Pokémon Mystery Dungeon - Explorers

The Shadow Dome

Wraith laid on the ground, weak, beat, and angry. He slowly sat himself up, and saw Geek and Volt standing in front of him, looking at him with expressions that showed they were ready to keep going. Geek looked down at the dark being, seeing the work the two kids had done. They had done it. They had stopped Wraith. Or so he thought. Wraith stood up, chuckling and smiling at the two kids. Turning to look outside the dome, Wraith began laughing to himself.

"You children are brave! You have power! You really tried to stop me! But it is already too late for you!" Wraith shouted as he turned and launched a massive Aura Drain attack. The scarves didn't activate the shield.

"I may not be able to put you back in your dreams!" Wraith cried, "But at least I can have your power!"

Geek, and Volt were slammed by the draining power, and they devolved almost immediately. Geek and Volt collapsed over, trying their hardest to stay awake. Drowsiness and emptiness filled Geek with horror. He was slowly slipping away. With one last breath, Geek said one word to himself, thinking that everyone could hear him.

"Sorry," Geek whispered.

"You two are brave, I've given that to you. But in the long run, you're just kids. You're just humans called to a world that is not your own. You are just leaves in the wind. A wind I am using to destroy this planet from existence," Wraith mocked.

Geek couldn't hold on any longer. His eyes were too heavy, and the weight of guilt, failure, and sadness was too much. Slowly, Geek began slipping off into his dreams again. Dreams of him and Volt, playing in Petal Town. Dreams of them living in this world forever. Dreams of the greatest life Geek could ever imagined. Then, a hand touched Geek's shoulder. Geek, fighting against the will of his body, opened his eyes. Volt weakly stood next to him, his arm on Geek's shoulder trying to wake him up, and push himself up in the process. Volt's scarf was dimly glowing.

"Wraith..." Volt said through labored breathing, "you may think you've won."

Wraith turned around, looking at Volt and laughing.

"I think I've won? I know I've won! Look outside! The planet is all under my Aura now! Everyone on this planet is gone! You are the only ones left," Wraith shouted triumphantly.

"You may think you've won," Geek said as he pushed himself up, legs and arms wobbly and weak.

"But you..." Volt said, leaning against Geek was was now weakly standing on his own, "...you haven't even scratched the surface yet."

"What do you mean? I've dug deeper than the surface! I have destroyed everything and everyone you love! You have nothing left!" Wraith shouted in anger.

"You may have. But we are still standing," Geek said, struggling with the words.

"We will fight on and on for our friends. For those who have fallen to you, we fight for them," Volt said, now standing on his own.

Geek and Volt were slowly gaining strength. They were slowly building up their power again. Their scarves grew brighter and brighter the more and more they hoped. The more they stood, ready to fight. The more courage they gained. The more determined they became. The more faith they had that they would win.

"We are just kids. We are humans in a world we never knew," Geek acknowledged.

"But we were chosen for a reason," Volt continued.

"We were chosen to stop you. So we're gonna stop you," Geek finished.

Wraith scoffed at them, "You have nothing for which to fight for. No planet. No friends. You don't even have enough power from those scarves to keep fighting. How could you possibly hope to win?"

Geek and Volt took a step forward. They were both still weak, but they could move. So together, they kept looking at Wraith with their most serious expressions.

"What are you doing? What do you hope to accomplish?" Wraith asked, puzzled.

"It doesn't matter how strong we are," Volt said.

"It doesn't matter how weak we may look," Geek added.

"As long as we have faith that we'll win," Volt said.

"As long as we have courage and determination to keep going," Geek added.

"As long as we have a hope! Even if it is just a spark!" Volt shouted.

"We'll keep on fighting!" Geek joined in.

The two took a step forward.

"You two are insolent, foolish children! I will end this here and now!" Wraith cried as he fired another Drain Pulse.

Geek and Volt threw their arms in front of them. The scarves lit up brightly and summoned shields, blocking the attack. The two took another step forward.

"How!?" Wraith shouted in shock and fear.

Suddenly, two large lights appeared in front of Geek and Volt. The two stopped walking, observing the two light orbs floating in front of them. Wraith looked like he was filled with fear at the sight of them. Then Geek realized what it was. It was the orbs from everyone on the planet. It was the orbs that came out of people when Wraith drained them. They were coming to Geek and Volt to give them power.

"That's right Wraith," Volt said as their scarves grew brighter, then shot out one last orb of power and merged with the two other orbs.

"We have something you don't!" Geek shouted as the orbs entered their bodies.

"We have our friends, and the power they give to us to FIGHT ON!" Volt shouted.

With a final burst, Geek and Volt stood in the dome, power flowing off of their bodies. They stared at Wraith who looked back at them, anger and rage blazing in his eyes.

"I will not allow everything I've worked up to be torn down by a duo of KIDS!" Wraith screamed.

"You won't allow us. We'll allow ourselves!" Geek and Volt shouted, launching themselves forward into battle.