Watcher of Arceus
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon. Only the idea and OC's.
Author Notes:
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~xXx~ This will identify where each paragraph breaks.
"Human Speech" 'Character Thought' {Pokémon Speech}
Co-author: Catsithx
The following is a total and complete Reboot of the story "Watcher of Arceus".
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Chapter 20 : The Knights of Arceus
Thomas's recovery was speeding up quickly as the most fatal of his wounds were healed now. Still bruised and sore, he could at least lay down on his back at last, but he still found himself unable sleep. While exploring further through the temple, Suicune had managed to find where a life pool was supposed to be, but it was incomplete. A massive crystalline pool with several arches of golden metal from Arceus and her power flowed through the pool, but its most important ability had yet to be finished, the ability to allow the waters to flow through time, a blessing now that would have required Celebi or Arceus to be recovered themselves to do, and was a rarity even before the War of Legend.
Still, it had enough power stored within to help with the final push to help Thomas so that he was no longer in danger of just dying if he left the temple. He was still in no condition to truly fight though, but with his life no longer at risk, they could finally leave.
As Thomas was drying off after another lengthy rest in the pool and was getting dressed, Mewtwo approached him. 'Thomas, I require an in person visit with the man who helped secure privacy of my existence on the pokemon registry programs. I believe this man is also your foster father. There is mention of a long list of outside contacts that this Team Rocket used as extra references for help on the project that created me. Most of these contacts had code names, and I've only just discovered the list of actual names. Andrew Falston is referenced forty two times throughout all of the documentation I've managed to collect on my own as well as the documents that you provided me from Goldenrod City.' Mewtwo quickly stated.
"What?! No, I don't believe that my father was involved with creating you." Thomas quickly stated, remembering that he had already said he wouldn't stop Mewtwo from punishing those who had created him and knew that there had to be a few stragglers who may not have been at the lab at the time that Mewtwo woke up.
'Andrew Falston had no direct involvement. There are several notes about the researchers having wanted to recruit him including multiple attempts from Dr. Fuji, but it was never approved because the recruitment staff did not think that they could recruit him without forceful efforts and they did not want to risk accidentally getting Teams Magma and Aqua involved by accident.' Mewtwo quickly explained, pulling out the phone that Thomas had given him with a copy of all of the documents, and pulling up a few pages of interest.
'Andrew is supposed to have detailed knowledge of Dr. Fuji, the lead researcher involved with my creation. Having destroyed the lab however, I also destroyed all evidence that might have helped me now. If Dr. Fuji has other labs or large projects that may hold related information to my creation, then he may have shared this information with others who he talked with frequently.' He continued as Thomas just read through the quick bits of information.
"And why would these people have wanted help from Andrew?" Thomas quickly asked now, thoroughly confused and still a bit worried.
'Andrew is a lead researcher in the development of multiple aspects of the pokedex, including its biological scanner and genetic assessment properties. Government employees in law enforcement and limited other job placements are given access to specialized pokedex models that have the most advanced versions of the technologies, models that are closely guarded and are not given to the public. These technologies were heavily required in my creation to monitor my health and growth. As far as Andrew is concerned according to these documents, he was being interviewed for a governmental position, but he turned down the offer to continue work on private projects.' Mewtwo explained.
'I am going to see Andrew eitherway. I understand that you might be worried, but I have no intentions of hurting him. I am telling you this information so that you can make a choice. I will travel with you to see Andrew yourself, or if you wish to continue to hide from him given your condition and the nature of your existence, I shall take my leave of you for now.' Mewtwo continued.
"I'm going with you." Thomas quickly stated, still a bit worried for Andrew now.
'Very well. I can sense your worry still however. I give you my word that I no intention of hurting your foster family. I would ask that we leave for the Hoenn region in the next week. I wish to talk with him soon and while I would be able to talk with him much sooner if I went alone, I shall make the journey with you. Please do not make me wait too long.' Mewtwo stated before walking off, Radara quickly walking up feeling Thomas's worry and concern.
'Did something happen?' She asked, walking past Mewtwo as he just moved to return to his usual spot of mediation.
"Mewtwo found mention that Andrew may have had some indirect involvement with his creation and he wants to question him about Dr. Fuji, the man who tried to recruit him to help properly." Thomas said quickly, still looking at Mewtwo before he rounded the corner.
'Andrew does not seem the type to help with such things. Is Mewtwo sure on this?' Radara quickly asked, just as worried now.
"Very. The documents from Goldenrod City had direct mention of his name, and that the only way to properly recruit him was forcibly. They didn't because they didn't want to tip off Teams Magma and Aqua." Thomas explained, sharing the images of the documents with Radara now.
