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Guest: Thank you. And actually, Black Dawn isn't that close to over. It'll probably be around half way after this arc, but my chapter have been getting longer as well. So, I really can't say how long it'll take until this story is over. But, I'm proud that I came this far.

Book II: Impending Twilight

Chapter 93: if things get bad I'll have your back

Point of View Naomi

Silence filled the inside of the hotel room I was stuck in for the night. Moonlight peaked through the windows of the room, allowing the rings on Black's and my bodies to faintly glow. I let out a groggy yawn from the floor as I sat up, I have been in and out of sleeping all night. I felt a bit uneasy with what was going on. I looked around the room as I saw everyone in a deep sleep, eventually my eyes found a clock on the night-stand, which read the time as 3:24 AM. I let out another yawn as I felt my eyes growing heavy, I began to lie back down, until I glanced at Black and noticed that his eyes were open. I silently stood up again as I walked towards the shiny umbreon.

"Black, you're still awake?" I whispered silently to the umbreon. He remained silent for a moment as if he was still asleep, but I could see his crimson eyes, so I knew he was awake. "Hey?" I whispered gently as I gave him a small nudge on the arm.

Black inhaled a sudden breath as he flinched back onto his side. His eyes were wide with fear for a moment, until they transitioned into a hollow look that made him look sad.

"Hey, are you alright, you don't look so good?" I asked him as I sat down next to him. Black sat up as well, but he stared blankly at the wall, which really made him look like a depressed wreck.

"Yeah," Black mumbled out after a bit of time.

"You sure? You look really down," I pointed out as I scooted closer to him so he could hear me better, since I had to be quiet.

"I just can't sleep knowing that they're after us again," Black replied as his ears lowered a bit along with his head.

"We'll be fine. When morning comes we'll get help from WPA," I reassured him.

"You don't know that. I doubt they can protect us from Genesis. They're a lot stronger than WPA, and then there is Crimson on top of that."

"Hey, we'll get by one way or another. Besides, if things get bad, I'll have your back, I promise," I told Black, which he then rose his head a bit as he looked at me.

"I don't want you to get hurt for me though," Black told me.

"It's fine. I may not be the best fighter, but no one can outsmart me, not Genesis nor Crimson. They may both have more numbers this time, but so do we, and this time we know they are coming," I said as a confident smirk formed on my face.

"You really think that?"

"No," I said as I nodded my head once, "I know that."

Black just sat there staring at me for a moment, "Thanks," Black said in a voice that wasn't as weighed down by depression.

"Alright, you need to get some sleep, today is going to be long, so you'll need energy," I told Black as I placed my paw on his back and guided him towards the ground, so he could rest. Black now lied on his side as he began to drift off into a sleep, I could tell he was a lot more relaxed now. "Just remember, if you ever need someone, I'm here for you," I gently whispered to Black as I lied down next to his and rested my head on him as a pillow.

Third person point of View

It has been hours since Scarlet escaped the zorua. In the grasp of her hand was the servine, who was still unconscious. Scarlet made her way through a cave that was located on the mountains near Shalour. Small holes on the roof of the cave allowed moonlight to enter, which gave the ninja just enough light to navigate. After a few minutes of walking, Scarlet came into a more opened up corridor that was illuminated by a lantern. Sitting on a rock in the darkness was a lucario with a cloak.

"Scarlet, I presume you didn't come here just to visit?" Mandus asked the greninja.

"Genesis is making a move for Ryder as we speak. I alerted the others to stay close to him."

"I see, who's that in your hand though?" the lucario asked.

"A friend of Rhys," Scarlet bluntly said.

The lucario's eyes widened before he jumped off the rock he was on, "Rhys is in Shalour?" the lucario asked in a tense manner.

"He is, I could have fought him, but I needed to lure him away from Ryder. I managed to abduct this Servine in the process who Rhys seems to care for, although I don't understand the relationship," Scarlet told Mandus as she threw the servine on the rocky ground. The servine let out a groan of pain, but she didn't awaken.

