Frosterpie's Caterpie Forest

  “Icy here! I’m so excited. This could be it, the resting place of the legendary Frosterpie. We’ve spend so long trying to find it, traveled the globe and back again. And now, just as we’re about to enter this temple of ice, guess who shows up…”

  “Oh my Goddish! It’s Giovanni,” Icy said.
  “Yoo-hoo, don’t forget us.” Techor and Livy appeared by Giovanni’s side.
  “Crap, how did they find us?” Lewis said angrily. He was getting really pissed now, especially since they were so close.
  “You led us right to it, ahhahahaha,” Techor laughed.
  “Whaaaa?!?” Kelly said.
  “That’s right, and we have you to thank,” Livy said looking at Kelly.
  “Me?”
  “That’s right. You were so helpful in finding that generator that we figured we’d put a tracer bug on ya. You led us straight to Frosterpie’s resting place!” Techor explained. The two agents couldn’t help but laugh to themselves. Meanwhile, Kelly angrily clinched her fists.
  “Enough chitchat, you,” Giovanni said pointing to Icy, “take us to Frosterpie. I can tell you must know where he rests.”
  “And if I refuse?”
  “You don’t want to do that Icy.” He snapped his fingers. Techor immediately revealed a small gun from behind his uniform and aimed it at Sara. “You and her go back a long way. You remember don’t you?” Images of Icy playing games with Sara flashed through is head from the past. He remembered the day when she was reported missing. It was right after her dad had given her Sapphire. Icy’s anger grew but there was nothing he could do.
  “Ok… But I don’t know where he is any more than you do Giovanni. Just please don’t harm Sara.”
  “She’ll be ok, just as long as you find that frozen Caterpie for me.”
  Icy led everyone into the palace. Inside, the roof extended high above them with large sculptures of ice dragons and various ice pokémon. “Look at all this architecture,” Meeko exclaimed as they continued. She made sure to look at every piece as they walked. On either side of the hallway, pedestals with various pokémon lined the wall.

Meanwhile, aboard the Mew ship…
  “So Mewtwo, you thought you could save you precious friends.”
  “You are a madmew. What could you possibly hope to gain from this?”
  “Ah, first of all, I’d like to propose that very question to you. What do you have to gain by stopping me?”
  “What? You would destroy my world. What better reason must I give to justify terminating your plot?”
  “Isn’t it you who so greatly despises the creatures than inhabit that world? Especially the humans that created you. You haven’t forgotten that have you? Why would you risk coming here to save them?”
  “My concerns are not for them. You would destroy millions of wild pokémon as well. They are the one’s I am here to defend.”
  “A righteous cause.”
  “What has happened to you? I’ve never seen Mews who were evil like you.”
  “That’s because we are not like those Mews on the surface. We are the elders of that generation. They exiled us because of our views on the continuation of the Mew society. Well, now we’ve returned. We will set this world aflame and rebuild our vision of the Mew Empire as it should have been.”
  “You are crazy.”

  “What are they waiting for? Why haven’t they fired the weapon at the Ice Palace?”
  “Mewtwo has disabled their weapons systems temporarily. Don’t be alarmed my pupil, they will repair the error. There is still time.”

  ‘Icy,’ Lewis said telepathically to Icy.
  ‘Yes,’ he responded.
  ‘The wall coming up is not too thick. If you and me combine our psi-energy, we could teleport the group through it.’
  ‘Good idea.’
  ‘When I give you the signal, teleport Sara and Kelly. I will take care of Nicky and Meeko.’
  ‘Ok.’
  They continued walked till the path split into two. “Which way Icy?”
  ‘Icy, now!’
  “That way! TELEPORTATION!!!”
  “TELEPORTATION!!!”
  In an instant, they had teleported behind the wall that was in front of them. Giovanni and his agents looked around and could not find them. “Find those kids!” The three began running down each path.
  “Great, we lost ‘em.”
  “Yeah, but now we can’t get back.”
  “That’s no problem. Our main objective right now is finding Frosterpie.”
  “Right.”
  As the group journeyed on, they failed to notice the strange markings lining the walls of the inner portion of the palace. For some reason though, they could have sworn they were being watched.

  “They’ve managed to slip away from him.”
  “As you can see, you’ll no trouble defeating him when the time comes.”
  “Right, your grace.”

  “Sir, I believe I’ve found the way to get into the center area of this palace.” Techor waited for the others to catch up to him.
  “This place was built like a maze,” Livy said.
  “No doubt to prevent people like us from stealing its prized display,” Techor added.
  “Just keep moving. Icy and his friends have a large head start on us due to your incompetence.” Techor and Livy simply exchanged upset glances and followed Giovanni.

