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Chapter 29: No way...

I found myself caught in the coils of the Arbok that was with me. In a tight squeeze and unable to move. I could still breathe and it didn't hurt too much.

"Ah, let me go!" I yelled at him, but he didn't respond. He had a blank expression on his face. When I looked into his eyes, I didn't see anything. Just two eyeballs. No emotion, as if he had no soul. Talking to him wouldn't do any good here. Only other option is to blast him off. I just hope I can gather energy through my mouth well. My arms are blocked off. Doing that didn't go so well, but I managed to build up an Energyball at the expense of the amount of energy I could use to fire about 4 of them from my hands. Well now I just have this Energyball in front of my face that I have no idea how to fire. Releasing it would cause it to fall which would hit me too. I don't exactly have another choice. So I let it go, but instead of dropping, it fired itself. I felt some of the explosive force when it collided with his face. The smoke and debris that was kicked up cleared, the Energyball had no effect. Poison types are resistant to grass attacks, but they still deal damage. I fired another Energyball. Still no effect. I began to fired more repeatedly, consuming less and less energy as I got better and better at it. Even though they used up less energy, I still became tired after firing so many in such a short time. Out of breath, I was forced to stop. Just like before, none had no effect other than making me tired.

Resist all you want, it won't work. A voice rang in my head. No, it was more like it was embedded into my mind. Mew should have kept her mouth shut. I guess I'll just have to handle this now.

Handle this now? What does that mean? I thought. I could feel his grip tightening as he began to crush my body. I couldn't breathe under the pressure. I'll blackout if this carries on. Even if I try to be tough and last this. It won't end until I can't take anymore. With his grip still tightening, my mouth hung agape. Unable to even make a sound. I couldn't even blink. I began to lose feeling. My vision blurred and began to fade. Even then I tried to hold on, but it did no good other than to have me suffer this longer.

Being tough will only make this worse on yourself. Just give up, it'll all be over soon.

I finally let go and blacked out.

hours later I awoke without a daze, or any trauma what-so-ever. It was nighttime.

"That was...pointless. Why knock me out for a moment if you're not going to do anything." I said to myself and took a glance around for the Arbok. He was no where to be found. I was still at the cliff too. I wasn't the slightest bit worried about where he went. Now that he's gone I could just jump down from here. Which I did. Something about falling didn't feel right, it felt slower and there was no wind. Maybe I am kind of out of it, but I feel just fine. I thought when I landed. I stuck the landing without even using Aerial Ace to slow my fall. Maybe I was able to do that all this time. Guess I'll just have to remember that next time. With it being nighttime, ghost Pokemon are going to be everywhere. Better be careful of some of their pranks, they like to take things too far. Gotta pay attention to anything out of the ordinary. After checking my surroundings, I began to jog toward Mauville. I felt so much lighter now. Each step took me farther than usual. There seemed to be no air resistance as I jogged. Even took it up another level and began running. After about a minute I realized, my feet never made a sound as I ran. That was odd. Never before when I ran through grass was I so silent. I attempted to stop, but slid much farther than usual. So I lost my traction and gained speed? That's not good. I thought. If I lost my traction, how would going faster be helpful? Sure it'll help out during a straight path, but when that turn comes I'm screwed.

While pondering over that, I felt a presence behind me closing in. I waited until it was within striking range. Once it was within range, I turned and swung my fist at whatever was behind me. I had punched a Duskull right in between the eyes.

"What the...How did I do that!?" Duskulls are ghost types. A physical attack cannot touch them if it has no extra properties. It was out cold. I could tell because the light behind the eye sockets on the skull was gone.

"No way..." A whisper came from somewhere.

"Did you see that?" Another whisper.

"Is he..." A third whisper. Am I surrounded?

"He doesn't look like it."

"But he hit Dusky!" That came from in front of me.

"With a physical attack!" This one too.

"But he's not faded! How can he be?" They began to argue about what I think was me hitting that Duskull. They were loud enough for me to follow their voices. Right in front of me were two Misdreavus. I turned around and saw a Shuppet. How didn't I notice them before? They huddled together and started discussing what I did.

"There's no way he is!"

"But he clearly punched Dusky and knocked him out cold!" I wonder if they realized I'm still here watching them.

"How did he know Dusky was there in the first place?"

"You think he can see us?" They all turned towards me for a second then went back to discussing. "No he looks too confused. He must just be following our voices." I coughed in an attempt get their attention. They ignored it and continued talking.

"Maybe Dusky just forgot to phase out in time." I walked closer to them.

"Yeah!"

"HEY!" I yelled at them, making them all yelp and quickly float back in surprise. "Want to explain to me what you're doing?"

"He can see us!?"

"But we're phased out!"

"Look I don't care whether you are or not. Who do you think you are trying to scare me!?" I yelled.

"It was just a joke..." The Shuppet explained. Honestly I wasn't mad at all, they were just kids trying to have fun. Who was I to stop them?

"We're sorry..." One of the Misdreavus apologized.

"You see THIS is why you don't scare anyone. You never know when someone is going to defy logic and physics and knock out you and or your friends."

"We won't do it again..." The other Midreavus said.

"Now I'm not really saying you shouldn't have fun. I know scaring people and pokemon is your thing. Besides, I can almost guarantee you'll be back to it in less than a week. Just be more careful next time. Otherwise you'll end up running into trouble."

"Okay!" They said in unison.

"Is Dusky going to be okay?" The Shuppet asked. I had no idea. I don't know if they can actually take any permanent damage.

"I hope so, I don't know if that blow actually caused any damage. Ghost pokemon aren't supposed to be able to be hit by normal physical attacks unless you were exposed somehow. I can't use any attacks that expose ghost types." I explained. Maybe I need to learn about ghost types. Not from these kids though, they're still learning themselves. "Oh when you discussing me punching his lights out," Literally "you said I was something." They looked at each other and back at me. Then one of the Misdreavus pressed her forehead against my face.

"I can't go through him..." She said right after backing off.

"Ookay...What does that change?" I asked. The two Misdreavus nodded at each other. Then they wrapped the tendrils I though was hair around my arms and lifted me into the air. "What are you two doing?" When they let go, I didn't fall. "Wh-What the hell!? How am I floating!?"

"Yup. He's dead." They said in unison.

"DEAD!? NO NO NO NO! I CAN'T BE DEAD! I HAVE THINGS I NEED TO DO! I HAVE REVENGE TO TAKE!!" How could I be dead? Did that Arbok actually kill me there? How did I let this happen?

"It's not so bad. Don't get so upset." The Shuppet spoke.

"Oh yeah that's easy for YOU to say! I'm officially DEAD! I'm not some half dead half living being! I can't interact with the world!" I didn't know what to do anymore. If I'm dead, how can I accomplish my goal?

"If it's so bad then move on." One of the Midreavus said.

"NO WAY! I CANT! NOT NOW!" I responded. Although it did cross my mind that moving on may just get me closer to Arceus.

"Guys...do you feel that?..." The Shuppet spoke. He was quivering in fear and so were the Misdreavus. The Duskull jumped up and flew over.

"GUYS GET AWAY FROM HIM!" It yelled and they did as told and looked down at the ground.

"Let's get out of here!" With that they all flew away out of sight. Meanwhile I floated there completely confused. Momentarily I felt drawn gravity pulling on me. I glanced down. There was a huge shadow underneath me and it was pulling me in. With no knowledge of flight, I had no way to escape it. I don't know what's happening, but it can't be good. If only I could escape it. Only thing I could do was wait as I was pulled into the darkness.

Well looks like he's dead and being pulled into oblivion. That's all I'm going to say there.

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