Welcome to chapter 14! Special thanks to spartadu29 for not only following the story but also making it one of their favorite stories. So... I have a lot of things on my mind... Ideas for the story, school, and etc. But keep in mind that none of these things will keep me from writing this story... My determination is unshakable. And no one can truly know how grateful I am that all of you have bothered to make it this far. To know that I'm entertaining people with this just puts me in the greatest mood. Like I'm actually appreciated for this. And for my faithful followers who have been reading since the very first chapter... Thank you. It means so much to me that right now I'm having trouble putting it all into words. This feeling is almost overwhelming. So thank you all for reading. Thank you, PBM for being an amazing friend. So let's get this show on the road. I present to you chapter 14 of 'Forbidden Love' by xX-xeXeeD-Xx! Oh and another thing! I do NOT own Pokemon or Game Freak! I am simply borrowing their wonderful little setting so that I may create something beautiful with the power of LITERATURE!

"Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strength. When you go through hardships and decide not surrender, that is strength."
-Arnold Schwarzenegger

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Forbidden Love

Chapter 14: The Demons

(Third person POV)

(Unknown)

[Unknown]

A man walked down a long corridor. The hallway was pure white. He wore a black uniform with red trimming. A badge was on the front of the uniform. The symbol on it was a red pointed cross with a snake wrapped around it. There was a silver crown above the cross. He continued down until he arrived in front of a door. He knocked twice, getting confirmation to enter the room. He opens the door and walks into the dark room.

"It's nearly time sir. We must dispose of the problem that has been growing. He is becoming a threat and I can no longer wait for your orders. I fear if this goes on any longer we'll be facing something far worse than a fifteen-year-old." There was silence.

And then a husky voice spoke up ,"I wouldn't do that if I were you... Amos..."

The man gritted his teeth with anger ,"And why should I not? Obviously, you don't understand the weight of this situation. He's a fucking aura guardian. What do you think those bastards in the Heiwa Regime will do if they got their hands or paws, or whatever the hell they have, on him? This little problem will turn into a major problem. He has to go."

And in a blink of an eye, a blade is thrown at lightning fast speeds just barely shaving Amos's hair. "Hold your tongue. Remember who's in charge, lieutenant." The unknown person in the darkness continued ,"I know what you're feeling, but now is not the time for emotional problems. I have already laid out a plan to approach him. Just sit back and do as I tell you and this threat will be eliminated sooner than you think. Have patience." Amos then stormed off.

He muttered to himself ,"I'll prove him wrong... I'll make him look like a fool."

December 31

(Zane's POV)

(Kanto *The Cabin*)

[10:22 am]

I come into consciousness as I wake up. I flutter my eyes open and yawn. I then feel Ruby shift in my arms. My attention is immediately drawn towards her and I gaze at her intently. Her looks and perfections stood out. Her incredibly soft fur was brushing up against my arms. I enjoyed the comfort we were both sharing, that is until she woke up.

"Good morning, Zane." She said as she stretched herself out.

I smiled and replied ,"Good morning... So... How was last night?" All she did was blush as she giggled, which only made my smile grow.

We laid there in each other's arms until I heard a familiar voice.

"Hey..! You're up." Ryder walked in the living room. Thankfully, I had a blanket over me and Ruby. Ryder had an awkward smile as he walked over. "So neither me or Dante have any time to do anything with you so I guess you have a free day. Do whatever you want." I was happy with what I had just heard. But I was curious as to why they didn't have time for a session.

"So why exactly do I have a free day?" Ryder chuckled

"You seriously don't know? Today is New Year's Eve. It's my favorite time of year and I usually prepare a party for it." I perked up when I heard the word 'party'.

"Hmm... I'm not sure what I should do in the meantime..." Ryder then thought to himself to give me a suggestion.

"Maybe you can do some exercise or maybe meditate."

"Lifting weights sounds like a good idea," I respond with a confident look.

He smiled and replied ,"Okay then... The rooms all yours." Ruby and I exchange glances.

"Can I train too?" Ruby asks in the cutest voice.

I chuckled ,"Of course you can!"

