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Chapter 23: Call Your Name

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The skies were an ominous colour tonight. Georgia could sense that something was deeply wrong as she watched the sunset with Brendan and their Legendaries.

"What are we going to do?" she looked up at him, unsure of what she wanted to do next. Brendan hesitated for a moment, glancing over at Deoxys.

He turned back to face her, "I don't know, Gee. I suppose we could go into the castle ourselves, but we can't do much without the others."

"But we have to try, right?" she replied. "For all we know, Gary and Leaf could be in there and fighting right now. We should go."

"I don't think that would be wise," Moltres spoke up. "Both of you could end up being captured, or perhaps even killed. I refuse to let that happen to you, Georgia."

"I feel the same way," Deoxys replied. "Both of you can't do this by yourselves."

"Please, Moltres, I want to try!" Georgia near-yelled back. "I hate standing around like this, just waiting for something to happen! I want to help!"

"The chance of survival for you two in this situation is near to nothing. You cannot face off against three Dark Callers and the King as you are, not to mention all the guards that will undoubtably stand in your path," Deoxys sighed.

"Then why not just send us to the slaughter house anyway?" Brendan glared at the two Legendaries. "I want to help May and I'll be damned if I can't save Drew from this. I hated his guts back in our world but he's my best source of competition. I need him to go right back where he belongs, and that's back home."

Georgia was so deeply touched by this. Despite Brendan previously declaring his hatred for Drew, he still wanted to save him, even after all of this.

"We're going in," she declared, looking Moltres right in the eye. "Whether you support us or not is up to you."

"Brendan...Georgia...why..?" Leaf whispered, making sure the guards outside the room couldn't hear her. Leaf was watching the two Legendary Callers from a TV screen in the room she had been put into. Oddly enough, it wasn't a prison cell like the one May was being held in. This room looked like it was almost made for her. A cute-looking, warm bedroom with all the comforts of home. Leaf couldn't understand why she was being treated better than May was, considering their roles in the situation.

As it turns out, the King had various cameras settled all around the kingdom; specifically on the Legendary Callers that were still out there. Watching Brendan and Georgia made Leaf see just how much both of them wanted to end this. The cameras then switched to Gary, it hurt to watch. He was flying around the Kingdom with Articuno, searching for her. Her hand flew to her mouth as she tried not to cry. Gary's expression was one of desperation, like he'd lost something of the utmost importance to him.

They had only just reunited after all, after both Leaf and Articuno had saved his life. Now they were separated again, and even Mewtwo had turned his back on her. Leaf had never felt so alone.

"Gary...you idiot..." she smiled fondly as he yelled at Articuno for suggesting that they give up on finding her for now.

All her friends were so brave, and yet all she could do was sit here and watch them from a tiny screen. Leaf knew that she had to get out of this room and find the King. She couldn't understand why she had been brought here in such a grand fashion, and then just LEFT in this room with no explanation.

"H...Help me..."

Leaf froze on the spot. She was sure she heard a cry for help. Did she just imagine it?

"Wh...who's there?" Leaf called out softly.

"L...Leafia...help me!"

"Drew...you can't keep doing this," May cast her eyes downwards as she felt Drew's piercing stare on her. He'd taken her away from the cells and brought her to his quarters once again. As each day passed them by, May noticed that Drew's mental state was deteriorating.

The look in his eyes was not the look of a stable person, he'd lost his cool composure. "You don't get it, do you?" he replied. "I can't stay away from you. I have to know the truth. Who am I, May?"

May sighed, knowing that he wasn't going to stop until she had given him a complete answer. "You're Drew Hayden, captain of the football team. Everyone loved you, they really did. You were always overconfident in your abilities but you were also...a good friend to me. I'll always appreciate the things you did for me."

"You...how can you just say those things..." Drew glared at her, a crazed look in his eyes. He couldn't comprehend what May was saying to him. "I'm not...that kind of person. I can't play sports and I'm not popular! I was born to protect the King; I'm not some stupid, useless, human kid!"

May immediately realised that this sudden meeting with Drew was different to the last one. Last time, Drew was desperate and vulnerable, unable to comprehend the situation. This time he acted far more stubborn, choosing to believe what he thought was right, despite asking May the question anyway.

"You're delusional," May spat. "You're losing control, and this is exactly what the King wants! Get a hold of yourself! Get back to the way you used to be, back to the Drew Hayden I knew-"

"You don't know me. Shut the fuck up!" Drew yelled, pushing her back. May could feel her spine crash against the wall, but she ignored the sudden pain for now.

"You're contradicting yourself," she answered coolly, ignoring how close she was to him. "You're asking me what it is that I know about you, and then you come out with something like that."

"I told you to shut up."

