What's up everybody! Sorry I took so long, but I just posted up Chapter 4, the new page you're currently reading right now!
Last time on 'If I Was In Pokémon?'!
Charmander: "But what are we gonna do now? Jenny is gonna take Ekans away the second he's healthy enough to leave!"
Nicholas: "I know and don't worry. I have a plan."
Now that you're all caught up, Chapter 4 will now commence!
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon.
Chapter 4: Two Sides of a Coin: Heads!
Nicholas gave a satisfactory hum of delight as he leaned forward and took another bite of his cheeseburger. Currently, both him and Charmander sat at a small booth inside the Pokémon Center at its dining section, having food that they seemed to have longed for.
Well... Charmander did... much to her dismay and embarrassment. Though at the moment, what happened before they left for food was only a quick embarrassment where only her and her Trainer knew. But right now, a new embarrassing thing was being made acknowledged by everyone and every Pokémon in the Dining Hall. Charmander's right eye was twitching in frustration as she watched her Trainer perform weird actions with his food.
As his teeth slowly sunk through the bread, lettuce, cheese, onions, pickles, meat, and bread again, he swished the bitten piece in his mouth, savoring the flavor of the delectable sandwich. His eyes almost rolled into the back of his head, part of his tongue hanging out and his eyelids twitching. "So... good...!" He whispered before swallowing and taking another bite. It was like he was having pleasurable results just from licking the special sauces that dripped from the meat.
The Fire Type Pokémon can basically feel every living beings eyes locked onto them and even heard murmuring. 'Ew, what is he doing?'
'Is he high or somethin'?'
'Mommy. what is that man doing?'
'I don't know Charlie, just look away.'
Charmander, who sat next to him with a blushing scowl and holding a bowl of Pokémon food, looked at her partner in disgust. "Ugh, I'll know figure out how humans can eat like that." She commented distastefully and Nicholas turned his head in confusion. "What do you mean? This is how people eat burgers." He said, accidently dropping a few pieces of bread or beef to the ground. Ignoring the falling food, Charmander rolled her eyes. "Doesn't matter. The way you eat it is like trying to devour something and yet make love to it with your mouth at the same time." She described and Nicholas gave a pout with puffed up cheeks filled with food.
"I know, but it's just," He swallowed and took another bite. "Soooo gooood!" Nicholas groaned. Much to the dismay of Charmander and the help of her growing embarrassment, she saw Nicholas raise his burger into the air. "This is the food of God!" He declared overdramatically before pulling down the last bit of food that was left in his hand and took it all into his mouth. "HMMM!" Nicholas groaned again.
Charmander was getting to the point of burning a hole in the wall and running away to escape the nightmare until Nicholas opened one of his eyes and looked at her. He grinned while she sneered. "What is wrong with you!?" She whispered angrily and Nicholas began to laugh through the food in his mouth. Soon, she found her partner with his hands pounding his chest and neck bulging. She slapped him on the back quickly, helping him down the choked on food. Nicholas panted heavily as his head rested on the table, his face pointing towards Charmander. "Oh Jesus... I thought I was gonna die...!" He whispered with a nervous smile.
"That's what you get for acting like a moron!" Charmander scolded.
When Nicholas leveled out his breathing, raised his head and looked around. Everyone saw his gaze and immediately looked away, acting as if he wasn't there. Even the people in the booth behind and in front of him were either gone or talking loud enough to block them out. Nicholas smirked and looked down at Charmander. "Okay, now we can talk about the plan." He said like he hadn't done anything totally embarrassing to Charmander and himself.
Charmander blinked before her eyes began twitching violently. "Y-You did that on purpose?" She realized and Nicholas gave a thumbs up. Soon Nicholas gave a yelp when he felt a strong punch to the arm. He clenched his jaw to keep most of the pained groan inside while he rubbed the sore part of his left arm. Charmander gripped his jacket sleeve and pulled him down, enough where he didn't lose balance and fall on her, but enough to meet her glowing red eyes.
"If you wanted to talk in private," She growled angrily, her nails almost piercing through his sleeve and into his skin. "Why the HELL didn't you wait to talk in closet or something!?" Her whispers were harsh, making Nicholas sweat in nervousness. He chuckled meekly. "It's too old school like that. I like the new way." He joked, but Charmander snarled like a Growlithe, not amused.
"Okay, okay! Just let me go and we'll leave!" He suggested desperately and Charmander's iron grip released his jacket. When Nicholas was about to get up, he noticed that Charmander hasn't even touched her Pokémon food.
