Here we go! Time for some of the good stuffs -w-. The story finally gets a bit more interesting now, yes!

Lucario-Interesting for you, sucky for me…

Whatever…

Lucario's Haunting Past

Chapter 7: The Past Repeats

Slowly Lucario's eyes opened but still he couldn't see anything. The air was cold as well as the cement floor that he lay on. There was something around his neck; it felt like a metal collar. He tried to stand up but he was too weak so he collapsed back down on the hard cement floor. He heard the squeaking of a rusted metal door and light poured into the room. He could only make out the silhouette of a man standing in the doorway, but he couldn't tell whom.

"Well, well, well, lookie what I found," the man said in a sinister tone ", My, now doesn't this seem familiar. I do recall going through this scene once before, am I right Lucario?"

Lucario managed to get into a kneeling position, propping himself up with his right arm. His eyes were starting to adjust to the darkness and he was now able to make out the man's features. Tallish, thin face with a goatee, trench coat, cowboy hat; there was no doubt in his mind who it was.

Johnny?

"Ah, so you do recall! Excellent!" Johnny replied, with a wicked grin on his face ", Then again, this shouldn't be much of a surprise."

You're right…considering what you did to me! Lucario jumped up and went straight for Johnny's throat. Only inches away, he dropped to the ground as he felt an electric shock run from his ankle, all the way up his body.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you," Johnny chuckled, pointing to Lucario's ankle. Lucario looked down to see a strange metal device around his ankle ", If you even dare to oppose me then you'll get a nice electric shock like the one you just experienced."

Good, you might as well kill me now…I don't really even care!

"I can't do that, I need you alive."

Why…why me? What did I do to deserve this? Lucario asked him, on the verge of tears but still keeping his composure.

"You made a mockery of me in front of my family with that little escape you made!" Jonny replied, his tone changing from being sinister to downright angry ", I'm getting my revenge you, and I want you to live long enough to suffer!"

That still doesn't answer my question! Lucario growled, What did you want with me before and what do you want with me now, other than revenge!?

"That's none of you business!" Johnny snapped ", I have my reasons and you will find out when you're needed!"

Johnny and Lucario stared at each other for another thirty seconds; neither of each other's eyes leaving the other's.

"I need you to work soon, I'm coming to get you in a few hours," Johnny finally spoke, having calmed down. He turned and headed for the door.

Where the hell do you think you're going!? I'm not done with you yet! I want to know what I'm for now! Lucario continued to shout, even after Johnny slammed the door leaving the room in complete darkness again. Lucario's anger left him after a few minutes and was replaced with fear. He knew he was strong enough to kill Johnny, but Johnny had many ways of controlling him. The anklet would shock him and most likely stop him in his tracks, he had a pistol, which could be used to threaten and he could threaten his friends. Lucario was most afraid of that last fact. He didn't know if Johnny knew about his new friends or not but he didn't want to risk it.

He walked to the back wall and sat down, hugging his legs in close to his body, and he cried quietly. He couldn't believe that he was back in this situation again. He figured he was finally at peace, but there was no escaping Johnny it seemed. He looked around the musty basement for any signs of other poke'mon. No such luck this time, Johnny must've figured that he would've made friends and escaped again somehow. Johnny may have been sick and twisted, but he was also quite intelligent. It didn't matter anymore, all he could do was sit and wait for the torture that Johnny was likely to bring.

"Lucario!" Red called, nervously wandering the halls of the SSBHQ. There was no sign of the aura poke'mon anywhere and it worried him greatly. He wasn't the only one searching for him either. Fox and Ness also searched hard for him, but none could locate him. The three friends met up in the main hallway to see if any of them could find Lucario.

"You guys have any luck?" Fox asked Red and Ness. Both shook their heads in reply.

"No sign of him anywhere, I hope he's okay," Ness scratched his head in confusion.

"Yeah, he's seemed fine lately so I don't see why he'd just disappear like this," Red threw in.

Meanwhile, Lucas tore out of the viewing room where he came back from after witnessing Lucario's kidnapping. He dashed down the main hallway and nearly ran into Red as he skid to a stop in front of the group, trying to catch his breath.

"What's wrong Lucas?" Fox asked.

"It's…it's Lucario…he's been…kidnapped!" Lucas gasped.

A shocked expression crossed all of the three friend's faces.

"What do you mean kidnapped?" Ness asked in a panic ", By who?"

"Hold on, I'll tell you what happened," Lucas caught his breath and composed himself ", Earlier today, Lucario left to go to his hometown so he could see his master's grave. I wanted to go but he wouldn't let me, so I secretly followed him anyway cause I was nervous and all. So I watched him as he talked and stuff, and I only looked down for a second and there he was! It was Johnny, just like from Lucario's story! I tried to warn him but it was too late and Johnny hit him on the head and carried him off!"

"Wait hold on! Are you sure it was that Johnny guy?" Fox asked, hoping to clarify.

"Yes! He looked exactly like what Lucario described!" Lucas replied, pausing for a moment "…and I just stood there. I did nothing to stop him! It's all my fault!" Lucas lost it and started to cry ", I could've saved him, b-but I just stood there and watched him w-walk off!" Fox kneeled down and placed his hand on Lucas' shoulder, comfortingly.

"Hey, don't blame yourself. You're what, twelve? Thirteen? You shouldn't be expected to do so much under that kind of pressure."

"But…but I've saved people and I've…"

"It doesn't matter, Johnny sounds pretty intimidating to me. It wasn't your fault okay? Besides, crying about it isn't going to help Lucario."

Lucas thought about this for a moment. What am I doing? I shouldn't be sitting here crying about it, I need to do something! Lucas wiped the tears from his eyes and looked up at Fox.

"You're right, I need to stop being such a baby and do something about this! Do you think you guys can help me save him?"

"Of course," Red answered ", he's our friend too you know. Let's go bust Lucario out!"

All four friends agreed and they were about to leave for the viewing room to warp to Jubilife, when another voice behind them spoke.

"Take me with you," Snake said. The four turned around and gave Snake an odd look.

"But, you aren't friends with Lucario are you?" Ness asked ", Why would you care to help him?"

"You're right, I'm not friends with him," Snake replied ", but he's tried so hard to be friends with me, I kinda feel bad for the guy. Plus, Lucario said that freakshow Johnny lived in a big house right? You could use my skills to get inside and free him. Sneaking is hardly your expertise anyway."

They thought about this for a moment before responding.

"Good point," Fox finally said ", You can come too."

"Alright then, let's go."

Oh man! They gonna free Lucario :O! But how?

Luxray-Luxray lux?

I'm not telling you how! What's the point in that?

Luxray-Lux…

Anyway, R & R please :P