Hey guys, I just wanted to say thanks to everyone whos been reading and following me, feel free to write reviews and comment, or even request to add your own character into the book :) Im sorry i dont get too much time to write, but thats what happens when you work 60 hours a week... But anyways heres chapter seven !
Chapter Seven:
Ryder's head was pounding as he began to reach consciousness.
His vision was foggy, but he could tell that he was back at his house, and had no shirt on, but had clean jeans as he laid in his bed.
He laid there frozen, trying to clear his head, as his vision began to clear.
The last thing he remembered was the entrance to the mine coming down, and the dark cloud enveloping the crowd around him
The mine! He thought, and sat upright.
His chest was burning, and he had a wave of light headedness fall over him, and the wind was knocked out of him.
He looked down, at his chest, and saw gauze covering the Absol wound, but at least it was clean.
Ryder noticed that his Swinub wasn't around his neck as normal, and began to stress out, hoping that he hadn't lost it in the fray.
He swung his feet over the side of the bed, and took a deep breath, before struggling to his feet, and stumbling towards the door.
He opened it slowly and walked into the hall, and into the washroom.
He walked to the mirror and saw himself and was taken aback.
Ryder had dark circles under his eyes, and was extremely pale, and he looked like he had even lost some weight. In all honesty, he thought he looked terrible.
He shook his head before walking back out and downstairs.
The house was quiet, and empty, which was kind of expected. Everyone was probably out doing what they could at the mines, or trying to find out what had actually happened.
Through the window, Ryder could actually see daylight, which meant he couldn't have been out for too long.
He walked to the door, opening it, and stepping outside, into the cool spring air.
It was bright, and the sky had cleared, as Ryder looked around, letting his eyes adjust to the light.
He looked out to the pens, where he saw Amanda and Lizy, playing with Amanda's Eevee, while Spook floated around lazily. They seemed to be oblivious and almost carefree considering the circumstances.
Ryder stood there, kind of enjoying the cool air for a bit, watching the two of them laughing and playing in the pens, when Amanda looked towards the house, finally noticing him.
"Ryder!" she squealed, and jumped up running towards him.
Lizy looked towards him and smiled widely, before jumping up and following Amanda.
They reached him, and Ryder smiled, as Amanda walked around him, while the pokemon joined him, Spook looking him over and Eevee smelling his legs.
She was wearing skinny jeans, with a pair of steel toed boots, with pink laces, a black leather corset, with pink lace, a pink pokebelt, and wore a pink and silver backpack on her back, along with her Skitty eared tuque. She looked stunning
Lizy looked at Ryder, then at the bandages on his chest.
"How are you feeling?" she asked.
Ryder flashed her a smile. "It hurts, but I'll be alright".
Lizy's brow furrowed.
"That's what you said last time, before you passed out and we had to have a Chansey come and take care of you".
Ryder shrugged. "Where is everyone"?
"Your parents and my dad are at the mines, trying to help clear some of the rubble, the cave ins were really bad".
"Was anyone hurt?"
She looked down. "Mostly cuts and bruises, nothing serious, but there are still a dozen miners missing down there".
Ryder felt a chill go up his spine.
"Your dad told us about your uncle Max..." She said softly. "I'm so sorry but he's still missing".
Ryder felt light headed again.
Him and uncle Max were really close, he would always come over and play with Ryder when he was a kid, and was the one that taught Ryder how to battle with his Swinub.
Before Max was a miner, he used to be an adventurer, travelling all around the region collecting pokemon, before finally coming home to Glacia, and settling down.
Ryder loved hearing his stories about the marshes and rainforests that he visited, and was also the one who got Ryder into reptilian pokemon to begin with.
"I should be down there helping them". Ryder said, and began to walk back inside to get his things.
Lizy shook her head, and put a hand on Ryder's shoulder. "You can't, you're in no condition to travel".
Ryder began to frantically look for his pokemon, ignoring her.
"Ryder please..."
His head began to feel really fuzzy again, and he had to steady himself on the kitchen table.
"It's been three days Ryder", Lizy said. "You need to eat something".
Three days! He thought. I've been out for three days!
Ryder shook his head, trying to clear the fuzziness.
"Let me and Lizy cook you up something!" Amanda piped up, "Then you can go help mommy and daddy getting uncle Max out of the mines", she smiled.
Ryder nodded. "Alright Mandy, I'll let you ladies make me some food, but I need to go and lay down".
He looked al Lizy, who nodded at him, before turning and heading to the fridge, looking for food.
Ryder slowly made his way back upstairs, and back to bed, where he laid for what seemed like a very long time.
Soon Lizy walked up with a tray of fresh fruit, a sandwich and a glass of milk. She placed the tray on Ryder's legs as he sat up, and she sat down at the end of the bed.
Ryder quickly realized exactly how hungry he was, and started to chow down in a mad frenzy.
"So, what's going on with the mine?" Ryder asked, between massive bites of the sandwich.
"The town is doing what they can, but it seems that were going to need more help, so Mr Saunders called in a few favours, and there are miners from all over the region coming to dig out the survivors." She replied. "They should be here within the next couple of days".
Ryder nodded, and he ate in silence, while Lizy sat and watched him.
After he finished, he asked Lizy to hand him a shirt, before throwing it on and using her to steady himself as he stood up again.
The light headedness was quickly disappearing, and he was able to move around without getting dizzy.
"Have you seen my pokeballs?" He asked her, as he searched his room.
