The Commission Chronicles 27

The Commission Chronicles
Chapter 27: Final Commission.


!WARNING!
This chapter is pretty violent.

THIS CHAPTER HOLDS EXTREMELY SENSITIVE SPOILERS!
DO NOT READ UNLESS YOU HAVE READ THE FIRST CHAPTERS!



     “LAATIIAAAAASSS!!!”

     I screamed as I dropped the Lasyrblades and rushed over to her. I didn’t care if anybody tried to shoot me as well, Latias was all that mattered at that moment.

     “LATIAS! LATIAS SAY SOMETHING!!” I yelled repeatedly as I put my left hand under her head to support it and my right hand over her neck. Just trying to keep her sitting up.

     Then my right hand felt something. Something… wet. I lifted it up and looked. And there was blood all over it.

     “No… No! NOOOO!!!” I screamed out. I looked back at Latias, and her eyes slowly looked over at me.

     “B-Bra-ad…” She gasped. “I-I… I’m sorry…”

     I shook her. “NO! DON’T YOU DARE TALK LIKE THAT!” I was weeping by now, and my tears were flowing all over her neck.

     “We’re going to get through this…” I mumbled to her. “It’ll be okay… Soon this whole conflict will be over! And we’ll be happy… I-I haven’t even shown you Crystoldia yet Latias…”

     Tears were flowing freely from her eyes as well. And she was becoming increasingly weak at a frightening pace.

     “DON’T GO LATIAS!” I yelled to her. “I have so much I want to tell you… I-I… I DIDN’T GO THROUGH ALL OF THIS JUST TO LOSE YOU AT THE LAST MOMENT!!!”

     Latias weakly reached up with her hand and touched my cheek. “I-I don’t… think so… B-Brad…” She said quietly. “Know that… I-I will have… Always… Loved… Y-Y-Youu……”

     Then she let out a breath and went limp.

     I sat there, my breath coming in short quick gasps. “NO! LATIAS! LAAATIIIAAAAASSS!!!”

     I shook her again. Yet her head only wobbled from side to side. I sat there, my eyes open wide, more scared than I had ever been.

     Then came the flashbacks. I saw Latias smiling at me as we flew around my house back home. I saw her look over at me as we lay on the grass in the woods while watching the clouds. I saw her hugging me. And as if in slow motion, her eyes opened, and I gazed into them. Seeming to go on forever.

     Then I was torn back to the present. I looked down at her and began to tremble all over. Her eyes now closed, her body not moving, her mouth not smiling.

     I started shaking even more. “S-She can’t be… Not Latias…”

     I lay her down gently. Her body bathed in the soft blue glow of the portal platform.

     I tried to stand up, but couldn’t even find the strength. I collapsed, curled into a ball and started weeping beyond control.

     “LLAA-AAATIA-AAASSS-SSS!!!!” I cried out. “I-I had… so much… to say… S-So much to tell… you…”

     Then I heard it. A raspy, evil laugh. My eyes shot open and I looked up, all around there were soldiers surrounding the room. But that’s not what caught my attention.

     It was that man, Gravely, standing on the observation platform laughing. Laughing at my unimaginable pain.

     I suddenly felt an overwhelming anger flow through me. This monster had deemed Latias’ death as FUNNY?!

     I glared up at him and he stopped laughing.

     “Well, well, well…” He said casually. “Finally… Finally I can get the Guidecrystal. You’re nothing without your pet.” He added extra emphasis to the word, ‘pet’ simply to annoy me.

     “SHE WAS NOT A PET YOU MONSTROSITY!!!” I screamed out at him as he recoiled from the severity of my voice.

- - - - - - - - - -

     Tannor looked down at what was happening from the control room. “The kid is going to kill Gravely…” He said to himself. “If it’s the last thing he does, he’ll kill Gravely.”

     He looked up. “He’ll kill us all.”

     Tannor clenched his fists and turned around. “I have to get out of here. This is my last chance to do so.” He started walking down the hallway. The walk turned to a jog. Then a run.

