The Dragon Master IV: Chapter Eleven "Oh...my...God," Lorelei gasped. "I have to stop them," I said, determined. "Go," Lorelei nodded. "We have to stop the League," Giovanni said. "Let them destroy each other. Who cares?" "I care," I said. "If we don't stop them, they will destroy the world before we can stop the League! I'm going. You never tried to protect me like a father would before, so why start now?" I pulled out the Flying Shard. Giovanni was left speechless. "Good luck," Brock said. I nodded. "Flying Shard of the Elemental Medallion," I said. "FLY!" Six-foot wings sprouted from my back, and I took off. Dust flew after I took flight. I sped towards Lugia and Ho-oh. They were still trading attacks on and off. "HOARGH," Ho-oh shouted as it released a Sacred Fire at Lugia. Lugia dodged it. "LUARGH," Lugia cried at Ho-oh as it fired a Water Surge at Ho-oh. Water splashed in Ho-oh's face, but it sustained the damage. I needed to enter this fight now. Pulling out the Dragon Shard, I decided my attack. I would use my natural Mastery to win. "Dragon Shard," I cried. "RAIN DANCE!" Clouds rolled in, and water poured in from the sky. Thunder swept across the sky. Ho-oh and Lugia kept on fighting. Ho-oh used Fire Drill on Lugia. Lugia was badly damaged, but didn't give up. I would've thought that the rain would've put them out, but I guess that I need to change my strategy. "ELEMENTAL STORM," I cried. A stream of fire, ice, and thunder blasted down from the sky and split into two beams. One hit Lugia, and the other hit Ho-oh. While I had my advantage, I decided to strike again. Pulling out the Water Shard, I aimed it at the two legendary pokemon. "WATER SPOUT," I cried. A tornado came down out of the clouds and touched the water, sucking up the water. The newly formed waterspout split into two of them, one headed for Lugia and one headed for Ho-oh. Lugia shot a Zap Cannon at the one headed for it, deadening it completely. Ho-oh fired a Swift at its waterspout, and it was drained of energy instantly, making it die out. Lugia and Ho-oh decided to take out me first before trying to defeat one another. A Thunder Drill was headed for me from Lugia and a Fire Blast from Ho-oh. Suddenly, a shot of water fired from nowhere and put out the Fire Blast. Then, a spurt of flames knocked the Thunder Drill from the sky. Next, a Thunderstorm attack came from the clouds and knocked Lugia and Ho-oh down. I looked around me, and Suicune, Entei, and Raikou were standing on the shore, each one just finished attacking. "Holy shit," I said. Ho-oh and Lugia were plummeting towards the water. Lugia would be fine, but Ho-oh would drown. I had to keep them from destroying the world. Quickly, I threw two teal pokeballs at the two legendaries. The balls hit the pokemon, and they were sucked in and captured instantly. They zoomed back to my hands, but now I had a different problem. The three legendary dogs were attacking each other! Quickly, without their noticing, I whipped three teal pokeballs at the other three legends. The devices caught them by surprise, and they were scared so bad that they didn't fight the pokeballs. They zoomed back to me, and I flew slowly back towards the group of ex-Masters that I was traveling with. "That...was...amazing," Brock said. I looked at the five shrunk pokeballs in my hand. "Right after this thing is done," I said. "They are going back to where they belong." I put the five legends in my breast pocket, and released Puff, Dragon, Dragonight, and Scarlet. A couple of people hopped on per pokemon, and we sailed off towards Cinnabar Island, the last part of our journey before we took on the League... We landed on the coast of Cinnabar Island at about 3 in the morning. I nudged some people awake and I returned my dragon pokemon. "Same groups as Celadon City raid," I said. "Jimmy, Brock, Erika, and Darla enter around the other side. We'll meet back here within twenty minutes." They nodded and went off to go around the other side of the island. "Last one," I said. "You guys ready?" Duplica nodded, Whitney didn't do anything, and Giovanni and Lorelei were on opposite ends of the group so they didn't have to interact with each other. "Shall we," Duplica asked. "Yeah," I said. We went up to the gate, and the guard was sleeping, so we just went right in. The less trouble we went through, the better. The other group was going to the Gym, while we were going to the Cinnabar Mansion. The door had always been locked until recently, when the owner stopped caring. It had been looted, and nothing was really left of value there, so the League cleaned it up, and was using it secretly. They kept the door unlocked, as the cover for it was a "Homeless Shelter." But I knew that it wasn't. I just gave someone permission to use it. I walked up to the door, and walked in. My companions walked in, and I closed the door behind us. "Where do we check first," Whitney asked. "Let's all split up," I said. "Everyone keep your radios on frequency ten so we can talk to each other." They all nodded, and went off into different parts of the mansion. I walked up a set of stairs, and entered a pitch-black room. I felt my way around the room for a light switch. I found one, and clicked it on. Suddenly, a trapdoor closed over the staircase. "Bob, you found anything," Lorelei's voice came over the radio. "Nope," I said. "But I'm locked in here. Just keep looking." "Okay," Lorelei replied. I pulled out the Normal Shard. I told the Normal Shard The Normal Shard glowed powerfully, and the room brightened up. At the edge of the room, I saw a steel door. Peeking inside the window, I saw who I was after. "Morty," I gasped. He saw me and his face brightened up. I thought he said "Bob," but I couldn't hear him because of the steel doors. I charged the doors, but all that resulted in was a bunch of pain. Rubbing my shoulder, I thought of which shard would be most advantageous in this situation. Snapping my fingers, I pulled out the Normal Shard. Morty looked confused inside of his little cell. "Strength," I whispered to the Normal Shard. Instantaneously, the power of the shard seemed to course through my veins. I tried ramming the door again, but this time, I went straight through it. "Bob," Morty said. "What are you doing here? I thought you were-" "Dead," I finished for him. "I'm not, as you can see. Let's get