Authors notes: This chapter makes a full circle to explain what happened to Charmy and John whilst Squirt and Spinach were on their own journey.
Stay close! (Part 2)
(POV- John)
The doors came down with a thud, two men walked out onto the beach.
They were shot sending huge chunks of their brains, skin and skull all over the place.
I looked over at Charmy and then over to Squirt and Spinach. "Guys we are going to have to go out there!" I said with a serious tone in my voice. "Why not now?"
In turned around and shouted "NOW!"
Me, Charmy, Squirt, Spinach and other people began to run.
Almost as soon as we touched the sand loud cracks of gunfire were heard and bullets came whizzing by like streaks of light. People began to run in front of me only to be met by a big spray of blood all over us and chunks of head and limbs being blown off! We weaved past falling body by falling body getting sprayed with blood along the way. We eventually made it out of the chaos.
"Okay! Well done guys, we made it." I said. "Okay so Charmy!"
"Char char" said Charmy.
"Good to know you made it Charmy! Squirt!"
"Squirtle!" replied Squirt.
"Great! And now Spinach!"
I heard no reply.
"Squir, squirt squirtle!" said Squirt gesturing towards the boat.
"Squirt; it is too dangerous to go back!" I said. He began to give me his concerned face. "You really want to find her don't you Squirt?" I asked getting a quick nod from him. "Well we will wait for you two in a tent with a red cross on it okay? Oh and one more thing…. Make your trek a fast one because that boat is rigged to blow at any minute!"
Squirt gave a quick nod before heading into the minefield of bodies with his blue tail behind him.
I looked over at Charmy and gave a faint smile. "Come on; we need to go!" I said as we ran into the trenches. We ran and we ran fast!
I eventually was stopped by a pikachu. The small yellow rodent slowly walked towards us looking pretty scared. I began to slowly walk towards the little pikachu. But as I did I found something quite odd about this pikachu. It was then I realized that it was a bomb currier!
I pulled out my rifle as fast as a thunderbolt and took aim. I had him within my sights and pulled the trigger without hesitation.
The loud sound violently rang through my ears for a good 4 or 5 seconds before settling down slowly. The pikachu that was once in front of me now had a massive hole going through half of it's head. I looked over at my charmander. He was green in the face. I witnessed him slowly say back and forth before throwing up his dinner at the sight of the half headless pikachu. I couldn't blame him I threw up the first time uncle Paul took me hunting. I sort of feel sorry for that buneary but that tasted amazing!
Poor Charmy; he has been through so much within the last two hours! I don't think he is ready for what is about to happen!
After a while Charmy jumped onto my shoulder and we made our way through the trenches again.
And we were soon interrupted by loud cracks of gunfire sending bullets by like lightning bolts! Again I pulled out my rifle and took aim at one of the son of a bitches' hiding spot and waited for them to show their heads.
I witnessed their helmet slowly lift up. My heart was acting like an insane drummer pounding the life out of the drum kit. finally the soldier's face was partly showing. The world began to slow, my heart was pounding and the air became thinner. I pulled the trigger of the gun and got massive kick back, my ears rang but this time for not as long. I watched as my bullet violently ripped through the skin and skull of the enemy. I witnessed their blood splatter and parts of skin and bone fly. We heard a scream and some words in a language we didn't understand.
I looked onto my shoulder. Charmy was nowhere to be seen. My heart began racing and I started to get worried. My head jerked around the place and I was searching the entirety of the small portion of the trench that I was in. My eyes scanned and they met an upturned metal bucket that appeared to be shaking. I walked over to it and slowly lifted it up. I saw Charmy; scared out of his wits underneath it.
"Charmy? Are you okay?" I asked. Charmy slowly raised his head up and nodded slowly. "Listen," I started, "Charmy, this is war! You cannot run off like this; you may get yourself killed! So promise me that from now on you will stay close," I said getting a very quick nod from him.
I smiled. "Good, now hop aboard!" I said as the charmander jumped onto my shoulder.
We started our way through the trenches with bullets flying. We weaved around the little bolts of lightning flying past our heads.
We stopped in a place of still and eerie silence.
"Oh god! There's too many of them!" said a voice. The owner of the voice came down and sat next to us.
"Hi," I said holding out my hand.
The man looked at the hand with a pikachu on his right shoulder. He seemed so familiar but from where?
The man then pulled out a heart shapped locket and opened it. He looked at the photo of a pretty girl on it.
"I promise I will make it back," he said. "I promise I will for you, Serena," he said with tears in his eyes.
"Hi there! John Johnson, and who might you be?" I asked the man that looked to be in his late teens, early twenties.
He smiled and said "Ash Ketchum. It is really nice to meet the champion of my home region!"
"Whoa you, you are the Kalos champion!" I said with astonishment in my voice.
"Yup nine years consecutive champion!" he said.
"Wow nine years? I've only been champion for five!"
"you call five years a short time? Oh believe me the person before was only champion for two!"
