The haunted house Eddie and his friends visited was called Monster Presence. It was quite large, with different types of venues, each featuring a unique haunted house experience. For example, there was a haunted house based on real events where the protagonist was killed and turned into a vengeful ghost. There were also haunted houses based on historical events, fairy tales, ones featuring Ghost-type Pokémon, and even those using image projection. In short, they were all very realistic and scary.
Eddie wasn't interested in the technologically-driven haunted houses; he just wanted to see the ones that used Ghost-type Pokémon. After paying the fee, Eddie and his group were led by a staff member to the Ghost-themed Pokémon haunted house. This particular haunted house was generally as popular as the others, so there wasn't a long queue, and soon it was Eddie and his friends' turn.
The building was a castle, and the hall was the first area they entered. The light inside was dim, making the entire environment shadowy. Combined with the bright, blood-red carpet in the hall, it truly gave off a gloomy feeling. The red carpet wasn't clean; it had many dark spots, a bit like dried blood. The walls around the hall were covered with oil paintings, all portraits. According to the haunted house's theme, these were the castle's owners throughout generations, both men and women.
Among the group, the most scared wasn't the two Espurr, but Brionne. She lay quietly on Eddie's legs, her body trembling uncontrollably, but she tried to pretend she wasn't scared at all.
"Huh~~~"
At that moment, the doors and windows of the castle suddenly made clanging sounds, and a gust of cold wind blew into the hall. The curtains swayed wildly with the cold wind, making the environment look even more terrifying.
"Brionne~BRIONNE~" "Ahhh...Eddie, look, look quickly, that person's eyes just moved."
Brionne slapped Eddie's thighs frantically and screamed continuously. His thighs were so painful from being slapped that Eddie pulled Brionne off and looked at the oil painting she was pointing at.
"What moved?" Eddie asked in confusion. He looked at the other Pokémon again, "Did you see it?"
Selene, Hattrem, and the Espurr all shook their heads.
"See, it's all your illusion." Eddie spread his hands. In fact, he knew that it might not be Brionne's imagination; it could be a Ghost-type Pokémon playing tricks in secret, but he didn't point it out. It was fun to tease Brionne.
Selene actually saw the eyes of the painting move, but she also used her superpowers to see the Banette hidden behind the painting, so she pretended not to see it. It was fun to tease Brionne. The mother and son were perfectly in sync.
"Is it really my imagination?" Brionne couldn't help but think so, but she was still a little scared, so she silently stuck to Eddie again.
"Okay, let's keep moving forward. Next we should go to the second floor," Eddie said.
"Gardevoir~"
Selene nodded.
So Eddie led a few Pokémon up the spiral staircase covered with red carpet. At this moment, there was a sudden clanging sound from below. Brionne was startled and instantly jumped into Eddie's arms.
"Brionne!!!" "Ahhhh, here it comes again!"
Eddie and the others looked down and saw that it was just an oil painting that had been blown off the wall by the wind. Eddie patted Brionne's belly and said, "Look how scared you are. Is it that serious?"
Brionne shook her head vigorously and held Eddie's shoulders tightly, refusing to come down. Eddie had no choice but to hold her, since Brionne wasn't heavy anyway.
Selene glanced at Brionne and thought, "Little girl, are you doing this on purpose? Are you trying to take advantage of my baby?"
If Brionne knew what Selene was thinking, she would definitely cry out for injustice, because her little head couldn't hold so many schemes.
Brionne was trembling all the way, and Eddie and his friends finally arrived at the second floor of the castle. The environment on the second floor was even darker than that on the first floor. As soon as Eddie and the others walked out of the stairs, a long corridor appeared in front of them. The end of the corridor was pitch black, and they couldn't see what was ahead at all.
Brionne didn't know if it was an illusion, but Brionne always felt that a dark shadow flashed by just now, and she couldn't help but hug Eddie tighter.
"BRIONNE!!" "monsters run!"
"Bang~bang~bang~"
At that moment, a row of candles hanging on the wall were suddenly lit automatically, and the dim candlelight finally barely illuminated the corridor.
