Iron Island rose in the distance with the twin New Moon and Full Moon islands small wings for the tall floating mountain. It was with the closing of her mission that she and her pokemon had witness the fall of Rayquaza. While the trainer was unconcerned to start with, the behaviour of her ever faithful Absol placed a pit of unease in her stomach.
The Absol was acting far from his usual aura of stability and confidence. The fall of the Sky Guardian... even he was afraid of such an ill omen. It was now, more then ever, he wished to be able to speak the human s tongue.
From the secluded peninsula, the pair oversaw the return of the fruits of their labours, resolved to finish their job before reporting what they had witnessed.
Eggs of their labour, to be technical. With the last wild tribes of Lucario wiped out, the hidden crime organisation would gain control of this rare pokemon's exclusivity. Not only did the aura pokemon have great market value, the steadfast bipedal was an excellent battler and a more then capable addition to their roster.
Satisfied with the work of the grunts, she casually turned to the Gardevoir that had seemingly appeared out of nowhere. The Gardevoir raised a nonexistent eye brow at the uneasy Absol before teleporting the three to their next job.
There was still many wild pokemon they had to wipe out in the area if they wanted to seize control of the local market.
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Preparing for the incoming pain, the Marowak head butted the falling hooves of the Rapidash, upsetting the fire pokemon's balance. With a screech, the horse fell on its side.
"No! Get up get up you usele--"
"Slash."
A swift movement of his bone weapon and the Rapidash was down and out. An exclamation of frustration come from the Rapidash s trainer and the unconscious pokemon was recalled. Another pokemon was thrown in, it's trainer more then pissed at the enemy's Marowak.
The battle continued, the Marowak effortlessly dispatching his opponent, and the cruise boat continued the journey to Canalave City. Its steady progress did not care what it's passengers did nor what happened around it. It's sole purpose was the ferry people from point A to point B, through calm seas, savage storms, giant legendary pokemon falling from the sky or aliens arrowing down from above.
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It was dark. There was life around, but it was so dark. How could anything live in a place like this? The thought disappeared into the surrounding darkness as quickly as it came into being.
The lifeless body of Rayquaza spiralled steadily to the depths of the Sinnoh sea. Around the corpse, bright blood sickened into sludge, before diluting in the vast body of water.
Again, the same thought. It lasted longer this time before being swallowed by nothingness. A different thought... one of control... Hold onto it.
The surrounding pokemon, though curious of this visitor to their domain, feared the hellish substance that oozed from it. Something like this was far from natural, and none of them were fool hardy enough to get a closer look.
Rayquaza. Enemy of my people. You are mine now.
The green dragon floated past a school of Gyrados. Though greatly angered by this trespasser, the smell of death and the unnatural warded them from what otherwise would have been prey.
And you shall but the first of many.
The dead body growled, the sound so low it was felt more the heard. The Gyrados started surrounding the threat - it seemed they would have sport from this bringer of pollution. It seemed that Rayquaza was not as dead as believed.
At least, his body was not.