WARNING MAJOR PLOT EDIT: Guys, important announcement, Lucario passes from being of lightning element to metal element.
In addition, this chapter will have important changes for the battle system of this story, happy reading.
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CH. 15: THE EXCURSION ON MOUNT STORM PT.2
Duplicitous Devils Castle
While unconscious, you kept hearing a faint voice...
The voice seemed to call you.
"..."
"W..k..u"
"Vic...or"
"Wake..."
"Victor wake up"
You slowly open your eyes, and find out who was calling you, it was Aion.
"Aion what... what happened?" you asked confused the alien, as you slowly get up, you notice that your body was in pain.
"Take it slowly, Hop just cured you, here, have a drink." Aion advised you.
"Hop... Gloria... now I remember..." the memory begins to slowly return to you.
As soon as you reached the Storm Mountain, your group was surprised first by a pack of Manectrice, and then by the Jungian shadow of Beet, who unexpectedly attacked all of you and defeated you one by one.
"Beet... what happened to Beet..." you asked Aion with an exhausted expression.
"... As for Beet's fate, we can rest assured, I sense enormous power coming from up there." Aion point to the top of the mountain.
"..." you look at the top of the mountain with reverence.
"A huge power you say? So it's another one of those giant Shadows?" you say in a serene manner.
"Exactly." Aion answered simply and directly.
"By the way, where are Gloria and Hop?" you look around until you find the Postwick duo, luckily they were back on their feet too and seemed to be fine.
"Guys!" you suddenly get up as if you have regained all your strength and start dashing towards them.
"Victor! Luckily you are fine too." Hop said relieved.
"Victor..." Gloria called you quietly, as speaking was still hard for her.
"I was just treating her with my healing technique." Hop said.
"Aion seems to be the one that recovered first from the last fight, immediately after getting back on his feet, he woke me up making."
"After I recovered I started healing everybody, as a matter of fact, I feel dried up of power ... I will have to take an aspirin after finishing with Gloria." declared Hop.
"What, in the heaven, happened to me?!" Gloria requested for an explanation after she regained enough energy to move her mouth.
"If I'm not mistaken, we were attacked by... Beet ?! "Hop said, doubting his own words.
"More or less, it wasn't exactly like that." you took steer of the conversation as to not let the misunderstanding get worse.
You and Aion, who in the meantime had joined you, briefly explain to the two what had really happened.
"You're right, that's exactly what happened!" Hop, emphasized after remembering what had happened.
"Incredible... I... unfortunately don't remember much, since I was the first to be K.O." Gloria said, a bit annoyed.
"Anyway, we know where the two are, don't we?" Hop said.
"That's right, and it wouldn't be wise to delay our rescue mission any further." Aion added.
"You're right, being the Shadow of that "type" we'd better hurry before something bad happens to Beet." you said.
"If I'm not mistaken, before I noticed an entrance hole, how about we head there?" you suggest to the others.
Everyone agrees, and after collecting your weapons, you prepare to head to the top of the mountain to rescue Beet.
SONIA POV
Much More Than You Know
While the Research Team engaged in the Darkest Den, in the real world Sonia was at the photoshoot of her friend Nessa.
The young woman was completely absorbed in her thoughts, she was thinking about her students and all those vitamins she had seen them buy.
"What the hell are they going to do with all those vitamins..." Sonia keeps wondering.
Nessa approached her red-haired friend.
"Hey, are you all right? Why the sad face?" Nessa said jokingly.
"Huh? N-nothing why do you ask?" Sonia tries to sidetrack the subject by pretending nothing has happened.
"Come now, don't try to lie to me, it's since you came back from the supermarket that you have this face on, come on, tell me what happened?" Nessa asked her friend solicitously.
"Alright, alright, I'll tell you..." Sonia gave up rather quickly, and I told her everything that had happened an hour ago in the supermarket near the Winscor station.
"Are you sure? So many vitamins!" Nessa said in amazement.
"I frankly don't know what all these vitamins could be for."
"Do you think any of them suffer from some kind of vitamin deficiency?" Nessa asked, curious of the answer her friend would give.
"Not that I know of... at least..." Sonia said.
