Hello there readers and welcome back to another chapter of Remembering an Old Friend! Wow, this story is getting pretty long, but it's almost done! I hope you enjoy this chapter!
Thank you very much aKKurate! I'm flattered that you enjoy my writing! And yes, that jerk is finally off of my shoulders! If you're crush wont talk to you, then just give them some space and then slowly ease yourself back onto them :P.
Thanks Some guy named Blaze for the awesome review! Oh f**k indeed! sh*ts going down! Haha I'm surprised that nobody figured out that Latias would become a shadow, but, oh well!
Thank you Shadowpikachu223 for the review! I'll kill Latias if I want to! XD
Thank you very awesome much carsnprognmlp for the delicious review! And yes, the unveiling of the shadow's plan was the climax! Haha, climax xD. When I wrote last chapter, I felt kinda messed up for killing Giovanni that way, oh well! And yeah, since Latios gets picked on the most, he deserves all the weird and funny lines xD
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On to the chapter!
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Last time on Remembering and Old Friend...
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"No... Latias... it can't be..."
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"The noises stopped... does that mean it's over? Who won?" Bianca asked. Throughout the entire battle, the young girl had her knees pulled into her chest as she sat next to the soul dew's pedestal. "For some reason, sitting next to the soul dew makes me feel safe." Bianca mumbled to herself, trying to keep herself company. Suddenly, a chilling sensation overcame Bianca's body. "Whoa, what was that? I don't have a good feeling about this." the young girl thought to herself. "I don't know if it'll help but, I should get grandpa's rifle that he used in his competitions. Forgive me grandpa..." and with that, Bianca frantically looked around her. Once she saw that she was safe, she ran as fast as she could back to her house.
"I remember when grandpa told me that neither of us could use his rifle as a weapon. No matter what the situation was, we could not shoot at another living being." a salty tear rolled down Bianca's cheek. "I wonder if Latias and Ken are alright. I wonder if, Latios, is alright. If he died during the fight, I don't know what I would do!" Bianca sniffled, wiping her tears away as she turned around a corner. The young girl's heart was beating like mad. Her mind, body, and heart were pushed to their limits as sweat and tears flew from her body.
After a minute of vigorous sprinting, Bianca finally made it to her destination and opened the front door. She hurriedly ran up the stairs and burst through Lorenzo's door. Next to Lorenzo's bed, there was an enormous safe. The security system on the safe was a standard 9-key pad with a four key password. "2-1-4-2" Bianca muttered under her breath as she pressed the correct numbers in the correct order on the black keypad. A few moments passed by when a loud clicking noise came from the safe. Bianca's shoulders relaxed slightly as her eyes locked onto her grandpa's rifle.
"Good thing grandpa taught me how to use his gun." Bianca thought as she loaded the clip with ammunition she found in the very back of the safe. Bianca stuffed the clip into the rifle, which made a click to ensure the user that the clip was secured. "The clip is in. Cock the gun. Safety off. Now to head back to the secret garden." Bianca said to herself as she rushed back out of her house. "I never understood why grandpa bought hollow points. They were used for hunting, not shooting competitions..." Bianca put the thought to the side as she focused on where she need to go.
She was locked and loaded.
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"What happened? I don't feel so good. And why does my stomach hurt so much?" the blue eon thought, he could see nothing but blackness and felt a sickening swaying motion. "Oh jeez, I think I'm gonna-" Latios thought before all of the contents of his stomach exited through his mouth and into the ocean. The Wailmer sniffed the air and scowled, swimming far, far, far, away from Latios' stomach wrenching mess. 'Sorry about that Wailmer. It's because your swaying is making me sea sick.' Latios groaned in his pokespeech as the Wailmer sweatdropped.
"Where are we?" the blue eon questioned himself, taking in his surroundings. "Oh, we're right by the canal that leads straight to the secret garden! I better go there to check on Bianca." Latios thought to himself. 'Thanks for everything Wailmer. I gotta go!' Latios waved back as he tiredly dove underwater. The Wailmer nodded goodbye but rolled his eyes as soon as Latios was out of sight and left.
"I feel terrible. I'm tired, everything hurts. And now I'm hungry!" Latios complained as he cringed at his previous event. After five minutes, the disoriented eon arose from one of the many ponds in the secret garden. "Yay. I'm back home, and we won the battle!" Latios cheered mentally as he approached the soul dew's pedestal. Suddenly, the blue eon's vision became hazy as everything around him began to spin. The disoriented eon flew around the pedestal and collapsed in between the pedestal and the protective guard rails.
