Author's Note: In the last chapter I made a mistake involving separating the ending and the interview (thank you Ryu Dragonclaw for pointing it out). I did have the bar that separated it, but it didn't show up probably because I'm using Word. We have two chapters left and everything has changed ever since the first chapter was posted back in November. We will now begin Chapter 10 of Escape.
The bright orange-yellow sun slowly rose up on the hazy sky as I opened my eyes. We were both curled up together as an Umbreon and a Leafeon. Megan slowly opened her eyes and I smiled at her, knowing it's a brand new day.
"Morning," she smiled back.
"Morning," I told her softly.
"Good morning Riley," Luna announced as she trotted nearby. "Who's this?"
"I'm Megan," Megan introduced herself.
"Megan, this is Luna. She's my other mother in our family."
"Nice to meet you," Luna smiled. "Um, I think you two shouldn't sleep together especially at your age. With you two getting urges and-"
"NO! Luna stop!" I interrupted, "we weren't doing anything like that."
"I'm just saying that you two might wait a little longer before-"
"We're not having sex," I felt my cheeks getting hot. "Can you please drop it?"
"Alright then," she smiled back, "I'll go wake up Ty and Magmus."
Luna trotted away and I looked back at Megan.
"Like I said before, Luna is my other mother."
After Luna woke Ty and Magmus up, I introduced them to Megan which they asked us if we were having sex. Either they want to embarrass me in front of Megan or they really doubt I can control myself.
"You two make the cutest little couple," Magmus teased, causing the both of us to blush.
"Our little boy is growing up," Ty sighed as she began to tear up. "If only Squirtle was here."
"Yeah," I said softly, "if only Squirtle was here."
Megan and I quickly changed into our human forms and slipped on our clothes. We gathered all of our belongings and had our breakfast of day old poffins, water, some granola bars, and my one of a kind special sandwiches with berries carefully sliced and juiced. We noticed trainers appearing in the large backyard behind the pokemon center and we knew it won't be long before the others will wake up and go search for us. Megan decided to let Fay, Marill, and Leaf out of their pokeballs and all of us went down to the quad to take our minds off of everything that happened. Megan and I sat against a tree as we saw them enjoying their freedom from being sealed in their pokeballs.
"What's going to happen to us after you escort us back to Jhoto?" I asked Megan.
"Riley, I have to be honest with you. There's a chance that we might not get you, Zack, and Lilly back home."
"What?" I looked at her oddly. "I assumed since you got us reunited and-"
"You see," Megan interrupted, "Sigma Six will stop at nothing to find you since you and four others are born half and half."
"Who are?"
"Brooke Shay, Mason Crypt, your friend Vinny Mitchell, and… me."
I never thought that there might be others like me and if I did, I wouldn't expect Vinny and Megan to be one of them. She lowered her eyes to the ground, becoming uncomfortable, but continued.
"They heard of a myth about beings that are half human and half pokemon able to step into another world different from ours. When they heard about you on the day you were born, they knew that if they could have you in their hands then they will be capable to control all living things and the other world. So for fifteen years, Sigma Six tried to gather all of the half and half beings. They tried capturing us by snatching us when we were too young to even fight, tricking us, and for me… killing my parents."
Tears rolled down her cheeks as she glanced at me and I hugged her, easing her pain.
"They're bad beings Riley and we need to stop them before they hurt everyone," she whimpered.
"So Lilly wasn't trying to keep me for her own purposes? She was keeping me safe?"
She nodded.
"When Heidi learned what happened to you guys in Jhoto, she went over and told Lilly herself to do whatever it took to keep you safe. So Lilly erased all your memories of being an Eevee at the time and gave you a virus on purpose to keep you under the radar."
She wiped away the tears and calmed herself down as she grew away from the mind calming and sympathetic hug.
"Enough about that," she began to lighten up. "Let's try to unwind."
