Night arrived, and now things start going down. We were planning on exploring during night.
"Well, night exploration?" Shinx said.
"Yes, were going to go to their bunker. It was loaded." I said.
"All of us are going. Try and gather as much as we can in one go." Continuing.
Once we settled a plan we rested and got ready. Night arrived and we started heading towards the bunker. On our way we kept hearing noises in the distance. Pancham and Meowth was silent the entire way. Once we reached it the door was blown opened. Those two must've blown it open to leave. Once we entered the giant maze, it was hard to navigate.
"Follow me..." Meowth said under his breath.
We followed him to a room filled with weird looking foods and supplies. The food was nothing I heard of before. Probably made and shipped from Gaco. They made some crazy weird foods. We started searching the room for anything useful. Once done he took us down another area filled with ammo.
"How did you get all this stuff?" I questioned.
"It was here when we arrived. We found the last owners about fourteen of them. All dead." He said.
"Fourteen? That's insane. Any cause of death?" I said.
"All we could make out was they were ripped apart. I guess those shadows..." He said.
We continued to make our way down the halls. It was massive, looked like it could hold about a thousand capacity. We walked around getting everything we could. After a bit we entered a strange room, it had boxes full of strange items. We took a quick look and left. Something felt eerie about that room. It took about four hours before we went back. Walking back to the door, we all heard a loud thud coming somewhere in the bunker.
"Shh." Meowth said.
We all looked around the corner and saw an Pikachu with a Winchester.
"Whoa. Don't wanna mess with that." I whispered.
"Heh, yeah." Snivy said.
We waited and after a while the Pikachu decided to just leave. Didn't even search around. Maybe he knew something was off. We left without anything happening and went back to our base. It took sometime to get back due to encounters with shadows. Once we were back we unpacked all our stuff. We got tons of goodies. It was still nighttime so we went to sleep.
"Just go..."
"It's coming..."
"You must go..."
"Huh? Wha- Who's there?" I asked.
"Hello? Anyone?" I continued.
Moments later I woke up coughing intensely. After regaining breath, I got up and walked outside to get some air. I was really thirsty as well. I just waited a bit before going back to sleep. It took some time but I drifted into sleep. Morning came and went before I woke up. Everyone was sorting the loot out. I looked around and saw Snivy and Charmander was once again gone. I walked up to Shinx who was sorting foods.
"Snivy and Charmander is gone again?" I asked.
"Yeah, I'm not sure where they went." He replied.
"Strange. I wonder where they went." I said.
After that I helped sort out the gear. It took a while but finally got it done. Those two still were not here. I went to look for a bit. After telling the group they wanted to come, but I said I'll be fine. They gave up and let me go on my way. Walking through the forest, the sun finally melted all snow and it was warm out.
"Ah, at lease I'm not freezing." I thought.
I walked through the last known direction they went. Continuing down the dead road, I started thinking of heading back. I kept looking around for another hour, till I decided to take a break. After a little break, I got up and continued once again to look.
-Shinx-
"We should of went or followed behind." I said.
"Yeah, I know. But we need all the guards we can." Braixen said.
It's been about three hours since he left. I wasn't really worried. But hopefully they get back soon.
-Snivy-
"Place secured?" I said.
"Yes, seems like it. Hopefully no-one can get in." Charmander said.
"So ready?" I asked.
"Always." He replied.
-Riolu-
It's been almost all day without any clues. I just headed back. Once I got back I went to sleep. Next morning the two were still not there.
"We need everyone's help, and those two are off on an adventure of wonder..." I said annoyed.
Meowth and Pancham was inside unlike everyone else. It was strange but didn't think much of it. I left and continued my adventure to find stuff. Most likely those two. I journeyed through the forest.
-Snivy-
"All night? Thought it might only take like an hour." I said.
"Well you must make it prefect." Charmander said.
"I guess but still it's very tiring." I said.
We then locked up the house and headed back to the base.
-Shinx-
"Catch!" I yelled while throwing a pebble
"What are you doing?" Braixen questioned.
"We've been here without any fun. I wanna do something!" I said.
Braixen picked up something and toss it. The object hit me. I looked down, It was a red stone.
"Whoa… What's this..." I said in surprised.
-Riolu-
Adventuring deeper and deeper to try and find a place to scout.
"I wonder what happened to Xerneas, hadn't seem it for a couple days." I thought.
I found a nice looking flat rock to sit on. I climbed it and sat down. It was pretty nice, it had a massive range to see anything about five miles away. I kept looking for places those two may have went too. It took a little searching, but I found some kind of cabin. It looked like something I didn't search yet. I was interested in it. I got down and walked back to the base to tell the others. As I was walking I finally saw Snivy and Charmander walking to the same location.
"About time." I told them.
"Oh, uh. Hi." Charmander said.
"Stay cool." Snivy said under his breath.
"Uh, huh. Okay… Let's start walking back..." I said suspicious.
Once entering the base everyone was outside. Guess to enjoy the nice weather before it changes to a blizzard. As I was walking in I noticed Shinx holding something. I walked up to him and took the item.
