Silenrea: Chains of Creation 3

"You didn't take too long to submit to my wishes, now did you? My tool of destruction..."

"..."

"Oh come now, you get to have a fun task...a few actually. Once you secure one objective you can then have all your fun with the pesky Latias."

"Don't act like you're my master, I answer to nobody and only was persuaded so easily because of your promise of 'toys' for me to enjoy. Do not make that mistake again, or it will be the last one you ever make..."

"Uncouth little brat, I'm glad she left. She is supposed to be my ultimate weapon, the one to one-up Illaria. All that is left is to wait..."


"I see you have accomplished your goal and managed to find what we requested. Very well, go find your toy. She's out there somewhere."

"Time to...play. I'm coming for you..."


Chapter 3 – The Dark Agent

Silenrea is passing along from Pokemon to Pokemon, asking for any information about mysterious activity or seeing anyone suspicious. So far, the Latias has had no good fortune in finding information. She is starting to despair that her hidden enemies are covering their tracks far too well for her to get any information.

"I'm searching for a weird-looking Abra, mainly. She looks like this." the Latias shows a few Bellossom the same psychic projection of the Abra she has showed to dozens of other Pokemon, and the result is the same.
"Sorry...none of us know, or have seen, that Abra." they reply.
"Oh...okay. Thanks anyway for your time." Silenrea says in a gentle tone, which is hard to do with her stressing a fair bit inside.
The female Eon floats over towards a tree and settles down uinder the cooling shade it provides.
"I thought I would get information here, and yet I have gotten no further and have wasted precious time. But rushing around without a clue will get me nowhere...this is a losing battle." she whimpers and lowers her head onto the ground, looking around.

Suddenly she has her thoughts interrupted by a soft voice.
"Umm...e-excuse me?"
Silenrea lifts up her head and searches for the sound, soon noticing a Sentret to her left. She smiles and purrs softly, trying to seem cheerful even in her bleak situation
"Oh, hello there. Can I help you with something?" the Latias asks politely. The Sentret, a male one, smiles and blushes lightly...clearly nervous.
"N-No, actually I was wanting to ask you if it's true you are asking about unusual or suspicious activity and such?" he asks hesitantly.
"Yes, I am...you heard correctly. But even after asking forty or more Pokemon around here, none have any answers. I guess you overheard me..."
"Actually..." he starts speaking. "...I have information you might be after." the reaction is instantaneous and the Latias' eyes are locked onto the small Normal type Pokemon.
"Please...if you have any details of a possible lead, tell me..." she speaks in a very soothing tone that unhinges the nerves in the Sentret, making him more comfortable.
"Alright. Well...you see, a few days ago I was scouting the area, as I usually do. When I noticed an Abra floating along. Very oddly coloured, but injured. I rushed to see if I could help but she snapped at me and acted strangely. Then headed deeper into the forest...going towards the old ruins. That place is dangerous, nobody goes there. It's full of traps and nasty Pokemon, ones that attack for no real purpose. But some Pokemon seem to patrol around within the forest, now while it wouldn't seem that abnormal for Pokemon to be wandering around...but they were like robots and it was always the same."

The Latias is quiet, but within her mind she immediately identifies the Abra as the one she fought. She nods and then says, while smiling warmly.
"Thank you very much, that is a lot of help. I have to hurry and try find that Abra, I'm looking for a friend and I think she's responsible or at least connected."
The Sentret lets out a small sound, akin to that of fear.
"Good luck, find your friend. That Abra was scary...glad I'm not you."
The Eon laughs softly and purrs.
"Well not all of us like what has to be done, but if we don't take the moment it might be something you truly regret passing up. Thank you again." she nods and then heads off towards the forest

She isn't going too fast, as rushing in could cause an encounter with one of the patrolling Pokemon, or the dangerous Pokemon said to lurk near the old ruins. The Latias cloaks and starts to weave around the trees and heads deeper, her objective residing somewhere ahead.
She suddenly hears a noise and turns around to see a pair of Beedrill going past, fortunately for her, they cannot see her and pass right by. The female Eon sighs in relief.
"Good thing I'm cloaked, or I would be in conflict right now." she turns and starts to head deeper again, but she doesn't get far before she senses something...highly unsettling. But this is only a split second before a voice is heard behind her.
"Who said you evaded everyone..? Stop hiding, I can tell where you are, and I should inform you that you are not going any further..."
Silenrea turns around and sees a Pichu, though a little odd here and there. For one, the electric mouse has a brown mane of sorts around the neck instead, and the tail is brown also and just as hairy. The ears are no exception, also brown where it is normally black. The head has tufts of fur, or hair, that come outward at the middle of her head. Her eyes have a bit of a sinister feel and appearance, and her feet are a little bigger than normal.

