Flourish (A Pokémon Fanfic)

Chapter 10: Key*

There was no one in the current floor anymore, just me and Serena making as much noise as we wanted before putting our clothes back on and used the elevator key I was trusted to keep safe and go down the lower floors to where Lysandre was.

"And we've been using the electricity we stole from the power plant to get everything prepared for activating the ultimate weapon" I explained the importance of our mission "There's more... we'll need energy absorbed from Pokémon to power the device"

"Pokémon?" Serena gasped

"Those stones on route 10 will power the ultimate weapon. Those stones are graves..." I looked down "Seriously... I can't believe I thought this was okay"

"I think I remember you telling me about those graves..." I nodded

"When the ultimate weapon was used to end that horrible war over 3,000 years ago, it stole the lives of all those Pokémon. It was a sacrifice... and we will be doing the same thing"

"I won't let them do this" she huffed "Lysandre pulling that mind control across Kalos was sickening"

"Mind control, huh?" I said, thinking about how I felt any time I heard Lysandre's voice while staring at the numbers to the elevator lower "The taboo ability I couldn't find at the library is right before our eyes. This is a bit dangerous"

"Don't worry, he has little effect on me, so if he gets to you again, I'll bring you back" I looked back at her smiling "Just like I did before"

"Your ability sounds amazing. You said you can heal someone's mind, but also destroy it?" She nodded and looked down

"When I was younger, after I moved to Hoenn, I was kidnapped by bad people who were also psychic users and they figured what kind of ability I had through their ability. They used me, and the rest is history" she sighed "I watched many people go into the state of depression. They made me make those victims feel like this so it would be easier for my kidnappers to have them talk. They ran a loan shark company and by making people become desperate for money, me pushing depression on them turned a lot to commit suicide before I ever had the chance to heal them. It was awful, and I hated myself for it"

"I can only imagine having that forced on you" I frowned "To heal and destroy someone's mind is powerful... so they taught you how to control it?"

"Yes, even when I refused, I couldn't escape their lessons"

"How did they know about your abilities?"

"Someone in that organization was able to detect levels of power, so he found mine to use to their advantages. I'm sorry I lied, but it was the only way to protect myself" I pet her head

"You don't have to protect yourself around me. You were the one that made me vulnerable to you" I smiled "You healed my mind, and I'm forever grateful" she tilted her head to stare at me "What?"

"Healing your mind wasn't easy"

"It wasn't?"

"You needed many sessions to completely heal, so that's why you took so long to take my words into consideration" she sighed "I hate to say it, but that was only because of your psychic abilities" I blinked confused "using abilities on another psychic user isn't as fast as when you do it on someone normal. It takes many sessions to get it through, but it depends on the ability being used and the strength of it, as well as how far gone that person is"

"And you knew this the entire time?" She nodded

"Yes, through your vibrations. I didn't want you to go through the hassle of having a power. It's draining, but then again... I don't even know your ability, and you don't either. You just got lucky and never knew you had an ability until now" now I understand why that librarian told me about some people not knowing they have abilities until later in life