I yawned as I woke up. Where am I? I looked around, trying to remember where I went to sleep. I was obviously in a bush, and instinctively reluctant to step out into the open. Against my better judgment, I stepped out into the open.
I instantly regretted it. Right in front of me were two trainers, the same two from earlier in Burning Woods. I backed into the bush, unnoticed by them. I looked around, examining the situation.
Where's Ember and Jay? I looked around, seeing through the leaves with my acute vision. Jay was awake, waiting in the bush he fell asleep in, cowering in fear. I couldn't find Ember.
Now that I think about it, I didn't see her lay down when I went to sleep!
Panicking more than ever, I looked around frantically, unaware of the amount of noise I was producing by rustling the leaves. I didn't notice until there was a beam of light showing into the bush. I looked up into the face of the female trainer.
Ah, Shit.
"Awe, look! It's another Shinx!" she exclaimed with glee. I wasn't so enthusiastic about our meeting.
"Another one? They're extremely rare, and we've seen two in the past two days. What's going on?" questioned the other human. I panicked, trying to think of a way out.
"Can I catch this one?" begged the female. Judging by her tone, the male trainer was her mate of some sort.
"As long as he doesn't seem to be with a mate or family," said the male.
Of course, the one time we're all separated. Though I doubt they'd consider Ember, Jay and myself a family of any sorts.
"Would you like to come with me, Shinx?" the female asked. She extended a Pokéball towards me.
I tried to use Scary Face or something intimidating and growled, but apparently I wasn't as fierce on the outside as I was on the inside.
"So cute! He made a face at me and purred!" said the girl.
"I guess that means yes," chuckled the other human. The female tossed the Pokéball at me.
AW, HELL NAW! I'm not becoming a slave to a dumb human!
I hit the the ball with a Thundershock, sending it flying back at the girl. It hit her in the face, leaving a red mark.
"Ow!" she whined, rubbing the spot the device hit her.
"That wasn't nice," said the male, pulling out a Pokéball of his own. "Maybe he wants to battle first. I've heard of some Pokémon wanting a trainer to prove their worth first."
Are all humans this dumb?
I stepped out of the bush, puffing out my chest. I figured I could handle whatever this human could have, and run off while they're taking care of it. Sometimes, Pokémon are dumb, too. Like me.
The trainer sent out a Scyther. As soon as it was released, it flexed its arms, showing its massive scythes. I gulped inwardly, wondering if I could take it.
"Any chance you could take it easy on me and let me escape?" I asked the Scyther.
"No way! I don't see what my master sees in puny Pokémon like you. You're all cowards," he scoffed. The trainer shouted a command, and the Scyther lunged at me, both blades extended outward.
I barely dodged it. I turned around and let a Thundershock loose at him, but as soon as he stopped moving from the attack, he vanished. Suddenly, he was behind me.
I turned around just in time to meet a Slash attack headfirst. As the move hit me, a huge gouge was left above my eye. Within seconds, I couldn't see out of my left eye due to blood.
Time froze. As soon as I smelled blood, I knew something was wrong. I'd heard tales of Pokémon fighting to the death, and I had eaten fresh-kill before, but I'd never actually bled before. I'd been hit with multiple Pokémon moves before, but never seriously injured. Pokémon moves weren't supposed to be able to seriously injure, only knockout. Only when you were hunted, hurt by a instinctive, primal attack such as a bite or something (Not the move) were you seriously hurt.
The trainer stopped and stared, and the Scyther stopped in surprise. The Scyther looked at his blades, and stared at the crimson blood on them.
"W-what?" gasped the trainer. He looked like he wanted to step towards me, to see if I was okay, but he just stood there.
Both humans stood there, frozen at the sight of a Pokémon bleeding. The Scyther sniffed at the blood and licked it.
….Don't tell me Scythers are carnivores.
The Scyther licked his lips and grinned maliciously, an evil look in his eye. The trainers didn't seem to notice, but instead looked like they were daydreaming, oblivious to the situation.
The Scyther dashed at me, preparing another attack. Adrenaline was pumping through my body. This wasn't a battle anymore; I was being hunted as prey.
Faster than I've ever moved before, I started dodging his barrage of attacks, feeling the wind from his cuts as I barely evaded them. I looked helplessly at the trainers, but the male had slumped to the ground, staring at a puddle of blood. The female looked white as a ghost, staring into oblivion.
Still evading the Scyther's attacks, I looked into the bush where Jay was hiding. He was staring wide-eyed at the situation, frozen in place. I finally spotted Ember, in a distant bush behind Jay. She was still asleep.
How am I going to survive this?! There's nobody to save me, and I'll eventually succumb to fatigue!
Suddenly, I felt a searing pain in my side. I looked at my side to see Scyther's blade penetrating into my ribs. I start to blackout, but manage to retain my consciousness. Right before I let go of a Thundershock, I see flames engulf the Scyther.
Looking around for my savior, I got a shocking surprise. Instead of Ember, there stood a small dog Pokémon. Scyther collapsed, knocked out. Standing there was Blaise, and next to him, Scorch.
"That Shinx isn't your kill, scum. I plan on killing him myself," sneered Scorch with a look of disgust.
Alright! Finally, a new chapter. Although, a rather disturbing one. I just finished this one, it's 1 AM, and I started it with good intentions. I put the gouge above the eye part, and before I knew it, I had Blaze almost dying and weird, gory scenes. At that point, I was like "WTF am I writing?!". But I decided to go with it. Best part about writing is the on the spot changes you make from the planned storyline. Sorry if I gave anyone nightmares or something. Don't expect a lot of chapters this summer though. I'm captaining a TF2 team and I have to do a summer project for my AP class next year. I'll try for 3 or 4 per month. Hope ya enjoyed!
