Here's the fourth chapter! Weavile gets pretty violent in this chapter. Well, in spite of that, enjoy!

Chapter 4: Escape Attempt

Marill was joining Team Poké Friends on their voyage to the dreadfully freezing land of Blizzard Island. He was beyond serious. He wasn't sure way, but he recently felt connected to Pachirisu in a whole new way. It may have had something to do with the poems she wrote. It may have been something he had felt all along and had not realized. No matter how he looked at it, he knew he simply had to save her. There was no other way around it.

"Are you ready?" Oshawott asked Marill.

"Yeah! Let's go save them!" Marill nodded with fierce determination. Oshawott smiled and nodded to him.

"We need to build a raft. Our first one got trashed, as you remember," Snivy pointed out. The five Pokémon got to build the raft right away. It was not going to win any beauty contest, but it would float, so it was functional.

"Okay, Poké Friends! Let's set sail! Our mission is to save my girlfriend and Marill's new crush! Busting Team AWD and bringing them in is an added bonus! Any questions?" Oshawott announced to his teammates and Marill.

"How many questions are we allowed to ask?" Pidove raised his wing and asked.

"Not worth answering. Okay! Let's go!" Oshawott replied and pumped his paw in the air.

Meanwhile, on Blizzard Island, Pachirisu was cuddling with her tail, trying to get some sleep. The squirrel prayed to have a good dream during her malicious experience. When she finally drifted off, she dreamt of Marill and him coming to her rescue. Only in her dream, she was a princess who was captured by an evil queen and Marill was the knight that would rescue her.

"Pachirisu," Eevee whispered.

"Yes, Sir Marill…?" Pachirisu drowsily replied.

"Sir Marill?" Eevee echoed. Pachirisu's eyes shot open and she blushed with embarrassment.

"Sorry! I was having a dream," Pachirisu explained and told Eevee about her dream and how Marill boldly and bravely rescued her from the evil Queen Weavile.

"I'm sorry to have woken you from such a good dream," Eevee apologized. "I have dreams like that about Oshawott sometimes. He's my dream otter!"

"Does he treat you like the little princess fox that you dream yourself as?" Pachirisu asked with interest.

"Oh, yeah," Eevee nodded and giggled a bit. "Oshawott…I'm so lucky to have him." She then had a look of extreme determination in her eyes. "We're busting out of here! If we work together and strike them when our guard is down, we'll be out for sure!"

"Eevee…yes!" Pachirisu nodded and smiled. "Let's do it, girl!" She and Eevee bumped paws. About an hour later, their first opportunity came to them. Drapion came in with some Grimy Food. Yuck!

"Eat up while you can, princesses," Weavile sneered mockingly as she came up from behind Drapion. She gave them an evil smirk.

"Yes, Your Lowness," Eevee smartly and sarcastically replied. Everything was going just as planned.

"That's it!" Weavile snapped and attempted to swipe at Eevee, but got hit by Pachirisu's Discharge mid-swipe.

"Together," Pachirisu nodded to Eevee and they both faced Drapion. They both tried using Iron Tail on him, but he caught both of their tails in one of his massive claws. It all went downhill from there. They both gasped and screamed.

"I'm not as dumb as I look," Drapion informed them. He squeezed tighter on the tails.

"OOOOW!" Eevee and Pachirisu screamed from the pain in their pressured tails. They just dangled upside down helplessly by the caught appendages. Weavile got up and approached them.

"You dare try to rebel against me?!" Weavile snapped at the two young females. She hit Eevee with Ice Punch, and then she used Slash. Eevee was actually knocked out of Drapion's strong claws and onto the cold ground. Pachirisu fell out at that moment, as well. Weavile decided to keep focusing her attacks on the poor little Eevee kit. "I'll teach you a lesson, you little (expletive bleep, sorry for complications, etc)! Ice Punch!" She hit Eevee with an Ice Punch. The brown furred Pokémon went skidding across the ground and started coughing up blood. Of course, Weavile would not relent. The Ice- and Dark-type called out, "Night Slash!"

"NO!" Pachirisu jumped in the way, taking the Night Slash for Eevee. When she hit the ground, she strained to tell Weavile, "Stop it…can't you see that…she's had enough? J-just stop…"

"…" Weavile turned away and let out a low growl. She left them, and Drapion loyally followed her out.

"That went horribly…" Pachirisu groaned.

"Thanks for saving me," Eevee managed to say.

"Anything for a friend like you," Pachirisu smiled.

Meanwhile, on the raft that was far out at sea by then, Oshawott's eyes widened. His whole body tensed up. He let out a growl that was a mix of anger and panic. Snivy asked him, "Whoa, are you okay? You seem freaked out all of a sudden."

"It's Eevee. She's hurt," Oshawott grit his teeth. "I can feel her pain and her distress. She needs me. Marill, with me in the water! Pidove, more wind! Tepig, we need your firepower!"

"Aye, aye!" Tepig and Pidove saluted. Pidove used a powerful Gust attack on the makeshift sail. Tepig used Flamethrower on the water behind the raft. On either side of the Flamethrower, Oshawott and Marill were swimming as hard as they could and were pushing the raft. That combination sent the raft gliding over the sea at a magnificent and quite productive speed. They were hoping to reach Blizzard Island in no time.

"Arceus, please watch over Pachirisu," Marill prayed softly.

Meanwhile, Pachirisu, thanks to her Pickup ability, had two Oran Berries. She gave one to Eevee and ate the other one. Both female Pokémon began to feel better and started to heal. Eevee softly spoke, "Thank you."

"You're welcome. We both need our strength," Pachirisu pointed out. "Some Pokémon tell me I would make a good nurse. I say it's just common sense."

"I think you would make a pretty good nurse," Eevee responded. That made Pachirisu smile. Then, Eevee continued, "You can be anything you want. I know you can."

"I want to be Marill's girlfriend," Pachirisu giggled at the thought.

"That will happen. I'm sure of it," Eevee smiled. "I can't believe Weavile cursed at me."

"It was kind of funny to watch her get mad, but it broke my heart watching you get tortured and tormented," Pachirisu replied. She was thinking. Yeah. That was way too close for comfort. Oh, Marill, wherever you are, please come soon!