4 Death Angel

Celadon Forest, the final resting place of happiness so long ago. Yet it seems just as yesterday which this world turned its back on me. I have questioned why lady luck would just pass me by many times, like my survival at Viridian or my fated meeting with the twins, and never actually follow me through. Why would I even bother to live on I had not a single idea. In this journey through Kanto, I found that purpose, if only because I was shown the path.

The years of darkness after that event I could never remember very well, if only because I could not have taken my time to register anything into my memory banks due to a loss of working memory, or because the event burned such a hole within my memory that I could not encode anything to my permanent memory. I recalled facing some of the most dangerous men in this world during this time, as I wished to die. I also recalled my inability to do anything after the helplessness that I felt.

Within the years of darkness following, I recalled several key events that gave me at least some indication on what I actually did back then. I recalled the time when I was in the deepest of depression, when my saviour came to me. She was the same person whom I've liked in the past, yet after that, I could not bring myself to love again.

Her name was Caitlyn, abbreviated to Kate. She came to me some time after the capture, literally knowing I was in the same forest I could never escape without her. At first I had a vision of the twins when she came, but the light of hope vanished as my obstructed vision saw not two, but a single blond woman. She reached out to me, and in my tunnel vision, I tried to focus on the hand. It was to no avail. I recalled hearing a muffled voice that was familiar, yet estranged at the same time.

As my vision and my hearing cleared, it was clear to me that Kate came back to me, for reasons I did not know. I tried to reach her, but it was impossible in my curled up state. Gathering my strength, I uncurled to no avail. She grabbed hold of my right arm and dragged me a few feet before stopping. By that time, I had recovered enough to uncurl. “I see that you're still alive,” she whispered to my ear.

I tried to speak, against my subconsciousness, against my state, against all that I have gained to get such a large fall, and all I was able to say in my condition was, “Out.”

It was not for another few days before I was able to stand again. Out in the distance was an Ursaring. I considered just running headlong into the bear to end right there, but something stopped me from doing such foolishness. It was a tug after my first step, and behind me was a half dead Kate holding my leg. If it was not for me, at least it would be more suitable for her to destroy me, if anything, so I abandoned the idea of running and embracing death to carry her to some source of energy or some form of liquid. It was not after three or four steps before I ran out of all energy and shut down completely.

I had awakened in a hospital room. With a booming headache and seeing tubes pumping salt water into my bloodstream, I had thought that this was just another form of punishment for me until I noticed the person next to me, still asleep. It was Kate yet again. I decided to take a stroll around the hospital, and got down from the bed. I pushed my small IV stand while walking aimlessly through the halls. A jumble of visuals presented themselves to me: a nurse scrambling for something at her desk, a child looking at me with fear, and the vision of a death in the far corner of the hospital were among the visuals. I wondered what it meant, and without such purpose, I just returned to my room.

As I entered that room, I saw Kate panicking. It seemed that she did not find me after waking up, and feared for the worst. “Hello, Kate,” I forcefully murmured.

Seeing me at the door, she sighed out of relief and replied, “Hello, Arthas.”

“It's been a while hasn't it?”

“Yes.”

“...”

“Arthas, what happened to you? I've observed you ever since you were in Saffron City, and...”

“So you know too. I can't imagine what the people would say about trash such as I. I have nothing, no power, no love, only a life remaining.”

“Arthas, this isn't you.”

“And I have not been myself for a long time.”

“Sometimes I do wish to turn back time, if only to not see you like this.”

“What happened there happened. Nobody can change history.”

“Nobody but you.”

Intriguing. My brain began to function again. I had the power to change history? Maybe it was possible considering my powers. No, I would take revenge, that would be my new purpose in life, even if it took my own soul to do it. “I now know why I had a crush on you back then,” I groaned.

“Well then, you should see what you can do for your former crush,” she chirped.

It was that same day when she left the hospital. I had to stay longer due to my depression draining so much life out of me. I tried to gather my thoughts. First, the visions began to make sense to me. A man died in the corner of the hospital that day, and the child was his grandson. The nurse, obviously, was rushing around due to such emergency. Although it was something so simple, why did it enter my mind? I did not ponder the question very long, and continued to rest in the hospital until discharge.

When I returned from the hospital, I needed a place to stay, although I was sure that my house back at the swamp should be impervious to rats and other scum from planting themselves there. Either way, I needed to find Kate to personally thank her, and to begin my domination of the darkness, and to destroy the one who caused my misery. Searching through the records at the Celadon Pokemon centre via hacking, I noticed that Kate was never actually registered in any centre, nor did she ever use one. This would mean that she never owned a Pokemon in her life, which I knew wasn't true. Even the hospital records showed up a blank. The most likely situation was that she was under a fake name, or she had some affiliation with Celadon, and thus an records of her would have been deleted. That still left out the question of why she would even wish to do that. Without a clue I could not do anything but to just leave it at that, and to begin my reign in the darkness. Hopefully that would at least give me a clue on her whereabouts.

I treaded to Lavender Tower, going around Saffron. I wished not to meet with unnecessary difficulty, and this method was the most simple. It took several long and excruciating days to make it into the tower, where I just walked into it as if I was an official of some sort. The feeling of being the only human, or human-like organism in the entire tower was still a novel experience to me, yet it was a bold maneuver regardless.

The top of the tower sat Gengar, as usual on his throne of darkness. He gave me a sharp leer before standing up from his throne. Calling off his guards, he began, “I have been expecting you, my apprentice.”

I walked in front of him, on the red carpet. I noticed that the lack of decorations was the ordeal in this throne room once again. I guess practicality was the more pressing issue. I replied to Gengar, “I'd assume you know what I'm here for, then.”

“Of course. And I will cut to the chase. I want you in one final mission, and this mission just happens to coincide with your needs.”

“You want me to take out Mewtwo?”

“Precisely. I want you to take half of my legion of darkness into battle, at Mount Silver where Mewtwo currently resides. I can wait on this mission, and you can have a little fun with your reign of darkness if you want. I do not care as long as you finish this by the end of the year.”

“Very well, master. And should I succeed or fail?”

“Should you fail, you would likely be killed along with that half of my legion. And likely I'll be hunted after, not that Mewtwo can do anything against me or my legion.

“However, should you succeed, you will leave this world. I will send you to another dimension where you can restart your life with all the power you received. I will erase your existence from this world, but your legacy will live on in this world.”

“I understand, master. I will attempt to completely destroy Mewtwo for your cause.”

“Very well then. It is settled. And what will you name that half of my legion?”

“The 'Death Angels'.”

“Very well. Arthas. You and the Death Angels will storm Mewtwo on Mount Silver by the end of this year. I expect good results from you. And with that, I will also grant you your final power.”

“Yes master.”

The darkness surrounded me once again. It was a familiar surrounding that I got used to since my depression. The dark powers surged through me as I looked on into the blankness of the dark. Tho I could not see, I felt the darkest of powers surging. A countering ability was this power's game, the ability to nullify anything and everything at the cost of life itself.

I couldn't help but think that my existence had more meaning than my revenge, now that Gengar had told me such words. However, if that was the case, what would be my true purpose? I had not time to think of these petty consequences, as the time at hand called for my full attention, to destroy the one who caused my misery.

The time had come. I commanded my legion to stay with the darkness until I give them their command to attack. With all this time in my hands, I decided to take a small trip around Kanto before going to attack. Besides, it would be nice to get some news on the situation before destroying Mewtwo once and for all.
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Yeah this chapter is shorter just because I'm too lazy....or that this was meant to be shorter....or whatev. XD

Next chapter: Hatred Runs
Clue to what next chapter is about: Saffron