Glass: "Pokemon belongs to Nintendo. I own Helios and Aaron Crimson." looks around area "Mark my words aliens! I will defeat you with the power of the spatula!" runs after 'aliens'
Mikhail and Company: walk over to where Glass was while holding snack bars
Chapter 13: The Crystal Lake.
"On the road again! I just can't wait to get on the road again..." Mikhail sang rather out-of-tunely. Mysty had her ears covered with earmuffs to drown out the young man's voice, and she continued to stare at her now bandaged hand. It had only been six hours since Mikhail had cut it, and she had seen black-purple blood coming from it.
What was she?
Mysty then noticed that the sun had gone down and the moon had risen. It was night-time, which meant Mikhail would probably pull over. He hated driving at night apparently, saying once he ran into a Rhyhorn that he wasn't able to see. Not pretty.
Crazy Bike was shut down and Mikhail immediately looked for the camping supplies, finding everything but...the camping supplies. Mysty walked away from him and towards the large lake. She gazed upon her reflection for awhile, noticing a cloudy black aura emanating from her. Mysty jerked away and stared at her hand. Nothing. Just a normal human hand. She stared at her reflection again.
Black aura again.
Mysty swallowed hard and sat with her back against a tree and her knees up to her chest. "Is this why Mikhail bothered to let me tag along?" she asked herself, "Am I just a nuisance?" She could then hear Mikhail's rather cheerful voice say, "I never said you were a nuisance." Mysty turned to face Mikhail, who was staring at her with a goofy grin.
Mysty looked back to the water and then to Mikhail. "What am I? Tell me the truth!" she cried. Mikhail's grin was instantly wiped off his face. "Are you sure you want to know now?" he asked, his voice grave.
"Tell me."
"Then you're in for quite a long tale."
Mikhail sighed and sat down beside Mysty. "There is a Cipher scientist who goes by the name of Aaron Crimson. Crimson is not his real last name, but rather a name given to him because of his lust for blood. He, Master Ein, Ardos, and I were known as the Circle of Four. We designed the drug that brainwashes Pokemon."
"This drug was made from the power of an ancient Pokemon Aaron had discovered known as Helios. He is a twisted version of Arceus, capable of corrupting anyone's heart, no matter how strong. I believe because of him, Death became Aaron's only thought..."
"Upon being exposed to Helios' power, Aaron came to the other three of us with a project he had deemed Fear. Shadow Pokemon weren't enough for him when he showed us this, he wanted to use a stronger dosage of the drug to brainwash human beings... I could not believe my ears."
"Master Ein -who feared Aaron- agreed to help him work on the project, the coward. Ardos joined in on this without a second thought. I rejected this, not wanting to be part of it. But Aaron forced me in, saying I would become a test subject like the other Admins and Peons he would destroy. I had no choice."
"Then I saw the others who were pulled in. Luna and Jonathan, people I considered my friends, were taken and experimented on. They were destroyed by this. Whenever I saw their eyes I knew they were gone. Then Aaron pulled you in. Unlike Luna and Jonathan, you could resist the mind-altering properties of the drug. But you were and still are, a Shadow..."
"Finally, I couldn't take it anymore. I knew I was next on the list but I didn't care about that. I just wanted you to be safe from this. So I erased your memory and took you back to Agate, where your grandparents were. They do not know me by name."
Mysty stared at Mikhail in disbelief. "This can't be true..." she whispered. "I wish it wasn't." Mikhail said sadly. Shadow and Tory watched from afar. ("Yeah, and what Mikhail won't tell her is one of the reasons he left Team Snagem was to run away from those memories.") Tory groaned. ("Personally, I hope what he has said does it for Mysty.") Shadow replied.
("What are you implying?")
("She'll leave us in peace.")
("You are a jerk, Shadow.")
("I'm supposed to be! It's in the Little Brother Contract!")
Tory slowly walked towards a nearby tree. The Espeon closed his eyes and then promptly began ramming his head into the tree, saying repeatedly, ("Stupid!") The Umbreon just shrugged. ("What's eating Tor I wonder?") he asked, completely oblivious.
The other Pokemon ignored the foxes and focused on the humans. Mikhail and Mysty were very quiet, and Noctowl could see Mysty slowly slip her hand into Mikhail's. The owl's left eye twitched, as if that sparked some distant memory. She then flew up into the tree above Mikhail and Mysty, but they didn't see her.
Mikhail finally noticed Mysty's hand in his and a small smile creased up his lips. Makuhita noticed all this and frowned, Slugma could barely register exactly what was happening, and Flaafy was slowly dozing off. Croconaw seemed to be touched in the same way as Noctowl, as he walked closer. Quagsire and Misdreavous looked at each other in confusion.
What on earth was this?
Mysty leaned a little closer to Mikhail and all the Pokemon that were not Shadows could see very clearly where this was going. Shadow certainly didn't like it. ("No Mickey!") he cried, trying to run over and ruin the moment like last time, but Tory stopped him. In a few still and delicate seconds, Mikhail and Mysty's lips met. Shadow's ears drooped and his jaw dropped. Tory merely smiled.
Mikhail and Mysty pulled away from each other and noticed the Pokemon staring at them. "What are you yahoos looking at?!" Mikhail shrieked. Misdreavous immediately surrounded Quagsire with a purple cloud, Slugma sneezed out some fire that fried Flaafy and Makuhita, and all five Eeveelutions were staring at a rock as if it was extremely interesting. Croconaw and Noctowl remained the way they were.
Mikhail and Mysty -who knew these Pokemon fairly well- just glared at their companions. "You...saw...nothing!" Mysty shouted. ("Oh, we saw something!") Wave protested. ("I'll never be able to unsee what I just seen!") Shadow cried. Then Misdreavous, taking Mysty's words to heart, said to herself, ("Nobody can tell me what I seen, 'cause only I seen, what I seen!")
Note: ...And cut! There's Chapter 13! Review please? Yes, I'm aware I'm not that good at writing romance. Ciao!
