Here we go! This is going to get good after this part is finished. I have everything thought up for the next twenty chapters or so. Anyways, read and review, rest and relax, and onwards and upwards!
Chapter 8: The Last Day
Roy woke up the next morning and saw things that weren't there the night before
"Fucking great, hallucinations now?" Roy said as it seemed the ground had been turned to sand.
"What are you seeing?" Karly asked.
"It looks like we're in a desert right now," Roy said, looking up. "With a very angry looking sun."
"Weird. Where do you get that?" Flaze asked.
"I have no idea," Roy replied.
"What's wrong with you?" Spark asked.
"Oh, yeah, right, we didn't tell you," Karly said. "Roy is sick with a fatal disease.
Spark was taken aback. "Well, I didn't see that one coming," he replied.
"Well, at the current progression of my sickness, I hope that we can make it to the humans before sundown tonight, otherwise I may not make it," Roy replied. "You know, you guys look like greenish dinosaur things."
"Humans? I didn't even know they existed!" Spark replied.
"Trust me, they do," Karly said with venom in her voice.
"Okay," Spark replied with fear in his voice.
"How about we get going," Flaze said, leaving with Karly and Spark behind her.
"Um, guys?" Roy said, still sitting down, watching them leave.
"What is it?" Karly asked.
"If you forgot, I kinda can't walk right now," Roy replied.
"Oh, right. How about you put your arm over my neck?" Karly asked.
"That would work," Roy replied.
Karly came back and let Roy put his arm around her neck, and, slowly, got up. After a "thank you," The foursome were off.
After over half of the day, the foursome made it to the cliff at the side of the water.
"Are you sure they're here?" Karly asked.
"Yeah, I'm sure," Roy replied, looking around for something out of the ordinary.
He spotted it down the side of the cliff. There was an outcropping of the cliff that was square-shaped.
"Down there," Roy said, pointing to the square area.
They went down to it, and saw that there were more of these, going down to the mouth of a cave.
It was only a small step to the next platform, but, eventually, they made it to the mouth of the cave. They walked into the cave to look around.
While Flaze and Spark looked to the end of the cave while Roy and Karly stayed back, with Roy's situation becoming worse every moment. He started to become dizzy, and was getting weaker by the second. Flaze and Spark's report was the final blow.
"It's a dead end," Flaze said.
"Wha-?" Roy said before keeling over.
'So this is it,' Roy thought as the darkness began to take over. A smile grew on his face. 'At least I will be able to see my parents, now.' And then, everything stopped.
Roy heard voices as he felt motion. He tried to open his eyes, yet had to close them due to the bright lights. He slipped back into the darkness.
When Roy woke up again, he saw the same bright lights from before, but was actually able to look into them. To a point.
"Ah, you're awake," a voice said. "How do you feel? You know what, I-"
"Like hell," Roy said, turning towards the direction of the voice, to which he saw a human, who currently had his mouth wide open.
"Did you just...?" He said, shocked.
"Yes, I talked. Is that a big deal?" Roy said.
"Well, us humans can't understand Pokemon," the man said.
"Well, would you believe me if I were to say that I was once human?" Roy asked.
"No."
"Well, I was."
"Interesting. Anyways, when you were brought in, you had a disease that we had very rarely seen. We thankfully had the cure, but we were almost too late."
"Damn straight," Roy said under his breath.
"Also, we noticed that you had a broken foot. First, we removed your bone and replaced it with a specially made bone made from harder to break material. We then added a substance to your other bones so that they wouldn't get broken, either."
"Thank you," Roy replied. "How long have I been out?"
"About five hours," the man said.
"Is it okay for me to walk around?"
"Yes, you should be perfectly fine."
Roy got out of the surgery bed, and, sure enough, he was able to walk around without the help of anybody. Roy walked around for a bit before jumping over an invisible line sideways.
"Sweet!" Roy said.
"Would you like to see your friends?"
"Yes, please," Roy replied.
The man walked from the nearby window and opened the door seconds later, leading Roy to the outside. Roy was stunned by what he saw.
It was a whole entire city built underneath the ground. People were rushing from place to place, though he didn't know where they were going.
"How do you guys survive down here without sunlight?" Roy asked.
"Oh, we are mainly in stasis, as we do not grow enough food to keep every human conscious at the same time."
"Then why are there so many people?"
"Because once every so often, we have to wake up to keep the city from falling and rotting away."
"How long is the average stasis?"
"About 200 years."
"Wow. How many have you had so far?"
"About 20."
"So...4000 years! You've been alive for 4000 years?"
"Yes, I have. Many of us have."
They made their way to the front of a building near the middle of the city.
"So, this is it?" Roy asked.
"Yes. Your friends should be in there." The man turned to leave.
"Wait," Roy said.
"What is it?"
"Are you one of the high ranking officials?"
"Yes, I am."
"Well, Arceus forgives you."
The man looked surprised. "Thank you," he said.
Roy opened the door and stepped inside. Nobody was there.
