CHAPTER 5: PART 6
Back at Mt. Pyre, Sylph was sleeping peacefully in a feathery bed. She would have been comfortable, had she not been allergic to feathers. Sylph had taken to sleeping in the middle of the day. For some reason, she always felt tired after being around Deoxis.
A loud knock sounded from the stone door to her room. Sylph tried to block it out, but it had to be the most annoying knock ever, and she knew only one Pokemon who knocked like that.
Sylph: JUST COME IN, IDIOT!
The door flew open and a Grumpig entered quietly. Sylph glared at him with her purple eyes.
Sylph: what do you want, Keshi?
Keshi: I…
Sylph: whatever it is, go and see Spinner about it, I’m sleeping.
Keshi: this is very important, Sylph. I was just staring at a pole, and I had this vision…
Sylph: what where you doing staring at a pole?
Keshi: I don’t know, I just was! Anyway, I saw a great pillar of fire snaking its way towards our mountain base! That can’t be good…I’m scared!
Sylph: Keshi…If such a thing was going to happen, I’m sure I would be able to sense it. Now go away!
Keshi turned to walk away, but before he left the room, he turned back to his mistress.
Keshi: oh, Klyncher and his Dark army are attacking the deep sea rebellion near Pacifidlog. And I can only guess what Spiteshade is doing on land!!
Sylph: that’s nice.
Keshi: if you’re tired, I could magic coat your hypnosis back at you. Would that help?
Sylph: no. Go away.
Keshi walked out the room and two other Pokemon entered. Sylph pulled a pillow over her head and pretended to be asleep.
Spinner: um…Sylph?
Byter: I think she’s asleep, Spin…what do we do?
Spinner: go and touch her…
Byter: YOU touch her!
Sylph: WHY DON’T YOU JUST POKE ME WITH A STICK WHILE YOU’RE ABOUT IT!? I’M TIRED!!
Spinner: (squeaks) sorrie…
Byter: …Sylph…we, um, we really need to talk to you…
Sylph: wot?
Byter: um…well…we…
Spinner: Deoxis is going to kill us both, isn’t he?
Sylph: …
Byter: w…(sniff)…we know…he is going to execute us…w-we’re too weak to be Rulers of the Night…aren’t we? (choke)
Spinner: um…w-we’re really…scared…a-and we where wondering perhaps you could…um…
Byter: convince Deoxis to…to…
Spinner: do it painlessly?
Sylph: the Master hasn’t said anything about executing you…
Spinner: BUT HE WILL!! WE KNOW HE WILL!! HE ALWAYS EXECUTES WEAKLINGS! AND…AND…WE…
Byter: WE’RE WEEEEAAAAAAAAK!!! WAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!
Sylph felt a migraine coming on. She tried to produce the most calming vibes she could to calm her wailing allies down.
Sylph: please stop screaming. You are not weak. You may lack physical strength, but you make up for it in brains. We need both of you, and Deoxis knows that. Now wipe your eyes and get out of my room.
As the somewhat consoled Pokemon exited the room, another came in, a lanky Vigroth. Sylph began to wonder if she would ever get some sleep. She was tempted to call Keshi and have him magic coat her to sleep with her own hypnosis.
Vigroth: THE MASTER WANTS YOU!!!
Sylph: (groan)
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In Deoxis throne room, things where dark and scary as usual. Sylph slowly glided up to face the tyrant.
Deoxis: Sylph…I’m starting to think that Klyncher and Spiteshade will spell the end of our rebel friends. However, if they don’t succeed, I’m going to send in…
Sylph: my Psychic army?
Deoxis: no…I need you here at all times to defend Mt. Pyre. I’ll be sending in the combined forces of Byter and Spinner.
Now, I’ve been thinking about those two, and they ARE a hindrance…
Sylph felt a lump forming in her throat.
Deoxis: I was thinking…if they do go into battle perhaps we could arrange…a little something…so they are tragically wounded in battle and never come back?
Sylph felt sick at this suggestion. She knew exactly what Deoxis had in mind.
Deoxis: think you are up to the task, Sylph?
Sylph: Master…I respect you with all of my body, but what you are asking me to do is beyond my morals. I may be willing to carry out many of your commands, but I will never murder my own comrades.
