Cobalt Chaos
Pokemon™ and the human characters are © Nintendo/Game Freak
Note: Some of the Sonic Characters might be OOC.
Rated: Teen (Rating for Safety)
Summary: A beginning (yet constantly ridiculed) trainer "Alan Gray" finds an unconscious blue hedgehog Pokemon with uncontrollable power in his backyard before he starts his journey. Pokemon/AUSTH Crossover
Chapter 2
It was still dark out due to the rainclouds overhead. The rainfall continued falling in buckets as a lone black Toyota 4Runner drove down the road to the nearest Pokemon Center which just happened to be in Viridian City. Inside, Alan continued gripping his injured arm in the front passenger seat while his mother continued driving the minivan with the windshield-wipers swiping the rain back and forth off the window.
Sonic was still unconscious but his fur was dried from a large towel that was lying atop him, concealing him from whatever passerby who would try to catch a glimpse of him. The Furret rested under his head and tried to act as a pillow despite its wet fur. Once or twice the blue hedgehog would shiver but wouldn't give a sign of wakening much to the worry of the other three occupants.
"Mom…I think he's getting worse…" Alan commented, glancing back once and noticing Furry's nervous looks as it glanced from the spiked creature to the driver and her son.
"Just hang on! The Pokemon Center's just around the corner!" His mother replied before peeling into an empty space (much to the dismay of another driver). Sonic's limp form tilted slightly with the car parking abruptly and set back into his original sprawled state. Furry churred worriedly again as the mother switched the car off and walked out the car, motioning for Alan to do the same. Alan winced from the pain in his arm but got out of his seat and out to the door where his mother was trying to lift the blue hedgehog without the towel being removed and exposing him to onlookers (some just passed by) and the rain.
Alan gripped the towel with his injured arm and pulled it over Sonic's face as the Furret shifted out from under the blue-one's head and the mother pulled him close like she was holding a slumbering child. The hedgehog's quills were limp and his breathing was dry and raspy while the rain caused him to flinch. The hard part for Alan to conceal was Sonic's long angled tail which was just as rigid as a Magnetric's and twice as long.
"Alan, keep him covered. Furry, make sure nobody besides Nurse Joy gets close to seeing him." She ordered before closing the car door and locking it prior to them rushing into the Pokemon Center.
Furry did as it was told while Alan and his mother made their way towards the front desk: prevent curious Pokemon Trainers and onlookers from getting too close and having its fur stand on end despite the water and blood coating it. Alan heard the murmuring of "What the heck is that?!" to "What the heck is that thing?" and "Oh Moltres, is that blood?!" since some of the blood had leaked from the wounds and were staining Alan's ancient Beach Towel. Several Pokemon who had been let out of their Pokeballs earlier before the event stared and some of them felt uptight about the new patient and the blood dots.
Alan clenched his teeth and his mother noticed the dire situation before reaching for another Pokeball which contained her starter. Promptly a massive blue tortoise with two cannons mounted from inside its massive shell appeared in between the trainers and let out a roar that had everyone jump back.
"Everyone, there is nothing for you to see or gawk at!" His mother snapped before a nurse with pink hair walked up. She noticed the Blastoise and Furret blocking the other trainers from seeing a bleeding and shuddering form on the woman's shoulder and understood immediately. Nurse Joy motioned towards two pink-egg shaped Pokemon with the same nurse get-up standing near a door and the parent nodded before following the example with her son and two Pokemon following behind.
No sooner had she cleared it, she recalled her Blastoise while the Furret slipped inside. The door closed shut after Nurse Joy walked in and both Chansey stood in front of it like guards in a government building.
Alan sat down on the bench wearing his almost soaked and dirtied jeans and half-dry black shirt (which he was wearing under his jacket). His mother sat down next to him, wrapping a bandage around the bite mark after she had wiped it clean with rubbing alcohol. Alan cringed from the anti-bacterial solution and that his mother was slightly tightening the bandage before tying it into a sturdy knot.
The room was separated by a wall that had both a large window and a door. Inside the other room were Nurse Joy and a Chansey as they operated on the unconscious blue creature. Sonic's temperature had increased and it seemed a miracle if he was to suddenly pull through from the high fever. Bandages had been quickly applied to his steadily bleeding wounds and were now coated with a rich red color. At the edges one could notice small strands of blue and peach fur standing on end.
