Chapter 5: In Search of Something Stolen
"Xerneas" Ace said, his face full of shock. "What is she doing here?"
"She came here to give me a message." Arcey said. "It seemed like it was very important. But she collapsed before she could tell me what it was."
"Do you know when she'll recover?" Shadow asked, worried for the Xerneas' safety. She never really got to know the Fairy Queen, but she did know that she was a pretty tough fighter in her own right. But judging by the way she looked, Shadow figured that she should be sleeping for a while. Ace looked at her with wide eyes, as if he knew what had happened to her and didn't want to say it.
"I don't know" Arcey said, rubbing her tired eyes. She had been up late the previous night and it was already late for the current one, about half past midnight. Being God did have its disadvantages.
"Where did she come from?" Ace asked.
"Don't know that either" Arcey said. She held up a small flash drive. "She did have this USB drive on her."
"What's on it?" Ace asked.
"We can't decode it." Arcey said, frustrated. "Me, Mewtwo, Dialga, and Uxie have been at it for about six hours, but we can't seem to crack it. Xerneas wasn't much of a science person, but she put a firewall in this thing that would take supercomputers a thousand years to crack. She's the only one that could break it for us. But, as you can see, she's unconscious right now. So, unless she wakes up, we'll never know what she wanted to tell us."
"What about reading her mind?" Shadow suggested.
"We tried it" Arcey growled, but it wasn't directed at Shadow. "She's put up some sort of mental block. The medamn thing is preventing us from peering into her mind for the answers. Though, to be fair, it probably wasn't used to prevent us from accessing her thoughts."
"Allow me" Ace said stepping up to Xerneas. He gathered Dark energy into his hand and held it up over Xerneas' head as if to strike it. Arcey started sweating and started to tell Ace to stop. Ignoring her, he made a downward slash with his hand, which to Shadow and Arcey's surprise, passed right through the Fairy Queen, not doing any harm to her. Arcey whistled, clearly impressed.
"But what did that do?" Shadow asked. "You know, besides showing us you can faze through certain materials."
"If I hadn't fazed through her" Ace said, pointing to Xerneas. "She'd have died. Even that lameass Fairy Typing of hers or that stupid Fairy Aura that she kept telling us about wouldn't have saved her from a Dark attack like that, especially in her condition."
"But what did it do?" Arcey asked, clearly confused as to what the point of this attack was.
"I passed through her physical body using my Ghost type powers" Ace explained. "To attack her mind. Her physical body was unaffected, but I struck her mind, shattering the mental blocks. But you shouldn't try to read her mind for a while. It is probably still vulnerable after the attack. Any disturbance could lead to her death."
"How did you use Ghost powers" Arcey asked, a look of confusion on her face. "If you're not a Ghost Type?"
"I'm a Dark type" Ace went into another explanation. "And a powerful one at that. I command darkness itself. Even the shadows bend to my whim. I can make my body pure darkness to avoid attacks. Or to bypass the physical aspect of a person."
"How come you don't use that more often?" Shadow asked. "That would probably save your life on more than one occasion if you utilized it."
"If I use it too often" Ace said. "then my physical makeup can become distorted, meaning I could get exhausted, or worse, die."
"But how long should we wait to use mind reading on her?" Arcey asked, bringing the conversation back to its original topic.
"At least till morning." Ace said. "Her mind needs to recover a little from the attack I used on her. Wait till about noon to be safe."
"Thanks Ace" Arcey said. "You probably saved us a lot of trouble by doing that. I don't know how we would have entered her mind without you."
"I try" Ace said, showing mock pride. "I'll see you tomorrow, Arcey. I want some sleep."
"Oh, Ace" Arcey said, something else just reaching her mind. "I need you to find Bianca for me."
"What do you mean "find Bianca"?" Ace asked, suspicion and anger slowly creeping into his voice.
"She went to Alto Mare—" Arcey started to say.
"What?!" Ace shouted, angered. "You let her go to Alto Mare?! Alone?!"
