Chapter 11

Author's Note: I'm sticking with first person POV, for the simple reason that I tried 3rd person, and I couldn't do it. Sorry!

It always amazed me. The way humans could be so close together and not notice or lose their way. It was so confusing, having to move through these large crowds. More than once, I lost Brass and Dane, only to find they were less than five feet from me. And the constant need I felt to check out that cave. It was driving me nuts!

"Where should we sleep?" I asked loudly over the loud crowd.

"What?" Brass yelled back.

I gestured to a nearby alley to Brass and Dane, who simply nodded. We walked over there, barely dodging the several humans walking nearby.

"Where will we be sleeping?" I repeated.

Brass frowned. "I didn't think about that..."

My jaw dropped as I stared at Brass. "But you always think everything through!"

"Well sorry if I don't always come up with every plan perfectly. How about you give it a shot? Hmmm?" He was clearly irritated.

I looked around, then got an idea. "I know! It's right outside of town, and it's perfect. Let's go!"

"It's not even close to night time though..." Dane said, obviously upset that he couldn't cause any trouble in this town before they left. I felt the pull of the cave I'd seen. It was weird. I never felt anything like this. It was as if my legs were moving on there own, I only had to let them.

The city was fairly large, with mostly gray buildings that only went up two or three stories. The shop keepers seemed friendly, and didn't even notice Dane swiping an apple from a nearby fruit stall. I figured this must have been a nice area.

We were getting closer to the edge of the city, I could feel it. Dane was still grumpy from Brass smacking him for stealing the apple. Slaps from giant scythes couldn't feel good. Closer and closer, I felt the pull strengthen.

Brass stopped. "Where exactly are we going?"

I paused for a moment, then answered. "A cave near the city, it'll give us protection from tonight's weather, and it's near the city."

Brass frowned. "How did you now about this cave?" He asked.

"Uhhh.. I saw it when we came into the town." It wasn't just that though, there was something else. I just didn't know what it was.

Arriving out of town, I saw a small river blocking our way, which I quickly jumped across and Brass swam. We started going forward again, when we noticed we were missing someone. I turned to see Dane staring at the river, still on the other side. He looked frightened.

Brass and I burst out laughing, to which Dane shot us a death glare. "This stuff would mess me up if I fell in!" He said, defensively. "I'll take the long way around." He stated.

I shrugged, than continued on as Dane went to find a bridge to cross by. Walking on for a while longer, we finally reached our destination. I ran up to it, and straight in. The pull was blocking out any thoughts, and I pushed in head first.

"Wait up, Umbra!" Brass called, but I barely even heard him, and didn't acknowledge his words. The pull was an all consuming thought. I jumped over Graveller's and dodged between Machoke's fist fighting. Then I stopped suddenly. And the pull disappeared. And I just about smacked myself there. 'What am I doing? This can't be good!'

Suddenly, a deep voice spoke behind me. "Glad to see I still can influence your thoughts and actions, even with your growing resistance to my powers." I was in a huge cavern with only one exit, and several torches. Towards one end laid a giant throne- like chair, with a shady humanoid figure in it.

"Is that...?" I took a step forward trying to get a better look at the new person, when I felt a crunch beneath my feet. I looked down and nearly puked. Bones and skulls lay around, old and dusty, some broken and crumbling.

"Ah, past entertainment." The voice said, and, looking back up, I noticed glowing purple eyes. A glow surrounded me of the same purple as his eyes. I felt a tug trying to lift me, but I stayed on the ground. "Hmmmm, how unfortunate."

I looked at the shady figure with glowing eyes, and realized two things. This was the person from that night a few weeks ago. And he was a pokemon, a psychic one at that. Which meant...

"You can't hurt me." I strode towards him, no longer scared, or even worried. "Might as well give up."

"Really, boy? Look up."

I did so, and saw a large rock surrounded in a purple glow, hanging above me. It dropped as soon as I saw it, and there was no way I could dodge. I could only watch as the large rock with a sharp edge race towards me.

"Umbra!" I heard the voice next to me as soon as I felt the push. I flew away from the rock's trajectory, but Brass, who had saved me, was now the target. I heard a boom, but couldn't dare look.

"Not... no..." I stood back up, slowly. I was shaking.

"Hahahaha, so noble, yet so stupid. Supposed genius make a stupid mistake." The deep voice continued it's laughter.

"Not... Brass." I walked towards the pokemon on the pedestal slowly.

"Ready to join your friend?" He raised his arm, and another rock rose up, blocking my path to my enemy. He flicked his wrist. I raised my head, and unleashed a wave of dark energy, which blasted through the center of the rock spear and continued onto its target. My eyes glowed with fury.

The shadowy figure rose with an inch to spare from the large dark pulse. He floated back down, and I got a perfect view of him under the torchlight. He was a large, humanoid cat. I'd seen a few paintings of the famous Mew pokemon, and this looked like a distortion of that.

"The name's Mewtwo." He said. Again, a rock was launched at me.

"I won't fall to a monster like you." I yelled, running up to him, narrowly dodging the rock spike. "First Serenity, now Brass? You'll p-" I was cut off as I tripped on something. I fell to the floor, and when I looked back, I noticed a small bit of ground had been raised. "Cheap trick."

