Trainer Name: Brandon

Pokemon:

Skipper - [36/36]

Marshtomp - [16/16]

Arbok - [30/30

Beedrill - [30/30]

Primeape - [30/30]

Parasect - [25/25]
Items: Pokeball x3 , Revive ×1 , Coins ×2, Swampertite (mega stone) ×1,
Points: 72

After a couple minutes, everyone had caught up on their messages and Rocky mentioned about possibly finding a hotel. The group was in agreement and began to search out a place to stay. Most places not only seemed to be closed, but barred up as well. Finally they found the pokemon center, which appeared to be the only place still open. They went inside and found, to their astonishment, no one at the counter. Meghan hopped the counter and started to search the back for someone, as soon as she hopped the counter, Brandon noticed a side door open and the nurse came out behind the group. When Meghan came back, the nurse asked if they needed help and Meghan asked if rooms were available, to which the nurse said ALL the rooms were vacant. As they started up the stairs towards where the rooks were located, Brandon had to withdraw Skipper back to his pokemon, he was simply too large for the staircase and small hallway. As he pushed the button on the pokeball, he said "Good night Skipper, see you tommorow buddy" . Then they were all shown rooms and as Brandon settled in to try get some sleep, Marshtomp, who with Skipper in his pokeball for the night, took over as the leader of the team for the night, arranged a schedule for guard duty, with him keeping watch for all but 2 hours of the night, the other two hours Primeape would keep watch. Then with that settled, most of Brandon's pokemon laid down and went sleep, the whole lot of them sleeping side by side, in the small, cramped room. After a little bit of tossing and turning, Brandon finally managed to fall asleep.

While he was alseep, he had the worst nightmare, ever. He saw all his pokemon suddenly get sick and die rapidly right before his eyes, no amount of antidote or potion seemed to work. Not even a full restore would make the pokemon better. As they each died one by one and Brandon felt hopeless, he began to cry and pray to god to help his pokemon. He cried, take me instead. Nothing worked and as it got down to the final 3 pokemon, Primeape, Marshtomp and Skipper, Brandon thanked them for their loyality, protection and love to him. He apologized that he couldn't save them and told them he love them. As he hugged each one last time, their bodies disintegrated and turn to ashes. Brandon horrified and crying like a baby, curled up into a ball, closed his eyes and sobbed.

He was not through yet though it seemed, for when he opened his eyes, he was at a hospital, his Mom, best friends and every person he cared about lay in beds around him. Brandon outright breaking down now, got down on his knees and begged god for forgiveness for whatever he had done to deserve this awful punishment and again asked for him to take him instead. After the prayer, sobbing and trying his hardest to speak between gasps and sobs said "Mo.... Mom.... ev... everyone, I lov...love yo..you all so.. so mu..much. I am sor...sorry I have fa..fa..failed you all an...and could...couldntnt pro...protect you all. I a... am so...s..so..soo sor..sorry. I... Love you!" and as he walked over to his mom to give her one last kiss, she said weakly "I love you Brandon, I always have and I always will. I am very proud of you son. No matter what happens to you in life, always remmeber that and always remmeber that I love... you." And with the last word, as Brandon kissed her, her body and everyone else's body disintegrated.

Then still not through the horrific nightmare, he was magically whisked to some dark place, eith some dark figure. As he stood there, prepared to face whatever might happen to him, he felt a huge draining feeling, as if the life were being sucked right out of him. Brandon knew he had to fight it, he had to go down fighting, he had to try. He resisted the force with every will power he could muster, risted with every fiber of his being and soul. Finally, after much painstaking struggle, he felt himself break free of the force.

Brandon snapped awake and sat straight up like a lightening rod, gasping and feeling himself to make sure he was truly alive. After a moment, he began to look around, still gasping and trying to catch his breath, he saw Marshtomp staring up at him from the side of the bed, looking both concerned and confused. He continued to look and study Brandon for another before asking "Marshtomp?" . Brandon finally realizing for sure it was just a nightmare, began to catch his breath and stop gasping. He hopped off the bed, landing on his knees with a small thump that woke up the rest of his pokemon, and crawled to Marshtomp and gave him a big, tight hug and repeating "I love you guys, I love you guys so much, I don't know how I would live without you". Marshtomp, trying to breath through the tight hug whimpered a soft "Marsh....tomp". Brandon quickly realizing the still relatively small pokemon couldn't breath released the pokemon from his hug. "Sorry Marshtomp, didn't mean for that to happen buddy. I just had a really terrible nightmare where terrible things happened to all of you and everyone I love. I just want you guys to know, I love you ALL VERY VERY very much and you all mean alot to me. No matter what happens, just always remmeber that, ok guys?" With that, Brandon sat down on the bed, stretched and prepared to get ready to start the day.