Nicholas held out his finger, pointing to the full bowl. "Aren't you gonna eat?" He questioned. Charmander stood up and pushed against his arm. "Just go, I'm not hungry anymore." She said and Nicholas instantly knew it was a lie when he heard a low growl from her stomach. The brown-skinned teen rose a brow and the Fire-Type blushed again. When Nicholas felt the pushing resume, he locked his body and stayed in his spot. "We're not going anywhere until you eat at least half of the bowl." He said and Charmander growled.
"Oh, don't you growl at me. You asked for that and you're gonna eat it." He said sternly and glared back at his Pokémon. Nicholas leaned forward, his eyes widening enough to make Charmander uncomfortable. She sucked her teeth and sat back in her seat. "Tch, fine." She conceded and grabbed the bowl. She reached inside and picked out a good sized piece before putting it on her tongue.
Nicholas grinned when he saw her eyes widen. Without hesitation, her claws began grabbing her food and shoving them into her mouth like a hungry Snorlax. His smile slowly faded and was replaced with a concerned frown when she didn't even pause. "Are you even chewing?" He asked and it wasn't long until the bowl was completely empty.
The teen looked at his stuffed Charmander as she leaned back in her seat and rubbed her stomach. "Ugh, that was soooo gooood!" She moaned and Nicholas chuckled with a knowing smirk. "I know the feeling." He joked and Charmander glared at him. "Oh shut u-"
BEEELCH!
"HAHAHAHA!"
"GRRR!"
3 Hours Later...
"...Kans... Ekans...!" Ekans hissed in pain as his eyes opened slowly, his forked tongue slipping in and out his scaley lips. He flinched when the lights flashed too brightly for him, making him close his eyes tight. His jaw clenched when he felt his brain pound against his skull. Even though most of his body was still numb, certain spots were still throbbing like he was being punched by a Machop.
He took in a sharp breath and winced when a spot on his stomach stung like an itchy rash. Another spot near his tail felt the same, too.
'Ugh,' The snake thought. 'Where am I?'
Ekans blinked as his head turned to the left. The first thing he saw was window with the curtains opened enough to see an orange sky, meaning it was almost nighttime. His eyes drifted downward, to a table with a small tray of medical tools and bottles of different types of medicine. 'Am I in a the Pokémon Center?' He continued to look around the room, seeing machines like the X-Ray machine hovering over the bed and the Heart Monitor on his right, beeping whenever his heart throbbed.
When his eyes looked past the Heart Monitor, he saw the X-Ray charts of his skeletal structure. He looked over the fractured bones in his upper ribs and middle spine, as well as the small crack on his skull and the chipped base of his forgotten left fang. He unconsciously licked the stub in his mouth. 'I remember now,' Ekans thought solemnly.
Soon, he found himself looking back at his X-Rays. He blinked slowly, puzzled at the extent of his injuries. He could tell that it wasn't just bone injuries. The feeling of all the cuts and bruises lining around his body could prove his theory. He hissed in pain feeling a sharp pain when he tried to move. 'But how am I even alive? She should've killed me in that last blow...'
'Run! This is your chance!' A voice screamed in the back of his head. The snake Pokémon closed his eyes with a frown, allowing himself to lay in silence.
With only the sound of his breathing and the beeping monitor, sound of footsteps and talking could he heard in the hallway made Ekans' eyes snap back open. The sudden urge to escape filled his mind, his body already twisting in the bed. The pain in his wounds returned instantaneously, making his body lock up. 'Damn, can't move!' Ekans' strained one eye open when he heard the door click and open with a slight creak.
"Oh, you're finally awake." A voice said.
Ekans looked at the duo in front of him, a dark-skinned human male and a small slender bodied female Charmander. Ekans glared at Nicholas while Charmander walked around the bed. Charmander looked closely at Ekans before giving a sigh. "You can relax, you know. Tensing up like that won't let you heal properly." Charmander informed making Ekans look at her in surprise.
'You can speak Human English?' Ekans hissed in his language earning a nod from Charmander. "Yes, I can." she answered calmly before Nicholas spoke up. "Hey Charmander," He began taking a step forward, but he had to take a step back when he saw Ekans flinch again. He waited for Ekans to calm down before opening his mouth again. "Charmander... Are you able to translate for Ekans? I need to ask questions." Nicholas said and Charmander turned back to Ekans.