"She's yours to do with as you please," Scarlet said as she began to exit the cave, before she stopped, "You will be coming out to hunt with us later tonight, won't you?"

"I'll be heading out alone, everyone else can pursue Ryder, I'll keep our WPA friends some company," Mandus replied as he looked down at the servine, "Just give me a day with this servine, she'll be begging me to talk by the time I'm done with her," Mandus said as he stared at the servine with a cold glare.

"Do what you have to do, Mandus," Scarlet spoke as she departed from Mandus's presence.

Point of View Black

My eyes slowly opened up as a beam of sunlight quickly caused my eyes to snap shut again. Right now I felt so comfy, I didn't want to get up, I just needed an hour more at least. Something warm was resting against me as well, but in no way did I feel bothered. My ears picked up the sound of whispering around me, I tried to ignore it, but I soon found myself unable to sleep because of it. My eyes opened up to see the blurry outline of Hesh snickering and Kana looking down at me with Ebony by her side. The blurry vision faded as I tried to get up, but something was on me. I turned my head to see Naomi's head resting on my side as she gently breathed in a steady rhythm.

"So, I thought there wasn't something between the two of you?" Hesh said with a small chuckle.

"Oh shut it you filthy, oversized rodent!" I snapped as I carefully got up, so Naomi's head wouldn't smack against the ground.

"Hesh, you don't need to be so immature about it," Kana criticized the rat.

"And what about you, you were staring at them with me?" Hesh defended as he pointed at the jolteon.

"Well sorry, I just thought they looked cute like that," Kana said, which just flat out sounded weird to hear.

"Wait Kana, it's not like that," I said defensively.

"Then what is it?" Hesh asked with a mischievous smirk growing on his face.

A dissatisfied grunt came from Naomi's direction. "Do I really have to wake up to this?!" Naomi scowled with anger as she rose up off the ground like she was about to slaughter us.

"Whoa," Hesh said nervously as he stepped back behind Kana for a shield. "Did you see that! She like turned into that creepy lady from the exorcism for a moment," Hesh said as he pretended to be scared.

"How am I anything like the lady from the exorcism?" Naomi responded with an irritated look.

"Well, your voice got all scary and stuff, and you look like her to," Hesh said, thinking he was funny.

"That's it I'm going to kill you, and then make Kana zap you back to life just so I can kill you again!" Naomi yelled as she jumped towards the rat that was hiding behind Kana. Kana moved out of the way in a flash before Naomi tackled the pikachu to the ground.

"Uncle, uncle!" Hesh yelled as he banged his hand against the ground while Naomi repeatedly smacked him across the face. Suddenly Alex walked out of the bathroom with wet hair and quickly grabbed Naomi off of Hesh. Alex repositioned the umbreon so she was looking him in the eyes.

"Hey! I don't mind if you stay here, but you're not going to start a brawl. I seriously can not take getting banned from another place," Alex warned Naomi. "Are we clear?"

"Nope," Naomi replied jokingly.

"Alright, good," Alex said, not realizing what she really said. Alex sat Naomi back down on the floor, right in front of Hesh. "Now, I think you two can apologize for whatever reason you were fighting. Hesh and Naomi both looked at each other with a strange look.

"We're going to hate each other either way, right?" Naomi asked Hesh.

"Of course, I wouldn't want it any other way," Hesh said dramatically as he hugged Naomi, and Naomi returned the hug. All of us just stared at the two in confusion as they almost looked like friends for a second.

"Good, glad this worked out," Alex said as he turned his back to do something else.

"Alright, his back is turned, let's do this," Hesh spoke as the two tried throwing each other to the ground in a vicious fight.

After Five minutes of fighting and Alex tearing the two apart…

"We'll settle this another day," Hesh spoke as he covered his bleeding nose with a tissue.

"Just you try again. I dare you!" Naomi snapped as she stood there, unscathed by the fight, excluding a few minor scratches.