Immediately uncloaking, as it is apparently useless against this particular Pokemon, the Latias stares at the small mouse.
"What do you want? I'm in a hurry to find..." she starts, but is interrupted by the Pichu.
"Illaria the Abra, right? I've been watching you fluster and try find clues. All along I watched you from the shadows..." the strange little Pichu states. But has finally supplied the name of the target the Latias is seeking, and what is more...the Pichu knows the Psy Pokemon.
"Illaria? Alright then...who are you? And tell me where she is, I'm trying to get my friend back." she says immediately, not exchanging pleasantries since this sinister presence doesn't seem willing to just give the details, nor possibly let her go easily.
"Aww...you're no fun." the Pichu says in a mocking tone and then grins. "I'm Nephele. And as for the wimpy Abra...she's long gone. Not that you'll be leaving here."
"And you think you're going to stop me?"  Silenrea asks in a rather disbelieving statement. "You're a Pichu..."
Nephele smiles widely and she moves a paw, a strand of darkness energy coils around her middle and it starts to lift her upwards. The strand is attached to an overhead tree, suspending the small Pokemon in the air easily.

"I'm not a Pichu..." and with the Latias caught off-guard by the sudden display of abilities, Nephele quickly moves her paw and a whip made up of darkness energy cracks against Silenrea's chest and back in two solid and rapid smacks, causing the Eon to scream out in pain. The darkness having an advantage over the Psychic type.
"...I'm a Dark Pichu. And now, my new toy...it's playtime. I hope you last a long time, don't break too easily...or I'll be really mad." she giggles and starts to glow with a black energy that seems to suck the light from around her. It's a move of her own called Dark Aura. It raises all of her stats by half and grants a small regeneration of health. As of now, she is far stronger than the unfortunate Latias could possibly imagine.
"I won't be stopped..." the Eon says in defiance.

Nephele merely laughs. "Let's see how long that bravado lasts, shall we?" and without a warning she moves her paw and a blast of darkness energy shoots from a blind spot behind Silenrea, moving at the speed of a bullet, it is named Shadowy Snipe by the twisted little Pichu herself.
Silenrea has placed up a barrier and manages to deflect the bullet. Unfortunately for the Eon, she doesn't fully have what it takes to be a battling type. The thought of hurting another greatly is not something she is always comfortable with, and it is rare she will get into the right mindset. Such a mindset was in her initial battle against the Houndoom...thus she is, by default, held back.

The Dark Pichu claps. "Oh good...you are able to defend yourself. But let's see how you do against this..." she raises her paws up into the air and a massive wave of darkness rushes at the Latias. She tried to block it, but cannot. The reason is that it is not damaging. However...she feels all of her abilities dropping substantially.
"What...what did you...do?" she says as she feels her body weakening and slowing down. Nephele laughs and rushes up in front of the Latias and circles around her...just showing off.
"It's what I call Dark Taint, like it? No? Too bad. This little trick of mine saps you of your strengths and weakens you by fifty percent. Basically I just doubled my stats before and halved yours." she puts her paws together and speaks in the tone you'd speak to a baby. "Still fink you can save your helpless widdle fwiend?" she moves back and shoots out tentacles of darkness to ensnare the Latias.

Silenrea struggles and concentrates, needing to focus her energy to perform a particular task as she can tell this is going south fast. The Dark Pichu motions with her paws and drags the helpless Eon up, then with a quick motion the darkness constricting the Latias start plummeting downward...about to slam her painfully into the ground. But just a moment before impact, Silenrea vanishes and has teleported behind Nephele. With an advantage, the Latias unleashes Dragon Pulse and it slams into Nephele, knocking her down. She doesn't move, but then just starts laughing and stands up again. The Dark Pichu dusts herself off and turns to face a very stunned Latias.
"That's it..? I'm growing bored, and when I get bored...I finish off my toys. Is that all you've got..? Come on...impress me..."

Silenrea is starting to worry that this is a battle she cannot win, and yet she doesn't realise she could win...if she was more battle savvy. Such a greater knowledge of combat and the will to do battle would greatly help her in this situation, she can only hope she manages to hold her own...as bleak as this looks. The Latias flies upward and lets out a cry and a familiar black portal of sorts forms above her head, showering meteors down towards Nephele. The Dark Pichu's eyes widen for a moment, then she laughs.
"Yes! This is more like it!" she starts weaving and dodging the meteors, then leaps upon one to the next, closing in on the Eon.
"Gotcha!" she shouts before a massive wave of darkness swashes over Sillenrea, but this time when it passes, there are multiple tendrils of the darkness contricting all over her body.
Silenrea whimpers and tries to pull away, but it is useless. The Dark Pichu sneers and claps. "Oh come now...don't make this end too soon, fight more!" she makes the strands start to radiate darkness which would cause agony along those areas of the Latias, whom is now screaming in pain.

