WISH FROM THE HEART
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-CHAPTER ONE-
The wind skipped a beat through her straw hat and she paused, whipping the sweat of her brow to squint up at the sun as to be able to tell the time. Guessing that it was approximately three or four o'clock, she returned to face the trees and plucked a few more Sitrus berries to place in her basket.
"Rebecca!" The voice of the old man she was working for cried from down the trail of vegetables and berries, "Come here, dear!"
"Okay!" She cried back before grabbing the last ripe Sitrus berry and adding it to the growing collection of Orans, Lums and Leppas in her basket. She hurried to a strut down the small almost-forest like area before joining the old man and his wife. "Yes, what is it? I'm here."
"It's about time for supper, dearie." Mrs Smith smiled sweetly and grabbed the basket of sweets from her, passing it to her husband as she led the girl inside, "You must be hungry."
Rebecca shook her head earnestly, "I haven't finished yet. I still have to pick the Nanab—"
"You can do that later, dearie." The elderly woman effectively cut her off with a warm plate of potatoes and ham with creamed corn.
Rebecca nodded a bit in disappointment but grabbed the plate nevertheless and seated herself at the table, tightening the scarf around her neck self-consciously.
Mrs Smith noticed this, like almost all the times they ate together, and her wrinkled eyebrows knit together once more, "You know you don't have to wear that scarf at the dinner table, dearie."
Rebecca fiddled with the end of her scarf secretly under that table and blew lightly on her food, "No. I must wear it all the time."
"If you're sure, dearie."
Rebecca gave a strained smile before taking a bite out of potatoes, "I'm sure."
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"Go Crobat, use Wing Attack!"
Once hearing the attack, a girl with a hair colour of brown, green, and yellow called to her Flygon, "Dodge with Faint Attack!"
"FLY!" Flygon cried before it vanished into the shadows just as the Crobat's bright purple wings were about to make contact. Flygon appeared behind him and punched it just as it turned around, efficiently making it flutter back in surprise.
"Use Dragon Claw, Flygon!"
"Don't let them, Crobat! Use Poison fang!"
The attacks collided in mid air, Crobat his fangs in Flygon's left wing and said ground dragon had sunk its claws into the poison Pokémon's side painfully. The two hovered awkwardly in the air before they finally came crashing down, dust flying in the owner's faces as the coughed into their fists. They quickly rushed to the scene, finally seeing the end result of their battle; both Pokémon lay knocked out, swirls in their eyes out of exhaustion.
Alexis grinned sheepishly before recalling her Pokémon, "Good job, Flygon."
"You two, Crobat." Her opponent agreed, his Pokémon disappearing in a beam of red light.
Alexis shook hands with him, bid farewell, and was back on the road again. She grinned to herself. Her life as a Pokémon trainer is going perfect as long as she didn't have to think about that anymore. Life as a test subject is never easy. Of course she was glad that she survived it, but not a lot did when it came to having a Pokémon merged within them.
She ran a hand over the golden wristbands side effects imprinted into her skin before making sure her bangs were still in place. A couple of coloured locks flew out of the pins at her touch and she surfed out her hand mirror in annoyance, sliding them back in place perfectly from the multitude of times she had to do so during the day.
Those two were side effect; static and colouration. She just can't stand that her bangs are too short and soft to stay in the bobby pins, and along with the electricity always in her, it made a bad combination. A few days after she was fused, she suddenly found that she had yellow and green on her head. What was even up with that?
Alexis sighed and shook her head to rid her of the thoughts of the looming past that could never leave her alone. She concentrated on reaching Hearthome city, once there she could heal her Flygon and maybe talk to gym leader for some advice on training her Pokémon. She had to switch from coordinator to trainer so suddenly it that threw her tactics off balance, but she plans on getting back on track. She missed being a coordinator, but she knows that she needs to be ready in case they come looking for her once more.
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"Shit." Garret cursed to himself, pacing the marble floors of the room rhythmically to calm himself. "What am I going to do? What am I going to do? ...What can I do?"
The bright hospital-white walls mocked him around every corner, enhancing his fear as he thought he heard footsteps coming from down the hall. He froze mid stride and stared at the door for a few seconds, daring his hearing to be correct.
The footsteps turned out to be real, and Garret jumped when the locked doorknob was gripped, unconsciously activating his ability. He groaned when his body shrunk down to the size of a cockroach; it wasn't a good feeling to be compressed into something so tiny.
