"Now is the time. Bring them here." "Bring what here?" Venus asked. A few grunts came in carrying a metal container. Inside was a Mew, Celebi, Phione, Manaphy, Shaymin, Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf. They were trying futilely to get out of the container but it held them fast. "What the hell are they doing here?" "We're here to open the door to the Hall of Legendaries and that is what we're going to do. The only way is to sacrifice these pokemon and let their blood open the door." Cyrus pulled out a long dagger and as it glinted off the malevolence of Cyrus's eyes Venus made a move that would reshape his fate.
Venus grabbed Cyrus's hand and twisted it, causing the knife to clatter to the ground. The collective group of Commanders and Grunts gasped.
"What the hell are you doing?" Cyrus whispered violently.
"We should consider all options before doing this."
"There are no other options! This is the only way we can get through!" Cyrus went for the knife again but a barrier formed around it.
"This isn't what I signed on for!"
"You signed up on to see this dream happen at any cost!'"
"That was when the cost was my life!"
"It has never been just about your life! It has been about all of them too!" He swept his other hand across to the rest of the members. "You would allow them to die for a dream, but not a few mindless pokemon!" Venus began to glow and his body began to lift off the ground.
"They...no, we are not mindless!" Venus's voice seemed to reverberate and grow. "You speak of pokemon as if they have no souls. As if, we were some lab rat you could experiment on." He rose higher, his power cracking the container holding the pokemon. "This is not how we will do this. We will find another way." Cyrus pulled out a gun from a concealed pocket and shot Venus in the arm, taking him out of the air and onto the ground. Venus cupped his hand to his arm instinctively though he could tell without looking it was just a scratch. Cyrus pointed the gun again.
"Don't get in our way!" He fired the bullet into Venus's head. The body hit the ground with a sickening thud. Mars gasped slightly."Now somebody sacrifice these beings before I get trigger happy." Then the container broke wide open and the pokemon got out. They flew through the void as fast as they could away from the Galactics who suddenly found themselves, bound to the spot they stood in.
"Sorry Cyrus, but it'll take more than a bullet to the head to kill me." Rising of the ground telekinetically, Venus caught the bullet that fell off of his hardened skin. He examined the bullet in his hand, before crushing it. "I don't think you know what it's going to take to kill me. Unfortunately for you, I'm very aware of what it takes to kill you." Cyrus looked incredulous and then threw forward a Pokeball. A giant black bird appeared in a blaze of light and screeched.
"Honchkrow! Use Dark Pulse!" Honchkrow opened its beak and released a beam of dark rings at Venus, only for him to smack them to the side. Venus lifted a Pokeball telekinetically from his belt and tossed it. Ghost appeared in a bright light and tackled Honchkrow out of the air. By this time the other Grunts had caught on to what had happened. They began attacking any and everything in their haste. Venus fired off an Ice Beam from his eyes, freezing half of the Grunts in their place. Cyrus was outraged. "Honchkrow, HYPER BEAM! NOW!" Honchkrow broke away from Ghost and fired off the the large orange blast at Venus, who had turned his back to take care of the Grunts. A shadow moved across the battlefield, silent and fast stopping in front of Venus. The baby Giratina rose fast and took the attack head on. Venus turned around in horror as he watched the blast go straight through.
"NOOOO!" The baby Giratina lay lifeless in front of him. Everybody stopped. Galactics stared at the scene as Venus knelt down and touched the corpse gingerly. His body began to bristle as dark electricity hopped off of him.
"You should have known better, Venus. My power is undeniable. All will fall. Even you." Cyrus broke into a demonic laugh. He stopped abruptly when he heard Venus whisper something. "What was that?" Venus spoke louder his voice, carrying visible tension and anger.
"Venus isn't my name. My name is Riosu Krestner Stratos and I'm going to kill you." The black lightning arcing from his body increased in power, as Krestner moved forward. Commander Earth moved to stop him, and was struck dead by a single gaze. Mercury and Uranus met the same fate. Saturn and Jupiter backed away slowly, trying to hide amongst the shadows. Neptune came running at him, purple hair flowing behind him. Ghost shot him down with a large Aeroblast. Krestner was about a foot away from Cyrus and began to charge a powerful Hyper Beam. Then his world shattered. Mars stood in front of Cyrus protecting him from harm. "Move!"
"No." Her voice was barely above a whisper. "My want to protect him is greater than my love for you." Krestner's face fell and the Hyper Beam failed completely.
"But _..."
"My name is Commander Mars." A colossal roar ripped through the area. Everybody looked up to see Giratina(the elder) come crashing in. Landing slowly it fired a Dragon Pulse at Cyrus knocking him bakwards into a dark cloud. Roaring again it devastated the Grunts, their pokemon and the bodies of the fallen Commanders. "TO THE MIRROR!" Krestner heard Mars yell as she ran through it. Jupiter and Saturn followed closely as did Charon. Cyrus was the last but as he was about to enter Krestner stopped him.
"You took everything from me. So now I'm going to make sure you suffer. " He pushed Cyrus into the mirror and then with a crushing Focus Punch shattered the mirror before Cyrus passed through, effectively trapping him in a void of space and time, a world between that of Distortion and that of Reality. Giratina whipped around, staring at Krestner as if recognizing him and blaming him for everything. With a single deadly gaze, everything went black.
The group was forced from Krestner's head explosively. Holding his head in his hand, Krestner spoke in a grave voice.
"Now you know what happened, though I might've edited a few things for content and time constraints."
"Not that it will help you in the long run." A female voice struck the group's ears with a hint of venom. Everybody turned to see the Commanders Mars and Jupiter standing side-by-side.
"Everybody go. NOW!" Krestner yelled. The Aura Guardians immediately grabbed everybody and ran, only Selena was left.
"I'm not leaving. We battle them together."
"Found yourself a new whore, Venus?" Jupiter taunted him, with frozen words. Mars shot her a dirty look, but resisted the urge to argue. There would be time for that later.
"Who you calling a whore? You're the one wearing a jumpsuit that doesn't cover your legs." While Selena and Jupiter traded insults in the calm before the storm, Mars and Krestner stared each other down.
"It's been a long time, Riosu Krestner Stratos."
"Yes it has..." He stopped just before saying her name.
"Go on. Say it." Krestner looked her in the eyes, his eyes beginning to water slightly.
"Yes it has, Sylvia." The snowstorm outside the Aura shield picked up as the battles began.
The story's picked up now! The flashback is over and now the assault on Mt. Coronet begins. Bet you didn't see that plot twist coming!