Don't have much to say, so just enjoy chapter four of Legend of Team Strikers.

"I still can't believe we managed to bag Drowzee." I muttered, five days later as we all lounged in the main room for our team. Dee was tinkering it more of the parts he had, Brandon was leaning back in one of the chairs with his eyes closed, and Crystal was sitting on the desk attached to the right wall.

"Well believe it. Cause it happened." Brandon muttered back, his eyes still shut tight. I leaned back in my own chair, tucking my tail so I wouldn't be sitting on it.

"I've been meaning to ask you all this, but why are there Mystery Dungeons?" I turned to Crystal and Brandon, Dee still working with the metal. Crystal looked at the ceiling, sighing.

"Well, like Dee said, it might just be Giratina having fun screwing with us, but I firmly believe in another theory." She said, still looking up.

"And what would that be?" I asked, my attention focused.

"Well, I believe that it has something to do with the Time Gears." I looked at her, confusion apparent in my face.

"What are time gears?"

"Time Gears control the flow of time itself. None of them have been found, and none have been disturbed. It's common knowledge that stealing even one gear would cause a catastrophe bigger than Groudon and Kyogre fighting." She looked back at me, her gaze seeming empty. "If a time gear is stolen, then the surrounding area will be frozen in time. The rain would never fall, Pokémon would be stuck forever, and if all five are taken…" she shuddered. "All time will stop completely."

"And how do you know all of this?" I asked.

"In a cave thousands of miles from here, there is an inscription. It goes something like this…" she cleared her throat.

Five parts, scattered far and wide

Control the land and the time

One, hidden by green

Two, covered in red

Three, buried in white

Four, drowned in blue

Five, surrounded by all.

Take and time will suffer

Steal all and time will fall.

"The rest was illegible. For year's exploration teams have searched for them, hoping to protect them from any would be thieves, but none have been found." She finished.

"Okay, but what do they have to do with the dungeons?" I asked. Before she could answer, Dee suddenly stood up, wiping his paws with a rag.

"Well, after that interesting history lesson, I'll be of to bed." He gathered his stuff and retreated into his room. Brandon did the same, and Crystal huffed before heading into her own, leaving me in the main room. I got up, stretched, and went to my coals. Before drifting off to sleep, however, I left a note on Dee's door telling him to wake me up early.

… … …

"Wakey wakey Felix…" I heard Dee's voice break into my dreamless slumber. I moaned, turning over and burying deeper into my coals.

"Felix, if you're going to leave a note on my door telling me to wake you up, the least you could do is, you know, WAKE UP!" He screamed, jarring me and causing me to jump up. I placed a claw on my chest, trying to slow my rapid pulse. Dee smiled, and left the room telling me to hurry up.

My breathing slowed, my pulse decreased, and I finally managed to calm myself enough to get up and leave my warm, amazing coals. I'll have to remind Dee so I won't forget to thank Soth and Sun for them. I grabbed my bag, trying not to forget it, and left my room to enter the main room. I was very surprised to see Chatot, along with the others. Noticing me, Chatot nodded, and proceeded to squawk.

"Now, your team's capture of Drowzee was very admirable. So admirable, in fact, that it impressed myself and the Guildmaster to such a point that we have decided something for all of you." He finished, peaking my interest. What had they decided for us? My question was shortly answered.

"We've decided to send you to investigate a strange waterfall. Our suspicions tell us that it may have secrets yet to be told!" I shuddered, not liking the location. I hate water, it always stings me when it hits my skin; I would hate to be anywhere near it for long. Chatot pulled out a map, and opened it on a table for us to see. He pointed to a waterfall north of us, flowing into a river and then a large lake. "This is the location of the waterfall, and I expect you all back within the end of the day. Have fun." He squawked, flying off and leaving us. Brandon stepped forward, folded up the map, and placed it in my bag. I could tell he was holding back a twitch as he did; no normal Pokémon looks like vomiting when they put something away.

"Okay team, you all heard Chatot, so let's pack up and ship off!" We nodded, sprinting off towards the shops, and finally the crossroads.

