It All Comes Back

Description: As a character in UBE Chief's The Gravity of Darkness and Arcane-Boomeus' A Strange Love Part 2 and It Gets Stranger stories, I needed a bit more background. Here is the result.

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon, Nintendo, Game Freak, or the characters Arcane-Boomeus created. I only own my characters.

Note: Just in case you ask, yes, I am the one who had the original idea for Ace and gave it to UBE Chief for use in his story The Gravity of Darkness.

This story takes place during the events of the story It Gets Stranger written by Arcane-Boomeus.

Rated: M

Chapter One: Memories.


~~~~~~~~~~Ace - 10 years old~~~~~~~~~~

"Dad, c'mon I wanna see!" I said, pulling my dad's arm.

He laughed. "Alright, fine."

I smiled and ran towards the living room. "C'mon, hurry!"

Dad laughed. "Slow down! Your present's not going anywhere."

As he said this, I rounded the corner and was jumped by an Eevee.

"AAH!" I yelped as I fell to the floor, the Eevee licking my face.

Dad walked in "Or maybe it is."

Mom looked up. "Sorry, I couldn't hold her. She's just so hyper."

I laughed. "Get her off, it tickles!"

Dad lifted her off me, and mom said "So, how do you like her?"

"I don't like her." I said with a frown.

She frowned and I perked up, saying "I LOVE HER!"

They both laughed and dad said "What are you going to name her?"

I thought for a minute.

"Jessie." I said with a grin on my face.

He set Jessie down beside me and mom said "That's a nice name."

I smiled and scratched Jessie behind her ears, then suddenly, the world went white.


~~~~~~~~~~Ace - Present day~~~~~~~~~~

I woke up beside Megan - who was still sleeping - and sighed.

"They're coming back." I said as I sat up. "It's all coming back."

Megan sat up. "What's coming back?"

"Huh? Nothing…" I said with a start.

"C'mon, you can tell me." She said as she wrapped her arms around me.

I slid out of her grip and stood up. "The memories, they're all coming back."

"Oh…was it bad?" she asked with a frown.

I slid on my jeans and shirt. "No, good actually," I said, starting to walk to the door.

Megan grabbed my arm. "Where are you going?"

I slid my arm out of her grip. "Taking a walk, I need some time to think."

"I'll go with you," she said, sliding on her gown.

I turned my head to the side and said, "Alone."

She frowned. "But…"

"Don't worry, I'll be fine." I said as I walked out the door.

I bumped into Grace on the way out.

"Good morning." She said with a smile.

"Morning," I said, trying to slide past her.

She moved in front of me saying "Where are you off to?"

"Just gonna take a walk."

She kept moving in front of me as I tried to slide past.

"Oh yeah? Why?" she asked, giving me a suspicious stare.

"Do I really need a reason?"

"Yes, you do."

I crossed my arms. "Just need some time to think."

"About what?"

I frowned. "Nothing you need to worry about."

At this point I knew she could tell I was uneasy about something.

"You know I can read your mind, may as well tell me."

I thought to myself "Busted."

"Damn right," she projected.

"Fine. My memories, they're coming back."

She frowned. "Let me guess, bad?"

I shook my head. "Not yet. I know bad will come though, not all memories are happy-go-lucky."

She nodded and let me past. "You sure you'll be ok alone?" she said with a worried look on her face.

"You know me, I can handle myself."

She nodded and I walked out the door, closing it behind me.


~~~~~~~~~~Megan~~~~~~~~~~

I walked out into the hall and bumped into Grace. "And where are you off to?" she asked.

I frowned. "I'm following Ace; I don't want him getting into trouble."

Grace crossed her arms. "I understand you're concerned, but Ace can handle himself."

I shook my head. "His memories, I have a feeling they'll get him into more trouble than he can handle."

Grace frowned. "You need to stay here and take care of Abby. Ace will be fine, trust me."

I nodded and went to go check on Abby.


