Chapter 14:
Red's Perspective:
I sat on the single bed with Leaf for about 20 minutes, trying to comfort her. I've wrapped my arms around her, and swayed from side to side, which seemed to calm her down. I look down at her, her hands loosening on my shirt, but her face is still buried into it. I couldn't read her thoughts anymore; I could only read the emotions of fear and uncertainty that are flowing through her body. She began to calm down to a point where she was quite silent. I pull her away from my shirt, looking into her reddened eyes from the crying, tears still flowing down her face. She was scared. I pull her in for a hug, her head leaning on my shoulder.
"It's okay Leaf, everything's okay…" I whisper into her ear. I feel her hands clutch my jacket as she hugs me back.
"Please don't hate me…" She stutters a bit. I pull her away gently in confusion and comfort.
"I would never hate you, you can tell me anything, I won't judge you, I won't hurt you, you're my friend and you will always be!" I flash a smile, gripping her arms making her stare at my happiness. As I look back at her, she wasn't sharing the happiness with me, and shoots me a serious and sorrowful glare.
"You will… I want to tell you, and I will… y-you won't talk to me again Red!" She shouts. She's serious, that was the worst part of it. I look straight into her eyes.
"I'm listening Leaf.." I say to her. She looks away, breaking free of my grip on her arms. She lets out a sigh before staring at me, tears starting to swell up in her eyes again.
Leaf's Perspective:
I opened my mouth countless times, but I felt a force grip my voice, not letting me speak. I took a deep breath, and looked back at the teen, and stare into his brown eyes.
"I-I did it… I-I…" I let out a shaky breath before continuing. I tried to. I felt restricted as if there was a huge lump in my throat. "I-I am responsible for Johto! Everything! It's my fault! I killed your mum! It's my fault my dad's DEAD!" I feel a weight being lifted off my shoulders, but life has put another one on. Red's face is blank, but tries to speak.
"But, a pokemon did… from Team Rocket-"
"It was me… everything was me!" I clutched my head, cutting him off. "Everything is my arceus damn fault Red!" I try to look him in the eye, but I can't, not after what I've done to him. I see a shadow of him cup his hands together of
"B-but how? How could that be y-y-ou?" His voice cracked. He was on the verge of crying, but I didn't see, I could tell.
"They needed DNA that matched Mews, a-a legendary pokemon, and they found me, a-and they hooked me up and, and they turned me into a powerful weapon! I couldn't control anything! I-I- can't say anymore, I'm a monster!" I jumped off the bed, and ran towards the door, opening it quickly and rushing out, shutting the door to the hallway abruptly as I continue running. I bump into someone, but I didn't see who it was as I ran down the stairs and out the pokemon center's doors, going to a place to be alone.
Green's Perspective:
"It was me… everything was me!" I wake up suddenly, looking at Blue before glancing at my pokemon. I then see that Leaf's and Red's pokemon are in here too for some reason. They seem to share the same feeling I have, and I decided to go check next door.
"I'm gonna see if everything's alright." I tell Blue. She nods as she holds Squirtle tight before looking at the walls again; trying to listen to the conversation, but there wasn't much to make out. I stretch, and put on a t-shirt before going out into the hallway. As I walk out the door, I feel someone bump into my shoulder, and the figure kept running. Was that Leaf? I rubbed my shoulder as I open the door to the room to where my friend was sitting on the bed … crying? I've never seen him cry before, this must be serious. I open the door wide, still holding the handle as I look at the teen.
"Are you alright? What happened?" I say, worried. He looks up and wipes away his tears as he lets out a breath of air. I walk over to Red, who sits in silence on the edge of the bed in a blank expression. I sit next to him, wandering what to say. He helps me out by breaking the awkward silence.
"I can't believe Leaf did that… Sorry, I-I need to go for a walk…" He didn't make any eye-contact with me, as he places his hands in his pockets and walked silently out the door. I sat there, dumbfounded actually.
"Wha? This is really confusing…" I say to myself, rubbing the back of my head with my hand. I decide to head out of the room as well, and went back into mine with Blue and the pokemon in it. Before I leave, the corner of my eye catches a glimpse of a shining object in the bed where Leaf slept. Curious, I walk over, and realise it was a pokeball. I picked it up. It definitely had a pokemon in it. I take it with me as I head out the door, closing it behind me, and walk back into the other room. I sit on the bed, exchanging gazes between Blue, the pokemon and the pokeball.
"This must be that pokemon Sceptile." I say out loud. Blue looks over at me, placing Squirtle down beside her.
"Maybe… Anyways, do you know what happened?" She asks curiously.
"No, Leaf ran past me and Red went out for a walk so I didn't get much of an answer." I exclaim. "We'll just wait for them…" I say, gazing out the window, losing my train of thought.
2 hours later…
I'm now looking out of the window of the cafeteria that the pokemon centers have. Blue is eating at a slow pace, I'm not really hungry, and the pokemon are eating their special food specially made by Brock. I stop fiddling with my spoon, and place it in my Oak's cereal, and stand up, looking at Blue, who startled at the sudden movement.
"I'm going out to look for them, it's been a while." I explain. I get a tug from a pokemon beside me. Well, two. It was Pikachu and Charmander. Charmander said a couple things, and Pikachu went running off to Nurse Joy to ask for something. I got an understanding of what he was saying.
"Okay, you can come with me."
"PIKA!"
"EQUEE!"
I hear the voices get louder as I look around. Pikachu was there, and… Eevee?
"Eevee! Where have you been?" I ask. Eevee looks away, not wanting to remember something.
"…Nevermind Eevee." I say, reassuring the pokemon it doesn't have to say. Pikachu talks to the pokemon, telling it what we are going to do. I determined expression lights up her face as she lets out a soft cry.
"Alright, let's go." With that, I head out the sliding doors of the center, and start to look around with the three pokemon for our friends.
Leaf's Perspective:
"What am I going to do?" I ask myself. I feel horrible now Red knows. I don't know if he believes me or not, but I know that I feel lighter, and I am going to have to face Team Rocket on my own. Red's going to tell the others. They won't speak to me, and I'll be alone, and outcast. I know it's not my fault, but it is. It just is. If I could've been braver, control the thing that is with in me, maybe break free when I had a chance. I had two, and I didn't take them. When I think about the vision I had last night, I almost killed Red, and I murdered so many different people. I form a ball with my arms and legs, and cry lightly. The guilt is coming back, and I feel like I want to die. It's not like the world needs me anyway. I mean, they say everyone has a purpose, but I don't, if I did, why am I here?
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