Secrets of the Tomb! (Part 2)

"We're almost there," huffed Philip as we continued through the maze-like tomb of Relic Castle.

"When we get there," I wondered,"how do you think we'll face the mystery Trainer?"

"Well," said Zach. "We all gang up on him! I mean, he is a pretty bad guy, it seems, so why not use all our power to take him out?"

"Good idea!" Evelyn said.

"Alright," I shouted, "Servine, Herdier, Gabite, come on out!"

"Monferno, Munna, Swadloon, Axew, let's roll!"

"Dewott, Tranquill, Purrloin, let's go!"

"Sandile, help!"

We all called our Pokemon partners out and continued to trek through the mazelike tomb. Evelyn and Philip took the front, while Zach, Yamask, and I guarded our rear.

The scorching hot sand burned our feet, but we still went on for what seemed like centuries of walking. Then, we reached a vast room, bigger than any of them we'd ever seen before. We walked inside and noticed someone leaning over.

"You!" shouted Philip. "You're the one who..."

"Now, now," said the mysterious Trainer. "No need to get angry. I just did what I had to to keep you from ruining my plans, Team Plasma!"

"Well," I shouted with anger, "Get some new plans, 'cause we are not going to let you hurt the ancient Pokemon here!"

The Trainer looked at me with a glance that said he knew me, but then looked away and said, "I like you a lot, kid. You got a lot of spunk. But there is no way you or your puny friends are going to stop me!"

Yamask then went to the front of the crowd and shot a Shadow Ball at the Trainer. Right before it hit him, a snake-like Pokemon twisted itself around the ball and somehow evaporated it.

"WHAA?" I gasped.

I pulled out my PokeDex to see what kind of Pokemon this was, but the screen was full of static.

"That isn't going to work down here," said the Trainer. "I am not going to let you learn about my Pokemon and give myself a disadvantage! I set up a device so your precious PokeDexes won't work!:

"Why wouldn't you want our PokeDexes to work?" asked Evelyn.

"And how did you know we would come here with them?" asked Zach.

"No matter," he said. "Now, You guys are getting on my nerves!"

All of a sudden, his Pokemon leaped at us with incredible strength and used Leaf Storm to blow us all back!

I was knocked against the wall, Servine next to me. I got up and told my partner, "Servine, let's beat this creep!"

"Ser, ser," it agreed.

We approached the mysterious Trainer again.

"You come back for more!" he sneered.

"I'm just here to make sure you stop!" I snapped.

Servine and the other Pokemon charged at each other. Servine tried to use Leaf Tornado to blow the other Pokemon back, but it simply deflected it and hit Servine with a powerful Leaf Blade. Then, it used Wrap and started to suffocate Servine.

"SERVINE!" I shouted, running towards my Pokemon.

The other Pokemon gave me a Glare and paralyzed me, freezing me in place. It continued to strangle Servine, who was being choked...

Then, Servine eminated a green light. It glowed completely. At first, I thought that it was its ability Overgrow, but this light was brighter. It kept glowing and the whole room turned green!

Then, the light stopped. Servine was free from the entanglement the other Pokemon had caused, but now, it was different. Instead of the red eyes it normally had, it had the brown eyes I did. Its skin was now a light blue, like my jacket. Servine... was merged with me!

Servine looked at me, and suddenly, I understood what it was saying! 'Kyle, we could do this!'

I didn't understand how this was possible, and apparently, neither did the Trainer. "How could this be?" he gasped. "You haven't..."

Before he could finish, I told Servine to use Leaf Tornado on its opponents. But the thing is, I didn't even utter a word!

"This wasn't how it was supposed to be!" shouted the mystery Trainer. "You weren't supposed to achieve that kind of power yet! Not until..."

Suddenly, a flame surrounded him.

"YAAAAAGH!" he shouted.

Despite him being some sort of menace, I ran to his side. "What happened?" I questioned.

"The... Pokemon...of...the...tomb," he gasped.

Then, he pulled out a PokeBall and called out a Pokemon, then he shouted to us, "Until next time!"

Then, he disappeared.

As we recovered, Zach said, "Ok, that was weird."

Evelyn rolled her eyes. "Weird was an understatement."

Then, she turned to Philip, who was crying. "Philip, what happened?"

The ex Team Plasma member stood up and showed us. He held his Sandile in his hand, and it wouldn't wake up.

I grabbed a SuperPotion from my bag and sprayed it on the Pokemon. Then, it struggled to wake up.

"Sandile!" Philip shouted, relieved. "You're awake!"

The Pokemon yawned. We all laughed.

Then, Zach turned to me and asked, "Do you know what happened with Servine during that battle?"

I shook my head.

"And what did that Trainer mean when he said you weren't supposed to be able to reach that power yet? How did he know anything about you or Servine?"

I turned to Servine, who shook its head.

"Well," I said, "we'll find out soon. For now, let's go find that Pokemon!"

As we got up, Yamask went to Zach and held a PokeBall in its hand and shrugged it towards him. Zach gasped.

"Yamask, do you wanna come with me on my journey?"

The Pokemon squealed and nodded. "Yamask!"