Suspicious Waterfall

"Okay, time to see what's so strange about this place." Crystal said out loud. We found the waterfall after what seemed like hours of hiking, and Dee had to check to make sure it was the right one. We stood before it, and thousands of gallons of water came crashing down from the fall itself. We couldn't even stand near it; the force was far too great. I had to stand farther back, since the water was painful even without the force behind it. Brandon stood in front of everyone, looking stumped.

"I have no idea what Chatot meant when he said 'suspicious'. It looks completely normal to me." He shook his head, tossing his arms over his head. "Maybe it's all a trick, and he's just messing with us." He turned to leave, and started walking down and away from the falls, cursing under his breath. I looked back at the falls, and turned to leave myself. All too happy to leave the water, only to have my instinct to do the stupidest thing I could ever have thought possible.

It wanted me to touch the waterfall.

Are you insane? I thought to myself. Why on earth would I ever want to touch water? It burns me to come close, let alone make physical contact! But the more I resisted, the more it burned, wanting me to turn around and touch the water. I resisted, making it look like I was struggling against myself to the others. Finally I felt it take control over me, and I spun around and walked up to the falls. I had to shut one of my eyes in pain from the water, it stung.

"Uh, Felix. You do realize that the water can and most likely will kill you if you just stand there, right?" Dee asked, but the question didn't register in my brain until much later. I ignored the pain and thrust my hand under the falls, immediately recoiling in pain and falling on my rump, clutching my hissing arm. I felt two pairs of hands grab me, one reptilian, and one boney and sharp and they dragged me to a safe distance.

"Idiot! Why would you get to close to that!? It was close to killing you!" I heard Brandon's voice spit. He reached behind me, pulling me tail harshly and into view. My eyes widened as I saw the state of my tail flame.

"It's no bigger than my finger! Any longer and you would be dead! Do you want to be killed, Charmander?! Do you?!" He shook my shoulders, and I felt dizzy. I reached up and grasped my head in agony, feeling a pounding headache coming on. While Brandon yelled at me, I passed out, my sight replaced by a vision.

I could see a shadowy figure padding up to the waterfall, the shape familiar. It stopped just short of the falls, backed up, and ran straight at it. My vision faltered, but only for a moment, as I saw the same shape tumble into the falls, rolling into a hidden cave behind it. It looked around, and vanished from my sight. I reopened my eyes, seeing an angry Treecko, a confused Riolu pondering, and a worried Sneasel looking down at me. I pushed Brandon off me, much to his outcry, and stared directly at the falls.

"We have to go through. A cave lies behind it, and that's what Chatot was talking about." I had everyone's attention, but it wasn't good. They all laughed, some harsher than others. Angry, I quickly relayed my vision back to them. They laughed even harder, but Dee stopped and continued pondering.

"Fine, you don't believe me. Then I suppose I'll just show you!" I shouted, running headfirst into the falls. I heard a cry of panic behind me, but I continued forward, feeling the sting of water as I approached. I leaped forward, bracing for the inevitable painful sting of the water as I passed through it. It hit me hard, nearly knocking me out from the impact alone. I felt solid ground rush up and crash into me, and I rolled for a short while before coming to a stop. I rested there for a moment, before standing up and looking where a jumped in. It was a six or seven foot drop from the entrance, and I was battered and bruised all over from both it and the waterfall. I could hear faint shouting from the other side, and a shape crashed through it. Dee had launched himself from the other side and crashed into me, sending us both sprawling.

"I guess you were right…" He mumbled out as he picked himself up. Two more shapes, Brandon and Crystal, came crashing through, tumbling themselves. I reached out, offering Brandon my hand to help him up, but he denied it and stood up by himself. He turned to look at the large hole the waterfall had made, and shook his head.

"Suppose you were right. But that doesn't explain why Dee jumped through so quickly." We all turned to him, seeing him dust himself off.

"Well, it was three things that made me jump. The first was the visions that Felix keeps having turn out true and the fact that I actually trust him, the second is that we didn't see his battered corpse float down the river, but the biggest indicator that something was amiss with the waterfall is the tell-tale cracks, just visible behind the water. Whenever I've seen cracks like that, it usually means that something was hidden away. Like this cave, for instance." He looked behind him, seeing the darkness that awaited us. Without a second's hesitation, he journeyed forth, leaving us to rush in after him.

