This chapter has been updated! 04/30/15
Chapter 2: Double Trouble!
Pikachu's Pov.
I saw the emotion in my eye. Fear. I feared for my life. What's going and why can't I remember a thing about myself? I shook myself from the slight trance I was in. This was no time to be wondering about these things. I had to get away from this place. But just as I was turning around I stopped. I discovered just how severely I was hurt. My movements had opened some wounds and some of the wrappings were tearing.
My body was facing toward the left side of the pool enclosure with my head still turned downward to my reflection. I could see a red stain forming through the wrappings. I was in no condition to be moving.
I turned back to my reflection. This time I saw more than just fear in the one eye of mine. There was a little hope. "Hope? Hope for what, exactly? Hope, that these strangers can be trusted?" I pondered this for some time. But then I heard a name being called and it wasn't 'Combusken' but a different one. This one started with a 'P'.
"Pikachu? Are you okay?" I froze up in fear. Then a new thought came across my mind. "Pika... who? Wait what?" I realized that, who I assume is, Combusken must be talking to me. I turned toward the strangers. Most likely showing a confused and questioning look. As I was turning around I found out that the two strangers before me were indeed not human. But more importantly." I know them. At least I think I do." What I took to be their names had come to mind. They're both a type of creature.
One was mostly blue with a yellow 'V' shape on it's chest. It resembled a Crocodile. As I gazed at this animal a word began to go through my head. "Totodile?" I couldn't tell if this was a name or just some random word.
The other was a mix of two colors. Its upper body, head, and arms was covered with feathers of a yellowish beige color. If any of that makes sense. Its legs and the three feathers sticking from it head were the color of a bright orange. But its most distinctive feature to me was it six long and sharp claws. Three on each end of its paws. This was like a hybrid Rooster. "Combusken?" That must be the one who called out to me and the one the Totodile had been calling out to.
Thinking back to Combusken's claws, I took a long gulp of air. These guys might not be so friendly after all. But I took a shot in the dark and asked the one other question that was on my mind. " Pika... Who?"
Totodile's Pov.
I could only stare in shock at the Pokémon. "Did he just ask that!?" I had a strange feeling build up at the pit of my stomach. I turned my head slightly to Combusken who seem more shock than me. She was frozen in place, her beak hanging open. I could see she was going over the situation in her head.
After all. No Pokémon can play dumb when it comes to their name. Looking back to the Pikachu I notice that it seemed scared. " Oh no!" I cried, a little too loud. The Pokémon started to panic. He was starting to shake and most likely uncontrollably. " No wait!" I cried again. But that didn't do any good.
The yellow mouse just started backing up. Moving closer and closer to the poke-pond. " Wait stop!" I cried again. This some how earned a punch from Combusken. I hit the ground and covered my now bruised head. " What'ya go and do that for!" I yelled at her. She just held out her claws in front of my face to silence me.
Pikachu's Pov.
I was shaking so badly right now. All I wanted to do was run from this place. But the way things were looking. If I had somehow manage to get away. I doubt I would get far. But who said that would stop me? I just had to figure out how to get past them. The whole time I was thinking about my options. Combusken had hit Totodile over its head sending it to the ground.
I literally jumped at this and rushed to a tree, hiding behind its large trunk. I peeked out from the right side. I notice that Combusken had silenced Totodile with its claws and was now staring at me. It had a strange look on its face. But I couldn't pick out the type of emotion it was.
" Hey." I jumped back and hid behind the tree. Combusken had just called out to me. I took a big gulp of air and waited for the worst. Thinking that they were going to harm me. For a few seconds I heard nothing from the two. So I daringly took a look and found the two still staring at me. "Can't you guys just pretend you didn't see me!" I dumbly thought.
"It's okay. You don't have to worry. You're safe." I didn't react right away to Combusken's voice. Its face looked sincere but I still didn't buy into this.
"Just shut up!" I yelled at the two. They jolted back as if they were shocked by something. I was shaking and starting to have a strange sensation come over me.
"Hey don't attack u-", Totodile had started to say but was cut off by Combusken's voice.
"It's alright. We won't hurt-", it was my turn to interrupt their sentence. " I said be quiet!" I yelled. The feeling growing stronger. The two backed up and stood away from me. But I still didn't come out from my hiding spot.
"Now! Tell m-m-me!? W-where am I!?" I was glaring at the two animals now. Totodile seem to be a little frighten by me. Combusken just stood there looking at me. "Answer me!" I yelled again. This got them to talk.
