A/N: Decided to do the final battle in a separate chapter from this one. I want to really capture the story well and make sure that people, as well as myself, are happy with it.

Chapter 72: The Final Fight: Part 2

'Dusknoir…Dusknoir's slowly losing control, just like Wheeler is. I'm not even going to think of taking it head on without knowing if Luana and our Pokémon are safe first.' I thought to myself as I saw the Dusknoir charging up a move from its arms.

I moved quickly and covered my mouth with one of my hands so I didn't give away my position, with my other hand, I tried my best to clear the dust, as the cloud of smoke limited how far I was able to see, which was only around five feet in front of me. Thankfully, the smoke began to dissipate right as visibility returned to normal once more, though I turned around to see Dusknoir launching a Shadow Ball at me. I acted swiftly and dodged the attack in the nick of time, barely avoiding a direct hit, which would have seriously injured or killed me. I saw Luana and our Partner Pokémon a few feet away, with all of them turning to the noise as they ran to me. Pachirisu on the other hand used Thundershock on Dusknoir, hitting it hard as Blake yelled in rage.

"What did I tell you Wheeler? Let's say you move aside so I can take out these Rangers, what do you say?" Blake asked as Luana made loops around the Dusknoir.

"T-they've ruined your plans sir but…killing them? The two of them…they're young individuals, let's not do anything like that!" Wheeler pleaded as Blake sneered.

"What?! Why not? They've been nothing but trouble for Team Dim Sun! I need to have total control over Almia, no matter what the cost and these two are in the way of that! Keep it up Wheeler, and you'll no longer be an asset to me, but a liability...do as you're told." Blake said as Wheeler silently typed in a command on the Miniremo.

"Y-yes sir…right away." Wheeler said.

Dusknoir soon recovered from the blow Pachirisu dealt it and hovered back over to where Wheeler and Blake were. Looking at Dusknoir's Friendship Meter on my Styler, I saw that it had already risen to thirty eight percent, which was a good sign considering what Blake Hall was going to force Wheeler to do, but it also meant we had to be quick. Taking a glance at the two men, I saw them bickering once more and I got Pachirisu ready to stun the Dusknoir.

"Pachirisu, Thunder Wave!" I said as Pachirisu shocked the Dusknoir and rendered it immobile.

"Gah! Wheeler you idiot, you took too long to enter the command in! Enough hesitation, hurry up and get on with it!" Blake shouted.

"B-but sir, the Dusknoir isn't able to move now!" Wheeler said as Blake furrowed his eyebrows.

"Quiet! I'm aware of that, to make matters worse, it's because you distracted me from the get-go!" Blake said as I took over for Luana and made loops around Dusknoir.

The entire situation was nerve wracking to say the least…but I know that if I didn't have Luana or our Partner Pokémon by our side then the tense atmosphere would have done me in. I vigilantly made loops around Dusknoir and Luana continued to have Pachirisu stun it every time it made an effort to break free from paralysis. In between making loops around the Dusknoir, I would periodically look up to make sure Keith, Sven and Wendy weren't in any trouble. Even though they weren't hurt or anything of the sort, the mind-controlled Pokémon were certainly giving them some complications by flying close to them.

"Eevee, distract those airborne Pokémon with a few Shadow Balls!" I said as I made loops around Dusknoir.

From behind me, I could hear Shadow Ball after Shadow Ball being fired as Luana got Eevee to assist our friends. Blake on the other hand was beginning to lose it as he shot a fierce glare at me and Luana while I made sure to do my best on increasing Dusknoir's Friendship Meter.

"Luana, while this fight is going to be tough, we'll still be able to handle this Dusknoir without any problems, we just have to keep doing our best. Thanks for having Eevee focus on making sure everyone's safe." I said.

"Not a problem, they have a battle that's far more problematic than ours! Besides, we took Kincaid down after several encounters, we got this!" Luana said.

After a while of me making loops, Luana soon took over and made loops around Dusknoir, increasing its Friendship Meter to fifty three percent already.

"I must hand it to a pair lowly Rangers like you two, I'm still astonished you managed to beat my second in command. After everything he's done, from betraying the Ranger School to almost killing the both of you many times, you still managed to be victorious over him in the end." Blake said as Wheeler turned to him.

"B-but…boss, I thought I was your second in command! What about everything I've done for you?" Wheeler asked.

"Hah, everything that you've done for me? You buffoon, you never were the second in command or a boss to any of these people, you were just a silly little man who followed me and did my dirty work that was left behind." Blake said as he shocked Wheeler, with the man's expression turning to one of sadness.

Wheeler turned away from Blake, nearly on the verge of tears after hearing what Blake had to say about him. However, as the Dusknoir began to break free from paralysis, I noticed how odd the situation felt as my heart began to start pounding, almost as if it would burst out of my chest. Right away, I understood why I had this feeling as Wheeler was pushed hard by Blake, with the frail man losing his balance and tumbling towards the edge.

