*All life is precious to me…*
*All life is precious to you…*
*Is it any wonder why I saved you?*
=Chapter 11, Past Scars=
(David's PoV)
"Ugh… how long was I out?" He asked himself as he wearily began to wake up.
He looked to his left to see Lucy smiling eagerly, watching him slowly wake up with a content look on her face and a prominent blush on her cheeks. "Awake at last my love?" She asked him.
"Lucy… what happened yesterday?" He asked her, reaching over and scratching her fur. "Yesterday feels like a blur to me, I can barely remember what happened."
"You came inside me… eight times." She whispered. "I hope you forgive me David… I didn't realize my heat would be that… intense."
"Intense… one minute you and I were exhausted, but then I feel like…"
"Like your body was on automatic, and you just wanted to mount me again and again?" She asked with a knowing smile. "Yea… Absol pheromones while they are in heat, are quite strong my love. I knew they would affect me like that, but I didn't think you would be affected as heavily." She nuzzled his arm lovingly. "While I'm in my heat, my body will act out and demand I keep going, even if I'd like to stop and sleep. It's how we ensure we conceive during our heat, normally when a female goes into heat, we take our mate and isolate ourselves with food and source of water. This way we assure our mates that the egg we have is without a doubt theirs, as well as make sure that we conceive whenever our heat occurs."
"I see… so will this be a regular thing while you're still in heat?" He asked wearily, finally feeling his legs at long last and his groin as well.
"I'm afraid so… every day until I either conceive and have your pups… or until my heat passes." She said with a nod, and blushing even more as she inched closer to him. "Sorry, but that's just how it has to be David. But hey… at least you get to have 'fun' for the next couple of days."
"Not sure if passing out each day is a good thing." He said quietly as she began planting kisses on him. "Please don't tell me you want to go again…"
"Oh no, I'm too tired right now." She whispered, shaking her head. "We've been asleep since yesterday, I'm hungry and thirsty, and no doubt you are as well. But look at it this way my love…" She looked at him with a gentle smile before locking lips with him once more, her blush very prominent to him. "You came inside me so much, maybe I'm finally pregnant."
"Are you really sure about this?" He asked her quietly, rubbing her head with one hand. "Being a parent is a huge responsibility, I'm not sure how it is with Pokemon, but for humans we take it very serious."
Lucy nodded before resting her head under his, purring deeply as he continued to stroke her fur. "I'm ready to become a mother David, don't worry about what will happen to our pups." She said. "We'll be great parents, and hey, we have to start somewhere right? Might as well start with our first litter and see how well we do it from there."
"You make it sound like you want to raise an entire pack with me." He said with a chuckle, holding Lucy next to him and rubbing her stomach, imaging it carrying his first pup.
"Not an entire pack!" She laughed. "More like five or six… maybe more… I'm just saying I don't mind the idea. Most Pokemon in the pack only have a few pups depending on the species, but as I'm your Prime Mate, it's my responsibility to have lots of pups with you."
"That's just an excuse to mate with me again and again isn't it?" He asked her with a smirk.
"Okay fine, yes… but don't you like the idea?" She said, looking away in embarrassment.
"I guess I do." He said with a smile, rubbing her stomach again. "Though what about Sophia, doesn't she want pups as well?"
"Course I do darling…" Sophia barked from his other side. "But the number I was aiming for was fifty!"
"Fifty?!" David asked, looking over at her as she smiled with her eyes closed.
"Fifty?!" Lucy asked as well.
"What… can't a Furfrou aim for a high number as well?" She asked, opening her eye to look at them with a twinkle in it. "Furfrous give birth to about six or seven pups a litter, you remember David, I was the last in my litter to be born. Your parents gave away the rest of my brothers and sisters, but kept me because I spent so much time with you. Though unlike your parents… we aren't giving away any of our pups darling."
"Wouldn't dream of it Sophia…" He said with a chuckle. "But let's keep the number low, for my sake please?"
"Fine…" Sophia sighed in defeat, before licking his cheek tentatively. "Twenty, but no lower!"
