A Little Bit of Family Time - Chapter 6: Pokeumans

(Day 6: ) "So, this is the only obstacle left?" I ask.

"Well, after that, we've got a 2 mile walk, if you think you're up to that-" Daniel says before I interrupt his snide remark.

"Let's just get this done," I hear from Nicholas.

"Agreed," says Elizabeth. We walk into the cave.

I pick out the flashlight I looted from a Pokextinction goon. I found a stick on the side of a cave. I picked it out, and tried to use friction to light it up. We walk forward.

I hear someone shout. I look behind me, only to find Nicholas groaning. I look down, and find that he stepped in some mud. "Man up," I say. We continue walking forward, but not until we found a fork in the road, with 3 paths.

"So, which way?" Daniel asks. I was about to open my mouth, but I hear a button being pushed. The ground starts shaking. I look up, and see the ceiling is- coming down on us?! "MOVE!" I yell. We run into a corridor. The ceiling collapses.

I bring out the flashlight. "You okay?" I ask, hoping someone was by me.

"Yeah," I hear Daniel say. I turn around to the only way we can go to now. Forward.

"..."

"Do you hear that?"

"You can hear that as well?" I ask.

"Seems like a creepy laugh."

"Let's just keep going," I say, shrugging it off. I turn back foward, only to come into contact with nothingness. But I know something's there. I hear the giggle again. Then out of the blue, I hear a shout. Darkness soon takes over my vision.

***Nicholas' POV***

Darkness. It's all I see. But I continue walking. 'Wish I had gotten that torch rather than Elizabeth,' I thought. I leaned against the wall, hoping to find another stick to light up. Fortunately, I do. I use Discharge on it, and it lights up. I grab it with

my mouth, as I have no hands, and tilt my head 90 degrees to hold it upright. I continue walking. I come across a point where Davidson and Daniel's path come into mine.

"Nice," I think aloud. After going along their path for awhile, I see a black-haired teen, standing. It almost looks like he's having a mid-seizure, with his head bobbing left and right sporadically.

"Davidson?" I inquire. He turns his, creepily, and uncovers his mouth to reveal razor-sharp teeth. His eyes are in a deep-bloodshot state. I get a calming chill, and fall to the ground, unconscious.

***Elizabeth's POV***

I hear a blood-curling scream. 'I hope everybody's okay,' I think. I traverse forward, torch in my hand the best I can. After a decent amount of walking, I come into contact with a circular room, just like the one we were split up at.

"Thank God!" I hear. I turn around, only to be tackled by Daniel.

"What happened?!" I asked.

"It's David, something's not right with him," he responds, "I think he got Nicholas too."

"What do you mean 'got?'" I asked.

"No time," he mutters as he grabs me run down the only hallway infront of us, away from Nicholas and Davidson. We run together, but not before being interrupted by a rude tripwire, tripping up Daniel.

"Heh, got you Pokextinction scum!" I hear being shouted. I look behind us while Pulling Daniel back up. A Gengar appears, a flashlight in his hands, ready to attack. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, we're not Pokextinction, kid," I hear Daniel say.

"And how can I trust you?" I hear the Gengar retort, "You guys were probably looking for me, anyways."

"No, we weren't; We were looking for my friend's mother, thank you very much."

"Oh yeah? And who's this 'friend' you're talking about?"

"His name's Davidson,." Daniel answers.

"Uh, guys?" I ask.

"What?" they both ask, clearly angered.

"We need to go. Now," I say, hearing the giggles I heard before the scream.

"Crap," I hear Daniel mutter, obviously hearing the giggles as well.

"What does that mean?" the Gengar asks.

"It means that they're coming after us, let's go!" Daniel says.

"Who? Whose coming after us?" he asks while we're running.

"I don't know, but they're deadly!" Daniel answers.

The giggles start appearing more and more frequently behind us. We keep running faster. I guess adrenaline really does work.

"Guys, I can see the light!" Daniel appoints.

I look up and, sure enough, there was at the end of the cave. "Come on, just a little more!" I yell. We finally make it out into the sunlight. Only problem is, there's a 200 foot drop where the area over the edge is. I look back, and Nick and Davidson

are still running to us, however, it seems like the closer they get to the light, the more normal they appear.

"Well, what now?" I ask.

"I have an idea, but it's pretty risky," the Gengar states.

"It's better than jumping off here!" Daniel states.

Davidson and Nicholas lash out the cave, poised to strike us. However, just as they're getting ready to attack, it seems like little souls leave their body and head back into the cave. When I look back towards them, they are just standing there,

blinking.

***Back to Davidson's POV***

"Ugh man, what happened?" I asked.

"You looked like your body was taken over by demons or something," Elizabeth says.

Nicholas, clearly shrugging her comment off, said, "Nice try, Elizabeth, but seriously, how?"

She huffs, crosses her arms, and mutters, "I wasn't joking."

"So, what are we gonna do?" I ask after everyone told me and Nick what had happened.

Daniel and the Gengar looked at Elizabeth.

She gets up. "Ice- BEAM!"she says while a line of frost emits from her mouth. A path of ice forms onto the mountain, safely creating a way down the mountain. She floats down the path, making the way longer. We follow behind, trying desperately not to slip and fall.

We eventually make down to ground level.

"Nobody's hurt?" she asks as the bridge start to melt away because of the sun.

"Nobody's hurt," the Gengar replies.

"Speaking of which," Daniel asks, "What's your name?"

"Joshua," he answers.

"Well, then, welcome to the team, Joshua," I say, stretching out my hand for a handshake.

He takes the hand. I nod, and we start walking, continuing our grand adventure.

"Just 2 more miles of this," I keep muttering to myself, "Just two more miles and then I can get my mother back."

We make to 1 mile before the sun starts to set.

"Why not make the base here? It'd be kinda obvious if we slept right next to the base anyway," Nicholas said.

"Alright," I stated, "We're making the base here."

I got out the sleeping bags from my backpack, and everyone got in theirs and slept. I look awkwardly at Josh, and say, "Listen, I wasn't expecting another-"

"That's fine," he says. He lays down, and soon start ripping out snores.

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I down stare at everybody sleeping, and get down into my bag, and begin drifting away from reality. Tomorrow's gonna be a big day.