The barrier weakens further
By Saliaven Chronotis
Part 1

The cracks of Doom

    Thunder and lightning, Thunder and Lightning.  Outside, all was Thunder and Lightning.  Ash could feel the raw power in his cheeks...and there was something else out there.  It suddenly became clear that there was going to be an event of massive proportions and he took human form again. (He had found after awhile as a Pikachu that he could now go back and forth freely.  Battling with seven pokemon is an advantage.)  Misty was sitting on the couch reading and didn’t notice as he walked down the stairs into their living room.  What she did notice was the sudden voice from on high.
“YOU WILL SUMMON THE DOOM POKEMON”
    The voice rocked the foundations of their house and the two looked at each other, confused.
“What are the doom pokemon?”  Misty asked.  “And why should we summon them?” Ash added.
“OAK CAN TELL YOU WHAT THEY ARE.  AND AS FOR WHY, IF YOU DON’T I WILL SMITE YOU!”
“You smite and you smite not.”  Ash yelled back.  He felt his hair stand on end and transformed just in time to intercept the lightning bolt that managed to hit him on the first floor of a two floor home without damaging anything else.
“We agree!”  Misty said quickly and there was no more.
    The storm had dissipated quickly afterwards and the dynamic duo, followed as always by Pikachu, decided to go to Professor Oak as quickly as possible in order to learn what was going on.  The trip between Viridian and Pallet was uneventful most of the way.  As they were nearing Pallet, though, they heard something they had not thought could be heard in the twin regions.  Especially not this version.
“Prepare for trouble”
“And make in quadruple.
“To protect the worlds from devastation”
“To unite all peoples within our nations”
“To denounce the evils of truth and love”
“To extend our reaches to the stars above”
“Jesses”
“Jameses”
“Team Rockets blast off at the speed of light”
“Surrender now or prepare to fight”
“That’s right”
    Ash looked on incredulously as TR squared faced him.  Obviously, the resourceful TR from Hoenn had found a way past the barrier and had met with the TR that was accidentally created during the time distortions.  In no mood for the antics of the ascended Rockets, he sent out Illuminorb.
“That looks like a rare pokemon.”  Jesses observed.  She promptly grabbed Illuminorb, a tactical error considering the great possibility that Illuminorb is made of Plasma.  She immediately let go, at which point Ash yelled “Thunder cannon” and blew the lot of them as far as the Orange Islands.  They then proceeded to Professor Oak’s lab and ranch unhindered.
“I have heard of the doom pokemon in legend only.  According to legend, they existed for a brief time when the world was being created and tried to stop the final creation of the legendary pokemon, fearing that if more like them were to be made, that they would lose their place as a small elite class.  Their hatred for the new ones twisted them and made them evil, both were banished to the center of the Earth until they could be freed.
“Is all that true?”  Misty asked.
“It sounds like a bad idea to free them.”  Ash put in.
“It may be that the doom pokemon were early forms of dark type and were misunderstood.  I would love to study them either way.”
“Since we risk being smote otherwise, we might as well.”
“If you wish it, I will give you a map to the two places they can be summoned from and instructions on how to go about it.  No one has tried, since there is always opposition to risking the world.  I will also mark which place will get you Doomsay and which will get you Doomsday.”

    Duplictwo was in contemplation of the universe when It Happened.  The Mewtwo side just disappeared and Duplica was left wondering exactly what Happened.  As for Mewtwo, he had been Summoned to the mystic hall.  When he arrived, Mew was floating in the center in a ring of runes.  Curious to find out who was being called and why, Mewtwo went over to look at what had been written.  When he saw the symbols, he was stricken with foreboding and even a little terror, unknown to him previously.  Doom was about to be released and Mew was calling the Old Ones.