  Back on the Mew ship, several guards kept Mewtwo from causing trouble while repair crews fixed the weapons systems.
  “How long until the weapon is ready to fire?”
  “It won’t be much longer sir. Mewtwo only damaged a few of the circuits. We should be ready in the next 10 or 15 minutes.”
  “Excellent.”

  “Icy, do you know where you are going?”
  “I already told you Meeko, I don’t know. I just keep getting this feeling we are getting closer and closer.”
  “Well, I guess that’s better than nothing at all,” Nicky said.
  Sara walked slowly behind Icy. Suddenly she stopped.
  “What is it Sara?” Icy asked her.
  “I coulda sworn that writing over there was staring at me.”
  “Sara, it’s just some ancient writing. Too bad we can’t read it.”
  “But it moved.”
  “Sara, it can’t move. Hmm, hey Loki.”
  “Icy need Loki do something?”
  “Yes. Can you translate that writing over there?”
  “Loki try translate for Icy.” Loki examined the writing. “Loki no can read. Loki sorry no can help Icy.”
  “That’s ok Loki, it’s probably nothing important anyway.” They continued on their way. Whatever that writing was, it blinked.

  “I heard something.”
  “Where?”
  “Coming from this direction.”
  “Good work Techor. It must be Icy and his friends. We must find that Frosterpie before they do.”
  “Right sir.” Techor and Livy once again ran to keep up with Giovanni.

  “Whoa, Icy look ahead!” Sara said. In front of them was a giant set of doors. On each door were extrusions of the four element discs they had found. One door containing the elements of Earth, the other with the elements of Ether. Icy ran up to them.
  “This must be it.” Icy approached the doors. Suddenly, his body began to glow again like before. The doors slowly opened.
  “Man, that’s freaky,” Lewis said as he watched.
  “And I thought this stuff only happened in the movies,” Meeko added.
  “Apparently not,” Nicky commented.
  “Maybe this is where Hollywood got their ideas from,” Kelly said smiling.
  The doors opened fully revealing an enormous room made entirely of ice. Every part of it sparkled. The light from the generators split into millions of colors making the room look as if a painter had must splashed paint everywhere. As Icy and the others entered the room, the light bended together and became white. There were lines extending from the doorway of solid gold leading to a pedestal in the center of the room.
  “Wow, pretty…” Kelly said quietly. The entire group was equally impressed by the array of gold and ice that lined the room.
  “Man, I hope someone goes to this much trouble for me when I die,” Meeko said jestingly.
  “Why would that have constructed elaborate of a temple just for Frosterpie?” Icy said.
  “Hmm, I know what you mean. There has to be some greater meaning…” Lewis replied.
  “The only meaning you’ll need to be understanding is your next means of escape,” said a voice from behind them.
  “Not again!” Sara said.
  “Miss us?” Techor laughed.
  “Not at all, in fact, we had just about forgotten about you two.”
  “Forgotten??? That’s not very friendly,” Livy retorted.
  “Would the two of you shut up. This is obviously the resting place of Frosterpie.”
  “You can’t have Frosterpie,” Icy said.
  “Really? And just how are you going to stop me? Techor, Livy, that blue glowing object on the pedestal must be it. Go and grab it for me.”

  “They’ve located the Frosterpie.”
  “You knew they would, why are you so surprised?”
  “I meant no insult your grace, I was just amazed they actually did pull it off.”
  “The best is yet to come child, watch…”

  “Sir, repairs are complete. But, Giovanni is inside the palace along with Icy and his friends.”
  “Perfect. The two champions of the balances in one place. Charge the weapon.” Mewtine turned to Mewtwo. “Any last comments before your world is destroyed?”
  “Go to h***,” Mewtwo said.
  “Your world first, then you. Say goodbye to everything you held dear to you Mewtwo, because once I press that button, it’ll all be erased from time.”

  “Erased from time? But only you can control the flow of time.”
  “Mewtine has constructed a weapon capable of pushing objects out of the timeframe. Do not worry, I already am aware of the outcome.”
  “I of course trust your judgment my grace.”

  “What are you saying?”
  “Your world will be erased. Taken back to a time without humans or other pokémon. And from that, I shall begin my empire. Captain.”
  “Yes Emperor?”
  “Fire as soon as the weapon is charged.”
  The main view screen of the ship displayed the status of the weapon charging cycle. At the lower right side of the screen were the words ‘Windows ME’ but with a ‘W’ stuck on the screen next to it. The status bar was almost to 70%.

