Chapter 7: A vine and a whip
After the incident during the previous night. No one had started any conversations, silence accompanied the group as they traveled on. Soon they had made it through the forest and were traversing plains, when Cinder froze. Ivy and Hazel stopped too to look back at him. He fiddled with his tail, and took a deep breath.
"Look guys... I can't take this anymore, this unnerving SILENCE!" He spat out the last word in particular. "Can't we just forget about it and be a team again?" He pleaded.
Ivy sighed and walked over, giving a hug with her vines. Cinder looked at Hazel desperately. Hazel smiled and came over to give Cinder a snuggle.
"Okay, now we can continue!" Cinder announced with newfound enthusiasm.
Just as the sun was glowing orange, sinking down under the mountain. A hazy sight lay before the trio.
A pure white civilisation was visible in the distance. Occasional glints of deep orange reflected from the sun gave the city an almost heavenly appearance.
A bright glint reflected in Cinder's eyes as he started running towards the settlement. An Bulbasaur and Eevee following behind. Their silhouettes black against the vibrant sunset. Startled Pokémon dashed out of the grass in fear of being trampled.
But surely this has been to easy?
Of course a crogunk leaps out of the tall grass.
"Heheh told ya I'd get ya punks back" he croaked as he delivered a swift poison jab into the nearest Pokémon that happened to be Cinder.
He skid in the grass, a purplish hue spread on his stomach. He took ragged breathes due to the poisoning. But still managed to get an ember out before he collapsed.
But the crook simply lept to the side.
"Heheh you can't get by me with the same trick" he throatily laughed.
But a diversion was all was needed.
Hazel rammed her shoulder into the frog with a quick attack.
And Ivy wrapped her vines around the scum's stomach as she hurled him into the distance. A soon speck in the sky.
"Woah, Ivy remind me to never get on your bad side!" Hazel commented.
Ivy smiled cheekily.
A groan interrupted them.
They looked over to see a dwindling flame.
"Okay, we better go over there to get Cinder some help." Ivy said. "Can you lift him on my back?" She asked.
"Yeah hold on." Hazel grabbed Cinder by the scruff and hauled him onto Ivy's bulb.
"Are you sure that's not too -"
"Yeah it's fine" Ivy grunted.
...
The children rushed into the plaza. Few Pokémon were wandering around at the hour of Dusk.
"Hey excuse me..." Hazel asked a large Bull Pokémon.
*Snort* It turned to face the small brown fox.
"What do you *Snort* want?" It asked.
Hazel gulped in intimidation.
"Um well we were wondering if there is like a doctor here or something?" She squeaked.
"What *Snort* are you a *Snort* human or something?" The bull laughed. "There's a healer, in that direction." He swished his tail.
What a joke the Tauros thought. There hasn't been a human in decades. The last human had perished way after he saved the world from a renegade Darkrai. No way the world was in peril again.
*Snort* he stomped off.
"Woah ok, is Cinder's flame supposed to be that small." Hazel panicked.
"It's okay he's entering Blaze now, he will be okay for a little while longer." Ivy said trying to reassure Hazel, but the desperation in her voice betrayed her.
They ran in the direction the Tauros had directed them. They soon came to a small pink hut. They dashed inside. It was a fairly spacious area with various medicines available on shelves.
A chilled pansage sat at the desk, feet on the wooden surface and was ruffling through his bushy hair like leaves.
He stood to attention upon the patients reaching the doorstep. Losing a few stray leaves in the hassle.
"Hey Guyyyz what's up?" He tried to announce smoothly.
"Uh in case you haven't noticed seed brain, my friend here is dying!" Ivy half shouted.
"Woah K chill ax, I'll get the Healer." He replied.
The Pansage strutted through a door.
A minute passed and a Blissey rushed into the entrance room, wheeling a hospital bed, an Audino following close behind. The Blissey gently lifted the dying Charmander onto the bed. The Audino taking rushed notes. They excited the room quickly.
"So hey will Cinder we ok?" Hazel asked worriedly.
"Yeah he'll be ok..." Ivy said.
"Yeah dude don't worry the Healer is seriously skilled." The Pansage announced.
"Uh yeah," Hazel grimaced.
They waited in silence for several minutes.
"So could Cinder have really died?" Hazel asked.
"Yeah, poison like that coulda killed anyone." Ivy said, drifting off her eyes glazed.
As soon as Ivy finished her sentence, cold hit Hazel like a bullet seed to the head.
This isn't some video game.
Your fictional interpretation of Pokémon is false.
We die just like you could of in the real world.
HUMAN
Poison means death, as it spreads through your system.
Burns eat away at the flesh until you burn to a crisp.
Paralysis stills you, frozen til death.
And the Freeze will numb you so you don't even know you're dying.
This world is just as deadly as yours.
No one can protect you know not even the holy one himself.
And yes we know, we know all. Us the reborn death, all powerful.
We shall claim this world, and yours soon after.
All your friends OURS. As he has promised us just.
So be careful little Eevee, or Death will catch you as it should of in the forest.
You will be the Thorn that shall burden us. So you will die as your DESTINY HAS FATED.
The soulless empty eyes bore into her mind scaring the words into her conscious.
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