"Guys," Gray interrupted the two, "I think it's time we depart, we need to seek out the WPA before nightfall. I doubt we will be attacked during the day as long as we stay out of shady areas," Gray told us.

"Oh yeah, I almost forgot about that during our little brawl," Hesh said as he continued to plug his nose.

"Wait, I'm going to go check my brother in the pokecenter. I need to make sure he is okay," Naomi told everyone.

"That's fine," Gray said, "How about we all meet at the pokecenter that Naomi's brother is at around five PM," Gray said.

"Wait, are you implying we split up?" Flare asked.

"Yes," Gray said with a nod, "WPA doesn't exactly have a designated base, so we'll have to split up to find a member. Hesh you'll come with me. I'd prefer if Ebony goes with Naomi along with Flare who will provide backup if anything happens, since Kana did speak about keeping Ebony safe. Lastly, Kana and Black, you two stick together and look for WPA on your own. Just remember to meet at the pokecenter at five PM," Gray told all of us.

"And why do you call the shots?" Hesh questioned.

"Because I'm not the one starting fights with women over stupid things," Gray answered.

"Ouch," Hesh replied with a frown.

Third Person Point of View

Mandus patiently watched the servine that he had tied up against a rock. The servine's eyes rolled back and forth until her red eyes shot open. The grass type began to breath anxiously as she looked around in every direction as she tried to break free.

"So, you're finally awake," Mandus spoke as he knelt down to the servine's eye level. The servine let out a cry as she tried to use her vines, but all she felt was a raw pain where her vines would usually be.

"Your vines were clipped down to nothing, there is no escaping me," Mandus spoke as his eyes were deadpanned on the defenceless grass type.

"Please, I was just doing what I was-"

"Silence," Mandus snapped, before he punched the servine in the gut, forcing all the air out of her body. The servine gasped for air as she fought off the urge to cry.

"Look at me," Mandus spoke sharply, but the servine continued to look downward as she gasped for air. "Look at me when I'm talking to you," Mandus's voice boomed as he grabbed the servine by the head and forced her to look into his eyes. The servine's red eyes were dilated, and it was more than obvious she was on the brink of breaking into tears.

"Tell me, do you see a sign of sympathy in these eyes, mercy, forgiveness, remorse, anything besides my hatred towards Rhys and anyone who is associated with him?"

"I… I don't… kno-" the servine began to say, before she began to sob, but mandus punched her in the gut again while forcing her to look him in the eyes.

"I need you to understand something, servine," Mandus began to speak, "I've been on both ends of your situation, I've watched friends get beaten to death just for pleasure in the world I grew up in. These hands of mine were forced to torture those I cherished with methods that keep me up at night. I've been forced to go through Hell and put my friends through Hell. Now think about this, I never wanted to hurt my friends, but I had to. But, they were my friends, you are my enemy right now," Mandus spoke coldly.

"Listen, I-" Lucy tried to speak, before Mandus placed his hand around her maw and forced her to be silent.

"I don't care about why you're affiliated with Rhys, why you did what you did, all I care about is my answers. I never had a chance of freedom when I was younger, but you have a chance to walk away."

"Now, here's how things go." Mandus said as he released her mouth and began to walk towards a tray full of equipment he had set out. "I ask a question, you answer. If you stutter or choose not to remember, then I'm going to pull out a tooth," Mandus said as he grabbed a pair of pliers off the tray. "Of course, I know other methods. I like the idea of working up to the worse stuff the more you resist. For example: fire, a grass types worse fear," Mandus said as he looked at a blowtorch. "But, that's only a small fraction of my tools. I have no boundaries when it comes to getting what I want. So servine, are you in the mood to talk?" Mandus asked as he walked towards the servine with the plyers in his hand.

"Now, where is Rhys hiding?" Mandus asked the servine as he leaned in closer to her, until he was within inches of her face.

"Arceus, please help me," the servine whimpered as she began to sob.

