Kates' P.O.V
We made it outside where Raisha stood just outside the door with a Staraptor besides her. We walked over to her as she turned to smile at us.
"Hastings had a change in plans, again. Instead of Kellyn and Keith going into the air it'll be me, Crawford, Sven, Wendy and Luana. We'll be giving you air support, but I need the Gem now," Raisha stated. I nodded as I handed the Gem over to her; she took it, nodded her thanks and took off into the air just as Lavana walked out with her cronies.
"Jheeze, does she ever tone down the makeup?" Seren asked as she looked at Kellyn, who shrugged his shoulder.
"We want the Yellow Gem now," Lavana ordered as she glared at us. I looked into the air to see Raisha waiting with the others for their part.
"Too late, Raisha has it," Keith stated as he smirked, Lavana gave him a strong glare before flipping her hair.
"Fine, fine, I guess we'll just have to tell Max that we couldn't get it," she sighed, Keith shook his head, his father wouldn't like that answer. "For now, we'll just send you packing, Magmortar, end them," Lavana ordered as she walked away with her cronies.
The Magmortar came flying straight for Seren, Rythmi and me. Isaac tackled Rythmi out of the way, while Kellyn and Keith pushed Seren and me out of the way.
We looked up in time to see Keith and Kellyn take the full hit of the pokemon, sending them flying off of the tower.
"KELLYN!"
"KEITH!"
Oh no.
We rushed to the edge of the tower. I couldn't see them, Seren couldn't see them. Isaac was speaking with Crawford and Luana, who had flown down due to the noise.
"We'll find them, let's go," I heard Crawford say as he and Luana flew off. Rythmi and Isaac walked over to us.
"Kate, we need to carry on," Rythmi stated as she pulled me away from the edge, Isaac did the same with Seren as we walked back inside.
I couldn't move. I was frozen. First Keith and Kellyn, and now this. The darkness was immense. It was surrounding me. I fought down the feelings to attack, to fight, to kill.
I coughed loudly in the silent room as Seren and the other proceeded forwards, as if nothing was wrong. But I knew there was something wrong.
I fell to my knees, coughing loudly. Seren turned around as she ran over to me. She rested her hand on my shoulder as I coughed once more, bringing up a large puddle of blood.
"Isaac, Rythmi, get over here!" Seren called as she turned around slightly. Isaac and Rythmi rushed over to me, their eyes wide once they saw what had happened.
I clutched Arceus' necklace before standing up. I felt weak, like my legs would give out at any moment. I sighed as Seren slipped her arm around me, supporting em as we walked.
We got in the lift and went up, towards one of the four final floors. Rythmi laptop began ringing once more as she took it out.
"Hastings, what's wrong?" Hastings didn't say anything about the informality, or the disrespect by not calling him 'Professor', there were more important things to worry about.
"We heard from Raisha and the others that you got Isaac, good going. Raisha has the Gem and she's up in the air with the others. We also heard about Kellyn and Keith. Crawford and Luana are on that, so don't let anything get in the way of this mission. How's Kate holding up?" Hastings asked, I looked at the screen.
"Not so well," I answered as I coughed once more, bringing up more blood. I saw panic flash in Hastings's face for a second before it disappeared. "I'll be fine grandpapa, nothing can keep me down," I smiled as I looked at the screen. Hastings still looked worried, but he nodded his head.
"I trust you Kate, please be careful," he replied before ending the call. The lift stopped on the floor we wanted to be on. We exited it before walking around.
A yellow, see through like barrier, was around the level we were on.
"This must be the first barrier," Rythmi stated as she looked at Isaac, who nodded his head.
"Barrier?" Seren asked as she looked at them, Kellyn must have slipped her mind, but I couldn't help thinking about them.
"Yes, Heath, Lavana and Ice have barriers set up on this floor and the next two up. To get to Max we're going to have to dismantle them before we can proceed," Isaac explained as he looked at us.
