The Shadow of the Seeking

Part I Gorwlithe of Fading Flame

Chapter 7: Collapsing Faith

The next 3 days had been horrible. The moral was very low. Depression was breaking out between all the poke`mon. Blaze Burn wasn't giving out his usual tips of advise, he would just give everyone blank stares. Pale Fang had died, before he had entered the Yaly, which made Flame Bristle's days during the lock down worse. Food was scarce. Injuries and sickness were starting to break out. Even the Archies stopped patrolling during Antheses. But nothing compared to what happened next.
Two hours before the Anthdess of the 3rd day of the plan, word from Spit Fire the Archie came that the 3rd floor was shaking. Panic rose. The mothers were telling there kids it was ok, though it wasn't people were positioning themselves closer to the door, and some people were wandering to the second floor. Flame Bristle was faded all the way to her chest now. The pain was insufferable. She could barely breathe. Blazing Stomp was making things worse. She kept on betting when Flame Bristle would die. This aggravated Flame Bristle and when she had raised the bet to 50 fhlits [dollars. Pronounced Flits], Flame Bristle bit her hard around the leg. This resulted in a slash on the neck from Flame Foot.
About 30 minutes from Natodess, Flame Bristle was instructed to get the stone from the 3rd floor. Although she didn't like the idea, she agreed to go get the stone. The second floor felt eyrie. There were drops of water on the ground from leaks. She ran up the stairs and grabbed the stone. As she was coming down the stairs, the floor began to shake. Then a groan cam and the walls started to move. She dropped the stone in surprise and ran as fast as she could down the stairs. The second floor was also shaking. When she got to the bottom floor, the people were lined up to get on top of the flying poke`mon. She ran down as the last few people got on a Pidgeotto. Future Seeker then came in. "Flame Bristle! You're the last one! Hop on my back. The floor began to shake. She ran, but a piece of ceiling fell on her leg. She tried to shift it as the walls began to close in on her. The ceiling was falling. She couldn't move. She yelped, but no one could hear her because of the building and the rain. She put all her power into moving the piece off her leg. She pulled and pulled, but couldn't shift it. She gave up. As the walls closed in, she began to wish she hadn't touched the stone, she wanted to wish she had died by the rain, not the tower. She looked into the sky thinking, good bye world. she felt something hit very hard on her back. She couldn't breathe. She looked around to see in horror that she was trapped between two ceiling boards. And then, it went black.