Whisper

Chapter 13

Chapter 13

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(Amaria's POV)

"Amaria!" I heard Amalric call to me from deep within this room. I grabbed Annabel's hand and followed the sound. We rounded a corner to find Amalric looking down on a young man. The guy had long green hair. He was adorned with odd bracelets and a weird blue, black, and red necklace. Attached to his pocket was a Rubix cube type thing. His wrists and ankles were tied together and he had a gag in his mouth. He looked at us imploringly, making muffled sounds.

I went around him and untied the gag. "Thank Arceus." Were the male's first words. He spared no time in informing us of his situation.

"My name is N. My father tied me up and threw me in here because I wanted to stop Team Plasma. I am the leader of Team Plasma and all I solely wanted was to free Pokemon from cruel trainers, but on this quest I met a girl who was good to her Pokémon. She loved them. She showed me that not all Trainers are bad. I found out that my father was using me for his own gain. He wanted to rule the world. He didn't care about Pokémon. So I sought to change Team Plasma but Father stopped me. He keeps me captive now and leads Plasma on his own."

He looked up at us hopefully. "Please, I need your help. I swear to you that if you help me, I will stop Team Plasma."

I shook my head, processing all of this information. "Wait, wait. So you're N, Ghetsis's son?"

N nodded. Amalric stepped towards him. "How do we know this isn't a trap?" N spoke calmly. "Does this truthfully look like a trap? You seem like quite a sharp, young man. Do you honestly think Plasma would go this far to trick a few kids they have already trapped?"

Amalric thought about this and slowly shook his head. "No, I suppose not."

N continued. "Would you please untie me? I can stop Plasma, they will listen to me."

Annabel stepped forward with a sharp stone ready when Amalric put his hand in front of her. "Wait Annabel." He looked to the green-haired man. "I do not doubt your authority but I do wish to bring something to your attention."

N nodded respectfully. "Alright, proceed."

Amalric held his chin between his thumb and forefinger, and held his right elbow with his left hand. He closed his eyes to collect his thoughts. He stuck his right hand out, palm up, eyes still closed, and began. "It is most likely that much of Team Plasma would in fact follow you as their 'Lord N', but it may be, I'm not saying that this is for sure but, some of Plasma might in fact stay with Ghetsis. I know that much of Plasma is in this team for the freedom of Pokémon, but some may just be in it because they figure that if they liberate Pokémon, there will be no Trainers to stop them, and they could do anything they wanted with the Pokémon they kept. Furthermore, Ghetsis most likely will have a group that he has confined his actual intentions in. And that group will most likely side with Ghetsis. So even if you were to call Team Plasma off, there would still be a small group devoted to Ghetsis and his plans."

Everyone stared at my brother, absorbing that. Man, I think that's the smartest, most well thought out thing I have ever heard Ama say.

N nodded, half astonished, half respectfully. "You are quite the thoughtful young man, aren't you?" Ama shrugged. "Sure, I guess." "And what are you, eleven, twelve?"

"Eleven." N shook his head in astonishment. "Dear Arceus, only eleven? You are quite impressive."

Amalric shrugged and I noted a hint of embarrassed blushing in his cheeks.

N made a sharp turn back to our main discussion. "It is quite possible that you are right sir. I know that a few of the Seven Sages would most definantly side with my father. Though I know for a fact Rood would side with us..."

N began mumbling to himself. I turned to Ama and Annabel. "I think we can trust him." Annabel nodded. "Me too." Amalric hesitated, but then sighed. "Yes, I guess it would be alright to trust him."

Behind us N cleared his throat, clearly attempting to gain our attention. We all turned our focus on him.

"If indeed you choose to help me, I have a plan but I need to be brought up to date first. And if you do not mind, I'd like your names please."

Annabel and I looked to Amalric. He nodded.

"I'm Amaria." "My name is Annabel." "I'm Amaria's older brother, Amalric."

Amalric took charge in explaining everything we knew while Annabel cut his ropes.