Not wanting take his new mould for a test run around the room before it could be too late, he dashed towards the door as it started open, sliding on his back so that he could pass under. He recognized the scientist from the back of her spiky brown hair and blanched, sprinting as fast as he could at the left hall—even if he hadn't a clue to where he was headed.
"What the—?" He could hear her, seeing as his smaller self could only run so far with little legs, "Not again!"
He dived for the corner just as she looked around the hall for him. Laboured breathing paused in surprise when he heard her call out, "Experiment three-one-seven-two escaped again, where's Elias?"
"I'm sorry Miss Livinia, but he's taken over four-zero-three-four and four-zero-three-five's cases." A lackey said as he went to her. "He's been out for a couple of days now."
"Already?" Persephone hissed back in annoyance before let it go with a sigh, "I guess we have no choice. Get me my bag; things are going to get ugly." It was a slight lie, she just wanted him out of her sights before doing anything.
"Yes Miss Livinia."
Once the lackey was out of ear shot, she placed her hands on her hips as she took a casual stance, turning her head slightly to face the corner she knew he was hiding behind, "I know you're there. There's no need to hide. You know I'm going to get you."
Shit! Garret looked around wildly, looking around for any chance of escape; mostly like the best would be a crack in that wall. But all the rooms were in perfect maintenance, just in case someone with an ability like his could use such a default as to escape. Like he was hoping he could do.
He was about to detach himself from the wall to run when a shadow suddenly loomed over him threateningly. He froze once more and looked up with fear in his eyes, just as Miss Livinia decided to smirk down at him.
"You know it's best if you don't escape." She advised sweetly, scrunching down as if she was speaking to a child. "Come now, or you won't get hurt."
Garret gulped, hair tingling with stress, before the will to survive overcame him and he ran under the scientist's legs. Unimpressed, Persephone grabbed him from the ground, barely having to turn her body around, and brought him to her face.
"Do you want me to squeeze the life out of you?" She asked, no more emotions other than slight annoyance showing in her voice.
The teen struggled in the palm of her slowly tightening hand, trying to free his own little hands so that he could find a way to slip out and save himself. He cursed his ability; how he wished it didn't take two hours for him to regenerate!
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Rebecca looked at her reflection in the bathroom mirror for a few seconds before pulling off the brown scarf adorning her neck. A ring of furled leaves appeared around her neck, a strong smell of spice wafting in the air as they were freed.
She frowned and touched one of the leaves lightly, only to sneeze as the spice jumped into her nose. She scowled at her reflection in annoyance, tempting herself to rip the leaves out of her skin to stop with the annoying scent.
"Rebecca, dearrie, what's taking so long?" Mrs Smith called from the kitchen.
With a slight jump, the teen quickly returned the scarf around her neck and secured it before exciting the bathroom. "I'm done!"
"Good, good." Mrs Smith gave her an emptied straw basket, "You can go pick those Nanab berries like you wanted."
Rebecca smiled warmly and grabbed the basket, "Thank you."
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A small head popped out of the bushes behind Alexis, her features matching the girl's almost to a T. Same dark hair with fusion coloured highlights, bright green eyes, even the same fused Pokémon! There was only one way to tell them apart though, and that was the small blue and yellow star-shaped tail that Bree didn't have a choice to live with.
"Really? All that static electricity is coming from her?" Bree hissed to herself. Because of their similarities, they both hated each other to the core. Why the heck did the scientist have to fuse two Shinx? Wasn't that just pushing the envelope and wasting another human to create an Amon?
"I can't believe I have to do this." She looked around for another electric Pokémon just in case, but frowned when she found none, "Guess I have no choice." She took a deep breath before walking out of the bush she was currently using to hide, "Hey Lexi!"
Alexis froze in place at the familiar voice and turned around in surprise, "...Belwen?"
Bree lifted her hand in greeting and smiled politely, "Long time no see."
"Yeah..." Alexis' eyes were filled with fear. It's not every day you suddenly reunite with another Amon, of the same type too!
"I need help." Bree went straight to the point as her eyes lost its warmth, "Someone's after me."
"Not my problem." Alexis returned to face the road and continued back on her way, "Find someone else."
"I can't!" Bree called back in exasperation, running up to the girl and forcing her to turn around by her arm.
"Why not?" Alexis snapped, annoyance showing in her features as she pulled her arm free. Her bangs shot out of her hair clip as the static followed her emotions.
