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"Purr." Meowed a strange wide eyed creature as Sub entered what appeared to have once been a bathroom. The tiny feline Pokemon was sitting in a sink with the water running, the sink filled to capacity as the water overflowed and soaked the floor. "Espurr." The bizarre creature meowed a second time as it stared at the intruder.

"Uh...hi?" Was all Sub said as he made eye contact with the weird cat. There was something about this Pokemon that made him very uncomfortable, the way it looked at you. It eyes were so wide and its stare so concentrated, as if it was staring at something with great intent. But what? Could it see something Sub couldn't?

"I'm just going to uh...leave you to your bath...or whatever." The man laughed nervously as he walked backwards, the Espurr's gaze never leaving the man as he walked out of the bathroom backwards. He didn't trust exposing his back to that...thing.

That was weird.

Despite having left the bathroom behind five minutes ago Sub could not shake the feeling that he was still being watched somehow. It wasn't his first time seeing an Espurr but every time he encountered those cats he walked away with such a disturbed feeling.

"Wick wick!" Chimed a small floating candy at the foot of a staircase Sub had come up to. His mind had still been focusing on that Espurr back there that he didn't even realize where he was until the Litwick's cry snapped him back to reality.

"Hey there." He greeted the Pokemon. It seemed harmless enough.

"Litwick!" It cheered once more, spinning around and then proceeding to float up the staircase, waving an arm for the trainer to follow it.

Follow a ghost in an old abandoned building with no one else around but one of your own Pokemon? Sure! Why not? What could possibly go wrong.

And so up the staircase Sub went, the Litwick guiding him.

It wouldn't be too long before Crystal and Demon Wing reentered that a Misdreavus crossed their path. "Oooh, now you look interesting." She'd turn to Demon Wing, who looked from the Misdreavus, to Crystal, then back again. He gave Crystal a funny look, then scoffed a moment after he realized that Crystal was serious. "Oh come off of it, Demon Wing. She looked down for a moment before reverting her gaze a small smirk on her face. "How about I get you a huge slab of bacon after this? You don't need to use any flames, I know how you get with your flames and weaker opponents. But you have to admit, the team's kind of small." He'd open one of his eyes and glance back at Crystal, then turn to face the Misdreavus. "Alright then, glad we've come to an accord. Now then, Dragon Claw!"

Demon Wing would charge forward and attack the Misdreavus with a claw full of draconic chi, which caused the Misdreavus to cry out in pain. The orbs on its neck, however, would glow brightly, however, and a transparent purple link would appear between the two. The little ghost type smirked, which only infuriated Demon Wing. Crystal picked up on this and yelled out to him.

"Cool your head, Demon Wing. Nothing good'll come out of that right now. Hm. Try an Aerial Ace!"

Demon Wing would take to the air, or at least what little he could manage while inside the haunted house, and sped forward. The speed would surprise the little ghost, leaving her vulnerable to Demon Wing's attack and got sent flying back a little from the slash. The Misdreavus didn't seem to retaliate yet, though, as she started to grow a wicked little grin on her face. The black Charizard would look to Crystal and growl something at her once he noticed the look on the ghost's face.

"Yeah, I don't like that look either," she'd reply, biting the corner of her lip. "Go back to a Dragon Claw, and we'll go from there."

Demon Wing nodded and charged once more, attacking with a dragon chi infused claw again. He'd be in for a nasty shock, though, as the Misdreavus' necklace began to glow once more and shot off a point blank Power Gem attack. It would knock back the Charizard and put some serious hurt on him, groaning as he got back up.

"Okay, yeah, time for this thing to get capped. Come on, lock for me please!" She'd throw out a Safari Ball at the Misdreavus, crossing her fingers as it was dragged into the ball and began to wiggle.

Crystal would sigh as the Misdreavus would break out of the ball and giggle sinisterly, sending out another Power Gem attack at Demon Wing. He'd reel back and snarl, seriously hating this creature now.

