Pokémon Platinum (Currently being rewritten as Pokémon: Platinum Chapter)

Chapter 72: The Specter

The cold rain feels like pin-pricks as Fennec and I run through it. We see a house up ahead, and I start running towards it, using Quick Attack. Fennec uses it and follows close behind.

As we get on the porch, Fennec shivers. "It's so cold..."

I look at him. "But you're a fire type..."

I open the door with my ribbons and walk inside; Fennec follows close behind. As I step into the dark manor, a chill runs up and down my spine. Fennec looks around. "Doesn't seem like anyone's here."

I see a candlestick on the ground. I bring it over to him. He breathes an ember onto the wick, igniting it. As the fire lights up the stick, I see specks of dried blood on it. I look back to where I found it. A human hand is lying on the ground. Another chill...

I hear glass shatter in the distance, making Fennec and I flinch. I hear slow, heavy footsteps in the other room, which are heading towards the hallway we're in. I take a few steps toward a staircase to my left. I step on the first stair.

Creeeeeeak...

The footsteps stop, then pick up in pace. I grit my teeth and quickly ascend the stairs with Fennec. The thing is running now. I drop the candle and jump into a room. Before Fennec can follow me, the door slams shut. I let out a yelp. I hear Fennec start running and a sharp object scraping against the wall right behind him.

I feel pin pricks all over my body, making it numb. I feel several hands run through my fur. I freeze in terror. "Would you look at this one," a raspy voice says.

"She's pretty and sparkly," a younger male says. "I bet her fur would look prettier on me, though."

I feel something cut me. I gasp in pain as my flesh is slowly sliced open. I can't move. My body's frozen! Help.

I feel a tongue against the newly formed cut on my leg. I grit my teeth, remembering Lucien.

"Her blood tastes sour. She's murdered people. I like that in a woman..." the raspy voiced male says.

Why can't I move? Why am I so helpless? Please... Help...

I feel a hand on my head, then a blade at my neck. "Let's cut her open and see her insides," a little girl says.

I close my eyes as tears start running from my eyes.

[Fennec's POV]

I pant as I stop, reaching a dead end. I turn back towards the scraping blade. I ready some fire, then I remember something... I'm in a house. I growl at the creature. I see a serrated blade swing from the shadows. I back up to the wall, then spring out. The blade catches me in the hind leg, sticking to my flesh. I let out a small scream and hit the floor. A heavy, steel-clad foot steps on my leg, pinning me down. He starts sawing back and forth, digging tha blade further into me. I scream in agony as he continues.

[Eve's POV]

Fennec's screaming wakes me up. I gasp for air, then see a Gengar floating in front of me. I stand, then feel my leg give out. I gasp. The wound is still there. I stand up and limp to the hallway. "Fennec!" His screaming gets louder and louder. I fire a Moonblast down the hall. It hits a wall, doing nothing. I gasp. His screams are coming from there, but there's no one there...

"Fennec?! Where are you?!"

"You should be more worried about yourself, Eve," a raspy voice says from behind me.

I turn and see the Gengar standing there, grinning. I feel weak, then hit the floor.

[Fennec's POV]