I smiled and looked at his pikachu. The raw power of that pikachu was amazing! He could defeat a raichu with ease and no one can defeat his team!
He turned his eyes to Charmy. "So has he and the other two been with you from the start of your journey?" he asked.
I nodded and smiled lightly.
I heard the loud crack of gunfire and I remembered where we were. On normal circumstances I would have asked Ash to a battle but this is war and it would put our pokemon at risk.
"Come on Charmy, let's go," I said as Charmy jumped up onto my shoulder.
"John; just a word of advice. Keep your and your pokemon's heads down. You never know when a bullet will violently rip through you!" said Ash as he and his pikachu ran off.
I began running through the trenches. We came by a quiet spot. I stuck my head up slightly to scope the area. It didn't seem like anybody was there. I suddenly heard a loud bang and I stuck my head down and pulled Charmy's down with me. A bullet was heard pinging into one of the sandbags.
Charmy was getting scared. I hugged him tightly and he soon calmed down. Many more bullets were heard slicing into the wood and sandbags causing a little bit of dust to kick up.
Soon the bullets stopped firing and the sound stopped. I lifted my rifle up and took aim at the vague area of the gun shot. I witnessed the person pull their gun and take aim. We were at a stalemate, my finger was on the trigger ready to shoot I guess they did too. I slowly pulled the trigger and they flopped to the ground. Lifeless.
We began to head deeper into the trenches. I wonder how Squirt and Spinach are doing?
A loud crack hit my ears, I jumped down. Charmy didn't have a tight grip on my shoulder and he stayed airborne for a little.
My heart stopped. The world started to slow. I witnessed a slow moving bullet begin to tear through Charmy's body. The bullet began to rip through his shoulder and another began ripping through his leg before he fell to the ground knocked out.
I witnessed as masses of blood began spewing out of my charmander. A wave of rage boiled within my blood. "YOU SON OF A BITCH!" I shouted as I pulled my rifle to their arm. I shot and the sound of them crying with pain hit my ears. Good; I hope you die in pain!
I turned over to Charmy. I examined his wounds. He could survive if I get him to the medical tent in time. I picked up the passed out charmander and began to run; shielding him from any danger that may come his way.
I was running through a quiet part of the trenches when a cracking gunshot hit my ears. My arm began to throb. I dropped Charmy due to the pain. I have never felt this much pain before! I picked Charmy back up and I was hit by another bullet and another and another to the same arm. The pain I was in was indescribable! Infection would soon hit; I had to somehow take out the bullets.
I looked towards my sheath that held my knife within. I pulled out the knife. "Okay John this I going to hurt like hell. One…two….three!" I said as I drove knife into the bullet holes. I screamed in agony as the sharp blade ripped through my skin and fished out the small objects within my skin.
Many, many bullet pulls later I picked up Charmy in my weak arms an carried him into the medical bay.
"excuse me! I need medical assistance!" I said as two people came into the room and gasped.
"Oh we need to operate on your arm as soon as possible!" said the nurse.
"No! I'm fine, just deal with Charmy first; tend to me later!" I said as my vision blurred and I fell to the floor.
"I don't think there is anything we can do to save the arm," said an echoed voice.
"Well…good thing I have this…." Said another echoed voice before I bladed out again.
My eyes slowly opened, my head was light but my arm didn't hurt at all! I looked over at my left arm and saw that it had become a stub. I looked at it woozily before realizing what was going on. I let out a scream of fear. Nurses came running in with a mask and a tank full of laughing gas. I blacked out shortly after.
My eyes opened slowly and I saw a metal rod being jammed into my arm. My vision blurred and I blacked out.
I woke up with a bright light hitting my eyes. My eyes soon adjusted and I looked over at my left arm and discovered that it was metal. I examined the arm and realized it wasn't normal prosthetic arm but a robotic arm!
I sat up slowly with my head still a little woozy from the gas. I got out of the bed and headed outside the door. Everyone looked at me like I was a ghost. I was wondering why everyone was surprised to see me.
A man walked over and said, "How did you survive ten bullets in the same arm?"
I shook my head and shrugged my shoulders.
A nurse came up to me and told me to sit down. I did so.
"I'm sorry John but we've tried everything we can and I'm afraid he may not make it!"
I cried into my hands shaking my head in denial.
"Squirt!" Said a familiar voice. I looked up and was overjoyed to see Squirt and Spinach standing in front of me.
I looked at Squirt's tail and saw a giant hole. I was shocked and called a nurse over. He gasped and took him into the emergency room. Spinach and I followed closely behind. Spinach had the saddest look on her face when the doors to the operating room shut on her face. I took her over to a chair and we waited.
Authors notes: Hope you enjoyed this chapter. Do you think Charmy will make it? Or do you think he will die?
Anyway constructive feedback is always appreciated and as always; Stay cool, stay awesome and most importantly stay shocking!
-Shocking Pikachu
