Chapter 11: Absol the Perfect Disaster

"Come on Fahrenheit, I want to right now," my soon to be mate giggled as I followed with eager through Master's suite.

"Wait, you sure that… here is a safe spot," I hesitated watching her form meander with each step she took arousing me further as she trotted through Master's bathroom.

"It's perfect, Master won't know and M-14 won't mind at all. Please, I'm going mad right now thinking about it! Take me…" she spoke softly with a lustful gaze as she sat on her haunches with her tail up readying her further provoking my temptations and making me smile that she took my height into consideration. I'm as tall as her standing but on four legs I'm half her height thanks to these stubby legs.

"W-w-w- wait… let me just lay a towel on the tile at least. I don't want to leave a mess and cause suspicion."

This is it! I'm finally gonna mate, holy shit! I could barely even control my own movements as I went over to the towel rack from being so overwhelmed with what was happening. I quickly grabbed a towel in my maw laying it down in front of the jetted tub in Master's suite bathroom. I was shaking with excitement as I placed the towel down and watched Jewel pad over it getting back in a penetrable position. After so many hours of talking to each other in a more personal level her heat brought those moments to this one.

Seeing her tail lift up to reveal her swollen petals had me shaking, sweating a lot, and even stagger over the exciting view. The truth is I'm so nervous even though I don't want to admit it, not even to myself! I don't want to screw up or do it the wrong way, but fuck it, I have nothing to lose.

I have no idea how long she's been having these desires, but damn somehow her body looks even better than before. It's like she's literally highlighted before my eyes as the only source of light was a sunset view through the giant bathroom window reflecting an orange hue throughout her form. Her back was slightly arched forward to give me more access as I advanced to her, her eyes were hard to look away from as she gazed at my movements beaming with desire, and I couldn't help but stare at the puffier portion of her chest meaning her boobs had gotten bigger through her heat cycle arousing me further. That beautiful lavender chest fur of hers… I just want to play with them badly but we only have a few minutes. While she got more comfortable and relaxed on the towel she lifted her tail up further even bringing my face in by her pronged appendage. She has such a cute rounded ass matching with her wide hips that she sat on. I got a clear view of her waiting, wanting, never before touched, heated pussy, pink, swollen, and wet from the heat as she was making a damp spot on the tail. I already felt my sheath tighten badly from having this view and from taking in her musky ovulating scent.

"Arceus, you're so beautiful," was all I could say as my breath was literally taken from me.

She looked back and smiled as she waved her ass and even grinded her pussy against the towel hearing her moan quietly. Arceus, I've never seen her act out of her formal appearance before but it was sexy as hell! I couldn't help but want to do a little foreplay to get her more into the mood and into the naughtiness; not that she wasn't in it the first place. I heard M-60 talking to M-4 and Master about this before: eating a girl out. Trying to remember what he had said to M-4 where I eavesdropped, I placed my face inches away from her pussy. I teased her by breathing over her lips using my inner heat to get her more pent up knowing she can't get this anywhere else. She buckled and cooed at my treatment; yes! Then I roughly ran my tongue over her lips getting a taste of her love. If I could use one word to describe her taste it would be impossible because it is indescribable! My instinct took over as I dug my whole muzzle into her vag. It was like some force without warning took over my movements, and it felt so good. I used my forepaws to grope her ass spreading them wider apart as I dug my muzzle into her hole. I heard her cry out loudly causing me to look up only getting a great view of her soft rump and cute little tail hole puckering up from the pleasure. If this was amazing then I can't wait to get down to business. I was hungry for more so I flicked my tongue around trying to trigger her to moan harder giving me what I want.

"Ohhh, Fah- Fahrenheit!" she squealed.

As bad as I wanted to continue with eating her out, I couldn't. We don't have enough time. I got what she wants and now I need to put it to work and finish up in only a couple of minutes before M-4 gets suspicious. I finally overcame myself from diving back into her pussy by mounting her sitting body. I was buckling myself as I moved into position grabbing her sides as she stayed seated where I tried to get my member into place.

"Aah… you're so full of surprises." She gasped.

I felt her fur brush against my own; the soft silk pelt grinding against my chest was adding to the temptation and blinding my thoughts all at once. I could feel it, her radiating heat against my member which needed to be relieved.

"Wait… I know this is an odd request… but we have never kissed yet…" Jewel grunted.

I was trying to find the correct words but it was not easy since my judgment was clouded. "Y-yeah you're right," I said as soothingly as possible.

"Then… before you take me, I want to share my first kiss with you," she cooed very sensually.

Thanks to M-4's over protectiveness we couldn't be with each other so we never got an opportunity to kiss other than talk which was for at the most ten minutes. While still on top of her I leaned in more towards her head slowly. Her face was near mine as we drew closer. I have never kissed, let alone mated before, so I want this moment to be special for the both of us and to be remembered. I'll make this kiss meaningful. I moved closer and closer and the more close I got the faster my heart pounded waiting for the contact with eyes closed. I was debating what is the right and meaningful way to kiss as we slowly came in. Damn, I never knew sex was this difficult! I've been holding in all of my temptation for this moment. I so wanted to grope her chest as we kissed 'cause my paws were so close to her mounds but I held back wanting this to be passionate. Nothing can ruin this now!

"Shit, Fahrenheit where are you!" I heard from the other room followed by quick footsteps causing me to jump off of Jewel. You have got to be fucking kidding me!

I quickly grabbed the towel waiting for Jewel to get off before throwing it in my room so that there was no evidence. My penis had sunk back into my sheath just in time. Did Master just really scar our moment together! Right after the towel landed in the room Master appeared before us in the hallway. "What is it, sir!" I responded as formally as possible still trying to transition my composure.

"We have an assignment! There aren't any other sniper assassins around and Garand needs one. I'm the only one that can do this, and it needs to get done quickly! You in, or are you too busy letting your instincts run you?" He was being serious! Of all times I'm needed it's now? Thanks Arceus, I really appreciate this!

"Of course I'm in, sir!" I looked at Jewel who looked very annoyed and disappointed. "Damn it, I'm sorry. I can't let him down."

"I understand, come back in one piece, please," she spoke now being formal.

"Oh, knowing what we just missed out on I'm not ready to die," I reassured with a smirk before following Rayn to his weapons locker while Jewel left our suite.

"Get ready because we have to complete this task fast," he said as he threw on his black trench coat with the purple collar over his shirt and armor. He then took out his standard weapon set consisting of his black painted M14, grey and stainless steel M82 sniper rifle, and two, chrome Grizzly Mark V's.

(POV)

I gave Celsius a hug and afterwards she crouched so Fahrenheit can nuzzle her in a friendly manner before we left the access door to the roof. In front of us was our transport. A black and purple Bell 412 utility helicopter, equipped with medical equipment and a weapons bench, was already started up and waiting for our arrival. I opened the back door letting Fahrenheit jump inside first before I took off my sniper rifle and assault rifle placing them in the chopper before I climbed in. There was the pilot on the left seat and then there was a medical practitioner on the right seat of the cockpit who thankfully can work on me and my pokémon if one of us gets hurt.

"Your target is within the foot of the northern face of Mount Chimney," The pilot informed as we began ascending off the pad, "We'll drop you off five miles from your target twenty miles south of Route 113 Trainer's Trail."

