The Storm, the Traitors, and the Idol

Chapter 8: The Attack of the Temptress

We were about 5 yards into the cave, when we heard a shout from behind us, "Pikachu!" We turned to see a female 'Chu headed our way.

"Sparkette?" I exclaimed.

Sparkette ran up to me and said, "I snuck into the cave while no one was looking. Oh Pikachu, can't we just forget about this crazy thing? Who cares what Lightning wants to do?"

I stared at her and asked, "What are you talking about?"

Sparkette put her arm around me. "Can we talk?" she said nonchalantly, and she pulled me away from the group. "Can't we just run off together?" the temptress whispered to me, "We can go far, far away, and leave this chaos behind!"

I glared at her and said, "I can't let Lightning do this plan! It could unleash Armageddon and end many human and Pokémon lives!"

She winked at me and said, "Maybe it was just some crazy dream, and not a vision from the Great Electrical Guy or whatever. Maybe Bolt and Shocker are both just crazy or something, and can you really trust an ugly freak like Storm?"

That comment was the last straw. I shoved her away from me and said, "It looks like there are three traitors, not just two! Did Lightning put you up to this just like he promised me to you to get me to stay?"

Sparkette was horror struck when she realized that I knew. "I-I-I-No! I'm not a trai-."

I then continued, "I bet you went out the back entrance and doubled back to the front to make it look good! You can't fool me!"

I turned to get back to my friends, but then Sparkette grabbed my tail and said, "The Great One of Pure Energy made a prophecy for me! He said that if I joined him, then you would be mine! You will be mine! I will have you! That prophecy will be fulfilled!" She pulled me down onto my back, and she ran up in front of me. I gasped in horror when I saw she was going to leap onto me. I kicked out at her, sending her sprawling into the cave wall.

I wouldn't have believed what had happened next if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes. The roof to the cave cracked, and rocks poured out from it. They were followed by a huge boulder that crashed right onto Sparkette's tail. She screamed and a jumped at me. I ran as fast as I could, leaving Sparkette pinned down by her tail.

When I got back to my friends, I just said, "Let's just forget that and keep going."

They nodded in unison, and we continued our quest.