Category: Pokémon
Rating: M
Couples: X
Warnings: AU, Disturbing Imagery,
Chapter: 8
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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They looked at one another. "What do you mean with that?" Lance finally demanded, eyes narrowing as his cloak seemed to billow around his form by his will alone.
"It was no chance." Tate stated, rising from his seat on the floor and brushing aside the glass-shards with a simple psychic sweep of his hand. "Which I think you might have realized already…"
"Considering Legendaries are involved." Liza finished her brother's sentence. "We should have known this would not help."
"Perhaps you should start at the beginning." Steven suggested, noticing that the Dragon-type user is starting to get more than a little frustrated at what is going on. "You knew Latias was here?"
"Not even an hour before Wallace called Mom,…" Liza sighed, looking out the window. "Latias and another Pokémon visited us in our bedroom."
"Incidentally, the other Pokémon is the 'unnatural' one that they showed us." Tate added, climbing back onto Olympia's bed to check up on her.
"They told us that something was going to happen. Something big…" The female twin paced lightly, feeling the weight of the Champion's emotions on her.
"And that Great Psychics were in the way." Her sibling leaned back, eyes narrowing at the feelings slowly permeating the room.
"And you didn't feel like you needed to tell us?" Alder's voice was quite a bit sharper than he might have liked it to be. "What else do you know!?"
"Alder." Diantha sharply warned her colleague.
"He has cause." The young Psychics countered softly, speaking perfectly in sync. "Far more than we can tell you. Unless you wish us to suffer this fate as well?" They spoke it calmly, but under the words lay the quiet power that always seemed to be held by the Great Psychics. "If it helps, from what we gathered, they will be fine."
"Any idea how long this will take?" Adam wondered, looking between his daughter and the two children.
"No." They shook their heads.
"Thank you." Cynthia told them, interrupting the others from speaking. "You should take rest."
Their eyes narrowed at her, but they acquiesced and left.
"We should have tried to get more out of them." Lance was standing with arms crossed, watching through the window as the three Psychics headed down the street to the house they'd be staying at.
"And risk two children ending up like this?" Steven gestured around him.
"Not to mention I think I might already know where they are." Cynthia spoke up. "Flowers growing 'into' the ground? Water flowing against gravity? It's the Distortion World."
"Wait, 'distortion world' as in Giratina's world?" Alder demanded in disbelief. "As in, the realm of the Pokémon that is said to have been banished from this world for being so bloody violent?"
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In said Distortion World, the spirits of the adult Great Psychics are recovering from having forcefully torn from their mental conversation. Even in normal circumstances, that would have been uncomfortable, so weakened as vulnerable as they were right now, it had hurt.
"At least it was you getting the backlash." Mewtwo had been true to his word, having been nearby and quickly sensing the established connection between his 'guests' and the outsiders. "Latias has informed me she pulled the twins away before the backlash reached them."
"I couldn't tell." Lucian countered with what could only be called annoyance in any other man's voice. "I sensed that they knew more than they let on."
"As said, they posed the same problem as you four did. They had to be dealt with in a different way." The Psychic-type Legendary touched down, pulling Olympia to standing.
"I do sincerely hope we'll find out at some point why this is necessary." She pulled her arm free, putting distance between her and the Pokémon. A wave of anger flooded out briefly before she caught and contained it.
"That is really not up to me." Mewtwo flatly countered, his eyes trailing to Giratina passing overhead… or what seemed like overhead in this dimension. "Perhaps you'll see… perhaps you won't."
He took to the air, floating away with his tail flicking behind him, leaving the four humans to their own devices once more. This time, they had no doubt he'd still be around.
"What a mess." Sabrina joined the other Gym Leader in studying their surroundings. "Do you think they'll come for us?"
"If they can find out where we are, certainly." Lucian remained on the ground where he had collapsed. "Aside from personal stakes, we're members of their Leagues. They have no choice but to get certainty about our fates."
"I can see Cynthia just storm in here and try to take Giratina and Mewtwo on with just her Garchomp." Caitlin managed to chuckle softly at the mental image. Her hair cloaked her like a blanket, hiding her frail form from view.
"We'll see, I have no doubt."