Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

Pokemon Reality: Worldwide Interaction

I won't comment on the character until after you say you're completely done with him. Great chapter, tho...
 
Chapter 17

Another long chapter to hold everyone down for a while. I'm not sure when I'll post the next chapters. Hopefully it won't take me a few months again. Also, I just edited the ending to this chapter becuase after seeing the news update on Giratina having an alternate form gave me a better idea for the story's plot.
~Cyber~
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Chapter 17: 3D Shadows​

AJ, Chase, and Vik ran into the den where they found Lucas and Yami locked in a battle with Jynx and Gallade.
AJ: “Lucas, what’s going on? Why did you scream when you’re just having a battle with Bull?”
Lucas: “Guys, that’s not Bull.”
Vik: “What are you talking about? He’s standing over there with the Dusk Ball version of a cartridge ball in his hand.”
Yami: “You are both correct. I am a result of Bull’s experiment; his other half.”
Chase: “What do you mean?”
Yami: “When they experimented on Bull’s mind, I was separated from his moral side. Thus creating two being in the same body.”
Vik: “Alright, this future is really confusing. I barely have a clue what’s going on.”
Yami: “Let me put this at ease. Jynx, blow lovely kisses to all of them!”
Lucas: “Gallade, use Pycho Cut to stop Jynx!” Jynx began blowing lovely kisses. Black hearts floated around the room but Gallade fired multiple energy blades to intercept each heart and no one was affected.
Chase: “Bull, knock it off!”
Yami: “Bull can’t hear you. I’m in control now. Jynx, Blizzard!” The room’s temperature dropped as snow swirled all around our heroes. Lucas looked at Gallade. Gallade was sensing something, something dangerous and evil. Lucas could almost feel it as well.
Lucas: “Gallade, Teleport. Get us out of here!”
Yami: “Not so fast.” Jynx appeared right next to Gallade and gave it a lovely kiss with its lips glowing black. Gallade quickly fell asleep and lied on the floor as the blizzard cleared.
Lucas: “Gallade wake up!”
Yami: “Finish them off, the pokemon and the boy!” AJ wouldn't allow that to happen. He quickly threw his elite ball.
AJ: “Feraligatr, use Crunch. Protect Lucas and Gallade!” AJ’s Feraligatr appeared and its huge jaw clamped onto Jynx’s head.
Yami: “Two against one? I should balance this out with my own Feraligatr!” Yami threw his Dusk Ball with his diamond game inside it. His own Feraligatr came out and roared. “Stop those opposing fools.”
Lucas: “Gallade, you gotta wake up now!” Gallade remained asleep and Yami’s Feraligatr hesitated to attack. It shook its head a whimpered. It seemed scared to attack.
Yami: “Attack now, Feraligatr, or face the consequences. If you know what’s good for you free Jynx this instant.” Yami’s Feraligatr still hesitated.
Vik: “This guy’s pretty harsh with his pokemon.”
Chase: “Yeah, he acts like Bull’s exact opposite, like his shadow.”
AJ: “Lucas, recall Gallade. There’s no use in leaving it in the battle field right now.” At first Lucas wanted to stay in the battle, but he knew it would be best if he listened to his brother.
Lucas: “Gallade, return.” After Gallade is called back into its pokeball, Jynx glows with a blue aura around it. It was using a Psychic attack and broke free.
AJ: “Hang in there Feraligatr. Dragon Claw now!”
Yami: “Jynx, use Lovely Kiss on his Feraligatr.” Jynx uses it’s hair to intercept the Dragon Claw attack.
Chase: “Whoa, that thing knows how to battle like Medusa would.” Jynx then began to use it’s lovely kiss. Then for what seemed like no reason it stopped it’s attack and its hair let go of AJ’s Feraligatr. Jynx then turned to its trainer and had a concerned look on its face.
Yami: “No, I’m in control.”
Bull: “You’ve done enough damage. Leave my new friends alone.”
Yami: “You fool. I’m more powerful. You’re mentally weak.”
Vik: “OK dudes, any idea what the heck is going on?”
Chase: “I think it’s what Bull said about the experiment. He’s been divided so his two personalities are fighting for control over his body.” Jynx began to panic but the Feraligatr that belonged to Bull seemed to snap out of its insecurity. It punched Bull in the head. AJ’s Feraligatr ran over to Bull’s Feraligatr and restrained it. The whole group wondered what was going on.
