"How long do these usually last?" Mr. Sap asked. He was staring out at the large gash in the side of the building they were in. A large sandstorm had been raging on in the city for the past hour.
"I don't know, they usually just come and go." Snap answered. She then turned and looked up at a nearby door. She stared blankly at the sign then squinted her eyes.
"Wait can't you go through it?!" he excitedly asked.
"Are you nuts!" she hissed back, "I might be a steel type but these storms are stronger and thicker than the breezes in the desert! Where have you been for the past month?!"
"It's only been a month, and all this happened?" he quietly asked himself. "Where are you Jessica?" He then shot up and noticed the pull on his tail.
"Come on Mr. Sap, help me open this door." Snap pulled him to the door. "Down." she pushed on his back. He laid down, allowing Snap to climb on him. "Up."
"You're not all that light..!" He struggled.
"Stop complaining, now stand up." He was able to stretch up but all four of his limbs trembled. "What level are you even?!" she questioned. She was at the door handle now. She pulled down but it seemed locked or jammed.
"Hmmm..." she hummed with a tilted head.
"Could you please hurry?" Mr. Sap winced. Snap then turned her back to the door. With a crunch of her large steel jaws, the handle was gone then spat out. She turned back and looked down at her small black claw which grew in size with a metallic glow. She shoved her metal claw into the socket that held the handle and twisted her wrist hearing the lock break. She then placed both her feet on the door and hung.
"Now push." she said.
"Your weight is killing me." Mr. Sap complained.
She glared down at him, "What are you level 5?! I'm not even standing on you anymore!" Once she was done a muffled crash sounded from down the hall a good distance away. Mr. Sap's ears drooped as his hairs and tail twitched.
"I told you to be quiet!" she quietly yelled in distress.
"You were the one yelling!" he hissed back.
Another crash was heard and Mr. Sap pushed against the door while staring down the hall. The door slowly opened and he entered. The breath was then thudded out of him when Snap landed on behind his shoulders. She grabbed onto the scruff of his neck and kicked his sides like he was some Rapidash. He sighed but chose to appease her and continued into the room. It was a long room full of cardboard boxes, some of which were stacked to the ceiling.
"What is this place?" Mr. Sap asked, sniffing a box.
"I don't know." Snap casually confessed, "I thought there'd be food in here." She then awkwardly fumbled into a box with a groan. Mr. Sap shook his heads and turned toward the box. "Look what I found!" she jumped out at him, knocking him over onto his back and landing on his chest. She quickly aimed a device at him and a flash went off.
"I can't breathe!" he struggled, "Or see!" Snap sat on his stomach and looked at the device. It glowed a bright blue and pinged.
"ESPEON! THE SUN POKEMON!"
Both Snap and Mr. Sap jumped at the loud automated voice. Mr. Sap sprang to his feet and they both stared wide eyed at each other. Listening for any movement. After the moment of silence Snap studied the device.
"I didn't know a Pokedex was this loud. Hmm?" she stared into screen.
"You can read human?" Mr. Sap asked in amazement.
"Oh? Yeah." she turned toward him, holding the pokedex to her chest. "I've always liked human things. So I taught myself how to read and write." After a flush of subtle embarrassment, she pondered back at the screen. "Not that you'd understand. I'm more of a translator I guess."
"So what does it say about me?" Mr. Sap looked over her shoulder.
"I don't know, if you get your pink whiskers out of my face I'll tell you!" she nudged and snapped her large jaws causing him to jump back. She then read out, "Level 9, that explains a lot."
Mr. Sap sighed in annoyance and lashed his tail side to side then looked away in a pouting matter.
"Awwh, you're so cute!" Snap said in spite while gripping onto his cheek. She looked back to the Pokedex and her eyes widened. "Storage sickness..."
"What's that?" he asked, pulling away from her pinching claw.
"It only happens when a Pokemon's been released incorrectly." Snap looked at him with surprisingly sympathetic eyes, "Your Pokeball collapsed didn't it?"