Alan continued staring into the window as he watched Sonic's heart rate on the ECG. When they had arrived at the Pokemon Center the frequency was rigid and moving at a fast rate. Now it was slowing and gradually becoming normal albeit sluggish while his feverish temperature, which was hot enough to roast someone's flesh into cinders, had gone to the normal range.
Furry nuzzled into Alan's leg; the Furret had finally been dried and luckily did not smell like a wet rag. Alan pet it absentmindedly behind the ears as he watched the operation occurring in the other room. A small fog was visible against the oxygen mask as the blue blur exhaled slowly, the water and CO2 condensing against the plastic.
Several minutes later, the red light above the opposite door dimmed and Nurse Joy walked out slowly. Alan, his mother, and the Furret looked at her with anxious expressions before the nurse let out a relieved sigh.
"He's going to pull through…" She replied before looking over towards the slumbering form. "The good news is that you rushed him over. If you hadn't we wouldn't have been able to draw the fever down or heal his bite-marks."
"Bite marks…?" Alan's mother inquired. "Does it mean a wild Pokemon attacked?"
"That may be the case Mrs. Gray, but there are some facts that lead against that theory. There are bites from one or more Golbat since his blood was drained at one point before you found him." Joy explained. "There were also some sedatives in his system that may have been from a tranquilizer dart."
"Does that mean someone was hunting him?" Alan asked, stroking Furry behind the ears.
Nurse Joy only nodded solemnly in response.
Feet smashing against the earth…
Someone falls against the ground…
"Go without me!"
"I can't!!!"
"Please! I want you to get out of here!!"
She's left behind as he runs.
Loud scream of either horror or pain comes from behind. He presses forwards, eyes watery, and breaks out the door.
Freedom!
Lightning flashes.
He trips and falls headlong into the water that looms out from out of nowhere…
Sonic flung himself upwards and off the cot. Several of the wires attached to him were torn off resulting in a loud and high-pitched shriek from the heart-monitor that had the blue hedgehog clamp down on his blue ears and run towards a corner which he huddled in, trying to obstruct the deafening noise.
Alan Gray's head shot up from the couch he was resting on from the high pitched scream of the monitor while Nurse Joy ran into the other room where she quickly unplugged the ECG before attempting to tend to the frightened hedgehog who retaliated by having his quills stand on end. Alan quickly got up and ran in despite his mother (Mrs. Gray) and Nurse Joy's cries of protest before grappling the blue hedgehog and holding him as close as possible without the quills impaling him.
"LET GO! LET ME GO!!!!" Sonic yelled, almost waking up everyone else located in the Pokemon Center and began struggling like he did before only he lashed out with his free hands, trying to elbow his captor in the stomach and claw at Alan's face.
"It's okay! Calm down!!" Alan tried to restrain the 'talking' blue hedgehog's arms before a familiar jolt shot up his own arm. Sonic had sunk his teeth into the exact space he bit into before. Alan winced but held on while Sonic kept both his eyes and jaw clamped shut. The quills still stood on end but they weren't causing any further injury due to Alan getting them out of the way earlier. "I know you can understand what I'm saying…I want to help you…but I need you to trust me." Alan managed to say through his clenched teeth.
"Alan!" His mother and Nurse Joy tried to approach only to get blocked by Furry.
"Furret…" Both women stopped and looked up warily at Alan.
"Please…trust me…" Alan kept his teeth clenched together but attempted to sound calm despite the nerve endings in his arm screaming for the pain to stop.
Sonic kept his teeth clenched but his spines started to relax since he was detecting some sincerity in the human's voice. It was a bit foreign to the hedgehog due to his past being filled to the brim with lies and pain. The recently bandaged wound on Alan's arm was starting to bleed again from the pressure applied and some of it was dripping onto Sonic's dirtied fur.
"Please…"
Sonic's nearest ear twitched as he was in the young human's hold. Slowly the canines that were dug into his flesh began to pull out very slowly and the nervous green irises were semi-visible.
"It's okay…nobody's going to hurt you…" Alan spoke again as the blue ears folded back against the cobalt head as if they were a part of the spikes. Sonic's teeth vanished under his closed mouth after they were fully removed and he slowly lowered his head submissively. Alan reached slightly with his uninjured arm and petted the blue hedgehog behind the ear. Sonic went rigid for a moment but slowly relaxed and allowed the calming feeling to continue signaling he trusted the human.
After a long period of silence, the blue hedgehog's eyes closed shut completely and Alan noticed Sonic had finally begun resting peacefully. The red head slowly began getting up as he tried to carry the hedgehog back to the 'table' with the pain in his right arm.
