Chapter 3: Pyro's Power
Legend:
The Author
Thoughts
Pokémon-to-Pokémon speech
Telepathy
Pyro
Level: 17
Moves Learned:
Ember, Psybeam, Psyshock, Fire Spin
Cyclone
Level: 13
Moves Learned:
Surf, Waterfall, Cut, Rock Climb
(Alex's POV still)
As the shadow floats closer to me, my fear increases accordingly. When it gets near enough to touch, it looks at Pyro and then speak in a paranormal, deep voice that echos through the forest.
"Her psychic powers are drained," it says, while taking the form of a strange Pokémon. It still is a dark cloud, but now it iss a humanoid-shaped dark cloud. "She needs to forget what she has seen," the eye lights turn to me. "With your permission, of course." I nod my head, afraid of what might happen if I said "no". "Very well," It raises its "hand" and it starts glowing purple. I stare as a beam shot from it, hitting Pyro. Pyro groans in pain and tosses and turns. Finally the dam broke.
I rushed at the thing yelling, "GET AWAY FROM HER!" the thing looks at me, raises its other hand, and I black out.
(Pyros POV)
I saw the images that Alex had run across his mind. They overpowered my psychic senses, and I pass out; the last thing I hear is "Crap". I was then in pure darkness, and it wasn't ten seconds when I felt a super strong power approaching me. I tried and scream, tried to warn my trainer, but nothing happened. I am now hearing bits of conversation. One voice being my trainer, the other one, dark, powerful, evil, ancient, and knowing all at once. I was trying to listen when I am wracked with pain, seeming to come from everywhere at once. I hear "GE… …WAY FRO… …ER". Then the pain stops briefly. Then the pain starts again and it seems like forever before it stops. I am psychically shattered. As I try and gather my memories, a dark hand reaches out and grabs a few of the shards. I try and slap the hand but encounter nothing. The shards disappear. I continue to gather the rest of them, and as I grab the last one, I wake up gasping for air, as if I was underwater for a long time. I sit up, look around and see Cyclone shaking and making little noises, like a baby too scared to cry. I frantically look around and I see my trainer on the ground, who is moaning. I lean over him then shake him to wake him up. He does so, and sits up so fast I have no time to get away. We bonk heads.
"OW! Wait a minute, where is that shadowy dude?" he says, looking around. I do so as well, but I see nothing, and I feel nothing with my psychic powers.
I don't know. I send him.
"WHOA! Oh, right, you can send telepathy." He says. I search his memory to find out what happened but encounter a psychic wall.
How did you get that wall? I ask
"What wall?" he says. I go on to explain to him psychics and psychic walls.
"Oh… I don't know, wait, it was that shadow dude probably. Oh, well. Let's go to a Pokémon Center and get you two fixed up."
(Alex's POV)
I hand the Pokéballs to the nurse, and she puts them in a healing machine. In a few seconds she hands them back to me.
"There you are, Alex. Pyro and Cyclone are healthy again." She says. I mutter a thank-you as I think about who that shadow thing was. I look around inside the Center and find a PC. I turn on the PC and do a Google search for what I saw. I find a website that shows me a picture of the thing. I read the article and find out that the "thing" was a Shadowkind, the last one known to exist. They were an ancient race that specialized in healing, destruction, and psychic power.
"Huh, that explains a lot. I wonder what made me so special, that this rare creature visits me and help Pyro get back on her two feet." I say. I release Cyclone and Pyro from their Pokéballs and I walk out of the Pokémon center and out into the woods again. A red-and-black bird flies overhead, its body shape reminding me of a Y. As it passes over me, however, Pyro moves closer to me, whimpering. I look up to see the flying thing dive-bomb the grass directly in front of me. As it comes closer, I see that it is actually HUGE, and that there is a trainer riding it. We both manage to keep our feet as the bird-thing hits the ground with a small earthquake. The trainer jumps off of it, and recalls it back into its Pokéball.
"Nice ride," I say
"Thank you, hey, my name is Leo, wanna have a one-on-one battle?" The trainer says, who is female and quite pretty.
"Against THAT thing that you rode in on?" I ask
"Nah," she says "just Fighting Rage here" she pulls out an Ultra Ball and throws it, revealing a Lucario inside. I grin, realizing the type advantage Pyro had over the Fighting type.
"Well then what are we waiting for? Let's battle!" I look at Pyro and say my battle phrase: "Alright Pyro, wreck 'em!" she jumps in front of me.
"Go, Fighting Rage! I know you can do it!" says Leo.
"Pyro, use Psyshock!" She takes out the stick in her tail, which appears to be on fire and concentrates. As she does, purple shards surround the Lucario and then strike it a high speed. The Lucario stumbles a lot, but he holds his stance.
"Good job, Fighting Rage! Now use Aura Sphere!" commands Leo. Lucario's hand glows bright blue, then a blue orb forms and is sent speeding towards Pyro.
"Pyro, look out!" I yell, but I was not fast enough. Pyro is hit head-on with the orb, or more correctly, the sphere. Pyro is knocked back a few feet, and she groans in pain. She manages to get up again though.
"Whew, that was close! Let's finish him with a Psybeam!" She raises her stick again, and a purple beam of pure psychic energy fries the Lucario, who screams in agony then hits the ground and does not move, or breath even.
"FIGHTING RAGE, NO!" yells Leo, as she runs toward her Pokémon. I take a step forward, but before I can start running to help, she pulls out a small herb, breaks it, and allows the herb juices to drop onto her friend. The Lucario immediately opens his eyes, and as soon as he does, he is sucked into his Pokéball. I turn to Pyro.
"You should use less power next time" I scold her. She hangs her head. She knows she almost killed a fellow Pokémon. I look at her for a second, then lighten up. "Hey, you did great, still, less power, OK?" Okay, she says, still a bit worried. I apologize to Leo, and head back to my house for the night.
-Chapter End-