A/N From here on out the story really begins to heat up. Warning, if you are sensitive to violence I would advise caution when reading the next few chapters. Two pokemon gonna die tonight.

Chapter 5

"We need to go! Now!", Spectra warned. A sudden burst of pain hit him, reminding the Mimikyu of the status he was in.

"Spectra!", Lina whispered, worried about him and the pokemon getting closer.

"OK, correction, you need to go," Spectra urged, his concern spilling through his voice. "There's no way we'll both get out of here, and if they catch me, they can't kill me, but you." He knew ghost type pokemon couldn't really die, but he knew that whatever Shocks had planned was bound to be way worse for Lina, especially considering she had used Shocks like a rag doll.

"No! No way! Out of the question!", Lina argued. She wasn't just going to leave him to die, or worse, go back to being treated like he was before.

"Just go!", Spectra said harshly. "You saved me yesterday, so now I'm saving you. You won't miss me anyways. After a while, you'll probably just forget about me, so you'll be better off."

"That's not true! There's no way I'd forget you!", Lina scolded. She could tell from the bitterness in his voice that Spectra didn't want her to leave, but as Shocks and his thugs got closer, she knew he was right. There was no way they could both get out of here. Even using her future sight, she couldn't see a way out. "I WILL come back!", Lina assured him, then she ran. She stopped once she was a few feet away and yelled back to get the goon's attention.

"What are you morons standing around for?! Get her!", Shocks commanded, and two Rockruffs took off after Lina. With that, Lina continued to run as far and as fast as she could until she found a small cave and darted inside. Once she was certain that the Rockruffs had past her, she took off and headed towards the nearest human town.

"I am going back!", she told herself. "But I need help."

Meanwhile, Shocks and the rest of his goons had found Spectra and were carrying him back to the village. "Looks like your little girlfriend ditched ya, huh?", the Pikachu taunted. "Which only makes sense. I mean, why would she stick around and save you again when there's a target on the back of her head, too?" The other pokemon laughed in agreement.

"I made her leave!", Spectra spat. "This is between you and me! I'm the one you want dead, so leave her out of this! She's got no part in any of this."

Shocks chuckled. "Oh, how CHIVALROUS! Poor little freak's protecting the dashing damsel. Well, Romeo, you're wrong. So sorry to tell you this, but when she interfered yesterday, she became a part of this. It doesn't matter what she did, or why she did it. She was defending you, and we can't have that,can we?"

"No!", chirped the Pikipeks above Spectra.

"Shut up, you morons! It was a rhetorical question," Shocks groaned.

"A what?", asked one of the Machops carrying Spectra.

"I said SHUT UP!", Shocks yelled. "I swear, what's the use." As the pokemon hauled Spectra back to the village, he didn't try to escape. He knew if he did, it would make things worse. Not just for him, but for Lina if Shocks ever got a hold of her. So he just kept quiet, trying not to make Shocks any more aggravated than he was already. Suddenly, Spectra felt a blow hit the back of his head like a bullet punch and he blacked out.