A/N: "Did you miss me? Admit it, you miss me.." - A Gravity Falls reference that still haunts me everyday. I bet you all are wondering who that imposter is and where is the real Ash, but mark my words that the plot will be revealed! In due time...

Trinity Sparks: Nah, I'm okay. If they don't like this story, it's fine with me. Besides, they could always click out.

Juster of Riva: Don't worry, they're coming up. ;)

She had no idea where he got the scissors from. Then again, she should probably have an idea. He was at the drawer full of sharp weapons that could kill someone if used correctly, so she shouldn't really be surprised if he took something out of it. But with everything happening so suddenly - the revelation of the imposter Ash in front of her and the horrible eye movement - and out of the blue, Serena almost didn't have time to process it until he was only a few inches away with the scissors high in the air to strike her.

When she finally regained her sense, Serena quickly used one hand to stop the hand that's holding the scissors from stabbing her in the eyes. She tried to use her other hand to grab it but Ash, or whoever it was, had used his free hand to grab hers. Thus, preventing her from doing anything else but do her best to keep the death toll up in the air and away from her face.

Despite the imposter not being Ash, Serena could tell that they were physically stronger than her because she could feel him struggling to bring the glinting death trap down on her. It was slow, but it was still making progress as it kept getting closer, inch by inch.

A cold feeling of fear crept up her veins once she realized that she's going to die. At the hands of someone looking like the boy she loves but completely hurt the last time she saw him. Even though seeing the whites of his eyes completely showed that this person is a complete monster and will have no regrets killing her, he still looked like Ash and the thought of Ash killing her was too much for her to handle.

She started to think. She had to find a way for her and Pikachu - who is still in the room and probably wondering what's going on - to escape him and warn the others. The elevator wasn't so far, but how can she get to it without risking getting stabbed if she let go?

Her gaze was drifted down to her feet, her good leg trying to give her all the support she needs to stop him. Then there's her bad leg, slightly throbbing but helping, nonetheless.

This was probably going to hurt a lot.

She drew her bad leg up until she believed it was high enough and kicked her attacker straight in the stomach.

Two voices shout in pain entered as they both stumble away from one another. Serena gripped her ankle tightly as she felt a hot, searing pain coursed through her leg and up to her hip. She almost considered giving out but, thankfully, she used the wall next to her to give her support as she tried to calm herself down. Okay, maybe it was a very bad idea to put a lot of pressure on her bad leg to kick the imposter away from her. But it wasn't like she had any other options. If she did use her good leg, it still would've hurt either way.

After calming herself down, Serena looked up when she heard moans in front of her. Apparently, she kicked harder him than she though and was up against the same wall, his arms wrapped securely around his stomach as he took deep breaths. Then he started to heave. What was going on?

But she didn't have time to dwell on it for long because those noises were gone as quick as they started. He slowly lifted his head, the blank whites staring at her with an indescribable rage that didn't match on the face she knew so well. The look on a face only belonged to a monster that will show no regret to what he's about to do with her.

She knew she had to get away fast.

"Pikachu!" She called out to the Mouse Pokémon when she saw him slowly getting to his knees. "Pikachu, we have to get out of here! Pikachu!"

There was no form of response from the rodent. By then, he was already reaching for the scissors that were across from him after that small attack.

Realizing that she couldn't wait for Mouse Pokémon anymore when she already saw him getting to his feet, Serena quickly made a break for it towards the elevator, silently hoping that despite her small hops due to her broken ankle she would make into the golden freedom in time. She could already hear faint breathing coming behind her as she finally grasped the gates with her two hands. She didn't even have time to mentally relieve herself because the sounds of footsteps rushing towards told her that she didn't have any time at all.

"Pikachu!" She gave one last cry as she practically threw the gates open and ran in them like her life depended on it - which it actually was. Despite every instinct in her body that told her to leave Pikachu behind, Serena knew she couldn't do that. Ash would have even more of a reason to never forgive her, and she would never leave a friend behind.

"Pikachu!" She tried again, but once she saw the imposter only a few inches away from the elevator with the scissors raise in the air and the Mouse Pokémon nowhere in sight, she realized that she had to leave him behind.

With all of her might, Serena went to slam gates shut but was startled when she realized it didn't lock in place and the scissors had somehow made their way through the holes that were part of the design and were ready to stab her. She tried to slam the gates shut once again but realized that were was something that came between the gate and the lock.

The imposter's hand.