"Well you're in our team base." The Chicken spoke clearly.
I felt as if the animal was mocking me. This new feeling of mine just got stronger. " W-w-what are y-y-you talking about!" My whole body felt like it was on fire. But in the good sense. Like it was a natural, like a charge of energy. I could feel my cheeks starting to tingle. It was strange but also welcoming.
Totodile seemed to be getting ever more scared. But Combusken didn't seem to be affected by whatever was affecting Totodile. " Well. You see you're in the presence of two members of Team Champions. You see the two of us..." Combusken motioned to itself and Totodile. "... are a part of the team and we, along with Breloom, help with disasters or everyday problems. You see we're the good guys. You have nothing to worry about. We're a Pokémon Rescue Team."
Combusken started to move forward toward me. The feeling I was having was starting to weaken. Then I notice that both of them were now slowly making their way toward me. I started to get scared and the feeling came back stronger than ever. The two stopped in their tracks. I glared at the two. " You think I'm going to fall for that! I don't even know what a 'Pokémon Rescue Team' is!" I yelled back. "Pokémon?"
" Hey now. Calm do-" Totodile began talking again but I didn't let it finish. " Shut up! Just shut up!" I was hysterical now. " away! Get away from me!" I closed my eyes as the feeling became too strong for me to hold back. " Hey calm down!" That was the last thing I heard before I blacked out.
Combusken's Pov.
I was now starting to fear this Pikachu. It had so much power stored up. Being unconscious allowed for Pikachu's electricity to store up. And now it looked like he was going to let it all out at once. Sparks flew from it face and cause the wrappings on his face to burn . " Stop it Pikachu! You're hurting your self!" But my cries nor Totodile's did little to zero good.
The sparks turned into large bolts of lightning. Flashes flew by Totodile and me. Scaring even me. The lightning strikes became erratic and more frequent. Then the tree Pikachu had been hiding behind was destroyed to ash. I covered my eyes from the flashes of lightning, and tried my best to avoid each on coming blast.
Its sad to say Totodile wasn't able to dodge them. " GAA-AA-AAA-AA-AAAA-AAA-AAA-AAAA-AAA-AA-A-AAA-A!" I watched as my comrade was shot back by the lightning and crashed in the wall of the tree base. I ran over to him kneeled down next to him. I could see the fresh electricity flowing around and through him.
"Hey are you okay?" I asked concerned. His eyes just spun in his skull. I glared back a Pikachu. " Scared or not! He attacked for no reason!" I was about to yell at him till I saw his reaction to all this.
Pikachu's Pov.
In that one second I had blacked out and had no clue what I had just don't. When I had came back to all I saw was Totodile on the ground and Combusken kneeling next to it. But when I checked my surroundings I noticed that the tree I once stood behind was now gone. The one thing left was a charred stump and ground. But the tree wasn't the only thing missing. Some bushes were also missing, and others missing some of or most of their leaves.
I then looked toward the pond and found it channeling electricity throughout it. I just stood there looking at the pond till I noticed my reflection once again. My reflection had change, or more likely I had changed. I could see my entire face. I now could see my long ears were as they stood on end. The only different thing about my ears was that the tips of them were black.
I then lower my eyes to my cheeks. I could see that there was a red dot on each side of my face. " I guess it wasn't my blood after all." I raised my right arm and placed a paw on my right side of my face. I could feel the feeling traveling around my face and to my paw. I looked around the area and saw that Combusken was staring at me.
I looked around and found burnt marks all over the place. I looked at the ground and saw that it too was burnt. Starting from where I stand to a few feet away from me. I looked to the fence behind me and saw that it too was burnt and had been blown apart. I looked back a Combusken.
" How?" I said out loud not really meaning to say anything. "W-w-w-wh-what happened here?" I looked between the two and then noticed that the door way was clear. I just stood there looking subtlety between the doorway and the two. Combusken seem to notice this.
"Don't even think abou-" It started to say. But it was then interrupted by its blue friend. I used this as the chance to get away.
With al the strength I could muster, which wasn't much. I'm trying to pick up my speed. But with each movement I can feel pain pulling at every part of my body. I knew that in the end I would be in worse shape, but I was too scared to even think clearly enough to actually stop. I ran by the hallway I had come from before entering the open pond area. I felt my ear twitch as I could hear the other two talking.
Totodile's Pov.