"Roger that," I responded. As we gained altitude I told Fahrenheit our objective. "Okay Fahrenheit, you deserve to come with me on this task. Here's what's going to happen. There's a new oil plant opening up located at the northern base of Mount Chimney. It belongs to the rival Bartolomeo Family and it seems the Don has been having a lot of trouble with them recently so we're going to blow it up before they open up their supply pipes which they will tomorrow night. Lots of executives and presidents of fossil fuel companies are going to be at the opening ceremony tomorrow night, so tonight we have to plant bombs around the pumps, pipes, and offices to level that whole facility before they arrive. The Don says this will cripple that family."

"Holy crap, this sounds bigger than any average assignment. I missed mating, to come with you to plant bombs around a new oil rig?"

"Yes, if we fail then I don't know what the Don will do to me, but apparently by the time we get to the site it should be empty of employees and other civilians leaving only Bartolomeo Sentries guarding the place so it fits assassins even though it's such a huge assignment as long as it's done before they get back. The oil underneath Mount Chimney is rich so they'll make a lot of money," I concluded.

I looked out the passenger window. The sun was to our right as it was setting in the east. The window tint blocked off most of the blinding rays while it sank below the horizon. This is going to be a two hour flight. We should arrive at the drop off around evening. I know there are going to be armed sentries all over the facility, and since it's another branch of the Mafia it won't hurt to get good practice to improve my sniping. The only problem is that any assassin can agree that the Don rarely assigns assassinations this dangerous. Sneaking might be a pain in the ass, so I might have to shoot my way through in the worst case scenario. Assassins were not only trained on stealth but we're also trained on just rushing in creating a path of destruction if it's necessary but it's not recommended.

Later that night, I now just got the oil plant in plain sight. From what I observed coming out of the tree line with Fahrenheit, we were on higher ground as the bright group of buildings, intricate pipes, and towers descended into a small sloped valley with giant igneous boulders randomly placed throughout the valley. Eerily behind the facility was the steepening slope of Mount Chimney that reached high altitudes with the light poles of the facility illuminating the vegetation on the lower face of the volcano. No one was in range to hear our footsteps, but Command informed me of multiple signatures inside each building but only ten are patrolling outside moments earlier. I checked my ENA and switched it to "Tactical Map" mode. Using inferred technology to mark enemy bodies I only saw red blips all around my map by zooming around the facility, and with a push of a button more blips appeared as bodies were found inside the various buildings and hallways.

"Okay, let's recon and identify the location of the people I have to snipe before we proceed," I recommended as I screwed in a muzzle suppressor and scope to my M14, "We'll use the boulders for cover. For any sentry sneaking up on our flank you take the kill. We have to be quick about this before they notice a couple of corpses."

"Yes Sir," Fahrenheit approved.

I switched my ENA to topography mode. Since we're on the head of the hill I may have some pretty good vantage points. I went along against the tree line still remaining cautious with the noise. Our footsteps were quiet but quick. The grass and vegetation below us didn't make a sound as we trekked around the perimeter. I kept my binoculars in hand as I surveyed the plant every several seconds.

"Sir, wait a minute… I hear people," Fahrenheit warned as he perked his ears up to capture the sounds more accurately.

I checked my ENA to see two people located in front of a 16 meter steep cliff wall 50 meters away that separated us from the forest as the hill descended further down. "Two signatures, time for the first kill of the assignment," I smirked as I took out a combat knife. As we stalked closer behind the rock wall I began hearing conversing. They were still near the cliff so I hid behind a large rock nearby followed by Fahrenheit getting next to me. My back was against the rock as I peeked every so often finally catching a glimpse of the two grunts.

"Hey Vinnie, come check this out," one voice called.

"Arceus, let's hurry and fuckin' get back. We're not supposed to be patrolling out here!" the other voice complained.

"Yeah but I was taking a piss, right, when I found this… eh, thing here."

"What the fuck is that? Ain't it dead?"

"No, it's still moving," he chuckled.

I peaked over to see another figure join the group making it three guards. "What in Arceus' name is taking you two so long!" the new figure yelled, "Our boss is going to chew our asses off if we're caught way out here.

"Yeah, yeah now come here." The new figure walked over to them. "Look what I found when I was pissing," the man laughed as I peaked to see him poke something with a stick that was obstructed from my view. The new guard suddenly began quickly looking around before turning to me.

I hid behind the incline again startled thinking he might have seen me. Then I heard the sound of something getting pummeled and bashed along with grunting suddenly followed by acute yelping. Whatever that guy just hit was a pokémon! I looked at Fahrenheit with piercing eyes before gesturing towards their position with my arm and holding a palm up with my other and keeping it there. "You dumb shits get over here!"

"What?"

"That's not just any pokémon you shit heads. That's the 'harbinger of disasters'!" the panicked grunt yelled.

"What the hell," Fahrenheit spoke out curious about what they found. We peaked over once more as I still had my palm up overhead getting really pissed about them not helping out an injured pokémon but instead hurting it further.

"Hah, you and your old fart superstitions."

"What the fu- You think I'm lying? This pokémon is an omen, we have to kill it now!" I heard shearing metal and a few clicks that sounded like the slider of one gun being forced back to let a bullet into the chamber meaning one of them just readied a fire arm which really got me ready to stop that fucker brutally.

"Oh come on, if it's that bad then we should just save our ammo and just beat it 'till it's dead," one chuckled.

Okay that's it, time to make our move! I'm tired of hearing there shit. I closed my palm seeing Fahrenheit got the sighn before slowly getting up into a crouched stance while Fahrenheit slowly went around the other side of the rock. All three men were looking at the pokémon so we decided to flank them. My adrenalin was off the charts by now. Every time they talked about harming that pokémon it served as a charge for my anger.

"Fine, you're right Vinnie. We'll teach this pokémon to never step on this Earth again." The guard that just said that was my target. I signaled for Fahrenheit to get the other two.

I got behind my target seeing him bigger than me, like usual, while Fahrenheit got behind another. I have always known what I'm doing while killing a larger enemy using stealth, and this one is going to hurt badly. My hands were just inches away from my target before I got on my tip toes then slipped my left hand around and over his mouth and tripped him back over my left leg as I crouched to my right knee having my left leg supporting me and now his back. Knife in right hand I brought it around his lower abdomen and above his left side then stabbed into his flesh as deep as I could with all my force putting the five inch blade deep inside the cavity before I jerked my arm back slicing his entire abdomen wide open all in just one swift motion countering his struggling effectively. I felt resistance as the knife cleaved through his flesh and several organs causing me to yank the handle harder feeling what should be his yells through my hand. I sheared my knife through his right side then got leverage with my left leg and lifting him up slightly with both hands only to knee him right in the spine with my left leg that supported his body which vaulted him over my leg where I lifted his legs with force over my own. The moon light highlighted the slimy entrails, gore, and pieces of flesh from my view as it all flew out of the slice in his abdomen overhead behind me to land around us with a sickening wet slap as he landed hard on the ground behind me. There was a mess of pink, white, and red digestive tethers underneath him, and he was still alive in tremendous pain with blood oozing out his mouth. He was trying to reach his uzi that fell next to him but I kicked it out of his reach before stomping on his entrails splattering more gore and making him grunt and convulse bringing a small smile to my face.

Fahrenheit used Swift on another man during my kill. His first star made a clean cut through the other guard's neck where his head got forced up as blood got pumped out of his body causing the headless body to spasm then fall.

