Long Way Down pt 5

We all pulled out our guns and pointed them at the door. My arm was starting to hurt lifting it up. I wish Jhon hadn't done anything to my shoulder.

"Ready, guys," Si asked as he went to open the door.
"Hold on," I said, grabbing a pokeball from my pocket, "I have an idea."
I threw the ball and Gravler came out.
"GRRRAAA," He roared and flexed his arms.
"Shh, shh, not so loud," I said, "Here's the plan: When Si opens the door-"
Gravler didn't bother listening to me. He curled up in a ball and rolled right on out the door, nearly taking Si out with him.
"Someone's really eager," Tom said.
"I wish I had his enthusiasm," Si said, "Let's follow him and make sure he's going the right way."

Gravler knew what he was doing. He was out there taking out everything he possibly could. He didn't care that walls where there. He just burst through them like they were Japanese houses. The guys in the hall fired their guns at him, but bullets don't work against rocks very well. Some people were smart enough to run away, but Gravler was too smart for them. He went and knocked them all down and made sure they stayed like that. I swear, anything my parents raised ends up being awesome. Gravler rolled up to me and stopped.

"Good job," I said and rubbed his head, "But next time listen to what I have to say first."
We walked to the elevator and pressed the button to go down again.
"I think we should split up," Simon said out of the blue.
"Why," Tom said.
"Um, well, it'd be a lot harder to get us if we're not together," Si said, "If we took a couple of Audino with us, it'd be harder to gather them up too."
"I like this idea," I said, "In that case, I'll take the purple Audino and the one standing next to it and go down the elevator first."
"Wh-why you first," Si shouted.
"Cause I'm injured."
"Makes sense," TCG said, "The rest of us can use the stairs. Could use the excersie, y'know."

Gravler the two Audino and I got into the elevator. "Good luck guys," I said and waved. "You too," Jamie said as the doors shut. I put a hand on my shoulder and sighed. "I hope we get out of here soon as possible," I said to myself, "It's hurting like a bitch." Gravler looked around and whimpered. He's never been in an elevator before. "Calm down. It's just an elevator. Well get out of it soon enough." We stopped at level 145 as someone came in.

"Someone said there were intruders here," he said, "Are you one of em?"
Mind as well humor him. "Sure," I said and held out my hand, "The name's Jack Daniels."
He snickered. "Tom Peston," he said and shook my hand, "Your parents were rather creative."
"My Grandma, actually. She named my father Jack and it's family tradition to name your son after you, or your grandpa."
"Doesn't it get confusing?"
"I guess. I haven't put that much thought into it."
"Oh...Well, um, I'm on the floor I need to get off of. You have a great day."
"Don't tell anyone I'm here," I said and waved.
"Sure," he said like he didn't care.

As soon as the doors shut, Gravler looked at me like I just killed his parents. I shrugged. "I didn't do anything." "Gravleeeer," he pouted. I ignored him and looked at my endless reflection on the elevator walls. My back was covered in blood. And now I'm starting to look like I haven't slept in a couple of days. On the 120th floor I thought I would be able to get out and get into the next elevator, but there were a bunch of guys with guns pointed at me blocking the way. I folded my arms and rolled my eyes. Here we go again. One of the guys grabbed me by the shirt and pulled me out of the elevator. I fell down and rolled over.

"Where are the rest of them," the guy shouted.
They'll kill me as soon as they got the answer, so the only way to live is to not give them what they want.
"What, do you think I'm psychic," I said, "I don't know what you're talking about."
He thrusted the gun on to my chest. "Oh yeah, the explain the Audino."
"Um, yeah well, I was near the top floor and there where these guys with all these Audino. And they wanted me to go down the elevator with them, and uh, most of them got off on some other floor."
A couple of the guys smirked at me. Someone grabbed me by the arm and pulled me up. "We'll check into that story to see if it's true or not. Until then, we'll leave someone else to babysit you."
"Why would I lie? You guys have guns and stuff!"
We ended up in a room with a bunch of people in cubicles, doing their jobs. The guy who held my arm shoved me.
"You guys keep an eye on this dude for a bit. We have to check something out about him. Kill him if he tries anything funny."

Everyone stood up and surrounded me as the other guys left. I wasn't real worried about this group of people. Much smaller and defenseless looking. "How much do you guys get paid," I asked. "Not enough," a big fat bald guy said. "Clearly," I said and took him down first. Some of the employees went to their desks to grab guns, or something. I didn't want to give them a chance. "Gravler," I said, "Rollout." Nothing happened. I looked around and realized Gravler wasn't by my side. I didn't have time to ponder where he went. I took out my own gun and fired away. God, holding my arm up like that was killing me. Some people hid under their desks. I wasn't going to let anyone send out a warning, so with much regret, I had to take them out. The guy who I came across earlier was there. "Don't hurt me," he whimpered. "Don't worry about it," I reassured him, "You'll just have a good night's rest. And maybe you'll be a little sore when you get up, but it beats being dead, right?"

