Chapter 10: Turn of events

Point of View: Flare

It was now around five o'clock and we were all deciding that maybe was time to go back before it started getting dark, so we began making our way back to Alex's condo.

"Well, what do you think of Luminose city Kaz?" Kana asked Black

"It's okay I guess." Black replied looking bored out of his mind.

"Well I enjoyed our day. It's just nice to finally be able to relax," I stated.

"Hey, I'm starved. Can't we take any shortcuts to get back faster?" Black impatiently asked.

"Yeah, we can cut through the alleys, I guess." Kana said. We then decided to start cutting through the alleys to hurry up and get back home faster. Most of the alleys looked very shady but since there were three of us I doubted anyone would try anything. We then began cutting through a really dark alley that was really long and had no life in it at all.

"Hey Ryder!" someone yelled from behind us. We all turned to see the pokemon who was shouting. It was a normal charmander. I then noticed Black had a very nervous look on his face.

"Or maybe you prefer to be called Kaz nowadays?" Kana and I were both very confused on why he called Black Ryder.

"Who are you, and what do you want from me?" Black replied with a sharp tone in his voice.

"Okay, I'll get straight to the good stuff kid. Vincent wants to speak with you." Black's face seemed frozen in complete shock from what the charmander had just said.

"Where is Vincent? Take me to him now!" Black had a serious and angry tone in his voice. His eyes became filled with this sudden anger.

"Very well. Follow me then," The charmander said as he started walking.

"Wait. Black, who is Vincent?" I asked as he then began anxiously following the charmander without a second thought.

"Go home guys, this doesn't concern you," Black said as he kept following the charmander.

"No. You stop now, and tell me what's going on. I can't just let you wander off with some stranger like this!" I yelled at Black. I was now very concerned for Black.

"Then shut up, keep up, and stay out of my way." Black's words were cold. I could tell that something bad was about to go down.

"Flare, we should go back now. This guy is trouble, if Kaz wants to follow him to mew knows where then he can do that himself." Kana whispered into my ear with a worried voice.

"I can't do that Kana. If something bad happens, I'm accountable because I was supposed to watch Black if we left the condo." I whispered back into Kana's ear quietly. We continued following the charmander through the city. He was slowly taking us down to the bad part of town. I was not liking where this was going, and I was now getting quite nervous myself. Black continued to follow the charmander, with each of his steps carrying rage.

"Don't worry. We are almost there umbreon," The charmander said with a very deceiving tone to his voice.

We then entered into a construction site that the employees where currently not working on. There were two unfinished buildings right next to each other, some old equipment left behind such as trucks and bulldozers, a third half constructed building that had at least twenty to thirty floors which I'm guessing was supposed to be one of those big commercial buildings, some cat walks along the sides of the buildings along with some large cranes on top of the buildings as well, random cement blocks here and there and a lot of cargo crates. I then realized that there was no one anywhere close to us. We were completely alone with the charmander.

"We are here," The charmander said not even bothering to look at us.

"Welcome Ryder!" an unknown individual yelled from with the building. Then a Quilava walked out of the building and onto the catwalk that ran along the side of the unfinished building.

"Where is Vincent!" Black yelled ferociously.

The quilava then began chuckling. "Vincent's not here buddy! Instead he sent me to bring you back to him. Too bad you brought your friends I didn't really want to have to kill anyone. But witnesses are witnesses." The Quilava said in a deranged voice with a huge smile on his face.

"Well then I hope you guys have one hell of a lot of insurance for when I'm done with you!" Black was now instigating a fight that Kana and I wanted absolutely no part in.

"You are not hurting anyone umbreon." The quilava's voice went from deranged to very serious.

He then began inhaling a deep breath and unleashed a massive flame thrower that covered half the construction site. We all jumped out of the way hiding behind whatever we could. Kana and I hid behind a cargo crate while Black hid behind a massive cement block.

"Charmander, you take care of the fennekin and the jolteon, I'll take care of the umbreon."

The charmander walked in front of us and got into a position that showed he was ready to fight. The quilava jumped off the catwalk and started walking towards Black.

"This is really bad," I whispered to Kana who probably looked just as nervous as I did.

"Why do you want Black!?" I yelled at the charmander demanding an answer.

"I don't know. All I know is that we have to capture that umbreon with no witnesses. I'm truly sorry you guys got mixed into this." I could now see that the charmander did not want to be here at all.

We then all saw another massive flamethrower come our way as we all jumped to the nearest piece of cover.

