Steel Realm.
The Steel Realm. By far the brightest location due to how much steel there was. Everything shimmered and shined from the iron, titanium, silver, gold, silver, cobalt, platinum and more metals that reside here.
And all these metals made up the landscape. Titanium mountains and platinum castle with golden castle walls. The location didn't look like anyplace anyone had been to before.
Especially to Shining Armor, who was currently within the castle with his Aegislash. He sat down on a throne made out of platinum, wondering what to do. Much like everyone else, thanks to Rift interference, Shining Armor had been dragged into this mess.
He's been exploring and sitting at this castle for quite some time, not going through anything eventual at all. A way out hadn't even been found yet. Shining Armor started whistling to try and kill some time while Aegislash was just polishing his bladed body.
"Bit uh...bit quiet, don't you think?" He finally spoke, asking his partner Aegislash.
"Aegis."
"Mm. This is a nice castle though..." Shining then navigated his head throughout the platinum throne room. "Very nice." He nodded a few times. This awkward silence was unbelievably painful to him as he was trying everything he could think of to kill this silence. "You know...I'm technically a prince if you think about it."
"Aegislash?"
"Yeah. Well...I mean...Cadence is a still princess. I mean we're married and rule an empire so I think she's more than just a princess by now but hey...rules are rules." He shrugged. "But if I was a king, I'd uh...Hmm..." Shining then thought to himself, but couldn't come up with anything. "I don't what I'd do."
"Slash." Aegislash was just going along with this story while continuing his polish.
"I mean, I guess I'd have a brand-spanking-new armour based off my favourite childhood hero." He grinned, liking that idea. "Oh and a crown too. Made out of Mega Stones...Yeah..."
Once again, silence met the room. Afterwards, Shining Armor started adjusting himself on the throne, trying to find a comfortable position. Though that was fairly difficult considering the chair was made out of metals. "And about Flurry Heart...The Flurry Heart from Universe 6, I mean. We should get to finding her real parents soon."
"Aegis."
"And the Flurry Heart that Cadence and I have could learn a lot from her older parallel self. That's a sentence." Shining Armor then scratched his mane, still trying to find a good position. "Ugh...This throne sucks...Maybe I should just head for Cadence and Flurry Heart now. Nothing too special here anyway."
Right as he finished that sentence, something major finally happened. A shift in gravitational pressure and a horrible sound had echoed through the skies of the Steel Realm. "Aegis?!"
"What was that?!" Shining Armor and Aegislash quickly rushed to the outside. There, that's when they saw the emergence of a Black Hole. One of the many black holes made by Gardevoir, currently spotted in the other realms. It appeared as a simple hole before starting to slowly expand. "A Black Hole?! How?!
"Slash?!"
The black hole grew ferociously, ready to pull in what it could. The mountains were already starting to tremble. Even the walls of the castle were being pulled in with cracks beginning to show. Aegislash was unaffected by the trembling due to being a levitating ghost but Shining Armor was.
Naturally, the most basic and expected reaction was to start panicking. And even for the Captain of the Royal Guard, a Black Hole is absolutely terrifying to anyone. A force that can and will absorb anything to the point where not even light could escape. Shining Armor held his breath in, ready to let out the most panicked scream he could make and run even though he knew it was hopeless.
However, that's when the unexpected happened. Light fought back against the darkness. More specifically, the light that shined from the steel. It emitted a flash so vibrant that even the darkness from the Black Hole had been pushed back. Albeit briefly.
Shining Armor opened one eye to witness this stellar showcase of counteraction. Certainly, a counter that, in his mind, should not be possible.
"Huh...That's funny. That's not how science works. Then again, what do I know about science? That's Twily's thing." He shrugged as the Black Hole was still moving but the light radiating from the metals were fighting back.
They could be seen being absorbed by the black hole as even light itself could not escape its pull. However, there was so much light in this realm that even the Black Hole was struggling. The darkness was even being pierced by these vibrant lights.
