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Legends of the Elemental Ones

"Well, right now, we're kinda undecided. We have a place in mind, but we're having... difficulties... over here." Ellie said, sighing. "And the less people who know, the better. I'm not exactly sure I can trust you..." She heard Lucille ask a question. "Yes, it is Franklin. Apparently, I forgot to put my name in when I programmed my number on his Pokégear..."
 
"Hm. Call me back when you figure out where you are gonna do. I would hate for Goodwin to actually find you. Can I speak to Lucille?"

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Jack descended the stairs to the lair where Andrew was being held. "Hello, Andrew," he said softly. "I can see you already met Goodwin. I'm his second in command. You can call me Mr. Oswald. Is there anything you need?" he asked. "Do you want any food or water? Or how about a phone call to your friends? How do you like your powers?"
 
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"Kay." Ellie said. <Lucille...> she telepathed, holding out her Pokégear to her. <Franklin wishes to speak with you.>
 
((Gah, postninja'd))

Andrew, with only the Magnezone in the chamber, was thinking.

He reflected on Goodwin's words, how the man had casually referred to the Elementals as monsters.

He can't be right, though, can he? Back at the Church, though some of us fled immediately, others of us tried to help some of the Elementals escape. I did what I could to help Lucielle escape; would a monster have done such a thing?

No, of course not, he decided, but at the same time...

He thought back to when he had shown his family his abilities as an Elemental. Their reaction had been one of disgust and horror; and they...

They attacked me, he remembered, and when they did...

When they did, Andrew's power raged out of control, and the house had been struck from the inside by a Blizzard. In the ensuing chaos, Andrew fled from his home, horrified at what he had done.

In that time, they treated me as if I was a monster, and when they did... I became one. I hurt them.... and in doing so, I lost whatever hope I had at what Goodwin called a normal life.

He really had no idea about whether or not Goodwin knew that the report had been referring to him, but he did know one thing for certain:

Whatever the Government was about to do to him was a fate he had saved the other Elementals from. He knew that he was not a monster for doing that.

His thoughts were interrupted by the arrival of Goodwin's second-in-command.

"I'm fine, " he snarled, "and I don't think a phone call to the other Elementals would be very consoling to them at the moment. I have no idea how they're dealing with this, and I'd rather not learn how."
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Goodwin calmly returned to his office, where CT and Arizona were still waiting for him.

He then looked at the clock on the wall. "Experimentation will be conducted on the boy within ten minutes," he added, mostly directing this to CT and Arizona, "gather up any researchers you can find and bring them to the boy's chamber."
 
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"Huh?"

That was all Lucille managed to say. She was slightly concerned she would damage the PokeGear, since her palms were still a bit wet. Also, she didn't know if she'd make her power happen again, so needless to say, she wanted to be as careful as possible. She took the device and asked, slightly worried, "Hello? Is there something important you need to tell me?"
 
"Are you sure, Andrew?" asked Jack. "You'll want something to eat. Or at least drink. Goodwin is about to do experiments. You see, he really wants to know what makes elementals tick. And I cannot guarantee that his methods will be quite... humane." Snapping his fingers, he brought out Goodwin's Magnezone, carrying a glass of water and apple. "Now eat, boy. You wouldn't like it on an empty stomach. Now, as to your second question, are you sure you don't want to call your friends?" Pulling out his PokeGear, he called Ellie's number. "Hello?" he said. "Ellie?"

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"Small talk first," said Franklin. "You'll go crazy if you can't make small talk. How are you feeling?" Feeling flustered, he said, "OK, yeah. We can small talk later. You need to get out of there. Ellie said you guys can't decide what to do. I say you have to move it! We can rescue Andrew later. He gave himself up so you could all escape. But if you just stay here, then he did it for nothing! Do you want that? Tell that to everyone ther-" Click. "Lucille? Are you there? Lucille?" There was no response. "DAMMIT!" Franklin pounded a wall, falling onto his bed, with tears streaming down his face.
 
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Ellie heard the soft buzz that meant there was a call waiting, but no one else could. <Lucille, may I see my Pokégear for a sec? Franklin will have to wait until later; we have an important caller.> she telepathed, taking back her Pokégear and hitting the button. "Hello, Andrew."
 
Andrew, realizing that the man probably wouldn't leave him alone until either Goodwin arrived or he accepted, nodded at the Magnezone, which propelled the apple toward him, and placed the glass in his hands. With just barely enough maneuvering room in his restraints, Andrew brought the glass of water to his mouth and drank.

What makes us tick... while I can already tell that its implications sound horrific, I wonder what Goodwin has in mind for the long run, Andrew thought, slowly downing the glass of water. When he was finished drinking, he slowly began to bite at the apple.

Is he planning to figure out a way to remove our powers from us by force? A way to find out what can hurt us the most after obtaining our powers, or just a way to kill us outright?

Whatever it was, Oswald's tone suggested that it was something that Andrew now realized was what he was likely saving the other Elementals from. That ascertained it

No... I am not a complete monster.

