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A new world, a new mind.

by Thadius0

Chapter 20: Chapter twenty - Do not be Astonished at what you have earned

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Vincent's senses reported a variety of things during his Evolution.

The first was a stretching sensation. Like someone had taken a hold of all his limbs and pulled them to their new lengths. It felt something like a balloon being inflated, only the balloon was him.

Speaking of balloons, the second thing he noticed was the feeling of his self gaining mass and size suddenly. Especially in his armor and head areas. Those just seemed to swell up.

The third thing he took note of was that he could suddenly feel more minds than he could a moment before. The odd sensation of his Psychic powers growing and expanding was very weird, but not unwelcome.

The fourth thing he felt was that it should have hurt, all of this going on at once. However, either his nerves were also being rearranged, or there was something inherit to the Evolution process that made it rather pleasant. Like a light tingling on his skin, except all over, all at once. Just...tingling. No burning pain or agony.

Hair growing, bones shifting, mind expanding, muscles rearranging, his entire form being stretched into a new one, and he took this all in absently. All within the glow of the Evolution going on, all he could think of was how much more interesting his life was about to become.

And all too sudden, it was over. Vincent looked over his new form with a slightly manic light in his eyes, which scared his family and Luke slightly as he began to feel himself all over and name off the changes as he took them all in, now that he could feel again, properly.

Legs...taller. Arms, longer. Only natural. Body armor, thicker, bulkier.

"That's what she said," Sam muttered before snickering. Vincent continued his self-assessment without giving any sign he'd heard the slightly lewd comment.

Head... He ran his hands up to his head and whistled. Oooh, larger. Wonder how much potential for psychic power I've got now. New mouth, new teeth! His tongue poked out from his mouth and waggled about, touching all his teeth in turn. He then caught sight of his newest feature and gasped. Mustache. Mustache! Oh, now THAT is a MUSTACHE! Mirror! I need a mirror!

The Kadabra warped away for a moment, leaving a befuddled Scizor, Lucario, and Gallade outside the warehouse with an unconscious Bit nearby. At least he is enjoying his change, Luke said.

"True," Sam said. "But...Well. Some Pokemon change when they evolve. Not only physically."

Luke nodded, and Lucy fought to control herself. Vincent, changing? That...she'd have to delay her plan to talk to him about...things. The sound of Luke's 'voice' brought her back to reality. True, but not all change is a bad thing. Plus, I think it would be very hard...to cause Vincent to lose himself.

Lucy sighed in relief as she considered the Gallade's words. She hadn't changed all that much because of Evolution, after all. Just...well, she'd been taking in everything that had happened to them slightly beforehand, so she couldn't blame one for the other. Nor could she really perceive any real difference in how she thought as compared to before she Evolved. All in all, it seemed Vincent would probably remain the same.

At that moment, the Kadabra warped back wearing his black top hat on his head. Just as I thought, this form is amazing! With a flash of light, Sam's tie was around his neck, and Bit's passed-out form had its monocle on. I mean, just LOOK at what I can do!

Luke smiled briefly before recalling something and slightly frowning. Yes...and you'd best keep doing things...or keep yourself under very strict control.

Vincent tilted his head at that. What? Why?

Kadabra have so much psychic power...it tends to 'leak' out from them in the form of alpha waves. If you don't control yourself, then...clocks will start running backwards, delicate machinery will go haywire...and headaches will start in those closest to you.

Vincent gulped thickly as he ran a hand over his head. Yikes. I'll try. Maybe a few things like...hmm. I'll try them out later. Anyways, I was saying something before this, I know I was. What was it?...

"You were thinking about a va..." Lucy supplied.

The Kadabra pointed at the Lucario and smiled. Yes, I was thinking about a vacation! That was it!

Luke appeared puzzled by this news. A vacation from here?

Vincent nodded. My reasons are twofold. First, I'm not sure if you've noticed this, Luke. But ponies are crazy. All of them, sometimes in little ways, sometimes...not so little.

Luke softly chuckled at the news. Fair enough...and the second?

Vincent looked to the horizon and sighed. I don't want to fall into the same pattern again.

I beg your pardon?

The Kadabra looked to his family before looking back at the Gallade. We just got out of a facility that, for some of us, was all we knew of the world. Now, granted, we're not anywhere near that facility now. But there's a world out there. A huge, wide world. A new world, the likes of which NONE of us have seen. I don't just want to sit idle. I want to SEE IT! Vincent waved one arm at the horizon, as though he were attempting to encompass the entire world in one broad hand gesture. I want to use my new-found freedom and see this world before I settle down as a detective here!

Luke nodded once and smiled. An admirable goal...but before you go to pursue it, permit me to give you something...