'And...he won't hurt them will he?' Radara asked, her worry only growing.
"He said he gave me his word that he won't. He just wants to talk. He's hoping that Andrew might know of any other labs that a Dr. Fuji might have had that will give him some more answers." Thomas said, finally finishing drying off and quickly putting his shirt on to go back to the main chamber again.
'And how goes your healing process?' Radara asked looking him over now.
"I think I'm okay to travel now. The power of this place will likely carry with me for a day or two before it wears off and I don't feel like I'm in a lot of pain or anything." Thomas just gave himself a quick once over, before giving the incomplete life pool one last glance. "If Suicune says I'm fine to travel, I guess we head out today."
'Have you finished reading your obsession?' Radara just slowly followed behind Thomas as he started to walk along.
"Yeah. Its still a lot to take in, but it... its almost all there." Thomas stopped for just a second as they entered the main chamber again, looking down to the large mess of golden material that was still just resting there on the far end of the mural.
'Do you think that mother ever figured out why Tavu did what he did?' Radara asked, her tone soft and concerned still, but now thinking of the final passages, things adding up for her just like they were for Thomas.
"If she did... is it really our place to ask. We all want answers, but this affects her so much more then us." Thomas just looked down a few, before seeing Suicune moving up to them. "I'm feeling much better now physically. If you give the okay, then I guess we can try to pack up and move out."
"There is something on your mind. You are worried about something." Suicune said looking him over, easily able to tell that he was concerned about something, and Radara was well. "What did you find?"
'Mewtwo found information that suggests that Andrew, the man Thomas chose as his father this life, may have been involved with Mewtwo's creation, even indirectly. Mewtwo has asked to go see him in person to question his relation to someone named Dr. Fuji, who was the lead researcher. He says he won't hurt him, but I cannot help but be worried.' Radara quickly explained as she took a seat, watching as Suicune began to inspect Thomas's body with her ribbons.
"Mewtwo does not seem to understand the concept of why he should lie. To him, the truth holds far more value. If he says that he does not intent to hurt Andew, then I see no reason why he should. Yes Mewtwo will clearly defend himself, but Andrew would pose no threat. They are both creatures of science yes? Perhaps Andrew and Mewtwo may become friends." Suicune said, continuing to look over Thomas slowly, before nodding.
"If he wishes to go see Andrew, then you would clearly want to go with him to make sure that Andrew stays safe. Let's all go together. It would give you the chance you desire to explain to him what all you truly are and I know you have been debating it. Perhaps now really is the time. I say that you are fit for travel. If you are still fully truly awake, we could start packing up things as soon as as the others get up and we could leave well before noon." She said with an eager smile, kind of looking forward to meeting Thomas's foster family now.
Thomas nodded lightly, still a bit unsure but still finally coming to his decision. "I... Yes, yes id o want to tell them..."
"Then tell them. I will be there with you the whole time, and I know that they will accept you." Suicune smiled. "Just because I haven't been there in person doesn't mean I haven't been watching them. I have always helped ensure your families were safe to raise you and I will always keep helping for as long as I live." She said, giving him a few small nuzzles to his cheek, her ribbons wrapping around him to give him a hug.
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Over the next few hours, as Sarah and everyone else woke up, the group packed up as much as they could be. Thomas's violins couldn't fit so they had to be carried by hand, and it was decided that they were they would be leaving some things behind. Thomas's fishing pole, both of their fold up bikes, and a few other odds and ends would be left behind, things that both of them could replace. They also even prepared a cold lunch for the way back, stored in a basket that they could inside the temple to carry by hand as well to make sure that they could fit everything that they really wanted to take with them back to Ovilivine city.
With everything at last done and ready, Thomas stopped and looked back over the last one last time, his eyes focusing on last thing before they could leave. "Hold up Sarah, I need one last thing pulled out before we go. Hand me that water proof sleeve you have, there's one last thing I need to grab before we can go." Thomas said as Suicune was back in the Cross of Arceus on the floor, returning the temple to rest, the place slowly growing dim.
"Well, sure I can. What are you going to do with it? Its not exactly good for carrying things unless... do you think you need a sling for that arm if we leave?" Sarah asked, only for Thomas to shake his head as he went through the pack and got the sleeve, as well as a few small pins and even a pair of empty spice bottles from the small trash bag that they had before closing the bag back up.
"Mewtwo, can you help me with something. I tried to remove this before but it was in too deep for me and even Radara. Could you try pulling that Tavu's spear out of the wall?" Thomas asked as he moved over to the wall where the spear was still just resting.
