"This is a horrible, stupid, and unbelievably reckless idea." I mumbled to myself in some form of comfort for my actions. It was in the middle of the night, with only the life of the city illuminating the sanctuary. Snores, chirps, and other sleepy noises came from below. I had floated up to the top of the glass shelter, and clutched my mask with desperate arms.
I'll admit something, the reason of why I was doing this;
I was claustrophobic.
Not in the 'small space' sense, but in the sense of being trapped; in a state where I couldn't be free, or the fear of facing restrictions of movement.
I had the best chance; Garchomp slept inside, and there was no nocturnal Pokemon out and about. Outside, the street was mostly deserted; I could be safe until I could hide away or leave the city, no matter where that was to. I considered what I heard was the Winding Woods, a popular spot for Ghost types.
I just wanted someplace to hide.
I looked around for the last time, and finally accepted what I was doing before facing the glass wall. I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and held the item I obtained in my hand before floating through the glass.
Both the gem I was holding and my mask fell out of my arms, hitting the soft ground inside the sanctuary as only my body passed through. Outside, it was just me and the world. The gem was something I traded for from a Sableye in the sanctuary- a Ghost Gem, a gem made entirely out of the Ghost type energy.
My mask, however...
I sighed, and began floating off. Garchomp could find that mask for all I cared. He could try to find me. I'd be long gone before morning. It was going to lay in the grass, alongside the now-clear gem, exhausted of its power. Sableye could use both to his own means.
It did feel a bit odd without it, though, like I was leaving a part of me behind. But what I hadn't known then is I wouldn't have to leave it.
"Alola, Yami! You-huff- left something be-huff-hind." A high female voice panted, and I turned around.
A certain Pokemon was pulling along my mask through the air. She huffed once more before handing over the mask. I took it, and she floated with greater ease. The Comfey then smiled, twirling in the air as I looked at her with confusion.
"How?" I ask her. Only ghost types were known to go through walls, and even then they had to either be very powerful or have an energy source. Vivi was a fairy type. No sneaky advantages there that I knew of.
"Irrelevant." She answered, settling and just floating across from me.
Note 1; don't trust fairies.
"Vivi, wait up!" Another voice whined, and I looked down to see a small pokemon floating up, shaped like an ice cream cone. Behind her was a small eagle pokemon, flapping up with ease. Lastly, there was a purple balloon pokemon, floating beside the flying type, looking humored.
"Is this a jailbreak?" I asked, and Vivi shrugged. "It's only us. We didn't tell anyone else, and closed up where we snuck through." She said calmly, and the other three settled in the circle we had faintly formed.
A Comfey, Yamask, Vanilite, Rufflet, and Drifloon. All small, flying and floating pokemon.
This was ridiculous.
"We saw you leaving, and snuck through a secret path in the lab." The Drifloon explained. He waited in the short silence that followed, before laughing. "Oh yeah! We've never met!" He extended his heart tether, and I shook it. "Navi." They proceeded to introduce the rest.
Jamie the Vanilite, and David the Rufflet. I introduced myself, and we were met with another silence. After all, what were you supposed to talk about after you've escaped from somewhere?
"We should get going, you know." David squawked, looking around at the lab. It was still and silent, but there was a sense of unease about it. The city still bustled with night life, however.
Vivi pointed to one of the city's gates, with a large 5 over it. "Leaving is step one. Let's go to route 5; I'm pretty sure we can find a place to rest." She suggested, and we all began our float, darting on the rooftops.
"So why'd you guys leave?" I asked, quickly flying from one building's shade to another. A purrlion faintly hissed in the distance. Jamie shrugged. "It's boring. I'm from Frost Cavern, and was brought in when Team Flare attacked it to get to Abomasnow, leaving a few of us hurt as well. I was the only one not released back out." The familiarity of the situation shocked me, and I remembered that Team Flare was the villain Team of the Kalos region, if my memory of the games served me well. "I wasn't brought in much long before you. Maybe even later." She continued, and David flapped up as well. He had to take the most breaks, lacking the skill to levitate, leaving him having to fly.
"I was hatched by Geosenge Town. Mum and Da raised me, and I was caught by some random pokemon poacher about a year ago. Since he didn't catch me, I didn't really have a place to go when he was caught by the police. An' now I was living at the Sanctuary." He told between flaps around buildings. Vivi was still leading us with quick hand motions and shakes of her lei, keeping us hidden.
Navi floated up as well. "I came from the winding woods with the ghost type clan there. It was nice and all, but I wanted to see more. I left, and after a few weeks, I got caught. 'Been at the lab for almost two years now." He looked around at our little crowd. "I guess we all left for the same reason, eh? Some place new to find, a chance to live life outside of containment?" We all nodded. I could even see Vivi nod, even through the darkness. She hadn't offered her story, and I was getting the feeling that asking would just lead to trouble.
"You just head over straight, an' then you'll reach Camphier Town before you know it! Just head to the banks of that river there. Tell the pokemon there, tell 'em that Eddie sent ya'. They'll know you're fine." A Furfrou said, pointing his snout up the road of Route 5. He luckily didn't ask questions, and was glad to help us. We thanked him, before flying by the route under the cover of the trees. "Oi! Wait, lass!" He suddenly shouted, sprinting to catch up to us. Jamie and Vivi turned around, but the Furfrou only had eyes for the Vanilite.
"When you get there, find the Leafeon. Tell 'er to send someone out for Clyde." He added, and Jamie nodded before the Furfrou disappeared into the tall grass nearby.
"Clyde?" Navi asks, flying over, and the ice-type shrugs. "I dunno. Let's hurry, though. I wanna know!" She exclaims, before flying off with the directions she was given. With a shared sigh, we all flew after her.
It was midday in Lumiose City. The typical calm environment of the Pokemon Lab had been shattered. It hadn't taken long after Garchomp had woken up to realize that five pokemon were missing, including the Yamask he had suspicions about, and one of the new Alolan fairy types. The message was passed to Sycamore through a Psychic type, and the search was on.
The Professor had also phoned a friend of his, one who knew plenty about fairy-types that he could have been of use. The recipient on the other line accepted the Professor's request for help, and hung up to exchange a conversation with his partner.
"Do you think that the Yamask could be the one?" The trainer asked. His partner shrugged. "No clue. Don't get your hopes up, either. You know what the prophecy says, and nothing in it says that the Yamask will turn the tables in your favor."
And that's chapter three! Please leave a review!
-BK