Pokemon Fan Fiction / Pokemon Fan Fiction ❯ Destiny Of The Stars. ❯ Chapter 7

©H. Falcon. 2000-2003

--I walked into my room, and went to the far wall. I looked down at my mattress and my eyes glowed a slight blue as I moved my hand in the air and the mattress moved to the side. The dust scattered about and a small outline was seen. I raised my other hand and, clenching my three fingers together, moved my hand to the side. A grating sound was heard like rock rubbing against rock and a small opening was revealed in the floor. I say small, because to me it was. It was a small, square opening, Just enough for me to get through with a little space on the sides, but not much. Of course it was like that, as I said before; this was MY castle, and I created it. I looked down into the darkness and leapt into the hole. I landed with a soft thump and the hole in the ceiling started to close, fading out all the light. For a moment I stood there in the complete darkness, standing completely still except for my tail which swayed back and forth slightly. My eyes adjusted to the darkness, and although my eyesight was considerably good in the dark it was not like that of a nocturnal creature. I only saw rough outlines of things. I turned my head to the right and spoke out loud. "Computer, activate!" There was a faint whirring sound and then two lights up on the front wall came on and I squinted my eyes. --Active. Computer now online-- a female computer voice said. I moved over to the huge computer panels, screen and the like on the wall. "Computer... Secure access level 5, recognize... Mewtwo, and accept only my voice for all commands." Silence... then an acknowledgment. --Confirmed. Voice recognition accepted. Following commands may only be given by Mewtwo-- I grinned. "Good... now activate all perimeter cameras". The huge screen in front of me flickered and then the one single large blue image separated into about twenty smaller screens, each showing a different image from different places inside and outside the castle. "Computer, initiate level 3 defense procedure." There was silence again... only the hum of the screen and the computer. --Acknowledged; Level 3 defense procedure initiated-- The computer then began to go down the list. --Perimeter defense active. Motion cameras active. Security locks active. All systems on defense alert. Level 3 defense procedure complete! All modes on standby--. I smiled and looked to the screen. Good... I thought to myself. Now you might be wondering what the heck is going on? Why is there something like this in your castle? How come you have this? Why do you have this? How do you have this? And it is fine if you think this way. I really didn't know why I had this myself... no... that's not entirely true. I had it because I did. I know that's not much of an answer, but... look at it this way. This was my home, it was the home that I had built, and the home I had to move and rebuild once again. I was different... an outcast. This was my place, and I would not lose it again. I also knew that certain people might come for me. There were still those out there who knew of me. Who had tried to enslave me once... who was to say they wouldn't again? So I had this... just in case I ever needed it. And until now, I really hadn't. But now was different. I was going to find out what in the hell was going on, and I didn't know when I would be back. I wasn't going to leave my place defenseless. OK, you say... but that doesn't explain how you got this huge computer and defensive equipment? Well, you forget… There was a lab, a large lab, in the place I had before, where I had created clones. I had rebuilt the computer from the lab I was created in. So... I had the technology, and I had no more use for a lab, so I created this instead. There... now you know, let us get back to the tale.

--I stared at the screen for a minute, looking at the bottom left screen, and I grinned. I turned from the monitor and moved back to the corner where the exit was. Wait a minute!! What were you looking at, you ask? Never mind that for now... you will find out later. Let us just say that this castle had many secrets... and I am not about to reveal them all to you... at least not yet. I lifted my head up and looked at the ceiling; again, the sound of stone rubbing against stone was heard and then light came from above. I turned back to the huge computer wall. "Computer, silent mode." There was a beep but no voice and the lights on the wall dimmed. I let out a sigh; I forgot about that. I had thought when I said silent mode the lights would go off. "Computer... dark mode." A very low beep was heard and the lights shut off. It was dark again except for the light that peered in from the hole above. I turned back to the square hole and leapt up. My feet touched the ground of my room and I moved my hand to the side and the hole began to close. When it did I moved my other arm and my mattress slid back to its original spot. I turned and went to the other room where the balcony was. I opened the doors with my hand, not my powers, and stepped out onto the balcony. The doors closed behind me and an audible click was heard as the auto-lock did what it was supposed to do. I looked up into the sky; the sun was up a little higher in the sky now and the day was in full motion. I took a deep breath. My home was protected... the sun was up... and I had a mountain to go check out. I leapt off the balcony and into the morning sky.

