A FEW DAYS LATER!

'So she disappeared 10 weeks ago, inside the forest. It may've been the same as what happened to Alona and Mystic. But why didn't they release her? No ransom notes, nothing.' Ayden said clarifying what happened.

Suddenly, Keira dropped her pen, book and glasses, 'Belisma, Ransom note destroyed, forest, water, dungeon, falling, pull, starvation, 5, malnutrition, guns, electricity, death in 48 hours, middle, mind, control, under, line, open, women, pokemon, speed, hurry!'

As Ayden heard it he scribbled them onto a paper, once Keira returned to normal, they discussed it together. They know now that Belisma will die in 48 hours. Ayden took all the words and tried to make sense of them, Keira wasn't kidding, it was everywhere, and very random. The ransom note was destroyed, she's in a forest, it could be in the middle, or under something. It was a hit or miss, but someone's life was at risk here. Electricity is involved, and guns, probably as weapons. 5, it could be a number for the amount of enemies, whether as the women, or pokemon. A cry to be quick for speed or one of the enemy's strong points, hurry, and a cry for help. Water and dungeon, elements to find her. Falling, open, control and pull, things needed to be done. Starvation and malnutrition, a description of Belismas' condition. Mind and line, now no-one has any ideas about that…

'OK, let's set off for the forest!' Ash announced.

24 HOURS LATER

They all understood the context now. They were under a water-falling there was a line near the entrance which they need to pull to open. All this set up was in the middle of the forest.

Now all that's left was the others, dungeon, 5, guns, electricity, mind, control, women and pokemon.

As they went into the cave. It was very wet, and amazingly it was decorated with corpses of humans and of animals of all kinds. They hung on the walls like art pieces. Some still had flesh and blood on them. Keira hung onto Ayden, closing her eyes and letting him guide her through this cemetery. May did the same to Ash, and Brock and Max held onto each other…freaked to the bone. Ayden just looked straight forward.

To the very end was a trap door, on top was a skull, and blooded words saying, 'Welcome, humans…', as they opened it, they saw a flight of stairs littered with bloodstains, the handle was made by bones, still stained with blood.

Walking down the stairs, they found a door saying, dungeon. So that word was out of the way now. They entered, five women greeted them with guns in their hands, 'It's about time you guys came, another day or so, and your bitch would've died. So where's the money?'

The room before them was a dungeon, naturally, at the farthest was a broken life. A body so thin, it was no wonder it said malnutrition and starvation. Cloths that barely passed for clothes clung onto her small body, she seemed to be cut in many parts of her body. She was hung by her hands onto the wall. She just hung there, but Keira felt her life, life was draining out of her fast, but it was still there.

'There is no money, the ransom note was destroyed.' Ayden said, as the gun was pointed at his neck.

'Fine then, you'll both get mind control…' the one that would be the boss announced, throwing her poke-ball out.

'Serian…' Ayden whispered, then Serian appeared in front of them without delay.

'You called?' She said, ready for battle.

A mind pokemon came out of the ball. It was called a Shiori Hana, Japanese for White Flower. It had the shape of a white flower, the mind pokemon was very rare. It was almost impossible to capture.

'Shiori Hana, use mind control now!' The master called, a white beam came out from one of the flower's petals. Serian blocked the attack easily, but the impact itself cause her some cuts.

'If you don't want this to be a blood fest, we'll be happy to exchange a hostage, we'll have the ransom note ready at once, go.' The master told one of her underlings, who ran out immediately to get one.

'What makes you think we'll-' Ayden began, but Keira stopped him just before he finished.

'I'll be the new hostage…' She declared, 'Belisma was brought into my family, she wasn't born into it, I was. It isn't fair that she has to suffer…but I warn you…five women, no-one may come for me again.' Keira said, walking towards them without delay.

'But Keira, Serian can take them on for sure!' Ayden argued.

