Rapture

Volcano Badge

Blaine couldn’t believe Red was wearing that shield upon his brow, “Of all people… I never would have imagined you turning to become a member of Team Rocket…” Blaine clutched his arm tightly; the Mew cells still screamed danger into his mind.

“Yeah well… Sometimes things just turn out funny that way,” Red shrugged.

Blaine clenched his eyes shut, “I would imagine something terrible… horrible… no… I can’t even imagine what has happened to cause this… But make no mistake; Team Rocket will never get their hands on Mewtwo ever again! Even if it means taking you down to prevent it!”

Red smiled widely, “Now that’s what I like to hear!” Red whistled loudly and a high pitched screech filled Blaine’s ears. Red’s Aerodactyl swooped in and Red hopped on top and circled the area.

Blaine stared at the site. The memory of Red first attaining that very Pokémon entered his mind. It was thanks to his own fossil resurrection machine. If that was the case though…

“Still no Mewtwo… you think you’re ready?!” Red shouted from his aerial platform.

Blaine stood poised to give commands to his trusty Pokémon, “Don’t take my Pokémon lightly, they can handle more than you think!”

“If you say so!” Red tossed a Poké Ball to the surface. Blaine watched as something huge formed from the opened ball. A Gyarados roared as it fully materialized. Recognizing the beastly water type, Blaine’s fire Pokémon backed away slowly from the intimidation factor.

“Don’t let it frighten you, it is but one Pokémon! You all have been trained well! Show it!” Blaine encouraged.

“Hey Gyara, why don’t you have a little fun for a bit?” Red shouted from the sky.

The Gyarados roared again. Blaine watched as water began to rise beneath the Gyarados. The sound of running water was getting louder, and closer. Realizing what was going on Blaine tried to warn his Pokémon.

“There’s a wave coming, brace yourselves!” Just as he spoke a tidal wave of water reached the clearing behind the Gyarados as it used Surf. Gyara easily rode the wave out flooding the entire area with a gigantic splash.

Blaine coughed up a bit of water himself as he climbed back to his feet. His Pokémon also sluggishly got back up beside him.

“We’ve taken down plenty of water types before! Offensive plan seven! GO!” Blaine threw his other remaining Poké Ball into the fray releasing his Magmortar again.

The four Pokémon surrounded the water dragon, “Boil it!” Blaine shouted.

All four Pokémon used Fire Blast on the Gyarados. Gyarados cried out as the heat did affect it some… but not much.

“That’s nothing! Gyara can take a lot more heat than that! Mewtwo really is your only chance at getting anywhere in this battle…” Of the four fire Pokémon, Magmortar appeared to be the most formidable, so Gyara concentrated an attack on the burning titan. Using Hydro Pump, the blast hit with enough intensity to blow Magmortar out of the clearing leaving a trail of steam in its path. The Magmortar was sufficiently extinguished that it could not stand again.

Blaine grit his teeth realizing now that Red’s Gyarados was extraordinarily powerful. No Gyarados had ever taken out his Magmortar in less than several good hits before. “You don’t know what you’re saying! Mewtwo is powerful enough to lay waste to this entire island in moments! You really think you can handle such an offensive force?!”

“Posh posh, a lot of bark you keep spouting off about the incredible Mewtwo, but I think you’re just afraid of losing with your most powerful Pokémon!”

Blaine scowled. He couldn’t believe Red’s ignorance. Of all people, he should have known exactly how dangerous of a Pokémon Mewtwo was. Blaine turned his attention back to his fire Pokémon, “You’re going to have to keep it from moving, restrain it now!”

Blaine’s three remaining Pokémon all used Firespin creating a wall of fire around the Gyarados to keep it from moving.

Red slouched at Blaine’s continued uncooperativeness, “That’s… pretty pointless actually…” Red was lying on Aerodactyl’s back as he flew overhead, “Just break out of it Gyara.”

Gyarados glowed in power and let loose a howl of Dragon Rage. The power expelled from Gyarados’s body in a great burst of energy and dispelled the Firespin attacks.

“I’d really recommend using something more powerful… otherwise Gyara is going to eat your little fire Pokémon alive. Show them we mean business!” Red ordered standing back up on his flyer.

With incredible speed, Gyara lunged at Blaine’s Rapidash and clenched its teeth down into the horse’s torso with a strong Bite. The horse screamed as it was lifted from the ground and violently tossed to the side where it landed near Magcargo and Torkoal. The two weaker Pokémon hadn’t gotten over their friend being tossed and left writhing on the ground when the Gyarados strafed a Hyper Beam over all three of them at once. The ground beneath the fire Pokémon exploded as Hyper Beam dragged across the surface of the clearing sending dirt and rocks everywhere.

When the dust cleared, Torkoal and Magcargo were still standing, but obviously weakened. Blaine called the three of them back to their Poké Balls, finally accepting the fact that this Gyarados was too powerful for them to handle.