"I have them in my bag, your dad asked me to hold onto them".
She pulled her bag off of her back, and began to rummage through , until she pulled out first his pokeball, on his chain, holding Swinub, and then Eevee in his Luxury ball.
Ryder reached out and she dropped them into his hand, and Ryder quickly put the chain around his neck and tucked Eevee into his pocket.
"Oh, me and my dad also got you something... I hope you like it". Lizy said.
She reached back into the bag, and pulled out a black Pokebelt, holding in her hands, before holding her hand out to him.
Ryder smiled, and took the belt, looking it over. "It's awesome," he said smiling. "I've never had a pokebelt before".
Lizy blushed slightly, and smiled. "I'm glad you like it".
He put his hand over hers on the bed, and he stared into her eyes, losing himself in the deep hazel.
He began to lean towards her and closing his eyes, as she did the same.
Suddenly from outside there was a loud and dull thump! That made them both jump, and Ryder stood up.
"There back!" Lizy yelled and ran out the door.
Ryder quickly looped his pokebelt into his jeans and clipped on Eevee into one of the clips on his hip, before taking off downstairs, and outside.
When he reached the yard, he saw the professor and Ryder's parents dismounting off of the professor's Dragonite, that stood well over their heads.
They looked at Ryder and walked over, as the professor returned Dragonite to its pokeball.
"Welcome back to the land of the living!" John exclaimed.
"How are you feeling Ryder?" The professor asked.
Ryder's mom smiled and walked back inside. They all looked filthy and were covered in dirt.
Ryder smiled, and shook the professor's hand, then clapped his hand on his father's shoulder.
"I'm still kicking," he said.
"Absols attacking a human, is extremely rare", the professor said. "In Catarian mythology, they say that someone with the scar of an Absol is considered a great warrior, and a hero in the making".
Ryder laughed.
"It may be funny to you, but there are still some tribes in the rainforests to the west would still probably follow that tradition".
"Well that's interesting," Ryder said. "How are things at the mine?"
John shrugged, "your mom is still pretty bent out of shape, with Max missing, and progress is slow. I think Brandon Saunders is losing faith." He said.
Ryder bowed his head.
"But there are groups of volunteers and miners coming to help, they should arrive sometime tomorrow, or even tonight".
"Well that good!" Lizy exclaimed.
"Well id best be going," the professor said.
Lizy frowned.
the professor turned and looked at her, "However, the Reigns have been kind enough to invite you over for dinner, and I'm sure Ryder would defiantly feel up to walking you home after".
Ryder and Lizy both smiled.
"Absolutely", Ryder said.
With that the professor turned and walked back towards the road, as everyone else went back inside.
Dinner was solemn, with no one really wanting to talk about anything that had happened in the last three days.
Eventually Ryder got fed up with the awkward silence and turned to Lizy, who was sitting beside him.
"So how did the research on Glaceons go?" he asked.
She smiled. "They were so cool! We watched them run around, and my dad was taking notes on every little thing they did. I got a lot of research done on a new pokeball too, specifically designed for ice types".
Ryder smiled, "What are you going to call this one?"
"A Glacier ball".
"Sounds awesome!" Amanda chimed in.
Ryder agreed.
for the rest of dinner, Ryder kept up a conversation with Lizy about her designs and what she wanted to do with them.
After dinner, Ryder and Lizy walked out to the barn, and sat there for what hours about the town, and surrounding areas, and about the Frozen Spire, and the legends about it.
Eventually they were both laying down, the sky had turned dark, and the sun ways down. Lizy had her head on the right side of his chest, to avoid his injury, and she was asleep.
Ryder was still awake, just happy to be where he was, and with her.
He was so lost in thought, that at first he couldn't hear the pounding of dozens of massive pokemon pounding on the roads.
When he did hear it though, it sent a chill up his spine, reminding him of the sounds of the earthquake, but as he lay there tense, he could hear voices and almost a rhythm of feet pounding in the dark.
Ryder shook Lizy, who mumbled something in her sleep before sitting up, she had a warm smile on her face, "what is it?"
"There's something big coming down the road," Ryder said.
Lizy listened for a second, before jumping up, Ryder already on his feet, and they ran out into the dark, and up to the road.
The road was crowded. Hundreds of people and their pokemon were walking towards the mines.
Ryder could see that it was mostly rock and fighting pokemon, but some water, and there were even some voltorb and electrodes, that would probably be used for either blasting or powering machinery were in the crowd.
Ryder had to step back as two Ryhorn, pulling a massive covered wagon snorted at him and Lizy, as they continued to move along.
Ryder stared as the procession moved on, there were people and pokemon as far as he could see, taking up both sides of the road.
Lizy turned and looked at Ryder. "Look at all of those people".
Ryder nodded as he watched.
"I'm kind of afraid I'll get trampled on my way home if I'm not careful".
Ryder looked at her.
"Yeah," he said. "It would honestly be safer if you stayed with us tonight, I'll take you home in the morning".
Lizy smiled.
After a few minutes of watching, Ryder led Lizy inside, where they walked up to his room.
"You can take my bed," Ryder said. "I'll sleep downstairs".
Lizy shook her head.
"You can stay up here with me if you want..."
Ryder smiled, and they climbed into the bed, got under the blankets, just laid there.
Eventually Ryder wrapped an arm around Lizy, holding her close, and kissed the back of her head once, before they both fell asleep.
