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A little rain in every life must fall

****Trigger warning, themes of depression, suicide and death****

-Derek Dagda

Alex was dead…their best friend … their love.The humming sound of the electronic heart monitor was all Derek could hear. Even the sound of their own voice didn’t register. They failed their mission. Alex’s heart had stopped ,they stopped breathing and some distant part of Derek understood that the hospital would not be resuscitating them. Time seamed to freeze for him. A thought bubbled in Derek’s mind. seven minutes , a bit of trivia. Seven minutes was how long a human being could go without a pules without breathing before catastrophic brain damage. If he started CPR right now, would it matter, if the hospital refused to resuscitate Alexander? ,Derek thought. They had used the power of friendship ,of love .Derek had felt Alex’s family and friends pour themselves in him to bring Alex back and it hadn’t worked. If love didn’t work how about spite Derek though defiantly. If Alex could not rage against the dying of the light, Derek would do it for them. He didn’t have a plan not really, and moved and act purely from instinct. Cortana his Aegislash acted in concert. Derek is a Spirit Harmonizer, a person whose life-force is powerful enough and controlled enough to bond with a Ghost pokemon and unlock their greatest potential. Cortana was forged by Wayland the Smith. Ancient and powerful like its sibling blades, each a work of art by a master craftsman. Each unique unlike any other. Cortana was said to be able to cut through anything. Derek did not know if that was true ,Part of him wondered if he could cut away Alexander’s death. However, Cortana was made they were different. Tied to more power then just cold steel and frightening, phantasmic force … green growth and warmth was part of them too. So as one Derek and Cortana began to melted together. life in exchange for power overflowing filled the room with green and orange and violet light. Like charged neon bleeding into open air. Sera had joined him. Derek saw her standing beside Alexander bed ,skin glowing luminous white, speaking words that hurt Derek to listen to. Her Unown Mystery, and X beside her, in a broiling aura of blue light. Was it magic? Was it Psionics ? Was it both? he didn’t care. Alexandria ( @alex-ishvan ) appeared on the other side of Alex’s bed. Her body had become the space between the stars, fire raging from her form. Derek could hear the distinct sound of stones cracking. Derek didn’t care what they did so long as they didn’t get in his way. Hopefully no one would be curious enough to interfere. He didn’t know what would happen if someone got in the way of the power they were going to unleash into Alex.

Derek poured growth and death and fire and steel into Alexander. Understood that Alexandria and Sera did the same with their own Tidal waves of power. A Near deafening roar filled the the room as light near blinded him. was somebody on top of Alex? was somebody singing? why had no one from the hospital come into the room yet? Derek didn’t care. Together they had seven minutes to pour power into the void Alexander had became and hoped it would make a difference.

-Alexander Esparza

Darkness , hollow, and eternal. An ending. The shadow was gone and Alexander was tired. They had went somewhere ,been brought back somewhere and it was over. They had become only the part of themselves that have been unmoored that day all those years ago. So young and empty, and Alexander only yearned for it to be over. People had come. Alexander distantly recognized… thought someone had come before as well. That this story had been different before but it was over. Alex wanted only to be darkness hollow and Eternal. But the fragment Alexander had became wondered ,if this place was darkness, hollow and eternal why did they hear cracking? Like crunching glass. Were their voice here? We’re other coming? Coming to this nowhere place. Darkness shattered splintering apart and in doing so pulling what was left of Alexander’s towards it.

A familiar presence filled the nowhere place that Alexander had come to inhabit. Six to be precise ,each a beauty that seam to accentuate why Alexander only wanted an ending. It made the shattered bit left of Alexander recoil. They would prefer the shadow be back anything then their final moment be this visage of dead friends. Why were they here ?wasn’t Alexander’s failure enough to go out with.

The brown haired man , whose scared face smiled spoke with a mature, honeyed voice “Oh sweetness, you’ve had such a bad time haven’t you?”

Alex couldn’t respond they only wanted oblivion. But the six that came from the darkness surrounded them. They want Alexander’s attention , the six were speaking . Alex tried not to listen, tried to fall deeper into darkness, but their voices still laced through them in bits and pieces. The hate ,the vitriol, the disappointment they had expected to hear … didn’t come. The voices only asked how Alexander was, if they were ok. TheyHeard Destiny, Hessa , Andromeda ,Emmanuel ,Margaret and drawing closer Antonio… if Alexander hadn’t known better thought they sounded concerned.

