Crucible of Ideas

As you step towards the climax, you start to think back to the start of your journey. How you left home to go on a simple adventure, how you chose your starter, how you fought the gym leaders, and how hard you fought. You think of the Juvites and Team Wack, how many people were swept up in their anger, and how HE whispered temptations into the minds of Zaydolf and Goldberg. Thanks to you and your friends, you saved Zaydolf. But Goldberg was unable to find peace, and HE destroyed his soul. For all those harmed, you must strike HIM down. You think of your battles with the Elite Four and the Champion. Now you are the champion, quite possibly one of the strongest trainers in the world. You think of the Arctic, and of Gowen and his brother. Since the beginning of the human race, HE tortured the souls of humans. You think of the Lunar Guardian. A child who met a tragic fate, who was led down the path of darkness by HIM. You think of the Martians. HE degraded their society, HE brought them to extinction, and HE's done the same to countless other worlds. You think of Elias. His morality was twisted by HIM; perhaps he was a righteous person before he was made into a slave. You think of all the people hurt by this. Are you really their savior? You feel almost insignificant, but you have the will to keep moving. You think of Anne, and about what happened to her father. You will keep on fighting to avenge her father, and to avenge all of the fallen. You think of Zaydolf. He was transformed by HIM, but you saved him. In order to atone for his sins, you will help him to strike down HIM. He has hurt so many people, and they must be avenged! You think of yourself, and everything you enjoyed on your journey. Then, you walk through the door, and face HIM.

The final boss takes place in a black void. First, you have to fight "True HIM". After beating HIS first form, HE tells you a little secret. HE created you. You are a necessary piece for the ritual to be successful. HE needs your power to ascend. There was always the possibility that you would win, but in every other timeline, you have lost, and each timeline where you lost brought HIM closer to total control of the universe. Since this entire fight is pointless, HE asks you if you want to give up. All the answers are some form of "No", and the theme song to Malcolm in the Middle starts playing. Then you tell him that you don't care about alternate timelines, and this world is the real one for you. Then you fight HIM and he looks like a snake. After beating HIM, he asks why you are still fighting. Anne and Zaydolf are also fighting HIM, and they will fall as well. Anne and Zaydolf encourage you to fight, and you have to fight HIS third form, which is easy since it only knows Bide. After that, you unite with Anne and Zaydolf.

There are two more battles you have to face, and both of them are double battles. The first one is with Anne as your partner, where you fight some Pokemon that were previously fought in Anne's nightmare, as well as a HIM form who resembles Anne. The next double battle is with Zaydolf as your partner, where you fight some of Zaydolf's Pokemon as well as a HIM form who resembles Zaydolf.

HE looks weak, and Zaydolf encourages you to deal the final blow. HE laughs, and reveals that HE has just been biding time, and that he has yet to use his true power. Now, he fights you in yet another Hopeless Boss Fight, where his team consists of 6 Void HIMs, all with powerful Chaos moves. Void HIM is Void-type, meaning it's immune to all damaging moves, so it's basically impossible. You have to do this battle twice, once with Anne and once with Zaydolf. But after getting beaten by HIM twice, HE decides it's time to crush your spirits. Then, Anne's father appears. HE reveals that he tortured Goldberg endlessly, until they made a deal. Goldberg could live as HIS servant, as long as he promised to kill you and Anne if you ever were to get here. Anne denies this, but Goldberg confirms that it's true. Anne breaks down and cries, while HE commands Goldberg to kill you and your friends. Goldberg prepares to do that, and the screen shakes. Then, instead of getting killed, you see a huge hole in HIS chest. Goldberg tells his daughter that he would never betray her, and that it was all an act so that he could save her at this moment. Now, Goldberg is dead, but his soul is finally free from HIM. Before he dies, the last thing Goldberg does is give you his strength. Now, you can finally fight HIM for real.

When you walk up to the final HIM, Anne and Zaydolf start talking. For the sakes of all those led astray by HIS temptations, Zaydolf must stop HIM here. For her father's sake, and to make up for the sins of the past, Anne must fight. Zaydolf congratulates you and Anne for saving him from HIS grasp, and fights to atone for his sins and bring light back into the world. HE says that you cannot defeat HIM, but Anne and Zaydolf say that there's nothing they can't overcome together. Then, you fight a double battle, where your partner is both Anne and Zaydolf. You have to fight all 6 HIM forms, those being the first three, the ones that resemble Anne and Zaydolf, and the Void HIM. The void HIM isn't that hard to take out since it only knows Hyper Beam, but Willost and Canvast both have the annoying Toxic move. After beating HIM, Anne and Zaydolf celebrate, but it's not over yet. There is one last battle to fight.

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-Final Fight-

You are alone with HIM. He is surprised that even that still wasn't enough. Then, HE breaks the fourth wall, and asks if your name is your real name. He has no way of knowing, as he can't see into your world. You, the person controlling the player, are his true opponent. HE's tried everything he can, and you still come out victorious. But then HE realizes that the whole point of a game is that it can be beaten. From the very start, it was almost guaranteed that you would win. The only way you could lose is by giving up. That's the only reason you lost in those other timelines. Now, there is only one thing HE can do to stop you. After that, HE will disappear from this world. HE knows it's time for you to win. The only thing left that HE can do is make you fight yourself. After defeating your own team, there is nothing HE can do. However, HE tells you about the center of the universe, where you can clash with HIM for one last timenote . Then, you are transported home. Now that you've defeated HIM, you can do the post-post-game, where you can catch a bunch of the bossmons who you fought, like the Lunar Guardian for example. But this is the end of the story, so that's where this recap is ending.