Point of View Black

I was now hiding behind some cargo crates to avoid the blazing hell that the quilava sent towards me. I never even knew that flamethrowers on that level could be produced.

"Come into the light, umbreon, and accept your fate. This is for the better of our world." Now the quilava was speaking nonsense.

"Save the world? You are crazy!" I yelled as I began charging towards him. I then began to concentrate all my energy until I formed a shadow ball in my mouth and I launched it towards him. He jumped out of the way, and my shadow ball ripped straight through some cargo crates. I usually never used my shadow ball since it could seriously hurt someone if used carelessly.

"Soon you will experience the flames of hell, umbreon!" The quilava yelled as he began charging another flamethrower. I ran towards him faster than I thought I could move and slammed my body into his chest causing him to fire his flamethrower up into the air. He then jumped back a few steps and got some distance between us.

I noticed the sun setting out of the corner of my eye. I would just have to hold out a little longer until the moon would be out. If that happened I could really show this quilava who he was messing with.

"Charmander we have to finish this up before the sun sets or we could be in real trouble!" The quilava yelled at the charmander who was now battling Flare and Kana.

"Damn right you will be in trouble," I growled under my breath.

The quilava then launched a series of embers at me, the speed he launched the embers at me could easily be on par with an automatic rifle. I dodged every ember with only inches between me and the balls of fire. I then saw my chance. I began charging another shadow ball but I held it in my mouth for the right moment.

"We're not finished umbreon. I've thought of a wonderful present for you!" The quilava had a completely insane tone to his voice. He then began spitting lava everywhere. The problem with the lava is that it actually stuck on the ground and gave me less room to move around.

His body then ignited on fire and he started running towards me while laughing like this was a game to him. I responded the only logical way I could think of: running away. I quickly noticed he was trying to corner me into the lava pools he had created, but right as he was catching up to me I spun around and fired my shadow ball at him. He jumped to the side but it grazed his left hip and drew blood. He touched the blood with his hands and observed it.

The quilava then looked me dead in the eyes. Now he was angry and that's just how I wanted him.

"Umbreon this is my last offer for you to surrender before I take you by force." He said in a dark and menacing voice.

"I am not going to roll over and die for you"

He then just looked at me and smirked. "Very well you will now experience true Hell!" he yelled as the flames on his back got even bigger.

I took a step back knowing he was now getting serious. He then charged at me with lightning speed and his claws ignited on fire and he then lunged towards me in an attempt to tackle me to the ground. I ducked below him and then got back into my defensive position.

Point of View Flare

The Charmander continued shooting embers towards us as Kana and I evaded them with little effort. This guy was not strong. I could already tell his only purpose was to help get Black to come here.

"Kana I'm going to go help Black, can you handle this guy?"

"Yeah I think I can manage," She replied with confidence in her voice now that she knew her opponent wasn't a great fighter. I then began to make my way towards Black. I decided to cut through the building so I could try and flank that quilava. I ran through the unfinished building until I was past the quilava. I peeked out of the building and observed the battle that was taking place. I could see the quilava and Black talking about something I couldn't hear. I could see hatred built up in Blacks eyes. I had never seen him this angry before. He looked like he would really kill this guy if he was given the chance.

I began running towards the quilava's back in an attempt to attack him off guard. My fire attacks wouldn't do much against the quilava so I decided I would go with a physical attack. I then lunged towards him in an attempt to tackle him, but he then spun around and grabbed me by my head and used my momentum to smash me into the ground and pinned me down.

"You're too slow fennekin." Then he looked up a Black. "I wonder if I killed you here if it would upset that umbreon more," he said with a sick twisted voice. Realizing the seriousness of the situation, I began to panic while Black stood their growling, infuriated by the situation.

"Let him go!" Black snarled.

"Why would I do that? Because of your friend I am now in control of this situation. If I wanted to I could snap his neck right here, wouldn't that be a lot of fun?" His voice was absolutely demented. At this point, I was starting to accept that my life was in the hands of a lunatic.

"Hmm no decision, I'll choose for you. I want to see how mad I can get you. Show me your true hatred umbreon!" He then began laughing hysterically.

Then, I felt him start slowly twisting my neck. His maniacal laughter intensified watching Black go insane from the situation. The tension continued to build up at he kept twisting. His interest in Black rage, led him to not even looking at me while he did this, which only made me all the more worried.

"No, stop please!" Black yelled worried for my life.

"What, are you scared? Why should I let him live, what will I get out of it?"

