A Link Cable to the Past

William's arms were growing heavy as he kept on carrying the unconscious Pikachu away from what had to be half the Pokémon living on this mountain. And considering the luck the duo had had thus far they would be running into the other half quite soon.
But just as William's strength was about to give out, he spotted a cave in the distance. With just a bit of luck that would be the entrance to the Black Spiral Staircase, a dreaded place. And it was dreaded for good reason. However considering that they were rapidly running out of options "dreaded" was an almost alluring adjective compared to what was lurking from then on the Black Mist Mountain.
And thus with the last of his strength the Ghost type dragged himself and his partner into the alcove, panting and gasping for air.
But despite the quite desperate situation the Poison type but flash a triumphant smirk upon seeing the mass of Pokémon they just barely escaped from glare at them angrily, yet not daring to enter the cave out of fear of incurring the wrath of the beings lurking in it.
Now finally the duo had a bit of time to rest and replenish some of their energy reserves.
Hopefully.


(E=58-24=34)

By the time William had successfully brought him to the mouth of the cave, the Pikachu's eyes began to blink open, a soft, incomprehensible murmur escaping his mouth as he tried to take in his surroundings. It seemed like they were in some sort of cave, with dark, stone walls around the two.
"Did we get to the staircase?" Nate quietly asked, wincing as he did so. The rest he had as William carried him helped him out a bit, but he still had a pounding headache going on, and his paw that was bitten ached just as much.

Energy: 5/29(-24 for entering.)

"Guess we did. Either that or we are in some random cave. The more important thing is that I believe these Pokémon have stopped pursuing us. Now, are you hurt? We need to take care of that before we do anything else."
Now that the Pokémon chasing them were gone, William finally had time to contemplate the situation they were in. And so he also had the time to realize exactly how screwed they were.
Sure, they had escaped but they were now forced into quite a dangerous dungeon, exhausted, most likely wounded and with little ressources. Well, maybe they could find something here that could get their energy levels back up a bit.

"A little bit, but I should be fine with a little rest. Just a bit beaten up, doesn't seem like anything too major is wrong with me." Nate responded, still quiet as to not make his head hurt more.
"I think you can put me down now though." He added afterwards, realizing that the Gengar was still carrying him. That was something to be thankful for, through all of this. At least somebody was there to make sure he was alright. Though, now what would they do? It seemed like the way back down was blocked off by the angered pokemon, so if they were going to try and move away, the only place to go really was further on up the mountain.

The Gengar was stunned for a second as he realized that he - indeed - was still carrying his comrade.
"Oh, sorry. Well, that's good to hear. Still doesn't make the situation much better though. Guess all that's left for us is to go and kick some ass, is it not?"
True, their situation was looking quite dire but simply sitting around wasn't going to make it any better, so they'd better get going while they still could. Things had been looking quite hopeless many times before already and they had always gotten away alive and relatively well again. This time would not be any different. But...one thing kept William wondering. How was Nate going to see?
The Ghost type had his darkvision and thus wouldn't have any trouble navigating the dark caverns, but it was to be doubted for the Electric type to possess an ability with equal effect. Maybe his partner had some sort of idea...

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"I think you'd be right. Only way to go is up, right?" Nate stood up on the ground, gingerly holding his bitten paw against his side as he squinted, trying to make out any shapes in the darkness. As he did so, his cheeks began to spark out, sparks of electricity hitting the stone ground and providing about as much light as a dying torch.
"Well, it's not much, but it'll do for now." The Pikachu admitted, taking a few steps further into the cave.
"It's a shame though, seems like the Mightyena always go for that specific paw...this is the second time it's happened." He grumbled a bit, sounding more annoyed at the wound than hurt by it.