The Eon gathers her thoughts and concentrates, she unleashes a Dragon Pulse at the tendrils that are linked to her paws, and manages to sever it. With her right paw free she wastes no time in slashing at the other tendrils with Dragon Claw.
"Yes! Keep struggling! Make this lively before it ends!" Nephele says, truly getting into the fun of tormenting the Latias. She motions to make more tendrils form, but they start lashing at the immobilised Pokemon...whipping her, yet leaving no physical injuries since it is an energy attack.
Silenrea whimpers and then lets out a loud cry as she starts to expand a barrier that is actually able to push the tendrils back, snapping them and getting her free, though she had to use a lot of energy to do it. Her folly in this battle is that she was not prepared and did not know what she was truly against.

Nephele stares and thinks...her twisted little child-like mind pondering over her next actions, but she is thinking she could either wrap this up or it might cause it to go longer.
"Alright...time for a game of dodgeball. But I'm the ball!" she curls up and darkness starts to swirl around her body as she floats in the air. Then suddenly launches at the Latias, whom only narrowly avoids a collision...only to see the Dark Pichu go shooting through a tree. It looks unharmed, until the area that was struck starts to weaken, yet the rest of the tree seems fine.

"What the..?!" the Eon is stunned, but she knows she doesn't want to be hit with that attack. But she notices the ball of energy veering back towards her. She tries to dodge but feels the attack make contact with the tip of her wing, and she loses a little stability in her flight. She assume it was from being hit, and doesn't pay it much mind, since she is back to normal within a mere second.
She turns to Nephele, still in her assaulting attack, and launches a Dragonbreath at her to try and stop it...but her attack seems to just be absorbed into the dark ball of energy and it shoots forward, slamming into, and passing through, her wing. Silenrea falls to the ground...whimpering as she cannot fly for a bit, but it is making her more tired.

"What is going on..?" she gasps as she gets back up into the air, a little shakily though. No sooner is she in the air, before Nephele comes up from behind to slam into the Latias' other wing and downs her again.
The Dark Pichu halts her attack and stands in front of Silenrea, grinning.
"Like my Energy Rift attack? It literally absorbs energy, so when I pass through your body it sucks out all the energy from the afflicted area. Thus your body will scramble to send more energy to that location, but it tires and weakens you. You did well...since I was aiming for your chest."
The Eon gasps and whimpers softly. She isn't fully understanding, but then it dawns on her.
"To...to take the energy for my heart? You tried to kill me..?"
Nephele smiles and claps her paws.
"Oooo...you're so clever. A good little toy you are, but I think I've dried you up. I think it's time to...shelf you."

The words fill Silenrea's entire body with a chilling fear, this means the Dark Pichu plans to kill her, right here and now.
"N-No...I pr-promised...to..." she can barely talk now, and all the while, Nephele is raising her paws and forming a large amount of darkness up above the Latias. It is solidifying and taking shape.
The female Eon closes her eyes and desperately tries to muster up enough energy to accomplish what she is wanting. She tries to push herself forward with mental thoughts to herself.
Concentrate...come on! Don't let Psyquareon down now!

The darkness above has formed into a large spike that would be used to spear the Latias, if the sheer size doesn't cleave her in half.
"Bye-bye..." Nephele says in the most child-like way she could, then drops her paws and the large deadly spear starts to fall towards the Eon.
Got it! Silenrea says to herself mentally and vanishes a millisecond before the spear crashes into the ground where she was prior. She teleported from the area, and is out hiding somewhere far away.
"...My toy. No! Fine, I'm going to find you and do it nice and slow!" Nephele screams and a pool of darkness forms under her, of which she sinks into and vanishes to a realm of darkness and shadows.

Silenrea has reappeared in a dense forest, collapsed in an exhausted heap upon the ground. She whimpers at the searing pain throughout her body, and the constant burning sensations from such overexertion which was caused when all of that energy was drained from her body.
Fortunately for her, due to the amount of energy Nephele used, the Dark Pichu will take a while to be able to track the Latias that teleported away suddenly to an unknown location. It will take a fair bit of searching, but inevitably she will eventually find Silenrea...to try finish what was started.

"I...I failed..." she says softly to herself, tears forming in her eyes. Knowing that she came close, and has failed, at least this time.
"No...no I haven't failed completely, I'll just have to try again. I can't truly fail until I stop trying..." she starts to cry from the pain and sting of the defeat, she knows that if she was more focused and had thought thoroughly through that battle she would have had a much better chance to win..
"Even if it...does seem...almost impossible..." she lets out a shuddering gasp and her head falls to the ground...slipping unconscious. A weak barrier forming around her, a subconscious reaction for self-preservation.

The few tears roll down the Eon's cheeks and fall to the grass below. A broken Latias she may be, but she isn't beaten...not yet. For now, her body naturally starts to slowly heal and rest.