The Mysterious Hidden {4th Place in Romance (Pokemon Watty Awards 2015)}

Chapter 13

Touko~
I felt a soft surface below me as I woke up. The last thing I remembered was the pink and yellow rings and Dragonspiral Tower, as well as a girl with orange hair. I looked around and noticed I was on a bed in a very fancy room. A dresser was in the corner and there was a huge rug with a symbol, the same symbol that the girl had on her chest: a blue P in a black and white shield with a Z going thought it. It almost felt like it was electrifying me. I tried to move my arms, but they were tied together behind my back. What's going on?! I thought. Then I noticed something really important. Where's my bag? My Pokemon? Zorua? N? Something's not right here. Suddenly, the door to the room clicked and opened to reveal the same girl from before. "Hello," she said. "Our lord wants to see you."

"What are you doing to me?! Where are all my friends?!" I demanded.

"Oh, you'll find out later, but for now, you're coming with me!" She grabbed me by the shoulder and pushed me out of the room. I struggled to pull away, but she was much stronger than I. We went down a long hallway and up some stairs. The place looked familiar to me for some reason, the blue tiled floors, the cream white walls. I couldn't help but wonder where I've seen it before. The girl finally lead me to a large room. It had crushed debris and stone everywhere, like a battle had happened here. The most noticeable damage to the room was the big gaping hole in the back wall. My Zekrom could fit through it if it tried! A man was in the room; he looked a lot like N, but much older. He wore a black garb as well as a red eye-piece and held a cane. The sinister smile on his face made me want to punch him, and I clenched my fists. He looked at the girl.

"Where's the other one?" he asked her.

"He'll be here soon," the girl replied. Just then, a heard a sound from the entrance of the room, and when looked back, I saw a man pushing N towards us. N was resisting, but the man tightened his grip on his injured arm and he stopped to wince. He soon spotted me and relief filled his eyes.

"Touko!" he cried. "Thank goodness your okay!" The girl smiled.

"Oh good, so you are Touko. Just making sure we got the right people." she laughed and shoved us forward toward the man in the garb. I looked at N, he was staring at the man, his eyes wide.

"That's him..." I heard him whisper to himself. He turned to me. "That's the man from my dream! He's Ghetsis!" I stared at the man. He's Ghestsis?! I thought. I'm looking at... The man who's going to kill us?! A little shriek slipped out from my throat and I shivered. Ghetsis grinned.

"Yes, I am Ghetsis. Nice to see you back here, you two." Back here? I wondered. I don't recall being here before...

"What do you mean, 'back here?'" N angrily asked like he was reading my mind. Ghetsis's grin turned into an annoyed face.

"You two are stupider than I thought!" he spat.

"Hey, we hit our heads and don't remember anything, so you have the right to tell us!" I argued back.

"Clearly." Ghetsis arrogantly said, squinting his eyes at us. N growled.

"I know what you're trying to do! Give it up, Ghetsis!" he cried. He narrowed his eyes angrily. "What even made you want to do this?!" Ghetsis's gaze rested upon N and he started to walk up to him, and suddenly grabbed him aggressively by the collar.

"I'm doing all this because of all your foolish acts!" he cried and kneed N hard in the stomach. He dropped to the floor, trying to regain oxygen. I gasped as he kicked him again, this time on his injured arm. N screamed with pain, making me angrier and angrier with rage, and without thinking, I screamed charged at him. I didn't care if my arms were tied, I just wanted to give him a piece of my mind for hurting N! Suddenly, a Bisharp jumped in front of Ghetsis and sliced my collarbone. The cut was deep and painful, but I forced myself not to scream. The Bisharp kept slicing me, first on my arms, leaving small, but painful gashes, then my stomach, cutting three bleeding wounds and ripping my shirt, and finally the worst one of all: the Bisharp pressed its blade to my cheek and slowly dug it into my skin, leaving a long cut that bled nonstop. Blood dripped from my face as tears welled in my eyes. I collapsed onto the floor on my knees next to N, my whole body in stinging with pain. Ghetsis smirked and walked away from me like nothing happened. I couldn't hold it in anymore and I started to cry. Through my tears, I saw N's face, in pain and pity. "Hmph. They're no threat now. Bisharp, untie them so they can watch my plan properly." Ghetsis ordered. Bisharp nodded and sliced our ropes loose. I couldn't move any part of my body. Ghetsis was right, I couldn't be a threat to him anymore. I felt N place his hand on my leg.

"Touko... I'm... So sorry..." he winced.

"N, don't talk... You're hurt..." I said weakly, touching my hand to his face.

"I was... Supposed to protect you... But I..." He was cut off by Ghetsis.

"Ha! You look so pathetic! I must of broken your puny crippled arm... What feebleness you show, such a shame!" he insulted at N. "And you look like a dishrag of blood! I don't even recognize you anymore!" he said to me. I had no energy to be mad at him, and he was right, my clothes were drenched with my blood. "Well, enough about that, now you shall see my masterpiece! All my hard work... and your death!" he tapped his cane on the ground. "Come, Kyurem!" Kyurem?! I thought. Isn't that... Suddenly, a large dragon-like creature crashed from the ceiling next to Ghetsis. It had an ice mask and frozen wings, and it gave off a cold aura. It looked just like what N described. "Now... End them! Ice beam, full power!!" Ghestsis cried. Kyurem started to charge up an ice attack that was aiming straight at us. It's over! I thought. I can't move anything! I can't get out of the way! I can't stop Ghetsis and Kyurem! I can't save N! I braced myself for the attack. Just then, N staggered in front of me, and I heard a crack from the impact of the ice hitting him in the chest, sending him flying back. He rolled into the corner of the room, hitting the wall with great force and landing on the ground. He clutched his chest which had a large amount of ice and blood covering it, and with a bloody cough, suddenly went limp.

"N?!" He didn't respond. "N?! No! Please!" I cried, sobbing. Ghetsis laughed.

"That's one taken care of," he said. Tears streamed down my face as I looked at N's motionless body. He can't be dead! No! Not him! Why did it have to be him?! I thought. It could've been me! I could have protected him! Like I promised... Like we promised...