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"Oh my…" Amy muttered, not finished the sentence. Saying the Lord’s name in vain was something she didn’t like to do.

"Wha-what was that?" Simon stammered, horrified by such an act. His hands were curled into a fist, trembling.

"I believe that is what we know as Chimera," Carter answered, his voice amazing calm after witnessing such a brutal scene. He quickly began to search for more information at the terminal.

"Is…is this what I think it is…." Ryna muttered, holding her hand to her chest. She felt weak and ill.

"Chimera…" Carter repeated, accessing another file. "Chimera…when the DNA or a Human or Pokémon is broken down by an Eevee serum. Due to the genetic instability of an Eevee, being as able to evolve into at least three different forms, and yet survive, this serum is mandatory for genetic splicing between Human and Pokémon DNA."

"That’s…terrible…" Simon whispered. He glanced over at Ryna, who started to look a bit more ill. The soldier continued on to reciting the file.

"After injection of the serum, the subjects DNA begins to decompose. New DNA must be integrated quickly for the subject to survive as well as the subject to obtain part of the characteristics of the DNA he or she absorbed."

"Are you okay?" Simon asked Ryna, who began to look kind of pale. She nodded, asking for Carter to continue.

"Assuming the subject survives the ordeal, he or she gains some characteristics. When a human is injected with Pokémon DNA, he or she will most likely be able to understand the Pokémon language, thus allowing him or her to communicate with other Pokémon. Another example would be if the DNA of a water Pokémon was integrated into human, that human may become a better swimmer. If the subject is infused with a large dosage of DNA, the subject may even acquire some of the attacks the Pokémon is able to use."

Ryna feel to her knees, pale, ill, and about to lose her lunch.

"Carter, stop!" Simon shouted, helping the female trainer back to her feet. The soldier turned, shrugging.

"I would have to. The rest of the file is corrupted," he answered, still calm. Ryna eventually got back to her feet, supported by Simon, but eventually was able to stand by herself. She stared blankly at her companions, then began to leave.

"Where are you going?!" Simon shouted, the trainer already halfway across the next room.

"She needs some time alone," Carter answered for the Pallet Town trainer. The Glacier City Gym leader whirled around to face the soldier.

"How do you know that!?"

"Because…she’s a victim of these experiments."

* * * * * *

She sat there, crying. The room was large, probably a storage location, though it was devoid of anything. Her sobs echoed throughout the large chamber. Her vision was blurry, her tears blocking her view. It didn’t matter, Ryna didn’t want to see anything. She just wanted to cry.

"Ryna…" a familiar voice whispered. The trainer looked up, noticing the Pikachu she trained and loved with all her heart. Lin’s ears were folded in, her tail down, as if to say she was also depressed.

"Oh Lin…why did you come…?" Ryna asked, still sobbing, though clearing the tears away from her face.

"I’m worried about you," the Pokémon answered plainly. She leaped onto her trainer’s shoulder, her tail more erect with a bit of energy. Ryna remained silent, patting the Pikachu.

"I’m…sad…about how many suffered and died for this…experiment…" Ryna confessed. "If such an experiment could induce such an effect on a Dratini, then…I hate to see what else could have happen in creating…me…"

"But…how do you know?" Lin questioned. "Maybe it’s just a latent ability."

"No…it’s not…" the trainer replied, pressing her back against the cold wall. "At Cinnabar Island…one of the personal told me I was an experiment. In a diary at the lab at Glacier City, much information about these projects were revealed…as well as the creation of these pendants…and the amount of suffering and death that accumulated for this to happen…and now…with this information about Chimera…it all makes sense…"

"But…"Lin said, unable to conjure anything else to add.

"All the death…all the suffering…it’s because of me…" Ryna whispered.

"It’s not because of you!" Lin shouted, fed up. "It’s not your fault! It’s the fault of the scientists who would do such a thing! They are at fault! You shouldn’t feel responsible when you had no choice in such a matter!"

"I was born to be this! They all died because I was born to be their sacrifice! They DIED because I was created from them! Everything is my fault!"

"Ryna!" Lin answered, shocking her trainer to calm her down. Ryna gave a short yelp, though instantly cooling her temper. "Listen…it’s not your fault. You were born…and you were forced upon this experiment. The ones before were not the sacrifices, you were. You should be happy that your parents were able to rescue you and send you away. Now don’t go telling me they died because of you. They died because of those crazy people who wanted to do such an act."

"Lin…" Ryna whispered, smiling a bit. "Thank you…for helping me…for being there for me…everything."

"Friends forever, remember?" Lin asked, though not needing an answer. Ryna only smiled, much wider then her previous one.

