Secrets of the Tomb! (Part 1)
"Evelyn," said Zach as we started through the desert that would eventually lead us to Nimbassa City, "you and I should have a rematch battle. You know, after the Battle Tournament and all?"
Evelyn snickered and said, "Has MY awesome victory been hanging in your mind this whole time?"
Zach groaned and said, "I'm coming with you two so I can become a stronger Trainer! That's what a battle helps with, right?"
Evelyn shrugged and responded, "Well, all right. But my condition is this: Monferno vs. Dewott. Do we have a deal?"
"Deal," exclaimed Zach.
"Cool!" I said. "I'll referee! Let's start!"
As they positioned themselves into their proper locations, they called out their Monferno and Dewott, both their starter Pokemon.
"Begin!" I shouted.
Monferno started the battle by using Mach Punch, which allowed it to move at a practically super speed, but Dewott was ready and countered it with Aqua Jet. Then, after making contact, it used Water Gun and blew Monferno back.
This may have seen like not that much for us, but Monferno had taken more damage than it was letting on. With rage, it used Flame Wheel and caught Dewott off guard, then using Mach Punch to damage it even more!
Dewott spun through the air and accelerated towards Monferno with Aqua Jet, but just before it intercepted, a Shadow Ball hit it from nowhere! Dewott flew backwards and made a crash-landing, and then again, another Shadow Ball hit Monferno.
"What was that?!" shouted Evelyn, running to Monferno.
"Dewott!" yelled Zach, helping his Pokemon. "Are you ok?"
"Dew, Dew!" it grunted, pointing towards the sandstorm ahead of us. There, I could barely see the outline of a Pokemon, but just a few seconds later, it disappeared.
"What was that about?" asked Evelyn as she healed her Pokemon.
"I don't know," I exclaimed, "But I wanna find out!"
We trekked through the desert, searching for a sign of the Pokemon. After hours of nothing, we stumbled across a large beam of clay, kind of like the support of a building.
"Hey," started Zach. "That looks like it came from some sort of tower!"
"You're right!" agreed Evelyn.
We walked past it and noticed a bunch more of those columns.
"What is all this?" I gasped.
We continued until a tower loomed over us. Then, I realized where we were.
"We're at Relic Castle!" I blurted.
Evelyn looked at me, confused. "What is that?"
Zach, also remembering our location, started, "Relic Castle is an old ruin in the middle of the desert that is said to have a sort of ancient Pokemon buried within."
"So, do you think that Pokemon that shot the Shadow Balls at your Pokemon had something to do with this place?" I questioned.
"I bet!" exclaimed Zach. Then, he gasped. "Speaking of which, I think I see that Pokemon... right in front of us!"
Out of the dust floated a ghoulish Pokemon, who was attatched to some sort of mask.
"Yamask, the Spirit Pokemon. The mask that Yamask carries is said to represent its face from a former life. Sometimes, remembering that former life makes it very sad."
"Hey you!" Evelyn shouted. "Why did you blast my Pokemon?! You're gonna.."
"Wait!" exclaimed Zach, running to the Pokemon. "It must have had a reason for doing that! Isn't that right, Yamask?"
The Pokemon turned to him and nodded. "Ya, ya. mask!"
"All right then," I grunted. "So why did you do that? Did you wanna get us here?"
The Pokemon nodded.
"Wait," realized Evelyn. "So you brought us here because there's something wrong here?"
"Mask, Yamask!"
"Is it about the ancient Pokemon in the tomb?" asked Zach.
"Ya,Ya!" it said, nodding.
"Then what are we waiting for!" I shouted. "Let's save that Pokemon before any serious harm comes to it!"
Yamask lead the way through the maze-like ruins. We went deeper and deeper. Sand got into our eyes and mouths from the floors above and blinded us, but Yamask led the way with confidence. Finally, we got to a clearing in the tomb, and ahead of us was...
"A sand pit?" I wondered. "Why would you bring us to a sandpit?"
Yamask ignored my question and hovered over the sinking sand, beckoning for us to come.
"No way!" snapped Zach. "I'm not gonna die in there!"
Yamask rolled its eyes and floated to Zach. Then, it quickly grabbed Dewott's PokeBall from his belt and threw it into the pit.
"NO!" Zach shouted, making a run for the ball before it fell.
But he was too late. The ball sunk into the pit and disappeared.
"Dewott!" Zach shouted as he leaped into the pit to retrieve his Pokemon.
"Zach, wait!" Evelyn and I shouted, running after him and straight down into the quicksand.
"AHHH!" I shouted as I sunk through the floor and fell straight down. Evelyn was right next to me, screaming as well. Zach was nowhere to be found.
A few seconds later, we fell onto a floor. I stood up, shaking myself off, and looked around.
"Whoa!" I gasped. "This is awesome!"
We were in what seemed to be a hidden tomb, and it was an awesome sight, with ancient carvings on the wall.
I helped Evelyn get up, and we called out Monferno and Servine to help use search for Zach and the caniving Yamask.
We walked through a hallway until finally, we saw Zach, Dewott, and Yamask leaned over someone. He was hurt, bleeding, bruised. But most importantly, he was...
"Philip!" I yelled with anger, running to the member of Team Plasma. We had him cornered, and I wasn't going to let him get away after what he did in Pinwheel Forest!
"Wait," said Zach. "Let him speak for himself."
Philip leaned up from his position and wheezed, "The kid's right. I don't wanna pick a fight, so let me be blunt."
"Well then," groaned Evelyn, "what happened to you?"
"Well," started Philip, "the thing is..."
"I was here because of a rumor of ancient treasure, so the boss had sent me and a couple other members to find it. We managed to get here, and we saw a Yamask by the entrance. It led us down to a sandpit, and we fell ight through! From there, we came to the main tomb and started to make our way to find the treasure. It wasn't long until we found the treasure area, but the treasure wasn't what you would normally expect it to be...
It was a Pokemon. A supposedly ultra-rare Pokemon, almost valuing to a Mythical Pokemon! I didn't think we should take it. I may have done some bad things, but kidnapping Pokemon was against the Team Plasma rules! Or so I thought, because apparently, every member apart from me was assigned to steal Pokemon!
The other members ran to capture the Pokemon, but the Pokemon was scared and tried to fight back! But they sent out their Pokemon and defeated it, and then started to torture it. It was terrible!
I ran to them to make them stop, until out of nowhere, a Trainer came. I couldn't get his name, but I knew I had seen him somewhere! He was really strong, mentally and physically! He came in there to stop the torture of the Pokemon, and he did! He used this snake Pokemon and defeated the other members' Pokemon with one hit each! The thing is, he never muttered a command to his Pokemon, but the both of them were exactly in sync! They were beat and they fled! I went to thank the mysterious man for stopping the torture of the Pokemon, but he said, 'You are no different from them, not using force to stop this!" and beat me and my Sandile, too! Next thing I know, these three are leaning over me.
"The reason I am telling you this," finished Philip, "is because I quit from Team Plasma."
"Good for you!" Evelyn cheered.
"Well, then," I said, "before we get all weepy, we gotta see this Trainer and learn why he is here!"
"Ok!" said Philip, finally standing up. "Sandile, let's go!"
He called out his Pokemon, who continued with us as we searched for the mystery Trainer.
Who was this Trainer? How did he communicate with his Pokemon without uttering a single word? Most importantly, what was going on...