This story is 100% non canon, and takes place several years in the future, in a universe where Dredd was never created.
“Replay message.”
“Hi Rose. It’s been a while.” The familiar voice said. “I hope you’re doing well. I’m sending you this message with a bit of a favor to ask.”
“I’m sure you’ve aware of the meteor that landed in the Sevii islands several days ago. My team has been studying it, and something about it is unusual. It seems to be radiating some sort of psychic energy, although we’ve been unable to determine its exact nature. Do you think that you would be able to come to assist in our research? I was hoping that with your powers, you might be able to pick up something that our equipment missed.”
I know this is sudden, and you’re probably busy, having recently taken charge of the Saffron City gym, so I understand if you can’t make it.” The message continued. “If you are able to come all of your travel costs will be reimbursed by-” A sudden bout of rough waves caused the boat to rock, nearly knocking the poketech out of Rose’s hand.
“Send message… Alice.” Rose used the voice commands on her Poketech. “Its Rose. I just wanted to let you know that I’m almost there. We can meet up tomorrow morning. See you soon.”
“End message.”
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“It’s not much further.” Alice explained, leading Rose down the trail. As the pair neared the impact site, the foliage seemed to thin out. It seemed as though the impact had been large enough to strip branches off of the nearby trees.
“Do you feel that, Amirah?” Rose asked. The Chimecho let out a chime. Alice was right. Rose could feel that something up ahead was giving off some kind of energy, although she was still too far away to determine what was causing it. As they got close, many trees had been completely knocked down, making the walk much harder.
Soon Rose could sense the edge of the crater up ahead. It was quite a bit larger than she had expected. By the edge of the crater, tents were set up. Several people in lab coats stood nearby, most taking readings with various devices. Seeing the pair, an older man approached them.
“Welcome back Alice.” The man greeted her. “I presume that this is Ms. Woods?” He said, turning to Rose.
“Please just call me Rose.” Rose responded, a hint of nervousness in her voice.
“Rose, this is Doctor Evans. He’s the one in charge of our research here.” Alice explained.
“It’s a pleasure to meet you. Alice has told me a lot about you. The study led by Doctor Leming that you were apart of. truly fascinating research. But anyway, where are my manners?” Doctor Evans smiled, extending a hand.
“It’s n-nice to meet you too.” Rose stuttered slightly as she shook the doctor’s hand.
“There’s no need to be shy!” Doctor Evans declared. “Now Alice, why don’t you fill in Rose here about what we’ve learned so far?”
“Of course.” Alice responded, moving closer to the edge of the crater. At the center of the impact site rested a large rock, at least a dozen feet across. “The meteorite is unnaturally tough. Normally when a meteor of this size impacts, most of the meteor is destroyed, but this one has stayed mostly intact. In addition, we have made several attempts at cutting into the meteorite, but they’ve all failed. Lastly, any attempts to move or damage the meteorite seem to agitate the psychic field it’s creating.”
“Alice recommended that we invite you here because you are a psychic who specializes in detecting things. She believes that you might be able to figure out the cause of the psychic field.” Doctor Evans explained.
“I’ll try my best.” Rose smiled nervously. It was true that Rose’s powers let her see things, but typically she used them more to see things that were far away. She had never tried to use them like this.
Rose walked up to the edge of the crater. Despite not being able to see, she still found that closing her eyes helped her focus. It was immediately apparent that the meteor was giving off some sort of psychic energy.
“Do you feel anything?” Doctor Evans asked.
“Let her focus.” Alice cut in.
“No, it’s okay.” Rose opened her eyes. “The energy that meteorite is giving off… It feels… Almost like a psychic type Pokemon.” She explained.
“You don’t think that there could somehow be a Pokemon trapped inside, do you?” Alice questioned.
“I’m not sure. I need to get closer to tell any more.” Rose said.
“You can get closer if you want to, however, due to the unknown nature of the psychic field, you will need to wear an insulated suit to shield you from it.” Doctor Evans affirmed.
