Yay! A fourth chappie and YAY! Two reviewers this time! I'm going to get right on a Chapter 3. Yay-ness.
C2-Chikaru- Yes, I realized. I knew that I didn't have the names this morning. I guess I was just to tired to remember last night. And about Paul's dad, some parents are just like that, ya know? Trying to kill their kids. The bastards. I just wanted to add some drama. I was writing at 3 in the morning(Which is about the time I start thinking of random thing.).
Fire spirit- why thank you and I was to tired to realize at the time that I had a mistake. Warning, don't write at 3 in the morning.
CSFlinxStalker- Yay! Another fan! You just made this chapter longer! Congratulations! xD
Damn. There I go again… Plotting the end and a sequel. Bah. By the way, if I have 20-30 reviews or more, a sequel will be definite. Especially since I'll kinda leave you hanging.
ALSO- Paul may be a little out of character(Okay, very OOC) this chapter, just because that's how I saw this chapter.
Chapter 3: Why are you Protecting me?-X-
As it turns out, I'm not hated… I thought that he hated me, but his feelings are opposite. As they say, opposites attract. I guess that's an old one, but it worked for us… I'm special to him, that's what I'm told. But why is it I don't believe them?
-X-
Chi landed in front of her father's home in La Rousse and immediately dashed to the door and tried to open it, but it was locked from the inside. Paul's trying to protect us… Damn him.
Just as Chi was about to run to the back, Dawn, Ash and Brock landed, Dawn recalling two Staraptors. "Wait, Chi! Where are you going?! Doesn't Paul need our help?"
"Yes, I know he does, but he's locked the front door in order to slow our progress. He might know the plans of my father and probably concerns us."
"Don't you mean you?" Ash asked,
"Why would he only want to protect me?" Chi asked, turning to Ash.
"Because! You're his sister. We're not related, and frankly, he hates us." Dawn explained to the dumbfounded trainer in front of her.
"What gave you that idea?" Chi asked, looking at the ground.
"He hates us. He calls us losers, he calls us pathetic and he ignores us like there's no tomorrow." Dawn told the over-confident girl.
"Those things don't spell the word 'hate', Dawn." Chi told the girl, focusing on the girl's shocked expression. Dawn looked down slightly, as if ashamed. "Now come on! We have someone to-" Chi was stopped when she received a text message.
"A text message?" Dawn questioned, watching Chi remove the phone from her pocket, flipping it open for the second time today. "Who's it from?"
"Chi, you and a female friend of Paul's are in danger, Isane is aiming for you two. You must stop your father, as he is currently marching around the house trying to find Paul. You have to get to Paul first." Chi read outloud.
"A female friend of Paul's?" Dawn asked, "Who?"
"Dawn, frankly, this is from a teenager Paul and I thought to be dead, as he disappeared six years ago. While in truth, Isane probably kidnapped him. Damn it all." Chi told the trio, placing her phone back into her pocket, she jumped over a bush to start on the way to the back of the house.
"Wait, where are you going?" Dawn yelled, watching the girl return her staraptor and look at them.
"The back! He locked the front!" Chi called, the trio that was left behind quickly followed the speedy girl.
-X-
Riley sat in the chair he was tied to. It was a miracle he had struggled enough to wear out the ropes and grab his phone from his pocket.
"Damnit!" Riley yelled, struggling as the man left the room. For once, when everyone needed him, he couldn't help him or her. "Damn. I'm so useless." At that moment, the Pokeball on his waist opened and revealed his partner, Lucario.
"Riley!" The Lucario exclaimed, unlike his ancestor who had served under Riley's ancestor, he had never taken to referring to Riley as 'master', as when Lucario had hatched from an egg as a Riolu, Riley had treated the young Pokemon much like a younger brother, not like he was Lucario's master. "What's going on?"
"No time to explain, Lucario. Just go downstairs and stop Isane from killing Paul. Please." Riley pleaded with the Pokemon.
"But, Riley, shouldn't I untie you first?" The Pokemon questioned, watching as his 'older brother' shook his head in a quick motion. Nodding, the Pokemon dashed from the room.
-X-
Paul's kitchen was white, pure white except for the black, marble counter tops. Even the island in the center of the kitchen was white with black marble counters. That's how his mother had decorated six years ago, that's how his father had left it. He also left the island, which had been hollowed out by Payton when they were three for cooking utensils. Pots and pans, cooking books, cutting boards, the works was in the hollowed out space, but that was just in the front.
When Payton found out Isane had tried to assassinate their son, but failed, she made it look as if the back was closed off, but really, you could get behind the closed off space. It was, frankly big enough for even three children at the age of fifteen to sit in. Paul had always felt safe under there, as their father had never found Chi or him when hiding under there. He never even suspected it.