"Then what are we waiting for, we've gotta do this and end it fast before more people get injured," I stated as we walked around into the first room. Seren caught a couple of pokemon along the way that could be of assistance to us.
"First room, Heath should be in here, are you ready?" Isaac asked as we stood outside the door.
"Born ready," Seren and I answered as we walked in with Isaac and Rythmi, who looked worried.
"Well, well, if it not Kate and friends," Heath greeted, as he turned to me.
"Dude, take some English lessons," Seren sighed as she looked at the large man.
"So, how's this going down?" Rythmi asked, I looked over my shoulder at her.
"You and Isaac stay in the corner, try not to get injured. I'll deal with the pokemon. Seren, once I've done that the sphere in the middle looks like it could use a target clear, use one of the pokemon you've caught, understand?" I asked.
"Understood," everyone answered.
"Alright, let's do this," I smiled as I put my styler forwards.
"You go bye-bye now, Rhyperior, ATTACK!" Heath ordered as he glared at me, his eyes went to Isaac, who flinched slightly.
"CAPTURE ON!" I yelled as I began my capture on the pokemon, dodging its attacks and circling it when I had the chance.
"LET HIM GO!" I heard Rythmi yell halfway through capturing the Rhyperior. I turned to see Heath had Isaac by the throat against one of the walls.
Seren, being Seren, pulled her camera out before snapping a picture of it. Arceus, she must want to remember this day. I hissed as a tonne of rocks collided with my back, causing me to fall forwards.
Isaac's eyes were closing; he was losing air quickly, if we didn't do something we wouldn't be going back with Isaac alive.
"HEY! BIG TALL AND UGLY!" Seren shouted from on top of the sphere at the end of the room. Heath turned to her before dropping Isaac.
"NO! GET DOWN! DOWN I TELL YOU!" he yelled as he rushed forwards. I quickly maneuvered my body so I was able to trip Heath up, sending him head first into the opposite wall.
"KATE LOOK OUT!" I turned around to see the Rhyperior coming at me, full speed, oh fuck!
"Say cheese!" Seren smiled as she flashed her camera, blinding the pokemon for a second or two.
"GLACEON! FREEZE IT!" I ordered, Glaceon did as told. Buizel stood watching with sad eyes, Buizel! I had forgotten all about him in this mess, he must be a distraught as I am.
I looked away from Buizel to finish up the capture, as Rythmi help Isaac back to his feet, he was gasping for air as she did so.
"Capture complete!" I smiled as I released the Rhyperior. The tower began shaking at that moment. "What the?"
"ATTENTION, ATTENTION, THE INCREDIBLE MACHINES POWER IS CURRENTLY LEVEL 1! POWER NEEDED FOR LEVEL 2 IS…..50%! I REPEAT 50%! THE POWER IS RAISING NORMALLY, THERE ARE NO ABNORMALITIES!" I looked around, what the heck was that?
"We need to hurry. The Ultimate Machine's power's almost complete," Isaac spoke once the robotic voice vanished.
"Erm Isaac, explain please?" Seren asked as she looked at Isaac, who was fumbling with the yellow sphere. Heath was still knocked unconscious.
"Basically, the Ultimate Machine has three levels, once it reaches level three all pokemon in Almia will be under the control of Blake," Isaac explained.
"I thought Max was behind all of this?" Rythmi asked.
"Max is just working with Blake," Isaac answered.
"But didn't all those grunts, and Lavana, say they were to report to Max?" Seren asked. I looked out the window at where Sven and the others were on the Staraptors.
"There's a possibility that Max has killed Blake. Of course we don't know this for sure, but I'm sure Ice and the others do. As for the big guy here, freeze his ass. If he gets in our way we might be too late to save Almia," I answered as I looked at Glaceon, who froze Heath, who still had his head in the wall.
"Well, at least we know one thing," Rythmi spoke up.
"What that?" Seren asked.
"You're camera's good for something," Isaac answered as he massaged his throat. I looked at the yellow sphere before looking at Seren, who nodded her head.
