Alrighty, 12th chapter is now here. Sorry for the wait, I had things to do yesturday and that distracted me. Although this chapter is called Revenge Obstacle 3, I tried to call it Revenge-Obstacle #3, but for some stupid reason, you can't type in any non letters or numbers in the chapter's name! Anyway, I recieved alot of messages about how tragic Stephanie's attack was. Some of you asked if she really died, some thought she did and asked me to bring her back. You will now see what really happened to her and what will happen because of it. I hope you like it, reviews are always appreciated! That includes long ones or even questions.
-EVAN AAML
Evan, who was shocked at Stephanie's action, pulled his lips away from Stephanie's and her head tilted limply to the side. Suddenly, the necklace Misty had started to glow a white, bright light. Misty held the necklace out and away from her and the light grew brighter. As it grew brighter, everyone looked on in amazement. Suddenly, the necklace exploaded, the light floating in the air during the process and disappearing. Watching this, Steven spoke up.
''Then it's happened'', Steven said. sadly, but seriously.
''What!?'', Misty asked worried.
''Our necklaces are connected to our powers and life sources remember? The only way for them to be destroyed like that is...'', Alexi said. Before she could continue, she started crying. Misty then had a sad expresion appear on her face.
''You mean...she's...'', Misty said. She looked at Carlo and he nodded, then turned his head away, unable to continue looking. By this time, Ash and Pikachu had gotten up and limped over to the other as quickly as they could. They saw their sad expresions and were confused.
''Misty...what happened?'', Ash asked. Misty turned to face Ash, tears in her eyes. Before Ash could ask again, Misty ran into him, crying. He looked confused and worried. But all of this changed when he saw Stephanie's body. Upon seeing it, he gace Misty a soothing hug. By now, everyone was crying except Brock and Max, who were still unconscience. Evan looked at Stephanie's body and cried.
''No...this can't be happening...no, no, no'', Evan said in tears. He then hugged Stephanie's body. Meanwhile, Spark and Boomer were getting out of the wall they were blasted into and stood up.
''Well that's one down, ten to go'', Spark said. Suddenly, a breeze kicked up. Everyone in the room stopped crying and felt this breeze, something that shouldn't have been there since the doors were closed and there were no windows. Suddenly the breeze grew worse and worse, soon it was a gust. Spark and Boomer looked at the source of the gust, Evan. His head was down, but the wind was circling him. Slowly, he put Stephanie's body down and stood up. Now the wind was so strong, Ash had to hold onto Pikachu to prevent him from blowing away. Ash looked at Evan, surprised.
''Ash, get the others out now!'', Evan yelled. Ash looked shocked.
''But what about you!?'', Ash yelled.
''I'm going to get revenge'', Evan said.
''I'm not going to leave you'', Ash said. He was interupted.
''NOW!'', Evan yelled. He then blew a gust of wind at a wall not too far from where he was, which crumbled. After doing so, he blew Ash and the gang through the hole in the wall. Evan then faced Spark and Boomer, who were slightly scared. Ash was about to run back for Evan, but Carlo grabbed his shoulder, stopping him.
''We have to respect his decision!'', Carlo yelled through the wind. It took awhile, but Ash nodded. Steven then quickly put up a Earth Wall to cover the hole in the wall. Because of this, all was quiet. Alexi broke the silence.
''Will that Earth Wall hold up?'', Alexi asked worried.
''Don't worry, this is 3 feet thick of nothing but rock, this thing can hold up through anything!'', Steven said, quite proud of his work. Suddenly, they heard a yell from the other side of the wall.
''Level 5 Air Cannon!'', everyone heard. As soon as this was said, the Earth Wall exploaded. Pieces of the wall were blown into the hole where Ash and the gang were. Dust and wind blowing through. Everyone held on tight to what they could, May, Carlo, Pikachu, and the unconscience Max and Brock were blown to the end of the hole. When the wind stopped, everything settled down. Dust was still in the air. Ash looked up to where the hole was, only seeing dust. But soon, a figure was visible. When the figure past through all of the dust, everyone could see that it was Evan. He was bleeding in several spots and holding his right arm.
