A Dragon's Tail
Tail 3: Richard's Tail - Ignorance
Tail 3-7: Experiment Alpha
The room was dark and gloomy, not even the light that shined from outside the room when the door was opened could illuminate the room. Neither Richard nor Rachael could see anything as they moved into this room.
"T…This is so scary…" Rachael mumbled and held onto Richard's arms tightly.
"…Flash." Richard opened the Chronicle of Daybreak and summoned a ball of light that illuminated the room, making it easier to see everything in this room. Rachael and Richard then realized that this room was full with several things such as a drawer, an experiment table and several strange machines.
"What is this?" Rachael said and approached a machine, but was stopped by Richard's voice.
"Do not approach anything recklessly, Rachael." Richard said.
"Okay." Rachael said.
After warning his younger sister, Richard turned his attention to a drawer while Rachael headed to the deeper part of the room where the light couldn't illuminate.
"…" Richard opened the drawer and took out something from it. It was a thick file with the title of 'Experiment Delta'.
"What is this?" Richard said and was about to open the file when…
"Oh no!"
Rachael's voice turned Richard attention from the file! He then quickly closed the drawer (But still kept the file with him.) and followed Rachael into the deeper part of the room. Then he saw Rachael standing there.
"Rachael?!" Richard approached his younger sister. "What happened?!"
"Onii-chan…" Rachael said and slowly pointed her paw forward to the end of the room. "L…Look at that!"
Richard looked at where Rachael's paw pointed and became shocked, because there's something there… It looked like a Pokemon, but it was a Pokemon that Richard had never seen before!
It is a quadruped Pokemon that looked like a combination of several kinds of living creatures. It had a blue fish-like tail. Its torso was black, as well as both of its rear legs. Its rear legs also had several purple scales too. Its front legs, however, were insectoid and green. It had a gray mane around its neck. The most outstanding thing of this Pokemon was its head, as its head was enclosed in a strange-shaped brown mask with four hinges at each edge of the mask, forming the shape 'X'. It had some sort of enclosed hair above its head, and there were two holes on its mask at the spot that should be its eyes. This Pokemon was restrained with strong and sturdy chain on all of its four legs. Overall, it looked like a chimera. And once its heard Rachael and Richard's voice, the gray eyes appeared at two holes on its mask, and it slowly stood up while keeping its gaze at Rachael and Richard.
"…" That Pokemon didn't say anything. It just kept gazing at Richard and Rachael.
"W…What is this Pokemon?" Richard mumbled. "I have never seen any Pokemon like this before…"
'Neither do I.' Holmer spoke up using telepathy. 'And I have never seen a record of this Pokemon in the chronicle too!'
"Onii-chan, this is terrible!" Rachael said and pointed at the chimera Pokemon. "Why is it restrained like this?! This is terrible!"
"…" Richard said nothing before he remembered something. He then opened the file he found in the drawer and started reading it a bit.
"Experiment Delta: The experimental specie created by combining the genes of all 18 types of Pokemon; Normal, Grass, Fire, Water, Electric, Flying, Rock, Steel, Ground, Ice, Fighting, Psychic, Poison, Fairy, Bug, Ghost, Dark and Dragon. Its purpose was to be the ultimate Pokemon of destruction. The original name of Experiment Delta was Type: Full because it was created in order to have an ability to shift into all 18 types of Pokemon with a special device called 'Memory Disc'. We called this special ability 'RKS System'. However, it refused to acknowledge the RKS System and went berserk, so we had to restrain it using a special enclosed mask to control its power. However, its RKS System was nullified by this progress, so we changed its name from Type: Full into Type: Null."
"…So, they tried to create ultimate experimental specie, but failed to do so… And its name is Type: Null…" Richard said and closed the file, but then, he realized that Rachael was now slowly approaching the Type: Null!
"Rachael?! What are you doing?!" Richard said. "That thing is dangerous!"
Richard tried to warn his younger sister, but Rachael ignored his warning. She then continued approaching Type: Null slowly. Upon seeing Rachael's approaching, Type: Null slowly stepped back in a cautious motion, but the chain that restrained its body prevented it from doing so.
"Please… Do not be scared…" Rachael said as she was about to reach the Type: Null.
"Grrr…" Type: Null growled at Rachael.
"There… There…" Rachael said and tried to place her paw on Type: Null masked face, but Type: Null suddenly roared at her!