All three of them chuckled at that. However their laughing session was ended as a voice called for them from outside. "Master David, you have visitors!" Karen called from outside. "Nera wants to talk to you."
"Alright, give me a few minutes Karen!" He shouted before getting up to put on a change of clothes. "We really need to stop waking up like this in the morning…"
"Why, it just means you can skip a few steps and go straight to fucking me!" Lucy said with a smirk.
"Merde Lucy, just listen to yourself!" Sophia barked. "Such obscène language dear, at least have la dignité et de classe when you talk to our leader."
"Oh yea, your one to talk!" Lucy growled while David put on his clothes. "How many times do you call him 'maître' David? Telling him to make you his 'chien salope' or something along those lines whenever he fucks you? What does that even mean?"
"I wouldn't tell you even if you tried to force me to!" Sophia barked back angrily, completely ignoring David as he dressed and made himself presentable.
"Uh, ladies?" He asked them, causing them both to go quiet. "Thank you. Alright Karen I'm ready!"
Moments later Nera walked in on all fours with Karen behind her, Karen looking calm and determined while Nera looked nervous and afraid. "Hi Nera, can I help you with something?" He asked as he sat down with Lucy and Sophia sitting on either side of him.
"Um… yes leader…" She said nervously, sitting down in front of them. "I came here to ask about… an issue… my brother and I are having."
"Well ask away Nera, if there's any way I can help I will." He said.
"I came to ask… do you find my brother and me… satisfactory in our duties." She asked him.
"Why would you ask that?"
At that question Nera looked even more nervous, and she shifted her glance every few seconds before speaking up. "What I mean is… do you believe my brother and I are good advisors to you?" She asked now.
"Well, yes, you two have given me great advice." He said, now with more questions raised than before. "You haven't had much work when it comes to advising over the last few weeks, but I still take what you say to heart. Why are you asking me this all of a sudden?"
"It's because… our Grace Period granted by one of our laws… is almost up." Nera said. "If we haven't proven ourselves worthy of our positions, the council will ask you to… replace us."
"Replace you, but why would I do that?"
"You see leader… as your advisors, we must always be considered a trustworthy source of information about the pack. But as we are also your guards, we must also be capable of protecting you…" Nera said as she glanced at Karen. "But ever since you took on your two bodyguards… my brother and I have seen no real need for us to be by your side… Lucy has become just as valuable an advisor to you as we are, and you listen to the council just as much as you would her or us." She looked back at him, but now there seemed to be even more worry in her eyes. "What I'm saying is… under your leadership… my brother and I have no purpose in our pack now."
"Okay, I can understand that, but why are you so afraid that I'll replace you?"
Before Nera could respond Lucy spoke up. "Because David, one of this pack's most important rules is that each member be useful in some form or another." She said. "Whether that be menial tasks such as foraging, or important roles such as guarding. All members outside of the leaders of the pack have to be useful in one form or another. Basically anyone below the rank of Bodyguard, have to have some purpose to be in the pack. Pups and really young Pokemon are an exception, but other than that nobody is allowed in our pack."
"Other packs have similar rules, if you aren't useful in some way you're not welcomed into the pack." Nera said. "What I'm asking is… is there a way I can prove useful to you? So that you'll allow me and my brother to remain in the pack?"
As she asked she began trembling in fear, and he noticed something that made him remember another female who spoke similarly to him before. The first time Ninetales mother Natalia, who also trembled in fear as she begged him to spare her first pup, offering her own body if it would give her pup even the slightest chance to live.
"Nera, I'm only going to ask this because I care just as much about you as every other member of this pack." He said calmly, but with authority. "Are you asking me to mate with you, even though you don't want me to?" Nera only looked at him with a mixture of worry and fear, before nodding her head in shame. "Why would you come here to offer me your body, if you know I would never hurt you?"
"Because… we're afraid…" She whispered, causing Karen to glance at her with concern. "We're afraid… you'll kick us out of the pack. We have nowhere else to go if you do!"
David nodded and suspected this ran deeper than what Nera was letting on, and also suspected she didn't want to talk about it in front of everyone present. "Karen, is Lancelot out there?" He asked.
