'Is the coast clear?' Asriel thought to his comrades, he himself standing in the shadow of a brick wall, his target just in front of him. 'Clear. Wards will be shut down for ten minutes; that's all we can do,' Lerisa responded, Asriel nodding in response. 'No Shadow Warriors in sight,' Flae said, Frost and Nightmare confirming it. 'Good. Let's pray this goes well,' Asriel told them before racing towards Justin's room window.

Mid-leap, Asriel concentrated his form, shifting to a wave of water and slipping his way inside. This bit of magic was always the most dangerous; a tiny slip and Asriel could die. Feeling everything come together, Asriel solidified yet again with a small 'pop'. 'Alright, I'm in,' Asriel said padding softly to Justin's bed. Closing his eyes, Asriel reached for the Luxrays mind, expecting it to be guarded.

To his surprise, he was let in without a struggle, falling into a black void. He hit an invisible floor, surrounded in complete darkness. "Nice place..."He muttered sarcastically, but he should have expected nothing less from a Shadow Warrior's mind. After gaining his bearings, Asriel heard someone talking. The voice sounded like Justin's. walking toward it, he suddenly saw the Luxray, walking melancholy through the darkness.

I walk a lonely road
The only one that I have ever known
Don't know where it goes
But it's only me, and I walk alone

Asriel looked at Justin, staying in the darker shadows as he watched Justin walk by, singing his heart out from what Asriel could tell.

  I walk this empty street
On the boulevard of broken dreams
Where the city sleeps
And I'm the only one, and I walk alone

I walk alone, I walk alone

I walk alone and I walk a

Asriel saw Justin stop, looking up as the mind began to pour with rain, ice cold depression peircing Asriel's shell, making him shiver.

  My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
Till then I walk alone

Asriel was stunned when he saw a memory of the female Luxray from before flashed in his minds eye, making Asriel smile, despite what he was feeling.

  I'm walking down the line

That divides me somewhere in my mind

On the border line of the edge
And where I walk alone

Read between the lines
What's fucked up and every thing's all right
Check my vital signs to know I'm still alive
And I walk alone

Justin looked at them memory with a warm smile before it faded, leaving them both once again in compete darkness.

I walk alone, I walk alone
I walk alone and I walk aMy shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
Till then I walk alone

Justin's determination appeared to come back, though Asriel could still see the depression in his eyes; Asriel was shocked when he recongized the look. It was the same one that he always had.

I walk alone, I walk aI walk this empty street
On the boulevard of broken dreams
Where the city sleeps
And I'm the only one, and I walk alone

My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
Till then I walk alone

As Justin finished, Asriel was still thinking about what he heard. First Shadow, and now Justin. The Shadow warriors seemed to carry a common trait of sadness in their devotion to their leader. Nevertheless, he had a job to do, and information to find out, the information he wouldn't leave without.

He followed Justin silently, eventually stopping when the void of blackness around him cleared. They were outside of an abandoned building on the edge of town. Asriel recognized it as an old warehouse, one he'd seen on occasion when he was younger. Outside the warehouse stood all of the shadow warriors that Asriel knew and a few new ones. He saw a Dragonite, a Greninja, two Jolteon, a Lucario and a Gardevoir. Asriel suspected they were the last of the shadow warriors to be revealed, meaning they were now all together.

He could hear them talking, and decided to get closer to hear them. Keeping low, he hid just around a corner to hear what they were saying.
"Is she secure?" Justin asked the two, his tone cold. "Yes, she isn't going anywhere," A new voice replied, probably one of the new shadow warriors.
"Good. Let's see what she's got to say," Justin replied, a chuckle soon following.
"Xorret, Chichi, stand guard while we're inside," he commanded, his tone back to seriousness, "I think I was followed."

Asriel froze. He knew that he was in trouble at that moment. Not only that, his window of opportunity was running out. Using his aura vision, he examined the entry point. The Charizard and Lucario were standing in the way.  "So you really think that Lucario is here?" The Charizard asked, her voice overly excited.
"Suecra gave us the ability to link our dreams. I don't think he'd allow one Lucario to break our ward. Do you?" The Charizard shook her head in response, saying "Yeah, I suppose you're right."

