Author's Notes: 15.10.09
Hey!! Important news!!
For the next week or so I won't be on the internet. I'm not sure if you know or not, but I'm having a road trip between tomorrow and and 25th of October. I'll be driving from Oregon back to home sweet home in Ohio. The ULTIMATE road trip EVA!! Don't worry. I'll be writing on my laptop during those long, boring hours on the road, so when I come back i may be having another upload streak and posting all those chapters I wrote during those many days.
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Besides that, I also want to say sorry about how last chapter might have been a bit terrible and rushed. Hopefully, though, this chapter wouldn't be like that. I wrote it off with a fresh brain that has been slowly getting soaked for the last couple days, and I hope the results of me taking a writing break helped alot. I really liked this chapter, or, at least more than I liked the past couple chapters that weren't very focused or serious. Hopefully, you like this chapter too!!
I'll leave you with that in mind, and see you all in a week or so!!
Enjoy!!
Chapter 26: Drowning.
Water. It was filling up the room fast. I felt goosebumps run up my spine as I sat there in the icy water, my teeth chattering and my skin turning pale. I was still in shock and didn't know whether or not to classify this as dream or reality. Riri was up in the corner, standing tall on her bed with horrified looks on her face. She was partially wet, drenched from her waist down. She slowly eyed the walls as I heard a splash come from the other side of the closed door.
Another splash, followed by a bang and a crack, could be heard. Not knowing what to do, I slowly stood up and crawled onto my bed, pushing myself to lean against the very back of it. I eyed the door. I was more confused than anything. What was going on? Was this real?
The door shook wildly as something came and rammed into it, and a small craking of the wood made me shiver. I glanced over to the foot of the bed where a chest stood. There was where I kept all my stuff.
I jumped as the door shook again, this time twice in a row. I slowly put my head on straight and began crawling on all fours to the chest, which now seemed like miles away. My hands shook, not from the cold, but from the fear. I placed my hand on the edge of the top and pulled it up, looking at my bag inside. I felt a rush of relief run through me, but that wasn't all my worries.
Suddenly, the door flung open and I saw a blue blur rush in at me. In shock, I jumped back away from the incoming object, placing my hands behind me and slipping off the sides of the bed. I felt myself fall back and into the icy cold water that blinded me as my face went under. I hurried and sat up, my brain screaming from the cold rush. The water was now up to my chest as I sat, when before it only went up to my hips. I concluded one thing. The ship was sinking.
I had almost no time to think as a sound of rushing water met my ears. The blue blur sped towards me, the spraying water masking its face. I stood as quick as I could on my shaking legs and felt a tug to my arm that pulled me out of harm's way. I jumped onto Riri's bed and stood pinned against the wall next to my savior, watching the blur run into the desk that was placed in between the two beds. The desk shook wildly and toppled over, stuff flying off and into the water. The lamp slid out of sight and drowned, making the room turn utterly dark and that particular spot in the water luminous. An idea sparked in my tramatized head as I glanced at my bag in the chest.
With a courageous leap, I reached my own bed on the other side of the small room. I heard the water splash and saw it come in toward me at high speed. Adrenaline made my body almost soar to the chest and reach into the bag. I saw the dull red Pokeball and grabbed it, pulling my hand away just in time to dodge the sharp teeth of a blue Pokemon.
"Ari, Thundershock!!" I cried in fear as I threw the ball away from me. Ari jumped out in front and sent a giant bolt of lightning at the water. The room shook and the light bulb from the lamp went out along with an ugly, earsplitting scream.
"Shhaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The bright light from the electric attack died down and everything went quiet. The room was now dark again and all I could hear was the soft sound of water brushing up against the walls. I took a deep breath in and felt my system collapse, taking the next few seconds to sum up what had just happened in those couple minutes. I shook my head and leaned over the bed to look at the floating body of a knocked out Sharpedo.
"What….was….that….?" I muttered softly, slowly glancing back at Riri. She shook her head blankly, still pinning herself against the wall. I grabbed my bag and stuffed all my things in it before strapping it around my shoulder.
"Let's go. Maybe Yoshi or Broly would know what's going on," I spoke up, helping Riri down from the bed. She collected her things and followed me through the icy cold knee-deep water out the door to the hallway. I glanced down to both the left and right. The entire place seemed to be filled with water. I noticed that the water was traveling down towards the back of the ship. Twisting my lips, I gestured Riri to follow me up the stairs to the decks.
As we climbed off the few last steps, a big commotion met out ears. The various sounds of screaming and roaring of Pokemon made me perk up in surprise, cautiously trudging down along the deck to the large opening. I was overwhelmed by the sight.
