Welcome back readers for another chapter of Remembering an Old Friend! Sorry about the white umbrella thing, my science got pretty screwed up, especially since I only had like five hours of sleep the day before I wrote the previous chapter, and I changed that one part as well, sorta... I feel like this story is going a little downhill, don't you feel it is? Let's change that! Yeah high school is being a bitch so sorry about the late updates, and I'll be writing for fictionpress after this story so if you guys want me to continue writing at fanfic you must request me for a story and I must approve of it too! I hope you enjoy this chapter!
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Last time on Remembering an Old Friend...
The shadow came a few feet closer to the trapped Latios, "Ken?"
'What did it say?'
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"So, how are my top scientists doing?" the boss demanded calmly as he sat in his expensive chair with a firm posture. "They appear to be perfectly fine except for a few scratches, it's a miracle that they're still alive sir." the grunt answered, saluting his superior. "That's good to hear. And what about our dear subject twenty?" Giovanni continued to ask.
"She has successfully infiltrated the secret garden in Altomare sir." the grunt affirmed. "What? Hmm, I didn't expect to have her actually do something useful besides completely destroy that island. Well, no matter. When she has completed her mission, have her collar self destruct, but if she fails the mission, we shall spend no more time and money on the Altomare project and continue on with our organization's goals." Giovanni said.
"Yes sir!" the grunt saluted once more. "Alright, get out of my office and see if you can help my scientists recover." the large man ordered, pointing his large finger at the double doors. The underling nodded with one final salute and headed straight out the door.
"Why did I even bother with that pathetic island? Those so called 'heroes' will always manage to stop the bad guys no matter what the situation is." Giovanni sighed, puling out a stack of unfinished paper work.
"I wonder why the red eye was the only one that could save those eons?"
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"HA! I can't wait 'till my King sees this!" the shadow cackled, rushing to his counter part's side. The black shadow rushed up to the blue eon who was lazily stretching about on the white, non-existent floor.
The blue dragon noticed his counter part's arrival and greeted him rudely, "What do you want? Can't you see that it's my daily stretch?" The shadow ignored his king's rude tone. "I think that there is something going on in Altomare that you should take a look at." the shadow said with a nasty smile.
"What do you mean by that?" the blue eon asked. The shadow just pointed towards an imaginary object and let his counter part walk to it.
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"Almost there! Just a few more alleys!" the raven haired boy panted, running through the heavy rain along with Brock, Misty, Bianca, and Latias. 'Guys I don't know how much longer I can hold this barrier, it's really tiring me out.' Latias announced, getting worried looks from everybody.
"Come on! Let's hurry up, I don't feel like running in the rain right now!" Bianca shouted over the loud rain. The whole group turned one last final corner and entered the secret entrance, not even slowing down one bit.
Finally they all broke free from the black range and entered the gloomy atmosphere of the secret garden. "Where's Latios?" said Misty, who was frantically looking back and forth for their blue dragon.
"KYAA!" a feminine voice screamed. "What was that?" Brock asked. "Come on this way!" the raven haired boy ordered, leading the group towards the soul dew's pedestal.
"What the..." everyone gasped. Latios was frozen in midair while a black shadow in the shape of an eon was grabbing it's head in pain. "Help me... Make it stop!" the shadow yelled, it's voice frequently switching from a sweet young girl to a demonic monstrosity.
'Guys! Stay back, don't come any closer!' Latios warned through his frozen lips. "Latios what happened!" Misty demanded desperately, taking a few steps back from the scene. 'I don't know, but whatever she is, she's incredibly strong! Don't come any closer!' the blue dragon said, once again through stiff lips.
The shadow continued to struggle with itself. Both Misty and Bianca thought, "That shadow...". At that moment the two girls had received a mind splitting headache, falling to their knees as they clenched their throbbing skulls. The pain was so intense that the two girls couldn't speak a word, and they could hardly form proper thoughts.
"Misty!" Brock cried, rushing to his friend's side. 'Bianca!' the red eon cried as well, rushing to her friend to aid her.
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"Ken, I love you...!"
"I love you too, just as a friend though..."
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"Ah!" the two girls shrieked. "Dammit! They're both experiencing the flash backs! But why now? And how come Latias and I aren't experiencing this?" Brock asked himself. Seeing that his friends were being taking care of during their sudden episode, the raven haired boy began to rush to Latios' side.
The instant Ash took off, he tripped... "Idiot..." everyone sweat dropped. Ash got back up and continued towards Latios. 'What are you doing? I said stay back!' the blue eon shouted. "I'm gonna get you out of here!" Ash exclaimed, tugging at Latios' limbs, using all of his weight to his advantage.
