Chapter 21 – Kinapped!
"Is he gonna be okay" Megan wondered with worry evident on her face.
"He'll be fine sweetheart" An Unsure Delphox replied giving the fennekin a fake smile.
Suddenly the door to the first aid room opened and Tommy appeared in the doorway smiling at everyone with Lucario right next to him, the both were beaming at the group and as soon as the Pikachu entered the room that they were all in, Megan got up and threw herself at Tommy locking him into a huge hug causing the Pikachu to blush heavily.
"Oh My Arceus, thank heavens you're okay Tommy, I was sick with worry… I-I thought I had lost you…" Megan told him with a look of relief as she reluctantly let go of him and smiled.
"Megan you shouldn't worry about me, I'm okay and I always will be as long as I've got such amazing friends like you lot I'll always be fine!" Tommy grinned at the fox.
"hehe aww, you're sweet" Megan said with a small giggle.
"Tommy's a very lucky Pokémon indeed, he had so much poison in him that if you had arrived a few minutes later than you did he wouldn't have made it, thank Arceus you arrived at the right time, we managed to extract all of the poison from his body, you all had good reason to be worried" Lucario said calmy as usual.
"Oh my" Sammy gasped in shock.
"It… was really that bad guildmaster?" A Surprised Tommy replied.
"Oh my, Yes!" Lucario confirmed.
"I-I didn't realize how lucky I am…" Tommy said as he started to cry in happiness.
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That Night after the Psychic Wonders had left, Tommy, Megan and Sammy were all getting ready for bed and chatting happily to each other.
"Hey guys I need to be alone for a little bit so I'm gonna take a little walk near the lake for a little bit, is that okay with you two?" Megan asked her two bestest friends.
"Of course" Tommy beamed.
"Yeah, we all need to have thinking time" Sammy replied happily.
"Thanks so much guys, I'll be back before ya know it, byeeeee" The Fire Type said with a giggle and a wink and with that she left the room humming a tune as she walked down the hallway, out the front door of the guild, down the hill and finally….
She arrived at the Lake, it looked so beautiful in the moonlight so she sat at the edge of the riverbank and looked at her reflection in the water… She loved Tommy but she didn't know quite how to make him understand that, whatever she did he just wouldn't see it…
"Why does he have to be so dense, why can't he see how I feel, why can't he feel the same way I feel for him, why won't he understand h-how much I love him" Megan asked herself as she started to cry, her tears splashed on the water below her, she kept asking herself this question but she just couldn't find the answer.
"hehehe, so… we meet again… MEG!" She heard a voice say behind her, she turned around and found herself face to face with the Pokémon she really didn't want to see right now.
"Bubbles! What do you want? And where are your cronies?!" Megan said with a growl.
"OH, How Insulting, you think of us as Cronies?!" She heard another voice say.
Upon saying that, Bubbles' 'Cronies' – Greninja and Frogadier jumped down next to Bubbles' giving Megan malicious and evil looks.
"Alright what do you idiots want this TIME? I'm not scared of you, you cant hurt me because if you do you'll have to answer to Tommy!" Megan snarled at the trio.
"Mwahahaha, that's all part of our plan" Greninja laughed.
"Yeah haha, now you're gonna really pay this time!" Frogadier said with a smirk.
"Bubbles NOW!" Greninja Shouted.
"Right Boss!" Bubbles said with a mischevious look on his face as he pulled out a remote with a red button on it and he smashed his paw onto the button and before she knew what was happening she found herself tied up and blindfolded.
"W-What's happening… T-Tommy help me!" Megan screamed but no one heard… her scream.
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Beep. Beep. Beep.
Tommy slowly started to open his eyes as he heard his alarm ring, it was 8am and he had remembered to set his alarm, he wasn't late getting up today in fact he was early and he was pretty proud of himself for that.