"I wasn't thinking at the time" Arcey said. "She asked to go and I wasn't focused enough to think of how dangerous it would be."
"You let her go to Alto Mare?!" Ace shouted once again. "A city we have all been instructed, violently I might add, not to go to alone unless we are at A Class or higher! And you let Bianca, a girl who is not a fighter, go by herself without any direct line of communication back to us?!"
"She can fight a little" Arcey said, clearly ashamed at her misjudgment.
"She has a gemstone around her neck" Ace said. Realizing he was making Arcey feel bad, he toned his voice down. "that is in most people's eyes pretty valuable. They would do ungodly things to her to take it, maybe even kill her."
"That's why I asked you to get her back." Arcey said. "You could go in there alone and rescue her."
"I need sleep first" Ace said, yawning. "I need to recharge, but the first thing I'm doing when I wake up is going after her."
"And go alone" Arcey said. "If you bring to many people, then you would draw more attention to yourself."
"Right" Ace said.
"Here" Shadow said, touching Ace's forehead. "I'm giving you a direct psychic link to me. Now we can converse without talking out loud."
"Thanks, Shadow." Ace said.
"Now you need to rest before your big mission." Arcey said. "Head to bed you two."
"Allright" the two of them said, walking out the door towards their respective rooms.
As Arcey watched them go, she smiled to herself. She had watched Ace's little endeavor to restore Shadow's memories. She saw all that had happened in the garden. She sighed a sigh of motherly pride, proud that the boy she had raised from a young age had finally realized his feelings, and his close friend had done the same.
Arcey was distracted from her thoughts by some murmuring from Xerneas. The Fairy Queen was talking in her unconsciousness, like a sleeptalker. Arcey paid attention, want to figure out if it had anything to do with why she had come to the Hall of Origins in the first place. She could only make out one distinct word. That word, though foreign to most, chilled her bones and spine almost to the point of paralysis.
The word was: "Zygarde"
With Ace and Shadow
On the way to their rooms they walked past Palkia and Dialga, who resumed their singing from earlier.
"Ace and Shadow sitting in a tree! K-I-S-S-I-N—" they sang before Eon once appeared behind them, smacking both of them across the heads, causing the reality duo to fall on top of each other, Dialga's heavier body (due to her steel typing) fell on top of Palikia's. He cried out in minor pain, waving his arms as his friend's body crushed his. Dialga stood up, brushing off her clothes and extending a hand out to Palkia, who grabbed it. She pulled him up and he sucked in a huge gulp of air.
"Oh come on" Dialga said, punching him in the arm. "I'm not that heavy"
"Steel types are usually heavier than most others." Palkia said. "But you should be happy with the fact that it wasn't from all the helpings you shovel down at dinner."
Dialga punched him in the arm again, causing him to wince and grab his arm. Eon just sighed and shook her head.
"Idiots" she thought. "How do we ever get anything done around here? Everyone (including myself) is either goofing off or itching for a fight."
With Shadow and Ace
"Tonight was lovely" Shadow said, remembering the events of earlier (Jirachi let her keep the memories of when she was 1447, Giovanni's "weapon") as they walked back to their rooms.
"Oh" Ace said. "That's great. I'm glad you got your memories back"
"Thanks" Shadow said. "Thanks for trying to help me get them back."
"You're welcome." Ace said. "By the way, how did you get them back?"
"Jirachi gave them back to me." Shadow said. "He gave me one wish and I wished that you would find the person you were looking for. Since you were looking for me, he brought my memories back so you could find me."
"Cool" Ace said. "What was your favorite part of tonight?"
"Ummm" Shadow said, blushing. She knew what her favorite part was, but she was a little embarrassed to say it.
"Spending time with you" she said at last.
"I liked spending time with you too" Ace said.
"I especially liked the part where we went to the garden" Shadow said, blushing as she remembered one part in particular. Ace realized what she meant and he blushed as well.