"I think he's going to be fine now…" Alan winced and placed Sonic back down. Nurse Joy had the Chansey monitor Sonic while she inspected Alan's reopened wound. "He really bit down hard…" The red head winced as the bandage was removed and a new layer of antibiotic was applied to the bite mark.
"The good thing is that you were able to calm him down…" The pink-haired nurse murmured as she wound a new bandage around Alan's arm and Mrs. Gray tossed the reddened bandages into the nearest trash-bin. "I don't think anyone else would've been able to…if he escaped."
Alan winced again from the replacement bandage being tightened and looked at the blue hedgehog with a wistful look. "I'd hate to imagine what would happen if he got hurt more than he is now…"
A few hours had passed since Sonic had lapsed back into unconsciousness. The blue hedgehog seemed a bit more relaxed and didn't fidget as much as he did previously. Alan Gray continued sitting down as he watched Sonic from the other room. His arms were folded on the top of the couch so his hands supported his chin. In other words, Alan was sitting in a position that would eventually make his legs and feet fall asleep. His mother had gone out along with Nurse Joy over a while ago leaving Alan alone in the room with Furret. Eventually the blue irises became covered by the cream eyelids and Alan fell into a calm sleep until he felt something prodding his shoulder.
"Alan…hey dunce…you want your legs to fall asleep?"
The red head's closed eyelids crinkled as his mouth formed a wavy line, expressing aggravation. He recognized that voice from anywhere. And typically, if HE was here, then that would mean Professor Oak was in the Pokemon Center as well. Ten to one the professor was here to inspect the hedgehog-like-creature.
"Hello Shigeru…" Alan grumbled as one eyelid creased open. "Fancy seeing you here…"
"Feeling's mutual…" Shigeru commented with an equal amount of sarcasm in his voice. He was around Alan's age but unlike the ten year old, he had light brown hair that was spiked upwards (in short, he resembles Gary Oak) and was wearing a black T-shirt with dark blue jeans. A sweat band was around his right arm and there was a belt around his waist. Alan felt a wave of jealousy hit him when he saw a familiar red and white ball attached to one of the belt clasps. "I see you've noticed my starter Pokemon…"
"Judging by you being the top student, it's either a Squirtle or a Bulbasaur…" Alan muttered, turning around so he could sit down on the bench properly. Shigeru smirked at his ex-friend's remark before spotting the bandage around Alan's arm.
"Not that it actually matters, what the heck caused you to miss getting your starter?" The brunette asked, knowing full well he'd get the whole story this way. "You did say you would get a Charmander, even if you had to survive a typhoon."
"I was, but Furry (strokes Furret behind ears) thought something was wrong. So, my mother and I had to run into the storm and we found this blue animal." Alan motioned to the other room where Oak was with Nurse Joy and Mrs. Gray. "It was scared and almost dead when we found it. I tried to stop him from struggling or possibly getting more injured and the hedgehog…well…bit me…"
"Not a very bright thing to do, if you ask me…" Shigeru commented.
"I know…" Alan rolled his eyes dismissively. "But the good news is…I think he's finally become more trusting…"
Sonic was wide awake on the bed. His green eyes kept looking around the room in a confused way and his red feet and blue legs were pulled close to his stomach while his back spikes were slightly on end. His fur was slightly on end out of fear and he was completely ill at ease. Sonic remembered passing out while being held by something comforting and waking up to an unfamiliar face.
Samuel Oak had noticed Sonic's unnerved pose and kept his distance. The professor tried to sound assuring and keep at eye level with the blue hedgehog and attempt to communicate with him but decided it was better to leave the creature alone before it got more stressed.
"What do you make of the Pokemon…?" Joy asked.
Oak hummed to himself before answering. "I'm not quite sure, but it's definitely close to the Normal Type variety although I couldn't get close enough to check. Honestly I've never seen a Pokemon like this one before."
Sonic's eyes followed the voices, looking from face to face as he tried to match the young and sincere voice with one. None seemed to fit the description although he could tell they were talking about him just like those scientists with those sharp and dark eyes. The hedgehog's blue ears flicked when he heard a muffled voice from the other side of a sheet of glass. His spiked head slowly looked in the very direction and he tried to blot out the older voices so he could try to compare the previous voice with this one.
The blue hedgehog, earlier, had subconsciously put the owner of the voice in the 'sanctuary' grouping. He didn't hear the voice…so he was not in a safe place…
Mrs. Gray noticed Sonic's ears twitch and the red feet slowly reaching the floor.
