Well another update, eventually. And we finally start to get a few answers. Well, some from my side and some from Aeris'. So you really are going to have to read Anomaly, if you haven't already, if you want any hope of understanding it all. Anyway, this would have been up 24 hours ago had the document uploaded thingy been working.
Can't be arsed to make a sarcastic/cheesy summary, so you're going to have to read the damn thing yourself.
Episode 152: Psychic Problems
Mewtwo and I had been sitting near the cliffs, watching the sea. I could see why the Humans liked it so much now; the sun was glinting off of the waves. Soon, Mewtwo spoke. Well, I use the word spoke in the loosest possible term.
"You have a psychic reading now. Possibly a result of the radiation. It is weak, but the reading is still there."
"Which means?" I asked, deciding to get answers out of the clone before he went moody and refused to say anything again.
"It means that it is having an effect on you. A psychic reading could only mean that you are able to use psychic abilities for yourself."
"Just my luck," I sighed, flopping down on my back, "I hate psychics above all else and now I'm turning into one."
"What is wrong with psychics?" Mewtwo asked, actually sounding a little insulted.
"Let me think. My encounters with psychics rarely turn out well. There's a Hypno that refuses to stay dead, Celebi who tells me that I shouldn't exist and ended up transporting me to other dimensions. Mew, the less said about him the better. And then you, supposedly a good guy, drop a building on me. Yes, psychics have left a good impression."
"A Hypno that refuses to stay dead?"
"Well, it had gone after two kits I'd adopted. I caught up with it and then it tried to control me and make me kill them. It didn't work. Then one of the kits evolves into Umbreon and beats the crap out of it, giving me the honours of taking the damn thing out. Then, we get to Lavender and I end up in the middle of a death cult whose leader is a Bayleef with this Shadowstone thing. That's where I met Fervo; he'd been there for a while and refused to be broken in. Heh, we beat the crap out of a Tangela that had been trying to whip me into submission."
"You are getting sidetracked. The Hypno."
"Look, that part is important. Anyway, they do this whole summoning ritual thing to bring back the 'Pokemon of Shadow' or whatever."
"The three higher pokemon know me by that title," Mewtwo muttered, actually looking worried.
"They got Mew instead."
"So where does the Hypno fit in?"
"I'd have told you that by now but you keep interrupting. Yeesh, you are worse then Humans."
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Now that got a reaction and a half. Mewtwo suddenly balled his fists and I could see a sudden rage build up. I guessed he didn't like Humans, although I could see why.
"Never compare me to that race ever again," he growled eventually, managing to get his emotions sealed back behind the wall he had erected.
"I can see why you don't like them," I replied, glancing across. He glared at me, the wall crumbling again, but I didn't let it get to me, "but not all Humans are bastards like that Giovanni." He visibly winced at the name.
"I know. But I start to remove that hatred then, every time, something happens to bring it back to the forefront."
"I can understand that too," I laughed, sitting up and watching him closely, "I used to hate my trainer. But I eventually got to like him. He has his moments where I want to kill him but makes up for it later; you just have to give him a chance. Then you get other Humans like the Rockets."
"They get no second chances."
"I wouldn't say that. From what I gather, most of them are roped into it without much of a choice. The higher ups are the ones who deserve the pain we throw at them; the grunts are just doing their job."
"You are surprisingly thoughtful, almost the opposite of what Mew says about you."
"For someone related to the pink fur ball, you aren't so bad yourself. Besides, you got a nice little place here. Maybe being stuck here won't be so bad at all."
"Flame, you might just have a point there."
"Of course, I still owe you for the whole Lavender thing. So, Fuckwit, you'd better keep your guard up," I laughed. Mewtwo didn't, back to his usual emotionless self.
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"If only Evetwo and Fervo had your insight," he said eventually.
"They wouldn't want it. I have a knack of nearly getting myself killed."
"Yet you survive."
"Usually through timely intervention of someone else, usually Mew or Scyther. Who, as I recall, saved your arse from being captured."
"That was a mistake. An anomaly. One that will never happen again."
"Whatever," I waved my paw as though I was batting his excuse away while I got up, "which reminds me, where's Eve and Fervo?"
"They are by the cliffs on the other side of the island. Fervo went to calm Evetwo down; she is liable to do something idiotic when she gets in a bad mood."