Mewtwo moved up slowly and looked it over before his eyes gave off a bright flash of light as he used his power and the spear started to wiggle a bit, but didn't get dislodged. The second much bright flash of light from his eyes though did rip the spear from the wall though. 'Whoever threw this spear intended for it to stay here. Are you sure you should have removed it?'
"The eldest of my personal brothers threw this spear. But its also the only true reminder we have of Zini. I would like to place this on her grave stone. We never did find out what happened her to. We don't know if she lived the rest of her life without reincarnation when her twin was killed, or if Zini was killed before..." Thomas quickly went quite about the topic again, only to just look over the spear.
"I want to set this in the sanctuary Zini loved most. Its in Sinnoh, and it will take a while, but I can carry it until then." He said, taking one of the spice bottles and covering the smaller spear head, then putting it in the cloth sleeve. Carefully starting to twist the sleeve around so that it was snug around the spear, he continued to slowly twist the sleeve all the way down the spear until he finally put the other spice bottle on the other spear head, before carefully tying it off. Using the pins, he made sure that it was stay nice and tight over the spear and the two spice bottles would stay over the ends so it would hurt anyone on accident.
"We can go now. We'll stop in Olivine City to pick up what we need to replace and then we can start to head back to Rustboro City." Thomas said.
"Back home?" Sarah asked, Thomas giving a small nod.
"You... you were right. I should tell them. And, and it might give you a chance to talk with your parents as well, let them know that things might not be so easy." Thomas stated, patting Suicune on the head and petting her as she finished putting the temple to rest.
"It will feel good to tell them the truth my son." Suicune said, just enjoying his head before starting for the door. They both began to call back everyone but Suicune, Mewtwo, and Radara now.
Thomas just nodded, before he opened the door and walked back out into the mid morning light, the others following him and stepping out. Upon leaving however, they were instantly greeted with a strange unusual sight, partially accompanied by yelling.
There at the end of the water bridge where the stone path started and the line of crystals that protected the temple ended was a zoroark and a shiny gardevoir.
The gardevoir's arms were in front of her, her gown lifted up a bit around her sides, flowing lightly as well as giving off a soft pink glow showing her clear use of putting a lot of work into a psychic type move facing the water. As she focused, a body was pulled form the flowing river and forced to just stay still, arms spread but legs together fully restrained.
"Damn it, stop! Stop!" The man quickly screamed out, soaking wet and held still. "I said I get it, I GET IT!" He continued. "I will stop trying to break into the asshole's temple!"
It took Thomas a minute, but he just slowly looked down to Radara who looked up to him and nodded, but was just as confused. They both recognized the trainer and zoroark now, it being the same trainer that had confronted them in the museum back in Goldenrod City. The words stuck hard with them though, Thomas going to draw his blade only for everyone to look on in even more confusion.
'Is that gardevoir trying to drown her trainer?' Mewtwo asked rather bluntly as the gardevoir dropped her hands and Xent was rapidly forced back into the river for several seconds before slowly being lifted back up, if only his head and shoulders to get another breath of air and then dunked again for another several seconds before being lifted back up.
"I can't even question this after what all I've seen this week." Sarah said just looking on, having had far too much dropped on her since Goldenrod City. She couldn't care much right now still trying to figure out everything else that was going on just throwing her hands up in defeat and looking away.
Hearing Sarah's words though, both the gardevoir and zoroark quickly turned to face them. The gardevoir seemed just as confused as everyone else, but the zoroark quickly snarled some at them. The gardevoir quickly turned and moved, lifting Xent back out of the water, but only halfway now while also blocking the zoroark from moving as well.
"VERNA!" Xent screamed extremely now, clearly fully of anger and rage, only to finally notice that they had moved and his gardevoir was no longer solely focused on him, but someone else. Straining to move his head to the side to see what had their attention, he instantly focused on Thomas, Radara, Sarah, Suicune, and Mewtwo.
"Verna..." Xent stated, his tone entirely changed. It was firm, strangely calm, and entirely determined. "As your trainer and more importantly as your friend, you will get me out of the water and onto solid ground. And then you let me get my answers from these people."
The gardevoir just looked around a bit more though, back to Xent, and then back to the Thomas and the group, and then back to Xent again. Fully lifting him out of the water, she set him down several feet away from the bridge.
