(Grant)
"Jess are you okay?" I asked. "Hello?" I waved my hand in front of her.
"Eve's pregnant?!" she asked shocked
"Well yeah," I said with a smile.
"Were you caught in the moment? Did you take advantage of her?" she asked
I shook my head; "No, Eve and I thought about having kids a bit before she came into heat," I said with a smile.
"I just can't wrap my head around the fact that you're going to be a father!" she said.
"Well then become an ekans and learn the move because I will be!"
"Okay then Grant," Jess said walking out the door. I smiled and then looked back to Eve.
"I swear that you just keep getting more and more beautiful every day I see you Eve," I said giving her a kiss.
"Thanks Grant," she said nuzzling me.
"So are you feeling okay? Don't feel sick? Do you need anything?" I asked
"Grant I'm fine," she said
"Are you sure?" I asked
"Positive,'
"Are you really sure bec…"
"Yes Grant I'm fine. You don't need to worry about me too much," she said
"I'm sorry, but I need to make sure that you are fine,"
"Ease off just a bit,"
"I can't do that. I'm sticking to you like glue sweetie. I don't want anything happening to the kid, I don't want you to be attacked when I am not around," I said. "With that said… are you ready to go?" I asked her
"Yeah pretty much. Have you got your things?"
"Well I have you… and yeah everything!" I said with a smile.
"Wait Grant where's your book?" she asked.
"Don't you remember? It was destroyed when we left it behind," I said
"Oh yeah…"
"It's fine though. I have you and you have your flower," I said
"But you don't have your things…"
"As long as you're happy then I am happy,"
"But I thought that book was special to you,"
"Oh believe me it is. But you are much more important than a few hundred pages of drawings," I said smiling
"but that book was from your world! It holds the memories of the day I gave it to you. Now you have nothing to remember that day,"
I walked over to Eve and took the flower from her fur. "This... This is all I need. I look at it and I remember that day. I remember the way your face lit up when I gave it to you. I look into it and I see your happy, jolly self. This small flower is what kept me going when we were separated from our dimensions. With it I was able to summon a one way portal. So don't worry about me, wear it and I will always be with you. Wear it and know that I will protect you. Wear it with the knowledge that I love you. Remember that I will stay by your side no matter what. This flower of jewels does not make you look beautiful, it only adds to your beauty. So That is why I don't need that book. That is why I only need… you," I said smiling and putting the flower back in her fur.
"Damn it Grant. Why do have to be so darn charming?" she asked.
"Just my personality," I said nuzzling her.
"Grant! Eve! Come on we can't wait all day!" Jess shouted from outside the center.
"Yeah coming!" I shouted back. Eve and I walked out of the pokemon center and we began our walk. I felt Eve begin to lean on me I looked at her and smiled. I turned my head towards Joey. Ever since that incident he has kept his distance from Shimmer. I know he still feels guilty about what he did. I feel so bad for Joey. I have also seen what this has done to Shimmer. She has no idea why Joey is avoiding her and this has completely fucked with her emotions. She used to be so happy and now she is so depressed because she thinks that Joey doesn't like her anymore. She has been talking with me recently, I'm really worried about her. She just isn't herself. She has been saying things that scare me. I nudged Eve to get her attention.
"Yes Grant? What's up?" she asked.
"I just need to speak with Joey," I said.
"Okay" she said as she stopped leaning on me. I slowed my pace and began to walk beside Joey.
"Hi Joz; is everything okay mate?" I asked
"No not really. I just can't face Shimmer after what I did to her," he said
"That's the thing Joey, you didn't DO anything. From what Eve told me you spread her legs and got caught back into reality. I bet that Shimmer was caught off guard just as much as you," I said.
"I just can't face her Grant. I did something to her, you wouldn't understand how I feel," he said.
"You're right that I wouldn't understand… but I know Eve would and she did something worse than what you did," I said.
"W-wait… Eve did something to you?!" he asked shocked.