"This worries me a lot since until recently the mother of one of the two was hospitalized for attempted suicide."
"Woah!" Nessa exclaimed, given the weight of the argument.
"I didn't think things were that serious." said the blue-eyed girl.
"Yeah, my dilemma was about if I should intrude in their business or not, on the one hand, of course, I'm their teacher and everything so I have a certain responsibility towards them, but on the other hand... I don't want to pry on a complicated matter such as this one, I mean it is probably already difficult for her as it is right now... "Sonia exposed all her perplexities to Nessa.
"Yeah, I kinda understand you... hey, why don't you ask your grandmother?" Nessa suggested to Sonia out of the blue.
"Nanna?" Sonia repeats, a bit upset.
"If I'm not mistaken, your grandmother studied pedagogy, right? In addition, she was a psychiatric consultant for adolescents?"
"..." Sonia goes strangely silent.
"Think ab-"
"NESSA! THE SHOOTING ARE GONNA RESUME SOON!" the model's manager shouted to her.
"ALRIGHT, IM COMING RIGHT AWAY!" the model promptly answered.
"Sorry I have to go back to work, if I remember correctly this should be the last shoot, after which we can go to Shootfield, alright?!" Nessa said to Sonia.
"Sure, see you soon, and good job." Sonia wished to Nessa.
"OK, see you later." Nessa bade farewell to her friend one last time before heading to the set.
"Nessa... asking Nanna is out of the question…" Sonia said sourly between herself.
NORMAL POV
Locked Doors
Meanwhile, inside the mountain, you and your companions have made your way inside by defeating some Shadows.
One of these surviving zebra like Shadows spoke to you.
"I must say that you are really strong."
"During our fight, I remembered who I was before ending up here,"
"I was running and grazing in the vast grasslands of the Slumbering Weald."
"I'm curious to see where your strength will take you, let me come with you."
"I am thou, thou art I, I am Blitzel familiar of the god of storms, let's have fun together." Blitzel's body was engulfed by a bright light, then it fades inside your backpack.
...
Later, you resumed climbing the mountain.
"Tell me, Victor, how many Pokesoul do you currently have?" Aion asked curiously.
"I believe... I think I have three currently." you answer him.
"I wonder if it's possible for you to gather up to nine." said Aion.
"Nine? Why so many?" Gloria asked the alien.
"Because there are nine possible elements that one can be matched to," Aion begins to explain.
"They are; Victyr, Manaqua, Shayavir, Diandi, Zerabarq, Jiratetsu, Celesind, Hoodubh and Meloprakas,"
"Victyr is the element that represents fire and heat, Manaqua is the aquatic element that can be altered in its other two forms,"
"Shayavir is the element of air, winds, and vegetation nature, Diandi represents the element of earth, rocks and minerals, Celesind and Jiratestu are the elements associated respectively with psychic energy and metal radiation,"
"And finally, the elements of holy light and lurking darkness, namely Melopraksa and Hoodubh."
"Each element has resistances and weaknesses, for example, Manaqua techniques are effective against the Shadow of Victyr element."
"He had to keep in mind though that each Shadow is different and may not be weak to the element you expected, so it is likely that you will encounter a Shadow with the element Victyr resistant to Manaqua techniques."
"As you may already know, Toxtricity is related to the element Zerabarq, Lucario to the Jiratetsu element, and those of Sceptile and Cinderace, are respectively Shayavir and Victyr." Aion concluded.
"If I remember correctly, you should currently own a Pokesoul with the Zerabarq, Victyr and Manaqua attributes, right? Do you think you can recruit more Shadows with different elements?" wonders Aion.
"I don't see why I shouldn't be able to, I think it's possible, this should make our trips to the Darkest Den safer, right?" you say to Aion.
"That's right, with your power on our side, I'm sure our fights will become less dangerous as you recruit Shadow of each element." Aion said.
"Which means that now that he has Blitzel with him, Victor can face that damned Fake Beet on equal terms?" Hop said rather gritty.
"No, it's more complicated, first of all, resistance is not the same as immunity, because you will perceive the damage regardless." explained Aion.