As soon as Xent was put on the ground though and the gardevoir turned back towards Thomas and the others, only to start backing away, gently pushing the zoroark behind her. Xent didn't take it well however quickly starting to move forward, only for his gardevoir to grab him and turn him right back around, even grabbing and pushing him against the stone wall, lifting his arms up into a large clump of thick roots and vines before jumping back.
"VERNA!" Xent screamed out again, his hands stuck up by the cluster of roots and vines, handcuffed to the wall now as the gardevoir held up something, a key and then stuffed it in her mouth, holding it in her teeth to show her point before closing her lips. It was clear that she was making her thoughts known on this.
'Xent, that is Suicune! A legendary pokemon, and that espeon AND the male human she is with both have more power then I do. And I don't even know what pokemon that large white and purple one is, but it could kill us with a thought, the power of his mind is more powerful then anything I could image!' Verna stated firmly into his mind, her voice always a bit weak and this was clearly a forced effort on her part, but it was quivering just a bit even, a show of real fear as she worked to protect them both, even grabbing Zia and tugging on her arm to push her against the wall.
'Your stubborness will get us ALL killed if they decide they don't like us. This is NOT a regulation battle, its outlawed to fight a legendary pokemon in city limits for a reason, there is no reason at all for her to hold back if you assault them.' Verna continued, only to grab and keep Zia's mouth shut before she could even start talking.
Verna just hoped that she was strong enough to make the words come out clear, but as she finished and what did go through sunk into Xent's mind. His struggles slowed and Verna could feel that most of his words go through, enough thankfully as she looked at him, and then slowly back to Thomas and to the others.
Thomas and everyone else was just left confused though as they looked on. Mewtwo was already at work quickly though, inspecting them all. 'The gardevoir is known as Verna and is trying to save her trainer from killing himself. He has spent the past few days trying to follow us and demand answers for his own purposes. The first defense of this place did not stop him so easily though and he now a bit emotionally unstable from the fear that tried to take over his mind, and the anger that followed believing that he was owed answers either way.' Mewtwo explained.
'She has imperfect telepathy and it poses a great strain on her, which is why she handcuffed him to the wall, in an effort to keep him still while she tried to talk him down. She fears us, greatly, but is doing her best not to let the fear control her and continue to be a voice of reason. She wants us to move on, quickly so that she can continue to try and save her trainer. She is also keeping the zoroark at bay as well, who is equally mad at us, but is just as worried. Zia does like seeing her trainer hurt himself either.' Mewtwo stated, not hiding his words, only for Verna to quickly nod, and then point down the path with one hand and wave at them to move on with the other.
Xent however quickly knew what Verna meant by power at once though when Mewtwo's words were forced fully into his mind, and he just so easily explained the situation like it was nothing, much less know what he was doing for the past few days.
"You're... you're sure I won't have a problem with him?" Thomas asked.
'Xent now fears me and the power I hold. He sees me a potential god, and knows that its best not to anger me despite his own anger. Verna will stay and hold him until he has calmed down fully. She will ensure that we are not followed again.' Mewtwo stated, starting to walk forward now.
'I will remain out of my pokeball until such a time that I can no longer feel him however just to be sure. I would have felt him sooner, but this place restricts my abilities strongly. I am now uncertain how I feel about this place. I enjoyed the calm, the peace, but not knowing we were being followed concerns me.' Mewtwo continued, just floating over the water bridge now, Sarah following along with Suicune and finally Thomas and Radara.
As they approached, Verna gave him a very wide berth, almost hugging the wall and keeping Zia behind her to give them room to walk past. Once more she just used an arm to point down the path as they finally reached the stone path. She even quickly turned to face and was going to rapidly point at where the path turned around the bend, only to notice something else.
Four men in large coats were moving down the path towards them, a set of drones flying well well above their head as well as they finally rounded the corner and saw Thomas and the others.
Verna quickly moved between Xent and the new comers though, unable to feel their minds at all, and even Mewtwo couldn't sense them until he at last stepped off the water bridge and onto the stone path, no longer feeling disconnected from the world.
'We have other company.' He stated flatly, a large swipe of his hand and the hats that each of them wore were flung off their heads revealing silver lined tiaras that were still on their heads, each on personally fitted so they didn't just come off.
Seeing the tiara's though, Thomas quickly ripped the knot out of the cloth sleeve he was keeping Tavu's spear in and quickly threw it back, taking a stance with the spear now. "Sarah take cover!" Thomas quickly half shouted Mewtwo just looking on.
"So, the demon has come to mock the holy temples of Arceus. Today there is no running for you." The lead man of the group of four men stated, quickly pulling off his coat revealing a bright green and white tabard underneath, along with rapier at his side and drawing it. The other three also did the same and all four of them also threw out their pokemon.