"Considering that you did something stupid back in Lavender, you are not exactly one to talk," I chuckled as I turned away and started walking before calling over my shoulder, "come on. You can show me around. I need to know where the food bushes are, because my stomach is saying that it'll be dinner time soon."
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Mewtwo, not surprisingly, didn't make a move so I left on my own. Wandering aimlessly for around ten minutes untill I found myself back at the clearing where Eve had attacked me and Fervo. The berry bush was still there so I headed over to grab a snack, when I noticed something lying in the grass nearby. I stepped over to take a closer look and cheered when I found the Nido-horn laying there. I hadn't even noticed its absence, but it was right in front of me. I reached out to pick it up and it vanished.
"What the hell?" I muttered, "Where's it gone? Back to the others?" I jumped up to my feet and looked in the direction that Mewtwo had said the others were in, "I need to tell Fervo. Maybe he can figure it out."
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So I set off again and, not surprisingly, managed to get myself lost in the space of five minutes. I ended up back at the cliffs, Mewtwo had vanished and there was nothing there anymore. Not even a sign of the barge.
"Damn it Fervo, where are you?" I muttered, my excitement getting the better of me. I thought that, if I couldn't find him then I'd give him a way to find me. I launched two fireballs up into the air; they soared above the treetops before colliding and causing a small explosion.
"That'll catch your attention. I hope."
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I was sitting around for a few minutes before someone did arrive, although it wasn't who I had intended.
"You idiot," Mewtwo scolded as he appeared out of the trees, "you could have just alerted the entire Human population to our location."
"Have you seen Fervo?" I asked, ignoring his whining.
"What is so important that you need to alert to the world were we live?"
"Flame!" Fervo yelled as he finally appeared, with Eve right behind him, "we figured out who the thief was?"
"What thief?"
"The milk thief!"
"Well we could have island fire-fighters showing up at any moment thanks to your friend here."
"It might be able to help you get rid of us."
"Untill the potential disaster is averted, you are staying right here."
"Wouldn't it make more sense to get out of here before something bad happens?"
"I happen to be rather fond of this island. It has served as a good home for some time now."
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The banter continued like this, back and forth, for several minutes while I got slowly more and more worked up. Eve just looked amused, which did little. Eventually I snapped and used my method of shutting people up.
"I eat kits!"
Dead silence.
"Excuse me?" Eve asked, while Mewtwo and Fervo just gawped at me.
"Thank you. I finally have your attention."
"You eat kittens? That's a whole different side to you that I've never seen before," Fervo murmured. If I had hair, I'd have torn it out.
"I think he was merely using that phrase to get you to be quiet."
"You're the one who won't shut up, pal."
"Both of you just shut the fuck up!" I screamed as loud as I could, before they could start arguing again.
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I used the sudden gawping to my advantage this time, grabbing Fervo by the arm and dragging him away towards the trees.
"You can't eat me!" He yelled, "I'm no kit."
"Shut the hell up or I will eat you," I growled, my temper close to snapping, "listen. And listen well; I am only saying this once."
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I ended up saying it twice. Fervo didn't believe me the first time.
"So you are saying that the Nido-horn, the one which was lost in the Lavender base, just appeared in front of you then vanished again?" He asked, while Eve and Mewtwo just looked on from the cliffs.
"Finally," I muttered, thinking I was getting somewhere. Nope.
"That's crazy. Crazier than eating kits."
I slapped my forehead; it just seemed like the thing to do. But it hurt like hell. Stupid claws.
"That was a way of getting you to shut up. I don't eat meat," I snarled, the sudden head pain not helping my temper, "although if you keep being an idiot then I will make an exception."
"But still, seeing a thing that must have been vaporised is a little crazy."
"It was real. Damnit!" I yelled, throwing my paw out to the side in order to stop me punching the Treecko again. I suddenly realised that I was holding something and looked at the paw I had just swung out.
"Okay, now I'm the crazy one," Fervo muttered as he stared at the Nido-horn, which had appeared in my paw.
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"Interesting, it seems as though the radiation is affecting you faster than I had initially expected."
"Damnit Mewtwo, stop listening in on our conversations!" Fervo yelled over at the clone.
"Or what? I could throw you off that cliff without a second thought."
"Step over here and say that, purple boy."
I sighed; it was going to be a long day.