The last one was tougher. I quickly ran to my last target who was still gagging from watching his friends die in front of him. However, as soon as he saw me he pulled out his uzi. I was already in range to counter where I extended my left arm out as I twisted my body out of the line of his gun before grappling my extended arm around his forearm with the gun which tucked his arm tightly against my side as I gripped his wrist. Thanks to my inferior size I decided to face his direction, jump and plant my feet on his shins before twisting my body further back with his arms still caught. The result was a grappling move that brought the adult down to his face thanks to the momentum I gave with the twist of my body that threw myself on top of him. I rolled away with the fall and back onto my feet with my knife in hand concluding that fast counter attack.

"You think it's so fun to beat the crap out of pokémon huh?" I interrogated.

"Fuck you… I ain't… letting myself get m-manhandled by a kid," he struggled as he rolled to his back.

He looked at the uzi that landed far from him causing me to storm up to him and hammer my knife down onto his stomach causing him to cough in pain. The blood shot around my arm as I let go leaving the knife there and stepping back smiling. "Do it."

Fahrenheit responded by unleashing a plume of lava from the ground beneath the grunt where I still saw his astonished, pained face staring at the knife in his stomach. The lava illuminated his expression further before his body started thrashing out followed by him screaming in agony within a fraction of a second. The bloodcurdling screams were coupled by his legs and arms literally bursting into fire as he slowly began sinking where his back disintegrated. He tried to scream but couldn't from his pained coughs, but I could tell he was begging for mercy from the big, fearful look in his eyes. It was like he wanted to cry but couldn't as he saw his whole life literally melt before his eyes. The lava engulfed half his laying form causing his body to unexpectedly ignite in flames as I saw his limbs desperately flailing about with no escape. Then I looked towards his torso to see it explode with a stomach-turning "pop" sound from the boiling blood. Blood caked flesh and bone shards landed on us while his whole body sunk into the lava enshrouding him in flames. It was a perfect ending for this piece of shit.

However, I was afraid all the noise caused us too much attention but I saw no unusual movement from the facility on my ENA. After several seconds the attack began, Fahrenheit's lava disappeared still leaving a flaming body.

"The fire fight can wait. They were beating something up back here," I reminded as I moved towards the pokémon they were intentionally beating. Once I got close enough I saw a small ball of grey fur matted up, dirtied, and full of dry blood with shockingly dark colored diseased wounds full of puss. "Oh Arceus no, please don't…"

I was right when I mentally guessed the pokémon earlier: Absol, and a near dying one... This picture caused my heart to sink. These grunts were beating an innocent pokémon that was probably confused; and not just any pokémon but a rare one. My first thought was to examine the absol. I got closer then slowly and cautiously reconfigured the body into a more suitable position. I put my fingers under the elbow to feel for a pulse. This absol was still alive and breathing thankfully, but as I moved the limbs around to examine her I could feel individual bones along the limbs and rib cage all around the bony, frail structure causing my stomach to turn sharply. There wasn't a sign of meat or fat at all, just rough fur, skin, and bone. I even began rubbing the blade on the head to find it rough and very dull. Those men we just slowly killed are dead or still dying but I'm still very pissed out of my mind for every bump or cut I lightly felt the harder I gritted my teeth in frustration.

"It's a malnourished absol," I worried.

"…But, isn't that the pokémon on your List of 40…Oh Arceus, I feel really different right now," he answered as I kept looking over the body.

"Yeah, but…" I got a clear view of its face then to my surprise the Absol lashed around in front of me as if it was panicking onto its chest giving me full view of the pokémon. It was now alert and very much awake but still clearly exhausted and struggling just to breathe properly as the head was rested on its paws.

"Absol, female… barely even one years old. This is horrible!" It was a very small absol; still a cub about the size of Jewel which is a foot shorter than the average absol. Her eyes were barely opened since I saw bruising around the lids. "I'm going to heal her," I warned without hesitation. I'm not leaving a cub here to die.

"What about the assignment!" he argued while seeming to lose his balance as he walked towards me.

"Fuck it…You okay?" I asked with more worry observing his movements before seeing him double over on two legs.

"Yeah… yeah," he panted before regaining self control, "Anyways her wounds are so bad not even our potions and equipment can heal her!"

"I'll just have to try damn it. She'll die if I just walk away. Did you see what they were doing to her earlier?" I protested reaching over for my pack and taking out a couple of supplies. However before I could even touch her she sprung further up now lying with her head up looking alert.

"Sol sol, ab… sol," she began with a surprised expression before she finished with a frightened scream as she shook her head rapidly. She then shut her eyes and got low to the ground tucking her head in between her paws.

"It's okay, I won't hurt you," I soothed as gently as possible even though it's hard for me to do that seeing her condition. I looked over at Fahrenheit then asked, "Fahrenheit, what did she s…" I lost my thought from feeling trembles within ground beneath me. It was mild but then it got more violent in seconds throwing me off balance. "E-Earthquake!" I yelled stumbling over.

"Oh shit…" Fahrenheit was losing more balance than before. "Look out!" he boomed at the top of his lungs.

Above us were large rocks tumbling down the stone cliff wall and into the valley.

"Shit this wall is about to give way!" I stumbled over to the Absol, picked her up as carefully as possible, and ran far away from the cliff side with Fahrenheit leading the way. I heard the rocks colliding loudly on each other behind me.

I fell on my knees from loss of balance but still kept the absol safe. This is a big earthquake, could it be a warning that Mount Chimney may erupt? I looked over at the volcano, but instead I was awe struck by an amazing sight before it. One of the great towers in the oil plant began falling over on top of the pipes. As the metal collided a giant explosion resulted that illuminated the whole setting around us. The shock wave broke three other tall, concrete towers causing them to fall onto its own structure just like the first. I was then immediately blinded by a flash of light quickly followed by a loud, deafening explosion. After squinting my eyes for a few seconds I saw a giant cloud of smoke ascend upwards followed by a fire ball. The oil ignited the whole facility. After a minute the ground stopped shaking. The only sound was smaller explosions and the raging inferno in front of us. The pipes were sprouting fiery streams around the site. Seconds later I heard distant screams. I took out my binoculars and observed an eerie scene of flaming bodies staggering away from the fire before succumbing to the burns and small groups of grunts trying to run only to get obliterated by a nearby explosion which got them swallowed by fireballs.

"Dialga Palkia…" I merely spoke. I was so shocked by the scene before us that I forgot I had the absol in my arms. She was passed out in my arms but still breathing thankfully. I checked my ENA for any signatures to see them drop one by one as time passed and not even the patrolling sentries survived that blast. We were the furthest ones out. "The assignment is complete!" I called out.

"Whoa- holy shit," Fahrenheit mumbled. I looked over at Fahrenheit to see him stumbling around. "I feel… funny sir! I th… think I'm gonna…" As he spoke a white, blinding light enveloped his whole body causing my expression to gape further. I don't know which was brighter; him or the inferno. His form began changing within seconds before me. Next thing I knew, his form took up a much greater, broader form that grew nearly three feet higher and stood only on two short legs as a typhlosion.

After the light faded Fahrenheit was standing full and straight with his new eyes pressed down in an intimidating expression. He inhaled then stretched out his arms to his sides as he roared tremendously towards the sky in what looked like triumph with the back of his neck wildly blazing. The blazing inferno below illuminated the half of his body that was exposed to it as his opposite features were shadowed which created a grand, surreal atmosphere about him as he achieved a physically strong form. He was now around a half foot taller then me as he stood on his hind legs. The fire spouting off his neck and shoulders illuminated the cream colored fur on his underbelly and navy blue fur on his back.