"Hey! Give that back!" He screamed at me.
I ignored him and inspected it. The odd stone was red. It felt heavy, way to heavy for a stone. Once done I gave it back to Shinx who tried to push me. That stone felt different. There was something about it. I walked away, I entered the building and worked. Late that night I got up and left. I walked away without looking back.
"I'm leaving. For a while. Something isn't right." I said in my mind.
"That thing Shinx's had was going to cause trouble. I'm abandoning my friends. Not a smart choice. I just need to leave for a while. At lease a day or two." Continuing.
I walked into the wilderness trying to find what I was looking for. I walked to the cabin I saw earlier. It took a while to walk to, but I got there. It was still pitch black outside. I walked into the cabin. Looking around there wasn't much. Holding my spiked pipe I continued searching the entire house. The house was completely secured from anything dangerous. The only door that was locked was the basement.
"Strange." I thought.
I tried using my pipe to break it open. It had to be locked inside and outside. I was wondering what was in there. I didn't think much due to sleepiness. After setting up I fell asleep.
"Good choice..."
"Huh…? Who's there?" I said.
"They're all going to die. You did good leaving."
"Show yourself! Who's going to die?!" I screamed into the darkness.
Looking around the mist of blackness, I felt something touching my shoulder. I whipped around and saw a deformed entity looking straight back at me. I stood there in shock.
"Don't be afraid." The thing said.
"Wha- What are you?! I'm terrified!" I said in a shaky voice.
"Team Vortex." The thing simply said.
"Team what?" I started thinking back. Till it hit me.
"Their here too. Don't let them take you down. Their hunting you and your friends." It said.
Team Vortex was a team back in the real world. We've been through tons of battles and things. We were Team Star. Vortex was enemies with us. They're mad how we saved Yuka after they almost released demons upon Yuka. The Eight Stones.
"They also entered the way you did. They found out your here too."
"You need to leave this island asap."
"I would've been gone already. But the ice." I said.
"Survive a couple more days on this island. Don't let the shadows catch you."
"What happens if they do catch us?" I questioned.
"You seen it. They ripped your insides out. Now, get ready." The thing said, fading away.
I was covered in blackness, then I woke up. I got up and looked around.
"Team Vortex? Great." I said.
If what that thing said, they are here. Team Vortex wanted to get rid of us for a while now. And now they're here with us. As long as they keep their ways and leave us alone, they'll be okay. I got up the sun was shining through the windows. I left the house and started looking for stuff to upgrade it.
-Shinx-
"Urg, my head..." Getting up.
I looked around and saw everyone still asleep.
"What time is it?" I thought.
I got up and grabbed my stuff. I noticed we're missing someone.
"Riolu? Where did you go?" I searched and didn't see him anywhere.
"Maybe outside to train." I said walking out.
Walking outside, he wasn't anywhere to be found. I got worried. I thought he just went somewhere to train or something. I thought nothing else of it and woke up everyone else.
-Riolu-
I toss logs into a pile. After stacking enough, I pulled out the saw I took and made planks. After enough planks I grabbed some metal and forged nails. After that I started to board up the windows. The day passed quickly, I was exhausted by the end. After I was done I went to sleep right away.
-Shinx-
It was mid-day and Riolu wasn't back yet. I worried something may have happened. I shown my worry to everyone. Everyone knew Riolu wasn't back yet. We all decided to go searching before dark.
-Riolu-
I woke up, it was still sunny out. Probably only slept for an hour. Knowing Team Vortex was here unnerved me. If I know them correctly they're going to hunt us down. But I'm pretty sure they won't find us. Yuka is a massive region. I wondered how the others were doing. I'll return tomorrow. I stayed in the entire day. Night came and simply went to sleep.
-Shinx-
"It's been the entire day. And still no sight." I said.
"We'll find him." Braixen said.
-Snivy-
"Why are we following these guys?" I whispered to Charmander.
"No idea. They wanted us to come." He said back.
"We should ditch when we get the chance." I said.
"True. Let's go when we get the chance." He told me.
-Shinx-
"Huh? What's this?" I said.
"What did you find?" Houndour said.
I bent down and picked up something I seen before. It was Riolu's golden chain. He worn a gold chain around his wrist. We all did. I was wearing an ocean blue one. I showed the others.
"Isn't that Riolu's lucky chain?" Braixen said.
"Yeah, it is. I really hope nothing happened to him." I said.
"Let's search harder!" Umbreon said.
We continued to search the forest for Riolu.
-Riolu-
I woke up the next morning when I awoke from a strange knocking. I got up still dazed with sleep in my eyes. I walked up to the door and looked outside. I saw a Floatzel standing there.
"Floatzel? Were did he come from?" I thought.
I reached to unlock the door till I heard the knocking intense. I stopped and wondered, why did they want in. I grabbed the gun in case. I unlocked it as soon as the door made the unlock sound, the door was kicked open. I was forcefully knocked back, I looked up from the ground and saw the Floatzel, Prinplup and a Liepard. I looked at them. My eyes widen as I stared on their arms. They had the Team Vortex logo.