“If I wear a suit like that, I won’t be able to see anything either.” Rose explained. “I’ll be okay. I can shield myself from anything that field might do.” Doctor Evans glanced over at Alice, who nodded back.
“This is a breach of safety regulations, but I’ll allow it.” Doctor Evans said, his voice suddenly becoming more serious.
After Alice had changed into an insulated suit, the pair descended into the crater. The steep descent was aided by a rope handhold. Doctor Evans watched from the side as the two girls made their way towards the meteorite.
Now standing only several feet from the meteorite, Rose closed her eyes again, focusing. Rose could feel something; it was as if the meteorite was somehow breathing. The psychic field pulsed faintly, almost like a heartbeat. Rose walked up to the meteorite, moving her hand towards it.
“Wait-” Alice tried to stop her. Rose laid her hand on the meteorite, peering into it. And something peered back. Rose stumbled backwards, startled as the amount of energy the stone was putting out suddenly began to surge.
“Stand back!” Alice shouted, grabbing Rose’s arm and beginning to pull her away from the meteorite. Amirah let out a nervous chime, hovering circles around the two girls. Alice was mostly protected by the insulated suit, but the sudden surge of energy began to cause Rose’s head to ache. At the edge of the crater, it seemed that the energy had been powerful enough to knock the researchers unconscious.
“Rose, these readings- we need to get out of here!” Alice called out, looking up from the device she had been taking measurements with.
Rose watched in fear as cracks began to spread across the meteorite. She was certain now; There was something inside the meteorite. Something sentient. And whatever it was, it was building up energy. As Alice and Rose tried to make their way towards the edge of the crater, the ground began to shake.
“We’re not going to make it!” Alice shouted.
“Amirah, Protect!” Rose ordered. The psychic type let out a chime as a purple spherical barrier appeared around the two girls. Not even a second later, the stone ruptured, releasing a wave of debri and psychic energy. Even with the barriers protection, Alice and Rose were knocked down as the ground shook furiously, rocks raining down all around them. The barrier flashed and cracked as it was struck, but it held.
As the tremors began to subside, Amirah lowered the barrier. Rose stood up, coughing from the dust that had permeated the air. Even before the dust had settled, Rose could sense something standing where the Meteorite had previously been. It was a Pokemon unlike any she had ever seen. It appeared to be anthropomorphic, but it had two pairs of intertwined tendrils as arms. In its chest was a core of some sort. Soon, Alice had noticed it too.
“What… is that?” Rose questioned anxiously, concerned at what the clearly powerful Pokemon might do next.
“I’m not sure.” Alice responded, beginning to take more readings with the device in her hand. Rose removed a Pokeball from her bag. The Pokemon didn’t seem to be doing anything for the moment, but Rose could sense that it was dangerous.
“Do you have any Pokemon with you?” Rose asked.
“Just one unfortunately.” Alice said. The amount of power Rose could sense from this Pokemon was incredible. Even with her strongest team, Rose was unsure if she could win alone.
“Alice… Climb back out of the crater and try to call for help.” Rose suggested.
“I can’t leave you down here alone with that thing though.” Alice argued.
“I’ll be okay for now.” Rose insisted, releasing her first Pokemon: An Espeon. In truth, Rose was scared, but she felt that this was the best course of action. Alice turned and began to head back out of the crater.
“Lux-” Before Rose could finish her command, the mysterious Pokemon vanished.
“Alice, hold on-” Suddenly, the Pokemon reappeared, now less than ten feet away, blocking Alice’s exit. Its arm like appendages reared back slightly, then shot out directly at Alice. Before either of the girls could react, Lux darted out and lept between Alice and the unknown Pokemon, taking the brunt of the attack.
“Lux!” Rose shouted, watching as the small Pokemon fell to the ground. In one attack, the Pokemon had been able to knock out one of her team. She was relieved to see that the Espeon was breathing, but it was still badly injured. Her heart racing, she recalled it and prepared her next Pokemon.
