Living in the Shadows

CHAPTER 7 THE RAINS, DAY 3: KONTORORU ATTACKS

*Originally titled: "Game On"*

May 12, just after 6 a.m.

(Jenna)

I was awake and using the shadows to spy on Kontororu. What I saw was not good. He was here and trying to shut the power off. I guess getting zapped by all those Joltik has made him a little afraid of lightning because every time it flashed across the sky, he jumped or flinched. (I know what happened because Phantump told me.) I quietly shook Zorua awake; sometime in the night, she had changed back into herself.

"Mmm, what?" she said sleepily.

"Kontororu is here," I whispered.

That woke her up faster than a bucket of ice-cold water. "What! Where is he?!" she exclaimed.

"Shh! Not so loud. I don't want to wake everyone up yet." I whispered intensely.

"Sorry," she whispered.

"He's outside trying to cut the power."

"Did he do it?" she asked as she looked at the lights.

"No, getting zapped by those Joltik must have made him wary of lightning. He keeps flinching every time it flashes in the storm."

Then shouldn't you wake everyone up so those that aren't fighting have a chance to get to the basement, Cresselia said.

I looked at Zorua. Before I could say anything she beat me to it. "I heard her. We're so close together I don't need to touch that mark."

"Then hurry up and change into Zora."

When she did, I reset my phone alarm to go off in the next minute. To say everyone was annoyed would be an understatement; some were so scared by the sudden noise that they jumped straight up off their mats.

"Hey! What's the big idea!" One of the Cheerleaders from last night exclaimed.

"Yeah! I was having a bad enough dream until that alarm scared me six ways from Wednesday!" That shout came from Diane.

"Kontororu's here!" I shouted over the masses. That shut all their complaints up.

"How do you know that, Jenna?" Jack asked.

"I told her," Zora answered.

"She said she saw him outside trying to cut the power," I explained over the hubbub. "She also saw three Pokemon with him: a Froslass, a Magmortar, and a Rampardos. All of which he has under mind control, similar to what Darkrai and Zoroark went through."

"Oh great!" Somebody exclaimed from the back. "Those Pokemon belong to the Hell Trio and they're no pushovers with or without mind control!"

"Let's have this out later!" Red shouted. "Right now we need to get into positions and those who aren't fighting need to get to the basement!"

And that's what we did. Almost everyone who wasn't fighting had made it to the basement when Kontororu finally cut the power.

"Game on!" One of the people firing chemical bombs commented before he and several others took off.

Red and Crystal were in charge of bomb detail. Cyril and Melody were in charge of first aid in the greenhouse. And Jack and Diane were in charge of the battle brigade.

As I've said before, there are twenty-five people in the school, counting Jaxon, Caleb, and the twins. Plus eleven Pokemon counting Leavanny, Chatot, and Zorua. Red told Quagsire to stay with the nine people in the basement and protect them should any of the Trio's Pokemon or Kontororu attack them.