And again, Paul was sitting in that spot. There was another cabinet door on that side to, but Payton had put yet another slab of wood over it to make it appear closed off, yet you could open it if you were in the 'closed off' area.
-X-
"Damnit. Only one of us can make it through that window…" Chi muttered. There was a fence around the back now. One of them would have to stay behind to lift the others over the fence, then another fence was in the way, where another one of them would have to stay. Frankly, the window was small, so one of the girls would have to enter, as it was a tad to high for them to climb in on their own. The back door, however, had been locked by a series of locks.
All the while of jumping over the fences, the first two being left behind were Brock and Ash, Chi and Dawn thought of who was going in. As they made it near the window, the duo stopped.
"I'm going in." Dawn demanded. Chi gapped at Dawn at first, mouthing 'why?'. "Because, like I told May the other day, I like Paul. I care about him; I want to know he's safe. Let me prove myself."
"Alright Dawn, but you don't know what you're getting into." Chi muttered, looking down as Dawn climbed onto her shoulders and pushed herself through the window, landing on the counter. The pants Chi had let her borrow making a shuffling sound as she jumped down. Hearing steps somewhere else, she knew it wasn't Paul.
"Paul?" Dawn whispered, she wasn't sure where he was, but was sure to find out.
-X-
Paul was sitting in the island, knowing he would have to face his father sooner or later. Suddenly, he heard a feminine voice call his name. It was Dawn's voice.
Sliding open the slab of wood quietly, so she wouldn't hear, he opened the cabinet slightly and sat that it was Dawn, indeed and his father wasn't in sight. Grabbing the female's wrist and pulling her under, she opened her mouth to scream, but in only a flash, Paul had his hand over her mouth, her head against his chest and the cabinets closed, as well as the slab of wood slide back to it's original position.
Opening her eyes, Dawn looked straight up, scared of who it might be, but saw Paul's eyes staring back at her.
"Paul…" Dawn muttered as he removed his hand from his face. "I'm so-" Dawn began to yell, buy was once again for to be quiet by Paul's hand. He motioned her to be quiet, and she complied, nodding her head and sitting back up as he once again removed his hand. She was blushing slightly, having remembered she had been against Paul's chest.
-X-
"Come out, come out Paul! I just want to kill you!" Isane yelled, laughing at his 'joke', which, apparently, he found funny. The man had gone insane one year after the twins' birth, but Payton always figured he had always been that way.
-X-
Dawn waited, hearing the man's words she tensed. She then remembered what her mother, Ayako [Don't mind last chapter had said.
"Paul has an incurable disease that forces the person to fall unconscious at random times and sometimes come down with some sort of illness, like a flu."
Hearing the steps disperse, she knew he was gone and turned to Paul, she asked him. "Paul, do you really have a disease where you'll faint at random times?"
"Wh-what? H-how did you-" Paul was stopped by Dawn, who began speaking.
"Chi told my mother. My mom told me." Dawn explained, leaving Paul glaring off to the side at something. Just the wall.
"I inherited that after Isane tried to kill me for the first time. Frankly, the first time I found out about it… was when I was six. I was in a tree for that matter with Chi. I was visiting my mother at that time and I passed out. We began thinking it was just the summer heat, until it happened a few more times. Then we figured out it was a disease." Paul whispered to the girl, knowing his father had stepped out of the kitchen.
"Did you fall out of the tree?" Dawn asked, her eyes wide with curiosity and shock.
"Why would you care?" Paul asked, turning so his back was to the girl. Dawn looked a little mad at first, but put her hand on his shoulder and leaned on back so hear head rested on the back of his shoulder.
"Because, I just do." Dawn muttered, not noticing Paul's wide eyes. Paul's eyes seemed to soften quite a bit before cupping the hand that was on his shoulder.
(Scene stolen from InuYasha. D)
"We should get going. My dad isn't going to commit suicide." Paul said, watching Dawn nod. The two removed themselves from the narrow area and Paul looked over his shoulder at Dawn. And smiled. Not a fake smile, but a real smile that told her he was thanking her in his own way, before turning back around and walking off.
Dawn followed him, but surprise etched her face. Paul had smiled. For her.
-X-
Chi sat down on the ground beside the wall. Dawn had been gone for half an hour and she was starting to get worried. Her father was a violent man. Then she thought about the bag Dawn had given her to take care of. Opening it, the first thing she noticed were…
The Pokeballs.
-X-
Riley had finally gotten those damned ropes untied. The problem was, Lucario had ended up back to this room, as he didn't know how to navigate around the mansion, as he had never been released while inside.
"You couldn't find the stairs, Lucario?" Riley asked. In truth, the legendary Pokemon didn't want to leave his 'brother' alone, for if he was gone, he could get murdered just as much as Paul could.
