Chapter 4 - Friends and Beyond
"You have got to be joking." Lachesis sighed right before face-palming. "You're scared of the bloody sun!"
"…yes." I replied, sitting as far from the window as possible.
"Why!" She snapped. "Why are you such a fucking coward! Why are you so useless! Don't your species need the sun for energy!"
To me, I cannot use the sun for photosynthesis. I heavily depend on food to provide me the necessary nutrients, that's one reason why my skin colour is light green.
As Lachesis finished her sentence, she grabbed me by the tail and dragged me towards the window.
"No!" I screamed, grabbing onto one of the tables legs. "It burns when I go outside!"
She tugged harder, trying to make me let go. Her tugs were strong, if this tug of war goes on any longer I will lose, so I uncoiled both of my vines and swiped her hands off my tail.
"You little brat!" Lachesis muttered while rubbing her paws, some electric sparks sizzled out from her yellow cheeks.
Seeing that I've aggravated Lachesis, I quickly ducked behind the desk and curled myself into a ball.
Scared, I hid under desk, I felt a iron grip on my tail. And all of a sudden with a mighty tug, I was pulled out. She then grabbed me by the wrist, and dragged me to the window.
"No! No! No! No! It burns! I don't want to! Let me go!" I yelped, my intense efforts to break loose only made me go crazy while squirming about.
I then reached out and bit her leg, and the taste of blood gushed into my mouth. It wasn't a deep bite, just a small scratch.
"Ahhhh! You little brat!" She then reached down and pinched me on the back of the neck.
I immediately went limp, there was blood dripping from my mouth. She then brought me all the way to the window. I winced from the blinding light, but I couldn't feel anything else.
"There you have it... now I'm going to let go of your nape now." She said calmly, sitting me on the window sill, before letting go.
As soon as her paws left my neck, an intense burning sensation overwhelmed my entire body.
"Hot! Burning! Let me back in! Pull me in!" I cried, desperately trying to get out of the sun's rays. And within a heartbeat, I was pulled back in.
"You really are useless... if you don't learn how to get a hold of yourself, everyone is going to laugh at you. And I just wouldn't mind joining in with them." Lachesis said with a grimace. She then smiled and kneeled down, only to begin stroking my chin. "Or would you rather prefer, I convince you to do it. A little encouragement would help right?" Slowly etching forward until she lay right on top of me. "My advice... get your shit together." She said before slapping across the face.
I was surprised, I had never been slapped before. The stinging pain spread across my cheek, my face started to feel numb. I felt frustrated that I was afraid of the sun, I hated myself for it. I hated being different.
She got up, and then jumped onto the desk. She then pulled out a large looking pistol.
"Kid." Lachesis started, throwing the small firearm and a different coloured rag off the desk and onto the ground. The firearm hit the floor with a 'plonk', and a blue rag floated it's way down, the two objects landed in front of me. "Make yourself useful and clean the gun. When I come back I better see my beautiful face on that gun."
"Come back? Where are you going? How long will you be gone for? What do you mean by fuck up?" I said, a little worried about what she would do. My muscles tensed, the air seemed a hell of a lot colder. The wooden floorboards creaked and moaned, the wind brushing past my face.
"You'll see..." she said with a wink. She then climbed out the window, and then began leaping from tree to tree. Her swift movements perfected probably by her previous experiences. And before I knew it, I had already lost sight of her.
I wasn't sure where she was going or what she was doing, but it was definitely better than what I was doing.
"May as well get started." I sighed, picking up the rag and the firearm. The fire arm irradiated fear into my mind, it was a weapon that had killed Cyrus and mother. Their lives were taken in an instant, and all it took was one shot. My mind replaced the fear with anger as I stared at the gun, it was a weapon of destruction that wouldn't hesitate to kill. I gripped the handle in anger, I wanted to break it but... Lachesis would probably break me.
I sighed, holding back the urge to smash it into pieces.
After a few minutes of intense polishing, I was finally satisfied with how the pistol looked. I then took my time to examine the device.
The fire arm was tiny compared to a rifle. It had a smooth wooden grip, a black integral box magazine in front of the trigger with a long black barrel. The pistol was too big for my hands but it was still usable. Everywhere else besides the grip was painted black, written on the grip was a small white text.
"Mauser C96" It read.
'What an amazing piece of technology...' I thought.
'Then again, there's nothing good about a gun. All it does is kill, and kill. Cleaving flesh from bone, the fibers that tear off just from the impact. I've seen it up close... what a gun can do...' The thought kept on going through my head, 'death, death, death, death... that is what is achieved... the self destruction of the masterpiece called life shattered by something created by some fucked up human mind.'
Rage quickly consumed my mind, and I stared at the pistol with so much hate... I felt like breaking it. 'it's horrible, it's evil... such things should not be allowed to exist in this world.' The thoughts kept on reverberating in my head, I could not get rid of it... nor did I want to.
Suddenly my mind kicked in. 'Wait...it doesn't matter if the gun is used for evil or not. What matters, is the person who wields the weapon. The one at fault... is the very world. Plus if I broke this weapon, Lachesis would probably break me. That seems most probable...' my philosophical argument with the voice only brought a smile to my face.