Right now I felt like I had gone through an oven. I felt Combusken lifting me up. "Come one he's getting away! We have to catch him!" She started yell at me. At first I didn't know what she was talking about. I stopped and looked at her. "What? What's the matter?" I asked before I looked toward the last place I saw Pikachu.
"Hey! Where's Pikachu!" I cried. I just looked at the surrounding area. Combusken said something but I didn't quite catch it. Something about telling me something. "Hey?" I asked. She stopped and looked at me.
"What now?" She asked.
"What happened to our training field?!" I cried. Again Combusken went on about say something. This time a little louder. But still I didn't catch it all. All I heard was something about Pikachu and running away scared.
I looked at her. "Don't tell me you destroyed the field and scared Pikachu away! You know you're going to have to clean this up! Really I can't believe you would do that to a such a poor defenseless Pikachu! I mean really you of all Pokemo-" With that Combusken promptly knocked me up side the head.
"Hey!" I cried holding my head childishly. "NO! Would you just shut up! Pikachu has ran off and we need to catch up to him! GOT IT!" She yelled. I could tell I said something wrong. Though I wasn't sure what. "Oh... Ummm... Okay right." With that the both of us ran after Pikachu.
Pikachu's Pov.
I had made it to an open room of the buil- no tree home. The room was most likely the biggest room out of the whole place. The room was much more furnished then the room I had been staying in. There was a big nest. Much, much, much bigger than me. It seemed to be able to fit up to... well considering my size... if there was six my size then ya six could fit in it with room to spare. This nest seemed to be the center piece.
To the far left of the room in the back was a pond. " What? A pond here too!" I noticed a ladder suspended in the air along with a piece of plank hanging from it. The size too was a big difference between the two ponds. This pond was almost twice as big. There seem to be obstacles throughout the pond. Both above and under water.
I also notice on the other side at the far end were some dummies made out of sticks and what looked like string. Most of the dummies looked to be destroyed. Then laying scattered across the floor, in front of the nest were some backpacks. There were three along with random things like food, which I believe to be berries, and things I couldn't even put a name to. The stuff seem to be random junk. Like sticks and cloths and small pendants.
It was about this time I could hear running coming from behind me. " Great! Smart idea to waste time looking around!" I mentally slapped myself. With that I continued on running onto and over the nest. I had made it across the nest when I head Combusken calling me by that 'Name' again.
I looked back and saw them stop each of them on one side of the nest. "They're planning to go around and cut me off." I crawled off the nest. "Shut up and stay away from me!" I yelled starting to run toward the exit. I saw that this exit had a door. But it looked to be just a large piece of bark hanging from the tree.
I ran up to it and struggled a bit to push it open. I could hear Combusken and Totodile gaining on me. Then finally I pushed through and fell to the ground. But this wasn't what stopped me. I had pushed off the ground and started to push forward. But when everything caught up with me I froze.
The place was packed with animals that I too strangely knew names too. There was a Bulbasaur. It was a light green animal covered in dark green spots and had a green flower growing out of its back. Then there was Heracross. It's like a bright blue beetle with a single long horn on its head.
Then I saw a small animal that held my attention. It was a Pichu. It looked like a smaller version of me. It was looking around and I happened to catch its attention. I watch it sniff the air before smiling and starting to head toward me.
I still didn't trust it even if it looked like me. I took some steps back before a voice called the Pichu over. Both the Pichu and I looked over to it. " Pichu come back here. Can't you see he's injured. I don't think he's in the greeting mood." I looked over and saw what seem to be a clone of... me!
I couldn't believe my eyes. Another me! The Pichu looked confused and but nodded it head and ran over to the other me. Once the Pichu made it to the other me. It hid behind the clone and waved over at me.
I looked from the Pichu to the clone. " Sorry about the bother. Hope you recover soon." The clone said before leaving with the Pichu. I sighed when they both left. " What the heck is going on?" I asked myself. The copy even sounded a little like me!
"See. Nobody's going to hurt you." I jumped slightly at this and turned slowly toward the voice. When I was fully turned around I found both Totodile and Combusken standing there. I slowly started to back up.
"Hey no one's going to harm you. Lets go inside and work this out okay." Combusken said while starting to slowly move toward me. I watched as Totodile followed and moved after me.
"Hey just calm down okay!" Totodile yelled out. I turned around starting to run. But I dumbly had my eyes close and ran into a tree... again awkward.
Combusken's Pov.