Deoxis: I see…
Sylph felt an intense burning sensation in the back of her neck. She tried to endure it, but it hurt too much to beat. The Gardevior collapsed to the ground, clutching her head.
Deoxis: what’s the matter, Sylph? Is something wrong?
Sylph: w-what are you doing?
Deoxis: oh, that’s not me, that’s somebody else…
The Devil’s Machine glinted in Deoxi’s eye socket.
Deoxis: and that somebody wants you to do EXACTLY what I say…
For the first time ever, Sylph began to feel a hatred for Deoxis. A hatred for his new way of thinking, and a hatred for that revolting fake eye…
Sylph closed her mind and submitted herself to Deoxi’s will.
She knew she had no choice.
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Meanwhile, somewhere near Pacifidlog, a colony of water Pokemon where gathered at the sea’s bottom. This was the deep-sea rebellion. Led by a Relicanth known as Ageless. Ageless was definitely not very serious for a leader. The crown prince of the Relicanth race, he spent most of his time trying to impress the second-in command, a pretty Lanturn princess called Electra, rather than think up battle strategies.
Ageless: the sea is turbulent today, lady.
Electra: yes my lord, but peaceful. Our seafloor base has many advantages over that of those on land. Breela sent a messenger yesterday who told me that they are constantly under attack by the evil one’s forces. I fear for their safety…
Ageless: true. But we have not been attacked yet. That’s quite good in my opinion, seeing as most of our forces are very slack.
Electra: I should get them working…
The conversation was interrupted as a Kingdra swam up to them with an urgent look on his majestic face.
Kingdra: your majesty…there is trouble over at route 130! Two of our sentries have been assasinated! Crushed by superior forces! My underlings informed me that there where hundreds of them!
Ageless: what?
Electra: an attack?
A scream echoed through the sea, followed by another. Electra and Ageless shot off in the direction of the base.
Upon arrival, they where horrified at what they saw.
An army of very fast, very powerful Sharpedo where tearing into their unprepared forces! Electra noticed that all of these Sharpedo where wearing a scope lens.
Not only where untold numbers of the deep-sea rebellion being slain rapidly by the Sharpedo, a pack of Crawdaunt where crawling along the sea bed, crushing their coral shelters.
Electra: TROOPS! GET ABOVE THEM INTO FORMATION!
The water army rose high towards the surface. Most of the Starpedo tried to follew them.
Electra: now you pay! THUUNDERBOLT ATTAAAACK!!!
The deadly electric attack conducted with the water and struck about five of the marauding Sharpedo all at once! It only took one hit to dispatch a Sharpedo, seeing as their defensive power SUCKS!
A few of the Lanturn in the army copied their leader, firing whatever electric attacks they had at the pack of Dark types.
Electra: I’m going to teach you rough skinned murderers a lesson or two! YOU DON’T MESS WITH LANURNS!!
A loud, coarse voice echoed from frighteningly close to Electra. A familiar voice that sent a tingle up her spine.
Klyncher: we don’t mess with no Lanturns, missie…we mess ‘em up bad! CRABHAMMER!!
Smack! The powerful crab claw came slamming across Electra’s face. The wounded Lanturn turned groggily to face her aggressor.
Ageless: KLYNCHER!!
Klyncher: haw haw! Its me! I remember when we first met each other, Ageless! ‘Course, I was wiping out your family!
Ageless: you will pay!
Electra: you scum! You’ll never win!
Klyncher: oh I aint so sure, missie. Salvo an’ his army are doin’ a darn good job of hackin’ and slashin’ down yoa numbers! Hwa hwa!
A large, slender Sharpedo drifted beside Klyncher. He grinned an unpleasant set of fangs.
Salvo: pleased to meet you, I’m Salvo. When it comes to dealing out tickets to the land of the dead, I’m the vendor!
Electra smiled wryly at the Sharpedo and laughed.
Electra: hah! Don’t think I don’t know how vulnerable you Sharpedo are…One jolt from any of my fellow Lanturns, and your troops are history!
Salvo: that’s why you Lanturns are the first to go! TROOPS! FOCUS ON THE LANTURNS, TAKE THEM OUT ONE BY ONE!!!
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It’s Ridley! He’s become a dark diety! And what’s this? How did Birdo learn to play the recorder? Find out next update! Rootie-toot!