"Rachael!" Richard said.
"It's okay, Onii-chan." Rachael said before turning her attention back to Type: Null. "There's nothing to be scared…"
"Grrr…" Type: Null growled at Rachael again as she tried to reach her paw at its face again. However, this time, it allowed Rachael to touch its masked face!
"Poor creature…" Rachael mumbled as she started petting Type: Null. "You must be suffering a lot through this terrible experiment…"
"!" Richard was shocked as he saw Type: Null allowed Rachael to pet it easily! Right now, it didn't show any ferocious action toward Rachael, not even a bit!
"…" Richard slowly approached Type: Null too, but Type: Null still didn't show any ferocious action toward him.
"Onii-chan, is this truly the ultimate Pokemon of destruction?" Rachael asked. "It doesn't look like one, not even a bit…"
"…" Richard didn't say anything, but he nodded in agreement with Rachael's words.
"I feel pity for this Pokemon…" Rachael said and stopped petting Type: Null. "Onii-chan, is there any way for us to help it?"
Richard was about to open the file to find the answer for his younger sister's question when…
"Ah… This is a surprise…"
A voice could be heard by Rachael and Richard from the entrance of this room. They then quickly turned their attention to the door and found that there was a Pokemon standing there! Once he saw that Pokemon, Richard was shocked as that Pokemon was none other than the Alakazam who was keeping him restrained at this lab!
"Y…You…" Richard mumbled.
"It's such a surprise to see you again, Experiment Gamma." Alakazam said. "I have never thought that you would come back to this place again."
"Onii-chan, who is this Alakazam?" Rachael asked.
"…The mad scientist of Civilight Laboratory." Richard answered. "He was the one who was keeping me in this place."
"Oh! Is that a Latias?" Alakazam said as he noticed the presence of Rachael. "Perfect… It meant that not only we would get Experiment Gamma back, but we would also get new experimental specie! Hm… I think a new code name for that Latias should be Experiment Epsilon…"
"Never!" Richard roared. "I won't let you capture me or my little sister!"
"Ha… So you prefer to play it the hard way, hm?" Alakazam said and picked something from his bag. It looked like a remote control…
"!" Richard was panicked when he realized what that remote control is, but it was too late as the Alakazam already pressed a button on that remote control!
"WARNING! WARNING!"
A sound of sirens echoed through everywhere in the Civilight Laboratory after the Alakazam pressed the button, followed by red light shining everywhere!
"Damn it!" Richard mumbled. "He triggered the security system!"
"Hehehe…"Alakazam said. "Now, what would both of you do? Once the security system of Civilight Laboratory is triggered, all exits of this place would be immediately closed, and the security guards would come here within a few minutes. You have no way to escape from this place!"
"Tsk…" Richard mumbled.
"Haha… You don't know what to do, don't you, Experiment Gamma?" Alakazam said. "So, just be nice experimental specie and surrender to—OUCH!"
Alakazam suddenly cried in pain as the back of its neck was hit by something, and then he quickly fell unconscious from that attack!
"Jasper!" Rachael said, as it was Jasper who slammed the back of the Alakazam's neck with his katana! Not only Jasper, but Zenpai, Viola and Grimlock were also there too!
"Rachael! Richard!" Jasper said and sheathed his katana. "Are you alright?"
"Yes… We are fine…" Rachael said.
"We have already rescued Uncle Lumiere and let him escape from this place via the emergency exit we used to get in here." Grimlock said. "But what the hell is happening?! Why did the security system is triggered?!"
"…It was this Alakazam." Richard answered.
"Great!" Viola said. "And now all exits of this place would be closed, and the security guards would come here at any minute!"
"T…Then, what should we do?!" Rachael asked.
"…There must be a secret exit left!" Zenpai said. "Everyone, let's find a way to exit this place!"
Everyone nodded to Zenpai's words, and then Richard kept the file of Experiment Delta in his bag before approaching the entrance of the room while Rachael, on the other hand, looked at Type: Null reluctantly before following Richard. As they reached the entrance of the room, they then noticed the Alakazam's unconscious' body.
"…Jasper, you didn't kill him, do you?" Rachael asked.
"No, I didn't kill him." Jasper answered. "I slashed him with the blunt side of my katana. He should be unconscious for a while."
"Great." Richard said.
"Hey!" Grimlock said as he looked the unconscious Alakazam closely. "Isn't this the Alakazam who likes to do the weird experiment?!"
