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My mind was buzzing. I couldn't think straight at all. Wesley was a few feet in front of me, sating nothing. I could tell he wasn't faring ant better than me. Every time we came across a guard, he quickly knocked him out with a swift punch to the face. I felt my head begin to burn, and I dropped to my knees. Steven, you have to focus! Umbra said sharply. Your emotions are to unbalanced; if you don't snap out of this, you'll turn, and neither of us will be able to do anything to control it! Wesley was by me now. "Come on, now; if I'm strong enough to come out and talk about my past, you are strong enough to keep going." He must have noticed this wasn't helping, so he leaned forward and whispered "Vix. Remember Vix. Keep going, if not for your sake, then for hers."

I looked up slowly, my mind clearing. He was right; if I lost it here, there was no telling what would become of Vix. I stood up, and just to be safe, returned to my normal form. "Better?" he asked. "Much." I replied. I looked ahead and saw a door. "Maybe that's the bridge." I pointed to it. Wesley nodded. "Either that or it's just beyond." He pushed open the door to reveal a large, empty room with a solitary screen on the far wall. Silus' face appeared on it, but something was wrong. His eyes looked huge and blue, and his hair was white. "Surprised by my appearance? Don't worry, I am simply preparing for our battle, Steven. But first, see if you are worthy of facing the god of the new world by facing his Seraphim!" he shouted as three doors opened around us. Out of each stepped a strange creature; they appeared to be the legendary pokemon Raikou, Entei, and Suicune, but they also looked like humans. "While I was unable to give pokemon human minds, I was able to give humans pokemon traits!" he cried victoriously. The three poke-humans charged at us, blasting elemental energy all around. The Entei human nearly roasted me alive, but I made it out just in time. I turned and saw Wesley on his knees, his body sparking. He pushed a button on his side, and his suit fall away, revealing a slender human body. He slowly removed his mask, and I saw the face of a boy about my age, pale from a low exposure to light. He had messy brown hair, and stubby facial hair. His eyes were hard and cold, showing the true feelings of a boy tormented for years.

He pulled out a pair of triangular daggers, one red and one blue, and stepped ahead of me. "You go ahead." He said flatly. "I'll handle them." I started to protest, but he turned around and looked at me with eyes full of regret. "Take care of those pokemon for me, alright?" I stared at him, trying to think of something to say, but his eyes told me there was no point in arguing. I nodded slowly, and ran to the door. I glanced back just before it shut to see Wesley charging at them. I heard him say "I'LL TAKE YOU ALL ON!" just before the door canceled all sound. I bowed my head sadly, unable to cry anymore. Let's go, Umbra said softly, we aren't done yet.

As I continued down the hallway, Silus taunted me over the loudspeakers. "You just don't give up, do you? I've killed all of your companions, and you still continue. Don't you see? You aren't going to win. When my final plan is enacted, I will be more powerful than even my own pokemon. I will give you one last chance to just turn around, before you-" I hit the call button on a panel to my left and shouted into it, "Listen, jackass, you have done something I was unable to do myself: you have awakened the part of me that is more than willing to kill, human and pokemon alike. You better shut the hell up, and start planning how you are going to beat me, because you are going to need all the preparation you can get if you want to beat me. You have given me next to nothing to lose; all I have left is Vix, and since you have her, I'm going to fight even harder. Get ready, asshole, because I am about to make you wish you had never been born so you could never have been killed by me." Then I summoned a shadow shuriken and destroyed the panel. Silus shut up after that.

I reached the end of the hallway and entered a pitch-black room. The door slammed shut behind me as the lights turned on to reveal a massive arena, with Silus sitting in a golden throne across from me. "Did you know," he said as he stepped down, "that in the beginning, pokemon stood above humans? We had no way of capturing them so they roamed free and unchecked. I plan to go back to that state, when humans feared pokemon. But, in my version, there will be a few humans who stand above evn the pokemon, because they are pokemon." I could see him much clearly now; he had white hair and blue eyes like I saw back in the white room, but I could also see he had massive red and black hands, with fingers that ended in claws. I stared in horror as he went on: "I sacrificed my own pokemon for the greater good of all. I am no longer Silus; I am now-" he swept back his wings, unleashing a wave that knocked the walls and ceiling away, revealing a massive hurricane above us, "-SIVELTAL." I looked behind him and saw, next to his throne, was a steel cage with a small, crumpled yellow creature. I recognized it instantly. "VIX!" I called happily. She stood up quickly, her face bright with pure joy. "Steven!" she called. I smiled, the mere sound of her voice strengthening me. I looked back to Siveltal, and drew forth my sword. "Well then, what are you waiting for?" he called to me, "release you full power so that our battle may be legendary!" I was happy to oblige.