"Yep. She smashed me in the face with an iron tail… twice,"
"What? Why would she do that?" he asked
"I startled her one time and a parasite took over her the second time. In fact the only reason I bumped into you was because of that," I said
"So that's why you fell down the waterfall?" he asked
"Well yes and no," I said
"What do you mean by that?"
"Well the reason that I was out there in the first place was because of her zombified attack, but she came to my aid; I had lost a lot of blood and passed out. She fed me berries and stayed by my side. The only thing is that the berry tree was on one side of rapids, the thing that was connecting it was a rotting tree. Eve got across just fine when I woke up. I began my walk across the bridge and I began to hear a cracking sound. I was too far ahead to turn back, and too far back to make it the rest of the way. So the log snapped beneath my feet and I fell into the raging rapids below."
"Dang so… you would know how Shimmer feels?" Joey asked
"No, I have no idea what she is going through. Isolation from the one they love, getting ignored. You need to talk to her Joey. Talk to her about this situation. She needs to talk to you. Shimmer thinks that she has done something wrong because you are ignoring her. I can tell her as many times as I want to tell her that it is not her fault. She won't believe me Joey, she'll only believe you. You really need to talk to her,"
"But she hasn't done anything wrong Grant,"
"I know that Joey! You need to talk to her!"
"I can't Grant, I just can't. After what I have done I just can't". I exhaled deeply and slapped Joey across the face. "Grant, what was that for?" he asked
"I'm slapping some sense into you! Shimmer is in a terrible state because you just will not talk to her about it! Wake up! Problems will not get sorted out on their own! YOU have to sort it out. YOU have to talk to her. If you truly love her you should be able to talk to her about this! I absolutely hate seeing anyone that I care about in a state like this! Only you can fix this mess Joey," I said almost shouting at him.
"Okay. What did you and Eve do after the incidents?" asked Joey
"Well I remember that the first time she hit me with her attack. Eve began apologising about a thousand times. She was so worried about me, I was knocked out and bleeding. She didn't leave my side for a second. This is the part that is completely different for you. This was before Eve and I became a couple. I woke up with a whopping headache and I saw her in the corner bleeding. I felt so much guilt letting a friend get like this, jumping out of the snow and scaring her. She apologised and I apologised and it went around in circle. We joke about that iron tail incident now. You know, it is the conflicts that make the relationship stronger. Now I'm not saying that you should go out and get a pikachu with a bounty on your head. But if you are able to settle conflicts as a couple, it will really make your bond together much stronger,"
"Yeah I think that I get what you are putting down Grant," Joey said.
My eyes turned to Eve. She looked dizzy. I sighed; "I got to go," I said.
Joey looked at me confused; "Why?" he asked. I smiled and gestured towards Eve. "Oh…"
"Sorry mate, I'm going to be a father. Sacrifices will have to be made," I said walking over to Eve. "Hey are you feeling okay?" I asked her.
Eve shook her head. "I feel sick but nothing will come up. I feel tired whilst feeling wide awake," She said.
"I wish I could say that it will get better but really this feeling will only get worse,"
"Wow. Way to sugar coat it Grant!"
"What would I get for lying? It will grow and eventually will come out the same way it came in,"
"It will be worth…" Eve almost fell down. I caught her very quickly.
"Do you want to stop walking for a while?" I asked. Eve slowly nodded her head. I smiled and bent down. Eve climbed onto my back and I began walking. Eve fell asleep almost instantly. I don't blame her. She has been getting next to no sleep these past few weeks. I mean I haven't been able to get much sleep either with her tossing and turning and constant bathroom breaks. It is not her fault though. soon the distant lights of Anistar city swept across the land. We walked down to the city and Jess booked a room at the pokemon center. Eve woke up when we entered the room only to get off my back, curl down and fall asleep again. Maybe this'll be the night that we both get some decent sleep. I made my way over to Eve and began to lay down when my name hit my ears. I turned around and saw Shimmer in the doorway. "Yes Shim? What's up?" I asked tiredly.