  Techor and Livy approached the blue glowing glass. Icy stood back as they reached out for it. As soon as their hands came in contact with the glass, and bolt of electricity struck them both from the surface of glass throwing them both into the walls.
  “AGHH!!” they screamed before being knocked out by the blow against the wall.
  “Glad I didn’t go first,” Giovanni snickered to himself.
  “You monster. Those were two of your best agents and you coulda killed them! Don’t you even have a heart?” Sara screamed.
  “Of course. But right now, I think I know who can retrieve that pokémon for me.” Giovanni grabbed Sara. “Icy, be a good Pikachu and get that Frosterpie for me. Don’t even ask why, I’m not kidding around with you anymore. I will kill her if you refuse.”
  The others could do nothing to help as they stayed to the side. Icy sighed knowing he had no choice. Sara internally blamed herself for getting in the way. If not for her she thought, Icy coulda just attacked Giovanni everyone would have been safe. She was a burden. Icy calmed her thoughts by telepathically explaining she wasn’t at fault.
  “Ok Giovanni, you win again. I’ll get you that Frosterpie.” Icy turned to face the glass. He sighed again as he began walking towards it. Giovanni grinned evilly as he got closer and closer to it. With every step Icy took, his body began to glow even more. Even the strange markings on the wall began to glow.

  “Weapon charged sir!”
  “FIRE!”
  Mewtwo only watched as the view screen displayed the inversion beam head towards the planet. “You haven’t won yet. Teleport!” Mewtwo disappeared from the ship.
  “No. Find him. Search everywhere! Find him NOW!” Mewtine shouted. Guards spread out all over the ship.

  Icy’s hand touched the glass. As he did, his body glowed so bright that no one could see as they covered their eyes. From outside the palace, the spectrum of color shot out over the sky. The pokémon living in the desert stopped to look at the splendor of color.
  The bright light slowly faded leaving Icy standing in front of the pedestal and a small blue Caterpie sitting quietly on top of it. “Frosterpie…” Icy said silently.
  Giovanni slowly approached Icy. Icy’s attention was transfixed on the Caterpie in front of him that he failed to notice Giovanni. “At last, the most rarest pokémon of all time, it’s mine.” He reached out to take the frozen pokémon when suddenly, his hands turned to ice. “What is this! What is happening to me!” He quickly stepped back from Frosterpie.
  Icy closed his eyes. In his mind, Frosterpie spoke to him.
  “You are Icy. I have known about your search for me. You are one who is truly pure in heart, although you might doubt it at times because of events that have occurred. It was you I waited for so patiently these past months. I knew that this day would arrive when you’d finally unlock the mysteries of the eight discs and work together with your friends to make it here. I am most grateful to you for freeing me from my icy slumber. Unfortunately, the guardians of this palace have warned me that a great evil has fired a weapon that could destroy this world. You must channel your energy with mine so we can prevent it from eliminating our world.”
  “I don’t know if I understand.”
  “Open your mind. You can see it now can’t you?” In his mind’s eye, Icy saw the Mew starship. He saw the weapon. He saw the beam hurtling towards the Ice Palace. “Oh my Goddish!”
  “Don’t lose your concentration Icy. Together, we can protect this world from being destroyed. Believe in your power.” Icy’s body glowed again along with Frosterpie’s. Suddenly a beam of pure psi-energy fired straight up through the ceiling and into space.

  Giovanni took this chance to escape alone. “Forget about this. Something doesn’t sound right about this place and I’m not insured for personal injury.” He ran off towards the exit. A helicopter was waiting for him outside.
  “Sir, get in quick. Radar has picked up an energy reading coming from outer space.”
  “Get us out of here now!” The pilot took off. Giovanni took one look back. “Farewell Icy. You were a worthy adversary.” The helicopter flew off into the night back to Viridian City.

  The two beams hits in midair but the inversion beam quickly cut through Icy and Frosterpie’s psybeam. “It’s not working!”
  “Icy, we must stay here. Whatever this thing is, it’s too powerful for us to completely stop, but I believe we can prevent a planetary disaster. Tell your friends to get out of here while they still can.”
  “But, what’s going to happen to us?”
  “Ugh, you must trust me and yourself Icy. Your friends cannot help us. They will be lost if they do not leave now.”
  “Ok.” Icy turned to Lewis. “Lewis, get out of here now. This whole place is gonna be destroyed or something.”
  “No Icy, we can’t just leave you to die here!”
  “LEWIS, GO NOW!!!”
  “Icy, what’s wrong with you?”
  “Lewis please,” Icy began to shed a tear.
  “Icy… You… I’ll never forget our friendship.”
  “And I will never forget yours, now go, before it’s too late.”
  The inversion beam made contact with the top of the Ice Palace. The insides began to shake violently.
  Techor and Livy finally came to. “What the heck is happening?”
  “This whole place is gonna fall apart it seems,” Techor said. They made a dash for the exit.
  “Which way is it?”
  “I don’t remember. That bang against the wall is still making my head spin.”
  “Let’s just go this way.” They both ran down a passageway. Just before they got to the next corridor, the ice pillars holding up the ceiling above them began to buckle. “No…” The roof came crashing down on both of them.