* * * * * *

Simon sighed. He and Carter split up to cover more ground of the facility. When the soldier said the rest of the files were either corrupted or too heavy encrypted, and only someone like Tim could bust those codes, they decided to explore more. The best way to do that was to split up.

"Are you okay?" Amy asked, moving up beside her trainer. Simon glanced up, a bit shocked at his Pokémon’s ‘sudden’ appearance.

"Oh…it’s nothing…" Simon replied, forcing a smile.

"Something is wrong," Amy said again, using a small bit of her psychic ability. "You’re worried about Ryna, aren’t you?" Simon nodded, knowing it was difficult to hide something from this Jynx.

"I wish you’d stop reading me like an open book," Simon replied, sighing. Amy smiled.

"But you’re so easy to read!" she exclaimed playfully, getting a light punch in her arm from her trainer. "Seriously, it’s Ryna, isn’t it?" Simon sighed again, nodding. "She’ll be okay. I can already sense her feeling a bit lighter. Lin is a good friend. She’ll pull Ryna through."

"I hope you’re right…" Simon whispered, continuing on his way down the hallway and entering another abandoned room, equally as destroyed as all the previous ones he has been in.

Amy wasn’t worried about that though. Her thoughts were quickly side-tracked by this ‘entity’ that inhabited the facility. Sealed…but somehow…the Jynx knew he wouldn’t be sealed for long…then…may the Lord have mercy upon the souls of the world.

* * * * * *

à Access Deniedß

Carter released a light sigh, disappointed that he couldn’t hack into a system as simple as this.

"If Tim where here, he’d be through in 3 seconds…" Carter commented, trying again. The small display attached to the small numerical pad gave him the same response, thus unable to open the slide door. The two trainers split off on the second floor, hoping to cover as much ground on this floor as possible. Still, with the progression Carter was making, it would take a while to explore this compound.

"Allow me…" Ripper suggested. Carter nodded, taking a step back. With sheer power, the Hitmonchan crushed the keypad with his fist, the door creeping open slight before losing all power.

"And I thought that only worked in the movies…" Carter mused, prying the door open all the way with the help of his Pokémon.

The interior was large in comparison to the other rooms. Shelves lined up the sides and the center, though some were toppled over the time of decay. Small, smooth craters were in the shelves, as if a way to hold something. In the corner of the room, a small red glint caught the trainer’s eye.

"What the?" Carter asked to no one in particular, walking over and taking the round object. "A Pokéball?" he questioned, examining it.

"Why don’t you open it?" Ripper suggested. After another brief inspection, the trainer agreed with the prospect and opened the ball, releasing the Pokémon inside in a bright neon flash.

"Where….where am I?" the Pokémon asked, mainly a Bulbasaur. It looked up, leaping back suddenly, afraid of the two who surrounded the grass type.

"Woah, we’re not going to hurt you!" Carter quickly consolidated, raising his arms. The Bulbasaur still took a step backwards, afraid of them. The trainer and his Pokémon knelt down to get a better look at this Pokémon.

"My name is Ripper," the Hitmonchan introduced. "This is Carter, my trainer. What’s your name?"

"My name…is Psy…" it responded, cautiously.

"Nice to meet you Psy," Carter replied, scaring the heck out of the grass type.

"Carter…the first time a Pokémon knows a human can here them…they will usually freak out…as what happened to her…" Ripper told his trainer. The Ex-Special Forces Soldier only shrugged.

"But…how can you understand me?" she asked, confused and bewildered from both such an event and after being released from a long slumber in Poké stasis.

"It’s a long story…" Carter answered, standing back up and examining the room. Another large door leading into another room was present, though the words "DO NOT ENTER! RESTRICTED AREA!" was painted onto the door. A DNA scanner attached to the wall beside to the door was obviously the way to access this room. "Well…I doubt my DNA could bypass this…" he muttered, silently cursing, wishing now then ever Tim was here to hack open this pile of junk.

"What does he mean…long story?" Psy asked the Hitmonchan. He shrugged.

"If you could read my mind, it would be all so simple," he replied, standing up.

"Well…if you put it that way…" Psy whispered, taking a step closer. "Hold still."

"Wha?!" Ripper shouted, unable to finish Psy’s vines were around his head, though not touching it, only a few inches away. A brief moment deviated, then the Fighting type felt light headed, losing balance for a second.

"I see…" Psy whispered, somehow ‘absorbing’ the story from the mind of Ripper. She headed over to the door, then allowed for it to scan her DNA, opening the door, which was amazingly still operational.

"How…how did you do that?" Carter asked, surprised with such a change in events.

"Do not ask…for I am not sure…" she whispered, walking inside. The others followed, examining the room.