"Oh, never mind," she said.
I looked back at Eve. She is tossing and turning; another long night. "Well Shimmer I don't mind. If it is not you that's keeping me up, then it will be Eve," I said.
"Why do you say that?" she asked
"She's been having rough nights these past few weeks. Both of us as a result cannot seem to get much sleep," I said.
"Okay. So can I talk to you for a bit?" she asked
"Sure," I said. Shimmer led me out to the front of the pokemon center. I swear at this point I should just be the dedicated councillor. I seem to be the 'go to guy' for help and advice.
"So I have noticed that Eve has a small lump where her stomach is," Shimmer said
"Oh yeah about that…" I started
"You knotted her," she said. I was caught off guard by that comment.
"Well yes but why did you feel the need to say that?" I asked
"Because you all think I am a child! You didn't tell me that in order for a female to get out of heat they had to have sex," she said
"Simmer, I have never thought of you like that. Eve and I didn't tell you because we didn't want you getting pregnant when you weren't ready to. Come on you know that I treat you like the adult you are I mean I don't fucking censor myself around you. I know you are mature so it isn't me that you should be telling this to, you should tell this to Eve and Joz if this is how you truly feel," I said
"Wait so you will try not to swear around your kids? That'll be odd to see. But I get what you are saying I have noticed that you treat me differently to the way Eve and Joey treat me, you do treat me like an adult," Shimmer said.
"Well that's that. However I feel that that was not what you invited me out here to talk about," I said.
"No, it's just Joey," she said with a sigh
"I have told you countless times that he ignoring you has nothing to do with you. Well it has something to do with you but it is on his end and not yours," I said with a smile.
"But I can't help but feel that I have done something wrong," she said with a tear in her eye.
"Well you better just face the fact that I am a dingus," Joey said in the doorway of the pokemon center. Fuck he was silent; I didn't even hear the doors open, and they are louder than Melbourne on a busy Monday morning. "Listen Shimmer, I have been avoiding you because I felt shame in what I almost did to you. But now nothing can top the guilt that I feel for getting you this way right now," Joey said as he walked towards Shimmer. Shimmer went silent and blinked rapidly "Let's talk Shimmer. I cannot forgive myself for how I feel right now,"he said.
"What happened to the side of your face?" She asked pointing out a visible re mark.
"Oh, I was bing hysterical and Granty-boy had to knock some sense into me," he said with a smile.
"I thought Grant would never hit anyone he cares about,"
"You would be surprised what I will do Shim. Before I met Eve, I had never killed anyone or anything… unless you count a couple of mice. I will do anything to make those I care about happy. Weather it be a slap in the face to murder. I will do anything to keep you all safe," I said.
"Would you do that to Eve? Would you hit Eve?" asked Shimmer
"No… I wouldn't be able to forgive myself. I could never hit a girl. Now if she challenges me to a battle that is a different story," I said.
"Wow, most males would not care," Shimmer said
"Well I am not like most males am I?" I smiled. Shimmer turned her head back to Joey and fell into his... arms? Legs? Jeez one year in this dimension and I still do not know what to call an eeveelutions' limbs. "You two have fun. I have to get back to my girl," I said with a wide smile. I walked back into the bedroom and laid next to Eve. I curled down and fell asleep.
My eyes opened and the sun almost blinded me. Another month has past and Joey and Shimmer play like Eve and I do. It is amusing to watch. Shimmer recently began glowing, indicating that her evolution is near. Shim asked Jess to give her an everstone so that she didn't evolve. She found two and ever since I saw my estimated stats for evolving into raichu will drop by 150 in most areas I kindly obliged. I now do not fear thunder stones. Jess decided that we should train this month so that we are completely ready to battle the gym. I need to training, I have been out of battles for a while now and even though I am the strongest in the group I need to still gain experience I mean I am only level 55 so I still have a lot of potential left within me. Eve's little bump has gotten larger and I am tickled with joy.
