The members who were stuck to the ground panicked as they also wanted to get out of their situation but it looks like the leader of the team is trying to get rid of them, they were angry but they couldn't do anything, both in standing and fighting the leader has higher standing than them.

The other members who were ordered to stay behind and watch over the trapped members were also not satisfied with his order but they cannot refute him, they had to listen to him as status and rank in Team Flare is very important, if someone doesn't follow their higher-ups, the best thing that can happen to them is getting thrown out by Team Flare, the worst thing that can happen is torture and ****.

Though they claim to seek the perfect world, their hierarchy is really fucked up and the ones who are at the bottom are treated very poorly.

The leader smirked as he saw the looks on their faces but he didn't care, he turned around and tried to walk away but suddenly his facial expression changed as he realized that he couldn't move his legs as well, he panicked and looked at the other members and realized that he was not the only one who is stuck, every member seems to be struggling to get their feet off their ground.

"SIR, I CANNOT MOVE"

One of them shouted. historical

"NEITHER CAN I, SIR HELP US"

"I WANNA GO BACK"

"SIR, HELP UP PLEASE"

All of them started to scream in fear as they didn't know what to do.

Julian who was watching this just sighed as he realized that Gengar is messing with them, he could have ended it with one gulp but he didn't he targeted one and then made the others fear their own circumstances.

The team flare members continued to shout in fear and ask for help, seeing that none of them were able to get free, the leader took out his handheld device and sent out a distress signal.

"SIR, I AM SINKING!"

"SIR, ME TOO"

"SIR, HELP ME"

The members started to scream in fear as they realized that their legs are sinking into the ground, they looked at their feet and could see them slowly sinking into their own shadow.

Even the leader was now sinking into the ground and panicking, he didn't know what was happening but he is scared for his life, he didn't want to die, he screamed out of his lungs and called for help, his screams scared away most of the pokemons in the surrounding while Julian just watched, the Hoothoot who is standing next to him also didn't move and watched everything in detail, it was surprised by seeing how these people were sinking into their own shadow.

It could feel the ghostly aura coming from the shadow and wondered what is the cause behind it.

The members soon disappeared into the ground and the only thing that was left was a patch of black shadow on the ground, the shadow then moved and came right under the tree Julian is sitting and blended in.

Hoothoot was surprised by this, it didn't expect the shadow to move at all.

Julian, on the other hand, just waited for another batch to arrive, since the team leader had sent out a distress signal, soon more members will arrive, and as he expected more Team Flare members arrived on the scene but there is still no sign of the Admins with them.

The members that approached the area were divided into two groups and both of them came from different directions, Julian realized that the members were separated into groups to comb the forest and find the Zygarde core.

When the two groups arrived there, they looked at each other and tried to find the group who sent the distress signal but they couldn't find even a trace of these people.

They knew something went very wrong here, they tried to find any traces but they couldn't

"We should go back and report it to the admins, this might be a trap"

The team leader of one team said to the other team leader.

"Yes, we should, I don't feel good here, there is something very creepy about this part of the forest, it is too quiet"

The other team leader who is a female said these words.

"Yes, let's get out of here"

The male team leader said and turned around and was about to leave but he suddenly felt his legs unable to be lifted off the ground, he looked down on the ground and tried to yank his leg off but he couldn't

He started to hear complaints and yells around him, he lifted his head and looked around realizing that the whole group is suffering the same thing as him, he looked at the female team leader and she is also struggling to get her feet off the ground, she bent down and tried to remove her show but her hands got stuck as well putting her exposed ass right in front of the male team leader.

The male team leader didn't know what to think of this situation, whether to be happy about seeing her ass or be scared about his current situation.

Soon the yells got louder and they felt their body being dragged down into the ground.

They sent out another distress signal as they disappeared into the shadow.

Because of the distress signal, another group of team flare members came and checked the area and they also suffered the same fate.

Gengar was now just messing with these people, they would make the sinking process very slow so that every second was agonizing for these people.

Julian, on the other hand, was surprised by how many people Team Flare had just sent, well he could understand the reason behind such numbers as they have faced continuous failure with capturing Zygarde Core.