     He finally had the door of opportunity opened before him. And this time he was taking it.

- - - - - - - - - -

     Gravely was annoyed by now. “Well how does it feel?! To lose your dreams?” He snapped back. “Because that’s what you have taken from me in this conflict!”

     Everyone stared at me as my eyes began to glow. “You know NOTHING, of pain…” I telepathically forced my words upon them, and they held their heads in pain. “Not until you’ve had everything you know… Everything you want… All your hopes and dreams… Gone.” I gritted my teeth.

     “Not until you have had your one love, die in your arms. The one that meant everything to you, die in your arms. Murdered by a cowardly MONSTER!” My eyes shone brighter. “THEN!! AND ONLY THEN YOU WILL KNOW MY PAIN!!”

     I tried walking over towards them, but fell back down. My legs weren’t functioning for some reason.

     I looked down, and all of a sudden I was in the dream. The one with the voice.

     “You were warned about your anger…” It told me. “And now you have failed to control it. Your Cataclysmic form, is now unleashed.”

     I screamed out as I was torn back into reality. But instead of a scream, it was more of an unearthly roar.

     The Guidecrystal seemed to burn within me. I looked down at it, and then I heard a cracking sound. The Guidecrystal had started fracturing.

     Energy streams began to shoot from it, and I cried out. Then it seemed to explode, the energy flowing around and into me as the Guidecrystal dissolved into my chest.

     I kneeled on the ground, my teeth gritted as my entire body began to glow. Gravely and the soldiers stepped back, looking at each other nervously.

     I roared out repeatedly, my voice seeming to transform into not one, but two voices at the same time. I held my head as I writhed on the ground.

     “GRRAAAAUUUOOOOOORGGHHHH!!!” I slammed my right fist on the ground, and it smashed through the platform. My eyes widened as I held up my hand.

     It had become like my Lateon form’s hand. But there were five long claws like deadly fingers morphing from it, and there was a large crystal growing in the top center of it.

     I felt a pain and looked at my shoulder. There was a line of crystals growing up from them as well.

     Then wings, also like Lateon’s wings then grew out from my back, and the points were crystalline.

     I began to shake violently, and soon I curled into a ball as energy built within me. I soon burst outwards, A shock wave blowing through the room.

     I growled deeply, with what seemed like a combined physical and telepathic voice.

     “Gragh… What h-happened?!” I roared out. I looked down and saw the shiny surface of the portal platform reflecting my image. It wasn’t very clear, but it gave enough information to startle even myself at this point.

     “Wh-What?!” I stared at the reflection. I now stood about 11 feet tall, and my body glowed and pulsed from the unusually large levels of energy coursing through me.

     And my… Tail? I now had a 15 foot long tail with three lines of sharp glowing crystals running down it, until they reached the end where three large crystalline blades were attached.

     My telekinetic powers were going crazy at points. Ceiling panels, wall panels, floor tiles. They were all ripped from their places at random. Just floating in the air around me.

     But it was my face that caught my attention as I stared at the reflection. The whole left side of it was Lateon’s. But the whole right side was Brad’s. My two form’s faces, combined into one. And when I spoke, it was both my voices at once.

     I looked up and saw the soldiers. They stared at me, absolutely horrified at what they were seeing.

     Then I saw Gravely. And that’s when things really started to go downhill.

     “WHAT IN THE WORLD?!” He exclaimed. “WHAT ARE YOU?!”

     I felt a strange urging start to take over me. And an ominous grin crept over my face. “I am the one you so foolishly decided to mock.” I said casually. “The one you took Latias away from.”

     “And now. I’m going to kill you.” I said with an unusual grin crossing my face. “Now I will show you EXACTLY what the definition of PAIN is!” I wasn’t speaking casually anymore.

     I began to float into the air, and Gravely started backing away. “ALLAN!” He yelled out. “TAKE HIM OUT TOO!”

