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I woke up with a stinging pain in my neck. Before even looking around where I was, I rubbed the back of my neck softly. It was rough feeling and hurt if I pressed on it. Great, I got hit so hard my NECK is bruised…
After moping for a few seconds over a sore and bruised neck, that REALLY made moving my head hard, I looked around. I was in a metal cage, bars on all four sides, and very little space between each. It is about 10 by 10 easy, so I have some room to move. I still have my pokéballs, which is odd in my mind. If I have a captor, why would I still have my pokéballs?
Past the cage, the room I am in is huge. Like the inside of a warehouse.
Then something occurred to me. Rachamim mentioned once that the ambush spot was a warehouse.
I face palm instantly. I had sat down near a warehouse. How could I be so careless!? So they actually were still here, several weeks after the supposed attack? What IS going on…?
Before I have more time to think, a door opens and slams. But I don't see any doors on any of the walls. There are far away boxes, but they wouldn't prevent me from seeing a door. I quickly count up 7 boxes, 3 pairs stacked up, almost perfectly, and one lies open on its side facing away from me. I sigh and keep looking around when I see people. In rocket outfits. Each person is coming out from behind each pile of boxes at the same time, as if on cue. They are too far away, the huge warehouse being something someone would expect to see in a harbor, but I make out their walking toward me. I grab at a pokéball at my waist and release Veera. The red flash reaches outside the bars as the pokéball opens up from my hand and Veera appears in front of me. Her beautiful white fur and large feathered wings are something to marvel at. She looks around, then turns to me and gasps. What happened Raizu!?
"Take care of these guys, it doesn't matter!" I yell out, and see the rocket members release their pokémon. "Take care of them! I don't care how you attack, just don't kill them. Go for knock outs."
She nods quickly and takes off like a rocket into the air. The member farthest away from me, inbetween the other two rockets, releases his pokémon, a Feraligatr. It looked at Veera, seeming to have hesitated for a second, then unleashed an ice beam via command. Veera dodges it, and hesitates as well. She then releases a shadow ball at the feraligatr and lands a direct hit, knocking the feraligatr back several feet, but not knocking it down. I noticed a Roserade released from a member to Veera's left, from a female rocket member. Look out for that roserade! I call out, using our shared telepathy. She looks just as a razor leaf is shot at her, but dodges it just in time. She uses a wing attack and hits the roserade dead on, sending it sprawling. She keeps to the air, backing away from the other member just as she notices the last pokémon released, a Blaziken, come out and shoot a flamethrower at Veera. I can't warn her in time as she gets hit directly in the chest, causing her to fall to the ground, and then gets hit by an ice beam by the feraligatr. She grows cold quickly, and her wings actually form small icicles on the feathers and tips, and she falls over unconscious.
I can't recall her this far away… no…
I see the middle member, a man, high five the female next to him, and the third one who released the blaziken kick Veera on the ground. They all then leave her on the ground, a slight bleeding now coming from her underside.
Whoa, I can see her bleeding this far away? Does that mean I'm sad now? My mind heightened…?
They come over, each of them wearing masks as they come to me, the black cloth covering each of their faces, their eyes not even visible.
"So, you are the one the boss wants?" Says the man to the left.
"That's the guy, I recognize that hair and face anywhere. Don't worry, I'm sure she can take care of him." Says the guy in the middle, his voice odd sounding. I just notice now I can't see any of these people's hair. They all look the same, except for the chest of the woman.
I don't change my look. I keep my indifference. "Can… I return Veera? Please, she is hurt enough…" I say, sadly.
"Oh, your poor pokémon hurt? That sucks." Says the man on the left. "Sure as hell… NOT. We know who she is, and what she was involved with. She'll be returned to her mother and put into the program too, having evolved, she can probably mate now…"
I realize my sword isn't with me, but I don't care. I jump at him, almost grabbing him through the bars, being held back by only the metal in this cage. "You don't touch her!" I yell, angrily.
