Hello everyone! I'm a little stalled on my ideas for the original, so I decided to do an update here since I actually had an idea! Anyway, this will become a regular thing for me, so just keep your eyes peeled for what ends up being updated! Anyway, this chapter will feature two new OC's and it will hint at a few new ones coming up! So just be patient everyone! Now enjoy the update!
(Sola Town – Town Exit – August 22, 2011 7:00 AM)
When we come to this small road, we see Nathen and Gem waiting for their new charges.
"Nathen, I'm really worried about that anomaly, and I know that the odds are slim, but I really don't like them," Gem said as she paced around.
"Gem, you need to calm down, what can I do to ease your mind?" Nathen said with a sigh.
"Oh I don't know, go and find the survivors!" Gem said obviously irritated.
"That's just it Gem, the currents are different all around Solace, the two could've ended up at two completely different shores, why do you think that it's so hard to get to Solace by boat?"
"All I'm hearing is excuses, can you do it or not?" Gem said getting angrier.
"Fine, I'll go and take a look around, I think that there's a small water way in Remedy Town that connects to the sea, and there may be a dock and shoreline in Miracle City." Nathen said as he started to think. "Alright, I'll go take a look around but that's as far as I'm going okay."
"Thank you, oh and don't forget Night Fall, there's that shoreline as well." Gem said.
"Right, okay, I guess I'd better get going." Nathen said as he started out of the town's gate.
"Wait, what about Maria and Markus?" Gem said as the mentioned trainers walked up to the two.
"They're your problem this time, I'll start at Miracle City and work back towards Night Fall, and while I'm doing that I have Kim scanning from Night Fall towards me." Nathen said with a chuckle. "Have fun you three," With that, Nathen disappeared from the area.
"Where'd Nathen go?" Maria asked.
"Do you remember that anomaly from yesterday?" Gem said with a sigh.
"Vaguely," Markus said as he crossed his arms.
"Well, he went off to see if he could find those two that he learned were adrift at sea." Gem sighed.
"So it's just the three of us then?" Maria asked.
"Yeah, but just because I'm in charge, that doesn't mean that anything's changed! Our goal is still to head for Remedy Town!" Gem said.
"Yeah yeah, whatever you say Shorty," Markus said with a sigh as he started down the road.
"Markus, be nice," Maria said as she ran after Markus.
"Oh joy… things just keep getting better…" Gem said to herself as she let out a sigh and started down the road. As Gem continued along the road she quickly came to a stop when a weird presence went over her. Confused, Gem looked around thinking that the presence was close, but it quickly disappeared. "What was that? The aura around it was immense… but how could it have only lasted so long… and why didn't Nathen feel it? Ah who cares, we'll find out sooner or later."
The young Authoress then started down the road towards her charges, which had seemed to have forgotten about her. Now while Gem, Markus, and Maria make their way towards Remedy Town, let's see how Nathen's doing over in Miracle City.
(Miracle City – City Center – August 22, 2011 7:20 AM)
We see a rather busy city center as we see Nathen walk out from an ally way.
"Wow, I don't think that I've ever seen the city so busy." Nathen said as he looked around the city. "Wait… how did I know this place wasn't always this busy?" As Nathen walked around the city he soon decided to stop at a bench and look up at a large screen that was built onto a building. "What's the news for today?"
As Nathen had said, the screen was broadcasting the news. The news anchor was a rather young woman, she had curly bright red hair that only reached to the top of her shoulders, she had calm green eyes, and she was in a dark blue dress top.
"Good morning everyone, Carol here, and it's time for the Solace News." The woman said calmly. "Around Miracle City, there is still no report on the location of the thief that stole two Pokémon from a visiting Pokémon Professor, but the search is still going on. A reward has been placed for any information or the thief's capture. Now let's take a look… wait… we're getting a report of a fire taking place to the north of Miracle City, the Fire Department is at the scene as we speak, now I'm passing this broadcast over to a local reporter who's working on the scene as we speak."
"A fire in Miracle City… how bland," Nathen said with a sigh as he ran to the north end of the city… or rather, straight into the fire.
(Miracle City – Miracle Docks (Near Fire) – 7:30 AM)
"Wow, what luck," Nathen said with a chuckle. "I didn't expect to be near the docks." As Nathen walked around, sirens from the fire trucks rang through the city signaling how the firefighters were nearing the problem.
Currently, several trainers with their water types were keeping the fire at bay, but they were sent away when the proper authorities arrives. Leading the team was a young woman. She had long brunette hair that was tied back into a ponytail; she had calm and determined green eyes. The woman was in a tight black long sleeved shirt, a blue pair of pants with a black fire design on the left leg, a black pair boots, a bright red short sleeved shirt with a fire shaped hole in the center revealing the undershirt, and a proper fire fighters jacket.
