Dear readers
I am posting the first few chapters a bit faster to get to the same time as Kenitoh is right now. When we are in the same time period we will post around the same speed. Enjoy reading and please comment your opinion in the comments!
Touko sat on a cold stone floor. The patterns and colors were familiar to her, she knew this place. Touko looked up and saw a large bowl like ceiling engraved with pokemon inspired patterns. This was her champion's room. She moved herself to look around a bit more when she heard the sound of chains. She looked down again to see a long chain attached to a metal collar around her neck. She frightfully followed the chain to it's origin, only to see the other end in the hand of a familiar looking pokemon. This pokemon was no one else than her old partner, her starter Emboar.
"Touko use tackle!" Emboar yelled at her
"What!" Touko yelled as she suddenly got hit in the side by something. Touko turned around just to see another human with the same chain-collar bindings as she had charging into her again. Touko dodged it and looked around in panic.
"What the hell is going on!" she yells at the Emboar
"Come on! Use headbutt!" Emboar growled at her. Touko looked at Emboar, sitting in her old chair, looking down at her. She tried to stand, but for some reason she couldn't. Touko began to cry in panic as she saw the other human charge into her again. The other human hit her right in the gut. Touko fell over and hit the ground.
Touko woke up screaming. Her eyes shot open to see an actual ceiling above her. She tried to get up, but found something holding her back. She began struggling and screaming as tears began to stream down her face. A Chansey nurse quickly made her way into the room and began to soothe the girl.
"Sssssh, It's all right Touko, you're safe here" The Chansey went softly stroking Touko's hair.
Touko's face went from red to completely pale in mere seconds.
"You… You talked…" she began, still sobbing and trembling.
"Yes I talked dear, It's an effect of the medication given to you" The nurse answered
Touko sobbed on for a bit, still experiencing major panic from both her dream and her situation. It took a bit before she could get herself to speak again.
"why am I strapped down like this?" Touko asked the nurse
The Chansey looked at her and sighed.
"because we knew you would attempt to escape as soon as you woke up. You have broken both your legs and running would result in possible permanent damage" The nurse answered
Touko looked at the nurse and nodded in agreement. She lay herself down calmly and stared at the ceiling. Her mind was rushing with numerous thoughts. Though there was only one question that actually stood out above the rest: Why did all of this happen, and what would happen to her?
"Nurse… can I ask you some questions?" Touko asked
"of course dear, what is it you want to know? You can call me Jodi by the way" The Chansey said in a calm and friendly voice
"the revolution… the pokemon taking over… why did it all happen?" Touko asked
Jodi sighed hearing this, clearly she had to tell this to every patient she had.
"look dear… pokemon and humans have coexisted together for a very long time. We have worked together, fought together and it all went great. But now, this relationship has began to change. More and more people see pokemon as tools, weapons even. You should know this, you have battled team plasma yourself… now I am not saying all humans are like that. But for pokemon it is just very hard to live that way, knowing other pokemon are getting hurt like that… so the psychic types made a plan, to have the humans live under our rules… that is what happened, and why it happened" the nurse explained.
Touko's eyes shot open at the end of the explanation.
"So you're saying that I lost EVERYTHING due to those f*cking idiots!" Touko screamed angrily once again fighting the restrains that held her. Nurse Jodi sighed as she began to stroke the girl's hair in a soothing way.
"Calm down dear, it's all right" The Chansey said calmly
"No! F*ck you! F*ck all of this!" Touko yelled as she struggled more as tears began to stream down her face
"it was not just them dear, there were many more instances of this around the world. Many pokemon had been mistreated. Even trainers like you have shown forms of mistreatment" nurse Jodi said calmly
Touko refused to listen and kept on screaming. Nurse Jodi sighed and walked out of the room, leaving Touko to her own struggles. It made Jodi feel incredibly sad to leave Touko like this, but she needed to see for herself. Jodi met up with a doctor who worked at the center, a Xatu known as Patrick Sight.
"Nurse Jodi, you look troubled, is there anything I can help you with?" the Xatu doctor asked in a friendly voice
"Yes doctor, you know about the new girl that was brought in yesterday?" Jodi asked
"Yes I do, Touko right? What's the matter with her?" he asked concerned
"The girl is simply too angry for me to get anywhere. Could you get me someone from the HAA to get here?" Jodi asked
"Ah, of course I can, but if I may ask, could I have a word with her first?" the doctor asked in return
"Please try doctor. I hope you can get to her" Jodi answered showing the way to Touko's room
They looked trough a small window in the room to see Touko had become silent again, apart from the sobs that were heard every now and then. The doctor sighed and looked at the girl. He had seen this before, with another girl who had been champion. The doctor remembered it very well. A patrol brought in a purple-haired girl from Opelucid city. He was the only one in the room when the girl woke up. She had asked him things and got more angry with every answer until she shot into a rage which forced the doctor to physically push her back onto her bed to keep her from running or destroying anything. Later he had talked to the girl, and she told him she got angry because of all she had lost. After working so hard to become champion, even if she was an ex champion, she had lost so much in position. The girl was later adopted and came to visit him very often.