'I'm not sure about that…the Shiori Hana is pretty strong, it may not look it…but I've basically got 3 bullets inside me right now…' Serian informed Ayden.

'What? It's that strong?' Ayden asked, and with a nod of Serian's head he understood. He wasn't sure, but he agreed.

In exchange, they received Belisma, her almost drained body thrown into Ayden's arms.

'Hurry now, you've only got 21 hours to get back to the hospital for Belisma…' She smiled, but her smile carried guilt, sadness and fear, there was nothing happy about it at all.

'We'll come back for you Keira, even if I have to fight Shiori Hana with my bare hands…' Ayden promised, 'White!'

'Yeah?' White said, appearing out of nowhere and licking her paw.

'I need you to carry me and Belisma to the hospital now. Serian, since you are bigger and stronger, you can carry the others back to the pokemon centre.' Ayden directed, and disappeared with Belisma in his arms.

When they all left, the five women were already chaining Keira to the wall, 'Maybe you haven't noticed but we've got a rule for our prisoners. You must have an eye taken out. It's like a souvenir for us. The other girl gave us her left eye, so how about you? Right? Kay then…' The last thing Keira remembered was a white hot pain soaring to her skull…

BACK AT THE HOSPITAL A FEW DAYS LATER

'KEIRA DID WHAAAAAAAAATTTTT!' Keefer screamed as he finally awoke at the hospital.

The whole hospital shook as he cried that out. Ayden and Ash's ears rung hearing him.

'She took the place of Belisma… She's still in urgent care, but we were told she's going to be alright… It's so stressful for the doctors; they have to take turns operating Belisma.' Ash explained again, clearing his ears for the third time.

Within seconds they were at where Belisma was getting treated, but it was all quiet…a Doctor came out, stressed out, the light that said, 'In Operation' was turned off.

'Excuse me, but what is Belismas' condition?' Keefer asked in a concerned voice.

'Oh, you must be Keefer, for a second I thought I was so stressed I was seeing spirits. She fine, but her left eye is permanently damaged; we've given her a glass eye though. Actually, her left eye was gone, and the socket was almost infected by decomposers. She was lucky; she may've slipped into a coma if her immune system wasn't at a full time high at the time of the damage. She has many cuts, but only one on the back will leave a scar.

And Keefer, she has awoken and is calling your name…' The Doctor said as Keefer run into the room at the speed of light.

'Sigh…this is tiring…' the Doctor said, 'But it all pays off when a patient's loved one is happy for such a recover.' With that he left.

'Excuse me…is Keira Kellan here?' A nervous young man said, he looked to be 20. He had dirty blonde hair, a pair of glasses as well, covering his steel grey eyes. It was odd, with steel grey eyes, it was usually said that no emotion could be told, but with him, you could almost taste the concern in his voice. He was wearing a green checkered top, and a pair of worn out jeans paired with a pair of really, really muddy sneakers.

'May I ask who you are, and your relationship with Keira?' Ash asked, not ready to tell the truth yet.

'Oh! How rude of me, my name is Garrett Haruki. I'm Keiras'…um…' He blushed and stared at the ground, scratching his head, unable to say.

'What? Boyfriend? Fiancé? Husband?' Ayden asked, making Garrett even more embarrassed.

'Hu-hu-husband…' he mumbled.

'WHOA! YOU SERIOUS?' Ash and Ayden cried, they were surprised alright, Keira never mentioned having a husband before.

'Well, it's not…official. We were kind of forced, Keiras' parents were near death and…well they've always wanted to see their daughter becoming married before they died, they knew Keefer will decide at his own time, but they were worried about Keira so wanted her to be married quickly. She cried for hours in her room, determined that no-one would wish to marry her and was devastated that her parents were about to pass away. I was a close friend of hers from childhood, but I haven't seen her in years, I've only recently moved back here not long ago then. I've liked her for a long time, and realized I could help her out.

When I went to visit her as a friend at first, oh I can remember it like it was yesterday…

GARRETT'S POV!