"No, it's survival against you dark freaks. I have to use my surroundings." Right, my "immunity".

I got to my feet and went in for a quick attack. I got within ten feet, then jumped above him and unleashed a quick dark pulse. He jumped high, dodging again. As I landed on my feet, I turned and leapt up again, headbutting the psychic in mid-air. I pressed my skull in hard, and knew it was a good hit, when, suddenly, he disappeared. I fell, off balance, and landed hard. I got up shakily. I was using way too much power in each attack, even my feints.

I turned to see Mewtwo standing before me, looking furious. "You lucky bastard." He struck me hard with his hand, and I flew through the air. Hitting a wall, I slid down. Again, I got up, though I didn't want to even be conscious.

"I will not let you win. I will die before you get away with what you've done!"

He smiled, wickedly. "As you wish." He kicked me, lifting me a few feet into the air, and hitting the wall again. I fell, and I didn't know if I'd get back up again. Not this time.

"Prepare yourself, this'll be the final blow." Stones flew to his hand and started to form a large blade. He brought it up, to bring a final blow down.

"Wooooohoooooooooooo!" A large ball of fire flew through the air and collided with Mewtwo. The impact sent him flying. He skidded to a halt, when, suddenly, a large spike shaped rock flew into him, sending him flying to the side. I saw Dane standing next to me, and Brass in a small crater, standing.

"It'll take more than a stalactite to knock me out!" Brass said.

"And it'll take more than a river to stop me!" Dane said. But, all I noticed was Brass, standing. His rock body must have saved him. I could've cried.

"Guys!" We all looked at each other and smiled. I wasn't alone, we could do this.

Suddenly, the cave started to shake. More and more. The giant rock that had collided with Mewtwo flew off him in a blast. He was completely glowing in purple. "You weak, foolish, bastards!" He roared.

Dane lifted into the air, and was sent flying. He hit the cave wall hard, and landed disorientated. Brass was blasted back spontaneously. A rock flew into me, also knocking me to a wall. I lifted my head in time to see Dane jump up. He curled himself into a ball, and caught on fire as he fire wheeled to Mewtwo. He was surrounded by a purple glow, and, dispite still spinning, stopped moving. He was then pushed back against the wall again. Again, he got up and tried again.

Brass yelled. "Stop Dane, it's pointless!" But he was ignored as Dane was grabbed and thrown again.

"You should listen to your friend." Mewtwo laughed, a cold and chilling sound. If only I could attack him. He'd probably just dodge my Dark Pulse, and even if he didn't, I couldn't do THAT much damage.

An idea sprung up. "Dane!" I yelled.

"I'm not going to quit, Umbra! No matter how pointless!" he yelled.

"No! Keep doing what you're doing." I said.

"Want your friends to die before you? I suppose you want to live as long as possible." Mewtwo said. I had to find when he struck.

Again, Dane charged Mewtwo, and he was deflected. At two thirds of the way there.

"One last time, and put everything you got into it!" I yelled. Mewtwo smirked. At about halfway, I launched a quick dark pulse.

"Ha," Mewtwo laughed. "That's weak." A rock slid up in between him and me, that would block any attack I launched at him. But that wasn't were my attack was headed. Instead, it glanced on the fire of Dane's flame wheel. The fire consumed it, and a dark streak appeared in the fire wheel. As the purple glow surrounded Dane again, it was quickly dispelled.

Dane launched straight into a surprised Mewtwo, who flew back from the powerful attack. "My weak dark pulse was quickly dissolved in the fire, which gave it some of the properties of dark type attacks. Your overconfidence was your downfall." I said.

Mewtwo threw Dane off him, and I doubted that'd work twice. Crap.

"You're not the only one with ideas." Brass called to me. "Dane, shoot me with a flamethrower." Dane looked at him funny. "Just do it, and make it large." Dane roared a large flame towards Brass. He launched a hydro pump in response, and an explosion of steam erupted. The foggy cloud covered most of the room, and I realized what Brass was doing. I jumped in.

"It's your show now, Umbra." Brass called out. I heard some sounds of fighting, and I knew Mewtwo had gotten both of them. This was Brass's plan. I'd have to deal one fell swoop and hope it's enough.

I started charging a dark pulse, and quietly snuck around, trying to spot Mewtwo without him spotting me.

"Curses. Your dark type makes you invisible to my psychic senses." I turned, pinpointing his location by his voice. I broke out into a run, and jumped at him. He turned quickly, in time to see me blast my saved up Dark Pulse in his face. The blast sent me flying into a the cave wall. 'This cave wall seriously doesn't like me.' Was all I could think before I blacked out.

Author's Note: I've had a real hard time with updating my stories lately, so it may be a month or two before this story gets another chapter. Sorry for last chapter, it was definetly half assed. No, not even half, more like a quarter. That's what happens when I feel I HAVE to update, right then, right there.

So? I really like this chapter. Especially the whole psychic legendary vs. normal dark type and two friends. I really wanted to show Mewtwo's strength, and that the only way Umbra could when was surprise and luck. It's a freaking legendary. But... wait, did he when? Dun dun dun!