Kates' P.O.V

I stood in front of Hastings with everyone else, but I wasn't paying attention to a thing he said because I could stop thinking about WHY THE HELL I HAD KISSED KEITH!

Oh for Arceus sake, I really have a way of ruining friendships with people by doing this. We were fine until I just had to kiss him. I had to. If I wasn't coming back from this mission I at least wanted my first kiss to be with someone I liked.

I sighed as I held my head in my hands, rubbing my forehead. Dim Sun thinks I'm dead, maybe I can scare the shit out of them, Keith hadn't spoken anything only smiled as if the kiss never happened, Rythmi's more pissed then I've ever seen her since I've known her, Kellyn and Seren are also pissed, just not as much.

MY HEAD ACHES FROM ALL THIS!

"Yes Kate, I know it's stressful, but unfortunately it must be done," Hastings sighed as he looked at me. I nodded my head, showing I understood the mission.

"We wish each of you luck, please be careful, for Arceus' sake, please be careful," Erma ordered as she looked at us all.

"Kate, Keith, Kellyn and Seren, you three have the most important mission by infiltrating the tower, stay safe and look out for one another," Hastings smiled sadly as he looked at us all. I sighed, things were about to get hectic.

I walked with Keith, Seren and Kellyn down the stairs, all of us heading for Altru Inc. We turned once we heard footsteps behind us. Rythmi stood there with a small laptop by her side in her bag. Keith and Kellyn frowned, while Seren and I smiled.

"Welcome aboard," Seren smiled as she held her hand out. Rythmi took it as the two joined hands. Rythmi then took my hand, while Seren took Kellyn's, I took Keith's.

We all walked out of the Union holding hands, earning strange looks from people, whispers going around, but we didn't care.

I looked at Rythmi, who pulled out a styler, when had she…. You know what? I'm not gonna ask, it's Rythmi after all.

We all captured a Staraptor each before flying away towards Altru Inc.

At the top of the tower we could already see some black energy within the brigaded area. I looked at the others, who seemed to get the same idea I did.

We landed outside the tower. Looking up, I could make out Sven and Wendy flying overhead nearby. They waved to us as we walked towards the entrance.

"What's going on?" an employee, or ex-employee, should I say, asked as we walked over.

"You can't just fire us without any notice," another one growled as they looked at the Dim Sun grunts in front of them.

"Let Seren and I handle this one. You three get inside," Kellyn ordered as he nodded to us. We nodded back before he and Seren walked forwards into the crowd.

Rythmi, Keith and I found our way around the building, sticking to the walls and finding a side entrance, it was pretty obvious the grunts weren't going to leave the front door.

As we opened the door, a finishing line caught my eye. I grabbed Rythmi before she stood on it. She gave me a confused look as she looked at the ground.

"Finishing wire?" she asked.

"Booby trap," Keith stated as he pointed to a bow and arrow set to go off if the wire was stepped on.

Quietly, I stepped over the wire and grabbed a nearby plant, placing it where the arrow would go. Keith then stepped onto the wire, setting the trap off and causing it to collide with the plant. He and Rythmi then walked into the building.

We walked towards the front of the building to see Kellyn and Seren stood in the middle of the hall watching the grunts push a large barrier in front of the door.

"They do know we're in here right?" I asked as I walked over, Kellyn shrugged.

"Who cares?" he asked.

"The two are complete idiots anyway," Seren added as the two grunts turned to us.

"Oh no, Rangers to the front of us, barrier behind us. Let's head for the side exit," one of the grunts said as they took off running.

"Where's Keith?" Rythmi asked.

We looked around until we heard the two grunts groan and collapse to the floor, both with arrows sticking out their chests and through their hearts.

"Ops, did I do that?" Keith asked, and the worst thing? He was generally curious and confused to if he did it or not.

"TARGET!" oh here we go. We all turned back around to the front door. "CLEAR!" Barlow yelled as he came rushing through with the other Rangers following him with awesome poses.

"Why don't we have poses like that?" Kellyn asked.

"Because your face ruins it now with the scar on it," Keith answered.

"I HAVE A SCAR?! WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME?!" Kellyn yelled as he ran towards a nearby mirror.

"Can someone please just hit him?" I asked.

"That only destroys his brain cells," Seren answered.

"What brain cells?" Keith, Ryth and I asked, Seren only shrugged at us.

