Pokémon Masters EX story · Main story, Paulo

Flame of Hatred

Paulo. The Path Forward

1 scenes, 119 lines

1. Flame of Hatred

119 lines
Tina

Paulo?! And why's Hoopa here?!

Ghetsis

Welcome to Team Plasma's hideout.

Paulo

Let Tina go.

Ghetsis

Oh my. There's no need to be so hasty. Why not take your time?

I suppose it doesn't matter.

Let's get this transaction over with. Hand over that Hoopa.

The Shadow Triad

... ... ...

Ghetsis

Myah-ha-ha-ha! Fool! You really thought I'd keep my promise?!

You'll be an ideal bargaining chip to leverage against Pasio's other Trainers.

It'll be useful to keep you around!

Paulo

... ... ... I knew it.

Hang on to Alakazam, Tina! And Hoopa, use your ring to run away!

Tina

Oh! Got it!

The Shadow Triad

Stay right where you are.

Paulo

Hoopa?!

The Shadow Triad

"I knew it," you say?

I'll say that right back to you, young man.

Ghetsis

You're pretty good, I'll admit. But in the end, you're just a shallow-witted child.

Paulo

Shoot!

Tina! Run!

Team Plasma Grunt

Hold it! You're not going anywhere!

Plasmaaa!

Tina

Argh...

Ghetsis

Why don't you give up? There's nowhere left for you to run.

Paulo

Shut up!

I'll clear a path, by taking you down!

Ghetsis

*sigh* I hate insolent children.

Shadow Triad! Hurry up and take care of this!

Paulo

Darn it!

Blue

Paulo! Where are you?!

Cheren

We can't find Hoopa anywhere, either...

Something must've happened to them!

Looker

Paulo... Stay safe...

Paulo

*pant pant*

Ghetsis

Oh? So you're capable of fending off the Shadow Triad. Not bad.

Still, you're nothing for me to fear.

Get them! Kyurem!

Paulo

Gwah!

Ghetsis

Are you ready to give up now?

It's about time you and that Hoopa make yourselves useful to me.

Paulo

Rockruff?!

Ghetsis

Who is this puny little Pokémon?

Paulo

No... Don't do it!

Return, Rockruff!

Rockruff! Get back in your Poké Ball!

C'mon! Please, come back!

Ghetsis

Arrrgh! All of these insolent, little...

There is nothing more unpleasant than a simple tool that tries to work against you!

How dare you defy me, you powerless nothing!

Paulo

Rockruff?

Ghetsis

What?

Paulo

Rockruff? Where did you...

Ghetsis

Oh, how odd... That Pokémon disappeared.

Could it be that perhaps...

Kyurem's attack blew it away, leaving no trace?

Myah-ha-ha-ha! I love the look on your face when you've lost all hope!

So powerless, yet you dare defy me? That's why you met this fate!

My plans to use Hoopa's power to utterly rule this world remain unshaken!

Before such immense power, all Trainers will be forced to bend to my will!

Hoopa's power can become a weapon that will give me control over anything and everything!

So, naturally, only I should be able to use it!

Paulo

You...

Ghetsis

Hm?

Paulo

All of you...

It's all because of people like YOU!

Ghetsis

Mwahaha! So this is your true form, Hoopa!

It seems that Trainer's anger is controlling you... with the power of that sync stone!

Very well! Lose all sense of reason and become a monster! That makes you much easier for me to control!

Paulo

Shut up.

Ghetsis

Shadow Triad! Secure Hoopa!

Paulo

You're in my way...

Get out of my way!!!

The Shadow Triad

What?!

Sir! That Pokémon is far too strong for us to...

Ghetsis

Nonsense!

With the power to summon ANY Pokémon from different dimensions and worlds...

This time, I, Ghetsis, shall rule the world! No matter what they try, no one will be able to stop me!

Why are you just standing there?!

Grab the girl, she's our leverage!

Paulo

Don't you dare touch Tina!

Team Plasma Grunt

Eeep!

Ghetsis

Could it be, yet again?!

My plans won't be foiled by a child with such feeble power!

There's just no way!

It simply can't be!

Paulo

I've decided...

to drive every single person like you out of this world.

No matter what it takes...

or what methods I use!

Ghetsis

Shut your mouth! Shut up! Shut up! Shut UP!

The Shadow Triad

Master Ghetsis! Let's retreat for now!

Paulo

... ... ...

Team Plasma Grunt

Yipes!

Tina

P-Paulo...

Thanks for saving me. Let's go look for Rockruff... OK?

Paulo

Where?

Tina

Huh?

Paulo

Rockruff is gone.

Tina

Wait... Don't tell me you seriously believe what that guy said?!

A Pokémon can't just disappear! There's no way that would happen!

I'm sure...

Paulo

Even if he's still alive...

I can't go back to being Rockruff's Trainer.

Trusting and loving your Pokémon won't make you any stronger.

I wasn't fully prepared for that, and that's why Rockruff...

I'll use Hoopa's power.

I'll use it to drive the selfish people who only steal from everyone else out of this world, to enforce what I believe in!

Tina

But Hoopa's power isn't yours! You gotta give Hoopa back to Lear!

You know more than anyone else how much it hurts to be torn away from a Pokémon you care about!

Paulo

I'm done having the things I care about taken away from me.

I'll become the "last evil."

Tina

How could you say that?! That's ridiculous!

Paulo

If you think I'm wrong, then try to stop me, Tina.

But...

At this point, I don't think you can. You don't have that kind of power.

Lofty ideals can't stop or protect anything.

That's just reality.

Tina

No...

Paulo...