The struggling shadow ceased it's pain, and eerily stared at the wet ground. The being looked up at the scene before it, it roared with such intensity, it shook the whole garden. Everyone stopped what they were doing, even Misty and Bianca seemed to recover slightly. Everything went silent, for the moment.
A demonic feminine laugh echoed from the shadow as it's amber eyes shone with purple flames. It launched it's psychic attacks in every direction, trees disintegrating at the touch of it's strength. 'Oh shit.' Latios cursed as he finally used his Luster Purge to break him free, accidentally scorching Ash's arm.
'Everybody, get behind me!' Latios ordered, backing up to protect the immobile Misty and Bianca. The shadow used it's illusions and encircled our heroes. 'What is this?' Latias whimpered, cowering behind her brother. 'Sis' use your Mist Ball on her! It should tire her out!' the blue eon ordered, protecting the group with a psychic barrier.
'But I don't know how to brother!' Latias cried over the loud destruction. 'You can do it! Now go!' Latios shouted, sustaining a hit from the shadow's psychic attack. The red eon looked desperate, trying her best to perform the desired attack, until her arms began to shine a bright red color as a ball of mist began forming in them.
Latias was shocked at herself for being able to use her special move so suddenly, and launched it at the raging pokemon before them. The ball exploded, sending a light red mist throughout the garden, the shadow shown no effect whatsoever.
"Did it work?" Brock asked, lifting Misty up in an upright position. Although the attack was supposed to drain the energy of the target, it only enraged the shadow pokemon. 'Shit, everyone get directly behind me!' Latios ordered as everybody grouped together behind the blue eon.
The shadow roared, once again shaking the now slightly damaged garden. It launched a final psychic blast directly at Latios' chest, the invisible wave hit it's target. Luckily, if it weren't for Latios' barrier he would be joining his father.
The barrier cracked, becoming visible for a split second before it was completely obliterated. The blast hit his chest, sending him back and over his friends and into a nearby tree, sending splinters in every direction.
'Brother!' Latias cried, rushing to her downed brother. Before she could make it to Latios, he began coughing up large amounts of blood onto the wet grass, creating small pools of blood that mixed with the rain.
"It looks like he's suffering from hemorrhaging!" Brock announced, seeing no external injuries. The shadow immediately stopped, it's breathing became normal, and it's eyes stopped glowing. "Ken?" the shadow said once again in it's normal voice.
"What did it say?" everyone asked, except for Latias and Latios. "Ken!" it repeated, as it's struggle with itself relapsed. "What's going on? Why did she say Ken?" Ash asked, feeling a slight headache, but received no flashbacks.
The shadow screamed, cried, and struggled to keep it's conscious. Slowly, the black shadow began to chip off, revealing a familiar red feathered body. Everybody watched with extreme curiosity as more and more pieces of the shadow chipped off until a beautiful red eon was revealed.
Everybody including Latias and Latios gathered around the red eon, but at the same tie, giving her enough space. "That shadow..." Bianca managed to say. 'Looks so familiar...' Latias finished. The red eon opened her eyes, taking in the scenery. "What's your name?" Brock asked.
The mystery eon took her time to answer, 'Colette, my name is Colette.' the girl answered, slowly closing her eyes. "Wait, wait! Tell us, who's Ken!" Bianca asked desperately. Again, Colette took her time to answer, her eyes almost completely shut.
'Tell Ken, that his friend Colette didn't die a painful death and she will always love him and keep him in her heart...' Colette whispered, taking in one last breath, a single tear rolling down from her scarred eye to her cheek. She fell limp, smiling.
"What..." Misty said shakily in disbelief. Using his psychic abilities, Latios quickly realized what had happened. 'She wanted to die...' Latios said quietly. Everyone gasped in disbelief. "How can you even say that!" Ash demanded angrily, mad at himself for watching an innocent pokemon die right in front of him.
'Hey! Are you the one with psychic powers? No!' the blue eon snapped. Ash backed off slightly. 'She had very rare disorder that Lorenzo told me about. If treated properly, the patient receiving the donor's eye would live while the donor would die.' Latios began to explain.
"But then why was she still alive before?" Bianca asked. 'There is only one way to prolong the life of an eon that is afflicted with this disorder.' the blue eon stated.
'Well, what is it brother?' Latias asked through her tears. Latios had a single tear mixed with pity and hatred roll down his face as he clenched his hands so tightly that his palms began to bleed. 'The only way to prolong the eon's life is to give it countless drugs. The mix of those drugs cause severe pain and may cause the patient to go insane.' Latios finished, finally succumbing to his internal injury.