Waterfall Cave BF1

"Looks like a Mystery Dungeon to me." Brandon commented, looking at the walls and the items scattered on the floor. Dee nodded, and picked one of them up, whistling.

"Guys, looks like we hit the mother load." I looked at him quizzically and was about to ask a question, but Crystal beat me to it. Her eyes widened to the size of dinner plates as she picked one of the ones near her feet.

"No way, are these all Reviver Seeds? There is no way in hell." I looked over, running up and picking several up before handing them all to Dee. He looked at them all, before nodding.

"Most are, but we've also got a Pure Seed and a Blast Seed." Everyone looked surprisingly solemn, but I had no idea why. These are all amazing seeds! They should be happy! Before I could ask, Dee turned and answered my unspoken question.

"This is very bad. Whenever a Dungeon Team comes across a room like this, it can mean one of three things. One, this is an abandoned Kecleon Shop and that's the best option. Two, this is an extremely short dungeon and this is all the items in it, or the worst one. This dungeon has yet to be beaten, and these seeds and items are the remains of teams who have failed. This also means…"

"This dungeon is at least an S-rank completion." Crystal finished. I looked back at everyone.

"Okay, that raises another question. When we fought Drowzee, he said he was an A-rank outlaw, and now you're saying this is an S-rank dungeon. What does that mean?" I asked. Surprisingly, Brandon answered.

"It's the assumed difficulty. All missions are categorized; E-rank, the easiest possible mission, then it goes D-rank, C-rank, B-rank, A-rank, S-rank, One-star, Two-Star, then the notorious Three-star. A Three-star wanted outlaw has never been defeated or caught, and a Two-star Dungeon has never been cleared. We generally take D-ranks to B-ranks, with the occasional A-rank if it's a delivery mission. We have yet to capture any outlaw ranked a C or higher, with the exception of Drowzee." He finished, staring at the ground in disbelief. He looked back up, staring into one of the three hallways leading off.

"Since we didn't pack an Escape Orb, we'll have to at least try." He muttered, heading down the right one. Dee placed the seeds in the bag, and we all followed Brandon down the damp, dark hallway. My tail was the only light source in the place, so I had to stand behind Brandon, as he was the lead, and Dee and Crystal followed behind. The first floor was uneventful, and the next room held the staircase we needed to find.

Waterfall Cave BF2

"Crap, this is not good." Were the first words out of my mouth once we had ascended the stairs. Three desolates surrounded the exit, all water types. I immediately recoiled, shielding my tail from all of them. Dee sprang forward, smacking one of them to the side. Two of them were slugs, one blue and one pink, and the last one was a Shellder. Dee had attacked the blue slug, and gotten the attention of both it and the pink one as they both sent glops of mud flying after them. This was the first time I had truly seen Brandon fight, other than Drowzee, and was surprised when two massive tentacles shot out from his shoulders and slapped the pink one away. Crystal stayed back and launched six icicles at the Shellder. Before I could even gain the strength and courage to help, all three were defeated.

"Get off your ass and get moving, drake." Brandon growled when he saw me in my state. I peeked over my tail, seeing the three defeated and the three victorious. I slowly stood up, and didn't make eye contact until we went down several hallways and another room.

"I'm sorry." I mumbled, finally getting the courage to speak. I was nervously twirling my tail between my claws when I spoke, and they all turned to look at me.

"Its fine, I get the same way when I fight psychic types, and Brandon is scared to all hell of…" Dee stopped mid sentence when Brandon turned and gave him the scariest death glare I had ever seen.

"You are to never speak about that day. Never." He spun back around, and continued down the water logged hallway. For the first time ever, I had just seen both surprise and fear in Dee's eyes instead of the usual laughter and analytical look. Crystal looked ahead, staring at Brandon as he left us all in the dust. With another second's hesitation, we continued down after him.

