Chapter no.189 Ghost Town

[ Lavender Town ]
Walking through the desolate roads of lavender town , Austin felt as if someone was looking at him.
The fog that rolled wherever he went and the seemingly silent houses didn't help Austin's paranoia.
( ~ Crack ~ )
" Pika !"
Pikachu shot a thunderbolt in the general direction of the sound.
( ~ Boom ~ )
The mist parted to show that Pikachu's thunderbolt had destroyed a tree.
Glancing at Pikachu, Austin said ," Nice going buddy."
" Pika , Pi " Pikachu rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment before he saw a look of seriousness on his trainer's face.
' Why isn't anyone coming one to see what was all that commotion about ?'
( ~ Swoosh ~ )
A cold breeze blew through the eriely silent streets of Lavender town.
Austin looked at Pikachu as both of them were sweating like crazy.
" Let's speed up a little."
" Pika ." Pikachu nodded at his trainer's words as Austin walked as fast as he could since the feeling of being watched was increasing rapidly.
( ~ Lub ~ Dub ~ )
The moment Austin heard the sound of his beating heart, his stomach sank from fear.
( ~ Gulp ~ )
Austin didn't like the idea in his head but he knew he didn't have much choice.
Taking out a pokemon, Austin threw it upward as the surrounding mist parted a little showing Fearow in all his glory.
" Fearow , I can you fly me towards the giant tower in the center of town."
" Fear , Fearow !"
Fearow looked at his trainer in wonder.
Was he afraid of heights ?
The look in fearow's eyes told Austin , what he was thing ?
" He he He ." Laughing sardonically at his own fears , Austin took off his shirt and wrapped it around his eyes.
" Problem solved ."
Fearow looked at Pikachu as he outstretched his wing towards Austin.
Was this idiot serious ?
Pikachu just rubbed his head and nodded.
Fearow looked at his blindfolded trainer before outstretching his hand towards him.
" Fearow !"
" Alright , Alright I got it."
Austin grabbed Fearow's wing as he slowly made his way towards him with Pikachu helping him.
Austin hugged Fearow's body for dear life.
Seeing their trainer cover in fear, Fearow and Pikachu just chuckled.
" Guys , not now !" Austin shouted as he heard his partners chuckled.
( ~ Peck ~ )
" Fearow , come one don't Peck me. I am sorry please."
Fearow just smirked as he flapped his wings and shot towards the sky with a screaming Austin on his back.
Pikachu used magnetic rise to fly beside the duo.
" Ahhhhhh !"
The sounds of a screaming boy echoed through the desloate and eriee ghost town yet not a single person even peeped out of their window to look.
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[ East of Lavender Town - St. Augustine Mountain ]
Towards the east of Lavender town lies St. Augustine Mountain or as it is more commonly known as " Suicide Mountain."
The trees on either side, swung helplessly as the chopper blades revolved powerfully, the gale enough to push a herd of Rhydon backwards. An executive got out of the chopper, staring at the several groups of grunts, all of them holding an Umbreon each, the dark-types having a collar attached to their necks, waiting for orders.
"Executive Birch!" One of the men said.
The executive scowled, as he took a single step forward before swinging his large fist over the grunt's unfortunate face, making the man spin around and fall to his face, blood splattered over his mouth, and a few teeth broken by the looks of it.
"It's Butch, you fuck'r. Butch, remember that if you wanna live."
"Sorry, sir." The grunt trembled as he apologised, somehow managing to stand up.
"Yeah, and I don't wanna see that splattered blood wiped off from ya'r face. Be like that for the entire operation. Is that understood?"
"Ye- yes, sir."
"Now, go, get me the good stuff."
The grunts gave him a salute, before leaving the spot, and entering into the depths of the forest. Butch wiped off the blood in his knuckles, as he plucked out his pokeballs, releasing the pokémon out in advance. Given the importance of the mission, he might just need them.
The lights ceased and in front of him, stood a large Houndoom, a Drapion and his best buddy Magmortar.
He took out a single phone, dialling a number.
"Have you reached?" came a calm, calculated voice on the other end.
"Yes, boss. The grunts are sent to get what we want."
"Good. I have no interest in the others. Get me the Ghosts of Lavender Tower."
"But sir, the evolved ones have quite the teeth on them." Butch tried.
"Don't make me repeat myself. I need Gengar. Anything other, I have no interest. Enjoy your call."
And with that, the call disconnected.
"Damn!" Butch muttered, shaking his fist in empty air. Well at least, I get to capture the others for me-self!"
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[ Lavender Tower ]
Austin tried to catch his breath while trying to calm his beating heart.
I am never going to try flying.
Taking a few minutes , Austin looked up to the Lavender Tower.
A plain building that didn't have anything special about it yet it sent chills down Austin's spine as he continued to gaze upon it.
Seeing his trainer in a daze , Pikachu cried out .
" Pika , Pika , Pika !"
Pikachu's calls snapped Austin out of his daze as he took a step back.
Just what was that ?!
Austin gulped as he picked up Pikachu and Raticate's casket as he went towards the tower.
Walking through the door , Austin found himself walking in. Gazing upon the empty hall , Austin thought ,' Of course it looks like this. Why don't you place a cosmic killer clown in the hall to eat me ?'
The lights flickered as Austin and a scared Pikachu made there way towards the reception.
There was no one at the reception causing Austin to gulp as he rung the bell.
( ~ Ring ~ )
The sound of the bell echoed through the empty hall.
( ~ Scratch ~ )
The moment the sound entered Austin's ears , he instinctively turned to see that there was no one.
Suddenly an arm touched Austin's shoulder from the back.
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[ 𝐎𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡 ]
𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝘂𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝘆𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿. 𝗔𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗻 (𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗴𝗲) 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻'𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀, 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱, 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗳𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘁 𝗣𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗣𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻. 𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗺𝗶𝘅 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗣𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗽𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵: 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗣𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗱.