Chapter 6: A Pointless Vengeance
I moaned softly as I opened my eyes.
My vision was blurred at first, but it returned to normal soon afterwards.
"W-What?"
I tried to move my body, but I was constricted by a thick metal suit covering every part of my body but my head.
It was like a suit of medieval armor giving no ability to move.
I looked around at the room.
Only it wasn't a room, but rather a cave.
No one was in sight, so I tried my best to squirm or wriggle myself out of the metal contraption.
Then, I screamed as an incredibly painful jolt of electricity struck every part of my body.
As the shock halted five seconds later, I was out of breath.
"Don't squirm. It only makes this harder on yourself," Zoroark's voice appeared.
"L-Let... Me go!" I gasped.
"Nah... I need you to stay still for this."
I shivered as the electricity continued to flow.
"For... What?"
"Well... You're slow, painful death of course."
I quivered in fear as retracted a claw to my face.
"What did I ever... Do to you?" I coughed.
"Not what you did. What you're going to do is my concern. Your father was a murderer. A criminal hated by everyone. You're gonna turn out to be just like him Riolu. Evil."
"You hypocrite! And tying up a kid isn't ev- Aaaaaagh!" I screamed as I was shocked again.
My eyes welled up with tears from the pain.
"Don't cry. I hate the sound of crying. Even though, more than likely you'll be doing a lot of it," he laughed haughtily.
"Please don't do this... I'm not like my dad... If anything, I hate my father. He left me in the forest to die..." I sobbed.
"You're evil. Its in your genetics. Now stop crying before I do more than just send thousands of volts of electricity through your body."
I tried to fight the tears pouring down my face.
"You... You have a son. What would he think of this? By kidnapping me, are you not just as evil as my father? I'm telling you I hate my dad, why do you think I'm trying to make it to the good Lucario? I have no family. I have no one to take care of me. And its all his fault," I winced.
"Touching story. Maybe you'll enjoy my story. Once upon a time, I had a wife. One day, she was foraging food when suddenly she was killed by a Pokemon. That Pokemon was Lucario. Your father," Zoroark snarled angrily, "AND A CHILD OF HIS IS NOT GOING TO EXIST TO FINISH THE JOB WITH MY SON!" he screamed.
"I'm not going to kill your son! I barely even know you. I barely know my dad! All I remember about my father is the stuff people told me. And listen, I'm really sorry about your wife, but I had no part of it. I have no memories of him. Just please let me go... I'm begging you," I moaned.
He had a look of deep thought process.
"Please..." I begged again.
"He took someone I loved. I'm going to take take someone he loved."
He raised his arm, ready to attack.
"NO WAIT! I told you he hates me! If he even cared about me at all he would've kept me. He wouldn't have dropped me in the middle of nowhere."
He dropped his arm down.
"Hmm... Why did you attack me yesterday?" he asked.
'Geez, I've been unconscious since yesterday?'
"Because you were threatening to hurt me. You hurt Staraptor bad, and I guess I just felt I had to defend myself."
'Wait! What happened to Staraptor!?'
"Where is he?" I asked softly.
"Hmm?"
"Where's Staraptor?" I asked.
"None of your concern."
"What did you do to him!?" I screamed.
The electricity caused my head to pulse this time.
"Don't raise your voice at me!"
"I'm... Sorry... Please... No more shocking... Just have some kind of mercy on me. I'm only a child... There's no need to torture me for my fathers mistake."
"Okay. So you'd rather me just kill you now? I'm fine with that."
"No... I didn't mean-"
"I'll just leave you alone. Maybe you'll starve to death. Maybe the electricity will kill you. So many choices. I'll just leave you here to rot for now."
And with that, he was gone.
As he left, I continued crying.
'Celebi? What am I supposed to do?'
'I am so sorry. I... I just... I never saw this coming. This is my fault...'
'No... Its not your fault. You're not the one who kidnapped me.'
'I just... I said there was no bad on my planet. Not only that, but I made you an enemy to several people.'
'Its fine. Believe me. Just... How do I get outta here?' I asked.
'Umm... Well... I don't know exactly. You can't squirm your way out?'
'No. It'll just shock me if I do.'
'Ohh... Umm... I know something... But I can get in a lot of trouble if I do it.'
'What is it?' I asked with high hopes.
'I... I can try to save you by taking my physical form on the planet. Err, Arceus is gonna bite my head off if I do though.'
'What's the worst that can happen?'
'I will no longer be your guardian. You will be on your own on this planet. But if it means saving your life, I'll do it-'
'Someone's coming!'
I could hear the soft pitter patter of feet... Or paws.
It wasn't until he stepped out of the darkness that I realized who it was.
Zorua.
"Your dad said leave me to-"
"SHH! I'm gonna bust you outta here!"
I was extremely surprised.
Zorua transformed into some Pokemon that stood on two feet and released me from the metal prison.
I collapsed to the ground, completely unable to move.
"I... Can't move. My body is thrashed," I groaned.
"Come on! You gotta get up! I'm not carrying you!" he muttered.
"Ugh... This hurts... So bad," I whined, "why are you helping me?"
"If I don't, who will?" he replied smugly.
"Good point..."
I tried my hardest to stand.
My lungs tasted like charcoal.
I barely managed to stand, almost losing my balance.
"Come on. Follow me? I'll get you outside. If we get caught, I need you to run to the nearest village which is just North of here."
"Where's Staraptor?" I asked.
"Hmm...? I never saw a Staraptor," he replied.
My eyes widened.
'He must be in the forest still!'
"Let's get outta here," said Zorua.
I nodded and followed Zorua in a limp.
He led me through the cave, and then we made it to a bright opening.
"Okay, I'll pretend you escaped and you beat me up."
"That'll only make him angrier. Just tell him the truth. Tell him you don't like what he was doing."
"Yeah... I guess. Hurry up, my dad's gonna be back any minute."
I rushed to the cave exit and said, "Thanks Zorua. You're awesome."
He smiled.
"No prob. Good luck finding Lucario... And Staraptor."
I nodded in reply and squinted as the sunlight shone in my eyes.
My eyes adjusted to the sudden light.
I looked in every direction with my aura vision.
It was after I noticed there was no one in sight that I decided to limp North.
'Thanks Zorua. I owe ya one.'
In little time I was away from the cave, in more time, at a village.
And it seemed like my luck had just gotten better, or perhaps worse.
