Living in the Shadows

CHAPTER 2 THE MYSTERY DUNGEON

*Truth be told, I wanted to use the opening sequence to Explores of Time from the anime; where Piplup, Chimchar, and Sunflora are walking inside a dungeon. But YouTube didn't have that.*

(Third)

Umbreon and Espeon were very worried when the others didn't end up in the same place as them. After seeing five attacks shoot up into the sky, in different areas, they shot up their own.

"Let's head to the summit," Umbreon suggested. "Tell everyone to head there as well."

"Right," Espeon nodded as her red gem glowed. "There's too much interference from the residue of that Magnagate," she said after a minute. "I can't reach anyone."

"Don't worry. I'm sure they all have the same idea. Plus, we'll be able to see where they are from up there." He and Espeon began to walk towards the summit. "By the way, were you able to sense where they are?"

"Yes and no. Unless Jenna propels herself or Meditite and Gothita unleash an attack, I can't sense either one of them; or any of the others with them."

"But?"

"But there are others that I can sense; four others. And they are very close to where we're going." She said worriedly.

With that, Umbreon and Espeon's walk turned into a run. Suddenly they sensed a huge power output from the other side of the summit.

"That must be Jenna!" Umbreon exclaimed. "We've got to hurry, or else our enemies will get to her first!"

"If they were smart, they'd avoid that power source and run in the opposite direction!"

"We didn't! Plus I have a feeling Malamar will want all that power for himself!" When that realization hit, both of them increased their pace to as fast as they can go. It wasn't long before they came to a cave entrance.

"Should we go in or try to find another way around?" Espeon asked as she panted.

Umbreon got out the map. "If we are where I think we are." He paused once he caught his breath. "Then it's best for us to go in. That cave leads straight to the summit."

"Understood." They both ran in; Espeon staying close to Umbreon's glowing yellow rings.

Grovyle and Meditite picked up on Jenna's power output too. They were just south of the summit while Jenna, Zorua, and Gothita were east of it.

"Please tell me that power source isn't coming from any dangerous Pokemon," Grovyle said nervously as he stopped; he had been running through the treetops until he felt Jenna's power output. (FYI: Cresselia had been blocking most of Jenna's power output until she jumped through the Magnagate.)

"Don't worry, Grovyle," Meditite said from his back. "That's only Jenna. I've been told she has a surplus of spirit and that's why she can propel herself for hours on end."

"Is that why she wears that cloth? To hold back that power?" He asked.

"No, she wares that cloth to keep others from sensing her full power. What we're both sensing is merely a fraction of it." (Meditite doesn't know the true purpose of that cloth.)

Grovyle gulped. "If our enemies were smart, they'd run away from her rather than try to catch her."

"You saw that Malamar. He'll want that power for himself," she said. "But if he thinks Jenna will side with him just like that . . ." She let the sentence hang after she snapped her fingers when she said "that."