It was then that he heard Ellie's voice over the PokeGear.

"Ellie? Did you all get out okay? How are the others? How... how did Lycis and the others take the news?"
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Goodwin checked the clock. It was just about that time.

He got up from his desk, and dropped another pokeball. Delaware appeared in this burst of light, and looked expectantly at Goodwin.

"Delaware, after the experiments, there's something I need you and Washington to talk about."

The Clefable gave Goodwin a confused look.

"I have a greater plan in mind to obtain the other Elementals. All I need is to influence the boy a little, and for that, I will need you and Washington to speak of this..."

He explained to them what it was that he needed them to say. When he was done, Delaware looked at him and nodded.

"Good. Now let's go."

He strode out of the office, Delaware and Washington at his heels. He would be meeting up with Arizona and CT at the lobby, and then...

Everything will soon be set in motion.
 
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((Wait... why would Jack have Ellie's number? I gave it to Franklin, but i don't see how Jack could have had it in the first place...))
 
((Meh. I'll progress with the phone call now.))

"Yes, Andrew, we all made it out alive, luckily it seems we have no injuried either from falling debris or attacks supereffective against us. Lycis got really mad when she heard you gave yourself up, but eventually accepted it... I think. The rest were worried, but accepted your decision from the start. They are all in their Pokéballs, except for your Dragonite, who are holding them. If you wish, I could take temporary possesion of your Pokémon, or maybe there might be another here you trust slightly more to take possesion? Or would you rather have the Dragonite keep a hold of them?" she asked, being careful not to upset him, as she knew this would be his only phone call.
 
"You can hold on to them if you think that whomever's doing it as of now isn't doing a good job," Andrew said, "but I don't think Eltanin has a reliable way of holding on to them."

He paused, thinking of what Ellie said of Lycis. "She'll be fine," he said, "she's always been temperamental, but she comes arou-"

The Magnezone let off a sudden burst of electric energy, which abruptly cut off the connection. Andrew started to protest, but then the familiar voice of Goodwin explained why:

"The time for talk has ended," he said, walking into the cell, "Iowa, take him to the lab. Delaware, Washington, you'll be backing me up. CT and Arizona will assist the other researchers."

Those "other researchers" could barely be seen behind Goodwin and his pokemon. Andrew let of a resigned sigh. He didn't know what was specifically about to happen, but he kept reminding himself that this is what he was saving the other Elementals from.

The Magnezone floated forward until it was right next to Andrew. Andrew heard a small click, one that sounded like the Magnezone had magnetically disconnected his restraints from the wall they were connected to. He then felt a sudden sensation of weightlessness as the Magnezone began to lift him magnetically.

"Now let's go," Goodwin said, "we have much to do."

(("Other Researchers" can include other In-Character Government members))
 
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Hearing that Andrew was calling, there was a definite knot in Lucille's stomach. Is he okay? Surely we just can't leave him, she thought, wanting to protest the idea of keeping him there. But she decided against saying anything, she didn't want to argue with the others, especially at a time like this.
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Hailey had just gotten to the room where the Elemental was, and was there just in time to see his restraints being taken off. Then she watched as Goodwin's Magnezone lifted him into the air. She had no clue what sort of experiments they would be performing on him, as she was more taken with the idea of interrogating him first. Oh well, at least I get to watch and be in the loop with this investigation, I guess that's good enough.

She would just follow the others to the lab to see what was going to happen with him. But before she turned to walk away, Hailey quickly glanced at the Elemental who was suspended in the air. Could he be just like us? she wondered. Then she turned, No. That's ridiculous. He's just a monster... they all are.
 
"Oh boy. This isn't going good. We need to get to Mt. Coronet. Reaper return." commanded wallace as he held out the Gengar's Pokéball. The ghost dissolved into red light and disappeared into the ball. Wallace held out another Pokéball, a Lure Ball, and threw it out. "Hello Razor." Out of the ball came a giant crab with one big pincer. A Kingler. Kohkohkoh Kingler kohkoh koh King-ler king? "Oh I forgot. You can't telepath. He says he wants to know what all the fuss is about. Kekekekekekekekekekekeh! translated the Gengar. "Oh boy. It's a long story. Maybe another day." With that, Wallace began to chug on over to mamby-pamby land Mt. Corone, Razor walking sideways beside him. The kingler reached out and cut down a small tree with his pincer. "Now you know Breloom's a tree hugger!" joked Wallace. Breloom and Stupid-Bat both say you're an idiot! kekekekekekekeh! interuppted Reaper. Wallace just facepalmed and kept walking.
 
Eltanin could slightly hear Andrew's voice over the PokeGear connection. "He sounds fine," the Dragonite noted, "a little tense, but he doesn't sound like he's in pain."

Then the connection abruptly gave a burst of white noise before going dead.

