Chapter 9- Torch? How about a flashlight?
What had just happened had really gotten to me. I haven't had a break. It may have been good to restart then maybe it would be easy that I could just be happier. Yes that would work. I reached into my pocket to get my pokemon when I was stopped.
"Help me please! Somebody. My father is trapped in the ruins!" The frantic girl must of meant the ruins of alph. "Please someone help me." She cried asking for help no trainer came to help I was shocked why wasn't anyone helping. But then I stopped I wasn't much help either.
"Please will you help me?" The girl asked me her eyes met mine. Why not? I've always wanted to visit that place anyways. Wait! No didn't ever since I watched Indiana Jones I never wanted to stand next to an ruin or a temple.
"What happened to your father?" I asked as we ran to the ruins.
"He got trapped on one of the floors and can't get out. I need a trainer to help." She said tears running in her eyes. I felt for her she was my age and being fatherless it wasn't the most pleasant thing to live with.
The ruins of Alph stood right before us. "Are you coming inside?" I asked the girl she nodded. "Let's go then." I went in first. "Unown." Something was in the shadows. "It's a monster!" The girl cried.
"Go Bellsprout." I threw the pokeball and my pokemon came out hopefully my pokemon would last. "Stun spore." The cloud of orange-like dust fell on the pokemon I threw the pokeball at it. I watched as it clicked shut.
"W- what is it?" The girl cowered behind me apparently shaken up.
"I'm not sure. But now's not the time we need to find your father."
We started to go down but then I was stopped by the girls voice "Wait take this it'll make us go faster." She handed me a bottle of max repel. I was shocked where did she get this only the farther towns like Blackthorn had this and it was expensive.
"Thank you where did you say he was lost?" I asked her expression went cold as if she knew something dire. "I said in the bottom of the ruins." Why was her tone like this I was helping her. Does it hurt people to give gratitude?
I ignored her hash words and continued down the ruin after maze after tomb room even in a treasure room we searched. Boom! A huge explosion like earthquake ripped up the floor below us and I was thrown to the floor. I recovered myself rather quickly.
"Is there anyone else here?" I asked panicked if there was more earthquakes like that there was probably more people trapped or worse killed. I ran faster to the source of the earthquake. We reached the bottom of the ruins nothing but darkness.
"Do you have a flashlight?" I asked the girl.
"You mean a torch?"
"No I need a flashlight I don't know where you are going get a torch from in this deathtrap." I replied.
"No it's British for flashlight. Here it's in my bag take it." I felt the flashlight fall into my hands. I struggled finding the button on the flashlight and it flicked on finally. I waved it around looking for something, anything. But when I eventually did it started to flicker and die. "No." I said under my breath.
"Don't worry I have a pokemon that can do flash." The girl said I heard the pokeball click and a low bay. "Flaffy use flash." A Flaffy how nice!
Flash! The light flicked on from it's tail for only a minute then it went black. Before it went dark I saw figures in the dark that approached from every corner of the room. What if they were weeping angels?
"Did you see that?" I frantically squeaked.
"See what? I saw nothing. But I'll use flash again." Again it only lasted a second and I thought I saw figures again.
"Did you see that? They came again." I shivered knowing I was going to die.
"See what? I saw nothing are you all right." I couldn't believe that girl here we were in danger and she's okay with it denying she saw anything. Something was up.
"See try it again I'll show you what I'm talking about." Maybe then she would believe me.
"All right Flaffy will you?" This time the flash stayed.
I let out a terrified scream one because of adrenaline and that I was right there was people. Luckily not weeping angels but they were weird in the fact that they were in armor and that their heads were covered by what looked like a welding helmet from the future. They had us surrounded I dared not move I had no idea who these guys were or if they were still even alive and not zombies.
"What's going on?" I stuttered fear was seeping out of my voice.
"We can now complete our plans." One of the men said the helmet made him sound like a storm trooper.
"What is this all about?" I turned to the girl at this point I knew who knew what was going on. She looked so much in despair like she didn't want to betray me. I was shaking with fear what was going on?
"Why did you this?" My voice broke.
"I'm sorry." The girl started to cry. "They threatened me that if I didn't bring them a pokemon trainer they would never let my father go. I had to do it. I'm so sorry." She sobbed her pokemon was equally sad.
"Stop your crying or you'll never see your precious father again." One of them had to cruelly say that.
"What do you need with me?" I asked trying to divert the conversation.
"Your cooperation." The voice behind welding helmet rasped. At that I was grabbed from behind by two of the men who had a grip of steel. "Take out that flash! I don't need anyone else to see this." I couldn't see because I was too busy struggling against those who had a tight grip on me. But I heard the sounds of pain coming from her pokemon then her terrified cry when they went after her in the dark. How could these guys see? Then I realized what might be the case they probably have night vision goggles built in the helmet. It would help to catch those they wanted to catch.
"Take them to our commander. That's an order." The voice barked and I felt myself being dragged away. Who were these people? Why were they so secretive? It reminded me of the thieves that attacked me in the dark. Wait, No it couldn't be.
I tripped as I was being dragged the darkness was like a blindfold. The men who had power over me could see easily but I stumbled like a clumsy oaf. The next question was where were they going to take us? I heard the angry voice of the creepy thug that acted like the leader of the pack.
"Go faster you weak fool!" He screamed at someone that I assumed was the girl who must of fallen behind. By the anguish cries given by her she was in pain of guilt and being harassed by these men. I wanted to help so bad but how could I? I didn't know her name or why she even came to me to add on more I couldn't move or fall back without getting hurt.
What to do now? Was the question that poured through my mind every single waking moment I was down in these ruins making a new plan every time I ran into some sort of peril. Then it happened. It was that glorious moment when everything comes together to form a plan. It was a plan of attack and it was a good one. Mission impossible here I come!