Finally! Chapter 5 is up!

To tell you the truth this chapter was hard to write, with Writer's block and all (I really hate writer's block...) If any one has any suggestions for future chapters please don't hesitate to write a review.

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Chapter 5

Escape from the Collapsed Tower

"Come on hurry up! He's going to catch up to us at this rate!" Grovyle shouted out at Jasmine in impatience, they managed to get out of the court in time before Dusknoir and his underlings made it to them, but they still were having trouble finding the exit.

Jasmine was trying her best to keep up with Grovyle but carrying her twenty four year old brother was no easy task either. "Give me a break, Grovyle! I-I'm carrying Walter…He's still unconscious." She said in between breaths.

"Grrr…This is ridiculous the exit should have appeared by now!" It was true, the area they were in looked very similar to a maze. Jasmine wasn't sure if this was intended or not but it certainly was confusing trying to navigate down the halls when almost everything looked the same, let alone try to find the exit.

"This place is pretty large considering it collapsed centuries ago. It must have been pretty impressive in the past." Jasmine said watching the surroundings pass by as they ran. "Grovyle do you still see Dusknoir?"

"No…This is strange, I expected them to use a move on us or something by now but they haven't done anything, not even an ambush." Grovyle seemed more apprehensive than normal, he could just imagine Dusknoir showing up out of nowhere, trying to execute them. The thought of it made him angry.

"Isn't that a good thing?" Jasmine asked.

"I don't know it's just so unlike him."

The passage way was getting narrower as they ran until the two of them came across a dead end.

"What is this? But how? This was the only passage way out of that court!" Grovyle walked up to the end of the passage and began examining the wall. "I don't get it…If it wasn't this way then where is it?"

Jasmine walked up to the wall and sat Walter down against it. She sighed when she noticed her brother didn't even budge, she felt like she had been carrying around an oversized rag doll all this time.
"I wonder why he hasn't woken up yet. He doesn't appear injured or anything." She put her hand on his head. "He just looks like he's sleeping…"

Grovyle walked back toward her and stared down at Walter. "Humph…You're right his life isn't in any danger, but we still need to get out of here. Maybe he'll wake up then."

"…Yeah I hope your right, but this was the only exit out of that place, what are we supposed to do now?" It was only a matter of time before Dusknoir would discover them, if they had any ideas they would have to make them quick.

"I guess we go back? Wait no…Dusknoir and his subordinates are probably back there." Grovyle said and slapped his forehead in annoyance. "It doesn't make any sense…There has to be an exit out of this place!"

Jasmine sat down beside Walter, and looked around their environment, she could tell they haven't made much progress just by looking at the broken pillars of stone that surrounded them, the place was indeed a maze. "…Calm down Grovyle, it won't do us any good to get too excited." She knew that for a fact, every time she'd overreact to a situation or become frustrated by it, it would often mean trouble wouldn't be too far behind.

"We are being chased! If they catch us here then we're done."

"I know that, but in order to get out of here we have to think."

Grovyle sighed and scratched his head in an effort to think. "What should we do?"
Suddenly Jasmine remembered what Dialga told her, the 'dimensional scream', with everything that had been going on she had forgotten about it. Maybe it would help, it was worth a shot.

'That's It! If I really do have that Dimensional scream ability maybe I can use it to help us!'

"…" Jasmine's sweat dropped. 'Wait a minute…How exactly do I use it? It's an Ability that allows the user to see across the very dimensions of time…But how can I activate it?'

"Humph, a penny for your thoughts?" Grovyle's question seemed to shock Jasmine out of her trance; she looked over at him in surprise.

"Do you have an idea?" Grovyle asked expectantly. He was willing to try anything in order to get out of that blasted tower.

"Oh, Uh yeah!" Jasmine didn't know how to go about explaining her ability to Grovyle. She didn't even understand it herself. Grovyle was still staring back at her waiting for an answer. Where should she begin?

"What is it?" Grovyle asked.