"Damn, I saw those fire works from way over here!" The helicopter pilot yelled through my earpiece.

"Copy that, my assignment is complete, but we need immediate extraction! I have a critically downed pokémon who needs immediate attention!" I informed the pilot.

"Roger, ETA to your position is one minute," a different voice, the practitioner, responded. I looked at my ENA to find a purple diamond three miles away from me showing the Bell 412.

"Damn, I feel more alive! I'm now bigger and stronger than ever before!" Fahrenheit yelled enthusiastically.

"Yes, congratulations on the evolution, but we can celebrate later. This Absol is literally slipping away from life in my arms. Her breathing is getting weaker and weaker by the minute," I panicked.

"I can hear the chopper approaching now. Hell yeah, my hearing's better too!" he beamed with a sharp toothy grin.

After he said that I heard then saw the dark helicopter appear above the tree line quickly descending for us. The pilot circled around us when he was fifteen feet above the ground then finally touched down. I immediately ran to the passenger door, slid it open, jumped in followed by Fahrenheit shutting the door. I felt the force of weight being pushed down as we ascended back up. The medic was already in the back of the cabin preparing a medical table and stretcher.

"This pokémon was beaten nearly to death and is malnourished. I don't know if she has any other problems but she most likely does have more," I informed the medic.

He took the Absol gently out of my hands and set ser on the stretcher. "Yes, her body structure is critically weak; I feel several broken limbs. Is she yours?" he asked while examining the pokémon.

"No, I found her getting beaten by some sentries."

"Then why did you bring her?" He was preparing all sorts of IV's and got her hooked up to two different machines.

"I couldn't leave her! Why, you can't help her just because she's not mine?" I basically threatened.

"No nothing like that. The problem is this is going to be a two hour flight back. She's very young and weak so I can only give her a small dosage of antibiotics. Since she's small we have to keep her in a stable state but can't use the machines since that can further weaken her immune system. This chopper doesn't have the proper equipment I need. Once we get to the mansion we'll take care of whatever problems are left. So the only way to keep her stable is in a pokéball and keeping it in the Pokéball Revival Chamber." He pointed to a large white machine further in the back. I recognize the machine from every Pokémon Center used to heal pokémon when they're in a ball.

I put in everything he said into mind. "Shit… okay, but it can't heal her?"

"Her injuries are too critical. It will only stabilize her system which will buy us time."

Oh Arceus, I had vowed to myself that before I capture a pokémon I had to make sure they accepted coming along with me. I know I can't keep her because if I do then saving her would be for nothing. I just don't want this absol to die. Fuck, I never knew I would ever lay eyes on an absol but now having the opportunity to catch one is tempting- No…I fucking can't train her, damn it! If I do she will die along with all of us in the end…

Once we touched down at the helipad over the mansion, everyone exited the helicopter. The pilot and medic made there way to the rooftop door rolling the stretcher with the absol, who is now captured, while Fahrenheit and I walked over to the stairway leading to the Don's balcony. I walked in through the curtains next to the Don's desk followed by Fahrenheit to report my assignment being the last step of each routine for an assassin.

"The task was a success," I casually told to him.

"I can see that," he responded happily pointing over to a wall mounted flat screen T.V. on the far wall. The news channel was on and the screen showed a blazing inferno from a sky copter. On the ground were fire fighters and water pokémon trying to put out the fire. "They think it was a faulty design of a drill which released a fault," he laughed, "No one saw you, your pokémon, or your transport. It's music to my ears every time I hear the death toll. You are dismissed." He was doing the "shooing out" hand gesture towards me as he smiled towards the T.V.

Fahrenheit and I walked down the third floor hallway towards the stairs. "Well I'm glad that the only people that died were only part of the Mafia," I stated.

"Yeah, Arceus I can't believe I evolved. Wait 'till Jewel and Celsius see me!" He bragged.

"Yeah, like I said congratulations!" I smiled happily, "Now both you and Celsius are at your final state."

"Mmhmm, but I can tell sir, you're still worrying over if that absol will be okay of not. She's basically yours now-"

"No she's not. As soon as she's okay to leave I'm releasing her," I told as we proceeded down the stairs.

"But sir you love absol-"

"Exactly why I can't have one. Face it, Fahrenheit, you and I know what we're up against here," I convinced facing him.

"So you're going to propose freedom to her…just like when you did me, except I refused and made the right decision to stay with you. Rayn, you are the best, strongest trainer anyone can seriously ask for," he backed touchingly, "Being with you is the best decision I've ever made, and she will see how expert of a leader you are. I know you want her, besides you're the greatest!" he played as he shouldered me to the side with enough surprising strength to have me catch the wall for support.

"Better watch that strength of yours Fahrenheit," I smirked before attempting to shoulder him back but only nudging him a couple inches only to see him chuckle at my effort as he patted my back, "All I need is just Celsius and you. Fahrenheit, I'm glad you joined my team," I spoke "high fiving" his paw; something I've never done before. Seeing his new attitude did lighten up my mood.

Many minutes later Fahrenheit and I were about to meet Celsius down in intensive care located fairly far from the main mansion. We entered the building walking into a large lobby brightly lit by florescent fixtures. I saw Celsius was sitting in one of the waiting chairs in the lobby. As we got close she saw us where she jumped off and nearly ran to us before she stopped being astonished as she clearly stared at Fahrenheit.

"Oh my….Fahrenheit! You evolved!" she marveled as she circled his form. He was almost meeting her at eye level but a blaziken is still naturally taller than a typhlosion.

"Hehe, liking the new me all of a sudden, Celsius?" he teased as he followed her examining him.

"Well, if you mean I finally have a strong ally then yes," she answered smirking.

"Damn right, I'm now bigger and stronger than ever before!" he declared even flexing his biceps causing me to shake my head from his boasting.

"Okay, let's not get cocky, Fahrenheit," I commented, "Besides we're not out of our problems yet."

"Yeah, a service maid told me you wanted me down here? I thought you two got wounded, what happened?" Celsius worried.

"Master basically just saved a pokémon's life but he's refusing to keep her 'cause he thinks she'll die along with us. We came to check on her," he explained.

"She?" Celsius asked seeming intent. I could've sworn she sounded aggressive according to her tone. "Well…wouldn't the vets inform you through the service phone when they would finish up with her?"

"Yes true, but the thing is she was nearly beaten to death. If you saw her…Arceus it was horrible it sickened me to my stomach to see such a pokémon be in that condition, and it was just after I disemboweled and ordered him to sauder the people that did that to her… it was that horrific Celsius. I just can't sleep not knowing if she's going to make it or not."

"Look, you don't need to worry about her. You just came back from a dangerous assignment so you two should rest-"

"But…she basically belongs to me now. I had to capture her in order to keep her condition stable."

I saw Celsius take a small step back upon hearing this which appeared odd to me like as if she was shocked. "Wh-what kind of pokémon is it?" she questioned shakily.

I sighed, "She's an absol. Not even fully matured yet, malnourished, full of infected wounds…probably confused not knowing why she was beaten up…" I looked at Celsius who was speechless. However she nodded approving the situation where I went to the front desk to request to see her.

