Transformation: Quarantine

Chapter 10: Confrontation

A/N: Ok, we have just seen the end of John's arc and we last left off with Cindy and Lina being taken back by Akira, but will Akira turn them over? Read along to find out. MEE-YAA!

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Pokemon. Nintendo does (Geeze, sound like a broken record). TurtlesandMonkeys owns the Transformation universe and its virus, and Akira belongs to Lord Nalthren. I DO however own Cindy and Lina and the V.P.C.U.

Cindy and Lina continued to walk with Akira towards the H.D.C camp at Verdanturf town, Evaglin following closely, a worried look on her face.

"Akira…" She did not know what to say. Akira just walked and stared at his Pokeball with Kitsune in it. His eyes had a grim expression on them.

Lina edged in close to Cindy and whispered to her. "I think we should bail while we got the chance…"

Cindy's thoughts drifted to John. I hope he's all right…

Lina tried again. "Hello, while there not looking, lets sneak away…"

"I can hear you, you know." Said Akira suddenly. Then Lina turned to him. "Well hear this, we're leaving to go meet our friend John and--"

Evaglin snapped. "Hey, don't talk to him like that!" She said, defending him. This only caused Akira to pinch the bridge of his nose again. This is not my day…

Lina only got angrier. "Hey! If I had my pokemon right now I bet I can take you and your boyfriend at once!"

Evaglin fumed. "Oh yeah? I can--" She thought for a sec and turned red. "Boyfriend?"

Akira walked between the two. "Enough!" He turned to Lina. "You, shut the hell up the rest of this trip. That goes for you too, Evaglin."

Both girls groaned at once. "But Akira…" Started Evaglin.

He flashed his blue eyes. "I mean it, Evaglin."

She pouted her mouth a bit then slumped her head.

Cindy stepped forward. "Why are you doing this? Do you have to take us back?"

Akira covered his face with his hand in exhaustion and frustration. "Yes, I do. I have to drop off this infected pokemon back to the unit to contain it, and I have to take you back because of the risk you all carry for passing this crazy virus around. I would've taken your friend too if I hadn't put his pokemon in critical condition. "

Cindy only protested. "But wouldn't they just take your Ninetales away if they find out she's infected?"

Akira looked like he got punched internally. He looked to the side.

Cindy continued. "Think about it. If John's Mightyena was infected, then so is you're Ninetales. We saw what happens when an infected pokemon bites a tame one."

Lina nodded. "That virus turned my friend Suzie into a monster that bit Nurse Joy."

Akira looked up. "Ah, so the pokemon that attacked Nurse Joy was yours…"

He got serious. "Kitsune's not infected. Even if she was, I won't allow those V.P .C bastards to take her away."

Cindy only protested further. "But they will. They'll do it to all of us. They think they're helping, but there not. This isn't the proper way to deal with this."

Akira thought hard, and then his face became stern. He released his Pokeball. The Ninetales came out, its body shuddering. It looked like it was having an internal struggle.

"You see? This virus is trying to take her away." Cindy said.

Akira knelt before Kitsune, inspecting her, his eyes filled with worry. He closed them.

He then got up and began to walk faster, Kitsune weakly following him. Evaglin looked to the trainers, then at Akira, and back again before deciding to follow him. "Akira, wait up!"

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The group continued on until they reached Verdanturf Town. Evidence of the Unit's presence was there with the lamps on stands illuminating the town. The shouts of angry trainers could be heard.

The group walked up to a checkpoint. Two V.P.C.U. guards showed up to inspect them, but a glare from Akira and a quick look at Kitsune told them to back off. The unit allowed them passage. Cindy looked around and saw two troops carrying a struggling Ampharos coming out of the pokemon center with clamps around its neck so it couldn't bite them. She realized who the Ampharos was and looked down. She also saw the silhouettes of struggling pokemon behind the tents, realizing that they were once human.

"Wait here." Akira said as he walked up to a tent. Cindy wondered what he was going to do.

Suddenly, a loud thud could be heard and a figure stumbled out of the tent, holding his face. Akira walked out, shaking his fist as if warming up for another punch. Cindy and the other girls gasped. Troops began to scramble around the Akira the fallen figure. Cindy saw that it was the blond man from the command tent. Akira grabbed him by the collar. Two troops behind him raised their automatic weapons, but Akira pulled out his own weapon, a 9 mm, and aimed it back at them. The blond man raised his arm.

"Ease down…" He said. Akira kept his glare on him. He brought the man closer to him.

"Listen, Jason, I'm out. I'm done being your lapdog!" His blue eyes burned.

The man, Jason, searched for words. "Look, Akira…"

Akira only lifted his fist and punched him again. He dropped Jason, then dusted off his hands and began to walk away, holstering his weapon. "That was for Omega Island…" He said bitterly. Akira then stopped and tossed the master ball with Shadow in it at the unit.

"Come on, Kitsune." he said and the shiny Ninetales followed weakly. Jason watched this with interest as the man with the shaded visor and red patch helped him up.

"You want me to handle him, commander?" He asked Jason. Jason only wiped the blood off his lip.

"No. Let him go." He said, never taking his eyes off of Kitsune.

Two men were looking at a poke belt when Akira just walked by and grabbed it.

"Excuse me, I'll take this." he said, walking up and taking the belt. He walked up to the girls.

"Here." He said, giving the belt back to Lina. Lina clipped it on. "Thanks." She said.

"All right, there's no reason for you two to stay here, so you can go." He said.

Cindy looked at Kitsune. "What about you? What are you going to do?"

Akira only looked down. "Don't worry about me."

They stood there in silence for a while, then Cindy and Lina began to walk. Cindy turned around. "Thank you, Akira Ryoto."

Akira nodded. "Tell your friend, John, that I'm sorry…"

The two girls nodded, and left the man with his Ninetales.

A/N: Funny, he's going to be sorry when he finds out what happens to him. Lord Nalthren is handling the fate of Akira and Kitsune in his story, Chronicle of the beholder. (He really doesn't like it when I advertise for him.) So feel free to check that out. Jason Keys was inspired by the character of Peter Keys in the movie Predator 2. Just thought you'd like to know. Anyway, please review. JonseyCat, Out! MEE-YAA!