     I quickly spun around at the sound of Allan’s gun cocking. I glared at him, my eyes now glowing bright. “YOU!” I yelled out at him. “YOU ARE THE ONE WHO KILLED LATIAS!”

     He started to shake as I glared at him. He dropped his gun and gasped as I lifted him into the air. I pulled him over and looked him straight in the eyes.

     “You have taken everything I love away from me.” He began to scream out as I grinned. “NOW, NOW I WILL TAKE YOUR LIFE AS PAYMENT!”

     I threw him away from me at high speed, then instantly following with a massive blast of energy. Completely vaporizing everything in it’s path.

- - - - - - - - - -

     Matt sat on the hill with his scope, overseeing the attack on the base and picking off P.A.O. soldiers now and then. It looked fairly well matched, and the losses were heavy on both sides.

     Then he saw a P.A.O. Jeep fly out of a barricade, shooting down the hill towards the river at high speed.

     He zoomed in closer and saw that there was a large white labcoat tied around the roll cage of the Jeep. And what looked like a very disturbed scientist driving.

     He held up his hands to keep the snipers from taking the fugitive out as well. Then noticing that the escapee kept glancing back at the base nervously.

     “What is up with this guy?” He said aloud, then being cut short as a massive green beam blew through the side of the largest P.A.O. building.

     “HOLY…”

- - - - - - - - - -

     Soldiers began to run for their lives. Several others threw their guns down and their hands up in surrender. Yet still some started firing on me.

     The bullets however, became victims of my uncontrolled telekinetic powers. Being deflected back at the soldiers, melted in midair, or just exploding where they were.

     There was to be found no mercy from me this time.

     Gravely began to run, and I telekinetically drew him to me. Helpless he began to plead with me. “H-Hey! Can’t we just talk this over?!”

     I smiled at him as if he was a small stupid child. “Well, look who wants to debate… The one who hunted me down. The one who always wanted to crush me under his foot. The one who murdered all those innocent Pokemon of the Resistance.”

     My face grew serious. “There will be NO mercy for you today… I will do to you, what you have done to me.” I wrapped my long claw-like fingers around him and held him up.

     He began to scream out as I started to crush him. “I HAVE LOST EVERYTHING I LOVED! NO THANKS TO YOUR OWN GREED!” I screamed right back at him.

     “EVERYTHING YOU HAVE! EVERYTHING YOU’VE WORKED FOR HERE, WILL BE DESTROYED!” I held him close and stared at him. “And I am going to enjoy every second of it like a finely prepared delicacy…”

     I then crushed and flung his remains across the room as I threw my body back in a psychotic laughter.

     I had officially lost control of myself.

     I looked down at the horrified soldiers with a wild look in my eyes. “YOU!” I pointed at them. “You have helped that monster cause all the destruction that the P.A.O. is now known for…”

     I chuckled. “Yet now… Heh heh. You are to become victims of the pain and hurt. Enjoy your last seconds of life.”

     With that, I was next to them instantly. Slashing through them as if they were simply grapes tossed into a garbage disposal.

     I was then distracted by the sound of opening doors at the other end of the room. I turned around, and an even bigger grin crossed my face. “Fun…”

     Three tanks entered through the door and aimed for me. In an instant I was at their end of the room. I threw my arm upwards and one of them flew into the air. The top of it slamming through the wall as I followed up with yet another energy stream.

     I detonated the other two tank’s shots in midair as I shot to the second.

     I created several large energy swords from my hands and severed the tank in half. It exploded as I turned to the third.

     I telekinetically bent the barrel downward as it fired, and the shot exploded in the barrel.

     I reached out at it and smiled evilly. “Bon voyage…” I said as I slammed my hands together. The tank crushed in on itself repeatedly and compressed into the size of a basketball.

     I launched it through the building’s wall and was away, back to slaughtering the rest of the soldiers in the room.

     I saw what I was doing in my mind. But my body was no longer under my own control. I willed it to stop the sickening violence, but I couldn’t do a thing.