  Sara went over to Icy. “I can’t leave you Icy.”
  Lewis was about to leave the main chamber. “Sara, let’s go! You’ll be killed if you stay here!”
  “NOOO!! I can’t leave Icy!!” Sara began to cry.
  “Please Sara!”
  “Sara, go,” Icy said sadly. His eyes filled with water.
  The energy beam was building up on the roof of the palace. Explosions were heard coming from everywhere. An explosion hit near where Icy had left his pokéballs and Sara’s. They were thrown through the fragile ice walls of the main chamber.
  “Sara, this whole building is going to collapse!”
  “I WON’T LEAVE YOU ICY!!!”
  “Please Sara, I don’t want you to die here.”
  “Icy, I’d rather die here with you then continue living without you. Icy…, I love you!”
  “Sara… I… I love you too.” Just then, her body began to glow as well. Her energy combined with that of Icy and Frosterpie. The surge pulsed through the roof and up into space.

  “Emperor, we have a problem!”
  “What is it?”
  “A feedback pulse. It’s gonna overload the weapon!”
  Mewtine watched the view screen as it displayed the pulse heading towards his ship. “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!”
  The pulse collided with the inverter weapon. For a second, time stood still as the small area of time distorted by the inverter was recalibrated. Then, in an instant, the entire ship exploded.

  Back on Earth, the inversion beam had almost completely penetrated the roof of the Ice Palace. Just then, something unexpected happened. The beam sent shockwaves through the light coming from the generators. Back on Mt. Moon, the Earth Generator surged and exploded causing a small earthquake in the local vicinity. Deep in the Seafoam Island caverns, the surge hit the Ether Generator causing it too to explode. The detonation caused the island to sink a few feet into the ocean.
  “LEWIS, GO NOW!!!”
  “Thank you Icy, Sara, Frosterpie.”
  “JUST GO!!!”
  Frosterpie used its energy to blast a path leading to the exit so they could escape.
  Lewis reached for Pidgeot’s pokéball. “Go Pidgeot!” Nicky did the same. “Everyone get on!” The two Pidgeots fly at lightning speed out of the palace just in time. As they escaped the entrance, an explosion caused the entranceway to be blocked. Lewis looked back. “Oh… my… Goddish…”
  It looked like a ribbon of water going down the sides of a slope. The inversion beam traveled down the palace and rushed outward in all directions. It began to gain on them as they flew away from the palace. “Must go faster, must go faster,” Meeko chanted as the beam closed in on them. As it swept over the desert, every pokémon it touched just vanished.
  “C’mon, we gotta make it!” They approached the boundary of the Gi Desert. “AGHHHHHHH!!!” The beam weakened just as they crossed the desert boundary. “WE MADE IT!!! WE’RE STILL ALIVE!!!” They all cheer as their Pidgeots landed on the ground. Lewis jumped off.
  “Whoa.” They looked back at what once was the Gi Desert. But the only thing they saw was black. There was nothing. The Gi Desert had been erased from time…
  “ICY!!!” Lewis dropped to his knees and started crying. Meeko went over to him while Nicky comforted Kelly. “Nooo… We shoulda taken him with us…”
  “Lewis, he gave his life to save us all. You or I would have done the same I bet.”
  “Mekko… It’s… it’s just…”
  “I understand Lewis… We will miss our dear friends…”
  “They are really gone…” Kelly sobbed. She remembered how Icy had let her stay in his gym when she got lost in the forest. She remembered how Sara would let her play with all the pokémon and show her how to care for them. Now they were gone forever…
  “Kelly, are ya gonna be ok?” Kelly threw herself into Nicky’s open arms. He held her tight. “They were very brave to save us like that.”
  The four kids walked back to their Pidgeots and flew back to Viridian City. They had to go back and explain what had occurred to their pokémon.

  And so, as the sun set over the rift that now marked the boundary of the Gi Desert, Lewis, Nicky, Meeko, and Kelly fly back to the Viridian Forest Gym. Each one of their lives had been changed as a result of this great adventure. And while they grieved the loss of their two friends, they knew deep in their hearts that Icy and Sara would always be there with them.

  Meanwhile, inside a large castle on an uncharted island, two mysterious figures stood next to each other.
  “The Emperor has lost his final battle.”
  “Now it is our turn to take our place as rulers of this planet.”
  “Yes Janus. Your time is at hand… Fulfill your destiny my child.”
  “I thank thee my grace,” Janus said bowing. He took his staff and exited the room.
  “I am once again the supreme lord of time…”