Author's note: This chapter is officially dedicated to my very, VERY good friend, Jo. HOORAH, cheer for her. This is her birthday present (very much overdue, but the thought still counts…I think). You can also thank the second best game (right after the Zelda series, Pokémon Silver, and Yoshi's Island) in the WORLD for inspiration for this chapter. What series?
TALES OF SYMPHONIA!
And it's phenomenal music!
And game play!
And characters!
And you can thank Mario music as well. And Bon Jovi for Have a Nice Day, and Fall Out Boy for Dance, Dance. Hoorah!
And Lily's and Seth's part is...Crap. Oh well. The rest makes up for it.
Now on with the show…For the last section of the 4-part Saga...
NIGHTMARE, PART IV!
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Kip looked over Gaby's shoulder to see what was terrifying her and gasped. In front of them, floating off the ground and only 30 feet in front of them, was a Lugia. But not a normal one. This one had pitch-black feathers, and everything that should have been blue had turned a dark, silvery colour. Blood-red eyes glowed from the silver eye fins, and fresh blood dripped from it's mouth.
"You…" Gaby said. Her voice was shaking, though whether it was from rage or fear Kip could not tell.
"Yes, me," The Lugia said. The voice was male, deep and terrifying. A sickening smile appeared on his face, showing his bloodstained teeth.
"You're not real…" Gaby said. Her voice a little shaky, but calmer now. "Kip's here. You're not real."
"I'm afraid I am," The twisted Pokémon said. "Here is your proof."
Opening his mouth, the Lugia began charging a power so vast, the ground around them shook. A few moments later, the blast exploded from it's jaws, heading straight for Kip.
There wasn't enough time to react. Gaby made a lunge for the blast but was thrown aside by the monster's power. Kip yelled and ducked, his hand falling on the green stone.
He was blasted backwards, slamming into the remnants of a house at over 80 mp/h. He cried out, and then his body fell limp against the ground in silence.
Gaby echoed his yell, trying to reach him. However, before she could even get close, a green barrier erected itself around his body. Kip started to glow faintly white, and Gaby, confused as she was, could tell this was no evil force.
"It seems your little friend has succumbed to my power once again. If that isn't enough to prove that I'm real, then your ignorance far exceeds anything I would have expected."
Gaby gave no response to this whatsoever. The black Lugia laughed coldly and landed. He took a shuddering step forward.
"Then again, perhaps it's the fact that you were once a disgusting human. Yes, quite revolting, being related to such a weak r-"
The Lugia cut off when Gaby turned around. Her eyes were the deepest shade of red they had ever been, filled with rage and bloodlust for her evil counterpart. The Lugia faltered for a moment, then laughed.
"A cheap trick, but that is not nearly enough to frighten me."
"It should be…" She whispered darkly, turning full around to face him. She seemed much different, merciless, yet still herself. Her voice was deadly calm, and yet uncontrollably angry at the same time. "For many, these eyes are the last thing they see in life."
"I'm terrified," The Lugia said mockingly. "However, how many of your own kind have you ever killed? How many people have you actually slaughtered? How many existences have ended at your hand?"
"I don't know. But you'll be the first of my kind," She whispered, her voice growing stronger. "My kind, yet only half of each of us. We are both half of the legendary guardian of the sea, but while I am human, you are a disgustingly filthy weakling of a creature, who lives in fear as he hides in the shadows. Shadows of doubt. Shadows of fear."
The Lugia's expression became angry for a moment, but then suddenly snapped into a dark and malevolent smile. His eyes bored into Gaby's, their power rivaling each other.
"And now you understand your destiny…For you do have a destiny," He said, for the look on Gaby's face had wavered for a moment. "You were born with a purpose. You were taken from your home when you were a small child, away from your family, and given the power, if not purposefully, to fulfill it.
"Your purpose, your being, is to destroy. The blood that runs in your veins is not that of an innocent girl, but that of a vicious monster that will destroy everything. You were reborn with the power needed. Great plans were prophesized about you. Beautiful monstrosities of your own creation lie ahead, starting with those you hold near."
"You're lying…!" Gaby said, but the color had already changed in her eyes. The Lugia smiled savagely and shook his head.
"No…I am not lying. Your fate has been decided. You cannot run away forever. I can end this now…I can stop you from feeling the pain of killing innocents…"
The Lugia's eyes went white, and an invisible ray of hypnotism flew into Gaby's mind through her eyes. She started to shake her head yes, yes to end this now…yes to end the pain, yes to stop it from happening, to keep them all safe…
She took a step towards the black Lugia. The grin broadened on his bloody face as his pray walked willing into his grasp. She took another step. Then another. But…
"NO!"