“ hey you why don’t you coming back” Andromeda spoke

“ come on man, I haven’t seen you in how long and you can’t be bothered to talk back” Emmanuel jabbed

“ Honey why don’t you speak to us we’ve missed you?” Margaret asked

Each voice seamed to bring forth more of Alexander a bleeding shard at a time.

“ heeeeey yooou” Hessa said playfully

“Will you hurry up we don’t have all day Alex” Destiny demanded.

“ Destiny!” Antonio said trying to sound reproachful but Alexander could hear his barely held back chuckle. More shard of themself were racing towards them know. More awareness. Antonio was so close now Alexander though “ oh, Sweetness, how sad you have been but Destiny is right, we don’t have much time” as he spoke he brought a broad hand to Alexander’s young face. “ this isn’t you anymore.” Antonio spoke with some thing like contentment in his voice. With that touch with those words the last piece of Alexander that had been missing since they fell to nothing seem to fall into place.

Alexander was whole. “ there you are Sweetness!” Antonio said joy filling his voice. “ hi everyone “ Alexander responded voice, cracking with joy and grief and surprise. They all rushed to Alexander crying and hugging and asking questions about their life and family and new look. “ I always told you you had a lovely hair.” Antonio sad” it looks so nice grown out”.

“ I finally started listening to Andromeda’s hair advice.” She slapped Alexander’s back as they all laughed. “It’s so great to see all of you. I’ve miss you all so much, but…oh” they stoped talking ,awareness flooding Alexander. “Your… all…Dead” Alexander searched their faces, then seem to frantically search for anything. They were nowhere. “ I’m dead aren’t I ?” Alexander asked.

Destiny was the first to speak. “Not sure my bet is yes” she said, shrugging her shoulders.

“Destiny” Margaret scolded at her “ but the invitation we got, I don’t think we would’ve been able to come to this” Margaret gestured around her” place if you weren’t”

“ invitation? I didn’t invite anyone here I’m still not 100% what here is.” Alexander said.

“Sera invited us” Andromeda answered “ and your friends, Topside tried to bring you back”

“ back , back from” Alexander pause “oooooooooooooo” Alexander could not keep the grimace from their face at the realization that their own rash actions have led to this. Alexander never regretted more having such an expressive face, all six of them stare daggers at them. “ what about Nimbus!?” They asked alarmed.

“Well they’re not here so I would take that as a good sign” Destiny said. There was a pause from Alexander “ i mean… as long as Nimbus is ok I guess this wasn’t the worst why to go, if means I’ll get to be with all of you guys” Alex sighed “ it weird… I’ve been tired for so long now “ Alex sighed again more resigned “I’m ready , I know all of them” Alex gesture vaguely upward “ they’ll be fine”

“ no Alex they won’t” Antonio said.

Alex stared at Antonio for what seamed like long moments. “What do you mean?” Alexander asked with more intensity than the six had been used to. “Alex, things … thing are coming , forces in the world are shifting and their are battles yet to come” Antonio said “ you need to be there , your freinds will need you to be there when what come reaches them”

“ how do you know any of this?” Alexander asked “ things aren’t” Antonio paused searching for the word “linear where we were Sweetness but we know that it’s true. I may not know exactly what’s comeing or if it’s the only threat but we do know that you are needed. there are still fights to be had ,battles to be won.”

“ I’m tired Antonio, haven’t I fought enough. even if I had the strength to do so. I don’t know how to leave this place I’m not the only person who can fight these battles. There are other people like me.”

“Like your siblings, Jordan, Ariadne, and Mika and their kids ,that’s who you want to fight these battles?” Antonio asked.

“ Never!” Alexander retorted “ then you want Sara or Derek to face what’s coming” Antonio confronted ”or your new friends .Alex, Sweetness I know you’re tired and I know you’ve been brave for so long but you still need to be brave, there are things still to be done” Antonio was holding Alexander’s face now wiping away the tears that traced their cheekbones “ besides sweetness there are good things to go back to your Pokémon, your friends, your family and Derek” Alexander almost flinched at that last one Antonio spoke. Antonio only smiled. “ it’s not such a bad thing to want to go back for him.”