Wheeler did his best to avoid falling off the rooftop and was teetering on one foot, his screaming and pleading filling my ears as Blake heartlessly took control of the Miniremo. Without any hesitation, I ran over to Wheeler with the intent to help, though Dusknoir swiftly moved in front of me, blocking my attempt of any rescue.

"Pachirisu, stun this Dusknoir!" I shouted as Pachirisu quickly shocked Dusknoir, making it cease movement entirely.

With my way now unobstructed, I raced over to Wheeler as Blake looked at me for a split second, showing no emotion even as Wheeler began to wobble more as he couldn't maintain his footing.

"R-R-Rangers…please, help me!" Wheeler said as I came within a few steps from him.

"I got you, you'll be just fine!" I said as I reached forward to take Wheeler's hand.

In those few seconds before grabbing Wheeler's hand, I was cautious of getting too close to him, as I felt that he would try to pull me in order to hoist himself up. However, I knew that any hesitation, even for a second, could potentially lead to Wheeler falling off the edge and plummeting down below, so I closed the distance and pulled Wheeler to safety, just as he nearly fell off. Wheeler was gasping for air as he put his hands on his knees and shook his head slowly, appearing to be in disbelief over what just transpired.

As I was about to bring Wheeler over to where Luana and our Pokémon were for safety reasons, he suddenly fainted and nearly faceplanted on the ground next to me, if it wasn't for me catching his fall. Taking a look at Wheeler's face showed me how much he was crying, as his face was covered with tears that streamed down his face. I brought the man over to our Partner Pokémon and had Buneary keep a close eye on him so he wouldn't try anything once he woke up, even though I was certain he wasn't on Blake's side anymore, I wasn't going to blindly assume he'd become friendly. Once the entire situation was finished, I went back over to Luana, where I saw Blake who didn't even appear concerned in the slightest, something which didn't surprise me.

"Nice work on saving Wheeler, Kellyn. Am I ever glad that you or him didn't get hurt!" Luana said.

"Thanks Luana, you're doing a great job yourself!" I said as Blake gritted his teeth.

"Shut up you foolish girl, once Dusknoir's paralysis is over, you'll both regret ever facing me." Blake said.

"The only person who'll be regretting anything is you, Blake." I said as I glared at Blake, making him flinch.

As Luana continued to make loops around the Dusknoir, I glanced at my Styler to see that Dusknoir's Friendship Meter had risen to seventy two percent. My joy was short lived however, as the powerful Pokémon soon broke free from being paralyzed as it regained its ability to vanish again. Luana and I knew all too well that attempting to look around for Dusknoir would be futile, so we had Buneary try to use Foresight so she could locate it.

In a matter of seconds, Dusknoir's position was revealed to be only a foot away from Luana as its fist glowed an intense red. Dusknoir swung at Luana and I did my best to act quickly as we both dove to the ground, barely managing to avoid getting burned by Dusknoir's Fire Punch, which warped the spot that Luana was in only moments ago.

The two of us scrambled to our feet as quick as we could before Dusknoir could launch another attack. With Pachirisu now becoming exhausted, Luana and I knew it was a matter of time before Pachirisu regained his energy back, so I had Pachirisu step forward to stun Dusknoir again.

"Okay Pachirisu, use ThunderBolt on that Dusknoir, then follow up with a Thunder Wave!" I said as Pachirisu unleashed electricity, hitting the Dusknoir hard as it wobbled from the blow.

Pachirisu then stunned Dusknoir as it was in the process of recovering, something which greatly angered Blake, though neither Luana or I paid him any mind. As Blake seethed with rage, Luana continued to make loops around Dusknoir while Pachirisu finally became tired and went off to the side to rest.

"Alright Kellyn, let's keep this up, we'll get Blake in no time!" Luana said.

"That's right, I'll be on the alert in case that Dusknoir breaks free from paralysis!" I said.

"You two have come far as Rangers, but that ends here. Everything that you two have done thus far is meaningless once I show you how nasty I can truly be." Blake said as Luana continued to make loops around Dusknoir.

"You mean nearly killing Wheeler wasn't enough?" Luana asked as Blake scoffed.

"You're joking…that man is nothing to me. If anything, he'd simply be the first person I'd point fingers at when the going gets rough, he's simply a pawn for me just like all of the other Team Dim Sun members. Yes, that's right, even Kincaid." Blake said.

"You're sick, we'll be more than happy to bring you down." I said as Dusknoir managed to break free from paralysis.

"Dusknoir, let's end this, kill them both!" Blake shouted as Dusknoir's fists began to become imbued with a dark aura.

"Eevee, use Bite on Dusknoir!" Luana said as Eevee bounded forward to assist us.