The room was square, with a large roof, probably touching the roof of this facility. Each side was about 20 feet long, and in the center stood a large, square pillar, reaching to the ceiling. The pillar though…was not normal. It wasn’t solid…it was energy…containing within solid darkness. It was blacker then inside a closest with no lights and the cracks closed with blankets. How such a thing could exist, it was a mystery to the three.

"Inside…lies something…I can sense it…" Psy whispered, fear in her voice.

* * * * * *

"This is getting us nowhere…" Simon muttered, entering the next room in this already long hallway. Amy didn’t reply, only concentrating on the powerful entity in the facility, then…on a new one…somehow hidden all this time.

"Who are you?" Amy asked, reaching out for the new one. Her mind was full of fear, though some was replaced with confusion with the Jynx’s intrusion. Then, in sudden fear yet again, the new presence unleashed a psychic shockwave, slamming the Jynx into the wall behind her.

"Amy?!" Simon shouted, seeing the event. He quickly was by her side, checking for injuries. "What happened?" he asked, once clear that there were no serious injuries on the Ice type.

"It…it was nothing…" Amy answered, attempting to be as casual as possible. She did not wish to disturb her trainer with things only she can pick up. Of course, being slammed into the wall by an unknown force is something you don’t see or hear everyday. Nevertheless, Simon left it alone, knowing it would be impossible to pry any information out of his Pokémon unless she wanted to tell him.

Instead, the trainer searched to room, finding a small diary tucked away deep inside a desk drawer, probably forgotten underneath the mess of papers and junk by the owner. After a little work, the trainer removed the diary.

"Let’s see…" he whispered, flipping it open. Amy moved closer to also read the contents.

July 6

"Team Rocket? Crystal?" Simon thought, leafing through the pages of the diary.

July 10

"I wonder…" Amy muttered, though not loud enough for her trainer to hear. Even so, he was quite enticed by the book to not pay attention.

July 14

"Is it…" Amy gasped, praying with all her might that this entity is not this ‘Angel’. Simon flipped the page, making some inaudible comment under his breath.

July 18

"And just how do you contain something like that?" Simon asked to no one in particular. He continued to read through the pages.

July 20

"That’s the last entry…" Simon told Amy, flipping over to the next page, which was blank. He decided to keep the diary to show to his other comrades, and see what they thought of it.

* * * * * *

"So…now where are we?" Ryna asked, her voice echoing around. She was pretty sure the Pikachu didn’t know the answer. "A gym maybe?" she questioned, noting how large and hollow the room was. No shelves, no ladders, no second floor, just a large room.

"Only your grave," the deathly familiar voice told them from behind. Ryna froze, hearing the click of a small firearm. "Turn around, slowly."

"What do you want, Des?" Ryna asked, angered, though obeying. Beside him stood Klik, though he seemed disappointed, like something was amiss.

"Tell me where Tim is, and I’ll be on my way," Des only replied, taking a step forward, still pointing the pistol at Ryna.

"He’s dead," Ryna said bluntly, though her voice sounded so artificial. Her heart throbbed in so much pain for even trying to say such a thing. He was alive, only lost.

"And you expect me to believe that?" Des asked, raising the gun to her head, though keeping his distance.

"He’s dead," Ryna repeated again, bearing the pain of admitting to such a lie.

"I was hoping you would be more helpful," Des replied, sighing. He pressed the trigger.

* * * * * *

The Entity glanced ‘up’, sensing a disturbance. In one quick motion, his Psychic abilities already found the threat, a boy about to hurt a girl with some sort of apparatus…

"A gun, I believe," he told the space around him. Still, with it’s current trajectory…and some more velocity…

The Entity grinned, physically and mentally. Psy and Amy shivered at the picture of it. Something so powerful even a mere gesture could scare them.

* * * * *

As if fated, Ryna was pushed out of the way, much to the entity’s delight, being he pushed Ryna away with enough force to zip her away from the blast, though stinging her a bit as she landed. The bullet itself completely missed, as planned. It gained more and more velocity, as if a small supersonic engine was used to propel it. In a matter of milliseconds, it was at Mach 1, punching a hole through the wall, and possibly by fate, impacting against a generator…the same generator that held Void Space together.

"But, how?!" Des spat, unable to comprehend the few seconds the elapsed. Still, what has just transpired may be the beginning of the end.

* * * * * *

"The energy…it’s distorting…losing power…" Carter whispered, the barrier rippling like a stone tossed into a pond. Psy glanced up, looking away from her destiny all this time.

"Then may the Lord have mercy when all Hell breaks loose…" she whispered, tilting her head down in dismay.

<Fin>