Trapped in the Darkness – Chapter 16
A Pokemon Fanfiction
Jeez guys, I wanted to crank this out sooner, but I lost track of the time. I'm sorry.
Please enjoy this next chapter!
Pearl: The author owns nothing!
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When Green made his way out of the dark and musty concrete walls, he saw the rest of the group waiting for him. Gold was stamping his foot impatiently, and when the Viridian leader finally made his appearance he sighed loudly in both relief and irritation.
Green blinked, confused. "What?"
Gold threw his hands up in the air. "Where do we go?" he asked, motioning to the spacious room around him, raising his voice to compete with the sounds of battle around them. Green tilted his head to the side, his confusion growing.
"You mean you don't?" he questioned. He grimaced when Gold glared at him. "I don't either."
Gold's expression switched for one of disbelief and exasperation. "You have to be fucking with me." When Green shook his head, he smacked himself in the forehead, turning around. "Well, looks like we're going..." he paused a few seconds, pointing in different directions with his eyes closed. He finally settled in the direction he was looking for and opened his eyes. "This way!"
With a roar, he sped off in that direction, narrowly avoiding obstacles in his way. Crystal and Silver hesitated before following his example after a short exchange of glances. The others followed in suit, Green shrugging at Red before following after.
It seemed as if Gold had the intuition of a mother for his Pokemon, because he was always changing directions, speeding down the hallways quickly without reason or order like he knew exactly where he was going. He froze at a cross-section, throwing his arms out to stop the others just as Alder rushed through with his Volcarona behind him. There were small specks of silver scales that blew out from behind it, and Gold immediately covered his mouth.
"Silver Wind!" He called out, his voice muffled. Immediately, thirteen pairs of hands slapped over their faces before continuing on, jumping over an undecipherable grunt who was lying on the ground face-down.
Gold froze again, this time at a fork in the hallway. One went left and the other right. Gold grimaced.
"Where do we go, Gold?" Sapphire asked, shoving through to stand at the front with the Johto Champion. She glanced down the right pathway. Blinking, she took a few steps down it before halting. Her voice was a mere whisper. "Wait a minute." Scrunching up her nose, she lifted her right hand, curling it into a fist before slamming it against the wall.
Nothing happened at first, but after a few seconds, a small whining could be heard before the entire right hallway flipped itself around. The floor was now the ceiling. Sapphire pursed her lips, crossing her arms.
"I knew something seemed fishy," she muttered, pleased with herself..
"What the hell?" Pearl asked, dumbfounded. He walked forward, Platinum still holding onto his hand like if she let go he'd leave again. He took a single step into it, stepping down with his right foot. He rose an eyebrow. "This is stupid."
Immediately the whining happened again, and Pearl retracted his foot before the hallway flipped itself over again. Gold stepped over to stare at the hallway. "They're down this way," he said finally. He frowned. "Is this supposed to keep us from going this direction? Weak attempt."
Green sighed, crossing his arms. "How do you suppose we get down it without breaking something important?" He made his way to stand with the others staring at the stretch of hallway. "Like, oh I don't know... our necks?"
N frowned. "That would put a damper on my day." Black and White exchanged glances before they snickered beside him, but he didn't seem to notice it.
Ruby pushed through, this time with Diamond. They studied the floor for a second before Diamond crouched down and touched it again. He counted under his breath until the floor turned to become the ceiling again. The Sinnoh-native stood, turning to face the group again.
"We have approximately five seconds to cross it before it flips," Ruby said. Diamond nodded, crossing his arms. Green rose an eyebrow.
"You're telling me we have to run across this," he stated. Ruby and Diamond nodded. The Viridian leader grimaced. "Really?"
He didn't have any more time to speak, for Crystal sped past him and down the hallway, getting to the other a mere second before it turned around.
"Crys!" Gold complained. He looked down the rotating passageway at the girl, frowning. "No fair! I wanted to run down first!"
Crystal giggled as she fought for air. "Sorry, Gold!"
Apparently Gold wasn't going to be next, because Black and White ran through, dragging N behind them, and all three safely reached the other side. Gold yelled in frustration.
Silver crossed his arms, muttering curses before pushing Gold into the hallway. The Johto Champion barely got to the other side before it flipped around. He spun on his heel, his face red with embarrassment. "Silver!"
"Whoops," he muttered sarcastically, following his rival down and getting to the other side. Gold immediately began another argument with his rival as the others got down the movable passage.
Until all of the others were at the other end of the hallway, Green decided to stay behind in case his Pidgeot decided to join the rest of the group. Therefore, Green was the last to go down, and when he reached the other side Gold was again stamping his foot in irritable impatience.
They continued along, and after a few more right turns, they finally reached a large pair of doors before stopping. "This must be it," Gold breathed.
He stepped forward to touch the handle, but as he did, he shrieked and retracted his hand like the handle had seared him. Silver and Crystal immediately went to his aid.
"Gold," Silver hissed, shaking his rival gently. The Johto-native didn't respond with words as his hands began fading, only letting out a few choked sounds of terror.
"It's happening again, Silver!" he choked out, shaking uncontrollably. "Help me!"
Green felt Red freeze beside him, and he turned to face his friend so see what the problem was. He had paled drastically, and that was a statement considering the boy was very pale to begin with. Red's eyes were unfocused but hard as they stared ahead. It was then that he heard the soft, almost silent, laughter that seemed to echo around them.
Gold, however, seemed worse. The color was draining from his face and clothing, washing away as if it were being bleached. Ruby red tears sprang to his eyes and fell from them, trickling down his face before dripping on the floor. He screamed.
