Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Hands of Creation

Chapter 124 - Father and Son

"So, Rhys is in trouble with Dark Matter as we speak?" Alex asked as they flew over the last part of town, with Zena and the others finding an opening in the chaos to keep up. It wasn't at its thickest yet.

"That's what Dialga told me," Owen explained. "I don't have a lot of power left, but it's going to be enough for what I need to do."

"And that is to confront Dark Matter directly, I presume?" Alex asked, humming anxiously. "I hope it's enough..."

"I think it will. A-at least, once Dark Matter weakens, I'm... I'm going to have to trust that everyone else will know what to do. I have a feeling that the others are about to do an assault at the same time."

"You've been running on feelings a lot," Eon commented from behind. "Are you sure this isn't just one big assumption?"

"It isn't. I planned this. We're coordinating with the spirits right now. I mean, I'm coordinating."

Eon gave Owen an odd look. The false Hydreigon's scales turned green and he stiffened, focusing until his colors returned to normal.

"Uh, careful," Owen said. "Focus on that form."

"Right, sorry."

Owen wondered why his body was so unstable. It hadn't been like that before the war...

"Do we need to time anything?" Alex asked.

"Just keep at full speed for now."

Alex looked down, all three heads' expressions contorted with worry. "It's getting thick. I don't think we can have Zena and the others follow us safely at this rate."

"Right." Owen looked behind, where indeed, they were slowing down against the Void Shadows that were closing in on them. "Time for the first part of my plan, then. Veer left so you're lined up with Zena and the others!"

Alex obeyed, as did Eon. It was a little awkward to look behind to see them, now, but then the Tree glowed brightly.

"Um, is it supposed to do that?" Alex asked.

"Yep. Close your eyes, by the way."

"Wh—"

Owen did so first, but even then, he saw the shadows of his leafy feathers through his eyelids and felt the tingling heat of another Radiant Beam carving a line across the ruins of Null Village. The deafening, burning roar started from behind, and then sailed far, far ahead, cutting a path five streets wide and disintegrating the countless Void Shadows along the way. It left behind a deep, hot, and glowing ground that the Void Shadows couldn't tread, at least for a little while. It went all the way into the forest, too, destroying the trees and creating a new, Radiant flatland.

"Follow that path!" Owen shouted, looking down to see if Zena, Demitri, and Mispy were doing so. They caught on fast; the trio was already on the way, and, during their traveling, it seemed like they had found a new mode of travel.

"Hey, look at them!" Owen cried with a laugh. "That's amazing!"

Taking inspiration from Step's strategies, Zena had formed a platform of constantly-reforming water and froze it with Ice Beams. Demitri, wielding stone slabs that he'd picked up from town, slammed them into the ground and pushed them forward at incredible speeds. Mispy steadied their movement, steering with long, thorny vines and precise slams against the ground. Zena, meanwhile, conjured water ahead of them, creating a slick surface.

Based on how Mispy was murmuring to Demitri, the Meganium had been the one to come up with the idea.