--I flew low, skimming the surface of the water, a trail of spray following behind me. I saw no boats on the water ahead of me. It was daylight and I didn't want to fly to high and risk being seen, so I hugged the surface of the water. I was prepared to go higher or even under the water if I saw boats ahead. Sure, I didn't have to worry about a few trainers here and there, it wasn't that at all. I just had other things to do today and I didn't want to be bothered by anything. I continued skimming along the surface of the water and I could see the place I was headed to far off in the distance on the horizon. Johto... That was what people called this land… Johto. I started to think of that boy again, the one with the Pikachu, the one who I had met before. What was he doing in this land? Why had he traveled from Kanto? Trainers... I thought to myself. Yes... he was a trainer. No doubt he was on some new adventure, trying to earn more badges and catch more Pokémon. But why... why had it been HIM and his friends who had found me the other day? Why out of all people must it be HIM? I shook my head; now was not the time to ponder such things. I had far greater things to figure out right now. The land approached quickly. I started to increase my altitude, and the water below me was replaced by land. I climbed higher, flying over the trees that began to appear underneath me as the land blurred by. In the distance... I saw my goal, the mountain. I flew higher and then stopped, the mountain before me. I looked around. At first I did not understand. I could not see the ledge that I had been on so many times before. I then realized the blast, the one that I had got caught in, it must have destroyed the ledge. I noticed a collapsed part in the mountain and floated over there. Sure enough there was rock all over, broken up, as if it had collapsed inward on itself. I knew this was from the blast... hell... that blast was so strong I would not have been surprised if the entire section of the mountain had collapsed inward on itself. And this, as I found out, was not to far from the truth.

--I stared at the rocks, looking at the damage done to the mountain. It seems whatever it was that exploded and caused such an explosion must have been some stuff. It sure caused one hell of a mess. From just looking at it though, it didn't seem too drastic. It looked like maybe the mountain could have just suffered damage on its own, from be it tremors or the like. I turned around and looked towards the forest ground as I floated there. I saw some trees that were down; the ones that helped break my fall and decide to spear me at the same time no less. But there were no shards of that strange dark metal... it seems someone took the time to clean all that up. Someone who didn't want anyone else to know exactly what had happened here. I didn't know what the humans around here believed. I didn't know what they had figured out had happened here. I didn't care. I was going to find out for myself. Because I knew… this wasn't just something that happened on its own. Something was going on with this mountain, inside it, and I was going to find out what. I turned back around and faced the mountainside. I looked at the huge rocks and all the smaller ones that were all caved in. This might take some time, I thought to myself. I lifted both my hands towards the rocks, and my eyes began to glow. I moved my hands to the sides and a whole bunch of rocks moved to each side. It took me awhile to move all the rocks, even for me. Taking the time to rest the rocks on the ground down below didn't help it go any faster, but I wasn't going to just let them plummet 150 feet to the ground. I did not want to injure any passing Pokémon or humans. It turned out no one came, but I wasn't going to be reckless and just allow huge rocks to fall that far down. So, as I moved them, I lowered them to the ground. After a few minutes, I'd say about 15, all the rocks where cleared except one... and this was not a rock. It was huge. A boulder… no... a small hill is a better description. Just to give you an idea of what I'm talking about here. I'd say it was about the size of a small house. Yes... it was that big. And the coloration was off. Someone had placed this here, on purpose. It was clever; clever enough to fool someone else, maybe, but not me. I knew whoever placed this here placed it to block the hole in the side of the mountain after that blast tore through it. Obviously a huge hole the size of a house was not good for whatever they where doing here. No... they wanted this place to remain a secret. I stared at the boulder, trying to think just how much it weighed. I knew it would be heavy. I wasn't concerned about moving it. I knew I was able to. I didn't want someone to see as I did it though. No, if someone was on the other side and saw me move it, that wouldn't be good. My eyes began to glow brighter, and I moved my hand slowly up. The boulder shifted and small rocks and dirt fell from it as it did. I moved my hand slowly to the right, not wanting to jerk it suddenly and send the large boulder out of control. I moved it and stopped, waiting to see if there would be any reaction from the cliff as well as from anything inside. Nothing... I began moving it again, and then some rock above crumbled away as the large boulder was moved away, revealing a huge hole. I moved the boulder away from the mountainside, and now it was fully being held by my powers alone. If I were to let go now it would plunge 150 feet down to the ground with enormous speed as it fell. Should some poor hapless soul wander below... well... let's just say they would be one with the earth. I kept the boulder floating and moved myself around it to where the hole was. It was dark inside, at least, darker then the sunlight outside. I acted fast; as I said, I didn't want to be seen. I moved to the place where the boulder was, and backing up into the hole, I brought the huge piece of granite with me. I moved back further into the hole until the sunlight faded from my eyes as the boulder was replaced back in its spot, effectively placing me in the dark. I slowly released my powers on the boulder, waiting a minute and ready to hold it again if it showed any sign of falling. It didn't, and I heard it fall inward, hitting against the mountainside and lodging itself in what I was sure was even tighter then before. Well, that solves that, I thought. I turned around and could hardly see anything, just a... tunnel? I walked down the tunnel slowly, my hands at the side of the rough rocky walls. I could feel the rock all around me, even as I walked over it, the uneven surface against my feet. I was coming to the end, I could see darkness ahead of me, and then I felt a cool surface as my feet walked over a now smooth but cold surface. Metal... I thought to myself. This was now part of whatever was here. I walked until I came to what seemed like a wall. I placed my hand against it. Cold to the touch, like the metal floor. Someone had blocked this as well. This wasn't like a wall or something, because if it had been the wall then why would the floor on this side of the wall be metal and not rock? No... where I stood now had been perhaps a room... or a hallway. The rock had damaged it, destroyed it so they covered it up to from here. I pushed against the metal. It didn't move. I stood back and lifted my right hand. It started to shake a little, and then with a loud banging sound the metal flew down and hit the floor, making a clanging, banging noise as it hit against the metal floor. I stood there for a second and then walked to the edge, peering in. I looked to my left, and to my right. No one... No one was here. Good, I thought to myself, how careless of me to let the metal piece hit against the floor. I should have just let it float down to the floor. Well... it was done. No one was around to hear it. Realizing I was totally alone for the moment, I stepped into this new room.