'Questions? Why would I answer to a human?' Ekans hissed.
'Don't worry. We're on your side.' Charmander said back in her language, making Nicholas look at his Pokemon with puzzled amusement. 'It's funny how weird it is to hear her talk like a Pokémon instead of English.' He chuckled lightly as the two people continued to converse.
'Fang Gang? That's what we're being called?' Ekans laughed, though it sounded like a hissing sound.
'Yeah, kind of stupid isn't it?' Charmander giggled at the 'Stupid Humans'.
'But why does the human,' He looked at Nicholas. 'Want to know anything? Why should I even answer to your questions?'
'Because we want to help you.'
'Like I haven't heard that before.'
'Trust me, if I wanted to trick you I would've kept being able to speak like a human a secret and talked to you with my Trainer waiting in the hallway.' Ekans blinked in surprise at her blunt answer. She didn't even try to hide it! 'So are you gonna answer a few questions or not?' She questioned and Ekans narrowed his eyes. 'How can I even trust you right now?'
'Other than the fact that if you don't, you get captured by an arrogant police woman.' She said nonchalantly and Ekans sighed deeply. 'Blue haired woman?' Charmander blinked in surprise and nodded. 'You know her?' Ekans rolled his eyes. 'Yeah, I bumped into her a few times. Not pleasant.'
'So what's your choice? Us or her?'
'What kind of choice is there? Rather you than her.' He deadpanned and Charmander turned to Nicholas, then sweatdropped when they saw him singing along to music with headphones plugged in his ears. "... I walk up in this bitch, I fuck shit up then I leave hoe... I be on that, I be on that...!" He whispered with his eyes closed and his hands moving with the beat.
Charmander face-palmed while Ekans slowly turned to her. 'This is your...?'
'Sadly.' She replied before taking a small breath and sending a small burst of flames at her trainer's chest. Nicholas' eyes widened as he felt his chest heat up before he panicked and patted his shirt down. When the small flames left, Nicholas took out his headphones and glared at Charmander. "The hell was that for!? You could've tapped me on the leg!"
"You said you wanted answers and here you are rapping like an idiot." Charmander stated with the crossing of her arms. "We're here to help Ekans, remember?" Nicholas out the headphones in his pocket. "I know, I know." He pouted. "But you guys were talking for so long I got bored!" He whined before taking a step back and leaning against the wall. Nicholas looked to the right. He could see the sky turning purple and sighed. He turned back. "Okay Ekans, I'm here because I want to help you survive... whatever's attacking you. But first, my name is Nicholas Burton." He introduced with a smile. "I could care less about who you are." Nicholas blinked when he heard a familiar female voice talk and looked down at Charmander. "What?" The small lizard rolled her eyes. "You said you wanted me to translate right?"
Left brow twitch. "Okay... Fine let's get to the chase since we don't have a lot of visiting time." Nicholas said, pointing out the time limit. Ekans gave a lazy nod. "Why are you and Arbok stealing food?"
"You humans are the reason."
"Care to elaborate?"
"Yeah sure, whatever."
Flashback (Ekans' P.O.V.)
I gave a low hiss as I woke up. I had felt the bumping cease. The screeching sound meant that the tires were stopping and the constant noise of an engine was taken away. I let my tongue slip in and out, trying to sense the heat of my twin sister, Viper. It was too dark, so I didn't bother to see through my eyes. "Viper... Viper, you awake!?" I hissed in our language. It was silent, other than the shallow and deep breathing of other Pokémon and a certain beeping noise, but then I heard the sound of shuffling. "Fang?" I heard back. I hissed lightly in relief.
"Fang, are you alright?"
"Yeah sis, I'm fine." That was a lie. I couldn't feel my body from the neck down, but she didn't need to know that. "Are you able to move?" I asked and heard a few grunts. "Only a little, but my collar..." She pointed out and I sighed. That's right, the collar. The metal brace around my neck as well. The damned machine was so heavy and shocked me when I didn't listen to him. I growled in frustration, the annoying beeping sound that it made. "Don't worry, but are you able to move enough?" I questioned.
"Yeah, I'm ready." Viper replied.
