Chapter 11

Mateusz awoke in the morning with an unexplained cold sweat. He sat up to find that he had fallen off of his bed and onto the stone floor of the cave. He noticed that he wasn't feeling too well, he was slightly nauseous and his joints ached, whilst his head felt like it was on fire. Mateusz looked to his left and saw Mew, Mewtwo and Joasia standing there with a look of concern on her face.

"Why are you all staring at me?" Mateusz asked before going into a small, but intense coughing fit.

"Because you were making noises and yelling in your sleep, and then you rolled off your bed." Mewtwo informed Mateusz of the reason for their being there.

"Are you feeling okay?" Joasia asked Mateusz.

"Come to think of it, I don't feel terribly well." Mateusz replied before standing up, but as he stood up, he felt pain in his chest and slumped back down, wincing with the extent of the pain.

"Mateusz?!" Joasia panicked as Mateusz went into another coughing fit as he lay on the ground.

Joasia ran over to Mateusz, followed by Mew and Mewtwo. Mateusz continued to cough until his face turned red, and then he stopped and sat up again, helped by Joasia.

"Mateusz, are you okay?" Mew asked from his side.

"Yes, I feel fine now, just slightly tired from the coughing. I think I really need something to eat, can you help me up so I can walk to a berry bush?" Mateusz told the group that the feeling had passed and he felt fine and asked Joasia to help him stand.

"No, you must stay here, Mew can fetch you some food. I will stay here and examine you for illness." Mewtwo said, refusing to allow Mateusz to walk.

Mew agreed and floated out of the room and down the hallway of the stone interior of the cave to the entrance, and out it. Mewtwo and Joasia stayed with Mateusz as he propped himself up against a wall of his room. Mewtwo came over and asked for Mateusz to allow him to examine his health as without Mateusz willing it, Mewtwo couldn't examine him with his mind. Mateusz gave his consent for the scan of his body. Mewtwo examined Mateusz's health and found that Mateusz's left lung was slightly inflamed as well as Mateusz having a mid-range fever. Mewtwo diagnosed that Mateusz had a chest infection, probably from getting muddy and wet in the cold morning a couple of days ago. Mewtwo exited the room and went into his, which was across the hallway from Mateusz's. He came back with a small bottle of something that was labelled amoxycillin, an antibiotic. Mewtwo handed the bottle, which contained pills of amoxycillin to Mateusz and he unscrewed the lid as he read the instructions on the bottle. Mateusz already knew enough about chest infections too know that he would need 1 pill three times a day for 2 weeks. He took a pill, put the bottle into his pocket and stood up as Mew arrived back with berries for him.

"Thank you Mew," Mateusz said as he grabbed the berries from him before saying to all of them together, "I don't want you guys waiting on me hand and foot though, I can still do things on my own. I'm not an invalid."

Mateusz stood up with help from Joasia and he thanked her for her concern. Mateusz walked to where Mewtwo was and thanked him for discerning his ailment. He in turn walked to where Mew was floating and thanked him for bringing food. Each one of them replied with either; 'No problem' or 'It needed to be done'.

"I am going to have a drink of water now, do you still have those plastic cups, Mew?" Mateusz requested.

"Yes, and I will accompany you there, will you come too Joasia?" Mew confirmed that he had the plastic cups and asked if Joasia would come too.

"Yeah, sure." Joasia said with a happy look on her face.

The three walked out of the cave and to the nearest freshwater mountain spring. Its water was pure and incredibly healthy. Mateusz scooped his cup through the water and got it three-quarters full. Mateusz had his fill of water and sat down on a rock by the spring. Joasia and Mew sat on a large rock next to his.

"So Joasia, are you ready to start your training today?" Mateusz started conversation.

"That's today? I guess I'm ready, but how tough is Mewtwo going to be on me? I don't want to be treated like I was when they were trying to train me at Team Rocket." Joasia responded, thinking back to the human who was training her at Team Rocket.

"He won't be abusive to you, but your training will be intensive and hard at times." Mew responded.

"Oh okay, that's alright then. How long will it take to train me?" Joasia asked.

"A few weeks, but if you were to be trained at a regular pace, it would take months, and then many more months after to perfect your skills to your ability." Mew informed Joasia of the situation.

"It sounds like I'm going to be slapped a lot less often then, is that right Mew?" Mateusz asked with a provoking smile.

"SHUT UP MATEUSZ!" Joasia yelled before laughing loudly.

Mateusz joined in the laughter with almost equal volume.

"You two are just impossibly ridiculous." Mew said with a smile on his face as he began to chuckle too.

Mateusz's laughter was cut short by a coughing fit as his chest infection got the better of him. He doubled over as his cough was forceful. Mateusz's face turned red as the coughing fit continued.

"Mateusz?" Joasia queried.

Mateusz stopped coughing and said, "I'm fine, I just inhaled too deeply."

"We'd better get you back to the cave to keep you warm." Mew said as Joasia helped Mateusz stand up from sitting on the rock.

