Wow, it only took my like a few decades to get this one up. Sorry peeps, just got so caught up in some of my other works, as soon as I'm done with this story I'll get to work on a new one! I am an everlasting foutain of ideas!!

This is chapter three themes are still more adult then the first chapter but not like really bad so the rating will stay the same. Sorry I haven't updated in like ages, I just got so caught up in my other story, forgive. Raymond was awakened by what sounded like lighting striking the ground. There wasn't any news of a thunderstorm rolling in so he decided to see what the commotion was about.

Outside other Pokemon where staring in awe at the sky, Rita, Butterfree and Crystal where there as well. The sound of lightning cracking was defending as lightning bolts rained down on the town. "Rita, what's going on!? Where is all of this lightning coming from?" He shouted trying to help her understand.

"Look!" She said pointing to the sky, that's when he saw the great legendary bird of lightning, Zapdos. He was whirling around as if he wasn't sure where he was going and dropping lightning bolts. It didn't seem like he was meaning to do so, or if he even knew what was going on. His flying was off and he seemed as if he would go into a nosedive but every time he would pick himself back up. "Everyone, get down!" Someone called from the entrance of the friend area complex. It was Apollo. "Everyone, get down!" He commanded once more and jumped on the roof of a building.

"What are you doing, Apollo? You'll get hurt!" Rita called.

"Don't worry about me, just stay flat on the ground. Don't get up just stay like that." He said raising his boneclub up into the sky. All of Zapdos's electric energy was sucked into Apollo's bone. He seemed to be okay. "Hey, Rita, he's okay! He's a ground type Pokemon so the electricity doesn't hurt him!" Raymond called to his friend.

"Look, what's wrong with Zapdos?" Butterfree said pointing to the legendary bird. He twisted around as if he was in pain and looked as if he couldn't go on anymore. That's when Raymond saw the mountain. "Oh no look Rita he's gonna crash!" The legendary bird crash into the mountain with a dull CRACK, and sank into the valley bellow.

Everyone else rose from the ground and tried to comprehend what had just happened. Rita ran to Apollo. "Apollo, thank goodness your okay! That was pretty brave of you to do that!" Raymond and Butterfree exchanged glances at each other and attempted to hold back their laughter. "Apollo, what will happen to Zapdos?"

"Well, if someone doesn't rescue him, he'll surely die of starvation. There's not enough food in that valley to help a Pichu survive, let alone a five foot tall bird of prey."

"We'll go rescue him! No Pokemon deserves that kind of fate and it's our duty as a rescue team to do what ever it takes to bring him back!" Raymond and Butterfree where dying at their friend's attempt to show off to the older rescue hero. Apollo even seemed slightly amused himself. "I don't think that's a good idea. That valley is surrounded by a mountain range that loops around. You have to climb it to get down there and the valleys no walk in the park."

"Oh, Apollo, don't you be silly. We could take this, no problem!" Rita said grinning. "Well, I think it's best I go with you then." Rita eyes grew huge. "You're going with us on a dungeon rescue!? This is going to be great! Come on guys, we gotta get ready!" She called to the rest of her team. They shrugged and fallowed Rita.

Rita got a ton of the items and brought them to Raymond's rescue team base. "Hey, what's all that stuff, Rita? Is that our rescue gear?" Rita dumped the box on Raymond's sand bed.

"No, I gotta find something to wear!" Butterfree and Raymond stared at her. "Rita! This isn't a date, this is a dungeon rescue, a dangerous one! We don't have time for this!" Raymond said putting the scarves back in the box. "Hey, give me that!" She said dumping it all back on the bed. "Now, let me see. The peacha is absolutely adorable, but so is the white one."

"Rita! That's a plain scarf! It doesn't do anything!" Raymond said taking it from her. "Excuse me, I didn't ask if it did do anything!" Raymond was about to complain again but Butterfree stopped him. "Just leave her, Raymond. She's in her own little world now." Raymond sighed "I guess you're right."

"Oh, I know what I'm going to where! I'll where the gold ribbon that Sting gave us!" "Don't say anything, Raymond. Just let her do what she wants." Raymond sighed, it was going to be a very long rescue.

Back at Apollo's house Apollo, Tod and another member of Gold Heroes, Omen the Absol where talking about the rescue. "Apollo, I don't think this is a good idea you know what that valley can be like. I hear it's getting even worse!" Tod said looking out the window, but when he turned back to Apollo he wasn't really listening. "Those kids can't do this alone, and I wont let Zapdos stay out there."

