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Unlike Wayne, Tk had no problem getting free food, every one thought the pint sized hero was adorable. so when he got the message he was in the process of devouring a plate of some type of pasta with sauce he had no hope in pronouncing correctly, his Pokemon enjoying similar dishes.

His fork Clattered to the floor as he jumped out of his chair and sprinted for the door, recalling his Pokemon as he ran. "N's with Plasma" he said to his Pokemon as the entered there balls. They were prepared for battle.

"Thanks for the food, really, it was great!" he called the waitress as he brushed past her.

"Thaaaa~nks Clone Sage, come back and see us again!" She called after him. she was a fan.

Once his feet hit pavement he'd click his heels and release his skates from the soles of his shoes. Luckily the dinner The Pre teen was eating at was in close proximity with Pokeland. Taking off at a pace that would make him out to be a blurr to the people he passed, ziging and zaging past the people he encountered.

On his way he went over his conversation with N over and over again. It was all adding up, everything he said plus his statement back at Henrietta's house the day of the big stadium attack.

'N's with plasma...N's with plasma'....N's with plasma'...N's with plasma'

He repeated this over and over again in his mind. But it just wouldn't click. Of course it wouldn't, N was one of them. So all he could do was hope it was some sort of sick joke and everything that made sense about N being Plasma's king was just a weird coincidence.

Pokeland

Patrons of the amusement park were torn between watching the battle between E and the Anti-Hero or running for their safety. When Salieri tore a mailbox off the ground to throw at her opponents, they decided to compromise and watch from a distance. The only non-combatant to stick around was N, who leaned silently against a wall with the brim of his hat down, covering his eyes. He watched not to enjoy it, but to know when it was over. When the fighting would end.

Snacks and toys from broken vendor stands littered the ground. Salieri and E were clashing in the middle of it all. Neither one had landed a blow yet.

It appeared that E was a proficient fighter. Salieri didn’t recognize her style and surmised that it was hybrid martial arts, perhaps self taught. E’s longer reach kept Salieri at bay, but the Battle Girl’s sheer ferocity was forcing E backwards.

“You’re quite persistent,” E commended sweetly while swaying backwards, narrowly avoiding a roundhouse to the face. “I wonder…if you fight harder because you’re wounded on the inside.”

Salieri snarled in response. She ducked under a right hook and shot forth with her own jab. E caught her wrist in a tight grip. “Like a savage would.”

The green haired girl grinned devilishly and hurled Salieri over her shoulder towards her Beheeyem, who hovered a few inches off the ground. Before Salieri could land, she was caught in a Telekinetic grip and was stuck floating in the air.

E charged at Salieri, but stopped short when a vine gripped her arm. Chen Zhen stood behind her, pulling on E as hard as he could. She snapped her fingers. “Outlier.”

The Beheeyem responded by Teleporting to Chen Zhen’s location and ripping the Vine Whip with a thin Psychic wave. Salieri landed on the ground, and quickly rose up before the freed E could stomp her face into the dirt.

Outlier shot at Chen Zhen with Signal Beams from his glowing fingertips. The Pansage flipped around with Acrobatics to avoid the swirling multicolored lasers, landing behind a broken concession stand for cover. The beams continued to rain down, slowly picking apart Chen Zhen’s cover.

Salieri spun away from E’s straight kick and darted towards Chen Zhen with an outstretched hand. The Pansage sent out a Vine Whip which Salieri’s caught in her hand. The Battle Girl pulled, yanking Chen Zhen away from his cover right before it collapsed and swinging him into E.

Or at least, it would have been E, if Outlier hadn’t swapped places with her using Ally Switch. In her new position on the battlefield, E’s Aura radiated, and she flared.

The flared Signal Beam was formed from two beams spinning together in a double helix pattern, twice as large as before. With the momentum from his swing, Chen Zhen could not dodge in time. Salieri grit her teeth. “Gunk Shot!”

Dust particles from the air collected in Chen Zhen’s palm, forming a solid block. Like E, Salieri’s Aura also flared, making the Gunk Shot into the size of a cannonball. He slammed the attack into the beam.

They burst against each other. Bright lights flashed against the dark purple dust cloud. The force of the shockwave snapped the vine Salieri held onto, sending the tiny Pansage flying up into the air.

Through the dust, Salieri could barely make out E’s glowing eyes. If she pulled another attack of that magnitude again so quickly, she’d be left vulnerable. With the cloud, she’d be shooting in the dark.

She adjusted her eyesight, letting her see through the murky dust. Without hesitation, she rushed in and changed her nails into sharp claws. E’s silhouette was so close. In a few quick steps, she emerged from the other side of the cloud and swiped at E’s midsection.

But E jumped back just before Salieri had come out. Sal’s peered closely at E’s pupils. They were adjusted just like her own, giving her vision through the dark as well. Before she could fully process this, the nails on E’s hand grew like Salieri’s did, and she tried to swipe back.

Salieri leapt backwards to gain distance. E rose her hand up slowly, examining her new claw like nails. The dust cloud dissipated behind her. “This is an amusing power. I think it suits me, don’t you brother?”