"She looks familiar," Nathen chuckled as he stared out at the fire. As Nathen steadied his gaze on the raging flame, he began to sense an odd essence in the center of the whole flame. "They won't be able to stop it."
"Come on everyone! We need to put this thing out!" the woman called out as her team either called out a large water type Pokémon or moved to set up a fire hose.
As the leader continued barking orders she caught a glimpse of Nathen and froze. She looked back at him and started to lock up and panic.
"Flare!" A Flareon at the woman's side barked catching the firefighter's attention.
"What… oh I'm sorry Flareon I blacked out for a second there." The woman said as she looked back to the fire before hesitantly glancing at Nathen to see that he hadn't move. "What the hell is he doing back here? Jason!"
"Ma'am," A red headed boy said looking back at the woman.
"You're in charge, keep this fire at bay and don't let it spread by any means!" the woman barked. "I need to look into something."
"Yes ma'am!" Jason said as he returned to the fire while the woman and her Flareon ran towards the crowd that had begun to form.
"We still have no info as to how this fire has begun, but we'll keep you posted." A male reporter said.
"Excuse me!" the woman said as she tried to push her way through the crowd.
"Ah Fire Captain Kaname, could you please explain what's caused this fire?" the reporter asked.
"No idea as of yet, now would you all please get out of my way!" the woman said as she continued to push her way through the crowd before coming to a stop in front of Nathen.
"Can I help you?" Nathen asked branding a smile while also keeping his eyes closed.
"Shut up and come with me," the woman said as she grabbed Nathen's arm and pulled him down an ally way.
"Is something wrong?" Nathen said keeping his eyes closed.
"Don't mess with me!" the woman yelled as she slammed Nathen against the brick wall that he was behind and held him against the wall. "What are you doing here? And why aren't you in your 40's?"
"Excuse me? I think that you may have me mistaken for someone else," Nathen said calmly as he cleared his view with his aura to look the woman as if he was using his own eyes.
"Don't mess with me! You saved my life when I was 2, and again at 15! Then you disappeared!" The woman yelled. "Each time you looked no different from the last, at first I thought that it was a coincidence, but now I know they were all the same instances!"
"I'm sure that I'd remember something like that," Nathen said softly.
"Please, tell me that you know who I am…" The woman whispered as she looked towards the ground and tears had started to form.
"For Arceus sake Lulu, get a hold of yourself, you're supposed to be the captain of the fire brigade, and this is how you act?" Nathen sighed as he patted the back of the woman named Lulu. "I always thought that you were stronger than this."
"You… you said my name…" Lulu said as she looked up with tears still falling. "You… you do remember me…" After saying that Lulu briefly let Nathen go before pulling him close and into a hug. Nathen was caught off guard by this, and while keeping his eyes closed he looked towards the woman as her tears intensified and her grip increased.
"Lulu…" Nathen sighed as he held Lulu close. "Come on, get a grip, is this how you want your team to see you?"
"I guess not," Lulu said as she and Nathen let go of each other. "It's really nice to see you again, you haven't aged a day."
"Technically it's been a few years, but that's not the point," Nathen chuckled. "You really have grown well, and you've raised your Eevee greatly."
"Yeah… um Nathen… how is it that you look just like you did when we last met, which would be 17 years ago in a few months?" Lulu asked.
"Oh, that's easy, I've been time travelling." Nathen chuckled as he walked towards the exit of the ally
"Time travelling…" Lulu said as she gave Nathen an odd glare while a sweat drop appeared on the back of her head. "Okay… well why are you coming back now?"
"Well… I've stopped time travelling and I've decided to cool down and go about my life as a normal trainer." Nathen said calmly.
"So that means that you'll be taking on the gym then," Lulu said with a soft sigh.
"Yup,"
"Well then you battle with me will have to wait, because I have to get the fire put out." With that, Lulu walked out of the ally and turned towards the blazing fire.
"You can't just stop the fire." After hearing this, Lulu turned towards Nathen.
"What do you mean?"
"Do you remember the stories that your granddad told us while I was recuperating at your house?"
"You mean… the ones that he told us as bed time stories while we shared a room?" While saying this, Lulu looked away as she slight turned a little red.
"Yeah, but more to the point, they were true, that Pokémon does exist."
"In the ancient past maybe, but that Pokémon has been long sense extinct." Lulu said.
"Just trust me, it'll probably be in the center of the fire, and I'm going to catch it!" Nathen said as he pulled out a Pokeball.
"Nathen, you are not going to catch an Aerodactyl out there!" Lulu said in an irritated tone.
