Well this will be the 25th chapter I've made so far and i'm pretty happy. I think this fan fic is coming along really well for my first ever attempt at writing a story and I really enjoy it. I never really knew what to expect from people since I've never tried anything like this before. I'm not sure if i've gotten good results for my story being 25 chaps in and its only been up for a month and a half. Either way I am happy with the results and I really do enjoy seeing people enjoying my story and it means a lot to me. I'd like to thank everyone who has read and followed my story up to this point I can't put my gratitude in context honestly so hopefully you all get the point lol. Anyways enough about that now on to the story. Flare, Hesh and Kana are now about to fight Stark in an intense battle while Connor and Gray fight Kane/the black scyther. Things are going to get crazy as the chaos begins to wrap up.

Chapter 25: Betrayal

Point of View Gray

The scyther, Connor and I were facing was fast, really fast. Connor and I were still at the same spot as before on the mountain, we were now on our toes from the black scyther who's speed was unmatched by any living organism.

"This is bad" Connor said as a bead of sweat dropped off his forehead. I couldn't agree more but I was going to refuse to show any sign of fear or weakness. The scyther was just watching us from a safe distance of about ten meters away as we tried to come up with a plan that didn't end with us dying. The truth was that the scyther was stronger than both of us, a better fighter and there was no hope of us out running the bug. We were in a tight situation and we needed an advantage fast.

The scyther then got bored of us just thinking and he moved in for an attack with his blades. Faster than I can blink he ran up in front of me and swung both of his blades horizontally in a scissor motion in an attempt to decapitate me. I quickly ducked as fast as I cold. I did not like the fact I could feel the blade cutting the fur on my head. That was to close for my taste. Then once I ducked the scyther then planted his foot right in my jaw and sent me flying to the ground in pain. Connor then launched a flame thrower that covered a good amount of area, but the scyther was faster than his flames and jumped out of the way without any struggle.

Connor quickly ran over to me and helped me to my feet. I flexed out my jaw a few times and heard a satisfying crack. I then felt my anger inside of me building up. I then charged up an ice beam and launched it straight towards the scyther. He just simply moved out of the way with his unmatched speed. Connor then launched a smokescreen at the scyther and clouded the whole area around him with smoke.

"Keep a good ice beam ready" Connor whispered into my ears as he launched a big flamethrower towards the scyther. Everything in the smoke was consumed in flames, besides the scyther that jumped out of the smokescreen and was now in the air using his wings to fly. I then shot my ice beam right at him and the scyther couldn't move this time, but he managed to absorb most of the impact by crisscrossing is blades and forming an X. The attack itself may have done little to nothing, but the force of the impact caused him to fall out of the sky and hit the ground. Almost instantly when the scyther hit the ground he flung himself back up like a ninja would and got back into his fighting stance.

"Well… damn" Connor muttered. That was literally the best we could come up with and it still hardly did anything to help us win.

"Connor launch another smoke screen and do what you did last time" I said as I simulated a decent plan in my head.

Connor did as I said and launched a smokescreen towards the scyther. The scyther was now covered in the smoke and I began sprinting towards the smoke. Connor launched his flame thrower and consumed all of the smoke. The scyther then popped out of the smoke and I tackled him instantly after he came out with everything I had and sent him on the ground. The moment he hit the ground I charged up the strongest ice beam I could and hit him with it. The beam hit his torso and it froze it almost solid. The scyther was now showing an expression of surprise with big widened eyes. The scyther slowly climbed up to his feet and observed his frozen torso.

He then took his blade and smashed the blunt side against the ice and smashed the ice right off his chest. The damage done to the bugs shell was pretty bad and a little more and he would finally have a weak spot.

"Connor keep going for his chest the shell on his body is weak their" I said to Connor who nodded in acknowledgement.

Point of View Flare

We all waited not knowing what to expect from the white umbreon. He just walked towards us calmly. The umbreon's back was to the sun, so we all had to look into the sun to be able to watch his movements. Then the umbreon darted towards us with lightning speed. He was heading towards Kana and she just froze in her tracks not even blinking. Hesh then shot a lightning bolt right in front of Kana which caused the umbreon to seize his attack on Kana. He then looked at Hesh, who was staring him down with eyes full of confidence.