out of here." "Break the bonds on my wrists," Morty said. I nodded, and pulled the ropes off his hands. "I have Morty," I said into my radio. "I repeat, I have Morty. Evacuate the building. I'm setting explosive charges in the middle of the building. This place has done too much evil. It should have been destroyed years ago. Evacuate the building." "Okay," Lorelei said. "Okay," Giovanni said. "Okay," Whitney said. "Okay," Duplica said. Going to the trapdoor, I pulled it open with the strength of the Normal Shard. Morty went down the ladder with ease, and I followed. We met Whitney at the bottom. "Go with her," I said. Morty and Whitney ran off, and I rushed towards the estimated middle of the mansion. Pulling a device out of my jacket that Timothy gave me, I stuck it to the wall, and switched the setting from "trip mine" to "remote." Pulling out the remote, I sprinted away as fast as possible. Coming out the door, I caught sight of the other five members of my team. Morty was already dressed in a League outfit, complete with weapons. The six of us ex-Masters walked down to the rendezvous point where the others would meet us. "How many ex-Masters have you saved," Morty asked curiously. "Twelve not counting me," I said. "Number thirteen is Karen." Suddenly, someone on my radio started to talk. "Bob," Jimmy said. "We've got Karen, but there have been complications..." "What kind of complications," I demanded. "We're surrounded by League soldiers," I said. "We'll need one of two things to get out." "What do you need," I asked. "Either a really good distraction," Jimmy said. "Or a miracle." "I'm short on miracles," I replied. "So a distraction will have to do. We'll be there." I put my radio back, and turned to my group. "We'll need a huge distraction," I said. "Each of you take three of these remote mines. Place them throughout Cinnabar Island. We're going to have to do nothing short of blowing up everything on this rock." I sensed that Whitney disagreed, but she knew that it was for the greater good. I went to place my mines, and came back within ten minutes. Everybody else was back. "Get ready," I told Jimmy. "When you hear something like a sonic boom, that's the signal to get the hell out of there." "Okay," he replied. I could hear shooting in the background. "Okay," I said, preparing myself. "One...two...THREE!" I pushed the button on the remote. A large explosion took place right before our eyes. Light flashed, bombs flared. Time seemed to slow down. Buildings crumbled, people fled, and I saw the Gym in the distance collapse. Soldiers were firing guns into thin air, thinking that some unknown army was attacking them. A hole was pierced into the side of the volcano, and lava slowly started to spill out. It wasn't enough lava to do any damage, though. People were running, children screaming, mothers running for the children. I felt bad that it had to be this way. I truly did. But that was the way it had to be. After the explosions stopped, I sprinted for the Gym and started to dig the others out of the rubble. "Jimmy," I said through the rubble. "C'mon, man, let me know you hear me." I heard some muffled noises in the distance. Quickly, I went over to the source of the noise. Lifting huge rocks off of the person beneath this section, I found Erika. "Took you long enough," Erika said. I pulled her out, and we started searching for the others. "I found Darla and Karen," Whitney shouted. "Keep looking for Jimmy and Brock," I shouted back. I kept on digging, and I found Jimmy. "What the dumbass kind of distraction was that," Jimmy asked, smiling that he had been found. I pulled him out of the hole just as Giovanni found Brock. "Let's get out of here," I said. I called to the others and ran to our meeting place. Once we got there, Karen finally noticed me. "You're alive," she gasped. "What is happening at the League?" "How should I know," I asked. "I haven't been there for a long time. Everybody hold on to me." "Why," Lorelei asked. "Because we're taking the express to the League Headquarters," I explained. I pulled out the Psychic Shard. Everyone took a hold of me. "Teleport." Light flashed before us, and we disappeared in the wake of destruction that we left on Cinnabar Island. We reappeared in what looked like near the end of Victory Road. It was quite dark in there, so I sent out Flare. "Go, Flare," I whispered. "Where are we," Duplica asked. "Most likely Victory Road," I said. "We'll need a plan." All of a sudden, my cell phone started to ring. Quickly, I opened it and put it into my ear. It was a voice that I was so happy to hear. "Bob," Koga said. "What's your position?" "Near the end of Victory Road," I replied. "Good," he said. "Did you get Karen and Morty from Cinnabar?" "Yeah," I answered. "Excellent," Koga responded. "We have Bugsy, Sabrina, and Janine. We are closing in on your position. We have an army of five hundred." I knew that this wasn't good, as the League had over five thousand, but I kept my mouth shut. "Where are you now," I asked. "About midway through Victory Road," Koga answered. He must have sensed the tension in my voice. "Bob, I know that we are outnumbered. Oh yes, just in case you would like to know. Lugia and Ho-oh are also close to your position. I would suggest that you stop them." "I already have," I said. "I had to catch them in order to keep them safe until this whole thing is over. Same with the Legendary Dogs." Koga was furious, because I could hear it in his voice, but didn't say anything. "Are you going to wait for us," Koga questioned. "No," I said firmly. "I want this thing wrapped up as soon as possible." "Okay," Koga said. "Goodbye." "Bye," I replied. I tuned to my group. "We are going forward without them. They are also within Victory Road, but we can't wait any longer. It's now or never, people." They nodded, and I walked to the exit of the cave. I returned Flare silently, and walked out of the exit. It was getting light out, but still too early for the guards to be out. "This is it," Lorelei said. "This is what I call 'endgame.'" I started walking towards the door to just stroll right in, but a beam of some sort of energy nailed me like nothing before. I looked up to where the attack had come from, and saw the Normal Warrior of the Unown standing there, along with the other seventeen Warriors... - End of Chapter Eleven -