Author's note: EEEEKKKKKKKKKK! WRITER'S BLOCK FOR EVERYTHING! But...I...Think...I...Magically...Cured...It! Creepy...I got the inspiration for this while listening to the Shaman King theme song...NORTHERN LIGHTS! AWESOME!
Onward!
Ok! My first REAL three-parter: Nightmare, part I, II, and III! Anyway, I thank you all for your reviews, and I explain that the last chapter was merely to give you the damage report and set up for these next chapters. Um...About Seth...((Tries to keep a straight face but fails horribly)) I COULDN'T HELP IT! IT WAS JUST TOO DAMN GOOD OF AN OPPORTUNITY! Grins evilly And I was gonna make him do it, too...But I thought that was just TOO cruel. And a thousand pardons, I PROMISE that there shall be at least a little fluff in either the next or the third part. This one is more of a set-up...READ CAREFULLY.
AND READ THE MOVIE! AND REVIEW!
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Lily landed in the dark ally outside the Pokémon Center, mentally preparing for the task ahead: Informing Kip of the damage.
Cautiously peering around the building to make sure no one saw, she quickly released Quickzap from his ball. Quickzap shivered from the cold night air, but leapt off to find his master in the Center. Lily waited with anxiety, trying to come up with a way to tell Kip the damage without him going psycho on her. But by the time Quickzap came back with his master, who had all the Pokémon healed, she hadn't thought of anything. Kip, however, had a very pained look on his face, and his eyes were not their usual dark green, but a sea green. He looked like he was experiencing something very frightening, like a waking nightmare.
"Kip? KIP!" Lily asked as he nearly fell over. Lily caught him and let go just in time as Quickzap did the only sensible thing an electric mouse Pokémon will do when it sees its master in a trance: Electrocute it. The vicious Thunderbolt attack struck Kip, drawing his friend out of his trance very forcefully. Kip fell sideways onto the ally wall, panting and sweating. Lily grabbed his shoulders and set him straight. He had his regular dark, shining green eyes back, but they still looked fearful and panicked.
"What's wrong?" Lily said in a soft, calming tone. Kip shook his head, clearing his thoughts straight enough so that he could speak.
"Gaby...Something's...Really...Wrong..." He blurted, organizing his thoughts enough to manage that statement.
"Yes, I know. The wound in Gaby's back is horrible, and she's bleeding internally, and in big trouble. She's near death, and..."
"What!" Kip exlaimed. That had jolted his brain, the words 'Gaby' and 'Death' in the same sentence. His expression turned traumatized, looking like he could burst into tears any second. "No...Not on top of this..."
"What are you talking about?" Lily asked cautiously.
"Her mind...Those wounds are nothing compared to what's going on inside."
"Are you telling me she's going psycho in her mind and it's WORSE then the injuries?" Lily said, desperately hoping the answer was no. Sadly, her hopes were crushed.
"Yes."
"So she...She sent out a telepathic communication and asked for help?"
"Something like that."
"Kip, what did you see?"
"Gaby...Was standing there, in the dark...I yelled out, and she turned my way. Her face was bloody, and there was a long slash across her cheek, and her eyes were like a really light blueish-green..."
"Your eyes turned that colour right now, before Quickzap electrocuted you."
"Right...And I just could feel her fear. She's never been this scared. And her face just told me she was asking for help." Kip's eyes suddenly widened with a realization that Lily did not share, though she was very disturbed by Kip's statements. "Lily...We really need get back to her. Now."
"Alright. You've got all the Pokémon healed?"
"YES! Now just go!"
Lily returned the electric mouse Pokémon. Kip jumped onto her back and she took off, flying at such speeds that those standing below her simply saw a blue and orange streak in the sky. In about 5 minutes (on a journey that usually took 15-20) they had reached the cave. Kip jumped off Lily's back while she was still in the air, landed hard, got up, and ran into the cave. However, he ran into Seaflyer, who was inside the cave now.
"Seaflyer...?" Kip said, getting up after he bounced off the soft, slick feathers of his companion. "How did you...?"
"She and Silversong are in here now," Came the reply. However, it came from Seth, not Seaflyer. "Something's wrong with them." Lily finally got to them, at a jogging pace. She stopped before she hit Seaflyer.
"What the...?" She asked. Seth repeated the answer.
"And I know what," Kip said. "Where's Gaby!"
"Over there," Kieran said, pointing to the corner that Gaby was occupying. Kip bolted over to her, kneeling down at her side.
"Kip had a temporary mind link with Gaby," Lily explained. "It seems something's messing her up from inside her head. It sounds fatal. Whatever it is, it's sure as hell the scariest thing Gaby's ever experienced."