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Waterfall Cave BF4

"This is not good, THIS IS NOT GOOD!" Crystal shrieked as the Kingler constricted on Dee. We made it down the second and third floors without much competition, much too all our surprise, but the fourth floor was filled with deadly surprises. The newest one was this massive Kingler, and it had buried but not defeated Brandon in a pile of rubble, and had a powerful grip on Dee in one of his claws. No matter what Crystal (and me, on occasion) would throw at it, it would not relent. Dee couldn't do a thing to it without being crushed further, and he was screaming in pain. The crab titan had apparently snapped several of his ribs, and one had pierced his side and was visible to me. Seeing my friend's white bone sticking out of him, his own blood staining his fur… it terrified me. But it also invigorated me, and I was able to muster the strength to continue attacking the Kingler.

"Why won't it knock it out already?!" Crystal shrieked. I shook my head in fear and confusion, having no idea what we could do to beat this beast.

"FOR FUCKS SAKE, KILL IT ALREADY!" Dee screamed, trying to get himself free, crushing him further and causing more pain. Finally, the Kingler decided to lose his current toy and chase after another; in other terms, he fully closed his claw around Dee, and much to my horrified look, severed him in half. His upper half fell towards us, and his lower half limply fell in between the Kinglers many legs. With a horrified expression apparent on my face, I ran forward and held Dee's severed body, tears falling down my face. I looked at him, and was surprised that he was smiling!

"I'll be fine; the Reviver seed will heal me…" he muttered, becoming enveloped in a bright white light. He floated slightly up into the air, maybe a foot higher than his normal height, and when it disappeared, he was fully healed. A single, small seed stood on the ground next to him. He sighed, looking at his hands and feet.

"Fourth time getting bisected, never going to get used to the feeling of resurrection." He muttered to himself. He looked over his shoulder to me.

"Reviver seeds can heal the dead, but only in Dungeons. When you have one, you can no longer fear death." He turned back to the massive Kingler, shaking his head.

"Okay, this is going to sound really weird Felix, but I need you to…rub…me." He finished, lowering his ears in embarrassment. I stood back, shaking my head quickly.

"Whoa whoa whoa, we're friends, but not that kind of friends, Dee." I said. He shook his head feverently, his cheeks blushing.

"Not that kind of rub! I need you to rub my arm to generate static electricity, so I can use a certain technique I learned a few years ago." He said, continuing to blush.

"Can you two please stop the homo and just help me with this thing?!" Crystal shouted, snapping our attention back to the fight. Crystal had frozen a chunk of the crab, causing it to move far slower than before.

"Come on Felix, swallow your pride and rub me!" Dee shouted.

"You don't have to word it like that…" I mumbled as I grabbed his right arm and started rubbing my claws over it, causing small flicks of electricity to spark over it. After ten seconds of furious rubbing he told me to stop, visible yellow electricity coating his entire arm. He sprinted at the king crab, dodging jet streams of water being shot at him.

"Get me an opening!" He shouted behind him. I fell to my fours, and launched a massive fireball at the crab, aiming for the face. Crystal sent a massive clump of ice instead of her usual icicle shards at the beast, and both found their mark on it. It reeled in pain, giving Dee the opening he needed. He jumped as high as he could into the air, roaring a battle cry as he cocked back his fist and unloaded it on the underside of the crab titan. It became encased in a field of electricity, and became badly burned from the voltage. It weakly roared at us, before scuttling away. I was panting, mostly in fear and joy, Dee was pretty okay for what his previous situation was, but Crystal was close to throwing up from the exertion. Dee walked over to the pile of rubble that held Brandon, focused the power of fighting to his hand, and smash the rocks away.

"Let me at 'em! Let me… oh, we're done?" Brandon shouted, running out of the pile, seemingly unharmed from the pile. I dug out an Elixir for Crystal from the bag, and tossed it back over to Dee.

"Bad news, Brandon. I used a Reviver seed." Dee told him, catching he bag and slinging it over his shoulder.

"Bisection or Decapitation?" he asked, shocking me by him being so casual.

"Bisection. If I was decapitated, I don't think I would be coherent." He said, crossing his arms. Brandon shuddered.

"How can you get so used to those? You die, and then are resurrected within the blink of an eye." He asked, Dee shrugging.

"I just try and not think about it."

"Hey! Are we going or are we gonna wait for his buddies to show up?!" I shouted from across the way, helping Crystal back up. Brandon looked over my way, sneering.