"I—I thought that it was nice too" he stuttered, trying to figure out why the room had gotten about twenty five degrees hotter.
They arrived at their rooms, which were side by side. The two of them, still as red as a Scizor's armor, hugged each other good night and went into their rooms. They both flopped down on their beds ready to wake up the next morning.
The next morning
Ace woke up and went to the kitchen to eat some breakfast. He needed a little nourishment before he headed to Alto Mare to find Bianca and potentially kick the ass of anyone who decided to take advantage of a gentle teenager. Ace grabbed the cereal, remembering the time Bianca had talked Arcey into getting them better cereal, all of the others pitching in in the persuasion. All of the teenage legendaries (everyone except Cela, who was 11 at the time (she's 13 now), Jirachi (who was also 11), Mewtwo, who wasn't at the store, and Dialga and Palkia, who were teenagers, but hadn't participated) had tried to make cute anime eyes to "convince" Arcey to buy them sugary cereal. Unfortunately they had overeaten and all had a sugar crash. Ace poured himself a bowl and began eating.
"Hey Ace" Dialga said, coming into the kitchen, rubbing her eyes.
"Morning, Dialga." Ace said, taking a bite of cereal. He reached for his glass of orange juice and started drinking it.
"Did you get any action last night?" Dialga asked jokingly, causing Ace to spew his drink all over the table and Dialga.
"Dammit" she said, looking down at her blue (and now orange) shirt, which happened to be her favorite.
"You brought that upon yourself" Ace said, grabbing some napkins to help clean up the orange juice. "And, to answer your question, no, I didn't get any "action" last night. I'm not that type of person and neither is she."
"It was a joke." Dialga said. "You didn't have to spit your drink all over me."
"That was a reaction to your question." Ace said. "I didn't do that on purpose."
"It's fine" Dialga said finishing the cleanup job. "You need to get going anyway."
"Right" Ace said, handing Dialga a few more napkins and heading out the door. "See you later."
Dialga scrubbed her shirt, trying to get the stain off. Suddenly she sat up, sensing something.
"A temporal rift." She said, gasping. "Right where Ace is going. What could it mean? I hope Ace doesn't get into too much trouble."
In the hallway
Ace started to run, needing to get to Alto Mare quickly. He had wasted some time by sleeping and eating, but those were necessities that he needed to be at optimal condition. If he hadn't, then he would have been unable to fight properly. He was picking up the pace for a supersonic flight when Arcey appeared in front of him.
"Ace" she said, her voice very serious. "When you get back there is a meeting of the entire Hall. Very important. No exceptions. Be there. We'll wait for you to get back with Bianca."
"Got it" said Ace, rushing out the door and soaring into the sky. He picked up some tremendous speed and was out of normal sight in a flash. Arcey watched him go, wondering to herself if she should have told him the topic of the meeting.
In the sky
Ace was in the air above Alto Mare. He touched down in a place where he wouldn't be easily noticed.
"I should probably try to sense her out first" he said. "No point in spending hours looking for her when she could be right nearby."
He started to concentrate, extending his aura to encompass a large area. His senses were so precise they bordered on precognition, rivaling any Lucario or even Arcey.
"Damn it!" Ace cursed to himself. "I can't sense her anywhere. But maybe she's out of range. I should search for the Soul Dew instead. Its aura gives off more energy, so I should be able to pick it up easier."
Ace concentrated, searching specifically for the aura of the Soul Dew, the necklace Bianca always wore, and the embodiment of her brother's soul, the last thing she had to remember him by. She never parted with it, except to shower. Finding a faint trace of it, he sped toward it, the entire time hoping that the person he had come to care for like a sister was okay.
Nearby Ace's location
"Are you sure he's here?" the female voice asked her two companions. The voice belonged to a girl with gray hair and black shadowy robes who seemed impatient.
"I'm sure" said another female voice belonging to a girl with orange hair in a orange shirt, a poofy cream coloured scarf, and orange and white pants. "The time capsule told us he was here. It hasn't been wrong before."
