//------------------------------// // Mewtwo's Promise // Story: The Caterpie Effect // by Flames173 //------------------------------// "Celebi, take us back in time to before the Blue Orb was swapped out with a fake!" Mewtwo shouted at the small being "Be BEE!" Celebi's antenna glowed pink at the tips, and the world around them slowly turned into a sepia tone color. "Interesting, I had no idea that time changed the color when we went back." "Yes, it also changes to a monotone when you go forward in time." "Really?" "Yes, now I suggest we hurry, there isn't much time before the orbs are switched." "Ok." Mewtwo flew off towards Mt. Pyre, Celebi close behind, flying on her little pixie wings. "Celebi, do you think you could take us back a few minutes to ensure that the orb is real?" "Sure, I can take us back five minutes, but any more and it would risk ripping the time-space-continuum. Be BEE!" Celebi's antenna glowed again and the brown colors of everything became more clear. "Careful." Mewtwo said, slowly flying towards the blue orb. He managed to grab it and float to safety before the old women saw him, then he replaced the orb with the repaired sapphire he found the first time. "Just so the one who replaced the orb gets a fake one too. Now, you can take us back to the present Celebi." "BEE be!" Then Celebi's antenna glowed blue, and color returned to normal, one old woman gone and various water pokemon searching the area. "So, what gives, why could you only take us back a few minutes?" "I can freely travel between centuries as you know and it requires no energy, but taking others back in time takes immense effort, humans take much less than pokemon though, hey, speaking of which, do you want to meet May?" "No. We have to get Groudon, now." "I believe we already have." Celebi said, pointing behind Mewtwo. Mewtwo turned around. "What the? How?" Mewtwo asked at the sight. Groudon was riding on the back of Kyogre, already under his control. "You went and summoned me using the blue orb, then you touched my forehead or something. Dialga and Celebi stayed behind when you went out to find the next legendary pokemon. Then Dialga and Celebi took me back in time to now and swapped the present me out with the future me, so now the future me, who trusts you wholly is the present me, so I follow you, and in the future since you convinced me, I follow you already so, it works, I don't try to understand time, I just deal with it." Groudon explained. "Seems legit." Mewtwo said. "So, who's the next legendary?" "Well, as Rayquaza is the easiest to get legend now that you have Kyogre and I, we should save him for last, get the hard ones out of the way. So instead, lets go for Raiku. He is the closest legend and he has little protection." "I thought we wanted to save the easy ones for last." "Yeah, but, all the others are so far." "Ugg, you sound like my mother, and by mother, I of course mean the scientist that actually recreated Mew's DNA and made me." "Don't you sass me!" Groudon laughed. "Well, good luck with Raiku, I'm just gonna chill here with Kyogre, I'm kind of tired." "All right, thanks." Mewtwo flew off to the thunder fields. "This is so BORING!" Mewtwo shouted after a couple minutes. "Mewtwo! I have caught wind of your plan, is it true that you are trying to take over the world?" Arceus asked after coming down from the sky. "No. Why would you suspect me of such mutiny?" Mewtwo lied terribly. "Mewtwo, I can tell you're lying." The god said. Mewtwo's face went pale, then he dashed off. "Dark mode activate!" Arceus shouted. An array of plates appeared in front of him and the blackest one flew to him. It stuck in his body brace and he became dark type. He flew after Mewtwo at twice his speed. "NOT SO FAST!" a dark shape darted from the ground and collided with Arceus. "GAH! DANG IT GIRITINA! I SAID YOU'RE GROUNDED!" Arceus screamed. "Mewtwo, go on with your quest! I promise to keep Arceus at bay from you, so long as you promise to not forget me! NOBODY EVER REMEMBERS ME!" Giritina dashed to Arceus and headbutted him again. "RUN!" he shouted. Mewtwo didn't know what to do, but he fled anyway "MEWTWO!" "Arceus, can't I catch a break? I want to go ten minutes without someone trying to stop me!" Mewtwo shouted angrily. "You will not escape this time!" Tim shouted. "For the love of ditto." Mewtwo reached towards Tim and tried to make his usual vortex, but failed. "WHAT?" He looked at his wrist. "Arceus, I swear when I get my hands on you, your little tussle with Giritina will be the least of your worries. "Claydol hyper beam!" Time shouted as loud as he could. There was a noise that sounded a lot like a video game glitching as Claydol deciphered the request, then a red beam surrounded by white light blasted from it's eye and shot Mewtwo. "Son of a female dog!" Mewtwo shouted when the beam went through his stomach. "That hurt, you little twerp!" "Claydol, use hyper beam over and over!" The glitch-like noise came again and the beam appeared again. It lasted for several seconds then it slowly thinned out. "Use fire blast!" Claydol made the noise, then five stars made of pure flame shot towards Mewtwo. "My turn! Shadow ball!" A ball of dark energy formed at Mewtwo's finger tips and shot at Claydol. It knocked him from the sky, and he and Tim plummeted towards the ocean. "ARCEUS HELP!!!" Tim screamed on his way to the ocean. There was a flash of green before Tim blacked out. "Now, with him out of the way, I can take Raiku, then Suicune, then Entei. Then nothing will stand in my way!" Mewtwo said, he resumed his path to the thundery fields. Giritina seemed to speak to him directly, without a mind link. "I will hold back Arceus, you go ahead on your mission, just promise me, you will never forget me!" "I-I promise you Giritina. I will never forget you." Mewtwo said, clutching his right fist to his heart, head down and eyes closed. "I swear on my life."