''Evan!'', everyone yelled. They then ran up to Evan. Before they could reach him, he fell on his knees. But before he could fall down completely, Ash and Alexi caught him.
''What happened!?'', Steven asked.
''I did a Level 5 Air Cannon'', Evan said weakly. Everyone then glared at Steven.
''OK, so it could hold up through anything BUT a Level 5 Air Cannon!'', Steven said annoyed. Suddenly, everyone heard movement behind them. They all turned and notticed Brock and Max starting to move. They watched as the both of them stood up and walked over to everyone.
''You two OK?'', Alexi asked.
''Yeah I'm fine, just a splitting headache'', Brock said surprisingly serious and not in a flirty way.
''I'm not, I hurt all over'', Max said. May walked up to him and comforted him. Not wanting to be heard, Misty walked up to Alexi.
''I don't get it, with an attack like that, shouldn't Max be...'', Misty whispered to Alexi.
''Max's power is grass, grass is good against electric'', Alexi explained. She then brought her attention to Max. ''Just heal yourself Max'', Alexi said. May stepped back and Max nodded. He then prepared to heal. His body turned green and pretty soon, he was better. The green light disappeared. When Max was healed, Brock looked at the gang.
''What about Spark and Boomer?'', Brock asked. Everyone looked at Evan for the answer.
''Dead'', Evan said. Max then looked around.
''Where's Stephanie?'', Max asked. As soon as this was asked, everyone turned away. ''Well, where is she?'', Max asked again. No one answered. Brock was starting to understand, but Max was confused. Ash and Alexi then helped Evan up. After they did, Evan looked at Ash.
''Ash...blow away the dust'', Evan said. Ash looked uncertain.
''Are you sure?'', Ash asked.
''Yeah, they deserve to see'', Evan said. Ash nodded. He then let go of Evan and wlaked up to the hole, which was still too dusty to see through. Ash then waved with his arm and all of the dust blew away. Ash then stepped out of the way for Brock and Max to see. The room was completely destroyed. Rocks crumbled from every point of the room. On several locations were spots of blood, probably Spark and Boomer's. There, in the center of the room, in a circle completely untouched, was Stephanie's body, as still as it was before. Brock looked away, tears coming down his cheek. Max, however, looked on, his eyes watery.
''Is...is she...?'', Max asked. Everyone nodded sadly. Max then cried his eyes out. May walked up to him and slowly hugged him for comfort. Everyone stood there for awhile, crying. After everyone was dried out, they walked up to the body.
''Now what?'', Alexi asked.
''As much as I would love to, I can't carry her body, it would slow us down'', Evan said. He then looked at Steven, who nodded. Steven then looked at Brock, who also nodded. The both of them then held their hands out towards the ground. When they did, a hole appeared, long enough for Stephanie's body. Evan then looked at Alexi and she nodded. She let go of Evan and he slowly walked over and picked up Stephanie's body. He then bent over and placed her body in the hole. Slowly, Steven and Brock covered the hole with dirt. Alexi then bent down and touched the dirt. When she did, flowers suddenly popped out of the ground and bloomed in front of everyone's eyes. Evan, realizing that something was missing, bent down and whispered into Max's ear. He nodded, and then touched the dirt himself. Slowly, a rose bloomed at the head of the grave. ''A rose, I gave her one just like it the day I met her'', Evan said. He then smiled, Stephanie was now at peace. Knowing that it wasn't the time, but feeling that it was important, May interupted the silence.
''Evan, I have a question'', May said. Evan looked away from the grave and gave his attention to May. ''How come Stephanie and that circle were completely unharmed by you attack?'', May asked.
''Well, I controlled as much of the Air Cannon as I possibly could, I didn't want to destroy Stephanie's body'', Evan said.
