Category: Pokémon

Rating: M

Couples: X

Warnings: AU, Disturbing Imagery,

Chapter: 7

Copyright: Characters & places © By Game Freak, Plot & OC´s © by me

Author's Note: Multi Chapter Interlude between Sword's Fate and its' upcoming Sequel. Can be read alone.

"Italics" is indicative of Telepathy.

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The two children flanked Olympia, their foreheads resting against her temples as the Psychic-type Pokémon and Sabrina's father were standing a bit to the side. All five were glowing with their power.

In a completely different world, Olympia suddenly felt like someone was trying to squish another brain into her head.

"Olympia?" The four had spread out a bit after Mewtwo had dropped his bombshell and promptly left. Considering all of them still struggled with the whole shielding-thing, it didn't take the other three long to notice that something was up.

"My head…" She collapsed, her eyes rolling away as she desperately tried to do her part in keeping the connection going.

"Let us help you." They rushed up to her, taking the place her Meowstic would have had in stabilizing her.

"Ask your questions quickly." Tate ground out. "We do not know how long we can hold this. They are weak."

"Who did this?" Diantha demanded promptly. "Who attacked you?"

For a few moments it seemed like she would not be getting an answer.

"We see Pokémon. They recognize them." Liza's hand resting on the pillow tightened. "Darkness and unnaturalness."

"Any chance for something more specific?" Steven wondered, moving closer a bit.

"It is hard." The boy-Psychic almost snarled into the unconscious female's neck. "We are having the utmost trouble just reaching her, let alone communing with her."

"And that is with the other three assisting her. We feel them as well." His twin-sister added. "We see flowers the size of trees."

"Water floats like an escalator."

Cynthia's eyes narrowed at that; it was starting to sound rather distinctive and like something she remembered. "Can you…"

Something caused the two children to jerk violently, gasps escaping from their lips.

At the same moment, the window into the room shattered into a million pieces, something invisible bowling over Lance and Alder without a second thought.

A Pokémon manifested, hands closing around the collars of the two on the bed and yanking them away from Olympia. Just as their hands disconnected from her, Kalos' Great Psychic was struck by a seizure, rattling her bed with the force her body shook.

"Olympia!" Diantha rushed forward, though by the time she actually reached her friend, the seizure had stopped and the Anistar City Gym Leader lay slack upon the bed.

"What the hell just happened!?" Alder demanded, shaking himself to remove the glass-shards from his hair while looking at the red Pokémon still holding Moss Deep's Gym Leaders.

"Latias." Steven recognized the Pokémon in question.

The Legendary in question ignored him, turning her golden eyes to the two children she still held. "That was foolish."

"We wanted to help." Tate whispered as he was lowered back to solid ground, where he promptly collapsed to his knees.

"What just happened to Olympia!?" The white-clad woman's voice was several octaves higher than it normally was. In front of her, thin trails of blood ran down from the comatose female's mouth.

"Psychic backlash." The dragon folded her arms neatly to her side, ignoring the two Pokémon who seemed to contemplate how to best blast her without harming the humans. "It was meant for these two, but since I pulled them away before it reached them, it had to go elsewhere." Without another word, she turned her attention to the only awake Great Psychics. "Do not attempt this again. I might not be around to save you a second time." The red form gracefully cut through the space between Lance and Alder, disappearing shortly after passing through the window.

"Why was she near here anyway?" Glass crunched underfoot as Cynthia walked up the window to look outside. "I thought you said they lived near Alto Mare, Steven? We're nowhere near that."

"She's still here." Adam spoke up. "That stunt made her stand out like a sore thumb. I can sense her outside."

"Latias won't leave." Liza stood to her full height. "She was right; this was foolish."

"You knew something like this would happen?" Lance crossed his arms, a glower forming on his face.

"Yes." They both nodded, their voices perfectly in unison. "Do you truly think that it is chance that we – the only children – are the ones who dodge this…" Both gestured around themselves. "while the adults did not?"