"And I refuse. What are you going to do about that, Drew?" she challenged. He was by no means mentally stable and neither was May. She'd been confined in the jail cells for months now and she just didn't care anymore. The look in her dulled sapphire pupils told the entire story.

"I have an idea or two."

May glared at him. "Like what?"

Drew grinned. "It's quite simple; I'll kill her."

"Who?" May asked, automatically.

"Why, isn't it obvious? I'll personally slaughter that bitch known as the Princess of Mew."

May froze under Drew's grasp, remembering something that Dawn had told her. "You mean...Leaf?"

"The plan is running smoothly," he avoided the question. "Those kids don't stand a chance against us."

"But why can't you see that the reason they're here is to save us from this nightmare..?" May spoke quietly, reaching out and placing her hand on his cheek.

"My Master saved me. I belong here, Maybelle. Nowhere else."

"You're making a huge mistake!" she growled. "You have to come to your senses, or everyone you know and love will be killed!"

He slapped her hand away. "I don't care about the person I used to be," he spoke, a dark tone to his voice. "I am a Dark Caller, and nothing you say will change that."

May said nothing in response for a moment, ignoring Drew's gaze upon her.

"Just answer me this; do you really have Leaf in captivity?" she asked again.

"We do. Mewtwo brought her here."

"What? They're partners, there's no way Mewtwo would do such a thing to her!" May protested, completely shocked by this.

"He was never on her side to begin with," Drew chuckled. "The King specifically ordered him to bring Leafia here."

"But why would Mewtwo just give in to his demands like that?" May asked, determined to get as much information out of Drew as she could.

"Because we stole the most important thing to him; something so precious that he would sell out his partner just to get it back."

"And that thing is?"

He sighed, "I can't tell you that." May fell silent, studying Drew's expression intently. What could Mewtwo possibly want back so badly, he'd be willing to sacrifice his partner for it? She concluded that she had absolutely no idea. May knew nothing about the origins of Mewtwo because after all, that was classified government information.

Nobody knew a damn thing about him; yet they all trusted him.

"You might as well just take me back now," May folded her arms. "There's no point in talking to someone who won't listen."

She then expected Drew to shoot her a glare or some snide remark, but instead he did something completely different. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close to him.

"Eh?" she squeaked.

"I don't know why but this feels right. When I'm around you, I feel at peace with myself. It's a...nice feeling."

May sighed, resisting the urge to rest her head on his chest. Although he was slowly changing, the Drew she knew and loved hadn't fully returned yet. She couldn't pretend that he had, even just for a moment.

"You do realise why I'm here, right?" she questioned. "What if the King finds out about what you're doing..?"

"He won't," Drew spoke quickly.

"Even if he doesn't, what about after he turns me to darkness?" she continued on. "I won't be the same person anymore, and I'll love him, not you."

This caused Drew to freeze up. May didn't like to think about these situations, but she knew it was coming. Both Leaf and Dawn were in custody here, and May had no idea that Gary was still alive, after that huge fall he took.

The Callers were dropping like flies.

Drew never replied to her question. He was being selfish; he knew that May was going to become the Queen of this wasteland, but for now he just wanted her all to himself. His feelings were returning piece by piece, and he knew that he loved her but he couldn't remember why.

"This is only going to make things more difficult for you," May pushed him away. "Just take me back to those damn cells already, you can't afford to place such a huge risk on yourself like this."

Surprisingly enough, Drew listened to what she had to say, leading her out of the door and back down to the underground cells, but however, the scene that they found when they returned was something that May would have never expected to see.

The cell opposite from her own had been battered, the bars forced open. Almost as if a tornado had come along and destroyed it. As for the occupier of that cell...she was long gone.

"Dawn?" May blinked. "Where is she..?"

Drew's jaw flew open in panic. "Th...this isn't possible! Where the hell did that bitch go?!" May looked over at Dawn's newly destroyed cell, and on the floor she noticed bundles of that white magic-preventing tape that was previously stuck to her wrists. Dawn had somehow managed to escape, but where was she now? Drew froze for a moment, before bolting out of the room in a panic.

"Hey, wait a minute!" May yelled, running after him. She kept on calling his name as they ran, but he never looked back once. May could see it just from looking at him; he was losing his mind.

Just as the King planned.

Authors Note: I actually updated quite quickly, I'm very proud of myself! ^^ I was just really happy that you guys were able to get me to 400 reviews already and I guess I gained a lot of motivation from that.

I'm literally so excited to write the next chapter, eeeep. A lot of exciting things are going to happen, so stay tuned!

Until next time...

-Tay

Also: I'm in the process of writing another one-shot! I like to think it's, well, different from my other stuff so far so please look out for that when it's done! ^^