The Golem Seren had captured stood next to her before it began destroying the sphere. Once that was done, Seren thanked the pokemon before we all headed towards the door.
"Nice meeting you Heath," Seren smiled as she snapped a picture of him.
"Touch another Ranger again and you'll have worse than that done to you," Rythmi hissed as she glared behind her. Wow, I've never seen her so angry.
Buizel treaded behind us as we all walked. I looked at Glaceon, who was looking back at Buizel.
"Hey guys, go on ahead for a few minutes, I'll be up there when I can. Go with them Glaceon," I ordered, Glaceon nodded her head as she ran off with the others, who gave me a concerned look. I winked at them before walking over to Buizel and picking him up.
"Huh? What are you doing Kate? We need to help everyone," he stated as he looked at the others ascending the stairs.
"The world can wait for a couple of minutes. Besides, there are two very talented Rangers up there, one's also an Operator and they have a super genius with them. I think the world's in good hands," I replied as I walked over to the window. Almost all of Almia could be seen from where we were.
"Alright, so what's wrong?" Buizel asked.
"You tell me. I know you're upset about Keith, but right now we can't dwell on that. Look out there, tell me what you see," I ordered as I held Buizel in my arms.
"I see Almia," he answered, I shook my head.
"Look passed the thought of it just being plain old Almia and tell me what you see," I ordered again as I looked at Buizel, who nodded his head.
Moments of silence passed before he answered.
"I see a free world that Dim Sun's trying to rule and take over with Max. Who wants you to turn evil again and help him," Buizel answered as he looked up at me. I looked at him with a sad smile.
"Good, now what would Keith want us to do?" I asked. Buizel looked at me with shocked eyes before smiling sadly himself.
"Keith would want us to fight against his father, brother and Dim Sun to save the Almia Region, his family and his friends," he answered, I smiled down at him.
"So what're we going to do?" I asked.
"BUIZATOULLE TO THE RESCUE!" Buizel yelled as he jumped out of my arms before heading towards the stairs. I laughed as I followed after him, capturing a few pokemon that we might need along the way.
My styler rang off half way through getting to the second door on the floor. I quickly answered it.
"Make this quick, Seren and that are facing Lavana by the colour," I ordered as I looked at Raisha's face on the screen.
"Kate, the first barrier went down, good work, but we also have some bad news. Crawford and Luana are back, they couldn't find Keith or Kellyn, we're so sorry," Raisha stated as she looked at me, her eyes glistened with unshed tears. We may not be close with Raisha, but once a Ranger, always part of the Ranger Family.
I leaned on the wall as I sunk down next to it. They could find Kellyn or Keith, then…..were they…I shook my head; I wouldn't think like that, I couldn't, so instead, I smiled.
"Don't worry, if I know Keith he'll be here just in the nick of time with Kellyn to save us from something. I really need to go now," I whispered as I quickly hung my styler up.
I walked into the door to see Seren facing off against Lavana's pokemon. I ducked as a stray piece of wall came flying towards me, Buizel was helping out Seren with the attacks she needed, I smiled at him.
I quickly made my way over to Rythmi and Isaac, who were cornered by both of Lavana's cronies.
I quickly jumped in front of them, took who gashes to the chest before knocking them over. I winced as I felt blood spill down my chest, I've had enough blood to last me a lifetime.
Suddenly, everything in the room went cold, I froze. Rythmi and Seren froze, causing Seren to get blasted back to us by the pokemon she was facing.
I slowly knelt down to help her up before Rythmi grabbed Isaac's hand.
"No sudden movements," she ordered, Isaac nodded his head as Lavana and her cronies walked over to us.
"This is truly pathetic, you lame Rangers can't even move when the temperature drops," she snickered. My eyes weren't on Lavana; they were on the Gengar behind her.
Lavana turned around to see the ghost type with its eyes blazing red; she moved her hand in a dismissing gesture.