I bent over as my skin lightened, but even more than before, so it was paper white. My body became covered in intricate black markings, and my hair lengthened so it stretched halfway down my back. My fingers grew to form long, serrated claws, and my face slowly sunk back, molding tightly against my skull. Then, two spikes protruded from my skull, slowly forming forward-swept horns. I looked down at my blade, now glowing with a dark aura. Take over, my man. I said silently. Suddenly, it was as if I was looking down on myself. My mouth opened and spoke in a deep, base-toed voice: "I am Umbra, the demon sealed within Steven. I am sworn to help him slay all who oppose him. And now..." he studied his sword, finding a good grip on it, and then looked up sharply. "YOU SHALL DIE!" He screamed as he rushed Siveltal. He simply jumped up and over him, but Umbra was ready. He slid under Siveltal, and threw several shadow kunai at him. Siveltal screeched as he crashed into the floor, but laughed as he stood up. I watched in horror as his dislocated, bleeding arm slowly knitted itself and healed. "You aren't the only one with a healing factor anymore, demon." He said as his arms began to glow. "OBLIVION WING!" he shouted as he swung his arms, unleashing a black crescent. Umbra held his sword above his head, and the moment the wave reached him, he brought it down swiftly, cutting the wave in half. Siveltal growled angrily. "YOU WILL NOT DEFEAT ME, DEMON! I AM GOD!" he shouted as he rapidly swept his wings. Umbra was blocking the waves that flew at him again and again, but I knew he was running out of energy fast. His gaze quickly shot over to the cage under the throne. Steven... goodbye, He said to me silently as he swung his blade towards Vix's cage, slicing it neatly in half. At that moment, the waves hit him one by one, each draining his energy until he was lying on the ground. Suddenly, I was back in my body, but it was back to normal, no longer demonic.

Umbra? I asked silently, are you there? But my thoughts went unanswered. I looked at Siveltal, who was laughing maniacally. "Ah, it would appear you've lost your little imaginary friend." I looked up at him sharply. "Ah, yes, I've looked into your powers. The Curse of Solitude, I believe it's called. You had a demon living in your head, and he gave his life to protect you and your pokemon. Too bad he took his powers with him." He turned around and begun pacing. I got up slowly, then collapsed to my knees. My body wasn't strong enough, so I sat there bent over, waiting for him to decide what to do.

I felt a pair of arms wrap around me. I sighed as Vix whispered in my ear, "Oh Steven, I thought you were dead." She was crying softly. I smiled at her. "You know there is no killing me, not while I have you to protect." I held her tightly. "I'm so sorry. I couldn't keep them from taking you." She looked at me forgivingly. "But you're here now." I knew what I had to do. I had to finish what I started back at the festival. I leaned forward slowly, finally about to kiss her, when suddenly a pair of clawed hands grabbed me and tore me away from her and threw me across the room.

"WE AREN'T FINISHED YET!" Siveltal shouted angrily. "You have challenged me, and we are going to see this through TO THE END!" he ran to me faster than I could follow, and threw me straight up to the air. I flaied my arms wildly, struggling to grab one of the supports on the ceiling, but I was quickly thrown back to the ground. I groaned as Siveltal stood over me, planted a foot on my chest, and held his hand high, charging up an attack.

"I will make you pay for defying me!" he shouted, laughing like a madman. Suddenly, a massive fireball came out of nowhere and knocked him off me. He stood up quickly, and we both turned to see Vix, a defiant gleam in her eyes and a flame on the tip of her wand. "Get away from him." She said slowly. Siveltal stared for a moment, then laughed. "You caught me off guard, girl, that is why you hit me. You really think you can defeat me?" his hands took on a dark, smoky aura. She stared at him for a moment, and then closed her eyes. She wrapped her hand around her wrist, and then held up her everstone bracelet. "Last chance." She said angrily. Obviously he had not realized what it was, for he was still laughing. "You think a piece of jewelry will stop me?" he shouted, losing patience. "No. It's what happens when I drop it." Just then, the bracelet slipped from her fingers, and she was enveloped in a fiery explosion. I watched as her silhouette behind the curtain of fire changed, her skirt lengthening into an elegant dress, and she grew to nearly 5 feet. The fire died away, and I saw, standing in her place, was a beautiful Delphox.

Siveltal screeched, sounding more like the creature he had been fused with than a human. He fired off wave after wave, the same attack that had killed Umbra, but she held up her wand, and each wave hit an invisible barrier, bouncing off harmlessly. She slowly walked towards him, forcing him to back away, but he didn't stop firing his attacks. When he had had enough, he held up his hands to form a massive ball of dark energy. "DIIIIIIEEEEE!" he screamed as it flew towards her. She waved her wand, and a ring of fire surrounded the ball, halting it a few feet from her. "No. You kidnapped me, killed many innocent people, and tried to kill Steven. YOU DIE!" she shouted as she waved her wand once again, and the ball flew back at Siveltal. I had just enough time to see his eyes widen in fear before he was enveloped by the dark explosion. When the smoke cleared, I saw Yveltal hunched over a human skeleton and a black pokeball, that immediately exploded into shards. It snapped open its eyes and looked at me and Vix gratefully, then shot into the air, straight into the storm above us. After a moment, there was a bright light in the eye of the storm, and it vanished, revealing a bright sun and blue skies.

Vix ran over to me, helping me to my feet. "Are you alright?" she asked worriedly. I looked at her for a moment, and kissed her, wrapping my arms around her. We stood there for what seemed like ages, until we finally separated. "Finally, I could do that without someone trying to kill me." I said happily. She smiled and hugged me tightly. "Now there's one problem: how do we get out of here?" she whispered in my ear. I chuckled softly and replied, "Don't worry, I brought a ride."