"Good, we don't have much time-" It was right on cue. The sound of a door slamming to a close and footsteps from a large creature was the signal. I moved my head to the direction where I heard numerous clicks. When the clicks ended, a sudden light filled the room as a door was pulled upward. I hissed from the sudden flash. Being in the dark could make my eyes adjust, but could make them sensitive to bright flares. While my eyes were trying to adjust again by looking through thin slits, I heard a chuckle. The one I hated the most. "Wakey wakey~" The voice sang mockingly. I heard a loud growl mixed with chuckles too.
When my eyes were fully opened, I glared through the bars of my cage. Before me at the only opening to our escape was a muscular blonde man, a thick mustache above his lip. He wore a black tank top and white pants with a belt of gadgets and tools. On his right shoulder going down his arm was a spiraling dragon tattoo. His accent was... what did the humans call it? Australian? I didn't really care. But the man wasn't alone. Next to him was his partner, a large Graveler that attacked Viper and I in our cave. The four armed rock Pokémon had a smug grin on his face while the human clapped loudly, making the others in cages cringe at the volume. "I said wake up!" The man barked, laughing at the whimpering Pokémon.
This man was Underground Poacher, Jack Daniels. The most known poacher in the Kanto region. And the most tricky.
He's never been captured and he's been selling caught Pokémon for years, roughly 4. He uses Ground or Rock type Pokémon, effective against his objectives which were Poison, Fire, and Flying types. I looked at his belt. There was 3 Pokeballs, meaning two other Pokémon were at his disposal. Viper and I didn't know what other Pokemon he used because it only took his Graveler to take us down. We didn't even stand a chance. But Viper believed that we were taken by surprised and weren't focused enough. I thought otherwise.
"You know what day it is?" Jack said with a greedy grin. "Payday's what it is!" He laughed as he looked at Graveler. "Ay Graveler, help me get their cages out. We have to meet the buyers." He informed earning a "Grav..." combined with a nod. I narrowed my eyes as Jack began to get into the truck. Graveler stayed outside due to his size, but that only helped me. I managed to scoot closer to the bars and look to the right. In her cage above a caged Growlithe, Viper looked back into my eyes, giving me a small nod. "It's time..." I hissed, but to Jack he only heard, "Kan Kan Ekans!" The poacher raised a brow at me. "What are you saying now?" He asked before looking to his left and saw Viper. "Oh yeah, your girlfriend's here too. What, trying to say 'everything will be fine?'" He taunted. I bared my fangs and hissed angrily, only making him laugh. "Ooh, I'm so scared!" He feigned before taking a step towards me.
"But since you seem so eager, why don't I take you first?" He sneered and I growled. 'Wait for it...' I thought, seeing Viper tense up in her cage. She was ready. Just like me. But we had to time this just right. My heart was beating faster and harder with each step he took. The adrenaline pumping through my veins gave me feeling back in my body, allowing me to curl up my tail. 'Almost...'
Just as Jack bent down to grab the handle of my cage, I screeched. "NOW!" Viper flinched at the urgency in my voice, but did as she was told. Opening her mouth, she mustered enough of her strength to shoot out one needle of her Poison Sting attack. The needle flew past Jack's leg and hit the lock of my cage in the dead center. The australian didn't even know what happened. "What the-" Jack said when he heard a click noise and not wasting any time, I pushed my tail against the back of my cage. Since I knew the cage was backed up against the wall, I was able to shoot myself through my now open cage and towards Jack's face. The poacher took a step back in shock as he saw me fly at him. I noticed his reflexes were quick as he tried a side step to evade, but he was still too slow when I managed to latch onto his most used hand; his right.
I felt pleasure from his pain when he let out a loud scream. When he tried to shake me off by throwing his arm around, I only sunk my fangs deeper into his flesh, injecting my poison. "Tch, dammit! Graveler!" He screamed and I opened an eye to see an angry Rock type Pokémon step into the truck. The vehicle's level shifted from the added weight, making some cages slide. "Graveler...!" He snarled as he reached for me with one of his large arms. I coughed and let go of Jack's hand when I felt the rough hand grip and squeeze just below my collar. I wriggled in his grip, but he used another hand to hold the near end of my tail.
I heard huffing and a string of curses from my captor. "Damn, you fucking poisoned me!" Jack snarled, holding his hand that now had two large holes in it. I think he knew I didn't care about how pissed I made him because he saw me grin, my fangs covered in his blood showing. Jack narrowed his eyes. "What are you smiling at? You think this is funny!?" He screamed, taking a step towards me. "You won't be laughing after this!" He promised as he used his right left hand to reach for his belt. I already knew what he was aiming for. The remote to the collars. To be honest, I wasn't scared. You know why?