Eve began tossing and turning. She opened her eyes and the connected with mine. "Good morning beautiful," I said giving her a kiss on the cheek.
"Good morning Grant," she yawned.
"So when will the egg come out?" I asked.
"I think it comes out next month," she's said. "And then it takes about six months to hatch,"
"Wait how do you know this?" I asked
"Oh I eavesdropped on nurse Joy and Jess's conversation," She said with a smile.
"You sneaky bastard," I said. She just looked at me and giggled. I nuzzled her and made my way out to see the others.
"Grant!" Joey said.
"Hey Joz! How you doing?" I asked.
"I'm doing fine, how about you?" he asked
"Doing great," I said with a smile.
"Really? Because you slept in for far too long mate,"
"Yeah. I guess Eve is still keeping me up," I smiled.
"Anyhoo. Are you ready to train?" he asked
"Yes. Man oh man I need it. I may be the strongest but I can be even stronger. I need to be ready for when I eventually am needed in battle. I am the last resort,"
"Jeez Grant. I just asked if you wanted to train. I didn't ask you to write a novel," Joey said with a chuckle.
"Yeah sorry about that… hey where's Shimmer?" I asked.
"I think she went to the toilet," he said.
"You didn't go with her?" I asked shocked.
"No. Why would I?" he asked with a raised eyebrow.
"The woods are dangerous! She could be hurt or raped. Shimmer is strong but when someone is caught off guard then she may not be able to defend herself!" I said.
"She'll be fine," he said.
"How long ago did she leave?" I asked
"Almost an hour ago…"
"Shit! Come on we need to go!" I said running off.
"Grant, this isn't anything to worry about. She may be taking her time," He said
"How can you be sure? Are you certain she is in no danger?" I asked. "Look Joey, you may not know this but this world is not safe. If you take your eyes off anyone for even a second, something terrible can happen! Look I may not have been in this dimension as long as you but I have seen the real shitty side of this dimension. It is full of violence and rapists," I said.
"What?" he asked.
"Just call out for her. It is better being safe than sorry," I said.
"Shimmer?! Are you around here?" Joey called out. No response. "Shimmer?! Shimmer?" He called out.
"Joey!" Called out a very distressed sounding voice.
"Shit! Hold on Shimmer we're coming!" Joey shouted. We bolted toward to source of the distressed call. We both turned the corner and saw a gang of Absol surrounding Shimmer.
"Shut your trap bitch!" Shouted an absol.
"Back the fuck off!" Joey shouted with a strong presence of rage within his voice.
"What are you going to do? You're outnumbered by a large amount," the absol said with a dirty grin.
"Well I suggest you back off or you'll find out what we can do," I said with an evil grin.
"Yeah, well you couldn't do much pikachu. What are you going to do? Thundershock me? I'm so scared," he said in a sarcastic tone.
"Well you don't seem to be taking me seriously," I said. "Maybe I shoud make you take me seriously," I began charging energy into my fist and released the energy on the absol. The force of the power-up punch sent the absol hurdling into the trees. Almost instantly all the absol turned toward us and began zoning in.
"Grant, what's going on?" Joey asked
"I'll take these guys on. You get Shimmer and take her to safety. This is going to get messy," I said
"Grant! Are you serious? That's crazy! I need to stay and fight,"
"Joey look at Shimmer!" I said showing him the absol licking Shimmer. "Take him on! I will cover you! I can take these shrimps no problem. Your priority is on Shimmer. Take her to the pokemon center. I'll meet you there," I said
"I'll kill the cunt!" he said with rage.
