Outside the building, Latios drifted over to a man that gave off a familiar sense. He patted Latios and he murred at the touch.

“I see... You’re also a pokemon that was once used by Psyche. You’re here to save your master, correct? Well, maybe you can accompany me.” The man looked at Latios. He nodded at the familiar stranger in agreement, he wanted to reunite with Trevor. Latios had many memories to share with him and has been following him since Red's tragic end.

Off in the distance Latios heard sirens wail from the Psyche HQ. He perked his head up in anxiousness.
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Trevor still drifted through his memories, repeating several moments he's remembered for a while. His backstory of his hometown, his first experience with Psyche, followed by his final battle with Red. His last memory was that of the Safari owner's last moments and his acquirement of his two Pokemon.

Suddenly a high pitch cry echoed through his mind. ....Latios....?!

Trevor soon became aware of his surroundings and felt bubbles floating around him. He opened his eyes to see everything in a green tint, bubbles funneling up beneath him. Soon he could make out Wolf pounding against the glass. Trevor knew exactly what this meant. The last time he was in this type of liquid was when Red was created.

Psyche couldn't fool him twice, he was much younger then and naive. Trevor knew that the glass was very difficult to break and closed his eyes and focused his thoughts.

"Latios. I know you can sense me. I need your help once again. Please, I'm afraid that Psyche has defiled what Red stood for."
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Latios perked up again as the two drew closer to the building. He looked to the man and cried, nodding to the general area that Crimson was in need of help. Latios' eyes begging to help his old friend.

((Figured I would have Latios break Wolf and I from the lab and meet up with everyone.))

Spence threw his pokeball belt over his shoulder. Soon, he had released Cyan, his Samurott. Spence cracked a smile, "It never feels right without you guys. I'm glad to have you back, Cyan." The Samurott roared, ready to enter the fray.

Two soldiers with overly-large swords crashed into both Cyan and Spence from above. Cyan locked-on horn against sword while Spence did the same from behind his back, locking Trevor's katana with the other's as he grunted. Cyan charged into a Mega Horn, smashing the soldier into the wall. Spence flipped his katana from its sheath, slashing down before the soldier fell to his knees.

Spence sighed, darting back up. They had more company.

Three more soldiers ran up. Spence cartwheeled over the body of the man, grabbing the larger sword to equip it. It looked like a replica of his old buster sword. Dual wielded, Spence approached the soldiers in close quarters. Dodging to the side and taking out one guy with the katana before thrusting the long sword into the other.

Nobody was killed, but some were in a lot of pain.

The Samurott finished up with a Razor Shell.

Axel attacked, Zoroark following closely behind as an aura of darkness followed them both, consuming them. The three soldiers braced as Axel and Zoroark turned completely invisible. Suddenly, one by one, a soldier was beaten and punched out from nowhere, a Night Slash appeared finishing one guy, while another was kicked hard against the wall behind him.

Axel and Zoroark removed their dark guise, appearing visible once again. Axel chuckled, flicking his nose in a taunt.

Spence walked forward as the others finished up, sheathing Trevor's blade before getting the feel of the long sword in his hand, "It's so light... It's not like my weapon at all... it's merely an imitation of mine... I guess this will have to do for now though, Ki stole mine..."

Axel smacked his fist into his hand, "Ahhh, that felt great! It's so good to finally be out and about! Well, smell ya later." Axel left to turn away, he was heading into the other direction, "Come on, Jimmy. We've been used long enough. Oh, and by the way, Team Midnight Leader..." he stopped, his back facing him, "Diseh's using you, you know that, right? I know Diseh never got along too well with Ki and Xalia, but..."

Spence gazed down, chuckling to himself, "Story of my life... Still, I need to protect Mewtwo. No matter what."

Axel glared downward, "Well, I guess I can't blame you. I'd do the same for Zoroark, but Mewtwo..."

"I don't care Mewtwo's a clone, or that you guys are all born from a part of its make up. Mewtwo's still a pokemon, and... Mewtwo's my friend."

Axel snorted, smirking to himself, "Alright."

Spence nodded to himself, trying to reconfirm what he had just said, "Let's go." He started running forward before hitting the warp panel. It teleported him off to the next room.

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((By the way, the bangs and the alarm was supposed to be caused by...))

The mysterious man sent a Psyche soldier's corpse into the wall, killing him instantly. "Monsters, all of them... Psyche, you really have gone too far this time..." he sighed, shaking his head, "How much further now? Clone after clone... you can't hide it from me, Flarey..." he tiredly waded through the hall, what was left behind him was a trail of blood and bodies of Psyche soldiers.

"Come on, Latios. Your master should be close by. . . . . . . ."

((In the next episode of Spence's Adventure: The Rebuild of Team Midnight; Axel and Jimmy stumble upon the epic confrontation between clones Diseh and the twisted Xalia! Latios frees Trevor and Wolf, but will they arrive on the scene too late? Alex and Sarah are split from the group, and Alex's confronts his father once again! And Spence and the others encounter the mysterious black hooded man inside Mewtwo's chamber! What will happen to our heroes? Find out on the next episode, coming soon!!))

(( My bad Crunchy, thought Xalia moving the clones caused the alarms. But anyway time to bring back an old friend in the fight.))

Latios blasted back several soldiers and Pokemon with a Psychic blast. No one was going to keep him from freeing his master. He turned to see the man tossing soldiers like they were annoying flies. This man was intimidating but Latios found comfort around him for some reason, he found him familiar.

