#I can go back to alola where things are so much better sdkjhfkjsdhf

[oceandiagonale]

yeah, kalos wasn’t generic’s favorite region

the legendaries were rude, the restaurants were “eh,” and this one guy was determined to reset the world at any cost?

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Comic with grayscale backgrounds, taking place in the Team Flare underground base in Geosenge.

1. Anonymous ask: What what did Lysander do???

2. Generic is dressed in his Kalos adventuring outfit: a beanie that hides his iconic 3-pronged cowlick, his usual fingerless gloves, a simple overshirt covering a plain t-shirt, jeans, and his usual sneakers.

He turns to Yvonne and Shauna outside the door of Lysandre’s lab and tells them, to their dismay, “Listen, you two. You did a great job helping me with the Grunts and door lock, but I think you should get somewhere safe now.”

“But we’re all friends, aren’t we? We’re supposed to be doing this whole journey together!” Shauna pleads, her eyes shining. “Even the scary parts!” Yvonne adds, clenching her fist with determination.

“Well, yes, but this isn’t just scary -- it’s dangerous. The Legendary Pokemon is probably going to be in pain or grouchy about being woken up and it could lash out.” Gene holds up his hands helplessly, trying to get through to his young rivals. “I’d be a pretty bad friend if I put either of you in that situation. Besides, what would I tell your parents if you got hurt because of the Ultimate Weapon? ...You can help and be safe if you go get the Professor, okay?”

Yvonne crosses her arms, and Shauna perks up at at least having a goal. “Okay...!” “Okay...”

3. Gene enters the room where Yveltal is sleeping, curled up like an egg on a pedestal surrounded by immense power cables.

It’s Yveltal after all... Guess that’s why Xerneas wanted me to come to Kalos so quickly after Hoenn. Gene looks up at it, then pulls out a Pokeball and sighs, a flat expression on his face. Guess I’ll catch them. This won’t take long.

Quite a while later, Gene is standing in a pile of used-up Pokeballs, glaring up at Yveltal. “What the heck, Yveltal?! Don’t you want me to help you escape?” He snaps at it, but its eyes are huge and vacant.

“Of course not.” Lysandre walks in behind Gene, wearing his cybernetic suit. Gene glances at it, judging its tacky hovering energy-draining little robots and Lysandre’s slatted orange glasses as Lysandre continues. “It’s under my complete control.” 

4. Lysandre walks past Generic, expressionless, ignoring his side-eye as he scoffs, “Of yeah? How did you manage that without some sort of energy-filled Orb?”

“I can’t tell you that right now. But Yveltal will do anything I tell it to until I get what I want.” 

Lysandre turns and faces Generic ominously, and Generic rubs the back of his neck, sweating. “Really? Do we have to battle again? You’re just going to lose!”

Lys peeks over the rim of his glasses, and Yveltal mimics his movement. “I know. No ‘villain’ has ever been able to win when a ‘hero’ chosen by legendaries exists in the region.”

5. “So... what then?” Gene crosses his arms.

“So obviously I have to get rid of the hero in the region.”

Gene takes a split-second to process the implications of that, then looks up at Yveltal with a terrified “SHI--”

But his swear and the reflex to put his hands up to protect himself are cut off as Yveltal unleashes OBLIVION WING. It’s red. Everything is so red for a moment and then it fades to black.

6. The faint sounds of “eternal healing!” and two voices frantically begging “get up!” ring in Generic’s ears as he comes to. He’s lying face-down on the floor outside of Yveltal’s chamber, blood slowly moving again from where it had started pooling in his limbs, his eyes sunken and barely open. Celebi and Xerneas are tugging at his overshirt, pleading with him to be alive -- an overshirt that has a massive hole burned through the back of it.

In an instant, he realizes that his lungs are working -- screaming for air -- and he pushes himself up with one hand and GASPS. Tears are streaming from his eyes, which have dampened again, and the pink and blue glow of Xerneas’s healing isn’t working fast enough to stop him from shaking like a leaf with the sheer effort of sitting up into a kneeling position.

Xerneas looks rather pleased with itself, but Celebi’s relief and love is palpable.

“wh----” Gene gasps, looking with terror at the gaping hole in the back of his shirt (represented by a dark gray Y shape in the last panel).

“I slowed down time as much as I could but the Ultimate Weapon is almost charged! You have to go back in and catch Yveltal with the Master Ball and beat Lysandre!” Celebi looks scared for their hero, and guilty at having to burden him again in this state.

7. Inside the chamber, Lysandre has discarded his cybernetic machine, their purpose of draining Yveltal’s power complete. “At last... my new world... It’s almost ready...” He stares up in awe at Yveltal and types out some commands on the gadget around his wrist. The door “vwoosh”es open behind him.

A Thunder Stone THONKs off of the back of his head

and then Generic is in the doorway, propped up against the frame, clutching his sides and barely able to stand, but holding a Masterball steady. His eyes are still sunken and his face is scrunched up, both from fury and the Herculean task of staying upright.

“hey asshole” his throat is still dry. the words are barely coming out as a croak. “it didn’t work”

And he throws the Masterball right past Lysandre’s head, catching Yveltal.

8. Lysandre raises his shoulders and gives Generic a disgusted look. “FINE. I can’t win... today.”

Gene clutches at his chest with both hands, panting and dripping with sweat from the strain of being alive. His face is full of pain and disbelief as Lysandre continues, “I’m going to destroy this base with the energy in the Ultimate Weapon. Get out. Tell the rest of Team Flare to initiate the escape protocols.”

Lysandre slams on his wrist machine, which bleeps out a “WEAPON LAUNCH INITIATED” 

“NO--” Gene tries to raise a shaky hand to stop Lysandre from -- getting away with it all, getting away -- but he can’t move. Lysandre teleports out of the base in a burst of blue, hurling one last “This isn’t over.” at Gene.

9. Later, Gene sits at a table in just his turtleneck, with his face resting in one hand and tracing the glow of Xerneas’s power with the other hand. “So... When do I stop glowing?” 

“WHEN MY WONDERFUL GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE HAS EXPELLED ALL OF YVELTAL’S DESTRUCTIVE ENERGY FROM YOUR CORPOREAL FORM AND HEALED THE DAMAGE IT DID! ...IT MAY BE A WHILE”

Even later, Dialga shouts at Celebi with the concern of a parent whose kid just ran into traffic. “I LEAVE YOU FOR TWO YEARS AND YOU MANAGE TO LET OUR SON DIE?” 

Celebi waves their little arms reassuringly. “nooo babe it’s not like that it was Xerneas’s fault”

This is not reassuring.