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Mercy
"Shh, baby, it's all right," Delia comforted, as her 3-year-old son Ash wailed in her arms. He clutched at her shirt collar and buried his face in her chest.
"Mommy, I'm a-scared!" Ash whimpered.
"It's all right, it's all right," she repeated.
Delia, of course, knew that it wasn't all right. Just behind her, she could hear Pallet Town being destroyed. By Pokemon.
The Pokemon Wars, called by all the Revolution, had been raging for only a few months. The Pokemon were freedom fighters and claimed they wanted freedom and independence from humans. They claimed that since the Humans were unmerciful, they would show their superiority with civilized warfare, if there was such a thing. But the Pokemon seemed to be ardent in their purpose and ruthless in their battles. The innocents were dying with the rest.
Covering her son's head with her hand, she pressed forward.
She quickly hit the ground and curled herself and her son into a protective ball as a huge piece of shrapnel blazed past her head, cutting trees into stumps like a cannonball. Ash dug his small nails into the fibers of her shirt as she lay on the ground, shivering with terror.
"Mommy, where Daddy?" Ash whimpered. "I wan' Daddy."
"Daddy…Daddy can't be here right now," Delia said, thinking about Nathan. He was one of the first killed in front-line battle, not far from Pallet Town. "But you have me."
Delia picked her way up and started running again.
Suddenly, she tripped over something. A stone or a fallen branch, or even a hole in the road, she didn't know. Her arms flew open as she hit the ground and Ash rolled away from her, hitting his head on a stone and losing consciousness.
"Oh, God…Ash, please be OK," Delia whispered, digging her fingers into the dirt and crawling to her son. She couldn't feel her leg, and she knew it was broken. Blood smeared on the ground where she dragged it. It was useless now, absolutely useless. Damn it all!
Delia heard a noise behind her. Quickly turning her head, she saw shapes in the distance. Pokemon rebels! Delia quickened her speed, but she had barely gotten 3 feet when they came upon her.
They were Pikachus, wild Pikachus, and they spoke to each other in Pikachu tongue. Delia strained to hear what little she knew of the Pikachu language.
" Pi kachu!" one of them, a female, said. (Translation: A human!)
"Pi ka chupi," another, a male said. (Translation: And her litter.)
Another male went over to Ash, and Delia was stricken with fear as it talked. "Chuka pi ka chupi, ka?" (Translation: Puny for a human, huh?) The Pikachu poked Ash with it's tail. "Pi ka." (Translation: It's hurt.)
"Please…please don't hurt my baby," Delia whispered hoarsely.
"Chu pi, ka," the first male said. (Translation: She's hurt, too.)
"Chu, pi ka chu pi ka chu?" another female asked. (Translation: Well, what should we do with them?)
The second male smirked. "Pi ka chu pi ka chu pi, ka chu pi kachu pi ka chupi." (Translation: I think we should leave them here, and give those humans what they deserve.)
The first female gasped. "Pipi! Ka chupi ka chu pi! (Translation: Rainstorm! We couldn't do that!)
"Ka chu, Pichu?" Rainstorm asked. (Translation: Why not, Tempest?)
"Ka…" Tempest said. (Translation: Oh…)
The first male stepped in. This was the leader of the group, an elderly male named Sage, or Ka in Pikachu language. Sage was the father of both Rainstorm and Tempest and the only alpha Pikachu, his wife, Stormi, or Kapi, having passed away two years ago. "Chupi, Pipi. Ka chu pi ka chu." (Translation: Enough, Rainstorm. We shall take them in.)
"Pi!" Rainstorm protested. (Translation: But!"
"Kachu! Pi ka chu pi ka Chupikachu Pika chu pi ka. Chu pi ka chupi ka." (Translation: Silence! We shall take them to Viridian River and nurse them. They will live among us.)
Rainstorm furiously turned his back on his aging father and turned to his sister. "Chu pi kachu pi, Pichu? Pi ka chupi Ka chu pi kachupi?" (Translation: And what about you, Tempest? Do you support Sage in his decision?)
Tempest felt cornered, and she spoke hesitantly. "Ka, chu pi." (Translation: Yes, I do)
Rainstorm was outraged. "Ka chupi ka chupi ka chu? Pika, chu pika. Chupi ka chu pika, chupi ka? Chu pi ka chu pika Pika ka chu?" (Translation: What about that baby of yours? Current, I believe. Humans killed your husband, didn't they? Don't you want to protect Current from them?)
Tempest flinched at the thought of her late husband, Surge, but answered clearly. "Pi ka chu pika chu pikachu. Pi kachu Ka." (Translation: Not at the loss of innocents. I support Sage.)