Latios nodded as the man said that Crimson was close by. He could sense him only rooms away.

Anxiety got the better of Latios and he raced off to free Crimson. He turned a corner to see several soldiers blocking his path. The men raised their weapons as Latios began shining. He released a strong Luster Purge as guns began firing.

Most of the bullets were blasted backwards by the force, but a few shot through. The men cried out as light energy engulfed them. Latios winced as he looked down at his left shoulder, a bleeding wound where a bullet had struck him.
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Trevor cringed as he felt his shoulder flair with pain. His left arm going completely numb.

He looked around to still see Wolf banging against the glass, weariness taking over. Then one of the doors was blasted open.

As the smoke cleared Trevor was overcame with joy as Latios glided over to his tank. The Pokemon looked at the tube and met Trevor's eyes. Trevor nodded and Latios held up his good arm, the claws burning a deep purple. The Pokemon struck the tank, spilling the liquid out along with Trevor. He started coughing, taking in fresh air for the first time in days.

Trevor stood and hugged Latios, "Thank you old friend." He released the grip and looked at Wolf's tank. "Now could help my friend as well?"

Latios smiled and nodded, repeating the same attack on Wolf's tank. Trevor picked him up from the ground. "Figures that Psyche would take the two better trained combat members and experiment with them right? Well anyway, we need to find our other Pokemon and weapons. Then off to find the group."

Trevor looked over at Latios, "Do you think you could help us find the others Latios?" Latios looked around, unsure at first, before nodding at them. "Are you able to fight Wolf?" Trevor clenched onto his arm before glancing over at Latios'. Seems that we reconnected when I patted him at Cerulean. Then that means Red really is dead.

Latios entered the room and blasted Trevor out, then did the same to Wolf. "Yeah, that would make sense, except they saw an added bonus in me-" Wolf stopped. He realized he wasn't looking into a mirror. "An old past self. Evil's incarnate. A soul living on destruction, devastation, death, terror, and bloodlust. The perfect soldier. The perfect hired gun. The pefect assassin. No questions asked, acts on instinct, and is selfish, to an extent." Wolf walked over to David's tank and touched it. "They ripped him out of me. They don't know that they are at the mercy of their own creation. I share his memories still. Thirty dead. I think, I'm still counting the death toll. I held him in for so long, my body a prison and me the warden. I tried to stop him. And now, those bastards gave him everything." Wolf felt a ripple of negative energy go through him as David moved around. He shuddered. "I suggest we move out of here. If he wakes up, I'm no match for him, and I'm also not in any position to outsmart him as I did last time."
Wolf looked at Trevor, responding to his question. "Not battling pokemon. You are the only one here who could possibly do that. Gar is too big, and is very weak at the moment. Seeker... Seeker hasn't been healed in weeks. I swear, if he is dead, that will be the end of Psyche. But, to say one pulls a gun, they won't pull anything for a long time."

He gasped, a horrific sight in front of him.

When Spence and the others teleported into the hallway a little ways down from Mewtwo, what they had stumbled into was a hall of slaughtered soldiers. Sure, they were Psyche soldiers, heartless and soulless men injected with Mewtwo cells. Psyche referred to them as clones themselves... but once upon a time, they were all ordinary people, maybe even real Pokemon Trainers. They looked like they were cut up by some kind of blade.

In a deep gaze, Spence rubbed his eyes as a young woman with purple hair appeared standing over the bodies, "I don't know what I should do... should I let him hurt Mewtwo or do I stop him... Spence, tell me what to do... Please," Kikyo turned to him, a frown on her face.

Spence shook this head, looking back to see she had vanished again. Was it all just in his imagination? Nobody else seemed to see anything...

Spence glared, walking down the hall and the trail of blood. He wondered if maybe this was what hell was like? When Spence finally reached the great door, he kneeled down the pick of another weapon from a soldier, a sub-machine gun. He cocked it to check the magazine was full before hitting the bottom back into the chamber. Spence got up in a grunt, turning to the others.

"Prepare yourselves, guys... We're probably not dealing with an ordinary man... Huh?" Spence saw Bill, Gina and Silas. Root had disappeared... probably running after to find Wolf. However, Alex and Sarah were no longer with the party. Spence lowered his head, feelings of sadness, before closing his eyes in a calm-like acceptance, "I guess they must have left with Axel... I don't blame them. I told Alex to take care of Sarah a long time ago. He's doing the right thing."

Spence turned, placing his hands onto the door. After letting in a deep breath, he gained the courage to push it open.

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Xalia had teleported herself within a hallway, observing the onslaught as Diseh and Team Midnight struggled through the chaos. She laughed to herself as she flicked her beautiful blonde hair from her shoulder, a sum of bodies littering the floor.

Diseh teleported a distance away, just in time to hear the woman's laughter. Diseh grinned, "I figured you wouldn't go very far, Xalia. You can't help yourself but watch... You were always like that... Tell me, where did you take the clones?"

Xalia smiled to herself, hardly looking in Diseh's general direction, "Naw, do you miss your friends, Diseh? That's a real pity for you. As for them, they are already far away from here. When they finally awaken, they'll be under the control of Ki and I. Thank you for your hard work though and filling the numbers, but I'm afraid your usefulness ends here, Diseh."

Diseh chuckled, "Is that so... Well, I'm not about to be made a fool out of by the likes of you..."