"Umm… No, Riley." Lucario stated, clearly lying.
-X-
"Paul… Where are we going?" Dawn questioned the boy, who didn't spare her a glance.
"To Isane's bedroom. Someone was being held there." Paul told her, turning right at the top of the stairs.
"Who?" Dawn asked. She was positive he wouldn't know, but she just felt like asking for some odd reason.
"Riley." Paul told her, she looked at him as if he were insane. "He went missing six years ago, and, apparently, my dad was the one that kidnapped him."
"What?! He was the guy that sent Chi that text message?" Dawn asked no one in particular.
"What?" Paul asked, Dawn's gaze adverting to the not so apathetic anymore trainer.
"This 'Riley' guy must have sent Chi a message today. She said he had been missing for six years."
"Ah."
-X-
Isane heard chattering outside his bedroom. Inspecting the ropes that had let Riley go. He smirked; the two children were trying to come back for Riley.
Stepping at the door, his shoe accidentally made a 'tap' against the marble flooring. Cursing lightly, he jumped out of the door to see no children.
-X-
"Pa-" Dawn started. They were down the hall from where the staircase was. Frankly, Paul had grabbed her wrist and pulled her down the hall when a small 'tap' was heard.
He had placed his hand over her mouth for the third time today and she really wished he would stop it. Looking at him closer, he looked really out of it. Waving her hand in front of the boy's face, he snapped back to reality and glanced at Dawn uneasily. Again, Paul motioned the girl to be quiet again and she nodded, again. Removing his hand from her mouth, she kept quiet, not even daring to open her mouth.
"Don't say anything." Paul whispered into her ear. His hot breath on her ear made a trail of shivers crawl up her spine. The good kind. From there on, Paul moved away to look out the door. He couldn't see his father, so he pulled back in and spoke to Dawn, crawling over to her.
"Dawn." Paul whispered into the girl's ear once more. "Lock this door and don't come out. Don't even unlock the door unless you hear three knocks. Okay?" Dawn nodded as he left the room, shutting it behind him, doing as she said; she locked his bedroom door and leaned against the door. He had actually said her name.
Paul's room had 'Spoiled' written all over it. A blue and black bedspread for a king sized bed. A black computer desk was in the computer and, obviously, had a computer on it. The chair was black to boot. He had a black dresser closer to his bed and a closet closer to his computer table. He also had a... couch!? It was black, as well as the walls and flooring, which Dawn hadn't noticed until now.
It kind of scared her that Paul actually slept in here. After all, despite his spoiled exterior, he was actually quite dark and from now on, if anyone made a crack about him from here on out, Dawn would just have to hit him or her.
-X-
Paul had, cautiously, walked down the bare hall. Something was up. No maid or butler activity, just pure silence and nothing to disturb it.
Walking forward, he noticed blood. Everywhere. It was like a bad horror movie in his eyes.
-X-
"Yes!" Chi whispered. She had picked the lock on the front door after some time and the left over trio had dashed around, searching for the couple that was inside.
-X-
Isane walked over to Paul's door and slowly turned the doorknob. Paul had retreated down the hall looking for him, but he had hidden in another room. The door was locked. Knowing Paul's tricks, he knocked three times. Causing the door to unlock and him burst through the door and the female trainer to scream and back against the wall, sitting under a window.
Isane tightened his grip on the handle of the knife he was carrying when-
-X-
Paul heard Dawn's scream and dashed down the hall, almost immediately at the door. Seeing Isane about to bring the knife down on Dawn and did the first thing he thought of. He ran at Isane and pushed him out the window, causing himself to fall after his father.
Rising from her spot as Paul fell out the window, falling after his father, Dawn yelled, "PAUL!" Paul was free falling whilst thinking of one thing. Atleast Dawn is safe…
(Stole another scene from InuYasha. XD)
He already knew that no matter what he did to stop his fall, he would have a 99 chance of dieing. Sure, a 1 chance to live was better than none, but he knew he would die, just out of a gut feeling.
-X-
Chi, Ash and Brock had made it to Paul's bedroom just as Dawn screamed his name and seemingly stared out the window.
"What happened?!" Chi yelled, looking out the window and just like Dawn, saw Isane and Paul free falling. "No. No. NO! PAUL!"
-X-
As Isane and Paul kept falling, they both thought they were to die, but that was not the case. Atleast for Paul. In a flash, Paul disappeared from the air, leaving Isane to hit the ground.
-X-
Yay cliffy! Sorry for the cliffy again, but I just love making you sit in… SUSPENSE!
And yes, I admit it. I stole two scenes from InuYasha. XD Wooh. Actually, I was borrowing them if you catch my drift.
Anyways, review and tell me what you guys thought. I'm starting to like writing this more and more, so be happy I'm updating so much.