"In addition, the Shadows, unlike us, do not have the limitation to how much they can use their powers, since their existence contrary to ours, it's linked to the Darkest Den itself."
"Wow, and I that thought it was just enough to have a Pokesoul to be able to travel this place safely." Gloria sarcastically commented.
"You should never underestimate the Darkest Den, never." warned you Aion.
"I learned this by almost facing death twice, all this before our meeting you guys."
"Only two?!" you exclaimed in surprise, thinking instead of how many times you and the other earthlings have risked dying in this damned place.
"Indeed, it is strange that someone like you has encountered any difficulty, one does not expect it from you,Aion." Hop joked.
"I'm not an invincible human deity, the alien race to which I belong doesn't seem so different from the human race either apparently." commented Aion.
"How do you know that?" Hop asked him.
"In short, my current appearance does not seem to be the work of an advanced hologram or camouflage, but I could always be wrong if my future discoveries were to prove me wrong, until proven otherwise our features are practically the same." said the alien.
"Other than perhaps cultural differences, I don't think my race is that different from yours."
"Plus-" the alien fell suddenly silent and motioned for you to stop.
"Shadows incoming?" you asked him, as you and the other folowed is instuction.
"... Yes, they come from under the ground, get ready for combat." Aion ordered.
Wait and See
On the advice of Aion, you prepared for the fight, and punctually as announced by the alien from the ground three hostile Shadows jump out, having been warned by Aion in time to protect yourself from the debris that these coming out of the ground had directed towards you.
"Ants?!" Hop commented immediately after seeing the Shadows in front of you.
"Wait... those are..." you thought.
The Shadows had an insect-like appearance, but their body seemed metallic.
Another striking feature was their scarlet red eyes.
"Durant."
"Durant Durant"
Two of those Shadows who seemed to be called Durant began to communicate with each other, probably exchanging information.
"Gloria, those Shadows are akin to the Jiratetsu element, so they're weak to Cinderace's attacks." Aion told the girl.
"Roger that, Cinderace use Victyr." Gloria summoned her Pokesoul and immediately directed it against the Shadow bugs.
Although she had kicked a fireball in their direction, the three Shadows remained still without moving, but before the attack could reach them at the last moment between them and Gloria's attack, something or someone got in the way saving the ant Shadows.
"WHAT!" both Gloria and Aion exclaimed in surprise as she saw her flames extinguish, and Aion was unable to predict the appearance of this Shadow in time.
"Where the hell did this come from ?!" Gloria shouted in confusion.
The Shadow that sudden popped out, contrary to the Durants, he seemed to be completely made of rock.
While the rest of you were distracted by the sudden entrance of the rock Shadow, the Durant took advantage of the situation to assault you by literally shooting bullets from their mouth.
"Ouch, wha- are they spitting projectiles on us?!" Hop shouted as he and the rest of you tried to defend yourself from the barrage of bullets from the Durants with your weapons.
"Lucario!" by making the iconic summoning gesture, you stand between your companions and the Shadows,
"Lucario deflects all attacks with your fists." you ordered your Pokesoul.
Lucario thus begins to unleash a series of barrages of punches to deflect each bullet.
"ARIO RIO RIO RIO RIO RIO RIO RIO RIO ARIOOOOOO!"
The Pokesoul manages to deflect all the shots fired by the Durant, during that instant when they stopped attacking you, you took the opportunity to ask Aion about the weakness of the Shadow that had just appeared.
"Aion, tell me right away what weakness he has!"
"He has two main elements, Diandi and Zerabaqr." Aion warned you.
"What? Two elements! Seriously?!" Hop yelled surprised.
"It's rare, but sometimes it's possible to find Shadows possessing two elements instead of one, this Shadow in question seems to be weak at the Jiratetsu element, Lucario should be more than enough."
The news of the double element Shadows didn't catch you off guard at all, since you had recently obtain one from the Velvet Room.
The rocky Shadow looked a lot like a rolling boulder he also seemed to have four upper limbs and its body was covered with black and yellow stones from which electricity sprang from time to time.
"Well, then I'll defeat that pain in the ass this way Cinderace can incine- huh?!" at that moment out of the corner of your eye you notice something, a very worrisome thing, one of the Durant was missing, and close to where he was standing was a hole.