"Aegislash, let's go! While the light does that, we need a way out of here or else we'll be stuck in that Black Hole forever!" A way out was suggested. Shining Armor and Aegislash started moving. But the castle was all they ould venture. Although, it was fairly large.
Despite the size of it, Shining Armor and Aegislash have not come across anything worth taking notice of. The exit to the Steel Realm vanished before they knew it and there was no other door aside from the many doors that reside in the castle.
The Black Hole was absorbing all of the shining light that the steel gave off, gradually approaching as one of the titanium mountains had been ripped off, entering the Black Hole.
They went back into the indoors of the castle, continuing their seemingly pointless search for something important. The only important thing here was the Black Hole, unsurprisingly. But Shining Armor and Aegislash were dedicated to searching deeper than before.
They searched and searched while the light from the shining metals kept delaying the Black Hole's inevitable consumption of this entire realm. "Come on! There has to be something!" He said, opening the doors to other rooms that were all metal decorated.
Aegislash phased through the walls, but nothing of value was discovered, unfortunately. By the time they finish searching this castle for anything of worth, the Black Hole would still be moving.
Speaking of the Black Hole, reacting to the lights of the metal and how they were delaying and even fighting back, the Black Hole of Gardevoir adapted. Out of the darkness, black rays were shot out, attacking the shining structures.
The castle shook the impact of darkness with Shining Armor falling over. Constant rays were battering the castle, fighting back against the light that was giving the Black Hole some trouble. Shining Armor could feel his armour being pulled away by the approaching gravitational pull. Soon, his entire body would be pulled in if this were to continue.
But amidst the sudden destruction, Shining Armor had spotted something that could be of great help. As the castle trembled, the armour that could be found here fell. Shining looked at the armour for a bit before sparking an idea. "Aha!"
He brought the armour over with this magic. The armour also radiated off a radiant light that could potentially hold Black Hole. Not only that, but it was far heavier than what Shining Armor had on. And the pressure that his magic felt was a sign of that. Shining Armor removed his current armour, tossing it aside. Immediately, it had been snatched up by the pull of the Black Hole
Shining Armor watched as his armour was now lost to the darkness. But he had something new to replace it. "Eh. It'll probably be back in reality." He shrugged before placing the heavy armour of platinum on. And it suited him well. It complemented his white coat perfectly while giving an extra oomph to his name. Shining Armor.
"This'll do the trick!" He said with confidence. But he was also visibly shaking on the spot. Mostly because the armour was incredibly heavy and the Black Hole could still swallow him. "Needs some extra brightness to shine its way. Aegislash!"
"Aegis!" Aegislash already knew what to do. With his bladed body, he could give off a directional light towards the darkness of the Black Hole. But as he approached his partner, one of the rays broke through the castle, heading straight for Shining Armor. "Aegislash!"
"Oh!" Shining gasped before closing his eyes and attempting to use his magic to protect himself. But he wouldn't need his magic for this. As seen by when the ray connected. To his surprise, the ray did not pull him into the darkness of the Black Hole. Instead, the light of the armour had reflected it but Shining Armor did receive pushback from it. At least it wasn't a pullback.
"Slash?" Aegislash stood there, stunned at how Shining Armor's new armour reacted to the darkness.
"Hm?" Shining Armor looked at himself. Still in one piece as he had witnessed what this armour could do. Then, a proud grin formed on his face before chuckling. "Hahaha! I am invincible! Invi-" Just as he spoke, another ray came crashing in, hitting him from the side and knocking the unicorn over. "GAH!"
"Aegislash!"
"F-Fine..." Shining Armor's eyes spun as he sat up. Sitting up was even difficult due to how heavy the armour was for him. But he managed. "But this armour is amazing. With this, who cares what a Black Hole can do. Alright, Aegislash! Shoot some light in its direction!"
"Aegislash!" Aegislash, using his bladed body, the Royal Sword Pokemon added some extra shine, guiding the light of the bright armour towards the darkness. The overwhelming light of the armour combined with Aegislash's own light which was made possible from all that polishing pierced the darkness.
