very, very small, but powerful source of energy.
I watched as we ascend up the surface and Gary at first leading, stopped and seemingly enough reached the surface, soon followed by Professor Oak and Sycamore and me lastly.
As Professor Oak moved his spotlight; we got a good look of the surface, we're in some sort of a cave, and accessing this cave is the long path from the entrance itself. The place is to describe in spherical-looking surface and in front is a ledge that leads a darker path through this mysterious place.
I swam to the ledge and reached my hand to the rocky ground, both my hands got on and I motioned my body to jump and my elbows raised positioned to a right angle as I lifted myself off the water. Soon the Professors went to me and I stood up and pulled them out of the water one by one.
Soon the Professors began to remove their mouthpiece as they unhook the microphone of the communicator from the mouthpiece and unbuckle the tanks as they stretched themselves as I follow suit.
Gary began running to the walls and I heard an zipping sound. "AHHH! Finally!" He said as he began to relieve himself.
As Gary is 'busy', the Professors began to loosen the bags they've got as I complied each of the cylinder tanks at one spot. I looked back to Gary, seeing that he's finished.
"Hey, you better wash that spot, Gary. We don't want this cave to smell." I say.
Gary gave me a slight irk expression. "Yeah, yeah, I know." He ran to the waters and scooped up plenty of water and threw them at where he peed, repeatedly doing it many times until he stopped.
"That at'll do it." He said as he approached us.
Professor Sycamore opened his bag and got out more flashlights for the rest of us. I switched on the flashlight and pointed it on the dark path, seeing the path is way more deeper from here, we fixed ourselves up and soon I felt the same power signature from before, but this time there are more...
"Wait..." I say, getting the attention of the three Professors.
"What?"
I darted my eyes to the dark path. "I feel something is in this path, I can't really tell if it is true because it is rather small and many..."
The Professors got on thinking. "Meaning, that it could be a Mega Stones somewhere in this cave; well what do you know, Ash's hunch is right." Gary spoke.
"Or there is something in this cave like cave Pokémon residing in here." Professor Oak added.
"Maybe both, but we'll never know for sure..." Professor Sycamore concluded.
I stood up. "Well, what are we waiting for...?" The Professor stood up and began to walk down the deep cave, letting the flashlight light up the way.
I could be ever more than excited than what we are about to go through. Professor Oak showed me of his two Mega Stones, Charizardite X and Charizardite Y to be exact. Meaning that or maybe that's the only Mega Stones ever found yet in the hidden open world. But to a fact that maybe some other people out there had been keeping this type of secret to themselves, having their own Mega Stone to evolve that certain Pokémon.
As we walked down though the path, I got closer to Professor Sycamore. "Hey, Professor Sycamore."
"Yes, Ash." He responded as he faced me.
"To your research with Mega Evolution and seeing the Mega Stones yourself, do you think other people would have already obtained this power?" I questioned.
Professor Sycamore looks up. "To your question Ash, I think so not... I've been keeping this secret information to myself. If ever example I released this information myself, like fathomed rumors that either many people would hear, I would definitely risked myself for good." He said.
"What do you mean by that?" I asked.
"Like amid all Professors, either this information would help others and become more known to the world, altogether would use you as their objective in succeeding with their schemes. For instance, I help people and support trainers in their first adventure, giving their chosen starters and their own PokéDex, but sincerely I don't trust them at all, you can never be too trusting for any people to know that information, like they'll stalk you for the information and hurt you and more dangerously if the people has been a part of a group of bad people, and I don't want that to happen to myself and I've been keeping my mouth sealed and no one has to know, except for you and the Professors I trust." He finished.
Listening to what he just said, I would definitely agree. He can't just tell this information, or else it could be worse from what I've gone through.
"Do you think people ever found other Mega Stones before you?" I asked, completely curious about this. I mean think about this, if certain people had found a Mega Stone and still doesn't know how to use it, or the latter that they found and trying to hide that most important thing.
Professor Sycamore gave off a humming tone. "Hmmm... maybe not Ash, I would ever doubt that people would find it first, and like I said, I only found some facts about them, I showed an image of the carved Mega Lucario and I secretly took a picture of my Garchomp on its Mega-evolved form to Professor Oak and shared it with you and Gary. And I used the power of the Mega Stone of Garchomp to find other Mega Stones, and I know Professor Oak said it and I found those other two Mega Stones, definitely fit for a Charizard. So meaning that I can't find anymore and it gave me some facts that other Mega Stones are rather hidden in this world, so definitely no other people never found or even know it." He finished.
