CHAPTER 21:MAXIMILIANO, THE KING OF THE NORTH

AND DIAZ KEPT WALKING TOWARDS HIS DESTINATION.

DIAZ:....I'M CLOSE.

AND HE NOTICED OTHER PRESENCES WITH MAXIMILIANO.

DIAZ:...THEY ARE....

AND HE REACHES THE FINAL ROOM.

DIAZ:...WHAT?

AND SEEING TIED.

DITTO:DIAZ!.

MEWTWO:YOU ARE SAFE.

BRAIXEN:STAY BEHIND!.

DIAZ:GUYS?....WHAT'S GOING ON?.

MEWTWO:DIAZ! THEY HAVE-

?:BE QUIET!.

AND A POKÉMON COMES OUT FROM BEHIND.

DIAZ:.....MAXIMILIANO?.

MAXIMILIANO:...

DIAZ:.....BUT....ARE YOU OKAY?.

AND DIAZ ABOUT TO TAKE A STEP.

MAXIMILIANO:STAY AWAY!

DIAZ:...WHAT?

AND HE SAW THAT BEHIND HIM.

FLYGON:...

MISMAGIUS:...

DIAZ:....MAXIMILIANO. WHAT'S HAPPENING?.

MAXIMILIANO: YOU MORE THAN ANYONE SHOULD UNDERSTAND IT.

FLYGON: HI DIAZ, GLAD TO SEE YOU. I DIDN'T LIKE THE BEATING YOU GAVE ME AT ALL, YOU DISGUSTING MACHO.

MISMAGIUS:WHERE IS SLOWKING?.

DIAZ:...UNCROWNED.

FLYGON:...DID YOU BEAT SLOWKING?....DEAR. YOU REALLY ARE AMAZING.

MISMAGIUS:I GUESS NOW THERE ARE THREE OF US.

DIAZ:...THREE?

MAXIMILIANO:DIAZ. YOU ARE OFFICIALLY OUT OF THE NORTHERN THRONE.

DIAZ: .... WHAT ?.

BRAIXEN: DON'T LISTEN TO HIM DIAZ! HE IS NOT MAXIMILIAN!

MISMAGIUS:DON'T LISTEN TO HIM EITHER, LOOK. MAXIMILIANO, SAY SOMETHING THAT ONLY YOU KNOW ABOUT DIAZ.

MAXIMILIANO: AFTER I EXECUTE A POKÉMON. DOCTOR MARADONA WENT TO HELP HIM, THE POOR GUY WASTED HIS TIME TRYING TO HELP THIS GARBAGE.

DITTO:DOCTOR MARADONA?.

DIAZ:....NO....MAXIMILIANO.

AND TAKING ANOTHER STEP. MAXIMILIANO RESPONDS BY POINTING AT HIS SHELL.

MAXIMILIANO:I WILL NOT REPEAT IT AGAIN. GET AWAY.

DIAZ:....

DITTO:MAXIMILIANO. WHAT IS HAPPENING?. WE THOUGHT THEY HAD YOU KIDNAPPED!

MAXIMILIANO: YOUR ARE VERY FOOLISH TO TAKE ME FOR WEAK.

DIAZ:....I....I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

MAXIMILIAN:YOU'VE DONE ENOUGH DAMAGE TO EVERYONE. IT'S TIME TO PUT AN END TO THIS.

FLYGON:DIAZ, BY ORDER OF THE REMAINING KINGS, YOU WERE SENTENCED TO DEATH.

DIAZ:....

AND DIAZ WAS BEGINNING TO SEE BLURRY. AND HE HEARD A HEARTBEAT.

DIAZ:...NO....

MISMAGIUS:AND NOW. TO YOUR FRIENDS, IF IT IS NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK, WE WILL ASK THEM TO HOLD YOU.

MEWTWO:WHAT?.

DITTO:WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!.

BRAIXEN:WHY WOULD WE DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT?!.

FLYGON:TO KEEP ALIVE WHAT THEY HAVE FOR WHICH THEY FIGHT.

AND THEY BROUGHT THREE POKÉMON TIED AND GAGGED.

DITTO:...DAD?.

BRAIXEN:MOM!.

MEWTWO:....

FLOETTE:(COUGHING).

MEWTWO:...WHAT IS SHE DOING HERE?....WHY IS SHE HERE?!.

MISMAGIUS:DID YOU THINK WE WOULDN'T TRY TO ATTACK TOO?

FLYGON:MEW SERIOUSLY TRIED TO RESIST, BUT IN THE END IT DIDN'T HELP.

BRAIXEN:MOM!.