Mr. Sap hung his head and looked to his side, hiding the moisture in his eyes.
"You're one of the..." Snap was interrupted by a series of booming crashes. "Ah! He got out!" she exclaimed while staring in the direction of the crashing with a horrified expression.
Mr. Sap's whiskers and tail twitched.
"Who got-?" He was cut short by the wall infront of him and Snap burst open. Being knocked from the impact, he flipped back to his paws and looked upon the settling dust. A large round figure stood in its wake.
"SNAP!" it roared while on its hind legs. Mr. Sap and Snap were just a few steps away from an enraged Rhyhorn. His red eyes quickly aimed at her and his breathing became more apparent. Rhyhorn then scrapped at the floor and let out another roar.
"Move!" Snap yelled, shoving Mr. Sap away then jumping back narrowly avoiding the large stone missle that charged them. Mr. Sap stood up to see Rhyhorn's horn stuck in the wall. Snap quickly ran to the first hole Rhyhorn made and gestured for Mr. Sap to follow. Looking once more at the Pokemon thrashing to free himself, Mr. Sap moved toward his escape.
He and Snap ran back into the hall, away from the storage room.
"What was that about?!" Mr. Sap panically asked.
"That would be Crush! I kind of locked him in a storage room away from here." Snap explained with a guilty smirk.
"Well." he slowed, "Why don't we stop and ask him why he's so upset?!" Snap slowed as well.
"He followed me here! I had no real alternative!" she defended herself.
"Call it your need to eat?" Mr. Sap sighed. They both jumped at the familiar sound of crashing. "Up the stairs." he suggested, leading toward the stair case ahead of them.
The next floor was large and spacioius though it was full of shorter walls that made it seem like a maze was laid before them.
"We have to hurry." Snap said, entering the maze. They quickly noticed a small room gapping the short wall, inside was a chair, desk and a large box like machine. "A computer?" Snap said puzzledly. She ran back into the maze, "there's another in here!" she called. Mr. Sap ran after her.
"What is all this?" he asked. "A bunch of small short walled computer rooms?"
"Humans can be strange." she replied.
Mr. Sap cringed at the twitching of his whiskers and tail. He looked up to see the ceiling shake then come crashing down. After quickly avoiding the rubble falling, he saw Snap not in a very fortunant position. She was half covered in rubble and groaned.
"Got you." a deep monotoned voice spoke. Mr. Sap quickly got infront of Snap, between her and Rhyhorn.
"Mr. Sap run!" she demanded in distress.
"No and stop calling me that! I can do this." he shot back.
"You are one of the collasped! Your physical strength was depleated along with your Pokeball." As she explained, Mr. Sap crouched into a battle ready pose, tail lashing side to side. "He will kill you!" she pleaded. Mr. Sap froze, his limbs shock and his tail and ears dropped.
"You'll be easy to digest." Rhyhorn hissed the threat. Mr. Sap looked back at Snap wide eyed then took off down the maze. He felt Rhyhorn's heavy steps behind him.
Turning a few sharp corners, Mr. Sap tripped. Sliding across the floor on his face, he rammed into a pile of boxes in one of the small computer rooms. Keeping still and quiet, he heard heavy steps thunder by. Trying to catch his breath in the dusty air, he rested his tense body, noticing the soreness in his muscles.
Mr. Sap noticed a small disc in front of him. Slightly moving so the boxes wouldn't rapidly shift, he sniffed it. It as cold, metallic and slowly glowed a bright purple at his touch. Surprised, he slowly scooted back but then noticed the same glow radiating from his body. It continued to glow brighter until it quickly disbrust into small glitters which flooted down to the floor and disappered. Mr. Sap finally let out a breath.
"What was that about?" he whispered. He peeked out of the boxes to see a massive rock before him.
"Hello Mr. Sap!" Rhyhorn huffed.