Remember? -A Pokémon Story-

Chapter 20

Chaos.

Everything is complete and utter chaos.

The Ultra Recon Squad is all over the place, firing at you. They don't want to just capture you, they want you dead, and they'll gladly kill the others if they get in the way.

As you run, you can see things change the way Phyco described them back in the lab. Tremors shake the ground and basic laws of physics are being ignored.

The buildings around you crumble, only to fall upwards instead of down. Strong winds appear out of nowhere, and the temperature feels like it dropped at least 20 degrees.

Your dad is in front of you, pulling you along so you don't fall behind, and Professor Kukui leads your party, taking you back to Burnet and Ash. Cato runs at your side, helping you along.

You can hear shouts from the Ultra Recon Squad not too far behind, their high-tech weapons just barely missing as they fire at your bodies.

You stumble a few times, causing Sycamore to look back at you. Your legs are aching. You just want to lie down and sleep.

You can tell your condition is worsening. It feels like everything inside of you is slowly stopping, but it also feels like something inside of you isn't letting that happen.

Suddenly, you cry out as hot pain burns through your veins. Your dad looks back at you again, trying to pull you along faster. You feel a painful buzzing in your chest, and before you had time to react, electricity painfully sparks out of your entire body.

Professor Sycamore pulls his hand back, trembling from the sudden shock. The sparks shine brightly as you collapse to the ground, pain tearing through your body.

"(Y/N)? What's happening?!" you hear your dad ask, panicking at the sight.

"It's the electricity from Xurkitree," Professor Kukui says, "There's too much, it's discharging, just like Phyco said back at the lab."

Cato leans down to you, using his mane to absorb some of the electricity. After a few excruciating moments, the pain subsides, along with the sparks. You gasp out for air, uncurling from your fetal position.

Your dad reaches down and grabs your hand, pulling you up.

"Are you okay?" he asks. But before you can answer, a shot from an Ultra Recon Squad member goes right over your head, just barely missing. You flinch, turning to look at him as your dad pulls you away, running.

The four of you weave throughout the streets of Ultra Megalopolis, dodging the Ultra Recon Squad, trying to get back to the others so you can get out of here.

A particularly strong tremor suddenly causes your shaky legs to give out beneath you, your hand slipping from your dad's grasp. He turns around quickly and reaches for your hand, but a thunderous crack from behind you causes your reflexes to turn and look.

Your body is completely frozen as you watch the fabric of space literally tear apart right in front of your eyes, opening a hole into another universe.

You stare into it, seeing a top view into their world, as if you're in the sky. As you look down, the air feels like it's knocked out of you as you watch their universe being destroyed.

The sky around you is a dark red, and the ground is completely flooded. You can see people bobbing in the water, trying to stay alive. 

Tears well up in your eyes. You can hear the screams of people and Pokémon as their homes are torn apart and loved ones are lost to the unnatural disasters that are falling upon their world.