When Axel and Jimmy took to the warp panel, they appeared in a hallway and heard the voices of the two echoing down the hallway. They turned a corner which lead them behind Diseh. Xalia perked up, observing Diseh and Axel's encounter.

"No. 7 Axel... So you're here, huh?"

"I'm not one of your numbers anymore, Diseh. Like I said earlier, I've disowned all of you," he snarled, Zoroark bracing beside him and barking at the woman in the distance. Xalia and Suicune were the ones who had beaten Zoroark to a pulp a fortnight ago. Needless to say, Zoroark had unfinished business with her, especially after forcing Axel to do their bidding.

"Well, I guess we have some things in common now after all," Diseh grinned to himself, Axel raising an eyebrow, "We've both betrayed by organisations we had placed our expectations in, and now I've been excommunicated from Psyche..."

Axel growled, "The old man said something earlier... you let him go. I suppose that was your way of getting even? You can't fool me, not anymore."

"Believe what you want, but right now there's Xalia, and she plans on killing us all, and there's no backing out of it. She plans on killing me, too, and without us working together we're simply no match for her. You and Jimmy here won't be able to leave, otherwise. It's fight or die. It's your call, friend." Diseh shrugged his shoulders.

Axel snarled again, letting out a aggravated sigh, "Fine, I'll be your obedient lapdog again, for now... until after Xalia's finished, though, you're the next one who's going to pay." Axel hesitated at first, before making his way over, "Sorry, brother... but this is a contest of freaks, and I'm afraid you're just not that weird enough, droog..." he cracked a smirk before bracing.

"Oh? A fight is it you want? Alrighty then... this should be fun..." the woman smiled, a darkness about her as she exhaled a cold breath... Suicune swept into the fray, the suddenly burst of chilling wind clearing the hallway.

Axel grunted, bracing before the howl of ice and wind, "So, any ideas?!"

Diseh grinned, Celebi appearing in front before casting a psychic-type barrier and resisting, "We're all bound by our type strengths and weaknesses, the pokemon we're bonded with also gives us their type weaknesses as well... you're no different. I'm afraid we have nothing that we can kill her with, Spence isn't here... but we can at least beat her down. Xalia and Suicune are weak against electric and grass-type attacks. I've got grass-type moves covered, but there's no way Celebi and I can get near her. You need to keep her distracted and keep her guessing, that's your speciality."

"You got that right, anything else I should look out for?"

"Yeah," Diseh winced, pulling an arm over his head, "Don't let Xalia touch you or Zoroark. If she manages to lay a hand on you, Xalia can freeze your entire body within an instant, depending on the milliseconds she's got you..."

"Great, sounds fair," Axel's sarcasm made Diseh chuckle before Axel pulled himself into action, "Alright then, let's hit it! Zoroark, go!"

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The mysterious black-cloaked man placed his hand upon Mewtwo's ice pillar prison. Mewtwo was still in its slumber, still yet to reawaken . . . The ice started to crack, by the man's will and touch alone . . . Suddenly, he stopped as he heard the door behind him in the chamber creek open, Spence and the others approaching.

"Stop whatever you're doing," Spence held the machine gun in his left as he held the long sword outward, he pulled the gun upward, "I'm here to stop you. Are you a clone, too? Identify yourself!"

The dark man turned in hesitation, eyeing the four and their leader on arrival. He started to walk down the stairs where the others stood on a platform-lift of sorts, "I am the dark messenger, the dark angel, god's guardian and punisher... I have returned to destroy everything that should not have been... to rid this world of teams once more..."

The professor watched viewing the whole scene from a monitor before Alex and Sarah had appeared and confronted him. He flicked a switch, "There, that should give us some time... at least. The airship is still not operational, well, not just yet... In the mean time, it's time to deal with my son..."

The floor, the platform in the chamber unlocked itself, suddenly ascending and leaving Mewtwo and the pillar below them. Spence darted around before eyeing the mysterious man who seemingly awaited a response. This was a man who killed countless Psyche soldiers by himself. What kind of person was capable of that feat? The platform continued carrying the party Spence, Bill, Gina and Silas, all the way to the highest possible floor...

"What are you saying?" Spence turned back, "God doesn't exist."

"Maybe... but maybe not. There was a woman once who thought she could become and play god, but I defeated her as well. And who do you think you are?"

"I'm Spence, the Team Midnight Leader... or still hope I am."

"Spence... never heard of the name before. Team Midnight doesn't exist anymore."

"What?!"

"As I said, I cast the teams from the world once before... I will do it again. You say you're the Leader of Midnight? I wonder, would you put up more of a fight than Blackwind did...?"

"The name Blackwind again, just like Darkrai..." Spence growled, shouting, "Stop messing around! Cut the crap and tell me, who the hell are you and what do you want with Mewtwo!!!"

"Mewtwo was created by her. Psyche begins with Mewtwo, and so its death will mean the end of Psyche as well... I am here to achieve this."

Spence gasped, Diseh's words echoing his mind.

"If a certain person comes in contact with Mewtwo and bonds with it, our master and Ki will gain the power to control the Realm, which all clones were born, recreate the world into Psyche's ideal image, or if they please it, have the power to completely destroy it. The man who is coming wishes to destroy Mewtwo before this happens."

