'Battle of Brothers'

Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver, Crystal, Pryce and Rylte

"Hydro Pump!"

"Leaf Blade."

Red's Poliwhirl and 'Willow's' Sceptile clashed violently, forcing the spectators to dive for cover.

"Is it just me, or is that Sceptile stronger than last time?" Gold gasped as the Sceptile easily deflected another of Red's attacks.

"No, it's definitely stronger…" Silver commented. "Glare was loyal to Willow… and he would never attack Red or his Pokemon that ferociously."

Gold turned to Silver. "What are you saying?"

"I'm saying that Darkrai has probably powered up Willow's team to defeat Red's!" Silver snapped.

"If that's the case…" Crystal ducked as debris from the battle was thrown at her. "Red could be in trouble…"

Gold huffed. "Red has beaten Willow before, he can do it again! And that isn't even the real Low!"

Crystal nodded slowly. "I hope so…"

Red smirked. "You battle just like Willow."

Darkrai smiled back and spread out his arms. "I AM the real Willow! And I have all of his memories." He lowered his arms. "And I know your weaknesses too."

Red snarled. "Poli! Ice Beam!"

The large tadpole Pokemon threw one of its arms forward, producing a clear white beam from the palm of its hand. The beam struck the Sceptile having just landed from a previous attack.

To Red's surprise the Sceptile stood up and glared at its opponent. "Careful Poli!"

Darkrai snapped his fingers. "Leaf Storm!"

The Sceptile unleashed thousands of leaves at the Tadpole Pokemon; the leaves slashed the Pokemon mercilessly until it collapsed to the ground. Fainted.

"Poli! No!" Red cried seeing his partner Pokemon go down to easily.

"The first of many to fall." Darkrai commented.

Red recalled his Pokemon silently and drew another Pokeball. "Lax!"

Red's Snorlax appeared in the hall and yawned loudly.

Darkrai tutted and withdrew Glare the Sceptile and summoned Willow's Electivire, Volte. Red noticed Volte's eyes seemed glazed over, like he wasn't fully conscious.

Red smiled. "I beat Low's Electabuzz with Lax, I'll beat him again now."

Darkrai snapped his fingers. "ThunderPunch."

The Electric pokemon complied and charged at Lax raising his fist to strike.

"Lax! Harden!" Red ordered.

The Large round Pokémon suddenly became more cubicle. The attack struck Lax but Volte was deflected back.

"Now Earthquake!"

Lax jumped up and slammed Volte into the earth, Lax rolled off to reveal an unconscious Electivire.

Darkrai raised an eyebrow. "Impressive… a combination of Earthquake and Body slam…"

The Dexholders cheered as Darkrai withdrew the Pokemon back to its ball. "Magmortar! Brick Break!" He yelled as he threw his next Pokeball.

Red gasped in surprise as the Volcano Pokemon slammed Lax into the ground knocking him out before he could react.

"That was low…" Red grunted as he recalled his Pokemon.

Darkrai flashed a crooked smile, "Hurry up and send out the next victim."

"Gyara!" Red's Gyarados appeared in a burst of light. "Use Hydro Pump!"

"Counter with Solarbeam." Darkrai ordered calmly.

Red noticed that Vulcane, the Magmortar, also had his eyes glazed over as he fired the attack to counter the Hydro Pump.

"What's the deal with Willow's team!" Red yelled at his opponent. "What did you do to them? !"

Darkrai didn't answer. He only ordered another attack. "Thunder."

Red gasped in horror as the powerful Electric attack struck his Serpent. "Hang in there Gyara!"

The Gyarados shook off the attack and raised its body up to fire another Hydro Pump. Vulcane took the full force of the attack and fainted.

"That's two down…" Red muttered. "Three to go…"

"Sceptile." Darkrai stated as he sent out the already weary Grass type.

"Gyara use slam!"

"Dodge and counter with Drain Punch."

The Sceptile easily evaded the clumsy strike from Gyara and rammed its fist into the serpent's face.

Gyara wobbled for a few moments before topping over.

Red recalled Gyara. "Nice going buddy…"

Red drew his next Pokeball containing his Aerodactyl. "Aero!"

The Prehistoric Pokemon took flight and without orders charged the forest Pokemon, the Sceptile was unprepared for this attack and was quickly felled by Aero's Dragon Claw.

Red smirked as Darkrai recalled the Sceptile.

"Just two left…" Red commented. "You are either going to call out Willow's Vaporeon, or his Pidgeot."

Darkrai nodded. "Correct." With that he threw Vaporeon's Pokeball into the field.

"Ice Beam."

Aero swiftly dodged the attack and flew in close to deliver another Dragon Claw.

Red's eyes widened in horror as he realized his Pokémon's mistake.

Darkrai chuckled. "Water gun."

At close range Aero couldn't evade the attack and gravity dragged the Pokemon to the ground. Aero landed hard but started to rise.

"Don't let it recover!" Darkrai roared. "Finish it with Surf!"

The Vaporeon summoned a small tidal wave that mercilessly slammed Aero into the temple floor.

Red wordlessly recalled his Pokemon and reached for Pika's Pokeball.

Pearl, Candice and the OCs (What? I'm not writing them all! I'm lazy!)

Somewhere outside the Snowpoint Temple...

Pearl, Candice and the other trainers closed in on the temple. Darkrai's black knights surrounded it.

A trainer rose up from the trees and approached the group. She wore a purple tank top, over that a darker purple long sleeved Jacket, black skinny jeans, and black boots.

"How many did you see Rachel?" Candice asked her gym trainer.

"Not many Boss, just a couple of hundred." Rachel rolled her eyes wearily. "I count at least two hundred. My Absol counted another fifty patrolling the area.