"Hello?" Roy asked, walking in.
He got about five feet before he was tackled from behind. He heard laughing from the two Pokemon on top of him.
"Very funny, guys, now would you please get off of me?" Roy asked Flaze and Spark. He felt their weight get off of him and let him stand up, brushing himself off.
"Where's Karly?" Roy asked.
"With her mother." Flaze responded.
"Wait...What? But...her mother...huh?"
Suddenly, Karly walked through the opened door with another Pokemon that looked much like her, yet taller and older. When Karly saw Roy, she ran over to him and, with a great smile on her face, lifted him up in a hug, causing Roy to blush.
"Oh, so this is the Riolu that you have been talking about so much?" the other Pokemon asked.
This caused Karly to blush deeply as Roy chuckled. "Mom!" she yelled.
The Pokemon looked at the utterly confused Roy. "Oh, sorry, I'm Gardevoir, Karly's mom. Pleased to meet you."
"Pleased to meet you," Roy replied, finally getting set down by Karly.
The Gardevoir looked at Roy from behind and the front.
"You certainly are different," Gardevoir said. "For one thing, your eyes are a different color, the top tip of your tail is rounded, and your gold-ish."
"Yeah, I want to stay blue. Do you know if the humans can do that?" Roy asked.
"So you also switch between blue and gold?" Gardevoir asked.
"Yeah."
"I guess they would be able to do that. That is, if you were able to communicate to them."
"Don't worry about that."
"Okay, whatever you say."
After Gardevoir left, Roy turned to Karly and said, "We need to talk."
"Can we do it later?" Karly asked.
"Fine," Roy said, annoyed.
Roy got out from the building with the other three following him. He made his way to the surgery room to find the man from before there.
"I've got a question for you," Roy said to him.
"And what would that be?" the man said without turning around.
"Can you make it so that I stay blue?"
"Certainly. Come this way."
The man lead him to a chamber-like capsule. The man motioned for him to get inside, which he did. The glass door closed, and Roy began to feel afraid. Suddenly, a bright light engulfed him, and he felt an immense amount of pain. After a few seconds, he was back to his normal self. No pain, no lights. He was, though, back to being blue.
"Sweet!" Roy said as he stepped out. He suddenly felt tired.
"What time is it?" Roy asked.
"By now, it is almost ten at night."
"Well, where can we sleep?"
"You can sleep where you found your friends. We can put up a few beds."
"Okay," Roy said, too tired to care.
Half an hour later, the foursome found their way back to the building. Sure enough, there were beds set up for them. They climbed in and fell asleep.
The next day, the foursome woke up, and Roy instinctively reached for his crutches. Remembering he didn't need them, and they were gone, anyways, he got out of bed and followed the other three out. They were met by the man.
"How was your sleep?" he asked.
"It was fine," Roy replied.
"We're starting to power up our mission control space center again. Care to join us?"
"Certainly," Roy replied following him.
Karly came up behind him and elbowed him. "What's all this about?"
"Trying to see if I can figure out where I am and when I'm placed," Roy replied.
After a while, they made their way to a giant building. It was the largest of them all, and it was quite imposing. The man opened up the door and beckoned them inside.
Once inside, they could see how immense the structure really was.
"God damn," Roy said as he looked around. There was a giant screen before him, probably for relaying back images.
"This is where we will be powering up our light and radio telescopes and receivers for the first time in over two thousand years. Let's hope they still work."
The man walked through a large set of doors to what Roy thought was where the scientists were.
Suddenly, there was talking over the radio.
"Initializing start up procedure."
"Start up procedure a go!"
"Establish communications with telescopes."
"Communications established."
"Establish communications with radio receivers."
"Communications established."
"Good."
A few seconds later, "Sir! We're being bombarded with radio waves!"
"Which star?"
"It's ten and a half light-years away!"
"What's a light-year?" Karly asked Roy.
"The distance light travels in one year," Roy replied.
"Lock on star!"
"Point our telescopes on the star."
"Pointed!"
"How many planets?"
"8, sir, with many dwarf planets and two asteroid belts, as well as a comet cloud."
"What are the types of planets?"
"Four inside rocky, two with atmospheres. Four outside gas giants, largest front to back."
"Which planet?"
"Third planet from star."
"Bring planet up on the big display."
The planet was brought up on the large screen.
Roy froze when he saw it. He felt himself go pale under his fur. He got cold from the shock of it.
"Interesting planet. It has nice...Roy, what's wrong?" Karly asked after seeing his expression of utter shock.
"Oh my fucking god," Roy said under his breath.
He ran up to the screen, just to make sure.
"I can't believe it," Roy said.
"What is it?" Flaze asked.
It took a few seconds for Roy to answer as he looked in awe at the planet. He knew what it was since it showed up. It was...
"Earth."
Hey! Finished before the weekend! I liked writing this chapter. With part two, I'm actually thinking about making the story first person from Roy's point of view. What do you guys think? Anyways, I will see you next time!