"Guys the-" too late before you could turn around to warn your companions of the possible danger, the Durant burst out from underneath the ground again and this time he threw himself on Aion biting his right shoulder with his iron fangs.
Aion let out a piercing scream of pain.
"WHAT THE-!" the alien screamed, panicking.
"Aion! Shit! Cindera-"
In the attempt to rescue Aion, you left your shoulders bare and defenseless, and the other Shadows obviously took the opportunity to attack you mercilessly.
As you were turned from behind, the bullets fired by the Durants pierced you, causing massive harm.
"Eugh, they sure are tough..." you let out, hurt.
"How are you guys doing?" you asked worried to the others, luckily no one was badly hurt, Aion finally managed to get rid of the Durant who had attacked him.
"Ugh... just like I told, you just need to lose focus for a single moment to find yourself in a dire situation." Aion said.
Seeing all of you on the ground, the Shadows were preparing to give you the final blow.
"Think think think-" you started brainstorming to find a way out of this bad situation.
"Right..." you said finally remembering
"Gloria uses Cinderace to kick a fireball toward me, now!" you yelled at the girl.
"Wha-"
"I don't have time for clarification is a matter of life or death, come on quickly."
Despite Gloria's doubt, given the situation, the girl could not do anything but trust you.
"I hope you don't regret it, Cinderace kicks your ball in Victor's direction." as soon as the girl summons her Pokesoul, the alarmed Shadows began shooting once again.
Cinderace blasted his hot Victyr attack at you, but before the ball of heat could hit you, you quickly summon one of your Pokesouls.
"Carvanha uses Manaqua on Cinderace's fire sphere."
The ferocious Pokesoul that just appeared in front of you, does not waste time and sprays a jet of water from his mouth that collides with the incandescent ball evaporating it instantly, thus creating a blanket of vapor that ends up enveloping the area completely.
The Durants, not seeing you anymore, began to panic and started shooting blindly in an attempt to get you regardless.
In the confusion of the fog, you take the opportunity to trick them and take them from behind, you create a diversion by throwing your bag on the opposite side from where you were going to running, as expected the Durants have fallen into your deception, immediately shooting at the backpack that comes out of the blanket of steam.
This gives you enough time to sneak up on the rocky Shadow,
"GRA- GRAVELER!" the Shadow tried to warn the Durants, unfortunately, it was too late for him.
"GO LUCARIO!"
"ARIO RIO RIO RIO RIO RIO RIO RIO ARIOOOOO!"
Lucario's bursts of punch all hit Graveler fully, the Shadow fell to the ground defeated and crumbled.
"Lucario!" the Pokesoul said his name menacingly yet in a cool manner.
The Durants watched Graveler in defeat, in terror.
"Gloria! You can attack them now!" you shout at your companion.
"Perfect, Cinderace uses Victyr on those Durants."
At the command of its summoner, the white-furred rabbit reduces the Durants to cinders one by one, finally, the battle was over.
"Ugh... we did it, somehow." you collapse to the ground, finally being able to relax.
"We made it." Gloria also let out a sigh of relief.
You in Wonderland
"But damn Victor, that last second thought of yours, how did you know they couldn't see in the fog?" Hop asked you as he helped Aion out.
"Nothing impressive, I only remembered a story of my region," you replied to the boy.
"What do you mean?" Gloria asked you to be more specific.
"Those ants, I mean those Shadows are called Durant, and they are mythical creatures straight out of the Unovian folklore."
"Seriously!" Hop said, opening his mouth in surprise.
"Yeah, to be exact, they are part of folktales from the counties of Nimbasa and Driftveil."
"As you have seen, they are described as insect-like creatures with an abnormally larger stature than a normal ant, they have blood red eyes and their bodies are covered in iron." the description you gave fits perfectly the Shadows you just faced.
