Again. I'm incredibly sorry about how long it takes me to update on my stories. But thats beside the point. New chapter everyone! This begins my co - writing with Spy102. More on his part will be explained later. He came up with putting Haxorus and Haunter in though, along with their side of the story. Hope I did a good job Spy ^^
I do not own Pokemon.
Chapter 8
"Vulpix.."
A voice.. Someone was calling me. It was soft though, so soft that I could barely make out what it was saying. Who was it..?
My eyes opened and my legs pulled my body into a standing position. I could barely see, everything was so foggy and white. My head was spinning, and I couldn't think straight. Nothing was clear, I couldn't focus either. Every muscle in my body screamed at me to lay down, to rest, to fall back asleep. I obeyed them, starting to drift off again. Maybe all I needed was a bit more rest..
"Vulpix. Come on. Wake up."
The voice again. It was a little clearer this time. It sounded so familiar. I groggily opened my eyes again, staying in the comfortable position I was in, lying down. Whiteness still shrouded my vision. I couldn't see. Was this a dream? I had my eyes open, but there was nothing around me.. I could barely move as well, my movements were dragged out. This had to be a dream.
"Come on.. Wake up."
I knew the one that used this voice. I knew them.. But I was tired, oh, so tired.. I couldn't place the name. It felt almost wrong that I didn't know this voice. I felt guilty for it. And I couldn't figure out why. All I wanted was to sleep.
"Wake up!"
It was commanding me now. The voice was no longer telling me, it was commanding. The sharpness in it made my body jump, and sudden darkness overtook me. I could tell I was returning to consciousness But that voice.. I had to know.. Who was it?
~Vulpix's POV~
"Vulpix! Hey!"
"Eevee.." A groan rose from the bottom of my throat as I forced my sleepy eyes open. Shadows filled the enclosed structure around me, and I recognized the cave like dampness of the air as I breathed. I was laying on a damp and moist bed of moss. Someone must have made it while I was still unconscious. Bidoof stood over me, his worried expression turning to one of relief as I blinked up at him. There didn't seem to be any injuries on him, which relieved me considerably. At least he was okay. I could tell that my leg was sprained, it still really hurt and someone had wrapped it into a fixed position with leaves and vines. But the questions still arose, who? And where were we?
"So. You're finally awake."
A deep voice answered me from the far end of the cave. It was too dark for me to make out the user of the voice, but I could tell that it wasn't anyone I knew. The shadow that it gave off was all I could see to even remotely begin to decipher who the Pokemon was. It was tall, and muscular, I could tell that much from the silhouette. It started to come nearer, and I could feel its footsteps rattling the ground around us. I struggled up to my paws, fur bristling slightly at the thought of something so big, and the possibility of having to fight it if things didn't turn out well. The opponent was big. I got that much. If I could trip him, get him down on his knees, then I'd get the advantage..
"Relax. I'm not going to attack you." The Pokemon came out of the shadows. It was a Haxorus. Though this one was different somehow. Its claws seemed longer, and it seemed more muscular than any other Haxorus I'd ever seen. But the most strange thing about it was its skin color. A regular Haxorus had a dull yellow shell and red tusks. This one was much darker. Its body was a black color, and its shell a dark brown. I had heard of certain different colored Pokemon before, but this was my first time meeting one. Eevee had called them.. Glittery? Something like that. But I didn't see how they could be anything like Glittery, I mean, this Pokemon was black..
The Haxorus smirked at me. "Are you confused or something? You seem lost." He flicked his tail, eyes gleaming with amusement. I simply glared back.
Bidoof spoke up. "Um, Sir, I was wondering, if you possibly knew where we are? Or how we got here?" I could tell that he was only trying to break the tension, but I was also curious to know. How had we gotten here? Where was here?
The Haxorus started to answer, when there was a voice from behind us. "I got the berries, sir." The voice was drawn out in a creepy hiss. It was also a bit high, and mysterious. I whirled around to see the newcomer. It had a purple body, and it levitated in midair. It had big red eyes and a sly grin on its face. This Pokemon was a Haunter. The way it talked to the Haxorus, they must have been friends, or partners.
I was once again driven out of my thoughts as a small leaf package containing many sorts of berries was dropped at my feet. The Haunter looked at me. "These are for you and your friend. Eat them, then we'll talk."
Bidoof, being the little bottomless pit, started digging into his share. I ate much more slowly, glancing at the other two from time to time. Something about them wasn't right to me. They looked to friendly to be wild Pokemon, and they hadn't attacked us at all. But they were too suspicious for me to fully trust them. They were obviously sent from somewhere, and they were working together. But what were they sent to do? And what part did we have in it?
I hadn't yet finished my berries when the two approached us again. Bidoof had fallen into a bit of an uneasy slumber, so I shook him awake. He snapped awake almost immediately, so I knew that he must have just snoozed off. That also made me realize that I wasn't the only one that didn't trust the other two. Bidoof was usually friendly to everyone, carefree, and just happy in general. When he was like this, anyone could tell that something was off.
Haxorus seemed to notice this, for he gave a long sigh. "Will you both just relax? We aren't going to hurt either of you. All we want is to offer you two a way back to your guild."
Now they had my attention. "How did you know we were from a guild?"
Haunter pulled out a pouch from behind his back. More specifically, my Wonder Bag. Placed on top were our guild badges. "We found these around your necks. That obviously means you're from a guild, correct? You guys are Explorers. And from the looks of it, a long way away from home."
He was right, of course. We were obviously nowhere near the campsite, or the guild for that matter. "So where are we? You never answered our question."
Haxorus nodded. "We're inside a cave near a place where we were exploring ourselves. You guys seemed pretty battered up when we found you, so we took you here and set up camp for the night." So they were the ones that found us. I was grateful for it. But that didn't mean I trusted them.
Haunter sneered. "We have a request of you two. There's a place not far from here. There's supposed to be a great treasure there, and we've set out to find it. However, we've been defeated after many attempts to access the chamber."
So he wanted us to go off course from our mission and get this treasure for them. Sure, it would be a chance to explore uncharted territory, but we were already very late, and Chatot was surely upset as it is.. Besides, we had just been defeated anyway. We needed time to recover.
I wasn't the one to answer, however. Bidoof spoke up before I could utter one syllable. "We're on a mission, we can't just leave it, nope!" Good, we were both on the same page.
Haxorus shook his head. "I'm sorry to break it to you, but we're not going to give you much of a choice. And you don't have much of a choice anyway. If you don't help us out, we're not going to help you out. You guys need to get back to your guild. We need this treasure. All we're asking is for you two to explore the place and tell us if there really is a treasure or not. In return, we're going to help you guys get home. We'll start in the morning."
Haxorus turned and walked into the shadows of the cave. Haunter gave us another cackle and followed. I was shocked. We were going to be forced into this mission, weren't we? It was true that we didn't know where we were. But we could find our own way home, right..?
Bidoof looked at me, eyes wide. "Are we really going to do this, Vulpix..?"
I didn't move, only considered my options for the third time. I didn't trust them. But for some reason they completely trusted us to find whatever this treasure was for them. And it was true that we needed all the help we could get. I sighed and laid down. "Yes Bidoof. We don't have a choice. We're going on this mission. If we don't, we're going to lose our only lead to get back to Wigglytuff. We have to do this."
I hope I suceeded in making this chapter a bit longer than the others, I really tried to. Review please!