"You want to die first then" The umbreon said as he shifted his attention towards Hesh. The umbreon's right paw then started glowing with a dark aura that was similar to how Black's shadow ball attack looked.

"What the…" Hesh said in a nervous voice as he took a step back. The umbreon then ran towards Hesh and swung his paw at Hesh. Hesh quickly dodged out of the way. The umbreon then kept jumping towards Hesh at light speed while swinging his paw at him until Hesh tripped and fell on the ground. I knew I only had one chance and I shot an ember at the umbreon, right before the umbreon could hit Hesh with his paw with the dark aura. The umbreon quickly jumped back to safety from my ember.

Hesh quickly climbed to hit feet and got into a fighting stance. "Be on guard this guys no joke" Hesh said out loud for us to here.

Kana stood her ground next to me, I could tell she was scared, but she wasn't the type to back down when her friends needed her. I just prayed that she wouldn't get hurt again since she still had little to no fighting experience.

"Were finished here" the umbreon said as he inhaled a deep breath. He then blew a giant wave of dark matter straight towards us like a flamethrower. We all quickly jumped to the side barely escaping the attack with our lives. Obviously the attack was lethal since the dark matter ate away the sand on the ground where the attack touched.

The umbreon then inhaled another breath before we were hardly back on our feet and launched another wave of dark matter similar to my flamethrower. We all struggled to get out of the way again. I looked over to Kana and she was just fine, but I noticed Hesh's leg was wounded by the dark matter and it ate away the skin on his leg. Hesh tried standing up on his leg but he quickly fell down and gritted hit teeth in pain.

The umbreon then inhaled another breath and we all got ready to dodge. Kana had other plans though and dashed straight towards the umbreon as she conducted electricity through her whole body. I've never seen her move so fast and she rammed her whole body into the white umbreon and caused him to misfire his dark matter into the air. Instantly after Kana tackled him she tripped and fell on the ground in a clumsy manner. The umbreon on the other hand slowly got up off the ground with his muscles pulsing with electricity. For someone who was just shocked he sure was taking it quite well since I'd still be trying to get over the pain. The umbreon then shifted his gaze at Kana who was still on the ground.

"Maybe you aren't the coward I predicted. I actually respect the risk you took" the umbreon said to Kana as he walked over to her. "To bad you are already dead" he said as he raised his shadow paw above her. Time slowed down as I watched as the umbreon was about to slaughter one of my closest friends. I tried charging up an ember but there was no way it would make it in time. The umbreon then sent hit paw towards her body to finish her. Kana then rolled onto her back and shot a thunder bolt right in the umbreon's face right as his paw made contact with her. The umbreon quickly flew back and I could see every muscle in his body tensing up from the electricity. This time he stayed on the ground and it was now my turn to help. I then shrouded my entire body in flames and charged straight towards the umbreon who was now slowly getting to his feet. The instant he noticed me his eyes widened and I made full contact with him in a fiery explosion as I tackled him with my whole entire existence. The umbreon went flying back and hit the sand on the ground with a few scorch marks on his fur.

I quickly ran over to Kana to make sure she was alright. "Kana are you okay" I yelled in a shaky voice worrying that she may have gotten injured. She just looked at me with a smile and revealed a small cut on her chest. The wound wasn't deep at all and was just a graze on the surface of her chest. If she was one second slower though this whole scene would be a tragedy right now.

"Flare" I heard Hesh call out from where he was sitting with his wounded leg. I then turned around and all I could see was the white umbreon head-butting me right between the eyes. I quickly fell to the ground as the whole world around me became blurry and I felt a horrible migraine in my head. Kana tried tackling the umbreon again but he then punched her in the face with his paw before she could make contact. Kana fell to the ground next to me. Hesh watched as me and Kana fell to the ground. Hesh then stood up and began trying to limp to us with his injured leg but he quickly fell down and he was now dragging himself towards us in a desperate attempt to help.