"Yep, he and I were waiting outside in case you needed us!" Karen said.
"Tell Lancelot to go and bring Yara here please." He said.
"Alright." Karen replied before walking out of his chamber.
A few minutes later Karen and Lancelot walked in with Yara, who was looking just as nervous as Nera was, even more so since his sister was still shivering slightly. "Alright, Yara, Nera, is there any reason why you two would be so afraid of me kicking you out of the pack?"
At his question both of the Meowstics looked at Lucy, Sophia, Lancelot and Karen with nervous expressions before looking back at David, clearly saying they didn't want to talk about it in front of so many witnesses. He nodded in understanding and asked both of his Prime Mates and two bodyguards to leave him and his advisors alone.
"Why can't I stay?" Lucy growled in frustration. "I'm your Prime Mate, I should be here as well!"
"Just leave us alone for now Lucy." He said sternly, now giving Lucy the first ever glare he ever gave her.
"Uh… okay…" She said, noticing the change in attitude and not wanting to risk him getting angry at her.
Sophia fortunately, understood what was happening and left without any questions. However she gave him a firm nod as well as nodding toward the two Meowstics, indicating that she understood as well.
[Zinnia's Sorrow Theme – the longer the better]
Once he was alone with only Nera and Yara with him still, he finally spoke to them. "Okay, so why are you so afraid of being kicked out of the pack?" He asked them. "What reason would I have that would require me to kick you out of the pack?"
So Nera explained to him again about their supposed 'uselessness' to him, thanks to Karen and Lancelot's inclusion into the pack and taking on the role of being bodyguards as well. Then she explained again about them being 'useless' as advisors because they have not really advised him on anything important. Then she explained more about the rule, indicating that all Pokemon had to be useful in some way to the pack in order to be allowed to stay 'in' the pack. Finally, she explained how it was his duty to make sure his advisors were worth their position, giving him solid and trustworthy advice.
But as she explained, something poked at him, something told him that there was something about this picture that didn't seem right. That there was a clue they were not explaining to him, that they wanted to keep secret, as secret as possible. "I understand that, but what is it you aren't telling me?" He said after ten minutes of listening. "Why would I have any reason to kick you out, because as far as I've seen from you, you have done a wonderful job helping me since I became Leader?"
At this Yara and Nera both grimaced at each other, before Nera looked down at the floor in shame. "Because leader… we don't want to admit it to anyone." She said in defeat. "If we admit it… we'll be disgraced throughout the pack, and none of them will ever look at us the same ever again."
"Is it that important?" He asked calmly.
"Yes… you see… will you please promise us leader that you won't tell anyone else if we tell you?" Nera asked him in disgrace, to which he nodded and said he wouldn't tell a soul. "You see leader…" She whispered to him as she took several deep breaths. "I'm sterile…"
He raised his eyebrow at that, now even more confused. "That's it?" He asked them. "You're afraid I'm going to kick you out because you can't have kits of your own?"
"It's more than that leader…" Yara replied now. "You see… a Pokemon's greatest gift that we have is our ability to reproduce. Almost any Pokemon that is mature, is capable of having pups or kits of their own. It's our highest honor that we have, and we take pride in having given birth." As he talked he looked at Nera with a sad expression, as if he wished he didn't have to talk about this. "But for a female Pokemon, who is sterile, it's the ultimate shame, because we feel that we are cursed or forbidden to have young. It isn't even Nera's fault, but if anyone learns that she is sterile, her respect in the pack will plummet. She'd be lucky if anyone gave her any respect ever again."
"Okay I can sort of see that, but how does being able to reproduce translate to being useful in the pack?" He asked.
"Because… if I can't have any pups, then no male will ever consider mating with me." Nera said sadly. "Being able to have a family is a huge thing for us females… as I'm sure your Prime Mates have expressed Leader. It's something we always hope to have instinctively, otherwise we wouldn't bother mating in the first place."
"I see, I guess when you put it that way, this really is important to you." He said. "But what does this have to do with Yara, why would you be at risk?" He asked the male Meowstic.
