With panic, Gastly flew through the darkness. He could hear trees snapping like twigs, and behind him was a brightly glowing flower that was akin to a second sun. The bright light was moving closer. The venosaur seemed to somehow know where he was!

The bulbasaur finally passed out from oxygen deprivation, so Gastly loosened the tendrils covering the neck.

Soon the Venosaur would be upon him, so Gastly flew up into the night sky. He would rather risk the nocturns than staying put and being forced to give up his quarry.

In the darkness, Jared heard a roar. The vibrations sent a shiver down his spine, but he kept hidden in the tree.

Looking towards the sound, he saw a white light, "Well... shit..."

The venosaur had been gaining rapidly but its target had gone airborne.

With an enraged cry, ten massive vines erupted from her back, then she began uprooting whole trees and throwing them up into the air like ragdolls.

She continued chasing, but the shadow in the sky was out of reach and moving further away.

Meanwhile, the venosaurs young were huddled together. They were emitting some light from their bulbs in an effort to see, but they didn't follow their enraged parent.

After venting her fury, some reason returned to her eyes. She realized that if she continued her chase, her young would be left alone and unprotected.

With one more roar, the venosaur returned with a thud and laid itself down next to her young. Its bulb dimmed, but there was still enough light to see. It kept a vigilant watch for the rest of the night.

Thirty minutes later, Jared hears a noise in the darkness. "Human... I need negative energy, " The exhaustion in the voice was apparent.

It was too dark to see, so the only thing visible were two glowing eyes, "Are you alright? I saw a bright light, was that the venosaur?"

"Big plant chased me, and... Big owls"

"Big owls?"

"Owl attacked... One day of negative energy not enough, I brought your stupid plant back I deserve more."

Jared chuckles, "If you can make jokes like that, I suppose you are fine... If you were chased around, I'm curious about how you found your way back so fast, your sense of direction is awful."

"Shut up human, I could find my way back even if I was blind. The slave ball pulls me."

Back on the ground, Jared replies after some deliberation, "That's... curious, say, Gastly, does the ball tug at your soul right now?"

Gastly Looked down at the unconscious bulbasaur fearfully, "Only from far, human... we... should leave, the small plant will wake up and alert the big plant. The small plant made no sound, yet the big one found us!"

Fiddling with the flashlight, Jared turns it low, then takes a look at the flopped over bulbasaur, ...Could it be because of scents? Damn, I really wish I had more time to study back then. I really need to get back to reading at some point... Yes, It's imperative that I learn countermeasures for situations like this...

Looking up, Jared used the dim light to find two ghostly hands with a single claw, and a more compact Gastly.

"Gastly, you evolved?!"

"No, human?"

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"But you have hands now, and... long pointy ears."

Inspecting himself, Gastly replies, "...Maybe?"

Jared repeatedly tapped his thumb on the flashlight in thought, ...He noticed Gastly looked quite a bit different than how he remembered a haunter should look. Two spikes stuck from Gastlys head, which made him look like he had ears, but a haunter should have six spikes. Not only that, but he only had one claw was on each hand, but it should be three.

"Haunt hau au hau hauntt," Putting those thoughts aside, Jared smiles at a laughing haunter, "You definitely evolved Gastly, or should I say Haunter? Congratulations!"

Haunter ignored Jared's compliment, because right now he was preoccupied with joyful and sinister thoughts,

...I am finally Haunter! Soon I will take my revenge... but I am not strong enough, my existence is not distinct enough...soon... soon...

With the bulbasaur and Jared in tow, Haunter carried the two and began floating towards the town.

"BUL BULBA BULSARRUR" Jared had fallen asleep at some point, but he was woken up by the racket.

An annoyed haunter was choking the source of the noise to shut him up, "Wait, haunter! stop choking him and take us down!" His words only appeared after the fact, because the bulbasaur had already lost consciousness.

Back on the ground, Jared cautiously looks around, it was now too dark to see, "Where did you take us last night?"

