[Lugia, why are you here?]
[Hmm, some little brat gave me a commission. I came to rescue someone.] Lugia answered Uxie coldly. [I suggest you leave too. That thing is about to break through the final seal.]
[I cannot leave. I must fulfill my mission.]
[Suit yourself. If you want to die, that's none of my business.] Lugia cleared its throat.
[You down there, which one of you is friends with Manaphy? I'm giving you five minutes. Get out here, and I can still take you away. Otherwise, you can wait here to have your bones ground to dust and your ashes scattered!]
Far away, atop the Temple of the Sea, Manaphy paced anxiously.
[You must! You must save Cheng Tian!]
Holding the weakened Su Han in his arms, Cheng Tian looked up at the enormous Lugia. A gentle beat of Lugia's massive wings stirred fierce sea winds, making his clothes snap and flutter.
He knew this was Manaphy coming to save him.
But he could not leave.
"Lugia!" Cheng Tian shouted into the sky. "I can't leave!"
Lugia quickly pinpointed the source of the voice. It was a fellow who looked rather rash and a little dim-witted.
[Boy, do you know that staying means certain death? I suggest you don't spurn a kindness.]
"My love, my teammates, and my partners are all here!" Cheng Tian said firmly. "I will never abandon them and leave! Besides, even if I escaped, where in this world would there be a place for me? Giratina is the Great Calamity! It will kill every living being in the world!"
"Lugia! Please! We need your strength! I'm begging you..."
[Impossible.] Lugia cut Cheng Tian off without a second thought.
[What does the destruction of civilization have to do with me? I can survive, and that's