I quickly transformed into an Umbreon and jumped on her lap, licking her cheeks and cheering her up. She began to play with me by using a ball of string she found in her bag and threw it around as I chased after it. In the back of my mind, I learned the true purpose of the kidnapping and everything seeming to snatch me away from the world and/or abusing me badly. And I knew that Lilly wasn't a friend, but my savior.
After two and a half hours of enjoying the outdoors, Megan and I as a human rounded up our pokemon and returned them back into their pokeballs. We slowly walked down to the den where the others were waiting for us. They all grew relieved that I was okay and I wasn't captured (Megan and I decided not to tell them about our relationship until later).
"This is what we need to do," Heidi announced. "We have to travel all to Sandgem Town and take Route 220 where a boat I hid will be. It'll be a long journey, so we need supplies. Gregg, Peter, Trina, and I will go find some food to pack while Riley, Megan, Zack, and Lilly will head over to the pokemart and gather repels, potions, and anything else we'll need in case we ran into trouble. We will meet at the southern exit of Jubilife in an hour and if you end up in trouble, use the all call on the Xtransceiver. Agreed?"
"Agreed," we all said in unison.
"Let's hurry up and get there by nightfall," Gregg added, "before Damion and Shelby hunt us down."
Everyone began to go outside as Lilly took a small glance at me and walked away.
"Can I talk to you for a second?" I stopped her from going out the door.
"I'm sorry for doing all of that to you. I deeply am. If you're just going to insult me more, then you might as well…"
"You don't need to forgive me," I interrupted, "because I'm sorry for being an ass to you."
She grew quiet and glanced at me as she brushed her dirty blonde hair away from her violet eyes.
"I know why you did it and it's not about you using me, it was to keep me away from Sigma Six."
Lilly sighed and said, "I never wanted to cause all of that in the first place. When Heidi told me everything, I devoted myself into protecting you from harm."
She gave me a big hug that symbolized my anger over her was over.
"I'm so happy that we're friends again."
I began to purr in satisfaction, causing her to look at me in confusion.
"Uh, Riley?"
"Umbri?"
"Never mind."
"Let's hurry," I was speaking English again and went out the door with her.
We quickly met up with the others and headed over to the pokemart to get our supplies. We passed through the glass doors and felt the rush of cool air as we walked in.
"Let's make sure we get what we need," Megan announced. "What do we have anyways?"
"I have two potions, a half used repel, and a couple of mixed berries," I said after checking my bag.
"All I have left is an amulet coin I just found outside," Lilly announced.
"I'm out of cash and supplies," Zack muttered.
"I have five potions and I'm running low on cash too, we still might need more potions and we all know for sure we need repels."
"What about revives?" Zack asked he pointed a shelf full of them.
"If we buy one, we're broke for sure," I replied.
"Let's get a couple of repels and see if they have something similar to a revive for less," Lilly suggested.
We grabbed five repels and brought them over at the counter.
"Is this all for today?" the cashier asked kindly.
"We were hoping if you have anything that has the same use like revives?" Lilly asked.
"We actually have these that were sent from the Unova region," he said as he grabbed a bag full of herbs from the back.
"What are these?" Zack asked.
"These are revival herbs. They work the same way as revives, but they give off a very bitter taste. You four seem the perfect testers for this product so I'll just give it to you along with some carbos and zinc."
All of us looked at each other and then I shrugged, "Doesn't hurt to try."
The cashier handed us the bag full of herbs along with the promised carbos and zinc as we paid for the repels with the amulet coin.
"Come again!" he announced as we went out the door.
"We have about the basic supplies we need," Lilly announced. "What else do we need?"
I began to look around the semi-busy city. I noticed a familiar figure at the street corner glancing at us as he opened his pokeball.
"What the fu-"
"Typhlosion, incinerate those brats!"
"SCATTER!" I screamed as I quickly figured out who it was.
All of us barely dodged in time as a blast of wicked flames were shot passed us to a nearby lawn. The four of us ran behind the pokemart, taking cover.
"How did he even find us?" Lilly's voice was full of fear.