"No not an Aerodactyl! I've already got one," Nathen said which caught Lulu off guard. "I am going to capture the Magmole!"
"You're nuts! I'm going to let the Aerodactyl thing slide, but there's no way that you can capture a Magmole! They don't exist!"
"I beg to differ, because there's on in the middle of that fire!" Nathen said as he looked into the fire maintaining his closed eyes.
"Did something happen to your eyes?"
"Hm, oh no, I'm just practicing something," Nathen said with a sigh. As Nathen continued to concentrate he soon hears a faint cry. But while the cries only sounded like they were a few feet away, they were actually deep in the fire. "That sound… it's human… but… it sounds so familiar… No… Ami!"
"Ami?" Lulu said as she watched Nathen run out of the alley and turn towards the fire. "Hey wait up!"
"She can't be out there…" Nathen whispered as he stared out into the fire.
"Nathen what's wrong, who's Ami?" Lulu said as she and her Flareon walked up to Nathen.
"I'm going in…" Nathen whispered.
"What?" Lulu said as she watched Nathen charge past the crowd and past her team. "Damnit, Nathen wait!"
"Hold on kid, you can't go in there," a Firefighter said stopping Nathen.
"Back off!" Nathen growled as he ran into the fire with Lulu and her Pokémon following him closely.
(Miracle Forest – Fire Epicenter – 7:50 AM)
"Ami! Ami where are you!" Nathen yelled out into the forest.
"Damnit Nathen, how reckless can you get?" Lulu said as she panted from running into the raging flame.
"Where is she…?" Nathen whispered as he looked around but all he saw was a little girl sitting up against a try crying. "I guess I was mistake… Lulu get the girl, I'm going to find the Pokémon."
"Alright, but don't blame me when you end up cooked," Lulu said as she picked up the little girl and ran out of the fire.
"Good," Nathen whispered as the ground beneath him started to shift. As Nathen jumped away from the ground a large Pokémon dug its way out of the ground. "I've found you."
The Pokémon was at around 4', but it was presently on all fours. When it stood up it was at the height of 6'. It had the form of a huge Mole; its body was a dark brown with glowing red lines all around the body that seemed to release a powerful heat. It had hardened red eyes, and a rather pointy head. Its hind legs are small and only have three toes, while the forward limbs are small at the upper arms, but are huge at the hands with five steel claws present on each hand.
"Mag!" The Pokémon called out in an angry tone as it looked towards Nathen.
"PokéDex info attained," Ada said from the PokéDex. "Magmole, the Magma Burrower Pokémon, This Pokémon is said to be able to stand up to magma as hot as the earth's core. Using unbelievably hot fire and its incredible steel claws, this Pokémon creates new tunnels and nests."
"I knew that I'd find you!" Nathen chuckled. "Undine it's time for battle!" With that, Nathen called out his Shiny Milotic who took position in front of Magmole. The two Pokémon locked eyes before Magmole seemed to back away. "Wait a moment, you're hurt aren't you."
"Mole…" Magmole groaned as he backed away while Nathen walked closer.
"You are, ah man I can't capture you like this, it's just not right." Nathen sighed as he rubbed the back of his head. "Magmole, I'd like to help you, and I want you to consider coming with me."
"Magmole… Mag, mole mag mag, mole mag," Magmole said softly.
"Agreed," Nathen whispered as he held out his Pokeball. At first Magmole hesitantly reached for it, but he soon touched the activation button with his claw causing it to activate and capture him. It took a few seconds before the capture was complete. "Perfect, Undine use Rain Dance."
"At once," Undine said as she fired off several balls of water in the sky which quickly caused it to rain. The rain started to put the fire out and Nathen with his new Pokémon in hand made his leave of the burning forest after recalling his Pokémon.
(Miracle City – Outside the Burning Forest – 8:00 AM)
As the fire was being put out and the rain had begun to subside, everyone was amazed at how Nathen had come out of it unscathed.
"Nathen!" Lulu called out as she ran over to him.
"Hey Lu," Nathen chuckled as he expected Lulu to pull him into another hug, but instead he headed up getting hit in the head.
"How could you worry me like that?" Lulu yelled. When Looking at Lulu you could see that she had started to cry. "I thought that I might have lost you again…"
"Lulu," Nathen sighed as he stood up only to be pulled into a tight hug by the fire captain.
"I'm so happy that you're safe." Lulu cried as she increased her grip. A small silence fell on the two before Lulu pulled Nathen into a kiss. This caught Nathen off guard, but he expected this outcome and just let it happen. After the two broke apart, Lulu pulled him back into a tight hug. "I'm never going to let you go…"
"Um Lu… you might want to rethink that…" Nathen strained to say as he felt a lack of air going into his lungs.