"Sir, M-14 sir?" Quickly shaking my head awake rubbing my eyes and cracking them open I looked over at the caller to see a man dressed in a white coat. "The operation was a success. We healed everything that was broken and she'll recover through. There was moderate hemorrhage near the lungs and ulcers in the stomach so we got some blood transfused and surgically repaired the damage. Four of her ribs were fractured, she had a minor concussion, her left leg was snapped but we got that mended together into a cast, and her right hind leg was dislocated which is now back in place. Also she's still receiving antibiotics to treat her infections. After she's discharged however she will have to be put on a healthy diet, but luckily she lives at the mansion with you now."

I winced at every last detail he explained but was very thankful knowing that she was recovering well. "Is it okay for me to go in there right now?" I asked groggily feeling my throat was very parched after waiting in sleep for who knows how long.

"Yes, it's fine. Just try not to bother her. She's malnourished so she's receiving water from IV and in taking food medically, so she's still hooked up."

"Thank you," I concluded before stretching then rising out of my waiting chair. I saw that Fahrenheit was passed out on a chair clearly exhausted from evolving with drool trailing down the corner of his mouth getting me to chuckle at the scene, and Celsius was also sleeping soundly.

I got up then groggily proceeded to the room. The room was dimmed and lit by only one light fixture at the entrance of the room. There she was. The small absol was on a medical bed partially covered by a blanket, bandaged up on over sixty percent of her body from my viewpoint against the center of a wall in the back. Her left wrist was shaved nearly bare so the needle could be inserted to feed in antibiotics and water. She was shaved and stitched in many other areas of her torso too. I found a tube leading to her abdomen area knowing that was other nourishment and many other tubes containing various bodily fluids were tangled under the bed proving the work done to her. I was so relieved to see her pushing through but it pained me to see that she went through a lot before I found her.

Seeing any pokémon like this makes me upset. Why are there so many bad, heartless people in the world that harm pokémon for game? She probably wants comfort right now but can't obtain it from anyone. Who knows what could have happen to her before. She's emaciated which means she could be a runaway from a trainer or her pack. Either way I feel deeply sorry which is why I'm choosing to sleep near her tonight. She may need someone near her. Who knows what she has lost.

I pulled a chair up to the bed. I looked closer at her body to see they actually cleaned her, but I also noticed something strange. I don't know if I must've been very tired and started imagining things, but her scythe horn had a blue and black Arcanine pattern! I saw blue and black zig-zag stripes across her horn with a metallic red, wavy pattern trim along the sharp edge of her horn like the shiny absol red color. I looked at other places but saw the other growths on her head looked normal blue. I lifted up the blanket gently. Just like the horn, I saw the edge of her tail was colored red in a wavy pattern and the blue and black Arcanine striped pattern was colored throughout the planes. I've never seen an Absol with that kind of color before anywhere. I set those details to the side for later so that I could check it in the morning when I'm not exhausted. I dosed off lying back on the chair shortly.

"M-14, come on get your ass up." I jumped a little from the sudden wakeup call feeling tapping on my shoulder where I looked up with my eyes still halfway open. "I just got back from my assignment and heard you're down here," I heard M-4 speak seeing him walk over to the blinds on the window then tilting all of them open. I grunted loudly then shielded my eyes away from the morning sun seeing that M-4 was still dressed like an assassin with his weapons still on him.

"Damn what the fuck! Dialga, I just woke up and you introduce me to this shit!" I snapped rubbing my pained eyes.

"Well my bad, shit. I just wanted to say that that game you gave me the other night is fucking bad ass, dude! I already learned how to take off and even land and shit. I didn't know it was so easy-"

"Cool, cool, good to hear," I quickly responded still regaining my posture then getting up.

"Yeah, so what are you doing down here, what happened?"

I looked over the bed to see the absol was still sleeping and recovering. I was happy to see that the feeding tube was removed. "I found her from my assignment. Those prick bastard grunts were beating the shit out of her before I stopped them, painfully I should add. I'm here for her," I explained.

"Shit, I heard something about some 'catastrophic disaster' near a volcano. I'm glad that you actually helped her though. I would've done the same unlock the other assassins around here. I bet you killed those bastards good," he smirked.

"M-4, her injuries made me sicker than what I did to those guys; at least they deserved what they got." After I said that a nurse came in and checked the machines and other equipment jotting down notes on a clipboard. "Excuse me, but I noticed some odd markings on the absol's horn and tail. Can that be a sign of a condition?" I quickly asked.

"Ah, yes," she began as she proceeded to the sleeping absol to scan the coloration of her horn and tail. "The unique pattern and coloration is actually not a condition. In some rare cases there have been individual packs, herding groups, and even organized family clans of pokémon that phenomenally contained members born with unique pigment markings which differentiates them from rival packs. I'm guessing she was born into a unique pack of absol."

"Huh, I see. Very interesting, thank you," I marveled looking at the absol.

"Holy crap, her fuckin' horn's beasty as fuck. M-14 you know that's beast dude!" M-4 boasted as he looked at her next to me. I only smiled a little still disappointed about the fact this absol was separated from her pack and has to find her way back. "She's on our list too. You only found her and brought her here? Lucky ass mother fucker!"

"No," I sighed turning around to get my pokémon, "She pretty much belongs to me now. In order to buy her some time to live I had to capture her."

"Holy Palkia, that's beast! She's like the beastiest lookin' pokémon ever with those arcanine stripes on her scythe-"

"But I'm releasing her."

"The hell, why?"

"Because if I keep her with me here then healing her would've been for nothing. M-4, my pokémon and I are prepared to die! I don't want her to be recruited without even knowing what she's fighting for," I explained, "I rather have her find her home and family where she belongs."

"Dialga, you expect her to just walk all the way back from Slateport to Mount Chimney? She's just a cub, she won't make it in the world probably not even knowing how to hunt with a shit yet-"

"She'll die for sure if she's with me," I argued.

"Quit acting like it's the end of shit here! I've told you I'll make sure we come out alive and fine! She's got a better chance here than out here. You can't argue around that can you?" As we exited the room I still looked at him coming to the conclusion that he may be right. I flung my head the other way cursing in defeat now caught in another indecisive situation that could change my life, and it's only been a couple days since I was in the other situation. "Hey, get your pink ass over here now!" I heard M-4 yelled over at Jewel. She was talking to Fahrenheit again and I clearly saw her swooning over his new form.

"Don't fuck with nature M-4," I scolded before looking back through the doorway at the absol's health level on the monitor seeing it normal, "I…I really don't know what I should do after she recovers man," I sighed, "The doctor told me she needs a healthy diet for the next couple of months to make a full recovery."

"Wait you're not going to keep her, right?" Celsius inquired, "I-I mean… I think we have enough firepower already and just bringing in a cub would make training a lot more difficult. Plus, Garand won't allow her to stay if she won't participate in assignments."

"You think so- Well I don't know yet, but as much as I want to keep her because of her species I just can't handle training her to become corrupted. I mean you know I adore the way her kind looks."

"Look sir, I think you should ask her yourself when she's all better to see if she wants to go through what we go through. I mean she basically has nowhere to go, and being so young hunting and surviving in the wild will be too hard. If she stays with us she has shelter and food and all she has to do is trust you and help you in assignments after training," Fahrenheit added.

"Arceus, telling her those kinds of benefits and exceptions would make me sound like Garand. I remember him telling me exactly what you just said," I told.