"Gaby, wake up! It's just a nightmare!" Kip said from the corner, shaking Gaby gently. Her breathing was quick and sharp, her eyes screwed up in pain and fright. She was thrashing again now, sweating all over,the silent terror of a trapped mind. Kip was nearly in tears with frustration. "Please..."
"Uh...I feel weird..." Lily said suddenly. She was glowing, as were Seth, Kieran, Gaby, and the two Lugia. Actually, everything was glowing now, but them especially. Kip was the only thing not glowing.
Is Gaby sending out Psychic waves in her coma? Seth thought in bewilderment. Is that what's effecting us?
"Gaby...I just want you to wake up...Please..." Kip said, his hands balling into fists. He closed his eyes, fighting away tears. "PLEASE!"
((A friendly reminder to READ MY GOD DAMNED MOVIE! Thank you.))
Suddenly Kip was glowing brightly, a Psychic energy blowing around him. Seth realized at that moment that it wasn't just Gaby, but Kip's will. She was amplifying his telekinetic abilities with her last remaining part of her conscious will, and he was controlling the new power. Suddenly the cave glowed to a blinding swell, forcing them to close their eyes. Then they all slipped into unconsciousness.
Lily sat up, rubbing her head. It was throbbing very painfully. But as she opened her eyes, she lost all feeling of pain by the pure amazement of where she was.
She was in her old city...The busy city she had found herself in when she had first awoken. Peoplebustled by her, not paying any mind to her at all. She looked around in confusion.
What's happening? The last thing I remember was Kip glowing and then blacking out...But how did I get here?
"Hey!" She said to a passer-by. "Uh, hello!" She said as he walked past her. "Jerk...Hey! Um, excuse me miss, but..." But the woman walked right past.
"What's with these people?" She wondered aloud, annoyed. It was like they couldn't see her...She held her hand up in front of her face. It was half transparent. Panicked, she looked at her reflection in a shop window...At least, where he reflection should have been. Instead there was nothing.
"I...I'm invisible!" She said. Tentatively she touched the shop glass...And fell right through it! She wildly tried to regain her balance, succeeded, and sighed. Only two questions ran through her mind: What the hell was going on and why the hell was she here?
((Another friendly reminder telling you to READ THE MOVIE.))
Seth awoke. He was in a strangely familiar place...He opened his eyes and gazed around. He stopped dead when he realized where he was.
He was in his old bedroom at the Lab. The same stuff on the shelves, the same colour of the walls, everything was like it had been...8 years ago!
He jumped up. His body felt very light, and his roomed seemed small. He walked around his room, examining it. The Pokémon posters, the texbooks, chapterbooks, and old picture books that lay strewn on the floor and all over the shelves, everything was perfect. When he came across the mirror, however, he stopped dead in his tracks.
He was 8 years old again. He was a lot shorter, at least 3 feet. His hair was longer, his bangs slightly shorter. He was wearing his old pyjamas and had white socks on his feet. His hair was messy like he had been sleeping for a long time.
"What the hell is going on here!" He said. His voice was a lot higher then it had been. This was definitely weird...Was he dreaming or something?
"Seth? Seth, are you awake?"
The door opened, and Dr. Sakio appeared in the doorway, his face confused. When he saw Seth, he beamed and walked over. "You're up out of bed!"
"G-Get away from me!" Seth screamed, backing away. James Sakio stopped.
"What's wrong, Seth?"
"Evil...You evil...How...What have..." Questions raced through Seth's mind. What the hell was going on here? His father looked younger...He would have only been about 29 then...What was he saying, 'then'? This was all a trick...But...Why?
"Seth...You were out with a fever for a week. But thanks you Mom's medicine, you're up!" He smiled warmly and laughed. "I'm just surprised it actually worked!"
"Wha-" He cut off when he heard the word 'Mom'. "M-Mom?" He said disbelievingly.
"Yeah, Mom's been worried sick about you."
"What's going on? How did I get here? What did you DO to me?" Seth shouted.
"Your fever must have gotten to your head," James said worriedly. "Would you like me to call your mother?"
"SHE'S DEAD!" Seth screamed. "SHE'S BEEN DEAD FOR 8 YEARS!"
"You're stillreally sick. Guinevere! Seth's awake!" Seth's father yelled. A young woman came through the doorway, and Seth nearly fainted in shock.
"M...Mom?" Seth said blankly, stupefied. The woman was tall, around 5'9" with long red and black streaked hair that fell down to her waist and was tied in a braid. She had a slim figure and was wearing a lab coat, and underneath were jeans and a light purple fancy short sleeved shirt. Black bangs fell in front of stunning green eyes. She looked around the age of 28.
