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The Lugia's confusion induced rage would begin to worsen as the water in the pool began to surge upward into twisters. The waterfall began to change its course as it began to flow around the cave in the form of a violent ring of water which began to expand outward, threatening to turn into a whirlpool with the Snagems at its center.

The door was behind the Lugia, and more importantly behind this ring of water, yet it was not out of reach for them. The angry legend continued its thrashing into the walls, but was now able to focus slightly more as it unleashed another Aeroblast straight for the Snagems! Arceus save them all.

The Ion Deluge empowered Explosion would have a devastating effect on the Registeel and anything else metal as well. The explosion was like an EMP, destroying anything electronic as well as sending massive shockwaves through out the room, turning stone into rubble.

The poor Registeel acted as a conductor for the waves of electricity unleashed, causing it to be zapped relentlessly. As if that wasn't bad enough the magnet waves unleashed by the Explosion were opposite with the ones it was putting out, causing the legend to be drawn to the center of the explosion!

Once all was said and down the room would be turned to rubble and the ceiling threatening to collapse. The Regis were nowhere to be seen among this rubble, but perhaps that was a good thing.

"For me, or for all of you?" Dark asked, countering the approaches of Blizzard and Darts with the very flames cloaking him. He'd soon absorb them, giving him a sudden burst of speed as more flames billowed from his sides and behind him. Unlike the ones that had cloaked him seconds before, these ones carried a purplish hue, toxic smoke quickly gathering from them. Unless they were quick, they'd find those flames to both burn intensely and make for a poisonous environment.

This all said, his movements did become more erratic from the Chatter, but as he was already close to a decline in the cave, he was able to use a wall to keep from tripping and tumbling down. What he'd see as he came down gave him more than a few ideas. But for now, the confusion was keeping him from executing any of them.

As such, the most both Crystals and Amaranth had to worry about was Zygarde, whom of which was barely fazed by the Psychic. Amaranth had backed up another step by the time that one of the Crystals spoke up to her, staying silent for a moment. Did she really have anything that could fight such a Pokemon? She doubted it, but she'd have little choice but to try before part of the party got squeezed to death.

She just gave a nod before sending out her Togekiss. "Breeze, Fairy Wind!" It wasn't long before her Pokemon whipped up an unusual wind aimed at Zygarde. Unfortunately, it didn't seem to do a whole lot; it was enough to make it loosen its hold slightly, but unlikely to be enough for the binded Crystal to escape.

Future Ren helped Future Kasumi, making sure she was alive. She was.

"Damn, that hurt a lot" Older Kasumi grumbled, then got composed and began visibly healing right in front of the others. Being a Latias Hybrid had some nifty perks.

"Good, we all made it" Present Kasumi said with relief, then looked at Rhyme as she and Ren were getting off of her "Sorry about crashing into you like that."

"Ugh..." I managed to stay standing on my feet, but even now, I was worse for wear. Blasted Virizion. "Is everyone alright?"

"I don't feel too good..." Tristen spoke up.

"I'm actually with the kid on this one." Freth said.

"Truth be told, its a wonder how you all manage." Doc said who was watching from the sidelines. "Still though, this does put us in severe dire straights."

"As if we weren't as is?" I asked.

"Apart from that."

"What about Darts?" I spoke up. As soon as I heard the chatter from the various monkeys near by, I practically grimaced. "Never mind, we'll assess the damage later. We got to get out of here while we still can."


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This was starting to get dire for the alternates, however. They were dealing with a Dark they were totally unfamiliar with; by the context of how Dark introduced himself, it was probably a no wonder how he boasts taking out whatever counterparts he spoke of. The alternate Blizzard started to realize just how the other was. Outgunned, perhaps outclassed, and what makes it bad is that he's been through a lot over the years. He was left at a loss as to what to do at this point.

The foul odor started to fill the cavern, where they stood. He winced. A Smog attack? "Ugh... *cough, cough* ...I heard of blowing smoke, but this is ridiculous!" He then spread his wings wide, unleashing a powerful Blizzard attack towards Dark, hopefully carrying off the smoke towards him for that matter.

The Light Screen forged by the Carbink would cause a hefty amount of blow back for the legend, causing it to wail in pain but alas the Aeroblast was released, however weakened. With the Carbink taken with the watered down Aeroblast it would meet the Doom Desire, a power struggle taking place. The legend fought fiercely, and seemed as if it would be victorious as the power gap between the two legends was simply too great. There was still time for the Snagem's to escape though, the raging waters dying down as the Lugia focused all its might to win this clash. Unfortunately this meant leaving the Jirachi to fend for its self.

Those who had just passed through a door in their reality would now find them in the vast emptiness of white with the other Snagems. Death would great them all the same, with a cocky attitude and his signature laugh. "So many of you have survived the first round! Kuku! Unfortunately all of you can not advance. Here is the deal, the next round will involve teams! Only ten of you can advance, each in an opposing team of five. Both teams will then be given a...challenge, kuku. Now while you decide which of you goes on why don't we have a history lesson, hm? Kukuku!" Death laughed as images were conjured in front of the Snagems, showcasing things they did in the other realities, and some things they were sure they didn't do.

"New Mauville City nearly ended in total failure, were it not for the heroic deeds of Isaac the Engineer and Rhyme, the Rhythm of Lightning! The brave couple fought the monstrous Zapdos, combining Isaac's ingenuity with machines and Rhyme's mastery over electricity, in order to stow away the legend's massive chi reserve in the form of a crystal, similar to a Thunderstone, dubbed by them as the Zapdos Heart. This stone would go onto power New Mauville for thousands of years, and the couple would repopulate the city with their hybrid offspring, all masters of technology! Don't ya love a happy ending? Kukuk!" Death laughed.

"The First Human-Pokemon War ended in a cease fire, a brave group of hybrids having stopped the advance of Virizion's forces which would have certainly decimated the only colony in Unova, and thus put an end to any possibility of human settlements in the region. With Virizion cut down the hybrids acted as peacekeepers between the humans and Pokemon, both sides accepting them as one of their own. Unfortunately, the hybrids were unable to prevent the Second Human-Pokemon War which devastated the land and saw the leader of the hybrids, his own son and wife, killed. The Cold One was then banished to the far northern region of Unova, where he lived the rest of his life in a cave made icy by his sorrow...now that wasn't happy! Kuku!" Death again, laughed.

"Another couple went down in history as having prevented the behemoth, Regigigas, from reshaping the world a second time! The loving couple, a hybrid and a human! Chased down the three Regi which had been summoned to Regigigas's pyramid. It was there that they defeated the Regi before they could awaken their master, and banished them to various tombs across the world. For good measure they flooded the desert around the pyramid so that no one could find it again...how they did that I don't know, kuku!" Death said.

Gengar Darts angles himself closer to the Ho-Oh hybrid and assesses the situation with a beady red eye, before trying to valiantly pull himself to his feet and adjusts his stance, squaring his eyes towards the legend. "Been a while since I've tried this..." He mutters, before emitting a sonorous wave of energy from his eyes, transmitted through his pupils. A Hypnosis, aimed at the cave whirlpool with the hopes of reflecting it at the legend with even greater strength.