The trance was broken. Gaby's eyes gained their color as she whirled around. There was Kip, staggering to his feet, leaning heavily against the half disintegrated wall wall. The glowing green stone was clutched tightly in his hand as he glared angrily at the evil Pokémon before him. The Lugia's grin vanished to be replaced with an angry snarl.
"She may have a destiny, but it's not her fate!" Kip shouted. "Nobody has their life laid out in front of them by some random prophet who says what's going to happen! And I'm not prepared to believe that it is." He took a few steps forward. Gaby stared at him in awe. "No, I'm not going to believe it. And you're not touching Gaby, not even if I have to die to stop you."
"When will you learn that death is a very simple thing?" The Lugia asked. "Perhaps…Once you are dead…you will realize it fully."
The Lugia opened it's mouth for a second attack, but this time Gaby was ready. She calmly walked over and stood in front of Kip. Her eyes were closed, and a blank expression on her face.
"Gaby-!" Kip said in alarm, trying to force his way past.
"Kip…You're right." Gaby said. She opened her eye: They were set. Nothing would change her mind now. "And I'm not going to let you die."
Gaby suddenly became a very bright white, radiating the light in total contrast to her surroundings. Kip backed up to stay out of the way. Within a few moments, she was transformed into a full grown Lugia. Her feathers shimmered like pearls against the black and red background, and the blues fell in harmony against the fire.
Gaby turned her head around and fixed her eyes on Kip's. He was instantly hit with an extreme familiarity…déjà-vu?
The Lugia's eyes met with Kip's, and Kip understood. The Lugia was Gaby, and Gaby was asking him to run. He didn't know how he knew, he just did. However, he did not obey. He stood rooted to the spot, wanting to help his friend.
The Lugia, its eyes turning to a light blue, once again met with Kip's. He didn't know what this message meant, but a second later, he understood perfectly.
There was no difference from the time before, except that this time, Kip knew exactly what the light blue meant. Gaby shot a powerful wave of Telekinesis at him, blasting him quickly but harmlessly back, well over a hundred feet. Then she turned back to the black Lugia, her eyes now a blazing blood red.
"So you wish to fight?" The black-feathered Pokémon asked.
'I've been to hell and back again already. I've got nothing to fear from death!' Gaby yelled.
The battle began. Kip watched in awe as the two took to the sky in perfect synchronization, intertwining around each other. They lunged and attempted to kick each other whilst still remaining airborne. Both dodged. Gaby twirled and dived like a falcon hunting for prey and looped up behind the black monster. She whipped her tail out and whacked her black double hard across his back.
The black Lugia roared in outrage and whipped his tail around at her, catching her leg. With incredible strength, he whipped her up into the air and send her hurtling back down to earth. Then his eyes glowed blue, and a giant torrent of water blasted up from the ground. The Hydro Pump attack connected hard with Gaby's body and shot her back up.
Her foe flapped his wings powerfully, creating a whirlpool out of the water. Gaby was sucked inside the new cyclone. She got her wits around her and glowed an aurora of colours, then burst forth from the vortex. She dove head-first into the shadow-like Pokémon, driving her head into his stomach. They flew backwards, going right through a crumbling house as she drove him to the ground.
With a crash, rocks and dust flew up from the scene. A small crater remained where they had fell, but they were both back up in the air in a blink of an eye. Kip watched in amazement as they fought ceaselessly. As soon as one gained the advantage, the other would pull some unexpected trick and turn the tables once again.
Half an hour passed. Then an hour. After an hour an a half of non-stop ruthless fighting, the battle showed no sign of stopping. Kip just couldn't take it anymore.
He got up and started running. His brown hair whipped past his face as he ran towards the fighting pair, his green eyes set on the two legendaries. He finally reached them and looked up.
High above him, the duo was now resorting to non-physical attacks. Gaby dodged this way and that as her red-eyed opponent fired immeasurably powerful Aeroblast attacks at her. Every time he stopped to catch his breath, she bombarded him with equally powerful Aeroblasts and Swifts.
The black Lugia flew up over Gaby and hovered behind her. She turned around and was instantly blasted hard with a black Aeroblast.
Gaby plummeted, her feathers smoking slightly from the point where the attack had hit her. Kip dived out of the way just in time. Her body fell into the ground, bloody and smoking, creating a crater in the hard earth. He rushed over to her, tripping and stumbling down and hitting her body. He felt soft feathers and something wet and sticky on the hand he slung out to brace himself for the fall. He looked at it and saw a sickening red liquid dripping down his fingers and onto his wrist.
