I awoke again to see the room of an infirmary. I looked over to the left to see a single card; I slowly reached my left hand to it and began to have sharp pains shoot through my chest as I looked at my chest remembering what happened. I nevertheless continued to reach out towards the card and as I laid my hand over it I grasped it and went through the same process again and as I unfolded the card I saw a note. 'Matthew I'm so sorry for what happened. I shouldn't have done anything like that, I ask for your forgiveness if you survive. According to everyone else they say your odds are very slim but I can't lose someone like you. I only hope you read this and forgive me for what has happened and will still continue to be my champion. I have spoken with the other champions and found out that they all care for you the same way I do. Even Blaze has respect for you; please just don't die on us. I can't bear it if our last meeting was the reason you passed on. I've had it once I don't think I can handle it again. From Rachel and all the champions, P.S if you didn't die Chains said she'd kill you in some way.'

I lowered the note to feel tears staining my face but I also let out a light chuckle before coughing hard. The pain was immense and it made me want to scream for help but I gritted my teeth and tried to only whimper in pain. I eventually failed as the door opened and Chains walked in, in human form, and before I could do anything she had me caught in a hug so tight I thought I was going to die but nevertheless I hugged her back nowhere near as tight as she started to cry into my shoulder, seeing her shake I tightened my hug and rested my head on her shoulder "Chains I'm alright, just sore. Please don't cry over me. I don't deserve to be cried for."

I soon found myself on my back with Chains staring into my eyes as she started to tear up again "don't say that Matthew. You didn't deserve what happened; no one deserves what you went through. I've spoken with the rest of the champions and we all agreed to help Rayquaza but she's only gotten worse. She needs you Mathew, now more than ever." I sat bolt upright nearly hitting Chains in the head; I immediately gripped my chest in pain and lay back down. I then felt myself being called back into sleep "Chains" I said weakly already seeing the corners of my vision turn black. Chains looked at me "what is it Matthew?" I smiled weakly "I think I need some more rest so I'm just going to…jay back…down and…close my…eyes." With those words uttered I felt my head meet the pillow and I was out like a light.

I woke again this time to see nothing but a pair of cyan eyes. I felt my heart rate go through the roof at the jump scare; I soon felt soft breaths against my lips. I immediately grabbed the Absol by the neck again and held it there before pushing her off the bed I was on. "What a way to wake up." I mumbled quietly as the Absol walked to the foot of the bed "why deny me Matthew?" I could tell she was feigning a hurt voice so I responded with a harsh tone "because you're not my type and I never fancied a slut. You make a third advance you'll have no one to find out who or what you are." I saw her eyes start to widen as fear filled them but I continued.

"You think I haven't killed anyone before? I've killed three people in recent memory but I've killed and fatally injured hundreds more. I don't take kindly to it but I did what I had to do to survive. Sure one or two of them asked for it and I paid them back generously but you never get used to taking lives. You just get used to the feeling and sometimes some people enjoy the feeling. I'm not one of them but I get closer to it every life taken. How's Mystic? After an event like that she should have some mental scaring on a deep level. I wish I could find out how to heal something like that but all I can do is to help her to the best of my abilities." I got up off the bed realizing I had no shirt on exposing three new diagonal scars from my right shoulder to my left hip.

I touched them gently before looking around trying to find a shirt to put on. "If you're looking for shirts don't bother, no one here needs shirts so we don't see the point in keeping them around." I nodded and walked towards the door. I opened it only to bump into Mystic in human form and as soon as she bumped into me I held her shoulders and look into her eyes seeing her eyes start to water. I held her close to my as she gripped me tighter than chains did. I felt the Absol eyeing me as I wrapped Mystic into a hug and felt her sob into my chest. I soon heard Mystic try to talk through her sobs "Matthew…please don't do that…again…please." I held her tighter to me "Mystic if I knew it would do something like this I wouldn't have done it in the first place. I however am more concerned about you. You feeling alright after the incident in Black city Arceus knows how long I was out."

I loosened my grip slightly feeling her hug me tighter and press her body against mine as if she let go of me I would fade from existence. I held her close to me and let her cry her heart out for ten minutes and when she calmed down I slowly eased out of her grip. "Mystic, can you take me to Rayquaza?" I asked and as soon as she nodded Rayquaza walked around the corner in human form. I silently cursed before she laid eyes on me and she started walking towards me before breaking out into a full on run towards me. I braced myself and as soon as she collided with me I felt myself get lifted off my feet sending me to the floor with Rayquaza above me.

