Chapter 15: Chapter 12: Miraidon to the Rescue

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Sometime not too long ago

 

        The hacienda was almost too dark for AI Sada. She tripped over too many chairs and machines trying to make it to the room she was in now. Its large, circular shape gave her a sense of freedom, and she smiled when a man’s shadow emerged from the wall next to her.

        With his hands in his pockets, he asked, “Are you ready?”

        “I am,” Sada replied, nodding. “I’m ready to finally be the mother Arven never had.”

        “Then come, and let’s make our descent.” The man lifted his shadowy arm and pointed at the wall he just popped out of. “Infrared is ready—ready to help you bond with your son.” At those words, he opened a door behind him.

        Sada followed the man down a dark staircase that led to the bottom of the hacienda. Down there, it was pitch black, but clusters of Tera crystals and a single experimental table in its heart gave it a little light.

        Sada’s Koraidon rested on the table. A crown of wires covered his head, and he looked both ways before he finally noticed his trainer.

        “Will this experiment hurt him?” Sada asked the man, rubbing her hands together.

        “Not at all,” the man said, his face still hidden in the room’s darkness. “Once he becomes Miraidon, he will be able to use his powers to bring Arven to you. That’s what you want, yes?”

        “But if we hurt him—”

        “Then we will stop the experiment.”

        Glaring, Koraidon poured his eyes into Sada. He rubbed his paws on the table and shook his head.

        “Enough, you!” The man pulled a lever at the end of the table, and a single electrical shock passed through Koraidon’s body.

        Crying out, he fell onto his tummy.

        “Do you have to shock him?” Sada wanted to know, pulling a strand of hair behind her left ear. A draft passed through her braids and caused the tail of her lab coat to waft for a second. “I-I’m sorry, Koraidon,” she added, after a moment of silence. “Don’t worry. You’ll be Koraidon again before you know it.”

        The Paradox Pokémon growled, and then he looked over his shoulder to the man, who pulled a new lever all the way up the panel.

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        Scarlet removed the Violet book from her backpack and held it up to AI Sada. A lavender light spilled out of the picture of Miraidon on its cover—like the infrared sky from before.

        Sada and Slither Wing noticed the glow and stopped attacking.

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        Sada, clutching her broken arm, begged, “Miraidon. Miraidon, please. Please forgive me.” She waited for what felt like an eternity before she finally heard him.

        “Gias!”

        Miraidon jumped out of a cluster of ferns and flowers behind Scarlet and her friends and leaped in front of Celebi’s barrier, decked out in his battle form when he landed. Eyes shining like Sada’s, he knocked the Violet book out of Scarlet’s hand and tossed it to Sada, who caught it. The violet light shone on her face, and her eyes returned to their normal color.

        Sada hugged the book to her chest and fell onto her right in a patch of tall grass. No longer were her clothes infrared, but she was dead exhausted. She just wanted to sleep. Not to mention the intense pain in her arm. It was enough to turn her world fuzzy.

        Slither Wing rushed to her, but Scarlet and her friends stayed put for a little longer, just to make sure she was safe again. She was.

        “OMG!” Nemona chanted. “That was literally the coolest thing I have ever seen!” She hopped up and down and cupped her hands around her mouth. “You rock, Miraidon!”

        He “rocked”? Not once in his life had someone said that to Miraidon. He seemed to smile at Nemona, but he glared at Arven. He was the reason why he was like this. If only Sada didn’t have a kid.

        Arven started for his mom, but Miraidon slid to her and showed off his fangs. He was so fast that Arven tumbled onto his backside into a puddle of mud.

        “Come on, man!” he complained, waving his arms. “I just want to make sure my mom’s okay.”

        “I’ll do that myself,” Miraidon growled in his lingo. He shooed Arven away with one of his V-shaped arms. Miraidon turned to Sada, whose arm twitching had grown worse.

        Slither Wing moved off to the side to let him in. It opened its massive wings and lifted off the ground, fluttering to Nemona. Slither Wing stopped in front of her and spoke in its own raspy language. The two communicated with one another, and then Slither Wing landed next to Nemona. It was a whole five feet taller than her, but Nemona wasn’t scared of it.

        “Hey, Scarlet,” she said, grinning at Scarlet, “Slither Wing and I are going to get Penny. Do you think I can borrow Koraidon?”

        Scarlet nodded. She gave Koraidon a quick pat and booted him to Nemona.

        “Thanks,” she said, and she climbed onto his back. Nemona took hold of Koraidon’s antennae and flicked her wrist at Slither Wing. “Lead the way, Slither Wing.”

        Rays from the setting sun passed through the thicket’s treetops and created a few sunny patches on the forest floor. Half of Slither Wing’s body was in one of them. It jumped from patch to patch, with Nemona close behind, and disappeared in the shadows.

        Scarlet and Celebi settled down on a log and watched Arven and Miraidon. With a dreamy look on her face, Scarlet propped up her head.

        Arven crawled across the ground, quiet, but Miraidon roared, “Gias!” He moved closer to Sada. While it was true he was upset with her, Sada was still his trainer. She found him, nurtured him, and gave him the love that was meant for Arven. Miraidon was not ready to lose that. Heck, Professor Sada wasn’t even supposed to have a kid in the first place.

        Using his tail, Miraidon put the Violet book under her head, to use as a pillow, and switched his forms. Now standing on all four legs, he walked in a few circles and plopped down next to her. His mechanical-like body sparkled under the sun’s orange rays.

        Miraidon set his head down next to Sada. He saw Arven reach out with the corner of his eye and gave his hand a quick rap of his tail.

        “Ow!” Arven yelled, drawing back. He shook out his hand, which now had a fresh bruise on it. “You son of a—!” Arven crossed his arms and sat crisscross applesauce. “I hate Legendary Pokémon.”

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