Spence gritted his teeth, throwing his gun from the platform as he shouted, an emotional outburst, "I won't let any of that happen! I'm Mewtwo's friend! I'm not going to let anybody else hurt Mewtwo anymore! IF ANYONE HAS TO KILL MEWTWO, IT SHOULD BE ME!!!"

Hardly responding to Spence's rage at all, the man replied, "Hmph, so be it... If you wish for you and your team's death so early, then you're welcome to it. Even meaningless figments of imagination can be the driving force that gives you form... Give your heart and souls to me!" This was followed by a huge power bursting the man's cloak upward by a seemingly invisible force, the force revealing a metal "M" chest plate.

Suddenly, a glowing circle appeared in front of the party, the building shaking as if under an earthquake. The man's back sprouted a single black wing, and a black blade similar to the buster sword materialised into his hand. Spence grunted, wide eye as a giant pokemon was summoned forth from the floor. Lugia, the legendary diving pokemon. It roared as it was finally fully summoned and materialised. "...Regigagas, Ginatina, and now Lugia?! Where are these imitations coming from...?! Who exactly is this man and where the hell did he come from?!!"

The platform finally made it to the highest possible point, outside on the rooftop of the Psyche Building... The city of Saffron, a city of lights, their incredible background scenery below... Spence revealed a pokeball, bracing for an out of this world pokemon battle. The man gazed upward, a full moon beaming down above them from parting clouds. "It's midnight tonight . . . how appropriate, Midnight Leader, Spence..."

((lol i had to do it chillbill, the references, and blue is by far the best rival in pokemon, no one can even come close. and naw i'm sorry redt, it's my fault, i timeskipped which is a bad habit when i'm just assuming everyone knows what's coming. xalia stole the clones perhaps the second everything went crazy. samurott, there's no reason to restrict yourself and i sorta know what you're trying to do, but my theory is, a pokemon inside a pokeball isn't frozen in time, think of them resting and the like in their own happy, comfortable environments inside the pokeball. if that doesn't satisfy ya, consider the fact that in the games merely "resting" heals your pokemon. no need to be too realistic in a pokemon roleplay man and jimmy, that is pretty interesting alex has that pokemon now, since darkrai and her are kinda oppose each other, and darkrai will play a very important part in the later acts mwahahahaha.))

((So David isn't in the building anymore?))
Wolf ended up running into Root. "Where have you been?"
"No clue. I slept for a long time though." Sounds could be heard coming from nearby. "What was that?" Wolf asked. "You may need these." Root handed Wolf his four swords. ((Chill, you forgot that Wolf took David's swords in the Distortion World.))
"Thanks." Wolf reattached his original pair to his thighs, then took the Distortion World pair and attached them to his shins. "Alright let's go."
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The two rounded the corner and went through a door. They found Spence, Bill, Gina, and Silas. But... "No way." Wolf set his eyes on the giant white bird in front of him. Lugia.
He heard stories about it as a kid. Never did he think that the ideal flying type would be in front of him. "I call it!" Wolf gulped. I hope this works. Noting Lugia's typing, Wolf brought to bear Seeker's ball. "Go, Seeker." Hoping that he would actually come out, Wolf was surprised to see that Seeker was in far better shape... Scratch that. Seeker was... Changing!
"What?" A flash of light revealed Seeker's newly formed legs and arms. Seeker was no longer a Haunter. Wolf had in his possession, one of the strongest pokemon to come from Kanto. "Gengar."
It started to make sense. Trevor had Seeker for awhile, which I guess that constitues as a trade. Wolf grinned as he saw his want turn into a have. "Seeker, Curse!" While Wolf began setting up his favorite battle strategy with Seeker, he realized he needed some muscle to throw around. "Come on out, Gar!" Wolf smiled. The Gyarados roared fiercely as it prepared to start performing a seemingly frequent occuring event: trying to weaken or take down legendaries.
I have the Psychic type covered by Seeker, now just to utilize Gar's Ice Beam to cover Lugia's flying type. "Gar, Ice Beam! Try not to hurt it too much!" Wolf felt the Ultra Ball that he acquired a couple years ago. "You shall be mine. I need you, Lugia."

The man smiled, stretching out of black wing in the chaos of battle.

Spence turned in surprise after he had heard the releasing of two pokemon, "Wolf?! Root?! When did they get here?!"

"Sorry, but Lugia is not yours for capture. In the Pokemon League rules, it is forbidden to capture another trainer's pokemon. When a trainer battles another trainer in single match, it consists of one pokemon battling the other. You used two... Lugia refuses you! Psychic, Lugia!"

Lugia's eyes pierced white as both the Gengar Seeker and the Gyarados Gar were stopped in their tracks, a psychic green aura stopping their movements to a complete halt. Suddenly, Lugia let out a cry, which threw the two pokemon dangerously close to the ledge of the rooftop.

"Pokemon League rules? That was at least fifty years ago..." Spence gazed, shaking his head, "Even so, this isn't a pokemon... is it?"

Bill and Gina had withdrawn their blades just after releasing their own pokemon, the Garchomp, Blaziken and Gardevior.

"Hmph. Lugia, Aeroblast."

Suddenly, the Lugia's most feared and awesome attack was called. The Lugia battered its giant wings from the ground, ascending. In a howl, the Lugia blast the Aeroblast into all pokemon and current party members. Spence grunted, bracing as the fearsome maelstrom to hit.