"I'll go when I feel like going, drake!" he growled, crossing his eyes when he looked at me. He snatched Dee's bag and peered into it.

"Only three left now. Let's not squander these, shall we?" he told Dee, still gritting his teeth. Brandon marched ahead, tossing Dee back his bag. Dee followed, and I supported Crystal while the Elixir worked its magic.

Waterfall Cave BF7

Another three floors, gone in the blink of an eye. We left the fourth floor after the devastating battle with the Kingler, and descended to the fifth floor. We got lucky there, the stairs were in the same room as us, and we went down to the sixth floor. It was amazingly empty, and we only had to fight a few Shellder and the slugs from before (I figured out later that they were called Shellos, and the different colors were because they are from different areas.). And now we had arrived at the seventh floor, and my feet were starting to tire. I looked down, trailing my clawed feet behind me, and the three ahead of me were just filled with vitality.

"Hey, Dee?" I asked to my friend. He turned and looked over his shoulder, slowing down so I could match his pace.

"Yeah? You need something?" he asked me. I shook my head, ready to ask him a hard question.

"Dee, why do you fight? I know it's a strange question, but…" he waved me before I could finish.

"Not at all. The reason I fight, it's a strange one alright. I don't fight for family, or for friends. Since I don't have a family I really care for, and all my friends are here. The reason I fight, is so others can enjoy their time with their loved ones. Every time we rescue some lost, lonely Pokémon deep in a dungeon, I feel that much better knowing that I impacted that Pokémon's life in a good way. And every time we bring a wanted outlaw to justice, I feel strange warmth explode from my chest, and it comforts me." He finished, staring off into empty space. I silently 'wowed' as I kept walking.

"But… how can I fight? I have no memories, no recollections, hell; I barely remember my own name!" Dee turned to look at me.

"Then you just have to fight that much harder." He placed a finger on my chest. "You are very different from other Charmander's I've met. Most are quick to anger, impulsive, jerks, and outright warriors. But you, you are something different. I think before you lost your memories, you were a kind soul, lost in an endless sea with no where to go. The Perfect One must have seen this, and placed you in the body of a pokemon to best suit you."

"But how does a Charmander suit me? If Charmanders are like you said, shouldn't I be more like you or Brandon?" Dee shook his head.

"Arceus works in mysterious ways. Maybe he was trying to get you to be brasher, but your personality won out? I really don't know, I'm just speculating. But if you want something to fight for, find something worth fight for." He finished, speeding up to the other two. We shortly found the exit.

Waterfall Caverns

"Wow, this place is amazing." Crystal said as we entered the final room. I wholeheartedly agreed with her. The entire room was seemingly coated in thousands of gemstones, all different sizes and colors. One, massive red stone was peeking out at the far side of the room, and it looked far taller than anyone here! Dee quickly scurried forward, and was trying to pry this massive stone from its berth.

"Damn! Can't get it to move. Felix, try and get this to budge." He hopped of the rock he had dragged over as a footstool, and I stood on it and tried to get a grip on it. It didn't help that the surrounding water had left dew on the stone, making it slippery.

Whoa! This is stuck in deep! I tried to pull it out, getting it to wiggle slightly. A rumbling came from deeper inside the cave as I pushed it forward. Another dizzy spell washed over me as I heard screaming coming from behind me. With my last little bit of vision, I saw a massive tidal pool of water rushing at us.

The rest was black, the water burning me as it washed over. I felt it burning for what felt like hours before I felt the warmth of sunlight hit my scales. I blacked out after hitting more water.

… … …

"Look, he's finally coming 'round."

"Quiet! He still needs to rest."

"For the love of Arceus, just give him another Oran Berry already!" my eyes snapped open, and I was staring into the faces of my three teammates. Dee was the most concerned, digging around in the bag for something, and pulled out a blue berry and stuffed it into my mouth. I quickly swallowed it, and tried to sit up.

"Oh, grand! He has finally awoken!" I heard an old voice come from above me, and I looked to see an ancient Torkoal, lounging about on a tower of stone. "I was afraid, afraid that you had met the Banished One, young one." I managed to sit up and get a better view of my surroundings. Several different pokemon had been resting in a heated spring, and almost all of them, with the exception of Torkoal and my teammates, had taken no notice of me.