Blaine reached to his side and pulled out his Master Ball with the engraved “M” on the top. He stared silently at the ball for a long moment “This is grave mistake… but if you want the chance to fight Mewtwo that badly… Well… Be careful what you ask for…” Blaine threw the ball out releasing the legendary clone. Mewtwo formed and its eyes snapped open.

Red flew in closer to the battle and stared the world’s most powerful psychic in the eye. A smile crossed the boy’s face, “Do you remember me Mewtwo?” Mewtwo squinted its eyes and gave a single nod of the head in confirmation, “Then you’ll remember that I’m the one who caught you. Once I win this battle I’ll be taking you back!” Red smiled excitedly. “We have a lot to look forward to, but first I want to see a good fight. Show me how much you’ve improved since the last time we battled. I’m expecting a challenge!” Aerodactyl flapped its wings and lifted above the battle again.

Mewtwo watched confused as the boy lifted up into the sky leaving him to face off with the Gyarados. Blaine shook his head, “He just doesn’t know… not like I know… Mewtwo was created for combat… he is a perfect weapon… And that is why I will never allow Team Rocket to get their hands on him!” In sync with its trainer Mewtwo held his hands to his side and began to charge a Psybeam.

“Hyper Beam!” Having had more than enough time to recharge since its last use, Gyara fired another Hyper Beam at Mewtwo. Mewtwo quickly countered with its Psybeam and the two attacks entered a power struggle.

At first the two attacks appeared to meet with equal force. Strong gusts of wind were blowing throughout the clearing from the magnitude of the two Pokémon’s power. “Dear lord…” Blaine watched in anticipation as the two attacks didn’t seem to be giving to the other. A vortex was created in the center of the attacks and began sucking in debris only to launch it all violently from within.

With a grunt, Mewtwo’s attack began to gain leverage. A little more and Mewtwo was able to cancel out Gyara’s attack and land his own attack throwing the huge water serpent backward. The Gyarados fell onto its side causing the ground to shake as it hit the ground.

Blaine’s hopes for a quick ending were dashed when the Gyarados quickly slithered back into an attack position. Mewtwo was just as fast to continue his attacks as well. Mewtwo disappeared from site reappearing at Gyara’s side to throw a ball of psychic energy. Gyara contorted his body around the blast and used Dragon Twister to ensure hitting Mewtwo wherever he teleported to. The attack struck Mewtwo squarely as it appeared after a quick Teleport. Mewtwo was flung to the ground, but used its telekinesis to soften its landing. A giant spoon, the ultimate weapon of the psychic’s, materialized in its hand and it leapt for the Gyarados again.

Red was fascinated by the battle. He hadn’t seen his Gyara fight so fiercely since the last time he and Giovanni had a serious sparring match. He was so caught up in watching the battle with Mewtwo that it slipped his mind to be keeping an eye on the Pokémon’s owner.

“This can’t go on…” Blaine reached into his lab coat and pulled out a strange looking cylindrical device. Pointing it in Red’s direction the man took a deep breath, “Get a little closer…” he whispered, “Almost in range…”

Red continued to watch the battle intently as he flew in circles over the clearing. A strange feeling gave him a sudden chill down his spine. Turning momentarily toward the fire gym leader, Red noticed the man pointing something at him emitting a bright blue light.

Blaine saw his actions had been noticed, “Please reach!” Blaine prayed as he pulled the trigger and a bright beam of light escaped the wand in his hand. Red’s eyes widened as the beam flew in his direction. The beam hit Aerodactyl causing the prehistoric bird to scream loudly in pain. There was a bright glow and then all Red knew was that he was falling.

Gyara saw his master falling fast and tried to move in to catch the boy. Mewtwo intervened and used the opportunity to blast Gyarados again so their battle would continue.

Red turned onto his side in an attempt to fall without getting too badly hurt. He still let out a loud groan when he hit the ground. Another small thud sound followed Red’s landing.

Opening his eyes, Red looked to see what had happened. His Aerodactyl was nowhere to be seen but a small fossil now laid at his side in the grass. Red’s eyes widened as he picked up the fossil with great care starting to realize what the old man had done.

Blaine cursed under his breath; he had been hoping the fall would have knocked the boy out. “It was my machine which turned it from stone to flesh, so it was always within my capacity to turn it back from flesh to stone…” Blaine stated before Red could say anything.

Red’s shock immediately transformed to rage. He stood holding the fossil in his hand, “Change it back… now…”

“No,” Blaine said simply.

“Give me my Aero back or you will regret it…” Red threatened in the most menacing voice he could muster. Blaine remained stoic and said nothing, “DO IT!”