"That can't be good,' Eltanin turned to look at Ellie, "it would probably be for the best if we didn't tell Lycis about this. She'd freak out even further."
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Suspended by the Magnezone, Andrew could tell that he was being slowly and carefully pushed through the air with some kind of magnetic force. He suspected that the Magnezone was being this meticulous so as to not hurt him.

Goodwin clearly wouldn't want his prize damaged, he thought, well, at least he has standards going for him.

He tried to turn his head to see where exactly Goodwin planned on taking him, but the magnetic force that was keeping hi aloft also served as a way from keeping him from moving in this low-gravity state. All he could see was the ceiling of the building, which was a very nondescript brown.

After some more of the endless floating, Andrew heard the sound of a door opening, and the ceiling changed from nondescript brown to plain white. It didn't take long for Andrew to figure out his new location.

A lab. I'm in a laboratory
 
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((I tried to hit the enter button, and it posted... I'm going to repost and edit this or whatever it is I'm trying to do to let you know I'm posting. And Brock, Elementals can understand all Pokémon; it's just only certain ones can telepath, like Psychic, any Pokémon deemed telepathic, and your main partner.))

Ellie listened to Andrew talking before an electric noise was heard and the call ended before the Pokégear let off a spark, which evaporated in the air. <Um... Andrew's fine; he says he wants me to hold on to you guys, though. Also, the connection ended with an electric sound, so I assume the connection either went wacko, or an Electric-type messed with it.> she said. <Dragonite, would you mind naming all of the Pokémon's names in the possession of Andrew so I can know what to adderess them by, and then return to your Pokéball for easy transport? I mean, it'd look kinda suspicious with a Dragonite just hangin' out with a group of people.>
 
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Eltanin nodded, and then flew back over to the Elemental that had helped him carry the belt earlier. He grabbed the belt, saying: "Thank you, but I need Ellie to see these."

Flying back over to Ellie, he placed the belt at her feet and said: "As you know, Lycis is the Weavile. I'm known as Eltanin, and Andrew's other four are a Magmortar named Ankaa, a Steelix known as Kalhai, a Cradily named Canopus, and the Manectric that you might have seen earlier is called Volantis."

He bent down, and picked up his own pokeball. "I will be recalled for now, but if you need any help, don't hesitate to deploy me or the others."
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Andrew suddenly found himself unceremoniously dropped onto a flat, steel table. The moment he hit the table, metal straps circled him, pinning him down.

This feels like something out of a horror movie, he thought, so what are they planning?

His answer came when a device bearing several syringes with varying liquids appeared over him. At the same time, he saw Goodwin's Metagross float over to the head of the table, while the Magnezone took a position behind the Director.

"Now then, Elemental, we shall see exactly what you and your kind are weak to," Goodwin calmly said, and then hit a switch.

One by one, the syringes began to slowly descend.
 
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Jake nodded as the Dragonite took the belt and gave it to Ellie. Jake was actually happy, one of the Pokéballs was extremely cold and another very hot, which was annoying for a grass elemental. "Ok, let's go guys" He said, walking towards the mountain with his Breloom beside him.
"Are you guys coming?" The Breloom called over his shoulder.
 
"Wait!" said Jack, before any of the syringes could touch Andrew. "Think. The first thing you want to do is find out how to kill this guy? That seems like a waste." Turning to the Magnezone, he said, "Stop the syringes!" Looking back at Goodwin, he said, "Don't you realize? There is so much you can find out before you kill him. Test him first; we want to know how long he can work. How much power he has. If we can get him to crack and tell about his friends, the better. Don't you see what an investment you're wasting when the first thing you do is kill him?"

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Getting up, Franklin thought, This is getting me nowhere. He dialed the number on his Pokegear, and asked, "Where are you guys? Hearthome still? Ok, I'm coming. See you in ten." Getting on shoes, he headed out the door.
 
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"Jack, I appreciate your concern, and only now do I realize that I should have explained to you what these syringes are:

"While it's true that some of them are, in fact, substances that will cause physical harm to his body, one enhances how much pain the subject will feel, one makes it so that the patient's answers to our questions will be easier to obtain, and one in particular is one that I've had in development for some time, and was planning to use. You see, when it enters the body, it immediately targets the mind of the one that is affected by it. They force the mind to go through a series of hypothetical situations to see how the recipient would react to them. With the psychic aid of Washington..." he indicated the Metagross, still positioned at the head of the table, "...we can see for ourselves how they would react.

"However, I've yet to test that last one on a human, and since you wish to coax as much as you think possible from this boy, we shall save that one for the very end." He looked back at Iowa. "Proceed with operation. Administer syringes two and three to the prisoner."

The Magnezone nodded its entire body, and then directed magnetic energy at the switch. This time, only two of the syringes descended, and they soon struck Andrew, delivering their contents to the Elemental. Andrew shuddered in pain as the serum took effect, now leaving him even more vulnerable to the interrogations of Goodwin.

A small smile spread across Goodwin's face after the injection had been completed. "Now then, let's begin."
 
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