Prompt: Satisfied
"None of them knew..."
None of them knew... None of them knew... None of them...
None...
Something shifted in the darkness. There was a faint sound, but at the same time, the deafening silence persisted.
"What cause the fire...?"
What caused the fire...? Fire...? What caused it...?
What...?
Something broke the misty air. But nothing was there.
"A few survivors..."
A few survivors... A few... Few...
Survivors...
Something darker than the darkness moved. The mists parted as it broke through them.
"Blue fire... Gold fire... Alive... Moltres... Geyser..."
Blue fire... Gold fire... Alive... Moltres... Geyser...
The dark figure stood in the darkness and behind the misty air. None of its features could be seen, yet a feeling of it staring filled the air.
"The end of the world... Evil... Behind the wall of fire..."
End of the world... Behind... Wall of fire...
Chanting...
The figure disappeared.
BOOM!
Nic's eyes flew open, seeing nothing but a bright white light. Seconds later, the light faded and gave way to the darkness that was softly penetrated by the dim lights of the glowing root flowers inside his team's room. He heard the quiet snores of his two friends and the soft sounds of rainwater from outside. He stifled a groan as he stood up, ignoring the cold air. He blinked the remaining sleep off of his eyes and mentally cursed after another bright lightning flash temporarily blinded him, followed by the low growl of thunder.
None of them knew... None of them knew... None of them...
Brows furrowed, he walked out of the room and stood in the quiet and dark hallway. He looked around, but he saw no one. Everyone were probably still be asleep, he thought.
A much colder air blew past him, making the fire chick shiver and involuntarily making his feathers stand. After taking a breath, he looked around, hoping to spot...something.
None...
Nic jumped forward and immediately turned around, heart racing, beak fuming, eyes glaring at...nothing. He was about to turn when he noticed something stirred in the shadows inside his team's room. He steeled himself as he mentally prepa—
What caused the fire...? Fire...? What caused it...?
"Nnngh!" Nic's eye twitched as he violently shook his head. He quickly returned his glaring gaze inside the room, eyeing Silver's form who was stirring in her sleep, mumbling something before she settled down and continued sleeping.
What...?
"Who's there?" Nic whispered in the quiet air.
Lightning flashed, followed by a long and loud roar of thunder. Nic saw a shadow on the corner of his eye just as the light from the lightning disappeared. He immediately turned but his eyes were yet to adjust, yet he didn't hesitate to run after it. He turned around a corner, and he heard the unmistakeably sounds of footsteps. They were quiet, but not too quiet, and Nic quickened his pace as he turned a corner and another, hearing him getting closer and—
A few survivors... A few... Few...
"Grrr...!" Nic ignored the voices he kept hearing in his head as he turned one last corner where the footsteps had stopped.
"Mmmf?!"
Survivors...
Lightning flashed, and after the light began to fade, Nic's glaring eyes saw a frightened-looking Rattata.
"P-please don't hurt me!" the rodent squeaked as he leaned against the wall.
Nic kept his glare, although he felt relief to see that it wasn't some strange being running around the floor. "What are you doing here?" he asked in a firm voice.
"I...I-I was...just looking around." The Rattata gulped. "Please believe me! I didn't mean..." he trailed off as tears started to form in his eyes. "A-am I in trouble?"
Nic sighed. "Trainees are not supposed to be here."
"I-I know... And I, ah, um, s-sorry," the rodent said as his ears drooped. "I... Am I going to be k-kicked out?"
"Yes," Nic nodded. "But I won't—"
Blue fire... Gold fire... Alive... Moltres... Geyser...
"H-huh...?"
End of the world...
"Grrr—!" Nic clenched his eyes shut. "J-just...go back to sleep!" he said as he opened his fierce eyes.
The Rattata flinched with a squeak before he quietly and hurriedly ran past the annoyed Torchic. "I-I'm sorry," he whispered as he scampered off to the stairs.
Behind... Wall of fire...
"Guh!" Nic grunted as he turned and looked around and around, glaring at each possible spots on the floor, wall, ceiling and finally he turned to glare at his faint yet angry reflection on the window. Lightning flashed, but a dark and unmoving figure stood outside the window, casting its long and dark shadow over the Torchic's stunned form. Time seemed to have slowed has Nic held his breath, paralyzed by the feeling of the featureless figure staring right at him...smiling at him.
"Chanting..." it whispered.
Thunder roared as the white flash of light and the figure disappeared and gave way to red.