8/14/15 edit: I've changed the POV to first person to match the majority of the story and edited out some useless things from before I changed the ending
Disclaimer I do not own Pokemon if I did ash wouldn't still exist
Chapter 1 "Messenger of hope
I was completely lost. It was getting dark out and I knew that I would need to find shelter soon or most likely die. I had gone into the forest to find some privacy but soon was lost in the seemingly endless trees and soon saw a Pidgeotto above me.
ran ran but the Pidgeotto dived and I felt myself being lifted up. Then I saw the ground getting more and more distant I struggled but the talons held. Desperately I bit down hard on one of the bird's legs
"success!" I thought but felt the weightlessness of falling and saw the ground rising up to meet me
"Ugh"I groaned as I hit the ground with a thud hearING the bird shrieking as it dived towards me. I tried running but could only roll out of the way as its claws raked the ground where I was a second ago. looking around frantically I saw the Pidgeotto come around for another attack.
Hearing the bird Pokemon's cry it was obvious it was furious at me. I tried to bolt for the shelter of some nearby rocks but fell. Then seeing the Pidgeotto's shadow I knew time was running out. I grit my teeth and started dragging myself towards the hole looking back the bird started to dive I tried going faster heart pounding in my chest,adrenaline coursing through veins I put on a burst of speed. the Pidgeotto was about to catch me when I finally made it into the safety.
I sat there breathing heavily when the adrenaline from the fight had wore off and I was hit with the pain from my injuries. I quickly checked myself. There were some shallow cuts from where the talons had caught my and I was covered in scrapes from the dragging ,but the only notably dangerous injury was from the fall was that my ribs hurt, but thankfully they didn't feel as if they were broken only after the pain died down did I notice that the hole was almost a perfect rectangle and was made of metal and also that it was a tunnel.
"an air duct?" I thought
I knew I shouldn't go further but soon his curiosity got the better of him and I crawled further into it. I felt a current of cold air flowing through it
"I wonder what this is"I thought when I came to came to a fork in the tunnel and was faced with a choice, so after spending some time debating I chose to go right ,and after crawling for about 5 minutes my pads were hurting but I decided to press on. I got to a part of the vent where the floor had slits in it through them I saw that there was a room with a Toxicroak and a Sneasel that were talking though what I couldn't tell.
"tell commander Katashi that the shipment will be there by the end of the month."said the Toxicroak
"Yes sir."the Sneasel replied then suddenly the grate gave way and I hit the ground with a thud my injuries flaring up again. The Sneasel made a move to stab him but the Toxicroak stopped him
"Don't kill him,we do need a new test subject after all" said the commander. Then the Sneasel saluted and started roughly dragging me away. I saw the Sneasel coming towards and jumped trying to bite him but the Sneasel sidestepped and grabbed me. I twisted trying to bite the Sneasel but couldn't reach anything as I struggled to free myself. we were nearing the room when a devious idea formed in the Sneasel's mind this kid had been struggling from the start and he did overhear top-secret Intel so it would only be fair that he be placed with him besides it's not like he would get the blame. So once they were in the room he quickly found the cage he was looking for and after some more struggling shoved the me inside and closed the door
"Hey rings you've got a new roommate why don't you two get to know each other" the Sneasel snickered. Fearfully I quickly curled into a ball and after quivering for what seemed like an eternity felt a paw prodding my flank I winced and let out a small "vee" as it aggravated the injuries
"Hey kid you okay?" I heard my cell-mate say. The voice was male but seemed to be somewhat young, I looked up and gasped when he saw him
He was an Umbreon and a rather tall one at that but that wasn't what surprised me it was that his rings were blue instead of yellow but even more surprising were his eyes they were silver instead of yellow or red like mine and he looked very thin as opposed to normal Umbreons which were usually muscular
Akito's POV
I was miserable he was I would have continued this introverted sulking when I heard that idiot Sneasel again.
"Hey rings you've got a new roommate why don't you two get to know each other" I was about shout a retort to the guard when. a yip from the newcomer distracted me. I turned the face him and saw that he curled himself into a ball and that he had two shallow gashes along with several other minor injuries I prodded his side with a paw and the Eevee winced and let out a small vee in response
"he must have injured a rib" I thought "Hey kid are you alright?" the Eevee turned towards me and gasped
"Oh yeah, I forgot" I remembered as the kid looked at me eyes wide "well since you're not answering I'll take that as a yes"I said laying back down to return to my sulking
"Yes I'm alright" said the Eevee "he sounds familiar"
"So how did you end up here" I asked
"I almost got eaten by a Pidgeotto"he answered "I wish I had stayed back at that hole" the Eevee replied
"Oh, so whats your name" I asked not really understanding nor caring about the Eevee's answer
"Satoru ,Satoru Yasui,what's yours"
"Akito Nakamura, hey you mentioned a hole earlier?" I replied
"Oh that well what happened was that"and so he explained the fight with the Pidgeotto and how he got captured
"Wow I'm surprised,but you said you fell through a vent? How could that happen the vents have alarms I found that out the hard way"I said a bit impressed at his skill sneaking into this place.