"There is no Arceus here to help you," Mandus spoke, before he grabbed the servine by the jaw and forced her mouth open. Mandus slid the pliers into her mouth until he found a tooth of choice and gripped the metal tool against the tooth. The servine tried to say something, but Mandus showed no sign of giving her a second chance.

"Scream as loud as you want if it helps, but no one is coming," Mandus said as he tightened the tool even more and began to twist it. Screams that had no end could be heard from outside of the cave, but not one set of ears were near to hear the cries.

Point of View Kana

"So, last night I heard someone say today was your birthday?" I nervously asked Black as we walked around Shalour city.

"Yeah," Black bluntly answered in the most unexcited way possible.

"Oh, how old are you now?" I asked.

"Eighteen," Black answered simply.

"Eighteen? I thought you would have been more excited to finally be an adult," I said with surprise.

"Yeah well, today isn't exactly a good day to be celebrating," Black responded.

"Well, we should all do something once things calm down again. Maybe go to a club, or maybe just have a fun day at the beach and grill out with Alex," I suggested.

"A day at the beach?" Black said with interest, "That actually does sound nice. You know, I may actually consider that once things cool off a bit."

"Sweet, leave the organizing to me, we'll throw you an awesome party. With cake!" I exclaimed jokingly in an attempt to lighten the depressing mood.

"Alright, impress me then," Black said with a cheerful smile.

For hours, the two of us talked about stuff. The conversation went from the planned party to random gym battle stuff, along with a few what if questions in some ridiculous scenarios. During our conversations I had one question I wanted to ask that was stuck in my head, I guess now was the best chance to ask him.

"Alright Black, I got a question," I asked the umbreon. Black just waited for me to ask away. "Okay, so what is the deal between you and Naomi, you say there is nothing, but I find that hard to believe."

Black responded with a startled look, "Why does everyone have to keep asking that?" Black responded.

"You know I won't tell anyone if you're embarrassed or something like that?" I reassured him, "So, do you like Naomi?"

"Well… uhhhh-"

"Arceus, you do like her!" I said excitedly as I almost jumped.

"Okay!" Black snapped at me, which made me become quiet in an instant. "Fine, are you happy? I like Naomi," Black admitted.

"It's okay Black, we all kind of knew that for a long time," I told him.

"Wait, what?"

"Yeah, I mean, it was very noticeable. Like how you snuck out with her, you defended her a lot, you went into a depression when we thought she was gone, then we were like, one-hundred percent sure when you decided to go out with her the other night."

"Oh, you can all go to Hell for stalking me!"

"Heh, sorry, we're just immature like that," I admitted.

Point of View Aiden

"It'll be easy, just find the kid and knock him out or something like that," I repeated to myself as I searched for the umbreon. It was just recently that the same ninja lady contacted me and told me to get a move on. She provided me with a location and everything to find him, all that was left was to do the deed.

The time was now around 4:00 PM. As I walked through the streets, I eventually saw him walking with that jolteon. I let out a sigh as I realized that things were going to be more complicated than I thought. This whole thing was just depressing me, I didn't want to do this, but I had to.

"It's okay Aiden, you can do this," I told myself as I sped up my walking pace to catch up to the two from behind.

"Hey, Black, Kana!" I called out to the two unsuspecting pokemon. The two turned back to see me, Kana gave me a smile while Black frowned at the sight of me.

"Hey Aiden, what're you doing here?" Kana asked me as she walked towards me with Black following behind.

"Not much, just going to grab a quick bite to eat, what about you two," I lied to the two, but the thought didn't sound too bad.

"We're just out on a walk," Black answered. The umbreon no longer had his hostility towards me, but we weren't exactly buddy buddy.

"Oh, I guess it's a nice day for that," I said with a forced smile, "You two wanna grab a bite with me, my treat?" I asked the two.

"Ummm, Black?" Kana asked the umbreon.

"Don't we have to be somewhere soon," Black told the jolteon.

"Oh, it'll only take a minute," I told the two.

