Spear Pillar

- So… er… that's Giratina?

Yup.

Why is it here?

There is another dimension, a foundation of sorts for our world. Giratina maintains it, but Cyrus' interference with the balance has upset it’s dimension as well as our own.

So it punched a hole between dimensions just to get at the one who pissed it off?

It would seem so, yes.

- Is that why it’s got ahold of Cyrus right now?

Grah! You will yield to my will! Oof! Put me down!

Giratina dives into the rift and drags Cyrus down with it. The ruins continue to twist and start to arc over towards the rift. I feel gravity begin to shift around me, looking at my feet I notice myself sliding towards the rift too.

- This can’t be good!

It’s pulling me in too!

I try to turn and run but as soon as my foot leaves the floor to take a step I’m swept towards the black hole. Cynthia grabs my hand but she ends up being dragged in too.

This sucks!

- Not funny!

Kyaa!

Distortion World

I find myself face down on some sort of floating island. I have no idea what it’s floating in, everything is so wibbly wobbly and swirly. Cynthia is standing next to me.

Were you talking just now?

- Wasn’t me.

Look, down there!

Ah, I see. It’s the way out!

- If that's down, how did we fall and land here?

Cynthia hops to a nearby platform.

How strange. It would seem down could be more like left.

I take a running leap to Cynthia’s platform but misjudge it completely. I fall into a pool of water on a different island. Before I can react I’m washed up a waterfall and flung onto another island.



- Ow…

Well that was weird…

Above me Cynthia has gently stepped onto another island. To the right of me in the distance is the rift.

Physics here are so odd!

Giratina swoops by.

That thing still seems pretty mad!

Oh I’ll get you, you shady dragon, you!

Beneath me is Cyrus, shaking his fist in anger as Giratina flew by.

We have to stop him! If he figures a way to capture Giratina…

Cynthia and I leap and hop from platform to platform, chasing Cyrus as he does the same. We eventually corner him near the rift.

It ends here! Give up!

I’m so close, I’ll never give up!

- Screw this, I’ll just beat you up!

- Go Na'Toth!

Houndoom, go!

- Surf!

Will-o-wisp!

Houndoom spits a flame sprite at Na'Toth, burning her on contact. Na'Toth summons a tidal wave from the… left? And it crashes… up? onto Houndoom.

Go Gyarados!

- Na'Toth return! Go Cern!

Waterfall!

As Cern leaves it’s pokeball, gyarados crashes into it with a tower of… rising? water.

This place is too strange!

- Thunderbolt!

Earthquake!

Cern electrocutes gyarados with a lightning bolt. Gyarados flops over and slowly slides into the nearby rift.

Go Honchkrow!

- Thunderbolt!

Heat wave!

Honchkrow flaps it’s wings and wafts over a wave of intense heat at Cern who responds by firing a lightning bolt into honchkrow, dealing critical damage.

Weavile, go!

- Cern return! Go Lennier!

Fake out!

Weavile slaps Lennier on the nose as he leaves his pokeball.

- Drain punch!

Ice punch!

Weavile and Lennier exchange punches to their faces. Lennier heals most of the damage done to him by draining the life from weavile.

Go Crobat!

- Psycho cut!

Air slash!

Crobat blasts razor sharp airwaves at Lennier. Lennier flinches but he remains steadfast.

- Psycho cut!

Air slash!

Lennier makes a swift cutting motion, crobat stops flapping it’s wings and is pulled into the rift.

That’s enough! You’re not fit to be a pokemon trainer!

Cynthia grabs Cyrus’ pokébelt and whips it from him.

I’ll be sure these find better homes in the wonder trade system.

Y-you can’t!

- You mean like your galaxy group has done to countless innocent trainers?!

That was different!

Not different at all!

The rift begins to shudder, looking into it I see a familiar face.

Heeeey!

- Barry?!

You might want to get out of there. See, the lake guardians have been keeping this hole open. But they’re starting to look pretty tired. So, you know, hurry up in there?

Let’s get going then!

Cynthia leaps into the rift.

Woah! Hey watch it, miss! Little warning next time, please?

As I’m about to leap, Cyrus grabs me.

If I keep you here you won’t be able to stop me when I try again!

He tries to throw me over the ledge but I punch him in the nose and stomp on his shin. Cyrus stumbles back to the other ledge on the narrow platform on which we stand.

The rift begins to shrink. Distracted, Cyrus looks over to it and I kick him over the ledge.

- Stay the hell away from my planet!

Graaaaaagh!

Screaming all the way, Cyrus falls away from the rift and into the infinite swirling madness below…

Hey! We’ll have time to look smug later!

- Oh, right!

I leap into the shrinking rift and land face down on the floors of the ruins on Spear Pillar.

Graceful…

- Shut up, Barry…

The lake guardians are hovering above, seeing the rift close they split up and presumably head back to their lakes.

Looks like everything has returned to normal.

- Yeah…

You have seven badges, right? I’d imagine your next stop would be Sunnyshore City for your eighth badge and then onto the league. I’ll see you there.

Oh! Oh! Imma go too!

Cynthia rides her Togekiss towards the Pokemon League and Barry practically leaps off the mountain as he dashes off down the path.

Meanwhile in the Distortion World…

Aaaaa *gasp* aaaaaaaaaaagh!

As Cyrus falls endlessly, Giratina closes in on him.



Get away! I can’t battle you without my pokemon! No! Nooooo!

And there we have it. A man so obsessed with having a world of his own. Only to find the world he gets is full of nothing but nightmares and torture. Be careful what you wish for.

NOOOOOOooooooooo……!

A lesson well learned in… The Distortion World.