"Ok all! rise to Lord Iotama!" A hall full of people dressed in white hoods stood up as a tall man with a white hood with golden line patterns across his robe took to the stage.
Everyone awaited his words and his permission to even breathe in his presence.
Pulling down his robe his hair revealed to be black and eyes a dark ocean blue.
He had sharp facial features and his voice was relatively deep and commanding.
"Listen to me, my soldiers!" Lord Iotama started to speak and everyone paid keen attention.
"Today is the day! We make history!"
"No more will we suffer in our day to day lives, we are going to make the perfect timeline! One where no one suffers and everyone lives happy and fulfilling lives!"
"Celebi will be ours and soon the world! Team Paradox will rise!!"
The crowd started to cheer hearing his promises for the future.
In that crowd stood a kid with brown messy hair and green eyes..it was Jeffery wearing the same uniform as the crowd cheering in hopes of one day that his dream will also become a reality.
_____________
After the assembly was over, everyone was dismissed to their daily duties but nothing except the thought of seeing his friends again crossed Jeffery's mind.
He entered the room he did once before. Looking at all the tubes and containers holding a variety of fossil pokemon and eventually Me…and Celebi.
He stared at the tank, eyes filled with grief and regret..
"If only i didn't force you…" Jeffery said to himself-
___
"Ok you ready??" I shouted on the other side of the battlefield.
"Of course!" Chloe got her Toxel ready for the battle.
"Ready?" Jeffery raised one of his hands
"Go!!" He lowered it as fast as possible indicating the beginning of the battle.
"Zorua use shadow ball!" Zorua went first blasting a ball of shadow straight for Toxel
"Toxel substitute!"
Toxel dodges the attack by placing a dummy in its place and the attacks are drawn to it.
"Now use metal sound!"
The Toxel took in a deep breath and produced a frequency that threw Zorua off our game!
My ears were practically bleeding by how loud it was. I needed to shut it up quickly!
"ZORUA!!" I tried to shout over the noise.
"USE COPYCAT!"
Zorua listened to my command and started to screech as well, making the Toxel stop its attack feeling the same pain we felt but even though that stopped we can't hit the thing because of the doll!
"Now Toxel use acid!" Toxel bleched up a ball of purple ooze that's coming straight for us!
"Zorua dodge it!"
Zorua dodged the attack as I commanded but that won't be enough to win this. I still need to get rid of that doll somehow!
I could just try hitting it till it breaks but who knows how long that will take.
"Toxel, use metal sound again!"
Toxel started to screech as loud as it possibly can.
"Zorua! Use bite!" Zorua, listening to my commands rushed in and started to tear the doll apart.
"Toxel uses acid again!" I heard Chloe say this and my heart sank before I even got a chance to react. A ball of purple ooze hit Zorua leaving a burn mark on her skin.
Despite the pain she still got up again to fight.
"You sure you don't wanna forfeit?" Chloe asked me.
I turned to my partner to see what she wanted to do.
She started to growl at the Toxel ready for my next command to make a comeback.
She wanted to continue… and to be completely honest i feel the same way, we're not gonna lose to a forfeit!
"Zorua uses a shadow ball!" Zorua charges a ball of shadow and sends it flying at the Toxel.
"Toxel dodged the attack!" but Toxel didn't get to react in time; it was hit by the shadow ball!
I celebrated in my head that we might actually win??
"Toxel use substitute!" Chloe commanded and Toxel did just that bringing that doll to the field again.
"Zorua use bite!" Zorua charged at the doll ripping it to shreds but was met with another metal sound!
I covered my ears. I don't know how much more I can take!
"Now quickly use acid!" Chloe commanded for the last time.
Toxel bleched out a purple ooze that hit Zorua before she had a chance to raise her head.
"And with that this battle is concluded!" Jeffery announced.
"Chloe is the winner!"
I ran to my partner, kneeling down to her level to see if she was alright.
Zorua was weak but kept trying to stand.
"You did great." I said as I pressed the pokeball against its head returning Zorua.
"You ok?" Jeffery said, stretching his hand out to me.
I nodded and he pulled me up as I held on to his hand.
"Thanks." i said when i got up
Jeffery rubbed his hair with a smile.
"No problem."
"You were amazing Chloe." I turned to Chloe who was picking up her Toxel.
"It's not that big of a deal-" She turns away from me.
"Did I do something wrong?"
Jeffery just shrugs.
"Huh-" we both said, puzzled.
______
"Are we ready to start?" The female grunt from the viridian forest said as she walked deeper into The forest of the Granite island.
"Of course Cesta." a man wearing the same uniform and white robe came out of the bushes with two other grunts.
The man had green hair and eyes with a defined facial structure and a weird pendant hanging on his left ear.
His voice can only be described as snake-like and deceiving.
"We have the Celebi in our possession as always." He snapped his fingers and one of the grunts walked forward with the Celebi in a container.
It was filled to the top with some green fluid one could guess it was preserving the creature.
"Careful, don't drop it now if Celebi escapes it will be erased from time." The man warned the grunt as the Celebi was transported to Cesta.
"Were all the tests successful?" Cesta asked Celebi from the grunt.
"Of course we wouldn't dare give you a faulty product right?" His cold snake-like eyes felt like daggers shooting at Cesta.
"They're treating it..like a product-" Misty whispered to herself she was hiding from them trying to get as much info as she can.
"Tell the boss I give him my best." He said with a smile that would make the grim reaper suspicious of him.
"I'll be sure not to-" Cesta turned her back on him.
"And.. Darvi…I hope you're aware of our little guest? Get rid of them and don't let this happen again or it will be your head."
She left with Celebi.
Misty tried to chase after her since she was already figured out but it was too late she was stopped in her tracks by the two grunts.
"Oh my.. You almost got me in trouble-" Darvi walked up to Misty holding a pokeball in his hand.
"Now, now that won't do at all…"
The grunts quickly detained Misty by
"Now…." Darvi walked up to Misty, dropping a pokeball on the floor that released a Hypno.
"How much did you hear?"