Chapter 32: The Standoff (Chloe's POV)

"You foolish girl!" Naomi screamed. "What have you done!?"
"I'm doing the right thing, that's what." I said.
Red began to stir. Naomi looked at him. Then she looked at Articuno.
"Release me from the bond, or I will tell Articuno to kill the boy."
No.
"You do that, and you will seal your fate." I snapped.
"You are too scared to do that, Chloe, and I know it. I was the one who mentored you."
"Then you didn't do a good enough a job, because I am willing to die to free Articuno."
Red sat up, and looked around. Then he saw Naomi.
"Pikachu! We should finish her off now."
"Hahaha! Perfect! Do you know what happens if I get killed? The girl and the pokemon die with me. They tied our fates with a destiny bond."
Red's face paled. Then he turned around.
"Then we can have this standoff later. Your friends are trapped in that cave. You have maybe an hour to save them, Naomi. I suggest you go and help your allies, because they are all you have left. Let's go, Chloe."

Chapter 33: The City Of Sootopolis (Dustin's POV)

The next morning, we broke camp and walked to Lilycove.
"Let's split up and look for supplies." I said. "Joshua, floor two, Rhonda, floor three, Natalie, floor four, and I'll take the top floor. Meet me on the roof. I'm going to see if the PC still is running here so I can get us a way out of here."
The others began their search, while I ran to the Pokemon Center, and, thank Arceus, there was still power on the electric doors. This Center was fairly new, so the doors didn't open manually. I walked to the PC Storage System, and turned it on. I flashed my Trainer ID, and my team selection opened up. I retrieved Farfetch'd, Gyarados, Pigeot, and Fearow from the boxes, and left. Odd, I expected to be jumped by now by at least one of the Legendary League.
I went inside the department store, and walked the stairs up to the fifth floor, stopping to drop off Gyarados, Pigeot, and Fearow with the others. Farfetch'd stayed with me. I searched the floor and came up with some canned soup. Mostly there was a lot of stuff for a secret base. That gave me an idea. I ran back to the second floor, and saw Joshua was just finishing up.
"Can I see Pigeot for a second?" I asked.
He followed me to the fifth floor, and we gathered some furniture. We grabbed gear we could carry, and put it all into a bag I could give to a pokemon.
"All done," Natalie said, joining us. "I found a lot of cereal and pokemon food, so at least we can give the pokemon some food they will be more comfortable with."
"Thats great, sweetheart," I said, and gave her a kiss. "Want to hear about my brilliant idea?"
"You? Brilliant ideas?" she teased.
I explained about how we could each make a secret base, in different areas in the region, and then end at the Pokemon League. This way, we have a place of refuge to stop at if things get dicey.
"You know," she smiled. "That is actually a really good idea."
"Alright, all we need is one more flying type pokemon, and we will be all set."
"Maybe we can try out one of these," she said, showing me a box she had found.
"The store's box of Master Balls!" I exclaimed. "How did you..."
"The storage is electronic. I sent a Porygon into it."
"How did you get a Porygon?"
She twirled her hair in her fingers. "I have my ways. Once he had helped, I gave him an Upgrade I found at grandma's house, and sent him on his way. Now, if he wants to evolve, he has the chance."
"Thats amazing."
We met up with Rhonda on the third floor, where she had found a lot of food. We filled our bags to the brim, and put the non-essential travel items in the PC, and then got flew away with the flying type pokemon.
"I saw a really nice spot at Sootopolis when I was facing Juan a while back," I said. "Let's go there first."
We arrived at Sootopolis City, and watched as a woman in white, with the help of Articuno, was desparately digging out rocks away from the Cave Of Origin.

Chapter 34: Finally, A Compromise

"Quick! We need to corner her!" I called to the others.
We swept down on her, and all she did was look at us quickly, and then keep digging.
"What the hell is going on here!"
"The rest of the League- they're trapped in here!"
We looked at one another, and I nodded at Natalie.
"We can help you, but you have to promise to listen to us, and not attack. We need your help. Something bad is coming, and unless we work together, there is no way we can defeat it. It will kill everyone and everything."
"Alright! Please! Help me!" she cried.
"Farfetch'd! Blastoise! Metagross! La-Suke! Sceptile! Help dig out the rock!" I cried.
"Pikachu! Gyarados! Machamp! Help us!" Natalie called.
"Eevee! Jolteon! Flareon! Vaporeon! Umbreon! Espeon! Clear away the rock!" Joshua said.
"Machop! Magmar! Slugma! Camerupt! Break this mountain open!" Rhonda yelled.
Together, the pokemon were able to tear away the rocks that closed up the Cave Of Origin. On the other side, there was another woman in white, two men in red, two men in blue, a man in yellow, a lady in black, another lady in silver, two men and five women in purple, and a man in brown.
We stared at each other for a whole three seconds.
"Attack! Legendary League!" the woman in white yelled.
"Articuno! Make a sheet of ice!" Naomi called.
"You traitor!" The man in brown roared at her.
"I got their help in exchange for a deal. They wish to speak with us under a white flag. They say something bad is coming, and it requires all of our help to stop it."
"Hm? Well? Spit it out!" a lady in purple called.
"My Blaziken, decided to run off," I said. "And before he left, he told me that in 10 days from now, there is something bad that is going to be released from another world. If we can't stop this thing, it's going to kill everything. Destroy everything in a fiery attack that would suffocate even Groudon."
The eyes of everyone inside the cave went wide.
"Hmm..." The woman in white said. She looked at the other trainers. "We should call a vote. Who is interested in stopping this thing?"
"Wait! We don't know if we can trust that they wont kill us afterwards!" came a cry.
"And where is this happening at?"
"What are we getting out of it?"
"I can promise that we will battle as a team during the battle, and afterwards, there will be a fair battle to end this conflict once and for all. If you win that battle, you can be assured that we will do what we can to rebuild this world the way you want. If we win, you will release the legendaries and go away forever. The enemy is supposed to break free at the Battle Frontier. The Battle Tower is where this thing is supposed to create its path. If the idea that your own survival and the survival of the human race and the survival of all pokemon isn't enough for you, I don't know what is." I said.
"I think it's time to vote," Naomi said.