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"Andy, we've been here before." Bones said quietly, their pawsteps echoing in the silent cavern. The Kangaskhan rock stared into nothing, without judgement, but Bones swore they could feel its eyes on them anyway.
"What?" Andy's face scrunched up, confused. He didn't always understand Bones' Silent Scream ability or their visions, but this definitely seemed... Different. In the vision that had flashed before Bones' very eyes, two Pokemon stood in the duo's exact place, except...
There was a Charmander in the lead, with a Shinx in tow. Beaten and with no items, down to their very last Reviver Seeds and Oran Berries... Bones felt certain that this Charmander- in another timeline, somehow- was themself, and that Andy had been a Shinx before.
And they had both failed miserably.
Could someone else have… interfered with time, again? Someone who wasn't Celebi, Grovyle, or Dusknoir?
Who knew? Time was all sorts of strange here, in the Pokemon world.
"We've been here, in this-" Bones shuddered, small sparks sizzling off their fur as they did. "Awful place. Camerupts and fire-types and all."
"Bones, we haven't run into any Camerupts. Just some Numels on the lower floors… Are you doing okay?"
"I had another vision." At the explanation, Andy frowned, his tail lightly flicking back and forth.
"Doesn't your special ability… thingamajig… work based on things that you touch?"
"It happened when I touched-" Bones gestured to the innocent Kanghaskan rock. "This. It triggered a vision, and I… I saw… I think it was us, but as different Pokemon. And we were… not in good shape."
"That's… Not a great sign, I think. But we'll make it this time. We have to."
"Yeah," Bones agreed, frowning. But if… Their visions had come true, then…
"We'll make it out of here."
"And kick some butt as we do it!!"
Bones smiled wearily, nuzzling Andy's cheek. The Skitty nuzzled them back, his tail intertwining with theirs.
At least they had each other, at the precipice of this dangerous world.