Chapter 14: The Well
Location: Route 33
"So who's first?" Silver asked, glaring straight at me, as if he were trying to see through me. "Well out here is not the place to fight, so let's take this elsewhere, shall we?"
"Why should we?" I asked, squeezing Caycee tight. "There are people around now. If you attacked us here, you'd never get away with it. So why should we walk straight into an obvious trap?"
"Oh, I'm sorry. I must have given you the impression that you had a choice. Treven, bring them here."
A Radiance Admin along with an Electivire walk out of the cave, holding Justin and Terris. Lydia screamed as we all noticed the blood dripping off of Terris. He was unconscious, and looked to be savagely beaten. Silver looked at him and said: "Oh yes, him. He jumped in the way of that Electivire's attack in order to protect him." He pointed to Justin. "You can take him though, we only need, one hostage to get you to come down to the Slowpoke Well. It's due west of here, you can't miss it." Silver's Crobat took Justin from Electivire as Silver turned to Treven and motioned for him to leave. "Go join the others, Treven." The Electivire threw Terris at us as it and its trainer ran off. Kyle gave chase but was blocked by a Sludge Bomb from the Crobat who had risen into the air. "If you want your friend back then come to Slowpoke Well by sundown. Oh, and no more than two of you can come, or else.
"Wait!" I yelled, chasing the Crobat as it sped towards the west. I gave up once the Crobat was out of sight. People began crowding around Terris, trying to find a way to help him. "Call an ambulance!" I yelled.
The ambulance came, and told us that his wounds weren't that serious. Lydia and Brine rode towards Azalea with Terris, as both Zeji and the breeder were brought to the hospital.
"Go with them!" I said to Timber, Aaron and Zoe. "I know you all want to fight, but only two of us can go anyway. Kyle and I will get Justin and beat Silver, don't worry."
They all stared at me, obviously worried. "Okay." Timber said. "You two are the strongest out of all of us, so don't let us down."
"But..." Zoe protested. She stopped herself, shook her head and gave up. "Come back to us, Grey."
"Don't worry, Grey and Kyle will kick that purple-headed freaks ass." Aaron said, confidently. "They aren't about to lose."
Zoe smiled weakly and the three of them jumped into the ambulance. Kyle turned to me and said: "Okay, let's go!"
Kyle and I ran towards the town, following behind the ambulances that zipped by us. Right by the town's gates, we found a well sitting on a hill to the north. "That must be it," I said to him.
"Ya, no doubt about it. You ready, Grey?"
"Ya, let's do this!"
We climbed down into the well, and just as in union cave, a swarm of Zubat greeted us. This time, however, they didn't seem afraid, and actually seemed to be there for us. "Here they come!" Kyle yelled to me, pulling out a pokeball. "Let's go, Snorunt!" a small, triangular pokemon emerged from the pokeball. "Blizzard, now! Snorunt shot a cold blast of air from its mouth, causing all the Zubat to fall to the ground, frozen solid. Kyle then retuned Snorunt, and put the ball back on his belt.
An approaching applaud caught both our attention as Silver appeared from deep in the well. "Well, well. It seems that you two aren't as weak as I thought. But it ends here." Crobat then flew out from the shadows behind Silver and hovered in front of its master defensively. "Go, Crobat! Fly up towards the ceiling!" He commanded as his bat flew up high into the air. "Come now, let's fight in the sky, shall we? You wouldn't want your friend here to get hurt would you?"
"Justin!" I yelled as Silver pulled my friend out of the shadows. A Muk was holding him within its disgusting body.
"Don't worry, Grey. I'm fine for now. I'm not hurt, so just focus on fighting."
"Ya, c'mon, Grey." Silver said, mocking Justin. "You shouldn't be scared, since there are two of you and only one of me. So let's see what you two got."
I looked at Justin, who nodded at me confidently. "All right, Silver. You asked for it. Let's go, Raven!" I said, sending out my Murkrow. "Raven, our target is that Crobat flying over the water, if we don't win this, Justin is in trouble." Upon hearing that, Raven flew at maximum speed at Crobat, who knocked it away with a Wing Attack.
"Don't worry, Raven, Swablu will help you out!" Kyle said to my pokemon as he sent out a blue bird with cloud-like wings. "Use Dragon Pulse, knock out that Crobat!" Swablu shot a blue ball of energy towards Crobat, who dodged with ease.
"Now Crobat, use your Air Slash!" Swablu lost its balance as it attempted to evade the wind blade that hit it. "Now, Hypnosis!" Crobat stared into Swablu's eyes, followed by a sleeping Swablu suddenly falling towards the water below.
