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The foot prints would lead the pair into a room on the bottom floor, the right most one. Once inside they would find what looked like was once a bedroom, however in great disrepair. In the middle of the room however stood a young hiker, smiling at the pair as they entered, the man holding onto the straps of his backpack tight.

"Hey hey! Come to check this strange place out too?" He said, his smile wide, bright, and cheery.

Leslie would stare at the hiker for a moment before attempting to respond. "So....what have you seen around here? Leslie asked, peering around in efforts to make sure this man was real and not some sort of ghost intent on eating their souls. She already had hers on retainer for a purchase and she did not need to get punted to the back of that line again.

Keiko was more focused on the Riolu instead of the fake person. "Awh, what's wrooaAAH!" she screamed, freaked out when she saw the blackness form beneath her feet.

Before she could think to reach to her belt, Natalia immediately burst forth from her Pokeball, flying in place and flapping her wings furiously, creating an ethereal air that would push against the Ghost-type energy at her Trainer's feet, ala Ominous Wind.

Natalia and Willow's quick reactions would save both the girls from a horrific demise, the ghoulish figure in the ground letting out a wail before disappearing for good, the floor ceasing its otherworldly flow and returning to normal, as if nothing had happened.

"You will not escape this place! Catch your breath while you can...for it will be your last!" A far off voice hissed right before the door to the room swung open violently, slamming against the wall on the other side.

Leslie would stare at the now open door before them as she quietly put Willow back, reaching to another Pokeball that she had in her satchel. "Well, as much as I love running around Monster House unarmed, I think its time I got myself something useful." Leslie told Keiko, feeling her hands wrap around the handles of her now released Doublade. Watching as the tassels attempted to wrap around her arms, Leslie would snap at the Doublade with her ponytail. And then, like magic, the tassels backed off for the moment. "Uppity swords. I snagged you, get over it, you have more fun with me anyways." Leslie told Chulainn, stomping towards the open door with a sadistic grin on her face. "Now its ghost hunting time."

Upon seeing the flying inanimate objects, Natalia would tap on one of the Pokeballs on Keiko's feet, revealling Hera the Heracross, who would immediately jump in front of her trainer and use Endure to block anything that tries to attack her, using Counter to destroy said objects so they couldn't be used against Keiko again.

As Leslie was thrown into the next room the door would slam shut, the two Snagem girls separated as Keiko was left to fend for herself against the flying objects. While the furniture continued to fly around for a little while longer, little by little Keiko would notice that they were getting slower and slower, the room seeming to become darker as well. An ominous feeling would overcome Keiko, the air she breathed in now stale. It was as if the world around her was becoming dead and lifeless. The only 'lively' thing the girl would be left with after all was done and said was Hera.

"You fear being alone." A voice rang out as it spoke to Keiko. "You are afraid to find out that when removed from the equation you are nothing more than an accessory, a back drop in the plays of your friends. You are nothing, empty, devoid of purpose." The voice continued. After the voice was finished talking Keiko would find that Hera, and all her other Pokemon, were gone. Not only that but the room was gone. When did that happen? Did it matter? Now the girl was completely alone, standing in a void of utter darkness with nothing but her thoughts to keep her company, however even they seemed distant and cold.

Things would be no better for Leslie. As soon as she entered what looked like a bathroom the toilet's lid would come to life and fly off the seat, threatening to smash into Leslie's head. With the toilet's bowl now exposed a long purple tentacle would worm its way out of the toilet until it stood tall, wiggling around a bit casually. Nothing would happen for several seconds and the hybrid might feel like nothing was ever going to happen, that was until the 'tentacle' suddenly sprouted a head and a massive hood from it.

"Boook!" Hissed the now formed Arbok, the snake tremendous in size as it opened its maw wide to show Leslie its enormous fangs, fangs bigger than her arms. The pattern on the snake's hood would shift and distort, taking on a form which Leslie would insist was meant to look like her, however more sinister and threatening. The girl would not have time to study the hood pattern as the snake would, without warning, become bathed in flames, the snake not seeming to understand that it should be in pain. The now burning cobra would lash its flaming tail at Leslie, attempting to wrap it around her and if successful the snake would pull her into its burning maw, desiring to make a quick snack of her. Inside of the serpent's mouth, somewhere in its throat, Leslie again would see a twisted melting version of herself, laughing at her.

Staring at the toilet tentacle, Leslie would snap her wrist and send the dark energy from the Shadow Sneak surging forward, cutting through the toilet and watching as the thing transformed into an Arbok. Slightly unnerved, Leslie sat confident as she casually began to gesture Chulainn back towards the door. She was going to be busting right through that wall and getting out of this. And then the snake lit on fire. Staring for a moment at the now flaming, giant snake that seemed prepared to eat and dissolve her, Leslie had one proper response to give. Namely, scream in panic before stabbing Chulainn into the door and holding on desperately as she hoped to rip the door off with the Arbok pulling on her or keep herself anchored the hell away from the demon.