God, this really was some work. Big thanks to Imanton1 for explaining the problem. As you may've noticed, I've already corrected ALL of the story (except for the Intermission). It was quite some work, just like writing this longest chapter until now. If there still are some ` instead of ' I'm sorry, I missed them. Have fun reading a pretty long chapter. Oh, and have YouTube ready as I recommended some music to hear during some scenes. Serious Reviews are appreciated, especially today since I`m pretty happy with how this chapter turned out. Stay tuned as I`ll very likely do more chapters now, to finish the story soon. And yes, even if it may not feel like it, there will definitely not be more than 3 more chapters until the final part begins! Have fun reading!

Chapter 13: Battle against a true traitor!

Thunder`s POV:

As we looked up into the sky, we all saw what could be the world's downfall. The sun was not shining like it should, but purple instead. This definitely was the sign the sky would send us! The Shadow Demon had been summoned and was now absorbing the Dark Crystal. "We have to leave! Now!" My decision was made quickly. To be honest, if this wouldn't have been the case, I'd very likely have stayed and would've gotten my deserved punishment. But the world needed us now. There was only one chance. "We have to reach the Crystal before the Demon absorbs it completely! If we do so, we may have a little chance to defeat him."

After I explained my plan to them, we went straight to the clearing, right where Fate admitted her feelings for the first time. On the way, we explained her all about my friend Evan. Here's a short version for you readers: Evan was a member of the police, as he was chosen to be a spy for them. He was supposed to hand over every information he could. But he was not the best at hiding his secret, so many members got suspicious. I was still in control of the group back then, but I already regretted my decision after a few Mon were killed… I decided to try to hurt the Slaves from the inside, which became my downfall, as Darkrai proofed that I was betraying them. But they did not get Evan. Like I already said, I quickly understood who he was, but as I did want to damage the group, I made a deal with him. I'd help him get information and would protect him from members and he would tell the police everything. Except for who I was. That was his part of the deal. This just went on all the time. Sadly, he started to call me "boss" back then, a habit which I could not break anymore, even if I never wanted him to call me like that.

The end of his story is, that he was fired by Günter himself, as the Totodile was told about Evan's deal. I felt pretty bad about this, since he only made this deal because of me AND only told Günter to save me. As I apologized to him for that, he only said: "Don't sweat it boss. I would've lost my job soon anyway. Either, because we are all going to die or because the Slaves don't exist anymore." "Well, I hope it will be the second option…" Fate seemed really worried as she said this. "And what's our plan exactly?" I quickly explained everything. "I know the place, where the Dark Crystal is hidden. I could not just go there and destroy it, since it was locked by some kind of spell. The spell has very likely been broken. We will now travel the sea and the other continent to find the Cave of… Fate." Only now this coincidence came to my mind, but I continued like before. "Well, we'll go there and fight the Demon. Either we win and the world will be saved, we come to late and the demon has already absorbed all of the crystal and became unstoppable or we will die fighting him. But this can't happen! We have to win! I have to win! I have to fix what I did. And if it's the last thing I do!" Fate looked at me extremely worried, but did not say a thing. Evan seemed a lot more optimistic, even in the face of destruction. "We won't need that. We will just save the world and none of us has to die."

Our walk went on for a bit. There still was the biggest problem of our plan: How to cross the ocean? We decided, to search a way as we reach the clearing. But as we got there, I needed some time to think first. I just went to the ledge, like always do. "This… may be the last time I see this view. The last moments I'm here, on the continent where I lived for all of my live." Fate came to my side as I continued. "Every memory I have comes from this place. Most of them are bad, but some… some are beautiful." I smiled a little, closing my eyes, before I looked to my side where Fate was standing. "And you now why I have good memories, even after all I've suffered? Because of you Fate. Because you came into my life. And you helped to finally reveal my secret. I may have lost all of my good reputation, but I just feel… I feel free now. I've lost the weight that was oppressing me. And I finally got someone who cares about me. Someone I care about…" Fate started to nuzzle my side as I went on. "Don't worry, Thunder. You won't have to be alone anymore. I'm by your side, please remember this!" I heard another voice from behind us. "And I'm with you too, boss. The worst times are over for you and soon for everybody. But we'll have to say goodbye to this continent now, don't you think so."

First time doing this: I recommend you to hear a song while reading the next part. May do this some more times. For now, you should maybe hear on YouTube: Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon OST: Voidlands

As I finally started to relax a bit, I heard another voice speaking, right on my other side than Fate was. "That's true. You should say goodbye now. To this continent, to your friends… just to YOUR LIVE!" Me and Fate both jumped back instantaneously to dodge the attack that came. A beam of purple fire missed me by just one inch. Now, that we knew who came visiting us, we all took a fighting stance. Standing, or maybe even hovering, right in front of us, was the true traitor of this adventure. At least if I'm not… SD, the abominated Vulpix. The Pokemon I thought was my best friend, until he revealed to be the second general of the Slaves. "I see you got away from our dungeon pretty well, didn't you? But I believe it was no problem, having this traitor helping you!" "Shut up and go away. You are the LAST person to call someone a traitor!" The SD I knew was no longer existent. Instead there was a maliciously joyful monster, which seemed to be amused by me. "What's your problem? Are you salty that your little secret got out? You were the one stupid enough to trust me. As we first met you did tell me not to trust anyone YOURSELF. Well, sometimes it's good to do what you tell yourself!" "Just leave this bullshit and let us pass! You can't do anything against us either." Again, he just laughed. "You don't know how much I can do. But you'll see it yourself! You know what? Since you've been a great host as long as I lived with you, I'll kill you last. Before I do, I'll kill the ones you love, just in front of your damned little eyes!" As you may have realized by now, I am not really the most self-assured Pokemon, so I don't really care if he threatens me or not. But if somebody dares to threaten my friends, no matter who it is, I will not show him mercy! "You know what, fine! If you want to die, then just go on! You don't deserve to live anymore either. You are not even a Pokemon, you are just some deformity! You are an abomination that needs to be stopped!" And as you may have guessed, he just laughed again. "Only half of this is true. I am not a Pokemon. I am not an abomination! I! AM! A! VIRUS!"