I slowly started to breathe again before smiling at her as she started to tear up looking at the three diagonal scars she had given me. I saw the tears in her eyes and sat up and hugged her tight to me having to sit up to do so. I felt her hug me back and let the rest of her body go weak in my arms. I suddenly realized she was sitting on my lap with her head on my shoulder with her arms around my shoulders meeting just below the back of my neck. I felt my face heat up and prayed that no one came by but unfortunately someone had to. A human with shoulder length inferno red hair, scarlet eyes with red and orange clothes walked around the corner. I guessed this was either moltress or the blaziken in human form.

I guess it was the blaziken because as soon as she got within arm's reach she knelt down on one knee and lowered her head as a show of respect. I finally spoke up "Rachel this position is very misinterpreting, I'd rather…" I didn't get to finish as Rachel moved her head and slammed her lips against my own. I grew wide eyed and pushed her off me before getting to my feet and sprinting as fast as I could away from her, I eventually found my quarters and opened the door before slamming it behind me. I slowly walked over to the bed feeling tears start to leak down my face and as I sat on the edge of the foot of the bed I suddenly felt angry, at everything that happened.

I guess I lost control after that because I immediately walked over to the door as what seemed to be black smoke started to emanate from me like fire. I didn't pay it any mind as the door handle turned and opened and Chains stood there looking horrified at me, "move aside girl" I said in a voice that was not my own, it sounded darker and more menacing. I saw chains back up scared for her life and I wanted to say it wasn't me, that I wasn't in control but I didn't have time to as I walked forward past Chains to see Rachel standing at the end of the hall and as soon as she laid eyes on me I felt my hand raise in a palm and as soon as it reached Rachel I heard myself speak again "goodbye, legend of the skies."

A torrent of black flames with red outlining them shot from my hand before almost immediately making contact with Rachel. I stopped as I felt a massive drain of energy and soon enough I returned to having control of my body. I looked at Rachel with the beginnings of tears starting to roll down my face as I slowly walked towards Rachel before Chains tackled me from behind. I soon felt the cold steel of handcuffs touch my wrist, I knew what was going to happen but I didn't stop resisting. I eventually felt them lock just as soon as I threw Chains off me with a solid head-butt nearly breaking her nose. I slowly stood up and took off running towards Rachel.

When I reached her I saw her wounds were severe, she was slowly bleeding from her mouth and her eyes were wide open staring at nothing. I finally knelt next to her still hand cuffed. "Rachel I'm sorry, I guess only one thing can fix this. Your body could take that hit but mine can't. Forgive me Rachel." A whit fire slowly surrounded Rachel and me as I felt a massive pain consume my entire being; I fell to the side trying to stop myself from screaming in agony from the pain. I moved slowly away from Rachel despite the pain as the glow faded, Rachel's eyes focused as mine started to look like I was underwater. I smiled as she moved away and suddenly stopped dead.

I suddenly was pulled to my feet only for me to go to my knees as my vision started to darken. I felt a hand go around under my arms and drag me away from the scene as I tried to stay awake or even alive. I started to lose feelings in my hands and feet until everything started to go numb and hearing became phrases of speech which sounded like an argument before I lost all feeling and I closed my eyes becoming surrounded by pitch black. I suddenly saw what looked to be a mirror reflection of me "Hello Matthew Sanders, first time you've given into me. How'd it feel to have that much power into you? Given the decision to end someone's life with a simple flick of your wrist as you watch their eyes close for their final time."

I felt my hands shake in anger "let me guess this scenario, you are my darker side and seek to kill me so that you can own my body and kill everyone close to me. I hate to tell you but while I admit it felt alright to feel that power it wasn't the power I wish to have in my blood. I guess we could compromise a deal, I let you kill the unworthy to live and you leave the rest alone. Sound fair to you?" I asked calming down before seeing him smiling "you guessed my intentions correctly Matthew but I will not accept anything other than your life." I watched as a scythe radiating the same fire that had radiated from me in the hall, I raised my fists before realizing that it was my mind and I could do whatever I wanted to in the moment.

A second later I had a staff with two rapier blades on the ends but the edges of the staff had the edge of a sabre. I waited for him to make a move as I sighed "so be it, strike and get it over with." I said as he started to raise his scythe. As he brought it down I raised the staff and as soon as his scythe got hooked on my staff I jerked my staff to the right and sure enough both our weapons flew out of our hands and disappeared in a flash. I raised my hands to block a jab for my head and threw a right jab and as it connected I followed up with a quick cross and finally an uppercut to his body. I watched as he stood straight without a scratch "you can't beat me Matthew. You are too weak to even attempt such a feat."

