A/N Please read my first story before the sequel. Thank you!
What am I?
Within the Seafoam Islands
A young boy and his Pokemon were searching the rubble of a burning base. They had been there for days searching desperately for something…no, someone lost in the smoky debris of the base.
"She's not dead. She's not dead. Please, cousin, answer us! Where are you?!" The boy cried.
There was no answer.
The boy looked to his Pokemon and signed to them. "Can you smell her?"
They shook their heads and signed back to him. "We can only smell the smoke."
A shadow passed over them as a large, gray and purple Legendary flew over the wrecked landscape. He landed a little ways away from the boy and his Pokemon.
The boy looked at the Legendary sadly. He didn't know what to say to the Legendary to make the situation any better. The boy began walking towards the Legendary, but stopped when he turned to face the mute boy. His expression grew gloomier when he saw that the boy was alone with his Pokemon.
"Mewtwo, we'll find her. Jen is not dead. It would take much more than an explosion to kill her." The boy said telepathically to the gray Legendary.
"Red, take your Pokemon and go home…" Mewtwo said glumly.
"No, we need to find Jen." Red argued.
"I wasn't asking you, boy. Go. Home. Mew, and the others, and I will continue to look for her."
Red was about to protest some more, but Mewtwo continued to speak.
"Find that girl that you danced with at Altomare. Be with her if you love her." Mewtwo said sternly.
Red's shoulders sagged in defeat. He did one last scan of the nearly empty area. The only beings left were Mewtwo, Mew, Latias, his Pokemon, and Jen's Pokemon. N and Sabrina had returned to Kanto in hopes that Jen had teleported herself to one of the Pokemon Centers.
Red reluctantly summoned his Pokemon back into their Pokeballs, except for Charizard and Pikachu. He was about to climb onto Charizard's back when he suddenly turned back to Mewtwo. "Last time I saw her, I was using my mental voice to speak to her thanks to you. How will I be able to speak to her now? I'm better off staying here looking for Jen with you all."
"Just go, Red." Mewtwo snapped.
Red and his Pokemon flinched. "Uh…okay. Just contact either my Pokemon or me if you need help finding her, or when you find Jen."
Red then turned to his Charizard and climbed up on his back before the large, fire Pokemon took off into the sky with Red and Pikachu.
"I know you're upset, Mewtwo, but you don't have to let it out on Red. He cares about Jen too, you know." Mew said bluntly as she hovered over to him.
Mewtwo sighed and began searching the rubble again.
"Hey! Were you even listening to me?"
"I heard you, Mew." Mewtwo growled.
"So why are you taking your misery out of Red and the others?" Mew asked.
"They don't need to be here anymore. They have their lives to return to."
Mew was taken aback by Mewtwo's response. "Red doesn't exactly have a life to return to remember? His family doesn't remember that Jen brought him back to life. What is there for him to return to, Mewtwo?"
"There was a girl in Altomare that he met."
"You think that he could have a life with her?"
Mewtwo didn't answer. He wasn't going to respond to anymore of Mew's questions.
"Aw…poor Mewtwo." Mew drifted over to Mewtwo and hugged him from behind. He stopped and looked over his shoulder at her. "Things will get better. Just you see."
2 months later in Johto, Ecruteak City
Mikey shot up out of bed clutching her mouth so she didn't have to wake up her roommates once again. This was the fourth time this week, and who knows how many times this month she had woken up screaming and crying. Fortunately, she was able to calm herself down enough to lie back down against her pillow.
She rubbed her head and turned over on her side and turned on her bed lamp. The light always seemed to help her calm down, just as it always had whenever she had a nightmare. Mikey stared at the light for a few minutes before glancing down at her alarm clock. It was 6:15.
"Dear God…why?!" She groaned as she shoved her face into her pillow. She had about forty-five more minutes before she had to get up for work. "Screw it!"
Mikey rolled out of bed and headed for the bathroom. She stared at herself through the mirror and stuck her tongue out at her reflection.
She picked up her brush and began running the brush through her thick, brown hair. Once she was done, she replaced her brush with her toothbrush and quickly brushed her teeth.
A knock suddenly came from the door and Mikey tuned to see one of her roommates, Amy, walking in. Mikey stared at her wide-eyed, her green eyes flashing with confusion, as Amy walked past her. Her oblivious friend was heading towards the shower and getting undressed.
"Morning!" Mikey cried loudly with her toothbrush still in her mouth.
The black haired girl yelped and spun around to face Mikey. "Jeez, Mikey! Are you trying to give me a damn heart attack?!"
Mikey laughed. "Next time make sure no one is in the bathroom before you start walking in and undressing, Amy!"
Amy rolled her eyes and began shoving Mikey out of the bathroom. "Aren't you supposed to be heading to work now?"
Mikey giggled as she walked back to her room. She shut her door and began changing out of her pajamas and into her uniform, which consisted of a blue shirt and khaki shorts. Yeah, the uniform looked ridiculous, but the job was worth it.