''Well what about Spark and Boomer?'', May asked. Instead of answering completely, or thinking it was even a good idea, looked down at the ground. ''Come on, I know they're dead, but where are their bodies?'', May asked, thinking that Evan didn't want to answer.
''When I looked down, I was giving away it's location, look on the ground'', Evan said. May, along with everyone else, looked down and immediatly turned away at what they saw. On the ground was Boomer's gloved hand, nothing else. ''If you look around, there are body parts everywhere'', Evan said. Ash dared to look and the hand again and notticed the weird logo on the glove.
''What's with this logo? I notticed it when we first saw Freezer, Spark, and Boomer at the park'', Ash said.
''That's their insignia, it's supposed to be some ancient sign or something'', Alexi said.
''Everyone in their group has them'', Steven said.
''Actually, when we first defeated them, one of them dropped their gloves, so I put them on and went into their base in disgiuse. I expected some huge, evil organization, but when your in a gang of five people, it's easy to find a spy, so that plan failed'', Evan said.
''Hmm, Brock, your the smart one, do you know what that means?'', Ash asked Brock as he pulled him over closer to the glove. Brock carefully looked at it.
''Hmm, sorry, no clue, but we have seen these signs before'', Brock said.
''Really, where?'', Ash asked.
''Remember? Me, you, and Misty back in Johto, when we were in that cave of the Unknown'', Brock said.
''Oh yeah, your right!'', Ash said. Suddenly, something red fell from the ceiling and landed on the ground, nearly ontop of May. It turned out to be blood.
''AAAUUUGGGHHH! Can we PLEASE get out of this disgusting room!?'', May yelled. As though as on cue, on the wall, another bright light appeared. And, like before, when the light disappeared, a door took it's place.
''I guess whenever you defeat the people in a room, a door appears, cool'', Ash said. They all then headed towards the door. When they reached it, Ash opened it and they all started to walk in. The last two people were Steven and Evan. Evan glanced back at the grave, sad. Steven gave Evan a supporting look and put his hand on his shoulder. He then went through the door. Evan took one final glance at the grave before he too went through the door. When everyone went through the door, they notticed another strip of hallway. This hallway was much shorter however. The door they were supposed to go through was only about 20-30 feet away. Suddenly, they heard a voice booming through the hallway, obviously Poison.
''Well, you made it past Obstacle #2, I'm impressed'', Poison said. ''Unfortunately, cameras were never installed in this part of the house, so I can no longer see you, but I can still give you directions'', he continued.
''Then how come you knew we were done with Obstacle #2!?'', Ash yelled.
''Whenever a door appears after a Obstacle has been passed, I can feel it'', Poison explained. ''Now then, simply enter through the door across from you and the rest is self explanitory, you automatically go to Obstacle #3'', he continued. The loudspeakers then turned off.
''Well we have our lead'', Ash said. Everyone then continued on. It only took about a minute or so to reach the door, so everyone was tense. Ash put his hand on the doorknob and then looked back at everyone else. They all nodded and Ash nodded in response. He turned the doorknob and opened the door. They all then looked inside the room. This room was the largest room yet, probably a ballroom or something. It was also too dark to see the other side. To the left of them was something very large underneath a white tapestry. Everyone thought it best not to see what it was. Evan walked ahead of everyone, looked around the room, and then faced the gang.
''OK, this room could easily hold a trap, so we should split up. Me, Misty, and May will go along this wall on the left; Alexi, Steven, and Carlo on the right wall; and Ash, Brock, Max, and Pikachu in the middle, keep a sharp eye out'', Evan said. Everyone nodded and took their positions. They all then progressed down the room. While going along the left wall, Misty looked towards the center of the room. Due to the darkness, very little was visible. Misty could barely see Ash and the others. When she saw Ash however, she couldn't help but smile. He looked brave, like he was on a mission, determined. Although Evan was right behind Misty, it was May, ( who was behind Evan ), that notticed her. She would have said something, had it not been for the idea of losing their cover. Suddenly, a yell was heard toward the center of the room. Misty, May, and Evan turned to see Ash and the gang jump out of the way of something. This something was a Zap Cannon and it was now heading towards Misty, May, and Evan. ''Girls, lookout!'', Evan yelled. He then jumped in the air and kicked both girls out of the way. Unfortunately, he was too weak to save himself. Just as he landed on his feet, the Zap Cannon hit him in the stomach, which made him fly into and through the wall brhind him. Both Misty and May stood up and ran to Evan.