'Thomas, retreat to the temple. You are in position to fight!' Radara quickly screamed out as the knights released their pokemon, two nidokings, two nidoqueens, two golems, and two alakazams.
"The Demon stands before us, Slay them all!" The lead knight stated as all the pokemon prepared to charge forward, all giving their own warcry, each screaming about the demon, two even daring to state that the demon deserved to die for killing their families. Thomas, Radara and Suicune were all quickly worried about upcoming fight being so outnumbered and Thomas was nowhere near ready for a fight, but Mewtwo was rather unimpressed.
Mewtwo just threw both hands forwards this time though and then threw his arms out to both sides and at once, all eight of the pokemon that would have tried to charge them were just cast aside. The two alakazams were throw hard into the rock wall, and then one of the golems were just smashed into the wall right on top of them while all the others were just thrown into the opposing wall, multiple rocks and stones falling from the canyon wall from the impact. All of the pokemon were then just thrown into the waters, disoriented and confused from the brutal and sudden attack, all of them struggling and screaming as the waters carried them down stream and away from the fight entirely, although the golems were the first to vanish, their weight throwing them to the bottom of the waters to get dragged along.
The knights just all looked in worry now, two of them quickly taking a step back even, before Mewtwo turned his attention to them. Once more his hands were thrown forwards and each of the knights were knocked back to the ground several feet, and then dragged forward by their legs, left hanging upside down. This time, he quickly swiped his hands downwards and all of their tiaras were ripped from their heads now leaving them at the full mercy of Mewtwo.
"Mewtwo, stop!" Thomas quickly stated, rushing up now and standing between them and Mewtwo.
'I will not kill them, but their headgear is an annoyance. Without it, I can now judge them as they should be judged.' Mewtwo stated, quickly looking into all of their minds.
'They were sent to kill us with no regard if anyone got the way. If anyone shows any kind of reason to trust you, they were ordered to kill them if possible as well to not let your evil spread. These are the orders of a high ranking knight name Samuel, who is attempting to become a king in the order he serves. These four are his personal guard and follow his orders without question. Their pokemon are more then just brainwashed, much like they themselves are. They all truly believe that you killed someone they cared for, but yet they remember so little of who it was that was killed, clear signs of mental tampering. There other memories hidden away, but these men all knowingly and fully trust anything Samuel says regardless.' Mewtwo explained. Before he could continue though, each of the four knights gave off a loud ding, a noise that Mewtwo quickly recognized as an alert sound. He quickly began to search all of their pockets and an easy dozen phones were pulled from them.
Eight of them were different makes and models, but four of them were the exact same phone, black smart phone that needed their finger prints to unlock. Forcing the knights to each extend a finger, he made each of them unlock their own phones for him before looking over the information. 'Verna, release him. Thomas, if you wish to save this man who is not guilty of anything besides blind arrogance, he must now travel with us for a while.' Mewtwo stated, passing one of the smart phones to Thomas, another to Sarah, and even moving one to Verna, all of whom took the phone present to them.
The phones all listed an emergency alert, clean images of all of their faces present. Thomas, Sarah, and Xent were all the first three images displayed, and after that Suicune and then Mewtwo's face, and then finally Radara, Zia, and Verna's faces were all captured from an aerial view. As they all looked up, Mewtwo had already captured the drones and forced them down beside the knights.
'Machines have no mind for me to sense. I apologize for my own failure in this matter.' Mewtwo stated as as he inspected the drones for a moment, and then slammed them both into the walls like he already done with the knights pokemon. Unlike their pokemon however, the drones were instantly destroyed, smashed to bits and useless. Not taking any more chances, the drones were then crushed and twisted back on themselves like pretzels, contorted and giving several loud sparks and snaps from crushed electronics and broken plastic.
Upon looking over the phone though, Verna quickly released Xent and forced the phone into his hand as Thomas just cursed his luck, reading the attachment now. It appeared to a large emergency system alert for all knights in that specific order giving them all fresh images of the demon and those followed him, including several warnings about how powerful this new pokemon was.
As Xent read through the alert though, he began to look through other parts of phone, but all the apps needed other passwords and more. "What in the actual fuck!?" Xent screamed, both Sarah and Thomas just looking over the alerts slowly themselves.
"Damnit... Well, there goes any hope I had of really hiding." Thomas grumbled loudly, Suicune just looking over the images and reading over his shoulder.
"We should move quickly towards Rustboro. This may be the only chance you two have to say good bye..."
Suicune said, Xent quickly looking for the new voice, a vocal one.