"No I don't," Lulu whispered.
"Um yes you do, because I can't breathe!" Nathen coughed.
"Oh Nathen, I'm so sorry!" Lulu said as she let Nathen go and he fell back with his eyes white over. When Nathen came to his senses and looked at Lulu she had this sorry look on her face.
"It's okay, and it's been nice seeing you again Lu, but I need to get going." Nathen said as he started past Lulu, but was stopped when she grabbed his arm.
"You can't leave me again, I need you here." Lulu said.
"Lu, do you really need me?" Nathen said glancing back at Lulu.
"No… I don't believe that I do," Lulu said calmly as she let Nathen go. "You may be someone important in my life, but that doesn't mean that you should be the only part of my life."
"Well said, now I better be on my way…" Nathen said calmly as he started away from the young firefighter. "Actually, two things, first, were a girl and or a boy pulled out of the water recently?"
"Now that you mention it… we did see two brunettes out in the ocean, a boy and a girl." After Lulu said this, Nathen suddenly locked up and put on a pale look. "The girl was unconscious, and the boy was struggling, we tried to save them but the boy was pulled into one of the canals by the current and the girl drifted south due to the current. They were pretty strong, so the boy may be in Remedy Town right now and the girl may have drifted down to Night Fall if the current stayed true to its course."
"Shit… they had better be okay or Gem's going to kill me…" Nathen muttered to himself.
"And the second…" Lulu said.
"What?" Nathen said snapping out of his thought."
"You said that there were two other things before you leave, one was about that boy and girl, what's the second thing?"
"Oh, well I will be coming back here with some friends, so I was wondering if you wouldn't mind putting all of us up until we've dealt with our business here."
"I'd be my honor to have you and your friends in my house." Lulu said with a smile.
"That's good, well I'm off to Remedy Town, take care of yourself Lulu." With that, Nathen disappeared in a flash of light.
This surprised Lulu, but she shrugged it off and returned to her team and the press who were discussing the fire.
(Remedy Town – Northern Entrance/Exit – 8:10 AM)
"Okay, the boy should be here, now to get looking around." Nathen said as he started exploring."
With Nathen looking for one of the survivors from the anomaly, let's look into how the Pokémon hunt was going while Nathen had explored Miracle City.
(Route 2 – Large Clearing – 8:08 AM)
"Damnit Shorty! Because of you another one got away!" Markus yelled as he watched another Pokémon run away.
"Don't call me Short! And why are you blaming me, it's your responsibility to pay attention during a battle!" Gem yelled as the argument rose up.
"I'll call you whatever I damn well want! And if you hadn't interrupted me than I'd have a Grass Type Pokémon right now!" Markus yelled as he looked away from Gem who was furious. "And beside you're more of a 6 year old trying to play as a teenager, so why don't you just go home little girl,"
That crossed the line; all of Markus's little insults have finally made Gem snap. While Markus just looked around for another Pokémon and Maria just stay sitting on a stump following Nathen's suggestion to stay out of arguments between Gem and Markus, Gem finally decided to teach Markus a lesson. Surprising Markus, Gem jumped onto Markus's back and started pulling on his arms while her feet were planted on his back.
"Ah! What the hell are you doing?" Markus said as Gem continued to pull on Markus's arms.
"I've had enough of you!" Gem growled as she kept pulling on Markus's arms. "You've done nothing but insult and taunt me, and I've had it!"
"Gem, you really should be careful…" Maria said hesitantly.
"Stay out of this Prayer!" Gem yelled.
"Don't yell at Maria! Gah!" Markus said as Gem continued pulling on Markus's arms and coming close to dislocating them. While Gem continued to torture Markus, she unknowingly kept her victims arms close to her and they had began to drift towards and soon came in contact with something… soft…
"Hey Gem, I guess I was wrong," Markus chuckled through his pain. "You'd need to be at least 12 or 13 for breasts like these to have developed."
After hearing this, Gem turned bright red and looked down to see what Markus was talking about and then she turned even redder when she saw what Markus was holding. After this she suddenly put on an evil and demonic look when with one swift tug, Gem dislocated both of Markus's arms from his shoulders before sending a quick and hard kick into his… well… I'm sure that you all know where I'm going with this. Long story short, don't tick off Gem.
"Markus!" Maria said as she ran over to her old friend who had passed out from the entire trauma.
"That'll teach you!" Gem said with a sneer before walking off.
"Gem… don't you think that you took things a little too far?" Maria said softly.
"No! He deserved what he gets!" Gem yelled as she pulled out her phone and starts dialing. "Pick up damnit!"
"Nathen here, how's everything going Gem?" Nathen said with a light chuckle.