Shining Armor and Aegislash could even see a visible hole made by the piercing. The metal in this realm was far stronger than any of them were expecting as the Black Hole had been pushed back.
"A-Are we sure this is metal?" Shining Armor stammered.
"Aegis."
"Either way. It's working! Shine some more, Aegislash! Use Sacred Sword on it too!"
"Slash!" Aegislash coated his bladed body with the shining aura of Sacred Sword. He added his light to Shining Armour's platinum armour, sending it towards the darkness. Once more, the Black Hole had been pierced.
Aegislash and Shining moved to the side, allowing for the light to move along the darkness instead of just one position. Before, it was proven that light could not escape a Black Hole. But right before their eyes, it could most definitely do something to it. However, Shining Armor, despite how impressive this looked to him, made sure to remember this all took place within a mind.
The Black Hole kept adapting, however. Shooting out rapid rays of darkness to counteract Shining Armor and Aegislash's union of light.
"Oh! Aegislash, use King's Shield!"
"Aegis!" Aegislash got in Shining Armor's way, ready to defend him. But before the ray could reach the Royal Sword Pokemon, Aegislash felt a horrible premonition inf a split second. In that split second, he quickly pushed Shining Armor and himself out of the way, not blocking the rays of darkness. "Aegislash!"
"Ah! Hey!" Shining Armor cried out as the Black Hole rays struck the floor, pulling some metal in. "Aegislash?"
"Aegis! Aegis-Aegislash!" Aegislash hovered over his partner, rapidly explaining why he didn't block the rays. He used his cloth-like arms to communicate properly with Shining Armor. And the unicorn understood.
"Oh, I get it. Your steel won't be enough to hold it back..." Shining Armor nodded in understanding. While he was wearing armour fit for counteracting the Black Hole, Aegislash was more vulnerable than him. Thinking quickly, Shining Armor came up with something that could help.
He looked at the castle surroundings and how parts of it were being blown away by the rays or pulled off by the Black Hole. An idea involving this destruction came into fruition.
"Got it! Aegislash! Slash up parts of the castle and use them as a backup shield!" He commanded.
"Aegis!" Aegislash was on it. Using Sacred Sword, he easily sliced up parts of the castle walls in perfect pieces tailored to him. A makeshift shield of this incredibly durable metal would suffice greatly in this scenario. Once the materials had been gathered as Aegislash placed them onto his main shield.
Right on time as another ray was coming his way. After placing them on temporarily, Aegislash turned around, using his newly made shield combined with King's Shield to block the ray of darkness. And it worked. King's Shield combined with this metal had blocked the ray successfully.
"Nice!" Shining Armor agreed. "Okay, let's keep moving! There might be something we can still find in this place and-" Just as they were ready to jet off and find an entrance elsewhere, it came to them.
Mainly from above and from an outside force. They looked up to see a door being materialized out of thin air. On it, the Dark-Type symbol could be found. Shining Armor and Aegislash promptly stopped what they were doing. But Aegislash held his shield out at all times to block any incoming rays.
Appearing out of the door were Princess Luna, Darkrai, Diamond Tiara and Purrloin. Darkrai held them all, exiting the Dark Realm and entering the Steel Realm after dealing with a Black Hole of their own.
"Princess Luna!" Shining Armor exclaimed as Aegislash had deflected another incoming ray.
"Shining-" Luna paused, squinting her eyes as the brightness of the Steel Real caught her off guard. "Goodness, what is this intensity?"
"Hm? Are those rays coming out of the Black Hole?" Darkrai noticed how the Black Hole had a different behaviour, now shooting out rays. Some rays came his way, only for Darkrai to grab the Black Hole rays, crushing them." What happened here?"
"Ah, not much. We found this nice castle but there wasn't much. Then this Black Hole appeared out of nowhere! And then, this castle did have something useful for us. Like this armour! It gives off an amazing light that can fight back against the Black Hole."