"Apollo, I'm sensing great disaster, I don't think it wise to go to the valley, the lord of death is very unhappy."

"How would you know what the lord of death is feeling right now?" Apollo said to Omen, he just closed his eyes. "I can feel it, he's unhappy. Apollo if you go to that valley he will kill you."

"Please, I've taken on other Pokemon that could have killed me, but I didn't let them. You know those kids aren't ready for this type of dungeon, but Raymond, he needs this kind of experience. Every time a human is scent over here, something extraordinary happens, I should know. I'm going to help him get stronger, because when his time comes, he needs to be ready." Omen didn't say anything, he just looked out the window at the mountain range where Zapdos landed. "You'd better be right Apollo, I would hate to loose the worlds greatest heroes." Apollo stood next to the taller dark Pokemon.

"Omen, heroes have to be willing to die for the sake of others, or else they aren't real heroes. If I do die, I'll guarantee you those kids will come back alive and they will come back with Zapdos." Omen didn't say anything, he just sat down on the ground and sighed. Then he turned around and smiled at Apollo. "Good luck, friend."

"Thank you Omen." Apollo said smiling.

Nearly and hour later, Raymond's team met up with Apollo at the Kangaskaun storage house. Apollo looked tired of waiting. "What took you all so long? I told you to come in fifteen minutes." Rita blushed.

"Uh…Well, you see what happened Apollo… It's all Raymond's fault!" Raymond stared at her.

"What! Apollo it was-"

"Just be quiet, Raymond. You already caused enough trouble." Rita barked. Raymond decided to keep his mouth shut. Apollo folded his arms and smiled, though it was hard to tell behind his skull mask.

"Yes, I'm sure it's all Raymond's fault. Well, Raymond I guess you better fallow right behind me so I can keep an eye on you, you little trouble maker." There was obvious amusement in his voice, but Rita must not have caught it because she just laughed, then she stopped and realized what had just happened.

"Uh, Apollo! I want to stand next to you!"

"Oh, calm down. Nobody is walking in the back in a traditional rescue team line. We'll all be walking together, it's far to dangerous." He said picking up his rescue team box.

"Before we leave, there's something you should know about that valley." For a few minutes, Apollo looked up at the sky. It was cloudy and dreary and looked as if it would rain. Then he let out a deep sigh that echoed a bit in his skull.

"Thirteen years ago, there was a tremendous earthquake. It triggered tidal waves, big volcanic eruptions and the formation of mountains. Everyone thought it was a huge natural disaster, but if it was a natural disaster, the great dark Pokemon, Absol would have appeared before us. When no Absol came, I recognized the earthquake as the strong ground type attack, Earth Power. God damnit I wish I could learn that attack, it's so powerful it can alter the land, forever. So, the attack was even stronger than the average Earth Power attack, it caused those mountains over there to rise up from the ground. No one hardly notices them any more because they're always surrounded by fog. That valley below was created when the mountains rose up, any Pokemon who ever goes out to that valley, never comes back. We even scent are most powerful mini team, Scout to go investigate. Scout never came back. Among Scout was a good friend of mine, Angel. She was a Nidoran and she was my first ever recruited. Every now and then, I can still hear Angel calling me. You know, they say if someone vanishes and you hear their voice, it means that they are trying to contact you. They're trying to tell you to stop looking and to give up because they are already dead. I gave up a long time ago, but that doesn't mean I still don't wonder if she's out there, somewhere… Anyhow, we need to go. I have everything they need, you should stock up on your kit too. That would be double the items and double the safety. See you there." Apollo said walking off. Raymond looked to Rita.

"Do you think we'll be okay?" She nodded and smiled meekly.

"Of course we will. Apollo's with us." Raymond nodded, but he thought that Rita had just a little too much faith in Apollo.

At the entrance to the mountains, Apollo was already there going through his team supplies. He then took out a black scarf.

"Hey, Apollo!" Rita called running down a hill. He looked up.

"What's that?" She asked grinning at the black scarf. Apollo tied it on. It had a Skull head on it and it looked really gothic.

"Oooooh, scary! I bet it's just a fashion statement, right?" Rita asked in her annoying fangirl voice. Raymond rolled his eyes.

"No way is this scarf a fashion statement. This scarf is the rarest one ever, it's called the Death Seer scarf." Rita still didn't seem to understand.

"Why do they call it that?"