"Look, it's a win-win deal. I mean I know you like her kind. Besides, didn't I hear you say that you have to put her on a healthy diet for a couple months? If you release her then she'll definitely die."

I could only stand there looking at my pokémon and taking his words greatly to mind. "Damn it, you're right!...Fine, I have to keep her, but I'm only keeping her for two months. After she's gotten healthier I'll have her released, but until then she will not participate in training or assignments."

"Now we're getting somewhere. Hell maybe she might like how we do things and stay if you ask her," Fahrenheit smiled.

Celsius snarled loudly with her head draped down looking irritated as she listened to Fahrenheit and I. "What's wrong," I asked her. She said nothing but I knew something was up.

"Jeez, jealous much," Fahrenheit seemed to have teased Celsius.

"Hmm, I do sense some of your energy emitting strong jealousy," Jewel commented walking up to us.

"You know what… I have to agree, you do look jealous, Celsius," I pointed out.

"I am not Jealous damn it!" she lashed out suddenly even startling M-4 who was on his phone away from the group. "So what if she joins us, what do I care?"

"Are you sick?" I noticed worriedly, "Maybe that's why you're in a bad mood because you're cheeks look redder than normal." I heard Fahrenheit and even Jewel chuckle a bit getting me to glare at them because she might have something.

"Okay, okay, let's just chill out guys, she's just another teammate Celsius," M-4 spoke walking along side us.

"Wait a second, Jewel, can't you just wish her back to good health just like you did me?" I asked.

"No, I can only use that move if someone doesn't have a pulse," Jewel answered.

"M-14, if Jewel was that good I might as well should've wished absol a home. Hell, I would've told her to wish the Don to drink acid until he dissolves then have money fall from the sky. What does she look like, Jirachi?" M-4 jeered.

"However, I can prove useful with other things even though she's a dark type." Jewel stated, "I can look through her past and see what had occurred to her."

"Whatever, you just want to be near Fahrenheit," Celsius responded still appearing aggravated, "But if she's gonna stay then we might as well figure out just what in the hell happened."

As we all went into the room where absol was resting I looked at the monitor to see the bpm read incredibly high. That quickly had me scanning the absol to find that she was whimpering and trembling in her sleep! Upon closer inspection it appeared like she was having a night mare. She was shivering, her eye lids were shaking, and she was even yelping subtly. She also kicked a few times.

Shit, what the fuck should I do?" I panicked, "I want to stop her nightmare!"

"Nothing, that's all you can do but wait," Celsius told, "The monitor might have alerted a nurse so she might be here any minute with morphine."

Thinking whether her answer was valid or not I just decided to step away from the bed and have the dream take its course not wanting to make matters worse. I kept switching my attention to the monitor seeing her heart rate spike up dramatically to around 180 beats per minute. After another minute she finally stopped causing me to sigh in relief and have my nerves relax. I took a step forward and saw that her eye lids were slightly trembling. Her brows seemed to have pierced together until they retracted up slowly followed by her lids. Within a couple seconds the absol slowly opened her eyes having me stand closely in amazement, and seconds later she tried to move a little but grunted to a stop where I saw her deep red eyes look my way as she panted on the bed.

"Don't move," I said softly holding my arms out, "Everything is going to be alright now." I tried to bring my hand closer to her but she growled viciously at me in defense. Her surprisingly sharp, pure white canines showed through her snarling.

"M-14, that's probably not a good idea," M-4 added stepping back.

I knew it was a bad but I had to try and interact anyway since its better letting her know she's in safe hands now. I stepped away, but she calmed only a little. She scanned around slowly probably taking in the new sights of an all white room with giant weird objects next to her and hooked up to her from the inside. The new scene around her only overwhelmed her though as she attempted to stand on all fours only to fall back. She then violently rolled around which threw off her blanket and entangled the wiring and tubing around her.

"Oh my Arceus, she's worse than I thought," Celsius shocked.

Then she loudly whined in pain as some of the tubing was pulling out of her wrists and other locations. A nurse that was alerted about her high heart rate from earlier came barging through us to try and untangle the equipment but the closer she got she quickly took notice of the pokémon threatening her with her teeth.

"It's okay we got shit under control. Get out of here," M-4 informed the nurse as he looked at Jewel. Next thing I saw was that the perimeter of the absol was enshrouded in a turquoise shroud as the espeon's eyes glowed the same color. The absol whined and yelped as her eyes darted from side to side, but she didn't move so I quickly went in and carefully undid the mess of wires off of her still keeping everything connected while checking if anything unhooked. Once I stood back Jewel had released the hold on the absol where she began to talk using her species name but M-4 and I did not understand. She talked slowly and sounded like she was struggling as she panted and wheezed. "Jewel, translate," M-4 ordered.

The familiar feeling I always feel when Jewel talked to me had intensified as did the glow in her eyes. "Now everyone in this room can understand the Absol," Jewel told M-4.

"What's… g-going on," M-4 and I looked over at the Absol who was standing and limping around the bed. Her voice echoed through the telepathic link sounding distressed and with a young teenage girl's tone like as if she was confused and lost to best compare it.

"It's okay… I rescued you," I spoke slowly, "We're all only here to help."

The absol could only stare at me with a confused look. Then her expression changed to an angered one. "No! You lying scum bag! I don't want to go back! Why can't I just be put out of my miser instead! I beg of you, just kill me and have my body!" she yelled through the link causing my ears to ring.

"What the…fuck," I muttered not expecting that kind of response at all, "No, no. You're safe now-"

"No… lies, all lies. Why is this always happening!" she began sobbing through the link where I saw her head tucked under her paws as she wept helplessly nearly breaking my heart to see such a thing.

"Please, listen to me! I have you in a safe place; you're not going to get hurt again."

"You're just like… them, selling me back with the others" she growled, "I can never leave this hell!" she screamed still hiding her face from us.

"Selling back?" I asked the group behind me seeing confused responses all around.

"She could've been sold to a bad trainer," Celsius answered.

"No…I think it could be much worse than that. Keep asking her questions," Fahrenheit urged worriedly.

"What… happened to you?" I asked now getting really worried.

"Why, would you all care? I came from Hell, and now you're going to put me back! I hate you all; taking fun in watching others suffer! And now humans are involved too!" she screamed at us now rising up on all fours revealing her tear soaked face which I saw past the anger was full of fright. As I guessed she was a very small, still frail absol compared to the average size but now she was cleaned up to a white color.

"Okay, fuck this. Jewel, scan her memory," M-4 commanded.

"Yes Master…" I felt the intensity in my mind lower where I shook my head from the pain I felt.

"Arceus, was her pain transmitted to all of us?" Celsius asked.

"Yes, and I'm about to find out why," Her eyes glowed as she stared at the absol who was now bawling on the bed with her body turned curled around having her head over her hind legs as she covered herself from all of us with her paws. "Hmm, that explains why she's scared of all of us but what does this have to do with her?"

"You can see something?" M-4 asked.

"Yes, but hold…on" she spaced out as she concentrated, "Oh my Arceus, no!" she gasped.

"What happened?" her trainer demanded.

"Wait," she responded, "Palkia- Master I request to discontinue, please!"

"Permission granted. What did you see!" Jewel walked away from the bed and trotted to the middle of the room with her gaze lowered as she was sweating profusely causing me and M-4 to look at each other with worry.

