Twy's P.O.V 1st Person
Falling, it's one of the worst feelings in the universe isn't it?
I mean, few things seem to compare to the immediate terror and senselessness that comes with falling.
Nine times out of ten though, we never hit the ground, finding that next rung on the ladder just a few feet lower than expected or waking up in bed to find that we had never fallen in the first place usually, we end up well enough just thoroughly shaken.
But why is it though, that the one time out ten when we do reach the ground and we do feel that pain why is it, that time seems to be the least terrifying?
Why is it in those last couple seconds just before we hit, even though we know what's coming, we are no longer afraid?
Is it because the mystery is taken out of it and the question is it no longer will I hit the ground, but how will I hit the ground?
Or is it that we just realize that we are going to the hit the ground and we brace ourselves for the inevitable? Regardless, falling really is the worst feeling ever.
You're probably asking yourself why in the hell is he talking about falling at a time like this.
I guess I don't really know myself; maybe I'm just a bit lightheaded or dazed, probably both. But I guess that's what happens when a bolt of lightning sears the flesh to black on your right arm as it blows you of the roof of a building and you fall a hundred stories to the ground bellow.
Falling, that's right I'm falling…
Several hours previously…
Twy's P.O.V 3rd Person
"Zekrom, that's who were going after next, I thought he was supposed to be like super temperamental?" asked Twy, as he and Mew made their way through the gates of Castelia city.
"Yes and no," said Mew, floating along beside him, "Zekrom is actually a very even tempered Pokémon, or at least he is for a legendary".
"Then why all the stories of Zekrom going crazy and attacking people," asked Twy.
"I'm not saying those stories aren't true, but Zekrom only attacks the people of Castelia."
"Why?" asked Twy, as they walked out onto the huge metal bridge.
"Well what is Castelia," asked Mew motioning to the land before them.
"One of the largest cities in Unova," guessed Twy wondering how that had anything to do with it.
"Yes, but what's its most defining feature?" asked Mew.
"Its skyscrapers," said Twy, looking up at the enormous buildings.
Out of all the cities in Unova, Castelia was renowned for its enormous skyscrapers some of which were said to be the tallest in the world.
"Yep," said mew nodding her head.
"But what does that have to do with anything/," asked Twy.
"Well as you know different kinds of Pokémon take different kinds of territory."
"I'm still not following," said Twy.
"I know I'm getting there," said Mew, dropping to rest lightly on his head.
"Zekrom is both a lightning and flying type so his territory is in the sky, but being an ancient he considers just about all of the sky his territory."
"So when people began building these skyscrapers…" began Twy catching on.
" He considered it an invasion into his territory," finished Mew swishing her tail.
"So that's why he only attacks the people of Castelia, he wants them to leave or at least quite building skyscrapers," asked Twy. "Yep like I said, he's usually pretty level headed, but sometimes his blood boils and he loses himself."
"So how does that affect us?" asked Twy, as they approached the opposite end of the bridge.
"Hopefully," said Mew, playing with his hair "It doesn't".
Mew's P.O.V 1st Person
"Hey I meant to ask you something," said Twy.
"Ya?" I asked perking up my ears.
"Well remember back when we first met Sean, he told you something and then you kind of freaked out, what was that about?"
I sighed outwardly; I had known that this conversation would come up sooner or later, but I had hoped that I would have more time to think on it.
"Sean is a Celestial child," I said heavily.
"A what?"
"A Celestial child," I repeated "Their like the chosen children of Arceus, almost like his priest. He opens their mind as children allowing them to hear the voice of the universe, hence that bit about the whispers. Though Celestial children divert catastrophes like volcanoes and plague, Arceus sometimes uses them to speak to us when he's away. Unfortunately the opening of their minds makes them unstable, and celestial children go insane without even ever figuring out what they are."
"So what Sean told you…" began Twy.
"Was a message from Arceus, yes," I said nodding my head sullenly.
"Wow," said Twy surprised that a message from Arceus himself could be delivered so uneventfully.
"So what did he say?"
"He said yes," I said plainly, "It was the answer to something that's been bothering me lately."
"What?" asked Twy, already able to feel me trembling.
