Author's Note: The big reveal behind the pokemon's control within Mt. Moon is about to take place, so enjoy the read.
Chapter 9:
The Source
Rahul, Sky and Butterfree stood in one spot, and hid behind a rock while they glanced at the source who possessed the pokemon in Mt. Moon. It was a pink fog that had sharp teeth with gaseous body, demented red eyes, and giant red claws. This was thing that's kept Rahul, Sky, and Butterfree hidden behind the rock.
"What is that thing?" The Cerulean girl asked.
"Alright let's see what the pokedex has to say" a curious dark haired Blaze said.
Rahul took out his pokedex as it opened up, "No data."
"No data." said Rahul as he raised an eyebrow.
Sky stated, "Well that's great, how are we supposed to defeat a pokemon if we don't have any information about it."
"Do you think it's possible that it's not a pokemon." Rahul said to the confused blue haired Sky, "I mean it's possible that this thing might be something else."
"Come on that's absurd Rahul, Sky said, "I mean it kinda does look like a pokemon."
"Only one way to find out." said an unsure Rahul who looked at his pokemon, "Butterfree, I want you to try using a move to get rid of that thing."
Butterfree nodded, and shot up in the air, "Fee Fee"
Rahul's newly evolved pokemon used string shot in order to wrap the fog. Unfortunately nothing works as he noticed the fog give Butterfree a scary look it's eyes. Though that didn't allow him to lose his confidence in his once capterpie.
"Alright Butterfree use tackle." The dark haired Blaze called out.
"Fee" The purple bug pokemon charged at the fog, but it resulted in the same thing.
Rahul continued, "Come on, there's gotta be something we can do."
"Use your pokedex to see what moves Butterfree could use." Sky suggested.
"That's a good idea." The pokemon trainer nodded.
He opened the pokedex, "Currently Butterfree can learn poison powder, Tackle, sleep powder, stun spore, and confusion."
"Well we haven't tried confusion." the dark haire Blaze thought.
The Cerulean girl said, "Yeah, but would that work on something like this thing?"
"At this point it's best to try, Sky." Rahul suggested, "Alright Butterfree use confusion."
Butterfree used it's move on the trainer's command. Just like before nothing seemed to have affected the pink fog with red eyes. Instead. Butterfree was slammed against the wall behind him. It landed right next to Rahul, and was rather exhausted from that attack. Rahul was too focused about it, but Sky snapped her finger at him.
"Hey, don't worry it's not the end yet." Sky said.
Rahul stated, "Yeah, but Butterfree doesn't look like it'll do anything if it gets hit with another attack by that thing. So maybe..."
Butterfree shaked its head, "Fee Fee."
"You still wanna fight, don't you?" Rahul said.
"Fee Fee." The purple flying bug type pokemon nodded.
A worried Blaze says, "Yeah, but what if you won't be able to it."
"I say put some faith into it, Rahul." said a confident Sky, "It's possible that Butterfree might have a plan to stop that thing."
The look on his face remained the same, "But I'm not sure, we already tried twice ya know. I mean unless we..."
"Unless what, Rahul?" The blue haired girl asked.
"I choose you, Charmander, and Pidgy." The dark haired Blaze said confidently.
He threw the two pokeballs in the air, and white energies released from within. One of them took the shape of the orang reptilian lizard, Charmander. The last one took the shape of a small plump bodied bird, Pidgy. They looked a bit lost to see Butterfree stand before them. This was caused Rahul and Sky to laugh a little.
Rahul slapped his forehead, "Sorry guys, you remember Metapod, right Charmander?"
Charmander nodded, "Char."
"Well it finally evolved into Butterfree." he explained.
"Dgy" The bird pokemon flapped it's wings.
"Fee Fee." The purple bug pokemon also said.
Rahul remembered, "Oh yeah, you two haven't met. Pidgy this is Butterfree. Butterfree, Pidgy."
"Dgy." Pidgy then sat on top of Rahul's head, and pecked his forehead, "Dgy."
"Oh come on, not at a time like this." Rahul complained.
Sky looked rather lost at the situation, "Did something happen between you two?"
"It's a long story." a relieved Rahul said as pidgy got off his head, "Well atleast now..."
"ATER!" The fog yelled.
A frightened Sky asked, "Did that fog just yell?"
"Apparently, I wonder it didn't do that before." The dark haired Blaze thought to himself.
The Cerulean girl took out her pokeball, "We'll just have to find out ourselves."
"I get what you're doing." a confident Rahul smirked.
Sky nodded, "Exactly, I choose you Sandshrew."
The pokeball released a red energy that formed into a small armadillo. It then showed the scally like appearance as it glanced at the other pokemon. Unlike the others, Sandshrew showed a rather friendly expression toward Rahul's pokemon aside from Charmander since it had already met him before.
"Okay let's do this." Rahul says as he appeared before the pink fog.
Sky did the same thing, "My thoughts exactly."
"ATER!" The pink fog shouted once more.
"Okay Charmander use flamethrower, Pidgy use gust, and Butterfree use confusion." The dark haired Blazed commanded.
The Cerulean girl said, "Sandshrew use sand attack."
"Charmander" The orange reptilian released it's breath of fire.
"Dgy." The bird pokemon flapped it's wings which created a powerful move.
Butterfree's eyes glowed blue, "Fee Fee."
"Sandshrew." The yellow armadillo used its claws and threw dirt at the pink fog.