Off the rims of the ship crashed ice cold waves, led by a line of various water Pokemon. Hooks were being shot up and grasped to the steel bars, grabbing hold tightly to allow as many as ten similarly dressed men and women to climb to the deck. The shocked passengers either ran and cried in fear, or took a step forward with their Pokemon out, ready to fight the many upcoming water Pokemon. The ship shook wildly once again, causing me and many others to collaspse over. It gave a loud and painful creak as it slightly tilted its face up, the water rushing toward the back of the ship carrying the front line water Pokemon.
I quickly grabbed the stair railing to stop me from plunging backward, glancing back at Riri who failed to do the same thing. She slid back as if down a water slide, screaming in surprise. With a quick hand she withdrew a shining Pokeball and released a ray of mist-like flames that molded into a large Pokemon with wings. With a loud cry, the silver Pokemon grabbed Riri by the claws and carried her back up at me towards safety.
"Thanks…Scarmory…" Riri smiled, tucking her Pokeball away and petting the bird Pokemon lightly. Its shining steel armor-like feathers shined brightly in the fresh sunlight, stinging my eyes. I glanced back at the incoming Pokemon. As much as five Sharpedos were headed for us.
"Look out, Riri!" I gritted, pulling out Ari's Pokeball and sending it to the slanting ground. Ari emerged, crying strongly as she beated the hardwood floor, trying not to slide backwards.
"Thundershock!!" I cried, jumping up onto the rail to avoid the conduction of electricity in the water. Riri quickly jumped on Scarmory's back, taking flight as Ari electrocuted the water wildly. The Sharpedos cried in pain, hauling themselves away from Ari. I smirked.
"Don't let 'em get away!!" I pointed at the Pokemon, "Thundershock them!!"
"Reeeeeeee!!" Ari cried, sending electricity in pursuit of the Pokemon. They cried angrily before passing out, floating down to the back of the ship with the water. I saw more waves crash up on the deck as more Pokemon barging in, the few countering trainers fighting back. I trotted up and started commanding a streak of Thundershocks, each shocking at least five of the Pokemon at once. A trainer next to me ordered her Sneasel to send a bright white beam to freeze an incoming Carvana. I glanced at her, twisting my lips as I looked at the tough looking Sneasel. Shaking my head, I turned back to electrocuting the many Sharpedos, Croagunks, and Carvanas, watching as Ari turned wildly to keep up with them all. I gritted my teeth and watch Ari run out of gas, glancing at the water Pokemon yet to come. How many Pokemon were there!? Did these weirdly dressed people bring the entire ocean with them or something?!
I saw out of the corner of my eye a small Geodude falling to the ground, knocked out. The Carvana that had beat it was headed towards the unarmed trainer wildly. I was so busy with the half a dozen Pokemon over here that I didn't have time to help him. Luckily, a ray of stars came out and shot at that Carvana, knocking it out of its path. I looked at the attacker. It was Scarmory from up above the ship and in the sky. Riri winked at me from its back, waving at me in such a carefree manner that it was shocking. I gave a thumbs up, hearing a splash near me.
"Ice Beam, Flicker!" The trainer next to me shouted out, commanding her Sneasel in sending a bright white beam inches past my face and shooting a Shapedo headed for me. I ducked in surprise, watching it splash into the water-filled ship deck. I glaced at Ari. She looked pretty tired. With my teeth gritted, I pulled out the black Pokeball from my backpack, sending in Yuonal to help Ari out.
"Yuonal, do what you can to stop the incoming water Pokemon!" I cried, pointing at the steel rims of the deck, the water splashing over carrying even more Pokemon with it. I growled in annoyance, commanding yet another Thundershock attack.
"Ugh!! These people just won't stop sending in more Pokemon!" I heard Riri's feint voice cry from above as a ball dropped from her. Out came Haunter, surprisingly no camera in his hand this time. Riri cried, "Haunter!! Shadow Punch!!" before Haunter nodded and let its two floating fists grow ten times its size. The fists zoomed in at blinding speed, striking multiple Pokemon at once with a single stroke. I heard a loud cheer from the sky as I looked up to see Riri throwing her fists happily in the air.
"That's right!! Bow to the blinding blur of purple doom, suckas!!"
