Jack stood in front of the entrance of Lavender Tower, Chaos was next to him, messing with a scarf that she had picked up before they had left the Mart, securing it so it so it wouldn't get in the way if they had to run for it. "So, how far up do we need to go before everything goes to hell?" She asked.

"I say the top floor or the floor under it." Jack said cheerfully, causing Chaos to sigh and glare at the small bottle of alcohol that Jack had taken from the Mart. "Hey Jack... oh screw it! Jack, can you give me the goddamn bottle?!"

"Why?"

"Because if I'm going to do this crap, I want to be tipsy before I go into that tower!" Chaos snapped at him.

"That's the spirit!" Jack yelled as he handed Chaos the bottle and the female drank some of the liquid courage that it contained before she threw it away.

Jack laughed as he entered the Tower heading for the stairs as Chaos followed him, there was blood splatter everywhere and the smell of rotting flesh drifted into their noses, Chaos gagged and she lifted her scarf up to cover her nose as they made their way to the 7th floor. Bodies were scattered everywhere, civilians, and the Pokémon trainers who worked for Team Rocket. No one had been spared from the fury of the ghost Pokémon.

The duo found themselves at a dead end on the 7th floor, between two statues of Pokémon, statues that were crumbling into pieces. "Jack, are you sure that this is as far as we can go here?"

"Yeah, this is the final floor and I don't see a staircase going up anywhere, we can only go down from here." The light started to fade and Jack shuffled around so that his back was up against the back of his companion. "It's time, are you ready?"

"No, I'm not. I'm scared, what if we don't make it? What happens if they capture us?"

"If we give up now then Anti wins, but if we are brave and we run and we don't ever give up hope, then we can make it and defeat Anti at his own game!"

Everything went dark and the only thing that they could count on was the feeling from their backs.

The wind howled as the lights came back on, revealing that they are surrounded by ghosts and zombies. Blood dripped from their open wounds and the smell of their rotting flesh soaked the room. Chaos gulped and Jack? He charged for a gap in the crowd, dragging Chaos with him.

He took the steps two at the time, flying down them, followed by the groans of the zombies as they stumbled their way down, adding to the collection of blood stains that coated the walls and the floor.

Chaos had to take the stairs three at a time to keep up with the pace Jack was going, they arrived at the sixth floor, only to be cornered by the ghosts who had taken the shortcut. The ghosts had phased through the floor but it was Chaos who saw the quickest way to get to the stairs without having to take the long way around and duck around the ghosts. "Jack, the graves!" She cried. "There's nothing to stop us from going over them, right?"

She was right, there was nothing to stop them, so they blotted for the gravestones, dodging around them and reaching the stairs just as the zombies reached the floor that they had just left.

The fifth floor was crawling with the ghosts but that didn't stop them from taking their shortcut, hopping over the graves to reach the staircase or weaving around them if the grave stone was too tall for them to jump over.

Jack hit the staircase running, he was flying down it, leaving Chaos to follow the dust trails that he was leaving behind, but even Jack couldn't run forever. He stopped for a quick break on the third floor, giving Chaos the chance to catch up with him.

Jack took several deep breaths and he rested his hands on his knees while Chaos rested against a tall grave stone. They could hear the zombies and the ghosts above them and Jack was the first one to start moving again, with Chaos following him.

The second floor was a nightmare to run through, the grave stones were too tightly packed together, they had to take the long way around but once they reached the first floor, they found out that it was clear, they had a clean shot to the exit and they took it.

Jack was the first one out of the door but he didn't stop,  he just kept running. Chaos was the next one out of the door and she didn't even bother to try and barricade it, because it would be a waste of time.

The sounds of their feet pounding against the street echoed in their ears, they could hear the screams of the ghosts behind them as they passed the house that they woke up in, pass the entrance to the town and pass the little sign that welcomed visitors to Lavender Town.

"We're almost there!" Jack yelled as he pointed out the swirling circle of light that was beginning to form. "We just have to jump through that and we're free!"

Chaos nodded her head and when they reached the portal, they jumped.

The portal was a swirling corridor of light, throwing them around as they screamed, Chaos yelped when Jack managed to grab her by her hood and pulled her closer to him. "This is when it gets bumpy!" The Irishman yelled before the corridor exploded and sent them flying off in another direction.

"This is not bumpy!" Chaos screamed. "This is a focking rollercoaster with no brakes!"

"AHHHHHH!"

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Chaos groaned as she felt something brush against her face. "Jack?" She muttered as she managed to open her eyes and sit up to see where she was.

She had been lying down in a grassy field on a cliff, which was pretty high up, because she could see actual clouds below her when she made her way over to the edge and she peeked over it.

She slowly backed away from the edge, heading for safer grounds. She had just reached the opening of a cave when something shoot from the entrance and placed it's hand over her mouth, she screamed and she bit the hand, feeling sick when she tasted the not human blood that was filling her mouth.

She managed to remove the hand that was covering her mouth as it's other arm wrapped around her shoulders, pulling her into the cave.

"JACK!"