Day 4

Today seemed to be going smoothly as the two trainers made their way to the center of Lumiose City. Both Serena and Shauna had their pokémon out, a large venusaur trailing behind them carrying most of the larger camp supplies. Ahead, Sylveon was watching the road, scouting out for any freaks that might be present. Looking back at the group, the small fairy type let out a yip before turning a street corner, disappearing from sight.

Serena paused when she heard her stomach rumble, causing the brunette in front of her to stop and give her a glance. "Guess I'm getting kinda hungry…" she murmured.

"We can stop for lunch in a bit if you want Serena. We can probably reheat something out of the Meat Sack." Shauna hollered, referring to the backpack full of sawsbuck meat Serena was carrying - couldn't let the meat go to waste.

Ahead of the group, Sylveon started yipping back to her trainer. Fearing that a freak had been spotted, Serena jogged ahead towards the pokémon, grabbing a knife from the side of her bag as she did. Once she reached her, though, there was no other life form in sight. Serena was confused and began looking around, until her eyes spotted a half collapsed MiltankBurger on the side of the street.

"Hey Shauna," she shouted, "I think I found us a better lunch"

…..

"Are we sure these things even work Serena?" Shauna asked, eyeing the grill cautiously. The grill still looked like it was in working condition, as well as the rest of the kitchen. In all honesty, the only thing that looked damaged was the far side of the restaurant, where the restrooms appeared to have caved in. The entire men's room had been destroyed, while the woman's was barely standing.

Flicking on the stovetop, Serena turned the grill on, showing that it was indeed functional. "See? If the generators can still run, so can the grill. Now, if we could only find the fridge…" Serena walked down towards the back of the kitchen in hopes of finding some frozen patties. Once she found the giant metal door, she gave it a firm pull in her direction, opening up the freezer to reveal a large pile of rubble on the other side.

Great - whatever collapsed the bathrooms destroyed the fridge.

"Well, we could always grill some sawsbuck…" Shauna started, but was interrupted when a loud thump was heard from the other side of the wreckage, shaking some of the bricks. Both girls kept quiet, thinking that they could have each imagined it, until another one sent some bricks flying. Behind the wall, some form of shouting could be heard.

There was something behind that wall. Something - or rather someone - who needed help.

Almost instantly, Serena heard herself commanding Sylveon to use a moonblast against the wall, trying to free whoever was trapped behind it. There was a person stuck in the building - to not free them would be an instant death wish onto the poor person.

However, as soon as a sizable portion of the wall had been cleared, both of the girls thought instant death was about to reach them. Shauna bolted out of the way the second she saw a glimpse of the beady black-eyed freak on the other side. Serena however, was hit by the dedenne head on.

She couldn't move - Serena was in shock. The only thought that formed in her head as the freak made a grab for her chest was a simple one:

Well, guess we know where Bonnie's been.

The little girl's claws dug into Serena's shoulder, hissing as she began to climb up her body. Serena began to thrash around, trying to throw Bonnie off. This wasn't the young child she knew - Bonnie's eyes held no recognition of her former friend, just a cold hunger in her large black iris. Orange hands quickly grabbed onto the human's throat…

… and reached for the backpack behind her, completely ignoring Serena. She was still in surprise when Shauna made quick work of cutting the straps off of the honey blonde, throwing the backpack - and Bonnie - to the floor. The dedenne paid no mind to either one of them, instead tearing open the backpack and grabbing a slice of sawsbuck meat.

Of course. the meat sack. Why would she bother killing a human when there's a massive bag full of pre-slaughtered food right behind it?

Both girls quickly backed out of the freaks way, steering to the side of the kitchen. Bonnie didn't mind - she was too busy chowing down on their main source of food. By the time she stopped to look around, almost half of their supplies had been skinned clean. Once she looked around the kitchen, though, she soon became aware of the intruders around her.

She bared her teeth at Shauna and began hissing, preparing to attack her. Quickly, Serena threw herself in front of the brunette, bracing herself for another attack. Bonnie attempted to pounce at Shauna, but ran into Serena head first, knocking the both of them to the ground.

The little girl prepared to attack the stranger in front of her, kneeling up to face Serena. However, just as quickly as she attacked her, Bonnie suddenly seemed to… stop. Instead, she held her face close to her neck, inhaling deeply over a very confused Serena. The dedenne didn't seem focused on attacking anymore, but instead on something else.

Then, on top of everything that had occurred that day in the MiltankBurger, the most weirdest thing happened - Bonnie started curling up on Serena's chest, nuzzling into her neck. The teen could only stare at Shauna, who was watching in awe.

"Well," Serena broke the silence, "today was interesting."

….

"I still think this is a bad idea, Serena," Shauna stated, as the three neared the looming Lumiose Tower. While Serena carried the remains of the meat sack under her arm, her other side was busy holding a now sleeping Bonnie, who was still curled up against the human.

"What will we do if she wakes up?! She might kill us in our sleep, Serena! In our sleep! I'm your friend and all, but I'd rather not go to bed thinking 'I hope I don't get murdered by that 8 year old tonight!'"

Sighing, Serena readjusted her grip on the bag and looked over at her friend. "If I thought she was going to murder us Shauna, then I wouldn't have brought her here."

Both of them knew that wasn't true - no matter what, Bonnie would have come with them. "Bonnie still has some sort of grip on reality, and… I want to help her. I'm not leaving a child on the side of the road to be killed, Shauna, especially one that I've cared about for the past year."

The brunette glanced over at her companion with a small smile. "I know Serena, I'm just still a little worried that this won't work out like you hope."

Serena turned to assure her it will, when she stopped to realize that they had reached their destination. Instead, she pushed open the front doors, holding them open for her friend. "I hope the elevators still work," she mumbled.

…..

The elevators worked fine, as well as all of the electricity in the tower. The building, like most public services, must have had backup generators. Clemont, you technical god.

The girls approached the top floor quickly, thank goodness, and the key card worked fine. Once they were in the apartment, Shauna began to asses the Limone's kitchen, estimating how many days they could last (taking in Bonnie's appetite into consideration) Serena, haven given the brunette her backpack, was now tucking Bonnie in her bed. Looking around, she could see framed photos of her old friends in various locations around Kalos. Looking at their smiling faces made Serena feel longing for her male companions.

Well, we have two of us here now, Serena thought to herself. "Hey Serena!" Shauna shouted from the kitchen, "I found some canned peas!"

Guess we just have two more to go. Don't worry guys, she grinned as she walked out of Bonnie's room.

I'll find you, I promise.