Once again, everyone gasped, tears flowed down everyone's face. "We have to get Latios medical attention right now!" Brock said, wiping his tears as he knelt down to the coughing eon, gently pressing his hands over Latios' ribcage.
"What's the damage Brock?" Bianca asked, trying to keep the tears from blocking her vision. "He's suffering from severe hemorrhaging. He has two broken ribs and a ruptured kidney. We have to get him to the pokemon center now!" Brock ordered, rushing to the shack filled with medical supplies and came back out carrying a simplified stretcher.
"Ash, help me put Latios onto this stretcher!" Brock ordered, trying to stay calm. 'Wait. I can heal him.' Latias said calmly, turning to her brother's side. "How?" everyone gasped in shock. Latias said nothing as her hands began to glow a soft green color as Latios' violent coughing stopped. The abnormal lumps in his rib cage slowly came back into their original place, making loud cracking noises that made everyone cringe.
After a few minutes, Latios was seemingly alright. He stopped coughing up blood, and his ribs were back in place. "Latias, since when did you have that ability to heal?" Ash asked softly. 'I don't know, I just had a feeling that I could heal, thanks to somebody.' the red eon replied.
'Thanks sis.' Latios thanked, giving his sister a hug. '…' Latias opened her mouth but no words came out. "Something wrong Latias?" Misty asked. 'Uh, no, I'm fine.' Latias replied, breaking her hug with her brother.
"Come on everybody, let's go back to Bianca's house." Ash sighed. Everybody nodded in agreement as the twins turned invisible and followed their human friends. "Latias aren't you going to walk with us?" Bianca asked before they left through the secret entrance.
'No, I just want to be with brother right now.' the red dragon said quietly. "Ok." the girl responded, knowing that they all almost lost a precious friend and family member.
The group of friends left the garden, unaware that their eon friends were still in the garden. 'Brother!' Latias cried, digging her face into Latios' shoulder. 'It's ok Latias. Come on, we should catch up with the others.' Latios suggested as he flew out of the garden, still hugging his tearful sister.
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"FUCK!" the blue eon cursed, pounding his fist on the white floor, tears falling from his eyes. "Aw, is somebody crying?" the shadow mocked. "Dammit, Colette..." the blue dragon cried once more, ignoring the shadow's statement.
"He made her suffer... HE MADE HER FUCKING SUFFER!" the blue eon cried, turning around to face his shadow. The shadow remained silent. "Dammit! Dammit dammit dammit!" the blue dragon continued to shout, his cries echoed through the white space.
Everything turned black...
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'Hey, what's your name?'
'I'm Colette. What's your name?'
'I'm Ken! Nice to meet you!' the young eon said cheerfully. The red eon smiled warmly as she began to drag the boy off to her favorite hideout.
'Hey, where are you taking us?' the blue eon asked, feeling a slight pain in his shoulder joint. 'We're going to my super secret hideout where nobody can find us!' the red eon squealed, pushing all of the thick forest brush away with her psychic.
'But why would you want to hide from everyone else?' the blue dragon asked again. 'Well, I usually go there when I want to be alone. But this time I want to go alone, with you.' the young eon said, her face began to redden.
"Huh?" the young blue eon thought to himself, oblivious to the girls intentions. They finally made it to Colette's secret hideout. It was an opening in the forest with a crystal clear pond with tiny goldeen swimming about.
The grass there was the cleanest and neatest out of the whole forest. To put it simple words, it was the most perfect place on Mt. Silver.
'Wow, this place is amazing...' Ken gaped in awe, unaware that Colette was still grasping his claw. 'Come on! Sit down with me!' Colette said cheerily, offering Ken a seat on an overly large tree root. Obviously oblivious to Colette's intentions, Ken happily sat down next to his new friend as they both gazed at the peaceful scenery.
Slowly, the red eon made a move, and rested her head on Ken's shoulder, which caught his attention. "Hmm?" Ken thought to himself as he turned his head to look at the girl leaning on his shoulder. A few seconds passed by before Ken childishly squealed and hugged Colette, which caught her off guard.
"What? I didn't think he would be so affectionate..." Colette thought to herself, her face becoming incredibly red. 'You're so weird Ken!' Colette giggled as she hugged him back.
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"Dammit..."
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Yeah! Another chapter done! Yeah I know I said that I would update once a week but today was a good day for me cause I had like no home work! And if there's any questions, I'll try and answer them now. The ending was the sixth door to Ken's conscious, the flashback was when Ken and Colette met on Mt. Silver when they were little. That "Dammit" at the end was Ken. And yeah...
Tune in next time on Remembering an Old Friend!