"Okay, let's try this now... Swagger! Get that thing confused!"

Demon Wing would smirk and put on a facade of confidence all of a sudden, turning to his side and facing away from Misdreavus. She'd tilt her head slightly, then became pissed off when she realised his pose. "Mis!" She'd start to get another attack ready, but some of the chi she wound up mishandling in her enraged state, and it turned back and recoiled, doing a bit more damage back to her.

"Right then. Round two!" She'd throw out another Safari Ball at the Misdreavus and waited to see what happened.

Sub had never ran faster in his entire life than he did when he fled from the Igglybuff infested room. He didn't know how all those monstrosities got there and why they were there but all he knew was he wanted to get as far away from that place as possible. He was really starting to hate this entire facility.

"Clooops!" Moaned an omnious voice as a menacing disembodied hand shot out of the wall of the ceiling above Sub. "Sharp!" Allan shouted as he quickly reacted to the sneak attack by jumping into the air and spin kicking the hand with its Dark energy infused foot by executing a Night Slash.

The 'hand' would hit the ground and reveal that it wasn't just a hand but an entire Pokemon, a Dusclops. The angered Pokemon quickly regathered its self and launched one of its fists at Allan this time, said fist burning with flames. Fire Punch.

"Look alive, Allan! Metal Burst!" Sub commanded. The Bisharp would brace its self for the Fire Punch, meeting the fist with its outstretched hands, catching the fist. As Allan moaned in pain his body gave off a fierce glow, the first taking on the same silver shine before launching back at the Dusclops. The ghost type's own fist would slam into it and send it flying off into the darkness where it would no longer bother the pair agian.

"You okay?" Sub asked Allan as he approached him to make sure his Pokemon was fine. The Bisharp just nodded in reply. "Let's keep moving then."

Except that Woobat was not going to stop there, oh no. Just when Sub thought things were settled the Woobat came back around and charged towards Sub, its nose glowing yet again. This time however Sub did not see it coming and the bat 'stamped' him right in the back of the head, causing the man to stumble forward and hit the ground.

"Crap that hurt!" Sub cried out in pain as he rubbed the back of his head and rose up to his knees just in time to watch the Woobat fly away, satisfied in its successful sneak attack. "Oh just you wait, I'm going to get you good when we cross paths again. You'll see..." Sub hissed as he watched the Woobat disappear.

Continuing down the hallway, Lynnette would find herself yawning again. Her eyes closed for a brief moment, and the girl would suddenly find herself with a face full of Woobat fur. The Woobat, clearly unimpressed by the fact that someone ran into it, would leave a Heart Stamp right on Lynnette's forehead, causing the girl to wince. "Never would have thought that love could hurt quite like that. Hook, take out that Woobat with a Thunder Fang," Lynn would call out, rubbing at her forehead as she did so. Her Snubbull would leap up at the Woobat, electricity sparking around his bared fangs. However, he would miss as the Woobat dived out of the way, rushing back towards Hook with another Heart Stamp, smacking the Snubbull directly in the face. The Fairy Pokemon would growl, climbing up his trainer's legs and into her arms for a moment in order to have a better vantage point from which to jump. "Headbutt it out of the air!" Lynn would say. Hook would nod once before leaping toward the Woobat again, this time making contact with it as he slammed his head into the Woobat's body as hard as he could.

The Woobat, clearly unimpressed by being knocked out of the air, would slash forward with its wings. The Air Slash would hit Hook in the stomach, but didn't seem to stop the Snubbull from running towards the Woobat, slamming into it again with another Headbutt. The Bat Pokemon would let out a squeak before flapping its wings and flying off. Hook would snort and growl, attempting to intimidate the Woobat further. Not that it mattered, since the Bat Pokemon had flown off already. Picking up Hook again, Lynnette would continue walking, ignoring the dull ache in her forehead.