"Go!" I shouted. Joey bolted through the absol and I swung my iron tail at one of the to get their attention. All at once they began shooting dark pulses at me. I jumped and dodged them. I peered over at Joey. he has defeated the absol and is now running off with Shimmer. I jumped in the air and began spinning at a rapid pace with a charged iron tail. I felt my tail dig into the ground and I increased my rotation causing me to speed into the abol knocking them out cold. quickly got back to my feet and darted in the direction of Shimmer and Joey. I soon met up with them at the pokemon center. "Hey, are you guys alright?" I asked.
"Yeah I think so," Joey said.
"Did they do anything to you Shimmer?" Joey asked
"They were about to kill me. Apparently I messed with their clan," Shimmer's eyes turned to me; "Grant I think those umbreon that attacked us that day may have been associated with those absol,"
"What?!" I asked shocked
"Yeah they said something about a pikachu that wiped out a chunk of their clan consisting of umbreon,"
"Joey this is why I said to not let her go by herself into the woods… She could have been killed! These guys are dangerous people. I should know; I took on at least a hundred of them. These guys will not stop until you are dead!" I said with a little fear in my voice. "I'm sorry. but I can't help you guys as much anymore. As soon as that egg comes out I will not be able to help you guys out as much. Joey, considering that you possess the same powers as me. You should be able to teach yourself moves that your species should not be able to learn. For example I have taught myself power up punch and psychic. Therefore you should be able to learn moves that you normally cannot learn, I figured out most of my moves just by sight," I explained.
"Wait so you know how to do more moves than you are able to learn?" he asked
"Yes," I said walking back into the room with Eve.
"Hey there Grant… is something wrong?" Eve asked
"More pokemon trouble," I said
"Umbreon?" she asked
"No, this time it was absol," I said
"Always the dark types huh?" She said.
"Yep," I curled down and fell asleep.
I cannot begin to describe the swears that were said today. Eve went into labour. Funny because we were going to challenge the gym today. I was there right by her side. It was fairly anticlimactic it just came out and there was no real sign that it was even alive. "So it begins," I said with a smile.
Eve kissed my cheek; "Yep, a new beginning," she said. I began poking the egg. "Grant… what are you doing?"
"I don't know. I guess I am just fascinated by it. I mean this used to be inside you," I said still poking the egg.
"Dang it Grant! Can you stop poking the egg," Eve chuckled. I looked at her with a funny look and poked it one last time. "You are such a child!" She said. I just gave her a kiss and nuzzled her.
"Hey we will be able to gt some sleep tonight," I said with a smile
"Yay!" Eve said tiredly.
"Are you tired?" I asked
"Yes, very," she said. We both fell asleep.
(Eve)
I opened my eyes and nuzzled the egg.
"Oh good morning Eve," said Grant.
"Morning Grant," I said
"Today we are challenging the gym. We are just about to head off," he said.
"Good luck Grant!" I shouted as he walked out of the room. I turned to the egg. "Now the pain in my pussy… How are you?" I asked it sarcastically. knowing that I will not get a response. "Do you think daddy will win? I asked the egg in a baby voice.
(Grant)
Aaand there goes Shimmer. Now I am the only one left that can battle. Jeez a total sweep so far and she has lost a few pokemon She's down to her final two. This is going to be close.
"Grant! shouted Jess. My ears perked up and I sprung onto the battlefield.
"A pikachu? Oh boy. Meowstic, use psychic!" Shouted Olympia.
"Grant counter it with dark pulse!" Jess shouted. I charged up dark energy within my body and shot a dark purple beam of energy into the meowstic, making it faint instantly. Olympia sent out another meowstic. This time it is male. Again I charged up a dark pulse and shot it at the meowstic, making it faint as well.
"Meowstic has fainted. This means the challenger has won!" Said the referee.
The sky turned purple as the sun began to set. Man battles are time consuming!
(Eve)
"Do you think daddy won? Did he win? I bet you will be like your father; strong, brave and handsome. As well as never growing up," I nuzzled the egg.
The sound of the pokemon center's doors opening hit my ears. Grant came walking into the room.