"You three put up a good fight, better than I thought you would… But it's over now" He said as his right paw was covered by his dark aura. Kana seemed to be unconscious from the blow she took and Hesh was too far away to do anything.

"Just do what your going to do" I said faintly to him. I then closed my eyes and just prayed that this was going to be quick as I blocked everything out of my head and the world fell silent.

"That's far enough Stark" I heard an unfamiliar voice call out. I then heard what sounded like guns being cocked and I opened my eyes and saw a kadabra standing off in the distance with five creepy men in tactical gear with a mask's on that made their face look like a blank human face. The scientists had on tactical vest and were armed with assault rifles and they were pointed on the white umbreon.

"Just who the hell's side are you on" the umbreon snarled. The kadabra looked unfazed by the umbreon who was addressed as Stark. Stark didn't look scared at all by the guns pointed at him and just held his ground as he death glared the armed men.

"They can be used as experiments, no need to kill them just yet" the kadabra said. The fact that he was considering using us as experiments sent shivers down my spine and I began pondering what horrible things he had in mind for us.

"The Crimson Dawn wanted them dead and that's what I'm doing" the umbreon said with a slightly calmer voice.

"You work for us Stark not them, they were just paying for your services. You seemed to have misinterpreted where your loyalties lie" the kadabra said with a calm voice.

"I'm loyal to neither I was just paying off a debt that's all" Stark said.

"Well now you owe us for killing all of our scientists who were sent to capture the umbreon" the kadabra said.

"I only did that because they were shooting their guns and could have possibly killed the umbreon. The men you use on your black op team are untrained and lack basic skills. You should have left It to me from the start" Stark snarled at the Kadabra

"Well I do appreciate your enthusiasm, but we are going to have to put you in your place once we get back to base" the kadabra said.

"Put me in my place" Stark said in an infuriated voice. "Stop talking to me like I have to help you guys. I am not your slave and I can do as I please" Stark said in complete anger as he took a step forward.

The kadabra just let out a small chuckle as if Stark was a moron "On the contrary, we created you so we own you Stark."

The moment those words left the kadabra's mouth I could see Stark become enraged. He was now clenching his teeth and was growling in a very aggressive manner.

"You're going to regret even considering that" stark snarled as he ran towards the armed men at light speed. They all began firing they're guns at Stark but none of them could land a single hit on the umbreon as he zigzagged around their bullets. I simply just prayed none of them accidentally shot one of us. The instant Stark was close to the men his body was covered in a dark aura and he jumped towards one of the armed men in the blink of an eye. The man screamed in terror as the umbreon clung onto him with his teeth that were deep in his neck. Blood shot out of his neck very quickly and the man quickly fell over and dropped the gun in his hand on the ground.

Stark then quickly jumped back and dodged some more gun shot and jumped towards the next armed scientist. In midair he swung his dark matter paw horizontally at his neck and his neck sliced right open and the man quickly fell to the ground while holding his neck in a futile attempt to stop the blood. I felt incredible sick as my stomach turned upside down and I could feel my lunch trying to escape my stomach. I've never seen someone die in person before and I prayed I'd never witness something so horrible.

Stark was now zigzagging away from the scientists horrible shot's and he made his next move on one of the three remaining scientists. He inhaled a breath and released dark matter out of his mouth and engulfed the scientist in dark matter. I won't even speak of what his body looked like after that. All I did was shield my eyes and tried my hardest not to puke at the horrible sight. After a few gunshots I quickly decided to see what was happening in the fight. The scientist where still trying to shoot the lightning fast umbreon. One of the scientists was following Stark with a trail of bullets behind him, Stark jumped towards one of the scientist and jumped on his shoulder and jumped off it. The other scientist then accidentally shot his friend in an attempt to kill the umbreon.

The scientist fell to the ground clenching his wound "You fucking moron" the man yelled in pain. The kadabra was just watching everything happen with amusement in his eyes as if this was some kind of experiment to him. The last scientist just pointed his gun at stark with shaky hands. They both stared at each other waiting for the other to make the move. Stark then taunted him by making a sudden movement with his body. The scientist just simply fell on his butt and shielded his face in terror as he whimpered in fear. Stark just watched the man cower in fear and decided to not to take his life. The man realized he was still alive and quickly took his chance and began running for dear life in fear abandoning the kadabra.

