Chapter Seven: Yestarday Becomes Tomarrow
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We came up to New Island to find a base set up on it. It looked just like it had before. I remeber when I first came here, I smiled in aww at the complex I loved to be around paved roads and metallic buildings-it felt like tomarrow. But all that I could feel tpday was the past, regrets, hatred, stupidity. "Lance come over here, there aan air duct right here." I waved Lance over to my position.

Lance opened up the air duct and lent over it, "I don't think I can fit inside!" he said.

"Then go get help, we'll need it. I'll stay behind." I said peering into the darkness of the duct.

"I have a feeling you'll be right...you stay here, and don't be a hero! I'll come back with help, call me if anything happens!" Lance said as he hoped on his Dragonite.

"Don't wory 'bout me Lance, I'll stay out of trouble! Scouts honor!" I said and held up two fingeres to my forehead in a weak salute. Then Lance hurried off. I smirked, "Too bad I was never a scout." I looked back at the air duct and squeezed in.

The duct was crampt. I could barley get through, but I managed. It was amazing how much alike this laboratory was to the last one. All the turns I took were the same. There were few differences in pretty much everything- I knew history was bound to repeat itself but this was ridiculous.

I squeezed myself through corner after corner and finnally came up to the point where I had been before-where I had seen Mewtwo for the very first time. I saw Giovanni and the scientists who had been kidnapped. I could just overhear them...

"Giovanni this is maddness!" Proffessor Oak retaliated

"You will do what your told, unless you really don't care what happens to your grandson." Giovanni sneered.

"You monster! You'll never get away with this! The Pokemon Masters will come and save us!" It was the botinist who spoke up. He was a young man, older then me of course but still young. He was idealistic for what I could tell, and had an amazing amount of confedence in me and the other masters.

"Oh you mean him?" Giovanni spoke and a few of his henchmen holding Lance. "He is the strongest of your beloved 'Pokemon Masters'" Giovanni said and laughed evily.

"But he would never come alone! There is undoubtable someone else here!" I felt like giving that botinist a piece of my mind! I couldn't believe he just said that! Giovanni might acctually start looking for me.

"Heh, you know your absolutely right! In fact, Foxu is right over there." He pointed twards me, and then the only thought that passed through my head was 'eep' "Why won't you on out and play!" He said as a panel fell behind me and pushed me out the duct.

I fell face down on the floor, a tear of blood flooded from the corner of myy mouth and I quickly swiped it away. Giovanni offered me a hand but I batted it away and got up on my own. I looked up at him, I folded my hands over my chest and sneered at him.

"Oh, what horrible things we have put you through these last few weeks! Isn't that right Lance?" Lance only glared at Giovanni, "Heh heh,you shouldn't have brought her along." Giovanni said.

I smirked and raised my first finger to scorn him, "You-" My eyes widened and twitch. I still held my findger in scorn, I couldn't move. I felt an overpowering presence enter the room, and something inside of me seemed to burn...The words fell away and those who were inthe room with me only sounded like distant voices.

"She-shes not moving!"

"Giovanni, it worked!"

I tilted up my head and moved away my hand, I looked strait through Giovanni to what was sitting behind him. Giovanni moved as I took a step forward to the new creature.

"Whats she doing? What going on here?" Giovanni asked, but not a one of his minnons had an answer for him. Not even I could answer those questions.

The new creature jumped down from the tank from which he was created. "This is our creation Celebrix." The clone took no attention to the scientist and it shook off the water dripping on it, and stepped into the light. I steped forward as well. We stood so close to each other that I could see into its eyes. I felt like I had known this creature for all my life, and I had been waiting for this day to meet face to face. It had dark red eyes that looked as if they could see right into my very soal. We stood at the same heigth it was shorter then Mewtwo and shared little in common with him. It wad small antennai sticking from its head, and his head seemed to turn into something like hair that dropped to its shoulders. It had tiny wings on its back they might even be possible of holding up its rather petite build. It didn't have a long tail, and that bothered my greatly for some reason. It decieded to finnaly break the silence of our staredown by speaking.

It spoke psychicly without even opening its mouth, "I am Celebrix, I come from the legendary Pokemon Celebi! You also come from one who is legendary, but despite what you are. I will win!" Celebrix said

A flame swelled up inside of me and I lashed out, "You will never win! You have nothing! Reality will crush your cheap facimily!"