He got up, stretched and yawned before turning to wake Sammy up however she wasn't easy getting up at all, it took him HALF an hour to wake his lazy friend up and after she woke up Tommy turned to face Megan's bed however… Megan wasn't in it!
"Sammy we've got a problem, Megan's disappeared!" Tommy told his Chespin friend with worry.
"Are you sure? Maybe she just went for a walk before we woke up!" Sammy replied, she was starting to get worried too but she didn't know if she should be.
"I hope you're right Sammy… I've never told anyone this before but without Megan I'm nothing… I love her!" Tommy told her shyly as a blush slowly crept onto his face "Don't tell her I told you this!"
"Awww, I feel the same way about her, I couldn't imagine my life without her so both of us have reason to be worried but before we go and do something that will probably be very dangerous and extremely risky let's go and ask the Guildmaster!" Sammy said with a small smile and a blush.
And with that the two Pokémon ran out of their room as fast as they could, down the hallway, into the main room and before they knew it they had arrived at the door of the Guldmaster's room.
Tommy knocked once and shouted inside "Hey Sir, are you in there, we need to ask you something!"
The door slowly opened and Lucario's head appeared in the gap in the door "Yes, what is it? Wasn't there another one of you?"
"Well that's the thing, we don't know where Megan has gone, she has… well… disappeared, b-but we don't know where to... last time we saw her was last night when she told us she was gonna go for a walk by the lake, we haven't seen her since!" Tommy told the Aura Pokémon with a sad look on his face.
Lucario gasped in shock at what Tommy had just told him "Oh No, this isn't good, this could mean only one thing… it's said mysterious characters have been appearing in these areas and Pokemon have gone missing, the friends of these Pokémon receive anonymous letters so they go to a dark castle and are never seen again…"
"D-do you really think she's been taken by these bad guys?" Sammy wondered, getting more scared by the minute.
"It's very possible" Lucario sadly told them.
"But, who could these Pokémon Be… that's what I'd like to know" Tommy was so confused right now.
Lucario sighed "No one knows, if I knew I'd take them on myself but I don't unfortunately, wait a minute hang on, I'm gonna help you figure this one out, we still haven't received the letter from this anonymous source"
And so Lucario opened the door, exited the room and closed the door behind him before heading down to the Main room with the Pikachu and the Chespin, as soon as they entered the room they turned to sit on the Sofa's and all 3 of them were worried even Lucario and they had never seen him worried about something before.
"Are you okay" Tommy asked.
"Yes, I am fine thanks" Lucario sighed.
"You don't look it"
"Neither do you"
"Touché" Tommy laughed softly.
Suddenly out of nowhere a letter flew down from above and landed on Tommy's lap causing Lucario and Sammy to gasp in shock, it was the letter they had all been dreading…
"Go on then, read it, we wanna know what it says!" A teary Sammy said as she started to cry a little.
Dear Puny, Idiotic Team Ace
We have your beloved Megan captive, if you want to see her alive again bring 10,000 Poké to Our Castle located near Destiny Town on a very dark mountain, you've been to this Castle before, if you can gather up the money somehow we'll let you all go free, no deaths, no injury, you'll all be free to go however if you cannot pay us then you will never see her again and the consequences for you will be SEVERE!
From Your Worst Nightmare!
"That's awful, how could they do this to such a sweet and innocent girl! IT'S UNFORGIVABLE!" Sammy shouted in anger.
"These Pokémon are disgusting, they have no dignity or respect, THEY WON'T GET AWAY WITH THIS!" Lucario Roared
Sammy noticed that Tommy was still sat down staring at the letter with no expression on his face, he didn't seem angry or sad or fazed at all by any of this which seemed unusual for Tommy.
"Tommy, aren't you angered at all by any of this?" Sammy asked the Pikachu confusedly
Tommy turned around to look at her and smiled "Nope"
Sammy gasped in horror, had he really just smiled especially when their best friend had been kidnapped, that seemed very unlike Tommy and Sammy was starting to get worried about Tommy also.