Zach took the PokeBall from its hand and tapped it to Yamask's forehead. The Pokemon went into the PokeBall.

"All right!" Zach shouted. "Yamask, come on out!"

Yamask came out of its PokeBall as Zach's partner. "Ya, ya!"

Evelyn helped all the Pokemon get up and said, "All right, let's go!"

We continued on to where we saw the flames hit the mystery Trainer, and we saw a Pokemon weakly lying on the floor. I headed towards it and helped it up. "Hey! You all right, little guy?"

The Pokemon looked at Philip and blasted me with a Flamethrower. He screeched in pain.

"What did you do that for?!" Philip asked. "I tried to save you!"

The Pokemon giggled. "Vol, Volcarona!"

Zach looked at me and said, "That's the ancient Pokemon! Volcarona!"

I looked to the Pokemon, and it looked to me.

Then, a sudden earthquake caused parts of the ceiling to fall to the floor. I stood up and said, "Everyone, return to your PokeBalls. NOW!"

All our Pokemon, except for Philip's Sandile and the wild Volcorona, returned to their PokeBalls. Evelyn turned to Philip and asked, "Why aren't you sending Sandile back into its PokeBall? It could get hurt!"

Philip responded, "If it ever comes to it, Sandile can dig us a way out of here!"

"Right!" I said. Then, I turned to Volcarona and said, "Volcarona, this place looks like its gonna collapse. Your best bet is to hop into my backpack and come with us for now!"

The Pokemon looked at me, then looked back at its home. Then it nodded and jumped into my bag.

We started to run back to the entrance of the tomb, the ceiling crashing behind us as we fled. We got back to where Yamask had dropped us into the sandpits, but we could get back up!

The shards of the floor above us were getting dangerously closer.

Philip turned to Sandile and said, "Sandile, we need your help!"

Then, a chunk of clay as big as a desk came straight for Philip, but Sandile jumped up and caught it with its mouth. Then, it started to emenate a blue light.

"Sandile!" Philip gasped.

From where Sandile was came a new Pokemon, taller and stronger than its pre-evolved form.

"That's a Krokorok!" Philip exclaimed.

Krokorok landed on the ground in front of us and grabbed all four of us and jumped right into the sandpit above us.

"GAGGHH!" I shouted as my sand got into my eyes, ears, mouth, etc.

Krokorok pulled us out of the pit.

"Thanks!" Evelyn shouted to the Pokemon.

"Krokorok," the Pokemon responded, pointing at the floor behind the pits. Chunks of the floor fell onto the level below us.

"First, the ceiling falls atop us, and now, the floor falls below us!" Zach shouted. "RUN!"

Making sure Volcarona was safe in my backpack, I sprinted through the Relic Castle and headed for the exit. Five feet away from the door, two familiar faces blocked me.

"Not you two!" I shouted.

In front of me stood Becky and Barry. "Don't you fret!" Barry shouted. "We're here to take back the merchandise and our partner. Isn't that right, Philip?"

Philip looked to the evil duo, and smiled evilly. "That's right!" he shouted.

"WHAAAA?!" Evelyn shouted. "You traitor!"

Philip looked to her and said, "Once a Team Plasma member, always a Team Plasma member!"

Then, he looked to me and said, "Now, hand over that Pokemon!"

"Never!" I spat in his face.

Then, he flashed me a look, one that said he had a plan, and turned to Becky and said, "Take it from him!"

"With pleasure!" she shouted. As she walked towards me, a hole burst from under her. Krokorok grabbed her by the feet and threw her into the sands outside.

"My, my!" Barry said. "If you are going to double-cross us, then I'll just have to end you! Whirlipede, come on out and use Poison Tail"

Whirlipede leaped towards Philip and was about to strike him, until Volcarona leaped up and used Flamethrower on it. Whirlipede was blasted back and hit Barry into the desert. The evil duo stood up and glared. "This is not over!"

Then, a helicopter came and dropped down ladders for them to climb onto. I ran to stop them but was too late. They were already in the air.

As we walked away from the destroyed ruins, we bid Volcarona farewell. But it didn't want to leave. Instead, it turned to me and nodded, as if it wanted to come with me.

I held out a PokeBall and it went inside.

"Yes!" I shouted. "I caught Volcarona!"

Then, I turned to Philip and said, "Thanks for everything! You proved that you aren't a bad guy afterall! I would be proud to call you a friend."

Philip smiled at me and said, "Thanks! And might I add... I feel the same about all three of you! Plus, I'm glad I got to get a new start at my journey!"

Evelyn then asked, "Speking about journies, where are you headed next?"

Philip thought for a second and said, "Well, I was thinking about going with you guys to Nimbassa City and challenging the gym leader. Then, I'm going to fly back to Nuvema, get a Pokemon from the professor along with a PokeDex, challenge the Striaton, Nacerene, and Castelia Gyms, catching some new Pokemon, and then meet up with you guys once again!"

I looked to him and said, "That sounds great! After you, me, and Evelyn have our battles against the Nimbassa gym leader, we'll discuss our plans to meet up with you after you catch up with us!"

"Well then," Evelyn said. "What are we waiting for? Let's go!"