Pokémon Fool's Gold | Orre & Galar Fanfiction

Chapter 74: XD004

Only Amber, Zane, Fayiz and Bianka remained in the dormitory. Lumir arrived with Trip.

'The Grand Master no longer trusts me. However, he does trust Trip, or simply doesn't care what he does... so, whoever chooses to take on the Grand Master... you should go to wait at the office now, before he hears of his enemies storming The Under and changes his mind about giving Trip free reign.'

'I'll go.'

Amber stood. 'He won't hurt me.'

'No!' Fayiz insisted, 'He's out of his mind, Amber! At least let us go with you!'

'OK. Fine. We'll all go. But let me battle him. It's not that he won't want to hurt me... he won't want to harm his grandchild.'

'What if he loses control of Keldeo?'

'I doubt he will,' Lumir said, 'But I share your brother's concerns about your child if nothing else, Amber. You could be inadvertently hurt.'

Fayiz wasn't convinced. 'And what about Wyatt? He hasn't handed Cobalion over yet.'

'He's on our side,' Trip assured him, 'He wants to get rid of that Cobalion. Trust me. He's more likely to hurt himself than anyone else. Actually, as soon as our allies get here, someone needs to get him to hospital. He's full-on suicidal.'

Fastening her helmet, Amber pushed past him. 'Take us to this office, then. Hurry up.'

'Amber...'

'I'm not listening.'

She walked behind Trip with Fayiz. An alarm blared. A voice Amber didn't recognise crept from speakers.

'Take your positions! The intruders are here!'

They began to run. Lumir took the elevator up to join Cipher's enemies. People glanced up as Trip marched by with a group of unfamiliar Peons, but they'd all received orders to defend. They were too flustered to question Lyndon's son. As soon as they were out of sight in the corridor, deserted by the Admins whose offices could no longer be occupied, Amber sent out Charizard. Trip unlocked the door to Lyndon's office. He turned the handle. Something blocked it. They assumed it was furniture, but they couldn't hear the voice giving orders on the speakers anymore... it came from the office. Fayiz glanced at Trip.

'You sure he wants to hand over that Cobalion...?'

'Wyatt!'

Trip frantically knocked. 'It's me!'

'...What do you want?'

'Why are you in there?!'

'Grand Master's orders...'

'Our allies are here, Wyatt! You don't need to obey him anymore!'

'He's right... we're all better off dead.'

'That's Cobalion speaking!'

'No... you don't understand.'

The door abruptly opened. Wyatt's Metagross stood aside. Trip stared directly into his eyes as wild as Lyndon's.

'Dude, I know it's been really hard for you handling that Cobalion... finding out the organisation you poured your heart and soul into wasn't what you thought it was... but come on. There's hope. There's always hope.'

'I know you mean well, Trip... but you're naive and you can't... I can't let anyone get in the way of what's best for us.'

Trip jumped when someone elbowed past him. Amber glared.

'I don't care who you are. I can't let you go ahead with something that can't be reversed. Something you'd regret yourself if you lived to see it. Trip's right. That's your Shadow Pokémon talking. I can feel it, too. But we don't have time to talk this out. Let's go, Charizard!'