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Axel ran in, dodging a stream of Ice Beam from Suicune. He ran along the wall and jumped at Xalia. Xalia laughed, freezing the air around the man. The ice cube fell to the floor, shattering, one of Axel's illusions. "Nice try, Axel." Xalia grinned, turning around to grab Axel's arm. He winced, struggling to get free. Suddenly, Zoroark appeared and Night Slashed Suicune before freeing Axel.

Celebi caught Xalia off guard with a Leaf Storm, Diseh running his way over. "Future Sight, now!"

Axel's left arm was completely frozen, it might've been lost forever, Axel growled, "Zoroark, do it!!"

"Pokemon League rules? They're all dead, thanks to Psyche. Who is going to enforce them?! But if you wanna play by obsolete rules, so be it! Seeker, get back. Gar, do your best!" Wolf grinned. It had been quite some time since it was just him and Gar battling. It took him back.
But what happened next brought him back to reality.
"Lugia, Aeroblast."
Wolf braced himself. Gar coiled himself around Wolf, Root, and Seeker to shield them as he took the blast. "Gar, no!" The three were safe, but Gar was taking a beating. "Pokemon League rules state one on one, two on two, or three on three. But never says anything about me using Seeker to attack while Gar defends his trainer as being... Illegal." Wolf said to himself. He turned to Seeker. "Seek. As soon as you see an opening, get outside and Night Shade the Lugia."
Wolf turned and massaged his temples. "I'm done with these games Psyche makes us play. It's time for payment." Wolf said.
You take my little sister. Threaten her life for me to comply with you. Betray me. Then try to shut me down and horribly injure my pokemon. As if that wasn't enough, you got smart, and took the only thing that guaranteed my victory. And made it yours. I hope you get what's coming to you. I can personally vouch for David's bloodlust. I wouldn't recommend threatening or angering him, because you would have a bigger threat on your hands than Midnight.
Wolf was experiencing mixed feelings. It's been a long time since he could actually think when angry. Most of the time, David came through to feed off it.
((Oh and Root would have Shaymin))

((So pretty sure I can guess the guy's name. Pretty funny that he'd be the destroyer of Teams Crunchy haha. I've taken some time and read through a bunch of the team stuff on the site several times so I think I get most of the people.))

Wolf and Root ran onto the platform and transported in a flick of light. Latios nodded in their direction and pulled on Trevor's shirt. "Alright then let's go."

The two of them ran off onto the platform and appeared in a completely different part of the building. Windows stretched all the way down to the end of the corridor, which turned to an opening.

Sounds of a battle could be heard, then suddenly a strong wind blasted against the wall and barreled down at the two. "Latios brace yourself!" Latios flew in front of Trevor and put up a Light Barrier, filtering down the attack a little. The wind was still strong and pushed Latios back into Trevor, who was pushing Latios forward trying not to get pinned on the wall.

Once the attack was over Trevor brushed through his hair. "Whatever did that is going to be a strong opponent I'm sure." Trevor looked over at Latios, who was growling, picking up the familiar scent of the man that helped him as well another scent. The second scent didn't feel well with him.

Trevor picked up that Latios wanted to fight. "Well are you ready to fight side by side again?" Latios nodded as he took off down the hall. Trevor shook his head and smiled, "Well I'm glad to see you haven't changed at all." Trevor felt his back before remembering his sword was gone, reminding him of who he was. "I guess I changed a lot though." He took off after Latios.

They came out onto the platform, the night air chilled by the large ice pillar. Why is Mewtwo here?! A man in a dark cloak stood between the pillar and the group, a Lugia flying overhead. Trevor gritted his teeth as he looked over at Spence, seeing his blade and pokeballs with him. "Hey Spence! Toss me my stuff! I have a few days worth of action to catch up on." Trevor needed his blade, it was his lucky charm. It's what made him famous as Crimson and helped him lead the Colors.

Under the moonlit sky, when Lugias vicious attack had ended, Trevor and Red's Latios finally entered the fray. Everyone was now here, atop of the Psyche Building. Hopefully, Mewtwo was still safe within the building, but for now, their main focus was defeating the mysterious man and his Lugia. Screw the rules... if his intent was destroying Mewtwo, Spence had to stop him, no matter what.

"Trevor, Latios!!" Spence cracked a smile, "Or, should I call you Crimson now? Anyway, here! Catch!" Spence unequipped Trevor's pokeball belt and katana, throwing them to Trevor in the distance. "All of you..." Spence lowered his head, "All of this was because of me, and you're still here fighting beside me... Thank you. And, I'm sorry about all this... none of you deserved the punishment you endured over the couple of weeks, hopefully getting you out of here in one peace will make it up to you... but now's no time to talk or get over emotional. Trevor!"

Spence readied his long sword, "Follow my lead! Silas, Bill, Wolf! Concentrate on Lugia until it's out of energy! If we defeat the man behind it, Lugia's power may weaken! We're going in, keep us covered!"

"Hmph, Team Midnight had teams of solely dark, poison, ghost and dragon-type pokemon... your so-called team sure does have a mix of types, not like back in the day."

"SHUT UPPPP!" Spence roared, frustrated at his comments.

Silas, Bill, Wolf and the others launched attacks into Lugia, Lugia countering with bursts of both power psychic and flying-type based attacks. Spence rushed through with Trevor beside him, skidding under the legendary until the mysterious dark cloaked man stood eagerly in front of them, "Ahh, good... Finally, now I see you as a leader... Not quite Blackwind, but still..."