"GABY!" He cried in alarm, rushing over to her head. Her eyes were closed in pain. He could feel a sharpjabbing sensationprodding at the edge of his consciousness like a knife.
'Kip…' Said Gaby's voice inside Kip's head. It sounded faint and pained. Kip dropped to his knees and looked at the Lugia in front of him.
'Gaby, are you alright!' Kip asked in alarm.
'I…don't think so…' She said weakly. Kip gently stroked the eye fin's blue feathers.
'It's ok, you're gonna be fine.' Kip said gently. 'You're gonna be f-'
A harsh laugh interrupted him. Kip turned to see the black Lugia standing in front of them, laughing.
"There is no use. She is as good as dead now," He said cruelly. "Nothing but a little baby who was too slow, weak, and brainless to defend herself. I wouldn't be surprised if sh-"
"SHUT UP!" Kip yelled. He stood up, hands balled into fists, eyes flashing.
"I wouldn't be surprised if she just gave up now and saved her the trouble and pain of dying. Save a little dignity for the afterl-"
"I SAID SHUT UP!" Kip bellowed again, running around Gaby to stand in front of her protectively. This simply amused his foe further.
"You are but an insignificant child facing the power of fear," The Lugia said, attempting to bore into Kip's mind and terrorize him. He was slightly shocked when he came across a steel-like barrier protecting his mind…a barrier that was not his own. It had a hard resonance of immense proportion. But Kip didn't seem to know about it, and just glared ferociously up at the black Lugia.
"Maybe I am, but even cowards can do great things when protecting something they care about!"
"So say the innocent. And the cowardly. And now, my pathetic little friend…It is time for you to DIE!"
With that final word, the Lugia blasted an energy wave from his body. Kip knew in an instant that he was going to die, here and now. There was nothing he could do, no protection against the oncoming wave of death. He simply stood on his feet, fear gushing through him, as the blackness was about to envelope him.
'Hey, Kip…In the fact of death and so on…stop using such cheesy lines!'
Nobody really knew what had happened until a few seconds later. Gaby had felt this black wave coming towards them, and remembered her promise. She would not let Kip die. That meant shoving aside her pain and throwing him onto her back, zooming up into the air at lightning speed and flattening the blue feathers on her back, thus creating a powerful shield around them.
Kip opened his eyes and felt soft warmness under him. He saw white and sat up so suddenly, he almost fell off Gaby's back. Gaby was panting hard, but she was filled with new life, new motive, new energy.
'Hey, come on, it could have been worse.'
'Not by much.'
'At least it sounded heroic.'
'I suppose…but still cheesy.'
'He-'
"WHAT!" The black Lugia screeched in alarm, looking up. He flew up and snarled at them. "Fine, if you will not die nicely, then I shall obliterate you and your li-"
'You know what pal?" Gaby said, annoyance flowing through her voice. "Shut the hell up and stop it with the 'you're gonna die' crap. You know that I ain't gonna die. You know that Kip's not gonna die. This leaves us with you. You know that you're the only one that's sinking back into the ground tonight, so give it a rest and let me give you some of my own advice:'
Gaby glowed and turned back into human form, she and Kip floating using Telekinesis. She extended her hand and began charging a blinding white Aeroblast. Her eyes narrowed and her face assumed a severely annoyed expression.
"Sit down, shut up, and go back to hell, you arrogant bastard."
With that, she blasted the beam. It grew to alarming size as it sped outward, and hit the shadow Lugia. The red-eyed foe let out a piercing scream and disintegrated.
Gaby slowly lowered them to the ground, breathing hard but looking satisfied. As soon as they touched down, she turned around and hugged Kip.
"Thank you." She said, releasing him. She was smiling.
"Don't mention it," He said, grinning back. He suddenly remembered something and pulled the small green stone out of his pocket.
"I wonder how you work this thi- AH!"
With a blinding flash of green light, the rock glowed bright green and they felt their bodies being sucked away into the swirling green void the rock had created.
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"We have got to find a way to get out of this world, or I'm going to crack!"
Lily and Seth had been puzzling for two days now. Seth had been sneaking food for Lily after meals, and he was starting to get strange looks from people in the hallways.
"But we have no idea how to get back to the others!" Seth responded. "And keep your voice down!"
"We need to do something drastic," She said, standing up and pacing. "Something that will snap us back to reality…"
"But what could that be?" Seth asked, sounding utterly hopeless. Lily didn't answer, but simply sighed, flopping back on the bed. There was silence for a minute, but then Seth thought of something he'd overlooked before.
"Lily…How far do you think this illusion goes?" He asked slowly, turning towards her.
"What?" She asked, lifting her head up to look at him.