"Well…Before I was brought here Dialga told me something, he told me that I have an ability called the Dimensional Scream." She knew she had his full attention when she noticed him tilt his head to the side in confusion.

"The Dimensional scream? What is that?" He asked, perplexed.

"It's…An ability that allows the user to see across time…I guess it's kind of like a vision."

"A vision?" Grovyle's eyes narrowed, he had never heard of something like that before, it sounded like something that came straight out of a science fiction, a person who could unwittingly see into the future, and or make predictions? It didn't make sense, absolutely implausible.
By the look on Grovyle's face Jasmine could tell that she had lost him, she sighed and tiredly pressed her fingers against the upper corners of her nose, trying to suppress a mild headache that was starting to form.

"You mean that's why Dialga ordered Dusknoir to capture you?" Grovyle finally asked after the moment of silence.

"Yes that's why they brought me here, why?" Grovyle's sweat drooped.

"Hey! At least give me a benefit of a doubt!" Jasmine shouted in frustration, she knew it sounded crazy, but it was the truth and she didn't know any other way to explain it.

"Ha-ha…Alright so how does it work?"

Jasmine looked away from his gaze and stared down at the ground, embarrassed. "Um…I really don't know, Dialga never told me that…"

When she said that, Grovyle looked as though he was going to tumble over onto the ground. "W-What?"

"W-Well I only had a vision once and that was in the Treeshroud forest!"

"…Wait a minute in the Treeshroud forest?" For some reason he looked surprised.

"Yes, it happened when I was being attacked." She could still remember the unsightly ghost type pokémon that attacked her when she was there. It felt so long ago now.

"That's the only time you had it huh?"

"Yes." Grovyle was taking careful consideration into the clues that Jasmine gave, there had to be a way to activate it, and he was going to figure it out.

"Jasmine…Can you explain something to me?"

"Um, what is it?"

"What exactly happened? I mean I know you experienced it when you were being attacked. But when was the exact moment, the moment you had a vision?"

Jasmine didn't really know what he was getting at but continued mulling over the entire event in her mind. "The exact moment…The exact moment was when, I guess after I tried to swing my sword at it, when I bumped into that wall."

"Oh! Then that's it!"

"Huh?" Grovyle's enthusiasm caught her by surprise.

"You bumped into a wall…Listen this is just a theory, maybe when you bumped into the wall was when you triggered it." Grovyle had a valid point; she did run into that wall when it happened, maybe if she were to touch this one she'd be able to trigger something that could potentially help them.

'When I bumped into the wall was when I triggered it?' '…Hmm I guess that does make sense.'
"OK, I'll try it." Jasmine walked up to the wall and carefully put her hands against it.

"Well…Do you see anything?"

She concentrated but she didn't feel or see anything. "No…" She said disappointingly.

"Of course that didn't work… I guess you really don't know much about your ability."

The voice that seemed to echo around the corridor made both Jasmine and Grovyle jump in surprise. They would know this voice anywhere, with its harshness, and tendency to draw attention to whatever it was it was talking about. Both their eyes shot open.
"Dusknoir?" When they both turned around, they noticed that Dusknoir and the Sableye had them completely surrounded. They shook off their shock and quickly yet carefully got into their battle stances.

"Heh-heh…Did you enjoy your little brief moment of freedom?" Dusknoir asked in amusement, it appeared to be some sort of game to him. To chase down one's pray and then when they least expected it, drop in on them and tear them apart.

Grovyle's eyes narrowed in annoyance. "Humph! Do you ever say anything original?" He shot back.

"Grovyle…I really wouldn't do that if I were you, I mean after all we have you totally surrounded." Dusknoir said as he pointed to his purple, sharp-fanged underlings.

Grovyle held up his arm, the long leaf located there grew and began to glow a bright green. "You think I'm not going to put up a fight Dusknoir? Then you're sadly mistaken..." Grovyle growled, if anything he was happy to be given this opportunity to show Dusknoir who he was truly messing with.

Dusknoir shrugged it off. "I really didn't want to do this here…It would have been so much better to get rid of you in the stockade. I wouldn't have to worry about cleaning the floors after."

