EXT. POKÉMON LEAGUE FESTIVAL - DAY
The large feet of a DRUDDIGON step into the area. On the Druddigon's back is none other than IRIS.
Behind her are Unova's other gym leaders - CHILI, CRESS, CILAN, LENORA, BURGH, ELESA, CLAY, SKYLA, BRYCEN, and Iris's retired grandfather DRAYDEN.
IRIS
We need to get into that castle.
SKYLA
This is the territory of the Elite Four and Champion Alder. If they're not out here, then I fear the worst.
DRAYDEN
Something must have taken them down.
CLAY
No doubt it was Team Plasma. That 'N' fella.
Everyone murmurs in agreement.
As they continue on, Iris spots something.
IRIS
Look!
Up ahead - all of the Plasma grunts Hilbert defeated are unconscious and tied up together in a massive STRING SHOT ball.
LENORA
Someone's a fan of Bug-types.
(smiling, teasingly)
Sure this wasn't you, Burgh?
Burgh approaches. Admiring the work. He touches the String Shot ball - Smells it. Finally recognizing -
BURGH
It's pristine. Perfectly soft, but amazingly strong. The work of a well-trained Leavanny, no doubt.
A card is planted on the ball. Iris is the first to notice it - she picks it up. It reads:
"THESE PEOPLE ARE BAD GUYS.
SHUN THEM. ARREST THEM. JUST DO SOMETHING WITH THEM."
Iris smirks. His voice basically speaks through the note to her. Instantly recognizable -
IRIS
No I know who this was. It was Hilbert! This way!
INT. N'S CASTLE - THRONE ROOM - DAY
The SHADOW TRIAD has led HILBERT, with SHELDON the SAMUROTT trailing behind him, CHEREN, and BIANCA to the throne room of N's massive castle. It's a wide-open space, plenty of room for an EPIC BATTLE.
Stood at a stain-glass window is N - with RESHIRAM stood in front of him. The massive dragon gives a mighty roar. Hilbert reaches into his bag - and pulls out the DARK STONE.
HILBERT
If this is my destiny, like you claim -
N rounds on Hilbert - finally noticing his presence.
HILBERT (CONT'D)
Then I'm finally willing to accept it!
Samurott follows Hilbert's declaration with a mighty ROAR.
N is visibly nervous wile Ghetsis stands nearby. Gives a small smile.
Regaining his composure, waiting for Zekrom's arrival -
N
It's time to settle this once and for all! My determination is absolute! I will prove the value of my beliefs even if it means my Pokémon friends get hurt! Since you've come this far, I believe you are equally determined. If that's so, prove it to me! Show me the depth of your determination!
HILBERT
(to the stone)
C'mon... COME ON! SERIOUSLY?!
Nothing's happening. Cheren and Bianca look slightly embarrassed for him - Cheren gives a facepalm and shakes his head while Bianca tries desperately to cheer Hilbert on.
N
You came all this way to battle me... But Zekrom is not responding. You haven't yet been recognized as the hero, have you? How disappointing. I actually kind of liked you a little. Through our many battles, I got the feeling that you might be a Trainer who truly cares for Pokémon! But I was kidding myself. The idea of Trainers getting to know each other through battles is ridiculous! You have two options. Challenge me to a fight you can't win, or leave this place and watch the birth of a new world where Pokémon are free of people!
HILBERT
I don't need Zekrom to defeat you. I can do this!
The determination fiery in his eyes, Hilbert's ready for this.
N
Reshiram! Come to me!
HILBERT
Well, hey, that isn't fair -
Giving another attempt, Hilbert raises the Dark Stone into the sky. The winds pick up and the sky darkens.
HILBERT (CONT'D)
...Okay. Please tell me I won't be struck by lightning. I'm so over that!
IRIS (O.S.)
Yeah, I think we all are a little sick of it. Trust me when I say this kid's like an lightningrod!
Hilbert's attention turns to IRIS, who is at the opening, sitting atop her DRUDDIGON. She joins Cheren and Bianca. He is visibly happy to see her.
HILBERT
Perfect timing.
IRIS
You didn't doubt me did you?
Hilbert smiles - Absolutely not - and then returns his attention to the sky. Lightning CRACKLES. Hilbert flinches, but it doesn't hit him this time. He sighs - grateful.
Then, the massive ZEKROM slowly begins to descend from the murky clouds. Summoned by the DARK STONE. It lands right in front of Hilbert on the roof of the castle.
Iris STARES at the two legendary Dragon Pokémon in complete awe... A true dream come true for her.
