School is here so my chapters will come out slowly.
Running along the dirt path, the Pokémon rushed to find Serena and Ash with the help of Clemont and Bonnie. Clemont was breathing heavily as he tried to keep up. He could see Bonnie ahead of head by miles. Bonnie stopped for a moment and Clemont finally caught up with her. They were standing at where the path ended.
"What's….the….matter?" Clemont said between breaths. His cheeks were red and it looked like he was about to pass out on the spot.
"Sheesh Clemont, you need to start running a lot more" Bonnie said putting her hands on her hips. "Pikachu lost Ash's scent. I don't get. They couldn't have gone underground"
Regaining his strength, Clemont stood up properly. "Might as well check" he mumbled. He kneeled down next to Bunnelby and fiddled with his glasses for a bit. "Bunnelby, can you use dig and see if you can find anything"
"Leave it to me" Bunnelby said and he quickly tunneled through the ground with his ears. It soon formed a small dust cloud causing everyone to cough a bit.
Bunnelby tunneled for ages until he hit something metal. It was the underground lair! Since the lair was built inside a hill, there was no doubt that he had found it. He tried to break it open with his ears. That didn't work so he tried to push it open. Suddenly, the screws (That were very old) started to loosen and the metal plate fell to the ground. Bunnelby quickly tumbled in after landing on its ears. Looking to his left, he could see a three by three security camera grid. Pictures flashed on the screen revealing places all around Lumiose city. You could see people chatting at the Café or see Pokémon playing in the streets. This place was wired. As he shifted his gaze, he saw Ash and Serena tied up together by chains. On their mouths were pieces of tape preventing them from talking. Serena turned her head to the side and her eyes widened when she saw Bunnelby.
"MMUMMHUMMUM" Serena said but the piece of tape muffled her words. She quickly nudged Ash with her elbow causing him to jolt up. He was still drowsy and his eyes could barely stay open. Before he got nudged by Serena, he was taking a small nap. Ash could sleep anywhere, you name it, and he sleeps there. Even though the tape can mute the sounds, nothing can mute the sound of Ash's snoring. Serena jerked her head over to Bunnelby, trying to give Ash the hint that help had come. Under the piece of tape, a grin started to spread across his face. Bunnelby quickly hopped over to Ash and Serena and pulled the tape off their mouths.
"OWW!" Ash and Serena screamed out in unison.
Ash's expression quickly changed from relief to anger. "If my hands weren't tied up right now, I would totally slap you" he said.
"Watch it" Bunnelby said with a smirk. "You're lucky I found you here. Now who's behind all of this?"
"It's Calem" Serena replied.
"Who now?"
"Calem is a guy who has a major crush on me. Now he's out to get Ash for revenge since he thinks he stole me from him"
"Can you explain that to me later?"
"Sure. The keys are on the desk to your right. They're in the top drawer to the right hand side"
"Why can't I just break the chains?"
"It's been wired so whenever someone tries to pull it to a certain point, it electrifies them"
Sighing to himself, Bunnelby turned to his left to find a long, gray, desk. There was a small wooden stool to sit down on and papers were messed up all around the desk. Bunnelby hopped on to the stool and looked at a piece of writing that looked un-finished. A pencil was beside it indicating that it was still in progress. He quickly read the sheet of paper that Calem had wrote.
Here's what the letter says:
To: Ash Ketchum of Pallet town
From: Figure
I still know you're there Ash. You can't hide forever. I will get you back! I am in love with….
The words just seemed to trail off. It seemed as if he had stopped halfway through. Bunnelby turned his attention away from the note and back to the drawer. Pulling it open, he found a lot of items in there including gum packets, a water bottle, a journal, and a ring of keys! Grabbing the keys, he headed back to Ash and Serena. All of a sudden, footsteps were approaching. Ash signaled Bunnelby to hide. Too late- Calem walked through the hill side entrance with his robot Pichu flying by his side. Spotting Bunnelby, he quickly turned his attention to Ash and Serena. They both were tied up but the tape on their mouths was off. Putting the pieces together, he ordered his Pichu to attack Bunnelby, who was lying on the floor. Serena stared in horror but Ash quickly comforted her.
"It's ok Serena, don't give up till it's over" Ash said.
"Oh boy" Calem said as he rolled his eyes. "Pichu, use sleep powder on Ash" Pichu quickly floated over to Ash and released a green smoke causing Ash to pass out. "Man, I love technology"
Serena started to panic again and tried to calm herself down by using breathing exercises. Calem looked at Bunnelby who was passed out on the floor. A mischievous grin spread across his face as he picked Bunnelby up. Calem picked up a remote and hit a button. In the center of the room, a small machine rose up. He put Bunnelby inside and he handed it to his robot.
"Welcome to your front row seats of horror Serena" he said before telling Pichu to press the button. As soon as the button went down, two metallic arms rose from the ground and pushed a metal suit on.
"Robot Bunnelby, activate" he commanded.
Bunnelby stood up and its eyes turned red like Pichu's did.
"Not like this" Serena shouted. "What have you done to Pokémon?" Her voice was cracking as she said it and she was in panic. "Clemont! Bonnie! Where are you?!"
Serena's voice echoed throughout the cave. How could this be happening?
On the other side….
Bonnie stared at the hole dug by her brother's Pokémon wondering if anyone will come out of it. She had yelled in a couple times to make see if everything was Ok but she got no response.
"Clemont!" Bonnie called. "I think Bunnelby is in trouble. We have to save him!"
"Now Bonnie" Clemont said sternly. "We don't know that for sure"
Pikachu sat on a nearby hill watching the two of them argue. Froakie, Fennekin, and Chespin were with him as well. Hawlucha, Fletchinder, and Dedenne sat on the other end. Suddenly, Pikchu's nose started to twitch.
"Huh?" the electric type said. "That's odd"
"You probably just hungry" Chespin said as his stomach growled.
"You're always hungry Chippy" Froakie replied.
Fennekin started to giggle until she started to laugh harder. "Good One" she said.
Chespin rolled his eyes. "Thank You for nothing!"
Pikachu was confused for a moment. "Chippy?" he asked.
"We use to have kiddy nick-names back at the lab" Froakie explained. "My name was Frost, Fennekin was Fenny, and Chespin was Chippy"
"And I hated them" Chespin complained.
"I thought they were cute" Fennekin said.
"Anyway, I think I can pick up Ash's scent again" Pikachu said sniffing the air. He started walking to the hole that Bunnelby dug and he nearly fell in. Luckily, Froakie grabbed him before he could fall in face-first. Pikachu, Froakie, Fennekin, and Chespin stared down the hole. "He's down there alright" Pikachu confirmed.
Here's a good chapter for you all. I hope you enjoyed this. Please review and tell me what you think of the story so far.