(Yo, guys, slight blood and gore here, please skip if you have a weak stomach)
"Leave you stupid pokemon," she hissed, bad move. The hand she was waving suddenly exploded, the bones, muscle and blood going all over her and her cronies. All three screamed.
NO! Didn't they know that this would just make the pokemon more….well there isn't really a word to describe it.
Lavana spun around to glare at us, her cronies doing the same.
"What are you telling this pokemon to do?" she ordered as she glared at us, her cronies copied her motions.
Popping sounds were heard from the two cronies who screamed, their eyes were no more. The blood rushed down them as they screamed, the Gengar laughed as they did so.
I gulped as I watched all of this. Rythmi had covered Isaac's hand, Seren had closed her eyes, Buizel wasn't watching anything, Glaceon was hiding her face from this.
Two more popping sounds. Blood ran down the cronies face as before their voice boxes burst. More blood pooled out, this Gengar was mental.
I wanted to cough again; I could feel the darkness radiating from the Gengar. It was strong, stronger than what it was before.
Finally, the cronies chests burst. Their guts pooling all over the ground and Lavana, luckily none splattered on us, though how they didn't is a mystery to me.
Lavana screamed as she pulled a knife out.
"YOU STUPID POKEMON!" she yelled as she went to attack it. A ring of fire appeared around Lavana, burning her, causing her to blister. Eventually the blisters popped.
The puss from them ran down her body, she was nothing but a human covered in slime. Snapping sounds were heard throughout the room, every bone in her body broke.
Some stuck out, some stayed in. Finally, as the Gengar's signature, her chest burst, the blood splattered the walls, again missing us.
The fire died out, the Gengar laughed maniacally as it looked at us, watching us to see if we moved. When we didn't, the pokemon left through the floor.
I collapsed to my knees. There, in the middle of the room, were the remains of what used to be Lavana.
(Safe now, we're also having a change in P.O.V)
Keiths' P.O.V
I woke up with a groan as I looked around at where I was. Somewhere, in a green forest, there were pokemon surrounding me with curiosity.
I looked to my right; Kellyn lay motionless on the ground. Maybe if I closed my eyes I could sleep some more….KELLYN WAS MOTIONLESS ON THE GROUND?! OH NO!
I quickly sat up, instantly regretting it as I did so, my shoulder jolted, it was dislocated. I crawled over to where Kellyn laid, his head bleeding, I gulped. Kellyn, for Arceus sake, you better be alright.
I used a small bandage I had in my pocket to try and stop the bleeding and wrap it up. Once I had done, Kellyn stirred in his sleep. His eyes opened moments later.
"Keith?" he asked as he sat up, I held my arm as he did so. "What happened? The last thing I remember, we were on Altru Tower with the girls and Isaac," he stated, good he didn't have amnesia, but that didn't mean he didn't have a concussion or anything.
"We were blasted off by Lavana's bloody pokemon. We need to get back though, the others need us," I answered as I looked around. I stood up, two Staraptor were nearby, which was pure luck. But with my capturing arm being dislocated, I couldn't capture it.
"You alright Keith?" Kellyn asked as he stood next to me, holding his head slightly.
"My arm's dislocated," I answered.
"Stand still," Kellyn ordered, I nodded. Kellyn and I had both taken first aid training way back when we first went to the Ranger School. I took a deep breath as Kellyn popped my arm back into place.
The noise scared off some of the bird pokemon, lucky for us, the Staraptor stayed. I moved my arm, being sure I could move it before capturing one of the Staraptor, Kellyn did the same.
We hopped on them and ascended into the air before something hit me. Where was Altru Tower?
"Kellyn, where are we exactly?" I asked as we both looked around. A forest, that was all I could see.
Something green and white flew in front of my face a moment later, laughing.
"You must be the two who got blasted off of Altru Tower. Come with me, I'll take you back," it was Shaymin, but not any Shaymin, no; we've seen this Shaymin before, when it visited Kate.
"Cool, let's go," I replied as Shaymin began leading the way. Sure enough we were soon flying over Chicole Village.