Silver and Crystal stopped in their spots, their comforting touches halted as they stared in horror. They didn't make any move to help him, unsure of what to do before Silver shook his head furiously before grabbing his rival roughly by the shoulders.
"This isn't real! Listen idiot, it's all a trick to stop us now that we're this close!" he said, his voice cracking in his rage. Crystal didn't speak, her voice seeming to disappear as Gold's arms left completely and his legs began to fade.
Around them there was a small buzz of panic, growing as the around them as they discovered differences in the group. A shiny Flygon hung around Sapphire almost obsessively, glaring intensely at Ruby with eyes full of hatred. Platinum, Diamond, and Pearl were beginning to develop frostbite, their limbs beginning to blacken. Black, White, and N stood around uncomfortably, getting closer to one another to avoid conflict with the others.
Green could see it now. A ghostly figure, almost like a Ghastly in color but not in shape, was forming around Red, circling him almost as if the Trainer was it's possession. It curled around the raven's legs, locking them in place as it continued it's spiral upwards. Two glowing white circles, its eyes, were narrowed in a devious smirk and its mouth was upturned in silent laughter as the ghost finally moved to Red's ear. It's hands, which were sharpened to pitch black claws, toyed with Red's hair as it began whispering things to its prisoner.
Red was a statue, his eyes almost pained as the Lavender Town Ghost continued his empty promises of sweet nothings and stroked his hair almost lovingly. Green looked like he wanted to help, but he seemed to be having his own problems.
An Eevee sat on the ground, staring at him. Its eyes were blank and devoid of any emotion. Green was completely positive this was his Eevee, but for some unknown reason, he felt utterly repulsed by the creature sitting at his feet. He stared back at it coldly, the corner of his mouth twitching because of the fear lodged in the pit of his stomach.
It cried out, and its voice pierced Green's skull like a bullet. He grit his teeth, leaning away from it as far as he could, for it seemed his feet were glued to the floor. The Eevee cried out again, this time louder. Its voice echoed in Green's brain like a gunshot, and Green fell to his knees. The normal-type repeated the sound it was making, each cry louder than the last before Green's hand flew to his ears in an attempt to stop it. This only made them louder and more painful to listen to.
Then as quickly as they began, they stopped.
Green looked up to see the Eevee gone, the group beginning to turn back to normal. Color was melting back into Gold's face, and his tears faded from red to the normal clear they were meant to be. The Flygon was gone as well, and Green turned around to see Red free from his ghostly tormentor.
"W-What just happened?" Black demanded weakly, still shaken up.
Silver looked up from his rival, his eyes ablaze. "I told you," he growled. "They must have been tricking us because we're so close to our Pokemon." Black glared back at the red-head, stepping away from his hold on N and White.
"I knew that, dipshit," he hissed. "I meant how they did it. If you don't notice, there aren't any Pokemon around to do it." Silver didn't throw anything back at the brunette, he frowned as he realized the Unova Champion was right.
"That's where you're wrong, Black," a voice echoed. Cynthia stepped out from behind a corner, her Garchomp dragging a Rocket grunt with pink hair. Gold took in a shaky breath.
"Petrel," Crystal murmured, putting a hand to her cheek. Cynthia rose a delicate eyebrow, looking at the unconscious man disdainfully.
"You know this man?" she asked, mild surprise underlying in her tone. Gold looked at the ground, and Crystal answered again.
"Friends with Proton," she explained. Standing up, she held out a hand to help her friend up from the ground. Gold took it gently and rose slowly. Crystal brushed his shoulders off quickly like she was trying to set things right before speaking again. "He seems to have been busy when things were being put together, right Gold?"
Gold laughed, but it seemed forced. "Y-Yeah."
Red turned his head to gaze at his friend worriedly, who had stood up abruptly once he had seen everything had gone back to normal. Green looked distracted, his eyes returning to the spot the Eevee had been before. He looked deep in thought, his jade eyes dark and lost to the people in front of him. Red tilted his head to the side, pursing his lips.
"Green," he stated softly, but firmly. When he received no answer he sighed in irritation, but the irritation didn't reach his face. He turned his whole body in the direction of his rival, lifting a hand hesitantly. "Green?"
He was ignored yet again. Red scowled. "Green."
He took a fistful of Green's jacket, tugging lightly and earning a startled squeak from the brunette. The jade eyes swerved in his direction, annoyance forming immediately. Red almost smiled in amusement. "What do you want, Red?"
"That wasn't real," Red replied, his voice quieter than usual. Green of course understood. He clenched his teeth, the color rising to his cheeks as he looked away quickly.
"Yeah, yeah. I know. I'm not a newbie here," he said, his voice clipped. He crossed his arms tightly before making his way to the door in an angry huff. Red laughed silently into his hand, but followed him up.
"So my Eevee is in here," Green stated quietly. He grinned abruptly. "About fucking time." He grabbed the handles and pulled back on them.
At first they didn't budge, but a clicking sound was heard before silence. Green paused and silence befell the group.
"What was that. . . ?" White wondered aloud, furrowing her eyebrows as she looked to the ceiling. There was more clicking sounds coming from somewhere, growing in sound and number, before they stopped yet again.
"Something's not right," Ruby whispered.
Green scoffed, turning to the door again. "What, is the whole room going to flip over now?" He took a hold of the door handles again and readied himself to pull.
There was a snap. Green turned at the sound.
A spear was sent speeding downward.
And the sound of a scream echoed.
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Whoops. I really didn't mean to make it a cliff-hanger. I really tried.
Anyone know which creepypastas I referenced?