 Asriel then returned to his normal vision. He quickly wondered what to do next. He could use his aura vision to see what was going on inside the building, almost sure they were talking about Brittney earlier. It was a risk, however; If one of the guards did turn the corner, he wouldn't see them until it was too late. He decided to risk it. He had to, for Brittney, for the one he loved.

He looked inside with his aura sight, seeing Brittney strapped to a table. Justin and all of his comrades surrounded the struggling fox. "Let me go! You know Asriel and our friends will find me, and when they do, you'll regret bringing me here!" Brittney yelled at them, clearly steaming at being captured; Justin chuckled evilly in response. "So much passion. You would be a useful ally. It would be dangerous to keep you around if you won't join us, though."
Justin said as he touched her mark, causing Brittney to cry in agony.
"Does that burn?" Justin asked in an actually curious way, a sizzling sound soon became audible, Justin smirking with a devilish glint in his eye before he finally let go, the flesh around his paw digit having been burned almost beyond recovery. "Now, you have two options. You either join us and serve Suecra, and we'll let you go. After we change your mark of course, to make sure."
Asriel was shocked to hear that. Was it even possible?
"Or..."

Justin looked over a table if both sharp and blunt metal tools, some still bloody. "We make your life a hell of a lot more painful while you tell us what you know about your pathetic little friends," Brittney growled menacingly, looking seriously pissed. "I'd die before I tell you anything!" She screamed at him, her resolve holding fast. "Very well,"  Justin said, his voice bored as he took a small blade from the table "Let's see just how much you'll bleed."

Brittney gulped, looking at the shine of the blade as it slowly approached one of her arms. Just before the blade made contact, Chichi entered the room, saving Brittney for the time being.  "There's been a breach! Someone really is here!" Chichi Justin dropped the blade like a hot rock.  "I want this whole place searched! Everyone, get moving!" he demanded.

Asriel switched back to his normal vision just as Xorret caught sight of him.
"You! Justin warned us about you!" 'That looks like my cue to leave,' Asriel thought as the Lucario lunged at him. Her fighting skills were hardly a match for him. His training has made him faster, stronger and smarter than ever before. As the other shadow warriors saw the battle, Asriel held Xorret in from if him, holding the spike if his paw to her throat.

"Not a step closer, any of you! Or I swear I'll do it!" Justin smirked in response. 
"It's been a while, hasn't it Asriel?" He asked calmly as he paced toward the Lucario, a confident smirk on his face. "I said stay back! Don't try me, or I'll kill her!" Asriel threatened again, slowly backing away from them. Justin stopped a few paces away as Asriel concentrated, his grip tightening on the Lucario female. "But you won't, will you? You're far too kind to do anything like that."
Asriel had had enough when he heard that. 

"That tears it." He hit Xorret hard across the face and pushed her into Justin, causing them both to tumble back. Thirty seconds before the ward sealed, and Asriel would be stuck there.  "You'll regret living when I get a hold of you in the real world. After what you've done to Brittney, you're going to pay," Asriel scowled at the Luxray. Justin smiled menacingly. "You better hurry if you want to save her. Good luck to you. Now run along. You haven't much time," Justin laughed, sounding like he was doing Asriel a favor. With that, Lucario came back to the real world, coming to with a gasp. Justin was smiling in his sleep. 

Asriel did t have time to question the legitimacy of what just happened. He jumped from the window, landing and rolling on impact with the ground."So? What did you see?"Leirsa asked his brother when he ran to there hiding spot. "You won't believe it," Asriel replied, panting for air from what he saw.

"There are more shadow warriors then we thought, and Brittney is in grave danger."

Thanks to Pokemonfan472 for all the help he has given me in writing this chapter! I owe him a bunch of Poke by this point, and I give him my deepest thanks. 

STAY AWESOME BRO!!!

Next chapter will be up this week!

Till next time,

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