"Enough! What do you know of Team Midnight?! Trevor!"

Spence and Trevor jumped, slashing down their weapons upon the man. Suddenly, the man flashed his wing outward, sucking them into a different world altogether, flashbacks of Cathy's world lingering in their thoughts. Suddenly back on his feet, Spence almost stumbled over before recalling a similar white world within Cathy, one that Spence and Trevor now resided in. Spence darted around before the mysterious man appeared directing in front of him, "Are you hesitating? Are you lost, Midnight Leader?"

Spence grunted as the man slashed his blade across him, almost tearing Spence limb from limb. With Latios beside Trevor, Spence finally tossed his pokeball in aid of his Lucario, Edward. "Edward, lead us the power of Aura!"

The man smiled, "I see... in that case, let us even odds." The mysterious man released his own pokemon, a well-trained Raichu. As both Trevor and Spence's bodies gained a boost by the Lucario's own Aura, a similar jolt to the man's blade from the Raichu considerably boosted his abilities. A white crackling electricity (think of sasuke's curse mark chidori or look it up lol), one strike from it would spell doom to anyone struck by a blade like that.

"Do you have any ideas? Right now, you and I should know each other's movements thanks to Edward. Thanks to our battle in Celadon City, Edward can pass Aura on to you as well... If you act, I'll be able to predict you and synchronise with you accordingly. Although, you should avoid over doing it or pushing yourself beyond your limits, otherwise you'll definitely feel the backlash.... trust me," Spence spoke with haste as Aura flowed within the both of them, "If Latios can concentrate that Aura of yours, considering your abilities with psychic-types, we may stand a chance..."

"A chance? Doubting yourself already?"

Spence grunted, the man throwing himself while Raichu followed, almost as if gliding before an attack as he readied his powerful weapon.

((wolf, silas and bill can come up with a combo to defeat lugia in the meanwhile. lugia cannot be captured. if you want in on the white world battle, pm me. root and gina can't enter them, not because they're girls, but because it's a direct plot-detail. also samurott, the only clones you can get now are the ones mentioned in the settings of the first post.))

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Xalia and Suicune were again trapped within Axel's illusions. She clicked her tongue in annoyance, surveying her dark surroundings.

Suddenly, Zoroark appeared. Suicune cast Ice Beam. Zoroark dodged. Axel appeared, although in rough shape. Xalia commanded another Ice Beam strike, Axel dodging. Leaf Storm blew in from the Celebi. Before Xalia could react, Future Sight hit. Unable to react, the attack had flinched her. The storm uplifted and circled the both of them like a twister. Xalia and Suicune took considerable damage before they had enough, "No more games!"

Xalia's eyes glowed, shutting down the illusion and bringing everything back to the hall. Suicune used Agility, striking all including the Celebi, slamming the psychic-type to the wall unconscious. Diseh winced, completely vulnerable. Axel couldn't move, stuck against a wall. Axel's frozen left arm was getting the better of him. He growled in pain, grasping it, "Zoroark........ cut it off!!!!!!!!!"

Hesitating, Zoroark appeared in front of his master. Axel gazed up to his pokemon with determined eyes, "Do it...... do it now, Zoroark!!!"

Before Xalia could freeze Diseh, Axel slashed across Xalia's back with his own kind of Night Slash. However, now he only had his right arm to depend on.

Xalia winced, turning to look at Axel with cold eyes, "THAT hurt! Now, you're going to pay..."

Suddenly, Jimmy came out of nowhere...

((Got it! No catching of teh lugias! I was confused like 'uhh... why cant wolf catch lugia herpderp?'))
Once Wolf heard the attack stop, he struck. Seeker came out and put on quite a light show, delivering multiple Night Shades. Gar uncoiled and reared up. "Gar, Ice Beam! Then follow up with Hydro Pump!"
Wolf admired his handiwork as others joined in. Bill and Gina, Silas, even Root. Others followed suit. Feeling confident that Lugia will be overwhelmed with these barrage of attacks, Wolf thought about the pair of Distortion World blades he had in his possession. Picking them out of their sheathes, they started to glow faintly, with a purplish color. He was awestruck. He felt confident enough by this new occurrence, he decided to go in after Trevor and Spence to provide assistance...

Trevor's heart raced as he and Spence drifted into the familiar alternate dimension. So he must be a clone too. Trevor watched in shock as the mysterious man attacked Spence, slashing him several times within seconds.

Surprisingly Spence recovered from the attack and released his Lucario. Soon Trevor felt a strong power course throughout his body. The man mirrored Spence and released a strong looking Raichu. Well an Electric type won't have a huge amount of damage to Latios, so we have at least a fighting chance in this.

"Do you have any ideas? Right now, you and I should know each other's movements thanks to Edward. Thanks to our battle in Celadon City, Edward can pass Aura on to you as well... If you act, I'll be able to predict you and synchronise with you accordingly. Although, you should avoid over doing it or pushing yourself beyond your limits, otherwise you'll definitely feel the backlash.... trust me," Spence spoke with haste as Aura flowed within the both of them, "If Latios can concentrate that Aura of yours, considering your abilities with psychic-types, we may stand a chance..."

Trevor looked at the man then at Latios. "I need you to try and concentrate Lucario's power and lend your strength to us." Latios nodded and closed his eyes, Psychic energy began flowing around his body. Trevor looked over at Spence, "I have a few moves we can try. We need to act fast so we don't drain our Pokemon too badly. And don't worry about my abilities, I'm capable of much more than you think." Trevor smirked before launching at the man.