"Oh fine, neither of them have been able to capture a Pokémon yet, but… we kind of have a man down." Gem said with a light chuckle as she shot an evil glare at the unconscious Markus.
"Please tell me that you and Markus didn't get into another argument…" Nathen said with a sigh.
"Well… let's just say that our differences are now resolved." Gem said softly.
"Damnit Ashmore! We're supposed to be teaching and watching those two! Not killing them! Now tell me what you did to him." Nathen snapped over the phone.
"I know, I know, he just really got on my nerves." Gem said on her defense. "And I think that I dislocated both of his arms, and I kicked him where it hurts."
"Damnit Gem! You just don't so that! I don't care how much he pisses you off! That's just something that you don't do!" Nathen said. "Okay… put his arms in a sling and help him walk the rest of the way to Remedy Town. I'm there right now, I have a lead on where the boy from the wreckage might be, and I think that the girl may be down in Night Fall, so we'll all be heading there after we all spend a day here in Remedy Town."
"Really, do you know who they might be?" Gem said frantically.
"All I know is that they're brunette's, one a boy and a girl, the girl was unconscious and the boy was barely awake and trying to keep the girl above water." Nathen said with a sigh. "Now get to helping Markus and get to Remedy Town, I'll see about finding the boy while you're walking here, and I'll also see about getting us a place to stay."
"Okay Nathen, we'll see you soon." Gem said as the connection ended. "Alright Maria, it's time to head for Remedy Town!"
"Alright, but do you think that we really should be moving Markus right now?" Maria asked.
"Well we should just help him when he needs it." Gem said as she pulled out a sheet from her bag. "Here, make this into a sling for him and that should do it for keeping his arms stable, and then we can get moving."
"Okay," Maria said as she took the sheet and prepped it as a sling just as Markus started to come too.
"What the… why the hell am I in so much pain?" Markus groaned as he tried to stand.
"That's just a little bit of what'll happen when you tick me off!" Gem growled. "So next time, watch what you say and do! Or you'll end up worse!"
"Yes ma'am…" Markus said in fear.
"Good, Maria get him set and help him up, we're setting off for Remedy Town immediately."
"Yes ma'am," Maria whispered as she helped Markus get set before helping him stand.
"So why are we going to Remedy Town so sudden?" Markus asked.
"We're going to rejoin with Nathen and stay in Remedy town for awhile before we turn around and go back to Night Fall." Gem said as she activated her PokéDexes map function.
"Why are we going home?" Maria asked.
"We just are okay, Nathen will explain it when we get to Remedy Town, so let's get going." Gem said as everyone headed down the road.
"How long will we have to walk?" Markus asked.
"About an hour or so," Gem said as she shut down her PokéDex.
"Grand…" Markus groaned as he cringed from the pain in his arms and in his lower half.
"Well you can suffer through it!" Gem said as she led the team.
As the three made their way towards Remedy Town, let's see how Nathen's doing with his search.
(Remedy Town – Town Center – 8:15 AM)
"Poor poor Markus," Nathen sighed. "Okay, now to find that boy."
Nathen then began to search around the small quiet town which is well known for its homemade remedies and medicines.
"Damn, I knew that I should've gone through Gem's files for any brunettes," Nathen said with a sigh. "Excuse me sir, but have any brunettes come into town by unconventional means? Like through a water way?"
"A brunette… actually yes, a young man with brunette hair and brown eyes actually did end up coming into town by the underground canal," the man said. "He looked exhausted and wiped from the current forcing him through the small tunnel."
"Where is he?" Nathen said frantically.
"Well… he was staying in the Pokémon Center with a few minor injuries, but he had to be moved, so I think Cleo took her to her home until he recovered." The man said. "Is he a friend of yours?"
"Sort of, where does this 'Cleo' live?"
"Well she stays at her Nursery near the park which would be to the west near the pond that the boy was found in."
"Thank you!" With that, Nathen headed off to the park so that he could find the survivor.
(Remedy Town – Park Nursery – 8:20 AM)
"Damn… I really should've asked some directions on how to get here," Nathen sighed as he walked into the building.
In the building was a young 16 year old woman. She had purple hair, brown eyes, and tan skin. She was wearing a white skirt, a purple tee, a white pair of knee high socks, and flat purple shoes. She also had an apron on over all of her clothes.
"Hello there, my name is Cleo Jackson, may I help you?" Cleo said kindly.
"Good morning Cleo, I'm Nathen Pierce, and I was wondering if I could speak with the boy that you brought into your care as of late." Nathen said calmly.
"You must be talking about TJ," Cleo said. "I think that he's in the back room right now, if you'll wait here, I'll go get him for you."