"Seth!" She said happily, running towards him and picking him up. "You're awake! We've been so worried about you. Your temperature was running so high, but my herbal cure brought it down!"
"Guinevere, you never fail to amaze me," James said, looking at his wife affectionately.
Seth just stayed there in his supposedly dead mother's arms. How could this be? She had been dead for 8 years...But...Had those 8 years really happened? He mother was alive, and that flash of light...Maybe he had just woken up from his fever.
"Mom..." He said, hugging her neck. That was all just a dream...
Kieran awoke suddenly, jumped up panic-stricken, and looked around. He was alone in a forest, and it was night. He reached for his waist, and found that his Pokéballs were still there. He looked around again. The forest seemed familiar, strangely enough. How he had gotten here or where the others werewas beyond comprehension, but he would have to move to find out.
He began walking very stealthily and silently through the forest. His heart was pounding, but he tried to remain calm. He didn't dare call out; his instincts told him not to. He continued quietly until he came upon a scene that froze him to the spot.
He had stumbled across a clearing. In the center, a gang of Houndour, Houndoom, Poochyena, and Mightyena, were cornering some small figure, pushing it closer and closer to the lake that stood in the middle of the clearing. The small figure was hurriedly backing away from the gang of 4 dark types, and suddenly Kieran could understand what they were saying.
"You little punk! Did you actually think you belonged here?" Said a male voice, adult and deep.
"Yeah! What were you thinking, you little halfbreed mongrel!" Said a high-pitched male voice.
"We want you out of our forest for good, you little discrace!" Said a female voice, high-pitched as well.
"Get out. You're not wanted, halfbreed." Said the fourth and final voice, an adult female.
"I-It's not my fault!" Said the shaky voice of a young boy, no older then 6. "I didn't mean..." This voice sounded strangely familiar...
"Shut up you little bastard!" Said the adult male, probably belonging to the Houndoom.
"Yeah, we won't have to worry about you anymore!" Said the high-pitched male voice, probably belonging to the Houndour.
"You're gonna sink to the bottom of the water, and we'll make sure you don't come back up!" Said the high female voice cheerfully, probably belonging to the Poochyena.
"NOW!" Said the female voice, presumably belonging to the Mightyena. The Poochyena suddenly ran forward and sent the small form flying through the air and into the dark water with a splash, and the attacker followed and drug it down to the bottom of the lake. But Kieran had caught sight of the young boy and was shocked.
Without a second thought he dove into the dark water, swimming as fast as he could to the bottom of the emmensly deep lake. He could barely make out the boy, and he couldn't see the Poochyena at all in the black murkiness. He realized his human form would be too slow, so he quickly transformed. Now he could see clearly through the muck, and he caught up with the murderous Pokémon. He was loosing air, and the figure the Poochyena was holding down was lifeless, eyes closed. In a sudden spur of rage, Kieran drove his head down on the Poochyena, knocking her unconscious. He grabbed both kidnapper and captive as soon as he transformed back, swimming as fast as he could to get back to the surface before he himself was waterlogged.
He broke the surface and gasped for air. The three Pokémon on the shore were fighting a fourth figure, what looked like a small Mightyena. They were loosing badly. The Mightyena dodged and attacked ferociously, as though fighting for it's life. It wasn't, however. The other three were apparently very weak bullies and were easily being tossed asside like rag dolls. Kieran paddled with one arm over to shore and deposited his catch the bank. The Poochyena opened it's eyes, blinked, jumped up and ran away with the others who were retreating from the attacking foe with their tails between their legs.
Kieran looked at the small figure beside him. His heart nearly stopped beating.
It was him. It was him when he was little. The same wolf-like ears poked from underneath his longer, dirty jet-black hair. The same long, black furry tail poked out from where his tailbone was, and the same furry three-toed, claw tipped feet replaced normal once. He was wearing rags, worn and ripped in several places. But there was no denying it; by some twist of nature, this was him.
Suddenly the boy opened his eyes. The same grey orbs with a tinge of red around them started at him, and the mini-Kieran jumped up, panic-stricken. The small Mightyena stood beside him, ready to attack if necessary. The older Kieran stood up, and the two simply stared at each other, and the Mightyena just stood there, dumbfounded. The 6-year-old Pokémorph's mind was overrun by questions as to who this older look-alike was, and the 'real' Kieran had the same questions. The Mightyena was wondering why this person had the same scent as his friend beside him. Finally, after a long silence, they both said at the same time:
"Who are you?"
