Chapter 6: Finding the Truth
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Darkrai met up with Cresselia and they consulted with Arceus, who told them where Team Plasma were setting up their base of operations, somewhere in the deserts of the Hoenn region. Arceus gave them a magical stone that they could use to teleport back to the Hall of Origin, and teleported them directly to the desert.
"isn't that it over there in the distance?" Said Cresselia, who saw a large metal structure far away in the desert.
"it must be." Said Darkrai, as he retracted his thin legs and began flying towards the structure. Cresselia followed.
When the two Legendary Pokémon got close, they stopped to scan the area.
Darkrai pointed to the front side of the building; "There is where the Team Plasma members will likely be. We should try to find another way in." He said, and Cresselia nodded. Darkrai took point and lead her behind the building, then he flew straight up to the top. He peered carefully over the edge of the roof and saw three Team Plasma grunts talking. He quietly told Cresselia to use her Psychic type powers to put them in a trance. She complied and floated up to the top of the building, then fired a Psychic beam at the three of them, which did the trick, making all of them nonresponsive. Darkrai floated to the roof and extended his legs and walked over in front of the three grunts.
"Good work." He said, looking into their eyes and seeing only white. He walked over to the door to the stairs and entered, with Cresselia following closely behind. As they descended, they kept their guard up, until suddenly, a Team Plasma grunt walked out of a door just in front of them. He saw the two Pokémon and his jaw dropped open. He turned to run but was stopped by Darkrai grabbing him by his wrists and twisting them, causing the grunt to fall to his knees, then the grunt was forced to the floor.
"Let me go!" said the grunt. Darkrai smiled. "We'll let you go once you answer my questions."
The grunt said the same thing all humans say when Darkrai Talks to them. "YOU CAN TALK?!"
Darkrai rolled his eyes and said; "it's not very uncommon for us legendary Pokémon to talk, I can think of at least four other ones that can speak English. But I need to know something from you."
"Fine, just don't hurt me!"
"Where is your leader, or whoever is in charge of this facility?" Darkrai said while holding the Grunt down.
"Ghetsis is in his office on the third floor!"
"Thanks. I'm gonna put you to sleep so you can't alert anyone to us." Before the grunt could complain, Darkrai used Dark Void on him.
Darkrai and Cresselia made their way to the third floor and into the hallways, only encountering one grunt along the way, who Darkrai put to sleep. They finally reached the room marked "Ghetsis" and forced the door open, to find a rather astonished looking man with a robotic eye and a robe. "What is the meaning of this?!" Ghetsis said.
"Where do you Keep your captured Legendary Pokémon? And yes, I can talk." Darkrai said.
"I don't have any, but I find myself in a fortunate position… two Legendary Pokémon came to ME, and I will capture them both!" Ghetsis pulled out a Master ball and threw it at Cresselia, who used Psycho cut on it and cut it right in half.
Ghetsis got mad at this. "DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH THOSE COST?!"
Darkrai crossed his arms. "We don't care. And you're next if you don't tell us where Latios is."
Ghetsis looked dumbfounded at Darkrai. "What use would I have for a Latios? It has no real strength to use to my advantage!"
Darkrai and Cresselia looked at each other, then back at Ghetsis. "You… don't have him? Then why is he missing?"
Ghetsis shook his head, "I don't have any clues for you. And I still plan to have you captured." As he said this he pressed a button and metal walls slammed down, making leaving the room impossible. Darkrai pulled out the teleportation gem and put his hand on Cresselia. "Enjoy being trapped in your room, Ghetsis." The two legendary Pokémon teleported out and Ghetsis began screaming profane words of all kinds.
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The two Legendary Pokémon reappeared in the Hall of Origin, and Darkrai went immediately to Latias's room. He knocked and Latias answered the door, and looked at him expectantly.
"Team Plasma didn't have Latios."
Latias hung her head. Darkrai hugged her and spoke in a gentle, soothing tone of voice. "It's alright. If Team Plasma Doesn't have him, he is much safer than we thought."
Latias nodded. "Yeah… I just wish we knew where he was."
A voice came from nowhere. "you wish? I can help!" Then, Jirachi appeared.
"you're Jirachi, right?"
Jirachi nodded, "yep, and I heard you make that wish. I'll grant your wish, you will find where Latios is. I can't say when it will happen, but I guarantee it will happen.
Latias hugged the much smaller Pokémon. "THANK YOU!"