I watched him closely as he suddenly changed forms into my father "and you wouldn't hurt your own father would you?" I kept my hard expression "you are not my father, the mind games won't work. Try as you might the mental state of my mind is far stronger than anything else. I guess if I can't defeat you that way there is another way." His expression changed rapidly to confusion then to anger "you wouldn't dare" his voice was barely a whisper and dripped with venom. I smiled and nodded "I call upon the holy trio, lend me strength to defeat the entity and send it back to where it came. Ancestors hear my cry and give me strength to eliminate this dark spirit or state of mind."

I felt a huge power surge through me as three glowing beings appeared around him and began chanting "devil go back to the land of fire in which you were created, the powers of us out way yours. Go back to the land in which you belong." I walked in and spoke over the chant "you will not be welcome back here monster, devil of the deepest part of hell. I command you to leave here and never return for you are no longer welcome here." I saw his body start to implode as the chanting grew louder around us and I suddenly felt a presence lift off my mind and I found myself becoming lighter as if the being was weighing me down to where I was before and now that he was gone I felt like I was free. That suddenly ended however as a light flared in front of my eyes, suddenly it was all I could see.

I suddenly felt a pain right over my heart and I opened my eyes only to see the infirmary. Again; I suddenly heard the door open and I saw Chains walk in with another pair of handcuffs. I sighed and raised my hands as Chains put the cuffs on and I slowly stood up feeling severely light headed. I slowly raised my head to stare Chains in the eyes before walking over to the door, Chains followed and I nearly walked straight into mystic in an anthro form, her human form was there but it looked like it didn't complete entirely. I walked straight past her hearing her and chains talking before I slowly leant against a pillar and waited for them to finish talking so this could be finished quicker.

I smiled as Chains walked towards me with a sigh and as I got ready to move the handcuffs were off my wrists. I looked to see Mystic walking up slowly as something inside me was awakened in that moment. I felt a massive pain from my chest and as I fell to my knees and I suddenly grasped my chest as I felt a massive surge of warmth fill my entire body. I started to radiate heat higher than any of which I had known "oh no he's started, get Rachel." I heard Chains speak very hurriedly and kneel next to me "Chains…what's going…on?" I asked through clenched teeth as my hands and feet became numb "every member here goes through a change; you're just going through yours. It made me able to turn human and you will turn into your spirit Pokémon."

I gasped as another wave of pain swept through me. I grit my teeth as I slowly started to sway side to side. I felt like I had a fire erupt inside of me, immediately I knew my spirit Pokémon was a fire type, whether it was crossed with anything I'd have to endure the pain and find out. I suddenly fell flat as all feeling left me and I collapsed to the floor of the corridor we were in when I passed out due to the pain. I awoke only to feel different and as I looked up I saw Rachel kneeling a few inches away from my side with her hand slowly rubbing my back. I felt warmer like I was under a blanket but that wasn't the case because we were still in the corridor.

I tried to roll over only to see my hand covered in short orange fur. I sighed quietly before coughing from the short wave of pain, I tried to sit up only ending in me seething in pain as my body protested as I finally managed to sit up and stare at them all surrounding me. Eventually Mystic walked slowly over to me as I shakily stood to my feet before falling to a knee. I sighed and lowered my head in frustration before feeling a hand on my shoulder, I looked up to see a women with blond hair that went down just past her shoulders and her eyes were a dark chocolate brown and I saw her eyes were full of nothing but concern. "I'm fine." I said weakly trying to stand up again.

"You're not fine, you need time adjusting to the change, and I'm sorry Mathew that you had to go through that." I chuckled at her words "ask Rachel how much of a deeper hole I've been in before this, I'm an outlaw, I never expected anything like this to happen in the first place. If I had known this was going to happen I would have tried to become a better man. I never asked for this, but I won't lie and say that this is better than fighting for my life while trying to avoid the various crimes and there are some people in black city that would do what that man tried to do to Mystic except to me. He nearly pinned me but I guess I had never known my strength or I was full of adrenaline but I managed to fight him off and I'm trying every time I go back to the area and see him not to snap his pathetic neck."

I heard Mystic quietly sob and before I knew who it was or where I went and when I got out of my shock I was lying flat on the floor with Mystic sobbing into my chest. I wrapped a spare arm around her and did my best to hold her close and comfort her while the rest just watched in silence. Eventually she calmed down to where I could loosen my grip I had on her before I saw Rachel and a woman with short pure silver hair and cyan eyes slowly raise their eyebrows at me. I knew the woman to be the Absol that had tried more than once to get with me "you," I said before raising a finger and pointing at the Absol "stay away from me, remember our previous encounters did not end well."