"Okay, what the hell is going on here?" Xent quickly demanded, only to finally notice Thomas's spear in hand, still gripped tightly and ready for a fight. "Just what are you?"
"I told you to leave me alone... You should have listened. Now some very bad people are going to try and hunt you down, torture you for information, and then kill you... and I'm the only one who might be able to save you." Thomas stated very much annoyed, looking down to the ground to try and find the sleeve and spice bottles again to put the spear away.
"Well that plan sure worked out great didn't it. If your the only thing that can supposedly save me now, I want some answers since I'm stuck with you." Xent stated firmly, only for Verna to smack him full on, and reach back and grab his crowbar from his back before he grab it himself just to be safe.
'Thomas, do you intend to try and save his man yourself? Altering his memories to hide this event is not a viable option or I would have done so already. If he does come with us, then he will need to know what you are. Attempting to talk freely around him otherwise will be a undesirable chore.' Mewtwo stated moving up as he threw the knights into the river now, but having altered the minds and making them forget themselves as well like he had done with others.
"Just because he thinks of himself as an entitled brat doesn't mean I can just leave him to the knights. No one deserves to be tortured and burned at the stake." Thomas sighed.
"Burned at the stake? What are these guys, some kind of ..." Xent started only for Mewtwo to just walk up behind him and make him turn.
'I apologize for the discomfort and pain, they will pass.' Mewtwo stated before placing a hand on Xent's head and then just forcibly repeating everything that Thomas had shared with Sarah with Xent now, forcing the few days of information right into Xent's head making him cry out and then just fall to the ground holding his head.
Zia quickly went to strike Mewtwo, but once more Verna stood in the way. 'Stop! He wasn't trying to kill Xent.' Verna screamed, but this time her words were just barely heard, strained and so very weak into all of their heads now.
Xent to slow to stand up, leaning against cliffside for a few, his eyes twitching some before at last speaking. "What the hell was that!" He yelled out. "And just what the fuck do you mean your a child of Arceus herself... and your over three thousand years old?"
"Mewtwo... what did you do?" Thomas quickly asked as soon as Xent asked the questions.
'I have imparted upon him the knowledge that you have chosen to share with Sarah. Anything that you felt she had to know, Xent will know now.' Mewtwo stated, continuing to look through the phone and started just looking through all of the information it had. It wasn't much, but it was still something to him and his curiosity about the Knights of Arceus was still peaked now.
'We should move quickly if we want to make good time to Olivine City. There will be more knights on the way and we should be here when they arrive.' Mewtwo added before looking up and then back to the phone.
Thomas just sighed some, Radara just looking on as well and unsure what to think.
"Well... he did not kill them despite their orders." Suicune stated, Radara just nodding.
'Gather around close. The maps on this phone detail that there is a small camp a short ways down river from here. The notes on this device also list that there are more knights waiting at the camp and they were aware of us immediately upon our arrival. A team has been here for a short while attempting to gain entry themselves. They have not been able to gain entry, but using drones with high powered cameras, could take partial peaks inside the temple. The drones still could not enter themselves however and so until they witnessed Thomas's fall and the temples reaction, they could do nothing.' Mewtwo stated after a moment.
"Then how do we get around them? I'd rather not cause another scene." Thomas quickly stated, his voice still worried about Mewtwo's actions now, doubly so after his sudden destructive act.
'I will take us back the path we used to find this site before hand. They do not appear aware of its existence and it will allow us to bypass the camp in the same manner that it was avoided to gain entry here in the first place.' Mewtwo quickly stated, and suddenly forcing everyone, even Zia to get close. Before anyone could argue, everyone was quickly lifted into the air with all of their bags and gear before being quickly elevated up to the upper cliff side passage, but several dozen feet down the mountain path, almost to where the path entered into a cave.
Thomas instantly tried to grab onto anything though as he was suddenly lifted up, his own fear of flying quickly coming into effect but there was just nothing to grab, forced along with everyone else before he was set down and instantly moved towards the cliff face away from the edge.
"Do not do that again... please..." Thomas stated shakily now. "I would much much rather prefer my feet on the ground."
Mewtwo just gave him a weird look though, Suicune rubbing his sides quickly now to calm him down. She went to speak, but instead of words, once more her voice was a canine-like cry. "Suuuic." The cry sounded, no longer supported by the crystals of the temple to give her the ability to freely speak in all tongues.
'It would be far faster if I took us to see your foster father by way of flight. I would do so now, but we would be noticed too easily in the day light.' Mewtwo stated.