     I started laughing again, and my body started glowing. “TIME TO END THIS! ONCE AND FOR ALL!”

     I created a giant shock sphere, shattering the building and half the base into millions of burning, molten shards.

     I saw even more soldiers swinging around in horror to see what in the world just happened. I laughed as I started walking towards them. I vaporized several with a blast as I walked.

     The only sign of mercy or compassion that I was showing was the force field I had generated and still held around Latias’ body.

     Soldiers began to scream and run from me towards the U.S. military. But I simply drew them back to me and slashed them to pieces, laughing as I went.

- - - - - - - - - -

     Matt sat on the hill, watching what was going on in total shock. “WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THAT?!” He said out loud.

     Jared turned towards him. “You don’t think it could possibly be… Brad, could it?”

     Matt zoomed back in. “Oh my god… The whole right side of his face is Brad’s… But, the left side is his Lateon form’s face.”

     They both looked at each other. “I don’t know what happened to him…” Jared said. “But he’s obviously lost control of himself.”

     Matt nodded and turned back. “The manner of his killing is… Inhuman…”

     Jared shook his head. “I don’t think he IS human anymore.”

     Then, one of the soldiers pointed down the hill. “Hey!” They yelled. “We’ve got company!”

- - - - - - - - - -

     Tannor had managed to pull himself out of the river after crashing into it with the Jeep. And he no longer had his white labcoat to show for surrender. He just hoped that the U.S. soldiers wouldn’t see him as an enemy.

     He was climbing the hill as fast as he could will his beaten and tired body to go. But spun around as he heard a massive explosion.

     The sight of the P.A.O.’s entire portal facility blowing into pieces told him everything he needed to know. And everything he needed for pushing himself harder.

     “HEY!” He yelled out as he climbed the hill. “HEY! U.S. SOLDIERS! I WANT OUT! I SURRENDER!”

     He looked up to see a group of ‘bushes’ shifting around. Then several guns poked out at him.

     “Well…” He panted. “I guess this is it then…”

- - - - - - - - - -

     I laughed maniacally as I blew through a building, tearing everything in it to pieces. I blew back out the other side as the whole building fell in on itself. Crushing everything in it.

     I looked up, the sight of Gunships heading for me. I instantly shot up and met one of them with energy swords ready.

     As it fell in several pieces, the other Gunships spun around confused as to where I had gone and why the others were exploding in rapid succession.

     I blew through a line of them at a speed so fast that other Gunships nearby had their wings blown off from the wind’s force. Then following through, slamming several together telekinetically while laughing in glee at the explosion.

     I felt the massive quantities of energy I was using, and even from here I was drawing energy from Crystoldia itself. I knew if I kept this up, I would either kill myself, or devastate a large section of Earth.

     The energy from Crystoldia was nearly a limitless supply. Drawing from all of that energy in this form would indeed cause an ‘unimaginable level of devastation’.

     I reached out my hand and started firing long thin lasers through all the P.A.O. aircraft that I could see. I started laughing hysterically as they blew up in rapid succession, unable to escape the lasers.

     I shot forward, instantly meeting some ships head on. I relished every second of destruction that I was causing. Yet somehow, I still craved more.

     I reached out and telekinetically blew some apart. “I must have more…” I muttered. “MORE!” I appeared over what was left of the P.A.O. complex and started gathering energy.

- - - - - - - - - -

     Matt was asking Tannor questions as he was being handcuffed and taken to the Hummer. Tannor himself, was too busy thanking them for taking him away. Which confused the soldiers greatly.

     Then he turned around and saw me floating over the base, green particles were being drawn towards me as I curled into a ball. His eyes widened. “RUUUUN!!” He yelled out as he broke away from the soldiers, running away from the base as fast as he could, with only one handcuff yet attached.

     Matt turned around and saw me, as did the other soldiers. His eyes widened, and likewise he yelled. “GET TO THE HUMMERS! WE GOTTA GET OUT OF HERE!”

