A New World, A New Way: Deepground

Chapter Fifteen

Pokemon Battle

The sound of gunshots, metal, and magical explosions echoed through the map room as the soldier unleashed a barrage of fireball attacks at the genetic Pokemon. In retaliation, Mewtwo used the crystal debris he was levitating to shield himself from the oncoming attack. Once he notices the barrage dying down, he throws the chunks of crystals at the soldier who in turn dodges out of the way and counters with a dark thunder spell. The genetic Pokemon felt a surge of electricity running through his body before causing him to stagger backward from the pain. The moment he stopped himself from falling backward and focused his attention on the soldier, his eyes widened upon seeing her sword inches away from his face. His eyes gave off a light-blue glow as he used psychic to stop the blade, but heard the sound of a gun being fired and pain radiating from his chest. Looking down he notices three gunshot wounds on his chest as she kneels and grips his chest due to the pain he felt.

“Coward! You would use tools and underhanded tactics in a battle!?”

“Of course idiot,” Emma said before finishing reloading. “You expect me to fight with some kind of honor or something? Sorry, but you won’t find that with me. If I see an opening, I’m going to take it.” She said before pulling her hand back in a pulling motion. The psychic Pokemon would notice a very small string attached to the handle of the sword before it returned to the human’s hand. “Plus I’m just a little kid, you’re a scary monster that attacks me for no reason~”

“If anything, you’re not an innocent kid,” Mewtwo said before using recover on himself as the bullets slowly popped out of his chest and onto the ground. “I’ll be sure to make you pay for that dirty trick.”

“We’ll see about that.” She said before coating her blade in darkness and began to charge at Mewtwo. Mewtwo once again tried to stop her with psychic, but due to the dark aura engulfing her body, it was nullified as he quickly flew out of the way of the oncoming attack and countered with an iron tail move. The soldier quickly brought her sword up in a defensive manner as she was pushed back by the force of the attack by a couple of inches. The genetic Pokemon delivered a flurry of iron tail attacks as the human continued to block the Pokemon’s attack. It was within the twelfth strike when Mewtwo changed his attack by bringing his tail up in an uppercut-like manner, causing the human’s defensive stance to break. Once he saw the opportunity for an opening, he quickly thrust his hand towards her chest.

“Aura Sphere.” He said as a blue ball of life energy gathered into his hand for a moment before instantly engulfing the human in it. Once she was engulfed, the genetic Pokemon sent the human flying backward and through the crystal walls of the map room as the aura sphere exploded within the hallway.

“Geez Louise!” Korrina yelled in shock. “You didn’t have to go that far, you know!?” She said before noticing Mewtwo’s glare as she flinched from it. The genetic Pokemon chose to ignore her comment and turn his attention onto Emma as he quickly flew after her. The moment he left, Twilight looked over at Celestia who had a calm expression on her face.

“There has to be a way to make them stop fighting each other. Isn’t there something that we can do?” Twilight asked as Celestia shook her head.

“Normally I would…But I would like to see this play out.” She said which took everyone by surprise minus Lyra, Bon-Bon, Burgundy, and Georgia.

“What do you mean to play this out? They’re going to hurt each other, or worse.”

“They might end up destroying the castle,“ Rainbow Dash added.

“I’ll stop them if they go too far. But as it stands, I am no match for both of them. Mainly because Emma can counter my magic and direct it back at me, and Mewtwo who’s…well…You heard about his…lack of compassion for humans given how he was made by evil scientists on his planet.”

“And given the fact that Emma is kind of one-upping Mewtwo, they’re not going to stop anytime soon, are they?” Luna asked as Celestia nodded.

“Which is why we’re waiting for them to tire each other out before trying to stop them at full strength.” She said before hearing the sound of an explosion set off on the other side of the castle.

“...Just to be safe, we should follow after them so they don’t end up taking the fight into Ponyville?” Rarity asked as the white alicorn nodded and the group quickly followed after the pair. While the group was making their way through the castle of friendship, Emma and Mewtwo were tumbling down a set of stairs as they soon tumbled into the kitchen. The moment she was on top of the Pokemon, she felt his tail wrap around her waist as she sent her flying onto the kitchen counter.

“Psycho Cut!” Mewtwo said as blades made out of psychic energy appeared around him and fired upon the soldier. Emma quickly pulls herself off the counter but feels her leg get hit by one of the blades. It didn’t hurt her, but she did notice a slight glow appearing around her body for a moment before vanishing.

“Looks like you can’t use your psychic powers on me so long as I have darkness magic around me. So dark magic works the same way with dark-type moves.” She said before looking up at the silver skillet pan hanging above her. The soldier took notice of Mewtwo as he was about to use an aura sphere at the counter she was hiding behind.

“If I can’t use psychic, then I’ll just have to use alternative moves.” He said before firing off an aura sphere. The soldier quickly lunged over to the right before contouring aqua breath. The genetic Pokemon’s eyes widen from the flood of water spewing as he quickly uses protection on himself. A sphere made out of energy appeared around him for a moment before disappearing once the torrent of water vanished. The genetic Pokemon soon noticed that the human was gone from his sight as he scanned the room for her. “Where did she go?”

