Hello again! I'm not gonna
talk a lot as I usually do.
Instead, let's just get thrown
into the story at once!
C8 The end?
I opened my eyes and the first thing I saw was Shine facing me a few inches away once again with her eyes wide open. I sat up and looked for Alex and Marina. They were sitting about five meters away mumbling about something that I was unable to hear from my place. I tried to rise up but for some reason I was unable to do so. I turned towards Shine noticing that her breath was extremely weak. As I crawled closer to her I realized that she didn't breathe at all and I couldn't feel or hear any heartbeats either.
I tried to call the others for help but all I managed to get out of me was a weak hissing noise. I heard something move in a bush near them and out of it came Khan. In a few moments we were surrounded by Khan and his gang of about twenty absols leaving us no way to escape. "you're not so tough now, are you?" he said while walking slowly towards Alex, Marina and the sick. In his eyes I could see an inferno raging for revenge. Marina bit his leg but he just looked at her as if she was a useless bug. He grunted a little before flinging her into a rock.
Now that he had gotten rid of the little struggle bug he turned his attention to Alex who had taken defensive position. "Hah! Do you really think you have a chance against my pack?" Alex backed out and just sat down staring into the ground for some reason. "Thought so" Khan had a huge evil grin stuck on his face as he walked closer to Alex. Once he was straight in front of him Khan raised his paw and slashed him straight across the face but Alex didn't move. He just sat there as if he was ready to welcome death. Khan slashed him once again but this time he hit Alex throat, ripping it apart as if it was nothing. Alex spun a little so that he faced me. His throat was bleeding very badly as he coughed up the last of whatever life was left in his body. Now Khan went to finish off Marina who was still lying behind the rock she was flung into. He picked her up by her scruff and launched her up in the air. She landed heavily with a heart shattering cracking noise on her right side. No one could ever survive if they sounded like that. Now it was my turn. Khan raised his blood drenched paw and cut me in the face.
"...Shade! Shade! Wake up pal!"
Suddenly I saw a very bright light and felt a paw pounding my cheek. When my eyes got used to the light I saw Alex slapping my face. "Oww, my head hurts!" I looked at Alex and asked "I'm dead, right?" "No, but you could have been. It was very stupid to run straight into the forest during a massive earthquake just to save Shine. But thanks to you she is still alive and somewhat fine, if you are able to stand up on your own she said she wanted to talk to you" I looked at him very confused. "But... you... I... she... how? I just saw you all die right in front of my eyes... It was just a dream! IT WAS JUST A DREAM!" I quickly jumped up and embraced Alex in a strong hug "that branch hit your head hard didn't it?"he said before I went to meet Shine. Then I realized "By the way, where is Shine?" Alex giggled a little and pointed at her, sitting on a big rock.
I went over there and sat down beside her. "Alex said you wanted to...Oww!" Before I knew it I had a mark on my cheek in the shape of her paw "You idiot! You could have gotten yourself killed in there! What were you thinking?" I rubbed my paw against the cheek where she hit me "I saved you because..." I thought about something to say without sounding like a total jerk "Because..?" "Because you are a part of our team. I don't wanna leave anyone behind" God dammit Shade! You had your shot and you didn't take it! DAMMIT! She looked at me with a little bit of sadness in her eyes "Only because of that?" "No. Mostly it was because I... I.. ehh... Iloveyou" She looked me in the eyes with her own glowing with hope "Say that again. Slowly" "I said I love you" My heart was bumping around in my chest as if it had gone insane but when she replied it took one last jump that felt like when we were tossed around in the forest during the storm before it froze right where it was. Somewhere in my throat I believe. "I love you too" She replied. I was about to open my mouth to say something when Alex interrupted "Oi! We gotta go if we wanna get them to a hospital any time soon!" I released a deep sigh before saying "He's right, Let's go!"
The following five days were the most boring in what I remember of my life. Every day something had been happening like storms, attacks and earthquakes. But not these days. Sleep, walk, eat, walk some more, repeat. The only fun thing that ever happened was when we had to hunt for lunch.
On the sixth day though, I found something in a big forest where we settled down for lunch. It was a small pit in the ground surrounded by four tiny houses. I decided to have a closer look at it so I went down and looked into the first of the tiny houses. Inside there was a small lantern causing everything to look orange. On the floor I found a mattress and a bag. I opened the bag and found some strange items. I found a small ticking device with three arrows pointing in different directions out of which the long and thin one moved one step with every tick. I also found three of those potions that shine used to heal my wounds. I took one and headed out. I never made it though.
I heard voices coming from the forest. "Ralf! Hur många gånger ska jag behöva säga till dig att släcka lyktan?!" It was a male voice and he sounded really angry. "Lugna ner dig! Ingenting hände ju! Tälten står fortfarande!" I tried to hide behind the bag but it was way too small so all I could do was to crouch behind it and wait for them to leave.
I was out of luck though. Even though I couldn't understand a word of what they said I knew they had found me. "Öj! Kalle, kom hit fort det är något bakom min väska!" I tried to make myself as small as possible but it was all in vain. The one I think is called Ralph or something like that, poked me with a long stick. "Huh. Idioten verkar inte fatta att vi har hittat den" Finally I understood one word and it wasn't very nice. I was called an idiot for no reason at all by two morons speaking a non understandable language.
Suddenly someone grabbed my neck and lifted me off the ground. "Hey! Let me go!" I grunted at him. "Vad är det för något?" The other one said "Det är en sån där som du tycker om, den svarta med guld ringar, en umbreon!" "Håll kvar den så kommer jag strax med Leila och en boll, låt den inte fly!" I started to panick because I had no chance to escape and what they said could mean anything. The other guy showed up with two balls in his hands, one with a red top and white bottom and one with a dark gray top covered in green dots with a white bottom. He is trying to catch me. But he has to weaken me first so I guess this will be a battle. He threw the red and white ball in the air which opened with a pop, sending out a flash of red light in the shape of a butterfree. Both I and Ralph were confused. Really? Is he attacking me with a bug? Seriously is this guy out of his mind?
As soon as I was done with the sentence in my head I saw a bunch of strings headed my way. I dodged the string shot and counter attacked with a tackle which hit perfectly. The butterfree was still conscious though and attacked again on demand from its owner. This time it started flapping its wings and launched a wall of air at me. I couldn't dodge this one so instead I was sent flying into a tree. I got up and locked my eyes on the extremely annoying bug. I slowly walked towards it, making everyone think I was nuts, and when I was close enough I mustered all the strength I could get. I raised my right front paw and hit the bastard on its head as hard as I could, sending it face first into the ground. Now it was knocked out.
I picked up the potion before I took off the way I came from finding Shine crying at Alex's shoulder. Panting and muffled I said "We... have to... go now... humans!" Shine ran up to me and hugged me. She probably thought I was dead or lost because now the sun had started to set. nobody seemed to understand what I was trying to say so I cached my breath and tried again. "There are humans in the forest, we have to go. NOW!" This time everyone reacted and ran as fast as the sick could.
After three kilometers we all collapsed. I sprayed the potion on Shines broken ribs and they healed almost instantly. That night I fell asleep with a smile on my face.
Yet another chapter here!
Honestly I never thought
I would make it this far
but I think it is mostly
thanks to you (the readers,
followers, favs. Etc.)
that I am still motivated
to keep working.
Thank you all/Robin