DELPHOX:MMM MMM!.

MISMAGIUS:THE THING WORKS AS FOLLOWS.

FLYGON:COOPERATE OR THE POKÉMON WHO LOVE THE MOST WILL SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES.

AND THEY HIT BRAIXEN'S MOTHER IN THE STOMACH.

BRAIXEN:NO!!...

AND THEY BEGAN TO UNTIE THEM.

MISMAGIUS:ANY ATTEMPT TO HELP THEM WILL ONLY RESULT IN THEIR DEATHS.

AND THE GUARDS HOLD KNIVES TO THE NECKS OF WHAT THEY LOVE.

MAXIMILIANO:HOLD DIAZ.

DIAZ:...MAXIMILIANO, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING YOU WOULD DO!.

MAXIMILIANO:I NO LONGER HAVE OPTIONS DIAZ, YOU NO LONGER GIVE OPTIONS.

DIAZ:....GUYS....

AND DIAZ SEES THE DOUBT ON HIS FACES.

DIAZ:....DITTO.

DITTO:...DIAZ....SORRY.

AND DITTO TURNS INTO A MACHOKE.

DIAZ:....MEWTWO.

MEWTWO:...DIAZ....PLEASE.

DIAZ:NO.....

AND HE LOOKS AT BRAIXEN.

DIAZ:BRAIXEN....PLEASE...NO. WE ARE FRIENDS....YOU ALWAYS SUPPORTED ME IN EVERYTHING!.

BRAIXEN:....I DO HAVE A FAMILY DIAZ.

DIAZ:....

BRAIXEN:....SORRY.

DIAZ:....

AND DIAZ FEELS LIKE SOMETHING IS BREAKING, EMOTIONALLY.

DIAZ: (BREATHING ACCELERATING).

MAXIMILIANO:DIAZ. SURRENDER PEACEFULLY.

FLYGON:WE CAN ALSO GIVE YOU AN ULTIMATUM.

AND A GUARD BRINGS...

DIAZ:...LILY.

LILY:DIAZ!.

AND THEY BEAT HER.

LILY:AAAH!! ...

MISMAGIUS:PASS ONE OF TWO. YOU SURRENDER AND THIS MONSTROSITY LIVES, YOU LEAVE AND THE MONSTROSITY DIES. WE ALL KNOW THAT YOU NEVER TURN DOWN THE CALL FOR HELP.

AND HE SAW THAT LILY SAW HIM WITH FEAR AND TREMBLING.

MAXIMILIANO:DIAZ, SURRENDER.

DIAZ:.....

AND DIAZ BEGAN TO SEE EVERYONE IN A DISTORTED WAY. THE FACES OF SEVERAL SHOWED MALICIOUS SMILES, MOCKERY AND CONTEMPT OF SEVERAL AND HE COULD HARDLY SEE THE FACES OF THOSE HE BELIEVED WERE HIS FRIENDS.

DITTO:DIAZ-

AND DITTO TRIES TO CATCH DIAZ.

DIAZ:...DON'T TOUCH ME!!!

AND HE PUSHES DITTO AWAY.

MAXIMILIANO:....DIAZ. THE LITTLE GIRL MAY DIE.

LILY:...¿diaz?.

DIAZ:....

AND BEGAN TO BACK AWAY.

DIAZ:....sorry.

AND RUN FROM THERE.

LILY:.....NO....

AND LILY CRIES.

MAXIMILIANO:....HE FLED.

FLYGON:NEGLECT MAXIMILIANO, WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES WHEN CHOOSING.

MISMAGIUS:LET'S GO FOR IT.

AND DIAZ BEGAN TO CLIMB AGAIN.

DIAZ:.....

AND HE ONLY FELT THE PAIN OF BETRAYAL. HIS HEART TRIED TO KEEP BEATING, BUT EACH BEAT ONLY HURT HIM SOMEHOW.

DIAZ:(HEAVY BREATHING AND COUGHING).

AND GOING BACK UP. HE RUNS TO THE DOOR.

DIAZ:(LABORED BREATHING)....WHAT?

AND HE SEES DEC, ROSE AND RUBY ​​AT THE DOOR.

DIAZ:GUYS, GUYS! THEY HAVE EVERYONE...

AND HE SEES THEM UNMOVED.

DIAZ:....HELLO?.

AND THEY JUST LOOK AWAY AND DIAZ REALIZES SOMETHING.

DIAZ:....HOW DID THEY ARREST MY FRIENDS?

ROSE:...

DIAZ:...HOW DID THEY EASILY ENTER THE KINGDOM OF FIRE?!.