"If reality is goung to beat me then where will you be! How dare you! You are a no better symbol for 'reality' then I am!" Celebrix growled

That same flame, of pure hatered, boiled up inside both of us and lashed out! Celebrix drove deeply into my eyes with his and a flame swelled up inside them and they boiled over as a rich yellow flame. This only angered me more as I starred into its eyes my eyes boiled over a firey green. We pressed foreheads and left that lab in a shot. We blasted through the top of the building shartering it like it was stained glass. We stood above the island surrounded by barriers of psychic flame.

The heavens darkened and clouds blocked out the sun as I threw of my jacket. It fell to the island, landing safley in the ground. Celebrix threw a yellow shadow ball at me, but I dodged it. It turn I threw a green shadow ball at Celebrix , and he dodged it as well. We then flew by each other grasing bariers and ending on the oposite side-we both shoke that out. We then landed on the ground. and stood oposite each other.

Giovanni ran up, "Celebrix! I created you! You must listen to me, and do as I comand!" Giovanni yelled out

Both I and Celebrix turned tward Giovanni stupified. "I must do nothing. I know everything of your ways Giovanni. We're busy right now." Celebrix thrust Giovanni into the wall of the laboratory.

We then faced each other again as the fire burned brighter. We each directed a massive flow of energy twards the other putting everyounce of power into it. Neither of us had the training to keep such a power flowing, but only little power flew off from the main beam. Small flickers of psychic energy would discrarged from the main beam, like tiny sparks from a lightening bolt. One hit the laboratory and blew up an entire room. We refined the beam with the fire and eleminated all the flickers. A great ball of energy grew where my beam and Celebrix's met. The ball grew so large we had to take a step back. I couldn't keep this up much longer, but if I stoped Celebrix would destroy me! So I kept on pouring the pressure.

I couldn't hold the beam any longer. I let go, but I also felt Celebrix fall back the same time as I did. A blinding light flew from where the psychic ball was. It spread out over the land and ocean like a great ripple in water. It was folowed by a shockwave which was less then I anticipated. I could see it press down the ocean untill the horizon though. I leaned back on my hands trying to catch my breath. I saw Celebrix doing the same thing.

I don't think I could lift up a psychic feather if my life depended it. I could feel that Celebrix was equally drained. I stood up and brushed off my jeans. I looked into the hole that our energy had created. Poor new island had a new swiming pool. The sky lightened up as the clouds evaporated into nothing.

I starred into the shocking blue heavens as Celebrix departed. I looked up as a cool ocean breeze flew by. Lance stepped up behind me.

"What on earth happened??? What was that?" Lance blurted out.

"I'm not sure." I said as I calmly continued looking up.

"How can you not be sure! You and that-that Celebrix thing were going at each others throuts a seccond ago! You can't say you were trying to kill each other for nothing!" Lance yelled

"I think thats whats exactly what happened. I don't have a grudge against him...and he doesn't have one against me. I only came here to make sure he didn't go off with Team Rocket. I don't really mind what he does as long as hes not with Team Rocket, or toarching buildings. And I believe he cares even less about what I do. He seemed...quite careless." I said as I tried to reason things out.

Proffessor Oak who was overhearing pointed something out to add to my puzzle. "What about this?" Professor Oak saqid pointing to the crater where the psychic ball had been, "That much concentrated energy would have done much more damage."

"Your absolutely right, the buildup was enoguh to destroy this entire island, and it would have prolly ever wreacked havok on the marina." I said pointing out to where the land was. I shook my head and went ot get my coat. I felt like I knew the answers to all these questions, but...it was like something was repressing whatever memory or idea was to blame for all of this...I must've just forgotten...must've...

"Foxumon, come to Pallet town with me. I'd like to see if I can shine some light on this!" Proffessor Oak said

Looks like I'll have to get out the human translator for this! Translated version: Foxumon, come with me to my lab to become a happy little guine pig!. "Um...I'd be glad to, right after I get some paper work done! I've got lots to do at home!" I said tryingto get out of it.

"Oh, don't wory, Foxumon! I'll hop by your place and finish that off for you! I wouldn't want you to miss out from spending time with the worlds greatest Pokemon reasercher!" Lance said

"Oh, thats very considerate of you, Lance! Thank you!" said Proffessor Oak. I secretly shacked my fist at Lance when Proffessor Oak's back was turned.

I left the island with Proffessor Oak as a specialized team went over the remains of Team Rocket's laboratory. Team Rocket and Giovanni must've left when Celebrx threw Giovanni to the side of the building like a fly on the windsheild. Heh heh, Giovanni made a great bug splat. All of the people who were kidnapped were accounted for, including the head of the first cloning and this one.

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