"Bu-" I was cut off.
"Where is everyone? Your alone…?" Prinplup said.
"Ho- How did you find me so fast?!" I said.
"Non of your concerned. If your alone this will be fun heh." Said Liepard.
I still had the gun in my hand. I quickly lifted it and shot. They all dodged it.
"Where did he get a gun?!" Floatzel said.
"Guess we'll do this the hard way." Liepard said.
Before I knew what was going on, I was swiftly hit by the lightning fast Liepard. I dropped the gun across the room. I quickly grabbed my pipe from the ground and swung. I felt it hit something and heard a crunch sound. It was pulled out of what I hit, I opened my eyes and saw blood all over the floor. I had hit the dashing Liepard right in the side. The Liepard quickly dashed to the other members as she looked down.
"Are you okay?!" Floatzel said.
"Yes. Just finish him." She said in an evil tone.
I got up as fast as I could. But it wasn't fast enough they saw me and the Prinplup kicked me hard in the stomach. I fell back down without hesitation coughing up blood.
"I shouldn't of left… It was so stupid..." I thought.
"Now I'm being attacked without help."
While thinking these, I heard a click. My ears perked up instantly.
"No, no, no!" I thought.
I looked back and saw the Floatzel holding up my pistol. My eyes widen as he pointed it at me.
"Do- Don't do this please!" I screamed.
I looked him in the eyes. Trying to force them not to do this. But it wasn't enough.
"Wait!" I yelled.
"Wait Ple-" I was cut off, as I saw the flash of the barrel and an intense pain. He shot me through the arm, chest, and leg. I dropped to the floor with a heavy thud, as my vision and hearing faded.
"Th- This… Is… It..." I thought as I slowly died on the floor.
The last thing I saw was the three standing over me. They looked for a couple more seconds then left without saying anything. Moments later I fell unconscious, facing my faith.
-Shinx-
"Whoa! Did you hear that?!" I said.
"A gunshot? Yeah." Braixen said.
-Snivy-
"Now's are chance." I whispered to Charmander.
"Let's dash outta here." He replied.
We ran into the forest without them knowing.
-Shinx-
"That gunshot can from someplace in front of us." I told everyone.
"Everyone let's go!" Umbreon said.
We all ran to the sound of the noise. We ran up to some kind of cabin. We tried and opening the door but something was keeping it locked. We tried knocking it down and everything, nothing was working.
"Let me try." Houndour said.
He tried headbutting the door but it wasn't working. Not finding another way, we tried looking for another entrance. After bit of searching we found a ground window leading to the basement. I smashed it open and crawled through. Once everyone got in, we explored the basement. Finding nothing we walked up the stairs. The door opened with a loud squeak. I walked deeper into the cabin. I walked around the corner and saw blood. I slowly walked over and saw Riolu laying there. He was shot three times. I flipped him over to see better. He was shot in the leg, arm and chest. Thankfully he had that body armor on. I was terrify at the sight. He seemed to still be breathing some how, even with how much blood he lost. I quickly ran downstairs into the basement and yelled through the window.
"I found Riolu! I need help!" Then I quickly ran up again.
I found a pipe stuck in the door. I quickly removed it. It looked like Riolu's spiked pipe. I let the others in and they saw him laying there.
"What happened?!" Braixen said.
"I'm not sure!" I yelled.
"Hold up, where's Snivy and Charmander?" Houndour said.
"Wasn't they with us?" Poochyena said.
"They were… Did they plan this or something?" Zorua said.
"I'm not sure, I'm not worried about that right now! Help me drag him!" I told everyone.
We picked him up and tried lifting him back to the building.
-Snivy-
"Finally… About time." I said annoyed.
"Yeah, I didn't care much about what they're doing." Charmander said.
"Hopefully that found what they're looking for." I replied.
"Yeah, now help me with this." He said to me.
-Shinx-
We dragged him all the way back. It took an hour and a half to get back. We put him down on a bed, we inspect him only two out of three bullets made direct contact with him. Thankfully he worn that body armor. A shot through the chest would be certain death. It took a while to stop the bleeding and bandage him up. I'm just hoping he doesn't die on us. Hopefully he doesn't die in this universe.
"How did this happened…?" Braixen said.
"I'm not sure. But whoever did it wanted him dead." I said.
"The only thing to do now is wait." I replied to everyone.
-Snivy-
"That will do it..." I said.
"Aw..." Charmander replied.
"Don't worry tomorrow we'll get there. Just took some time." I said. While we left the house.
"Hey do you think that Riolu will be okay?" He told me.
"Not sure." I simply replied.
We talked along the way back to the building.
-Shinx-
So, we're going to have to keep an eye on him. He's still breathing thankfully. Everyone take turns watching okay?" I said.
Everyone replied with a simple okay. I was first watch when everyone else slept. I pray he'll be okay. He has to be.
-Riolu-
"Didn't I warn you?"
"Now you suffered."
"You could of won. If you didn't open the door."
"Till we meet again."
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