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Chapter 11 – Aunt in Sheep's Clothing
I watch with intensity as my aunt who I later learn is named Wendy sip tea from a bowl. Both of us are sitting in the dining room, my parents, Ada, and Rini are in the kitchen talking to themselves letting me and Wendy talk to each other.
"Why did my parents bring me here," I break the silence. Her stare stays on the bowl of tea.
"Your parents think I can teach you about being a Poke-Human," she lapped up more tea.
"A what?" I asked confused. "What in the hell is a Poke…Human?"
She laps up the rest of the tea; her stare goes directly at me. "A Poke-Human is a person that has either fully or partially become a Pokemon. Both you and me are Poke-Humans. I am fully transformed…while you are partially transformed…at the moment," she glared.
"Is there any way to stop it, to heal me?" I asked.
"I'm sorry boy, but there's no cure in the entire world to fix us," she said. "It's just something you gotta avoid," she said.
My face turned red. "HOW COULD I AVOID SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T KNOW EXCISTED!" I yelled. The bowl that had tea is tossed into the wall breaking into pieces. Her stare is still on me without flinching once.
She slowly clocks her head to the pieces of glass on the ground. "You will need to control your emotions," she said.
"Why?" I breathed out.
"Because the more your anger is uncontrolled the more the chance you will go crazy and bite and infect someone," she said.
"Is…is that how you get it," I said, my anger gone now.
"There are many ways to become a "crazy"," she said. "You could become one right after you become a full Poke-Human, you could get it later in life, or just like I said before…your anger could cause you to lose control."
"It's that easy," I tuned my head down then quickly brought it back up. "How did you become a Poke-Human?"
"Oh, that was so long ago, and such a long story it is," she giggled. "Before I got the bite I was in college. In my freshman year I met this boy, he was so handsome, but (giggle) my father hated him," she said.
"Why?" I asked.
"Oh, I think my father just didn't want me dating anyone period during college," she said. "We were great friends and soon became lovers during my 4th year of college. It was the last semester that I began to not have much contact with him."
"Did he…," I couldn't continue.
"I decided to go to his house during the weekend to see if he was ok," she said. "I regret ever going."
"You were attacked," I said.
"Yes, I was attacked and bitten by a Flaaffy. I would change from human to Pokemon over and over again until I stopped becoming a human," she said.
"Did your parents help out?" I asked.
"No, I never told my parents. You have to remember that this was during the time me and your mother were just in our late 20s, even now we would be attacked and ridiculed. Besides my parents were on an anti-Pokemon community that supported the illegalization of Pokemon as household pets, they called them monsters and uncontrollable beasts," she said. Ada leans away from the door and slowly walks away.
"Oh, does that mean you couldn't see your lover ever again?" I asked.
"No, he knew about my predicament…he was the one that bit me," she said. My mouth dropped hurting my jaw.
"You were still in love with the man that destroyed your life!" I yelled, my anger coming back a little.
"You make it sound like a crime, but yes…I was and still am madly in love with the man. He helped me through the trauma, the depression, the loneliness. You could say he did what Rini is doing," she said looking at the door to the kitchen.
I want to protest, but stop myself remembering something my parents said to me back home. "When you were in the middle of the transformation, you went to my parents with your "lover"," I said. "Why?"
"It was 5 years before she became Premier of Saskatchewan, she had a summer home bought here and I hoped she would let me stay here with my lover. Your parents were generous, and happily let us stay here. Maybe you can stay here as well," she said.
"I'll…I'll think about it," I whispered.
Rini unexpectedly opens the kitchen door and walks over to us. She sits in the chair next to me.
"What have you two talked about?" she said.
"You must be that Rini girl my sister told me about. You can understand Pokemon language," Aunt Wendy said intrigued.
"Yes, I learned of my ability to talk to Pokemon at a young age. It's helped me through a few things," Rini said with a smile.
"Well it's a wonderful gift. Me and Sam here were about to talk about future plans," my aunt said. I look at my aunt with a confused face as does Rini.
"I thought I was just going to finish my transformation here then go back home,' I said confused.
"There are some errors in your idea of the future. You can't just fully transform into an Espeon and think everyone will just go on with their daily life. There is mayhem going on back in Saskatchewan just for your mother leaving the province. The citizens want to know why you all left and they won't take the "family vacation" answer," my aunt said.
Hearing this my mom and dad followed by Ada come in to the dining room, this just got crowded.
"What do you have in mind then Wendy? We could take any ideas you have," my dad said in a rough voice.
