Pokémon: Vampire Princess*

Chapter 27: Fossils*

"It's okay, Ralts. The light will show us the way" I told my Pokémon when we arrived to the entrance of the cave. There seemed to be no one around, unlike what I expected. It was too quiet and there were blood droplets either going in or out the cave.

"It's vampire blood" I stated "I feel some in this cave"

"Looks like our little honeymoon will have to wait" Xavier joked. I blushed and looked back at the Absol that lead us here.

"What do you think of that Pokémon, Xavier?" He looked at the Pokémon staring at me.

"It must like you, since it's been staring at you like a log the whole time" I don't understand what he means by a log "Maybe you should catch it"

"W-What? Am I able to?! I haven't trained Ralts as much!" He chuckled.

"That's okay. Psychic type Pokémon can't battle against dark types, so you wouldn't be able to fight it anyways. I can help, but for now, we need to take care of what's going on in here" I nodded and turned to the Absol after Xavier entered the cave a little.

"Thank you for bringing us here" I bowed and followed Xavier towards the beautiful cave with beautiful green glowing crystals in the ground and walls "Look Ralts! Isn't it beautiful?" I touched as many crystals as I could "We're not allowed to take any, aren't we?" I asked Xavier sending a message through his holocaster.

"No, but they do have a gift shop back in the rental climb shop. We can go back later after this" he took my hand "stay close. I don't want anything happening to you" I nodded and stayed close to his arm, feeling on his warm aura more than I could focus on the beauty of the crystals.

"Hm?" Xavier looked at my head where Ralts was. There was a hint of light coming from up there. What is it? He just chuckled and continued straight before we found a sign pointing at a spot where paleontologist are digging up fossils.

"That's a big word" I looked into the entrance "I feel the presence in this direction" Xavier nodded and hid me behind him while taking out his sword. We entered the opening and saw digging equipment and lights lighting up the ceilings. There was someone talking on the phone while wearing all red. His scent was odd... but I knew for sure he was a vampire.

Xavier cleared his throat to get the guy's attention. He turned to us and gave us a look of disgust with his red eyes exposed for us to know he's a vampire "Oh? What do we have here?" I suddenly got chills. Something about this person made me feel like uneasy.

"Hi" Xavier greeted blankly. I stayed behind him, feeling more safe behind him. Something in me just really wanted to stay away from this negativity I'm feeling. It's far more different than what I feel when I'm around normal vampires. Why is this stranger different?

The stranger chuckled and approached us with a sly smirk on his face "Oh, I see. We have some nosy little trainers poking around"

"Who are you..?" I asked, holding my strong voice cautiously "Speak up!"

"Ah, a fisty one, are we?" He laughed and shrugged "why does it matter to you? You're the one that came here. I'm not saying a thing" I flinched. He didn't listen..? He didn't even look scared at my demand.

"You think we would come and ask who you were if you weren't inside this cave meant for scientist?" Xavier asked.

"You're one to talk" I bit my lips and stood between them to face the stranger who was boiling my blood very slowly.

"I asked you to speak up! Why won't you listen?!" I glared.

"Why would I? Say, if you don't want to get hurt, I suggest you leave" Xavier raised his sword.