The Vampire of Lavendar Town
By Ree-chan Peekster, Dugtrio16, and Dessa
Chapter 28
Chan backed away nervously. "I'm out of here!" he said. Before anyone could stop him he teleported.
"Chan!" Brandon cried.
"Ha!" Victor said. "He's afraid."
"I can't believe it!" Ben mumbled. Victor's grin grew even bigger. He was winning.
*****
Chan had teleported to the top floor and was looking for a weapon that he could use. After several minutes he found a staff.
"I'm better with a sword but this will have to do," he told himself as he once again teleported.
*****
Victor was in the process of trying to bait the group out of the Zone. But no one was budging. They were either too afraid of Shigami or too afraid of what she might do to them.
"This is bad," David said.
"No kidding," Brandon replied through gritted teeth. "Where'd Chan go to?"
"Who knows?" Sarah said. "He must have gone through a lot in order to be that scared."
"Heh... living with me isn't exactly easy," Victor taunted.
"Yes, but I managed. And it hasn't scared me away yet," Chan said as he hit Victor from behind. Chan whirled the staff between his hands and managed to keep Victor at bay for a few minutes.
"You are a fool, young one," Victor told him as he got up. Shigami picked Chan up and threw him against the wall. She looked like she was about to use her powers to do something when Brandon cried out.
"Wait!" he yelled. "Victor, I challenge that Gastly of yours with my Haunter."
"When did you catch a Haunter?" Victor demanded.
"During one of our earlier trips here. Shigami, if you want proof that you have friends, look at Chan. He is risking his life for a third time to save you," Brandon answered as he called out Haunter.
"Haunt!" the Pokémon snarled. Gastly attacked quickly but Haunter dodged the attacked and countered with its own.
"This could take awhile..." Nishu whispered.
"That's what I want. Look at Chan," Brandon answered. Chan lay slumped against the wall. His eyes were fluttering indicating that he was struggling to regain consciousness. "I'm trying to give Chan a chance," Brandon said.
As Chan struggled with unconsciousness, Shigami struggled on the inside. Raifugami wanted desperately to take over, but she had to hold her back.
******
Right near the surface of Chan's mind were different scenes of he and Dessa. When they had first met, their first adventure, when he discovered her secret, meeting Brandon... there was a lot they'd been through together. But what could he use to show her what she meant to them? Or to Takeshi, whom he was glad wasn't here. Then he remembered her telling him about the Cubone she had caught.
"Mew," he whispered. "Go up to Dessa's room, and bring back her Pokéballs." Mew nodded, and disappeared, reappearing a few minutes later, with a belt and 6 pokéballs hanging from it, and an extra one in his hand. "This must be the Cubone, since it's not with her others." He stood up weakly, and called Shigami's attention to him, while Brandon distracted Victor and Gastly with the Haunter. "Recognize this?" he asked, tossing the Pokéball up to her. She called out the pokémon, and saw the little Cubone, scared and shivering.
"Peek-a-bone," Shigami softly said, holding the small creature in her arms. Her eyes became purple once again, and she turned to face Victor. With the arm that wasn't holding Cubone, she shot a psychic beam at Victor, and then began to glow. She transformed back into Raifugami, and the light illuminated the room. She began to fall, and was Dessa again before she hit the floor. She was normal again, not a vampire. Unfortunately, she was closer to Victor and Gastly than the others and the Safety Zone.
Victor moved towards Dessa. "No!" Chan cried as he lunged at Victor, catching him at the waist.
"You are a fool, young one," Victor snarled at Chan as they hit the ground.
"Maybe, but you aren't getting her," Chan responded as he punched Victor in the stomach.
Nishu turned to Brandon, "Is this a good thing or a bad thing?"
"I don't know, but Chan isn't happy at the moment... I think we'd better get Dessa in the Safety Zone before Victor knocks Chan out," Brandon replied.
Gastly and Haunter were still fighting. "Haunter! Nightshade!" Brandon commanded. Haunter attacked Gastly with its powerful Nightshade attack. Gastly looked like it was about to use Hypnosis when it collapsed to the floor.
Brandon ran over to Dessa with Haunter covering him.
"What?!" Victor cried looking up from his fight with Chan. "You knocked out my Gastly."