"Don't you get like that with me Terry, this time in Sam's transformation is pivotal. He's the son of the Premier of a province of Canada I think people will notice Sam's disappearance," my aunt said. I looked at my dad who just sat in a chair and crossed his arms.
Rini tried to speak for my aunt, but my mom raised her hand to silence her. "It's ok Rini. Me and my husband can understand Wendy. Me, Ada and Rini stand up in surprise.
"How!?" We all said.
"Years of learning the English language all over again," Wendy sighed.
"Do you think Sam could learn the English language all over again like his aunt?" Rini asked.
"Possibly, there are alternatives we could consider if he is unable," my mom said.
"Like what?" I asked.
"We'll show you them back home," my dad said.
"We got other things to deal with," my mom said looking at my aunt.
"We're waiting," my dad said.
"For what?" my aunt said.
"You said you had an idea on what to do after we get back to Saskatchewan, let us in on your idea," my dad said.
"You ignorant ass. Did you even listen to me a few minutes ago," my aunt looks at my mom. "You are the Premier of a province in Canada, your son is well known not just in Canada but in the rest of the world. When you all return back without your son and have a Vaporeon and Espeon. I know for a fact this would cause people to ask where Sam is and telling them that he turned into a Espeon is out of the question."
"But there has to be a better way," Rini said.
"Um…," I said. No one listened.
"We could say he went to London to study a certain subject like law and government," my mom said.
"Guys," I said. Still nobody listened.
"Home school could be an answer," my dad said.
"People would still want to see him, you can't keep him the house for the rest of his life," my aunt said.
"Then what do we do!" my mom slams her fist on the table.
"WHATS WRONG WITH TELLING THE WORLD ABOUT ME!" I stand from the chair grinding my teeth. My parents looked shocked as does Ada and Rini. My aunt still looks at me with a blank expression. "The world isn't as cold…and as heartless as you call it!"
I begin to have flashbacks of back to camp with my talk with Mr. Follgen.
"You know, you could have just said that you were a hybrid. I wouldn't have cared."
The first thing Rini said to me when I first became a Espeon.
"Being an Espeon sounds nice..."
Ada trying to cheer me up when I learned of my eternal fate.
"Is that what your worried about! Being human again?"
The fun I had with Rini, Jack, and John. I was turning into a Pokemon and they still stayed with me even now.
"I don't give a Raticate's ass what some people think of me. Whether they find me to be a freak, a hybrid, a science experiment I…DON'T…CARE!" I yelled. "I lived life with the feeling that I am special and not a punching bag for everything. I am not going to let a single group of people bring me down for something I have no control over. I never chose to be a Espeon; I never chose to be a Poke-Human!"
"Sam," Ada whispered.
"You'll face not only regular citizens; governments will want to experiment on Poke-Humans. Living lab rats," Wendy said coldly. "You really want to be the test subject for a science project?"
"That won't happen," I said. "I'll make dame sure it doesn't happen."
"We'll see," my aunt said.
"Until then it's getting late. I'm going to my room," I said.
"Good night," my mom said still facing my aunt, anger burnt in her eyes.
Rini and Ada headed up with me. I walk up to the door to the bedroom where it opens up without me even turning the handle. I lie down on the bed as Ada jumps on it as well and stretch her hind legs.
"That was a bit of a show you did in the dining room there," Rini said. "Do you really mean what you said?"
"Every word," I said confident.
"And you're not afraid of what your aunt said back there?" Ada asked.
"No, we can't be afraid. We need to fight this. If we inform people of this then it will be more easy to avoid the Poke-Humans that have virus in them. I know many countries will be on our side and will persuade others to come to our side," I said.
"You really think it's that easy," Rini said turning the TV on. The news is on with breaking news.
"Still no answers coming from the Lieutenant-Governor's office today on the location of the Premier Susan Healman. It was 5:00 pm today that we got sources saying that the premier left for Calgary today. The Lieutenant-Governor insists she's on a family trip with her family, but some are stating that the unannounced leave is in response to the revenue drop we had in the past 4 months," Rini turned the TV off.
I sighed. "We have a war on our hands don't we," I sighed.
"I wouldn't call it war more or less a giant challenge if you really think telling the world about Poke-Humans," Ada said.
I stand from the bed and look out the window. I could see the midnight moon pass through the clouds. The clock is ticking. My life as a human is growing shorter and when the time comes to make a decision I might chock on the pressure.
I turn to my right to see Rini next to me, holding my hand and smiling she always made me forget my troubles.
I look to my left to see Ada rubbing my leg. She stops and looks at me and smiles at me too. I smile back. With these two I might just be able to do anything. We all decide to just stand there and watch the moon glide through the clouds in the sky. I really see a bright future for myself.