"You knew him?" Richard asked.
"Right. He was the one who gave me the code name of Experiment Beta." Grimlock said and approached the Alakazam before he picked his body and threw him into the deep of the room. "Alright, let's go, everyone!"
Everyone nodded and left the room, leaving the Alakazam alone in the room with… Experiment Delta.
"Ouch… My head…" Alakazam slowly regained his consciousness, but then, he realized that he was in front of experimental specie called Type: Null, who looked at him with eyes filled with rage!
"No…No…No…" Alakazam said with a panicked voice as Type: Null slowly raised its claw, preparing to attack him! "NO NO NOOOOOOO!" Alakazam roared, but it was too late as no one could hear him…
The sound that followed his voice was his scream and the sound of his body getting clawed mercilessly, and then his scream stopped, indicating that the living creature other than Experiment Delta was no longer alive…
"Damn it!"
Grimlock cursed as they tried to find a way to escape, but all exits of this place were closed!
"It's no good!" Viola said. "The exit right here is closed too!"
"S…Should we go to other floors?" Rachael suggested.
"That's not good, Rachael." Zenpai said. "We may get caught if we went upstairs."
"…" Richard tried to look around here a bit more until… He saw a room. It was the only room on this floor that Rachael and he hadn't entered yet. This room had a tight security system just like the room of Experiment Delta. However, the security system of this room looked much tighter than the room of Experiment Delta.
"That's it!" Richard said and approached the controlling pad in front of that room before opening the Chronicle of Daybreak and started hacking the security system.
"Richard, what are you doing?!" Grimlock asked.
"…That room has a very tight security system." Jasper said. "But it may be a hidden emergency exit…"
"B…But…" Viola was about to say something when…
"They are not on this floor!"
"Then the intruders must be on the lower floor!"
"Damn it!" Grimlock cursed. "They almost found us!"
"Everyone!" Richard said as he was finally able to hack the security system, making the door opened! "Quickly! Come here!"
While everyone was still hesitant, they had no other choice but to follow Richard into the room.
After everyone had entered the room, the door closed, leaving no trace of them outside the room. However, as they were hurried, no one had seen and read the sign in front of this room. The sign in front of this room could be read as… 'Experiment Alpha – Caution: Highly Dangerous Experimental Specie'.
"I can't see anything!"
Grimlock said after the door close. This room, like the room of Experiment Delta, was very dark.
"Flash!" Richard summoned a ball of light that illuminated the room, making it easier to see around here. Everyone then found that this room was very large, but… This room was…empty. Not only that, it seemed like this room was heavily damaged by something…
"Why there's nothing in this room?" Jasper said.
"Everyone, be on your guard." Zenpai warned. "I could sense something… Something dangerous in this room…"
Everyone quickly equipped their weapon and tried to look around this room, but they still couldn't find anything in this room except the other side of this room. It was so dark that the ball of light that Richard summoned couldn't illuminate.
"There must be something right there…" Jasper said and looked at the inner part of this room.
"Wait a minute, everyone…" Viola said and looked around until she found something on the wall. It was a circuit that controlled the light system of this room. However, it seemed like the circuit was out of power, making the light system of this room getting shut down.
"Allow me!" Viola said and extended her collar before using the move Parabolic Charge to give a power to the circuit, making the light gradually returned to this room.
"Thanks, Viola." Grimlock said.
With the light finally came back, everyone was now able to see this room clearly, including the other side of this room, which was once too dark to be seen by everyone. But… With the light, everyone then realized that there's something right there!
"!" Everyone was shocked when they saw the thing on the other side of the room.
It was…a Pokemon? No, it didn't look like Pokemon, not even a bit. It looked like a… robot? Or maybe a… Pokemon with many mechanical elements attaching to its body, such as two cannons on its back and two mechanical arms! That's right! It was a Pokemon, but it was a Cyborg Pokemon! The size of it was several times bigger than normal Pokemon. And because of this, none of everyone in the group could recognize what kind of Pokemon it was.
Upon the light had come back to the room, the Cyborg Pokemon, which was staying still like a robot without power, started moving! It then slowly walked up to the party!
"W…What the hell is this?!" Grimlock said.