"Oh that's brilliant…" Topaz groaned. "There's less than twenty of us, lets do the maths…" Topaz pulled a calculator from her bag and pressed a few buttons. "Yeah, we're dead."

"Come on Topaz…~" Lime whined. "We can beat them!"

Topaz rolled her eyes. "It's your fault I'm still here. If you didn't run off, I would be on a Helicopter receiving a nice flight to someplace warm!"

"I couldn't just leave!" Lime protested.

"Quiet!" Sid hissed. "Do you want to get us caught?" His Gengar nodded furiously in agreement.

"BOB THINKS WE SHOULD CRUSH 'EM" Bob roared loudly and flailed his Magikarp in the air, causing the group to sweatdrop.

Roy sighed. "That's good Bob, it's completely fantastic that you think that. Ideas like that WON'T get us killed!"

Renya playfully punched her brother's shoulder. She was happy that he had survived the battle but wasn't going to let him get away with being cynical. "Roy~! Quit being mean!"

"BOB AGREES!"

"Shut up Bob!" Everyone shouted.

"BOBZ SORREH!"

A series of moans echoed through the group.

Renee mumbled something, Renya noticed this and pointed it out. "What's that Renee? Got something to say?"

Renee nodded slowly and glanced at the group. "I-I think we should t-try and find another way in…"

Renya gave her a comforting pat on the shoulder as she faced the group. "She's a bit shy around strangers."

"Well we better do something!" Maikee snapped impatiently as her Dragonite fluttered nearby. "Come on! I need to blow some thing up!"

Rachel twirled her shiny brown hair on her finger and glanced at Candice. "Boss, we need to act… We need to do something."

Candice nodded in her gym trainer's direction. "I'm thinking. I'm thinking."

"I don't suppose you could think a little faster?" Rachel sighed.

"I don't suppose you'll mind getting a pay deduction?" Candice glared at her.

At this Rachel sighed and went silent.

Candice grinned. "That's what I thought."

Rachel muttered something under her breath but was ignored.

"Pika! Use Thunderbolt!" Red commanded with a grin on his face. The attack struck the helpless Vaporeon and it keeled over.

Darkrai smirked. "Go Pidgeot."

Silver snarled as the Pokemon that had carried him to safety earlier was now under the control of the enemy. 'Glade' the Pidgeot also had his eyes glazed over.

Red smiled. "I Win. Volt Tackle!"

The Pikachu slammed the Pidgeot into the ground. The Pidgeot was unconscious.

Red looked up at Darkrai expecting a look of surprise on Willow's possessed face.

Darkrai however, just laughed. "Your friends broke our deal."

Red narrowed his eyes. "They did no such thing!"

Darkrai glanced at the Dexholders present in the temple and chuckled. "They didn't, the ones outside, did."

Blue let out a scream as a Dark void appeared at her feet, pulling her into the vortex. Green grabbed her hands to try and pull her free, but gradually more and more of her body was consumed by the darkness."

"Hang in there Blue!" Green grunted as he tried to pull the girl free.

A tear trickled down Blue's face. "Let me go Green… or it will pull you in too."

"No! I won't let you go!" Green continued to resist the pull of the vortex, Blue's lower body had already been consumed. "Pesky girl! Don't you give up!"

"Green…" Blue looked up into the boy's eyes. "...I love y-"

Blue never finished her sentence as her head was enveloped.

Green clung to Blue's hand like a lifeline. "No. No. No!" He cried as tears even reached his face. Blue's hand relaxed and slipped from Green's fingers, and slipped into the darkness.

"No! Blue!"

The portal vanished and only the shattered tiled floor remained.

Willow gasped as Shadow flooded from his body. Willow's body collapsed to the floor. Darkrai formed from the shadow. He reached down and gripped the boy by the Collar and threw his limp body at Red.

"Here's your friend." Darkrai sneered. "He's served his purpose."

Red caught his friend as he fell and Darkrai sunk into the shadows cackling manically.

"Red…" Willow gasped. "He was using me to weaken you…"

Red shook his head and set him on the ground. "Easy buddy, I'm just glad you're alive."

"No…" Willow shook his head. "It was his plan… to weaken the strongest Dexholders… You, me, Green and Blue… he's beaten us all Red…"

Red glanced over at Green who was kneeling where Blue had vanished. Tears dripped from his face.

"This is your fault…" He hissed as he faced Willow. He rushed over and pushed Red away. He grabbed Willow's collar and glared venom into his eyes. "She would still be here if it wasn't for you!"

"Green… please…" Willow tried to explain. "He's messing with your head… you're the only one who can beat him now…"

"Shut up!" Green slammed Willow against the Temple wall.

"Green, you gotta listen to me." Willow winced. "Darkrai is manipulating us against each other, he wants this!"

Green raised a fist.

Willow glowered. "Yeah, that's right, beating me up will solve everything! It's going to save Blue, kick Darkrai's enormous butt, stop Gold being a pervert AND stop psychopaths setting up criminal organizations in EVERY FREAKING REGION!"

Green lowered his fist and released Willow. "You're a waste of my energy."

Willow shook his head and balanced himself against the temple wall so he could stand. "And your breath smells, but we still got a megalomaniac Pokemon out there and we need to stop him."

Green glared at Willow. "And what will you do? Huh? All your Pokemon are unconscious, Red's are struggling and Yellow's exhausted from healing everyone's earlier!"

Willow smirked as the blue bipedal fox positioned himself on his shoulder.

"You forget… I have Rylte."

'I missed your lumpy shoulder... You should get rid of the roaches, it would help the property value.'

Okay, about 1 or 2 chapter(s) left and an epilogue...