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Chapter 7

The Lucario

I wake up to the darkness of a cave. A small one with rocks blocking the entrance. Only a sliver of light leaked in through a crack in the rocks.

"Shit..." I mutter. What in hell happened? I don't remember anything at all! My mind struggled to figure out what happened... "What the hell happened?" I voice the question.

"Not sure..." Ser says drowsily. I jumped at his voice, not realizing he was there. "I feel drunk. In a bad way."

"Like headache and memory loss?" Seth asks. He sounds the same as Ser and I did.

"Yeah." I mutter. "Wylie?"

"He isn't here." Seth says. He takes a moment to look around. "How the hell are we going to be getting out of here?" His usual annoyed attitude is back, which makes me happy. At least one of us is getting back to normal.

"You won't... Not until you answer our questions." A deep voice rings. All three of us jump to our feet, and Ser growls instantly.

"Who's there?" He demands through bared teeth.

"I'm the leader of Rescue Team SPR, or Suspicious Pokemon Researcher." The voice rings. "My name is Bob Brown."

"What a fitting name." Seth mutters. "I bet he's just as boring as his name."

"I bet he's a lunatic." I grumble in response. "Team Suspicious Pokemon Researcher. Wow."

Then something hits me.

"Dark is dying!" I shout without helping myself. "We need to get out!" I get up and stalk up to the rock wall. "Where the hell is Wylie?"

"Who? The buizel?" Bob asks.

"Yeah. Answer me." I say.

"Him." He sounds angry with Wylie. Good. Must've pissed him off. He deserves it. "He has resisted my psychic powers. I cannot erase his memory." WHAT THE HELL?

"So it was you!" I yell Now I'm really getting mad.

"Yes. I did well, didn't I? Only an hour has passed, but you don't remember anything from today, do you?" He asks, a pleased sneer in his voice.

"You're an asshole!" I yell. "I remember that my friend is DYING! He's got scarlet fever! If you don't let us out, he won't make it!" I scream, hoping he'll get it through his thick head that I'm telling the truth.

"I don't believe that one bit." He retorts. "Why are you here?"

"We need to get sicily's rose! That's the only thing that can cure scarlet fever!" I yell.

"Austin? That you?" I hear a familiar voice.

"Wylie! What's happening?" I call.

"Well, I just woke up. They're trying to erase my memory. Hypnosis was their last trick." Wylie explains calmly. "Use your power. I got the rose, so let's get the hell out of here."

"No kidding." I agree. "Step back, Seth, Ser." I warn. Then Ser and Seth gasp at the light my aura sphere creates. It radiates power, more so than a normal one might. I chuck it against the wall. It explodes, and crumbles... a little. "Damn it!" I swear loudly.

"You're never going to get out." The voice snickers annoyingly. I ram myself against the wall a few times. Ser and Seth join me, but we don't make a dent...

"That's. It." I feel rage and adrenaline rush through my veins. The boys suck in a breath as they hear and see three-inch claws slide out of my paws. I bring my right paw back to my ear, and hear the hissing and feel the power of aura gathering at my fingertips. I throw my paw down across my body, expelling the power in the form of a slash. Like what I did to Heather's evil spirit, except more powerful.

It crashed against the wall with a loud bang. It crumples, revealing a scared-looking espeon. Bob, I'm guessing.

A little away from us, Wylie is held by an ursaring and a hoothoot stands by, making faces and saying random words that supposedly have a meaning of some sort. I look down at the espeon.

"Bye." I say. Seth and Ser carefully venture out of the cave. Seth glares at Bob and Ser bares his teeth and growls.

I walk up to the ursaring. He growls at me. "Let's leave." I suggest. Wylie takes a breath, then uses aqua jet. The big bear doesn't even know what hit him. Wylie lands neatly beside me.

I look back at the espeon. Seth and Ser are demanding the bag back. Shaking, the pokemon points towards hoothoot, who jumps with surprise and rushes down a chamber. He returns with the bag and takes off.

"Retreat!" The espeon yells, and he and the ursaring make a break for it. Suddenly, I hear something heart-stoppingly familiar...

When the secret stone tablet is resting in our hands,

"We need to hurry!" I realize. We run to the bag and whip our badges out.

Oh, then we will reunite.

We teleport, landing outside the guild.

A rage of scarlet fever started down at the guild,

"Whose footprints? Whose footprints?" Diglet's voice chimes up.

"Austin's! It's an emergency! We need to get in!" I yell down.

"... Okay! We'll open the gate. Only because we know your voice, though..." Diglet calls back up.

and Dark would be the first to be took.

We four rush in and down the ladder. "Chimecho! Where are you?" I call for her. Carry, Heather, and Jared appear, looking relieved.

Unless someone could find the secret flower,

They lead Wylie and I into Dark's room. Dark, looking sick and red, is on a straw bed in the center of the room. He's hooked up to several medical equipment pieces. A pot of boiling water is set aside on a portable stove top, waiting for the flower. It boils slowly.

and bring it before he died,

"It's ready!" Chimecho yells frantically. She pours it into an IV bag, and hooks it up to Dark.

"Now the end is nearer than we all could have thought,

Let's hope I am lying tonight..."

Hey, sorry... I'm leaving you at a terrible cliffhanger... for at least two days... I'm sorry...