"A Death Seer scarf has a very special ability. It allows you to see death, before it happens. Many believe it to be the sin of all sins, because it allows you to cheat or escape death. I've escaped death thousands of times just by using it. Hopefully I can protect you kids too. So, what do you say? Ready to go?" Rita and Raymond exchange stunned glances.

"Ah, Apollo!? What exactly are you trying to protect us from?" He shrugged which caused Raymond to worry more.

"Don't know. All I know is Pokemon have surly died here. I can sense it as most cubone can." Raymond swallowed hard.

"So, does that mean we could die in a place like this? How?" Apollo looked up at the dark cloudy mountain.

"To tell you the truth, I don't know. As a rescue team you have to come ready for anything, and I mean anything." Apollo folded his arms and closed his eyes. He almost seemed entranced, maybe even a little bit scared. It was hard to tell under his skull mask. "Rita, Raymond before we enter the dungeon, I just want to know, are you 100 ready for this?"

"Certainly we are, don't be silly, Apollo!" Rita said walking to the cave entrance. "Really, you seem very confident that this will end up like another sunshiny day. Are you maybe hiding what's on the inside to show off?" Rita jumped back and blushed.

"S-showing off, to who!? I'm not showing off to anyone! I'm ready, I'm totally pumped. Come on Apollo, we have to go, now!"

"Ok, but this is a real rescue, Rita. This isn't a date, or what you're used to. You guys are just starting out, so don't get over confident just because I'm here." Raymond and Rita exchanged glances, then they looked at the cave. Raymond sucked in his breath. "Ok, Apollo, we really need to do this, no more fooling around"

"That's the spirit. Now come on, and be careful."

The dungeon was dark and clouded and it was only the first floor. There weren't any Pokemon to be seen, so far. The temperature had plummeted significantly and everyone was freezing. Raymond turned to Apollo. "Is it always this cold?" He nodded. "Sure is, but this is nothing, try fighting in the Frosty Forest Dungeon or Mt. Freeze."

"What are those?" Raymond asked curiously, Apollo just patted him on the head.

"Somewhere you never need to go." Suddenly, a wind whipped up and everything seemed to run cold. It seemed as if the whole world had frozen, Apollo stopped everyone.

"Stop!" He shouted halting the younger rescuers.

"Don't you feel it?" Everyone looked to the sky, then to the ground as an odd pulsing sensation flow through them.

"It's death, the Grim Reaper, messenger of the spirit world. Do you know what your supposed to do when you know he's coming?" Raymond and Rita shook their heads.

"You stop, just stop, slow you movements and never panic, hold your breath, if he feels the vibrations of your beating heart, he'll come with his dreaded Scythes and end your life. Some say he's a giant black Scyther, I don't know what he is." Raymond and Rita stared blankly and looked over their shoulders in obvious paranoia. Apollo laughed.

"Don't worry though, if we see the Grim Reaper Pokemon, I'll kick his ass back to underworld and tell the Devil that he's never getting my life." The tension in the air seemed to fade away. Raymond looked around the dungeon, then back at Apollo. "Did you do that?"

"Yeah, sometimes the Grim Reaper will vanish if he senses that you know he's out to get you. Don't worry though, he wont bother us much."

"That's a relief." Rita said moving closer to the boys. Suddenly, there was a low moaning noise. Rita jumped up.

"What was that noise?" Apollo shrugged.

"Let's go find out." Raymond and Rita's eyes grew large.

"Find out? Why?" They both yelled at the same time, but Apollo was already dragging them off in the direction of the noise. When it sounded close, he stopped. "Ok, I think we're close by now." Suddenly, the floor underneath them crumbled and broke. The plummeted maybe twenty or thirty feet into the darkness until landing hard on the cold ground. Raymond tried to pick himself up, but found himself too tired to do so.

"Is everyone alright?" Apollo said from nearby.

"Yes." Both Rita and Raymond said. "Good, Pit Fall traps, they send you falling, painfully but you get to the next floor nice and quick. It's hard to say if their a blessing or a curse." The noise came again, the low, ominous moaning noise. Now closer than ever. A thick fog started to cover the floor, crawling slowly along.

"Apollo?" Raymond asked, but there was no answer.

"Apollo!?" He called out, but still nothing.

"Rita, Apollo?!" No sing of Rita either, Raymond sat down on the cold, rocky ground and trembled. He was lost in a dangerous dungeon without his team or supplies, he knew he was in for a tough struggle.

My work has come a long way, I think I'm improving everyday, of course my next story will proabply be better of course. Just like always, so anyway, keep reading if you'd like, this isn't one of my favorite works, but I still like it, so please do reveiw!!