Forums Fantasy: Chapter 6

Hades0918 · August 7

I slowly creep into the room, barely able to make out the table in front of me. I hesitantly reach out, aimlessly feeling around the smooth surface for my PokeBalls. This would be so much easier if I had some-

"Need some light," Zero offers, reaching into the chamber to hand me the lantern.

"Oh, um, yes. Thank you," I respond as I take the caged flame and put it on the table. Now I can see the desk clearly, discovering a rusty table with deep gashes on the surface. I look around, finally locating mine and Chris' PokeBalls. I quickly swoop up Elgyem, Milcery, Bayleaf, Minun, and Minccino's capsules into my bag before grabbing Espurr's and releasing her from the ball. That cat happily mews as it is freed, meowing excitedly as she sees me and leaping into my arms. "Espurr! Oh, how I missed you!"

"Yeah, yeah, whatever. Now move. I want my Pokemon, too," Chris says from behind me, making me jump a bit with surprise.

"Oh, uh, right. Sorry," I mutter, stepping to the side for him to grab Pignite, Carracosta, Simisage, Krokorok, Axew, and Tranquill's balls. As Chris walks back to the door I grab the lantern and follow him out. "Thanks," I say to our captors (well, we're not captive anymore I guess) as I hand the light back to the man with white hair.

"Of course," Zero responds with a smile. E simply grunts with a scoff, giving me an eye roll but nodding at Chris. He obviously has a favorite…

We walk in total silence for probably five minutes (I'm not sure, though, because I have no way to check the time in this darkness). As we travel through the twists and turns my mind begins to wonder. Do these two live down here or is this just a secret base they meet up in? Are there others down here? Does King Hades know of this place? Why is it pitch black in here?

"So why is there no light," my friend suddenly inquires from beside me. He must be thinking of questions, too, but unlike me he actually asked one.

"That's not by choice," the magician answers with a heavy sigh. "A few weeks ago our power went out. We tried using the back up generator but couldn't get it going. We've kinda just accepted our fate, learning to travel through the darkness."

"Aren't you scared Hades will hear us in here," I ask, finally letting my curiosity speak. In the faint shine of the flame I see the white haired male shake his head.

"Not at all," Zero replies happily. "We are deep underground with thick layers of concrete all around us. The stupid King would have to be right above us just to be able to hear the sound of speaking!"

"Oh, well that's good," I say with a small breath of relief. Good to know this place is a safe space. "How did y'all build this without being caught?"

"We didn't build it," E responds with a growl. "We found the place."

"Yeah, this was built before Hades' reign. I think it was a bomb shelter," the magician explains, me nodding along with interest. I sometimes forget our tyrant hasn't always held power. That he claimed it when the region was weak and filled with chaos. I wonder what other secrets exist in Lacos that the king is unaware of…

"Hey, wait, you said you're out of power, right," Chris questions, his tone of voice suggesting he has an idea. When Zero nods he seems to stand taller, his idea working in his mind. "Well Cal has a Minun! He can charge your generator!"

While I don't like that my friend just volunteered me like that, I am quite tired of walking around in darkness and I'm sure they are, too. So, I hum in agreement, nodding even though nobody can really see me. "Yeah, we can do that!"

Our abductors begin whispering to each other. I try to read their lips in the dim light but one it's still too shadowy to see anything and two I suck at reading lips. The two males seem to come to agreement as they nod and suddenly stopping to turn to look at us.

"We would appreciate that," Zero tells us with a soft smile. "And if you do that, we can show you our plans to stop Hades."

"Don't betray our trust," E growls with a glare at me (but not Chris…).

"You don't have to-" Chris begins but I cut him off.

"That would be great," I reply happily. The captors nod and gesture for us to follow. My friend looks at me with utter confusion as we begin to follow.

"Why would we look at that," he inquires in a low whisper. "We're trying to get out of here!"

"Look, we might be having a change of plans," I answer in an equally low voice. "If we can put an end to our tyrant's reign then we won't have to leave!"

And I could go back to my parents, I think with joy, eager to see where this goes.

I know, this is kinda short (I think)

But I don't want to make these too long!

Plus, I feel like that is a good stopping point

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Enjoy!