(Ruby's POV)

[11: 58 pm]

Decorations were hanging everywhere. From the walls to the ceiling, multicolored cardboard decorations displayed the upcoming year. A tray of finger food was in the kitchen, everyone was in the living room or kitchen, and we were all talking about what might happen in the upcoming year. Ryder was talking about how he wanted to expand on the cabin just so that Zane and I could have a place to sleep other than the couch. Zane was thinking about his training and how far he would be into it. But I just wasn't sure what would happen to myself.

"Hey! Two minutes left!" Ryder exclaimed as he glanced at the clock.

Everyone looked anxious. It was like turning a new page in everyone's life. But I was still wondering what could possibly be in front of the present. Beatrice walked in with champagne.

"Sorry Zane, we don't have any non-alcoholic." Zane shrugged.

"It doesn't matter. I'm just happy I get to spend tonight with all of you." Everyone in the room looked over at Zane and smiled at his statement. Dante speaks up.

"What makes you say that?" He asks in a curious tone.

Zane glanced at all of us and takes a deep breath. "Well, I guess you guys are like my family now. I left a family just to end up in another. And here I thought I had escaped having such a thing ever again." A tear formed in his eye but he quickly wiped it away. He chuckled ,"It's like a never-ending nightmare of sadness and despair knowing that someday I will leave you guys too just to be in search of another." There were a few murmurs in the room.

Mia then spoke ,"You don't have to though... I think we should all stick together and stay as one." Ryder smirks at her and nods.

Dante replies ,"Yeah, We've got your back, Zane." I can tell hearing this from Zane's peers made him feel more assured.

Ryder speaks ,"Well guess what guys? There's only one more minute!" We then counted down the last seconds of the year away from thirty seconds to zero. And in celebration, Beatrice and Ryder popped the champagne and everyone cheered ,"Happy New year!" Music was played and we danced the night away.

2 weeks later

(Zane's POV)

[8:11 pm]

I had just finished my session for the day and took a shower. I walked into the living room, but just when I thought my day was over Ryder follows shortly after me and says ,"Hey Zane... Can I speak with you." I turn around and see him leaning on the door seal.

"Yeah, can Ruby listen?" I ask him and he nods.

"Sure, the more the merrier." We then walk over and I sat on the couch Ruby was on and Ryder across from us.

He spoke up first ,"So... What I'm about to talk to you about is serious, and I need you to focus on what I say."

"I'm all ears," I tell him assuringly.

He takes a breath and begins ,"Well let's start out with this. You see your training consists of more than just training sessions and workouts. There is more to it." I listen up and so does Ruby. "Every now and then I will make an important task for you to do. But don't begin to think these will be ordinary tasks. These tasks are like trials that you must go through, and they test your skill, mind, and body. And today will be your first task. They will gradually get tougher as you do." My focus was glued to Ryder. This did sound important. My first task? I wonder what it could be. He glanced at me and sighed ,"Your first trial will be a little dark though... I need you to..." He hesitated at what he was about to say. I was anxious to find out what he was gonna say ,"I need you to kill someone..." I slightly shivered at the thought.

"What? You want me to kill someone?" I repeated what he had said. Ryder continued ,"Not just an ordinary person though... I have reason to believe that this person is clearly a Savior. He has openly expressed the insignia everywhere he goes. He has also been seen with a few others that strongly support their cause. And not only that, but he has also shown up at the same place every night..." I was confused.

"Wait, so how do you have this information?" Ruby asked.

He just smirked ,"There are a few things you don't know about me that I should just keep quiet about, and let's leave it at that." He turned his head to look at me ,"He shows up at an abandoned warehouse every night. I have no idea why though. I will send coordinates to your pokedex. But first... " He trails off as he gets off the couch and walks over to the bookcase in the room. He then takes out some books looking for something. He sticks his hand behind the shelf trying to reach the target. A click is heard and the bottom half of the shelf slides out to reveal an arsenal of weaponry. I was shocked when I saw this.

"Okay, so that's been there this entire time?" He looks over to me.

"Yeah, and..? Stop screwing around and choose something already..." I perk up when I hear this.

"I get to choose what I get to kill that Savior with?" I walk over to where he stood in front of the secret drawer. I look at the many weapons in front of me I pick up a random pistol.

"A Beretta 92 vertec... Perfect choice..." He said as he closed the drawer and re-arranged the books to make it look like nothing happened. He took out his pokedex and after about a minute he sent the coordinates to my dex.