In his critical condition, Latios passed out in the one spot where it would be impossible to find him. Unless of course one were to get a bird's eye view of the garden or walk behind the pedestal.
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"W-when did the shadow infect her with his own energy?" Ken asked himself, unable to believe the figure before him. "Did he do it back when the Marauder attacked Altomare?"
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"Here, take these. They're parts of my soul, so they should help you guys when you're in danger."
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"When I gave Ash and Latias those necklaces, did the shadow put part of himself in them too? Then how come Ash wasn't affected? It could be that he is of no use to the shadow anymore..." the blue dragon pondered. "But what do I do now? I'm out of energy. I can barely move. And all of Latias' wounds have healed." the blue dragon closed his eyes, thinking of a way to solve this impossible problem. "But even if I had all of my strength, I would never fight back against her. I guess, the only thing I can do is to defend myself until something happens." Ken took in a deep breath. "The scary thing about this is that, I'm going to die. Even if Latias somehow changes back, my death is inevitable."
The black shadow examined its claw with extreme patience. It squinted its eyes as it flexed its arm. Suddenly, Ken felt a chilling sensation rise up his spine. The black eon spotted Ken and stopped examining its new body. Latias concentrated on her target, her black aura turning into a blazing inferno as the blue dragon prepared himself for the worst. There was silence, and then, Latias attacked. Ken didn't even notice Latias speeding towards him as she uppercutted him with a Shadow Claw.
Strangely enough, Latias' attack only left mild scratches on her targets throat, but her raw power compensated for her lack of lethal attacks. Ken was sent flying up high above the clouds as he barely retained his conscious. "She's fast!" Ken thought to himself as he saw Latias flying towards him at twice the speed of a jet. The blue dragon quickly shot an Ice Beam and made it into a shield using his psychic, hoping that Latias wouldn't smash through it.
Ken's hopes were destroyed along with his shield. Latias ripped through the blue dragon's shield as her claw struck his chest, sending him back down to Altomare. Still, Ken kept his consciousness, but his body would hardly respond to his brain's commands. The black shadow followed her target with blood red eyes and the intent to kill the one that loved her. Before the blue dragon landed in the calm ocean of Altomare, the shadow eon came soaring in from the side, aiming a dark pulse at her target. As the shock wave of dark energy flew towards Ken, he managed to raise his claws in an attempt to block it.
Ken's block was successful, hardly. The blue dragon had avoided the damage of Latias' attack, but he couldn't stop the shear force behind it. The blue dragon was sent flying into an enormous rock near the shores of Altomare, shattering the rock upon impact. Ken looked up to see the relentless shadow coming at him again. Latias swung her claw at his throat, which was hardly blocked. The blue dragon's block was just enough for him to prolong his life, but his defense was shattered the instant Latias retracted her claw.
The black shadow went back to back with her strikes. One strike, block. Two strikes, block. Three strikes, once more, a block. Each block Ken raised emitted an atomic bomb-like shock wave that echoed through the ocean. The echoes sounded as if the earth itself was crying. Ken's claws were covered in blood, for he had lost the energy to properly protect himself in his defense. Latias came in for one more strike at Ken's chest, hoping for him to block. When the blue dragon defended his vital organs, the black shadow aimed a shadow pulse at his chest once his block was shattered.
The shock wave snapped three of Ken's ribs as well as damaged his liver. The blue dragon spat blood as his vision became blurry. Ken wiped the blood away from his mouth, but failed as he wiped even more blood onto his feathers. Just like Ken's shadow, Latias formed a black blade in her claws. Latias attacked at blinding speeds as Ken helplessly held his claws up to protect himself, unable to dodge her attacks. Latias' blade made several cuts on Ken's body. There were cuts on his wings, his face, and especially his arms.
"I can't believe it Latias. It felt just like yesterday when we first met."
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"What do you think you're doing to her!" Ash cried.
"Stop that right now!" Ken commanded.
"What's the point in saving this girl?" Annie and Oakley said in unison.
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"And I remember when Latios and I stopped that tidal wave heading for Altomare."
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"Ken, you must promise me that you will protect Latias."
"I will!"
