The ending didn’t come out as great as I wanted but this overall version of the act is definitely an improvement from the original version I made years ago so I’m satisfied in that aspect.
Steel nodded as she listened to her mother rant and rave about her disappearance at night. She could vaguely hear Brass’s father in the background telling her to calm down and the kids would be fine. Despite that she continued to chew her out, Steel didn’t mind it. Glancing back to where Simon slept at peace she was fine with her actions. She appologised to her mother once more and took a seat at her friend’s side. Brass reentered the room with a smile.
“The doctor said he will be fine after rest and eating healthy.” Steel clapped her hands.
“Great! That’s good news!”
“Yeah, after everything Rune did I’d say we’re lucky this is all they did to him.”
“Very luck.” Steel agreed. Steel rose from her seat, she gave Simon a glance before taking Brass by the arm and exiting the clinic. The two trainers stood in the snow fall of that Christmas morning.
“I’m glad this is all over, everything mom and dad worked for may be tarnished and lost to hideous crimes but at least it’s over.” Steel sighed softly and took a seat on a nearby bench. “I just wish I could understand why Hilda did it.”
“Some times people are just crazy.”
“Yeah, I guess.” she sighed.
“HEY EVERYBODY!” a voice suddenly yelled, waking everyone up on the small island. People of all ages started to exit their houses to see what was going on. The owner of the voice was running circles in town square with glee as they held a small compact radio over their head. “EVERYONE WAKE UP! C’MON!”
“What’s with all the racket?”
“Great news! The leader of Rune was arrested!” Murmurs began to fill the air. The young man turned the volume up on the radio and the crowd went into a hushed silence.
It seems like a Christmas miracle, the leader of Team Rune has been turned into the police. The woman was thrown into police custody around five o’clock in the morning. Her captors did not stay behind to reveal their identity but left a note of the headquarters location so the police may collect any remaining members. Police found and recovered many members, all of them badly beaten, and bodies of trainers and pokemon alike that Rune kidnapped.
When questioned on her actions the leader of Rune simply laughed and stated “I did what I could. The Rune of old wanted to bring peace among man and pokemon, I wanted more than they were willing to do so, I killed them. Who would of guessed the Heir of the original Rune would be the one to bring my downfall.” We have no idea who the heir could be, but all around Kanto, we thank the heir of true Rune for closing this terrible tale.
“I…. I can’t believe this….!”
“Rune is gone!”
“This is great!” The people cheered and yelled with utter happiness. Steel could only sigh.
“Mom is going to kill me.”
“Dad is going to nuke the world on me.” The following day Steel and Brass returned home with Simon and both received quite a rant from their respective parent. It went on for hours and both wished it could end and when it finally did, did they notice Simon, who had awkwardly taken a seat on the couch to play a video game. Steel’s mother began to coddle him when she explained this was her penpal from Johto and apologized for listening to her chew out Steel. Galvin later appeared with Daisy that day and she was already well aware of what the trio did. The families pulled together for one more giant dinner before the Pokemon League and everyone ate to their heart’s content.
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“I can’t believe you won Steel!” Simon exclaimed as he followed his friend through the many halls of the cloud castle. Steel smiled wryly.
“I only made it up until Karen, she managed to beat me…”
“Still…! That’s so cool! No one ever made it that far is so long and you were super close to beating her!” The group made it down the stairs into a room full of machinery where Galvin and Brass waited next to a computer like device. Simon looked around, he was still confused to even why he was here.
“Okay Simon,” the boy was suddenly alert. “I have a very big secret and I want you to see it, as a sorry for all you were put through and because you are a very dear friend.”
“Really?! A secret?”
“Right, a very special one. My friends and I… we can, well, fuse with pokemon! And this castle will be our new home once we pick a spot for it and then we’re going to work together to help people around the world.”
“You’re going to live in a castle?!” Simon yelped. It seemed the concept of pokemon fusions went in one ear and out the other but the possibly of Hilda rambling to him about this and thus his lack of surprise was always available. Steel smiled and keeled down to him.
“Yeah, I’ll be living in this castle with Brass and Galvin from now on. Together we will watch for danger and provide help to people but don’t forget to be strong Simon. You have important friends back home too, right?”
“Uh-huh. My brother Nick and my friend Kairi! Oh and mommy too!”
“So do everything you can to keep them safe too, okay?”
“Okay!” Steel smiled and approached the computer console. On the screen was a map of the world. She carefully examined the map before carefully tapping the waters between four of the cardinal regions. The screen confirmed her choice and the building began to rattle. The group made their way up the stairs to watch the passing scenery as the castle descended from the clouds and skim across the water.
On reaching the chosen co-ordinates the sounds of turning and grinning gears filled the air. The cloud castle began to take shape and form into an actual building that effortlessly floated on the water, expansion it’s size to reach above and bellow the water and various pieces of furniture began to fill the various rooms. The tiles suddenly shined brighter than what the hand work of Steel and Brass could of done, various tall gaping windows in halls and rooms were decorated with very fine cloths, the library had a decent amount of books to start the collection now and a greenhouse even appeared.
To put quite simply, it was a grand sight.
Shortly after that Simon was sent home on a ship back to Johto. He was welcomed back warmly by his friends and family. He told them many (doctored) tales of Steel and her friends to keep his captivity hidden. On his return home a party was waiting for him, he had forgotten his birthday had occurred while he was in Kanto.
Simon was quite glad to be back home.
Kairi let out a tiny sigh. She spent all day tilting soil and sowing but now she just wanted to get it all over with so she could visit Simon and Nick. She looked at all the space the field occupied and sighed. It went on miles and for miles! This wasn’t even her usual work, Terra, her older brother, had to get sick and she had to cover for him!
“This will take forever… I don’t have time for this…” she huffed. Well. There was an easy way to deal with this but mom hated her using that way…
Kairi glanced to her left and then right. She shrugged. Well, what mom didn’t know didn’t hurt her. The girl lifted her arms in to the air and a light rainfall showered the fields. Satisfied, Kairi left the fields with a grin on her face.
“Where are we Black?”
“Oh just a small town called Mahogany Town, it’s where the best of the Red Ribbon facilities are located. I talked to your counselor and they recommended coming here Linda.”
“Really? That sounds nice. I hope they can help me…”
“Without a doubt they will, Red Ribbon is the best of the best after all!”