'My brother has a severe fear of flying. It would be best if we traveled on the ground. The Magnet Train continues west and then south a short distance, but there are other trains that will continue to the edge of the Hoenn region before me must take a boat.' Radara quickly stated.
'Thomas possesses powerful psychic abilities. These should include the powers of levitation.' Mewtwo stated, only for Thomas very roughly shake his head.
"No, no no no. I will walk, my feet stay on the ground, I do not fly." Thomas stated very firmly, pulling out his pokeballs and looking to Suicune who just nodded and allowed herself to returned.
'I know that I suggested that I would...' Mewtwo started, only for Radara to stop.
'His fear is deep seeded and it would cause far far more trouble then it would solve. You can force this matter, but it would cause severe emotional problems. It is not an emotion you have yet experienced, but it is one of the more powerful emotions felt by all living things able to experience emotions and cause strain to any of them. There is a reason why the first defense of our homes is to instill fear, because it works far more effectively then anything else so simple.' Radara explained, moving along to join Thomas as he moved into the cave, who had already turned on his belt light to move ahead at a quickened pace.
"Hey... hey wait up!" Xent quickly called out, having also returned Zia to her pokeball, leaving Verna out for the moment to catch up, not wanting to walk next to Mewtwo at the moment and he had plenty more questions for Thomas as it was.
Mewtwo just stood there for a moment thinking it over as Sarah moved up next to him. "Maybe... maybe we should just walk for now. We all have fears, but it not just something that you can explain." Sarah said, getting use to Mewtwo and still a bit afraid of him, perhaps more now so, but she also was getting use to him eitherway.
"I know a few fast routes back home, we can be there in a few days if we can find a over night train through the Shigoura Region. Shigoura is not a big pokemon focused region, but it is a big business region and most of the main line shipping lanes pass through the region, which can take as us far east on land as we can go." Sarah explained, just walking with him now.
'Sarah... what is fear?' Mewtwo asked, just walking along now, but Sarah just shook her head.
"I don't know how to explain that to you, I'm still just trying to work how Thomas and Radara are brother and sister..." Sarah said slowly, still a bit overwhelmed from the time spent in the temple.
~xXx~
A few hours later...
Sinnoh Region, Eterna City...
The elevator opened up and a trio of well dressed people stepped out, quickly greeted by a number of armed guards. Dressed in what looked like light metal and leather armor over business uniforms, and with swords, or in one case, some kind of hand axe on their hips, it was clear that these people would stand out heavily almost every where else.
One of the people entering from the elevator just looked around in confusion, only to for all of the armed guards to quickly kneel or fully bow. "King Faraday... We await your orders." The group stated as they returned to a standing position, the two guards in front of the door moving to the side while the secretary at the desk, the secretary being only one who did not bow and the only one with a pistol in a shoulder holster. She just remained sitting, but did give her own bow before typing something into the computer at her desk, and turned to press her hand to a large finger print scanner.
There was a small hum, and then the sound of multiple locks clicking open at last, before the trio walked up to the door. "Mr. Bellhop, I am about to show you the most guarded secret that the Knights of Arceus have. Share this information, even under torture, and you will be burned slowly at the stake for the betrayal." The leader of the trio stated as he grabbed the handles of the door, not quite opening them, but getting ready to.
"This is your last chance to back out. If you take this step, there is no going back." The man added, all eyes on Mr. Bellhop now. He was still looking around in a bit confusion, having clearly expected lots of security and some kind of powerful group, but this was just out of place for him.
"Of all the security you could have chosen... you choose swords and antique armor to defend yourself? I see one of you has a gun, so surely you have the means to acquire the proper permits for them, but yet..." Mr. Bellhop stated looking around some more before looking back to the man waiting an answer.
"We are Knights in far more then just name. What it is that we hunt upon this world fights in the traditional ways. We have tried to use guns against it, but it defies them. The only real weapon we have found to use against it are poisons, and we have been unable to find a type of round able to carry enough poison that it could not deflect." The man stated.
"Mr. Faraday... You can't truly expect me to believe that you intend to fight this great evil you keep going on about with ancient weapons. I've seen lots of problems solved with a single well placed bullet. That is why you called for me isn't it. You went out of your way to bring me here from halfway across the world. I mean, if you want someone alive, or if you want me to teach them a lesson, I'll get my hands dirty. But this... I'm not sure what it is your expecting." Mr. Bellhop stated.
