Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness and Light
Chapter 36: Sacrifices
Team Alchemy
Ash: Male Grovyle; Leaf Blade, Giga Drain, Close Combat, Swords Dance, Glare, Agility, Aerial Ace
Dawn: Female Piplup; Peck, Water Gun, Water Slap, Fake Tears
Blaze: Male Charmander; Ember, Scratch, Metal Claw, Flamethrower, Tackle
Sparky: Male Pikachu; Thundershock, Tackle, Iron Tail, Quick Attack, Agility, Volt Tackle
Chim: Male Chimchar; Ember, Scratch, Dig, Rock Climb, Quick Attack
Chance: Female Chansey; Softboiled, Tackle, Leer, Screech
Thulle: Male Treecko; Absorb, Pound, Bullet Seed, Quick Attack, Agility
Hydroflora: Female Carvanha; Tackle, Hydro Pump, Crunch, Hyper Voice, Surf
Stolen Gears:
Sunshore Gear (electric)
Dualeaf Gear (normal)
Almia-Alola Gear (soul)
Desertjewel Gear (sand)
Keora Gear (ghost)
Eterna Gear (grass)
Mountainglacier Gear (ice)
Pastoria Gear (fighting)
Hapispirit Gear (rock)
Celestia Gear (legend)
Viridian Gear (steel)
Azalea-Osaka Gear (bug)
Violet Gear (flying)
North Hooto Gear (dark)
North Yangtze Gear (fairy)
South Yangtze Gear (psychic)
Vostoki Gear (poison)
Kalea Gear (light)
Oreland-Flor-Sicilia Gear (ground)
Great Unova Gear (dragon)
Archipelagia Gear (magic)
South Hoenn Gear (water)
North Hoenn Gear (fire)
Loson-Vizaia Gear (music)
Peryod-Pan Gear (steel)
Ash's POV
We were now doing our final mission. As the ten of us (S'rina and Rowan included) raced towards the Rainbow Stoneship in the center of Holon, I saw a Mismagius approach us, but her eyes looked wrong.
Wait, a Mismagius? May?
"Hey, isn't that Maya?" I asked. Everyone stopped, and looked at the approaching Mismagius. S'rina was just confused.
"There's someone over there too!" Thulle noted. "It's an Alakazam! I think that's Guildmaster Oak!"
One by one, we saw old friends: James the Carnivine, Azure the Azumarill (he evolved), Torch the Charmeleon, and a Blastoise we could only identify as Sammy. But most of us noticed the eyes were wrong.
"Lithos has hypnotized them," Rowan sighed. The entire group started to panic.
"Useless Magikarp, can't this thing get any faster?" I demanded, hoping to reach solid ground before Oak comes too nearby.
"Sadly, no," Rowan sighed. "But I can do something else..." Suddenly he jumped off the platform heading for Oak.
"GUILDMASTER!" everyone shouted.
"Don't worry about me, kids," Rowan smiled. He then grabbed Oak and Azure and stopped time around the three of them, trapping the Celebi and the two hypnotized Pokemon. "You have your own things to worry about," he then said as he slowly stopped time inside the container, eternally freezing Oak, Azure, and eventually him.
"I can't believe he's gone..." Blaze said.
"At least he bought us time, look!" Thulle remarked as the Rainbow Stoneship neared the base of Temporal Tower.
"Hurry, let's run!" I exclaimed once the Stoneship landed. Unfortunately James and Maya were able to catch up to us.
"We can handle them!" S'rina and Hydroflora exclaimed in unison. "You guys go on ahead!"
"NO!" Dawn exclaimed. "We lost Rowan, we won't lose you too!
" It's okay, we'll be careful," S'rina winked.
"Okay," Dawn said uneasily, then the seven of us continued our journey up the Tower.
S'rina's POV
Even if I did not know what in Arceus was going on, I still volunteered to help Hydroflora. After all, we have effectiveness!
"I'll make the first move," the Mismagius ominously said as she teleported right behind us and unleashed a powerful Phantom Force, but was partially injured with Rough Skin. Hydroflora immediately retaliated with Crunch, and I used a small Ember attack on the Magical Pokémon, then redirected it towards the Carnivine, who tried a Bullet Seed but failed. After a few more attacks, our enemies were on the ground, defeated.
"Nice!" I smiled to Hydroflora, then suddenly saw a Blastoise behind her, preparing for a Skull Bash. "Behind you!" I exclaimed, then pushed her out of the way and used a move that takes years to master: Protect.
The Blastoise easily broke through the weak barrier, directly hitting me and crushing some of my ribs. Hydroflora, recovering from shock, screamed and used Hyper Voice, following up with a Crunch and a Hydro Pump. The Blastoise was down in seconds.
"S'rina!" I could faintly hear Hydroflora exclaim, before I blacked out.
A/N: S'rina and Rowan are gone, period. Darker, but a needed part of the story. Sorry for not updating for so long, as school is VERY hard. Anyway, after I complete this story I will makr another story with better organization, better development and better plot (hopefully). Please review, and non-constructive flames will be forced to make a horribly cringy and badly written story then send it to St. Elmo's Fire.
TBC