     They ran to them and jumped in. Gassing it as they took off, Matt slowed down and a soldier pulled Tannor in. Then they were back off.

- - - - - - - - - -

     I had started shaking violently as the energy built within me. With the P.A.O. aircraft gone, and me still craving more destruction. I had resorted to simply destroying everything in the area.

     I roared out, my body now a blinding green light. My eyes shot open, and I unleashed the blast.

     The base was instantly vaporized, the remaining soldiers as well. While trees were blown to flaming shreds as the massive blast started rearranging the hillsides surrounding the area.

- - - - - - - - - -

     Matt and the rest of the soldiers were racing downhill as fast as their Hummers would take them. Then he felt the ground start to tremble. He glanced back and gasped as he saw the top of the hill being ripped off, the trees blowing into flames.

     Then the shock wave hit them. They held on and were battered around inside as the Hummers launched into the air.

     “This is it…” Matt thought. “I’m going to die.”

     He opened his eyes and saw their Hummer rapidly flying upside down towards the river. He braced himself, even though he knew an impact like that would kill him anyway.

- - - - - - - - - -

     I screamed out as the energy rushed out of me at such a rapid pace. I saw the devastation being caused, and smiled as I looked around.

     “Yeessss…” I closed my eyes and took in the feeling of what I had caused. Which, at my relaxation, started slowing everything as it flew around.

     The concrete chunks, the tree remnants, they all started slowing to a stop. Soon everything had stopped and was just floating in the air where they were.

- - - - - - - - - -

     All of a sudden, the Hummer stopped moving. Matt opened his eyes and looked around. Their Hummer was floating in one spot, spinning very slowly.

     He looked over at the other soldiers. But movement was like they were underwater. Matt looked out and saw the river right below them.

     He looked back at the soldiers and they nodded back. Tannor already had the same idea, and was trying to open the door.

     They got it open and climbed out. But they just floated there.

     “Now what?” Jared said. “We’ll still fall quite a ways if we stay here and the weird gravity issue ends.”

     Tannor spoke up. “Jump off the bottom of the vehicle.” He said.

     Everyone looked at each other, and started climbing down to the bottom of the Hummer.

     “Only one person at a time!” Matt said. “If we all jump at the same time, the Hummer will move and we’ll stay in the same spot.”

     He looked around and saw that the other soldiers in their Hummers were doing the same thing. They started jumping downwards towards the ground in slow motion.

     Matt was the last to jump, and as he did. He felt the gravity starting to shift around again. He reached down to Jared, and Jared reached back. Not enough.

     Then Tannor started climbing onto Jared from the water. He reached up just as Matt started being drawn away and pulled him down.

     They splashed back down into the water as everything in the air started being drawn back towards the former location of the P.A.O. complex.

     It all started swirling around in a massive telekinetic whirlpool.

     Matt then turned to everyone. “Well, if we get out of this alive. I can definitely say that this is by far the strangest thing I have ever seen.”

     Tannor shook his head. “I fear we won’t…”

     Everyone turned to him. “What? Why?” Jared asked.

     Tannor looked up. “Because he had his love murdered in his arms back there. And now he has lost all control. Either he will kill himself. Or he will kill us.”

     Then they heard jet engines. Looking up, they saw U.S. jets heading towards the blast area.

     “NO!” Matt screamed at them. “DON’T GO THERE!”

- - - - - - - - - -

     I opened my eyes and looked around. I let go of the swirling mass of debris, and it fell to the ground. The area where there used to be a P.A.O. base, cliffs and trees was now just a large rounded out crater that stretched for miles.

     I smiled at it all, then saw something in the distance. “What is this?” I said as I squinted.

     Several jets were coming my way. They were U.S., but in my Cataclysmic state I saw them as targets. Who they belonged to, I didn’t care.

     They were there. I must destroy them.

     I reached up towards them and smiled. “Goodbye…” I said casually.

     I was just about to fire a laser, when all of a sudden. I heard a voice.