Eevee rushed towards Dusknoir and bit down hard on the Pokémon's hand, making it flinch from the move as the Shadow Punch was cancelled. Eevee quickly let go as Dusknoir recoiled and became unable to attack as it was in agonizing pain. I took a glance behind me to see how Buneary and Pachirisu were doing and saw that Buneary was doing a great job guarding Wheeler, who was now beginning to regain consciousness. A couple of inches from Buneary was Pachirisu, who attempted to get up, only to immediately sit back down as Buneary checked up on him.

'Don't push yourself too hard Pachirisu, we need you with us, so rest easy.' I thought to myself as I turned back around and spotted Blake.

Blake looked as stoic as ever, with his expression being stone cold and void of any emotion as he examined us. Eevee was prepared to battle and I knew that she'd be able to handle Dusknoir and its attacks just as well as Pachirisu or Buneary. With a quick nod, Eevee sprang forward, ready to help us as best as she could.

"Eevee, Shadow Ball on Dusknoir!" I said as Eevee fired a fast shadowy ball at Dusknoir, which it managed to dodge.

I had Eevee use Shadow Ball once more, not willing to be deterred by Dusknoir dodging an attack., this proved to be a good tactic as this Shadow Ball hit Dusknoir for a ton of damage. With the Pokémon weakened slowly but surely, I knew it was time to make more loops around Dusknoir before it tried attacking us again.

I acted quickly and moved fast, watching as the Friendship Meter increased while Dusknoir gathered strength and attempted to lumber forward.
"U-ugh…where…where am I?" Wheeler mumbled from behind us.

"Stay there Wheeler, you're safe now!" Luana said as Blake gritted his teeth.

"Foolish old man, you should have died from fright. Dusknoir, attack Wheeler, now!" Blake said as he entered a command into his Miniremo.

The second Blake finished typing on his Miniremo, the building began to shake and we all did our best to maintain our footing as the four large energy circuits began to flash a bright yellow. As we struggled to avoid falling down, Dusknoir rushed forward with its hands reaching out for Luana and I. Being protective of Luana, I instinctively moved in front of her and in one quick motion, the Dusknoir came within inches of me, which made me tremble as I found myself unable to move.

"Buneary, Hi Jump Kick on Dusknoir!" Luana said as the rumbling ceased.

As the Dusknoir eyed me, I knew that the capture process was nearly finished, so I breathed a sigh of relief as I readied myself. Within the next moment, I saw Buneary collide with the Dusknoir, sending the large Pokémon far back where it couldn't do us any harm.

"Good job team, let's finish this!" I said as I made loops around the Dusknoir.

"Hahah! Level Four has finally taken effect, it won't be long now until every Pokémon will be my slaves!" Blake said.

Looking up to see if any carnage was happening in the sky, I saw that thankfully, the Pokémon bothering Keith, Sven and Wendy were gone and their Staraptors appeared to be under control. I felt awful being unable to really help them, but I also knew that if I focused my attention solely on our friends, then Blake may very well gain the upper hand. After a couple of minutes of making loops around Dusknoir, I saw Pachirisu standing in front of me in a fighting stance. No words needed to be said as Pachirisu stunned the Dusknoir once more and rendered it immobile.

Soon enough, the Dusknoir's Friendship Meter reached ninety five percent, though unlike most of the encounters we've had with Team Dim Sun, Blake didn't seem worried, in fact, he had a smirk, which made me realize something was very wrong. Once two dozen more loops were quickly made around Dusknoir, the capture was complete at last. The Miniremo Blake was using burst into flames and was reduced to scrap metal, followed by Dusknoir turning to face us, with its expression going from one of malevolence to a much friendlier one as it vanished. Looking to our left, Luana and I saw that Wheeler was now completely alert, though he made no attempt to harm our Pokémon as he gratefully smiled at us.

"Rangers…thank you, you've stopped Blake." Wheeler said as we faced Blake, who had a smirk plastered on his face.

"You old fool…that was your Miniremo that was destroyed…I still have mine." Blake said as he took out a Miniremo.

Luana and I charged forward to stop Blake, but it was too late as he only hit a single button. We all looked at one another in shock as we backed away from Blake, who was now beginning to cackle.

"W-w-what's going on?" Wheeler asked.

"I just summoned a wonderful Pokémon. All of you are going to enjoy what it has in store for you." Blake said.

In that same moment, the four energy circuits turned a dark red and the area above us became shrouded in total darkness. Looking up, I could see Wendy, Sven and Keith circling around the rooftop, though they were in various states of panic as their Staraptor were becoming nearly uncontrollable.

"Now then, I may as well explain what I just did. Kincaid and I conducted a series of tests in the event that I was ever cornered like this…we added an additional level on top of the four previous levels that were installed…I call it…Level Dark." Blake said.

"L…Level Dark…" Luana muttered.

"That's right, Level Dark. The evil and darkness in my heart has allowed me to control a powerful Pokémon and have its will swayed and get overpowered by my own. Finally…I will be a king for Almia, after I first have all of you Rangers eliminated and slaughtered like the trash you are. Come…Darkrai!" Blake said as a pitch black hole opened up between us and Blake.