"…REBOOTING SYSTEM…. SUCCESS…" A mechanical voice could be heard by everyone. It was from this Cyborg Pokemon! "SCANNING THE SURROUNDING…. DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF LIVING CREATURES… TARGET: LATIOS, LATIAS, SCEPTILE, SCYTHER, HELIOLISK AND AGGRON… SYSTEM ERROR… SYSTEM ERROR FIX… OBJECTIVE, ELIMINATE THE TARGET AT ONCE!"
Upon finished speaking, the Cyborg Pokemon started charging its cannons before firing a Flash Cannon at everyone! Luckily, everyone was able to dodge it! This made the attack hit the door instead!
"Curse it!" Viola mumbled. "It seemed like we had got ourselves in trouble!"
"L…Let's get out of here!" Rachael said and approached the door of this room, but then she found that the door was damaged from the Cyborg Pokemon's attack, making it stuck and unable to open!
"Damn it!" Jasper mumbled.
"W…What should we do right now?!" Rachael asked.
"…We have no choice but to fight this thing…" Zenpai said and looked at the Cyborg Pokemon, who was preparing for another attack!
"Are you mad?!" Viola asked with a panicking voice. "W…We have to fight this thing?!"
"No time to ask, Viola!" Jasper said. "Unless you want to die, we must fight!"
"…TARGET IS STILL ALIVE…" Cyborg Pokemon said. "CONTINUE THE PROCESS OF ELIMINATION…"
Experiment Alpha
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This time, the Cyborg Pokemon charged up at everyone with the move Iron Head, but everyone was able to dodge the attack!
"Its move is quite easy to dodge…" Viola commented.
"Do not be fooled by this, Viola." Zenpai warned. "And do not let your guard down."
"YAH!" Jasper rushed up to the Cyborg Pokemon and slashed him with his katana at its back. However, his attack couldn't hurt the Cyborg Pokemon, not even a bit!
"What?!" Jasper said and jumped away as the Cyborg Pokemon tried to counter his attack. "W…Why did my attack…."
"Idiot!" Richard spoke up. "Look at its body. Its body is covered with high-quality steel armor, which nullifies all physical attacks!"
"T…Then, what should we do?" Grimlock asked.
"Use your move!" Richard said. "Special moves are preferable!"
"If that's so, then it's up to the four of you, Richard, Rachael, Jasper and Viola." Zenpai said. "My special attack stat is not good, so I will distract its attack for you using my speed."
"And I will guard you for its attack." Grimlock said.
Everyone agreed with this plan, and then everyone moved according to the plan!
"Come here, you big chunk of steel!" Zenpai said and jumped to in front of the Cyborg Pokemon. Upon seeing the Scyther, the Cyborg Pokemon tried to attack him with Iron Head again, but Zenpai was too fast for it.
"YAH!" While the Cyborg Pokemon was distracted by Zenpai, Jasper jumped onto the Cyborg Pokemon's back and… "GIGA DRAIN!" Jasper absorbed the HP from the Cyborg Pokemon and restored it to himself. However, this attack still didn't hurt the Cyborg Pokemon much!
"Idiot!" Richard spoke up again. "That Cyborg Pokemon must be a steel type Pokemon! Grass type move is not very effective toward the steel type!"
"So, what can we do?!" Jasper asked as he jumped away from the Cyborg Pokemon's back.
"PARABOLIC CHARGE!" Viola extended her collar and attacked the Cyborg Pokemon with her move. This attack seemed to hit the spot as it could deal a good damage to the Cyborg Pokemon!
"Our only change right now is using the electric move, which only Viola and I are able to do!" Richard said.
"GRRRRRR!" The Cyborg Pokemon roared after it was attacked by Viola's Parabolic Charge, but Viola's attack seemed like it had no effect on it! It then turned its attention to Viola and pointed its cannons at the Heliolisk before firing a beam at her!
"Viola, watch out!" Grimlock said and stepped between Viola and the Cyborg Pokemon, shielding the attack with his body!
"Grrr…" Grimlock growled after he was attacked by the Cyborg Pokemon's move. That attack didn't hurt him so much, but it left him with a paralysis!
"That must be the move Zap Cannon…" Richard said after seeing the move and its effect.
"Grimlock! I will heal you right now!" Rachael said before she started using the move Aromatherapy on the Aggron, making the numbness that ran through the Aggron's body disappeared!
"Thank you, Rachael…" Grimlock said after he recovered from the paralysis before returning into the battle. Right now, it was Viola, Jasper and Zenpai who were taking care of the Cyborg Pokemon.