The Gallade held out a hand, and in a flash of light, two spoons, one bent, appeared hovering over it. Or rather, return something to you, in honor of your Evolution.

The Kadabra looked stunned for a moment, extended one hand towards the spoons, thought about it, retracted the hand, and then grabbed a hold of his top hat. With a quick swipe, both spoons were safely secreted within the headgear, and Vincent nodded. Not unless necessary will I draw them.

Luke smiled again, wider this time. It is good that you take...so many lessons to heart.

Vincent closed on Luke's form and gave him yet another hug. Take care, teacher. And if it isn't too much trouble, look after our place while we're gone?

The Gallade nodded and cautiously returned the embrace. I will try.

The Kadabra turned back to Lucy and Sam, nodding once at them, and then picked up the limp form of Bit in his Psychic grasp. Shall we away, then, my family?

Lucy sighed and nodded. "Where to, then?"

Sam grinned and flexed, showing off his new form. "Yeah, I assume you have a list of places you'd like to visit...or...do you?"

Vincent hummed and put one hand to his chin before absently stroking his mustache. No, but I can get one...one moment...

A small burst of blue light expanded out from Vincent's head and rapidly swept outwards. After a moment or two, the wave rebounded back into his head, and Vincent nodded before looking back to his family. Right, a list of three locations that we can easily visit, as they're all in Equestria. First up, Manehatten is said to be a popular, thriving city. We'll go there, see the sights, do the touristy thing.

As the quartet wandered their way to the train station, Luke thought of something and frowned.

Where on earth will he get the money to do this?


In a storage unit half a city away from the warehouse PegasusAir had been using, there was one passed-out pony who had been quite thoroughly convinced he was a pumpkin, at least for the next hour. The last rational thought he'd had had been something along the lines of Well that's a curious little yellow fox, wait, why is it glowing blue, what's going o-

The door to the unit had been raised, and any contents that were there had been removed quite completely. The only thing left was the dust and impressions of rather large bags and collections thereof. Along with a note. If one were to read the note, they'd see something along these lines.

To Ace, captain of the guard.

If you're here, then I assume it's because you finally got Business Mind to tell you where all the 'clean' bits were. I got the information from her mind in two minutes and ten seconds.

Oh, not to worry. The casinos she had been using have been paid in full for all the damages, and I only took a ten percent finders' fee. Plus, the 'dirty' money is all yours, and you'll find the leftover bits from this unit with them. Consider it a donation to your retirement fund.

Now if you'll pardon me, I have a country to explore and enjoy.
Vincent


Vincent walked up to the train station and looked at the colt behind the counter. Hello sir. Four for Manehatten.

The pony behind the desk nodded and pulled off four tickets for the four Pokemon. "Forty bits," the colt said.

Vincent put Bit down and pulled off his top hat. Sticking his hand in and rooting around a moment revealed the normal spoon, and the psychic closed his eyes for a moment. With a flash, a huge piece of wheeled luggage materialized out of nowhere. Another, smaller flash saw forty golden coins appear on the desk in front of the pony, who carefully nudged them before nodding and placing them in his desk and hoofing the tickets over. Sam carefully took his in his right claw, and Lucy grabbed a hold of hers. The last two floated in front of the Kadabra, whose eyes were open and looking at the pony intently.

Thank you. Ah...where might I load our luggage?

The colt pointed at the luggage car down the train a ways. "Best hurry, sir. Train leaves in five minutes."

Not a problem, and thank you.

As Vincent passed Bit on to Sam, the bug hissed in his ear. "When did we get luggage?"

When we took ten percent of the 'clean' bits from PegasusAir.

"And when did you do that?" Lucy nearly shouted into Vincent's ear.

When you weren't looking. I have another two pieces like this, along with a smaller one, sitting in our apartment back home. We will not starve on our little trip around Equestria...but we'd best be careful, otherwise we'll all need high-paying jobs when we come back.

Vincent walked off to summon and load the luggage onto the train, while Sam and Lucy sought out a compartment for their journey. After a few minutes, when the 'All Aboard' call went out, Vincent walked in and relaxed in the center seat, under the window. Lucy sat to his right, Sam to his left, and Bit lay on the floor, still out of it.

Ah well. He'll recover soon, I'm sure.

And the train carried the odd family of Pokemon to the horizon.

Author's Notes:

A short chapter, true. Buuuut I have someone to contact for the next one, seeing as how both Vincent and a certain Professor are going to be in the same town at the same time, and I'd rather someone else fill in for said professor.
As well, a certain merc group may be in the town as well. This will end splendidly. Possibly.

Next Chapter: Chapter twenty one - Giving some Assurance to they that need it Estimated time remaining: 27 Hours, 3 Minutes
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