"I think I'm going to be ill…" she spoke before walking over to Fahrenheit. Fahrenheit in return gently wrapped his arms around her trying to calm her down where she took a seat in front of his lap. The Absol was still whining at the corner of the bed. "Of all the things I've witnessed I have never seen anything as brutal as her life. Master, picture the summary of our lives from the past eight years. Hers… is five times worse than ours and only in a span of ten to twelve months. She's a runaway…"

"You're fucking with us…" M-4 spoke sounding appalled which is rare but Jewel shook her head.

"A runaway… okay well judging from how she looked she did look like she had ran away from a trainer or her own pack-"

"No," she interrupted me, "She ran from a bad place trying to get away with her life still intact. When she said 'Hell' she meant the death camp she ran from. She's a runaway slave," she informed me as a tear rolled down her cheek.

As soon as she said that the absol whined louder so I walked over to Jewel, kneeled in front of her and asked quietly, "What do you mean by slave? Like humans using her for labor or-"

"No… much worse, sir. It's just as I thought," Fahrenheit answered as Jewel's eyes glowed towards M-4 so he could understand Fahrenheit. "I've heard many stories and have actually seen some aftermaths of victims myself. Slaves, feral slaves, or pokémon slaves to which they're called are pokémon, who are captured, branded and tagged, and are basically forced into the labor of amusing services tending to other, more sadistic pokémon who are sick enough to purchase a slave. It's not just human labor; it's far worse than that. When I say 'amusing services' I mean sexually like forced mating or being tortured to death for fun using any kind of tool. It's so out of this world and unbelievable but slavers take fun in just torturing and massacring slaves that are useless."

"Other pokémon, what in fuck's name do you mean by that," M-4 nearly panicked which is not like him.

"Yeah, services…selling and purchasing…torturing! Is this some kind of sick business?" Celsius added.

"In the pokémon wild there are actually four things to worry about: food, shelter, predators… and slavers. Slavers are the sadistic pokémon that make money out of just kidnapping pokémon and selling them for profit. These guys may not deserve to walk the Earth but they are extremely intelligent. The first few slavers ever formed followed the precedents of human civilization eventually creating camps, an economy, and a security which they just call the state. They're secretive to humans and try to remain that way. They're tactical, deceiving fucks that work together around this nation kidnapping and trafficking pokémon. They're tactical because they actually train themselves how to use firearms; exactly why she's scared of us right now, because M-4 is still dressed like an assassin." We all looked at M-4 seeing his weapons flash out as they were placed on his back and belt.

"Whoops…" he spoke nervously.

"They've branched all over this region and the surrounding regions ruled by a couple of overseers. Slavers, as I've said, are very smart and organized. They use human technology like computers, metal reinforced structures, everything there is by stealing them. That's how pokémon in the wild tell the difference between normal pokémon and slaver pokémon. Slaver pokémon carry guns." I could only listen feeling my jaw about to fall off as I never knew such a thing existed which actually made this whole story hard to believe. I mean pokémon using human technology like toys just to torture others in gruesome ways? "I was basically lectured about these slavers when I was young. They have a long, complicated ass history. The first slave running pokémon began three centuries ago. Rumors say it started with a huge feud between two pokémon races: absol and houndoom. It was like a warzone. These species hate each other's guts more than seviper and zangoose. One thing led to another so the houndoom packs around the Johto Region began capturing absol prisoners and anyone else who supported them. At the time absol could be found around Johto too, but then their numbers fell after these slave trading camps began when the pack leaders bartered the prisoners to other packs of pokémon who allied with them. At this point in history slaves were actually used just for labor to hunt and find food, but even after the feud ended the houndoom still led trafficking because they found that it's a great way to obtain currency and more pack numbers for luxury and all of that. However, it only ran because of the demand. Even though the feud was over the absol slaves were still used but for far worse things. It became gruesome, like using them as live practice dummies, forcing them into 'suicide missions' for packs, mating and inflicting pain just for pleasure. Once those things began, slavers were getting hired and just about any pokémon that was worth anything was getting captured which leads to the slavers of today who are only found real deep within the wilds."

"But that doesn't make any sense. How come I never hear about this on the news?" I asked shocked.

"Because accounts say that the technologies they possess are able to do something to humans to forget what they saw if they get too close to a camp or caravan," Jewel now took over, "Human brain waves are a lot smaller in frequency than pokémon. If one steps near a camp they immediately go into paralysis, then slavers move that person back to a route so they don't create suspicion. That's why only a few humans know about this, but they can't do anything because no one accepts their stories. Another reason is that these camps and caravans are far away from human civilization, as Fahrenheit said, deep in the wild."

"That's fucking unbelievable…How can they get that technology?" I just couldn't believe that there are pokémon sadistic enough to turn our technologies against themselves. Slave camps well hidden, caravans, weapons; it all sounds made up. It's just unfuckingbelievable…

"What's really screwed is that she's just a cub…" Fahrenheit added, "Those fucks make me far more sick than the mafia honestly."

"Ok enough of this shit! Right now we have to concentrate on getting this absol to open up," Celsius yelled out. She was even more astounded than I was as she kept trembling and trotting around the room. Shaken up from the horrors of slavers she must've wanted to not hear anymore. After all she's never been in the true wild.

I got back to the Absol who was by now calm. She was laying down looking at me right in the eyes. It was like those scarlet eyes of hers were seeking my intentions.

"So you're just called 'Absol' by other pokémon?" I felt telepathic intensity rise in my head again.

"Stop with your sick jokes…" She struggled, "Luckily you heartless fucks actually thought for a second and decided not to brand me seeing I'm still too young, but getting pierced is still humiliating!"

I remembered that enslaved pokémon got tagged instead of named. I brought my hand over to her head to try and see if there was indeed a tag but she growled as soon as I got close, but I kept going. I had to see if any of this was true. My hand was half a foot away from the side of her head and by now her teeth were bared. I slowly brought my hand closer and as soon as I touched her fur she swung her head quickly. I grunted in pain and yelled a little as she successfully impaled my right forearm around an inch deep.

"Hurts doesn't it, Slaver? Don't you just want to kill me yourself?" I felt the temperature rising and heard flames expounding as Fahrenheit ignited his neck and Celsius ignited her wrists.

"It's okay… stand down," I commanded through gritted teeth bringing up my left unharmed arm to prevent any movement.

My arm still impaled I used my other arm and kept moving in to the point of digging into her fur. She moved her head to sink her horn deeper and by now my own blood was trickling down her horn and ending up in a dark puddle on the bed and her fur. I just kept feeling for a hard piece in her deep fur with my left hand. Finally after an agonizing twenty seconds I found something hard and pulled it through her thick fur that was located behind the sickly shaped fur pattern on her left side. It was a yellow rectangular piece with the numbers "176 2 004" engraved on it. I let go of the tag and yanked my arm away feeling her horn pull out very painfully. On the bottom of my throbbing right forearm was a very deep cut three inches long draining blood in a red, branched tributary around my arm meeting all on the floor.

"Holy shit, get that fixed," M-4 told.

"Yeah I will, and you two are right. I found that tag you were talking about," I informed with disbelief evident in my voice as I walked out of the room to get treated. "Can't believe this shit exists…" M-4 followed me out.

(POV)

"It's okay, I promise everything is going to be okay," Fahrenheit stated walking next to the absol's bed.