Since I finished polishing the gun, I walked over to the opposite side of the room and started poking around, while poking around with the books I found myself staring at a black and white photo. In the image, was Lachesis sitting on a young mans shoulder. Both of them were on a large ship, massive cannons loomed over them, you couldn't even see the sun. They both wore white uniforms, the man held an innumerable amount of medals and ribbons. While Lachesis only had two.
"Lachesis used to have a trainer? A Pokemon with a personality like that could never be tamed... unless..." I was then interrupted by a strange taste in my mouth.
'What is it that I can taste in my mouth right now?' Suddenly I remembered that I had bitten Lachesis's leg. I quickly ran over to the window, spitting out all the blood in my mouth. For a few moments, everything was calm, a breeze of wind that caressed my very warmth... mixing up the emotions inside of me. I immediately got back in, as soon as I realized my back was burning like crazy.
"What the heck? Is it raining blood today? It's all over me..." A strange deep voice announced below. "But then again, check out this treehouse. It looks amazing. Hey should we go inside?"
"Yeah we totally should! It's not like we're gonna get caught or anything, looks pretty much abandoned. Hey! We should totally make this our secret base." Another voice declared.
It was followed by the murmuring of three other voices, as they quickly agreed.
"True, we like never get caught..." The other voice whispered.
One of the voices was beautiful, and elegant. It seemed enchanting, it was almost like she was singing. 'It can't be a male... no guy could have a voice so beautiful.' I thought.
I was as silent as a grave, when it came to listening in on their conversation. "They're gonna come up here. Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck... what should I do? Is Lachesis gonna kill me? I don't fucking know... what if they find out I was spitting blood all over that guy? Fuck I am so dead! What does fuck even mean? I only hear it when people are angry. Is it normal to use that word? Am I old enough to use it?" I mumbled, walking back and forth... not knowing what to do.
Before I knew it, I could already hear the creaking of the trap door. I watched slowly, as the numerous paws climbed up one after another. Almost instantly, they all had their attention directed at me. 'So there were four Pokemon, a Buizel, a Treecko, a Chimchar and a... who's the last one?'. For a while there was nothing but silence between the five of us. Most of them, were examining me, sizing me up on what I was. 'The Buizel was probably the one with a deep voice, judging from the a blood splat on his forehead. The Treecko and the Chimchar were the other two, they looked like males. So the last one must be the one with the amazing voice... but what is she?' I thought to myself.
The last Pokemon revealed herself. My eyes, could not believe what they were seeing. It was a Snivy, her presence almost warmed up the entire room. Her skin a light emerald color, with pink eyes that could stare into your soul. A golden row of scales that ran down her back, all the way to the end of her tail. Her posture a proud one, with elegant curves that showed off her feminine form. I was almost blinded by her beauty, the only comparison that I could make to her, was of an angel.
"Would you look at that... a cute little seaweed." She said, instantly breaking the silence. "Well that's something you don't see every day. What do you guys think?"
"I think it's safe to assume where exactly the blood came from. C'mon salad wrap, get over here so I can teach you a private lesson!" The Buizel shouted, leaping forward and grabbed me by the tail. He then lifted me up and held me upside down. "I went fishing, and all I caught was this cute looking seaweed. I just want to tear him apart!"
The other three laughed. All of a sudden, it felt like I was in that place again. Feeling helpless, that I could not even save my brother... that I could not save myself. Anger and frustration once again filled my mind, I gritted my teeth... but all that frustration turned into desperation. And in a few seconds, I was bursting into tears.
There was the sound of a box dropping to the ground. Everyone stared at that direction, and there she was... my salvation. Lachesis simply stood there, sparks of electricity came flying out from her cheeks. There at her feet, was the metal box we had all heard falling to the floor.
"You all four of you kindly piss off." Her eyes blank of emotion. This time, she seemed ten times as intimidating then before. It was a mad, blind and bloodthirsty stench that filled the atmosphere with her approach.
"Oh shit... it's Lachesis, let's get out of here!" The Chimchar said already bolting for the trap door.
"C'mon man let's get out of here!" Said the Treecko while gesturing for the Buizel to follow suit.
"Why? This bitch thinks she's so tough... keeping all this to herself. And then she invites this seaweed to her treehouse? All this time, all I've felt like doing to her... is beating her brains out! It's great... that you cowardly fucks, aren't gonna stop me this time." He chirped, a thrilled look on his face. He instantly released me from his clutches.
I landed with a thud, and the whole house shook from the fall. Lachesis, stood her ground. "I wonder. I'm not sure whether I should break his cold heart dead, till he despair. Or whether I should maim him beyond repair." She said with a smile, licking her lips with anticipation.
"Should we take this outside your bitchiness?" The buizel taunted, unwavered by her comments.
"By all means... I hope it isn't raining, Buizel parts. Oh wait, there's a hundred percent chance of that happening." She laughed.