A Xatu wearing a doctors coat walked into the room where Touko was. He grabbed a chair and placed it next to Touko's bed.
"Hello there miss Touko, how are you feeling?" The doctor asked Touko in a friendly way
Touko moved her head to look at him "what do you think! I'm strapped to this F*cking bed and you ask me how I'm feeling?" Touko yelled
"Let's make a deal Touko, you stop yelling at me and listen to what I have to say, then I will undo those straps over your chest. You won't be able to get out of that bed but at least you can move your arms. Sounds good?" the doctor asked Touko in a calm way
Touko thought about this. She never expected such a deal from him. It did sound good though.
Maybe I should just go along for now, I mean I can't go anywhere in this state Touko thought to herself. She had made up her mind and gave the doctor a nod.
"There, thank you very much Touko. Now, how about I tell you what's going to happen to you next?" the Xatu doctor asked. Seeing Touko nod he continued
"After your examination I have concluded that you will stay here for two more months, so we can make sure your legs will be healed. After this you will require a bit of training to get them to work again. It will be like learning how to walk again. Meanwhile a member of the HAA will come speak to you. When you are healed they will make sure there is a lovely couple ready to adopt you" the doctor explained.
"What's the HAA?" Touko asked
"ah, how stupid of me, the HAA is short for Human Adoption Agency. It's an organization that ensures the safe adoption of humans around the world" the doctor said
"oh… all right…" Touko said calmly
"now, how about you apologize to nurse Jodi. You really gave her a fright there" the doctor said
Touko nodded. Even tough she found her reaction justified she felt bad for the nurse. She was just doing her job after all. After a while the nurse came back to the room, slightly nervous for Touko's reaction. When she found the doctor there releasing the straps over Touko's chest and arms she felt relieved. Touko looked up and saw the Chansey nurse walk in holding a tray of food.
"Come on Touko, didn't you want to say something to her?" The doctor asked
"yeah… ehm… sorry…" Touko grumbled looking down
The nurse smiled at her and set the tray down for Touko to eat. Touko quickly spotted the tray and began to wolf down the food as if she hadn't eaten in days, which was kind of true. The doctor and nurse watched but could only smile at the girl eating. Touko had worked her meal away in mere minutes and lay herself down satisfied. Nurse Jodi chuckled as she wiped some of the food from the girl's face, leaving Touko with an offended expression, which only caused Jodi to chuckle more. The nurse picked up the tray and left the room after saying something to the doctor. The Xatu doctor got up and looked at Touko.
"Nurse Jodi told me that the representative of the HAA is here to speak with you. I will be close if you need me" he said as he walked out of the room
Right… one of the HAA… I'm gonna need to find out some stuff here Touko thought to herself.
A moment later there was a knock on the door.
"Come in!" Touko said
A Simipour walked in wearing a loose hanging suit. The pokemon looked happy to see Touko.
"good afternoon miss Touko, my name is Laura Springwater, how are you feeling?" the Simipour asked, it's voice showed that it was a female
"doesn't matter, what's going to happen to me" Touko coldly asked
Laura frowned at this answer but took it.
"Seeing that it's so important to you, I shall tell you. I received word that you would be staying here for about two months to recover. This will mean that I will make sure there is a family waiting for you when you are done here. These pokemon will take care of you from the adoption on. You will be re-raised and given a new life to build. This is what I can tell you now, do you have any questions?" Laura asked
"Yes! What the F*ck do you mean I should be taken care of! I can take care of myself! You're wasting your time on finding a family for me because I will be gone as soon as I can walk!" Touko yelled
Laura sighed, she had clearly heard this before and knew how to react to it. She sat down on the chair the doctor had put down before and looked at Touko.
"Tell me Touko… where are you going to run to? And most importantly, what are you running from?" Laura asked in a professional way
Touko growled "I don't care where I go to! I cannot stay here! Even if it is a thousand times better than being here! I have to go back out there! Don't you understand! I have to be out there! Not for myself, but to inspire the others to fight back!" she yelled
"and why do they need to fight? What is it that they're fighting? You don't know what happens here Touko. Why don't you give it a chance? Maybe you come to find that you should have inspired them to stay?" Laura said as she got up. "I will leave you to think about this for a while, you get better okay?" Laura said walking off, closing the door behind her
Touko was left to think. What does she mean… could she be right? No! she can't be! Don't listen to them! Stay strong! I will not break like those others!
Hey guys, another chapter done, thanks again for reading. I will start working on my next chapter soon, hope to see you there!
-Gahlgutt