"Impossible!" Luna exclaimed. "Light cannot escape from a Black Hole! Nor can it go against it!" She then squinted from the brightness again. "Ugh...But this light is unbelievably overwhelming."
"I thought so too. But this whole realm's strong enough to do so. The Black Hole's not even pulling everything in instantly because of it. I don't think this is natural light at all. Whatever it is, it's certainly effective."
"Hm..." Darkrai thought for a moment. "In that case, everyone needs it. The Black Holes have been summoned by Gardevoir in the other realms. Everyone is in danger of being pulled in. Unless we gave them these metals for protection."
"Oh. You raise a good point, Darkrai." The Princess of the Night nodded her head in understanding. "How do we gather all of it?"
"Leave that to us. Aegislash."
"Aegis!" Using Sacred Sword, Aegislash started cutting apart more of the castle, gathering as much metal as he can. With a chop here and there along with impressive speed, Aegislash was able to gather multiple pieces of metal fit for almost everyone. His swordsmanship was certainly top-notch.
However, just like before, the Black Hole started adapting. Seeing as the light was giving it trouble, it sent something new to deal with this issue. Emerging out of the black hole, the rays had then morphed, twisting with a flexible nature as they wrapped around parts of the castle. By wrapping around them, lights started flaring out of the darkness, only for the Black Hole to crush the light, trapping it inside.
"Hey! What's it doing?!" Diamond Tiara was the first to notice, pointing out the change in behaviour. Everyone looked onward as black tendrils with gravitational pulls came flying towards the group, ready to pull them in and crush the light that exuded from Shining Armor's new armour.
"Look out!" Darkrai got in front of them, using Dark Pulse to counter the incoming tendrils. A beam imbued with dark thoughts had clashed with tendrils head-on. However, the tendrils then split into smaller but still fairly large tendrils, heading for the others. "!" Darkrai gasped before noticing this separation.
"Purr!" Purrloin and Diamond Tiara were the first to pull in by the gravitational pull as a tendril was about to grab them. Only for Luna to grab her with her magic, pulling the earth pony and her Pokemon out of the way.
"Aegislash" Aegislash used King's Shield to block the tendrils, making sure the metal stayed on firmly. But the metal parts had been consumed by the tendrils with their light being crushed. "Aegis!"
"Oh no, Aegislash!" Shining Armor quickly pulled Aegislash away with his magic. The metal parts were now within the Black Hole, lost in the darkness. "It's grown past it! How?!"
"The Black Hole is adapting!" Darkrai exclaimed. "It must be Gardevoir knowing about the failures and changing how it behaves."
The tendrils then hovered above the castle as the speed of the Black Hole was finally increasing. Seeing this speed increasing, Luna and the other started dashing away from the approaching force as metal parts were being gathered, just in case they could still work.
The tendrils then raced through the castle, absorbing and destroying everything in its sight. Darkrai manipulated the shadows, trying to hold back the tendrils as much as he could.
They broke through the walls and floor, destroying the structures that supported them. Luna flew over a destroyed floor with Shining Armor taking a ride on Aegislash. Darkrai held onto Diamond Tiara and Purrloin closely.
However, one tendril snuck up on them. It emerged from the corners, blending in with the other tendrils before revealing itself once the rest were gone. And upon revealing itself, it grabbed onto Shining Armor's tail. Shining Armor gasped, feeling something around him. Right as he felt that, the tendril had then pulled him away.
"Shining Armor!" Luna and the others gasped.
"Aegislash!"
"Oaaaaah!" Shining Armor screamed as he was now within the full pull of the Black Hole. And no one was fast enough to catch him. Not even Darkrai as he tried using his shadows to grab Shining Armor, only for them to miss. Aegislash went ahead but was almost caught by another tendril.
Due to this, Shining Armor had been sucked into the Black Hole, becoming a part of the darkness as his screams came to an abrupt halt instead of just fading away into the background. Luna and the others stood there in shock, but they couldn't keep standing as they had to get a move on. Or else, they would be pulled in as well.