"Thanks Cleo," Nathen said as he took a seat near the front desk while Cleo walked through a door behind her. "This is going easier than I thought… Alright, after talking with TJ… wait… TJ! Shit! Than that means that the girl must be Nevee! Ah Shit!"
"Excuse me, are you Nathen?" a boy said as he walked out from behind the desk. The boy had short brunette hair and joyful brown eyes. He was in a black T-shirt which was under an unbuttoned white shirt, a black pair of jeans with and orange lining, and black and white pair of running shoes. Like Cleo, he had a white apron on over his clothes.
"Yes I am, and you must be TJ." Nathen said as he stood up.
"Yes I am," TJ said as he shook Nathen's hand. "You know what; you look a lot like a Nathen that I know from a previous journey of mine."
"Purely coincidence," Nathen said with a chuckle. "Now you wouldn't happen to know a Nevee Strong by any chance?"
"Do you know where Nevee is?" TJ said frantically.
"These two will definitely be the comedy of the story…" Nathen whispered with a sigh. "I don't where she is exactly, but I do have a lead as to where she might be. I'm heading to the Pokémon Center to make a call; you can come along if you want."
"Of course I'm coming!" TJ said as he quickly turned to Cleo. "I'm heading out for a little bit, but I'll be back."
"Okay, hurry back you two." Cleo said as Nathen and TJ ran out of the building.
(Remedy Town – Pokémon Center (Lobby – Phone Booths) – 8:30 AM)
"Okay… come on Sam pick up…" Nathen whispered as he waited for the connection to go through to the chapel in Night Fall.
"Hello," Samantha said as she appeared on the screen. "Oh hello Nathen, how are things going on the journey?"
"Things are going fine Sam, but I actually have a question. Did someone happen to wash up on the beach like I did a little after we left?" Nathen said.
"Well, Lori did find a girl that washed up on the shore." Samantha said. Outside the stall was TJ and he was listening in on the conversation. The mentioning of the found girl made him hopeful of Nevee's safety. "We have her staying in a guest room, but she's still asleep and she's running a fever."
"Okay Samantha, I guess Nevee must have been worn out from the rough currents." Nathen said as TJ started knocking on the stall door.
"Let me talk let me talk let me talk let me talk!" TJ said repeatedly as he continued knocking on the stall door.
"Nevee?" Samantha said.
"Odd name I know, but it's the girl's name," Nathen said with a sigh as he started to get annoyed by TJ's knocking and talking. "Would you give me a second?"
After that Nathen quickly opened the door, he yelled out for TJ to shut up before slugging him on the top of the head. This knocked the poor boy out and left him laying on the ground with swirly eyes and a large bump on his head.
"Sorry about that Mrs. Prayer," Nathen sighed as he re-entered the booth. "Anyway, we'll be coming back to the village to pick up Nevee, just do what you can to keep her fever down and take care of her. Also… be careful and watch out for any weird things that happen around her."
"Okay Nathen, we'll have rooms ready for everyone when you get back." Samantha said as the connection cut out. When Nathen left the booth he remembered TJ was unconscious on the floor.
"Oh yeah, come on TJ, time to wake up." Nathen said as he lifted up and shook TJ around.
"Huh… what time is it mommy?" TJ mumbled as he black out again.
"Oh for Arceus sake," Nathen sighed as he grabbed TJ by the collar of his shirt and started dragging him out of the Pokémon Center.
It took a few minutes of doing, but Nathen was able to drag TJ all the way to the Nursery.
(Nursery – 8:45 AM)
"Hey Cleo," Nathen sighed as he dragged TJ into the Nursery's main office and then set him up in a chair.
"Hey Nathen, what happened to TJ?" Cleo asked.
"He annoyed me," Nathen sighed as he used his aura to heal TJ.
"So were you able to make your call?" Cleo asked.
"Yeah, and I got my answer which I know that Gem will not like." Nathen sighed. "Hey Cleo, I have three friends that will be coming into town in a few minutes. If we do some work for you, would you mind putting up with us for awhile?"
"I don't see why not, things have been getting rather rough for me here, so having the extra help would be nice."
"Alright, thanks for that Cleo." As Nathen said this, TJ started to come too.
"Man… what hit me?" TJ asked as he rubbed his head.
"I did, and that was a warning, I'm not really someone that you want to annoy!" Nathen said with a chuckle.
"Note take…" TJ said with a gulp. "Wait… what did that person that you were talking to say about Nevee?"
"Nevee's doing fine, she just has a slight fever that I told them to try and keep down until we get back to Night Fall."
"Thank Arceus; shall we head down there now?" TJ said.