Bree dropped her hands and looked back warily at the road behind her. "I need electricity!"
"Use your own!"
"A-lex-is!" Bree seethed, completely ticked off, "If you so don't help me, by god, the ABC is going to have your head!"
Alexis narrowed her eyes threateningly, "You're lying. There's no way the ABC can even find me."
"Who do you think I'm running from?" Bree exclaimed as a rustle followed from the bushes that she used to be in. Hearing this, she hurriedly grabbed Alexis wrist. "Lend me some electricity!"
"What—Why?" Alexis yelped when the rustling bushes started to blur. Fear struck her as she stared at the area, wondering if whatever's hidden would jump out to scare the turd out of them.
"Experiment four-zero-three-five has found experiment four-zero-three-four—Alexis Terrain." A chilling voice whispered from behind them, freezing them in place by its mocking tone. "Excellent. This is going to be a lot easier than I thought."
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Garret groaned as he hit the polished marble ground face first. It's been what, half an hour that he and that evil scientist were playing cat and mouse all over this strange, oddly vacant area of the lab? Was this just some sort of cruel joke to her? She let him go without a fight just to chase him down! What kind of sick people were in this demented place?
He picked himself up and glanced back behind him. The woman hadn't caught up to him somehow, and he in his puny self was not giving him much to work with other than sliding under locked doors. He had to find a way out of this place, and fast!
The woman's footsteps were following him like his own shadow, yet leisurely calm as if she chased around escaped Amons almost every day. He cursed himself and ran for the nearest door again.
Anything to get away.
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Rebecca exited the confines of the small house, heading straight for the Berry trees she was picking before supper came. The outside, in the middle of the multitude of trees filled with berries, was calm and serene, not an ounce of danger making itself known. The Pidgeys tweeted, the Wurmples crawled, and no one ever felt guilty if they ate a couple of the precious fruits hanging from the branches.
A few feet away, at a distance that Rebecca couldn't possibly hear, the sound of rustling leaves could be heard, yet it was harsher than the wind's usual. It came closer and stronger to the girl as a shadowed figure appeared in a crouch on a branch of the rustling tree. He snatched a falling Pecha berry that had chosen to follow him before it could reach the ground and simply stared at it for a few seconds. He glanced at the girl at ease in front of him before whipping it through the bushes to rid himself of it.
She hadn't stiffened, and if she had heard him, she didn't show any signs of it.
He turned his dark eyes towards the small little house she inhabited and raised his eyebrow inquiringly. Out of all places, she had to choose a farm as a place to live?
He shook his head silently and smirked. It was far too easy.
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"M-move!" Bree snapped out of her stupor first, pulling Alexis to the side with their connecting hand and holding out the other to the intruding man to fend him off.
Sparks flew around the duo before it shot out of Bree's outstretched hand as a bolt. The intruder sidestepped quickly, the shot of electricity nearly missing his light brown hair by an inch. He played with the tip of his locks to make sure they were okay before turning back to the girls.
"My my, it seems you intend to keep playing, Bree."
Bree bristled and stepped back so that she was next to her partner, hands still connected to share electricity, "Don't call me Bree!"
"Would you rather experiment four-zero-three-five?"
Both girls flinched. The name they were given, no matter how many times used, was very demeaning in terms that they were just toys for them to play with.
"I didn't think so." Elias vanished in front of them in an instant as his words echoed.
The girls gasped and looked around wildly, back to back, as they tried to figure out where he would appear next.
Alexis turned her head to the side so that she could talk to Bree, "H-how did he vanish like that?"
Bree turned her head to do the same but was cut off before she could utter her words.
"I run very fast." The taunting voice whispered behind them once more.
"There!" Alexis whipped around and held out her free hand like Bree had done, "Thunderbolt!"
The sparks flew brighter this time and crackled to life in the air, Alexis's bangs fully flipped out of her hair pin as a giant bolt of electricity came thundering down onto the intruding man.
"Nice one!" Bree couldn't help herself once she saw the devastation. She was jealous that Alexis could use Pokémon attacks while not looking like one at all. Why did she have to be the freak with a tail and almost no power?
Alexis smiled bashfully and they finally let go of each other's hands, glad that the man was finally taken care off. They smiled a bit awkwardly to each other—they were rivals, after all—and started heading back to the road.