The trio walked (or floated in Mew's case) back to the cave where Mewtwo awaited their return. As they entered cave Mewtwo asked whether Mateusz had had any more issues. Mew explained that Mateusz had had another coughing fit, and that he was okay. Mateusz decided he would go to his room and have a rest for a few hours until lunch. Mewtwo went outside with Joasia to finally begin her training. Mew simply went off to do who knows what. As Mateusz slept, he had yet another strange dream, but he would not remember…

"It's breaking out! Run! It'll tear you apart if it catches you!" a voice yelled as a familiar figure floating in a large tube filled with liquid was breaking its prison. Men scattered everywhere, even the ones with weapons ran like scared hens. The creature in the tube broke free of its container. The man nearest to it collapsed on the ground as a hole was blown through his back and out through his chest by a yellow beam the creature had released and the wound sealed itself shut around the edges of the circular hole. The creature emitted a shockwave and several men were launched into the wall opposite at a high velocity where multiple snaps were heard.

"You created me for destruction and damage, now here it is!" the creature yelled at the men in a voice very similar to what was called screamo.

The men with guns turned and opened fire, but to no avail, a yellow aura glowed around the creature and with a swipe of its hand, the bullets ricocheted mid-flight and hit the wall, the men were simultaneously knocked back into the wall where a couple of loud snaps was heard as the spines of the armed men were broken, and presumably, other bones. The men in white coats huddled against a corner of the room as the being walked toward them slowly, eyes glowing and a ball of intense yellow light glowing in each hand…

Mateusz woke up with a slight headache that soon subsided as he lay there; perhaps the antibiotics were already beginning to make him feel better from his chest infection. He sat up and found himself feeling much better than he had been earlier that day. He got up off of his bed and went outside to find the others. He walked into the forest until he heard a noise coming from his left. He investigated and found Joasia and Mewtwo. Mewtwo was attempting to teach Joasia something. Mateusz saw Joasia form a ball of some kind of dark stuff between her hands but it kept disappearing. Mateusz decided to ask Mewtwo what he was teaching Joasia.

"Hey Mewtwo, what are you trying to teach Joasia right now?" Mateusz requested information.

"I am trying to teach her how to focus her mental energy into a shadow ball, but she keeps messing up the process which makes the ball dissipate." Mewtwo responded.

"I wish I could focus my mental energy into a ball, which would be pretty cool." Mateusz said, mimicking Joasia's actions.

Mateusz tried to focus his entire brain on attempting to mimic Joasia.

"What are you doing?" Mewtwo asked as he saw Mateusz copying Joasia.

"I'm trying to focus my mental energy." Mateusz said, continuing to copy Joasia.

All of a sudden, a yellow glow was emitted for a split second from Mateusz's hands in the shape of a ball before disappearing in a flash with an explosive noise. Mateusz fell backwards with a shock, face white. Mewtwo stood there, eyes wide whilst Joasia was staring in the background, a few paces away.

"H-how did you do that?" Mewtwo stepped back before asking, face expressively shocked.

"I don't know in all honesty, it just kind of, happened." Mateusz replied from the ground.

"That sort of thing does not just 'happen'. Someone has to be capable of doing it." Mewtwo replied, going into a pondering mood.

Mateusz got up off the ground and brushed the dirt of his clothes.

"What do you think is happening to me, Mewtwo?" Mateusz asked, looking concerned.

"I don't know, but I will have to investigate further, no human can do such a thing. But you are obviously not human…" Mewtwo said as he continued his state of thought.

Mewtwo walked off, but not before telling Joasia that training was done for the day. Mateusz took a seat on a nearby border, still somewhat shocked whilst looking at his hands. Joasia walked up and joined him.

"What was that you did back there?" Joasia asked Mateusz.

"I have no idea, but it was very unexpected. In all theory it should be impossible by the laws of physics." Mateusz replied.

"Well it certainly spooked Mewtwo, I've got to give you credit for that, whatever it was you did. Why don't you try and do it again?" Joasia wondered if Mateusz could recreate what had happened earlier.

"I'll give it a try." Mateusz said as he made a face that looked like he was concentrating very hard and soon, the yellow ball of light appeared in his hand, but this time, it remained stable.

"Whoa, I haven't even perfected my shadow balls yet but you've already managed to do something similar." Joasia said as her face lit up with awe at the yellow ball of light.

Mateusz released his concentration and the ball dissipated. Mateusz was staring at his hands, still in shock.

"I think we should get lunch now Mateusz; and you will need to take another one of those antibiotic pills." Joasia said as she tapped Mateusz on the shoulder, gaining his attention.

The pair walked back to the cave where Mew conveniently awaited with some blue coloured berries. Mateusz continued past to go to his room to take his antibiotics. Once he had taken his antibiotic pill he walked back to the entrance of the cave where Joasia and Mew sat, munching on berries. Mateusz was sick of berries by this stage but since there was nothing else to eat he had to eat some. As they sat there and talked whilst eating berries, the sun rose overhead.

"Mateusz, do you have any idea why Mewtwo came back in a strange mood?" Mew asked…