"True." I answered.
Man, recapping of what he said is so informative. It is rather too dangerous at the same time keeping this information; sometimes you can hide things if you play it out good, but sometimes some things needs to be revealed. At this point now, this piece of information can be valuable for anyone for them own goal, and that is both for the good and the bad, know I get it why they say it needs to be kept as a secret not from the obvious responds, but rather to use for the ultimate accord.
We've continued to walk until we reached an area.
"Wait, what's this place?" Professor Oak asked as we moved our flashlight to spot everything we see.
By the way I see it, there are pillars around and there is stairway leads up and as the Professors move their flashlights, I see stone torches everywhere which is connected by type of stone gutters. My flashlight followed the stone gutter to its main position until it stopped on a huge base torch in the base of the stone stairway, similarly to the League Torch, but this one is smaller.
I moved to the spot and came up to the conclusion that the torch itself had a connection to lighting up the place.
"Ash... what is it?" Professor Oak asked.
"I think this is a base torch." I answered, looking at the torch, there is many old, dried sticks and twigs, dried leaves here for no one knows how long and it is quite damp?
The Professors approached me and looked at the base torch as they pointed their flashlights on it.
"Ash's right, we need to light this up to see this place even better." Professor Sycamore said.
"But we didn't bring anything to light up a fire." Gary said.
Oh I know how to light it up. "Step back guys, I'll light it up." I warned the Professors which they complied to do so.
Until they got a good distance, I took a few steps back and raised my hand, concentrating my powers into my hand, I summoned the power of my Flame Plate and it soon to appear a small flame and soon it gets bigger to the size of my palm.
"Ember." I say and I threw the ball of fire to the torch and the torch sparked to life as the fire gets bigger, the fire follows the path of the stone gutter and lights up the torches at a very quick speed. Soon the whole place lights up and we can perfectly see the whole area.
"Huh, it looks like an entrance to me." Professor Sycamore said.
"This is very unique place under a cave." Professor Oak added.
"The place itself looks very old and ancient." Gary crouched down as he reached his hand to touch the stone pillars.
I believe where in the right place of exploring, no doubt. Considering seeing a place like this is very interesting indeed.
"Let's walk up the stairs..." I said as I turned off my flashlight and I began to walk up. The stair itself is split into two, either way still leads up to the top, I took the left side as I looked back the Professors went to the right side. Soon we've reached the top and what beholds is...
"A door..." I said, looking at the huge stone door, and on the door itself is...
"The Mega Evolution sigil." Professor Sycamore said as he walked behind me.
Beholding the sight was something that we would feel even more proud that we had found and work hard, well simply a day with my unbeknownst and found the fruits of our labour. I couldn't feel even more excited than usual now that we together discovered a big, no, a massive thing that will change everything.
I took a step forward and approached the stone door. Looking at it is like something, something I could feel behind it was something greater than what we see, yet, we're about to unveil of what's behind it.
"So... how are we gonna open this?" I asked, stupidly that I can't see anything to open it.
Gary approached me from behind. "Simply, we have to find a switch to open this like from the famous videos from the archaeology explorers."
He began to look around to see any type of mechanism to open this door. As I see Professor Oak himself taking pictures as Professor Sycamore writing down notes on his leather covered notebook, simply to say writing a journal. I began to look around as I move closer to the door, my eyes moved to the corners and to the walls and I see a T-shaped stone lever.
"Guys, I think I know how to open this door." I say as I walked to the lever.
"How?" The Professors said and they looked at me as I am about to pull the lever.
"Well, here goes..." I say and both of my hands grabbed either side of the lever and I pulled it down and it made a 'clank' sound.
As soon my hands let go of the lever, the ground began to shake as the whole place is on an earthquake. We are all hanging on as we are holding ourselves from falling down to the ground as shattering sounds greatly echoed around the area. The door began to move separately slowly as the shaking decreases and the sounds began to gone silent as clanking sounds were replaced.
The shaking stopped and I walked to the Professors and to see what's behind the door. What's behind the door is a path leads in this place; the place is lit as I saw stone gutters path lighting up the whole place possibly from here to the end.
"Well, looks like we have unlocked the door to proceed deeper now, great!" Professor Oak said.