"Wait, can Ruby come along?" I asked him.

Ryder responds ,"I don't see why not. Just be careful okay... Come back in one piece okay." He looked slightly worried.

I gave him a confident look ,"Don't worry, we'll be fine."

I exit the cabin with Ruby at my side holding my arm as close to her as possible. "Zane, are you sure about this? What if in reality... We're killing an innocent person." I thought the question over.

"Well, I guess it's a sin I have to bear... Whatever it takes... I will wipe this organization off the face of the planet. Nothing anyone can say or do can regard their actions." She looked down at the ground thinking. We walk up to the chopper that was parked outside. Over the two weeks, Ryder actually bothered to teach me how to drive the motorbike. And Beatrice even started to teach Ruby how to cook. I began the chopper after Ruby had gotten on behind me. In three seconds we went from zero to forty.

(Zane's POV)

(Kanto *outside of the warehouse*)

[8:56 pm]

It took us a little while to get to the warehouse, and it was getting dark outside.

"Okay... Let's get this over with..." I told Ruby as I got off and walked over to the entrance. She soon followed.

I entered the empty warehouse looking around. "Hmm... I guess the target hasn't gotten here yet. We have to wait." I tell Ruby as she hugs me.

She replies ,"I hope you know what you're doing." I kiss her forehead.

"Don't worry... Everything is okay." I stroked her back as we stood there. And then I felt a presence. Wait... This feeling... Why is it familiar to me... Like I've met this person before. Who is the target?

"Ruby... Hide..." She does as she is told and finds a good hiding place to stay out of sight.

I feel like I've met this person before... But in a dream... This is bothering me.

I then hear the heavy doors of the warehouse open, and before my eyes was a man in a charcoal black cloak. He had blood red hair. No... I readily held my gun up and prepared to shoot him to complete this trial. I then aim down the sights... But my heart rate starts to go through the roof and my hands start to shake... What the hell... How the hell is he real? Why can't I just shoot him right here and now... It shouldn't matter who he is as long as he's dead right? The cloaked man was walking towards me with a smug grin. Just shoot him already... What is keeping me from doing this

"heh heh he... I knew it." He says as he advances closer. "All bark but no bite." He was only twenty feet away from me now. My hands felt like jelly. I could barely move my fingers. My panic became worse and worse. And then without warning, he stops in his tracks. I could have sworn I heard Ruby's voice. But when I turned my head to see, someone knocked me out.

I slowly came into consciousness I had a huge pain in the side of my head but when I went to rub my temple to make it feel better, my arms were bound by rope.

"Oh great! You're awake." The same man from before was now in front of me. I realized what was happening. My heart sank so far down that I could shit it out.

"Wha... Where the hell is Ruby..? What's going on?"

He chuckled ,"All in due time... Don't worry she'll get her share too." He laughed maniacally. There was someone standing next to him.

He greeted himself ,"My name is Amos... But I seriously doubt you will live long enough to remember it." He continued. "Now, how should I deal with a sick fuck like you, hmm?" He paced around thinking to himself ,"Oh I've got it!" He gestured the person next to him to leave. "Oh boy! You're gonna have the time of your life! You get the once in a lifetime opportunity to be tortured by drowning! How fun does that sound?" The man who had left before had come back with another person. They were carrying a tub of water. Then both of them grab me and dragged me over.

"No... No, please don't! Leave me alone!" I tried my hardest to escape their grip but to no avail.

"Aw, that's cute... He's begging." Other people started to enter the warehouse to witness. They were all dressed in a cloak similar to Amos's. they both had the same insignia. "I think you can already tell the mistake you made... Sorry two mistakes... And without warning my head is pushed into the tub of water and held it there. I tried to flail to escape the water and breathe. But they all held me down keeping my head in that spot. I tried desperately to get air. I then felt the suffocation as my lungs collapsed trying to get just a little air. I need air... I... Need... Air... And then they brought my head back up. I inhaled as much oxygen as possible.

"The first mistake was falling in love with that braixen... You fucking grody prick." And with that, they shoved my head back in. After that, it was just a rinse and repeat. Driving me to the brink of death every time. Until they brought me back up once more ,"The second mistake was taking a flight over here... You stupid cunt." After Amos said these words they continued the drowning method. After at least the tenth time they finally stopped. I gasped for air after coughing out water.