"Yes it has" said a third female voice belonging to a girl with black hair and a black flowy shirt that resembled a dress and black pants. "It told us where mom was, but when we go there, she wasn't there."
"That's different" said a fourth girl with blue and blonde hair and a pink and blue dress. "Her energy signature was stronger where we were prior to this."
"Still" Said the first girl. "It probably isn't right in telling us where he is. Who's to tell us that he's not even this point?"
"His full energy potential is massive." Said the second girl. "And it has landed in this area. He has to be around here somewhere."
The four girls got a sudden chill as they felt a source of Dark energy. They looked up to see a person who looked to be in his teens fly by toward the castle that stood in the middle of the town.
"That was him!" the second girl shouted.
"He's so powerful." The third girl said. "Even with all of those seals on he's still a force to be reckoned with."
"He's heading for that castle" the second girl said. "Let's go get him"
With Ace
"That castle right there seems to be the place where the Soul Dew is." Ace said to himself as he landed in front of the castle that sat in the middle of the town. "But how should I enter? Do I burst in and take it and find her or walk in normally and then do some investigating? I know! I'll do both."
He started to walk up to the gate when the guard standing there held out his spear to bar his entry. He was a burly man in pink pants that looked like yoga pants.
"Stop right there!" he said, looking at Ace with a menacing gaze. "Only those with permission can enter the palace. I won't let you enter."
"Get out of my way" said Ace, unfazed. "Or I'll shove that spear where the sun don't shine"
The guard, taken aback by this person's boldness in the face of the king's guards, charged up psychic energy in his hands to attack the bold teen. He threw the ball of psychic power at Ace who absorbed it without taking any damage due to his dark typing. The Medicham guard was shocked at the fact that his attack was negated so easily.
"H-how did you do that?" he asked, very nervous.
"I'm a dark type" Ace said, walking closer to the guard. "Psychic attacks don't affect me."
The guard lunged with his spear to attack Ace, but Ace dodged it and punched the guard in the face with a fist cloaked in the energy of his Dark Void attack. The guard succumbed to the powerful nightmare, falling to the ground. Ace kicked him into the bushes along the walkway and walked up to the gate. Suddenly he stopped and summoned Dark energy to his hands.
"I don't know who you are." He said threateningly to something behind him. "But I will not hesitate to hurt you if you don't stop."
"We don't want to fight" said a girl's voice. She wore a black shirt that resembled a dress.
"We want to talk to you" said the girl to her right, who wore a black jacket and shirt with black pants and shoes.
"What about?" asked Ace, suspicious.
"We need to warn you." Said the girl on the right, who wore orange and white clothes and had bright orange hair.
"About what?" Ace asked.
"The future" the fourth girl said. She was dressed in orange and white with a thick scarf.
"Hold on" said Ace changing the subject. "Why do your auras seem familiar? I've never seen you in my life."
"We hope not." Said the third girl. "We're not from this time. We are from your future."
Ace simply stared at the three supposed time travelers before turning around.
"Wait" the orange headed girl yelled. "Where are you going?"
"I have to find a friend of mine" Ace said, entering the gate. "I will talk with you three later."
"We will meet you at your house" she called after him.
"I'm not telling you where I live" Ace said, looking back at her.
"We already know" the gray haired one said, quiet enough so that Ace couldn't hear, but loud enough for her two friends to hear.
With Ace
"Arcey, this place is huge" Ace mused to himself as he walked down the hall of the palace. "Almost as big as the Hall. But where could the Soul Dew be?"
He reached the end of the hall and emerged into a throne room that was beautifully decorated with all kinds of linen. Ace flicked the end of the red scarf he always wore behind him as he walked near the throne. The king on the throne was powerfully built, as most Aggron were. His helmet had two large horn-like protrusions coming out of it. His suit of armor looked very bulky and was all gray.
"What is this?" he thought, shocked that an unknown had walked directly into his throne room. It was bad enough that the captain of the guard had brought his son and his two friends into the palace for lunch, but now this strange being that gave him chills had walked into his throne room. Was he after his jewel? Maybe, but he couldn't be certain.