"Well, what are we waiting for?" I asked as I stepped foot through the path.
"Wait up." Gary said as he walked next me, so did the Professors.
We continued to walk down the path the light seems to stretch far ahead from us and it is telling me that it can't be this much troubling finding what's deep in this place.
"Man this place runs quite deep." Gary says.
"Well, we're still quite far from what we're looking for and I could feel the smallest energy far ahead actually." I said.
While still walking, I've noticed the same energy signature from behind me, the same signature while we're swimming before as it is following us, I can't really determine of whose energy would it be, and it is still following us, but from a far distance from us. It is trying to alert me to go back and chase the energy from behind but I'll wait, I'm still trying to determine who it can be.
As we're walking we've arrived at another place, the place itself is large, I took a step forward and to look down to a large drop and across is a stone bridge, the walls is pretty much rocky to per say and what's ahead is picture tiles of 2x2 as it shows a picture but on each of them one of the tiles is wrongly faced which besides it was another picture which is was complete.
"Whoa, what is this place?" I asked.
"It's some type of a room although with a giant drop below." Professor Sycamore answered.
"Look."Professor Oak pointed to the large stone bridge raised up. "Somehow we need to bring that down to get across."
"But how?" Gary asked.
"Look at the pictures besides it." I pointed out. "It looks to me it's a puzzle, like it is the key for bringing down the door."
The Professor's put up the thought and Gary responded. "Yeah, maybe you're right Ash, but how we can reach that from here?"
"Hmmm... Let me try something..." I say, looking at a possibility to do this.
I raised my arm and charged up the same fireball on my hand.
"Ember." I say as I threw the fireball up and it is heading straight for the wrong tile. As it made contact, the fireball exploded and I got a result, the tile pushed forward and it rotates to the left and pulled back in place and the tile picture is now the same as the one besides it.
Then another thing that the bridge rumbled as it slowly came down as it stopped at a small angle, seeing the bridge is connected by chains on either side from the rocky ceiling.
"Hey!" I exclaimed. "It works."
"Yes, nice work Ash. Now you need to do the rest of them." Professor Sycamore said.
"On it." I say, I raised both of my hands as I charged fireballs and threw one by one at the puzzle tiles, the other puzzle tiles needs more hits as it would rotate and match with the picture. Soon I have the other one done as the bridge rumble as it goes down a bit again and stopped. I continued to do with the rest hitting the puzzle tile as I match the picture and the bridge goes down.
And I'm at the last puzzle tile, I charge the last fireball. "Ragh!" I yell and threw the fireball to the mismatched tile and it pushes out and rotated and pulled back and the bridge goes down completely as a new path was unlocked straight to the other side, which from the other side were more straight paths like the ones from the start.
"Let's go!" Gary said as he began to walk across and soon we followed.
We started to walked across the bridge, I grabbed the sling of the duffle bag as I try to secure it properly to my shoulder, the placing is a bit disoriented as I threw Embers at the puzzle tiles which soon is now okay and secure.
As we reached the other end, the ground shook, or as should I say that a part of the ground began to open, two tiles separate from each other and a pillar rose up with something on it.
"Wait, what?" I say as I approached the pillar.
"Wait, Ash. Don't touch it, it can be a booby trap." Gary warned.
"Why would it be a trap Gary? It rose up on its own." I say as I observe the thing on top of it.
And by the looks of it, it is a steel object, the shape is like an 'S' looking but it was stretched by length as the slant of it was thin.
I grabbed it and nothing happened, thinking that it is the reward of solving the puzzle. "See." I say.
"Hmm, now why would this pillar rose up and reveal that?" Professor Oak asked.
"It is like a reward or something like that." I answered.
"But why reveal that?" Professor Sycamore pointed at the steel object I'm holding.
"Hmmm... something tells me we need that thing for something. Better keep it." Professor Oak said.
"Here Gary, hold it, you don't hold much of the stuffs we got." I say as I passed it to Gary, since all of us are holding duffle bag while Gary with a knapsack.
"Yeah, alright." He says as he grabbed it and placed it on the side of the bag.
We continue to proceed at the path, passing more of walls and turns, seeing vases and more ancient stuffs that Gary is began to take pictures.
Soon we reached the end and arrived to another room and the whole place is absolutely dark. The whole place is already spooky itself and we stopped to a pillar.
"Oh great, where are we? This is spooking me out." Gary complained.