Yara however, tried to avoid his gaze as best he could, instead choosing to mirror his sister's actions and stare at the ground in shame.
"Are you sterile as well Yara?" He asked. "It's alright if you are, Gentaal is also sterile and he has respect still."
"I wish I were… at least I'd have that excuse." Yara said, still avoiding David's gaze. "But I'm not like Gentaal, he isn't sterile, he only believes he's sterile. He still at least has a chance to have pups… but I won't ever have pups."
At that answer, something told David that there was something else to it. And he had a wild idea that might explain it. "Can you tell me why?" He asked. "You don't need to explain it loudly, you can just whisper it to me."
Yara nodded and walked over to him slowly, before leaning up to his ear and whispering the reason as quietly as he could. All the while Nera was also hanging her head in shame as she observed her brother explaining to David why he wished he had the excuse his sister had at least.
After Yara explained, David nodded in understanding, and gave Yara a soft scratch behind his ears. "I'm sorry… I didn't realize 'that' was what you lost." He said. "Being neutered at birth by the leader before Scar, I can only imagine how much pain you've suffered all this time. Given what you've told me about your pride in this pack, losing that would alienate you from every female in the pack, and shame you among every other male."
Yara nodded as he went back to his sister's side, and hung his head in deeper shame.
"Why did he do that to you Yara, it seems rather cruel in my eyes to perform that on a baby?" He asked the Meowstic.
"Leader Hercule felt that any male offspring he produced besides those with his Prime Mate, might have challenged him for leadership." Yara replied with his eyes closed. "So to ensure we didn't oppose him, he… did that to us. Unfortunately he was only leader for a short time compared to Scar, and I was the only male offspring he had during his first few months as Leader. He ruled for about two years, and in that time didn't have any offspring besides me and my sister by the time Scar took over."
"So how is it you both still survived while Scar was leader?" He asked them. "Based on what I've learned of him, you two were only around him because you were his bodyguards. He didn't ever seem to take your advice to heart, and seemed to treat you like tools."
"It is true Leader… whenever we offered advice to Scar he almost always disregarded it unless it agreed with how he thought or was planning." Nera replied. "If we ever said anything that contradicted him, he would threaten us… we were only his guards in practicality." She said with a sad frown. "Without our abilities, we would have been useless to him, and he would have kicked us out or killed us himself. But… we had an agreement with him… 'I' had an agreement with him."
"In other words… you let him rape you?" He asked them quietly, anger growing inside of him as he realized that he was dealing with another of Scar's issues. "You basically gave him your body just so you could remain 'useful' in his eyes?"
As he spoke those words, Nera broke down in tears, hiccupping every time she cried. "Yes… if I became his sex slave… if I did whatever he wanted whenever he wanted, he would allow us to stay as his bodyguards and advisors!" She moaned in defeat. "He promised he wouldn't inform any of the pack about my inability to procreate, and he wouldn't kill my brother because of his 'condition'. As long as I let him rape me however he wanted, then we could stay in the pack!" She cried even harder as she spoke to him, and Yara too was crying sadly. "You have to understand Leader… we were useless to him… we had no choice but to do it… I didn't want to be separated from my brother, and we didn't want to risk being captured!"
"For us wild Pokemon, being captured and bossed around, eventually becoming 'tamed' is a disgrace and is looked down upon Leader." Yara said. "Being forced to become whatever our human masters want us to be, is shameful and many find the idea revolting. A few don't mind and even want that, but for the rest we take pride in our freedom. If my sister and I were captured, we might still live but we could be separated, and we don't want to be parted from one another…"
"That's why I became Scar's sex slave… at least that way we could stay in the pack we were born in, and we wouldn't be kicked out!" Nera said sadly, still crying tears. "At least we were 'useful' to both him and the pack! Even though I wished to be free of him, we had a place in the pack thanks to him." She now looked up at him, and her once normally yellow and red eyes were now bloodshot. "We became advisors… bodyguards… we had respect and admiration. Even though the cost was me… we at least were together, safe in the pack."
