Paragon

Hisui Incursion [6]

Apologies for the delay, busy week last week so even though most of the chapter was written, I had no time to polish it.

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PARAGON

Hisui Incursion Arc [6]

Chapter 58 : The Paragon of Infinite Darkness

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"Help Leader Kamado!"

The Sanctuary's trainers who'd backed off while Decidueye and Pikachu clashed now reemerged, and they raced across the smoky clearing toward their fallen leader, not paying Ash, Sabrina, or Pikachu any mind.

Pikachu padded over to Ash, holding Decidueye's pokéball in his tiny paws. He looked at it grimly, turning it over in his hands to show Ash the dents on its surface where Sabrina had crushed it.

The psychic's hair hung across her face like the black branches of a haunted forest, and her eyes gleamed with violet fury behind them. Her arm was still outstretched from her throw, her gaze still trained on the spot where Decidueye had been caught.

"Sabrina," Ash said, putting a hand on her glowing shoulder. "It's over."

As he touched her, he winced at the sudden miasma that overtook him. He'd felt it a bit before, just before she'd snatched one of his empty pokéballs, but now that he was in direct contact with her, it was like her emotions were flooding into him. A dark tempest of rage swept across him, permeating his skin, and he found it difficult to breathe.

"Sabrina! It's over!" he yelled, not letting go and tightening his grip on her.

In her lap, the young girl named Yura shivered, and her dark eyes stared up at Sabrina, motionless. Her forehead had been scraped up, but she otherwise seemed alright.

"Sabrina!" Ash yelled.

Sabrina shuddered, and Ash felt her emotions recede. She pulled back her arm and glanced around, first at Yura, then at Ash, as if regaining her bearings.

Then she looked down at her left wrist, now devoid of its gauntlet.

A deluge of ice-cold fear physically pushed Ash back as Sabrina's body spasmed and began to flake off more violet embers. The cracks on her face deepened and a shadowy nova overtook her, blustering about in a cyclone. Her head turned toward Ash, and her eyes were wide, steeped in terror.

"Ash!" she screamed, her voice echoing through the plaza.

Ash leaped forward and snatched Yura from Sabrina's lap. Sabrina seized again and collapsed onto her side with a reverberating cough.

"Sabrina!" Ash screamed. He looked over at her gauntlet lying motionless and dull in the mud. What's happening? Why isn't it going back on?!

Purple lightning crackled out from Sabrina's body in a psychic storm, and her shriek of pain chilled Ash to his core.

"What's going on?" one of the Security Corps demanded, fighting through the psychic gales.

Pikachu jumped out, his cheeks crackling as he hissed at them—a clear signal to stay back. But he glanced back at Sabrina in worry.

I have to do something! Ash ran forward into the tempest, and as he did, Sabrina's emotions assaulted him. Rage, fear, and agony buffeted him like boulders, but he didn't slow his advance. He continued to push through until he was once again able to grab Sabrina. Her body was shaking on the ground and her teeth were gritted, and upon feeling his fingertips touch her arm, she looked over at him, her infernal eyes full of pleading.