"What?" Jack said suddenly and I saw his hand leave his waist. There was nothing in a small pouch where his remote used to reside. I already knew that he'd try using the collars against me. While Jack was driving a few hours ago, Viper and I were conversing and plotting our escape plan. She was worried about the collars and I couldn't come up with any ideas to prevent that. That was until a certain Pokémon volunteered to help.
I smirked when Jack looked down at his belt. "But I just had it! Where did it-" His eyes widened before he scowled angrily and turned around towards the rest of the cages. "Alright, I know one of you little shits took my remote! Which one of you was it!?" He roared, looking at every cage. I already knew who took the remote. I looked past Jake and into a cage that held an Ivysaur. He had used his Vine Whip to grab the remote the second I had distracted Jack with the bite. I winked and got a wink back. "WHO WAS IT!?" Jack screamed before he winced and held his hand again. My poison was already spreading.
Jack was seething. I saw him turn to me with a hard glare. His teeth were grinding against each other, but it was like he was struggling. Then I saw it. A smirk. "You think you're so smart, do ya?" He said, pointing at me with his bad hand. "Who do you think I am!? I catch Pokémon for a living!" I stared at him in puzzlement. Is he insane now? I saw Jack's other hand reach to his belt on his right side. "You think you can beat me? With poison!?" He cackled and started to pull a syringe out of a small pouch. My eyes went wide and I started struggling in Graveler's hold. No! He can't have an antidote!
But I was too late. Jack had stabbed himself with the needle, pushing the green colored fluids into his veins. Jack started laughing as I glared at him in rage. 'Damn, why didn't I think of an antidote!?' I saw Jack pull out from his skin and throw the syringe to the ground, the glass smashing on contact. His breathing was slightly labored before he started giggling like a lunatic.
"I hope the buyer will take one Ekans." He said, making my eyes widen even further. I even saw Viper start to panic in her cage. "NO!" She shrieked and she thrashed in the cramped space. Jack scowled and kicked her cage. "Oh shut up!" He ordered before turning his head to his partner. "Graveler? I think it's time we get rid of unwanted products." The large boulder-like Pokemon gave a nod before I felt my body get squeezed harder. My eyes clenched tightly, my mouth was wide open, letting out a high pitched screech of pain.
I heard Viper's thrashing get louder at hearing my scream of agony. "LET HIM GO!" She demanded with tears in her eyes. "STOP IT!" She cried and Graveler looked at her. He smirked and took a step towards her, bringing me along as well. "Stop what?" His voice was deep and menacing. "Are you talking about... this?" He said before he pulled my body towards both direction. My screams got louder and Graveler was laughing like Jack. "That's it, Graveler! Make it suffer!" He cheered on.
It hurt to know I was used to hurt Viper more than feeling like an over stretched rubber band. She was my sister and I was supposed to protect her. Not act as a tool for torture! I shut my mouth, trying to keep my screams to a minimal and strained to curl my body back up. Graveler felt my resistance and pulled harder, his stone fingers pushing against my scales. "Don't stop screaming. It's ruining my fun." He chuckled.
I opened my eyes and looked down at Viper's cage. I felt my heart skip a beat. She had tears streaming down her face and her eyes were glaring at Graveler in hate. I didn't want this to happen! I was supposed to poison Jack enough to get the key and escape! That stupid antidote ruined everything! I let out a scream of frustration and pain. Viper grunted in effort as she slammed against the bars. "I said..." She snarled before her pupils shrank in size.
"LET HIM GO!"
Then it was a miracle. I felt Graveler's grip loosen, giving me the chance to breathe. I didn't know what distracted him, but when I was about to try to escape his clutches, I was frozen like him. Even Jack was staring wide eyed with his mouth hanging open.
Viper's cage was glowing, a white flash shining through the bars. Then I saw a few cracks appear on the cage's sides. I heard Jack curse and looked back at him. His shock was turned to angry annoyance as he took a step back. "Shit! That thing's evolving!" He stated before reaching for his Pokeballs, ready for a fight. I had a small laugh when I noticed that his Pokeballs were missing. I looked at a smiling Ivysaur. "Fuck! I gotta get out of here!" Jack said before turning and jumping out from the truck. "Graveler!" He called and the Rock Type threw me to the floor before running out the truck, his footsteps making the truck shake.
