A/N: Hello everyone. Thanks to all of you who have been reading my story. It just got its 50th review yesterday from Arcachan. (Yes, this is very important to me). Thank you to srgeman, Auralucario, Walks In The Shadows, Lady of DarkFire, Lightning-Alchemist-Rini, Sailor Nibaru (Mew), and .x.Runner-Of-The-Stars.x. (Arcachan) for reviewing the last chapter. It means a lot to me.
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon, so, Enjoy!!
Chapter 12: MariusTeam Blasters!
"Yes. I understand." Marius said as he turned to face me. Salty tears flooded from his eyes, he looked like a small boy, looking for comfort. "I've got some potions in my bag if you want to give them to him." He said. He started to stand up, but I pushed him back down.
"No, you need to stay with Epi, give her your last words, we're leaving soon. Tell her that I'll miss her too." He nodded shakily and sat back down, happy to have an extra minute with his Pokemon. Cosette sat closely next to him, her head lowered in grief.
I ran over to his black backpack and dug through it. It was filled with all sorts of Pokemedicine. Towards the back I found a Hyper Potion and got it out. A black piece of fabric was buried beneath it. I sniffed it curiously, then pulled it out.
It was a jacket. On the right side of it, a small emblem with a Rocket ship on it was emblazed into the jacket. Underneath were the words, 'TEAM BLASTERS MARIUS RANK: CAPTAIN."
I stumbled backwards, amazed that the young man who had saved my life was a captain of Team Blasters. I decided to keep it to myself for now. I wanted to find out what he was up to before I told anyone.
I stuffed the jacket back into the bag and looked over at Marius. He was turned the opposite way and didn't notice my discovery. I sighed, thankful. While putting the jacket into the backpack I saw a flash of steel. I looked to the right, where it had come from, and saw six polished, steel pokeballs lining the corner of his bag. The things were completely inescapable, probably a higher catch rate than a Master ball.
I was once again dazed and turned quickly to grab the Hyper potion between my teeth. I ran over to Gregor who hadn't moved an inch. I sprayed the potion on him and his wounds instantly started to close up.
"Thank you." He muttered softly, and then continued in a stronger voice, "Please take me to the Pokemon Center in Ol'dale now, they'll take care of me." I nodded sharply and ran over to Marius. I was a little bit more careful this time, now that I knew the truth. Rachel saw me and walked up behind me.
"What are you acting so careful for?" She asked as if she was offended. "He's our friend. Now stop sulking!" I nodded at her stern words and hurried towards him, worried that I might talk about Marius' secret identity if I stayed for too long.
He turned towards me as I approached, there was no suspicion whatsoever in his eyes. "Is it time to go?" He asked kindly. There was a mound of dirt in front of him. Apparently where Cosette and him had buried Epi. It was unmarked, except for some ivy twined into a loose heart.
"Yes. We need to get Gregor to the Pokemon Center as soon as possible." I said trying to distract him.
"Okay, but first we need to make something for him to lie on, on the way there. Twine some ivy and sticks together to make a mat." He said, then got up to find some sticks and ivy. I told Rachel what we needed to do.
Soon, a mat about Gregor's size lay fully formed on the ground. Marius went over and picked Gregor up gently. He laid him down on the mat and picked it up carefully, with two hands. "Let's go." He said simply, determined to get Gregor to the Center. Rachel and I followed behind, too worried to make any sort of conversation.
After about three hours of walking, the town's lights loomed ahead. Marius broke out into a run, Cosette bounding on beside him. Rachel and I raced to catch up. We stepped out onto the community square. The Pokemon Center was right in front of us. Marius ran straight for the door, he was bursting with sweat.
The nurse met him at the door. "Nurse! Nurse!" Marius cried. "Please help this Pidgeotto, he was hit by a strong Thunder attack by a Raichu." The nurse nodded and put Gregor on the nearest stretcher, rushing him into emergency attention. Marius sighed and sat in one of the waiting chairs. Rachel and I sat on a bench beside it.
We were all very tired at this point and tried to go to sleep. Rachel was asleep before me, running on Squirtle legs must have been hard work. I soon went to sleep, too.
A breeze of fresh air hit my skin. I was human once again, even if it was in the dream world. The waves lolled on endlessly, just as they had in my last dream. I suddenly remembered the Vaporeon that was my imagination and focused solely on that. I really wanted to talk with her.
"Vaporeon?" I called. The magnificent, blue Pokemon stepped out of the waves. She trotted up to me and looked up.
"I have some news for you." She said happily, turning in circles around her tail. "Remember that Pokemon I mentioned in your last dream? You're going to meet her really, really soon!" She seemed overly excited by this and did a full flip backwards. "She'll guide you and show you everything. She even knows about your situation!"
"That's great! I can't wait to meet her! Now for my news," I told her of Gregor's accident and Epi's death. She was obviously dulled by the news. "Can you tell me if Gregor will be all right?" I begged.
"That, I cannot say. I'm sorry, you'll have to find out tomorrow." She said grimly. I hoped she was faking it though. I didn't want anything bad to happen. "Now you must wake up, to find out if your friend is all right." A multi-color ray shot out of her mouth and hit me. The dream was washed away and I was back in the waiting room.
A/N: I hope everyone liked this chapter. Will Gregor be okay? Who's the Pokemon guide going to be? I'll listen to anyone who has an opinion and I'll answer any questions. Remember to send in your OCs. I accept all of them.
Chapter 13's coming soon. See you,
Pika!!