DeiFlower

TITLE: The Feature Creepening 2: Electric Boogaloo: Revengence IGN: Niicoli WORD COUNT:​​ 1500 [spoiler] ~~~The sun glimmered brightly over head as I placed my hand on a golden furred head. "With Giovanni’s help we won’t live on the streets anymore! That’s great isn’t it?"~~~ "Vulpix?" I sigh shaking my head out of my memory filled daze. "I felt better about this back then." I mumbled clutching the small creature to myself. "Vulpix...Vul.." Gazing up at the massive tower that stood before us I soothed my Vulpix. As she calmed down, I recalled the mission directives; gather Cubone skulls at the top of the Pokémon Tower to help profit our future expeditions. Make a few Cubone sad... that won't hurt anything right? Of course not. Entering the first floor of the tower I was met with the solemn faces of trainers with tears streaming down several faces. Many of the people stood around huddling, as if they were afraid to venture higher than the lobby. "Pokémon tower was erected in the memory of the Pokémon that died." I turn quickly towards the man standing at the desk with a sad smile. "A-ah... I-I see... That’s... sad..." He nods slowly and I quietly excuse myself from his presence rushing up towards the second floor. The world fell silent. "Oh... No one’s here?" I pass by several headstones before noticing an old woman tending to one by the stairs. "Ah, not many venture higher than the first floor...the ghosts get to their heads..." I give her a weak smile. "Ah-hah, I'm sure I can handle it ma'am. I have my Pokémon to protect me..." The woman continued dusting the stones, never looking up as I made my way up the stairs, I swear I heard her chuckle. As I entered the third floor a veil of mist filled the air. Where were my team rocket allies? Was I early? Late? I passed by two grave tenders mumbling in hushed tones. "I don't feel well..." "Ah! No, don't spout such nonsense! I hear the priestess above have all been possessed!" I heard the team had been having a little trouble in this tower, is this what they were referring to? "Pix..." "It’s okay Vixen... we’ll be fine..." I made my way up the next flight of stairs... orders are orders and money is money... right? As I entered the next floor the lights dimmed and the headstones began to become maze-like in the thickening mist. "Eh-eheheheh!" A chill ran through my spine as a cackle echoed throughout the room. I quickened my pace as I tried to find my way through the mist. "Vulpix!" Vixen cried out as she leapt up to my shoulder, releasing a flamethrower behind me. Gasping I turned around to be met with a scorched Ghastly crashing to the ground and a white eyed woman, her cackling grew louder as she drew her hand from her sleeve. "M-my baby... What have you ... done with... MY BABY!!??" She drew her blade and slashed it down at me. The blade bit into my arm causing me to fall back my pokeballs' fell from my bag and rolled out of my reach. Vixen leapt from my arms landing onto a headstone. "Grrrr!!" "Vixen no!" I grabbed her just as the blade collided with the headstone creating a bright spark. The psycho struggled to yank her blade from the stone and I scrambled to my feet before running into the maze of headstones. Her loud cackling echoed. As I grabbed the rail of the stairs another priestess with white eyes emerged from the upper floor brandishing a bloodied blade. Oh god... Whos’ blood is that?! "Vullll...PIX!" My little Vixen leapt from my arms again, slamming her five shimmering tails down on the woman’s head, her figure smashed down onto the stairs contorting in an unnatural angle as her blade slid to my feet. "Vul!" Vixen cooed as she returned to my feet. "Oh god… is… she..." I knelt down slowly taking the knife in hand before reaching out my other, slowly, towards the downed woman. "Are you-" "HEKEKEKEKE!!!" A screeching cackle echoed from behind as the first woman burst from the mist, her own blade retrieved from the stone. "KIDNAPPER!!!!" I pulled Vixen into my arms and ran up the stairs to the fifth floor. Gasping for air I darted into the next maze of headstones. Ghastly began whisking past my head, creepy grins fading in and out in their smoggy bodies. Cubone’s began weeping from the corners of the room, bones rattling and cries echo. Something grabbed onto my ankle and I toppled towards the ground. Vixen fell from my arms and tumbled out of my view and into the mist. "No! Vixen!" Looking back another white eyed woman stood, her skin was greying. A wild eyed haunter laughed as darkness began to fill its hands. My hand flew to my bag for one of my pokeballs, when I realized they were gone. "A-ah! R-rattata? Zubat? Where are you!?" "You stole my child...Give me my child!!" The woman began to wail as I crawled backwards in terror. The woman suddenly dashed at me as the Haunter released his Shadow Ball. I scream. Suddenly scream of agony that was not my own echoes throughout the room. The floor around me became enveloped in a bright blue light that repelled and shocked the woman and the attack. She stumbled back and ran into the mist her Haunter disappearing with her. "Wh-whats going on!?" "Protection my child..." An old voice says gently behind me. Spinning I face her. This woman seems normal...her eyes are sane. "I have purified this space, child, you may rest here." Sitting there I felt the rush of adrenalin leave me and pain surging up my arm. My free hand gripped the blood soaked wrist that held the blade, dropping it. Tears filled my eyes as my body trembled. Rattata, Zubat, and my precious Vixen?! What’s happening! Despair, pain, and confusion welled up inside of me as I sobbed. After some time I finally calmed. The patient old woman took my wrist and bandaged it with a piece of ripped cloth. "Your people seemed to have stirred the spirits in their graves." "M-my people...You mean Team Rocket? I-I just wanted to make a little money! I wanted to get off the streets with my Pokémon..." I sniffled running my free arm across my face. "The spirits want revenge for the wrongs done on to them, they pay no heed to the motives... You are a symbol of their hatred." She looked at me gently and I closed my eyes. "W-will they leave me alone? Leave us alone?" I gazed at the woman, pleading for an answer but none came. She silently sat back in her place keeping the barrier up. If I can talk to the spirits at the top... they’ll leave me alone and I’ll get Vixen back? I can't make it back down alone! I need my Vixen back! With this new found determination I grabbed the knife and nodded towards the woman. "Thank you..." I let out a long breath and darted out of the barrier into the mist once more, managing to get to the staircase to the next floor. "My baby..." Words echoed around me throughout the air, in my ears, from every direction. "Where is my baby...?" "Give me my baby..." "I-I don’t have your child! You took mine! Where is Vixen?!" A black shadow blasts out of the mist slamming into my side. Pain surges through me as I scramble to my feet and dart through the room. The cackling of the possessed and howls of broken Cubone begin to echo loudly in the mist. Oh god no... Turning a corner I freeze. The black shadow twists and morphs against the ground. The lights overhead flicker as a shadowy Marowak forms against the ground its hollow eyes staring at me. "Where’s my baby... You stole my baby..." I shake my head slowly. "N-no I didn-" "SILENCE! KIDNAPPER! MURDERER! MY CHILD!!!" The room began to shake as the lights blew raining sparks down. The room filled in darkness but I could see the Marowak demon clearly as well as the glowing figures of psycho women surrounding me. This isn't what was supposed to happen. The shadow Pokémon lunged at me as I threw out my blade piercing it in the chest. I screamed. A crimson wetness dripped down my hand and silence filled the room. Is it over... I slid my blade from golden fur. It’s over... Darkness surrounded me. 　 It’s cold... Why is it so cold... I can’t move... Opening my eyes I see stars out a distant window. Its night... I turned my eyes toward the golden Vulpix on my arm. Vixen… you’re covered in something red and coated in mud... I open my mouth to tell her so but it fills with dirt. My vision fades, looking up I see a shadowy figure staring back as ghostly women pour more dirt on my precious Vixen. Darkness. [/spoiler]