"Black I don't think sparing twenty minutes would kill, plus I think we should fill Aiden in on what's going on," Kana told the dark type.

The umbreon let out a sigh, "Fine, but where the Hell is a charmander like you getting the money for this?"

"Oh, I have my ways," I said with a sneer.

Meanwhile back at Erika's hotel

"Aiden where the fuck is my money?!" Erika screamed as she looked at her empty wallet that lacked any funds.

Back to Aiden

"Anyways, follow me, I know a shortcut to this nice unova food place," I told the two as I began leading the way.

"I don't know Aiden, that stuff gives me gutaches," Kana told me as she followed behind me with Black.

"Don't worry, this is the good stuff, not that cheap crap," I told the two as I cut through an alley.

The two swapped glances at each other as they followed me through the alley. I began walked walking slower until I was walking side by side with the two eeveelutions. About a quarter down the alley I picked a heavy rock off the ground and tossed it up and down repeatedly.

'I can do this, I have to,' I said in my head as I gripped the rock tightly, 'It's for David, he'd do the same in my position.'

Without warning I turned towards the umbreon as I rose the rock up. Black flinched back in surprise, but he couldn't respond by the time I smashed the rock against his skull. The umbreon hit the ground with a thud as he twitched half conscious.

"Aiden, what are you-" the jolteon began to scream, before I turned and punched her in the face. She fell over on her side. I quickly jumped on Black and smashed the rock over his skull again and again, until I was sure he was out. Blood dripped off the rock as I dropped it. The jolteon was now pulling herself off the ground while I stared down at the umbreon with disgust in myself. I was becoming a monster just to help David, this felt so wrong.

Suddenly the jolteon tackled into me, sending a jolt of electricity through me. I managed to shake off the feeling, but the jolteon was on top of me with an attack charging. The jolteon hesitated, and I responded with an ember. I blew the attack against her front side as she closed her eyes to protect them. I then shoved the jolteon off of me and grabbed the same rock, I proceeded to bashing her skull just like I did to the umbreon. I only managed to strike her twice before I threw the rock across the alley.

"Why am I doing this?!" I yelled in complete disgust as I fell onto my butt in complete shock.

"You did good Aiden," a voice spoke from above me. I looked up towards the top of the building to see the greninja lady staring down at me. This time she had a harness on her torso with throwing knives and other things a ninja would have. She looked as if she was about to fight a war.

"Are you happy now," I asked bitterly as I stared at the two unconscious eeveelutions. "Just don't hurt them, okay," I asked as I placed my hands over my face to cover myself.

"Aiden, Vincent will be ready to see you at the end of the night, meet him here," the ninja said as she threw a paper shuriken at me. The paper star bounced off me, but I didn't waste a second on grabbing it. I carefully unfolded the shuriken and a map was revealed. The map showed all of Shalour, along with the terrain around it. On the mountains near Shalour was a X on the map, which appeared to be Vincent's location.

"Go to the spot marked on the map tomorrow night, Vincent will have a talk with you them," the ninja said as she jumped off the building.

"What are you doing with him?" I asked the greninja.

"Your part is over Aiden, no further questions will be answered about Ryder," she responded as she picked the umbreon up and got ready to run up the wall as an escape.

"Wait!" I called to her before she disappeared. The greninja stopped and looked at me with a blank stare. "I… I don't know how I'm going to face David with this on my back," I said as tears began to fall from my eyes. I didn't even care at this point, I knew crying was pathetic, but how could I be viewed as anything but pathetic.

"That's for you to decide," the ninja said, before she ran up the wall in a flash and disappeared with Ryder.

Point of View Gray

"Where are they?" I tensely spoke as I paced around the lobby of the pokecenter. It is now seven and Kana and Black are nowhere to be seen.

"I don't know, but our men are out on the look," The grovyle Isaac told me.

"The two of them could be dead right now, and we're just sitting around!" I yelled at the grovyle who appeared to be unphased by the situation.

