Flame begins to hallucinate and, afterwards, somehow manages to find the strength to try to escape. comment please.

Episode Thirty-Four: One Last Shot at Freedom

As the smoke thickened and the heat rose even further, I was even starting to sweat from it, I began to hallucinate. I saw the same Hypno I had beaten before, laughing at me. I know it was him because of the squashed nose from where I had smacked him.

"How pathetic," it said, "unable to stand and fight to the end. Can't even take a little heat. No wonder your friends never bothered to find you."

I hated to admit it, but Hypno was right. They hadn't shown up and I didn't have that much longer left. All of the other Pokémon had lost consiousness and I was too weak to even stand.

My vision faded, an all too familiar occurrence, before returning again. What suprised me a little more, however, was the white light that shone in the center of the room. From within the light, I could just make out a small figure from within.

"I know you told your self you wouldn't listen to the 'pink cat thing' but just hear me out this once. Kay? I'll take that as a yes. You are not dead yet, so why give up? There is still plenty of time to escape, if you try hard enough. Got that? We will meet again," Mew lectured before vanishing in another blast of light.

Suddenly, I felt as though my energy had come back and the smoke had thinned a little. I jumped to my feet and looked down at the other Pokémon. Alpha had his eyes open, but still seemed out of it. The rest were definatly still unconsious. Looks like I was saving everyone solo.

I bent down and grabbed hold of Bellsprout, slung him over my shoulder and ran for the exit. I lept clear over the molren rock and dashed through the opening. I took a few moments to breath in the cold and clear-er air and dumped the grass Pokémon on the ground before charging back into the underground furnace.

I chose to haul out the Scyther next, seeing as the bug looked close to catching on fire. I just managed to lift him off the ground and again managed to get him outside, dispite the tight squeeze to fit through the door. I plopped him onto the ground next to Bellsprout, who had regained consiousness.

"Look after him. If it gets too hot, get out of here!" I yelled as I dived back into the smoke and made for Bulbasaur.

For someone who was in a prison cell, that guy was heavy but I did manage to get him to safety, just. Bellsprout used its vines to drag the prone Pokémon clear while I caught my breath. Each trip was getting harder, mainly due to the slowly incresing amount of burning rocks to clear.

I managed another five trips, saving the rest of the grass and water types, before beginning to tire properly.

"Damnit. I don't think I'd be able to save everyone," I gasped between gulps for air.

"Well don't. Scyther can give Flame assistance," Scyther said as he used his wins to hover above the ground. I wanted to argue, but I didn't want to waste the energy. Well, that, and I needed the help.

The two of us shot back in, while the two water types (A wartortle and Poliwag respectivly) cooled down some of the rocks nearer the exit to give me a slightly easier job.

"Scyther! Go get Hitmonchan, I'll take Alpha!" I yelled as I searched for the dirt covered Vulpix in the smoke. After several seconds of frantic searching, I found him. Unfortunatly, he was partially buried under rubble.

I was about to dive in and try and dig him out when I heard Scyther yelling, "leave him! We'll get him last."

So I turned away and hauled a Ryhorn to its feet and dragged it towards the exit. Dispite it being only a baby, it was still bloody heavy. I don't know what they fed that thing, but it was nearly crushing my back.

I finally managed to haul it over the heated rocks and let the grass Pokémon drag it clear. Scyther had managed to free many of the remaining Pokémon, using its speed to get them clear in record time. All that was left was Alpha and a large Geodude.

"Scyther will try to free Alpha. Flame go get Geodude," the flying bug type said as it shot off through the smoke. I lept off over the rocks and rubble that littered the cave and landed behind the only rock with arms. I hoped I'd found the right one as I lept ontop of it and started running, using its rolling to move it towards the exit.

I lept off on the final stretch, letting its momentum take it the rest of the way as I ran back towards Alpha. The entire place was rumbling as more and more of the surrounding tunnels caved in, a steady stream of dust and debris was falling from the ceiling as our cave slowly weakened.

Scyther was using its blunt blades to haul off rocks as it tried to free Alpha, but it was struggling with the huge slab of rock that had Alpha pinned. The heat was starting to affect it, I could see its body glisten with sweat.

"Leave him Scyther! I'll take care of it." I cried out as I lept ontop of the rock and pulled back my fist.

Scyther nodded and lept off towards the exit as I brought my fist down on the slabs center. There was a massive crash as my fist hit the rock and my claws split the thing in two.

'That was louder than I expected,' I thought, untill a boulder crashed into the ground next to me. The cave was finally giving way.

I literally threw the broken slab of rock off of Alpha and picked up the injured Pokémon before bursting into a fast a sprint as my two hind legs could manage. The entire place was coming down around me, the smoke and dust practicaly blinding me. I was navigating by the voices as the Pokémon me and Scyther had saved yelled out.