     _{“B-Brad…”}

     I spun around. “WHA?! WHO SAID THAT?!”

     _{“Wh-What… have you… done?”}

     I held my head. “WHAT?! That… that sounds like…” I looked back at where Latias was, still in the shield.

     “Latias…”

     I was next to her in an instant. “LATIAS!” I yelled. “LATIAS, WAS THAT YOU?! SPEAK TO ME!!”

     The concussion from the blast even still jolted her through the shield. And somehow, it had started her heart again.

     One of her eyes opened slowly. “Br-Brad… What ha-have you… become?” She asked, and for once, I felt a hope. Something other than hatred and a want for destruction come over me.

     But her words struck me. What HAVE I become? I looked down at myself, and around at what I had caused. “I-I am Brad!” Then the want for more destruction started coming back over me.

     Then Latias spoke again. “No…” She said. “This… This is not… Who I… Love…”

     I fell to the ground and yelled out. The pain from her words was almost unbearable. “NOOO!!” I screamed. “I AM! I AM BRAD!”

     Latias’ head started drooping again. “If you were Brad…” She said. “Then you… You would have… Overcome this…”

     I cried out again. “GRRAAAAUURRGGHHH!!!” I held my head as I roared out.

     Latias continued. “If you… Were Brad… You would have known… to show at least s-some compassion…”

     I was weeping at this point. I looked over at her, and sadness filled my heart.

     Latias looked into my eyes. “I-If… You were Brad…”

     I screamed out. “NO MOOOORRRE!!! NOOOO!!” I fell to the ground, shaking all over. I started going into spasms, my tail slamming into the ground so hard it was creating small craters.

     “GRRAAAAAAGGHHHHH!!!” I held my head and rolled around on the ground.

     Tears were flowing down Latias’ face. “C-Come back… To me… Brad…”

     I managed to stop enough to look into her eyes. “I-I won’t… Stay… this… WAAYYYY!!” I roared out, and my body started glowing again.

     “AAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!” Latias looked longingly at me as I cried out.

     “Come… Back…” She said quietly.

     My entire body seemed to explode into green flames, and I stopped flailing. The flames and glow faded down, and I lay there in my Lateon form.

     I opened my eyes and looked around. “Wh-What happened?” Then it all came back to me. I held my head and cried out as I blocked out the scenes of what I had done.

     I rushed over to Latias. “LATIAS! LATIAS!” I cried to her. “I’M BACK! PLEASE DON’T LEAVE ME!”

     She smiled faintly up at me. “I-I’m sorry… Lateon…” She said. “I-I have… done my job… You’re back…”

     I started shaking. “SHUT UP! YOU WILL NOT DIE! NOT TODAY!!” I picked her up. “There has to be a way. ANY WAY!”

     Then an idea struck me. “Palkia…” I mumbled, then I was off. Shooting for the mountains where Palkia sent us before.

     Tears stained my vision as I flew, but they didn’t slow me down. I blasted off towards the spot as fast as I could push myself.

     Latias looked up at me. “I-I… I can’t… Lateon…” She mumbled as she started to droop.

     “NOOO!” I yelled. “I-I CAN’T LET YOU!” I had to bring myself back under control, cause I had started spinning.

     I reached the spot finally. “PALKIAAAA!!!” I screamed out. ”PALKIA PLEASE!!! PLEASE SEND ME TO THE RESISTANCE!”

     Then I heard his voice. “WH-WHAT IS GOING ON?!”

     I yelled out. “JUST SEND ME STRAIGHT TO THE RESISTANCE!”

     There was a pause, then he spoke. “Very well…”

     I felt the portal energy start to build around me again. “Hold on Latias…” I said. “We’re gonna get through this… Together!”

- - - - - - - - - -

     Mewtwo carried Lucano’s unconscious body back to what was left of the Resistance’s hideout. They had found the machine that controlled the B.T.E.P., and destroyed it.

     With that done, all the B.T.E.P. fell unconscious. This allowed the Pokemon to finally defeat the P.A.O. there.