"Where… where am I?" I asked, shielding my eyes from the bright sun.

"Where? Why, you're in the hot springs, of course!" the Torkoal shouted, a little to giddy for an old geezer like himself.

"When you moved the gemstone, it triggered a trap that flooded the room and shot us out here. You used all three of the reviver seeds and six Oran berries to live, but you did idiot." Brandon sneered, crossing his arms.

"Hey, I could just as easily have moved that stone." Dee defended, glaring at Brandon.

"Well at any rate, since your conscious, we can use the badges to leave." Brandon said, staring down Dee. He pulled the four badges from the bag and handed everyone them, and we teleported out after saying goodbye to the old tortoise.

… … …

LATER THAT NIGHT…

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"NO! PLEASE, JUST GO AWAY!" I awoke from my sleep to hear terrified screams coming from Brandon's room.

"PLEASE, JUST STOP IT!" I quickly shot out of my coals and bolted for the door, getting scared myself.

"ARCEUS WHYYYYYYY! WHY HAVE YOU DONE THIS!?" I threw open Brandon's door and ran inside, seeing the drastic difference between our rooms. Where I had a brazier filled with fire and coals, Brandon had a greenhouse, filled with different plants and herbs. He had a desk with a book open and herbs scattered around it. I saw both Dee and Crystal surrounding Brandon, as he was sleeping. I took a step back in fear; Brandon was sweating, his vines had popped out of his skin and were slashing around, and he was writhing in pain.

"What's happening?!" I shouted, concerned for the grass gecko. Crystal turned to me, fear and tears in her eyes.

"He's having night terrors again. He had them when he was a kid from the accident, but I thought he had finally kicked them." She looked back at Dee and Brandon, Dee trying to control the swaying vines.

"Okay, ever since I got here, it's 'accident this' and 'accident that'… what is this accident that so scared Brandon!?" I shouted, finally snapping from all the secrecy. Dee looked at Crystal.

"You should tell him, you were the one who rescued him." He motioned to Brandon, still freaking out about something. Crystal nodded, and was about to begin, but I stopped her.

"No. If it plaques Brandon so much, then I want to hear it for myself from him." I said, raising my claw to stop her.

"He's not going to want to tell you, you do know this, right?" Dee asked me when I refused. I nodded.

"Yeah, but I have a feeling that he needs to tell me this." I replied, looking at the writhing mass that is Brandon. He had calmed down a little, but was still sweating and just by looking at him; I could tell he was terrified.

Time passed, and we hung out in his room, trying to coax him back to waking up, and after three hours of his screams and vines snapping at us, he finally woke up.

"JULIA!" He screamed, sitting up wide awake in his bed. He was hyperventilating, and sweating buckets when he finally did and I stayed away so Dee and Crystal could calm him down first. They hugged him, trying to get him to stop.

"Shh, shh. It's okay Brandon. Your okay." Crystal whispered. Brandon immediately looked over to me, and gave me his worst death glare.

"GET THE BLOODY HELL OUT OF MY ROOM, FILTHY DRAKE!" He shouted, picking up a glass jar nearby and hurling it at me. It nearly clunked me on my head, but I ducked and it exploded on the wall behind me. He grabbed more glass jars, and kept throwing them at me and chased me out of the room. I shut the door behind me, and slid down the wall.

Why does he act this way? Why does he hate me? Who did this do him?

And who is Julia?

I think I'll end it here for now. This chapter was to be much different than it is, and the things I planned were as follows.

The gemstone that triggers the trap in Waterfall Caverns was to be an Onix or Steelix and they would have to fight it.

And Crystal was going to tell Felix about the accident that changed Brandon's entire way of life.

And while I did plan for other things, those two were the biggest. Now, I can guess that you're all wondering about Felix's question to Dee back in Waterfall Cave, and it will be answered in a much better way than right now. Plus, I'll make it epic.

And now, time for the Trivia!

This chapter is the first to have actual cursing, instead of 'cursed under -'s breath'.

And with that, I will say good bye. For now, that is.