Deoxys

The treasure of the pirate captain Redclaw was widely regarded as the biggest unclaimed treasure hoard in the world. And all that stood between them and it was a boulder blocking the cave tunnel and rumors of a Pokémon guardian. "So we just have these Pokémon use Explosion, simple as that," the leader of the group said.

"But boss, what about the guardian?" one of his followers asked. "I mean, that beach…" he shuddered.

"If it is here, it's just a dumb Pokémon," the leader said. "Get them in place and give them the orders, then we hightail it out of here."

Although some of them were still uneasy, the lure of the treasure overcame that. The orders were given and the Pokémon were left behind in the cave to clear out the offending boulder. The group waited eagerly for the way to be opened. Instead, the Pokémon came flying out of the tunnel, exploding uselessly near the waiting group.

"What the heck was that about?" the leader shouted in anger, ignoring the plight of the men and Pokémon that had gotten injured in the blast. "You did tell them to remain didn't…?"

He paused as he saw another Pokémon emerge from the tunnel. It was unlike any Pokémon any of them had seen: vaguely human-like in form, but abstracted in strange colors of orange and blue. A red crystal glimmered on its chest.

"Is this supposed to be the legendary guardian?" the leader asked, snorting. "You don't look like trouble; in fact, I could probably catch you with little…"

A bright light flashed from the crystal, right before the Pokémon fired a laser attack at the leader. The man dropped to the ground, dead. Terror overtook greed for the treasure and the rest of the group fled back to the ship. Later, it became apparent to them that the guardian had allowed them to grab their injured peers and flee. But that fact was often lost in tales of the evil Pokémon guardian of the Isle of Red Sand.

Deoxys placed the body down on the beach; it was already attracting the attention of scavenger Pokémon. He let them have the ugly thing. After all, these Pokémon only had the pale red of hunger on them. That was natural and they needed it to survive. In taking care of the body, the scavengers would remove portions of the horrible muddy and bloody gore of greed and lust the man had. Then time, sun, and the surf would clean away the rest.

He then floated back to the interior of the island. This place was lovely, with muted emotions of contentment and peace covering it. Unfortunately, there weren't many resident Pokémon beyond himself, so those colors would never get strong. But it was much better to have these pale quiet feelings than the harsh and sharp ones the treasure hunters had.

At one time, long ago, he had been in the blankness of space. Even he hadn't had emotions to color his vision then, or the awareness to see them. But then he had been captured and transformed by this planet. It allowed him to appreciate the beauty of feelings, but also revealed the ugliness of the same.

He went back to the cave he was protecting. The large boulder was no longer blocking the way. instead, it sat in a small room just beyond the tunnel, there to be moved if people returned. Not far after that, there was a series of larger rooms that contained what they were all after: the pirate's treasures.

Being there among the gold, jewels, and other fine things, Deoxys still wasn't sure why all of this inspired such violence and drama. It was simply unfeeling stones, things he saw with no color. They saw something valuable in them, though, valuable enough to betray friends and kill peers over. At one time, there had been a battle so marred by green and betrayal that it had brought Deoxys to tears, wishing he couldn't see all of that ugliness. And then the only two that he had seen as possibly worthy had died on the orders of others. He hadn't been able to remain hidden after that. these days, it was much faster to kill the worst of the lot and let the rest run away.

They called him evil for it, but he didn't understand why. It was his orders, the last ones from the man who had first found him after falling to Earth. "Stay here and make sure the unworthy do not get this treasure." Even though the pirate was one of the ugliest persons Deoxys could remember, laughing at the pain he caused and enjoying the tears and begging of his victims. Protecting the treasure had kept him away from that horror.

But with all the terrible things that he saw in the treasure hunters, Deoxys thought that maybe there was no one worthy.

"They're all bones!" It was tinted with a bright yellow of terror and repulsion.

"They are?" It was worried and scared, with a shine tying to clamp down on them. "I, I'm sure that I can get the radio working. Stay here."

Hidden in the plants beyond the shore, Deoxys watched these two in interest. They looked different from the treasure hunters. He listened and learned that their ship had been damaged. As it couldn't make it back to the mainland, they had come here to get help or get their boat fixed enough to go back. He wasn't sure what to do about them, so stayed hidden and watched.

The man had gotten in contact with people through the radio. "We're on the Isle of Red Sand," he said. "That's why there's so many bones out there: they were looking for the treasure that's supposed to be here." There was a bit of desire coming into his feelings. However, it wasn't as repulsive as before. This desire was a small bit of hope for better things.

"It can't be worth it if all of them got killed for it," the woman said, although she had a bit of that hope as well. "Can they get to us?"

"Yes, but not until tomorrow. We'll be spending the night here." Unease tempered any other emotion he was emitting.

Deoxys kept watching them as night fell. They gathered items from their boat and form the island to set up a camp, on a patch of sand that didn't have any visible bones. Even if the treasure gave them hope, they wanted to keep their lives more than that and didn't go looking for it. He thought that could make them worthy, but what did it matter if they weren't even going to look?

As he watched, he soon found something more interesting then watching those little spots of hope. The way the emotions of these two humans interacted was fascinating. They reached out to each other, but didn't quite touch. Although they both wanted to get closer, they didn't want to lose what they had, a timid blush to vivid love. That was yet another proof that they didn't see the world as he did. If they could, they wouldn't have been so uncertain.

It was dark now and the sky began singing. The atmospheric electro-magnetism had flared up once again and it was something beautiful that he could see. "Look, the aurora can be seen here," the man said.

Deoxys wanted to go watch that in a better spot, but there were still these visitors to be concerned about. He moved through the bushes, causing some of them to rustle. When their attention went sharp in noticing that, he paused again.

"I'm scared," the woman said.

"I'm here," the man replied, going over next to her and wrapping his arms around her.

And in that, their colors bled into each other, become brighter and more beautiful. It was an aurora on Earth, a time in which they seemed to know each others feelings and share them. They said nothing more, but forged bonds that might last a lifetime.

Deoxys stayed there, as this was certainly better than watching the song of the sky.

It was late at night; the two humans were asleep. Deoxys was watching them, but to protect them rather than to protect against them. Since the most dangerous thing on the island was probably him, he had left them for a short time. Now that he had returned, he set a bag near their campsite. It was something he had taken from their boat, but he had filled it with some treasure from the cave. If it gave them some hope to start a better life together, then they were worthy of taking it. He wouldn't even make them go in the cave after it.

And now that he had found something worthy, Deoxys thought about leaving this island. He wanted to know if the treasure really attracted ugliness. He wanted to go out and see if there was more of the beauty of love out there.

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Sapphire entry: Deoxys emerged from a virus that came from space. It is highly intelligent and wields psychokinetic powers. This Pokémon shoots lasers from the crystalline organ on its chest.

This is a follow-up to the Carracosta and Omaster story a little while ago. It was an interesting idea and I couldn't leave it at just one side of the story.