“It looks like it isn’t going to let any of us leave.” Alice commented, a bit shaken up by what had just happened. Pulling out a Pokeball, Alice released her one Pokemon.
“Aster, crunch!.” Alice commanded. The Archeops swooped in, but as it drew close, the unknown Pokemon’s form began to change, its build becoming bulkier. The flying type chomped down on the Pokemon’s arm for several seconds, but seemed to do little damage. The Pokemon began to flail its arms around, sending Aster flying off.
Rose clicked two pokeballs, releasing a Starmie and a Malamar. She closed her eyes, focusing on the task at hand.
“Torrent, circle around and blast it with hydro pump while Luna keeps it occupied from the front.” Rose commanded telepathically. Luna slashed at the Pokemon with her tentacles, getting its attention, and actually seeming to do a bit of damage. As Torrent circled around the Pokemon, the deoxys shifted its attention to it, but in this new bulkier form, it was too slow to hit the much faster water type.
“Aster, Acrobatics!” Alice commanded, the flying type swooping in for another attack. While the unknown Pokemon was pinned down by her team’s attacks, Rose released a Metagross.
“Meta, Hammer arm!” She ordered. Just when it seemed like they may have a chance at winning, suddenly the Pokemon shifted forms again. This time, it took a much lighter, swifter looking form. It leapt into the air, avoiding all of the incoming attacks, before darting towards Rose’s Starmie.
The unknown Pokemon unleashed a quick flurry of attacks, then headbutt the water type, sending it flying. It dodged to the left, avoiding the Malamar’s attack, before switching forms again, now to something appearing more streamlined, and unleashed a devastating attack on Aster, knocking him out.
“Ignis,” Rose began, releasing a Delphox, “Blast it with everything you’ve got.” As the Malamar struggled to take the unknown Pokemon’s attacks, the Delphox unleashed a blast of fire, scoring a direct hit. The unknown Pokemon reeled back in pain. It seemed that in this form, it was more vulnerable to attack, but it would take more than that to finish it. Out of the fire it darted towards the Delphox, knocking him out with a barrage of attacks before teleporting back behind the Malamar, finishing her off.
Rose fearfully took a step back as she removed her last pokeball from her bag.
“T-this is it.” Rose stuttered, beginning to lose her composure. “Alice. While I fight it with my last Pokemon, I want you to try and escape again. Take Amirah with you. She’ll protect you.”
“I’m not leaving.” Alice said defiantly. “I have faith in you. And besides, I’m the one who asked you to come here, so I can’t just leave now.”
“In that case… I guess I have to find a way to win.” Rose took a deep breath, her hand trembling. She had saved her most powerful Pokemon for last. She pressed the button on her Pokeball, and her Pokemon- a Gardevoir- appeared in a flash of red light. Activating her keystone, the psychic type began to glow a brilliant white, its form changing.
Lily, Moonblast.” She ordered. The Gardevoir sprung into action, darting around to avoid the unknown Pokemon’s attacks as she unleashed a barrage of energy. Both Pokemon appeared evenly matched, teleporting back and forth in a chaotic series of skirmishes The battle would have been difficult to follow with sight alone, but with Rose’s powers, she could tell always exactly where both Pokemon were.
Lily blasted a psychic wave at the Pokemon, which then teleported behind the psychic type, body slamming it into the ground. While the Gardevoir struggled to stand, the unknown Pokemon, now severely weakened, began to gather energy in its core.
“Amirah, Protect!” Rose panickedly commanded her partner. A barrier formed just in time as the unknown Pokemon fired a hyper beam. The beam pounded the barrier, the force of the impact enough to send a blast of wind and heat in all directions. Rose watched anxiously, struggling to maintain her footing as the ground trembled violently. The barrier began to ripple and crack. Just as it seemed ready to give, the barrage ended.