"Well…?" I asked
"I am afraid to tell you…"
"Oh no,"
"Afraid to tell you that we annihilated that gym!" he said with excitement.
"So where are Joey and Shimmer?" I asked
"Oh, they are just getting healed," he said.
"Oh," I said. "I told you he'd win," I nuzzled the egg with a smile. Grant came over and curled up next to me. "Ilove you Grant," I said
"And I love you too honey," he said before giving me a kiss. I nuzzled him and fell asleep.
(Grant)
I woke up with a jump. I saw the egg glow and shake slightly. "Come on mate. Don't do that you little tease," I said with a chuckle. This is the month the egg is expected to hatch. Nurse Joy has came in for regular visits to check the egg. It is healthy.
She says that any day now it will hatch. I nudged Eve to wake her up.
"What Grant?" she asked sounding very tired.
"They did it again!" I said.
Eve giggled; "Oh, they are just messing with you. They know that you are waiting," she said.
"They are a teaser, that's for sure," I said.
"Great. Another little you running around," She said.
It has been days and the egg has still not hatched. Nurse joy came in today and did her usual check up and she walked out and as usual; called out Jess. "Come on. Look I know you are a tease but could you please hatch?" Eve asked.
"Grant, can you come out here?" I heard Jess ask from outside the room. I kissed Eve on the forehead and walked out of the room.
"Yeah. What's up?" I asked.
"Grant it's about your egg," Jess said.
"What about it?" I 's head tited to the floor. "No… no, no! That can't be true!" I exclaimed.
"I'm afraid it is. When I did my check up today; there was no heartbeat or anything!" nurse Joy said.
I closed my eyes and shook my head to try and get rid of any tears. "Well I guess I'll have to tell Eve," I said with a sigh. I wallked back into the room with a smile to look like nothing was wrong. Smiling through the pain of my heart getting stabbed a thousand times. "Eve do you want to go for a walk?" I asked.
"I don't know. The egg may hatch whilst we are away," she said. I bit my lip. No it won't.
"Don't worry. If it hatches, it hatches. Besides you need the exercise," I said.
"Yeah I guess you are right," she said.
We walked out of the siding doors of the pokemon center. I led her into the forest and into the field of flowers. She smiled and then looked at me. "Grant is everything okay?" she asked.
"Eve… we aren't going to be parents…" I said with a tear rolling down my face.
"What?" she asked
"Our kid… it is stillborn. Not going to hatch, dead," I finally said. Dead, the word I have been dreading. "I'm so sorry Eve," I collapsed on the floor and began sobbing my eyes out. I looked over at Eve. She was on the ground. She didn't move a muscle. "Eve, honey… Are you alright?" I asked. She began sobbing uncontorllably.
"Fuck! We worked so fucking hard and what do we get? A big old 'Fuck you'!" She said through her tears.
I lay down next to her and began stroking her back. "We can always try again… but I'm not sure I want to," I said.
I continued petting her.
"Grant… Please tell me this isn't just a sick joke," She said through her sobs.
"I wish it was, Eve… I wish it was."
We began our walk back towards the pokemon center both still feeling terrible. I saw Eve get flown back by what looked to be a dark pulse. Oh fuck not now! Any time but now! In an instant I felt a mysterious force surround me. From the bushes emerged an umbreon clearly using psychic, and an absol with a filthy grin. I can't fight. My body feels weak and I can barely move. The absol walked up to meand began shooting a long beam of dark pulse at my head. It was filled with nightmare enducing thoughts. I blacked out.
A/N: Poor Grant and Eve. They just can't catch a break can they? They just find out their child is dead and they are attacked. This chapter bummed me out to write. For chapters I knew that this would happen. Anyway I hope you enjoyed this sightly depressing chapter. If you did enjoy it or even if you didn't leave a review because I do enjoy reading what you have to say. So yeah Stay cool, stay awesome and most importantly stay shocking
-Shocking Pikachu :p