"Mama, papa, hurry up, Kate's in danger," I heard Remi shout as we flew overhead. Shaymin stopped as he looked down at the family, Kellyn and I also stopped.
Kai appeared behind Remi as he grabbed her around the throat. She screamed, causing her mother and father to rush out.
"Kellyn, we need to help Remi," I stated.
"But the girls and Isaac-,"
"Kate and Seren are strong, they can deal with them, Remi needs us now," I interrupted as I looked at Kellyn, who nodded his head.
We both jumped off of our Staraptors, followed by Shaymin. We landed behind my brother, so I tapped him on the shoulder.
"Hey Kai," I said, Kai turned around. "Don't fuck with my friend's family," I hissed as I punched him right in the face, sending him flying. Remi ran towards Freya and Adir as she looked at me with grateful eyes.
"Get somewhere safe, the Union, the Ranger Base, anywhere but here," I ordered as I looked at Adir, who nodded his head.
"We will, Keith, please help Kate, something's not right," Adir replied as he looked at me, I nodded back to him before watching him run off with him family.
An explosion was heard in the distance. Shaymin flew up to check it out.
"That's Altru Tower, we need to go now," Shaymin stated a he looked at us with worried eyes. Kellyn and I nodded as we turned back to Kai, gone, he was gone.
I gritted my teeth; he'd have gone back to Altru Tower, great, just great.
Kellyn and I began running to catch some more Staraptor. Soon, we were back in the air, heading towards Altru Tower once more.
Please Arceus, don't let us be too late.
Me: Hey guys, I'm gonna start crying here, this story had maybe 2-3 chapters left before it's finished.
Keith: WOOP!
Kate: *Whacks Keith* can't you see HTF's sad?
Keith: What do I care? WE'RE FINALLY FREE!
Seren: *Looking over contract* actually, you're not. The Shadows Of Almia Contract has it right here A Subsection B that if a sequel is planned by HTF or HTF and another writer you are hereby still under contract until that story is also finished.
Kellyn: So, what you're saying is we need to do a sequel to this before we can be let go.
Isaac and Rythmi: Pretty much.
Me and Seren: *Sticks tongue out*
Me: Anyway, in the sequel there's gonna be more romance between couples, in between everything that's gonna be happening of course. So if you wish to see more romance with a certain couple, just ask and Sky and I will see what we can do.
Isaac: Couples accepted are the following, Kate and Keith, Seren and Kellyn, Sven and Wendy, Crawford and Luana, Isaac and Rythmi, *blushes*, and maybe, maybe Summer and Ben, oh and, if people like, Hastings and Erma, though I don't think anyone's keen on that couple. JUST REVIEW IT!
Rythmi: Calm down Isaac *pats Isaac's head*
Everyone else: *Sweat drops*
Seren: Yeah so erm, oh RED EYES! I NEED A PICTURE WITH YOU! YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE I DON'T HAVE ONE WITH!
Red Eyes: *Runs in opposite direction*
Me: Why is he always here?
Ice: He comes here to see me.
Ben: Why?
Rythmi: Where did you come from?
Ben: Well, you see, when a mommy and a daddy love each other they have something called sex. Now listen carefully. Sex is a sensationcaused by temptation,a man puts his dictationin a womans ventilation,to satisfy his frustrationu got my conversation,or need demonstration? *Grabs Summer and winks*
Summer: How did I get here?
Cast: *Silent*
Summer: What's going on?
Ben: *Sighs, alright listen up Sex is a sensationcaused by temptation,a man puts his dictationin a womans ventilation,to satisfy his frustrationu got my conversation,or need demonstration?
Summer: *Silently walks off*
Me: Ahem, well, this was certainly something I didn't expect to have on my set. So erm, please review and we'll see you next time? Maybe?
Summer: If Ben's not dead he'll see you in Journey Through Oblivia.
Cast: PLEASE REVIEW!
Ben: Peace out guys!