"GRRRR!" The Cyborg Pokemon pointed its cannons at its attackers again before releasing another powerful beam from its cannons!
"That's Hyper Beam!" Richard said. "Everyone, watch out!"
Everyone quickly dodged the attack, making the Hyper Beam hit the floor instead. This created a big hole on the floor!
"Aww…." Grimlock mumbled. "I wouldn't dare to think of what would happen if we were hit by that attack…"
Everyone then returned to attack the Cyborg Pokemon, but no matter how much damage it took, the Cyborg Pokemon didn't show any sign of tiredness!
'…It's no use…' Richard thought as he saw the Cyborg Pokemon attacked Viola again using the move Iron Head, which missed. 'We must attack it at its weak point… Which must be…That!' Richard said and looked at the Cyborg Pokemon's chest. It had a hole where several wires gathered there.
Richard then started charging his attack, and then…
"THUNDERBOLT!" Richard roared and released a powered-up bolt of thunder at the hole in the chest of the Cyborg Pokemon! This time, his attack dealt a significant damage to him!
"GRRRRRR!"
"NOW!" Viola attacked the Cyborg Pokemon again with the move Parabolic Charge while Grimlock charged at the Cyborg Pokemon before he strengthened his tail and attacked it with his hardened tail at its chin!
"IRON TAIL!" Grimlock roared!
"GRRRRRR SYSTEM ERROR!" Cyborg Pokemon roared before he fell down onto the floor!
After the Cyborg Pokemon was defeated, Rachael approached everyone and gave them bottles of healing potion for them to restore their lost health.
"Thanks, Rachael." Zenpai said as everyone, including him, handed over the empty bottles back to the Latias
"Is it… over?" Rachael asked as she put away the empty bottles in her bag.
"…No." Richard answered, which surprised everyone. "It's not over yet…"
Everyone was about to ask Richard why when they saw the Cyborg Pokemon started moving again, but it looked pretty bad as it was damaged to the point of no return!
"BOOTING THE REPARING SYSTEM…. BOOTING ERROR…" Cyborg Pokemon spoke up. "BOOTING THE FUNCTIONAL SYSTEM… BOOTING ERROR… SYSTEM ERROR… COULD NOT DETECT THE SENSORY SENSOR…"
"…" Everyone said nothing and looked at the Cyborg Pokemon.
"SYSTEM FAILED TO RECOVER…" Cyborg Pokemon continued speaking. "ONLY ONE OBJECTIVE REMAINS… BOOTING THE SELF-DESTRUCTION SYSTEM… COUNTDOWN… EXPLOSION IN 5 MINUTES…"
"What?!" Everyone was shocked when they heard the Cyborg Pokemon's voice. Then everyone saw a countdown appear on the Cyborg Pokemon's chest, indicates that they only had 5 minutes left before the Cyborg Pokemon destroyed itself!
"W…We must escape at once!" Grimlock said.
"B…But…" Rachael said. "The exit was sealed! H…How can we escape from this place?!"
Everyone quickly looked around and tried to find a way to escape, but they couldn't find any escaping way except…
"That!"
Richard pointed his paw at a big hole that was caused by the Cyborg Pokemon's Hyper Beam. Everyone quickly approached the hole and saw that it led them to some place below this lab.
"It may lead to the sewer." Jasper said. "We could escape by jumping down into this hole…"
"But it is very deep!" Grimlock said. "We could be hurt if we jump down into this hole!"
"COUNTDOWN… 4 MINUTES LEFT BEFORE THE DESTRUCTION…"
"No time to think unless you want to die here!" Zenpai said. "I will go first!" Zenpai then jumped down into the hole!
"Zenpai! How're things down there?!" Jasper shouted into the hole after Zenpai jumped into the hole.
"…Down here isn't the sewer!" Zenpai's voice echoed from below. "But it's safe! Everyone! Jump down!"
"Right!" Jasper said and jumped into the hole.
"Rachael, let's go." Richard said before he grabbed Rachael's paw and flew into the hole together with his younger sister.
"Grimlock, quickly!" Viola said as she prepared to jump down into the hole. "Only 3 minutes left! Come here!"
Grimlock nodded and was about to walk up to the hole when…
"…Maxnet…"
A heart-warming voice echoed into Grimlock's head. It was a voice that Grimlock had heard before, but he couldn't remember who the owner of the voice was. And… This voice called him by his old name!