"Who are you?" he asked, angrily, grabbing at a sword he always had right next to his throne.
"That's not important." Ace said, his voice even and chilling. "I'm looking for a couple of items and my senses have led me here."
"What items?" the king asked, very suspicious of this individual. Something about him was very mysterious.
"Bow before the king" said the captain of the guard, who had shifted into his Medicham forme. Beside him were a Meditite boy with his two friends, a Duskull girl and a Machoke boy. The three of them looked at Ace with shock on their faces.
"I don't bow to mortals" Ace said plainly.
"How dare you?!" the king shouted, standing up. "Show me your respect now!"
"I don't have any for you" Ace said, his voice rising to angry levels. "Now tell me where they are!"
"Where what are?" the king demanded.
"The girl and the jewel." Ace shouted landing a punch on the king that cracked his armor. Part of it fell off to reveal a necklace with a beautiful blue jewel. Ace grabbed the necklace and removed it from the king's neck.
"Give back the royal jewel!" the king demanded. The captain of the guard moved to assist his king, but his son grabbed his arm.
"No dad!" he cried. "Don't do it!"
"But Conner" the captain said. "I have to help the king. It is my duty."
"But you would get wrecked" Chopper said. "That guy is far more powerful than he seems."
"He won't hurt the king if he gets what he wants." Mira said.
"How do you know that?" the captain, asked.
"We go to school with him." Conner explained. "He's a friend of ours. He wouldn't attack the king without good reason to do so."
"His friend must be in trouble and he thinks the king knows something about it." Mira reasoned. She was right, for at the moment Ace had lifted the king up and started asking questions again.
"Where is she?" he growled, sounding like Crobatman in The Dark Flight movie.
"I don't know who you're talking about." The king stuttered, truly afraid.
"The girl with blood red hair and golden eyes" Ace said, his eyes gaining a distinct reddish hue. "That was last known to be here and was wearing that exact necklace."
"She's in the dungeon." The captain of the guard said quickly. "Cell A, Block C"
"Thank you captain" the king said. Ace dropped him and walked toward the dungeon. The captain of the guard walked over to the king. The king pressed a button on his wrist and a silent alarm sounded. Chopper, Conner, and Mira ran over to Ace to accompany him.
"What are you three doing here?" Ace asked.
"My dad is the captain over there." Conner said, pointing to his dad.
"Cool" Ace said, his anger subsiding. "I'm going to get Bianca and then I'm leaving."
"What did you take from the king?" Mira asked.
"Bianca's necklace, the Soul Dew" Ace explained. "It was the last thing her brother gave her before Yveltal killed him. It means more to her than her own life. Also, it is said to have power. We can't prove it because she's never been in a physical situation before, but it still doesn't belong to the king."
"What will you do when you find her?" Conner asked.
"Take her home." Ace said. "She's been here since yesterday."
The four of them walked down the stairs to the dungeon. As they counted cells on the way, Ace filled them in on the details of Shadow. They all were relieved that their friend had regained her memories.
"Here's the cell." Ace said as they reached the correct cell. "There she is"
Sitting in the cell was a girl with hair as red as blood. It was kind of a mess from the events of the previous night, but was altogether still normal. Her clothing consisted of a torn red and white shirt and dirt stained white pants. Her shoes were red and were very scuffed up. Her eyes, though golden, seemed sad and hollow. She looked up as she heard her visitors and her eyes almost glowed with happiness as she beamed at the person that was the closest thing she'd had to a brother after her brother, Latios, had died. Ace wrenched the doors off the prison cell and Bianca walked out of the cell. She grabbed Ace in a big hug and started to cry a little.
"It's okay" Ace said, comforting the crying teen. "I'm here. We'll go home and get a nice big meal after we head to another f#$%ing meeting Arcey says is mandatory."