Apparently in his quick attempt to prevent her from escape he grabbed the gates by the side and tried to pull it back, only it ended up getting his hand caught in-between the gate and the lock. She was actually surprised he kept it there as she continues to try and slam the gates shut, he probably would have a few broken bones by now at the ferocity she was giving with each tug. He must have been so focused on trying to stab her with the scissors that he didn't even notice his other hand.

A part of her wished he did because it was hard keeping her grip on the gates from opening anymore while trying to avoid a pair of small scissors from stabbing her in the eye.

Serena didn't know how long her adrenaline could keep up, the pain in her ankle had risen up to her waist, her arms were aching from trying to keep the gates close, and she had scissors to worry about. She thought about trying to reach for the level and pull it so she can escape this floor of terror but decided since the imposter caught her staring at them lever and turned his aim so that the scissors were in-between her and her only ticket away from him.

She thought she was a goner.

Before she noticed a flash of yellow from behind him.

"Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!"

Upon seeing the imposter crying out in pain once the familiar wave of electricity covered his whole body. But looking at the face of the boy she loves in pain was hard to watch so Serena had to turn her head away for a bit. When she heard him go silent, she turned around just in time to see the imposter fall to the ground, twitching as the electricity was still coursing through his body. The scissors were a few feet away from him, a safe distance.

Standing over him was a mouse that Serena never felt so happy to see in her entire life. He stood over the imposter, his red cheeks still cracking with electricity while his eyes showed something that she didn't have time to dwell on it for long when saw the imposter shift slightly so that he was resting on his elbows.

"Pikachu, come on!" Serena waves her arms frantically as she opened the gate wide enough for the Pokémon to run through. Pikachu gave one last look of the figure - who was already on his knees - before he ran straight into the elevator, taking his place on her shoulder as Serena closed the gates, the sounds of gears locking sternly in place.

By then, the imposter was already on his feet and reaching for the scissors.

Wasting no time once she saw him with the scissors in hand, Serena threw the lever down and felt the elevator shift slightly.

But it didn't go up like she expected it to, it went down to a possibly lower level.

How many levels are there in this place?

Before she could reach for the lever and correct her mistake, a loud thud caused by something colliding with the gates startled her to the point she nearly screamed.

Despite being locked out of the elevator, it didn't stop the imposter from trying to break it down with the scissors. Serena watched as terrifying form disappeared as the elevator continues to descend, but the screams of frustration were still loud enough to hear even when they gradually faded over time.

Serena let out a few gasps that she wasn't aware of as she put her back against the wall, her eyes never leaving the place where she saw her life flashing before her eyes. Her mind couldn't fully process this all at once. The Ash that she thought she was with wasn't Ash at all, then the other bomb dropped on her head when the imposter tried to kill her.

This was too much.

Pikachu could only pat her shoulder in comfort as tears spilled over her eyes and she slide down until she was sitting on the floor while she buried her tear-stained face into her knees. Her sobs echoed throughout the darkness inside this terrible place, slowly overlapping the frustrated screams from above.

She didn't even notice that the elevator made a complete stop the whole time she cried her heart out.

He almost had her.

He almost had her.

If he had gotten her, then that would mean two out of three children would be out of the way and he will finally get what he wants.

But no, he had to let his guard down. He wanted to make it seem like he was the boy she knew so it would drive suspicion off of him and he could get her when she least suspected it. How was he suppose to know that this nice kid won't normally forgive people for saying something like that? Then again, his total reaction was how he managed to get him in the first place so he should have pay attention to that.

If only he killed that rodent off when he first found them unconscious back there, then he would have gotten her even when she figured out.

He growled, everything was going wrong. He couldn't kill off one of the obstacles in his way and now that wretched girl is down there and very likely to find something that she shouldn't be seeing. A part of him wanted to stomp his foot around like before or stab the ground with the scissors but he stopped himself. He may have let his guard down with the girl, but there was no way he was going to let his guard down with this.

Apparently, he shouldn't have underestimated this whole thing back in that pathway a while back. He was lucky that he managed to stop it in time or otherwise that girl would have known straight away. But even now he's still trying to use his frustration to his advantage!

Having enough, he slams his fist - the one that wasn't holding the scissors - to the wall that causes a loud thud to echo across the hall. "QUIET!"

There was a moment of silence inside this old place. Finally, he could feel himself breathing normally again.

He stood straighter while his blank, white eyes were staring at the hole where the elevator got down. He could try using that other path to get down there, but by then it would probably be too late and she would discover the thing he's been keeping so desperately hidden all these years. Besides, he didn't want to risk getting electrocuted by that Pikachu again.