Since Eddie awakened his superpowers, his perception had become much sharper. He soon discovered that these candles were all Litwick in disguise. Ghost-type Pokémon have always been rare, and Eddie didn't know where the owner of this haunted house got so many of them.
"Okay, we can go now," Eddie said to everyone.
Just as Eddie and his friends were "bravely breaking into" the haunted house, a conversation was taking place in a castle in the center of the haunted house.
A woman sitting behind a desk was leaning back in her chair with her legs crossed and said, "The quality of the scares brought by the haunted house has been getting lower and lower recently. My baby is a little unhappy."
The woman had big wavy light brown hair and was wearing a black tight leather jacket. She had a plump figure and a charming posture. She was the owner of this haunted house - Margaret.
"Hehehe..."
As Margaret finished her words, a gloomy Froslass suddenly floated out from behind the chair she was leaning on, and she kept making strange laughs from her mouth. The appearance of Froslass made the temperature in the entire office drop by several degrees. A man in a suit standing in the office couldn't help but shiver.
The man in the suit was about twenty years old, with naturally curly black shoulder-length hair. He looked at Margaret with respect.
"Lady Margaret, do you want to release those two Pokémon? They have been getting more and more out of control recently, and have almost completely lost their rationality. We can make good use of them," said the man in the suit.
Margaret pondered for a few seconds and then said, "That's good. Those two guys are quite strong. I hope they can give me some surprises."
The man in the suit said, "I will definitely not let you down."
Margaret nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, Aiden, I'll leave this matter to you."
"Yes, please rest assured, sir." The man in a suit named Aiden responded respectfully, bent down and slowly left the office.
After Aiden left, Margaret smiled and pulled Froslass and said, "Froslass, you will be able to eat more delicious fear soon. Are you looking forward to it?"
"Froslass, Froslass, Froslass~" Upon hearing that, Froslass happily hugged Margaret.
After the Haunted House
Here, Eddie and the others finally came out of the haunted house, and Brionne had already collapsed to the ground, powerless.
Eddie said with a smile: "These are all scenes played out by Ghost-type Pokémon. I don't know what you are afraid of. I never see you afraid of Gastly and the others at home!"
"Brionne, Brionne, Brionne,""How are they the same? And you guys teamed up to play a trick on me, that's too much!"
Brionnelooked angry.
"Okay, I'm sorry, I was wrong. I won't dare to do it again. Please forgive me, okay?" Eddie bowed and apologized to Brionne.
Brionne finally recovered her breath, raised her chin high and said, "Since you are so sincere, it is not impossible to forgive you."
"Then shall we go to the next venue?" Eddie suddenly asked again.
"Brionne~Brionne~""Ahhh, Eddie, did you do this on purpose!"
Brionne chased Eddie madly and beat him, so Eddie ran away.
"Hahaha..."
Under the firm protest of Brionne, Eddie and his friends of course did not go to the next haunted house. A group of people came out of the haunted house and sat down on a bench on the street.
"Would you like something to drink? I remember there seems to be a famous milk tea shop nearby." Eddie looked at everyone and asked.
"Gardevoir~""I want to drink!"
Selene raised her hand.
"Brionne~Brionne~""And me, I want one too!"
Brionne couldn't wait to say.
"Hattrem ~Hattrem ~""Then I'll have a drink too."
Hattrem said, following the crowd.
"Okay, what would you like to drink?" Eddie asked.
Several Pokémon placed orders upon hearing this, and Minori also ordered one for each of the Espurr siblings.
"Okay, you guys rest here for a while, I'll be back soon," Eddie said and was about to go to the milk tea shop.
"Brionne~""I'm going too!"
Brionne quickly chased after him.
At the same time, a Murkrow was slowly flying into the city center holding two Poké Balls. In an alley not far from where Gardevoir and the others were resting, Murkrow stopped. It looked left and right, and seeing that there was no one around, it opened its two Poké Balls.
As two red lights flashed, a gigantic Steelix and a giant Coalossal covered in smoke appeared on the street.
"Steelix~"
"Coalossal~"
Following two roars, the two Pokémon rushed out of the alley and rampaged on the street. Due to their huge size, several buildings were knocked down by them in a short while.