Alexander gestured around them. “There’s nowhere for me to go and even if there was… I’m so tired Antonio, I don’t have the strength to go anywhere” Alex spoke through voice breaking.

Antonio smiled “Sweetness. Why do you think we’re here? Why do you think your friends came here?” he held out a ball of light that wasn’t there before iridescent and lovely.” your friends dropped this when they got yanked out when your heart stopped. It is strength Alexander and it’s yours now.”

Alexander held the light in their hands. Felt and watched that lovely light drain into them , they had never experienced this kind of energy before. It was dense , and warm and alive. Alexander wondered how long they could hold this power , it wanted to be used and soon.

The six smiled at Alexander “ will be helping you to” Antonio said . a little exasperated but no longer tired. Alexander asked.” how what am I supposed to go? What am I supposed to do?”

Destiny was the one to answer “ well if I had to guess” she pointed somewhere far behind Alexander and for the first time since becoming aware of this place noticed the light in the distance.

“ in a reversal of clichés Alex, I think in this situation it would be appropriate for you to head towards the light and soon” destiny finished

“What even is that?” Alexander wondered aloud .They thought it looked as though someone had dropped a star in the distance. To illuminate the nowhere place, they now resided. “ it’s your friend Sweetness, and Destiny is right you need to go now” Alexander for the first time noticed the alarm and all the voices. “ what do you mean? Can’t I talk to you guys for a little longer? It’s been so long I know I would love to bring Messages back if I’m going. What does it matter if I leave now or later can it wait a little?” There was something like pain in all of their expressions. “ Alex, you’re dead you’ve been dead for five minutes now , we all would love to talk to you and give you messages for our family but you need to go right now the window of opportunity for you to go back is closing” Alexander looked at the star on the horizon, measure the distance in their mind “ I’ll never make that! I’m not fast enough I will I’ll never make it!” Panic filled them.

“ Not unless you start running right now Alex NOW RUN!! , we’re right behind you!” shoving Alexander forward. Alexander began to run they didn’t know if the strength of friends had given them would be enough. even with the unnatural speed at which they ran, it did not seem like they would reach the sun quick enough.

“ hurry up slow poke!” destiny yelled, shoving Alexander forward and rocketing them closer to the light.

“ lightspeed dude” Emmanuel said, right behind them as Alexander was again rocketed forward.

“ faster, Alexander” Andromeda yelled and Alexander found themself again blasting forward towards the light.

“ don’t stop honey run harder” Margaret yelled to them and again they were launched forward drawing closer and closer to the horizon. Alexander felt them self wheezing in their unreal body and thought Seriously I’m getting out of breath while being dead.

“ don’t you dare slow down”Hessa roared at them. Alexander almost tripped when she shoved them forward towards the light. it was growing so close now, but something told Alexander that they were running out of time. Then Antonio spoke. “goodbye Sweetness I love you” with one final earth shattering shove Alexander reached the light.

-Derek Dagda

Derek had been thrown across the room. Making a roughly him shaped hole in the drywall. Rousing from where he slumped on the floor he saw that Alexandria and Sera had experienced something similar. Sera at least appear to have been caught by Elisa and Lynn ( @adventures-on-foster-island ) before slamming into the adjacent wall. Alexandria was being helped back up by Rai ( @ranger-rai ) after leaving a similar hole in the other adjacent wall. What happened? He had been pouring power into the void that was Alexander. Into the abyss hoping for it to do anything in the seven minutes they had left. And then… he felt something. Something ,someone grasping at the end of that power.. and he didn’t know. He thought he felt something as best as he could discerned devour it before shoving the rest back at him. Derek looked at Alexander lying in the bed ,the monitor still hummed unchanging, but some thing else was wrong. was Alexander glowing? Their features had paled in the past weeks but Derek knew that Alexander was glowing and growing brighter. what was happening Derek could see you light beginning to shine through Alexander’s hospital gown and blankets. They were growing so blight it was hard to see. There wasn’t time to question anything as Alexander turned wholly incandescent in the hospital room. As quickly as that started, the light vanished, and as Derek struggled to clear the dark spots they had formed in their vision …they heard a sound. A electronic rhythmic beeping. And his vision cleared. He heard something beautiful.