"Not quite lover boy, we need to wait for the rest of the group, and even then we're still going to be here for a day." Nathen said. "But if it makes you feel any better, I'll take you down to Night Fall to see her and say good night before coming back here. And the trip from here to Night Fall is rather small so we should only need to travel a day or two before we get there."
"Okay, thanks Nathen, I really appreciate it." TJ said as he stood up.
"No problem, now get back to work, you're part of the group now, so start working on our rent." Nathen said as he passed TJ back his apron.
"Oh… okay." TJ said as he put his apron back on. "But what're you going to do?"
"I'm going to go to the southern entrance and wait for the others." Nathen said as he walked towards the exit.
"Who all are we waiting for?" TJ asked.
"Two of my newest charges, and Authoress," Nathen said with a light chuckle on the authoress part.
"Wait, Gem's here?" TJ said quickly.
"Yes she is, and she'll be sticking with us." Nathen said as he walked out of the building.
"I didn't know that Gem was here… could I be a part of another story?" TJ said as he eyed the room looking for something.
(Remedy Town – Southern Gates – 9:00 AM)
"Man, what's taking them so long? Gem couldn't have done too much to Markus." Nathen sighed.
"See! I told you that I knew where I was going!" Gem's voice was heard calling out as she, Maria, and Markus were seen walking up to the gate.
"What the hell Ashmore, I knew that you did some damage to Markus, but it really shouldn't have taken this long to get here!" Nathen said as the three ran up to Nathen.
"We got lost okay… I miss red the map and we took a wrong turn and ended up getting chased by some bugs." Gem sighed. "Bet off my back."
"Alright, so Markus, you learned of Gemma's dark side eh?" Nathen said with a chuckle.
"Piss off, can you fix me or not?" Markus snapped.
"Fine fine," Nathen said as he walked next to Markus. "Bite on this and take a deep breath." After giving Markus a bar to bite on, utilizing only a few swift motions, Nathen put Markus's arms back into their sockets. This sent a searing pain through his body causing him to fall to the ground in pain.
"Is he going to be okay?" Maria asked as she knelt down by Markus's side.
"He'll be fine," Nathen sighed as he helped Markus to his feet. "Markus take it easy, I don't want you doing too much involving the use of your arms, and Maria, I want you to stick by him as his nurse."
"Fine," Markus sighed.
"Alright Nathen," Maria said.
"Well all's well and good, now Nathen, what about those leads on the two brunette's?" Gem said frantically.
"Well I have names now," Nathen sighed. "Before I tell you, promise me that you won't start freaking out."
"Alright, I promise that I won't start freaking out." Gem said.
"Alright, well… the two that came through the Anomaly were TJ Young and Nevee Strong."
The sound of those names caused Gem's expression to drop before she fell back unconscious.
"I was afraid that that would happen." Nathen sighed as he knelt down next to Gem. "Maria, could you help Gem onto my back?"
"Sure," Maria said as she lifted Gem up onto Nathen's back.
"So are we going to the Pokémon Center?" Markus asked.
"Actually we're going to a Pokémon Nursery first, but you two can go to the Pokémon Center if you want." Nathen said as he started towards the Nursery.
"Hold on, why are we going to the Nursery?" Markus said as he and Maria followed Nathen.
"We'll be staying there tonight and tomorrow with the shop's owner who also happens to live in a house near the building, and then we'll be going back to Night Fall."
"I've been wondering about that, why are we going back to the village?" Markus asked.
"We need to go pick up a friend of Gemma's." Nathen said as he felt Gem shift on his back along with her own grip on him get tighter.
"Which one of those two that made Tiny faint is the person that we're going to go find?" Markus asked.
"It's Nevee Strong…" Nathen said with a sigh.
"Do you have a problem with Nevee?" Maria asked.
"No, I don't have a problem with her, she's a kind, caring, funny, and adorable little girl, but… she can be a bit… crazy and hard to keep under control." Nathen said with a sigh as everyone soon came to the park and then the Nursery.
"So we really need to keep an eye on her then." Markus said with a sigh.
"Yeah…" Nathen sighed as everyone walked into the Nursery.
"You're back," Cleo said as she and TJ walked out from behind the counter.
"Yup, Cleo, this is Gemma Ashmore," Nathen said as he showed the girl on his back. "TJ's already acquainted, and to the both of you, these are Maria Prayer and Markus Daemon."
"It's nice to meet you both," Maria said as she gave a bow.
"Hey," Markus said casually.
"Um Cleo, you wouldn't happen to have our rooms ready?" Nathen said.
"Oh yes actually I do, but I only have two rooms to spare," Cleo said.
"Fine by me, Maria, you and Markus will share a room, and Gem and I will share one." Nathen said as everyone followed Cleo into her home.