"Shelby," I muttered.
"If only Peter was here," Megan murmured to herself. She then to us and said, "None of us should change in our Eeveelutions for our sake."
"This calls for drastic measures," I announced as I pulled out a pokeball. "Lilly, where's Sparky?"
"I forced him to be in his pokeball so he won't get into trouble," she replied as she took out a premier ball. "Looks like it's his time to shine."
"It's one of those times I wish I had a pokemon," Zack remarked.
"You two alert the others," I ordered Megan and Zack and then smiled at Lilly. "My best friend and I can handle this."
"Be careful," Megan said softly.
Lilly and I raced out of hiding and towards Damion and Typhlosion.
"Go Ty!" I announced as I threw the pokeball in the air.
"Let's go Sparky!" Lilly yelled as she threw hers.
The white flash almost blinded us as Ty and Sparky appeared in front of us.
"You think you two can defeat me?" Damion almost laughed.
"Use Dragon Claw, Ty!" I ordered.
Ty lunged at Typhlosion, raging in energy, and attacked him at his sides.
"Stun him with Thunderwave Sparky!" Lilly yelled.
Sparky released a bolt of electricity and Typhlosion quickly dodged, barely missing the attack and the bolt struck a nearby window.
"Destroy them with Eruption!" Damion declared.
"DODGE!" Lilly and I both yelled in unison.
Our partners dodged in time, but Lilly and I had very little time to react. The attack struck us massively and knocked us down, powerless and our bodies crawling in pain. Typhlosion raced over and scooped me off the ground with enough energy to break in half if he wanted to.
"Miss me, slave?" he whispered in my ear.
"Crunch the worthless boy!"
Typhlosion opened his jaws and gave a powerful bite on my side, causing me to scream in pain. Blood dripped from my freshly made wound and soaked through my shirt, losing a lot of blood. He dropped me to the floor as my body cringed and increased its heat, warning me I was going to change. I gritted my teeth and held my sides, trying to fight over the need to change with my body heat increasing rapidly and getting covered in goose bumps. My heart began to race beyond usual and Typhlosion began to build up his energy, getting ready to finish me off.
"Marill, use Water Gun!"
A rush of water struck Typhlosion and forced to keep away from me.
"Riley!" Ty exclaimed as she picked me up from the bloody ground.
She cradled me in her arms, beginning to tear up. I began to tremble violently as my ears lengthened and became like an Umbreon's. My tail slowly grew out of my tailbone and ripped through my jeans, drooping to the ground.
"B-b-b-bri," I cried in pain as I struggled to keep myself human as possible.
"He's getting back up!" I heard Zack's voice nearby.
"Go! Go! Go!" Lilly screamed as I heard explosions nearby.
"Stay close to me Marill!" Megan warned.
I buried myself in Ty's chest as we ran for our lives and the tranquility of Jubilife became a hellhole. I heard nothing but the high pitch beep ringing in my ears as it grew dimmer and dimmer until everything grew dark.
Megan
"Keep running!"
Damion's Typhlosion kept shooting blasts of wicked flames at us and we continued to run.
"Come back here, you disgraceful fucking brats!" Damion screamed at the sky.
Marill was on my shoulder, using Water Gun at the Typhlosion to slow him down. We ran into an empty restaurant and hid ourselves as Damion and Typhlosion passed by.
"Megan, what's going on?"
I turned around and found Heidi with the others at the counter, picking up our food.
"We have a problem."
"Miss," the man in the counter called me, "you have to put the Tyranitar back in the pokeball."
Ty stared at the man, looking hurt and exposing her tears, and glanced back at the pile of clothes and a backpack in her arms.
"Riley!" I exclaimed as I rushed over to Ty.
I rummaged through the clothes and found a badly injured Umbreon knocked out, trembling in pain as his side had a huge gash. I carefully picked up my mate and carefully placed him on a nearby table, scared that he might end up dead. I stroked his black fur and twiddled his ears, not wanting to separate from Riley.