"-doesn't make any sense-"

He looked over to a certain area in interested. Did he just hear what he think he heard?

"-find Ash and Serena-"

There was another voice that time. A smaller and higher tone than the one he originally heard. He walked closer to where he heard the voices from; a dislodged pipe that's connected to the wall.

What many people don't know that in a Manor that's as old and big as this, sound always finds a way to travel through. For this house, in particular, the only way for sound to travel through is the vents. And from the vents, the sound went into the pipes. If one of those pipes were just so happened to be dislodged, then anyone could hear what the other person is saying.

For him, it was a big relief. Because now he can continue on with his plan without interruption from that girl. After all, she's trapped down there, and all he have to do is get that other one out of the way.

Clemont didn't waste time grabbing his sister's hand and dragged her down the hall, Greninja following not so far behind. After reading what he saw from that book, he realized they're in more trouble than they originally thought. If what he saw was true, then they all are gonna die a horrible death and have their parts use for something horrible.

"Clemont, where are we gonna go?" Bonnie asked from behind him, doing her best to keep up with her brother.

"Anywhere that we won't be sitting Psyducks!" He told her sternly, his eyes kept glancing towards all the doors that were open in this hallway. The idea of this crazed spirit of the murderer jumping out on them only increased his worries. They had to find someplace where they won't be out in the open for the killer to spot them.

Maybe if they're lucky enough they could find their friends, hopefully not chopped up into-

Thump!

The two humans and Pokémon ceased their movements when they heard that noise in one of the rooms in front of them. Judging by how loud it was and how clear they could hear it, that noise came from the room with the open door. A room that they were just about to walk past before they stopped.

Bonnie looked up at her brother with frightened eyes. "Clemont..."

He shushed her before he brought her over to the wall, Greninja following their movements. They pressed themselves up against the wall, watching the room intently in case someone or something would walk out. Clemont had taken out the lug nut wrench he was holding before just in case that this thing could be a threat or not.

He may have forgotten that most of the inhabitants of this house are ghosts so using physical weapons may not be the best idea. But at that point, he no longer cared anymore. Besides, they have Greninja with them and Dark-types have an advantage against ghosts so they should be alright if the thing that comes out is, indeed, a ghost.

A shadow appeared from the door moments later, giving Clemont the chance to strike.

He raises the wrench over his head and slams it down onto the thing's head.

"Hey!"

Or more like he slammed the wrench over someone's head since he realized he made actually made contact with the person, so it couldn't be a ghost once his logical side told him that ghosts can be intangible when they want so it probably would've gone straight through the thing.

What he didn't expect was to find a pair of amber orbs staring at him with an annoyed expression as he rubbed the spot where the wrench hit him.

"A wrench? Seriously, Clemont?! You trying to knock me out or something?"

The three of them were entirely speechless. Clemont even let the wrench he was previously holding slip onto the floor.

"A-Ash?!"

Serena didn't know how long she was crying in that elevator but she didn't care at the moment. So many things were going wrong with her life ever since she entered this horrid house; she's been a terrible friend to Ash as she accused of him doing some horrible prank on them when reality he was suffering, she's now on Ash's most-hated-people-list for saying that he is the reason his father left, and now she just faced an imposter with Ash's face and is now forced to wonder where the real Ash is.

A part of her felt like it was her fault for letting this all happened to them. Maybe if she didn't explode at Ash back in the hallway he would still be here with them. Probably still ticked off at her, but at least he wouldn't hate her and be left alone for something to kidnap him.

Now she has no idea if he's even alive anymore.

"Pikachu-Pi?"

Serena eventually lifted her head up so that the Mouse Pokémon could stare at her tear-filled eyes. "Why did this have to happen, Pikachu?" She couldn't help but ask him. "Why did this happened to us? Why did this happen to Ash?"

Pikachu looked like he wanted to say something, but decided against it. Maybe he should tell her later when she finally calmed down, although, he doubt it would do anything to soothe her worries but only increase it.

She sniffed before she put her hand against the gate and lifted herself off the floor, despite feeling the dull throb in her leg. Serena knew she couldn't stay weak for long. Now that she knows that there's an imposter running around with Ash's face, she would need to warn the others since they don't know what's going on. Judging by the silence from above the imposter went away, hopefully.

But before she could put her hand on the lever something caught her attention out of the corner of her eye and what she saw made her screamed.

Lying there on the table in the middle of this level was a body.