TJ, diye, and the Black Rayquaza. Pt III

On her Pelipper's back, diye floated through the sea towards Sky Pillar. Even though she had begun her day early in the morning, surfing through the ocean towards her destination had taken several hours, and it was now the afternoon. Finally, she saw a massive tower come climbing out of the seas on the horizon, and the tower only got bigger as she got closer. It seemed to grab for the sky, and reach high up into the atmosphere.

She got to the shore of the island, which was unremarkable except for a entrance to a cave. Stepping into the sand, she turned to her Pelipper.
"Good job, Prothero. Return." she said as she raised her Pokéball towards it. A brilliant red beam shot out of the button of the Pokéball and stuck the Pelipper, which turned into a red light and returned to the Pokéball. Putting the ball on her belt, she checked the coordinates and said, "Alright. This is the place. Here we go." diye stepped into the entrance of the cave. She climbed many floors of the dark tower and navigated over dangerous cracks in the floor, which would have sent her tumbling down. The tower seemed to go on forever, but her coordinates said she still had higher to go, so higher she climbed.

Eventually, she got to an entrance that led outside, and when she finally got out, the sun was almost fully set. She was on top of the tower, high above the ocean. On the platform she was on was a large surface littered with massive boulders. She checked the time, and realised it was exactly when the Rayquaza was supposed to land. She ran towards the location, and saw a black figure coiled on the ground that almost seemed to be waiting for her. She had found it.

The Rayquaza's yellow eyes turned to look at her, and the ancient Pokémon let out a piercing cry, as if a challenge. diye shouted, "Rayquaza, I have travelled long and far, and I challenge you to a battle!" She threw a Pokéball to the ground, releasing a Mew. The Mew floated upwards to fight the Rayquaza. "Mew! Do not attack it! Leave everything to me!"
diye threw an ultra ball at the Rayquaza, which pulled the beast inside of it. The ultraball almost instantly broke back open, and the Rayquaza reappeared. It went into a frezy and flew straight for the Mew, using an outrage attack. The Mew fell to the ground, fainted.

diye was shocked. Mew was one of the rarest Pokémon, and despite its appearence was deceptively powerful. This Rayquaza had felled it with a single attack. She realised TJ was right, this Pokémon was strong.

"Mew, return!" She said, recalling the Pokémon. "Then how about... Go, Tommy!" She threw a Pokéball and a Swampert appeared. She had raised this Pokémon from a Mudkip, the Pokémon she had received at the start of her Pokémon journey.
"Tommy, just stay there! Don't attack it!" she yelled to her Swampert. "Go, ultraball!" She threw the ball at the Rayquaza, and the ball sucked the Pokémon inside, only to break open before it had even fallen to the ground. The Rayquaza charged for diye's Swampert just as it had the Mew, and just like Mew, Swampert fainted instantly.

diye was amazed. "Tommy, return!" she yelled while recalling her Swampert. She only had her Pelipper left. "Alright, go, Prothero!"

diye knew that if she tried another ultraball, the Rayquaza would just faint this Pokémon of her's, too. Then she would lose the Rayquaza forever. She knew what she had to do. She pulled the masterball out and extended it to its full size.
"You won't break out of this! You're mine, Rayquaza! Masterball, go!!" diye yelled. She threw the masterball at the Rayquaza and its long black body turned into red light as the masterball hit it. The masterball pulled the light inside and hit the ground. It shook violently, the Rayquaza trying to escape. After what seemed to be an eternity, it stopped and sat motionless on the ground.

diye walked up and plucked the masterball off the ground. She did it. She had caught the legendary shiny Rayquaza.

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Several hours later, she landed on the ground in Lilycove city with her Pelipper carrying her. "Prothero, return." she said as she recalled her Pelipper into the safety of its Pokéball. She ran to the motel where she was staying and rushed by the front desk. She hardly noticed the television in the background. She ran up the stairs and into her room, where she quickly dialed TJ's number.

His face appeared on the screen with a smile.
"You've done it, haven't you?" He asked knowingly.

"Yes! I caught it! It was just like you said!" diye said, ecstatic.

"I knew you would. I never doubted you."

"Thank you! I can't believe it, I actually did it!" diye said. "Oh, I'm so sorry! I'll transfer it now!"

"There's no need for that, not now. I'd like you to give it to me in person. Besides..." TJ said without finishing.

"Besides... what?" diye asked, dejected, "Did I do something wrong?"

"Oh, no! Not at all! You performed flawlessly, just like I said! However, there's one thing I'd like you to do before returning to Kanto."

"...what? What is it?" diye asked, confused.

"Well," TJ said, "are you familiar with Latias?"

"Not exactly. I know it's a rare dragon and psychic Pokémon that's supposed to be all but impossible to find, let alone catch, but not much more than that." diye responded.

"Good, good. This is what it looks like," TJ said, and an image of a red and white Pokémon appeared on diye's screen"I've heard reports of one flying around Hoenn, and if you're up for it, I'd like to send you on another mission."

"...what do you have in mind?" diye said with a glimmer in her eye.

TJ smiled.