'Keira? Madam Keira? Master Garrett's here to see you!' one of the maids called to Keira at her tower.

'Leave us!' She cried from her room.

'Good Luck Master Garrett.' She whispered as she descended the stairs.

'Thanks.' I mumbled.

'Keira? I'm coming in…' I called, and opened the door, walking in, I saw her huge bed, it had a cover around it, so I had to walk right up there and even kneel across on her bed before seeing her. She was so skinny I almost cried, she had cuts on her arms, dried blood was on her face. Her clothes were torn, and thrown around her room. I knew she was naked under the sheets, her hair was a mess, flung around on her face, I could only stare at her…

'Garrett…' Her voice cracked trying to say my name, 'I can't cry anymore, it's like my tears have ran out…What should I do Garrett… I don't know when they'll take their last breath… no-one will marry me, I don't know any other boys… what could I do? What could I do Garrett?' Her pain was all I felt… I went over to her, I pulled her up from those dirty sheets, they were only making her condition worse, and I hugged her, she was as cold as ice. She needed heat, I knew it. She clung onto me, and cried dry tears.

It seemed like a few hours or so, but it was all I took before I made up my mind, 'I'll do it.'

'What?' She stared at me like I just proposed to her, well, in a way I just did.

'I'll do it, Keira…I've loved you since we were children, I know you mightn't feel the same way towards me, but at least this, it's just a marriage, and maybe we can build on our relationship from there…' I didn't dare look at her then.

It was so scary, I was almost sure she was going to say if I was nuts but instead she said, 'You'll do this for me? Really? You've loved me?' This time, real tears started swelling up in her eyes.

'Well, um…I still do…and yeah, I'll do it. But…we may need to-' but she cut me off with a kiss. I still don't know if that was a thank you, or maybe something more, but I just held her, for a long time, I helped her get dressed and announced it to her father the next day.

We were set to marry a month later, but during that month, I set my mind on helping her recover. She sung and danced with the birds, she smelt and watered the flowers. I understood her more and more everyday we were together. But she was still very weak, I carried her every night to her tower, then one night, 3 days before our marriage she asked if I could stay for a bit longer.

I said yes, wondering if she needed to tell me something. I sat by her bed as she changed into her night gown. When she got on her bed I asked her if something was the matter. She seemed scared, I placed a hand on her shoulder, telling her it's alright, just tell me what was wrong.

'You've been very nice to me Garrett, I thank you for that, I during this past month, and I've grown to love you very much. But I must wonder, why you're doing something like this for me? I mean, there are so many women better than me, so of all people, why me? I'm…I'm nothing good…' She began to cry again.

'Keira…You don't really understand do you? I've fallen in love with you as a child. You remember that necklace you always wear, you've lost it once before when you were 10 haven't you? When I found it I didn't know what to do, I distinctly remember you wearing it, but I wasn't sure, so I treated it like a game. I placed it where I was sure you would pass, if it was yours you'd take it, if it wasn't I was wrong and may start again if you didn't keep it. When you saw it I was watching at the corner, when you picked it up, you smiled, you were beautiful… it was then that I found out that I was in love with you…

But that smile faded, I never saw that smile again. Even from this past month, I've tried and tried but that smile never returned. But still, I know that smile is hidden in there somewhere,' I pointed to her heart, 'so I'm going to wait for the time to come when that smile will return. Until then, my love for you will never change.' I promised, 'is that all you wanted to talk about?'

'Actually, no, but could you hug me while I say this? I'm…still…' She was shaking, I hugged her without delay, 'Will you make love to me? I've fallen so deeply in love with you over the past month, I can't stop thinking about you anymore…Your kindness, I wish for it to always be a part of me…and I know this is one of the ways…But I'm still afraid…

So do you love me enough…to make love to me?'

EVER IS DRAWING OF SOMETHING SHE HATES BECAUSE SHE LOST A BET WITH SHADOWS!

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