Note: Here we are, another update. Been looking forward to writing this one, so I hope you enjoy it! c:

Edit: Derp, typo fix. Gold, you're not a girl. XD Sorry about that. ^^;;;

Follow Me

A Pokémon Heart Gold/Soul Silver Story

Chapter Twelve

Earthquake

The ground began to rumble beneath them, so much so that the three of them found difficulty in standing.

"What's going on?" Soul asked, frightened.

"Dunno," Gold said. "Earthquake?"

"I don't think so," Silver said, his eyebrows furrowed.

There was another loud thunk, and then the marsh zone they were standing near began to sink into the ground! Soul, who'd been standing nearest the edge, nearly slipped and fell backward, but Silver quickly grabbed her arm and righted her.

"What the hell is going on?" Silver asked, his eyes trembling as they watched the marsh sink below them, exposing a thick, metal platform on which they currently stood.

There wasn't much time to deliberate, for they were cut off by a booming, metallic detaching sound, followed by a clanking of gears as the ground trembled and moved.

"Come on!" Silver shouted, and the three took off at a dash.

The shaking ground made it difficult to run, and more than once Soul felt herself toppling over before catching her balance again. Nearing the end of the zone, she glanced up and stopped. "Look!" she said, pointing.

The two boys did so and were met by the oddest sight they could've imagined: the next zone they were approaching was moving too, as were other zones they could see in the distance, each plate shifting around like a gigantic slide puzzle.

"What can we do?" Soul asked, frantic. "Everything's moving and we can't find the exit in all this!"

"I say we wait it out," Gold said over all the noise. "Once everything stops, we can find the exit."

"Sitting on our asses might be fine for lazy types like you," Silver said, "but I for one don't want to risk this zone sinking like the last one and us getting stuck in some mountain to rot!"

"I'm lazy?" Gold remarked, stepping toward him. "You're the one who decided to take a nap in a tree for hours while Soul and I busted our asses trying to find you like some messed-up version of hide-and-seek!"

"Boys..." Soul said quietly with a nervous look in her eyes, watching the two square off.

"It's always complaining with you, isn't it?" Silver spat, clenching his fists. "You're always whining; 'I had to look for you,' 'My flashlight broke,' 'My shoes got wet.' You're such a girl!"

"Yeah, well at least I don't look like one, girly-man! Does that hairstyle of yours come in hetero?"

"Boys..." Soul said more urgently.

"You want a go at me?" Silver asked, grabbing Gold's hoodie, readying a fist.

"Please, beating a little girl like you would be a wasted effort!"

"Why you-"

"BOYS!"

They turned to her but were interrupted by a violent lurch of the ground, causing all three to face-plant into the dirt. There was a loud click and then all was still, leaving them in silence.

The trio exchanged glances. "It...stopped," Soul said, looking around.

"Do you think...it's safe to go now?" Gold asked.

Another clunk, and their platform began to sink as well. Scrambling to their feet, they ran to the zone's edge, but were too late; the other zone was too high for them to reach. They were trapped.

What could they do? Soul's mind raced. They could try to Fly out, but she didn't know if Gold had transportation, and neither Chuu nor Silver's Crobat could support an extra passenger. She looked up at the starry sky as it drifted slowly away from her; was this the last she'd see of it? Was she doomed to die beneath the mountain?

"MEGANIUM!"

A blur of red flew past her sight, and Gold's Pokéball burst open in the air, releasing his Grass type onto the platform above.

"Meganium, use your vines to get us out of here!" Gold instructed.

Nodding, the Pokémon sent down a thin, green vine from the flower on its neck. Grabbing it, Gold turned to Soul. "You first!"

Agreeing and making sure she had a tight grip on Chocobo, Soul allowed the vine to wrap around her middle a few times before it hoisted her in the air. As she slowly rose upward, she looked down on the two boys, her eyebrows raised with worry.

Reaching the top, she stood and allowed Meganium's vine to unravel. She then watched as the vine went down for a second trip.

"You next," Gold instructed Silver.

Silver's eyebrows raised in surprise. "Why me?" he asked. "Don't you want to go next?"

"I figure this way, if all three of us can't make it, you can't say I left you down here on purpose," Gold said with a wry grin.

He stared at him, thoroughly surprised. The two boys didn't break eye contact, even when Silver was hoisted by Meganium. Joining Soul's side on the surface, Silver turned to look down at Gold, who was several yards below them now and sinking further with each passing second.

Meganium made a third pass for her master, Gold standing on the very tips of his toes to grasp it. The Pokémon reached her limit, but she was still a few feet shy of his hands. Gold, Soul, and Silver each shared a glance that spoke what they couldn't say: Gold was trapped.

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