"Right, Kate, Keith, Seren, Kellyn, Rythmi, we're here to-Rythmi?" Crawford asked as he looked at Rythmi, who smiled innocently. "You know what? No time to ask questions. Dim Sun leaders are on the top floor, you know your roles?" we nodded. "You know you're going to face a lot of grunts along the way?" we nodded again. "Good, look out for each other," he ordered as he smiled at us all.

We rushed over to where Barlow and the others were, holding a lot of Dim Sun back. Barlow turned to look at us, a proud smile on his face.

"I'm glad to know Rangers like you," he stated as he nodded to us. "Good luck," he smiled as we went into the lift. Raisha turned to us.

"Kick some Dim Sun butt for me," she ordered as she gave us a thumbs up. We walked into the elevator, Keith walked over to a control panel while the rest of us looked at him.

"Password protected," he stated.

"Quick, think that an evil mastermind," Kellyn ordered. We all looked at him in confusion. "I got it, move aside and let me show you how it's done," he ordered as he cracked his hands. "World domination," he spoke into the voice thingy.

"Password incorrect, intruder detected," a robotic voice stated, a laser then shot out, aiming for Kellyn's face, but Seren pulled him to the side.

"Really? World domination?" she asked, Kellyn shrugged.

"What about it?" he asked.

"It's a little obvious," she answered in a hiss.

"Melody," Rythmi said into the voice speaker thingy as she looked at it.

"Melody? Why Melody?" Keith asked.

"Password accepted, welcome Professor Isaac. We shall take you to your office on the ninth floor," the robotic voice came again.

"Well, that's cool, how did you know the password?" Seren asked as she looked at Rythmi, I stayed silent as the elevator moved, I didn't like closed in places very much.

"Isaac loves his sister. Plus, he told me it yesterday, he had a feeling something like this would happen," Rythmi answered with a kind smile, though anyone could see the hate for Dim Sun in her eyes.

"Well, all we need to do now if kick back and relax until we get to the ninth floor," Keith stated. And just like that, the elevator came to a stop, the lights flicked before turning fully off.

"Great, you just had to jinx it," Seren hissed.

"Sorry, on the bright side, at least there's not a ghost in here," Keith replied. I froze, I could feel something on my hands, something clammy and cold, I gulped.

"If you've jinxed us again Keith, I'll kill you," I hissed.

"What did I do?" he asked.

"Hey! Are you all alright, don't worry I'm coming in to save you," someone called from above. Just then the lights flickered back on. I turned around to see a Gengar behind me.

"AH!" I screamed as I quickly jumped behind Keith, the Gengar was laughing its head off. "Stupid Gengar," I hissed as I glared at the pokemon.

"G-g-g-g-g-g-GENGAR?! HOLDY SHIT! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!" we turned around to see a Dim Sun trying to scale the walls while screaming.

"What?" Kellyn asked as he sweat dropped along with the rest of us. I turned back around to see the Gengar's eyes hand turned red, a deathly red.

"Guys, we need to go, now," I whispered as I looked at the Gengar.

"Why?" Keith asked, I slowly motioned to the Gengar.

"Huh?" Seren spun around, the Gengar's eyes landed on her.

"No sudden movements," I ordered in a harsh but calm voice. "Rythmi, you're closest to the ladder, get up it, but be slow," I ordered, Rythmi nodded as she slowly climbed the ladder. Kellyn followed her, slowly inching his way over.

The Dim Sun carried on moving around frantically, the Gengar turned to him. Keith hurried Seren up the ladder before quickly passing her Glaceon and Buizel who have been with us the whole time, they're just quiet.

I slowly inched my way over to Keith but couldn't help notice that the Dim Sun grunt was glowing red.

"Kate? Come on," Keith ordered as he looked down, he froze once he saw the Dim Sun, who held his hands out. The Gengar then made a tub of hydrochloric acid appear in front of the grunt.

"Oh no," I whispered, I knew this Gengar, it was no good, never has been never will be. I gulped as I slowly made my way over to Keith before taking his hand.

(Warning, slightly blood and gore, if you don't like, please skip, I don't want anyone throwing up. Thank you for understanding)

He slowly pulled me up the ladder but the sound of chugging caught my ears. We both turned around to see the grunt chugging the hydrochloric acid as if he hadn't drank in a year.

Soon, he dropped the empty bottle, blood gushed from his mouth as he coughed up his guts. The acid seeped through his body, causing his skin to melt and his guts to spill out onto the floor.

I heard Keith gipping, he wanted to look away, so did I, but we couldn't.