"The whole place is dark and the light source stopped here." Professor Sycamore said.
Looking at the place is fully dark, seeing none of any light source we could find. I looked down on the ground and I see letters, the letters resembles with an eye. Wait, I remember the letters were... they're Unown letters seeing them on this pillar.
"Guys, look down." I say stepping back.
The Professors did and saw the letters.
"Hey, there are Unowns." Gary said.
"Yes. But why here?" Professor Oak asked.
"Hey, they're forming a message, looking at the letters connecting it." Professor Sycamore.
They walked right when they're besides me and analyzed the message on it. My eyes began to glow softly as the Unown letters changed their form to Alphabet letters.
It reads:
To find your way, shine the torches for the way to unveil
"To find your way, shine the torches for the way to unveil." I say as the glow of my eyes stopped.
"To find your way, shine the torches for the way to unveil? How? We can't see any torches." Gary says.
I grabbed my flashlight and turned it on, I roamed the light to the darkness until I stopped to a seemingly ledge. I can't tell if it is a ledge the light reached because the light is very dim when pointed at a thing at far distance.
"Wait a minute?" I say, wanting to get a closer look on what the light of the flashlight is lighting up.
I removed the sling duffle bag off of me as I place it to the ground so did the flashlight. I concentrated my powers and I began to float up and my body shined as I am shape shifting to my Arceus form.
Once that's done I concentrated my powers and I began to levitate and I pushed forward to the thing I saw.
"Ash, what are you doing?" Professor Oak asked.
I didn't bother to answer as I am in front the thing I saw, my power shifted to my Flame Plate and a sphere of fire appeared on my head. The fire started to illuminate light and I could clearly see another base torch, quite smaller from the other one. Seeing what's in it was a type of liquid, well to tell it is a flammable liquid.
I concentrated the sphere on top of my head as power began to flow to the sphere as the sphere slightly expands and it is being surrounded by lines of fire swirling around it.
"Flamethrower." I say telepathically as I blasted a swirling current of fire to the torch as it wildly sparked with fire. I stopped and moved a bit back from the heat, seeing the place illuminates now light but rather in a fiery radius as it gave light of the torch which was attached to a cave pillar.
"Whoa, nice work Ash. You light up a torch." Gary said, complimenting me.
"Yup, now to find the rest to light up this place." I say as I levitated deeper, since the torch gave off a radiating light in a small radius and it gave such a decent light that tip to see the next torch. I approached it and did the same thing as the first one, and sparked up more lights.
I kept on going to light up torched as I lit up 7 and counting and gain quite a far distance from the Professor's as the starting point. Each torch I've lit had shown that this place is just an empty cave since I can't really see what's on the bottom. I approached the eighth torch as I blasted a Flamethrower to it and wildly sparked out fire and another path of fire lit up from the fire gutter as my eyes followed as it arrived to another ledge and sparked up another torch, but bigger than the others and to say that it is the same from the first one I've lit from the start.
Then there are more torches that been lighted up and more fire gutters I saw lighting up a new path, or so to say the continuing path. I looked back and the Professors are way far back for the distance I've lit the torches to each stone pillar, with that I levitated back to them.
"Well, I've lit up all the torches I found and the last one also shone another path or maybe the same path from here." I say.
"Well then, if that's the case, we need to get there, but how?" Professor Oak asked.
"We could go climb down this pillar if we can." Gary suggested.
That's not a good idea at all. I've looked down and sure enough I can't see what's below but I levitated down a bit until the fireball on my head illuminated the ground and my eyes widened on what I saw.
I went up to them, "That's a bad idea Gary. You don't want to see what's down below." I say, a little terrified.
"Why?" Gary asked as he looked down.
I used my powers and I manipulated the fireball on me, I controlled the ball by placing it down close to the ground and I expanded the fireball as it illuminates light even brighter and shown many spears pointed up, as the arrow is sharp enough to impale through the body.
"Ohhh, nevermind that!" Gary stuttered, the Professors did look what's below and got a slight terrified look in return.
"So, how do we get across here?" Professor Oak asked.
I lowered my body near the pillar as my back is lowered near the edge. "Climb on me, I'll get us there, and please pick up my duffle bag." I say.
"Oh, okay, this is more expedient. Good thinking Ash." Professor Sycamore complimented me as he picked up my duffle bag, and they slowly got on to my back with Gary sitting near my neck as Professor Oak and Professor Sycamore sat near my gears as they all held tight on me.