As Mewtwo searched around for the human, Emma was currently hiding in the kitchen closet, which was surprisingly large given how thin the door was. She soon snapped her fingers to create a small light for her to see in the dark as she let out a slight sigh of relief for having a moment to breathe and gather her thoughts.

“Okay, killing would be out of the question. Mainly because I prefer not to have an entire army of legendaries coming at me.” Emma said before opening the chamber to her gun. “Six shots and only one clip left. Gonna have to make a quick stop to the truck to gear up. But having him following me will be a problem.” She said before looking over the green materia glowing in her left arm. “Guess I’ll have to make him run away.”

With an idea in mind, the soldier slowly opened the door leading to the pantry that she was in. From what she could see, she noticed the psychic Pokemon taking apart the room to find her as she couldn’t help but grin at how frustrated he was getting. The moment she noticed him looking at the door she was hiding behind a slight grin could be seen on his face as he slowly made his way over to where she was. Once he was inches away from the door, he soon spoke to Emma telepathically.

“I don’t know whether I should be impressed that you were able to make yourself vanish in an instant, or annoyed that a human was able to make a fool of me. Either way, this game of yours is over. You have nowhere to go and no place to hide. I suggest you get out of there…now.”

“I wouldn’t open the door if I were you. You’re not going to like what’s going to happen to you.”

“I don’t need to open the door to capture you. You’re currently stuck in a room where I can use it to keep you trapped. I won’t repeat myself. Get out now or else I will make you regret it.” He said as Emma felt the room she was in beginning to shake.

“Forgot that he could do that.” Emma thought before casting an aeroga spell around herself and sending herself flying through the wooden door and past the psychic Pokemon like a bullet. The moment she landed behind Mewtwo, she quickly raised her hand at the legendary and fired off a dark thunder spell at his back. Just as Mewtwo turns around to counter with an aura sphere, he is soon cut off by the dark thunder spell hitting him from behind as he lets out a grunt of pain from the surge of electricity flooding his body. “You weren’t expecting that, were you?”

“You’re pushing my patient's child!” Mewtwo yelled as he took a step forward and caused a small shockwave to erupt from where he stood. Within seconds, the genetic Pokemon teleports from the soldier’s sight. This took Emma by surprise as she scanned the room she was in to see where he was. The moment she turned her head to the right, she was met with the psychic Pokemon’s hand on her face as she was lifted from the ground. She was about to fire off another dark thunder spell but felt herself being encased in an aura sphere; it caused her body to seal up due to the force of the attack preventing her from moving. “You brought this upon yourself.” He said before sending the soldier flying through the wall of the kitchen. The moment Celestia and the others made their way to where the fighters were, they soon saw Emma flying past them and through several walls. The moment she crashes into the seventh wall, the dark aura around her body vanishes as she lets out a small coughing fit with blood coming out of her mouth.

“Forgot that he can bypass darkness with just a hand.” She thought before trying to pull herself from out of the wall. The moment she got her right arm freed, the human noticed Mewtwo appearing in front of her. The genetic Pokemon grabbed the soldier by the throat again as he drew her in close to his face.

“Do you see now? You’re a weak human with no chance of winning. Know your limits.”

“My limit? Humans have no limit.” Emma said before quickly raising her hand at Mewtwo’s head as she fired off a pitch-black ball at him. The genetic Pokemon moved his head to the right as the ball hit the wall behind him. A look of disgust appeared on his face, but was soon changed as a shocked and dreadful expression was now dawning on his face. He could feel the room getting cold as if something threatening was about to come into the castle they were in. It couldn’t be his father seeing how Arceus was busy with the damage done by the weapon, it couldn’t be any of his siblings seeing how they couldn’t give off this kind of presence before. It was only when he heard the sounds of chains and the sound of metal slicing into the air that he slowly turned his head around. Upon making eye contact on where Emma fired the ball, he could see a dark hooded figure wielding a scythe in its hands.

“What in the name of father is that thing!?”

“That would be death,” Emma said as Mewtwo turned his attention onto the soldier with a shocked expression. “And I don’t mean metaphorically, rhetorically, theoretically, or any other fancy words for saying it. That’s death…straight up.” She said before feeling Mewtwo drop her to the ground.

“T-That’s impossible. How can a human summon death like it was nothing? It's nothing more than an illusion.” Mewtwo said while moving away from the specter.

“Magic is a wonderful thing. Especially when it comes to something like this.” She said before pointing a finger at Mewtwo. “I suggest you run before it takes your life, and I doubt your father can bring the dead back to life.” With a quick bright green flash from her hand, the being known as Death bolted towards Mewtwo. The psychic Pokemon brought up a barrier to protect himself from the specter but was soon shattered like glass by Death simply touching it with its hand. Mewtwo instantly teleported away from Death before it could touch him as he appeared near the hole that was made by his aura sphere. The moment Death made eye contact with the legendary, it darted towards him causing Mewtwo to quickly make his escape through the halls of the castle. A sigh escaped her lips upon seeing Mewtwo flee, as she pulled herself up. Just as she stood up, she noticed Celestia and the others standing off near the entrance of the room staring at her in shock.