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Latias was relentless with her attacks as more and more blood dripped down to the ocean. Ken's claws were almost completely decimated. The shadow had struck at the blue dragon's claws so much, that the whites of his bones became visible. Ken couldn't feel anymore pain, the only thing his body could feel was the immense force from Latias' attacks. Soon, Ken was pushed above the center of Altomare. Seeing that her target was quickly dying from severe blood loss, Latias decided to play with her opponent even more by making his life last as long as possible. The black shadow concealed her shadow blade and focused her attacks on her claws once again. With her body completely taken over by the shadow's power, Latias sure has received some of his evil thinking and fighting style.
Latias resumed her assault, forcing the weak dragon to protect himself. The black shadow threw a punch as she smiled her red grin, hitting Ken's block. Latias went back to back with her punches as she watched the crimson red blood fly in every direction. Each punch splattered Ken's blood on the shadow's claws, cracking the bones in his arms ever so slowly. Upon the twelfth punch, Latias managed to create a tiny fracture in the blue dragon's forearms, causing him to scream bloody hell.
Finally, the blue dragon can feel something other than the force of Latias' attacks, too bad it had to be pain. The pain gave Ken enough energy to flinch and retreat, but the shadow just kept coming. The blue dragon let out a soft cry when he looked at his arms. There were deep gashes in his forearms, deep enough for him to have a nice view of his pale white bones. There were two kinds of blood that intoxicated the air with its stench, there was fresh blood, and dry blood.
When the blue dragon examined his arms even closer, he saw tiny fractures that oozed miniscule amounts of bone marrow. The black eon slammed her palm down upon Ken's skull when he put his guard down and sent him flying into the secret garden. The blue dragon lay in a crater that his body created when he landed. Blood began to pool in the center of the crater which formed a large puddle of blood that soaked into the soil. This was it, he was going to die. He was going to die in the very same place where his beloved sister Colette had fallen. Ken's vision blurred even more as he fell on the brink of blacking out. He saw the shadow slowly coming towards him, it seemed like she was trying to savor this moment.
The black eon smacked Ken's body out of his grave and into the base of a tree, covering his back in jagged splinters. Just then, the blue dragon heard the sound of something click. The blue dragon forced his eyes open to find the source. The click sounded metallic, and heavy in a sort of way. Next to the pedestal that held the soul dew, the blue dragon spotted a young girl holding a rifle that was aimed at something near him. It was, Bianca! But why is she holding that rifle? And what is she aiming at? And then it hit him.
"Bianca don't shoot! That's not the shadow! It's Latias!" Ken shouted, his chest tightened as he did. But it was too late, Bianca had already pulled the trigger which sent the deadly hollow point soaring at Latias' skull. Through all of the fear, adrenaline, and the crack of the rifle, Bianca didn't hear a single word uttered from the blue dragon. Everything slowed down, to about half the speed of an ordinary snail. The bullet traveled at incredible speeds toward the unaware shadow. But just as the shadow Latias was about to kill the blue dragon, her eyes narrowed. The black eon stopped the bullet in mid air and covered it in shadows right before it shot through her skull, but she didn't stop the blast of air that hit her face. The shadow looked irritated and shot the bullet back at the sender with a trail of black smoke following behind the bullet.
Bianca was shocked, not only did the shadow stop the bullet, but it sent it flying back towards her! The young girl was too slow in her reaction time and received the full force of the bullet in her stomach. The scorching hot metal tore through Bianca's flesh as the hollow tip of the bullet began to mushroom, or collapse on itself making it more lethal. In an instant, the bullet exited through Bianca's back, splattering blood everywhere on the ground behind her. Bianca's nervous system went into shock as she collapsed on the cold, hard base of the pedestal. The young girl held her stomach with one hand while the other hand covered her mouth to keep her from spitting out her precious blood. Within a few seconds, Bianca blacked out from the pain.
Unable to cry out Bianca's name, the blue dragon simply gritted his teeth, letting out a loud grunt. The black eon glanced at the target that shot at her and brushed it off as if it were nothing but trash and continued to fly over to Ken's body. "What do I do? Bianca's bleeding out. Latios was kidnapped by a Wailmer. And Latias is about to kill me. What will happen to everything else after that?" the thought was far too frightening for Ken to think about. The shadow raised the blue dragon's body with a push of dark energies and hurled him at Bianca's location. The blue dragon left enormous splotches of blood when he landed right next to the unconscious young girl.