For a moment as the dust cleared, the unknown Pokemon stood still. Then, after leaning back and forth several times, it collapsed. Focusing, Rose could sense that the Pokemon was unconscious.
“It’s… over.” Rose knelt down, feeling lightheaded from the stress of the battle that had just unfolded. It seemed that the Pokemon’s last attack had used up all of its remaining energy.
“I’m sorry I couldn’t help more, but I knew you could do it.” Alice smiled faintly. “We should capture it. It’s dangerous, but it’s not like any Pokemon I’ve ever heard of before. We’re going to have to study it.”
Rose nodded in agreement. While she was unsure if the great ball would be able to contain such a powerful Pokemon for an extended period of time, it was too dangerous to leave the Pokemon alone. For a moment, Rose wondered if the best thing to do might be to kill the Pokemon to ensure it couldn’t do any more harm, but she quickly pushed the thought out of her head. There was no way she could bring herself to do that.
“I’ll do it.” Rose said, standing back up. She pulled a great ball out of her bag and began walking towards the unknown Pokemon. As she got close, she paused for a second. Something was wrong. She took a step back. Before she could react, the Pokemon suddenly sprung back to life, its arms flailing about chaotically. Rose opened her mouth to say something, but before she could even give any commands, Amirah had already begun to raise a barrier between her and the Pokemon.
The unknown Pokemon sprung to its feet and lurched forward, headbutting the barrier. A loud crack echoed through the crater as the barrier shattered. Amirah struggled to create a new barrier, but was unable to use Protect again so quickly. The unknown Pokemon reeled back both arms in preparation for one last attack.
“Rose!” Alice cried out. Rose watched in terror, desperately trying to come up with something.
“Flamethrower.” The voice was followed by a sudden intense jet of flame from above, engulfing the Pokemon. Rose had been so focused on the threat in front of her that she had failed to notice a trainer fly in on the back of a Charizard. Ending its attack, the Charizard swooped down low to the ground, allowing the man on its back to hop off. The tall trainer appeared to be in his mid 20s.
“Who…” Rose began.
“We can talk when this is over.” The man replied, not giving Rose time to finish. Throwing two more Pokeballs, an Aggron and a Medicham appeared. The Aggron slammed into the ground, causing the unknown Pokemon to lose its balance, giving the Medicham a chance to move in close and deal several swift blows. The trainer’s Pokemon attacked relentlessly, never giving the unknown Pokemon a chance to counterattack. Soon, it had collapsed, this time down for good.
“Finish it.” The man ordered. The Aggron began to pick up a large chunk leftover from the shattered meteorite.
“What are you going to do?” Rose questioned concernedly.
“I’m going to make sure that thing can never hurt anyone.” The man replied.
“But-” Rose’s objection was cut off as the Aggron slammed the rock down on the Pokemon’s head, crushing it in one blow.
“Don’t try to say that we didn’t have to kill it.” The man said sternly. “if it had been allowed to live, it would have killed thousands of people.”
“How do you know that?” Rose asked with a mixture of sadness and anger, shocked at the man’s ability to kill a Pokemon without a second thought.
“Because I’ve seen it happen.” A look of sadness suddenly appeared in the man’s eyes. “That Pokemon was called Deoxys, and I’ve seen it bring down buildings and kill many people, some of my friends included. Let’s just leave it at that. If I told you much more I doubt you’d believe me anyway.” Rose calmed down slightly as she listened to the man’s explanation.
“Anyway, this is taking longer than it was supposed to. It’s about time I get going.” The man said, climbing back onto his Charizard.
“Wait… What’s your name?” Rose asked.
“Jo-” the man began, but stopped midway. “Nevermind.” Before Rose could ask anything else, the Charizard took off , and just as quickly as the trainer had appeared, he was gone.
“He didn’t even give us a chance to thank him…” Rose said, a bit disappointed. Alice looked up from where she had been examining Deoxys’ body.
“It’s over though, for real now.” Alice responded. Still shaken up, the pair began to make their way back out of the crater.
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