"Two Worlds Collide"
Part-2

Chapter Written By - Gaidaros

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Bugsy's POV

My eyes were closed and if I dared open them, I would've turned blind. The hole in the sky, this singularity, it was getting brighter second by second.

Then I felt as if the light had vanished and I slowly opened my eyes. My friends and Team Rocket were still standing with their eyes closed.

I could tell upon closer observation, both Mewtwo’s had no effect on the light. The one that belonged to Team Rocket stood silently, waiting for orders. As for Orchid, he floated lifelessly a few meters above us.

I took no chances to wait for this Pokémon to be hurt. I desperately pulled out my Pokeball and unleashed my Scyther’s energy from within. ‘Scyther, let’s follow them!’

‘Scy!’ Nodded Scyther.

‘Be careful!’ Shouted Red from below me.

‘Oh, I’ll be careful Pokémon finalist.’ I shouted with a sarcastic tone.

The Mewtwo that belonged to Team Rocket was wearing a helmet of some sort. My theory is that it gave him more power. But another stipulation, Team Rocket was controlling the Mewtwo using it. I believed the latter was true.

Time seemed to flow slowly, it was now or never. There was an opportunity to remove the helmet and free the Mewtwo under Team Rocket’s control. Scyther and I desperately flew towards the Mewtwo and I tried to reach for the helmet and clasp hold to free him from this prison. But it was impossible. Mewtwo was six and a half feet tall and dodging my attempt to steal the helmet from off his head. What a bummer! This was going to be more difficult than I imagined.

Leaf's POV
[Pokémon Leaf Chronicles]

The world was the same, and it was apparent after what happened to us on the S.S. Anne. It was also very different and that thought terrified me. I was running at my highest pace; Red and Yellow followed after me without question. Usually I didn't chase purple skies but here I was attempting to throw me and my friends into a mortal situation that was not under my control. 

'We're almost there. The city is very close', said Yellow. 'Look. Just a few more minutes and we'll know exactly what-'.

'Calm down, Yellow', I interrupted. 'Don't rush!'.

'Stop !', whispered Yellow. He crouched behind the bushes, as if hiding from someone. Red mimicked his movement alongside him.

'What ?', I asked, softly while crouching down beside them catching a glance at the same thing my friends regarded on the other side. 

There was a shrine and next to the shrine was a man sitting on the ground. At first, I thought he was praying but no, he was digging up the soil.

'No one make a sound', I said, whispering. Yellow and Red nodded acknowledging that if they moved, they would be caught.

An air of silence filled the skies above us. Suddenly, Red stepped on a twig making a cracking sound. I looked at the man, he was aware of our presence, but he remained calm.

'Act natural', I said, standing up. I walked outside to confront him; carefully eying the man as he stared back at me in an intimidating way. I however, remained composed filled with confidence as a Pokémon Trainer should be.

Red and Yellow wandered carefully to my side. The man stood up, hiding half his face with his hood. Only the parts below his nose could be seen. He wore a black track bottom with a black hoodie, the zip was half open, so a white formal shirt could be seen.

A small hole was dug, big enough to fit a Pokedex. His right hand was in his hoodie pocket and the way he held it clearly told me he was holding something, something that he was about to bury.

'I was praying for my dead Raticate', said the man in a cold tone. 'I came here to bury her'. 

Yellow and I exchanged looks. 'He's lying', mouthed Yellow with a rude tone. I glared at Yellow to stop with that rude attitude of his. It didn’t help that this man could be dangerous.

'What was her name ?', asked Yellow, with a suspicious brow. 

Yellow, now is not the time! I thought with glaring anger. I felt like punching Yellow in the face.

'Uh, um', stuttered the man. 'Red, is that you ?'.

As I turned to my right, Red looked confused; he tried to process the voice of the man but quirked his head with a perplexing look.

'........... !'. Exclaimed Red.

'Red, do you know him ?', I asked. He shook his head with straightforward assurance. The man walked forward and removed the hood from his face. 

'Maybe now you do', said the man. 'I am-'.

'No', said Red, shaking his head again in disagreement. This was too sad, the poor man seemed to recognize him. But Red sure did not know who this man was at all and it sure looked like he showed feign interest.

'You don't ? You are Red, right ? The guy who came second in the Indigo League ? And you don't recognize me ?'.

'Second ?', asked Yellow. 'Whoa !'. Red shook his head again to assure the old man that he did not know him. 

'Forget whatever I said', said the man. 'Forget everything and walk away, pretend none of this ever happened'.

'Well, we are going to. We don't even belong here', said Yellow, giggling.

'Yellow !', I glared again. 

‘You have like, no manners at all!’

'Let's go'. I yelped to everyone at attention as I tossed my Pokeball in the air. Releasing the insect out from within her capsule, I had a mission for my bug Pokémon Lucy.

‘Use your sleep powder when you encounter Mewtwo.’