A gun appeared in front of the grunt, who took it. He cocked it and put it towards his mouth. The shot went off, screams from Seren and Rythmi were heard, I heard Kellyn pushing them onto the top of the elevator.

But I couldn't look away. The grunts brains splattered on the walls of the lift, mine and Keith's clothing and on the Gengar.

It's eyes turned from red to black as it laughed manically towards us, sending us a glare that clearly said 'You're-next' or 'Watch-your-back'.

Having had enough, Keith pulled me towards the top of the elevator and out. We both collapsed onto the floor panting heavily.

(Safe now people, no more blood or gore for a while)

We laid there for a few minutes. Seren, Kellyn and Rythmi stayed on the ground trying to comprehend what had just happened.

The smell of blood soon found its way towards our noses, causing us all to cringe. Keith sat up, wiping small parts off blood off of him; he wasn't covered as much as I was.

I laid on the floor, shell shocked in a way, I didn't want to see that, I didn't need to see that. Keith grabbed my arm, pulling me up; he removed my blood soaked Ranger jacket.

"What…..what was that?" Rythmi asked in a low voice. Keith shrugged, as if this whole thing had left him unphased, but I could see the fright in eyes.

"That….was one of the things we need to keep an eye out for on this mission," I answered, my voice barely above a whisper.

"Kate, look at me," Keith ordered, Kellyn and Seren were stood with brave faces, though they were still in slight shock. Rythmi was stood looking angry, but I could see the fear in her eyes. "We can't let this one thing throw us off guard. There's more chances we'll see things like this, sometimes we can stop them, sometimes we can't. But we need to keep moving now, Isaac and Melody need us," he stated as he shook me slightly by the shoulders.

I took one last look at the whole in the elevator roof before looking at Keith. His eyes filled with fright, determination and love. I closed my eyes, taking a deep breath as I did so.

"You're right," I replied as I breathed out. "We can't let one thing stop us. Now, let's head up to the top, I believe they're expecting us," I added as I stood to my feet. And just like that, we were off once more, climbing the elevator ladders and battling pokemon along the way.

Max's P.O.V

"They're here," Ice stated as he looked at me. I smirked widely.

"Good," I replied as I spun around in the chair I was sat on. Ice, Lavana and Heath, the best of the best in Dim Sun. My son, Kai, stood at the opposite end of the room, a bandage around his stomach.

How my youngest had taken him by surprise, I told Kai never to let his guard down, yet he does. I stood up before walking around my desk; I stepped over a deformed Blake as I did so.

Yes, you heard right, we double crossed Blake, we're in charge now. As for Phantom, well, when his time comes, he won't know what hit him.

I walked over to the shadows; red eyes appeared as they look at me before a figure stepped out.

"Darkrai," I smirked, the Darkrai returned my smirk as a Gengar appeared besides him.

"You struck fear?" the Darkrai asked as he glared at the Gengar, who nodded its head. "Good, your son and his friends are on their way up here. Let's make them feel welcomed," the Darkrai ordered as he looked at me, a smirk appearing on both our lips as we sent pokemon, grunts and, well, I won't tell you what else we sent.

But I will tell you, Keith and his pathetic little friends won't make it up here unharmed.

Me: Short chapter, meh, oh well.

Rythmi: I need another bucket over here!

Kate and Keith: *Hurls at the blood still lingering on their clothes*

Kellyn: Why did you have to do the scene like that?

Seren: I thought it was pretty cool. So bloody and gory, it was awesome.

Me: Least someone appreciates it.

Seren: *Nods head*

Kellyn: No, just no.

Keith: Next time don't make it me covered in blood, fake or not it's disgusting.

Kate: I second that.

Me: Oh, suck it up, you signed the contract, and by doing so you agreed to do everything I write.

Seren: *Checks over contract* She's right.

Keith, Kate, Rythmi and Kellyn: *Groans*

Me: Jheeze, you four are annoying, Seren's the only cool one here.

Seren: *Smiles*

Kate, Keith, Kellyn and Rythmi: JUST REVIEW PEOPLE!

Me: Well, you four are utterly rude as-

Seren: Fudge.

Me: What?

Seren: Fudge.

Me: I'm not saying fudge.

Seren: No I mean we have fudge on the food table.

Kate, Keith, Kellyn and Rythmi: *Runs to table*

Seren: And that's how you get rid of the annoying four.

Me: *Sweat drops* I have nothing to say to this so just review people.