"Okay, here we go." I say as I galloped and levitated forward.
"Woah, never felt to ride on a God itself, or should I say riding on Ash." Gary derided.
My eyes went back and looked at Gary. "Haha, very funny." My voice gave of such tone of amusement, which Gary plastered a smirk on his face.
Soon over that, we've reached the end and I landed near the path as I lay down on the ground as the each Professor got off me and we proceeded to the path following the Professors from behind.
Then the ground rattled again and just a small part of it reacted by two tiles began to separate and rose up revealing another steel 'S' object like Gary has on him.
"Hey another one." I say, undoubtedly Gary picked it up and stored it in his knapsack.
"Well, that's two. Something tells me it is something we can use later as we progress through, or whatever would these things be." Gary said.
As we continued to walk through the path, I felt a sign, no, many of energies, from what I can feel it is very powerful but very small in terms, and I highly not doubt it that... that was energies of Mega Stones.
"Hey, I felt strange energies close by." I say, which the Professors stopped on their paths.
"Energies? Which means what we're after is close by?" Gary exclaimed.
"If that is, well, what are we waiting for?" Professor Oak asked.
We all began to run through the path, still quite far and the path still keeps on going through left and right turns, going down and up the stairs.
And soon we've arrived to a new room again and this time the place is far more different from the others, the place is rather more depicting pictures. The walls are carved out with ancient pictures of Pokémons almost sketches I can define what Pokémon/s there are: Blaziken, Gyarados, Charizard, Venusaur, Pidgeot, Gardevoir, Amphatros and more Pokémons I can recall...
This area tells more of what place is this, depicting my hunches were correct.
We continued to walk until we've stopped to another large door and the door itself is a puzzle, why I tell? Because there are 4 by 4 tiles that are mixed up, improperly depicting of what the image is, which there a total of 15 tiles are. Then on the ground in front of the door is another tile of the picture, like the last tile to hold them together.
"Well, looks like another puzzle." I say looking at the door in front of us.
"Tiles puzzle... I love solving tile when I was a kid until now." Professor Sycamore said with excitement.
"Really? Then solve the puzzle to open the door." Professor Oak said.
I doubt that if Professor Sycamore can solve the puzzle with those large, heavy-to-the-looks tiles.
"Wait, I don't think Professor Sycamore can move those tiles on his own, I'll help too." I say as I concentrated my powers and activate my Mind Plate as my abdomen began to glow and soon a pink tentacle came out as it moved near the tiles. "Tell me what to move." I say.
Me and Professor Sycamore began to solve the puzzle, Professor Sycamore advised to position the top tiles first, so I obliged and I found first 4 tiles belonging to the top part as I messed up the tiles to make space. Soon after that, next is the left side and easily enough the 3 tiles we're already at the position and the last is to solve the rest, positioning the tiles as Professor Sycamore instructed I continued to move the tiles until it is done, the image formed is the Mega Evolution sigil itself and now there is one more piece missing and to place the fallen tile to the spot.
I controlled the tentacle and wrapped itself around the tile, I lifted it and pushed it to the spot as I unwrap it and pushed it making a 'click' sound.
The whole place began to shake and the door slowly rises up as a pillar rose up in front of us. Soon the shaking stops and the pillar have another steel 'S' object and on instinct I grabbed it and threw it to Gary which caught on instinct.
The path from the door is narrow and completely dark, as I am a little big to fit in.
"The path is getting narrower now." Professor Oak says and he turned to me. "Ash..."
"I know Professor." I say as I closed my eyes and my body began to glow as I shrunk down to my human form, still wearing my bodysuit. "Let's go..."
We proceeded in the path and we turned on our flashlights as we can see the path. As we walk down, I felt surges of energy close, but far from here.
"Guys, I'm feeling those energies stronger now." I said.
The Professors stopped on their tracks and looked back at me. "Well, what are we waiting for?" Gary asked and together we began to run.
Proceeding to the path as we reached the end of the path we're in another part of the room, the room itself is completely dark and on instinct we stopped. We pointed our flashlight at the path, which was a single narrow bridge about 9 feet wide with below is a huge abyss and it leads to the end is another cave entrance.
"Careful now, let's not run." Gary said.
"We hear you." I and the older Professors replied.