The little winged creature nodded and swiftly battered her wings ahead of us with a determined look on her face. There wasn’t much time, we needed to prevent Team Rocket from causing any further harm.

We needed to follow the storm that was brewing ahead. The fuchsia sky was heading towards a massive golden shimmering city. This storm and Team Rocket were going to be battling there with Mewtwo in tow. 

'..........' Red continued pressing on ahead to the huge portal like structure above Goldenrod City that seemed to be heading towards that direction. Yellow and I followed him whilst leaving behind the man by the shrine who continued about his business.

Bugsy's POV

Orchid kept protecting us from Mewtwo's disparaging attacks. The use of barrier was very frequent after this Pokémon’s persistent attacks. But now, Team Rocket had a new strategy. 

Several Rocket Grunts circled around us, making it difficult to escape. As we were caught in a desperate situation. An unexpected thought came across my mind. What if Orchid breaks that helmet off of Mewtwo's head ? 

'Yellow', I whispered as she leaned toward me, breathing against my ear. Which was quite pleasing.

'Yes ?', she asked calmly. Boy was she attractive being this close to me. I had the sudden urge to hug her, but I did my best to control my feelings.

'Uh. Tell Orchid to break that helmet on Mewtwo's head. It's controlling it', I said. 'Please'?

Yellow smiled and I saw a change of expression on her face. She looked angry, which was so cool to witness. The way her hair flew together in strands, they were like a raging fire. I needed someone like her in my life and there was nothing, however I felt complete around her.

'Orchid', she said. 'Blow that helmet off !'.

Orchid nodded and used Psychic attack on the helmet. Fortunately, the helmet began to loosen up and crack down the middle toward the black glass visor. 

'No !', shouted the leader of the pack. 'Mewtwo, get us outta here'.

Mewtwo countered Orchid's attack and made a sphere around himself. All the grunts ran into the sphere and swiftly vanishing out of the sky without a trace. 

'They used Teleport', said Red. 'You know we could've done something !'. As his face now resembled his name in fury.

'Why are you angry ?', asked Lyra. 'Maybe all of this is because of you. You changed stuff you know that right ?'.

'I know !', Red snapped. Then suddenly, there was a sound of leaves that were being crunched from the ground below them. 'What was that ?'. 

'What ?', I asked. I looked around trying to find the exact thing Red was referring to.

'That voice', said Red. 'Didn't you hear it ?'.

'Red ?!'. I looked around to see where the voice came from and wouldn’t you know it? Behind a short bush stood three trainers. I recognized two of them and it was surprisingly odd the way they were dressed. This wasn’t your typical fashion of the times, their clothes were sharp, with obtuse like angles.

In the middle of the group, stood a girl who wore a dress of a different color shaded black. Just next to her stood Yellow, or I should say another Yellow, he was an exact replica. The only difference was that this Yellow looked like a tomboy and on the other side stood Red himself with the same type of lettermen look but with his pants tucked into his shoes.

‘Is that my doppelgänger?’ Pointed our Red to this rather tall and thin copy of himself.

I had to make sense of whatever was going on. Then I came up with a mind blowing theory. Maybe I’m crazy, but just assuming if the purple sky had anything to do with a parallel universe. Had we just somehow crossed threads with one? I just had a weird feeling about it.

'Leaf ?', Red limped towards her happily. He instantly recognized her; though she usually wore a blue and red outfit, but he couldn’t help but ogle at her. Though who could blame Red? This Leaf looked just like his friend who currently resides in Sinnoh. Red then stopped to turn and reviewed himself once again. 

‘What the heck is going on!?’ He shouted with an irksome squeak.

‘Hey-easy! You’re a lot like my Red when he was six years old.’ Leaf responded while covering her ear drums from the noise.

'What is going on ?', asked Lyra, freaking out. 'Why is there a pair of Red and a pair of Yellow ? If it were a book, I would've fainted right now'.

'Lyra, it is', I said. Lyra fell on the ground and fainted. 'Um, I'm sorry ?'. Everyone looked at me as if I did that.

‘You horrible monster!’ Declared the tomboyish Yellow with raised fists against me.

'Anyways, I need an explanation of what is going on ?!'. Said Red with bewilderment. Scratching his head with utter confusion.

'I think I know', I said, walking to the circle they made, leaving Lyra lying on the moist soil. 

The other Red looked at me but didn't utter a word. His face somehow told me he wanted to listen to what I had to say. The other Yellow didn't look like a girl at all, which made sense based on the freckles lining along his face. As for Leaf, she looks just like the same girl that Red skype calls a lot from before. 

'I think these three are from a parallel universe'.

The girl's jaw dropped, then the boy Yellow's jaw dropped simultaneously along with Red’s. The mute like trainer picked up his jaw and whipped it back into alignment. I could tell these individuals were just as shocked and confused as we were.

'How did you-?', asked the girl, whose name Red called out as Leaf. Yes, I have a good memory, big time.

