I blame CHIKARAfiction/eagle01/whatever-the-heck-he-wants- to-be-called for this thing's existence! He started this…and got me tangled up in it…
My mistake?
Simple—I fell in love with his effing storyline…and characters…and stuff…
GDI…
Go torment him for continuing this thing's existence! He'll likely be the reason BRV gets continued…once we're done with this crazy thing he cooked up…whenever it ends…if it ever ends…
He tortured me for half a year with this before I caved, got Skype, and indulged his craziness. This is the result.
This entire prologue…thingy…belongs to CHIKARAfiction! I just cleaned it up and edited it and junk. And am now posting it. This is what started this craziness!
Oh, yeah! It's in the POV of his character, Clint. Liz is his Charizard. More on them later, though...
Have fun in this crazy new world he somehow crafted because of me… I know I am… :3
Pokémon: Bloody Red Version
The AU Story
Prologue
This place is horrible...corridors, hallways, plenty of doors. I'm never going to find her at this rate. ...I have to find her...
I keep running, trying to avoid battles. The last thing I want to do is have a battle in a closed hallway... The roof comes down… A lot of pain when I get out of here… I've been doing this long enough to know that. So if I can just find her quickly and make an equally quick escape, then everything will be alright...
Team Rocket Labs... They never cease to amaze you, the endless capturing and torturing of Pokémon... It's funny, considering they do that just to make their own monsters half the time... It's hard to feel sorry for them when their Pokémon kill them after a loss after that...but anyway, back to a dire situation here.
I need to rescue my friend... One of my first on this ever continuing journey of mine through these worlds. And if they've done anything to her... Well, that's bad news for them...
I should have known... I should have known when I released her...but I wasn't just going to keep her after she found someone. Our bond was strong but she wanted to move on. After all the times we've had, it was fitting. It's not like I never saw her again, I always came back to see her in between...my endeavors...but she wasn't officially a part of my team anymore.
They knew how powerful she was...and they knew she was vulnerable...especially...now...
I quicken my pace and try to get to the lab he told me about, hoping he was right...but usually he isn't wrong in these sorts of things. So I head for Lab A-31982. That's where she should be... That's where she should be. And I can save her and stop them...
Hallways, turns, more hallways… GAH! For the love of Arc-...God... This place can get to you sometimes, but this place just doesn't end. Ok! I'm on Floor A... Just have to keep moving.
They know I've broken in. I keep hiding in closets as the grunts head by me to fight my friends... Good luck to them. I'll probably never see them again... The Grunts of course... Pssh, you think I meant my friends? Please...I like to think I'm a better trainer than that... After all this time, I hope anyway...
Finally, Lab A-31982! The door should be unlocked at this point. I press my hand to the activation key and it clicks... Thank goodness. I rush in, ready for battle, ready to take anyone out in my way!
...There's no one here...
There isn't anyone in the room at all... All I see are lab tables...and...blood...every...where... Don't throw up, damn it... DON'T! I regain my composure...and realize that the worst has happened…and it could be too late... NO! Don't think that. She's stronger than that. She would fight... She'd fight for herself...and for... I bolt out of the room. Damn it! Where could she be now? ...Please be somewhere, please-
"Attention all...uninvited guests... Yes, that's you, boy... Hmhmhm... How'ya been? ...Lookin' for somethin'?"
That voice over the intercom... Oh, how I HATE that smooth, cold southern voice...and I try to stuff my anger down... It's incredibly difficult.
"Looks like there's been a bit of a mess in this here lab, hm? ...Hmhmhm... Sorry about that, ya see...I know she was a fighter an' all but man...there's plenty to be fightin' for, especially when you have—"
"ENOUGH!" I just yell. I can't take him anymore. What did he do? ...I just have to talk to him. It's all I can take from smashing my fists into the wall. "Where is she, you bastard? WHERE? I swear to everything, if you've done what I think you did—"
That damn laugh...over the intercom... It froze me...and he spoke again. "Oh please... She was useless... Like her death means anythin' to me... It's just another useless shell out of the way... Besides, the fine folks here didn't want her... Shoot, she's past her prime, man... Past any use to you or anythin' on this green wondrous earth o' ours...but what she had, on the other hand—"
My fists clench. "You piece of—" ...I bite my tongue. "...What did you do?"
He takes his time in explaining... Of course... He just loves what he does... "Mmmmm... Well, it was tough... Took the whole dang lab and some of my subordinates to subdue her...even in her condition. Heheh... It was wondrous to watch her in panic... Watch her scream... Knowing her hope for existence...like a flame...dancin' like it does...flicker out..."
At this point, I can't STAND him anymore. "ARE YOU GOING TO TELL ME? OR AM I GOING TO HAVE TO TEAR THIS LAB DOWN TO FIND THEM?!"