"That's right," Chan groaned as he hit Victor hard in the back of the head. Victor fell to the ground. He was beginning to show the effects of the psychic attack.
"Give it up Victor," David snarled. "You've lost."
Victor knocked Chan back with a side kick before facing the group again. "This time. There will be another though..." With that, the vampire and his weak Gastly teleported.
"Where'd they go?" Ben asked.
"I don't know," Nishu commented. "But I don't want to be here when he gets back." Everyone agreed. Brandon and Chan picked up Dessa. David and Ben gathered her things and the group teleported out of the Tower to the Pokémon Center.
There, Brandon and Chan laid Dessa on a bed and returned to the lobby. "You look tired, Chan," Sarah commented.
"I am..." Chan said as he sank into a chair.
Brandon smiled faintly. "At least it is over," he said.
"Maybe.." Chan said. "I'm going to be having nightmares about this for the next three years... at least." Everyone laughed. Nishu chased Chan to bed to get some badly needed sleep. When he returned he found the others sitting quietly.
"What?" he asked.
"Nothing," David said. "We're just glad that it's over. Personally, I couldn't bear to lose Dessa or Chan."
"Me neither," Brandon said. "To think this thing started with just Chan..."
"I'm glad my son isn't dead. I don't know what I'd do without him..." Nishu said.
The others agreed. They would spend the rest of the day and most of the night talking about the incident. It would be months before Chan or Dessa could talk about it without shuddering.
Chan would fear the dark for a long time after that. He could not think about ghost pokémon without having a panic attack. But in the end it would make him stronger. He would have more self confidence knowing that if he tried hard enough, he could succeed. Dessa was in the middle of an inner struggle. She now knew that she had a dark side. She had also been captured again despite her vow of freedom. She, after resting up, would try to find out why and how she kept becoming a prisoner. Her resolve for freedom was stronger now. Nishu, upon almost losing his son, realized he needed to spend more time with Chan and resolved to do that. Brandon, David, Sarah, and Ben would know from then on that no task was too hard for them to accomplish. They had all struggled, physically and emotionally, to save themselves and their friends from being consumed in darkness. Having succeeded, they vowed that they would not let any of the group fall that close to darkness again.
The End
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Original # of parts: 3
Chapter 28
Chan backed away nervously. "I'm out of here!" he said. Before anyone could stop him he teleported.
"Chan!" Brandon cried.
"Ha!" Victor said. "He's afraid."
"I can't believe it!" Ben mumbled. Victor's grin grew even bigger. He was winning.
*****
Chan had teleported to the top floor and was looking for a weapon that he could use. After several minutes he found a staff.
"I'm better with a sword but this will have to do," he told himself as he once again teleported.
*****
Victor was in the process of trying to bait the group out of the Zone. But no one was budging. They were either too afraid of Shigami or too afraid of what she might do to them.
"This is bad," David said.
"No kidding," Brandon replied through gritted teeth. "Where'd Chan go to?"
"Who knows?" Sarah said. "He must have gone through a lot in order to be that scared."
"Heh... living with me isn't exactly easy," Victor taunted.
"Yes, but I managed. And it hasn't scared me away yet," Chan said as he hit Victor from behind. Chan whirled the staff between his hands and managed to keep Victor at bay for a few minutes.
"You are a fool, young one," Victor told him as he got up. Shigami picked Chan up and threw him against the wall. She looked like she was about to use her powers to do something when Brandon cried out.
"Wait!" he yelled. "Victor, I challenge that Gastly of yours with my Haunter."
"When did you catch a Haunter?" Victor demanded.
"During one of our earlier trips here. Shigami, if you want proof that you have friends, look at Chan. He is risking his life for a third time to save you," Brandon answered as he called out Haunter.
"Haunt!" the Pokémon snarled. Gastly attacked quickly but Haunter dodged the attacked and countered with its own.
"This could take awhile..." Nishu whispered.
"That's what I want. Look at Chan," Brandon answered. Chan lay slumped against the wall. His eyes were fluttering indicating that he was struggling to regain consciousness. "I'm trying to give Chan a chance," Brandon said.
As Chan struggled with unconsciousness, Shigami struggled on the inside. Raifugami wanted desperately to take over, but she had to hold her back.