Electric Realm.
"Hm-hm." Meanwhile, Gardevoir had smirked, knowing of what had just happened from another realm. But she was also smirking for another reason. Right above the Electric Realm, another Black Hole was showing up right before Ash, Cynthia, Goh and Chloe's eyes.
"A B-B-Black Hole?!" Chloe stammered with absolute fear in her eyes.
"If I were an average Gardevoir, this would take most of my energy to do. But I'm not." Gardevoir said. "Oh, don't worry. Despite what you may think, being pulled in the Black Hole will only mean you're trapped in it forever. Your life will carry on. But it won't have any end. You should know something about that, right, Ash Ketchum?"
"Guess so..." Ash agreed with a serious tone.
"If I were you, I'd pay more attention to the Black Hole than to me!" Gardevoir flew towards Pikachu, Dragonite, Garchomp, Cinderace and Eevee, ready to continue their battle while the Black Hole was growing.
Steel Realm.
Within the Black Hole, just like with what Gardevoir had said, no life would end there. And the same went for Shining Armor, who currently awoke to absolute darkness. And that's exactly what was to be expected.
Absolute darkness and nothing else to see. Even if the Black Hole had an entryway, the outside could not be seen. Only the horrifying sounds of the Black Hole echoed out.
"Ugh..." Shining groaned, hearing nothing but the sounds of the Black Hole as his vision was limited. Only seeing black. It was jarring and fairly painful to see one colour that was never shifting in tone, saturation or anything. "I got swallowed up...Just great..."
Shining Armor then sighed, knowing that this was without a doubt the lowest point in his life. Far surpassing the start of the Canterlot Wedding and eve Ghetsis' attack on the Crystal Empire during the Empress' invasion. Being in a Black Hole far surpasses all of them in every way. The worst place and situation to be in.
"I can't see anything else...What's that sound like? Is this what it's like inside of a Black Hole?" At this point, he started speaking to himself, unsure of what to do. He wasn't even sure he was floating since he couldn't see anything. "Ah, it doesn't matter...I failed. This blows..."
Disappointed in his own struggle to escape from this, Shining Armor closed his eyes. Even though it was pointless to do so. He then started thinking about everything that has happened up to this point. There was nothing else to do but think anyway. His parents Night Light and Twilight Velvet came to mind first, bringing him into this world. And then, following with that was his little sister Twilight Sparkle.
Shining Armor formed a smile after thinking about them. But the smile only got bigger when thinking about Cadence and how they met. That was a major breakthrough in his life. And it got better along the way when introduced to Aegislash. Once a Honedge that was only in it for possession, now a loyal partner who aims to be the best swordsman out there.
And following that was his child. Two of them. One that exists in his universe and the other that comes from another. But he loved them equally. Both Flurry Hearts and their Pokemon. Shining Armor then thought about the empire and all the new ponies he had met there who became more than just subjects. Including the humans from the Pokemon World. While limited, formed strong bonds with him.
Shining Armor felt that he had made great progress along the way in his life. From getting the role he wanted, finding a nice family and friends along the way. However, despite all of this, Shining Armor knew that there was something missing.
And it all came back to two things. Flurry Heart and Aegislash. Shining Armor feared that the promise he made to her of bringing her original parents from Universe 6 back would never come to be. Especially with how there was more than one Black Hole loose.
Not only that, but he promised to be the one to carry Aegislash to that rank of a master swordsman. And that could never be with where he currently was. He then thought back to the words of Wikstrom of the Elite 4, during the end of the Trial of Chivalry.
"A knight fights for either the sovereign or for the weak who do not possess the strength to fight for themselves. It is when you fight to protect those you hold dear, that your strength increases many times. This is true for everyone out there in each world. Each universe. Farfetch'd. Ash. Goh. Scyther. Shining Armor. And Doublade."
With that reminder, Shining Armor opened his eyes, knowing that he couldn't allow this to be the end. Not until he's made up his promises. "If Ash won't stop until he's finished everything he's promised to do, then neither will I...!" Shining Armor found the strength to continue. "I have to get out of here...I won't let even a Black Hole stop me!"