I hadn't expected to see Pikachu just standing there when I pushed through the door. I could see that he was fascinated with the area. I watch him look from Pokémon to Pokémon. Then his gaze was on a small little Pichu. I notice another Pikachu looking at our Pikachu. I put my claws out in a ' no its okay' as it started to move toward our Pikachu. I turned back to watch our Pikachu and the Pichu
I watch as the Pichu sniff the air checking if Pikachu was a stranger or not. The Pichu smile and was starting to head toward Pikachu. I could tell that our Pikachu was even scared of Pichu. But I wasn't the only. The other Pikachu called the Pichu over. With that he apologized for his brother and wished our Pikachu a get well greeting. I smile. " See. Nobody's going to hurt you."
Pikachu jumped at the sound of my voice. He turned slowly toward us. The sight of us still scared him. "Hey no one's going to harm you. Lets go inside and work this out okay." I said slowly moving toward Pikachu. At the same time I motion Totodile to do the same. But that might not of been such a good idea. Pikachu was most likely scared of both of us walking up to him.
"Hey just calm down okay!" Totodile yelled at Pikachu. I didn't care if he was getting annoyed with this. So was I. But his yelling was only making things worse. I turned to Totodile and knock him upside his head. Most likely knocking him out in the process.
"You idiot! Do you want to help him or not!" I yelled at him.
I turned to find Pikachu lying on the ground with his nose bleeding. "What the?" I walked over to Pikachu and looked down at him. "You okay?" He just moaned out. I sighed and smiled slightly. "You know? For a single Pokémon. You sure cause a lot of problems." I said kneeling next to him.
Pikachu's Pov.
"Pokémon? What's a Pokémon?" I asked myself. I felt Combusken wrap its arm around my body and helped me sit. I could feel something running from my nose as I sat up. "Blood." I realized. I must've broken my nose when I ran into the tree.
I raised a paw to wipe it off. When I pulled it back I saw the blood had stained my fur. Most likely my face too. I would need to wash it off. But that didn't matter to me in the slightest right now.
I up at Combusken who was also looking at me. I sighed and looked away still too scared to talk to this Combusken. I still didn't trust them. Even if they seemed to be good. After all you wouldn't just trust anyone if you woke up in some random place that wasn't a hospital and just start trusting everyone. Now would you.
"Are you willing to follow us back inside?" I turned to Combusken. I looked at it for just a split second before turning away. I didn't answer. I heard a sigh come from the animal. "Well sorry but I'm not letting you run off in this condition." I glared at it.
"Let me go!" I yelled trying to squirm my way from it grasp. But its grip just got tighter. "Sorry but there's no way you can get away from me now." I sighed and lowered my head in defeat.
Totodile's Pov.
The last thing I remember was yelling and then getting hit. I sat up with my head bowed and covered my multiple layered bruises on it. "Ow! Why'd you have to go and hit my head again! If you keep on hitting me like this, I could end up with brain damage!" I cried looking up from the ground and to Combusken.
I watched her look over her shoulder and sigh. "You can't damage something that's already broken." I glared at her. "What do you mean 'already broken?'" Combusken just shook her head.
I could hear a small laugh come from Pikachu. "See even Pikachu agrees with me." Combusken said, as if proving that I'm dumb.
"Ow! Come on! My brain is not broken!" I countered.
I noticed that she had her arm wrapped around Pikachu. "Oh come on!" I cried. She looked at me with a strange look. "What?" She asked as I started acting childishly. "You'll give him a hug but not me! No fair!" I cried river of tears running down my face.
"WHAT!?" She cried out in surprise. "What the heck is-" She stopped in the middle of her sentence. Then she screamed. "OUCH!" She jump back from Pikachu which allowed him to run off.
Combusken's scream had attracted some other Pokémon. " What's going on?" A Treecko asked walking up along with a few others that were in the area. I shrugged. "I don't know. Combusken! You were supposed to have a better grip on Pikachu!" I said with some disappointment in my voice.
I could feel a anger and evil in the air. Combusken the turned toward me. I slowly backed up. I could tell I had said something wrong. Once Combusken stood in front of me she just exploded. "SHUT UP AND GO AFTER HIM!" With that I left running in the direction Pikachu went.
All I did was fix words and spelling errors. Now onto a side note. I'm going to try and get out there just a little harder. So if someone reviews a chapter I'll review two chapters from a story of theirs or a story of someone's they want me to read. Anyways thanks again for taking the time to read this chapter I hope to see you all again next time!