    Meanwhile, Ash and Misty had reached the ruins containing the two portals.  It seemed like most of the ruins they had encountered over time, in fact it looked rather familiar.  “Hey, Mist.  Aren’t these the ruins that I accidentally set free those huge pokemon in?”  Ash asked.
 “Look at the map, Ash.  This place may be similar, but it is not Pokemopolis.  It seems older actually.”  Misty looked around and, as expected, the temple to the ancients was there.  They looked at the map and saw that two smaller temples on either side of the road housed the portals.  They decided to examine the temples before trying to summon the dooms.  Looking at the outside of each, according to the map, the one for doomsay was a basic temple except the picture at the top, labeling for those who built it, what the temple was.  It was a skull.  Looking at the one for doomsday was even more puzzling.  “Do you think the picture was destroyed?”  Ash whispered.
“No, that is too well carved to be a destroyed work.”
“But what does it mean.  Just a black hole.”
“I don’t know, and I don’t really want to.  That’s creepier than the skull.”
“I agree.”
    Looking inside of each temple, they found little of interest except that in the center of each was a sign in various ancient languages.   They translated as: Place runes here(arrow up).  P.S. You’ll be sorry!  “That makes me a little suspicious of what we are doing in terms of morality.”  Misty said, a bit shaken.  Ash was shaken too.  In fact, he was still shaking, and pikachu looked very alarmed at all that had transpired so far.  “I think that for safety, we had better join our senses telepathically.  You never know what might happen.” Misty added, seeing Ash’s nervousness at this, and trying to hide her own.  Ash agreed and they took out the instructions for how to raise the trapped legends.  It seemed pretty straightforward, a rune ring drawn where the sign pointed, a little incantation and WHAMO!  Doom is released.  “I’m really starting to feel like Team Rocket.”  Ash muttered, making Misty giggle.  She appreciated that.  “And what’s wrong with that?” Misty shouted, in her best Jesse impersonation.  They both laughed at the idea and then examined the instructions a bit more.  “Everything seems identical for both, except this rune here.”  Misty pointed out the rune.
“I’m guessing that their name is the rune that is changed.”
They split up and went to either temple.  Ash taking Doomsay and Misty Doomsday.

    The Old Ones were almost all there.  Unlike the pokemon tribunal, they were all the legendary pokemon.  Every single one materialized in the mystic hall, answering the summons of Mew.  When they were all assembled, Mew went to the central platform to address the assemblage.  ‘Most of you have probably already heard why we are here.’  Mew thundered his mental voice, for this was serious and his usually cheerful demeanor was gone.  ‘But I will repeat it in order to inform some and confirm for the rest.  The Doomsay and Doomsday are, as I speak, being resurrected by two pokemon trainers.  Since they are the personal interest of Mewtwo, I would ask him to explain if he can, why they do this.’
Mewtwo took the stand ‘I would first point out that compared to all of you, I am very young.  Out of all of us, I am the only one who never witnessed what the two did when they walked the Earth.  As for the two trainers, I am at a loss to explain it.  What they do now is against everything they have ever done.  I can only guess that they are either unaware of what they do, or are being coerced.  I ask celibi to investigate their recent past.’  At that, Celibi disappeared in a flash and then reappeared.  ‘They have been ordered to by an unknown force, acting very much like a god.’
    This brought the assemblage into an uproar and Entei stood. ‘Why don’t we just stop them somehow?’  He roared.
Mew answered ‘What little power the two have left on this world is centered on their portals and those who seek to open them.  There is nothing we can do until we have a sense of where they are.  Once they appear, we can act.  In that respect, I ask that you gather all pokemon to stop them.’
 
    On Cinnabar Island, the scientists at the cloning lab were excited.  The new, hopefully even stronger, clone of Mew was stirring far earlier than they expected.  What they also didn’t expect was what happened next, Mewthree opened his eyes and disappeared.  He materialized in the mystic hall just as the others vanished.  He decided to wait until the armies had been gathered for him to make his move.  In the meantime, maybe a stop back at the lab would be worthwhile.

    According to what they had read, the ritual was more effective if both were performed simultaneously.  They both drew the runes and then did the chant.  “Millennia ago, you walked the Earth, bringing death and destruction.  Now we call, come back to us!  Our world needs your power.  Your banishment ends now, we summon forth, the demons of death and destruction.”  The earth shook, thunderclouds formed and the two temples were struck repeatedly with lightning.  Illuminorb protected Misty, Ash and Pikachu were unaffected.  The circle glowed and the doom pokemon rose.  They rose absolutely simultaneously and the trainers through their link saw why the temples had that insignia.  Doomsay looked like a human torso with kabutops arms and a trailing lower body that resembled decaying earth.  Doomsday was a hooded cloak with barely discernable features.  What could be seen of it was frightening enough.  Then, also simultaneously, two figures appeared at the entrance to both temples.