Bull: “Oh, thanks Feraligatr.” Bull seemed to have returned to his normal self. His Jynx became angry and then forced itself back into the Dusk Ball.
Chase: “You mind telling just what the heck was up with the freak show?!”
Lucas: “Yeah, and I thought Vik was scary when he gets angry.”
Bull: “Sorry, I meant to warn you”
Chase: “Meant to, doubtful.”
Bull: “That experiment I was apart of…” Bull searched for the right explanation. “… you could say that my moral and immoral sides are completely split.”
Chase: “You have one serious case of Split Personality Disorder.”
Bull: “It’s not a mental disorder. Two separate minds in one body. Just look at my Feraligatr, it only obeys me while Jynx only obeys my dark side.”
AJ: “O… K…”
Vik: “I thought you said we were safe here. I think living with Team Chaos is less dangerous then you.”
Lucas: “Yeah, at least I know I can kick Team Chaos’ butts.”
Bull: “Everyone, just take it easy. Remember, you need my help. I’m your best chance for getting the secretes out of AJ’s mind. Besides, if Team Chaos knows you’re here then you’ll be in more danger than you think. I’ll try my best to keep my dark side under control.” The whole group stayed quiet for a while. They soon came to a unanimous decision.
Chase: “Fine, we’ll stay hiding in your house.”
AJ: “But just long enough to learn whatever it is Gwen wants us to know about Team Chaos, their plan, and the part that LASER plays in all this.”
Vik: “And while we’re at it, figure out how to get past Xero’s Time Lock.” Bull nodded. He didn’t want his visitors to be in any danger. The whole group recalls all their pokemon that were sent into battle and has lunch.
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Later that day, it was time for Bull to get inside AJ’s head. Chase stood by with his Gengar released and ready to use Dream Eater if necessary. Lucas had his Gallade out as well. Since he and Gallade were able to share thoughts before he thought he’d give it another try.
Bull: “Ready AJ?” AJ nodded. It was finally time to finish uncovering all the secretes of Team Chaos.
AJ: “Ready as I’ll ever be.” AJ laid down on the living room couch and closed his eyes. He emptied his mind, making it easier for Bull to get inside it and look around.
Bull: “Wow, there are so many shadows in and gaps in your memories.”
Chase: “Well, he’s had amnesia for the past few months.”
AJ: “What do you see?”
Bull: “Be quiet.” There were a couple minutes of uneasy silence. Gengar and Chase waited patiently in case there was something that needed to be erased from all the Hypnosis and Dark Void spells AJ had inflicted on him.
Vik: “What’s taking so long?”
Bull: “Shh, I think I found something. I see it, LASER. Wow, what a huge space station. There are Jirachi and Clefable using Gravity attack to creat the artificial gravity there.”Vik: “So wait, AJ’s been on LASER before?”
Bull: “Yes but, I can’t tell when. I’m reliving the event. There Jason and a man. He looks like he could be his father.” Gallade tapped Lucas on his shoulder. Then it stared Lucas in the eyes and sent him a mental picture of what Bull was seeing. Lucas saw the man with Jason.
Lucas: “Commander Serph?”
Chase: “What?”
Lucas: “I think Commander Serph is Jason’s father. Gallade just showed me.”
Vik: “But how? Gallade doesn’t have Synchronize anymore. There’s no way it could!”
Bull: “You haven’t figured it out yet. Any psychic type pokemon can communicate telepathically with its trainer. Synchronize just makes it easier for the psychic to do it. I think it’s because Lucas has such and strong bond with his Gallade that it can share its thoughts with him quite easily.”
Chase: “OK, so we now know that Commander Serph is Jason’s father. Does that mean he’s the real leader of Team Chaos?”
Bull: “I’m trying to find that out, but this memory of Laser is filled with a lot of shadows. I can’t see everything. Only bits and pieces of this memory.”
Chase: “Gengar, use Dream Eater. Try to make Bull’s vision more clear.” Gengar performed a Dream Eater.