''Evan! Are you alright!?'', May asked worried as her and Misty pulled him out of the wall. He was bleeding from the mouth and had a metal pole from the wall sticking through his right arm. He pulled out the metal pole as blood pooled out of his arm.
''I'm fine, stay on your guard!'', Evan said. By this time, Ash, Brock, Max, and Pikachu ran over to them.
''Is he OK!?'', Ash asked.
''Yes'', Misty replied.
''Whoever fired that attack, show yourself!'', Brock yelled into the darkness. Suddenly, they all heard laughter. A few ceiling lights turned on and Team Rocket was then visible in the center of the room.
''Team Rocket!'', Ash and the gang said filled with disgust.
''Do you guys have any idea what your doing!?'', Ash yelled. Team Rocket laughed more.
''Of coarse!'', James replied.
''We're doing some revenge!'', Meowth said.
''For all of those times you beat us!'', Jessie said.
''Well we're going to stop you right here, right now!'', Misty said. She then held her hands to her side and prepared to make a couple of waterballs, but nothing happened. Misty looked confused and shocked and tried again, but nothing. ''What's going on!? I can't do any of my attacks!'', Misty yelled. Evan slowly stood up, holding his right arm.
''Stephanie's dead, that means you don't have her powers anymore!'', Evan yelled. Everyone looked shocked.
''What!?'', Misty yelled.
''Then how come Team Rocket still has their powers if Freezer, Spark, and Boomer are dead!?'', Ash asked.
''Because their powers are different, they didn't get their's the same way as us. When we give people powers, they can only lose them if we take them away or if we die, but their powers are based on time limits. Their's won't go away until a certain amount of time!'', Evan explained. Team Rocket then laughed more.
''Well then, looks like a handicap match!'', James said. They then prepared for battle. Suddenly, a tree vine hit James in the back. A fireball hit Jessie, and a boulder hit Meowth. The three of them fell to the ground in a heap. Everyone looked up to see Alexi, Steven, and Carlo behind where Team Rocket would have been standing up.
''That was a dirty trick!'', Meowth said angrily as he stood up.
''As I recall, you always do dirty tricks'', Steven said. Now all of Team Rocket was standing up.
''Well then, let's settle this!'', Jessie said. Team Rocket then made a battle stance yet again, as did everyone else.
Alright, I'm now done with my 12th chapter! All of this typing and waking up early stuff is killing me! After I'm done with this, I still have my first song-fic and first horror fic to do! I wanted to have my horror fic by Halloween, but since that's wednseday, I doubt that that will be done. I also had a little surprise instore, a seuqal to ''Christmas'', but I can't get that done before Christmas with all of the other stories I have in mind! I'm in a hurry with this! And look, it's 9:06, I started typing at 7:00! Jeez! And since I'm in New York, the last of the timezones for the U.S, all of you american readers are all up and ready, waiting for me to finish! My goodness I'm busy! And another thing, still no one has managed to find the little mistake I made in the story. Here is a hint, it's not in the notes page, and since I gave this contest to you a few chapters ago, it obviously can't be any of the newer chapters. And it is not a spelling mistake or anything like that. Come one people, I thought someone would have found it now, although you have to know your Pokemon knowledge to know what it is, oh look, another hint! See you all soon! Tell me what you think, review, favorite, and alert, I'm almost at 100 reviews! Let's hit it people!
sincerely, evan, a fan of aaml
-EVAN AAML