We slowly walked through the path and seemingly the path is sturdy to hold us, well at least I hope. I slowly walked right behind the Professors as they lead the way. Something isn't right about this. We we're almost at the end as Gary first to reach it, next is Professor Oak, then Professor Sycamore.
I was almost close to them when I stepped on the rock, the ground began to shake. I quickly tried to jumped but the path collapsed and I was sent to fall down.
"WAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" I yelled as I fell.
"ASH!" The Professors shouted as they crouched near the edge.
I closed my eyes, to concentrate and transform but it was interrupted when butt crashed to a seemingly ledge.
"OW!" I screamed in pain, but then it wasn't a ledge the smaller debris fell to the hole and the ledge itself is a slide. I began to slide down as the backpack as a support to my back as I slide down. I kept on sliding down as the debris stopped and crashed to a solid ground. Soon I stopped too as I sighed in relief.
I slowly stood up, rubbing my butt from the painful impact, still it stings. Looking around my surroundings and my flashlight began to flicker off straight ahead of my sight is a narrow tunnel, which that's the only way from here now? I looked up from where I fell and it was blocked by a huge debris.
'Ash! Can you hear us!?' I heard someone yelled to the communicator, which the voice sounded like Professor Oak.
'Yes, I'm okay here, don't worry.' I replied to the microphone, which I heard collective sighs.
'Well, its good you're okay, you can't simply die from a fall since you're a Pokémon God.' Gary replied.
'Yeah, good to know.' I replied sarcastically. 'Well looks like I can't get out of here since a huge debris covered up the entrance to this place.'
'So you're trapped there?' Professor Sycamore asked with a worried tone.
'No, not literally. There's this cave tunnel in front of me and my flashlight is broken.' I said as I picked up the flashlight and gave it a tap with my hand, and nope it didn't light up at all now.
'You guys proceed to the path, I'll follow the cave tunnel here, and maybe we can meet up soon as we progress.' I suggested.
'Good idea, Ash. We can keep in touch with the communicator.' Professor Oak replied.
'Alright, be careful there.' I said.
'We'll do Ashy-boy.' Gary replied with a snicker, and I'd just sighed.
I raised my hand and concentrated the power of the Flame Plate as a sphere of fire appeared on my palm and I began to walk in the tunnel. The tunnel itself is safe to say an ordinary one, walls and everything. But what really weirds me that it is very long and it's getting narrower as you go further until I have to crouch.
I crawled to the path until I didn't noticed I stepped on a metal thing, I looked down as it is another of the steel 'S' object again, without a doubt I picked it up and I placed it behind the bag. I continued to crawl until I arrived at an end, which in the small room is a ladder on the wall.
I approached the ladder and seeing that this is only thing can get me out of here. I focused my Psychic power as it envelops the sphere of fire as I began to climb up. To tell you it is very high now as I soon see a ledge. I quickly climbed up and let myself see what's on top.
I reached and pulled myself from the ledge and I began to slowly walk and I paused to see another ledge. I see the room or whatever in front of me is completely dark. I moved the sphere of fire far from me and I infused it with more power as I lit up the place to see it. Definitely on my first glance is that I saw another base torch, and on instinct I moved the fire on it and the torch and it wildly sparked with fire and the room is filled up with a bright fire.
I looked to the surroundings and the place is interesting right behind the torch is a large stone door, and the ground is like the cave floor, I looked own that the ground isn't too far down, I jumped down and landed with a small sound and I approached the torch. Then I heard voices.
"ASH!" A voice yelled and I looked to the path originally from the path where the Professors took revealed the Professor with Gary in front followed by the two.
"Hey guys, I'm okay." I say as they went to me.
"Well, it's good you're okay, but from where did you get here?" Gary asked.
I pointed at the top hole from the wall. "I got out from there. The tunnel gets narrower and shorted as I go on, so I had to crouch to proceed and also..." I say as I grabbed the steel 'S'. "I found this there too."
"Alright... We got like four of them now." Gary said as he gets the other three.
We began to walk around as we arrived at the door. But before we can get there, I felt that same power signature from before, and it gets stronger and getting close to us.
I ran near to the torch and I concentrated my powers as a sphere of energy appeared as small meteorites began to rotate and swirl inside the sphere and so did outside, preparing a Judgment attack.
"Ash?" The Professors asked as they walked to me.
"Alright, show yourself, who's over there. Come out of here, or else." I threatened of whoever is right near the room entrance.
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