Chapter 10: Stuck in a Cave
I walked out of Ecruteak my hands in my jean pockets as Lyra walked beside me still wearing my jacket.
"So do you want to surf across or cut through Mt. Mortar?" Lyra asked looking over at me in wonder as we walked out of the exit onto Route 42.
I looked over at Lyra saying, "I don't have a water type, stupid. I'm cutting through and your coming with me since you still have my jacket."
"Alright we can find more pokemon in there," Lyra said happily with a nod as we walked into the cave her Bayleef following us.
We walked in silence through the cave until I heard something.
"A pokemon is using Earthquake," I said grabbing Lyra pushing her into the wall covering her as rocks came down around us.
She looked up at me in fear as the rocks came down as I kept her against the wall protecting her as best as I could screaming out as a rock hit me on the head making my head start to bleed. I had to use every bit of my will power not to pass out not wanting to let Lyra become in danger. I didn't know why I cared but at the moment it didn't matter to me. All that mattered was protecting her.
The walls stopped rumbling as I felt blood dripping down my face as I pulled away from Lyra as I fell onto the ground against the wall my vision getting blurry.
"Silver!" I heard Lyra call out before my vision went dark and I passed out cold.
I awoke several hours later smelling something sweet. I slowly opened my eyes blinking a couple times my vision returning. I saw Lyra was sitting there with my head on her lap her hand going through my read hair. She seemed distant and worried as I glanced over seeing her Bayleef was using Aromatherapy. Then I finally noticed we were trapped in the cave rocks were down around both sides of the tunnel, we were stuck and I wounded.
"Lyra," I said weakly looking up at her reaching up to my head rubbing where the wound was noticing a patch was over my eye covering the wound.
Lyra's eyes went wide looking down at me relief evident on your face tears in her eyes saying, "Silver, your awake... I was so worried when I saw the blood and then you passing out against the wall."
"Don't worry, I'll be fine," I said sitting up slowly looking at her trying to show her I was fine, "Are you alright, Pigtails?"
"Yeah, of course," Lyra said with a small nod as she looked at me with a smile, "You protected me, why?"
"Uh... I wasn't going to let you get hurt," I said avoiding eye contact with her the Aromatherapy was really soothing then it hit me how I could avoid this conversation, "How does your Bayleef already know Aromatherapy?"
"Oh a gardener in in Goldenrod helped her learn it," Lyra said with a nod smiling at me leaning in looking into my eyes now, "Why wouldn't you want me to get hurt, you never care about anyone else being hurt but me?"
"Um... well..." I said nervously before deciding to be honest for once a blush slowly appearing on my face, "I don't know alright, stupid. You make me go insane most of the time and act like I never would."
Lyra went wide eyed before smiling with a nod before saying, "Alright, When you figure it out will you tell me."
"Yeah yeah, I'll tell you," I muttered cringing in pain rubbing my head, "Are we stuck in here, girly?"
"Yeah, the earthquake caused a cave in on both sides of the tunnel. I have Vulpix and Eevee trying to dig us out right now," Lyra said with a sad sigh, "I'm so glad I bought an extra dig to teach it to both of them. Though it is slow going for them to get past the cave in so it's taking awhile."
"How long have I been out?" I asked looking at her my head was killing me making me unable to think straight.
"About 5 hours I believe," Lyra said sadly looking at me, "I was so worried, since if you hadn't been trying to protect me you wouldn't have gotten hurt."
I glanced into her face before grabbing her shoulders staring into her eyes saying, "Lyra, I would never forgive myself if you got hurt when I could have protected you. Understand? I may not know why I have these feelings but I know that I care about you. You may be a weird puffy hat wearing pigtailed girl that drives me insane but I would never let anything happen to you."
Lyra's eyes grew wide looking at my face before nodding before wrapping her arms around me tightly whispering, "I think I know a way for you to figure out these feelings."
My eyes went wide as I felt her lips slo...
I sat up quickly rubbing my head it had just been a dream. I looked around seeing I was in a room at a pokemon center my head was pounding. I felt a bandage wrapped on the top of my head where they had stitched up my head. I looked over to the side seeing Lyra was asleep in a chair her Eevee curled up in her lap. I found myself smiling lightly as I laid back down.
'I am weak enough to be falling for her...' I thought as I stared up at the ceiling with a sigh, 'Love is weakness right?"
I glanced over at Lyra again saying, "Hey, stupid, wake up."
Lyra opened her eyes a couple times looking over at me happily saying, "Silv, you're awake. I'll go tell Nurse Joy."
She got up running from the room to tell Nurse Joy. I sat back up looking around the room noticing my pokemon were all out sleeping in various locations through out. I raised my eyebrow then realized Lyra must have called them out. I looked toward Quilava guessing he probably helped her get me here. I glanced at the calender in the room seeing I had been out for 2 whole days. Had Lyra really stayed by my side for that long? Maybe she cares about me too.
I shook my head glancing out the window clenching my fist as I saw a man in black with a red R on his shirt go into what seemed to be a shop. What were they doing here?