"It'll be okay Ty," Lilly said to Ty calmly, "you did a good job protecting him. Time for you to rest."
She grabbed a pokeball from Riley's belt and sent Ty inside.
"What happened?" Gregg questioned. "How did Riley end up like this?"
"Damion found us sooner than we thought," Zack explained. "He and his idiotic Typhlosion tried to kill us and eventually caused this to Riley."
"He's burning up," Heidi announced as she placed a finger on Riley's forehead. "Cool him off Trina. Peter, get the first aid in my bag."
Trina's hand turned icy blue and carefully placed her hand on his forehead. Peter handed Heidi the first aid kit and she quickly pulled out everything she needs to treat the gash.
"Bri," Riley whimpered as he wrapped his paws around my arm and trembled even more.
"It'll be okay Riley," I whispered to his ear as tears rolled down my cheeks and Heidi began to spray on the gash with a potion. "I will always stay by your side."
This is the conclusion of chapter 10 of Escape which is very lengthy than the others by a little bit. We have Heidi Poole, Gregg Collins, Trina Jaggers, and Peter Hues to give us a little bit about themselves and how the story changed over time.
Question 1: What are you likes?
Heidi: I like helping others which gets me motivated and I enjoy learning more on medicine that could come in handy.
Gregg: I enjoy laying back in the sun, feeling the warmth of fires, music, I would say battling but it's been awhile since I actually took the time off to battle with my Luxray.
Peter: I love learning new things, even if it means I do it poorly the first time.
Trina: More like embarrassing yourself.
Peter: Anyways, I love swimming and researching pokemon.
Eeveeguardian: Your turn Trina.
Trina: I'm not the type of person who has a lot to like.
Eeveeguardian: You can lie if you want to.
Trina: (sighs) Fine, I like sunshine and rainbows.
(Everyone stares at Trina.)
Eeveeguardian: Okay then, onto question 2.
Question 2: What are your dislikes?
Gregg: Water and extremely loud noises cause my ears are delicate.
Heidi: I'm not a fan of bug pokemon that crawl all over your body and you feel their feet pattering on your skin and…
Eeveeguardian: Let's move on. Trina?
Trina: Do you have to pick me? Let's see: you for picking me too much, Gregg being an overly protective freak, I really don't have anything against my bestie Megan, Heidi's poffins…
Eeveeguardian, Gregg, and Heidi: HURTFULL!
Trina: (ignores them and goes on) … and hot weather, more than two days where it's raining nonstop, pecha berries, Peter…
Peter: Seriously, because I remember when you were full of joy being my girlfriend.
Trina: Who said I enjoyed being your girlfriend, good for nothing mermaid!
Peter: Shut up, you retching old hag.
Trina: It's on now!
(Peter turns into a Vaporeon and Trina turns into a Glaceon. They begin to fight each other and abandon the room.)
Eeveeguardian: Let's go on without those two.
Question 3: What do you like about Escape so far?
Heidi: I like the storyline of it so far and seeing how everything changed from the first chapter seeing it was an experiment to right now where its bigger and the Eeveelutions are part of the characters and the situation to the whole story.
Gregg: Getting to hang out with everyone and knowing they're committed to this and give it their best. I say Damion is doing a good job as being this abusive, psychotic, aggressive guy who wants Riley and all the other half human half pokemon beings. Let me assure you that Damion is really this awesome guy who likes to hang out with us teens and gets into character when we go through it.
Heidi: Don't forget the pokemon. If it wasn't for them, we probably would've suck. And if it wasn't for Shelby volunteering to be a Ninetails for this story, we'll have a big question about Riley and Megan knowing some of Sigma Six and us being able to become pokemon, well I wasn't supposed to in the first place.
Eeveeguardian: Well, this turned out better than the last one. See you-
(Trina and Gregg breaks in and continue to fight.)
Gregg: Help me to stop them before they hit us!
Eeveeguardian: Hopefully it won't be this chaotic next time!