DPA: Rivals

Chapter 52: To Bee Or Not To Bee

Petrel continued to make his way up Pokémon Tower as he walked past the fainted Koffing who had just used constant Explosions all throughout, returning them to their Pokéballs.

"She better keep her word. I could lose everything if this backfires," he said to himself.

Riley is trying to figure out a way to escape the Pokémon Tower before he comes across the threat that is using these Koffing to attack everyone that is currently inside. Whoever is behind this, is obviously on a mission and he does not want to run into them right now.

Until...

Tread. Tread. Tread.

Riley heard footsteps that were getting close to where he's at. He starts to panic. His heartbeat begins to race as one should when you are clearly in a sense of fear.

"Get ready, Gastly. We may have to battle," Riley stated to his ghost type partner.

"Gastly!" Gastly was ready. It was ready to protect not only itself, but its trainer as well.

Riley and Gastly looked across the last floor by the stairs as they knew that in just mere seconds, this mysterious person would be making their way up onto the final floor and they would instantly lock eyes.

A shadowy figure is seen by the staircase, in which that shadowy figure is then revealed to be a grown man, who instantly locks eyes with Riley.

"Who are you?"

"Beedrill!" Cameron wakes up, startled. He begins to hyperventilate after having such a terrible dream.

"It was... just a... dream." Cameron said in between breaths, after finally starting to calm down a bit.

He looks around his tent as he only sees Mudkip, still asleep and totally unaware about Cameron's nightmare. He starts to worry about Beedrill as he feels that it probably didn't even come back to the tent last night. Could Beedrill be in danger?

Cameron quickly runs out of his tent, about to look for his bug-typed friend, where he hears Daryon speak to him.

"Hey, Cam."

Cameron squeals, taken back as he didn't notice Daryon, Vince, Max, Skye, and Ero at first.

"Cameron, are you okay?" Skye asks, concerned. She can tell that he's shaken up about something.

"Y-yeah, why wouldn't I be?" Cameron pretended to be okay. He knew deep down that he was still on the edge after experiencing a dream like that.

"Well, you just seem a little bit worried about something," Skye said while walking over to Cameron, grabbing his hand.

She smiles at him as Cameron looks deep into her blue eyes.

"If something is bothering you, you can tell us. We're all here for you."

Cameron blushes at Skye. He then looks at Daryon, Vince, Max, and Ero who are all smiling at him to show their support. He then puts his attention back on Skye.

Looking at Skye's beautiful eyes made Cameron get lost in his thoughts. He starts to have flashbacks related to his dream. All he could think about was Beedrill, Mewtwo, and back to Beedrill. Cameron really wants to know where his friend could've gone, but then he hears Skye's voice bring him back to reality.

"Cameron?"

Cameron shakes his head as he comes to.

"I-I'm fine. I was just trying to look for Beedrill, that's all. It never came to my tent last night."