"Tch. Touchy. Is that how you treat an old friend?" The man takes off his mask, and reveals the boy with long red hair.
"DEREN!" I yell. "You little…"
"Ahaha! Your hilarious. I had a job to do, I don't see what the surprise is. You there, erm, Rachamim, take our prisoner away okay? I'm going to tell boss what we've caught. I better get paid for this big."
I freeze. Rachamim!? What is he doing with Team Rocket?
The middle person reveals his mask, and Rachamim stands there. "I don't feel like it, he knows me too well. Grunt there, take him away. To some place… or something." He waves the woman away, and she gets out a small gun-like weapon. She aims the barrel at me, and I feel a stinging pain in my side; a shock crawling up through my body. I reach down and feel a small metal object logged in my side, and fall over unconscious.
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I wake up with no pain or object in my side, and look around. I'm in the same cage, but in a totally different room. It is dark, and all the walls and floor are made out of metal. There is a window, but it is a little too far to see through. No door large enough to fit the cage I'm in though is visible, so it's weird that I am in here still.
Crap, where is Veera? I hope she's okay… I can't let anything bad happen to her. I try to prevent myself from getting angry as I feel around the cage; not enough light let in from the window to see the bars well. I look for the lock and try to find out how big the keyhole is. Not very, my fingernails hardly cover how high it is. I pull out a small pen from my pants pocket, and get the cap to see if it will fit into the lock so that I can pick it. Unfortunately, the pen cap doesn't even FIT the lock.
I sigh when I get an idea. If I can't get out, I could at least try to see if Veera is okay. Maybe she is in range. Veera, can you hear me? I say, using personal telepathy.
I wait a few seconds and am about to call out again when I hear her. Raizu… eh… You're okay now? Awake then?
Yeah. What is going on? How long have I been out...
A few hours. Oh Raizu, ah! Oh…
What is going on? I ask. She sounds like she's incoherently gasping or something.
You heard what they were going to do to me right? The program…
Yes I have. Veera, you aren't… Oh no…
I'm in it already. They're raping me Raizu. There are a lot of pokémon down here… oh it feels so good and horrible at the same time…
DO NOT GIVE INTO THOSE INSTICTS Veera! This is wrong and you should be hating it! Your heat…
I'm not in heat Raizu. The pokémon are raping me for the sake… eh… of it.
I sit wide-eyed and quietly for a few seconds. Rape just for the sake of it? Not forced? I thought most of the pokémon involved hated being here like Markus…
Help me Raizu…
All right. Um… wait, are you in a brightly lit room?
Yes.
Right now… what is happening?
A mightyena… just got finished… this feels so disgusting…
Please Veera! Look around. Can you see a window leading into a dark room that is long and slanted?
I… do. It leans into another room.
That looks like my window! Now, can you attack it! Then I'd know if you were near me or not… and maybe even break the glass.
O-okay. Here goes a shadow ball!
I look at the glass and sure enough, a black blob of energy smacks into it soundly, but doesn't break it. I saw it Veera!
Good. That… weakened me too much. I have to sleep now… bye…
Don't fall asleep and let those pokémon have their way with you! Get up Veera! Veera!?
She stops answering me, and I began to feel a presence as we talked, but it had faded away by now. I sigh and realize that I still have my pokémon with me. Fools! I release Abby to the outside of the cage and tell her to flamethrower the lock. I lie on the bottom of the cage so I don't get hit by it as she shoots her flame through the metal, melting it and breaking the lock. I get up when she's done and kick down the horribly weakened bars and thank her, returning her to her pokéball. As I look around for a light switch though, a member of Team Rocket enters the room from a door farther away. The same woman who knocked me out with that gun thing. I run at her and get ready to tackle her to the ground when she flips on the lights, looks at me, and grabs my arm, bringing me to the ground.
I spit at her. "Get off of me." I say, sternly.
"Is that ANY way to treat a long missed friend?" She says, and I recognize the voice. She takes off her mask and shows herself to be Sakura. "I can't explain it all now, but we must go. To find Alexis and Veera."