He just laughs... If I could just find him...I'd cream him... He talks again, so I listen. "Well... If you want the lovely lady...she's out back... We're done with her, y'know what I mean? Heheheh...but that other piece of the puzzle... That's gone... The Rockets here, they got plans for him... A part of a new wondrous program—"
I'm done listening and I bolt to the back of the labs. Any grunt I see now, before they can summon their Pokémon, I just level them with a straight punch to the face. Have to get there, have to...HAVE TO... I get to the back, all but kicking the door down and...
"...No..."
She's there...in the grass behind the labs... Blood all over her... Her stomach...shredded... Her once big orange imposing form...destroyed. I can't stop from throwing up that time. I keep my footing and stumble over to her. I shout. "LIZ!" I go over to her... She's not moving. I shout. "LIZ! ...Please no...no…" Tears start to fall from my face. I can't stop them... Can't blame myself...
Suddenly...a small gasp from her snout as she spits up blood. I nearly leap... She isn't dead! I go to her quickly. "LIZ! Liz I'm here!" I check her tail... Her flames barely lit... I breathe heavily "Alright, Liz... It's ok... It's ok, we can get you to a Center. You can be healed, just like that. It's ok, we can—"
She licks her bloodstained lips...and smiles weakly, cutting me off. "You're...a little late to the party...Clint..."
I choke back a sob. "Don't you say that! You've been through worse, Liz, you have!"
"No, I haven't... You know I haven't..." She looks to me weakly. "I'm dying...Clint..."
I freeze... I don't want to accept it... Please, no... "No... Liz, please... You can't die! You can't! You're—"
"I know!" She coughs and I do my best to steady her head. "I know that you, simpleton…"
I almost laugh... How can she still crack a joke like usual in this situation? She continues, so I keep quiet.
"I know I was your first starter... I've been with...you through thick...and thin..." She coughs again. I steady her head "...I don't have time...for the sentimental talk, Clint... I'm going to be gone soon..."
"DONT SAY THAT, DAMN IT!" I bite my lower lip. "...You were ready to finally do something you wanted to for awhile now... Liz...you're a—"
She smiles, cutting me off again. "I know... Through all of the torture...I managed to..." She coughs again and cringes. "...be forced...to deliver..."
I shouldn't ask... Really, I shouldn't with the time...but I have to. "...Boy or girl?"
She manages a smirk. "...Same old Clint... A beautiful little boy…" A tear falls down her face. "A boy I'll never...be able to tell how much I love..." She coughs again, more blood coming up. I steady her again.
"This doesn't have to be this way, Liz! Let me try and save you! Don't just give up!"
Liz sighs. "Clint... I don't have much of...a choice... Look...They took my boy...and...from what I heard, they... They're gonna..." She takes a breath. She isn't going to go now... "...They're gonna hurt my baby, Clint... They're gonna...try and...make him one of them..."
I swallow a hard lump in my throat. "I won't let that happen... I won't, Liz, do you hear me?"
Liz smiles again and lifts her neck up as much as she can. "Clint... I know you can save my baby, I know...you can. ...I wouldn't trust this...with anyone else... My baby's...going to grow up...alone... They're going to make him cold...and evil...and you're the only one who...can save him."
I ask, "Where are they taking him?"
She replies after a breath. "I heard something about...replacing...Pokémon that...trainers start their journeys with...with Pokémon that...have been groomed secretly under the Rockets... He...probably doesn't even know...it's the Rockets... They're stupid but...not that stupid...but he's going to hate... My baby... He's going to hate everyone..." She's crying now...weakly, her life leaving her.
I try and console her. "Liz...I'll find him, don't you worry. ...This is your dying wish. I don't think I'm going to just walk away from it, right? ...I'll find him... I'll make sure I get him out of that abyss... Maybe I can even find him before that...right?"
Liz smiles...her head resting on the ground. "I know...you'll save him Clint. ...You'll save...him...and give him the love...I can't..." Her eyes start to close...
"...No...LIZ, NO!"
Her last words...implant in my mind. "Take care...of my Wildfire..." Her eyes close...and her tail goes out.
For a few minutes...I stare...and hope she's going to open her eyes again... I hope...with every bone and fiber that makes my being...but she doesn't...
...Liz...is dead...
I'm shaking... Shaking with anger... Rage... So much grief and sadness...and I just scream...and clutch Liz's neck tightly... This shouldn't be happening... Not this way...NOT THIS WAY...
Some grunts come out of the back door, probably send to 'deal with me'... Right... They shout, "Alright trespasser, prepare to die!"
I'm quiet for a bit... Then I stand...slowly...and turn to them. I see them back up. ...Liz's blood is all over me from clutching her so tight...and I take out a Poke Ball... I don't remember much after that... Just the ringing of Liz's last words... "Take care...of my Wildfire..." ...and a leveled Rocket scientist lab...
...One thing's for sure... Wildfire...wherever you are...I'm not going to stop looking for you, or who caused this... As if he needed another reason...
Wildfire...just hold on and wait for me... I'll find you... I swear on your beautiful mother's eyes... Uncle Clint will find you...