They both looked startled not at the question, but more at the fact that they had both said it at exactly the same time. The younger one cautiously approached the 13 year old.
"You look familiar...Do you want to kill me too?" He asked. Kieran (the older one) looked blankly back at himself.
"I...I think I'm you..." He said.
"You didn't answer my question. DO YOU WANT TO KILL ME?" He said slowly and simply. Now the older Kieran was sure: This HAD to be him.
"No...Considering I just saved your life from those guys," He jerked his thumb at the direction the Gang had retreated. "Who were they, anyway?"
"They're the Black gang that runs these woods. They've always bullied me and attacked me, but this the second time they've actually tried to kill me. And they probably would have if you...Whoever you are...Hadn't come along."
"I told you, I'm Kieran!"
"No way. I'M Kieran."
"Prove it."
"This is my brother, Prowler." He said. Kieran gaped. That had been his Mightyena's name until recently. "Now prove that you're not an impostor!"
Kieran reached for a black Pokéball that hung at his waist and threw it into the air. Out came Kokuei, the younger Mightyena's adult form. The younger form and the older form of both humanoid and Pokémon stared at the two nearly identical Pokémon (other then size). Then they turned and stared at their brothers blankly, as if asking for an explanation.
"I don't have one to give you, Bro," older Kieran said to Kokuei, apparently reading his mind.
"Me neither," Said the younger form to his. "I guess that makes him really me. But how..."
"I have absolutely no idea."
Kip awoke and a cold, hard floor. He opened his eyes, registered what he was seeing, and sat bolt upright.
He was floating on a piece of black metal in a sea of purple and black swirling nothingness. Strange sounds and voices came from around him, some human, some Pokémon, and some like nothing he'd ever heard before. He turned around, but it was the same on all sides. He looked up: Same. He didn't want to look down, but tried anyway. There appeared to be something below him, but it was so far away he couldn't tell what.
As he sat there, he tried to remember the last thing that had happened before he had blacked out. Then he remembered.
"Gaby..." He said try to say, but nothing came out. Startled, he tried to speak again. I...I don't have a voice, he thought in a mixture of shock and bewilderment. Where's Gaby and everyone, and where am I?
Suddenly the floor beneath him disappeared, and he fell down. He yelled, but still nosound escaped from him. About 20 feet from the long black platform beneath him, he slowed down gently and landed with a slight bump on the same kind of polished black metal substance he had been on moments before.
He was now on a very long path, surrounded now by blue and black colors of nothingness. It was more speckled then swirled now. He was at the end of the runway, and on either side of him, voices giggled, made strange noises, or spoke in mostly foreign languages. He began to walk slowly down the path, looking around him. Some voices were newborns, some were merely children, some adults or old. Some belonged to animals and Pokémon, while still others spoke with accents. The path seemed endless, but suddenly a white figure appeared before him.
It was an old man, wearing long white robes that were dragging on the floor but showed no dirt or sign of being used. He had a long, flowing white beard that came down the middle of his chest and long, silvery white, scraggily hair. Wrinkled, pale skin proved that he was old, but his eyes showed a knowingness and seemed to flicker with blue fire.
"Welcome," he said, in a surprisingly strong voice. Kip tried to answer, but still no sound came out of his mouth. The old man smiled. "In this place, you use your mind, not your body, to portray yourself. Telekinesis, I believe your kind calls the gift."
Thank you for the welcome, but where is here? Kip thought.
"You have been transported inside this dimension." He answered in a flowing voice.
I don't understand. Where are we? Kip asked again. The strange old man gave a small laugh.
"You are here! Everywhere! The realm of the living, and the realm of the spirit! The subconscious of the universe."
Sir, Idon't understand!
"You do not need to know. It is irrelevant. Please, I shall try to answer the many questions in your mind, but organize them for me."
How did I get here? Where are my friends? Where's Gaby? Are they all safe?
"Slow down, boy!" The old man laughed. "You were transported here by your own will. Your friend Gaby found your awakened power and amplified it. Your friends were transported into her mind, whereas you, who ran out of energy to complete the transfer yourself, were taken here, to the bridge between the spirit and the living realm."
Does that mean I'm dead?
"No. You're body is still intact, but you must remain here for a while, until your body recovers from the ordeal it underwent. It's not easy transporting 3 consciousnesses into one mind, you know. And that answers your second question as well: Their souls are inside Gaby. Gaby herself is fighting an internal battle between her memories, her soul, and the great evil that threatens her existence."
And their safety?