Each of these separate attack from the pokemon took a toll on the fog. At the same time, their combined attacks caused dust to surround the place as it completely absorbed the pink fog. That's when Rahul and Sky noticed the thing behind the pink fog. It's a ghost like figure with a round head, a pair of disembodied hands, three pointed fingers, purple gaseous body, and eyes that are large and triangular with small pupils.
"So it was a pokemon after all." says an irritated Sky.
"Yeah but, which one?" A curious Rahul asked as he took out his pokedex.
The pokedex opened with a picture, "Haunter the ghost pokemon. In the darkness, where nothing can be seen, Haunter lurks, silently stalking its next victim."
"Wait, but none of those things have anything to do with The Hunter we're facing now." The blue haired girl said.
He pointed to the Haunter, "Wait a second look at it's eyes."
"It's eyes are also glowing red." said an observant Sky.
"Yeah that means he's either probably in control too." The dark haired Blaze said.
Sky shaked her head, "Look at it's hands too. they're also glowing red. Which means that this Haunter is using some kind of equivalent of curse."
"If I recall, curse is move that can trap a pokemon within it's nightmare. Which in turn would make the pokemon unable to do a single thing." Rahul explained to them.
"That's true Rahul, but judging by Haunter's hand movement. It's somehow controlling the pokemon in this cave with their own nightmares. Also I can tell because it's in a stand still phase, which would explain why he's not attacking us." The Cerulean girl explained to the pokemon trainer.
Rahul said, "Well if that's the case, then we'll just have to use everything we got."
"You guys know what to do." said a confident Sky.
The four pokemon gave one another a nod before they used their signature attacks against the unconscious Haunter. Each of their attacks only showed signs of damage to the purple ghost like pokemon. Things went well for Charmander, Pidgy, Butterfree, and Sandshrew until Haunter used it's hands to stop Pidgy and Charmander from using their moves.
"Well it's conscious now." said an irritated The dark haired Blaze.
"Hey it's still not enough to hold back against the other two."a determined Sky said.
Rahul stated, "Okay Charmander use flamethrower, and Butterfree use tackle."
"Char." Charmander released a breath of fire from it's mouth.
Butterfree charged at Haunter, "Fee"
"HAUNTER!" The ghost pokemon yelled as it stopped Butterfree in it's track.
Pidgy was able to move again, "Dgy."
"Looks like Haunter can't hold onto more than two pokemon from attacking it." The Cerulean girl realized while she witnessed Haunter's move.
"Alright that's what I'm talking about, Okay Pidgy use Gust, and Charmander if you can, try to use Flamethrower at full power." The dark haired Blaze said with in enthusiasm.
The flying bird pokemon flapped it's wings, "Dgy Dgy."
"Char.." The orange reptilian struggled until, "MANDER!"
The two moves from Pidgy and Charmander somehow struck a direct hit on Haunter, as it slowly fell to the ground. The purple ghost barely hovered into the air after Rahul commanded Butterfree to use tackle, and Sky commanded Sandshrew to use rollout.
"Alright that's great." says an energetic Rahul, "Wait if I can catch that Haunter then, this can be piece of cake for my next gym battle in Cerulean City."
A smirk appeared on Sky's face, "Alright now go pokeball."
Haunter turned into a red energy, and got absorbed by a pokeball. Then, the pokeball hit against the ground while it wobbled, and blinked red dot in the center. It caused a tensed reaction to Sky until the pokeball came to a stop. Rahul on the other hand, couldn't believe what she just pulled.
"Awesome I caught a Haunter." said a joyful Sky before she looked at Rahul, "Did I do something to stun you?"
"I was gonna catch that Haunter." the ten year old boy complained.
She smiled and bit her lip, "Well I'm sorry, you should've acted faster."
"Oh well, a catch is a catch I guess." said a tone down Rahul before he held the three pokeballs in his hands, "Alright, Charmander, Butterfree, and Pidgy return."
"You too Sandshrew." A calm Cerulean girl said.
The four pokemon returned to their pokeball, and Rahul began to move before he noticed Sky staring at her pokeball. He waved his hand, but nothing happened.
"Sky." The dark haired Blaze snapped his finger at her, "hey Sky, are you okay?"
She flinched before realizing it was Rahul, "Oh hey sorry I didn't mean to..."
Rahul interrupted her, "Is everything okay? you kinda just stood there."
"It's Haunter, I'm just wondering why it was possessing all the pokemon in Mt. Moon?" a worried Sky said as she moved her thumb around the pokeball, "I mean a pokemon couldn't really have just come to that decision just out of instinct."
"That's true, but Haunter is also a wild pokemon." The dark haired Blaze said interprently toward Sky, "I mean it's the only explanation we can come up with."
Sky protested, "What if there was something more to Haunter. Maybe something else was manipulating Haunter to do those things."
Rahul place his hand on his forehead, "You'll figure it out Sky, but right now we gotta get out of Mt. Moon first."
"Yeah you've gotta point." Sky said.
The boy and girl began to move so they could finally find a way out of Mt. Moon. Except, Sky continued to think about Haunter, and why it did the those things to the pokemon here.
The revelation has finally been revealed behind the pokemon falling under the control,and what was indeed Haunter. I know for a fact some of you might've been thinking that, but it could've been anything and with how I ended things off in the chapter that was intentional on my part to have Sky catch Haunter instead of Rahul. The reason being is because it's to show that Rahul can't capture every pokemon that comes his way, and having Sky capture Haunter was a perfect example along with what I have in store later on in the story. I hope you all enjoyed the reading, and as always thanks for reading.
