Chapter 38: Chapter 35: Rampant Rampage

        Arven felt like he was about to drop dead. White circles flashed in front of his face, but his vision cleared when the shock set in. Why would his dad mistreat Sada like that? Why would he turn her into Infrared? Was it to kill him, as Penny said? Arven had to speak to Sada herself.

        He calmed himself before he could explode, but it was difficult. His dad had crossed the line.

        Arven removed his hand from the button and approached Sada’s side. “Mom,” he said, grasping her wrist, “is this true? Are you Infrared?”

        Sada shook her head. “I didn’t want to be, but Turo told me it would help me.” That blasted day when she turned Koraidon into Miraidon re-played in her head. She removed her wrist from Arven and buried her face in her palms. “I’m so stupid.”

        Arven helped her down from Miraidon and wrapped her arm around his shoulders. “No, you’re not. You’ve just got to tell me what happened.” He escorted her back to the lab’s wall and sat down with her.

        Miraidon and Kenji loitered around the room’s entrance, just in case Turo came.

        Where Arven and Sada were, Sada snuggled close to Arven. “Please, just hold me,” she said when she felt him squirming.

        Arven relaxed his body and hugged Sada to his breast.

        She set her chin down on his shoulder.

        Blinking away a few tears, Arven asked, “How did you get like this?”

        Sada did not answer. She fell limp in Arven’s arms.

        In a monotone, her computer spoke up. “AI Sada shutting down. Switching to Infrared.”

        “No, no, no.” Arven gave Sada a quick shake. “Stay with me, Mom.”

        “I… can’t… fight it… anymore.” Sada’s voice was breathless and fading to nothing but a robotic one.

        “You have to, Mom,” Arven pleaded, peering into Sada’s face. “I know you can do it. I’m right here.” His whole body, all of a sudden, felt like it was on fire.

        “AI Sada shutting down,” repeated her computer. “Switching to Infrared.”

        “Ahhh!” Sada screamed, reaching for her head.

        Arven’s ears rang, but he did not flinch away from his mom. “Stay calm, Mom,” he said (meant more for himself than her). “Remember the Stiff and Relaxed Strategy.” He let go of the breath he was holding when very slowly, Sada started to calm down. However, he narrowed his eyebrows to the point he had an evil glare on his face.

        Miraidon turned his head to check on him. Instantly, he flung his tail at Kenji.

        “What is it, Miraidon?” Kenji rotated his own head, and his eyes widened when he saw Arven. “Oh no.”

        Miraidon remained in his place, but Kenji hustled to Arven and reached for him. “Arven, you need to control your anger.”

        “Argh!” Arven shouted. At once, he let Sada go and jumped to his feet.

        Kenji caught her before she hit the ground. “Are you okay, Sada?” he gently asked.

You are reading story Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: Infrared at novel35.com

        Arven stormed around the lab like a giant whose land was invaded. He punched a hole into the wall and kicked it repeatedly. He even turned over a whole table of Holographic pokéballs and chucked its chair into it, which the chair broke on impact. The whole time he raged, tears streamed down his cheeks. He jerked his head in the direction of Infrared’s keyboard. He was going to shut it down right here and now. Red usually meant stop when it came to buttons, so he had a hunch of what he had to do.

        “Arven!” Kenji yelled when he saw him making his way toward the keyboard. “Miraidon, stop him!”

        “Gias,” Miraidon said. His rockets launched him into the sky, and he plopped down in front of Arven, who gasped and fell backward.

        “Let me pass, Mirai—hic!” he wailed as the tears kept falling. “I’m trying to save my—hic!—mom!”

        “You can’t save her,” Miraidon roared at him. “You need to let her go. It’s the only way you’re going to defeat Turo.” It was too bad that Arven didn’t speak his lingo. Miraidon needed Celebi. After all, it had telepathy.

        Arven drew a pokéball and tossed it. “Cloyster, use—hic!—Ice Beam!” Gosh, that one hurt. Arven reached for his aching chest.

        Once Cloyster appeared, it announced, “Cloyster!” and launched its icy beam at Miraidon. It smacked him in his tire.

        Crying out, Miraidon stumbled back. While he tried to recover from the blow, Arven sprinted past him.

        He tripped over his own foot and tumbled onto his front. However, he quickly got up and smacked the keyboard’s red button. “Don’t worry, Mom,” Arven told himself, “you’re going to be—hic!—free from Infrared before you—hic!—know it.”

        “No!” Kenji cried out, but it was too late.

        Sada’s eyes flashed infrared, as well as her clothes. Instead of a human, she looked like one big ambulance siren. Her crystals sparkled, and she shoved Kenji off her.

        The strength in Sada’s legs returned. She stood and tilted her head to her right. Her arms dangled on either side of her.

        “Infrared enabled,” said her monotone at an even slower pace. “Summoning Mastermind Turo.”

        “Mom?” Arven nervously asked. He thought the red button would shut down Infrared! What had he done now? Why was it so difficult for him to get a dawg-gone mom?

        Although he was shaky, Miraidon got up from the ground. He quickly picked up Arven and hugged him to the right side of his tire. Next, he went to Kenji and scooped him up as well. Miraidon held him on the left side of his tire.

        Reminiscent of what happened in Area Zero a month prior, the lab’s interior shimmered red. Sada, or Infrared, headed for Arven’s Cloyster.

        “Cloyster!” he called. Arven fumbled around for his Pokémon’s pokéball, but he was too slow.

        Infrared placed her hand on Cloyster’s shell. At once, its body switched to that of a Hologram Pokémon; only, it was red in color rather than blue like Meowscarada.

        “No! Cloyster!” Arven shrieked.

        “Infrared enabled,” Infrared repeated. “Summoning Mastermind Turo.”

        Kenji smacked himself in the face. Scoffing, he looked past Miraidon’s tire to Arven. “Well done, Arven,” was the only thing he told him.

You can find story with these keywords: Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: Infrared, Read Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: Infrared, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: Infrared novel, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: Infrared book, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: Infrared story, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: Infrared full, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: Infrared Latest Chapter