     The few Pokemon that had stayed back at the hideout cleaned the medical facilities up. And they were already overflowing from all the Pokemon that were pouring in.

     Mewtwo sat down outside after he put Lucano in one of the rooms. He put his head in his hands and shivered. “So many have died…” He said to himself. “What has become of Brad and Latias? Did they make it?”

     He felt a strange energy, and all of a sudden a portal opened directly in front of him.

     “WHAT?!” He braced himself, preparing for anything. But even he wasn’t prepared for what came out.

     The portal disappeared and I was floating there, now in my Lati form holding Latias.

     Mewtwo gasped. “LATIAS!” He yelled shooting over towards me. “Wh-What happened?!”

     I was shaking. “Sh-She…” I swallowed hard. “She needs help NOW!” I shot off towards the medical area. “HEEELLLP!” I yelled.

     Pokemon whirled around and looked surprisingly at me. “LATEON?!” Some of them gasped. Either at me, or at the sight of Latias limp I don’t know.

     They moved aside and I shot through. I flew into the first medical room I saw, and thank goodness it was empty.

     I set her gently on the table and started shaking. Her head lay there, her limp body unmoving.

     The doctor rushed around the room, gathering what they needed as fast as they could.

     I held Latias’ hand as they did so. “Please Latias…” I said. “Please come back…”

     The doctor started asking me questions. “When did she stop moving? Where were you? Where was she hit?”

     “She went limp during the portal transport…” I said. “Sh-She’s not… She’s not moving. At all…”

     All of a sudden, Allie burst in. “LATEON!” She yelled. “I heard you and Lat-Oh no…” She looked in silently at Latias, then at me. Tears streaming down my face.

     “Lateon…” She said rushing over to me. “Lateon… Sh-She’ll be okay… won’t she?”

     I just started shaking. “I-I… I don’t… think so Allie…” I said it as if it was like lifting a planet.

     “WH-WHAT?!” She said. “NO! NOT LATIAS!”

     I clenched my fists and started hovering backwards.

     “What are you doing Lateon?” Allie asked me.

     I started shaking. “Sh-She’s one… Latias… My one love… She’s dead…”

     The doctor held up their hands. “No! Wait! There may be hope!”

     I shook my head. “NO! DON’T TELL ME THAT! SHE’S GONE!”

     Everyone stared at me. “Lateon…” Mewtwo started to say.

     I closed my eyes. “I-I can’t stay around here! I JUST CAN’T!” I yelled. “I’m leaving. There’s nothing here for me anymore…”

     Allie began to run towards me. “LATEON! THAT’S NOT TRUE!”

     But I just phased through the wall. I couldn't be comforted now.

- - - - - - - - - -

     Allie looked around. "How? How could this happen?!" She cried.

     The doctor looked up. "I need a serum, one good for sterilizing and healing wounds!"

     Allie looked around. "Hey!" She said. "I think I know! Mewtwo! Take me to Lateon's room!"

     Mewtwo looked at her curiously, but was desperate for anything that might help. "Okay, hang on!" He said, then flying through the halls to my former room.

     Allie searched around, then found what she was looking for. "Here!" She yelled. Mewtwo grabbed the small bag and shot off towards the medical facility. "I hope you know what you're doing here Allie..." He said.

     "I do." She responded.

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     I flew outside and roared out. “I HAVE NOTHING ANYMORE!”

     Then the voice entered my head. “That is a lie.” It said. “You are still the Guardian of Crystoldia. With, or without Latias. If you leave it, then whoever may stumble upon it someday would have the power to cause your pain to everyone here…”

     I stopped talking at the sound of this. There was no way I could let this happen to anyone else. I still had a job to do, and I was going to do it.

     I glanced back at the Resistance one more time, then shot off towards Crystoldia. I had a purpose, with or without Latias. And though I still couldn’t ever forget her, I still flew on.

     I had a commission. One that only I could fulfill now.