Voila! Part Five, in glorious splendor! Have fun reading! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Part Five ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Yes, I think Keegan should go with you guys, and I can stay here and protect everybody from Darkrai if he comes back." I said eagerly. "Don't be ridiculous!" Sarah said, "Keegan has no experience traveling as a Pokemon, and you only want to stay because Jessica is here. To you, 'everybody' is Jessica." she said, frustrated at me. "Torgan, it does take experience. Jessica will be fine, and Keegan will just stay here. We can depend on Keegan to watch everyone, not just your 'precious'." Jaimy said disgustedly. "I'd like stay here," Keegan piped up quietly. We shot him dirty looks, telling him to shut up! with our eyes. "Never mind," he grumbled and looked away. I decided that it was not a good idea to argue about it, so I gave in, "Fine, Jerkface," I muttered, and she slapped me, "Ouch, no need to hit people!" I cried out, holding my cheek. Jaimy glared at me and snapped, "I put up with your attitude all the time, and I am sick of it! Just shut up," She looked like she was about to yell at me, and the quote 'Hell hath no fury like a woman's scorn' popped through my head. I slid over to Jessica. "I have an idea," Jessica said, stepping forward. I stared at her... she intervened, now she was going to die... oh well, I tried to save her. Jaimy's wrath wouldn't stop at me. "Don't you guys give me that look! Keegan should stay here, but you still have to train him. You need to train him, sorry Torgan as much as I would like to spend time with you, to protect us, especially since Keegan doesn't have any experience," she smiled grimly at me. "Yeah that works! Oh yeah and punch Torgan in the gut a couple times for me, would you? He'll take it better from you," Jaimy said happily. "Okay" she smiled, "Kinky." and she punched me playfully, and I kissed her. "That was really close to the sickest thing I have ever heard and seen, and I'm going to try to forget it. Anywho," Jaimy said loudly, trying to forget Jessica and I, "We will start Keegan's training tomorrow, now let's relax," A couple minutes later I went to find Jaimy. "Hey Jaimy, can I borrow your Celebi picture for a while?" "What for?" "I am going to go back in time and steal a ring. I'm planning to propose to Jessica," I whispered. "Torgan, you're not eighteen yet, what are you thinking? Oh wait, you can't think, you don't have a brain," she said, sounding exasperated. "Ha ha ha," I laughed, my voice thick with sarcasm, "Jaimy, by this time there really aren't any laws left, they've been burnt up, and could probably fit in an ash tray." "True, true. Fine, but I get to be the bride's maid. I don't want to stand in the shadows." "Whatever you say, Jaimy. Let me see the picture of Celebi!" She handed it to me. I transformed and flew to Fred Meyer; Fairbanks didn't have a lot of choices. I found the section that would be where the jewelers store would be, and hovered at a certain height, so when I go back in time, I would be inside the ring display, and not get caught by motion detectors. I went to the past at night, because if people saw me I might end up in the news... not such a good thing. I looked around inside the case. There were some nice ones, and some that looked like someone thought that marriage shouldn't happen. One caught my eye, it had a moonstone in the middle, with diamonds around the moonstone, and it had a thin silver base. It was perfect, so I grabbed it and time traveled to the future. I rushed back to the basement. "Okay, let me see it," Jaimy said excitedly. I showed it to her. "It's pretty, go show Sarah," she said, sounding like she was talking to a toddler with a brand new toy that he was proud of. I walked up to Sarah, "Sarah, guess what!" "Hmm..." she said, sounding bored. "You know what, I'm not going to tell you now." "Just tell me!" "Okay, I'm going to propose to Jess." "Really?" She actually sounded excited. I thought she was going to be angry and tell me we had better things to do. "Here's the ring." I showed it to her. "Moonstone, my favorite gem... but aren't you two a little young?" Sarah inquired. "There aren't any adults to force laws on us anymore. And even if there were, like I told Jaimy, they'd all fit in an ash tray by now." "Right, well...okay," she said uncertainly. I walked over to Jess "Hey honey." "Hi, how's it going?" "Fine, will you follow me, there is something I need to show you." "Oh sure, I'll follow you anywhere," I looked at her eyes gazing at me lovingly and her voice sincere. It took the breath out of me. I kissed her. We started walking over towards the river; the purified water was beautiful. "What do you want to sh-" she stopped as I got down to one knee. I wasn't as nervous as I was expecting to be. Maybe it was because I knew she loved me, and that even if she said no, she would love me. I opened the little black box with the ring in it. "Jessica, I love you, I need you. Will you marry me?" "Yes," was all she said. And I took her hand and placed it on her ring finger. I kissed her arm and went up till I got to the edge of her mouth, and