“I knew she wasn’t like the humans from Arceus’s world. I never thought she would be able to make a legend like Mewtwo flee in terror from a specter like that.” Celestia thought before hearing Luna speak up.

“I…don’t even know how to put it into words. I mean, I knew you said that you were made into a super soldier from the Shinra Corporation. But I never would’ve imagined that humans like you would be able to hold their own against a powerful legendary like Mewtwo.”

“Honestly I’m just as surprised as you are. Though it’s a lot harder than I expected.”

“Well, you were fighting against a legendary. It’s not like they’re pushovers or something.” Burgundy said before noticing Emma shaking her head.

“That’s not the reason.”

“What do you mean?” Iris asked before hearing Celestia speak up.

“Because you were holding back, weren’t you?” Celestia asked as everyone was taken by surprise by her bold statement. There was a moment of silence hanging in the air before seeing the human nodding in agreement with Celestia’s statement. “That specter you summoned, was that just a fluke, or was that thing death?”

“It is death, but also not death,” Emma said, which caused everyone to stare at her in confusion. “It’s like I can summon the essence of death, but not the physical death itself. At least that’s how I see it.” She said before noticing concerned expressions on everyone’s faces. “Don’t worry, it’s not going to kill him…so long as he’s able to leave Ponyville and hide for the next four hours.”

“There’s a set time for that kind of magic?” Twilight asked.

“Normally it would be instant seeing how it’s meant to kill people or monsters in an instant, but I can have a set time placed on it depending on the situation.” She said before taking a step forward but soon heard the sound of a bone breaking as she fell to the ground. The moment she fell to the ground, the human looked over at her misshapen leg to see that it was broken as blood began to pour out from it. “Huh, I didn’t expect him to do that much damage to me during the fight than I had expected. I’m really not suited for combat.”

“How are you not screaming in pain!? With an injury like that, even the bravest of ponies would be screaming by now!” Rainbow Dash asked as she noticed the human adjusting herself as she looked over her damaged leg.

“Wouldn’t be the first time I had an injury like this. Also helps that I blocked off the pain receptors in my brain that would let me feel pain.” She answered before ripping her pants leg open as Rarity would gag at the sight of her leg. “Yep, that aura sphere did a number on me, but it was worth it.”

“How is having a broken leg worth it!?” Bon-Bon yelled before noticing the human raising her hand as an aura sphere was forming in her hand.

“No way, that’s an aura sphere!?” Lucario yelled in astonishment.

“How is that possible!? It took Lucario a long time to use Aura Sphere, yet you can use it like it’s second nature!?” Korrina yelled as Emma made the sphere vanish.

“I did mention that I have a materia that allows me to use monster skills upon getting hit by an attack from said monster. And seeing how Mewtwo is considered a monster on my planet, I have a few of his skills that he used on me.” She said before using Psychic to levitate Lyra off the ground and place the humanoid pony next to her. “Oh, I could get used to this.”

“Much as I find this interesting, we need to take her to the hospital now,” Celestia said as Emma was about to speak up, before noticing a wink from the white alicorn’s eyes as the human remained silent for the time being. “Twilight, can you use your magic to gently carry her to the hospital? I fear that if we teleport, it might cause her more harm than good.”

“Right,” She said as magic began to engulf her horn, causing Emma to be levitated into the air and placed on the lavender alicorn’s back. “Try to bear with the pain for a little while until we make it to the hospital.”

“Wouldn’t be the first time I’ve been told to do that.” She said before laying against Twilight’s back. “Lead the way, I’m going to enjoy the ride where I don’t have to do anything.”
“Wait, what about Emma’s stuff?” Lyra asked. “We can’t just leave it here. For all we know, Mewtwo could come back and end up taking it to Arceus, or worse.”

“Okay, but I need to make a quick stop at my mobile home, then to the hospital.”

“Really? Y’all worry about something like that other than yourself?” Applejack asked as Emma deadpan at her.

“Well, unlike you guys, I have very dangerous weapons in the vehicle I rode in along with Celestia and the others. I prefer not to have someone pressing buttons and accidentally blow my shit up. So as a means to protect not only myself but you all from highly unstable mako energy going into the atmosphere and possibly turning ponies and Pokemon into humans or humanoids, I would suggest we get my shit so we don’t add more fuel to Arceus’s fire towards humans, please.”
“....I mean, she did say please.” Pinkie Pie said which in turn caused everyone to look at Celestia. The white alicorn blinked in surprise at this as she regained her composure to speak.

“Emma makes a valid point. We can’t have ponies or Pokemon accidentally going inside and getting hurt by…just about everything inside her vehicle. We’ll stop by there first before making our way to the hospital.”