Bull: “Chase, stop. There’s someone else there. I can’t get a clear vision of him.” Gallade tapped into Bull’s telekinesis and then showed Lucas the dark figure. Lucas instantly recognized the figure.
Lucas: “Xero’s there too!”
Vik: “That doesn’t surprise me. Xero told us himself that he was a Team Chaos member.”
Chase: “So he knows something about Laser as well.”
Bull: “There talking, but I don’t hear anything. That’s odd. I can hear a Hypno. It sounds like it’s Hypnotizing AJ.”
Chase: “I get it. The conversation was erased by Hypno. Gengar, use Dream Eater again. Let’s find out what they’re saying.” Gengar used Dream Eater again and soon Hypno’s chanting was removed. However, another unexpected event happened.
Bull: “Ah, not now.”
Vik: “Dude, this is no time for you to turn evil on us.”
Yami: “It’s my turn now.”
Bull: “No, I won’t let you. I need to help AJ. Let me have control.” It was weird for everyone else to watch Bull practically talk to himself. Without any warning or summoning, Bull’s Jynx let itself out of his Dusk Ball. Its body was glowing with that dark purple aura. Soon the purple aura engulfed Bull as well.
Lucas: “What’s going on?”
Chase: “Looks to me like Jynx is connected to Bull’s dark side.”
Yami: “You’re right. This Jynx only obeys me, but never obeys my gentle side.”
Bull: “Hold on, I’m not done yet.”
Yami: “Yes you are.” That was the last they heard from Bull. His dark side had taken over his body once more.
Lucas: “Hey you big bully, you better not mess with my big brother or you’re going to get it!”
Yami: “Relax kid. I won’t hurt your brother much. Jynx, use your Forewarn ability.” Jynx follows its trainer’s commands and its opens a rift. Within this rift everyone can see the vision of LASER. AJ began grunting and groaning in pain.
AJ: “What are you doing? Get out of my head!”
Yami: “Why should I?”
Chase: "Gengar, use Dream Eater to shut off the vision and snap AJ out of this."
Yami: "Uus Psychic." Jynx was faster and KO's Gengar with ease. Chase has no choice but to call back his pokemon. Then Jynx begins to use its Forewarn ability to show what was inside AJ's head. Everyone saw waht was inside LASER. There laid an Arceus in slumber.
Vik: “Figures Team Chaos would want to use an Arceus.”
Chase: “Yeah, but why is it hibernating? I thought all pokemon could battle once they were released from the game.”
Yami: “You don’t know how real pokemon become when they’re released into this world.”
Chase: “What do you mean by that?”
Yami: “Figure that out on yourself. Jynx, use Forewarn to find out about Arceus.” As Jynx uses Forewarn in tune with Yami’s telepathy, Gallade also uses its telepathy. Lucas sense danger and why AJ was being in pain again.
Lucas: “Stop it! You’re hurting my brother!”
AJ: “Yeah, (grunts) I’ve had enough. I now know what Gwen wanted me to remember.” He struggles to get back on his feet, but with Jynx and Yami trying to control his mind it was hard to do so.
Yami: “Jynx, use Psychic to put him in his place.” AJ is slammed against the wall and his body surges with pain. Lucas could no longer take it. Lucas became angry with Yami was doing to his brother.
Lucas: “Stop it right now! That’s enough!” Gallade felt Lucas’ surge of anger and used it to perform a Night Slash attack. The super effective attack catches Jynx by surprise and the forewarn vision disappears.
Yami: “Interesting. Gallade is tied to your emotions and is using them as power. Your bond with your pokemon is unlike any of which I’ve witnessed.”
Lucas: “Just shut up! I don’t want to hear anything from you! Gallade, finish this! Night Slash with everything you got!” With Lucas being very upset with Yami, Gallade gained more power for Night Slash since it was a Dark Type move. Jynx is KO'd by a critical hit thanks to Lucas' rage.
Yami: “So you want to battle huh? Gardevoir, assume the battle position!” Jynx is called back and Yami released a Gardevoir. Unlike Gwen’s Gardevoir this one appeared more versatlie. Gallade didn’t back down.
Lucas: “Just leave us alone!” Gallade moved in for an attack. Yami was ready to counter it this time.
Yami: “Shadow Ball.” With one attack, Gardevoir manages to KO Gallade. Lucas finally snaps out of his anger and rushes to his pokemon’s side.
Lucas: “Gallade no. Are you ok? Come on, get up.”
