Chapter 37: Chapter 34: Who Is AI Sada?

        One at a time, Turo’s AI Pokémon deactivated their sleep modes and turned on. They got up and surrounded Arven’s party, their eyes glowing.

        Turo pulled a new Holographic Ball from his coat pocket. Holding it up, he said, “My beautiful AIs will make sure y’all don’t get far. Let’s make this the battle of the future.”

        “Yes, let’s,” Nemona said, freeing a pokéball of her own. Hopefully, she would actually fight that time. “Hang in there, Meowscarada,” she called to her Pokémon. Her attention moved over to Arven, Kenji, and Miraidon. “Arven, Kenji, and Miraidon, Scarlet, Penny, and I will distract Turo. You guys get Sada out of here and keep her safe.”

        “Right,” Kenji said. He noticed Turo glaring at him out of the corner of his eye.

        “Traitor!” Turo shouted. He was suddenly shaky. It was like he suffered from low blood pressure.

        “Sorry, boss,” Kenji said, remaining calm, “but I need to protect Arven and Sada from you.”

        Miraidon joined him and Arven, still carrying Sada.

        “Here, Miraidon, I’ve got her.” Kenji reached up and gently took Sada from him. “Easy now. Be careful with her arm.” It wasn’t long until he carried Sada in his own arms.

        She whimpered when he bounced her a little. She sounded like a dog who had sprained its paw.

        Arven went to Sada’s side and ran his hand across her crystallized cheek. Anger boiled inside him, but he calmed himself by taking a deep breath. He assumed that was how Miraidon controlled his anger.

        “Let’s go, Arven,” Kenji gently said.

        Arven removed his hand from Sada and stepped in front of Miraidon. “Miraidon, you’ve been here before. Do you know where we need to go?”

        Miraidon nodded. Floating past Kenji and Arven, he knocked a few AI Pokémon back with his tail. A gap appeared, and he, Arven, and Kenji slipped through it.

        “Traitor!” Turo again yelled, in a slightly choked voice. “She belongs to me!” He lifted his thumb to press another button on his device, but a small figure jumped him from behind and knocked it out of his hand. “No!” Turo cried out.

        Celebi held the device between its little arms. It hugged it to its body and soared away from a few AI Pokémon who started to chase it: AI Paldean Tauros and an AI Iron Treads.

        Very well. If this was how Arven’s party wanted to play, then it was time for Turo’s Plan B. It started with him yelling, “Get that Pokémon!” at Iron Treads and Tauros.

        “Bi!” Celebi bellowed at Nemona.

        “I’m guessing it’s saying, ‘Now’, so let’s go!” Nemona almost threw her pokéball, but she gasped when another flashback of Meowscarda losing overtook her mind. Instantly, she lowered her ball and stepped away from Turo.

        Scarlet, who sent out Skeledirge, gave Nemona a stern look. “Nemona, you have to fight. Penny and I can’t take on Turo alone.”

        Penny released her Sylveon and said, “The faster we stop Turo, Nemona, the faster we save Meowscarada.”

        “I know, I know.” Nemona inhaled and exhaled. She pushed Meowscarada’s memory out of her head and lifted her pokéball again. “Okay, here I go.” Nemona tossed her pokéball forward. “Go, Goodra!”

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        Kenji and Arven followed Miraidon into a circular room that was next to the base’s barracks, which mostly consisted of charging stations. The area had a single steel staircase that vibrated with Kenji and Arven’s boots while they descended it. Miraidon’s electrical glow guided them and covered them in a violet and yellowish-blue light.

        Arven did not leave his mother’s side for the whole journey. He held her hand and kept talking to her. He hoped that would help her catch up with the human contact she lost when Joy tricked him. “Hold on just a little longer, Mom. We’re going to fix you.”

        “Arven…” Sada’s voice trailed. “You don’t understand.”

        “Understand? Understand what?” Arven did not like the feeling that tugged at his gut. He remembered Penny’s words, but he didn’t want to believe them.

        “Gias!” Miraidon announced before Arven could reach too far into his thoughts. He just made it to the bottom of the staircase and now hovered over a cluster of large, black cables. A familiar, experimental table was behind him, and Tera crystals were on either side of it. All were connected to a large, holographic screen and a Terastallized keyboard that had just as many buttons as Turo’s device.

        Arven felt like he had stepped into a space shuttle preparing for takeoff. He surveyed the area for a good while, and then his eyes jumped back and forth between the holographic screen and its computer. After a moment of silence, a small smile replaced his frown. “Infrared,” he concluded. “It’s Infrared! We found it!”

        “Um, Arven—” Kenji started, but Arven interrupted him.

        “I can finally fix my mom.” At once, he leaped into a run and approached the keyboard. Sure enough, it said “Infrared” above it. That was all the proof Arven needed.

        Miraidon soared to him and tried to boot him away from the computer. He had very bad memories of this place—with both him and Sada—and refused to let Arven fall down the same rabbit hole.

        Kenji set Sada down. He propped her up against the lab’s wall and left her temporarily. “Arven, back away from that computer,” he said, holding his hands up to Arven.

        “Why?” Arven glanced at him. His hand hovered over the largest button on the keyboard. It was red and a perfect circle, whereas the others were black and square-shaped. “Miraidon brought us here,” Arven added. “This is where we need to be, Kenji. This is where I’ll fix AI Sada. Trust me.”

        “It’s not that I don’t trust you,” said Kenji. “It’s the fact that you’re confused.”

        “What am I confused about?” Arven tucked his fingers into his palm. “I’ve traveled through the past and future to find Infrared. I know what I’m doing. Tell him, Miraidon.”

        Nevertheless, Miraidon had gone to Sada and picked her up again. He brought her to Kenji and Arven. Miraidon tapped the keyboard with his snout and shook his head. He pointed his nose at Sada.

        “What Miraidon’s saying is that that’s not Infrared,” Kenji translated for Arven. “It’s merely the computer that helps Turo control it.”

        What? Was he saying that Arven traveled through time for nothing? No, he refused to believe that. Kenji was surely pulling a trick on him.

        Kenji moved closer to Miraidon and Sada. A sudden draft caused him and Arven to shiver.

        “Arven,” Kenji ordered, “don’t touch that button. You will regret it. Here’s the truth; you and your friends have been traveling with Infrared this whole time.” He rested his hand on Sada’s broken arm, right on top of her wound, which housed the largest cluster of infrared Tera crystals. “It’s her.”

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