Ace reached into his pocket, pulling out the Soul Dew. Bianca looked at it and her eyes shone with joy. She grabbed the jewel and put it on her necklace. Ace noticed that it seemed to shine a little brighter around her neck.
"Hold it right there!" a large group of Medicham in Poke-forme holding large spears blocked the way out of the cell. The captain, Chopper's dad, stood in front of the troop.
"Get out of the way dad!" Conner said, showing a little bit of rebellion. "We're taking Bianca home."
"No!" Conner's dad (who from now on is referred to as Titanfist) said, standing in front of his brigade, holding out a spear. "This boy has made a fool of the king and insulted him. He must pay with his life. And the girl is a prisoner here and will remain so."
"Ace" Bianca said, looking at her close friend. "Did you do that?"
"I regret nothing" Ace said, summoning Dark energy to his hands. Titanfist looked surprised that this boy was going to fight him and his entire brigade, the strongest in the kingdom.
"You dare challenge us, boy?" he laughed. Conner looked scared, not because he thought Ace would be killed, but because he thought his dad would be.
"Dad, leave if you value your health." Conner said, giving his dad one more chance to take a hint that he was in over his head.
"And leave the king's honor tarnished?" Titanfist scoffed. "Never!"
"Fine" Ace said getting into a fighting stance. "Have it your way."
He moved with a speed not even Titanfist could see, using his immense Dark power to use Demon Claw, a Dark variant of Shadow Claw. The Medicham behind Titanfist all cried out in pain as they were slashed across the chest. Blood poured from their wounds as they collapsed, dead. Only Titanfist, who Ace had spared, remained alive to see Ace move in front of him.
"One last chance, Medicham" Ace said. "Leave or die."
"This ends here" a voice came from the stairs. "You will not disrespect me."
The king walked down the stairs, wearing his strongest armor. He had a sword that put Cloud Stryfe's Buster Sword to shame (for those of you that don't know, he's the protagonist of Final Fantasy VII). Ace stepped up to face this challenge head on when a hand grabbed him on the shoulder.
"I want to fight him" Bianca said.
"What?!" said Ace, surprised.
"I want to be the one to prove my own strength." Bianca said, determined. "I want to show Latios that I can defend myself."
"Well" Ace said, trying to give the redhead some advice. "If you're going to fight him, then draw as much power as you can from the Soul Dew. You should be able to beat him then."
"Allright" Bianca said, happy that Ace wasn't trying to hold her back like Latios would. She wanted to prove herself as a fighter, but everyone else held her back. Ace seemed like the only one who believed in her, having personally trained her and Cela.
"A girl" the king sneered at his opponent. "Is going to fight me? That's a laugh!"
"You won't be laughing for long!" Bianca shouted as she landed a Focus Punch to the king's midsection. The king doubled over in pain.
"So you have some skill." He mused. "But it won't save you here"
The king used Dragon Claw on Bianca. The Super Effective attack sent her flying. She collapsed onto the floor, hurt. The king laughed at her until he saw her pick herself up.
"Shouldn't we help her?" Conner asked. "She could get seriously hurt. I've heard that the king here is one of the most powerful fighters in the land."
"She'll be fine." Ace reassured his friends. "I trained her myself."
Bianca at the moment was straining to stand, partially due to the hit she'd just taken. The king prepared another attack to hit her with, but stopped as he saw what she was trying to do.
Bianca stood up weakly, gritting her teeth. She absorbed power from the air in an attempt to transform herself. Her entire body glowed with a white light. Within the light, a new power was emerging. Her blood red hair fell down in front of her eyes, making a sort of mark. Her eyes shone even brighter than before. Her arms grew much larger at the forearms, with her ten fingers being replaced by three white claws on each hand. Her body took on a sort of jet shape, her legs disappearing and her body growing "wings" out of her sides, two close to the front and two in place of her legs. Her neck lengthened, making her head alter its shape to be a bit more triangular. The two tufts of hair that always stuck up on her hear turned bleach white and solidified. A blue triangle appeared on her stomach which got much larger, about three times its original size. The light disappeared, leaving behind a newly transformed Latias.