He pulled back his katana, aiming to strike, before jumping high into the air. Trevor barrel rolled, Spence mirroring his moves on the other side.

((you are a herpderp samurott, not to mention lugia would be way too overpowered for the second act of the roleplay. also, whenever we have another boss fight DON'T send multiple pokemon out to battle ONE pokemon when we have MULTIPLE characters to fight it. it kind of ruins it for me.))

Wolf and Bill's attacks against Lugia seemed to do almost nothing to the legendary pokemon and its surreal power. Maybe its weakest was the trainer himself... Silas had sent out his Vibrava, the challenge the dragon-type faced quickly evolved it into its second form, the dragonfly glowing in a mysterious light... Vibrava finally evolved into a Flygon in a beautiful array, "Quake!!" Silas commanded, "Use Dragon Claw!!"

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In the white world, Spence and Trevor glided with the power of Aura thanks to both the Lucario and Latios working together. They dodged to the sides in rolls, the mans commanding Raichu to fire off several thunderous jolts to stop them in their tracks. They kept moving, continuing along their path. "Ohh, and what's this? Where did you find this strength?"

Spence readied his sword, beginning to roar.

Spence and Trevor, with blades extended, blazed and slashed into the man at the same time from two different directions. From where they slashed, the formation appeared as an X.

In the aftermath, Spence winced, his feet falling back onto the white dimension floor. He was too old too continuing synching with Trevor... After being dealt the damage, the man chuckled, getting himself up again while he cracked his shoulders left to right, "I see... so you are, too... Your powers with pokemon are impressive. But I’m afraid, I’m. . . . . "

Suddenly, the man flashed-teleported forward along with his Raichu. Spence gasped, trying to turn around. The man ducked, knocking Spence off his feet with a swing of a kick at the ground, before stringing a set of combos and kicking him above the ground repeatedly. Each kick was as if sending lightning straight through his body. To finish, he swung a Mega Kick into Spence, slamming the unsuspecting victim into the ground below. The impact completely winded Spence, the slam causing him to almost as if bounce from the ground. Spence choked, his eyes shooting white.

The Lucario gasped, running up to its trainer in aid. Thanks to Latios synching with Edward, Latios learnt how to use Aura to strengthen Trevor as well.

The mysterious man appeared beside Trevor, placing a hand onto his shoulder. Latios reacted, appearing as if teleporting to stop him. "I apologise, Latios... but this is what must be done . . . . ."

The Raichu used Agility, appearing behind Latios in support of its master. All of a sudden, Raichu sent a thousand volts into Latios using the move Thunderbolt as Latios cried. All the while, the mysterious man threw Trevor into the sky. Trevor braced and lifted his sword, only to have the man appear in unexpected directions and slash at him before disappearing again, repeating the process. Each swing of the man’s powerful sword gave Trevor a painful jolt of lightning through the body, even when successfully blocking the attack. To finish -- the man Mega Kicked Trevor into the distance.

The man sighed, landing to the ground and catching his sword, "Is that all your Team Midnight can do? I'm not impressed..." He swung the blade of lightning beside him.

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Silas, with Gina and Gardevior and Garchomp, with Root and whatever pokemon she had, held Lugia down using their pokemon. Silas cried to the others.

"Wolf, Bill, Alex........... hurry!! Go after that man with Spence and Trevor......... Now!!" he yelled, as if putting all his strength into his newly evolved Flygon.

Sarah placed a hand onto Alex's shoulder, her Eevee gazing up at them. She gave Alex a nod. She couldn't use a single pokemon to help them, but she placed her faith upon Alex.

As the three of them ran into the white world, the dimension pulled them inside it. The familiar feeling of the Distortion World flowed back into Wolf's thoughts.

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The Lucario skidded to a halt, kneeling, desperately seeing if Spence was okay. Spence grunted weakly, as if trying to pull himself back together. His Lucario worried about him and the state he was in. If anything, the Lucario didn't want Spence to continue on like this. Spence got himself up, grabbing the Lucario's arm for help, "Edward... give me more power."

Edward shook his head.

"I know... the backlash... I'm not a pokemon, I'm human... I can't recover like you guys can, but... I think I understand where that man's power comes from... He's somehow found a way to increase his powers thanks to the Raichu... If we defeat Raichu this time, those abilities will go away... That's our chance..."

Edward looked to him sadly, refusing with a shut of the eyes and the turn of a head.

"Edward... I promised everyone and Mewtwo that I would protect them, and get them out of here alive... I owe them that much... Even if it means my life..."

Edward, reluctant to offer his powers, finally gave in. . . The pokemon stood up, and started to concentrate Aura through him and into his master. Suddenly, they gasped. The mysterious man appeared, his frightening blade hovering over Spence body, "No hard feelings... you and your pokemon fought well, but in the end, all teams must fade into the darkness, never to see the light of day again..."

Before the man could strike, Cresselia cast a Protect over Spence and his Lucario. The man backed off, turning to welcome the three new challengers. He smiled, teleporting in a flash in front of them, "More? All right, I accept your challenge . . . Raichu and I will test your resolves if that's what you wish... Raichu, use Thunder!!"