"Who?" Grimlock said and looked around, but other than Viola and the nearly-destroyed Cyborg Pokemon, he couldn't see anyone else in this room.
"Maxnet… Maxnet…"
"W…Who are you?!" Grimlock said and looked around the room. "W…Where are you?!"
"Maxnet… Maxnet… Maxnet… Maxnet…"
"Arrr!" Grimlock roared and held his head with his paw. "Stop it!"
"Grimlock, what are you doing?!" Viola spoke up after she saw Grimlock's strange action. "Quick! Come here!"
Grimlock shook his head once and walked up to the hole before him, along with Viola, jumped down into the hole together. However, that voice still echoed through his head…
"Maxnet… Maxnet… Maxnet… Maxnet… Maxnet… Maxnet… Maxnet… Maxnet…"
"Where are we?"
Rachael asked once everyone had jumped down into the place below. The lights on the wall of this place showed that it wasn't the sewers. Instead, this place had a rail on the ground.
"This… is the Underground Tunnel." Richard said. "This tunnel was once used to be the passageway of the Civilight Underground subway, but this tunnel was abandoned since a long time ago because it was too old to be used with the modern subway that the Gamma City used today, and the railroad in this tunnel are not compatible with the ATO system, which is the system used by the modern subway today"
"Again…" Viola and Grimlock mumbled after Richard spoke a long explanation.
"Anyway…" Zenpai spoke up. "Where should we go next?"
Before Viola could answer the question, everyone heard a voice from somewhere far away.
"Those damn Pokemon must be around here! Search carefully!"
"They will never escape the justice of Civilight!"
"What?!" Viola said. "T…Those guards from the lab knew that we are here?!"
"B…But… How?!" Grimlock said.
"No time to think!" Richard said before he looked around until he saw something not too far from them. It was an old two-car train…
"That!" Richard said. "We could use that train to escape!"
"But why there's a train around here?" Grimlock asked. "I thought all trains are either being used right now or being kept at the Train Storage…"
"No time to think!" Richard said before everyone approached the train, but then…
"There they are!"
"Don't let them escape!"
Everyone then saw several policemen of Gamma City on the other side of the rail. Upon spotting them, those policemen started running up to them!
"Damn it!" Grimlock cursed. "Now what?!"
"Richard, can you operate this train?" Zenpai asked.
"Of course." Richard answered.
"Then… Richard and Rachael, get into the train and take control of it." Zenpai said. "Everyone else, we would drive away those policemen!"
Everyone nodded to Zenpai's plan before Zenpai, Jasper and Viola swiftly jumped onto the roof of the second car of the train (For Grimlock, he had to use the ladder to climb onto the roof of the second car of the train as he couldn't jump very high.) and Richard and Rachael got into the first car of the train, which was the head of the train and where the controlling room was.
"Oh!" Rachael said as Richard and she got into the control room in the first car of the train. "There's so many control pads here! Onii-chan, are you sure that you would be able to operate this train?"
"Trust me." Richard said and approached the control pads, but before he reached them…
"Stop right there or we will send both of you to hell."
A strong and hardy voice came from behind Rachael and Richard. Both of them quickly turned back and saw two Pokemon behind them!
"Y…You?!" Richard said once he saw two Pokemon who stood behind him and his younger sister!
-Meanwhile…
"Geez… What are those dragons doing?!" Grimlock said as he, Viola, Zenpai and Jasper stood on the roof of the second car of the train. The policemen were not too far from them right now. "What are they doing right now?!"
As Grimlock finished speaking, the train started moving! It gradually moved from the spot where it was and headed along the rail to the other side of the tunnel!
"Damn you!" One of the policemen said as the train started moving. They then tried to reach the train when…
"Parabolic Charge!"
Viola attacked the policemen with Parabolic Charge, making the policemen unable to reach the train! And the train started to become faster, making it a lot harder for those policemen to reach the train!
"This is good." Jasper said. "With this, we would be able to escape—"
"BOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!"
A very loud sound of explosions came from somewhere above the starting spot of the train. Jasper, Zenpai, Viola and Grimlock could see the tunnel where the train was started collapsing!
"W…What is that?!" Grimlock asked.