'I don't know, it came to me', I said. 'Don't want to show off but I'm good with science'.

'A parallel what-?', asked Red, the one who belonged to my Earth.

'Knock-knock Red. Universe. The thing with the planets, stars, asteroids, galaxies ? Where we-'.

'I know what a universe is. What's a parallel universe ?'. Inquired Red.

'Do you know anything about a multiverse ? Okay, so imagine there are these infinite versions of Earths and every other planet. For example, one where Red won the Pokémon League. One where Spiderman didn't leave the MCU. One where Pokémon never existed-'.

'Oh. Oh. One where all of us are evil ?', asked Yellow, the one of my Earth.

'Yeah, been th-uh-okay, so each one of them vibrates at a different frequency on the same plane so they can't see one another but somehow these three travelled here'.

'I have a question', asked Leaf.

'W-w-what ?', asked Red, blushing.

'Which year is this ?', she asked. I looked at her clothes carefully, the fabric was more 1990’s than 2010’s.

'You are not from the twenty first century are you ?', I asked. Everyone looked at me as if I was being rather rude or condescending with that line of reason.

'Uh, no', said the other Yellow.

'Things must be different where you came from. This is 2014. Don't freak out. The fact that you just dimension travelled is freakier', I said, picking up my bag that I had put aside because of Team Rocket. I didn't want to lose my stuff, of course. 'But the one thing I didn't understand. Why is Team Rocket here ? They belonged to your Earth didn't they ?'.

Leaf's expressions changed. She was sad and desperate. 'I almost forgot-'.

'Yeah. You almost forgot to call back your Butterfree'.

'Lucy, come back', said Leaf, calling back her flying insect from within her Pokeball. 'As I was saying the man you just saw was Proton. And we can't defeat him-'.

'But we can neutralize him by throwing an electron. Am I right boys ?'. The forest was filled with silence.

‘You remind me of another dunce scientist that I know of.’ Responded Leaf with an unamused look.

'The Mewtwo was being controlled by him', said Leaf. 'He is here to find the Mewtwo of your Earth-'.

'And he did', said Red. 'But why ?'.

'Your Earth vibrates at a higher rate. That means beings on your Earth are much more powerful than of my-'.

'He wants Orchid', said Yellow, the one of my Earth. 'That's why Proton is here right ? Because he wants a powerful Mewtwo ?'.

'Well yes, but also no', said Yellow, the one from the parallel Earth. 'He doesn't want Mewtwo. I don't know what his plans are but I'm certain that he does not want to kidnap your Pokémon'.

'..........' Red sighed. Yes, the Red from the parallel universe, my brain is rotting as I still am having a hard time as everybody else being able to distinguish my friends from the others.

'So what now ?', asked Yellow. Leaf walked forward, she was our leader because....I wanted her to be my leader, yes. 

'Now', Leaf began. 'We wait and observe'.

'Sounds like a plan'. I clapped my hands then pushed Red. 'Move it. We need to go to Goldenrod City. The sky is more purple there'.

'We can share our sad stories there', said Yellow. 'Come on'. Oh, this is where I started liking Yellow more, she was like me, more sarcastic.

The sky was hemorrhaging and crashing thunder across the skyline of Goldenrod City. Many of us sensed that Team Rocket of their world and ours were up to their shenanigans. There was only us and them. The rest of us trainers and our copies watched in complete dismay. As several buildings began to catch fire from the skyscrapers lining the horizon before us. There was no time but for us to plan and prepare.

'Red. Yellow. We need to figure out a way back', said Leaf, as each trainer took turns holding each other’s hands in awe from the spectacle alongside us.

'Don't worry, Leaf. We will', said Yellow. 

'Hey, how do we take Lyra ?'. Inquired Red of our Earth.

'Catch her with your Pokeball, that'll do the trick', I said. 

'Marill ? Please drag her, I don’t like to babysit'.

'Oh, I will change my team a bit when we reach there.' Said Red, the one who speaks.

Proton's POV
[Pokémon Leaf Chronicles]

I was angry and I felt nothing. I had to do something otherwise Boss’s plans would fail. All the years he had dedicated to, would be wasted and we had to do it fast. The gateway had a limited time, it wasn't going to last forever. I needed backup. 

Me and my team stood somewhere in the Ilex Forest. Mewtwo's head piece was sparking with electricity. 'Fix that. We can't take any chances'.

'Sir !'. Saluted my engineer among the squad.

'And contact Charles for me', I said. 'Set up a meeting. We have things to do'.

Suddenly, two of my grunts dragged a man over to me. I was surprised to see someone at this time at night, trying to find his way through a forest.

'Sir. Found him eavesdropping', said the grunt. The man wore a black jacket with a hoodie on. Half of his face could be seen. The grunt removed his hood and his face was revealed.

'Oh have I seen this face before ?', I said, recognizing the FBI agent. Then I smiled. 'Call boss. I think it's time for him to come'.