~~~~~~~~~~Ace - 12 years old~~~~~~~~~~

I smiled at Jessie - now an Espeon - and said, "You're the best partner at trainer could possibly have."

She smiled. "Espeon, on, eon."

I laughed. "I really wish I could understand what you're saying."

Just as I said this, a man in a suit walked up to me and said, "Hey kid, I heard you say you wish you could understand what your Pokemon is saying."

I nodded and he said, "Well then, give this a try."

He handed me a device that looked like half a headset.

"What is it?" I asked.

He just laughed. "Try it on!" he replied.

I clipped it to my ear and said, "Now what?"

"Well, little Espeon, try speaking to your master," he said.

"I can always speak to my master! He just can't understand me..." Jesse replied with a little huff.

I was amazed that I heard this instead of her usual speech.

"I…I understood you!"

Jesse looked amazed. "You can?" she asked, and I nodded.

The man laughed. "Keep it, just for showing me that it works."

I smiled. "Thank you SO MUCH!"

"My pleasure, good luck on your future battles." He said as he walked away.

I smiled and Jessie said "So, you can really understand what I'm saying?"

I turned to her and scratched behind her ears.

"Every word," I replied.

She smiled. "Yay! Now we can actually have a decent conversation!"

I laughed then heard something that sounded like somebody yelling. I ran to the sounds of cursing and angry yelling and saw a trainer beating an Umbreon, kicking it as it whimpered and squirmed on the ground.

"YOU'RE WEAK, STUPID…FUCKING…ANIMAL! WHY CAN'T YOU DO ANY FUCKING THING RIGHT!" he roared as he beat the poor creature.

I felt a huge surge of rage wash over me and ran to the trainer, tackling him to the ground."What the FUCK do you think you're doing?" I shouted as I shook him and punched his face.

"Get the fuck off me!" he replied, shoving me off. "Why are you defending that piece of CRAP? It DESERVES to die for being so WEAK!"

At this point I was completely blinded by rage. I got up, punched him so hard that I saw a small amount of blood spurt from his mouth.

"I WON'T let you harm that poor Umbreon!"

"Poor? It's fucking PATHETIC!" He spat at the Umbreon and I punched him square in the face. He roared and tackled me to the ground, punching me hard in the face. I started to lose consciousness when suddenly he started floating off me.

"Wha?" I said as I sat up and turned to look at Jessie, whose eyes were glowing. Right then I realized she was using Psychic to lift the trainer off me.

"Don't EVER touch my trainer!" she said angrily as she slammed him into the ground.

I got up and he rolled over, opening his eyes to see me and Jessie standing over him.

"Ugh…AH! NO! Don't hurt me! I'm sorry; I shouldn't have been so uncaring. PLEASE don't kill me!"

I spat in his face and said "Ace, remember the name."

He got up and ran away. I walked over to the beaten Umbreon and picked it up. "We need to get him to a Pokemon center," I said. Jessie nodded and we ran to the nearest center. We walked through the door and immediately Nurse Joy ran up.

She gasped at the sight of the beaten and bloody Umbreon. "Oh my God. What happened?"

I looked at her and said, "He was beaten by his…former trainer. Can you help him?"

She nodded and I handed the Umbreon to her. She carried him into the emergency room and I sat down and waited.

~~~~~~~~~~Two Hours Later~~~~~~~~~~

Nurse Joy came out of the emergency room and walked to me.

"How is he?" I asked, in a worried tone of voice.

She smiled. "He's resting right now; he should be fine in a couple hours. I'm worried about what happens when he's better."

"What do you mean?"

"He has nobody to take care of him."

"I'll take him." I said with a smile on my face.

She smiled and said "Good, I don't know if he'll be very comfortable with you though. Pokemon that have been beaten by their trainers tend to be…hostile to humans."

I nodded. "Don't worry. If he's anything like that, Jessie and I will turn him around."

She smiled. "Thank you, not many trainers are as caring as you."

I smiled and everything went white.


Please review, as this is my first story and I want to see what I can make better.

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