"Professor…!"
Green eyes and other senses became fully alert and Sonic shot off the bed in a blue streak, putting a full distance between himself and the three humans in the room, relatively close to the window and door. Oak kneeled down so he could get at eye level with Sonic again. Sonic's spikes and fur began to stand on end in response, showing visibly against the white and red bandages as he heard the old voice.
"It's alright…you're safe here…"
The hedgehog didn't feel safe at all…
At that same moment, in the other room, Alan, Furry, and Shigeru watched as Sonic backed against the wall and rolled into an unnerved ball of spines.
"He's finally more trusting, huh…?" Shigeru asked in time to spot Alan grab the doorknob and enter the room. "What are you doing…? He's—"
And the door closed shut.
"Darn it Alan…!"
Sonic's head snapped in the direction of the door and he got ready to bolt into it before a human child, possibly around ten, entered and closed the door behind him. The hedgehog stiffened in response to the newcomer who attempted to do the same as the older male. This time the child had more of a success.
"Calm down…it's okay…you remember me…?"
Alan subconsciously prayed as Sonic's green eyes narrowed, his nose twitched, and his ears flicked. Slowly, Alan moved his injured arm towards Sonic, keeping it lowered so it wouldn't intimidate the already unnerved hedgehog. Sonic's eyes caught sight of the appendage and he sniffed, catching a familiar scent.
He recalled attacking and biting it before using the appendage as a pillow.
"You remember…? Huh…?" Alan tried to move closer. Sonic kept his eyes narrowed at the human's face, making sure he didn't try to pull anything over his eyes, and he slowly approached, sniffing and making sure the voice matched with the previous tone. He had to be very sure; otherwise he would be in a worse situation than before.
The three adults kept quiet as they watched. Mrs. Gray felt like leaping forwards when Sonic grabbed Alan's injured arm with one hand and scrutinized it.
"You can trust me…"
Sonic looked up in recognition of the voice and observed the human's face, tilting his head to the side and frowning slightly. He looked back at the arm he was holding onto and lowered his head so he could get a better look.
"…" Alan watched as Sonic's head lowered and noticed the mouth opening. Upon seeing the white teeth, the red-head pulled his arm away only to have Sonic keep a firm grip and pull it back with a firm resolution. "He's not going to bite me again…is he?"
The hedgehog didn't exactly bite this time. He only held on with his teeth and Alan flinched when he felt them in the same spot as the previous episodes but not reopening the injury. Sonic recognized the bite mark he had placed on the arm and released it before looking back up with the human with another head-tilt and an unsure expression. Alan held his injury with his free hand and gripped it, trying to make the pain dull. After a full moment, Alan grumbled in pain and Sonic flicked his ears again from the voice. The red head revealed his blue eyes and noticed Sonic was looking at him, almost as though the hedgehog expected him to say something.
Alan, not knowing if he should form a sentence or not, opened his mouth and spoke one little word: "Ouch…"
Whatever he had said seemed to be enough for the hedgehog since Sonic moved closer and started moving underneath the human's arms. Alan released his arm and remained in a sitting up position on the floor as the blue Pokemon curled up on the human's lap and rested his spiked head on the arm he previously bit into. The human warily began to hold onto him the same way he did before and carefully pet Sonic behind the ears. Finally reassured; Sonic closed his blue eyelids and rested in his little 'sanctuary' while Alan stayed in the same sitting down position. The adults relaxed and Alan smiled slightly whenever he heard a small purring that resulted from the ears being stroked.
Shigeru walked in the room with Furry and went over to his grandfather, making sure he didn't disturb the slumbering blue creature in his former-friend's lap. Furry went over to Mrs. Gray and stood beside her as the mother and nurse looked at Professor Oak. Oak had a semi smile on his face as he watched the two and turned to Alan's mother.
"Mrs. Gray, about Alan's starter…"
To Be Continued…
Authoress' Note:
Lessee, times Alan got bitten: three times. I guess I was making a parallel between Alan Gray and Ash Ketchum since Sonic bit Alan a lot and Pikachu electrocuted Ash a lot. And they're both able to use electric attacks…except Sonic can only use electric attacks when he's Super Sonic and he's been in contact with any form of electricity.
I've also had a hard time with typing the 'Sonic-finally-trusting-Alan' bit since I didn't want it to be like "Sonic sniffs and finally trusts", it is a lot better with "Sonic sniffs, bites Alan, recognizes Alan's voice, and then he trusts the human". Muuuuch better…
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