Chapter 15

Hello everyone, I have finally finished this chapter after quite a long time and managed to get it up. I know it took longer than expected but remember I said I am quite the busy person. Anyway, here is chapter 15.

(Mathew POV)

I began to make my ascent; this cliff was quite more steep than I thought. William didn't seem to have as much trouble as I was, but obviously he wouldn't, he's a fighting type, their use to climbing up rugged terrain. When I looked up slightly, it appeared if Nicholas was having an equal amount of trouble. The eevee wasn't having any trouble catching a ride on Nicholas's back. The Dewott did not seem to thrilled about the whole situation, especially when I passed him. I eventually made it to the top after climbing for what seemed like an eternity. When I made it up there, William was already up there, stretching. I just choose to ignore this and instead turned my attention back down to the now angry Dewott down below.

After what seemed like another eternity, I saw Nicholas's head over the edge, I ran over to assist him with William, Eevee immediately jumped on William and knocked him down. When he recovered and was standing again Nicholas was about to pull himself up when he lost his footing, he started to fall back when some type of instinct took over me. I dived over the edge quickly and grabbed him. By the look on his eyes, he was surprised, and believe me, so was I. Just a year ago, I would of just stood there like an idiot and watched him fall to his death. But now I'm diving over the edge and risking my own life to save him. I pulled with all my might, but I just couldn't do it, I wasn't strong enough. I began to slide myself, if something didn't change quick, I was going over the edge to.

"Mathew, just let go, please, I don't want you to go too." Nicholas screamed.

"No, I won't let you die, I have to save you." I yelled in return.

It was at this point that William had ran over and grabbed me. Together we finally managed to pull the Dewott over the edge. We all just sat there for a minute, trying to catch our breath. If I hadn't of done what I just did, Nicholas would have died. Once we had caught our breath, Nicholas did something shocking. He hugged me! I never thought I'd see the day that this Dewott who used to beat me up now clinging to me crying. How things could have changed so fast is beyond my belief. Nicholas choked a few words out through tears.

"Mathew…. You….. you saved my life. Thank you, I'll never forget this ever." He cried

I couldn't think of anything to say. I just stood there while he hugged me. I didn't know what to do at this point, thankfully, William came over to us and began speaking.

"I am just grateful that we all made it out of that alive. But we are nowhere out of this yet. We still have to get through this dungeon." William said as he walked away.

I can't argue with that statement. We almost die and William is acting like it's no big deal. This guy is quite the mystery to me, but if he is about to become my brother soon, I'll find out why soon enough.

(1 hour later)

It has been so long since that cliff incident, and Nicholas hasn't left my side since. He isn't running his mouth like usual, but just walking close to me. It seems as if he has never been in this type of predicament before, so it is only natural he wants to be close to me for protection. We really didn't have too much of a problem navigating through here, but just like William said, these steel and rock types are hot heads, almost everyone attacked us. Of course, we hadn't gone too far in, so all of these Pokémon weren't too much of a challenge.

We had been walking down this wide path for a while now, something didn't feel right here at all. I don't know what it was, but I knew we were not alone.

"Hey Nicholas…" I began, "Does it feel like we're being watched? I just can't shake this feeling we aren't alone." I said.

"Of course we aren't alone Mathew, it's a dungeon, there is many Pokémon in here." Nicholas said

"Would you guys stop talking so loud, I don't want to draw any attention to us. If we get through here, I have a guy that can guide us the rest of the way through." William barked.

Me and Nicholas just continued to walk, silent, ever since we came here, William has been nothing but mean to us. I can't seem to figure out, I wonder if it's just because of everything he has been through already in his life, or maybe something that happened today. Either way, I want to know why.

"William, what is your problem, you have been acting like a complete jerk to me and Nicholas ever since we started this morning, did we do something wrong?" I asked quietly

William was silent, he stopped walking and after a minute, turned and faced me. When he turned around he was glaring.

"first of all Mathew, whatever is bothering me is not your concern, but if you insist, maybe it's because my whole life has been nothing but a mess. Maybe it's because of the fact I wake up every morning alone with no one there." All of a sudden, William returned back to his normal voice. "I'm sorry, I know I shouldn't treat you guys like this, I just wish every day I had someone I could say I love you too."

Everything my parent's thought was correct, William wanted a family, and now it was all coming together, seeing my parents all over me was the final straw. He couldn't take any more of it. I felt so sorry for him, I felt as if now might be a bad time to ask him because he's upset. But maybe if I ask him now, he may become happy again. I just don't know what to do. For now, all I can do is continue forward and complete this mission. We spent the next few minutes in complete silence. No one dared, not even the client bothered saying a word.

(3rd person POV)

As Team Dominators was walking through the dungeon, a pair of eyes was watching them. This figure just laughed and spoke with a sinister voice.

"They just took their last path, once I'm done here, they'll never be heard from again. I just hope killing them will actually be worth it." He said as he continued to laugh.

And with that, the mysterious being was off again, tailing Team Dominators close, watching, and waiting until the right time to strike. Whenever it may be.

End of chapter 15

Hey readers, I know I said there would be a battle sequence, but I wasn't ready for it yet. So instead I wanted a chapter of William connecting with Mathew. This chapter helps show the close bond that will develop between the two as time goes by. But I'm saying too much, you'll just have to keep reading. Anyway, the next chapter will probably contain the battle scene.

SSP's next chapter unfortunately won't be out for a long while, I want to do a lot more with this story first. I want to thank all of you for your views, I hope you have the time to review so I can improve as a writer. I WANT YOUR INPUT.

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