"Sorry about earlier." Bree dismissed with a wave of her hand, light blue tail threading the air comfortably, "I was just really freaked, you know?"
"Yeah," Alexis agreed with a brisk nod, "For a second there, I thought we were going to die."
"Understandable," Bree grinned before turning around with a slight wave, "I should head back to Eterna."
"You came from Eterna?" Alexis gawked for a few seconds, "That's so far!"
Bree smirked and closed one eye, "When you're chased, you don't really notice how far you're going."
Alexis smiled at the peace that was holding up, "True. See ya then."
"Sure."
"Where the hell do you witches think you are going?" A voice growled menacingly low, stopping both girls in their tracks as their heads snapped in the direction of the burnt soil. Up was standing Elias, eyes glinting dangerously as he moved his sizzling body forward, "You are going to feel hell!"
"You know what I said about Eterna?" Bree asked as she backed up next to Alexis. Said girl nodded feebly and also took steps back. "Forget about it!" Bree turned and shoved Alexis down the road along with her, "RUN BITCH RUN!"
Maniacal laughter echoed behind them.
Run, little lambs. It won't be long until I shed your blood.
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Nightmares are a menace, that's for sure, and he's pretty darn right sure that he's not the only who thinks so too. He flipped his snow white hair out of his eyes and gazed around his room tiredly before going about his work.
"Oh Swalot, where have you run off to?" He heard one of his fellow scientists—she was somewhat more of a trainee, you could say—call out teasingly as she reached his door. She knocked and peeked inside, "Hey Dr. Elwood, have you seen a really tiny teenage boy—you know, around the size of a bug—run in here from under your door, have you?"
Tyson's gaze swept over the polished floors of his office before recruiting at the heater for some reason. He shook his head to clear it from his daze and returned to Persephone.
"I detect nothing out of the ordinary; maybe it only made you think it was headed for my office." He said calmly, eyes suspiciously going back to the heater.
"You sure?"
"I'm sure." Tyson got up from his computer chair and politely closed the door, "Go back to work."
"Okay!" He heard her chirp from the other side of the door before her heels could be heard clicking down the hall. He paused to make sure she was distanced before going to the heater and squinting down at it.
He started to speak when he spotted something small and purple hide further underneath it, "If you want, you can hide in here for as long as you'd like. I won't tell."
Garret narrowed his eyes at the odd scientist standing over him. There was no way such a person in this hell hole existed. But it had happened, he supposed, he had led that creepy woman away from his small-but-surely-there trail.
He eventually nodded despise himself, and though he thought the man couldn't see him, the scientist returned to his desk to do something scientist-related. He blinked his large green eyes in confusion before slowly coming out from the heater.
So weird. Garret couldn't help but think. Why is he helping me?
Hate it, love it, scrap it, make love to it, YOU DECIDE!
Thank you for all of those who have taken the time to read this, I've been wanting to write a chapter like this for a while now!
The idea comes from Amber Carnival's The Hiding Game, so all credit goes to them! Seriously!
And of course, the credit for the characters all go to their owners. You guys know who you are.
I will most likely continue this! So for anyone who feel like submitting an OC, here's the form!
Name: More unique the name, the easier it is for us to remember.
Pokémon: One pokémon. No legendaries, pseudo legendaries, ect.
Age: At least five years old!
Blood type: I want to suck your blood~
Personality: You're probably sick of seeing the word 'detail' but it is essential. Minimum is one paragraph, unless you plan to stick to the OC you already sent me, in that case I already know your character.
History: History makes personality, and hopefully we can make the history quite important to the lives of the characters. Family is placed in this category as well. Write before/during/after of being at the Oak Facility. IMPORTANT TO FILL.
Current Occupation:I get the fact most of the people are on the run... so, what are you doing though? Or are you one of the few Amon who works for the ABC?
Appearance:We will even accept green hair! It's pokémon afterall!
Clothes: If you're in ABC then all you have to do is type 'uniform.'
Accessories: Bag? Watch? Hat? Anything else?
Type: The Pokémon's (above) type, like grass type is you chose Bulbasaur to be merged with.
Ability: Originality is the key! Most preferably it relates to their pokémon type.
Weakness: Weakness in abilities to be specific.
Other: In case if I missed something!
SEND YOUR OCS IN A PM PLEASE! DOUBLE PLEASE! QUADRUPOLE PLEASE!
~MARMAR OUT!
P.S. I might tweak the OCs around. Please don't mind that.