When I was thrown to back near my cage, I heard a small explosion and looked back. Viper's cage had blew up, but the reason was viewable to everybody. On top of Growlithe's cage curled up like a spring, was an Arbok, aka Viper. I looked down and noticed broken pieces that used to be her collar. When I looked back up, I saw my sister's head rise up, her large form getting closer to the ceiling. She turned to me with her head low and the intimidation patterns on her hood were in full display. "Viper, you evolved!" I exclaimed in happiness.
She didn't say anything.
I blinked and slowly slithered towards her. "Sis? Are you okay?" I asked carefully until I saw her tongue flick angrily. Her eyes slowly opened and I gasped. They were red. I backed up slowly as Viper slowly slithered off of Growlithe's cage. The Fire Type canine whimpered when he felt the dent from her weight lift, but he looked at my sister in fear. I saw her tongue flick in and out of her mouth, her body not moving once the ip of her tail touched ground. I was hesitant to make a move, but eventually I forced myself to speak. "V-Viper?"
"Damn, the buyer didn't want an Arbok! Shit this ruins everything!" Jack was heard from outside the truck and I flinched when Viper tensed up, her eyes narrowing. I saw Jack smirk at me from the corner of my vision. "Guess it's you're lucky day! You're gonna be sold instead!" He declared, remembering that I didn't evolve and was still eligible for money. "But first," Jack said before he pointed towards Viper. "Graveler, get rid of the Arbok!" He shouted and the large Pokémon nodded, his hands turning to fists before running towards the truck.
Without warning, Viper launched herself at Graveler with double the speed she had as an Ekans. The only thing I managed to see last was the tip of her tail sliding off the truck before I heard a loud shriek. Graveler looked a bit shaken up from her sudden take of actions, but that didn't stop him from charging.
It was over in a matter of seconds.
The last thing Graveler had seen was a long scaly tail slam down on him from above before his face met the dirt. Viper let out a furious shriek before her purple tail glowed and turned into a shiny silver. 'Iron tail!?' I thought before Graveler was hit from the side by her new attack. He let out a grunt as his body was blown away and into a tree; three actually. I saw Graveler was down for the count and then saw a fearful poacher take a few steps backwards.
"Shit!" He cursed before he turned around and started running down the street. I saw Viper look away from the smoking pile of trees where Graveler layed groaning and towards the running human. Another screech was heard before she started to slither towards him. Jack looked back and gasped when he saw an angry Arbok catching up with him without trouble. Her eyes flashed red before she lunged forward. Jack quickly jumped to the side, rolling on the ground while Viper smashed into the ground.
Her head whipped back up and she bared her fangs at Jack. The Australian screamed in terror and kicked himself away from the enraged cobra. He turned to start running again, but he yelped when he was pulled back, his face hitting and dragging across the dirt. Soon he felt himself hanging upside down by his left ankle. He sputtered from the sudden shift in gravity and dirt was coughed up. "Ugh, what-" His throat turned dry when he found himself staring into a very angry Arbok.
Viper slowly leaned forward, her eyes narrowing to the thinnest of slits and her tongue flicked back and forth. Jack whimpered as he covered his face with his arms. Viper let out a raspy hiss and bared her fangs, her mouth wide. She looked like she was gonna devour him whole until,
"STOP VIPER!"
She had clamped her mouth shut, her face only 3 centimeters from Jack's head. Her head whipped towards my direction, her eyes wide in anger and a deep growl erupted from her throat. She was about to say something until she saw my face.
I was horrified. I was shaking my head with fearful eyes. I didn't realize it, but I was shaking everywhere. Viper stared at me in shock before heard a whimper from Jack. She looked at the captured human and finally realized what she was doing. Her eyes lost their intimidating red, revealing her normal amber pupils. She seemed to stare at Jack until she starting scowling. She turned back to me with a harsh glare.
"Why should I!?" She screamed, making me flinch in my spot. Her eyes flashed to Jack and she shook him around. "He's tortured us, Fang! He was gonna kill you and sell me!" She declared, narrowing her eyes again. "Give me one reason why I shouldn't eat him!" She sneered, wanting nothing more than to get revenge on her old captor. "Because we don't kill humans remember!?" I cried desperately. I already knew what would happen if others found out that a Pokémon had killed a human. "You'd be put down!" I screamed and Viper snorted.