"I mean, do you think this illusion field extends beyond the lab?"
"I dun-" She said, starting to shrug. But then she caught on. "I…Don't know…But there's only one way to find out, right?"
"I suppose…" He said doubtfully. "But the risks would-"
He cut off as he saw Lily sit up, grinning mischievously, and knew that whether he liked it or not, he was going to find out.
Night had fallen like a soft blanket of dark around the lab, but people still worked non stop. Seth's parents came in to say goodnight, and Lily saw Seth give his mom an extra long hug. Then they flipped off the light and left the room, the door closing automatically behind them.
Seth waited a few minutes before crawling out of bed and opening the closet to free Lily. Then they quietly crept from the room and down a darkened hall, diving into a storage room when a distracted scientist walked past.
"We're certainly going to be on our toes," Lily whispered once the scientist had turned the corner out of sight.
"Yeah, well, just remember…It was YOUR idea to try this..." Seth grumbled as the hurried on.
"Sure, but you won't be complaining if it gets us out of here," Lily countered, smirking. Seth had no reply but just ran a little faster.
They came to a door that would not open when they walked up to it. Seth strode over to the control panel and looked at it for a moment. Then he typed in a combination slowly and the door opened.
"How did you do that?" Lily said, forgetting the volume of her voice.
"I should hope I know. This is a letter lock combo: It always goes youngest to oldest…In short, my name."
The continued on, but then ran into trouble. Two scientists were standing in the hall, talking, and one spotted the two before the dove out of sight. He walked over to investigate, and Lily, doing instead of thinking, whipped her foot around and slammed him in the face. His nose broke with a quiet crunch and he fell back, unconscious. Lily rushed out and tripped up the fallen scientist's friend, then slammed her fist into her head, also knocking her out. She shook herhand opent and jammed both of them into her jeans pockets and looked around for Seth.
"How did you do that?" Seth said, forgetting the volume of his voice.
"I should hope I know. They were a pushover duo: They always go down after one hit…In short, wimps."
They continued on, Seth cracking any door codes that they ran into and Lily punching out anybody they met on the way. Eventually they turned a corner to see what looked like an exit. But before they could run over and escape at last, two figures turned the opposite bend and stopped dead at the sight of them.
It was Seth's parents. They both looked confused and dumbfounded at the same time, looking from Seth to Lily to each other.
"S-Seth?" Sakio managed. "Who…Who is…What are you doing…"
For a split second, everyone could see the longing in Seth's face. The one who felt this the most was Lily. She could tell the two greatest powers in him were fighting each other so hard, it was tearing him apart. Half of him wanted to completely forget Lily and the others and live in happy ignorance with his mother and father. The other half was making Seth realize that these were not his parents, and the only real thing left in his life (however messed up and unpleasant his life was), was standing beside him in the form of an 8 year old girl.
"Shu…Shut up!" Seth yelled, shaking his bent head. Lily's heart leapt at the sound of these words. At the same time, his parent's hearts fell. "Y…You two…You're not real…You two are just some sick imitation of my former life!" He looked up, staring first at his father, and then at his mother. Tears were filling in her eyes, and that seemed to spark the war in Seth again. But he subdued it and stared back, tears forming in his own eyes.
"No…I can't…I won't live my life as a lie, even if that lie is everything I've wished for," He said, sounding like his old self. His voice was growing more confident, but the tears didn't stop. "I refuse to play someone's twisted game, because what they thought would be an interesting twist…" He turned and faced Lily. "Is actually their downfall."
Lily looked back at the couple, staring at them and looking hurt. She turned fully to face them and glanced at Seth.
"Let's get out of this goddamn world."
With that, she bolted forward, diving and sliding past the parents straight into the door. Her body slid through it was the surface of a pool, and she disappeared from sight.
"Seth…" His mother said, her voice pleading.
"Sorry mom…Sorry dad…" He said, a tear falling from his eye. But then that feeling was gone, and he was running headfirst past them, into the wall. It was cold and thick, like syrup, but he swam through it and headed for what he thought was the surface. As soon as his head broke the substance, he saw a flash of greenish light. After that, he only knew blackness.
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The giant Gengar advanced towards them, each step sending a small earthquake rocketing towards the dark types. Younger Kieran lost his balance and almost toppled over onto Prowler.
"Uh…Is it just me, or is that thing getting…bigger?" Younger Kieran said, looking up at it.
"It's your imagination," his older counterpart reassured.
"Uh…I don't think so."
"Does it really matter?"
"No, not real-"
"Good. Now, let's go!"