After several minutes, Gem was set in the room that she'll be sharing with Nathen and Markus was taking a nap in the room he'd be sharing with Maria. That left Maria to help with the Nursery while Nathen sits on the roof thinking.
(Remedy Town – Park Nursery (Cleo's House – Roof) – 4:00 PM)
We come to this roof top to see Nathen resting on it while Gem tries to sneak up on him.
"Almost…" Gem whispered.
"Hey Gem," Nathen said without looking at the girl.
"Damnit," Gem sighed as she walked up and lay down next to Nathen.
"It's not easy to sneak up on me Gem," Nathen chuckled while keeping his eyes closed.
"I know, but it was worth a try." Gem sighed as she snuggled up against Nathen.
"Comfy?" Nathen asked.
"Yeah…" Gem said softly as she blushed slightly. "Why do you always come up to the roof?"
"I like coming up here to think, and because it gives a bright and beautiful look at the sky." Nathen said calmly as he keeps Gem close.
"Oh… I used to think that you just wanted to get away from everyone." Gem said softly.
"What do you want to know Gem?" Nathen sighed.
"Am I so low that I would come up here to get information out of you, by posing to just want to spend time with an old friend?" Gem said in a rather worrisome voice.
"That was rather specific Gem," Nathen sighed.
"I guess it was; what do you know about Nevee being here?" Gem asked.
"She's in Night Fall, and Samantha is watching over her and she's trying to keep her fever under control." Nathen said.
"That's good," Gem said softly as she rested up against Nathen.
"Is something wrong Gem?" Nathen asked as he felt Gem's grip on him get tighter.
"I need to at least try asking once…" Gem whispered to herself as she blushed more. "Um Nathen… could I ask something."
"Go ahead Gem, but are you sure that you're feeling okay?"
"Oh, yeah, I'm fine." Gem said softly as she intensified in color. "Um Nathen… I was wondering if we could do something together…"
"Are you trying to ask me on a date?" Nathen said with a light chuckle.
"No! I was just suggesting that we do something together as friends," Gem said frantically. "You know, like when we were kids…"
"Gem, you don't have to be so embarrassed, I know what you're trying to do, and I think that we can find some time to have our outing." Nathen said with a chuckle.
"Oh… thanks Nathen…" Gem whispered as she leaned in and gave Nathen a kiss on the cheek. She then backed away from Nathen while she was glowing a bright red. "I'm so sorry Nathen… I don't know what came over me…"
"It's okay Gem," Nathen said as he stood up and walked over to Gem.
"So… you'll still help me?" Gem asked softly.
"Of course Gem," Nathen said as he walked to the roof's edge. "I'm heading off, so enjoy your time."
"Nathen wait, there's something else." Gem said as she carefully stood up on the roof.
"What is it?" Nathen asked.
"When we left Sola Town, I got this weird feeling. I'm not sure how to explain it, but I just suddenly felt like there was a powerful force coming from the forest." Gem said.
"I see, well I'll look into it tonight, if you want you can come with me." Nathen said with a chuckle.
"Oh well… I'd love to." Gem said as she walked over to Nathen but she slipped and fell down to have Nathen catch her.
"Are you okay?" Nathen asked as he looked down at Gem.
"Oh… yeah…" Gem whispered as Nathen pulled her up and she held her friend close. "Um… how do we get down?"
"Easy," Nathen said as he picked Gem up bridal style and jumped off the roof. It took Nathen a few seconds, but he landed squarely on the ground.
"Okay…not what I was expecting…" Gem whispered as Nathen set her down.
"Sorry about that, anyway, I'll see you tonight." Nathen said as he walked off.
"Oh… okay." Gem said as she walked off.
For the rest of the day, everyone kept themselves preoccupied until it was time for bed. This came at around 9, but while Cleo and her guests sleep, Nathen and Gem meet at the edge of the town to begin their search.
(Remedy Town – Town Edge – 9:00 PM)
"Alright Gem, are you ready to go?" Nathen said.
"Yeah," Gem said as the two set off into the forest.
While a majority of our heroes sleep, our authors begin their search through the forest in between Sola and Remedy Town. But what is it that they're looking for? Only time will tell. So stay tuned!
Well that's been the update everyone, the two new OC's are Cleo Jackson belonging to A.B.C.C.G.M.M.T. and then there's TJ Young which is a character from a red penguin. There will also be a partner OC between a red penguin and torchix. I'll talk about that more later. Anyway, OC's are still being accepted but be aware that OC's will start ending up being limited to very few appearances. I won't say One-Offs, but I will say that appearances will be very few and far apart unless I actually get a plot for them!
Anyway, I hope that you all enjoyed the update everyone! And I hope that you all will continue to Read and Review!
Final Heir... SIGNING OFF!