N
Zekrom and Reshiram... They were once one life. One Pokémon. Complete opposites, yet the same. Zekrom and Reshiram are Pokémon that appear before the hero they recognize. You really are a hero, then. It plans to test you to see if you are really pursuing ideals. I, also, am curious to see how powerful you are. Now, catch Zekrom and make it your ally!
CUE - "FINAL N BATTLE" from BLACK & WHITE OST.
Hilbert pulls out a Poké Ball and THROWS it - CATCHING Zekrom inside. The Ball falls. SHAKES. SHAKES. SHAKES.
Many more powerful shakes follow - and then it LOCKS in place. Hilbert picks up the Ball - it's a success. He proudly shows off the Ball to Sheldon, who looks proud of his trainer.
IRIS
Zekrom recognized your power. It's lending its power to you now.
Hilbert sends out Zekrom. Zekrom gives a confident roar and Reshiram returns it. Hilbert pulls out his Pokédex and scans Zekrom to learn its attacks - nodding, comprehending all the information he's given -
HILBERT
Now we're an equal match!
N nods. Reshiram and Zekrom float into the air, above the castle, their eyes locked - ready for a battle.
N
It seems you really are the hero. Just as I initially suspected. Reshiram, use Extrasensory!
A blast of psychic energy gives Zekrom a powerful push backward. Zekrom regains its composure -
HILBERT
Zekrom, use Zen Headbutt.
Zekrom's massive skull illuminates a violet color and then it swings forward, smashing its head against Reshiram's. In obvious pain, Reshiram gives a loud cry.
N
Enough of this. Fusion Flare.
Reshiram creates a massive ball of flame between its arms -
HILBERT
Counter with Fusion Bolt, Zekrom!
Zekrom creates a massive, crackling ball of blinding blue electricity between its arms -
Both massive attacks are released simultaneously.
The impact is DEVASTATING. BOOOM! Both Dragons fall, the castle begins to CRUMBLE beneath them.
HILBERT (CONT'D)
Outrage!
N
NO! Don't let him win, Reshiram. Use Fire Blast!
Reshiram coats its white fur in a flaming hue while Zekrom glows with purple flames. They both charge at each other and collide with a POWERFUL EXPLOSION.
A whole side of the castle is BLASTED away. Rubble thrown everywhere, everyone on the roof is forced to brace for impact and shield their faces.
Reshiram is weakened. He gets back on his feet, but not as quick as Zekrom, who gives a MIGHTY ROAR. Reshiram returns it.
Ghetsis watches in pure DISGUST. This battle is AGITATING him.
N (CONT'D)
Finish this off with Blue Flare!
GHETSIS
No...!
N
Why?!
GHETSIS
You'll destroy the castle! Don't be a fool.
N
We have to free the Pokémon. Zekrom must be defeated, and the boy with it...!
A giant blue flame about the size of a meteor GLOWS from inside Reshiram's body. It's VISIBLE through his fur and skin - a truly BEAUTIFUL, but HAUNTING, image.
And then - the flare ignites in Reshiram's mouth and shoots a powerful RAY of blue fire that smacks into Zekrom's chest. Zekrom's powerful body tries to withstand the attack but to NO AVAIL.
The mighty black dragon FALLS -
Ghetsis SMILES.
Iris GASPS. Hilbert just remains cool, his mighty buddy Samurott at his side.
Zekrom rises again.
HILBERT
USE BOLT STRIKE!
N
NO. END THIS WITH ANOTHER BLUE FLARE.
Reshiram can't. It's too tired. But Zekrom is ready to go -
Bright yellow electricity wraps around Zekrom's body and shotos from its EYES and MOUTH. It gives AN INTENSE ROAR and CHARGES forward, giving a full body tackle. Pinning the weakened
Reshiram to the ground of the castle, the roof begins to CRUMBLE.
And then the dragons TUMBLE through the opened floor -
INT. N'S CASTLE - GREAT HALL - CONTINUOUS
They tumble through the roof, FIGHTING and CLAWING and BITING as they do, before hitting the floor of the GREAT HALL with a violent EXPLOSION OF FIRE AND ELECTRICITY.
EXT. N'S CASTLE - ROOF - NIGHT
As this happens, N and Hilbert rush to the opening to see what is going on. Reshiram is unconscious and Zekrom stands above the creature, one of its massive feet on Reshiram's chest, and gives a VICTORIOUS ROAR.
N
Reshiram and I were beaten. Your feelings... They were stronger than mine, it seems...
