Chapter 17

The Ultimate Evil (Part 4)

Last time on Lawrence's Journey, our heroes enter the house but find it to be haunted by a strange entity. After a fight, the group splits up allowing Lawrence to run into the bumbling Trio. After discovering Oz, Lawrence along with Jessie and James head up to the top of the house while Xatu is getting help. What is going on and will Oz recover from his fear? And are Wobbuffet and Meowth safe? Now, the saga continues.

At Lawrence's house, the party of a lifetime was happening. Friends, Rivals and Family were celebrating. Lance got his just desserts after tasting Gesper's spiked punch and Zephyr showed off his fighting skills. The party was going well until Xatu arrived. At first, Aquaria thought that it was a signal that Lawrence was coming home but Gesper knew what was happening. He communicated with Lawrence's Xatu and then told it to go back. That's when he turned around and his face was not pleasant anymore.

"What's wrong?" Aquaria asked.

"What, did Lawrence fall down and hurt himself?" Lance asked in a not-so serious tone.

"Lawrence is in danger and so are the rest of his new friends. Some evil is plagued the area where he is. We must get there to help him. Lawrence might have beaten two gym leaders but he will need all the help he can get!" Gesper explained.

"Evil? What evil?" Lance asked.

"An Evil that causes fear to anybody who gets near it. No one is immune to it, not even us." Gesper explained.

"Well, I don't have any fears." Lance said boastfully.

"That is scientifically impossible. Everyone is afraid of one thing or another. No human or pokemon has ever been found to be totally fearless. And it has been 100 years since the experiment has been performed." Zephyr told Lance.

"How do you know that?" Sanfra asked.

"I might be a secret agent/spy but I do know my science/psychology facts." Zephyr said.

"Shouldn't we get going?" Trevor said.

"I will have to summon the portal first. It won't take very long but I'd suggest everyone prepare. This is something that might be harder to take down if we all are unprepared. Hang on, Lawrence. We will be there." Gesper said.

Gesper started the incantation as the other watched. Hopefully, they wouldn't be too late. What they didn't know that this evil was more powerful than anyone could imagine. It would take a lot of power to take this demon down. Gesper opened the portal and pointed towards it. Lance really didn't want to go but Sanfra kicked him in first. Then she apologized to Aquaria.

"That's okay. He needed to be a guinea pig anyways." Aquaria said.

Then the group jumped in the portal. Meanwhile back in Sunnydale, everything was going chaotic. Buffy couldn't find Xander who disappeared even though he was standing by him. Willow cast a spell to find out what is happening to this house but it backfired. Buffy hears a scream and rushes into a door falling into a basement. Suddenly, dead zombies attack Buffy. Meanwhile, outside Anya and Giles stare at the house.

"We can't get in. This house won't let us in." Anya says.

"Well, we will see about that." Giles says reaching into a bag.

Giles pulls out a chainsaw and starts to cut through the wall. Meanwhile, our heroes/villains reach the attic. I am holding an electric torch provided by Zephyr. Jessie and James are shaking behind me. I look at them and sigh. I can understand why but I wonder what they are afraid of. I opened the door and suddenly, the whole group is back together. Unfortunately, Xander uses one of Buffy's weapons to knock Team Rocket out.

"You didn't have to do that, Xander." I sneered.

"I thought they were evil zombies." Xander said.

"Nope, they are human. Although the female could use some beauty agents, because she really needs it." Willow said.

"Where is Oz?" Buffy asked.

"We left him in a bathroom. Meowth and Wobbuffet are guarding him. What on earth is going on here?" I asked.

Suddenly, Giles and Anya burst through. The group snickers at Anya with her bunny costume. Suddenly, Giles spots the circles going on magic babble. He shows the group a picture of the summoning circle. Willow translates to explain that a demon named Gachnar is being summoned. Gachar is using the fears of mortals to feed himself.

"Well, that does make sense. When Crobat appeared, it showed my fear of bat. Willow's fear was probably of her spells backfiring. Xander disappeared because his fear is being not noticed and well, Oz's fear is pretty obvious." I explained.

"Well, all we have to do is … " Buffy started to say.

"Now, we have to do is not … " Giles tried to say.

" … rip up the floorboard with the summoning symbol." Both Buffy said at the same time.

Buffy ripped up the floorboards, which was Giles' warning. Suddenly, the air got all smoky and a giant figure came out of the smoke. A terrifying demon appears and Team Rocket wakes up to fall back asleep after seeing Gachnar. I slapped my head. Trust Buffy to make a mistake like that. She is the Slayer, shouldn't she know not to rush into things like this?

"Well, well. I am free again. And now I am here to terrorize the whole world." Gachnar laughed.

"Not if I can stop you." Buffy said.

"Not even the great Slayer … " Gachar smirked before being hit.

While Gachnar was distracted, I threw a hammer at him. He was good and we needed to stop him. A creature that could bring fear to the world would cause chaos.

"Good throw, Mortal. But you won't stop me." Gachnar said.

Just then he jumped through the wall and hit the ground. The group ran over to the broken wall to see him run down the street. This was bad, I thought. Now we have to really stop him. Sunnydale is danger and soon the rest of the world. I looked at Buffy.

"What do we do?" Buffy asked.

"We have to stop that demon. I might not know much about slaying demons but if we don't stop it, the whole town might be in danger." I explained.

"I will go check on Oz. You go and stop the demon." Willow said.

We rushed out of the house while Willow stayed inside. I hoped that my friends would be able to arrive in time. I would need my families help to defeat this thing. It would take a lot more than the Slayer's strength to defeat this demon. Let's just hope that it didn't discover my other fear.

To Be Continued …