RUBY:...

DEC:...DIAZ...

DIAZ:....NO....NO NO, NONONO!. YOU DON'T SAY, PLEASE DON'T!

DEC:....

(ROSE:ALLY OURSELVES WITH THE KINGS?!.

RUBY:WHAT IF DIAZ IS PART OF THIS, OF THE FUTURE THREAT OF ALL?....WE MUST THINK ABOUT THE WELFARE OF ALL.

ROSE:DID YOU LOSE YOUR MIND?!.

RUBY:MY HEAD IS VERY FIRM TO THAT OPTION.

DEC:...RUBY. DIAZ HAS GROWN UP WITH MANY COMPLICATIONS, HE HAS SUFFERED BULLYING AND RIDICULE FROM OTHERS FOR SIMPLY BEING CHOSEN, AND HE HAS ENDURED LOADS OF SHIT TO SIMPLY SAVE MAXIMILIANO, DOES THAT SEEM LIKE A THREAT TO YOU?!!.

RUBY:.....DEC. YOU MORE THAN ANYONE SHOULD KNOW HOW DANGEROUS DIAZ CAN BE....LIKE IT OR NOT, IT IS DANGEROUS....FOR EVERYONE. WE CAN ASK THAT THE OTHERS BE SURE.

DEC:....

ROSE:....SHALL WE CALL THEM?.)

DIAZ:DEC. YOU TOOK CARE OF ME WHEN BELLI LEFT, YOU WATCHED ME TO TAKE CARE OF ME, WILL YOU ALSO ABANDON ME?!.

DEC:....

AND HE JUST LOOKS AWAY

DIAZ:....

RUBY:SORRY BLOODY KING....WE HAVE NO CHOICE.

DIAZ:.....(HEARTBEAT AND COUGHING).

DEC:DIAZ?.

AND HE TRIES TO CALM HIM DOWN.

DIAZ:STAY AWAY!! (SEVERE COUGH).

DEC:....

FLYGON:DIAZ!.

AND HE IS SEEN SURROUNDED BY HIS "FRIENDS".

MAXIMILIANO: DIAZ. SURRENDER RIGHT NOW, MAKE IT EASY

DIAZ:....YOU ACCEPTED ME....YOU GAVE ME EVERYTHING, EVEN WHAT I DIDN'T ASK FOR, YOU GAVE ME HOPE, COURAGE, LOVE, EVERYTHING! AND FINALLY YOU LEAVE ME? !!.

MAXIMILIAN:BETTER TO ABANDON YOU THAN TO CONTINUE WASTING EFFORT PROTECTING A MISTAKE!

DIAZ:.....

AND HE STOPS HEARING HIS HEART. AND HE KNEELS IN PAIN. AND HIS FACE SEEMED TO SHOW SADNESS, PAIN AND DESPAIR AT THE SAME TIME.

MISMAGIUS:FINALLY. THE TRUE KING'S PLAN WORKED.

FLYGON:NOW WE CAN REGAIN THAT ORDER.

SLOWPOKE:....w....o….w.

AND GETTING CLOSER.

SLOWPOKE:....A....AA....CHU

AND SUDDENLY. THE SLOWPOKE USES TELEPORTATION ON DIAZ.

MAXIMILIANO:WHAT?

AND DISAPPEARS FROM THERE.

MISMAGIUS:NO!!

FLYGON:WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!.

SLOWPOKE:....SN....O....TS

MAXIMILIANO:...IT DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE. HE IS ALONE NOW.

DEC:....

FLYGON:OK DEC, A DEAL IS A DEAL.

AND GIVES LILY.

FLYGON:YOU BETTER GET HER OUT OF OUR SIGHT, SOON.

DEC:....

LILY:....he abandon me...he really abandon me.

AND HE ONLY SAW HER WITH TEARS. AND SHE HUGS DEC.

DEC:....I'M TAKING YOU HOME.

AND HE LEAVES THERE.

ROSE:.....

MAXIMILIANO:NOW WHAT'S NEXT?.

FLYGON:WAIT FOR THE TRUE SUCCESSOR OF THE NORTH. AND THEN START THE CORONATION.

MAXIMILIANO:AND DIAZ?.

MISMAGIUS:IT IS NOT THAT HE CAN HURT SOMEONE ELSE, WITH HOW DEVASTATED HE IS, I EVEN SEND HIM ONE LAST DREAM...AND I'M SURE HE WILL AGREE TO SLEEP THIS TIME.

AND ALL WERE PREPARING FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THE TRUE KING OF THE NORTH.