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Chapter 18: ghost hunting
My dreams were filled with ghosts and creepy scenes, but I was able to get some rest this time. After breakfast, we went straight to Pokémon tower.
"Ok, now were ready" Red said, though no one moved
"So what are we waiting for then?" Leaf asked
"I'm still not sure we should do this" Aqua said
While everyone else was paralyzed by fear, I had encountered this while I was half asleep, so the fear didn't affect me. Suddenly, the laughter rang out again "that's it, give me this" I said, taking the Silph Scope from Red
"Hey! I can use it too!" he said, but I turned it on before he could take it back. A bright light flashed, and the laughter suddenly stopped.
"Well…I guess that works" Leaf said.
We headed up, but didn't get far before Grey called out "hey Alex!"
I saw him running out from the mist "I'm surprised you guys didn't get scared and run away." He said tauntingly. No one said a word "you did run! I didn't know you guys were wimps!"
"They ran, I didn't" I said, deciding to challenge him for a change "and I'm not running now"
He had a look like someone who finally got a challenge they wanted "now you've got the rival spirit" he said. He threw a poke ball "go, Pidgeotto!"
"Pidgeotto!"
"Go Wartortle!" I said, throwing a poke ball.
"Wartortle!"
"Pidgeotto, drill peck!" Grey called. It knocked Wartortle back as it hit.
"Wartortle, slash!" I called. The Pidgeotto was knocked out.
"Go Ivysaur!" Grey called, throwing another poke ball.
"Ivysaur!"
"Use quick attack!" I called. Wartortle knocked Ivysaur back, but didn't do much else.
"Ivysaur, vine whip!" Grey called.
"Counter with slash!" I called back. Neither Pokémon avoided the move, but Ivysaur was knocked out. Unfortunately, I could see Wartortle wasn't far from it.
"Go Growlithe!" Grey called, throwing another poke ball
"Growlithe!"
"Bubble beam!" I called back. The Growlithe didn't stand a chance.
"Go Kadabra!" Grey said, throwing another poke ball
"Kadabra!"
"Kadabra, physic!" Grey yelled, before I had time to say anything
"Wartortle, quick attack!" I yelled quickly. Both Pokémon were out at the same time.
"Go Gyarados!" Grey called, throwing another poke ball.
"Gyarados!"
"Go Paras!" I called, throwing another one of my poke balls.
"Paras!"
"Gyarados, hyper beam!" Grey called
"Paras, sleep powder!" I called. Paras was able to dodge the hyper beam, and then sprayed a black powder. The gyarados was the only one affected thankfully.
"Finish with mega drain!" I called, hoping it knew the move. It did, and the gyarados was out.
We returned our Pokémon at the same time "I'm always one step ahead of you…yet your always stronger…" Grey said. "What do you have that I don't?"
"Well…do you actually care about your Pokémon?" Leaf asked
Grey shot her a look of contempt "as long as their strong, their good" he said
"Then that's your problem" Leaf replied "all you care about is power, and that's not good"
"Whatever, I'm out of here" Grey said, before running off. I could see his arrogance slowly fading, but it was still there.
"Anyways, let's go" Leaf said.
After a little while, I started to feel like someone was following me. I stopped suddenly. "Does anyone else feel something?" I asked
"It's probably nothing, just keep walking" Leaf said.
We kept walking, but the feeling wouldn't go away. It was as if there was a sixth shadow. Suddenly, a group of Haunters appeared in front of us. There were four, and each of the others sent out a Pokémon to battle, leaving me a bit behind.
The feeling was more intense now than ever, and judging by how the others were battling, they weren't making any progress. I grabbed a poke ball, ready for whatever came my way. And it finally revealed itself. A Gengar stepped out of the shadow, standing in front of me. I knew it had been following me, and I really wanted to know why. I picked up a poke ball, ready to battle it, but it disappeared.
Suddenly, every shadow seemed like it was an illusion, another Gengar ready to strike. "What do you want?" I asked, trying to get its attention.
The others weren't paying attention, so it was as if they weren't there. The shadows formed words. At first, I couldn't tell what it was, but it slowly formed the words "catch me if you can."
I smiled "a game of tag, huh?" I said. I threw a poke ball "go Wartortle!"
"Wartortle!"
The shadows shifted, forming one, which then took off "follow that shadow, use Slash to stop it!" I called. The Wartortle ran after it, Slashing at it every once in a while.
I got out a poke ball, ready for the Gengar to come out. Finally, the Wartortle hit it, causing Gengar to tumble out of the shadows. That's when I threw the poke ball. It barely shook once before it clicked, and the Haunters ran away.
"So…it was a Gengar following us?" Red asked, his confusion obvious.
I nodded "and now it's one of my Pokémon" I said.
We continued up without anything else going wrong.
When we finally got to the top, there were three team rocket members, which Leaf, Red, and Zain took care of. At the end of the passage, there was a man in the back tied up.
"Mr. Fuji!" Leaf exclaimed.
"Oh, did you guys come to rescue me?" he asked.
"Of course we did!" she exclaimed, immediately untying him.
"Oh, you well thank you then." He got out two flutes "here, you guys should have these." He gave one to me and one to Leaf.
"Thank you!" me and Leaf said in unison.
After leaving the tower, Mr. Fuji went home, and we went back to Saffron city. It was dark when we got there, so we immediately went to our beds. I fell asleep with little thought.
Yay! Another chapter done! Once again, there really isn't anything for me to say…Remember: I love criticism, reviews encourage me, and I'm open to input. bye for now!