Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon: Here Comes The Hydroflames

Imminent Threat

Ian woke up to the sound of screaming. Confused and disoriented, he got out of his bed and reached to where he usually leaves his bag, but it wasn't there.

That's weird, where did my bag go? Ian thought. No one could have possibly taken it without him noticing. Screw it, there were more important matters at hand.

He left his room and discovered that Nuzleaf was nowhere to be found. No letter, no trace. Nothing. Ian began to suspect something was wrong, very wrong. He couldn't shake this strange feeling. A feeling of familiarity.

Why do have the sense of déjà vu? Ian thought. Is this somehow involved with my past human life?

Realising that sitting around and wondering wasn't going to answer his questions. Ian decided to leave the house and try to find Patience, if there's one thing he wouldn't want to be right now, is to be alone and without his partner. When he stepped outside, he felt a chill run down his spine. The sky was blood red and he didn't know why.

"What the hell is going on....?!" Ian said to himself, now more concerned than ever. He quickly rushed over to Patience's house, hoping to find the fire fox Pokemon there. He tried opening the door to her house, but it was locked. No matter how many times he tried pushing and pulling the door, the results were futile. What other place he knew that he could find Patience?

The hill with the big tree...... Of course!

Ian went into a dash, wanting to know what was going on. His mind still racing with questions. What happened? Where did everyone go? Why was the sky red? The questions only made him even more unsettled.

When he arrived at the big tree, he saw Patience, but not in a state he was expecting. She was sitting down, her face buried in her own fur, as if she was crying. Ian nervously approached the fire fox Pokemon and reached out for her.

"Patience....?" He called out, turning the fire fox Pokemon to face him. What he saw horrified him.

Patience pupils were completely white, her mouth hanged opened, her head twitching uncontrollably. Ian felt sick in his stomach, he could feel the insides of his body mushing together as if into a pile of goop.

"YOu CaNNot eScaPE yoUR pAsT iAn!" "Patience" said.

Ian wanted to scream, but nothing came out. His whole body froze in place and he couldn't run away as the demonic looking Patience approached him, grabbed him by the shoulders and stared at him with her dead, white eyes. Ian screamed as loud as he could, for the first time in his life.

He felt scared, and hopeless.

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Ian jumped out of bed breathing heavily, his whole body was sweating and shaking.

It was just a dream..., it was just a dream...

"What in tarnations is going on?!" Nuzleaf asked, rushing into the mudfish Pokemon's room. When he saw the terrified and shaking Ian, he quickly went up to him and have him a reassuring hug.

"It was just a dream, it was just a dream....." Ian kept repeating, still traumatised by what he saw.

"Everything's alright now." Nuzleaf reassured. "You just had a real bad dream, that's all."

After a few minutes, Ian finally calmed down and sat with Nuzleaf, explaining what he had saw in his dream.

"Oh my....! That sure gave me the jitters!" He said. "But like I said, it's only a dream, you should forget about it and move on."