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Ray looked over the pokemon from where he stood, and it was then that he noticed that the poor little girl seemed to have injured her arm. Ray wanted to help, but he needed to make sure that he didn't distress the pokemon anymore than it already was. After all he didn't want to hurt her, he wanted to help her. In order to do that he needed to get her trust first. So Ray knelt down and looked at the pokemon, Ray tried to keep his voice down in the process "hey, your hurt would you um... would you let me help you?" he questioned, waiting for the pokemon. The pokemon continued to stare, as if scared of him. Why would it be scared of him? Maybe another human had injured it and that was why the pokemon was wary of him. He bit the bottom of his lip as he stood still "I know that um... that I seem scary, but I'm not promise! See, Rey will tell you" he said, motioning his partner to help.

Rey looked at Ray, before flying forwards and landing on the ground. The bird pokemon puffed out his chest and squawked a bit as if explaining that Ray was not someone that the little pokemon needed to put up defenses around. It took a while, but the Phantump reluctantly came a bit closer to him. He was glad, Ray honestly didn't really like battling if he could help it. It was sort of embarrassing, and Rina always called him a mother hen believe it or not. Though Ray sort of wished she was still here so that she could poke fun at him, he wouldn't even get mad this time. Distracted by his thoughts, he failed to notice the tears falling from his eyes. He was rather surprised to feel something against his cheek brushing a tear or two away. He looked up and noticed that the Phantump was right in front of him, trying to comfort him. Ray smiled a bit at that, so much for helping her out. It seemed like it was the other way around.

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Ray finished up patching the area that the little phantump was injured at, before nodding "that should do it... I think" he said, rubbing the back of his head softly. The Phantump looked over the the little green ribbon that had been used as a make-shift bandage of sorts. It seemed that she was pleased with it, and when when Ray stood she floated up so that the she was still looking at Ray. Ray tilted his head to the side a bit, curious as to why the little ghost type pokemon didn't go back to its family. He pursed his lips, before taking a few steps forwards. He stopped and looked over to see that the pokemon was indeed following him. Confused, Ray turned back towards the ghost-type "hey, I don't have anything else... I'm sorry, if I had food I would give you some but um... I have nothing... sorry" he said apologetically. With that, he turned once more and started to walk, but the Phantump was still following him. So again Ray stopped, eyebrow raised.

Rey looked at his trainer and then at the ghost-type, before nudging Ray to pay attention towards the pokemon once more. Odd he just said he didn't have any food, so why was she still following him? He thought about it some more, before he felt his hand being moved towards something on his belt. Ray stopped and turned his head to see that Rey was moving his hand towards one of his empty pokeballs. He pressed his fingers against the cool metal, before holding the ball in his hands "you mean she wants to come with us?" he questioned, before looking over at Phantump for some sort of answer. The Phantump seemed to beam, before floating over and petting his cheek softly. Ray looked sheepishly at the pokemon, before patting the ghost-types own head in response. It seemed to enjoy his touch, and eagerly started tapping on the red lid of the pokeball.

Ray sighed, running a hand through his hair. It seemed that the little gal wanted to come with him. He thought about it, and it didn't seem like a bad idea. So why not? He nodded "ok, will you come with me?" he asked, holding out the pokeball towards the Phantump. Phantump squealed with delight, before pressing the middle of the ball as it sucked it in. The ball dropped into his hands and shook three times before a loud clicking sound could be heard. Pleased Ray held the little pokeball to his chest "I'll be sure to take good care of you, promise" he whispered, as if he were a parent whispering to their child. Once that was finished, Ray turned too distracted by his new pokemon to see that once again there were more spider webs in his way. He yelped, as he fell backwards and into the welcoming clutches of the webs. Great, just great. He groaned, looking hopefully over at his pokemon partner to help him out again. Sadly Rey was also caught in the webs. Ray knew that he shouldn't freak out, but he didn't like being restrained like this. He didn't like feeling like he was suffocating, and he coughed a bit. Seriously, was this whole place filled with spider webs? The worst part was that he was pretty sure these were stronger than the last ones he ran into. He gulped, getting a bit teary eyed again... what if the spiders actually caught him in their trap this time?

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Ray eventually stopped squirming in the webs. There was no point in struggling anymore, he was so tangled in the webs that he couldn't try and resist them even if he wanted to. Tears slipped down his cheeks as he cried more. It was stupid, he knew. Ray couldn't help it though, this was who he was. Sure Ray was teased a lot because he was a huge crybaby, but he couldn't help it. With his small build, and frail bones Ray often times got hurt pretty easily. It didn't help that it was his sister that got him out of trouble and protected him. He knew it should have been the other way around, but his sister was the stronger of the two. Rina could do anything, even without Ray. However, without Rina, Ray was useless. He chewed the inside of his cheeks, closing his eyes. Marcus probably wouldn't even find him, this place seemed huge. He chocked a bit, whining a bit. Maybe it was better if he got lost and left here. At least then he wouldn't be bothering anyone with his useless existence. Yeah that didn't sound too bad, Rey could probably get out eventually if he bit at the strings enough. He closed his eyes and just accepted the fact that he might now make it out.

However, he heard a faint voice calling his name, and he tilted his head to the side. He opened his eyes, but he was only greeted with darkness. The voice lingered in his head "Marcus?" he asked softly, looking around. When he didn't hear anything else but footsteps he was a bit hesitant, were the spiders finally coming for him? He tensed, the tears in his eyes returning. This was it, he was finally going to kick the can. He closed his eyes, waiting.

Nothing happened.

He blinked, hearing a voice asking if he needed help. He noticed that Marcus was actually here in front of him. Ray cried more, nodding "M... Marcus?" he questioned, as Marcus started attending to the webs all around them. After a bit of untangling, Ray was free and he hugged Marcus crying a bit. He knew that Marcus wasn't much of a touchy feely type of guy, but Ray couldn't help it. Marcus was the closest person to him since Rina, and Marcus had protected him so far so in a sense Marcus just automatically meant safety to Ray. After calming down a bit, he released the other boy before wiping his eyes with his sleeves "s... sorry" he murmured weakly. He looked up sheepishly at Marcus "t.. thanks, I um... didn't mean to scare you... I um er... thought I could handle it but I was wrong..." he said. Ray didn't know what it was, but as he spoke he felt the air chill. He shivered, it was like something was watching him.

Ray felt uncomfortable, so he looked over at Marcus "um... I was er... could we um... maybe hold hands? It's just... I don't really know how to explain it but um, It just feels like something is er... like we're not alone" he said softly. Again he felt like eyes were watching him. He waited for the boy to speak, before feeling a chill behind him. He tensed as something cold and wet slid up his arm. He jumped, yelping as a result. He turned and found a haunter staring at him. He shivered, feeling as if something just zapped the energy right out of him. He felt sluggish, staggering a bit before resting against the wall. He heard a cackle, before he felt himself being dragged by the hood. He gasped, trying his best to stay on his feet, but his lack of energy didn't help him. He looked at Marcus and Rey "help!" he shrieked over the laughing that the Haunter was doing.

It drug him around the corner, slamming his side into some furniture that was broken. He yelped, wincing as he was dragged around some more. Ray's feet were now pretty much dragging against the floor, as he flailed around trying grab anything to stop this creature from taking him where ever he was taking him to "Marcus! Hey are you still- ouch! Stop, stop running me... into things- AH my shoe!" he said weakly as one of his shoes fell off. He just got an amused chuckle before being carried off some more. Great... just great.

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