"I told you before. We have a special assignment for you, and some very special gear to help you. Bullets do not work, only poisons. He fights in close quarters with a large assortment of melee and improvised weapons, and he has bested all but our greatest combat experts who he evades. He has mocked us on many occasions and so now I have suggested a new approach. The are few with your qualifications Mr. Bellhop and you have already expressed a desire to improve yourself, to find meaning with your life." King Faraday stated as the let go of the door to turn and look back at Mr. Bellhop.
Mr. Bellhop nodded slowly, giving a slow look over his hands. "There is so much more I could have done in life with these hands. There's so much more I could have lived for even... I'm not perfect, I'm an assassin, a man paid to kill others. But I never killed a woman or a child." He said slowly looking up.
"But that last one, killing that preacher... Something about that one didn't feel right. That one just. Something about him was different, and now I can't help but think maybe I need to do something better with my life. If you say that I can put my choices to good work saving this world from something worse that I was, by all means. I pledge myself to your cause if you think it will help me find some peace with myself. So open the door already." Mr. Bellhop stated, and King Faraday just nodded. He opened the door and revealed a large very fancy office space the size of a house, possibly taking up half the entire floor of the large office building. The view was just so nice and graceful looking view of Mt. Coronet, the entire wall having been decorated to mimic the look of the mountain as well.
"D, I have company with me today. Come say hello." King Faraday stated after he opened the door and walked into the room. The room was mostly empty however, some goldeen and magikarp in a large fish tank along one wall, but otherwise there was only one body inside the room already. Sitting at the large conference table, with a cup steaming hot coffee and having just started opening up a second deli-style sandwich box was a lone gardevoir who slowly turned to face the three men who entered.
She easily stood out however, different from normal gardevoirs, and even shiny ones. Her eyes were a soft golden yellow, but with a red trim around them. They weren't evil, or even scary, they were just different and observant, calm even, perhaps a little tired. Her hair was also a bit different, streaks of silver that flowed down to every point on her hair. Even more, she wasn't wearing the usual gown that gardevoirs had, instead wearing a black button up shirt, the upper button around her collar bone buttoned up, but the button directly below that was left open, her chest horn sticking out.
"D, this is Mr. Justin Bellhop. He is here to help assist in the special matters we have talked about. Mr. Bellhop, this is D... the actual CEO of Trinity Shipping, the parent company of over half of all shipping companies that handle pokemon related products, materials, goods, and services throughout all of Japan, as well as managing a number of international shipping contracts." King Faraday stated.
"A bit of advice Mr. Bellhop. D here is an expert business woman. Do not mistake her looks for a mere pokemon. More so, I would refrain from touching her inappropriately. She has already killed two of our less savory knights. Had we known that they were coercing pokemon to service them, we would have dismissed them long ago. D merely threw them through the window... physically threw them through the window." King Faraday added.
Before he could continue however, one of the knights from the former room walked in very quickly, a pair of folded pages in her hand. "King Faraday, we have an emergency report from Central Intelligence, Coria specifically. That dog Samuel has found the demon outside of a holy site and sent his personal guard to handle the situation. An hour ago, an emergency alert was sent out to all high ranking personal in the Johto Counsel of the Knights. The alert was told to keep this matter quiet, to keep it entirely in house." The knight stated quickly, handing the two papers to King.
"Which holy site?" King Faraday asked looking over the two pages.
"One we don't have on record, but apparently Samuel has been trying to secure." The knight explained.
"Where is this unlisted temple site? Do we have any other information?" King Faraday asked.
"Northwest of Olivine City. We can be in Olivine City with a full detachment in five days time. Two if you put up an emergency order and can accept having half a team assembled." The knight stated.
"The Demon will be long gone before we can arrive. Prepare a full crew, but for research purposes. I wish to know about this temple site that the Demon has visited. I wish to know everything about it. And alert all of our Kings, I am calling for an assembly." King Faraday stated before turning back to Mr. Bellhop.
"Mr. Bellhop, D... take some time to get to know each other. I'm personally assigning you both to the Demon. Mr. Bellhop, you are welcome to suggest a fire arm of your choosing for this assignment, but keep in mind that permits are very hard to come by. We can manage to get you almost any hand gun that you desire, as well as ammunition, but I assure you that this Demon will force you into close quarters combat, and he favors a blade." King Faraday stated, before moving to leave.
"My knights shall assist you in planning out whatever kind of strategy you wish to attempt, but I must go at the moment. If you need food, clothing, equipment, or entertainment for your stay, my knights can make arrangements for them to be delivered to the hotel of your choice here in Eterna City. If you need me for anything, my knights will know how to contact me." King Faraday gave a bow, and then left the room, leaving Mr. Bellhop with D now.