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The Gengar shrugged.
"Lots of strange things happen, do they not? This is hardly the most incomprehensible thing to occur."
Well, at least Nate had some way to see, even though it wasn't much. And now they could finally see...
"Oh you have got to be kidding me."
The sparse light of the Pikachu's electricity seemed to have caught the attention of some Pokémon. And that right after the duo had just entered the cave to rest. They should have expected for something like this to happen. Well, now there wasn't much they could do about it but fight.
But not in this state. Hopefully the two Oran Berries William brought would give him enough energy...

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(E=34-7=27+20=47)

"Perfect!" The Pikachu growled out in exasperation, getting sick of all the various wild pokemon coming for them. Was it just more active then usual in the area? Or was something really going on that was making everyone more aggressive? Nate prepared himself for a fight, but was interrupted as the ground began shaking from beneath him. Before he could question it, an Excadrill popped out from the ground, slamming into Nate and knocking the Pikachu into the cave wall. He gasped out for air as he hit it, falling to the ground and coughing. This is going horribly...wait a minute... He almost could have laughed, thinking back on what he had in his bag. He had completely forgotten about the Oran Berry he had with him. Somebody had dropped it to him after his mission with Chala, a Trapinch that had joined the girl. That somebody didn't reveal themselves to him though, still confusing him on who it was that did it. Still, this wasn't the time to think about that as he hastily pulled the berry out of his bag, eating it quickly.

Energy: 9/29 (-5 from Excadrill, +10 from Oran Berry.)

"I think we are going to have a lot of fun in here, are we not, Nate?", William sighed, a rater unsubtle hint of annoyance in his voice. It was just the two of them against a whole lot of Pokémon some of which even held a type advantage over Nate. At least the Steel type was resistant neither against Ghost nor Electricty typed attacks or the Bronzong that were loudly emerging from deep within the Black Spiral Staircase would have meant even more trouble for the duo.
Levitating a short distance above the ground to protect himsef fron Ground type attacks, the Gengar then began to channel his frustration and annoyance at their rather unpleasant situation into a Shadow Ball which he then launched at one of the Bronzong.

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(E=30)

With his energy somewhat renewed, Nate pushed himself up off of the ground, shaking his head as he stood up. The headache he had before was only worsened now from the impact with the wall. As the Excadrill charged him, going in for a slash, the Pikachu's paws began to spark up with electricity, the power generated lifting him off of the ground slightly as he hovered out of the way, moving to the side and heading away from the pokemon.
"Oh, loads." He remarked sarcastically in response to William, moving beside the Gengar as he sent a few bolts of electricity towards the same Bronzong William had been working on, wanting to help out.

William meanwhile was trying to use Hypnosis on one of the Dugtrio - and failing rather miserably considering that he had no idea which pair of eyes he was actually supposed to be staring into.
At least the Ground type couldn't do much to hurt him either, being restricted to attacks of the Ground and Normal types. While these attacks were completely useless against the Gengar, they could still cause quite a bit of harm for the Pikachu however, so hopefully Nate still had enough energy left to do that floaty thing one more time.
Maybe there was some way for Pikachu to lkearn moves of the Water or Grass type. If so, they should go out and try to get Nate to learn one of these moves after they got out of here.
IF they got out of here.

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(E=23)

A thought crossed Nate's mind as he remembered the orb he had found earlier, though on further thinking, William didn't seem to appreciate him risking using it last time.
"They just keep coming...if they're still this aggressive up here, maybe the problem is coming from further up?" The Pikachu suggested, darting out of the way of another Slash attack from an Excadrill, moving behind and punching it in the back with a Thunder Punch.

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"Probably. But after my most recent adventures up there I'd rather not bring any non-Ghost types up there unless we run out of options completely. Those hallucinations seem to have done quite a number on Sova and I'd rather not have to catch you especially since you are actually capable of hurting me.
But I think we have more pressing matters to attend to at the moment."
More and more Pokémon were approaching and most definitely not making this battle any easier.
At least there were moves available to them to take care of the Bronzong, but still the many Ground types would not be easy to take care of.
Well, while they still were thinking of a plan William could at least throw some Shadow Balls at the Bronzong.

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(E=23-18=5+10=15)