"Next phase! My favorite." I could tell this wasn't good. The two men left and then brought out a pokemon. A reuniclus floated over. From the looks of it, I could tell it wasn't treated too well. They had electrified spears prodding it if it stopped.

Amos gestured and said ,"Okay Reuniclus... You know what to do." What does that suppose to mean? I got my answer when it began using its psychic powers on me. But it didn't use telekinesis. Instead, it used its powers to get inside my head. Immense pain followed after that. It felt like someone was jabbing a knife into my head over and over again. And then the pain moved further down my body. From my torso to my limbs, like knives sliding down.

The pain continued for what felt like an eternity. Then it felt like someone was setting my chest on fire. It grew and grew. And in an instant, I could have sworn I felt part of me leave. After that, it all stopped. Everything stopped. And once again I blacked out.

I woke up again. But this time I had cuts bruises riddled all over my body. I couldn't move at all. I felt like I had just gone through a meat grinder. I look around to see that I was still in the warehouse. And then I saw her. Ruby was tied to one of the columns supporting the roof. It didn't look like they did anything to her though. Maybe drained her energy.

"R-ruby..." I mutter out. And then I heard the same voice from before.

"Rise and shine!" Amos walked into my view. My arms and hands were no longer bound by a rope. I gritted my teeth in anger.

"F-fuck... you..." He chuckled.

"Oh, you hate me, huh? That's not what you should do... You should be thankful... Thankful to be free of this disgusting life..." Again, I tried to move but nothing happened. Then I noticed other people standing around Amos, Ruby, and me.

"You're probably wondering why are we doing something like this to you... It's simple... The main goal of the Saviors is to purify this world of all delinquents like you. At first, we tried to persuade people... But nothing happened. So we had to get our voice out... But that didn't seem to stop people from being normal. And that was the last straw... The last resort is mass genocide." I couldn't believe what I was hearing.

I spoke out against him ,"You can't choose how someone's life goes..." He glanced at me.

He glanced at me and replied ,"Oh, but I can... Didn't you notice? When that braixen was your pokemon. You had total control over her. But you foolishly released her." He continued ,"Controlling someone's life is the greatest feeling. It's the ultimate power... To be able to control someone. And here in the Saviors, that's what we aim to do. Save this world from people like you and control how people live their lives... Now let's get this show on the road!" Somone walked over to Ruby with a gallon of gasoline. What are they gonna do to her? My question was answered as they poured the gasoline on the ground in circular motions. I felt someone behind me lash my limbs with a knife.

"Errrggg!" And after that, whatever chance I had at moving, was gone. Amos walked over to me with a bowie knife.

"I'm afraid this is gonna hurt a little." He stood me on my knees and then jammed the knife through my chest. I was going through so much pain that I couldn't even feel it anymore. He slides the knife out, and without warning, he sticks the blade into my mouth.

"Now, after I'm done with you, you get to watch as your 'mate' goes up in flames. Yee! I can't wait!" He started to get fidgety. And that's when I notice the amount of blood I was losing.

Amos lines up the blade in my mouth for something. No... What are you- But before I could finish my thought, he slashes my cheek wide open. Why..? Why me?

I could feel more and more blood seep out. Everything started to get blurry. He walks to where Ruby was and takes out a what looked like a lighter.

"Well, I really enjoyed our time together, Zane... Now say goodbye to her." But before I could see what happened I blacked out for the last time.

It's all over... I'm gonna die... This is the end... There's nothing beyond this point. And I failed at my only purpose in life. And that was to protect Ruby from anyone or anything that wanted to harm her. And I couldn't even kill someone to protect her. I'm a failure.

Well, Anna, I'll see you soon. It's game over.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I'm an evil bastard. All I can say about this chapter is that you should probably continue reading... There's not a real way to NOT spoil it. So just wait for the next chapter to come out. Anyways, Thank you all for reading... Thank you for taking the precious time out of your day to read my fan fiction. It means a lot to me. Please if you haven't already, follow or favorite. And for the love of god... Please review this chapter... I shouldn't have to beg people to review. It should just come naturally. I really love your support, either if it's criticizing my writing or complimenting it. So please, review. And don't forget to read PBM's story 'Torn'. It's told in Ryder's POV so I suggest everyone read it.

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