"I wanted to know if Celebi…If it was my fault and… and he said yes," I choked bursting into tears.
Quickly Twy grabbed hold of me, pulling me down and cradling me against his chest like he had only a couple days previously.
"Hey, I don't care what anyone says, that was not your fault and if it wasn't for you I'd be dead," said Twy gently wiping away my tears.
"Besides, were not even sure that's what it meant, he could've been talking about something entirely different".
I hadn't thought of that, I had immediately assumed that the message had pertained to Celebi. But now that I thought about it, there was something else that had been bothering me, something that had been bothering me for years.
A single question that burned in my heart scalding my soul was it possible for humans and Pokémon to be together. What if that was what the message had meant, if that was true, then did that mean Arceus approved my choice.
I suddenly felt a lot lighter as both burdens were lifted simultaneously.
"See that's better isn't it," said Twy, noticing that I had stopped crying.
"Thanks," I whispered floating up and kissing his cheek.
I giggled as he began to blush.
"I take it that means you feel better," said Twy as I perched back atop his head.
"You could say that," I say running my fingers through his hair.
"So where to first?"
Twy's P.O.V 3rd Person
"So where to first," asked Twy.
"The tallest building we can enter I think, perhaps the radio tower or the tourist platform," said Mew pointing them out.
"Tourist platform it is," said Twy turning in its direction.
"Aren't you going to ask why were trying to get high up," asked Mew, pulling his hair back.
"That depends, are you going to give me an answer?" asked Tw,y shaking his back in forth vigorously, nearly dislodging her.
"Maayybe," giggled Mew leaning back and toppling over backwards, catching herself in the air with a spinning loopty-loop.
"You're in a good mood all of sudden," said Twy smiling "Alright Ill bite why are we trying to get so high up".
"How else are we going to catch lightning bolts," said Mew mischievously.
Twy's P.O.V 1st Person
"You know I'm not so sure about this," I said looking through the glass floor of the observation deck.
"What, there's nothing to be afraid of," said Mew floating beside me.
"Easy for you to say, you can fly," I say, I'm not usually afraid of heights. I think I've proven that, but when it comes to buildings and the like they put me on edge for some reason.
"What's a matter, afraid I won't catch you?" asked Mew, cocking her head to the side and looking me in the eyes. As I stared back into those beautiful blue eyes I could feel all my fears wash away, and I knew I trusted her with my life.
"No, not at all," I said confident in the conviction.
Mew smiled and opened her mouth as if she was about to say something, but she looked away biting her lip instead.
I was about to ask her what she was going to say when a surprisingly strong gust of wind sweeps through knocking her into me.
"They could have at least built a roof on this thing," I say catching her and shivering from the cold.
"B..B..Be gl..glad they didn't otherwise w.. would have had to climb up on the roof," said Mew and I realized that I wasn't the only one shivering.
Quickly I unzipped the top of my jacket making a hole big enough to fit Mew inside.
"Thanks," said Mew, after she had climbed in, already feeling warmer.
"So what are we waiting for," I asked silently praying that she couldn't tell my heart was beating against my chest.
"That," said Mew pointing to a line of ominous black clouds out in the distance.
Slowly people began to make their way to the exit as it became more and more apparent that the storm was heading in our direction.
"God I was afraid they were never gunna leave," said Mew climbing out of my jacket after nearly everyone had left.
"Why?" I asked, looking up at the swirling clouds overhead.
"I was afraid some idiot was going to try and catch me or something. There's so many people I was certain at least one of them would try something stupid".
"I think we'll be fine, someone would have to be crazy to try something up here" I said confidently.
"Lucario use aura sphere!"
Dammit, me and my big mouth.
Immediately me and Mew took off in opposite directions as the aura sphere crashed between us.
We had become accustomed to surprise attacks such as these and had worked out a system that worked pretty well so far.
Step one separate, their more likely to chase Mew who will have an easier time escaping.
Step two asses the attackers, see how many there are and do our best to size up their abilities.
In this case our attackers were a female Lucario and one human boy around nineteen probably her trainer.
Step three locate an escape route, there were two exits the elevators and the emergency fire escapes, both of which were behind our attackers, short of that the only way off was over the edge.