"Ahhhh!!!"
"What's going on? Where did this Pokémon come from?"
"Whose Pokémon is causing trouble?"
Soon, the street was in chaos. There was something obviously wrong with the two Pokémon; their eyes were red, their expressions crazy, and their faces were full of destructive and aggressive desires.
"Puff, puff, puff..."
Suddenly, sticky asphalt shot out from the giant Coalossal. With scorching heat, it splashed indiscriminately on the street, and the surfaces of many buildings were melted by the high-temperature asphalt. Some pedestrians who failed to dodge in time were burned by the splashed asphalt.
"Ahhh..."
"Run! Run!"
"Help, someone save me!"
The streets were filled with wailing.
The giant Steelix not far away was also not idle. It raised its tail and lashed towards a building fiercely. There was a loud bang and the building was instantly smashed in half. It raised its tail again and lashed it towards the ground. Cracks instantly appeared on the ground, leaving a deep pit.
"Trainers, where are all the trainers? Let's work together to subdue these two Pokémon!"
At this time, some trainers stepped forward, and many trainers responded and threw out Poké Balls. At once, colorful skills such as Leaf Blade, Water Gun, Thunderbolt, etc., were fired at the two Pokémon.
However, the trainers underestimated the strength of Steelix and Coalossal. Their attacks not only failed to defeat the two Pokémon but made them even more crazy.
"Roar~"
Steelix roared, opened its mouth and spit out a silver beam of light that swept across, submerging all Pokémon wherever it passed.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
For a while, the sound of explosions was endless, and a large number of Pokémon lost their combat ability under this attack. This meant that Steelix's special attack ability wasn't strong, and it wasn't very compatible with the Flash Cannon. Otherwise, who knows how many Pokémon and trainers would have been injured or killed by this attack.
The giant Coalossal was also not idle. Thick black smoke was seen coming out of it, and the rocks on its body turned red under the flames. Then pieces of hot rocks burst out from it, not only collapsing a large number of buildings but also causing fires.
People from the Coumarine City Police Department and Fire Department were notified immediately, but just as they were about to rush to the scene, a group of Houndour and Houndoom with distorted expressions blocked their way. The situation of this group of Houndour and Houndoom was the same as that of Steelix and Coalossal.
The moment Nurse Joy saw this group of Pokémon, she frowned, as if she had thought of something, then she waved her hand and said to her subordinates behind her:
"Beat them fast!"
A war broke out.
The situation on Steelix and Coalossal's side was getting worse and worse. They were too strong and irrational, and many trainers had failed to subdue them. Gradually, the two Pokémon were no longer satisfied with destroying buildings. They noticed each other and immediately ignited a strong desire to fight.
"Boom!"
The two Pokémon collided with each other at lightning speed, and the resulting air waves once again caused widespread damage.
Eddie walked a long distance to find the milk tea shop. He had just gotten the milk tea when he suddenly heard an explosion in the distance. He looked up and saw two giant Pokémon suddenly appear and start wreaking havoc.
"Not good!"
Realizing that Selene and Hattrem were nearby, he ran towards them.
"Brionne~"
Brionne even threw away the milk tea he had just held in his hands, and chased after Eddie with a whimper.
Selene and her companions were too close to where the battle broke out. A building not far from them collapsed with a loud bang after being hit by the Steelix, and rocks flew everywhere and hit the ground below.
"Ahhhhh..."
There were screams everywhere.
A piece of gravel flew towards Hattrem. The Espurr siblings reacted in time and used their superpowers to intercept the stone in mid-air. There were so many flying rocks that a huge piece of broken building suddenly fell not far away, and there was a mother with her child underneath.
Slene was frightened by the scene and subconsciously used her superpowers to hold up the building.
"Gardevoir~Gardevoir~""Leave now!"
Selene shouted at the mother and son.
The mother and son were so frightened by the sudden situation that they ran away in panic only after hearing Gardevoir's cry. The fallen building was so huge that Gardevoir's face turned red as she barely managed to hold it up. It wasn't until the mother and son ran far away that Gardevoir found a deserted place and smashed the building there.