The older Kieran bounded forward, his hands hitting the ground in a doglike fashion. It looked slightly ridiculous for a moment, but then his motive became clear. Spiky black and grey fur started to ease over his face and body. His eyes narrowed and gleamed red-grey as his face lengthened into a snout. His already wolf-like ears flattened against his head as his paws hit the ground smoothly with every bound.
He had transformed into a Mightyena. No longer was he clumsy and slow on two awkward sticks; four powerfully muscled legs now moved him across the ground like a speeding bullet. The wind no longer slowed him down: His aerodynamic fur flattened against the wind, making his small body streamline and slick. And no longer were his senses dull and unrefined, for now he could not only see much more clearly, but hissence of smell and hearing were phenomenally better as well.
He bounded, coming up to the giant ghost-poison Pokémon. He skidded to a halt at it's foot, unsure of what to do. Beside him, only three of his Pokémon had managed to keep up: Kokuei the Mightyena, Sniper the Sneasel and Lucky the Absol. The others waited far behind him with his younger self.
"Sniper! Go for the ankles!" He commanded. The Sneasel nodded and sped away towards the left ankle.
"Lucky! Distract it!" He barked (literally). The quick-footed Absol darted away with a cry.
"And Bro…You're with me!" He said.
'Right with you, Kieran!' The Mightyena said with a howl of excitement.
The two bounded forward, building up enough momentum to make use of their sharp claws and climb up their foe's leg. The Gengar was too busy with dealing with multiple copies of an Absol and getting blinded by bright lights at the same time. Apparently Double Team and Flash were working very well.
They climbed up together onto the Gengar's arm, then looked at one another. With a single look, they knew that the best place to start would with the face.
Kieran left Kokuei to stand as backup and leapt up onto the Gengar's head. The Gengar looked wildly around for him, but it's eyes kept swimming out of focus because of the Flash attacks. Kieran looked to his Absol, who was now standing beside him.
"Go get the others!" He said urgently. Lucky howled again and literally flew forward, riding on a blade of Razor Wind.
Kieran proceeded to begin clawing up the Gengar's head. Purple and black blood spurted from the wounds, disappearing into wisps of shadowy smoke. Most unfortunately, Kieran ignored these and continued to scratch away at the head.
The smoke surrounded him, entering undetected into his lungs and eyes. Suddenly, the power ignited, and a howl of pain rent the air. Kieran was blinded by the smoke, and the black energy was quickly filling up his lungs with poison. He coughed, spitting up poisoned blood and fluids from his lungs. He tumbled blearily, and fell right off the Gengar's head.
As he fell, his body transformed back into a human. The fur sunk, molding back into pale skin. The half open eyes resumed their grayish colour, and his senses returned to normal. He was hurtling towards the ground, hurtling towards death…
He vaguely felt himself being held to a small, warm body. He was also distantly aware that he had slowed down, and landed softly. He heard the soft thump of two legs hitting the ground, and heard the faintcry of his Sneasel.
"T-Thanks buddy…" Kieran said faintly. Sniper shook his head, reached inside Kieran's pocketand jammed an antidote down his throat with a paw. Kieran coughed again, but found he could breathe. He opened his eyes again, and panicked when he only saw black. He blinked multiple times to make sure he wasn't just seeing things.
"I-I'm blind!" He said, distressed. He leapt to his feet and looked around, but all he saw was everlasting night. The threatening tears started to overwhelm him.
He felt a fuzzy paw slide into his handand realized it was Sniper. The Pokémon patted his hand, and then jumped up and scuffed him on the head. Kieran blinked and looked down, exactly where Sniper was standing. He glared as the Sneasel punched him in the ribs.
He opened his mouth to retaliate, but then Sniper's intent became clear: Kieran was a full foot and a half taller then his ice-dark Pokémon, but Sniper got around that dilemma with jumping and strength ((sorry, must interrupt…oh no! It's another Assassin, Vinny!)). Kieran realized that, even with the (hopefully) temporary loss of his sight, he could still rely on his hearing and sense of smell.
"Thanks Sniper, you're the best!" He said, and he started to run off. Sniper blinked and looked after Kieran with a confused expression.
I was just whacking him because he fell on me…He thought.
Kieran bolted up and ran smack into Powerhouse the Tyranitar. He toppled over but jumped back to his feet. He heard the confused noise of Shadow the Umbreon and the heavy sighs of Bullet and…his younger self?
"What?" Kieran asked in confusion, listening for the source of the second sigh. "What're you doing here?"
"Your Absol came to get your team and tried to leave us behind!" He heard his younger self reply. Prowler barked in agreement. "So, we just followed anyway."
"You idiots, why did you-"
"LOOK OUT!"