"Well that was easy" Stark said in a taunting voice as he walked towards the kadabra. The kadabra showed no sign of fear at all and just held his hands behind his back.

"For me" the kadabra said as he revealed a small remote in his hand. Stark quickly charged at the kadabra at light speed to finish the fight. Right before he reached the kadabra his whole body tensed up and he tousled down to the ground. The umbreon quickly jumped back up to his feet and lunged towards the kadabra but his muscles tensed up again in midair and he just fell on the ground breathing heavy. I had no idea what was going on but the kadabra somehow stopped Stark with minimum effort. I could only imagine what kind of sick pokemon the kadabra was though for waiting until after his team mates died to use that trick to stop him.

"What the hell are you doing to me" Stark said in a pained voice as he breathed heavy from the unknown force acting upon him.

The kadabra just walked up to him and kneeled down next to him "In your body there is multiple receptors. Every time I push the button on this remote the receptors send electric shocks through your body to the point that your muscles won't function properly. As I said before Stark you are our property and you will obey us" The kadabra said with a sick twisted voice.

"I'm going to kill you when you least expect it" Stark snapped in a pissed off voice. The kadabra then pushed the button on the remote and sent electric shocks into Starks body and every muscle tensed up in his body. Despite the fact he just tried to kill me I couldn't help but want to help the guy since the kadabra seemed like a worse pokemon in a way.

"Anyways Stark we've had a change of plans and we no longer need the umbreon thanks to the test coming back positive and some samples of DNA we collected. We no longer at this point have a need for the Crimson Dawn so we will now move on to phase two in our plane" the kadabra said as he pushed the button again and sent more electric shocks into Stark's body. This time though he held the button down for much longer and eventually Starks eyes rolled into the back of his head and he appeared to be unconscious.

Hesh was also watching the sick twisted kadabra betray his team mate and I'm sure Hesh was also wondering what kind of sick twisted event was going on right now and what phase two was. I thought they were on a team and now that kadabra was betraying his team mate and referring to him as property. The kadabra then lifted the umbreon onto his shoulder and began walking away with Stark not even caring about us.

"Wait" I yelled to the kadabra. He stopped and shifted his glance at me. "What are you going to do with him" I asked in a concerned voice. Despite the fact the umbreon tried to kill all of us I still couldn't help but feel sorry for him to an extent.

"We no longer have a need for your friend Black and we got what we needed out of him. But I will warn you Crimson still wants your friend" he said as he continued walking away from me. I had no clue what he meant by crimson and it appeared more than one group was after Black and I was now more confused than before.

Point of View Gray

Connor and I were now at our limit and we had barely escaped death to this point. Connor had received many wounds and he was now barely standing from exhaustion. I still had a little energy left but nowhere near enough to hold my own. The scyther didn't even show a sign of exhaustion as he made his way towards us to finish the job. I quickly ran scenarios through my head to find a way to get out of this alive but no matter how I thought of it I always ended up dead.

"Shit" I muttered out loud as the scyther continued walking towards us. I held my ground on wobbly feet as I looked off into the distance and watched the sun that barely sat over the ocean. It was a calming sight to see before the inventible happened.

"Target spotted" I heard a male voice say from above us. I then looked up the mountain and saw multiple men standing on a cliff above us with blank human face masks on with assault rifles pointed at the black scyther.

"Yeah that's the Crimson member alright, open fire men" Another one of the men shouted out loud. All the men then opened fire with their automatic rifles at the scyther. The scyther quickly jumped out of the way and hid behind a rock. I quickly went behind another rock and took cover from the gun shots as well. Connor on the other hand was limping towards cover and I saw a bullet rip through his back and out his chest as I saw blood shoot out his mouth. He stood there for a second in shock of getting shot and he then quickly fell to his knees with frozen eyes.