“I will do nothing to help Team Rocket…” Blaine crossed his arms standing firm. A loud rumble echoed through the area as Gyara hit the ground hard again after another fierce blow from Mewtwo. “You’ve lost boy… there’s nothing you can do to defeat Mewtwo.”

Red rubbed his temple and started walking in circles, “You know… This all could have gone really nice for you… I had planned on playing with you guys for a while longer, and taking you down gently… We could have had fun and then I could have made sure nothing bad happened to you once I captured you… But you know what…?” Red stopped and glared darkly over his shoulder at the older man, “I don’t care anymore…”

Red recalled his Gyarados and pulled out another Poké Ball. This one was green and looked very special. Just looking at filled Blaine with some kind of sense of dread. The Mew cells in Blaine’s arm were going crazy as Blaine’s eyes were entranced by the ball in Red’s hand. The Poké Ball was giving off an aura… whatever was inside was incredible…

“You had your chance… no mercy for you now…” A tear streaked down Red’s face as he tossed the ball. The sky darkened as the area lit up in the release of this unfathomable creature.

“My… God…” Blaine stared in disbelief as Red’s Pokémon became visible through the intense light. A primal screech echoed across all of Cinnabar Island upon the release of Rayquaza.

“You think your legendary Pokémon is so special… let’s see how well it fares now…” Red pointed at the Psychic, “GO!” Rayquaza let out another roar as it launched through the sky toward its target.

Mewtwo was left astounded at the speed at which Rayquaza descended upon him. “DRAGON PULSE!” Red commanded and a wave of energy emitted from Rayquaza’s body drowning out even the light from the sun. In a strange blur Mewtwo found himself disoriented and with a sharp pang was hurled to the side by the monstrous attack.

Blaine clutched his arms and grit his teeth as he too could partially feel the blow dealt to Mewtwo through their psychic link.

“Dragon Dance, raise your strength to its maximum and use Outrage!” Red shouted fiercely, his anger still not subsiding.

Rayquaza roared to the heavens and its body grew noticeably larger in girth. Within a moment Rayquaza was on top of Mewtwo again and pounded the powerful Psychic against the ground so hard the surrounding rocks shattered meters away.

Mewtwo slowly climbed back to his feet and stared up viciously at his attacker, “Mewtwo, you can calm the savage beast, use Hypnosis!”

Mewtwo gathered up some psychic energy and tried to break into Rayquaza’s mind and put it to sleep. It almost had the Dragon’s mind cracked when the second bout of Outrage struck. With a horrible crash, Mewtwo was once again crushed against the solid rock beneath his feet. Mewtwo struggled to retain his focus and continue to hypnotize Rayquaza but the third strike from Outrage was quick to follow. The focused Dragon attack left a crater in the clearing with Mewtwo’s body as the center.

Blaine had sunken to his knees after the second strike and was breathing heavily attempting to remain in control of his body. The Mew cells were driving him mad.

Mewtwo looked unconscious from above mostly buried under rock and dirt. His eyes shot open in an instant and a massive Psychic wave was shot upwards to Rayquaza, throwing the dragon back. Rayquaza flipped in mid air and stared at the now standing Mewtwo. The sky darkened further as Rayquaza prepared its next attack.

Mewtwo tried to anticipate Rayquaza’s next move by charging a powerful Psychic Beam energy ball at his side. Blaine opened his eye just in time to see Rayquaza’s body move so quickly across the sky it almost appeared to vanish from one position and appear in another directly behind Mewtwo, “…Extreme Speed…”

Mewtwo had no chance to react and barely turned its head to the side when Rayquaza came crashing down upon him delivering a powerful Crunch, Rayquaza’s natural Dark attack.

Mewtwo lost the energy it had gathered as it was flung across the battle clearing. Mewtwo was on the verge of losing consciousness when he heard his trainer’s scream. Blaine’s body was unable to handle all the feedback from the Mew cells. He convulsed in pain as blood began to drip from every orifice and pore on his body.

Mewtwo ran across the battle field in horror to his trainer’s side. The man was still alive…

The sound of footsteps made Mewtwo turn quickly. Red stood there still with a scowl on his face, but in a much calmer voice said, “So what is it going to be Mewtwo? Give yourself up, or kill your trainer to try and keep things the way they are?”

Mewtwo closed his eyes in silent ponder for a moment. Glancing sadly to his trainer one last time, Mewtwo’s body began to glow as he willed himself back into his Poké Ball.

“Good choice,” Red picked the ball up off the ground and recalled Rayquaza to its special ball as well. The sky returned to its normal blue shade once Rayquaza was removed from the field. The change was hardly spirit lifting as Red held out the fossil to his prehistoric flying Pokémon and stroked it.

“I’ll miss you a lot Aero…” He pocketed the fossil and whistled. Several more Rocket troops stepped out of the foliage and began attending to the fallen Blaine. Red supervised still looking solemn and pocketed the Master Ball before leaving the scene.

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