Kieran felt himself being picked up by a strong hand and thrown aside just as an enormous crash sounded behind them. Apparently, the Gengar had gotten tired of sitting around and decided to remind them that he was their biggest problem. Young Kieran gazed up at the monster with a look of fear that reflected what they all felt.
"Does ANYBODY know how to stop a giant evil ghost/poison Pokémon!" Kieran asked, frustrated. There was a faint whooshing sound and a thump of 4 paws hitting the ground as Kokuei landed, tired of sitting on the Gengar and waiting.
'No, not really,' Kokuei said.
"But there must be SOME way to stop it!" the young Mightyena morph said desperately.
Kieran opened his mouth to reply, when a huge sound rent the air. Even the Gengar stopped to stare at it. 50 feet away from them, a giant rupture was forming in the air, a swirling green distortion in space. They all stared (including Kieran, who saw a faint greenish tinge to the blackness) at the swirling mass of colour, before 28 shapes of varying sizes dropped out. Then the green started to fade, leaving the bodies lying there. One stirred slightly and lifted it's head above the rest, blinking in utter confusion at it's surroundings.
It was Gaby.
She looked perfectly fine, with all wounds gone. Around her, the other humanoids and their Pokémon were waking up too, in similar conditions; Lily and Seth rose with groans of pain (back to their normal sizes), Kip was awakened with a prod of Seaflyer's wing, and Sparks proceeded to give the rest wakeup calls by giving them painful electric zaps.
The two parties rose, then stared at one another. There was silence as the large group looked from Kieran to his Pokémon, to his younger self and Prowler, up at the giant Gengar (who looked utterly bewildered as well), and then back down at Kieran. Kieran's group looked from the almost non-existent green mass above them, to all the Pokémon, and then to the trainers, looking completely lost. Gaby was the first to break the silence.
"What the hell!" She asked, her eyes flicking from the Gengar to Kieran.
"What the hell!" Kieran responded, looking from the green swirly-thing above the opposite party to Gaby.
"LOOK OUT!" Young Kieran cried for the second time. They all looked back at the Gengar, who had promptly decided that more people here meant more people to squash, and had thrown itself forward. There was not enough time to react: They were all going to be flat as pancakes in about 3 seconds.
Instinctively, Kipstruck up his hands to protect his head. Instantly a giant greenish-blue barrier formed around everyone. The Gengar hit it and was instantly thrown back. It landed 200 yards away from them, snapping trees like twigs.
Kip lifted his hands from his face and looked up, wondering why he was alive. He turned to see 36 pairs of eyes (Kieran was looking at the place where the Gengar had fell) fixed on him.
"What?" He asked, confused.
"Kip…" Gaby said slowly, walking towards him. "What the hell did you just do?"
"I did something?" He asked, oblivious. Gaby thought she would test his newfound powers. She brought her hand up and brought it down hard onto Kip's head. His hands flew up to protect himself, and Gaby's hand fell short on a small green barrier that separated her hand from his head. Kip stared at it in wonder. Lily whistled loudly.
"Well that's useful," Kip said, lowering it when Gaby pulled her hand back. He grinned. "Hey, now Gaby can't beat me up anymore!"
"Wanna bet?" She said, and promptly began punching him out.
"GUYS, YOU CAN SOLVE YOUR LITTLE LOVE QUARREL LATER!" Kieran shouted. They both stopped and turned to him. Despite themselves, the rest sniggered at the comment before returning to the severity of the situation. "BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A VERY BIG PROBLEM ON OUR HANDS!"
Indeed they did. Now, instead of having an enormous, evil and very bored Pokémon on their hands, they had an enormous, evil and very pissed off Pokémonon their hands. A giant black ball zoomed towards them, sending rock flying as it hit the ground. They managed to evade it.
"How do we beat something that big!" Lily and Kip asked, looking around for ideas.
"No idea!" Gaby and Kieran replied.
"But there has to be a way to beat it!" Young Kieran and Seth said.
"Well I can't think of anything!" Seaflyer and Silversong said. EVERYBODY sweatdropped.
"Hey…I have an idea," Kip said. They turned to him. "Let's beat the crap out of it from the outside and get someone to hack it to pieces on the inside!"
"Great idea. Who volunteers to go inside it?" Lily askedwith a sacsim-deadened voice.
"Kieran, what's wrong with your eyes?" Seth interrupted, looking at their short friend.
"Shadowy stuff from the Gengar's blood got in my eyes," He said. "I can't see. Gengar blood is poisonous to most people, but I forgot about that when I was hacking it's head to pieces."
