Multi

Part 24

By: Sara aka Misty

Disclaimer: pokemon doesn't belong to us. The Characters, however, do.

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"Well, wasn't that fun?" asked Nikky, amused, when she was done transmitting

flashbacks tho Mike. "We should do it again sometime"

Mike just glared at her. "Not funny"

"Ya know Nikky, we should make things a little more interesting, don't you think?" said Melissa smiling

"What are you guys up to?" asked Janice, glaring at the two

"Wouldn't it be fun to arrouse flashbacks in all of them?" Mellisa said, ignoring Janice

"Yeah, let's see if they can survive their own bad memories, and if they do survive, they will be especially vulnerable when the time comes to fight" said Nikky

"Yeah, and if they all interact. Like if everyone gets to see each others' flashbacks...This could be fun!" said Melissa gleefully "Misao, come help us"

Suddenly, a light flashed before the 8 peoples' eyes.

Cozmo, Skye, Mike, Janice, Jason, Billy, Sarah, and Darren all stood in a darkness. Soon, a voice boomed in from nowhere.

"Hmmm...who should be first?" Nikky's voice said

"What about...Cozmo? He's weak" said Melissa

"Good"

The darkness switched to a dark alley. A small boy about 2 years old with spikey red hair sat against a garbage can shivering. A Cubone sat beside an open pokeball next to the boy.

"You're all I've got now Cubone. If only mommy and daddy didn't get into that fight..." said the boy crying "looks like we both lost our family"

Cozmo covered his face in his hands "Not this, not this..." he trailed

"This was you?" asked Jason

"Of all the years I've known you as though...well, you looked so small and defenseless" said Skye "And what ever happened to your Cubone, I never knew you had one"

Cozmo looked up, eyes watering. "You'll find out soon"

The gazes shifted back to the young Cozmo when they heard a scream.

"No!!!! Cubone!!!"

Cubone lay on the ground, what looked like unconsious. A dark figure stepped foreward.

"Hey little boy, what are you doing here all alone?" the man said, evil in his voice.

"L...leave m...me alone" young Cozmo quivered

The man raised his hand preparing to hit the child, but was hit by a bone and fell. Cubone struggled to his feet. Just before he got up, the man stood and kicked him so that he hit the ally wall hard. Young Cozmo looked on in terror before breaking into a run, looking back to see the Cubone laying in the alley unmoving, rain splashing on it, and the man trying to run after him. The scene soon went black again.

Cozmo fell to his knees. "I'm not sure if he ever made it, but with the wall force, I assumed that my Cubone was dead. I'd give anything to get him back...he...he was my best friend and only family, I almost didn't make it after that."

Billy walked up to him and placed her hand on his shoulder "It'll be ok" she said sympathetically.

"Wasn't that fun?!" Melissa's voice said

"Want more?" came in Misao's voice

"Misao how could you?!" raged Janice "Can't you see you've hurt him enough?"

"Fine then, let's try Skye" said Nikky

"When we get out of here..." mumbled Mike, clenching a fist.

The background changed to a pretty cottage in a feild of flowers. A young girl about 4 with blue hair sat picking flowers. A butterfree fluttered about around her.

"Hey, this doesn't look to bad" said Sarah

Skye's eyes widened "They wouldn't dare!"

"What is it Skye?" asked Darren

A woman stepped out of the cottage, followed by a man. "Honey, we're going to the pokémon center to get our pokémon healed. Take care of Butterfree while we're gone"

"Ok daddy" said the young Skye.

The two got in their car and started to drive off. Suddenly a car rounded the corner going really fast and smashed into the car.

"Daddy! Mommy!" youg Skye wailed, terror stricken

"NO!!!!" Skye suddenly burst out "Not again!!"

Mike put his arms around her and held her back. "It's ok Skye, you've got to fight it"

The young Skye, followed by Butterfree, ran as fast as she could tward the wreck. Her parents' car was clearly totaled, she could only see her father, severly injured and bloody. She reached into the car and grabbed his hand crying, her arm got cut on a piece of glass. Butterfree flapped around quickly, young Skye soon understood and ran back to the house to dial 911. The police soon came, along with an ambulance. Skye watched horrified as they pulled her mother and father out of the car and into the ambulance. Then the man in the other car was pulled out and placed into the ambulance.

"Hey! that's the guy from the alley!" said Jason

"Oh my gosh, it is!" said Billy

The ambulance soon disappeared down the road. The police came up to young Skye and tryed to get her into the police car, but she ran away from the police crying. When the police tryed to persue her, Butterfree used sleep powder, then followed. The scene then came dark.

"I now know my mother survived" said Skye softly, tear stained face as the hugged Mike. "I thought they would have died. But my father seemed to have no chance...he was the best father a girl could have. Butterfree has stuck with me through the years, she was a gift from my father, his best pokémon."

Skye looked as if she were going to lose it again. Cozmo was also trying to hide his pain, though they all could tell he was barely managing.

"I feel them getting weaker already" snickered Misao's voice

"Misao, what's gotten into you? this isn't the Misao I remember!" said Darren

"There are certian things I must do, look, I'm sor-"

"So, who's next?" asked Nikky, cutting her off

"Stop this now or I swear you'll be dead when we get out!!" raged Mike

"temper temper" said Melissa scoldingly

"How is this happening? Jason and I can't seem to override the whole thing" said Janice, confused "I don't know how we are being kept in here"

"Let's see..." said Melissa "Should we reveal the twins' pain, or what about Billy or Sarah? Or Mike would be good... decisions decisions"

"Ok! That's it!!!" screamed Skye, jumping to her feet.

"Let's try to bust out, and quick" added Billy

"Come on guys, 2 down, 6 to go. Mike is already partially done" said Nikky

"Not if we can help it!" said Cozmo, regaining emotional strength and getting up.

"Yeah!" agreed the others

"We came to battle Mewgi, not you guys!" said Jason

"Does Mewgi really need us weakened in order to beat us?" asked Mike, annoyed

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Your turn next author!

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~Sara aka Misty