N said nothing, keeping his head bowed. “You have the same ability as me,” Salieri blurted out in disbelief, not meaning to say it aloud. E responded with light laughter.

“Allow me to impart some knowledge onto you, you poor uneducated girl. No two Aura abilities have ever existed side by side that are identical. What I have is…hmm…” She tapped her chin, thinking of the word. “Superior.”

Chen Zhen floated down next to Salieri, standing atop his Air Balloon. Outlier Teleported back to E’s side. The battlefield was reset.

“It looks like you’re just a copycat to me.” She went into her default kung fu ready stance. “Anything I can do, you can’t do better.”

E raised an eyebrow. That comment was so tangibly false to her that it practically tickled. “I guarantee that you’re wrong.”

“Enough.” N stood up straight and dropped his arms to his sides. “This fight is senseless. Salieri, stand down.”

She snapped to the side to face him. “You really think I’ll listen to what you have to say? N, I won’t let you walk away from what you’ve done!”

A tight scowl crept onto the corner of his mouth. He stepped forward with conviction. “Everything I’ve done has been for the good of pokemon! For the world! I have no regrets!”

Salieri had never seen N like this. He’d seen him passionate before, but now he seemed angry as well. Angry that she didn’t understand him. “I have a future that I must change. And, for that future... I'll defeat the Champion and become unbeatable, unlike any other! I'll make all Trainers free their Pokémon! Just try and stop me!”

N turned his back on her. “I’m leaving, E. I have to get out of here…this was…a mistake.”

E rolled her eyes. “I told you before, a waste of time. You really should listen to me. For your own good.” She put a hand on her hip. “Go on ahead. I think I’ll play with my new toy a little longer. If she doesn’t run away, that is.”

“I don’t run from anything!” Salieri bellowed. She pointed at his back. “And I won’t let you either, N! Don’t you dare leave! Face me, damnit!”

It was big talk. But Salieri could barely keep up with E and Outlier as it was. She couldn't go after N on her own, with his sister in her path.

If the rest of the Legends Crew didn’t come quickly, N would get away.

Entralink Base

"Yeah, at least they're...did you say the rest of our lives?"

Jump propped his elbow onto the table and cradled his chin in his hand. He rose an eyebrow at the suggestion that this would be their future forever. Still smirking, but now curious. "Don't tell me...you wanna do this for the rest of your life? Even when you're, like, old and wrinkly?"

He had mentioned to Jackie once before that he wasn't keen on staying in this business for the rest of his lifetime. Naturally he assumed that most people would want to retire eventually. Did Jackie really not consider that?

Wayne looked at N and blinked. That was a girl? But she looked just like N. He
glanced back to E, who was laughing in a really girly... Oh. Ohhhhh. That made
more sense.

The real N was saying something to him, and he made sure to listen. He had to,
this situation was really serious.

"You talk way too much, dude, seriously." Wayne said, "How about we do our
little Q&A after I beat you up?"

He took out a pokéball and released his Duosion, Eukarya. Wayne paused. "But
by me, I obviously mean my pokémon."

"Okay. Let's just capture her," Wayne said with an enthusiastic grin.

"Not like a hostage though. Just very similar. Also we can question her and use
her to make demands and stuff, it'd be pretty sweet. I think we could use
Henrietta's place as a prison."

Eukarya used Self-Telekinesis to start floating in the air.

Wayne could feel the Aura link between the pokémon and him. All the battles he'd
fought over the past few days had been good for at least one thing; Wayne's
Aura links to his pokémon were as strong as steel.

Robby had probably shocked a few people on his way over, what with them apparently not thinking he was the type to run. Especially not as fast as he had been running.

Luckily, the path was relatively cleared by the water from Henrietta's arrival. Well, and most people decided to dive out of the way of someone his size sprinting really really fast.

And so, he arrived in time to see N. Which probably wasn't really that hard. But it was with just enough time to start after him, in hopes that that blastoise wasn't going after him to kill him. Or something.

"Norbert!" He called, going after the king. And he was probably after the right one.

After all, he hadn't noticed E.

Celadon City mall was the largest in the world. More stores than you could possibly visit in a single day, more floors than seemed necessary sometimes. It was a giant tower compared to what it had been decades ago, days when people whispered of Team Rocket.

Elysia found it necessary, but frustrating. Helena hadn't seemed as avid a shopper recently, but she needed clothes. After having been rushed out of Unova, and with the house gone, she didn't have much aside from costumes, and even those would have to be shipped.

Scizor followed Helena around, as intimidating as well and Elysia kept herself seated outside of the store. Her feet ached, and her eyelids sagged. She stared at the x-transceiver in her hand, looking down at the number of calls she'd made. To Helena's agent, to her friends and family in Unova.

To Kero, who never picked up when he was on a mission. Even if his daughter had almost died in a terrorist attack. Nobody she called would tell her anything, she wasn't military, she didn't have the security to know.

He'd come back, or Helena would get a visit from a man to tell her of his death. Elysia sighed heavily.

"If you just did die maybe I'd worry less," she grumbled to herself.