Step four locate each other, Mew was to my left all the way on the other side of the circular platform. Currently she was under assault by the Lucario and her trainer, both of which seemed to be very experienced fighters.
Step five, fight or flee, fleeing wasn't an option so that left fight.
The trainer noticed me coming first and to my surprise he moved to stand in between me and the two Pokémon.
"I don't know what you're up too but you're not getting anywhere near Skyler," said the boy putting up his guard in a fighting position.
I decided then that I liked him, he wasn't concerned with me catching Mew he was worried about me hurting his Pokémon.
The way he held himself suggested that he knew what he was doing, like he was a boxer or something.
I don't have any training like that, but thanks to my father and years of surviving on my own I would have him outmatched physically.
He came at me first and caught me of my guard for two reasons.
One I had expected him to wait until I made the first move, and second because he moved faster than I have ever seen any human move.
So saying he caught me square in the jaw with a blow so hard that it lifted me off my feet.
My vision blurred as I fell to my knees, unable to get my senses in check.
Dam I knew Machokes that couldn't hit that hard.
I briefly wondered if he was a half kind like me, but there would have been signs of it ears, a tail, I would even be able to smell it on him.
No he's human, I thought standing back up my vision settling in.
"Wow that almost hurt," I say rubbing my jaw.
I'm gratified with the look of surprise on his face; obviously he hadn't expected me to get back up.
The surprise quickly dissipates and he puts his guard back up, to my surprise instead of looking unnerved he looks excited.
Quickly he lunges forward again but this time I'm ready, I step in closer leaning to the right to dodge his fist and catching him in the stomach with my left. He stumbles gasping for air, I know that had to hurt but he does his best not to show it.
"Wow," he says matching my tone from earlier, "I almost felt that one".
Mew's P.O.V 1st Person
This Lucario's starting to get on my nerves. No matter how I try to attack her she dodges it I'm almost tempted to just throw her from the roof.
I had hoped, that when Twy had distracted her trainer that would be the end of it, but either she didn't care if her trainer got hurt or she trusted him to take care of himself.
My heart had nearly stopped when he had brought Twy to his knees, but he got back up and sent the trainer stumbling backwards gasping for air.
Now they were both going at it, trading blows that would incapacitate a normal person.
While their fight seemed pretty even, this fight was an entirely different matter. This Lucario while strong and skilled was nowhere near my level, and we both knew it. But for some reason no matter how many times I swatted her aside she just kept coming back, it was infuriating.
Though I had to admire her resolve even though she was getting weaker she never slowed, coming back each time with the same amount of vigor. I briefly wondered if it was loyalty to her trainer or refusal to admit defeat that drove her.
Though she was persistent I wasn't too concerned with the situation, I could easily overpower the Lucario if necessary but Zekrom would be here shortly and his arrival would put an end to the fighting.
No sooner had the thought crossed my mind then a thunderous crash rang as lightning struck the platform several times, Zekrom's signature entrance.
Twy's P.O.V 1st Person
My heart skipped a beat as lightning struck the platform to my right, charring the glass and sending sparks flying out in all directions.
A shadow appeared over the charred glass as an enormous black Pokémon flew down towards us.
The Pokémon, who could be none other than Zekrom, fixed us all with a searing gaze that made me feel suddenly small and insignificant.
I decided that it would probably be in my best interest to go stand by Mew, and that I could probably get to her if I dashed around the trainer real quick while he was distracted.
Unfortunately I never made it that far, almost as soon as I took off a deafening roar shook the building so hard that it nearly made me fall over, I kind of wish it had; because what happened next was a lot worse.
You know what the weird thing is, I saw it. Out of the corner of my eye I saw it streaking towards me almost like it was in slow motion.
I knew what it was, and I knew what was about to happen, but there wasn't a thing I could do about it.
The next few seconds' kind of a blur, as the lightning strikes my side I can hear somebody scream I think it was Mew or maybe it was me.
The next thing I know I'm over the edge with the smell of burnt flesh trailing behind me.
I don't like the feeling of falling, I feel lightheaded and dizzy maybe even a little sleepy, but I can't sleep because I'm falling. It's keeping me awake. Falling really is the worst feeling ever…
On to the next chapter.