He nodded in understanding, before asking one final question, though by how Nera was crying he guessed the answer. "How often did he violate you Nera?"
Nera looked down at the ground before crying again, her tails curling in disgrace and her paws shaking slightly. "Twice a week… if I was lucky and he wasn't with another female." She whispered sadly. "At best twice a week… at worst it was twice a day. I couldn't even claim honor in mating our leader… because he forced it upon me each time. And if I said no or tried to resist… he would threaten me with my brother, and I'd have no choice but to let him violate me however long he wanted to!" She looked up at him again, and now her eyes gave her the look that her spirit had been broken. "I had no choice Leader… I had no choice!"
"Why didn't you try to stop him Yara?" He asked the brother, noticing how much pain Yara was expressing as his sister cried. "She's your sister, you should have done something to protect her, anything!"
"I couldn't have… because if I did her life was forfeit as well!" Yara said angrily but also in shame. "I knew what she was doing and did all I could to protect her Leader, but like she said I too had no choice! I once begged Scar to let her sleep because she was sick one night. She had a high fever and needed rest for her to get better, but he didn't care, he was 'in the mood' and wanted to mate. When I protested he knocked me aside, and forced me to watch, saying that it was punishment for defying him. That I should be honored to have my sister mate with him…" He said as he glared at him now while still crying, his tails standing on end because of his silent rage. "I was forced to watch him rape my own sister Leader… I would have done ANYTHING to spare her that torture! But if I did, we were dead or worse! We are strong together but even combined we still aren't a match for Scar in battle. He is stronger than you realize. Your fight with him wasn't him really fighting, he was just only interested in killing you, and he wasn't thinking clearly and so made a mistake!"
He sighed as he looked at the two Meowstics, and understood now why they acted the way they did. It was obvious that he couldn't treat them like he would have a human in this situation, because obviously they weren't like him. While he hated Scar now even more than he did before, what Scar did to these two Meowstics was, in their eyes at least, a necessary sacrifice for them to remain in the pack.
He just hated how scarred they were because of it now. He could only imagine how much fear Nera must have felt every day, wondering if she might get out of mating with Scar. He could also understand Yara's silent rage at himself, having to watch as his own sister was raped in front of him and accept it had caused the male Meowstic so much suppressed anger. He was sure that if Scar hadn't been the Pack Leader as well as a Houndoom at the time, Yara would have fought tooth and claw to protect Nera from him.
"I understand you two…" He said quietly before surprising them both by taking Nera in his arms and giving her a small hug. "I promise you that you don't need to worry about being kicked out of this pack. I still want you to stay as my advisors, even if I haven't had any need of you so far, I still trust your advice."
"You mean… you won't… you won't force me to?" Nera asked, looking up at him with hope in her eyes.
"No, you don't have to let anyone violate you ever again Nera." He said, scratching her head and making her smile with joy. "Yara, I have a new decree now that I have just come up with!"
"Yes Leader?" Yara asked, now no longer crying but looked just as happy as his sister did.
"Karen, I want you in here now!" He shouted, and moments later Karen came running in with her hand on the stick in her tail. "Karen, I want you to spread this decree to all of the females within the pack." He said to his Braixen. "My decree is this: By order of the Pack Leader, Scar is forbidden from mating any female in Pack David or from mating any female within our territory! Is that clear?"
"You got it master!" Karen said with a smirk before walking out with a swagger. "Can't wait to tell all the girls, they'll absolutely love this law. They've been waiting for something like this…"
As Karen left he turned to Yara who was watching as his sister nuzzled David's chest in gratitude. "As for you Yara, I have a special rule I want you to follow." He said to Yara, who looked up at him. "Lancelot, I need you in here now!"
Moments Lancelot his Lucario walked into the chamber and knelt down on one knee, as if he were standing before royalty. "Yara, I want you and your sister to stay together from now on, wherever one of you goes the other does as well. Barring places that require privacy of course. If Scar threatens either of you, I give you full permission to perform the same 'procedure' that the leader before Scar did upon you." He turned to Lancelot after saying that. "As for you Lancelot, I want you to watch over and protect these two from now on. If they go anywhere without me I want you to go with them as well, if Scar threatens them in any way, knock him out and let Yara deal with him, understood?"