Ken spat out some blood as he wiped his mouth once more. The dying blue dragon was breathing heavily and could barely see anything, and finally, Ken blacked out. The black shadow hovered over the defeated heroes and sneered. Latias formed a wall of darkness to crush her enemies, but something caught her eyes. She was directly over the soul dew's pedestal when she couldn't help but notice all of her friends fallen before her. There was Bianca, Ken, and her brother Latios together in their own puddles of blood as their lives began to slowly float away.
Strangely, tears began to fall down the sides of the black eon's cheeks. For some reason, her body would not allow her to crush her friends to death. Now her eyes were streaming with salty tears as her wall of darkness disappeared into thin air. The shadow grit its teeth, completely ignoring the amount of tears falling from its eyes.
'What have I done?...'
Suddenly, the shadow was engulfed in a cyclone of shadows. The shadow screamed, its scream was a mix between an enraged beast and a saddening cry of guilt. The strong wind that the cyclone created swirled the pools of blood down below, making an even bigger mess of the soiled garden. The cyclone rose high up into the sky as the shadow down below stopped being a shadow. Bit by bit, pieces of Latias' shadow crumbled away and were carried up by the strong force of the cyclone. Now the beastly roar turned into a cry of pain as Latias' cry became that of a being who was fighting for their life.
A few moments passed as the shadow completely disappeared from the red eon's body. The cyclone ceased, Latias appeared lifeless as she hovered above her fallen friends. Latias was covered in cuts and burn marks, it appears that her fight with the shadow was not only on a mental level, but on a physical level as well. The red eon collapsed right next to the blue dragon with a wet bloody thud, adding to the large amounts of blood on the ground. When Latias fell, her head smashed against the ground, hard. But luckily this impact did not cause the red eon to black out, it actually alerted her.
Latias opened her eyes, ignoring the pounding going inside of her head. She saw the one that loved her bleeding to death right in front of her. "I... have to... help everyone..." Latias told herself mentally. The red eon rose from her pool of blood using an unknown reserve of energy to function properly. With a painful exertion of energy, Latias gently lifted Latios, Bianca, and Ken, from their blood pools using her Psychic. "She's... the only one that can help us..."
Somehow, Latias was able to carry everyone to a nearby Pokemon Center. As soon as Latias and everyone else made it through the Pokemon Center's sliding doors, she collapsed on the cold tiled floor. Latias' conscious was slipping away, but the last thing she heard was the voice a familiar woman and the frantic orders of several Chansey.
Everything went black...
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There was a beeping sound, it was electronic. It was beeping at a fairly slow rate, but it was annoying nonetheless. Unfortunately, there was another extremely annoying beeping noise next to her. Why did this have to happen? She felt comfortable for once, why can't she lie down in peace? Wait a second, beeping noises?
Latias cracked open her eyes, allowing the faint glow of the early morning sun to fill her amber eyes. The first thing Latias saw was a clock placed on the wall directly in front of her bed. It read 6:15 A.M. Where was she? The last thing she remembered was falling in the lobby of the Pokemon Center. After much effort, the red eon opened her eyes to be greeted with the relieved smiles of her friend Bianca and her brother Latios. Latios had several bandages covering his body along with a cast for his broken arm. But strangely, Bianca seemed unscathed, not that it was a bad thing. 'What's going on?' Latias asked through her telepathy.
Latios was the first to talk. 'We don't know much, but somehow Bianca and I woke up in the Pokemon Center along with you and Ken.' the blue eon said in a weak tone. 'I didn't remember much until Bianca told me. Apparently, your shadow nearly killed all of us.' Latias looked away in shame, faintly remembering the events that occurred that night. 'But don't feel bad about it. You were able to over come the shadow's power and turn back to normal.' Latios said.
'But what happened after that?' Latias questioned.
"I don't really remember much, but I must have been conscious because I remember you carrying all of us into the Pokemon Center before you passed out." Bianca answered weakly. Strange, it seemed to Latias that her friend has lost weight.
'Bianca and I woke up after three weeks. But you didn't wake up until the second month.' Latios informed, receiving a shocked look from his sister.
'Where's Ken?' Latias asked frantically, trying to sit up. Latios and Bianca stopped the red eon from moving as they tried to calm her down.
"It's ok, he's in the bed right next to you." Bianca said.
'How's he doing?' Latias questioned.
"Well after we woke up, Nurse Joy told Bianca and I that he got the worst out of us. She even said that he might not make it...'
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YAY! Another chapter! Well I feel accomplished cause I wrote this chapter in one day! There's still more to come so please review and tune in next time on Remembering an Old Friend!