The king was surprised, shocked even. He had imprisoned and stolen from a legendary.
"Oh sh!t!" he thought to himself. "I could get in so much trouble for this. If Arceus finds out about this, she'll kill me! Unless I prevent the witnesses from returning to tell her."
"I will kill you!" he yelled, beginning his transformation. His armor grew much larger and more rigid. His horns grew to almost twice their size, while his body took a stony and steel look. When he had finished, he looked like a form of dinosaur made of rock and metal (which is just about the most accurate description of an Aggron).
Bianca attacked with a Mist Ball. The king just shrugged it off, his defenses far higher than before. Bianca tried her brother's signature technique, Luster Purge. It too was dodged. The king slashed her with a powerful Dragon Claw, which knocked her back into the wall. She remained in Poke-forme, but was severely weakened, very near the point of unconsciousness. She tried to stand up, but she hurt too much. Suddenly she thought she heard a voice in her head.
In Bianca's thoughts
"Hello, Bianca" the voice said.
"L-L-Latios?" Bianca asked, tears coming to her eyes at the sound of the familiar voice.
"Yes" the voice said, a shape resembling Bianca's Poke-forme appeared, the forme of Latios' Poke-forme. "I am here to help you."
"Can you stay?" Bianca almost sobbed, grabbing onto the shape of her twin brother, which, at least in her mind, had physical forme.
"No" Latios said sadly. "I have been given permission to aid you this one time. After this you must fight for yourself."
"What does that mean?" Bianca said, her gold eyes shimmering in the moisture of her tears.
"I can teach you how to use the full power of this Soul Dew that I gave you." Latios' ghost said. "After that it is up to you to use its power wisely. But I will always come to help you if you need me."
"How do I do that?" Bianca asked.
"Allow me to show you" Latios said, gesturing her over to him.
Outside her mind
The king loomed over the fallen body of Bianca ready to deal the final strike. Before he could execute it, however, a pulse of energy surged from Bianca's body. It forced the king back about fifty feet. He looked at his opponent with fear in his eyes. Bianca had started levitating, still slumped over, but with massive amounts of energy pouring off of her in waves. She opened her eyes and everyone gasped when they saw that her eyes were fully golden, glowing like a lighthouse.
Her head went back like she was gaining an immense amount of power. Her body grew to 1.5 times its size and her body color shifted from red to purple.
"Purple?" Ace questioned. "That was only when… Latios? Are you in there?"
Bianca started shouting in pain and empowerment. The triangle on her chest disappeared ad reappeared on her arms, but it was white. Her arms had grown bigger at the forearms and her claws had lengthened. She stopped glowing and looked at the king with an intimidating look. The king stared in horror as a large ball that was gold in colour formed in her mouth. Ace gasped as he realized what it was.
"Guys, get a Protect shield ready for yourselves" he cautioned his three friends and Titanfist.
"Get Protect ready your highness." Titanfist said to the king, warning him of the impending attack.
"Protect won't save him." Ace said. "You guys will need it for the aftershock of the attack. That attack will obliterate any shield the king puts up to defend himself."
"Take this!" Bianca shouted, the golden ball bigger than her head. Her voice sounded like two people were speaking simultaneously "Eon Force Destruction!"
The golden ball of pure destructive energy shot forward at an alarming rate as a beam that made Goku's Kamehameha look like a laser pointer beam. The king barely had time to scream, much less defend himself as he was razed by the ball of destruction. Every pore of his body felt like it was exploding simultaneously. When the attack stopped the king as still standing, but that lasted only long enough for him to drop to his knees and fall over. Bianca also fell over, shifting back to human forme. Ace caught her and held her like a child. Chopper, Conner, and Mira ran up to him and looked Bianca over, shocked that so much power could come from such a passive girl.
"What was that?" Mira asked.