"…It must be that Cyborg Pokemon…" Zenpai commented. "Its countdown must have reached zero, thus it began its program of self-destruction…"
"What a power…" Viola said as he saw the collapsing tunnel from the explosion as the train gradually moved faster. "This explosion must have completely destroyed the whole Civilight Laboratory for sure… Maybe it could destroy part of Gamma City too…"
But then…
"W…What is this?!" Grimlock said as the gray aura suddenly appeared and surrounded his body. This aura gave him a tremendous power and gave him a feeling that he could do anything in the world.
"Jasper, isn't this…" Zenpai said with a shocked voice as he saw the gray aura surrounding the Aggron's body.
"Haven't we seen…no, experienced something like this before?!" Jasper said.
Not only Grimlock's body, but Grimlock's weapon, which was a bazooka, was also surrounded by the gray aura, and then the bazooka started changing its appearance into a glowing silver bazooka! Grimlock could feel an enormous power emitting from his weapon!
After a while, the gray aura disappeared from Grimlock's body and weapon, but the power he felt was still lingering in his veins.
"What… was that?" Grimlock mumbled. "Why did I feel…stronger than before?"
"Grimlock…" Jasper spoke up. "Show us the back of your paw."
"What?" Grimlock asked.
"Just do it." Zenpai said.
Grimlock then showed the back of his right paw to Jasper and Zenpai. Upon seeing that, Jasper and Zenpai nodded in response.
"As we thought…" Jasper said.
"What's wrong with my paw?" Grimlock said and looked at the back of his right paw before he realized that there's a strange mark right there! "W… What?!" Grimlock said in a surprised voice. "W…What is this mark?!"
"It's the Mark of Legend." Jasper explained. "It is the Mark that would appear on the body of the Hero of Legend."
"H…Hero of Legend?!" Grimlock repeated the words of the Sceptile.
Jasper and Zenpai nodded before they showed Grimlock the back of their right paws, which also had the Mark of Legend right there! "I got this after the power of the Hero of Bug type has awakened in my body." Zenpai said. "…And for me, I got this after my father, Joshua the Sceptile, who was the Hero of Grass type, died."
"What about my weapon, the Quartz Bazooka?" Grimlock said and looked at his weapon.
"It's now a Sacred Weapon that only the Hero of Legend can use." Zenpai answered.
"I… If that's so…" Viola spoke up after watching everything for some time. "Grimlock, you are now the Hero of Steel type!"
"…But… How?" Grimlock said. "How could I become the Hero of Steel type?"
"…There are two explanations about this..." Zenpai said. "First, the power of legend has awakened in your blood and turned you into the Hero of Legend… However… I don't think so…"
"And second…" Jasper spoke up. "…The power of steel type must have been passed from the former Hero of Steel type after they…died… And… Grimlock, did you tell me that your father is one of 14 Hero of Legend who saved Symmetria from Fallen Crisis 30 years ago? So…"
"No…" Grimlock said. "Y…You want to tell me that my father is already dead, and I received the power of steel type from him?!"
"…" Jasper and Zenpai didn't answer the Aggron's question. They just stood silently.
"No…" Grimlock mumbled. "That couldn't be… That must be a lie…"
"Poor creature… You still don't know anything, do you?"
A voice suddenly echoed through the tunnel as the train moved at a quite fast pace. Upon hearing this voice, Viola immediately recognized this voice.
"This voice!" Viola mumbled. "I know the owner of this voice…"
And then…
Suddenly, a figure jumped down onto the roof of the train! It was a Pokemon. That Pokemon now stood at the end of the roof of the second car of this train, facing Grimlock, Viola, Zenpai and Jasper. Despite wearing a black cloak, Viola immediately recognized him.
"You?!" Viola spoke with a shocking voice. "W…Why?!"
"…Tell me…" That Pokemon said as he removed his cloak, revealing himself as a male middle-aged Heliolisk who resembled Viola. "…How does it feel to be a murderer?"
To Be Continued…
Dragon of Vale: And just I thought that Tail 2-6 and Tail 3-6 aren't long enough… This tail suddenly appeared!
Well… We have a tail boss fight in this chapter with a Cyborg Pokemon… But… It seems like that Cyborg Pokemon is holding some secret…
And… Look who's here at the end of the chapter! And don't forget two Pokemon who appear behind Richard and Rachael too! I think you can guess who they are…
The next chapter would be the last chapter of the third tail, followed by the interlude and then I will take a break until the next year, which I would start the fourth tail.
A special thanks to Ridin Valon for helping me with the error correction.