The old man turned grave. "Your friends, with the exception of Gaby, are trapped in an illusion which they are trying to understand. For one, they have already gotten past the exploration stage and gone into the window where they have an opportunity to interact with the things around them while they still know themself. One is exploring the past world where they will relive something in a world they cannot change. And the third is trapped in a fantasy where they no longer know who they are."
And I'm here, and I can interact here and I still know who I am. But Gaby...?
"I shall show you."
He turned and started gliding away. Kip followed. They passed flashes of images: a large white room, a brick building, the bottom of the sea, a forest, a park; they were beyond counting. Flashes of faces, Pokémon, everything. He continued to follow the man, until he came to a door. The man stepped aside, and Kip, feeling that this was like destiny, opened the door.
And I leave you with a cliffy.
READ THE MOVIE. NOW. I COMMAND YOU. READ OR I SHALL SEND FORTH MY ARMY OF DOMO'S. I am not to be trifled with. I have an unlimited army of the small brown dudes ready to eat you and tear you to shreds at a single word from me and/or their great leader, the mysterious masked Domo!
Preview:
Kip: What's happening to me? My body, my mind, my very soul is changing!
Kieran: What's going on? How did I get to this strange parallel universe?
Lily: Is...Is that me? But...No, it can't be!
Kip: Wait...It's...GABY! What's wrong with her?
Kip, Kieran, and Lily: Next time on Rogue Genetics: Nightmare, Part II!
And now, review responses for the last 3 chapters:
Ch33:The Criminals Three
Hazy Aura: Yes, I suppose that WAS a bit random...Oh well! Patch got saved anyways!
happyham: And I am very glad to have inspired you and I am honoured that you read my story.
Linkmaster27: Yes, it was a pretty good chapter...And the scientists came back...
Demon-Slayer13: Is fluff crack to you or something? And Seth is happy about the hug.
Ch34:A Battle of Wills:
Hazy Aura: Yay! I have passed my reviewer's test! Good for me!
VoidMoon: YYYYYAAAAAAAYYYYYYY! MY PERSONAL HERO CONGRATULATED
ME! Say hi to Venusaur for me, will you?
Demon-Slayer13: I've been writing a lot of action chapters lately...Well not lately, seeing as how I haven't been writing ANYTHING...I'm TRYING to make Kip a better character, and this next chapter will help tremendously...
Act: The ACT and GAC shall be revealed later in the series...OR IN THE MOVIE, IF ALL YOU PEOPLE WOULD KINDLY READ IT! And your spelling is a hell of a lot better then mine...I would DIE without the automatic spellchecker.
Linkmaster27: YES I FIND THAT FUN SO BUG OFF, WILL YOU? I DON'T MEAN THAT SORRY. SEE THE OPENING NOTE ABOUT THE FLUFF. AND JUST TO ANNOY YOU I PUT IT ON CAPSLOCK THAT I AM TOO LAZY TO GO CHANGE. HA. AND YOU CAN'T HEEL ME! ONLY SAKU CAN, SO HA AGAIN!
Ch35:Treatments
Triangle of Doom: I feel greatly honoured that you think my story is good. I think it's ok. It's getting better, with me reading VoidMoon's Generation V and all (THANKS AGAIN VINNY). I use nicknames to give the Pokémon more character, and if you'd like, I'll e-mail you the Pokémon's gender and nickname chart I have, or post in the next chapter, or post it on my bio like Vinny does (VoidMoon). Just write back in your review.
Hazy Aura: Gaby...Such a fun person to injury...Unfortunately, she's my second side, so technically I'm killing myself...Don't worry, not really killing...Or am I?
Act: The movie was up 10 minutes after I got your review, so if any of you haven't read it: READ THE GOD DAMN THING! I worked really hard to make the first 10-15 minutes, so please appreciate my efforts and READ!
Demon-Slaer13: Like this chapter, it was a setup thing. The next chapter will be a realization, and the next an action. Shit, I just revealed half the plot. Oh well. You're worth it. And Sakio? I'm throwing in a twist...
Linkmaster27: I've been doing my homework, you know! If I want to become a Genetic Engineer, then I've gotta start somewhere! I spent half an hour in the library at school reading up about the different parts of a DNA strand, how many there are in a cell...It's complicated. And you're getting better.
Ok! Well, that's it! Hoped it was half decent, considering I had to had to try and write it when I still had...The writers' most feared foe, the most evil thing on the face of the earth other then the color Pink...WRITER'S BLOCK!
Ah well. I'm insane.
C Ya soon!
Gaby.
PS: Whoever is the main character in the story will sign. You'll notice. Ok! Bye!