"These creatures appear in the Song of the Dwarves, a poetic tale dated to ancient Unova, the Song of the Dwarves recounts the deeds of the Dwarves, an ancient magical race of miners who came from the far north to settle in Unova in today's city of Driftveil, peculiarly the driftveilian folklore narrates how the dwarves founded their city and how its inhabitant's descendants from the miner's dwarves,"
"The Dwarves spent most of their time digging in the mountains of western Unova, such as Mount Twist, but these were also home to many monsters, such as the dragons, and the Durants, and all of them were hostile to the dwarves."
"In the Song of the Dwarves, the Durants were very difficult to kill due to their metal armor, so the Dwarves will just trap them in a blanket of haze, to then escape them, the Durants are described to be especially shortsighted creatures." you concluded with your explanation.
"Interesting... so by harnessing your knowledge of the mythology of your region, you practically saved our lives." Aion said with a pleased grin.
"Yes, we can put it like that, anyway, how's your arm?" you asked the alien him.
"Don't worry about it, nothing that a bottle of vitamins can't heal." answered the alien.
"Hey, why don't we take a bre-"
RUMBLEEEEEE!
Hop's words are cut short by the very loud noise generated by what appears to be thunder.
"What the hell was that noise ?!" Hop stammer.
"It looks like they're getting busy up there..." Aion said in a somewhat pessimistic tone.
"Beet… his up there." Gloria said in a low and worrisome voice.
"..." you looked up without saying a word.
"Let's hurry up, we don't have time to waste." you said getting up from the ground.
"I don't know what those two up there are doing, but we better hurry to catch up with them before things get grim."
"Come on, let's move."
"Yes!" without wasting time, you resume your climb towards the peak of Mount Storm.
After climbing a bit, you reached a blocking point, from which you will no longer be able to proceed upwards.
You then decide to continue on the outer part of the mountain.
Outside, the black clouds had dispersed, instead, those strange white clouds with the red gems on them multiplied to cover the sky above you, the bolts of lightning were now falling from them.
The lightning strikes incessantly on the rocks of the mountain, you hypothesize that this phenomenon occurs due to the magnetic minerals of the mountain.
One of the lightning strikes a rock above your head, this causes some rubble to break off and then start falling towards you.
"Lucario!"
"Toxtricity!"
Both you and Aion summon your Pokesoul respectively to derail the rocks and disintegrate them before they fall on you.
"Fuck, this place is really really dangerous." you cursed.
"Sigh... do you really think we will be able to get to the top safely?" Gloria said cynically.
You continue your journey to the top, during the journey the lightning continued to fall and cause inconveniences of all kinds, slowing down your climb a lot, not only that, but some Shadows also started appearing from the white adorned with jewels cloud, not only you had to pay attention to the falling rocks, but you had to defend yourselves from the flying Shadows attacks.
During the climb to the top, the noises of thunder coming from the apex of the mountain got louder and more numerous.
RUMBLEEE RUMMBLE RUMBLLEEEEEEEEE
After defeating a group of Bronzors, you reached the lower peak of Mount Storm, exhausted.
"* pant * * pant * Be- Beet should be right up there." Aion said out of breath.
"Before proceeding, it will be better for us to regain some energy, since we will surely have a long and grueling battle ahead of us." recommend Aion.
After drinking an aspirin and vitamins each, you are finally ready to reach the top.
"Let-"
Boarderline of Madness - Midnight Stage
"STOP WHERE YOU ARE!" demanded a metallic voice, and immediately after, a series of blades of energy cut a large X across the ground, barely scratching you and your team.
You all backed away instantly and put yourself in a defensive position.
"WHO IS THERE?!" Gloria yelled, you all looked up to the sky from where the attack came from, and without much effort, you find the Shadow behind said attack.
"Swords?" you say puzzled trying to decipher the appearance of the Shadow that in the meantime had descended towards you.
"My name is Doubleblade, and I have been instructed by mistress herself to keep you from reaching the peak." said the Shadow, who also was made of steel like the Durants.
"It seems we still have to force our way." you say, swinging your sword.
"Nothing that Cinderace and I can't handle, apparently." Gloria said confidently.
"Guys, behind this Shadow, on that peak, that the place where the real battle will take place, we can't afford to waste our strength and energy anymore." Aion interjected.
"Plus... this Shadow is not like the others, it's an extraordinarily strong one."
