Ron Towers, June 14th, Tuesday. Send Off Spring, Sinnoh.
"Yeah I saw that, what the fuck?" Ron ran after the stranger, just to see if they were still visible around the corner, but they weren't. "You see that Furia? Ever seen a Typhlosion like that one?"
The Quilava didn't respond. She just sat there silently. She had been the one leading the group for a while and, like always, a fully evolved Pokemon took her spot. To make things worse, her trainer was more impressed by some other Typhlosion. She had it, she was going to become better than everyone else, she wasn't going to let anyone stand in her way.
"Okay, that was weird, but we could have wondered into some sort of nest for Ghost Pokemon." Ron walked back to the group, trying to figured out some logic behind what was going on. "We could be under some hypnosis or asleep. Furia, I need some electricity to-"
Ron didn't finish his sentence, his was cut off by the Quilava slamming into his abdomen with an electric reaction, Wild Charge. She hadn't gone all out, but it was enough to make Ron wheeze and gasp for air, falling to his knees as electrical currents shocked his body on and off for a few times until it was over. He raised his right hand with a thumbs up, still trying to catch his breath. Furia smirked, he deserved it for not paying enough attention to her feelings. She then shot Kaden a glare, maybe he needed to check if they were in a dream also.
"You're still upset?" Ron stood back up, rubbing his stomach were his Pokemon had impacted earlier. "We can figured, whatever this is, between us later, okay? Not the place or time." He took a deep breath, clearly still aching but he tried to not show it too much. "Okay, so that was pretty real. Which means, all of this IS. I know this is probably the worst idea, but I don't see any other options besides to keep running in circles. Let's go the same path as that oddly dressed individual and his NOT so cool Typhlosion."
They turned into the corner the illusion had done so earlier, this time it seemed they were on a different path, at least they didn't run into the X again. The path seemed to stretch for a while and just when they were about to start questioning the way once again, a staircase came into view, heading down and deeper into the ruins. It was suspicious of course, but something on the ground caught the groups attention, a small string of hair found by Furia, the same color as the Galactic Grunt's.
"Looks like we're going somewhere this time."
The group descended down the staircase. To Ron's surprise, despite going deeper into the ruins, it seemed that the lack of light was no longer an issue. There was no way to tell where the light was coming from, but that was the least of their worries as they stepped into a new chamber. The room was big, with a giant pillar in the center filled with ancient drawing. The whispers and voices became louder and louder. A strange purple aura began to fill the place, which caused the walls and floors to change colors, looking recently made, clean, muddy, filled with moss, and other forms. Like if they were standing in replica of the same room but in different times. Ron looked around, it was unlike anything he had seen before.
"Come on Gatote." A familiar voice to Ron sounded off to the right, which made him turn, only to see a young light blonde woman with dark blue eyes standing with an Incineroar.
Ron closed his eyes and shook his head, not believing, what or who he was seeing. He took a few steps closer, it was hard not to notice that face. The way the woman spoke, the way she looked through some sort of advanced Pokedex, the way she bit her lower lip while thinking, it was definitely Ron's younger sister. But how? And why was she wearing such odd clothes? She was wearing a blue body suit that seemed to have some sort of energy running through it. It had censors on the right forearm, giving information like the body temperature, heart rate and some other complex stuff Ron couldn't understand. As he got closer he noticed something else, the family emblem. Just like everyone in Ron's family, she had a golden Tower pin, hanging around her neck.
"Hey." Ron said.
The woman turned quickly, startled with wide eyes. "Who's there?!" She said before she faded away.
Ron took a step back, he had to be dreaming. Another voice became clearer and soon Ron found himself looking at a group of people actually building one of the pillars, but the illusion lasted a few seconds, before Ron could even react, they were gone. He turned around quickly at the sound of his Quilava growling. She was looking at the central pillar, where three Galactic Grunts stood, looking at Kaden and Ron with a bewildered look.
"Are they real? Can't tell anymore?" The only woman in the group said, clearly the one they had been chasing before.
"Nah, they're real. Usually the illusions disappear after a few seconds." The tallest one spoke up, taking a step forward with his Machoke following behind. "You two need to leave now, this place is off limit to anyone who isn't part of the New Team Galactic."