"What about you Master?" He asked politely.
"I think between Karen, Lucy and Sophia, I'll be safe while we're here." He said with a chuckle. "Are my orders understood Lancelot?"
"Yes Master, I'll carry them out as you command." He said with a nod. "I'll wait outside to escort them wherever they wish."
With that Lancelot left, leaving David and the twins alone again, but now Nera was purring in relief and contentment while he scratched her, and Yara was showing his affection by nuzzling his arm. "I'm sorry you two had to endure all of that for so many years." He said softly. "If I could replace what Scar took from you both, erase all of that pain he caused you two, I would do it without hesitation."
"It's alright Leader… we understand." Nera said, now smiling as she looked up at him when he let her go. "Thank you Leader… thank you so much for what you have done for us!"
"Yes Leader… thank you for everything!" Yara said, holding his sister close and crying tears of joy. "Our nightmare is over sister… its over at last!"
"Yes brother… it's finally over…" Nera said to her brother, nuzzling him back. "We don't have to fear Scar… ever again!"
They both allowed themselves a few moments of sibling comfort before turning to look at David and bowing to him. "Thank you Leader, we are honored for what you have done for us." They both said at the same time. "If you have any need of us, we will be happy to help you with whatever the task is. May we return to our chambers and sleep, we spent much of the night worrying in fear."
"Of course, and inform my two Prime Mates that they may come back in here." He said, but then he remembered that Lucy was in heat, and while they were talking it might have flared back up. "Though before you go to bed, can you please bring some food for me and my two mates to eat? I have a feeling Lucy will not let me out of this room for a while."
"With pleasure Leader!" They said instantly, and left right after that.
Not moments later, Lucy and Sophia walked back in, with Lucy grinning wickedly at him, or more importantly his groin. "Oh Daviiiid~…" She sang before slowly walking toward him, her cheeks redder than he thought they had any right to be. "Guess what time it is…"
"I have a feeling I'm going to be exhausted in the next hour." He said as she walked over him and began rubbing herself against him, kissing him fiercely and with way more passion than she did before.
"Oh yea…" Lucy replied before shoving him onto their bed and locking lips with him.
"Merde… always so impulsive." Sophia said, before joining them as well on the bed.
(Lancelot's PoV)
Lancelot followed behind both of the advisors, obeying the orders David had given him. While they walked to the lake chamber to get food at his request, he spotted Karen approaching from a side tunnel with a grin on her face.
"Hey Lance, where ya heading?" She asked, causing them to pause in their walking.
"I'm escorting Yara and Nera at Master David's request." He said respectfully. "Where are you heading to Karen?"
She pointed with one of her paws at a group of females that were gossiping outside of the main chamber, and all of them noticed who Karen was talking to and began whispering to one another when they spotted Lancelot. "Just doing what Master David said to do, told all the ladies of the pack to not fuck Scar ever again." She said with a chuckle. "Though I don't think he needed to make it a decree, it's not like any of them would want to 'bang' him now. I was just about to walk back to his chamber to tell him."
"Perhaps you should refrain from that Karen… he is currently occupied… at the moment." He said, glancing into the tunnel behind him.
"Occupied, you mean his mates are with him at this time?" Karen asked him, and he saw a glint in her eyes that told him what she was thinking. "I'll just go and guard the entrance to his chamber… you know just to make sure nobody interrupts him."
Lancelot sighed and knew it was pointless to try and argue with her, she would have gone anyway. "Just make sure nobody bothers them alright?" He told her, shaking his head and ignoring as she walked eagerly to their master's chamber.
"She really takes her job serious." Near said as they continued to the lake chamber.
"Indeed, Leader David has chosen wisely when it came to a new bodyguard." Yara said as well. "She is very determined in her duty, she's always watching the entrance and protecting our Leader each minute he is not in his chamber. Unless told otherwise, she remains diligent in ensuring his safety."
*If only she was really 'guarding' him …* He thought to himself as they began walking to the main tunnel which connected to the lake chamber.