As a matter of fact, the Shadow gave off a darker and more menacing aura than the other Shadows fought so far.
"What do you propose to do then?" you asked him.
"... I will act as a diversion, while you will pass it, to reaching Beet." Aion said with a firm expression.
"You don't intend to fight him alone, are you?" Hop asks the alien, almost in a reproachful tone.
"That's indeed what I'm going to do, I will fight this Shadow alone."
"Weren't you the one who told us multiple times to not underestimate this place?" Hop retorted.
"Don't underestimate me Hop, you may also have a Pokesoul, but don't forget that so far that I'm more experienced and stronger than you all." Aion said defiantly.
"Uh!" Hop as expected felt stung by the words of Aion, the situation was starting to get, once again, tense among the group.
"... Please..." Aion said in a manner that was hard to hear.
"... Please trust me, I entrust you with the task of rescuing Beet, I am counting on you." Aion added this time in a more humble tone.
After a moment of human hesitation, you decide to move to reach the summit.
"Come guys, let's move!" you shout has you start running towards the top.
"Victor... you..."
"Aion, we will do as you wish, leave the rest in our hands."
Who's There? DAN ver.
"WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING!" Doubleblade flings toward you with the intention of killing you, you stop to parry his blow using your sword in turn, but before the Shadow could clash against you, he was stopped by Toxtricity's quick intervention.
"I am your opponent." Aion strong-armed Doubleblade.
Doubleblade attempts to free himself from Toxtricity's grip, wriggling and emitting eerie metallic screeches.
"Don't just stand there, I won't be able to keep him still for long, follow Victor already and go and save Beet, come on!" Aion yells at the Postwick duo, who had remained immobile, unsure what to do.
"What a crappy situation, Aion we count on you, DO NOT DIE ON US YOU GET IT!" Hop yelled to the companion before he started running to catch you.
"Be careful, Aion." Gloria also left Aion behind to join you.
Together with the two, you continue your advance to the summit, having taken the irritating choice of leaving one of you behind.
AION POV
"Tsk, 'Don't die.' he says, does he think that everyone is a rookie like him ?!" Aion said mocking Hop.
"GRRRRRR BECAUSE OF YOU, NOW I WILL BE PUNISHED BY HER, SHE CLEARLY TOLD ME TO PREVENT YOU FROM REACHING THE TOP!" Doubleblade screeched, freeing himself from Toxtricity.
"Too bad for them, my mistress is not the type who knows the word compassion." Doubleblade said in a calmer, more sinister tone.
"Who is your mistress? Who is she?!" Aion curiously asked the Shadow.
"You don't need to know anything about her, you will die here anyway." having said that, Doubleblade, launched himself at Toxtricity to attack the Shadow with a series of quick and vicious slashes.
Toxtricity avoids all attacks with incredible speed, taking advantage of an open point of Doubleblade, Aion orders Toxtricity to attack the Shadow, Doubleblade dodges the attack easily by retreating but doing that made him even more vulnerable to possible attacks.
Aion immediately seized the opportunity to launch a Zerabarq attack, Toxtricity got closer to Doubleblade to increase the power of the lightning he was about to throw.
"... As I have already stated to you, this mountain will be your grave,"
"Douleur de la Nuit!" without warning a series of slashes materialized out of nowhere, many of them hitting Toxtricity in full display, and the damage gotten reflected on the bearer Aion, who collapsed to the ground with a pain-torn howl.
"GWAAAAAAAAHH!"
NORMAL POV
"Uh! That screams!" Hop panicked and turned to confirm his fears, you had just heard the mangled screams of pain coming from below, and when Hop looked in the direction where Aion was fighting Doubleblade, he then watches with horror in his eyes as his friend body just slumped to the ground lifeless.
"Aion..." Hop whispered the name of the alien in a low voice.
Gloria covered her mouth with her hands in an attempt to suppress her scream.
You, on the other hand, decided to not turn around.
"Victor... this is just too cruel, I'm sure you think the same, don't you?"
"... Hop we-"
"We... no... only one of us, at least one of us, has to go back to assist Aion." Hop said sourly.
"Hop, let's go." you tried persuading him.