Yami: “Don’t feel too bad kid. If anything, your Gallade learned Night Slash thanks to the darkness within you, but it seems to me that you got carried away with such power. Maybe you should learn to control your emotions since they are the key to Gallade’s power.” Chase and Vik were getting fed up. They’ve had enough with watching the Juarez brothers suffer.
Vik: “Dude you’re one to talk. You’re nothing but a dark side.”
Chase: “Lucas, stand down and help your brother out. We’ll handle this.”
Bull: “No you won’t. I got this.”
Yami: “I thought you were out. Huh? Gardevoir?” Gardevoir looked at its trainer and performed a Dream Eater attack. Then Chase knew what it was doing. Gardevoir was trying to help Bull regain control of his body.
Chase: “Gengar, you use Dream Eater too.” Gengar did just that and before long Yami was vanquished for the time being.
Bull: “Sorry about that, but at least we have the info we need. Well most of it.” The others looked at Bull. His dark side had raised a number of questions.
Chase: “Explanation please.”
Bull: “First off, Jynx only obeys Yami while Feraligatr only obeys me. Gardevoir obeys both of us but seems to help me regain control of my mind and body.”
Lucas: “Bull, what was that you said about my feelings being the key to Gallade’s power.”
Chase: “Yeah, and Yami also said that in this world pokemon are more real than we thought they were.”
Bull: “Gallade evolves from Kirlia, the Emotion Pokemon right? Well Gallade has that same characteristic from its pre-evolution. They both respond to their trainer’s emotions dramatically. I think your rage is what enabled Gallade to learn Night Slash.”
Vik: “We’ve been battling with out pokemon for a while now. Howcome we haven’t noticed this before.”
Chase: “We have, just not right away. Dialga slowing down time at TC’s base, Rotom being a prankster with electronics, and PorygonZ hacking the internet. We’ve seen those things in the game and cartoon show so they do here in the real world. We should’ve paid better attention to that in the past.”
Lucas: “So my feelings give Gallade its power. Now I get it.” He looks onto his injured pokemon. Then he finally calls it back into its pokeball and holds close to his heart. Sorry Gallade. I shouldn’t have acted the way I did. Then you wouldn’t have gotten hurt so badly.
Gallade:Don’t worry Lucas. Hearing Gallade’s thoughts surprised Lucas. He gave out a small shout.
Vik: “What is it this time Lucas?”
Lucas: “Nothing.” AJ just stood there for a moment while rubbing his forehead. Another headache came along with his newfound memories.
AJ: “Thanks for the help Bull, but you didn’t have to make it such a unique experience. Now about LASER, I know the access codes ad where everything is on there.”
Vik: “Nice dude. Now we just need to get there and finish them off for good.”
Chase: “Wait, we’ll need a plan.”
AJ: “There’s more. I saw something that I don’t think Bull or Jynx showed you. It was a Giratina, or at least I think it was and it looked deformed.”
Bull: “You’re right. Giritina has an alternate form. What you probably saw was Giratina’s alternate form. It takes that shape in another dimention.”
Chase: “What could Team Chaos be planning with Arceus and Giratina’s alternate form?”
AJ: “I can’t remember that detail, but there’s something else you should know. LASER has hacked pokemon with perfect stats. We got nothing to go up against those.”
Chase: “Drat. This is what we get for using only legit pokemon. How can we take on pokemon with perfect stats?”
Bull: “Leave that up to me. I can create a program that should boost our poekmon’s stats.”
Vik: “You sure about that? Now’s not the time to mess up and end up with freakish results like from your experiment.”
Bull: “Yeah, but as for getting to LASER, that’s another problem.” Everyone sat down and thought for a second. A moment later Chase looked over with AJ. He saw that mischievous smile and narrow eyes and knew it meant one thing.
AJ: “What do you have in mind this time Chase?”
Chase: “Oh nothing much… Skyler.”
Bull: “I know what you’re thinking. Give me your pokeradar and I’ll find Gwen.” AJ didn’t like the way Chase called him Skyler. He knew that more trouble was headed his way.
 