"I think she Mega Evolved by fusing with her brother's spirit" Ace said, clearly not understanding what just happened either.
"Mega Evolved?" Chopper asked.
"It's like going Super Saiyan" Ace explained. "You get a huge boost, but it only lasts for a limited time."
"So how did she do it?" Titanfist asked, confused. "I thought you had to have a specific stone to Mega Evolve."
"You know about Mega Evolution, dad?" Conner asked.
"I studied it in the library" Titanfist said. "It was said that Medicham had the ability to evolve beyond evolution. I didn't think someone like Latias could do it too."
"Neither did I" Ace said. "Maybe Latios saved his sister one more time. I'll bet she can use his power anytime she needs it."
"Should we check on the king?" Mira asked, diverting their attention.
"I don't care what happens to him" Ace said. "I'm going home with Bianca."
"You will wait until the king is healed." Titanfist said in a commanding voice. "And your friend will return to her cell."
"Dad, what are you doing?" Conner asked, worried.
"I'm making sure he pays for his crimes." Titanfist answered his son.
"But dad" Conner pleaded. "He'll hand your ass to you."
"What do you mean?" Titanfist asked.
"However strong Bianca became" Conner said in a grave voice. "Ace is far stronger. And he has seals restricting his power."
"What?!" Titanfist cried, using his psychic powers on his opponent. He indeed saw the seals and the amount of power Ace currently had access to. He began to tremble, his knees shaking.
"This isn't over!" from out of nowhere the king stood up, ready to continue his fight. His mouth showed traces of a Max Potion, a drug that healed almost all wounds, but was illegal in most parts of the world, barring Alto Mare. His power reached new heights as he absorbed a lot of power, gaining even more strength than before.
"Here, hold her, Chopper" Ace said, placing Bianca in Chopper's outstretched hands. He walked over to the king, who laughed at the human forme that had come to challenge him. He threw a punch that Ace dodged and moved behind him. Ace drove his fist through the king's armor plating and through his stomach. The king looked down at his wound caused by Ace's fist. He dropped to his knees once again and collapsed. Ace walked back to Chopper and took back Bianca. Titanfist looked at his king in shock. He ran over to him, sealing up the wound with psychic power.
Ace summoned portal to the Hall and gestured with his head for Chopper and the gang to follow him. Conner looked back at his dad and waved.
"Bye, dad" he called. "I'm going home with Ace. I'll be home in a little while."
"Okay son" Titanfist said, still tending to the king. "Just don't tell your mother what happened here."
"Okay" Conner said and followed his friends into the portal.
At the Hall
The five friends walked to the medical bay to check Bianca in to recover. May told Arcey to hold off the big meeting that was supposed to happen when Ace returned from Alto Mare. Arcey groaned and returned to her own "meeting" with Giratina. May made a sick face and walked back to Ace.
"Ace" she whispered into the Dark type's ear. "There are four weird girls wanting to see you. They also want to see Shadow, me, Sapphire, and Eon."
"Where are they?" Ace asked.
"In the entrance" May said quietly. "They said it was very important. They look very familiar."
"What do you mean?" Ace said, confused.
"I mean they remind me of some people." May said. "People I know personally I think."
"Odd" thought Ace. "The only people I've met that fit that description are those girls I met outside of the palace in Alto Mare."
He walked into the entryway where Shadow, May, Sapphire, and Eon had already gathered. Ace looked at the visitors and couldn't hide his shock.
"How did you get in here?" he demanded of the four girls who he had met earlier that day.
"We knew where you live." The gray haired one said.
"I'm going to tell Arcey to change the entry codes." Ace said, frustrated from his day.
"Wait!" the gray haired girl and the black haired girl shouted to Ace. "We need to talk to you"
"I don't care" said Ace. "You stalked me here to tell me something that really doesn't matter."
"Wait!" the two tried again. "We have something very important to tell the five of you."
The five legendaries looked at their visitors with confusion. The four girls steadied themselves and resumed talking.
"We're your children" the black haired girl said ominously.