"You are WHAT? Fate obviously thought the same thing I did. "A Virus! There's no such thing like abominations in this world. Well, since you'll die anyways, I can tell you. I am a Virus from another Dimension. I came to spread the Darkness and let the Virus infect everyone's hearts! I am, to KILL. And now it's time to finally do my job AND KILL ALL OF YOU!"

Next track: Underfell – Battle against a True Traitor

Boss fight: vs. SD, General of the Slaves, Traitor, Virus

No more words were needed as the fight began. All odds were good for us. We were three, SD was only alone. I managed to defeat Gavin, who too is a General, but has a WAY bigger advantage against me than the Virus has. Everything was perfect for us to win. Too, I rarely felt that happy to be able to kill someone! If only a few days ago, someone would've told me that I'd be here like this today, I'd have made sure that I'd never see him again. But here we were.

SD did not seem like he'd want to let us have a chance, as he instantaneously started bombarding us with his attacks. Our problem was, that he already announced that he'd try to kill my friends first. Since Evan and Fate both never really learned how to fight, he'd have an easy time doing so, if I'd let him attack them. Too, as I still thought we were friends, I often wondered how strong SD would really be. It turned out, that he was WAY stronger than I expected. He was floating around weirdly while trying to burn us. Since his fire could not hurt Fate at all, he went for direct attacks against her. Luckily, she is a pretty agile Pokemon and so she managed to get away most of the time. Evan did his best to damage our foe, exactly like I did. He, too, managed to defend himself, especially because he knows Protect.

But even if it seemed like we'd deal a lot of damage, he did not seem to struggle at all. He just continued to fight, on and on. Some time later, he stopped for a moment, floating above our heads. "You are more annoying than I thought. I have to congratulate you. I feel the necessity to use my full power against you pitiful mortals!" The moment he finished his sentence, he just disappeared into thin air. All of us were wondering, why he'd flee just now. It already was to late, as Evan realised that SD appeared right behind him. This time, his flamethrower hit at it`s strongest. Evan kept standing, but was obviously injured a lot. The moment the flamethrower hit SD disappeared again. This time, I'd not let him strike that easily. I was ready to attack him the moment he'd appear, but I couldn't. The very next second, he was floating right above Fate. In one of his paws, he charged some sort of power. The moment I realised him being there, it was to late to hurt him before he could attack. At risk of my own life, I did what I knew was best.

Fate's POV:

I did not see coming, what happened next. Right after Evan was seriously injured, SD disappeared again. I wanted to spot him the moment he'd appear, to be able to avoid his attack. What I did not see coming, was him hovering above me. Before I could even react, I'd been thrown to the side. Right where I was before, Thunder was trying to keep standing, but tripped as he was badly hurt. "Really? I didn't expect some pest like you to be that selfless, Thunder. I think that this deserves a price." "Just *cough* keep you bullshit!" Thunder was pretty pissed, but he was way to weak to start an attack now. SD disappeared again, just to appear again, right in front of us. "Why are you so rude? Buddy? I just want to make you a present!" His eyes started to burn like they did as I first met him. He seemed to charge some beam inside of his mouth. "For your heroism I'll reward you. AND KILL ALL OF YOU AT ONCE INSTEAD OF KILLING YOUR FRIENDS FIRST!" As he kept charging his beam, I realised the situation. Evan and Thunder were both hurt and could not fight anymore. If anyone had could save us now… it was me. Or was it…?

-Music ends-

Right before SD could attack again and right before I could try to attack, some kind of spear pierced right through our enemy. I've never seen a face that shocked before. Again, SD just disappeared, but this time we could see his particles fly by, just to where the wind would carry them. The saving spear disappeared into thin air too. As we were finally able to relax again, Thunder just fell to the ground. I ran to his side, worried about his health. "Don`t worry Fate. I just need some *cough* rest.", he said, smiling at me. As Evan stepped to our side too, holding a big wound he had, I saw some figure standing at the edge of the clearing. "Hey, you there! Did you throw the spear?" A hooded figure stepped out of the shadow. I could not see the Pokemon's face. "Yes, I did. I am happy I came right in time!" The next moment, the shadow stood right beside us. We were all looking at him. Evan decided to continue our dialogue. "Thank you for your help. This was a really close call. But… who are you?" The figure seemed to think for a moment, as he continued hovering, pretty similar to SD. "I'm sorry, but I can't tell you. Just be assured, that I am fighting to defeat the Shadow Demon, just like you are." Thunder seemed pretty surprised by this. "You *cough* know about the demon?" "Yes, I do. And as I heard that you three would try to stop him, I decided to come here." Now all of us were confused. "Wait, how did you know we'd go here? Nobody could possibly know!" "I… know many things. I came to help you get to your destination, even if I sadly can't help you defeat the demon…" Evan spoke again. "You mean you can get…" "I can bring you to the other continent. It's not much, but I hope it does help. I just have one condition. If you ever find out something new about the "lost soul", please come here and tell me!" The next thing I saw, was the figure moving an arm, which I could see was blue, and the very next moment all around me changed. We'd reached the other continent!