"Nooo…" I yelled out, not believing what I was seeing. Everything was now happening so fast. I wanted to help him but the armed men were laying down a lot of fire and I wouldn't last a second out there, so I sat here helpless as Connor lied their possibly dead.

The scyther on the other hand disappeared and I had no idea where he had gone. I then poked my head out of my cover and the men were searching around for the scyther. Then from above the scyther dropped down from the sky and stabbed his blade into one of the men's chest. The man's body quickly fell limp and all the men opened fire at him. The scyther held the man's body up and used it as a meat shield for the bullets that were coming his way. After a few seconds of nonstop gun shots all I heard was a few clicks and silence. I then heard a few screams of agony and I saw a man fall down to the ground from the cliff above. I quickly looked out of my cover and I saw that all of the men were dead and the scyther was just standing next to their slaughtered bodies.

The scyther then walked out of sight. I waited a few seconds to make sure nothing happened and I then quickly remembered Connor. I quickly ran out of my cover and ran towards Connor who was lying on the ground on his stomach. Once I reached him I quickly grabbed him as gently as I could with my paw and flipped him over so I could see his face. Connors eyes were closed and I couldn't hear him breathing. I quickly put my ear against his chest where his heart would be and I listened for a pulse.

"Connor, Connor" I whispered to him in a concerned voice. I then put my head down and tried listening for a pulse again. I then could hear a very faint heart beat that was weak.

"I'm still here" I heard a faint and weak whisper escape Connor's mouth.

"Thank Mew" I said in a relieved voice.

"Do you think everyone is okay" Connor said in a weak whisper.

Despite the fact that I had no clue and that if things were going fine for them they would have been back by now, despite the fact that I knew that I lied "Yeah I'm sure they are just fine and I guarantee they found and saved your friend by now" I said in an attempt to ease Connors mind.

Connor then let out a small chuckle and he gave out a weak cough along with a little blood "They got me pretty good, I wonder how long I got" Connor said accepting that he was already dead.

"Don't say that, help will be arriving soon and we are going to get you patched up and you are going to live a good life" I said in a reassuring voice in an attempt to talk him out of his attitude.

"I need… you to do something… if I don't make it" Connor said with a few pauses in his voice.

"You're not going to die" I said even though it was becoming obvious that he had little time left. Blood was escaping the wound that went straight through his chest and I was attempting to hold the blood in even though my paws weren't the best for holding wounds shut.

"My family lives in Geosenge, please tell them that I'm sorry… That I never made it home… and that they were always in my thoughts" Connor said in a faint and quiet voice. I had to practically put my ear against his mouth just to make out what he was saying.

"You can make it, don't just roll over and die on me" I yelled in frustration. I looked at Connor and his eyes where now closed.

"Dammit don't just give up now" I yelled out loud as a tear escaped my eye. Connor just lied their and didn't reply to me. I put my head against his chest one last time and all I heard was silence. I then took my hand off his wound and took a few steps back and bowed my head towards him as a sign of respect.

Chapter End

Author Note: Well their was a lot of content in that chapter so lets talk shall we. Flare, Hesh and Kana actually held out pretty good against Stark. Until he decided to stop messing around and took them down when they were distracted. Now things kind of got a little weird when Zero/The kadabra came in and turned on Stark and had a little talk with him. Stark is now being manipulated by Team Genesis and he is not the type who takes being manipulated well. Also the Kadabra said they had a new plan and I'm sure it wont be good. Just remember some of the things Zero said and it may give you some hints on what he was getting at. (I wont spoil it though) Now onto Gray's side of the chapter. It was tragic how things went from bad to worse and Connor was gunned down within a blink of an eye. I thought it was a good scene and kind of touching in my opinion. It now appears that team Genesis is now betraying the Crimson Dawn seeing as they just tried killing a member of The crimson Dawn. (The Scyther) Things will be getting tough for our protagonist as they try and grasp what is going on and soon things will start making for sense and the true motive of our antagonist will be revealed. Thanks for reading I really appreciate it and I will have another chapter up when I have time. Sadly this is the last day of my spring break so I won't have as much open time to write, but I already had a lot of spare time during the week so its not like anything changed lol. Thanks again for reading.