Journey Through Kanto | ✅

Chapter 20: Ghosts are Hysterical

Taking the advice from the jogging man, Zia and her Pokemon head on to Lavender Town, the place filled with ghost-types.

"Why are we here again?" Emmy questioned as she looked up at the creepy tower. "We need to find a ghost Pokemon." Zia answered as she and Sky also gazed upon the tall building. "And this is the best place. Pokemon Tower is a hotspot for ghost-types." Sky elaborated.

"Well let's go." Zia said as she and Sky fearlessly walked towards the tower. Emmy stayed where she was though. "You know, I'm just gonna stay here and keep a loo- AH! What are you doing?!" She yelled at the end as Sky picked her up with her fangs. Zia laughed at the scene and they went inside. On their way in, they heard screams.

"Hmm, I wonder if someone's being tortured." Zia commented casually. Emmy looked like she was about to faint. When Sky felt like Emmy wasn't going to run outside, she let her go. They couldn't see very much because of how dark it was. "Dimitri, we need a little light." She called as she released the Charmander. Dimitri created a big ball of fire with flamethrower but he wasn't able to keep it up for long. Zia looked around for something and came back when she found it.

"Here, use some of your fire to light the candle." She said as she held the candle closer to him. He nodded and released a breath of fire, enough to light it. Walking around, they discovered a hole in the floor. "Well I hope no one got hurt from this... Unless they were Team Rocket." She added at the end. Somewhere below them, three certain people sneezed.

Laughter was then heard around them. "What's that?!" Emmy cried as she hid behind Sky. The Luxray rolled her eyes but let her. They continued further into the tower and came across a room. "How about we just leave?" Emmy suggested before Zia opened the doors. "We've come in this far. Why leave now?" Sky asked as she looked at the Servine. Emmy sighed in defeat and Zia pushed open the doors.

Suddenly the lights came on and the three could see the whole room. "Huh?" Emmy questioned in confusion. There in front of them was a fully set up and decorated dining table with plates and utensils already set out. "It looks like a restaurant." Sky said.

"Maybe it's a reception." Zia added. "But who for exactly?" Emmy asked looking around for other people or Pokemon. "Wait there's a string." Zia stated as they all looked at the piece of paper on the string that said 'pull this'. Zia shrugged and pulled the string, causing confetti to fall down on them. A sign unrolled and read, 'welcome'.

"Are we..." Emmy started. "Being welcomed?" Sky ended. Suddenly, the utensils and furniture in the room started to shake. "What's happening?" Emmy asked fearfully. The objects lifted up on their own and started being thrown everywhere. A chair came at Zia but she managed to dodge it in time.

"Come on, we can't stay in here." She announced as they ran out of the room. They went back to the main hall and caught their breath. All three once again heard laughter from all directions. "What is this?" Zia asked as she scanned the area. All it said was that ghost Pokemon were in a vapor form and couldn't be identified. "Come on.." She muttered.

Noises were heard coming from the hole in the floor and they all looked down into it but only found a pitch black space. "Hmm, let's see if we can get them out. Emmy, leaf tornado." Zia called. Emmy nodded and produced hundreds of leaves, all sharpened to inflict damage. She shot all of them down in a spiraling wind.

"Now Sky, use spark." Sky produced a bit of electricity and sent it after the leaf tornado, adding extra damage to whatever was down there. Apparently the spark had ignited a flame on whatever it was as Zia could now see something running around on fire. It went out after a few seconds and Zia tilted her head, wondering what it was. Emmy suddenly started stuttering and looking behind them. "Hm, what is it Emmy?" She asked as she turned. When she didn't see anything she turned back around, only to be met really close in the face with a Pokemon.