Lucario raced through the dark forest, trying to get away from the person who was chasing him.

"You can't run, Lucario. I know where you are and what you are thinking," the voice said.

"Please! Just leave me alone!" Lucario yelled as he continued to run.

Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his side and fell to the ground. He felt his side and instantly knew that his ribs were broken.

"Give it up. Just lay there and die," the voice said.

Lucario was in a lot of pain, but got up and continued to run.

Then, he saw a dark figure lying ahead of him.

"Toon Link?" Lucario asked.

Toon Link didn't move, but continued to look at Lucario with a blank expression. His eyes were completely white, and his clothes were blood-stained and torn.

"Lucario… why did you let this happen to me? I guess you don't care about me," Toon Link said.

"No! Toon Link, that's not true! I didn't mean to! Please believe me!" Lucario yelled in desperation.

Toon Link's draggled form began to fade and float backwards. No matter how much ground Lucario covered, he couldn't get any closer to Toon Link's disappearing figure.

"TOON LINK! WAIT!" Lucario yelled.

MewTwo's form suddenly appeared in front of him, bringing him to a stop.

"Given up yet?" MewTwo asked.

"Never…" Lucario said confidently.

"I guess I'll have to kill you then," MewTwo said before raising a hand, beckoning for someone to come. R.O.B. came out of the never-ending black walls with red eyes that pierced through the darkness. The ruby-red eyes glared at Lucario and seemed to strike a hole straight through his chest.

R.O.B. proceeded to glide over to Lucario and extend out his arms around his throat.

Lucario tried to struggle or make any movements, but he couldn't.

He tried to yell for help, but no sound would come from his mouth.

R.O.B.'s grasp around his throat began to tighten, and it was beginning to get harder and harder for Lucario to take in air…

Lucario sat up with a start and looked around the dark hospital room. He was sweating heavily and it was a little bit of a difficulty to breathe. The only thing that he could hear was the steady 'tick-tock' of the wall clock and the beeps that came from the heart monitors.

He looked down at Toon Link, who was still asleep, and noticed the heart rate on the monitor had picked up slightly. The corners of Lucario's mouth turned up a little at the thought of Toon Link slowly recovering.

It was much too hot for Lucario in the infirmary, so he decided to step out of the tent for a few minutes.

Lucario stood up from his chair, wincing from the pain in his side, and went outside to cool off.

The night air was crisp and cool; just what Lucario needed. The delicate waves of air gently caressed Lucario's face, calming his nerves.

That dream was horrible… my emotions are totally messed up… I just need to get out of this God-forsaken place… Lucario thought as he looked into the night sky.

Sparkling stars decorated the sky like polka-dots.

Lucario let out a content sigh. The stars always seemed to calm him. They were "holes in heaven" as he called them.

The soft hum of crickets came from a near-by bush, perfecting the serenity of the night scene.

Lucario looked at the thousands of stars that seemed to dance in the sky. He thought about all that happened with MewTwo and R.O.B.

Where had R.O.B. gone? Since Lucario had broken it's arm off, he hadn't seen any sign of the robot. Maybe MewTwo had another accomplice working for him. Maybe that's how MewTwo had gotten away so quickly.

These theories continued to build on each other to the point where he couldn't even think reasonably.

Where are you, MewTwo? Lucario growled to himself as he continued watch the stars.

A sudden breeze made Lucario shudder.

It's getting a little cold out here… and my side is starting to really hurt… I better go back inside… Lucario thought as he turned around.

Lucario made his way back inside the warmness of the tent and sat back down in his chair. His side ached the more he sat upright, so he finally decided to try and lie down in his hospital bed to be more comfortable.

It worked.

Lucario was asleep in moments, still fighting with his tormented dreams.

. . . . . . . . . . .

Lucario woke up with a tired feeling and a headache. He started to sit up, but felt a sudden tug on his arm. He looked down and sighed when he saw the various tubes in his arm.

When he looked around, he saw several people gathered around Toon Link's bed.

Worried, Lucario carefully unhooked himself and went over to the crowd.

"What's going on?" Lucario asked Lucas.

"Toon Link woke up," Lucas said smiling.

Lucario looked through the crowd to see Toon Link's eyes open brightly while talking to Master Hand.

Lucario could have jumped for joy. His efforts to save Toon Link had not been in vain. The boy had lived, and it was all because Lucario had not given up on him or himself.

Lucario pushed his way up to Toon Link's bedside and he looked down at the injured boy. Toon Link looked up at him and gave him a happy expression.

"Hi, Lucario," Toon Link smiled. His voice was a bit scratchy, but it seemed pretty easy for him to talk.

"…" Lucario was silent.

"…What's wrong?" Toon Link asked, the smile fading from his face.

"N-nothing. I'm just… happy you're okay," Lucario said, smiling nervously.

Toon Link opened his mouth to respond, but Master Hand interrupted.

"Everyone, I know this has been, with lack of a more accurate word, a bad week, but I am happy to say that we will be going back home today. Would those who are able please help load the bus?" Master Hand asked.

Link, Pit, Meta Knight and Marth had woken up the previous day and were being treated for their laser burns. Surprisingly, Ness had also woken up, but with amnesia. Ike recovered easily, and was able to get around camp. It seemed that MewTwo had not done as much damage as he had thought (and hoped).

Several people got up and started to load the bus with the camping supplies. The infirmary tent was also taken down and several of the vacant hospital beds went with it.

Link, Marth, Ness, Lucario, Meta Knight, Toon Link, and Pit were put at the very front of the bus to prevent them from being bounced around too much.

Lucario helped Toon Link hop onto the bus, ignoring the pain that constantly struck his side.

With everything and everyone loaded safely on the bus, they drove towards home.

. . . . . . . . .

With the quiet ride home, Lucario was free to wander in his thoughts.

He thought about MewTwo, mainly.

How was he to find him?

Where was he to find him?

Where could he even start to look?

Several questions with no answers.

Suddenly, Lucario felt something weigh on his shoulder.

He looked down to see Toon Link smiling up at him with a reassuring hand resting on his shoulder.

Calmness graced every part of him.

Lucario smiled back and wished that he could be at ease like Toon Link was.

But right now, he was so on edge that he would have fallen off he were on a cliff.

He continued to think and worry about the events of the past week, but at least everyone was safe…

For now.

~The End~

I really hope that you liked this! It was my first horror fic, and I know that if nobody dies its kind of a lame story, but I hope that it wasn't a total waste of time.

And YES! There will be a sequel! Yay!* Lol but anyway, thanks so much for reading! – Dawn ^^,

By the way, I'm sorry if this is way too overly-dramatic. This really wasn't the way it was supossed to turn out, but I still hope it's not too bad. =)