I saw Rachel look at me questioningly before I answered her unasked question "we met the first time when you all tried to stop me from leaving the area of the fight and the second time was before I went through this change after I woke up the second time. I have been forgiving in terms of what most other men like me would do." I saw Rachel nod at me before I felt Mystic slowly reach her arms around me and hug me to her tighter than ever as I felt new instincts take over. I wrapped my arms around Mystic just as tight as she was hugging me and I rolled us over to where I was on top, I suddenly managed to regain control and I froze up as I heard Mystic breathing heavy as I slowly tried to get off her.

I didn't even make it to my knees before Mystic wrapped her legs around my waist and her hands around my shoulders and her fingers interlocked basically trapping me in her grasp. I stood up with her still hanging on but I heard her gasp at my raw strength. I turned in a full circle whispering to her "when I drop my legs are going to take the fall, look like your back to it," I then stopped and smiled at her "and I'll reward you later." I saw her eyes gleam as I leaned forward and landed on my knees but as soon as I did she let go and her limbs fell to the floor limp. I stood up slowly before looking down at her as her eyes were closed peacefully, I looked back to see everyone staring at me with open mouths.

I looked back to Mystic before slowly picking her up and hoisting her over my shoulders and walking back to my quarters and as I opened the door I felt like someone was there but I acted like I didn't know and laid Mystic down on the bed "you can stop acting Mystic, also whoever is in this room you have to the count of three to reveal yourself. I know how hard it must be to hide while aching to attack the man who resides here who happens to be me." A sudden movement and glint from the darkest corner of the room made me realize I was dealing with possibly more than I could handle at the moment "peace human." A shadow started to come from the shadow of the bed when I saw its bright blue eye.

I looked to Mystic to see her writhing in pain "Darkrai please release her from your nightmares. I know how severe you can get with them." I said as I tried to shake her awake "you know what must be done to wake her, do it and I will release her." I snarled and turned my head towards Darkrai "and you put me in the same state as her. If I wake her you can have me in your nightmares for as long as I live. I honestly don't care; now keep to your word." I slowly bent over Mystic feeling my breath catch in my chest as I saw her face contorted in pain and even starting to leak a few tears, I slowly cupped her head in my hands and bent to whisper in her ear "he's got the whole word, in his hands, follow the light, to achieve your dreams." I sealed it with a slow yet gentle kiss on her lips.

I felt her eyes open and I suddenly let go and backed away slowly before seeing Darkrai appear at the foot of the bed scaring Mystic "very good Matthew Sanders, now I need you to fall asleep yourself." I sighed "Mystic please understand I did this for you and you alone, you win Darkrai I'll become a new member of the endless nightmare club." I then laid down on the floor as Mystic watched from the bed in horror I slowly felt the calling of sleep call me and just about as I was going to close my eyes I heard the door burst open and I was dragged out of the room with Mystic trying to assure me that I wouldn't fall under Darkrai or her darkness. "What were you thinking doing something so foolish?"

I felt myself get angered at the question that was asked by Chains "I did it so that Mystic wouldn't be affected anymore by the nightmares that Darkrai brings with her. So it wasn't foolish in my eyes, I was doing something good for once." I saw Chains start to tear up as several thoughts probably raced through her head. Mystic however hugged me tight to her, I felt her breath against my neck as she pu her chin in the crook of my neck and continued to breathe lowly there. I looked to Rachel who had just turned the corner and as soon as she reached me she started to tear up, I only remembered why when Chains started to step between me and Rachel.

Seems like Mystic has feelings for our main character. But so does Rachel. Does Rachel have a type of Stockholm syndrome? Or is she actually falling for Matthew and how many more of the champions and legendary Pokémon feel the same way? Will he accept Mystic's and Rachel's feelings towards him? I guess I'll leave it again up to you. Oh and to a special guest reviewer named in his/her reviews "Dylan Ray" (from the name I think the reviewer is a boy :p) I didn't know I hit so many nails on the head man and I'm glad you and other reviewers read this story. It shows that someone actually notices I'm even alive even if you're behind a screen.

I guess I need to thank you guys (and girls even though I don't know if any girl would make it this far into a dark story.) I owe each and every single one of you a massive thank you. Without you guys I would have (and I say or type this from my heart) probably ended my life last September. Because of you I'm still alive, I owe you all that much. And more but I can't exactly shake hands with you through computer screens or whatever else you're reading on. I guess I'll see you all in the next chapter…OH I almost forgot, to anyone interested in learning about me I have a computer app called "Steam" in which I go under the same name, without the clan "Souls Will Cry". So if anyone wants to learn anything about me I'm always willing to answer questions. Until next time, I'm going to get some sleep.