I kept going up to her ear. "Thank you," I whispered to her. We walked back. "Can I see?" asked Jaimy, running up. Jessica stuck out her hand with the ring on it. "Hey Torgan," Jessica said "Yeah?" "I will marry you like I said I would, but you're only sixteen, the wedding can't happen for another two years." "What? Oh c'mon, there aren't any laws on the earth anymore that say anything about getting married at eighteen!" "Can't you just promise me this?" "Alright, I promise, but in two years we better get married." "I promise too. I wouldn't be wearing the ring if I wasn't going to." she smiled. We went over to the bed and she sat down, and I sat beside her. She laid her head on my shoulder and I thought that I could die happily now. She fell asleep, and I lay down, with her on my chest. * * * This was familiar; this was where my dream version of Cresselia came. This must be a dream. "Cresselia? Hello." "Hello, Torgan." "Cresselia, you saved me from eternal nightmares when Darkrai came, and you didn't come the next night, so I didn't get to thank you, so thank you." I smiled. She didn't return the smile. "Torgan, you will never see me again and I'm never going to see you again. I can tell that your bond with Jessica is strong, something I can not break," She was crying now. I walked over to her. "Before you go, I want to kiss you," I knew exactly why I was doing this. I was trying to make up for how much I was hurting her, and how much she had helped me. "What?" But I didn't give her time to really respond. I threw my arms around her and kissed her, but she pushed me away. "Don't, this will only make it harder," she sobbed. * * * I awoke. "Holy shit! What do we do?!" Sarah's voice was loud. I opened my eyes. I asked where Sarah and Jaimy were, and Tyler pointed up towards the surface. I scrambled up the steps, and gasped at the sight before me. There was Groudon, and it was an unnatural shiny dark purple. "Why is he that color?" I shouted to Sarah. I saw Jaimy as a Torterra getting ready to fight him. Grass type, good idea, super effective against ground. I turned into a Venusaur, and Sarah a Sceptile; we were hitting up the Starters today. Stop, I told myself, no time for making jokes. < At the count of three let's all use our razor leaf at the same time! 1-2-3! > There were leaves flying everywhere, but Groudon used Fire Blast and burned all of the leaves before they hit them. The sky was dark, despite the fact that Alaska only got dark in winter. There was a storm. Groudon looked at me, his usually yellow eyes glowing red. Lightening flashed, and it started pouring rain. I thanked god, as fast as I could, that we were not fire types. I used Leech Seed. Groudon roared; a sound that shook the earth. He raised his hand and used Slash on me. The pain. It was hardly bearable, it hurt so much. I couldn't take it after a moment, and collapsed. When Jaimy attacked me in our battle, it wasn't so bad. But when a Legendary Pokemon attacks you, it's more than just your average pain. They're called Legendary for a reason, believe me. I managed to get up, with more than a little help from the Leech Seed attack I used. I threw a Worry Seed at Groudon, just as he was about to use Rest. I saw him turn to Jaimy and use Fire Blast. Jaimy screamed and fell to the ground. I saw a little shimmer of light and she got up, albeit a bit dazedly. < How did you do that? > I thought at her, amazed. < Synthesis. You can use it too! > She thought, still too weak to actually talk. I healed myself, then used Sludge Bomb. It wasn't the greatest move choice, but it wasn't entirely ineffective. Sarah dodged just as Groudon was about to use Slash on her. Sarah then quickly used Agility and hit Groudon with Leaf Blade. It roared, but it didn't sound like its previous roar. It sounded like a thousand screaming souls. It made me shudder and wince. Jaimy took advantage of its weakness and used Leaf Storm. He aimed yet another Fire Blast at Jaimy. I protected her, and took the hit instead. Then I saw it. "No!!" I screamed, my voice hoarse. Jessica was going to get Groudon's Fissure attack, and it would kill her. She must have heard the battle and got worried about me, and came out. It didn't happen in slow motion, but it was still like a movie. Sarah jumped and knocked Jessica out of they way and took the hit instead. "SARAH!" I screeched. I turned to Groudon in a fury. I used Sunny Day, and a little patch of cloud above me vanished, letting light in. I dodged another attack without thinking about it. Why did this have to happen? Why Sarah, not me? It was my fault Jessica was even here; I should have been the one to take the hit to protect her! I used Razor Leaf. It hit. I wasn't thinking about much, except for Sarah. She had to come back. Life without Sarah... it was unthinkable. All my family had died. So I got my new family. I loved them; I wouldn't, couldn't, let them die. I imagined Sarah white and pale. Dead. "Gahh!" I screamed, and released a powerful Solar Beam. Meanwhile, Jaimy used Leaf Storm. The attacks hit with massive force. I used Seed Bomb again and again, not stopping for breaks. I was angry, and I just kept going. I used