Mikey placed her glasses over her eyes before grabbing her messenger bag and quietly ran to the kitchen. She was immediately greeted by an Eevee, who stared at her eagerly. It was probably hungry.
"Morning, Eevee. Hungry?" Mikey asked as she walked to the pantry to grab something for them both to eat. Mikey grabbed some PokeChow for Eevee and a granola bar for herself.
Eevee followed her to its bowl and waited patiently for her to pour some into the bowl. The little Pokemon pretty much pounced on its bowl when Mikey backed away and began digging in.
"Man, you were hungry, huh? Where are the others?" Mikey asked as she started eating her breakfast bar.
Eevee stopped to swallow and motioned towards an ajar door on the other side of the kitchen. The room it had motioned towards was her third roommate's room.
"Ah. So Sayo and the others are still fast asleep. She's got to get up soon too." Sayo worked as one of the Kimono girls in the town, and owned every Eeveelution, even a Sylveon.
Eevee seemed to smirk before going back to its bowl.
Mikey finished her granola bar and lobbed it into the trash bin before starting to head towards the door. She stopped, though, when she heard Sayo's door open.
"Morning, Mikey." She said with a smile as she finished tying her pink kimono around herself. "How did you sleep?"
Mikey flinched. "Relatively well. Thanks for asking!"
Sayo looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "You had another night terror, didn't you?"
Mikey backed away into the door with a grin. "Nope." She lied as she opened the door and ran outside.
"Mikey! Wait! Mikey!" Sayo cried, but Mikey was already long gone.
About an hour later
Mikey was sorting through the young adults' novels, secretly pulling one or two books out every so often to read the back or the cover slip. She loved surrounding herself with different assortments of books, especially when they could distract her from her thoughts about the nightmares she had been having.
Unfortunately, she would come across a book or two that would remind her of the horrors that she had witnessed the nights before. Her fingers would trail over their spins as she read the titles to herself. "Catching Fire. Into the Fire. Awakening the Fire. Fire. Secrets in the Fire."
She was no longer able to control herself as her thoughts quickly drifted towards the nightmare. They all started about two months ago, and they would always start off the same way. Mikey would be trapped inside a flame-filled room with a white-haired girl. The girl would be holding her hand out to an unconscious Pokemon, who had a force field protecting it from the flames.
Mikey had tried screaming at the Pokemon to save the girl…to save them both, but nothing within the nightmare changed. No matter how many times she screamed, cried, or begged, Mikey would always have to watch as the girl collapsed into the fires and die.
There were sometimes where Mikey had tried to make her way over to the girl before she died, hoping to save her. But with each step she tried to take towards the girl, the farther away she seemed to grow.
"Um…excuse me, miss?" A young voice asked, pulling her out of her waking nightmare.
Mikey blinked and turned to look at the customer. "Sorry!" She said beaming at the young boy. "How can I help you?"
"I was wondering if you could help me find a book on water type Pokemon." He said softly and awkwardly.
Mikey smiled at him. "I know just where to find them. Follow me."
She led the boy through the aisles of books and towards the shelves of books on Pokemon. "Here we go. Was there a certain Pokemon you were looking for, or is this for some class project?"
"I really like Mudkips…" The boy replied softly.
Mikey giggled and pulled a book down from the shelves. "Will this one work?" The book's title was So I Heard You Like Mudkips. (Troll-lol-lol!).
The boy looked at the cover and smiled. "Thank you." He quickly took the book from her and raced off towards the checkout counter excitedly.
Mikey smiled happily as she watched the boy show him mom the book.
"And there goes another happy customer!" A spunky voice chirped from one of the nearby aisles.
Mikey looked over her shoulder to see Amy walking towards her. "Now this is quite a sight. The she-wolf is leaving her cave and entering into unknown territory. What will she do next?"
Amy smirked. "I'm meeting my mate here if you're really all that curious."
"Wait…you guys are meeting here…in the bookstore?" Mikey asked dryly. "How very unlike you two."
"No, ya dope! We are meeting at the café next door. I just thought I could come by and see you for a bit." Amy said, lightly punching Mikey on the arm. Her pocket vibrated, and Amy pulled out her phone. "He's waiting outside for me."
"Well don't let me slow you down." Mikey said, but Amy was already halfway to door before she had time to finish her sentence. She giggled as she watched Amy hugging the tall, dark haired boy through the store's window. He smiled down at her and kissed her before walking off hand-in-hand together. They seemed perfect for each other.
They had been going out for quite a while, but Mikey never did find out how they met each other. She had tried to get to know the boy better during the one time they 'met' face to face, but when they had first met…he didn't say anything to her. Mikey didn't know if he was being rude or if he just didn't hear her, but she never said anything about it for Amy's sake.
Mikey sighed before walking back to her cart of books that she needed to put up on the shelves. She had to get back to work before her boss caught her reading the books again. And besides, she couldn't let a relationship like the one Amy had distract her.