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Chapter 17 1/2

I know what you're thinking; "Cyber, why make a Chapter 17 1/2?" Becuase, I felt like writing a "mini-chapter" while working on chapter 18. I consider this Half of a real Chapter since there's no major battles, no new character intros, or any major "OMG didn't see that coming" plot twists. Chapter 18 should be posted in a week or so. Oh, and any feedback, predictions, constructive ciritizism is welcomed.
~Cyber~
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Chapter 17 1/2: Back Up Heroes Unite

Back in the present, Hector got to work on a project. He was looking for a way for a pokemon to have perfect stats when it’s summoned from an Elite Ball by hacking and reprogramming an Action Replay. After an hour of working a shadow swooped past his workshop window. He looked outside but saw nothing. Then he heard a pokemon squawk.
Hector: “Commodore, time to come on out.” Hector released Commodore they were both aware that someone was around. They step outside to see who was there. A moment later a Skarmory swoops down in front of him with Brad riding it.
Brad: “Where are Vik and the others?” With Skarmory creating whirlwinds it was hard for Hector to see Brad. The whirlwinds even blew Commodore away.
Hector: “Hold on, who are you?” Skarmory stopped flapping its wings and landed onto the ground. Then Brad dismounted his pokemon.
Brad: “My name is Brad, the leader of Team Rocket.”
Hector: “You mean you’re the leader of a cosplay group.”
Brad: “Do not make fun of my team!”
Hector: “So what do you want with me?”
Brad: “You were the last person Vik and the others were in contact with. They’ve been gone for three days and no one else knows where they are.”
Hector: “They’re gone? Last I heard, they were going to take a break from their mission and come up with a plan. I haven’t heard from them since.” This brought up a since of worry. There was only one thing that could happen.
Brad: “Great, Team Chaos must’ve gotten to them, and since Chase’s cell phone seems to be disconnected they must’ve been taken into the future.”
Hector: “We can’t fight Team Chaos now. They have some deadly pokemon in their arsenal.”
Brad: “I don’t care. I’m gathering my troops and heading into the future. I won’t allow Team Chaos to mess with my best member and his friends.”
Hector: “Wait, before you go, you might wanna take a look at what I have up my sleeve. Your Team Rocket group may take interest in them.” Brad decides to head into Hector’s house and looks at all the electronic devices that have been torn apart. Hector even had an old gameshark still sttatched to his old Pokemon Gold version game. Then showed Brad an Action Replay he was working just before his arrival.
Brad: “If you’re as good as a hacker Chase and Vik say you are, then that’s no ordinary Action Replay, is it?”
Hector: “Your right. It’s not quite finished it, but if you summon a pokemon with the Cartridge and Elite ball while this Action Replay is attached it should double it’s stats.”
Brad: “Why double its stats? Why not go all the way give a pokemon perfect stats?”
Hector: “I’m still working on its programming. I want to give this to Chase and make extras for his friends and one for myself when Team Chaos shows their faces again. After all, they have an Arceus with perfect stats waiting to be awakened."
Brad: “I’m aware of Team Chaos’ plan. So why don’t you let me help you hack the Action Replays. I want to be Team Chaos’ equal or better so we need to hack that thing.” Brad grabs the Action Replay before Hector has a chance to offer a rebuttal. Then he heads outside and gets ready to leave with his Skarmory.
Hector: “Wait, you don’t know what I have programmed on that thing. If you insist on hacking it yourself then stay here. Let me and Commodore help you with its programming.” Hector’s shiny Porygon then heads over to Brad and Skarmory with a USB Drive that it carried using its Psychic attack.
Brad: “What’s this?” He takes the USB Drive.
Hector: “It’s something I like to call the Psycho Drive program. Have a look at it, but at least leave me with the Action Replay.” Brad then trades the Acton Replay for the USB Drive.
Brad: “I’ll be back to see what progress you make with the Action Replay. It’s obvious that my team can’t help Vik and his friends without your help.” With that, Brad and Skarmory took off. Hector figured that he was getting dragged into Brad’s plans weather he wanted to be a part of them or not. It was time for him to complete his part of saving the world.
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Consider this "installment/book/part/whatever-you-wanna-call-it" done. I'm currently working on m next fan fic. Look below for a preview of what's to come. PM me if you wanna leave comments.

Vik: “Should we wake those two up? It’s not like Lucas and AJ to sleep in this long.”
Chase: “I wouldn’t worry about those two. All four of us have had a rough couple of days staying in the future.”
Vik: “I wonder how all of friends are doing in the present. I wonder if my parents think I’m dead.”
Chase: “Don’t worry about it. Once we figure out a way around Xero’s Time Lock we’ll be back the same day we left. Nothing can go wrong.”
Vik: “Except lose to Team Chaos. Wait, did I just say that? I’d have to be losing it.”
Chase: “Like I said, we’ve had a rough couple of days. We could all use some extra resting after everything we’ve been through.”
Vik: “Yeah.” Vik sat in a makeshift hammock made from Chase’s Ariados’ String Shot attack. “Dude, when we get back to the present, we should like write a book about all of our adventures.”
Chase: “Aw, come on. I doubt anyone wants to read a story about three teenagers and a kid who are able to call out pokemon from the video game and gone on one roller coast ride of an adventure. Who would want to read a story like that?” :wink:
 
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Ah, the Gameshark... back when it was more commonplace in use than the Action Replay... good times.
 
feedback?

Hmmm, should I take time to read CMex's latest chapters or get ready for states tomorrow?

The new chapters will just have to wait. . . .
 
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