-Blessed by Divinity: Eternity-

Protecting What We Can't

"Thank you! Oh my Arceus I can't thank you enough for saving my daughter."

To my left, the hunched over Nurse Joy was holding onto to her child. The young girl was hiding her face in her mother's shoulder. I had to keep moving, Team Galactic couldn't keep getting away with this. Quickly, I nodded to the young woman before my pokemon and I exited the pokemon center. 

As expected, the city streets were empty. There weren't any signs of Team Galactic or any residents for that matter. Sceptile kept moving, leading us to the city's mining museum through the winding streets.

The entrance appeared unguarded but we still had to be cautious. I pulled out one of the pokeballs, releasing the baby dragon pokemon. He let out a half yawn before smiling to me as he looked up. I turned to the royal sword pokemon, but I could see that he already understood his mission.

"Alright, you two will split up. Dreepy remember to do exactly as Aegislash tells you."

The two pokemon nodded understandingly and as they faded into the shadows, I turned to the forest pokemon beside me. There was no need to say anything as the two of us made our move, in sync with each other.

At first I thought that the unguarded entrance was a trap and as we got closer my suspicions were confirmed. The two people who were crouching behind a tipped desk jumped out, sending out their pokemon. The Golbat and Tentacruel were quickly dismissed by Sceptile as we kept pushing past the Team Galactic members.

Now that we were inside, Sceptile and I were able to coordinate with the two ghost pokemon as we advanced through the museum. Quickly, we moved past the glass cased displays of various shiny rocks before we stopping at the sound of voices.

"Ugh, you guys are so useless! Move aside, I'll deal with it."

I peaked around the corner, my eyes falling on a young woman with deep purple hair which was tied behind her head. She moved toward one of the glass displays, ducking out of my sight. A moment later, she stood back up, turning to the three grunts staring daggers at them.

There was a loud crashing sound and as I turned to see where it was coming from, I was surprised to see that one of the larger displays had moved, revealing a hidden doorway. The woman shouted something to the grunts before they disappeared down the new passage. Then, she spun on her heels facing my general direction.

"Aaron, I know you're here. Hiding isn't going to help you."

I turned to Sceptile as he nodded back to me. We moved into the space, standing up at either side of the room. Now that I could clearly see the woman, I was able to read her aura but the only thing I learned was her name. All of the other information was too difficult to read.

"You know you can't beat us Jupiter."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. We get it, you're a Champion. No need to brag."

The woman appeared unserious in her response as she called out her pokemon. A large purple furred skunk emerged at her side, the two clearly ready to battle.

"You know you don't have to do this."

She rolled her eyes, taking a half step forward. "You wouldn't get it Aaron. But I wouldn't expect you to." The second she finished speaking, the skunk pokemon jumped in front of her, taking a battler stance.

Sceptile mirrored his opponent's motions, taking a stance in front of me. I scanned the makeshift field, noting to keep as many of the displays intact. I looked up to the forest pokemon who had kept his gaze fixed on Skuntank.

"You should know I'm not going to roll over like Mars did. Skuntank, sludge bomb!"

I wasn't processing the extra talk as I called out to Sceptile, "Cut through it with leaf blade."