"B-But why? Our Best Friend has been kidnapped and all you can do is smile?"
Tommy laughed at this "it's not that, it's just haha… these idiots really think they can get away with this haha, how stupid are they, Team Hydro are so dumb it's unbelievable. In fact a Psyduck's smarter than them hahahahahaha"
"W-Wait... Team Hydro wrote this letter? They're the ones who kidnapped Megan?" Sammy gasped in shock and surprise at how quickly Tommy had figured it out.
"Yep"
"May I ask, who are Team Hydro?" Lucario asked the two with a confused expression on his face.
"Team Hydro are this team of Bad Guys who always like to cause trouble for everybody. Me, Megan and Tommy have fought them Several Times now and we always beat them" Sammy explained.
"I see, so they're not very smart?" Lucario replied.
"Nope, hahahahaha they're idiots" Tommy laughed even more. "And I know exactly what Castle they're talking about but first before we leave we need to find 10,000 Poké which might be pretty difficult"
Lucario beamed "No Worries, I'll get it for you, remember I am pretty rich"
Tommy laughed "So is Megan"
"Really?"
"Yep"
And with that Lucario disappeared for a few minutes so Sammy and Tommy stayed seated on the Sofa thinking to themselves, Sammy was absolutely sick with worry but Tommy remained Cool and Collected, he knew Team Hydro had no chance against him, he had beaten them so many times before, this was going to be Easy!
After a few minutes of waiting Lucario was back and he was holding a briefcase which presumably had the money in it so he handed it to Tommy who gave the Guildmaster a Smile and with that Tommy and Sammy jumped up, ran out the front door, down the mountain and were on their way to save their best friend.
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Meanwhile at the Castle…
"Grrr, let me out, let me out!" Megan growled.
"Heh no chance babe" Bubbles smirked.
"Don't you dare call me that!" She snarled back.
"Whatever, your little friends should be here soon to save you and as soon as they arrive we'll kill them in battle mwahahaha!" Bubbles laughed hysterically with an evil grin still on his face.
Megan gasped "No please don't kill them, they're my friends, I'll do anything!" Megan sighed as she gave in.
"As much as that sounds very pleasing I unfortunately have to decline, you three have been giving me too much trouble and as soon as the two twerps are dead you'll die too!" Bubbles replied.
"NO, YOU CAN'T! YOU WONT GET AWAY WITH THIS!" A Frightened Megan screamed at the Bubble Frog Pokémon.
"Hahahaha, I already have" Bubbles smirked maliciously at her.
"Yeah so keep your trap shut" Greninja commanded.
Oh no, what do I do now, Tommy and Sammy are probably on their way but this is just a trap, I have a bad feeling about this, I'm sorry, I caused this! Megan thought to herself as tears started to fall from her eyes and she started to cry a little.
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"THERE IT IS!" Tommy shouted loudly as him and his friend finally reached the top of the mountain and right in front of them, there it was… Team Hydro's Castle!
"Yes, we've finally made it, now we can save the day! Yay!" Sammy cheered in happiness.
"Megan we're coming to save you" Tommy said with a small smile.
And with that our young friends have finally arrived at Team Hydro's Castle, Will they be able to defeat Team Hydro, Rescue Megan and Save the Day? Find out Next Time… as the Journey Continues!
To Be Continued...
Next Chapter - A Negotiation of Things to Come!
Following on from the last Chapter, Tommy and Sammy have finally arrived at Team Hydro's Castle, however it turns out to all be a trap and the Pikachu and his Chespin friend soon find themselves locked in a heart-pounding battle for their lives… will they survive or will they die?
Author - Well that was quite a surprising Chapter, what is Megan's fate, is this the end of Team Ace as we know it? Well I can't tell you the answer just yet but one thing's for sure there is a lot more to come in the next chapter, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and look forward to the next one bye :)