Karyme: The Perfect Love
Chapter 10: Epilogue: Renewal
Author Notes: After you get done reading, please read the end notes. I make an important announcement... somewhat.So here's the final installment of part one. I'm sorry for the length of it and those who were expecting a regular length chapter. I just wanted to write something short to tie up the loose ends, but not ALL of them, if you know what I mean. Enough of my babbling now, you know which characters I own, so let's get on with the chapter already!
A TV flared to life in a darkened room. It's occupant sat lazily down on the sofa. He picked up the remote and started flipping through the channels, looking for something decent to watch. There was a golf match, a late night talk show, an old sitcom, and a TV ad for a vaccum cleaner.There was nothing good on, so he eventually settled on the news. A news anchor was sitting behind a desk talking to a reporter out in the field. It was another stupid update on that crazy mine in Oreburgh. The man cracked open a can of beer and settled in to the couch.
"...And behind me you can now see the remains of the once widely known Oreburgh Mine. Hours ago the whole mine came crashing down after what experts say was a siesmic event deep in the mine. They believe it to be an explosion of some sort, triggered by unknown sources. A local trainer and his pokemon entered the mine about six hours ago to try and rescue the hostage pokemon being held captive. Two of his pokemon have already made it out safely." The camera switched to a Charizard and a Lucario standing among the onlookers. The Lucario was crying into the chest of the Charizard, tears flowing down her cheeks in glossy streaks. The Charizard was holding onto her tightly, rubbing her back softly and a look of deep concern on his face. "Unfortunately for the trainer and his Houndoom, the mine collapsed before the two could make it out. The police believe that he may be dead but, they say the trainer may have a shred of hope if he was able to escape the heavy boulders. The crew will continue to dig late into the night hoping they will find the two." The camera switched again to the ruined entrance of the mine. A whole group of workers were digging into the pile of rock and rubble. Progress was excruciatingly slow because of the size of some of the boulders. One of the digging workers suddenly stood up fully and yelled something at the crowd of people below that the camera didn't quite pick up. The crowd started getting noisier.
"Wait a minute. It appears that one of the workers found something. Hold on... Yes! He's found the trainer and he's alive! This is truly remarkable!" The camera zoomed in to the guy at the top of the mountain of boulders. He was shifting rocks aside, as the other workers climbed up to him, helping out too. The man reached down into the hole in the rocks he had made and looked like he was pulling something up. Up out of the hole came a mess of straggly brown hair along with deep green eyes. A body followed and in his arms, he was holding a Houndoom. The crowd below erupted in cheers and applause as the trainer slowly descended the pile of boulders, the Houndoom still in his arms. He looked in real bad shape. His shirt was torn and his forehead was bleeding, blood trickling down his cheek in a thin line. A deep gash on his upper left arm was also visible. It looked pretty nasty. His Houndoom wasn't doing to good either. It was bandaged up around the neck and some cuts could be seen along it's back, but it was still licking his neck in an affectionate way. Once he got down to the bottom, his Lucario and Charizard rushed over to him and embraced him in a tight hug.
"This is truly a heart-warming moment. I'll be here all night, reporting for Jubilife City News." The camera switched back to the anchor in the studio.
"Indeed it is Meredith. Coming up next, a boy saves his pokemon from a gang in Littleroot Town, Hoenn. Stayed tuned to-." The TV flickered off as the man crumpled up his empty beer can and threw it into the trash. He got up off of the sofa and grabbed his coat off of the kitchen table. After putting it on and zipping it up, he grabbed his keys and headed out the door, closing it behind him. The noise from the door slamming died away and all was quiet once again...
End Notes: So everyone is safe now. Just to let you know that guy watching the news had nothing to do with the story. I just wanted to view it as like a News broadcast. This is officially the end of part one. It's been about six months since I wrote the Prologue. Thank you to all who have read, reviewed and stuck with me up until now. This is not the end. I hope you all will still be here when I get back for part two! As for part two I am going to take a little break from writing just so I can kinda catch up with myself. I'll still be around so I won't like "disappear" from the face of the earth or anything. So anyways, I guess I'll see you guys later!