As they walked he felt a nearby aura following them, and he knew who it was. "Masters Yara and Nera, can you handle getting our leader's food on your own and getting it to him?" He asked them.
"Of course, it will not take very long." Yara said, and both he and his sister went on ahead, leaving him behind.
He turned around and crossed his arms, staring determinedly at the Houndoom behind him. Scar walked a few paces toward him before stopping, giving him a piercing glare, and wearing a smug expression on his muzzle.
Though he stood a foot taller than him, Lancelot was not intimidated by Scar's appearance. Scar was merely an abused former Pokemon, once trained by a human. His relationship with his trainer had been tainted and ruined, making the Houndoom only a shadow of what he could have become.
"So what business does the little pet of the human have here?" Scar asked with a grin. "Aren't you going to go and protect your 'master' servant?"
Lancelot remained quiet as the Houndoom began taunting him. He was just trying to provoke him into talking, perhaps revealing something that might give him an advantage.
He was well aware of this kind of game the Houndoom was playing, he's had to deal with it over the years after spending so much time among various packs in Kalos while searching for David.
They often tried to get him to stay and become a part of their packs, and even a few female pack leaders tried to offer him a position as their Prime Mate. They knew how strong he was after being able to cross through their various territories with no effort.
"What, you have nothing to say to me?" He asked viciously. "I expected more from a 'bodyguard' of our Pack Leader."
"This pack has no need of a human, it has never needed a human. That human is a sympathetic weakling and your clearly stronger than this Human you call your 'master'." Scar whispered venomously as he took two steps closer, a gleam in his eyes as Lancelot saw that he had captured his attention with those words. "Why do you obey a human you can easily defeat with only the slightest effort? With your power you could rule all the packs for half of this region. So why, why do you fight for one who does not deserve such power under his control. Imagine how much pow…"
With that last word, Lancelot rushed forward, and faster than Scar could blink, threw a kick at the Houndoom.
If the kick had connected, he was sure that Scar would have died, but he was told by David to not attack Scar unless he endangered Yara or Nera, or Sophia and Lucy. So when he threw the kick, he made sure that he stopped his attack a mere inch in front of his face.
Scar was speechless and wide eyed, as he barely had any time to breathe before he could utter another word.
Lancelot however maintained his professional act and refused to glare back at Scar. "Don't even speak." He whispered. "Do not utter another word, pathetic excuse for a Pokemon!"
Scar would have probably glared back but with Lancelot's foot an inch from his face and his mind still recovering from how fast Lancelot moved, he didn't move an inch.
"You dare stand before me Scar, and attempt to turn me against my master." He said. "You are pathetic… you who would try to turn me against my true master, you who were defeated by the very human you speak of. Then you attempt to turn me against him? How pathetic you must be, to think you were once Pack Leader." He stared at the former leader and grinned. "You chose poorly when you attempted to turn members of your pack against him, I am eternally loyal to him and always will be. He is my greatest friend and greatest ally, and if any danger ever threatens him, I will stand before him and protect him against it!"
In response Scar glanced at his foot and then back to his face. "Yes, I stopped my attack just before it hit you." He said. "I was trained for great speed and to attack with great strength, I am far faster and far stronger than any Pokemon in this or any pack. Name any Pokemon and I assure you, I surpass them with great ease. If I had wanted to, I could have snapped your neck with the very kick I threw, but I was ordered to not hurt you unless you threatened Yara, Nera, Lucy or Sophia. Consider yourself lucky that my master is merciful." He put his foot down and turned to walk away. "If you dare to try and convince me again to betray him, next time I won't hold back in my attack. And don't even think of trying to attack me from behind ever again, for I can sense your aura without even seeing."
Just before he walked away, he looked back at Scar and stared at him. "You truly are pathetic… I almost feel sorry that the human you once had, abused you so much, to the point where what you had had become twisted and destroyed. If things were different, it would be you shouting words of loyalty to your human, and not spouting venomous words of distrust and bitter hatred to one who held no such feelings to you."
With that he walked away, without another word.