--I looked around. It seemed this room was no longer used either, for the moment. Rock and debris were scattered about. Seemed they had cleaned things up and decided to close up the repairs from here, not bothering to take back what the rock had claimed from them. I looked back at where I came from and, sure enough, one could tell that the rock had taken over up to this point. When I looked up to the ceiling it was obvious that the room had continued at one point further into where now there was rock from the mountain. Obviously, when the blast happened, the mountain did collapse in on itself, in a manner of speaking. I looked down at the long metal sheet I had just moved and, moving my left hand, it floated up and back over the hole I had just came from. I was not going to let someone stumble across this. Even if it was a slight chance anyone would even be in this room. I wasn't going to let them see the huge grate on the floor and then look into the cave and even though the rock would still be there, notify someone. No, I didn't need this place in a frenzy. The boulder I placed back there was more for the outside appearance. The metal grate I placed back for anyone on the inside, so they would see no difference. After the metal sheet was back in its place I slowly walked down the metal pathway. My eyes gazed at the large room, or what was left of it. The entire back wall I just came from was rock, with beams at the top sticking out in a messed jumble of rock and steel. I moved down the metal pathway and came to some stairs. I walked down them and as I moved down I could see a door. So this was where it lead to... Finally... a door. I walked at my usual stride up to the door and peered through the small window in the door.

--A guard stood at what seemed to be another door. I could only guess it was another door because I could not see the door, I only saw the guard from his side. I looked down the rest of the hall, and could tell it turned around a corner. Then I saw the guard head towards the end of the hall where it turned. He walked to the end and I thought, good, he is leaving and I can leave this room. But he stopped looking down the hall the other way and I heard him speak. "Lt. Gerald!" the soldier who I was watching then made a gesture with his hand. I then heard the voice of the one he was talking to, it was fainter but got louder as he got closer. "Charlie, I told you, you can call me Dave. You don't need to be formal with me." "Yes sir!" The first guard said. "I mean... Yes sir, Dave." I heard a chuckle and then I saw the one that the other voice belonged to. It was a taller man than the first, at least 6 feet tall, they were standing there at the end of the hallway. "So what was it that you needed me to come all the way up to D Level for, Charlie?" "Well, Lieutena... I mean…sir... I mean..." "Sir is fine, Charlie." "Yes sir… well I was just getting some supplies in the storage room here just a few minutes ago when I heard this huge noise, coming from over there." The smaller guard pointed to me and I moved away from the window. DAMN IT! I thought to myself. Someone HAD heard the metal hitting the floor. "Noise?" I heard the taller guard talking and now I heard their voices getting closer. DAMN IT! I looked around the room to see if there was anywhere I could go, but there was nowhere, then I heard there voices getting closer... they where right outside now... I had to act fast. "What kind of noise, Charlie?" "Well, it was like these large, metal sounds sir!" "Metal, hmm? Well there is a lot of scrap and stuff in there, what makes you think it was something worth checking out? You know this room is not being used anymore. It's nothing more then a really large and hollow wall now." "Yes sir, I know that, but this was a really loud sound. I didn't want to bother anyone but when I went to the panel to open the door I was denied. It says you need level 3 clearance. I only have level 2." "Of course, and that's why you needed a lieutenant." "Yes sir... but when I called it in... I didn't know they'd call you, I though they'd..." "Get some other low grade lieutenant to come here?" "Y...yes sir." "Well, it seems they didn't, but since I'm here I might as well check it out." There was nowhere to go... and I heard the sound of the card being accepted and a mechanical sound of the door opening... and then it did.

©H. Falcon. 2000-2003

Authors Notes: I wanted to take this Time here to Show again my appreciation for my Proofreader (Shadowy Knight). I was going over this last Chapter after he sent me back the proofread version when it occurred to me the things he does and how they go on behind the scenes and unnoticed by the fans who will end up reading these stories. And well they should if done correctly, but I wanted him to know that they don't go by unnoticed by everyone, for I get to see the results. People might think all a Proofreader does is correct spelling and Grammar Mistakes or Errors. However that isn't that case, as a proofreader also helps to make the story all flow properly and correctly, among other things as well. So Thank you again Shadowy Knight. It seems I made a good choice in choosing you as my proofreader. You have the Falcons appreciation my friend. ~Falcon~

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