"They won't know if they don't find the body." She grinned evilly, opening her mouth wide again. "Viper!" I tried, but my sister didn't listen to me anymore. She was about to devour Jack whole, but neither of us noticed a barrage of sharp rocks hit Viper from the back. Viper screeched in pain and accidently released Jack from her clutches. The poacher had tumbled to the ground and stood on one knee. He had a smirk and called out, "Good work with the Stone Edge, Graveler!" He praised and I gasped. Turning my head, I saw Graveler getting back up, pushing a tree off of him. He looked pissed.
Viper glared at the Rock Type Pokémon, ready for another round, but she accidently took her attention from Jack. I saw the poacher reach for the ground, grabbed a handful of mud, and threw it at Viper's face. She hissed in pain as her eyes burned, her sight taken away. She used her tail to rub the mud away and Jack laughed as he ran back to the truck. "Graveler, Roll Out!" He called and the large Pokémon curled into a ball before rolling down the hill, grinding up the ground in his wake.
I looked on in worry as Graveler came closer to my sister. "Viper!" I warned, making her look up with closed eyes. I quickly dove out of the truck and tried to reach her as fast as I could. I even heard the desperate cries of 'Don't leave' and 'Help us', but I didn't stop to turn back. If I did, I would've saw Ivysaur with the look of betrayal plastered on his face.
When I sped towards her, I called to her again, trying to tell her to move, but I saw a human hand reach for me from nowhere. "Gotcha!" Jack said with chuckle as his fingers gripped my collar. I started to thrash around in his grip until I let out a shriek when I felt electricity course through my veins. My body went limb in Jack's hold as his right hand pulled away from a green button on my collar. "I can still shock you by hand, ya know." He informed with a cruel laugh.
I groaned and opened my eyes, my vision spinning. I saw two of everything and most things were blurs. I saw a grey blur smash into a purple blur, but it took Viper's pain scream to realize it was her. I shook my head, trying to get my vision correct. That's when I saw Viper fly into a tree, her weight making the trunk shake violently. I growled when Graveler stood over her, his knuckles cracking. I wanted to fight alongside my sister, but then I remembered I was still in Jack's clutches. I heard him laugh and saw his feet walk back in the direction where his truck resided.
I narrowed my eyes and took in a deep breath before turning my head. I was pulling the last of my strength for a Poison Sting attack, but I was too weak to make more than 2. But they did the trick. The poison needles got stuck in Jack's arm, forcing him to drop me. He growled, pulling the needles out. "That's it you little worm!" Jack screamed and then I felt his boot hit my face. I coughed and flew a few feet away. I skidded across the pavement and heard Jack's footsteps. "I don't need you! I can find another Ekans!" He declared before kicking me away again.
I thought Jack was gonna kick me again, but I heard a small 'Boom' and looked back enough to make out an image of Graveler falling on his back with a purple substance over his face. I had a small smile when I saw Viper wipe the last of the mud off before she turned to me and Jack. She let out an intimidating screech and started to slither towards us.
Jack cursed and spun on his heels, sprinting back to the truck. "Shit!" He looked back to see my sister past me and gaining on him. "Graveler, use Flash Cannon!" He screamed and the large Rock Pokémon picked himself up quickly. He used one hand to wipe enough of the purple goop off his face before he held all hands close to each other. Viper didn't see the growing condensed ball of white and silver energy, but I did. He looked like he was aiming for Viper.
"... look out..." It came out too quietly. My body was still weak from being electrocuted. Graveler's attacked had grown to the size of a basketball and looked close to ready. I managed to shift my head to the truck. Jack was still running and Viper was ready to pounce on him. Before she could however, everybody heard the sound of Graveler's attack launch.
Viper stopped chasing to look back at the attack.
Jack continued to run for his truck.
And I was still too weak to move.
I just watched Flash Cannon fly at alarming speeds, but the direction was slightly off. My eyes slowly widened when the energy beam was flying towards me. 'I can't move!' I thought in panic. My body wouldn't even twitch in effort. I continued to struggle and watch my death come at me until a sudden shadow loomed over me. I blinked when I realized Viper had curled around me, her hood covering me look a shield. "Viper...!?" I whispered and Viper only closed her eyes.
I heard the sounds of tires screech...
... and then I was taken by the darkness as well.
There's the first part to Ekans' past! While we don't exactly know how he got his wounds at Route 1 and why Viper is stalking him, we know what happened for her to evolve! But why were they stealing food!? You'll have to read and find out in the next chapter, Two Sides of a Coin: Tails!
Next time on 'If I Was In Pokémon?'!
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