Shining Armor then started thinking of what he could possibly do. Then, the unicorn noticed how he's been stuck in one position this whole time. The space of the Black Hole also felt as if it was beyond 3-Dimensional. Shining Armor then turned his body around as at the corner of his eye, he noticed a glimmer.
Glimmers from the metal parts that had been taken from the castle. They were still here, radiating light. Shining Armor turned to face them as he also saw new parts approaching. From this angle, he might've found the entrance. Then again, the entrance didn't matter due to the pull of the Black Hole.
"The metals!" Shining Armor floated over to them, grabbing the parts. "Even if the Black Hole's grown to resist them, these metals are something else. Their light could hold them back. Maybe...Maybe I can do something to make them all shine bright enough. I could slow the Black Hole down for the others or...call for help."
A new objective was made. Shining Armor gathered the parts of metals including the ones that flew in. Since multiple were being dragged within the Black Hole, Shining Armor had an endless supply. Plus some of them came from mountains, making Shining Armor's ideas accelerate.
Once he gathered some of the metals, he started clanging them together. And since they all constantly radiated a shining light that cud never die out even within the endless darkness of a Black Hole, their collision caused a spark of light that forced Shining Armor to close his eyes.
And with this mighty light, much like before, it affected the Black Hole. From the inside and the outside. The Black Hole howled as it then slowed down as seen on the outside. Darkrai and the others noticed this decrease in speed.
"It got slower again," Darkrai observed. "I thought it had adapted to surpass that."
"Strange..." Luan uttered as she had tears in her eyes, obviously distraught about Shining Armor.
"Aegislash!" But Aegislash believed it to be his partner. "Slash!
"You think it's Shining Armor?" Darkrai translated.
"What?!" Luna gasped. "Shining Armor! He's still alive?!"
"Mm. I should've told you. While Black Holes absorb everything, inside of them, nothing is destroyed. They all roam in endless cosmic darkness for all eternity. That goes for Shining Armor. He's still in there, floating in that darkness forever. But is it him?" They took a closer look.
And once they looked, a glimmer occurred in the middle. A tiny sparkle. The smallest sparkle they could ever see as it was faintly visible in the Black Hole. Luna used Lunar Ire's magic to have a closer look at the sparkle.
"Hrrgh!" Shining Armor was grunting within the Black Hole, colliding every metal he could find to make an increasing light. The more metals he gathered and put together, the brighter the sparkle. And it was certainly getting bigger with each collision. Luna gasped, seeing the growing sparkle.
"You're right! Something is happening within there! It must be Shining Armor!" Luna exclaimed. "But can he escape from it?"
"I can try something. I'm the only one who can touch Black Holes safely," said Darkrai. "But I'm not sure about what I'm about to do next."
"Please, Darkrai. You have to try. We didn't come this far in our journeys by just giving up, did we?" She shook her head.
"Not at all. Leave it to me!" Darkrai roared as he allowed potent darkness to radiate from his body. The Pitch Black Pokemon then approached the Black Hole, ready to get up close and persona with it. At the same time, with more objects being pulled in, Shining Armor kept increasing the light.
He breathed in and out with all of his muscles being pushed. But he persisted, pouring all of his sweat and tears into this to make the glow larger. He even used his magic to bring over more items to smash them together.
On the outside, Darkrai got close with the Black Hole, feeling its overwhelming pull. His training to resist gravity ever since his encounter with the Empress has prepared him for this. But it was still powerful. When close, Darkrai dug his claws into the centre of the Black Hole, ready to rip it with all of his might.
"Hmmrrgh...!" Darkrai growled as much like Shining Armor, it was taking all of his might to do so. It was hard to tell if Darkrai had muscles but if he did, they would be straining right now. In response to Darkrai, the tendrils came out, rushing to grab him.