Suddenly, Raichu cast Thunder, sending the strike straight into its body with a whip of the tail. Unleashing the electricity now consumed within its body, the Raichu sent a group of multiple lightning strikes from down from the sky. They continued to strike down upon the party. They seemed to follow Wolf, Bill and Alex around, the need of constantly moving around an issue. A single strike may have killed them instantly.

"You fools....." Spence grunted, slamming the ground, "What the hell do you think you're doing here?! Do you want to die?! Get out of there!" Spence growled in frustration, sighing when bitterly accepting their courage, even though it was equal to foolishness, "You guys....... target Raichu and faint it! Evade the man's attacks at all cost!!"

((I feel like the animation for this fight would cause eyegasms for all. Especially when Spence and Trevor got owned, btw I'm pretty sure Trevor is dead now haha.))

Trevor and Spence struck the man repeatedly, finishing with a strong move. Trevor turned to see the man rotating his shoulders, like it was a soft punch they hit him with.

His jaw dropped as the man vanished and appeared behind Spence, striking him faster than Trevor could see. Spence's body kept rising slowly with each set of attacks before the man appeared above him. He turned, almost in slow motion, before kicking Spence into the ground. "Spence!!" Trevor began running over to Spence before the pressure of a hand appeared on his shoulder. Trevor gulped as he heard the man apologize to Latios. A jolt of electricity jolted through Trevor as Latios was struck with the Thunderbolt attack.

Then Trevor was thrown into the air, still trying to shake off the pain of Latios' attack. He lifted his sword just in time as the man lunged to attack him. Even though Trevor was blocking the sword strikes electricity was still being sent into his body. The man continued to appear randomly around him, striking here and there. Trevor knew this was a battle he would lose soon, there was no way he could keep up with this guy. A few swipes of the man's sword made contact with Trevor's side, causing him to howl in pain. The man took advantage of this and turned to kick him.

Trevor was sent flying into the distance, skidding and skipping across the hard ground. Eventually he stayed on the ground and rolled a few hundred feet and stopped. He slowly planted his blade into the ground and struggled to lift himself up. Trevor was extremely weak and he could sense that Latios was just as weakened as him. Trevor took a step before electricity sparked across his body. He coughed harshly, sending globs of blood onto the white ground. He gritted, "Great, paralysis. That sword is much more lethal than anyone would guess."

He made slow progress to get back to the battle. In the distance he could see some of the others appear and protect Spence. Soon bolts of electricity started to strike down at the group. Trevor started to limp faster, the paralysis trying to slow him down but he kept fighting. "Latios! We need to help them!"

Hearing his master's thoughts, Latios rose weakly shaking off his own paralysis. He flew over to where Crimson was practically crawling to the others in the distance. Latios leaned down to help him up and lowered his back so that Crimson could climb up.

Trevor sat on top of Latios. "Alright one more time!" He threw his hand outward and Latios flew back into the battle. They flew over to where Lucario was trying to power up Spence. Trevor slid off of Latios, landing on the ground in a crouch. "Seems that the others just couldn't keep out." Trevor looked down at Spence, "And it seems that you're not the only one that's hard to kill. If it wasn't for Latios here I know I'd be dead right now." Trevor looked down at his side, blood still slowly running. "But I'm still comletely human. I always envied Red for his fast healing. It takes me twice as long even with my bond to Latios."

He looked out at the others, trying to fight off the man and his Raichu. "I'm going to try and get their attention so that way it gives an opening for the others." Trevor got back onto Latios and sped off into the battle before Spence could stop him.

"Let's give this everything we have bud." Trevor patted Latios on the side as he drew his katana. The man turned to see Trevor swing, simply dodging it, then teleporting in front of him. Trevor lift his blade to block the attack the man tried to land. Jolts of electricity ran through his body again and again. I hope this works or else we're done for........

((Note: Root has a Jumpluff. And only Gar was left, Wolf took Seeker with him.))
Wolf called Seeker back and jumped in alongside Alex and Bill. They entered a white world, similar to the one they were in upon leaving Cathy's. It's a good thing the three got there; Spence and Trevor didn't appear to be doing so well. Thoughts and memories came with the deja vu, and Wolf was nearly blind sided from a nearby lightning strike. On instinct, he moved swiftly out of the way in case another one should touchdown. Remembering a token from the world, Wolf pulled out his Distortion blades. "Seeker, help." The ghost acted as a third-eye and transferred its interdimensional sight to its trainer. "Thanks. Keep a look out for any incom-" Wolf narrowly avoided yet another strike. "One of those."
Now for the hard part: staying alive and attacking that Raichu simutaneously. Wolf rolled, trying to avoid each strike. It was during a downtime between volleys that Wolf noticed the man had a sword that had energy of some sort flooding through it. A thought dawned on Wolf. The glow on his Distortion blades is energy flowing through it. The energy was probably absorbed from when Wolf was expelled from the Distortion World. Seeker lending the ability to see between dimensions must've amplified the energy. He smiled. "Come out, Seek. I think we need to lend a hand to both parties." Once Seeker was out, Wolf had to manage explaining the plan while avoiding lightning. "Trevor and Latios are trying to make it difficult for that duo to kill us. However, Trevor and Latios don't seem to be in good health. I'm going to help them. Seek, try to stick to Bill's plan and followthrough with pinning Raichu down. Alex's Cresselia will help you with that task."
The two split and Seeker made a rush, towards Raichu, phasing between dimensions to avoid the lightning.
I have these blades which may lend a hand and even out the playing field should I be dealt an attack. However, that may not be the case...