Frenzy Plant. It hit Groudon, and he shook, but was now motionless. I turned back into a human, and fell to my knees and sobbed. "Torgan!" Jaimy ran up. I could see the tears staining her face, "It's okay..." her voice breaking at the end. "Jaimy, if Sarah, if she..." I couldn't get myself to say the words 'is dead'. I choked out, "It's my fault, I wasn't there to protect Jessica. I should've... I ...I...." I collapsed on the ground in tears. "Torgan, it's not you fault. She did what she had to do, right now we need to make sure they are alright!" "Right," I tried to smile. I could tell it only looked like my mouth was going to fall off. I ran to Jessica. "Are you okay?" I asked worriedly. "I'm fine..." "Good, stay here." I said and I ran as fast as I could to Sarah. "Sarah, Sarah! Come back, dammit, come back!" A tear rolled down my cheek. Right then and there made myself stop crying. It wouldn't help anything. When my mom died, she died of cancer before the meter hit, I had promised myself I would only cry unless absolutely necessary. It was necessary earlier, but not now. I needed to focus now and just try and be happy. If not truly happy, at least acting as if I were. It would help everyone if I looked under control. "She seems to be breathing, thank god, but we need to let her rest." I noticed that Groudon was no longer purplish black, but a pale sickly red. His eyes were still red. They flashed, and Groudon turned a healthy red, like he was supposed to be, and his eyes were yellow. I turned into a Celebi; it was the first Pokemon I could think of that had Safeguard and Protect. I put Safeguard on Groudon, so he would be contained, and I put Protect around the entryway to the basement. I ran to Jaimy and Jessica, who were next to Sarah. I grabbed Sarah's hand and squeezed it. I looked up at Jessica, but she didn't seem to mind. I waited; I was determined to stay awake until she woke up. Jessica fell asleep on me. I kissed the top of her head, fighting to stay awake. I fell sleep despite my effort to stay conscious. * * * I saw Sarah save Jessica again; she was human this time though. She screamed in pain, but it was Groudon's scream, the thousand souls in agony. I ran to her and she screamed my name. "Torgan, this is all your fault!" She was crying, "If you had been there to save her I would be alive!" She went cold. Then she was saving Jessica again, and she screamed once more. But she didn't stop. She screamed my name. Then she saved Jessica again, and again. Why was she doing this to me? I was sick; she kept saving Jessica and every time she screamed in pain. This time I saw her actually get hit, I saw her pain. Then I was Sarah; I was just about to get hit... * * * "Gah!" I shrieked, waking up. "Are you okay, baby?" Jessica asked worriedly. "Sarah! Where is she? How is she?" "She's right over there, and in critical condition. We're not sure if she'll make it." I got a brilliant idea, "Jaimy wake up, I know how we can save Sarah! Oh, why didn't we think of this before? We could have used it on Keegan! Oh stupid stupid stupid. We will use Miltank's milk... it is a little gross though," I admitted, "And it will have to be you. Miltanks are female only." "Right." Jaimy said, looking kind of green, "I have a better idea." "What is it? The Miltank thing is fine!" I grumbled. "Well, my idea is that we use Celebi's Healing Wish. Sure, whoever uses it faints, but Sarah will be completely better, instantly. I'll do it, you look dead on your feet." She picked up her sketchbook and flipped to her drawing. She found it, and then transformed. She closed her bright blue eyes, and a little star appeared from her hands and floated down into Sarah. < Catch me. > She managed to communicate, before she fell. I caught her and placed her next to Sarah, then hugged them both. I kissed Jessica, and just about puked with happiness. I knew it would work, Jaimy was only wrong about Darkrai, and that was only because of that Pokemon movie. Sarah woke up a few minutes later, looking a bit lost, but extremely happy. She was positively fine. The rest of the day we trained Keegan and let Jaimy rest. "I don't want to learn how to be a grass type, unless I can be Bellsprout!" "Keegan, why do you even want to be Bellsprout? Pick one of the starters, like Chikorita or Bulbasaur, they're stronger and easier to learn with." The day went on like this. Keegan kept being disagreeable. At the end of the day we called a meeting with the four of us, well, the five of us, Jessica came along too. Not because I forced her to, Jaimy actually wanted her because of her earlier idea about Keegan staying behind and protecting the kids. "Okay," I said in my best business-like tone, "I have three questions. First, Sarah, how did you stay alive after Groudon's Fissure? Second, why was Groudon purple, although we might be able to ask him that when he wakes. Third, how are all the legendaries transferring from the Pokemon world to our world?" ...To Be Continued... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- I, 'Torgan', want people to send in reviews. Constructive criticism is welcome. I don't want to send in reviews to myself! Hope you enjoyed it!