I stared down the hall leading to the elevators. Some guys were trying to pull Gravler out of the elevator. "Forget it," one guy said, "Let's just send them all up. If he wants them back, he'll have to get through us first." He then pressed a button for the elevator to go up as I popped out from the corner. "I lost my Audino," I said into the glasses com, "They went up the elevator." "Not a problem," Jamie said, "I'm nearby anyways, so I'll take care of it." "Thanks." The guys noticed me. "Hey!" I took out my gun and quickly took them down. "Aurgh, I need someone to cover me," I said, "I can hardly lift my arm up anymore." "I'm nearby," Seviper said, "Just wait around for me." "No, don't," James said, "It's too dangerous for you to wait around, Jack. You need to keep moving." "If I keep going it'll be even worse," I said. "Then just hide somewhere till we get there," Jamie said.

I went through the nearest door I could find. There was a guy with buzz cut and a horrible mustache typing away at his computer. Samuel Johnson: Manager said his plate.

"Can I help you," Sam asked with an annoyed look on his face.
"Not really," I said, "Just waiting around for someone."
He looked at his watch. "I'm sorry, but I'm afraid going to have to kick you out. It's time for me to quit for the day, and I don't plan on sticking around any longer than I'm supposed to."
"Man, I wish I could say the same thing, but unfortunately for me, I still have a long way to go."
He grabbed his jacket from behind his chair and walked up to me.
"Excuse me," he said, "We need to get out of here."
"Why?"
"I don't want you snooping around my stuff."
"Understandable."

We came out of the room as soon as Jamie and Seviper came along with all the Audino and my Gravler. Sam seemed a bit startled at all the blood Jamie had on him, but didn't say anything. "Jack, you lived," Jamie shouted and clung to me. "Yeah, I lived. Now let's get out of here." "W-What's going on here," Sam asked. He sounded a bit frightened. "We're doing good things," Jamie said, enthusiastic as usual. Sam stood there, wide-eyed. Seviper folded his arms and started tapping his foot. "Geez, these elevators take forever," he whined. The elevator dinged behind us.  It nearly gave me heart attack as I jumped and turned around. Jhon was there with his Audino.

"Yo," Jhon said.
"More of them," Sam said, "What is with all of these Pokemon?"
"Someone stole them and we're simply returning them to their rightful trainers," Jhon said.
"Ohhhh...it all makes sense now."
We all got into the next elevator. Sam sniffed loudly and waved his hand in front of his face.
"You stink," he said to Jamie, "You smell like blood."
"Thanks, I worked for hours to get to this level of aroma," Jamie said sarcastically.
I heard Simon snicker on the glasses com.
"Good one," he said.
"I don't get it," TCG said.
"He was being sarcastic," Si tried to explain.
"Oh, alright...wait, Jamie or the other guy."
"Forget it. CG will never understand sarcasm," I said.
"Who are you talking to," Sam asked.
"People I know."
"Oh..."

We got out of the elevator and Gravler was having problems getting out again. "Maybe you should just stay in your pokeball until I need you again," I said, recalling him. That's when the glasses com buzzed in my ear. A map of the floor we were on came on the glasses. Little green dots representing people were coming in from both sides. "We need to get moving," I said. Jamie, Seviper, and Jhon all nodded. We all hid in the first room we could find which ended up being a closet.

"Glad to know these glasses finally decided to work," I ranted, "Unlike the last 50 times when we needed them."
"I know, right," Jamie agreed, "Fix them Computer Guy."
"I do computers," CG said, "Not these glasses...things...That's Uncle Walter's invention."
"Modification," Seviper corrected, "It's actually my mother's invention."
"Whatever."

We heard voices outside the closet.  I hate these type of situations. Are you just going to stand outside there talking? Are you going to open the door? Are you going to open the door and shoot us? Don't keep me waiting, please. The only thing worse was that it was dark in here. Someone bumped into me and we both fell.

"Oh, shit!"
"Hey, what was that?"
"It sounded like it came from the closet."
"What the hell was that for," I snarled.
"Dino," came a reply.

The door opened. We didn't have time to adjust to the light as we were thrown out. "Get that one first," I heard someone say. I tried to get up. I could of sworn I felt something lightly hit the back of my head. I plopped back down and blacked out.