HILBERT
I know you don't use these, but if it wakes up, it might be pretty pissed off. You should use it.
N nods - he hesitates, but he takes a Poké Ball from Hilbert's hand and throws it. The Ball shakes - shakes - shakes. It's fighting.
ON N's face - Disbelief.
And then it LOCKS. He pockets the Ball and looks at Hilbert.
N
Reshiram and Zekrom... Each of them choosing a different hero... Is that even possible? heroes living at the same time— one that pursues truth and one that pursues ideals. Could... Could they both be right? I don't know. It's not by rejecting different ideas, but by accepting different ideas that the world creates a chemical reaction. This is truly the formula for changing the world.
GHETSIS
I HAVE HAD ENOUGH!
His voice has boomed louder than any explosion from either legendary could have. Everyone's eyes LOCK on Ghetsis - who's trembling with anger. His veins pulsing, eyes bulging, and fists shaking.
GHETSIS (CONT'D)
I will not let you two IDIOTS ruin the castle.
A few Plasma grunts gasp in surprise at his tone with their Lord, N.
GRUNT 1
Sir, you can't talk to our lord like that.
GHETSIS
After all of that, after giving in so easily, do you think he's still worthy of sharing the great name of Harmonia with me? He's a good-for-nothing brat and you're nothing but a pair of mindless drones.
Ghetsis suddenly THROWS a Poké Ball and lets out a Pokémon resembling a flattened durian made of metal. There is a green spike at the top of its body, and extending around it are vine-like, long green appendages tipped with spiky metal disks. This thing is a FERROTHORN. Definitely dangerous.
GHETSIS (CONT'D)
(re: the grunts)
Ferrothorn, use Power Whip. Flash Cannon. Whatever. Just annihilate those two and make sure no one gets in my way.
Ferrothorn propels itself in the air. The grunts give horrible screams as one is IMPALED in the chest with one of the spinning disks on Ferrothorn's vine-like appendages, and then thrown off the roof of the castle to his inevitable doom. The second attempts to flee but Ferrothorn charges up a shiny silver beam in its mouth and FIRES it directly at the grunt, whose shadow DISINTEGRATES INTO NOTHINGNESS within the beam.
GHETSIS (CONT'D)
To start with, I spurred N into pursuing ideals and seeing trainers as the enemy... The reason we reawakened the legendary Pokémon now was to give MY Team Plasma more power! Power to control the fearful masses! That, at least, was well done.
Ghetsis pulls out another Poké Ball. He tosses it, revealing KLINKLANG, which resembles three gears, with six teeth on the smaller two and eight teeth on the bigger one, interlocking. The teeth of the smaller gears are a light gray, while their central regions are much darker. The teeth of the bigger gear are a medium gray and its central region is also darker. The left eye of the smaller gear is a simple "X", while its right eye is very wide with a black pupil and a white cornea. It has a round green nose and a small mouth that is held wide open. The large gear's left eye is a black square, and its right is a black circle. Its mouth is a sharply angled white frown. There is a a red-topped gear on its lower side and a thin, spiked rim below it.
GHETSIS (CONT'D)
Zap Cannon!
The gear with the red core is rotated at high speed, helping it function as an ENERGY TANK. It fires the charged electric energy through its spikes right toward Hilbert like a tiny laser blast.
Hilbert leaps over the blast with a scream. Klinklang fires another, but Hilbert leaps over it again. He STICKS the landing. Hilbert's loyal Samurott defends his trainer by standing on his hind legs, removing one of the large blades from his leg, and swinging at Klinklang like a mighty samurai. Klinkang can barely hold against Samurott's powerful Razor Shell attack...
Ghetsis lets out another creature, revealing COFAGRIGUS, a blue and yellow sarcophagus with red, menacing eyes, and four ebony hands that appear to be dense shadows. As Hilbert attempts to back away from another Zap Cannon from Klinklang, Cofagrigus materializes behind him and GRABS him and holds him steady. Hilbert tries to flee, but he can't.
IRIS
Hilbert!
Iris charges forward on her Druddigon. Another Poké Ball pops open and a STUNFISK appears in front of Iris's feet, a fish-like creature with a broad, flattened, mud-brown body and a yellow tail that is constantly held above its face. Druddigon avoids stepping on it, knowing better, jumping right over it. But then Klinklang shoots a Zap Cannon in Iris and Druddigon's direction.
OBVIOUSLY IT IS NOT A GOOD AIMER, AS IT MISSES HER TOO.