"Well…since it can't do any more harm to you…" He said. Kieran blinked and glared at the source of the voice.
"Oh no. You're NOT sending me in there. NO WAY IN HELL." He said, stamping his foot on the ground for emphasis.
"Kieran, you're the only one who can do it!" Seaflyer said. Kip repeated the message.
"I-I'll go."
They all turned. The young Kieran was standing determinedly in front of them, Prowler at his side.
"We'll go in. You guys can do the damage from the outside, and Prowler and I will-"
"No way, kid," Lily said, shaking her head.
"You'd be rippedto shredsin there," Gaby said.
"SHUT UP!" He yelled back. Everyone went quiet. "I can do this!"
"We'll, not I'll," Kieran said. His little self turned to him, confused. So did the others. Kieran shook his head and looked back at the others. "I figure you guys had to go through similar trials. Now I'm going through with mine."
"When did you grow up?" Gaby asked in a mocking tone, but Kieran could tell she didn't want him to go.
"While you guys were wasting time, that's when!" He shot back. "See you guys later!"
He bolted off, his younger self following behind. Prowler and Kokuei looked at each other.
"Man, we have idiots for masters."
"Hell yeah."
"Shall we?"
"I think we shall."
With that, they bounded off after, catching up to their human-legged partners quickly. The others stared after them. Then Gaby whistled sharply. Her 6 Pokémon came to attention.
"Let's bust out of this goddamn nightmare already!" She cried. They answered with cries of enthusiasm and excitement. Then Gaby swung herself onto Silversong's back and took off towards the Gengar.
"ALRIGHT!" Came Seaflyer's cry. She flew under Kip and started zooming towards the battle, Kip clinging desperately to her neck. The rest of Kip's party followed after.
"I suppose we'll look like idiots if we stay back much longer," Seth said. Lily laughed. Seth climbed onto Sparks and Lily unfurled her wings. Together, they and their Pokémon took off.
The Kierans stood at the base of the giant Gengar, contemplating how they were going to get inside it. The only way they could think of was through it's mouth. But there was still the issue of getting up there.
Kieran stuck twofingers into his mouth and whistled loudly. Gaby turned towards the whistle and the blind wave of her Mightyena-Morph friend. She and Silversong zoomed towards them. She grabbed her friend by the collar, catching Kokuei as he jumped onto the low flying Lugia's back. Silversong's back paws closed around the other two.
"You've got one shot," She said standing up on her Lugia's back to hold Kieran steady. Her eyes a mix of bright blues and greens. Kieran grinned.
"Hey, don't worry about me. Just blast him apart out here while I blast him apart from in there," He said. They were now level with the Gengar, which had gotten taller. Gaby smiled, the green vanishing from her eyes.
"Alright," She said. Silversong blasted a weak Aeroblast at the Gengar's mouth to open it. She put a hand on his shoulder. "Don't die."
"I won't," He said. Then he leapt off Silversong and into the Gengar's mouth. Kokuei, Prowler and the other Kieran followed after.
"GO GET 'EM, KIERAN!" She yelled after him, cheering. Then she planted her feet firmly into Silversong's back and they sped off around the back of the Gengar. She slipped down onto his back, leaning flat against him.
"LET'S DO THIS!"
And with that, the battle began.
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Gaby: This is IT! We're busting out of this fake world once and for all!
Kip: We still don't know how to get out of here
Lily: We'll worry about that once we annihilate this giant monster.
Seth: Ah, my first battle for the whole Nightmare Saga…About time!
Kieran: Everyone's relying on me now…Let's do this!
All: DON'T MISS THE EXCITING CONCLUSION:
NIGHTMARE, PART V!
I honestly thought it would just be a 4 parter too, but by the time I was almost done writing it, it was 20 pages long (and I HATE sitting through incredibly long fanfictions…I no longer have the time. I skived off 8 pages of math homework to write this, and now my mother is killing me).
I have good news. Nightmare, Part V will be out next week. How can you trust me after waiting for many, many months? Why, because it's already written! So HA!
Also, be watching for an RG Christmas Special…If I can think of something. It all depends.
And for those who have played Tales...Go back to the last 4 lines. Gaby is Kratos and Kieran is Lloyd. Read it. Laugh your head off. And play Sheena for the last part too. Again, laugh.
AND NOW THE BIG MOMENT OF REVEALINGNESS:
THE OFFICIAL RG FANSITE!
YES! There is now an RG fansite. Please throwHalo/Pokémongamesat Ghost Author for getting it started, throw saxophones at Jo (or mail them, that might be less painful) for making the kick ass logo, and you could throw candy and/or plots and/or ideasat me for helping a bit. I'm currently working on doing a bunch of stuff, like descriptions, images, fanarts, etc. PLEASE submit fanarts! ALL WELCOME!
