Alright then, here's chapter 4, and thank you to those who are reading my story, I hope you enjoy. Although I'm warning you now, this is a pretty dark chapter, but I promise, it's necessary for the story.
All rights go to their respective owners, I do not own the pokemon series.
"Alright Crash, use Headbutt!" the bagon turned, looking back at me, seeing my conviction and cried out in reply.
"Ba!" lowering it's head, the pokemon charged it's opponent, a Clefairy standing before it. The clefairy, rather weak already got launched against the cave wall painfully.
"Cle! Clefairy!" Crying out, it curled up tightly into a ball, it's body shining slightly as it raised its defense.
"Crash, time to wrap this up, use a Dragon Dance then go into a another Headbutt!" I looked down at bagon, as it roared, sounding funny from its tiny mouth, but it's body seemed to ignite in a red blaze that appeared to dance around him. The blaze, disappearing, leaves a reinvigorated bagon in it's wake.
"Bagon!" it cried out as it charged the clefairy, which was attempting to leer the incoming pokemon to no avail. Crash slammed into the opposing pokemon, launching it painfully against the wall again, but this time it stayed down.
"Well done Crash! You did great, but we've been training for almost 3 hours, and you need a rest." I smile and nod at the Rock Head Pokemon. Pulling his Luxury Ball from my pocket, I recall him back into the ball, a red light covering him as he returns back into the ball.
Walking from the cave, I trip upon a new object, finding a discarded jacket, an emblem stitched into the middle. As I walk out into the light I take a closer look.
The jacket, made of what looks and feels to be heavy duty, similar to the vests worn by the infamous pokemon hunters. Upon closer inspection, the symbol appears to be a distorted Q. As I stare at the mark, I notice small details. What I thought to be meaningless errors in the patchwork were actually discolorations in the fabric that made the forms of letters, spelling out the word Fear.
Upon reading it, I felt a slight chill running up my back. I ran home quickly, the jacket in hand, determined to tell my parents about the odd letters on the jacket. As I reached my house, what I saw truly made me afraid.
Fire was raging through my house, pieces of it crumbling down, collapsing in on itself. The beams inside the walls were visible and burning, and the lawn was scorched. I stared around in sheer terror, but as I looked, something caught my eye.
Running over as fast I could, I saw a familiar pokemon beneath a burning beam. "Raichu! Are you okay?!" I fretted as I stared at the beam, pulling out my Luxury Ball, releasing Bagon, only to find he was unable to move, exhausted from too much training. "No! Argghhh!" pulling out my hair I frantically pulled on the beam, my hands burning. "Oww!" releasing the beam, I stared at the mouse pokemon in utter horror. "there's… nothing I can do…" standing up dejectedly, tears in my eyes I walked slowly around the house.
Unable to hold back, I collapse, my hands puffy and searingly hot. I ignore them and begin to sob. Crash, slowly walking over tiredly, lies down on my lap quietly, falling asleep. I continue to cry until I fall asleep on the grass.
Waking up a time after, I frown as I shake a layer of soot from my body. Upon seeing the house everything comes back just as I try to push myself up, only to remember the blisters, "Owww!" I cry out in pain as i feel one pop painfully, making my eyes tear up in pain, quickly taking my hands from the ground. I look down and see the small Bagon in my lap, still asleep.
I slowly maneuver my way to getting up, gently sliding Bagon from my lap, waking him. "Ba?" Looking up at me questioningly, the pokemon stands up next to me.
"Listen, there's nothing we can... " Cutting off, my throat constricting as I feel myself beginning to cry once more. I close my eyes tightly, swallowing and resuming, "can do. We have to get into the main area of town and ask around about my parents, maybe Raichu was home alone…" Holding my eyes shut, I admit that I never knew of a single time when Raichu wasn't with my father, but I knew there was at least a chance my mother was still alive.
I set off, determined to reach town. The trek was slow as Bagon was running to keep up. Eventually though we reached the outskirts of town, but what I saw filled me with rage.