I followed him to the bed, stood on my hind legs, and kept my forepaws on the bed to get a better view. "Fahrenheit is right, you're in a safe place far away from slavers. I may not know all of your pain but it still hurts from what I saw. You see even though I was never a slave I witnessed one of my close friends being taken away by a slaver. I couldn't do anything, and if I tried I would've been captured too because eevee and our evolutions are at the top of their list in highest worth," I empathized softly.

As much as I want to forget what I saw that day, I can never erase it. And the truth is it wasn't only my friend that was taken but my brother as well. Where they had been taken to and their dark fate is something I will never know and something that's better left unanswered. It still haunts me to this day that I always ask myself what if I attacked or tried to defend. Would I have been captured as well, raped then brutally tortured, or actually succeeded in saving a life in exchange of my own? I doubt I would've succeeded since I was only an eevee that watched her brother and friend get taken from behind a bush in cover. I never told M-4 this story and I don't plan on it since he's gone through horrible things too. But that forever ongoing question from that memory helps my desire to get stronger yet I don't desire revenge. For years I put that image behind me.

The Absol growled before speaking, "If I'm lucky right now and you're right… humans are like slavers. Humans enslave pokémon to beat others."

"Oh and you mean that human you just stabbed?" Celsius interjected with intimidation.

"How you can stand him? He should never be trusted," the young cub responded.

"Our master is actually a very good human. He's allowed me to stay in a home, I'm allowed to eat, and he protects us just like we protect him. Everyday I appreciate what he has given us, me and Celsius," Fahrenheit added.

"Lies, all lies..."

"He just saved you, is that how you repay him?" Celsius nearly yelled.

"Celsius don't-" I warned her.

"He is returning me back to that camp!" the absol yelled with drops of pain evident.

Fahrenheit held his palm out towards Celsius to stop her arguing. "Please listen to me, that boy you just stabbed is a good person. Your torment is over. You can stay with us because we won't get you hurt at all."

"Or you can go home to your family if you don't want to be here. You're not a slave anymore," Celsius added.

As soon as Celsius said that the absol collapsed into a ball and cried in pain. "Her family's gone Celsius; all of them," I informed.

"Shit…" I heard her mutter shortly after I told her that, "She's…just like all of us."

"Why should I trust any of you?" she sobbed.

"You must give him a chance. He'll help you get better. We will all support you," Celsius spoke.

"I can give no one a chance!"

"Damn it!" Celsius screamed in frustration before walking away from the bed. She walked around the room pondering to herself, "You don't a have a choice, because if we release you you'll just starve to death. You better get used to him quick because for the next two months he's going to feed you with healthy food."

"Celsius, she's been through a lot. Her memories show betrayal. Her loved ones were taken from her at the age of two months, and ever since then she's been betrayed and lied to. Give her some time," I advised.

She then came back to the bed. "Look, Master is a very good hearted person. He felt bad that you were hurt so he helped you get back here to make you better. If he wasn't there then you wouldn't be here right now. You just hurt him real bad and he never did anything wrong. You have to trust him. He did a lot for you, and he's going to continue that."

The Absol looked away then looked at Celsius. "I'd rather he left me to die," she responded trembling in the corner of the bed letting a few tears trickle down her cheek, "I know that old trick you sickos pull off. 'Healthy food', is that a severed tail from a pokémon in a cell next to me, or is that endless doses of cum?"

"Oh my Arceus, what the fuck!" Fahrenheit mumbled snapping at his curse word now trailing around the room shaking his head muttering to himself.

I leaned forward on the bed to look the Absol in the eyes. Tears were streaming down her face as she was close to hyperventilating, but she turned away from everyone hiding herself under her paws. That's when I jumped on the bed even though I know I'm risking getting impaled by a dark type. I jumped behind her, which was not a good idea, and then I lightly tapped her shoulder already adding to the risk. She jumped back keeping a close eye on me but I decided it was right to get closer. She was still crying but not snarling as I approached her. Eventually she let me get close enough to where I nuzzled her getting her to relax. I heard her gasp as I grazed my neck along hers.

"It's okay, everything is going to be better now. Your hell is over and will never return," I spoke tenderly. At first she just stayed there but then she sunk onto me and sobbed over my shoulder. "Let it out. Let it all out." She took my suggestion. She was bawling on my shoulder. She needs to let out all of her emotions because no one deserves what she has gone through. I looked at Fahrenheit and Celsius who observed the moment with serious gazes. Since I'm a female that has witnessed these hideous actions she opened up to me first because females are the most wanted when it comes to services; especially when it comes to rare, attractive species. So she must've been around females like her who all felt the same way, and with all those feelings of fright and dread mended together it became her mental infrastructure. I resumed nuzzling her to get her calm around us. Even though she looked defensive, she's just terrified of everyone in the room because she thinks we're slavers in a camp right now.

"Are you feeling better?" I asked kindly. She nodded. I stepped back to look at her again. "Now then, their… caretaker," I began gesturing towards Celsius and Fahrenheit, "Their caretaker is a good person. I know this. I've seen him. He will definitely take great care of you. Those pokémon are happy, they are fed well, they live in great homes and are treated like how you would want to be treated; like a pokémon. But with their caretaker you're treated more than a pokémon; you're treated like family."

She looked at me with questioning eyes. "You see, our caretaker brought us in after asking us if we wanted to stay. He trained us to get stronger; he fed us, sheltered us, and protected us," Fahrenheit added, "He taught us to lead and made us well rounded which is something everyone wishes for. He's a great a person to belong with."

"Stronger…lead," the absol repeated with curiosity.

"Yeah, he taught us how to defend ourselves from bad people," Celsius backed up.

"How strong would I become to be a leader?" she asked now seeming interested.

Celsius approached her and bent over leaning against the bed's railing looking at the absol closely. "Really, really strong and powerful." And from that moment on I sensed the same exact energy we all feel each day when we look at the Don…

(POV)

"Please, come out here," I heard Fahrenheit's cries from around the corner of the suites hallway to find him leaning against M-4's suite door far down the long hallway. I continued walking to Master's suite still eavesdropping on him.

"I can't, Master is now prohibiting me since he found out I was with you," I faintly heard Jewel's cries from the other side of the door.

"Don't worry, just come out then we'll find a secluded place and come back here like nothing ever happened. Come on I'm begging. I can smell that sweet scent of your from out here."

"I want to so badly too but I can't do it. Master gets mad when he sees us together. He even told me if he sees me near you again he'll neuter you without M-14 knowing."

"Let him try it. I'm a Typhlosion I'll smoke him if he gets near my balls… wait I mean, don't take that the wrong way."

"No, you're right. It's really frustrating that my own master is blind. I have urges but he doesn't understand that because he says I'm a pokémon!"

"Oh, I have an idea. You should show your master who's master. We should mate right in front of him. That'd be so naughty!"

"What, are you crazy! Oh no, he's coming out of the shower! Quick I have to go I'll see you-" I heard her voice fading away.

"Jewel? Jewel! Arceus damn it, M-4!" he snapped balling up his fists.

I walked into Master's suite giggling to myself. "Tough love Fahrenheit, tough love… Although since I'm in my final form, am I going to act like how Jewel is acting right now when I go into heat? Nah, I have strong will power. Besides it'll only be every couple of years so it won't be a problem. Not like I'm going to pounce on Master and ride him out 'till his sheets catch fire for his first experience; I'm better than that."

To Be Continued

Arcanine Striped= Tiger Striped.

Sorry for that horrible sex scene. I'll make up to everybody soon.