"Calm down, this is Zack's son we're talking about. Zack won't let a thing happen that is within his control, right now he has his best men on the case," Isaac responded.

"No, I agree with Gray," Flare said as he joined in the conversation, "Black and Kana are our friends, you can't just expect us to sit around while they're missing," Flare stated with determination.

"Zack entrusted me with the responsibility of watching all of you," Isaac responded.

"We're all adults here, we can leave when we want," Naomi added to the conversation. "I made a promise to Black earlier and I'm not breaking it."

"A promise?" Isaac said with curiosity.

"I promised I would have his back when things get bad. I doubt he'd sit around happily following orders if it was one of us in trouble, what would you do if someone you cared for was in danger and you were told to sit still?"

"Very well, I'll allow you to go out and look, but only if you follow my lead," Isaac said.

"Fair enough," Gray said, "Let's go."

"Right," Flare said with a nod.

Third person Point of View

Silence filled the corridors of a dimly lit cave. The lantern that provided light had died long ago, and the only source of light was from the holes in the ceiling that leaked the light of the moon. The servine was now hyperventilating from all the physical and mental trauma she endured. Blood covered her entire jaw, and throughout her body were multiple burns that would leave scars.

"You have proved useful so far, Servine," Mandus spoke to the grass type as he threw the pliers on the ground.

"Sadly our session must end for now. I'll be back to play when the night is over. Until then, repose yourself or you can give in and tell me where Genesis' base is," Mandus said as he grabbed a canteen of water and began to wash the blood off his hands. After he was cleaned up he threw on his cloak and headed towards the exit.

"Mandus," Lucy called out in a weak voice, but the lucario only bothered to stop, not to look at her. "Rhys will kill you and all of your friends, I swear it," the servine said with the little strength she had left.

"Hmmf, how intimidating," Mandus spoke before he departed.

Another Third person perspective

Out in the middle of the wood, Rhys had an entire line of pokeballs lined up. At least twenty pokeballs faced the zorua as he stared at a switch that was laid in front of him. The zorua placed his paw on the button, and with one press, all of the pokeballs released there blinding lights. Rhys clenched his eyes shut as all the confined pokemon took shape.

After a moment Rhys was able to face the army of pokemon. The zorua let out a sneer, but it quickly faded and was replaced with a gloomy look. "I'll find you Lucy," Rhys whispered to himself before he looked up towards his army.

All of the pokemon varied: a few eeveelutions were mixed in, a sneasel, but the most noticeable of all was a dragonite that was much bigger than most. The dragon towered over the other pokemon, yet it waited patiently like the others.

"Welcome my fellow pokemon, to the city of Shalour," the zorua spoke as he forced a smile on his face. "I've brought you all here tonight for a hunt, all is free game as long as they are Crimson Dawn or WPA, or, in other words, anyone who resists you. One request though, bring me a Crimson member alive. I do wish to interrogate one. Now, go out and take care of those who are our enemies!"

All of the pokemon gave a quick nod to Rhys, before they took off running or flying towards Shalour city. Rhys on the other hand waited patiently for them to leave before he proceeded.

"I'll make you all pay, every last one of you," Rhys growled to himself.

Chapter End

Author Note: Hmmm, things don't look to good for Black and his friends. Really fun chapter to write, I'm pretty excited to do this arc. A lot of the arcs from here on out are the ones I have been truly excited to go to. Thanks for the read, and thank you to everyone that stuck with me for a year and put up with my poor grammar.

News Regarding my other story: Alright, this will be the last time I mention my other story on Black Dawn, but I'd like to say something to a few of my followers that read Last Guardian before I cancelled it. The new version of Last Guardian is out, except this time around it is named 'Shattered Soul' Feel free to check it out and tell me how I did on it. I really feel that this time around I really will create a masterpiece. Also, criticism on that story is appreciated, because I'm trying to get that story perfect. Thanks!

Thank you genericgamer207 for... for... I don't even remember anymore... Oh YEAH! Thanks for editing.