Unwittingly, Jasmine began to tremble; his last statement seemed to make her uneasy. 'Why am I intimidated by him?'
Grovyle looked back at her, surprised at her lack of concentration. "Jasmine, what are you doing? Draw your sword!"

"R-right!" She grabbed and pulled her sword out from its sheath and held it up shakily, anyone could tell that she wasn't ready for a fight.

"Ha-ha! Oh…You're going to put up a fight too huh? Well in that case…Sableye! Aim your attacks at Walter!"

Jasmine's expression changed from a look of confusion to one of total distress, he couldn't possibly attack her brother, whom was still unconscious. "No! I won't let you touch him!" She ran over too Walter and stood in front of him, it didn't take long for the Sableye to surround her.

"Jasmine!" Grovyle tried to get closer to them but Dusknoir cut him off.

"Grovyle…Your battle is with me!"

"Jasmine, you have to fight them!" Grovyle yelled she seemed so stiff and unresponsive that it was starting to make him worry.

"Wheh-heh-heh!" The Sableye were slowly making their way over to the girl, their claws waving in the air, and their wide smiles showcasing rows of white, sharpened teeth. It was like a nightmare.

'Sableye...' Jasmine looked down at her weapon and eyed it carefully, wondering when she should swing the silvery blade around. 'Can I really do this?'

"What's the matter? You scared of us?" One of the Sableye asked, mockingly.

"Hmm... This feels like déjà vu for some reason...'

"Take this!" She swung her sword, but the blade went right through them. Now she understood why the situation felt so familiar. Of course it's just like her fight with that Spirittomb!

'That's right; they're just like Spiritomb, ghost types... But I don't have any items...What should I do?'

"Now it's our Turn!" Just as they were about to make a counter attack, an arrow infused with fire, pierced its way through them, knocking them onto the ground with a sharp 'Cling' sound.

"Gyaaah!" The Sableye shrieked in pain, the single arrow could be seen protruding from the ground beside them, it was charred and covered in a bright red substance. The sudden attack caught both Grovyle's and Dusknoir's attention.

"Walter!"

Walter was standing in front of Jasmine, holding a dark brown weapon, it was long and had a bow mounted on a stick.

"Whew looks like this thing still works..."

"Walter!" Jasmine shouted with glee, she ran up too him and hugged him. "I'm so glad you're alright!"

"Walter...I guess those attacks weren't good enough..." Dusknoir murmured complacently.

"You should have killed me when you had the chance, Dusknoir!" Walter shouted back and held his weapon up for all to see. He steadily took a blast seed from his pocket and placed it at the tip of his arrow.

"Jasmine! Grovyle! Stand back he's going to unleash an attack now!"

"W-What?" They both asked, simultaneously. Grovyle ran back toward them in alarm.

"Ha-ha-ha! Walter...It's too bad that strength of yours has to go to waste." Dusknoir smirked. "Well done taking down my Sableye, but this is where it ends for you!" The mouth on Dusknoir's stomach gradually began to open, revealing a dark hole in his mid-section.

"Everyone! If we all aim an attack on this wall it might break!" As he said this, he turned and pointed to the wall they were currently backed into.

"Can't we just take him, Walter?" Jasmine asked.

"No! That attack is Dusknoir's strongest! It's deadly, we need to escape now!" They all turned to the wall and began to take aim; each of them held their own battle stance, in order for them to succeed they would each have to perform consecutive attacks, and they had to time it just right with each other's if they wanted it to be effective.

"Now!"

Grovyle hit the wall with leafblade, Jasmine slashed as hard as she could with her sword, and Walter unleashed his flame covered arrow.

The resulting blast from the attacks uncovered a small canal that could be used as an escape route, they immediately headed for it. However Dusknoir was hot on their trail.

"There is no escape!" He screamed as he unleashed his attack. The enormous blasts of dark energy ricochet off the walls and hit the front of the hole where the three had previously been standing. However instead of hitting the targets, it closed off the entrance of the hole. The three of them managed to escape.

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