We apologize for the ads. We just don't have the money to keep them off.
And I apologize for the misspelling of the word 'Coming' all over the site. That was 100 fault (obviously).
Please keep in mind that it IS under construction.
http/rg.biz.ly/
There's the Url. Have fun.
How about a few review responses?
B Boi:
1. A little 8 year old girl? Hm…Interesting.
2. Hoorah, I love Seaflyer as well. She is AWESOME.
3. I see.
4. Hm…While that was a very nice (and repetitive) list of words…Nothin. Thanks though!
Jo…
(performs happy dance) Yay, detail is evil but makes it about 100 times better!
1. I thank you for the care you put into making me a new character person, especially since I know how much you play the games! (haha). Nice roster, with the exception of Raikou. I'm a little hesitant about whipping Legendaries out that they aren't the morph of.
2. KIERAN KICKS ASS!
3. Yes…I actually have Red. In my beloved Silver version. He's my 4th best.
4. Gotcha.
Let Me Go comes on as I'm writing this. HOLY HELL, LEAVE ME ALONE YOU PSYCHIC COMPUTER!
Linkmaster27
I think it's official that this was my best chapter. I only hope that this isn't the peak (meaning everything else will go down).
Yes, Gaby and Kip rule. Well Duh I like Gaby. MY VERY FIRST OC sniff sniff tear tear
Nightflyer? Odd choice, but cool.
x636
Ahh! runs from the wrath of misspelling
1. Kip I can see. But Seth? Interesting. Cool morph idea, but they are way to overdone. And I suck at writing for girls.
2. Kip? Wow. He's a lot more popular then I thought!
3. Raichu rule. Hence why Kip has one.
4. Hey, something's starting to click…!
ChaosSora99
Oh yay, a new reader! I always love people like you who can take the time to read through long works!
1. Oh yes. Kip as an Espeon morph would look fantastic. And Seth as a Mew morph I've gotten, but now it's really started to grow on me…Don't get your hopes up thought!
Jordan R. Was Here
Yes, I figured. And you have nothing to worry about: This story won't die until the earth explodes into little pink bunnies and Barbie lives and walks the earth as the queen of heavy metal. So, you have nothing worry about.
detective ban
Ooh, I better watch out. My mom doesn't believe me when I say I have fans that will kill me if I don't update…
1. Another Kip guy? Wow!
2. YES DRAGONS OWN! Me - one of theworld's biggest dragon freak. I'm working on a couple info books on them.
(laughs) You sound like me when I'm begging Vinny (VoidMoon) for fluff. Don't worry.
Kei the Miko Neko Hanyou
Yes, hahaha, NO SPELLING ERRORS!
1. Hm. Everybody wants 14 year olds.
2. Of course. I didn't even need to ask you!
3. Yes, Red is Lily's. Easy way to remember: Gaby likes blue. She has a Blue one named Sapphire. Lily likes red. She has a red one named…Red.
Fate's Dice Kyre-JMK
1. Nice points. Kip as a Psyduck…bursts out laughing PRICELESS!
Kip: (annoyed look)
Seth…Rayquaza….I LIKE.
2. Yup, Kati was the Pichu girl. And a Seth lover! HOORAH! I like Seth. Seth is cool.
3. Patch, Darkfaller and Ironfight…DAMN you have good tastes.
4. WOW! I LIKE THE PHRASE! I'm gonna draw a pic of the group and that phrase! OOOOOOH!
the french
Ok, if you keep reviewing!
LugiaAvianos
And I urge you! KEEP REVIEWING! You people are my entire motivation! Thanks for the review
Ghost Author
MAN IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME! laughing
1. laughs But Ho-Oh and Lugia don't get along! But Kip as an Articuno…
Aeryn: (glare)
Ok, ok, nevermind…
2. YES! Kieran!
3. Red. People like Red. A lot. SO DO I!
Saku-chan
Nice e-mail.
1. You're evil!
2. You like the girls, huh?
3. Hoorah! EVERYBODY should love Mightyena!
4. laughs Domoness!
VoidMoon
YOU BETTER WRITE! (cries) I WANNA READ MORE!
1. No, we're not having a Hunter character (though he is very cool!). But the ghost idea's not bad. I don't think we could stand to have 4 Lugia on set!
The Gabbmeister
(laughs) Well, I'm glad you like my fics. I'll continue to write as long as you people continue to review!
Alright! Until next time (which will be soon, I promise on my First Edition Lugia Holo)!
C YA!
Ryu Takeshi