As Iris and her Druddigon, Cheren, and Bianca try to help Hilbert, Ghetsis's Stunfisk, Klinklang, and Ferrothorn stand in their way. Iris hops off of Druddigon and commands it in battle whilst Cheren and Bianca pull out Balls and get ready to fight.
ON GHETSIS
His eyes locked on N, who stares at him in a defeated, hopeless, BETRAYED, angst. His whole life's work was for NOTHING.
GHETSIS
After saying you had to put your beliefs on the line and battle to see which one chosen by the legendary Pokémon was the true hero... You lost to an ordinary Trainer! There is such a thing as being too stupid and you have achieved it. Add it up, and you are nothing more than a warped, defective boy who knows nothing but Pokémon... You're a disgrace of a son and a horrible heir to the throne that I should have taken in the first place.
Son. Hilbert sees the pain in N's eyes - the betrayal. And he PITIES the guy. Hilbert then grows confused, and speaks directly to Ghetsis.
HILBERT
If you're his father, why was he king and not you?
GHETSIS
Since I couldn't become the hero and obtain the legendary Pokémon myself... I prepared someone for that purpose- N! In order to rule this world utterly, in order to manipulate the hearts of people who know nothing, I had N be the king of Team Plasma. He's young, handsome. I raised him to be a manipulator and he did well focusing on the ideals of a perfect world. Until you had to ruin it and show him the truth, now he has revealed his true face - a pathetic, useless whimp.
N
And the Pokémon? You're keeping them in Poké Balls just like you said was a disgrace. You're a hypocrite.
GHETSIS
That "promise" was just a convenient lie that I needed to create Team Plasma. Use your head. What's to be gained from letting go of useful things like Pokémon? Certainly, manipulating Pokémon helps people expand their possibilities. That much, I can agree with. So it naturally follows that only I should be able to use Pokémon... So that's why we've been taking Pokémon from trainers all over the world. Not for sanctuary, not for refuge. But for ME.
N
(softly, between tears)
You... lied to me this whole time?
HILBERT
You're a bastard, you know that Ghetsis? You'll never get away with this. There's so many witnesses -
GHETSIS
Then all witnesses will be eliminated. Now that the stage is set, I can seize people's minds and hearts. I can bring into being the world that I desire more easily than you can imagine! I, and only I, will use Pokémon, and I shall rule the powerless populace. I've been waiting so long for this! I've kept my silence so no one could piece together what I planned. Now, those painful days are at an end and I won't let you, or anyone else, get in my way. It's finished, Hilbert.
(to N)
Back down now, son, or you will die with the rest of them!
N's eyes fall between Hilbert, Ghetsis, and the battling trio of Iris, Cheren and Bianca in the background. And his tears read so much confusion and pain... Ghetsis shakes his head.
N
I... I don't know what to do.
Ghetsis pulls out a purple MASTER BALL. Tosses it into the air, and a creature materializes - a creature with a humanoid posture, but has a few feline features. Its body is grayish-purple with a purple underside and a long, purple tail. One of its most notable features is the tube extending from the back of its skull to its spine. This creature is MEWTWO.
GHETSIS
Thanks to a lot of money and resources, our friends at Team Rocket in Kanto allowed me to borrow their little experiment to help ensure my rule over Unova.
(chuckles)
I've made so many connections behind your back, you don't even know the half of it.
N
This creature... it... It...
GHETSIS
It isn't natural. It is the first Pokémon created by science, created by Team Rocket's scientists in an attempt to clone the legendary Pokémon Mew for their own gain. Since, it's been a freelance trade amongst the organizations of the world - an emotionless Pokémon assassin.
Mewtwo bows its head - It speaks without moving its mouth. A telepathic voice. Low, growling, INTIMIDATING.
MEWTWO (V.O.)
What shall I do with them?
GHETSIS
Get the boy out of here. Take him into the bowels of the castle.
MEWTWO (V.O.)
Yes, master...
Mewtwo takes Hilbert's arm. Hilbert tries to fight him off - but Mewtwo's glare sends him into a deep sleep. Hilbert falls from Cofagrigus's grasp and into the arms of Mewtwo. Mewtwo wraps itself in a blue bubble and then DISAPPEARS.
IRIS WATCHES -
IRIS
NO! WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH HIM!?
GHETSIS
He will die, just like the rest of you.
I had so much fun writing Ghetsis. He's so psychotic, so angry! And then adding Mewtwo in was a fun, last minute addition. I'm excited to see reactions to this chapter it's by far one of my favorites. Hopefully you guys enjoy it too!