"Oh no! Wailmer, go and help!" Kyle said, as he sent out his large whale pokemon in a huge panic. Wailmer arrived just in time to stop Swablu from drowning. Swablu began to wake up, but was obviously too short of breath to continue fighting.
"One down! Now Hypnosis on the Murkrow!"
"Counter with Brave Bird!" I said to Raven who charged at the bat, unaffected by its gaze. "Raven's Insomnia ability protects it from your Hypnosis."
Silver's eyes momentarily widened, but quickly returned to his calm, smug state as he yelled: "Poison Fang!"
Suddenly, Raven was stuck in Crobat's fangs, yelping in pain. "Raven!" I yelled as Crobat spit it out towards the ground. "No! I won't make it! I said running to catch my falling pokemon. Muk tried to block my way but Caycee knocked it aside, simultaneously freeing Justin, who ran back over next to Kyle. "Raven!" I said as I continued to run towards my pokemon.
"Grey, catch!" Kyle said throwing a rock towards me. I caught it and looked at him curiously, while still panicked. "Hurry and throw the Dusk Stone at Raven!" I did as I was told, but right after throwing I felt a sharp pain in my back, followed by Caycee, Justin and Kyle screaming my name. I felt woozy and tired.
Crobat had bitten me.
At the Hospital:
"Both Zeji and the older gentleman you brought in are going to be ok." The doctor said. "They should be fine by tomorrow, but we'll want to monitor them tonight."
Aaron sighed in relief, but Lydia stood up and yelled: "What about Terris!"
Slowpoke Well:
I felt myself slipping away. Everything was growing dark, and I fell to the ground. I then heard the Crobat screech as it was brushed away by a large pokemon, which then flew in front of me, in hot pursuit of the fleeing Crobat. My friends ran over to me, as well as the injured Swablu, who began singing. I then slowly began to wake up and suddenly realized what had saved me. "Raven!" I yelled sitting up as my friends cheered in relief.
"Good job, Swablu. Your Heal Bell worked perfectly. Now take a rest." Kyle said, as he sent his Swablu back in its pokeball. Caycee hugged me tight as Justin and Kyle both smiled in relief. "Can you finish this, Grey?"
"Ya! Let's go Raven!" I commanded, as my newly evolved Raven flew by my side.
"No! I was supposed to kill you! I'll crush you all now! Crobat use Sky Attack!" Crobat began to glow red as it prepared to strike.
"Raven, Brave Bird!" I commanded as Raven charged with a blue aura. The Crobat collided with Honchkrow and they both disappeared between a thick cloud of dust. When the dust parted, only Raven remained airborne.
"No… Crobat!" Silver cried out in defeat. Return!" Silver looked around to see that he was surrounded. Justin's Rotom was blocking the ladder, Wailmer was blocking the water, Raven prevented him hiding deeper in the well, and Caycee was easily fighting off his Muk.
"You lose, Silver! Give it up!" Kyle said to nervous Silver.
Silver just stood there and chuckled, which eventually turned into a maniacal laugh. "Did you think this is all I had? I haven't even released the Plate's power yet! If I fuse Crobat with the Toxic Plate, you'll all b…"
Silver fell over as a shadowy figure appeared over him and knocked him out. The figure then grabbed Silver's pokeball and returned it, then picked up Silver and turned to me. "Grey…do not take this victory to mean you've won anything. The war has only just begun. I shall give you time to realize your foolishness, so that you may see the light before your demise at Team Radiance's hands."
"Wait! Who are you!" I yelled as both Justin and Kyle stood stunned, but as soon as I said it, he teleported away, along with Silver. Even the Toxic Plate was gone. "Dammit, he got away!" I said, just as Justin and Kyle returned their pokemon. "Raven…you did well. Return." My Honchkrow returned to its pokeball. Caycee clawed at me worriedly, and I patted her on the head. "I'm alright. Let's head back."
"Ya." Justin said as Kyle nodded.
At the Hospital:
We arrived back at the hospital just in time to hear the worst possible news.
"What about Terris!" Lydia was screaming.
The doctor looked away from and said: "I'm sorry, there was too much poison in his body, there was nothing we could do."
"No…" Lydia said, completely shocked, just as everyone in the room was. "No… he was attacked by… by an Elective… so how…?"
"Electivire? The venom was definitely from a Crobat bite. I'm truly sorry for your loss." The doctor said, as he walked away.
"Lydia…" Brine said worriedly, while crying over the loss of his friend.
Lydia collapsed as Kyle had just finished processing what he heard. He stood in shock for a moment and then stood up. He looked out the window, fists clenched and began to scream: "Cro...Cro...CROBAT!"