I grinned at the sound of Riri, watching as Yuonal cut an attacking water Pokemon with his shining wings. Ari was close by, shocking a Carnava until it was motionless. Disappointingly, out of the many trainers that stood up to fight back, only half a dozen remained, sending out all the Pokemon they could to fight off the intruders. The girl trainer next to me growled angrily as her Sneasel zoomed in and clawed a Sharpedo, it's Rough Skin hurting her Pokemon back. I glanced off to the other side of the deck where a Manetric was dominating the lot, alongside a rapidly spinning Armaldo and a vine lashing Ivysaur knocked through the crowd. I knew immediately that it had to be Broly's Pokemon. The trainer that owned the fainted Geodude fought back with a Golem now, but I doubted it was going to last long. Riri madly threw out another Pokemon, this time sending out a large, fierce Arbok ready to go into battle. The water Pokemon were still coming, and then someone familiar emerged.
"Go!!! Beat off their asses!!" I heard him cry, throwing out four Pokeballs rapidly as he trotted up beside me. I smirked at him, watching as a Sentret, a Murkrow, a Quilava, and a Gardevoir jumped out of the red mist-like flames and started attacking right away.
"Lu!!" Riolu cried, jumping off of Yoshi's shoulder to join his fellow companions in battle. The deck was now full of comotion as flames blasted into the sky, blurs of purple flew into the incoming Pokemon, Swift's stars fell from the sky, bright white beams periced the water, lighting flashed wildly, and brown Pokemon slashed. Not long until the crashing water no longer carried Pokemon with it, and the shocked, awkwardly dressed people retreated in fear. Only one remained, a large smirk on his face as he readied himself to jump off the steel rim.
"Send in the torpedos!!" I heard him sneer, disappearing out of sight. I quickly turned and felt my face turn pale. Torpedos?
Only seconds had passed. The ship roared as it shook wildly, the impact causing me to lose my balace and fall to the ground. I felt the boat slant its nose up, the water hurrying to the back of the ship loudly. Various crys from surprised people and Pokemon could be heard as the boat continued to creak, still shaking with multiple concusions from underneath. I felt myself slide back with the water, toppling uncontrollably as if I was riding down a water slide backwards. I saw Ari roll over also, and reached into my Pokeball to hurry and return her. Still toppling around, I caught glimpses of the ship's deck that was pointing towards the dawned sky, water rushing down with me as I passed through the long hallway. I coughed madly, water pouring into my mouth and lungs. My heart pumped with craziness as I tried to restrain from falling, but latching onto door edges of the passing rooms just pounded my forearms and caused me to cry in pain. I felt my back hit the ice water finally, my body sinking under as it knocked the wind out of me.
I heard the creaking of the boat as I quickly surfaced, feeling a loud concusion that shook the water with its buzzing sound. The ship leaned to its side, allowing furniture from the rooms to slide out to the hallways and fall down in between the walls. The smaller items slid down to where I was, trying to dodge the incoming debris. My heart sank as I watched a desk slide down the hall, roaring at me as I kicked away. I managed to dodge the desk itself and watch it sink under, but guess what.
I wasn't a very lucky person that day.
A strawhat that was caught with the desk's leg had tied around my ankle in some way that I never thought was possible. The sinking desk pulled me under as I breathed in a gulp of air, looking at the water sufface escaping from me. I bent down and hurried to unknot the hat's strings from my ankle, but the more I rushed the more tangled it became. My heart pumped wildly as I raced to dislodge myself from the sinking desk, wincing as I heard my heart beat slower and slower. My eyes began to sting from the salty water as I forced them open to look at what I was doing. I felt my ears start to beat in pain as I got deeper and the water presure rised. My brain was now thumping as it was squeezed tightly, along with my lungs that were drastically running out of air. I finally broke free from the grip, but I just realized that I was too late. I thrashed my arms and kicked wildly to peddal my way to the surface, my heart beats echoing through my pounded ears and squeezed brain. My whole body was too numb to even feel the cold water, and I had no interest in caring at all. All I thought of was reaching air, breathing, and getting out of this freezing water.
For some reason, I now didn't move as I commanded. My legs no longer kicked, my arms no longer swam, and my lungs no longer held onto any air. I watched my last remaining breaths slip away as large bubbles from my mouth, bouncing to the surface and out of sight. I felt my lungs almost shrivel up and my vision go blury, and I watched the dancing lights on the surface of the water. Unable to see beyond that made me feel trapped in an underwater prison, my numb body restraining from my orders like I was tied up in chains. I was only able to lift an arm and open my hand in front of me, as if trying to grasp the surface of the water that kept on moving father and farther away. My hair slipped in front of my face, my numb eyes began to become heavy and eager close, and I failed to do anything but feel myself being engulfed into darkness and, what I realized, eventually into the most haunting thing I have ever thought of becoming.
A corpse.
*Muahahahah!!!!! I wonder what will happen next!!! You'll have to wait 13 days to find out!! Muahahaahah!!!! I've brought out the unluckiness out of my lucky number, 13!!!!