But Darkrai retaliated by summoning claws of shadows around him, causing them to meet with the tendrils. They were getting swallowed, however, Darkrai kept summoning more to buy him some time.
"Come on..." Shining Armor panted. "Needs more shine! Brighter!" He roared, using his magic to increase the brightness. He even covered himself in magic as well. Shining Armor gave it a 100% of all that he had, exhausting himself rapidly. But he was going to make sure it was not all for nought.
He then gathered up the biggest piece he could hold, smashing it against another big piece that his magic could barely hold, creating the brightest light yet. And with this, the sparkle reached a point where it was not too minuscule as it radiated outside. It even damaged the Black Hole, overlaying it for a moment.
Darkrai witnessed this sparkle emitting out of the centre. Seeing this, he couldn't let himself be outdone either. Holding the tendrils back as one tendril wrapped around his neck, the Pitch Black had released all of the Infinity Energy inside of him as it could be seen leaking out.
And with that full effort push, he managed to rip open the inside of the Black Hole. A feat that very few would see. And once he ripped it apart, he saw Shining Armor, constant lights and some more darkness. "Shining Armor!"
"Darkrai!"
"Grab my claw!" Darkrai held his claw out, using the shadows to move inside. Shining Armor quickly leapt off of the metal parts, rushing to Darkrai's side. The claws grabbed Shining Armor's hand, pulling him forward. Luna chimed in, using her magic from afar to hold both of them. With this combination, they fought back against the gravitational pull of the Black Hole.
And thanks to the damage done to it, Shining Armor managed to fully escape from it. Afterwards, Darkrai used Dark Pulse, shooting himself backwards while holding onto Shining Armor. The Black Hole became slower once more as Shining Armor was saved.
Darkrai levitated towards the castle grounds, dropping Shining Armor off. Both of them were exhausted. Shining Armor more-so. Aegislash flew over to this partner, wishing he could hug him. But no arms sadly. However, he was happy and relieved either way.
"Hoh...I escaped a Black Hole..." Shining Armor said with a smile on his face. "Hahaha! I escaped a Black Hole! Wait till everyone hears bout this!"
"You can brag about your achievement after we leave!" Luna helped Shining Armor up. "Right now, our only exit the Dark-Type door we came through! Come along! Grab all the metal you can immediately!"
No time for rest. The Black Hole was still there. However, they remembered to bring the metals with them. Luna carried the most due to her amazing magic, having a town's worth of them in her hold. Darkrai grabbed the others, carrying them to the Dark-Type door. The Steel Ream may be gradually destroyed with the pace that the Black Hole was moving at. But no one was waiting to find out as the door to the Dark-Type Realm had been opened.
Electric Realm.
Meanwhile, at the Electric Realm, the conflict continued with a gradually approaching Black Hole. "Come out once more, Roserade!" Cynthia sent out her Roserade to help against Gardevoir. Pikachu had been pushed back by Gardevoir's Psychic along with Cinderace. Eevee had mimicked Pikachu's Thunderbolt with Copycat, shocking the Embrace Pokemon.
Gardevoir had been paralyzed. Not from Eevee but previously from Pikachu. She was then blown back by an incoming Sludge BOmb from Cynthia's Roserade, crashing through some electric pillars.
The Embrace Pokemon quickly used Fairy and Grass Magic to heal herself before recovering. But after her recovery, she felt the escape of another group. The Psychic-Fairy-Type couldn't help but smile. Usually, she would be frustrated. And she still was. However, something about how everyone had overcome difficult tasks inspired Gardevoir.
"What a fascinating group they are." She said, standing up. "I'm finding it hard to believe that trainers such as them exist. You have wonderful friends, Fluttershy." Gardevoir then looked at her arm before drawing out some more Aura. Even with this excitement growing, she was still shooting for victory. "But victory shall be mine."
A counter had been found against the Black Holes. The invincible and shining Steel-Type via various metals that came with it. Three types remain now. And Shining Armor had an unbelievable and otherworldly story to tell as the journey continues.
Chapter 656 End.