Black froze in fear not even knowing what to do. "Please, just let him go this has nothing to do with him!"

The sun had completely set and the moon would be coming out very shortly.

Charmanders Point of View

I was now getting frustrated by the jolteon's lightning speed. I couldn't land a single hit on her. I did notice I was tiring her out though because her moves were getting significantly slower and her breathing heavier.

"Please, it doesn't have to be like this. Please, just let us go." She said fearful that someone was going to get hurt. I felt really disgusted in myself for having to do this to pokemon who didn't really seem like they were that bad of pokemon. But I knew I had to do this for my trainer.

I then launched a smoke screen right at her feet and clouded the entire area around her. I could hear her coughing violently as she tried to get fresh air in her lungs. I then charged up a good sized ember that could easily kill someone with the right hit. I then launched it into the smokescreen. I saw a series explosions within the smokescreen as it made contact with the entire area. The smoke began to clear up and I then saw the jolteon lying on the ground. I walked up to her and looked down at her. She was covered in singe marks but still conscious. She was too injured to even move. Blood was slowly dripping out of her mouth as she looked up at me in terror.

I stared at her terror filled eyes. They were eyes that were innocent, theses eyes were gentle and didn't want to cause anybody harm.

"Please don't," She managed to choke out with a very weak voice. Her eyes were beginning to dilate, and I could see she was getting more scared by the second. I raised my paw ready to finish the job and murder an innocent pokemon. I held the claw above her chest where her heart was.

"Please, at least let my friends go, please." Tears then began to flow down her eyes as she accepted her imminent death.

"Celebi, what the hell am I doing." I whispered under my breath. I then started dragging the jolteon to a safer location away from the fight between the umbreon and quilava. I placed her behind some construction equipment where she should be safe from any danger.

"Stay here. Everything is going to be fine, I promise." I whispered into her ear. I then began heading towards the fight that was going on between the umbreon and Marek.

Point of View Flare

Black and the quilava were now staring each other dead in the eyes waiting for someone to make a move. The quilava was still holding me hostage and putting intense pressure on my neck. I could now see the moon peeking out over the horizon. I could make it out tonight was a full moon that would give Black a lot of energy to keep fighting.

"The only thing I want to know is why the hell Mandus would want you." The quilava said looking bored of the fight.

"Who is Mandus?" Black asked in an angry yet confused voice.

"Mandus is many things. He is the one who sent us after you umbreon."

"Why does he want me?" Black asked. I was kind of shocked upon learning that Black didn't even know why they wanted to abduct him. I kinda assumed he was hiding this from us but I guess he was just as oblivious as us.

"Mandus told me that there is something special about you that only very few pokemon have, although you appear to be another stupid pokemon to me." The quilava stated getting bored of the conversation.

"Let me put it like this umbreon. Mandus is the closest thing in this world to a god."

Black and I both froze from his statement.

"We have always heard tales of the legendaries such a Celebi, Mew, Arceus and so on. But Mandus is real and will change this world soon. My question is why the hell does he want you? You're weak and pathetic and you can't even protect yourself let alone your friends."

"A god? I was wrong about you quilava. At first I thought you were just being manipulated by Vincent. But now I know you are out of your fucking mind!" The quilava was so shocked by Blacks outburst he loosened his grip around my neck. I then forced myself out from below him and got back to my feet and got in a defensive position as Black tackled the quilava with all of his might.

The blue rings on Blacks body were now beginning to pulse with power from the full moon. I could see a smirk now beginning to show on Black's face.

"Merrick we should retreat, the moon is out!" I heard the charmander yell as I saw him running towards us.

"Wait if he's here, then that means... Kana!" I turned back to where we were fighting the charmander to see she wasn't there at all..

Black eyes narrowed as he realized what I was getting at.

"You bastards! I am going to kill every last one of you!" Black yelled at the top of his lungs.

Black then jumped back a few steps and launched a giant shadow ball towards the charmander. The charmander barely made it out of the way as he dove to the side of the shadow ball in terror.

I just sat there in shock upon realizing Kana was possibly dead. "Kana" I whispered to myself.

"Flare leave this to me and get out of here. Under the power of the full moon, I should be able to take these two out easily."

I just stood there completely in shock. Nothing from the outside world mattered because someone I knew my whole life was dead and I left her there to die alone.

"Black." I said with a shaky voice.

"What?" Black responded.

"This is all your fault."

End of Chapter

Author Note: Thanks to the pokemon Melody and genricgamer207