Rainstorm hissed violently, his fur on end. "Pi ka chu pi, ka chu pi ka Chu!" (Translation: If that's the case, may you rot in Hell!) Rainstorm turned and bounded away into the forest, disappearing from sight.
Sage went to Delia's aid. Tempest and the second female, Charges, went to Ash. Delia was quickly losing consciousness, and the last thing she remembered was Sage leaning over her and examining her face.
Delia awoke to the sun shining on her face and the prickly feeling of grass on her cheek. Her eyes opened slowly and she realized that the hellish events of last night were over. She was safe and alive and Ash…
Ash! Oh, Christ, he was still out there with wild Pikachu and God knows what had happened to him.
Delia moved to get up but was grounded. Looking at her wasted leg, she saw that it had been set with sticks with a bottom made of thick tree bark. The sticks were tied together with vines and it formed a little cage around her leg, a lot like the fencing around trees in a park.
To her left, she heard someone laughing. Rolling over, carefully not crushing her leg, she saw that it was Ash. He was sitting up in the field, a bandage of leaves stuck together with tree sap around his head. And he was playing, yes, playing with a little Pikachu. This Pikachu, unlike the ones from last night, was a baby, and like Sage and Rainstorm, was male.
It was Current, Tempest's baby.
Ash saw his mother and waved at her, his eyes sparkling. "Mommy! Mommy! I found somet'ing! I found somet'ing!"
"Yes, you did," Delia called back, trying to be cheerful. She was terrified. She'd seen what Pikachus could do. They looked sweet and innocent, but they were back-stabbers to the core and their electric blasts could kill. Just a spark could kill her son…
Delia struggled but remained grounded. Her leg was busted, and without it, she could do nothing but watch and pray.
Ash was not frightened at all. He was quite enjoying playing with Current, or Pika, as Current was known in Pikachu language. Current had tiny sparks coming from his cheeks but it didn't seem to faze Ash. Ah, well, play with fire, get burned.
Tempest walked in front of Delia. She was carrying a large leaf filled with little berries. Healing berries.
"Pi, ka chu pi ka chu," Tempest said, wondering if the human would understand. (Translation: Here, I brought you some food.)
Delia did not understand all of what Tempest said, but she had heard 'food', and she was painfully reminded of her empty stomach. Delia knew that poison did not grow around here and she had eaten these berries before. The Pikachu couldn't trick her. So, she concluded, the food must be okay.
Delia popped a berry in her mouth, and she almost swooned. It was sugar-sweet, maybe even better, melted in her mouth and slid down her throat easily. Which was good, because she didn't have enough energy to chew. The rumbling in her stomach slowly ceased as she ate the berries one by one.
Tempest made another attempt to communicate with the human. "Pi ka chupi Pikachu. Pi ka chupi ka chu. Pi ka chu pi ka." (Translation: We are friendly Pikachu. We have taken you in. You are safe with us.)
Delia didn't understand a single word Tempest said, but she could read the gestures, the facial expression, and the kind tone of voice. And Delia nodded.
Tempest nodded and turned away. Rainstorm had been wrong about the humans. Just have a little mercy and you could live together. Just because Rainstorm had a bad experience with humans…and Surge had died because of them…
Tempest quickly shook her head to clear her of such thoughts. Surge's death was not the fault of this human or her litter. Surge had volunteered for this army…the one that Mewtwo had started. And besides, she could compare herself with this Human. She was young, with a son and without a man, and so was Delia.
Sage was motioning to her, and she went to her father.
"Chu pi ka, Ka?" she asked. (Translation: What is it, Sage?)
"Chu pi ka chu pi ka chu pi," Sage answered. (Translation: I don't think we can hide them here.)
"Ka?" Tempest yelped. (Translation: What?)
"Chu pi ka chupika chu pi. Kachu pi ka chu." (Translation: This is a heavily used place. Others would find them.)
Tempest looked puzzled. "Pi ka chu pi kachu pi." (Translation: But this is a neutral zone.)
Sage shook his head. "Kachu pi ka chu pi kachu pi. Ka chu pi ka chupi ka, chu pi ka chu." (Translation: Only if there are no humans here. If we want to protect them, we must move on.)
Tempest fell silent. "Pi ka." (Translation: I see.)
"Chu pi ka chu pi ka pika. Chu pi ka chu pika." (Translation: You are in charge of the humans. I well get the others.)
"Chu." (Translation: Yes.)
The Pikachus, toting Delia and Ash, were reported missing from the clearings of the Viridian-Pallet Forest. They traveled deep into the woods and settled in the river valley of the Viridian River.
They moved just in time. A huge battle was about to take place where they had previously lived.
Well, that's chapter one. I got the idea for this story from Pokemon Revolution by Farla. Go read it. It's on my Fave's List.