******
Right near the surface of Chan's mind were different scenes of he and Dessa. When they had first met, their first adventure, when he discovered her secret, meeting Brandon... there was a lot they'd been through together. But what could he use to show her what she meant to them? Or to Takeshi, whom he was glad wasn't here. Then he remembered her telling him about the Cubone she had caught.
"Mew," he whispered. "Go up to Dessa's room, and bring back her Pokéballs." Mew nodded, and disappeared, reappearing a few minutes later, with a belt and 6 pokéballs hanging from it, and an extra one in his hand. "This must be the Cubone, since it's not with her others." He stood up weakly, and called Shigami's attention to him, while Brandon distracted Victor and Gastly with the Haunter. "Recognize this?" he asked, tossing the Pokéball up to her. She called out the pokémon, and saw the little Cubone, scared and shivering.
"Peek-a-bone," Shigami softly said, holding the small creature in her arms. Her eyes became purple once again, and she turned to face Victor. With the arm that wasn't holding Cubone, she shot a psychic beam at Victor, and then began to glow. She transformed back into Raifugami, and the light illuminated the room. She began to fall, and was Dessa again before she hit the floor. She was normal again, not a vampire. Unfortunately, she was closer to Victor and Gastly than the others and the Safety Zone.
Victor moved towards Dessa. "No!" Chan cried as he lunged at Victor, catching him at the waist.
"You are a fool, young one," Victor snarled at Chan as they hit the ground.
"Maybe, but you aren't getting her," Chan responded as he punched Victor in the stomach.
Nishu turned to Brandon, "Is this a good thing or a bad thing?"
"I don't know, but Chan isn't happy at the moment... I think we'd better get Dessa in the Safety Zone before Victor knocks Chan out," Brandon replied.
Gastly and Haunter were still fighting. "Haunter! Nightshade!" Brandon commanded. Haunter attacked Gastly with its powerful Nightshade attack. Gastly looked like it was about to use Hypnosis when it collapsed to the floor.
Brandon ran over to Dessa with Haunter covering him.
"What?!" Victor cried looking up from his fight with Chan. "You knocked out my Gastly."
"That's right," Chan groaned as he hit Victor hard in the back of the head. Victor fell to the ground. He was beginning to show the effects of the psychic attack.
"Give it up Victor," David snarled. "You've lost."
Victor knocked Chan back with a side kick before facing the group again. "This time. There will be another though..." With that, the vampire and his weak Gastly teleported.
"Where'd they go?" Ben asked.
"I don't know," Nishu commented. "But I don't want to be here when he gets back." Everyone agreed. Brandon and Chan picked up Dessa. David and Ben gathered her things and the group teleported out of the Tower to the Pokémon Center.
There, Brandon and Chan laid Dessa on a bed and returned to the lobby. "You look tired, Chan," Sarah commented.
"I am..." Chan said as he sank into a chair.
Brandon smiled faintly. "At least it is over," he said.
"Maybe.." Chan said. "I'm going to be having nightmares about this for the next three years... at least." Everyone laughed. Nishu chased Chan to bed to get some badly needed sleep. When he returned he found the others sitting quietly.
"What?" he asked.
"Nothing," David said. "We're just glad that it's over. Personally, I couldn't bear to lose Dessa or Chan."
"Me neither," Brandon said. "To think this thing started with just Chan..."
"I'm glad my son isn't dead. I don't know what I'd do without him..." Nishu said.
The others agreed. They would spend the rest of the day and most of the night talking about the incident. It would be months before Chan or Dessa could talk about it without shuddering.
Chan would fear the dark for a long time after that. He could not think about ghost pokémon without having a panic attack. But in the end it would make him stronger. He would have more self confidence knowing that if he tried hard enough, he could succeed. Dessa was in the middle of an inner struggle. She now knew that she had a dark side. She had also been captured again despite her vow of freedom. She, after resting up, would try to find out why and how she kept becoming a prisoner. Her resolve for freedom was stronger now. Nishu, upon almost losing his son, realized he needed to spend more time with Chan and resolved to do that. Brandon, David, Sarah, and Ben would know from then on that no task was too hard for them to accomplish. They had all struggled, physically and emotionally, to save themselves and their friends from being consumed in darkness. Having succeeded, they vowed that they would not let any of the group fall that close to darkness again.
The End
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Original # of parts: 3