"You can't be serious-"
"Trust Aion, Hop!" you turn around yelling at him, thus silencing him
"Just as he trusted us, we must trust him." you say to Hop with a softer tone, so as not to sound too bossy.
"..." Hop didn't say anything, limiting himself to just clench his fists and making a frustrated expression.
"Trust him..." you repeat.
"Ok..."
"Let's head to the top then." not looking back has been more difficult than you imagined, although, in the end, you decide to continue to climb and reach Beet and Shadow Beet.
Later on the summit.
Ominous Signs
Finally, you reach the summit of Mount Storm,
the first thing that catches your eye was a body dangled to the ground.
"BEET!" shouts Gloria, she and Hop try to run towards the boy to help him, but you stop them by holding them by the arm.
"Wait a second you two, look!" you pointed forward, to two figures, one that you had already met, Shadow Beet, the surprising thing about it was to see him on his knees and in physical pain, the same Shadow who had previously managed to knock out all of you was now in front of you bruised and on his knees, standing in front of him was the probable responsible for his defeat, a little girl.
The girl was wearing a blue school uniform and had two blue clips on the sides of her hair, the girl must have been between eight and ten years of age, and like every Shadow of that "type" she had the same demonic eyes, the complete set of; black sclera and yellow pupils.
"Ehh, is that's all you can do?" the child Shadow asked with a sinister tone.
"I didn't enjoy myself at all. I didn't even have time to transform, that's not fair." she complained.
"* pant * * pant *" Shadow Beet couldn't even argue with her, due to his grave conditions.
"I'm starting to get bored, now, I'm gonna ki- huh?" at that moment the little girl became aware of your presence.
"Guests?" the Shadow starts running towards you innocently and playfully, just as if she were a normal child.
"Hi I'm Mary, did you come here to play with me ?!" the Shadow asked smiling, despite her appearance and behavior, you do not get fooled by the facade of the Shadow and put yourself in a defensive position.
"If you want w-"
"Stop there! Don't take another step!" you order by threatening the Shadow with your sword.
"..." the little girl's expression instantly changed from a radiant to a more serious and hostile look.
"Now that I think about it, I did not want any intruders up here, what are you doing here?" her tone of the voice changed completely, going from the voice you could hear from any child to a much more threatening tone.
"We came to rescue Beet, certainly not to lose time with you." Hop replied back.
"Beet? You are here for Beet ?!" the child asked incredulously, her voice returning for a moment of one that belonged to a "child".
End of Chapter 15
KLARA'S COMPENDEX
Blitzel
Nickname: Familiar of the God of Storm
Origin: Unovian Mythology
Arcana: Saver
Pokesoul User: Victor Sandmann
Compedex: Blitzel is the familiar of the god of storms, as well as the son of the two Zebstrikers who pull his chariot.
It is said that he is very fast and that no one notices his presence when he passes.
In the ancient Unova magnetic phenomena were justified with the phrase "That metal was trampled on by the shrewd Blitzel.", also shocks from static electricity were justified by saying that "Bltzel just passed through."
While the Zebstrikers were credited with the ability to burn forests, the magnetic phenomena were instead attributed to Blitzel, not surprisingly the legends narrate that the home of Blitzel and the God of the storm was Chargestone Cave itself.
Stats:
Arcana: Saver Type: Zerabarq Resist: Victyr, Zerabarq Weakness: Diandi
Skills:
Zerabaqr (Light bolt damage to 1 foe.)
CONFIDANTS
0. The Trainer (Victor): Rank 3
1. The Exchanger (Hop): Rank 2
5. The Calmer (Kabu): Rank 2
7. The Conqueror (Gloria): Rank 2
12. The Empathazier (Milo): Rank 1
19. The Saver (Leon): Rank 1
POKESOULS WITH VICTOR:
Braixen (Victyr),
Carvanha (Manaqua - Hoodubh),
Blitzel (Zerabarq)
Author's Notes
Прывітанне хлопцы. (Pryvitannie chlopcy.) Like always, I invite you to leave your opinion or critic in the comment, check the Deviantart account amd the Pokesona Instagram account, and the playlist for this chapter is in the comment section. And with that said stay safe and until next time, farewell.