"Huh I didn't see anything"he replied
"Well I doubt that they would let you listen in on them, Although..."
"Although what!?" he asked
"I did hear about a landslide that covered a vent" I commented remembering the complaints of a certain guard...
"So I guess its decided"I said
"huh?"he said puzzled
"we're breaking out"
"ooh thank you,thank you,thank you,thank you,thank you,thank you soo much, my family must be worried by now" he said
"A family huh, I wonder if he's... No it's better to just try to forget that" I thought
"Okay so since you found the escape route can you remember the way from here to there"
"uh-huh it's" he said explaining the route in as much detail as possible
"Damn kid you've got some memory there"I said somewhat shocked
"I know it's was normal" he said a bit bitterly "so whats the plan?"
"Okay first chance we get well get out of this cage, then from there we'll go... got it?"
"Got it". After a while of small talk we hear a guard coming, a Pawniard
"you must report to room 5"he said "damn they must be going through test subjects fast" I thought "stay calm I'll talk to you telepathically"I whispered in Satoru's ear he nodded before he was taken by the Pawniard
Satoru's POV
" Can you hear me"I heard in my mind
"Yes,what's happening?"I inquired
"it's just some sort of experiment but it shouldn't hurt you. Although they will expect you to pass out "
"What! Why?"I asked shocked
"I don't know,but this is our chance I say let's take it"
"Agreed!" by then we had arrived and I was pinned to a table by restraints while an Alakazam was preparing something
"Commencing test of formula S-VI test subject number 274 species Eevee" he said into a recorder as he readied a syringe full of an orange substance
"Brace yourself, I'll try to dull it psychically but I don't know if it'll work" Akito said in his head as the needle was thrust into my. hind leg it instantly felt like liquid fire was in my veins but then he felt the pain numb some
"That must be Akito helping me" I thought hopefully, after what seemed like an eternity the pain left his body I was exhausted but thanks to Akito's help stayed awake.
"You did better than I expected but act as if you really did pass out"the Umbreon said followed the instructions although the voice sounded a bit tired then after returning to the cell waited for the signal "NOW!"and with that he quickly thrust myself into the guard dazing him and taking this opportunity Akito knocked him out with feint attack
"Quickly lets go!"he heard Akito say, not needing encouragement he ran after him
"left" he shouted "go straight for 4 more rooms then take another left"I continued to shout instructions until we heard alarms sounding
"Guess they found the guard" Akito said
"straight ahead"I shouted and then I saw the office in front of us, so close .but then heard a rumbling and saw blast doors closing behind us
"Run for it" shouted Akito but then as the last door closed saw the Toxicroak
"well, well, well what do we have here" said the Toxicroak "we can't have any escapees now can we" he continued "you've put up an amusing act but this ends here"
"You're right it will" Akito said defiantly as he lunged at the Toxicroak using a Take-down attack, the attack caught him by surprise and hit him full force, then before he could react he was hit by a shadow ball from yours truly
"you runt you'll pay for that!" he said enraged as he lunged at me but Akito threw himself at me and the claw aimed at my neck instead hit the Umbreon's shoulder and soon began to bleed, the crimson blood seeping down his foreleg. Akito quickly used a feint attack on the Toxicroak and I could have sworn that his eyes had been red for a second but he jumped onto a bookcase that had been knocked over earlier
"come on!" he shouted and I clambered up the bookcase as fast as possible
"Cover your eyes!" I closed his eyes as Akito used a powerful flash attack
"Huh" was all that the Toxicroak was able to say as he was hit by the flash of light while we climbed into the vent and began our escape
"Hold on" Akito after running through the vents with me as a guide, he used toxic to spew poison on the tunnel behind us forming a vile looking puddle
"that should buy us some time" he said as we continued on. After a few more minutes of trekking we stopped for a rest panting heavily.
"what's that smell?" Akito asked
"if memory serves fresh air" I answered "this must be the first time in a long time that he will see the outside"I thought feeling sorry for my new friend when screaming interrupted my thoughts
"Looks like they hit our trap" said Akito "Let's get moving". after some more walking I could faintly see a light ahead! but taking a glance back saw the glinting eyes of our pursuers.
"RUN!" I shouted. we started sprinting towards the light and could feel the hot breath of our pursuer when we made it out then simultaneously used shadow ball on the hill side where the opening was and saw it be buried by the rocks
"I never thought I would be rescued by an eevee" Akito said squinting in the afternoon sun
"we should find shelter" I suggested and after some searching found an area underneath a tree "hey look, berries"I shouted as I spotted an Oran berry bush
"let's eat some" Akito not being able to hide his enthusiasm ate until we were almost sick when I noticed how bad Akito's wound was.
"you need to get help"I said shocked by it
"Huh? Oh that relax we just ate Oran berries and besides now that it's night I can do this" Akito replied as he used moonlight his rings glowing with bright silvery-blue light and his wound closing somewhat "We should rest it's been a long day"he said dismissively and despite his being nocturnal lied down
A/N:any feedback is appreciated and if you don't like this story don't just leave hate mail give reasons how am I supposed to improve this story if I don't know what's wrong with it