¤ PART- 8 ¤

Good morning. I am laying in my Mareep-wool-made bed, waiting for a Peliper. Suddenly Cindaquil and Noibat entered the base, panting. Cindaquil said, "*pant* *pant* Pip-piplup, a b-big news for u-us." Noibat said "Team Shifty ha-has been lost in Mt. Thunder during their mis-sion. And T-team A.C.T is not in town currently. We are Ringtown's o-only hope *pant* *pant*". They were out of breath due to the excitement and running towards the base.

Well, we are in front of Mt. Thunder. The entrance is blocked by a huge boulder. Some Bibarel are working hard to remove it and help us to get inside. One of the Bibarel said "don't ya worry mate, we only need 3 days to finish it. We will report ya as soon as the work's done, 'k?" I whispered, "3 days are a long time. I wonder if Team Shifty will be safe inside."

It happened the next day, we went to ringtown and whaa! All the people are angry on us. A Gengar is leading them. Bellsprout said," he is a traitor. Hunt that Piplup down." Snubull said," kill him, and all the calamities of this world will disappear." Aunty Kangaskhan said," I thought you were good and kind. We could believe in you". The Gengar shouted "CHAAARGE!".

Ok here we are, running for our lives. we are far away from Ringtown. But the people are still after us. Suddenly Team A.C.T appeared before us. Charizard said, "our target is here." Tyranator said ,"the ' mission execute Piplup' is about to be accomplished". Alakazam said," I don't wanna hurt you Piplup. I am giving you another chance. Run, run away as far as you can. The next time we face each other, team A.C.T won't show any mercy towards you." and teleported with the other two.

We ran and ran, until we reached a roaring volcano. I said to the other two," Cindaquil, Noibat, the people are after me, not after you. If you come along with me, they will kill you too. So please leave me." Cindaquil said, "what are you talking about? I don't understand. We are friends, right? If we're teammates, we fight together, even ready to die together. I am really not that strong, neither brave. But thinking this battle is for our friend makes me all fired up." Noibat supported Cindaquil too. I was glad to see I have friends who actually care about me so much.

According to the map, the volcano is called Mt. Flame. We have to go through Rock tunnel to reach it. But the people were near. Noibat said, I have a plan. He used flash, dazzling everything in a blinding light, said us to run away, and went to fight all these people alone! I prayed that his plan, whatever that is, would work out smoothly, and he would be ok. We had no other choice but to run. We entered the Dungeon 'Rock tunnel' and crossed it easily. We were in front of the 'Mt. Flame'...

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hope you enjoyed it.. Thanks for reading.