The six of us went outside. Lachesis never turned her back on the Buizel, and the Buizel... likewise. The rest of us, including me... rushed behind the trees in case anything went to hell.
The two of them, were four meters apart. Neither of them moved a muscle. They just stared at each other. The Buizel's fists were in the ready, while Lachesis relaxed her ears and brought them to her sides.
"What are they doing?" I asked the Chimchar, confused at the lack of action. He ignored me.
The two forces stood in front each other, any sudden movements can cause a battle to take place. We were sitting under the tree house.
"You're fucked!" The Buizel screamed, leaping back before shooting a powerful stream of water out his mouth.
Lachesis saw the incoming attack and dodged out of its way, before the Buizel could recover from his attack, Lachesis leaped herself at him in an attempt to land a quick attack. The Buizel blocked his chest with both of his arms, blocking Lachesis's headbutt. Before she could land, the Buizel striked back with a powerful punch before following up with another water gun. His attack juggled Lachesis across the grass before hitting a tree.
The Treecko, Chimchar and the Snivy all cheered, I remained frozen, silent and scared.
This battle had me sitting on the edge of my seat, I desperately wanted to help but that desperation was once again destroyed by fear. The Treecko, Chimchar, Snivy stopped my courage, the sun drew its boarders for me, fear dictated my thoughts and actions. All I could do was hope and prey.
"God damit!" Lachesis coughed, trying to pull herself up off the ground. The beads of water dripped past her wound and bruises before hitting the dirt, my beads of sweat dripped down my neck. She placed a paw on the wound on her around waist to eeze the bleeding and pain.
"You know..." Lachesis giggled as the Buizel walked towards her to claim his victory. "You water gun reminded me of the 50 caliber mark 7. It's pretty hard to aim the dam thing but packs a huge punch if it hits the enemy ship.
"So...do you admit defeat?" The Buizel smiled. He stood directly in front of Lachesis with his arms crossed.
"Unfortunately for you..." She replied, standing up. "I was told at a young age that accepting defeat is never an answer."
There was a moment of awkward silence.
Suddenly, without warning, the Buizel grabbed onto Lachesis's neck and lifted her off her feet.
"Let me...g-g-." Lachesis gagged.
"You're going to regret your decision." He said, tightening his grip.
I watched Lachesis struggle and gag as he continued to choke her, I clenched my fist in an attempt to convince myself to help her but...
Lachesis started to yelp and scream a little but not once did she beg for mercy. My heart pounded on my chest like a set of war drums, my calm breaths were now violent. Her gags for air became more frequent before slowing down to a nerve wracking halt. She is now on the edge of death.
I closed my eyes, I don't want to see another Pokemon die in front of me. When I thought she was dead, she made a final yelp.
"You...idiot." Lachesis yelped. Suddenly both of them were set ablaze in a yellow blizzard of electricity. The Buizel broke the choke hold but Lachesis still grabbed onto him, letting all the electrons sink in. I watched as Lachesis shocked the Buizel onto the ground, he let out a few desperate screams before fainting.
There was total silence, that signalled the end of the fight. The Snivy, Chimchar and Treecko all have frightened faces. Clearly surprised that Lachesis won.
"Would you look-k at that." Lachesis coughed, there were still some sparks popping out from her cheeks. "Now…get out of my sight!"
The Snivy, Treecko and Chimchar swiftly jumped up and obeyed her orders. They quickly lifted up the fainted Buizel and ran into the tall grass.
"Are you all right?" Lachesis asked, before I rushed in and gave her a huge bear hug. "Well you seem happy to see me." Her smile bringing warmth to my heart.
"Those freaks didn't do anything too weird to you right?" A concerned look starting to grow on her face.
"Where were you..." I asked, ignoring her question. My eyes tearing up. The feeling of helplessness and constantly having to rely on others made me want to cry. "I don't want you to leave. I don't want to be alone."
"I just went to get something... but don't worry... I won't ever let you out of my sight."
"You idiot!" I yelled, tears leaking from my eyes. Her fur getting wet from my tears. "You're just like my brother! Always leaving me alone! Don't just leave me like that, it scares me..."
"C'mon now... you can't stay with boring old me forever. You have to move on in life." She said, her expression as calm as ever. The blood leaking out from her waist dyed her abdominal area and legs crimson red.
"I don't want to leave you." I mumbled, sniffing a bit.
"What was that?"
"I said I don't want to leave you!" Saying it louder this time. "I don't find you boring. You're really nice, even if you scream and shout like that. And... you're really pretty..."
The both of us were silent for a few seconds, "You cute little monster..." She whispered, reaching to stroke my cheeks. Her paws soaking up most of the tears. Her eyes made me blush a little. "I know what it feels like, to lose a very special person, I've been there too."
We stayed like that for a while, it was mainly just me crying... and Lachesis trying to calm me down.
"Are you okay?" I asked, my voice still shaking. Some blood was still pouring out from her waist.
"Yeah. Don't worry about it, just a flesh wound...Crap, it's definitely gonna leave a mark."
"What's in the metal box?" I questioned.
"You'll see."
Even though we only met last night, I was beginning to like her.