"That's right, listen up! We're looking for the Ex-champion! Now if you don't hand her over we'll burn this town to the ground with all of you in it!" A man stood in the center, wearing what appeared to be the same as the jacket I found when I was first coming home. My fists clenched on their own, reminding me of the blisters, forcing me to open them quickly.
"They did this…" I stare down from the edge of town at the man, seeing multiple other men around the town, each wearing the same jacket. Overwhelmed by anger I lost control, yelling out at them. "YOU! You burned the house!" I stand at the edge of town angrily, Crash standing at my side. "I'll make you bastards pay!" I yell out angrily, pulling out my Premier ball from my pocket, pressing the button so as not to irritate my blisters, releasing Crow, my Golbat into the air next to me.
"Gol! Bat, Gol!" Crying out, Crow flies high into the air circling as Bagon takes his place before me.
"Who's that brat?" looking around for a moment, the apparent leader stared up at me as a near by teammate frowns.
"Sir, I believe that's the Ex-champion's son, but it was believed he didn't have any pokemon, though he appears weak." The Grunt next to the leader speaks up.
"Alright then, looks like we have ourselves a hostage…" The leader began to grin as he burst out in eerie laughter. "Men! I want you to get that boy!" laughter broke out among the men as they saw their opponent was a child. They slowly converged upon me, evil grins plastered over their faces.
"Don't you dare touch him!" A man, breaking from the forest behind me, barreled down, slamming into the man before him. "Nicholas! RUN!" I stare at the man as suddenly a horde of Tauros burst out behind me, charging at the men down below, a Charizard flying above them as every pokemon my father ever caught charges from the woods behind the Tauros, in a reckless dash. Soon the town was overrun by hundreds of pokemon battles raging everywhere, 6 Tauros Vs. a single Machamp a Claydol decimating a group of Muk, and 2 Tauros with the Muk.
As I stood there I watched in horror and amazement as my father truly cut loose, but my revelrie was cut short by a hand on my shoulder. Turning, I saw my mother, her eyes soaked in tears as she looked at me. "We have to go, your father can only hold them off so long, and we can't afford to let this opportunity go to waste. Please Nicholas, we have to run, and gather allies, you need to stop them."
"Mom… What do you mean? What's going on?!" I stare up at her, as she begins to pull on my arm.
"Please, I promise, I'll explain everything when the time is right, but for now, you need to become stronger, and you'll need strong friends by your side." She looks at me, pleadingly.
"Alright.. but I want you to promise me that you won't let them get you." I look up at my mother as she smiles at me sadly, before pulling me away without saying anything. I return both Crash and Crow to their pokeballs as I follow her in a dark silence.
After traveling for nearly an hour we reach a pokemon center. We walk in, seeing the bustling center, I smile for a fraction of a second, only to frown again, thinking back to the pokemon center in Celestic Town. Nurse Joy, seeing us, runs over, "Hello how may I help you?"
"Please, we need rooms for the night" My mother looks at the nurse hopefully, but I quit paying attention and look down at my blistered hands.
"Ummm… also, do you have anything for this?" I look up at the nurse, showing my palms.
"My goodness! That looks terribly painful! I'm so sorry, I don't have anything that can make it less irritated, but I can give you clean bandages, I only work on pokemon." She frowns, looking sad that she can't help more.
"Oh, thank you," I smile at her in hopes to make her smile again, which she does upon seeing my smile. As she runs into the back, I sit down to wait, my mother walking upstairs after murmuring a quiet "Good night".
Nurse Joy comes back with a bundle of fresh bandages and gives me explicit instructions to thoroughly wash my hands with water and to be careful while bandaging myself. Nodding to show I heard I stand up, going to a vacant room and slipping in. I walk over to the bathroom and wash my hands before bandaging them.
Finally I sigh, walking over to the bed and lying down. I stare at the ceiling, wishing for a dreamless sleep, but I never did have any wishes come true…
Alrighty then! There we go! chapter 4 is done! I myself am exhausted after writing that. I really hope you guys at least somewhat liked that chapter, please review and tell me what you think.