"Away from the big plant"

Slapping his head, Jared sighed, while looking at the unfamiliar environment with his dimmed flashlight.

The trees looked so dense, that he doubted the morning light couldn't reach for a long time, ...Damn, I told him to head towards town... but it looks like he got lost. I should have shown Haunter how the GPS worked... but hindsight is 20/20...

Shaking his head, Jared speaks, "Let's see where you brought us..." He then unpockets his phone, "Three AM huh... alright, we aren't as far as I thought, but you took us far into no man's land."

"Hrmph, give me negative energy now, I'm starving human!"

...Considering he flew us here, we should be much further away... He must've flown in circles a few times because we are only about eight hours by foot from where he were...

Returning his phone to his pant pocket, Jared inspects the bulbasaur.

Running his fingers down the large leafy bulb, which stuck out of the creature's back, he noticed it felt hard and sticky, which was a bit unlike what he had expected.

...I really hope I can tame him, if not, then... it's a bit cruel, but I'll have to sell him. Bulbasaurs can only be found in the wild, so they should be worth quite a bit...

Looking up, Jared finally replies to Haunter, "It's a bit silly to call you something else, now that you've evolved, so how about I give you a nickname?"

"Stupid human, call me whatever you want."

"How about Boo?"

"No!"

"How about Ghosty?"

"NO!!"

"I thought you didn't care what I called you?"

"Shut up human, I'm hungry!"

"You always seem to eat negative energy like tomorrow, so how about Void?"

"No, that's not a real name!"

"Well... from where I used to live, there is a Latin god of the night called Nyx, what do you think about that?"

"Call me whatever, human, I don't care!"

Seeing the human laugh, Gastly snorts.

"Alright, Nyx, I promise I will give you negative energy soon, but first we have to deal with the bulbasaur."

Nyx just gives the human an annoyed look, but Jared pays it no mind, "Say, Gastly, did that bulbasaur get a good look at you?"

"I don't know, No"

"No, or you don't know?"

"No"

...Haunter, or rather... Nyx is getting quite grumpy, I'll have to treat him to lots of negative energy after this...

"Gastly, pokemon seem to mistrust adults, and an abducted pokemon like this bulbasaur is never going to trust anyone through normal means, so would you help me put on a little play when he wakes up? I'll treat you to lots of negative energy after."

"I want five days!"

"Three days."

"NO!"

"It was originally supposed to be one entire day, when did it become five?"

"Three days then!"

"Alright, alright, here's what you need to do...."

In the thicket, a stray ray of light roused Bulbasaur from his slumber.

He warily opened his eyes but didn't move. He tried to recall the previous day's events, but his memory felt hazy, and it was too dark to see at the time anyway.

Bulbasaur looks around to find a human leaning against a tree with his eyes closed, he was holding a long stick. At the tip was a pocket knife wrapped around one end, which completed a makeshift spear.

The human nodded towards him with a smile, and he spoke softly, but he had no idea what was said.

The man opened up his bag, which prompted Bulbasaur to reflexively flinch. The man held his hands out, to reveal he was holding something edible.

Bulbasaur was feeling quite hungry from his ordeal, and the food smelled quite good, but he didn't know where he was and was wary of everything.

He had seen humans before, and his mother had warned him about them, so he wasn't taking any chances!

Bulbasaur cautiously stepped back and began walking away from the human one step at a time. He intended to leave the area, and somehow find his way back to his mother.

He looked back, but the human didn't move to pursue, so he disappeared into the thick bushes, and made his way through the forest.

Sometime later Bulbasaur hears some ghastly wails coming from the direction he had intended to head through.

Wisely he chose to run away from the noise, but everywhere he went, the scary noises seemed to appear from somewhere new. From a tree, Bulbasaur finds two scary looking birds eyeing him, but the scary noises were his concern.

Tired and exhausted after hours of running, Bulbasaurs eyes go wide when he finds a spear-wielding human. Somehow he was back where he started!