-CHAPTER TWO-

"Owwww! Owwwwwwwww! You are hurting me!"

"Hold still!" We were going on the trail for about a fourth of a day when Flame began complaining that he felt electrical shocks. I began searching him for any joltiks.

"There. I got it off." I said, plucking it from behind his ear.

"Thank you, V."He said, rubbing the place where the Joltik used to be clinging to.

We began walking again until I stopped. I saw a Flareon, it's once majestic body lying limp on the ground. "Hey!" I shouted, looking at the two figures walking away from their victim. The figures turned around, and I could tell they were an Excadrill and Carracosta.

They were both looking at me and Flame with odd eyes, as if to say "Who are these dumbasses?"

"Look, Beluga. Some weirdo shrimps." the Carracosta said mockingly. I assumed the other one was Beluga, and he said, "Yah. Hey, look. Shrimp one has a ear and shrimp two has different ears." "Haha," said the Excadrill. " Hello ears. What are you going to do to stop us? We are just going to take the loot now, so don't get in our way if you want to live."

Flame, now realizing that they were insulting him, shouted at them " I would like to see you try to attack me and my friend, V!" I glanced at Flame. For a small Shinx, he had the courage of a Luxray.

Flame charged at them in blind rage, and hit the Excadrill. bad move. I thought, Excadrill is a ground type. I turned and faced Beluga. I charged and lowered my horn, but it's armor deflected it. Beluga grabbed me, and before I could shout a warning to Flame, the Excadrill picked him up, too.

"Hey, Zack," said Beluga, "Why don't we have a bit of fun?" "Yes, let's" the Excadrill hit Flame on the head with his drill, knocking him out. Beluga hit me, too. But I was tougher than she thought. I feigned being knocked out, and watched where they were bringing us.