(Dad I am sorry, I let you down.)
He came running at me gun in hand. He fired off two bullets and I used my iron tail to block them. He tried to fire off a third but I pushed his gung back with my sword and bullet barely missed me. I then took the opportunity and was able to land a slash on him.
(I can't help but feel I am responsible for this.)
I tried to go for more of them but he had aimed his gun at me. I jumped up while I held the hand that still had his gun in it. I jumped over and behind him so that I could bring him to the ground. Once I did I tried to go for a non-lethal stab but he had the gun pointed right at me, I had to jump away.
(I can only feel as if somewhere down the road I asked for this. I had daydreamed about how cool it was being a Lucario, maybe that would have been fun. But then I see where I am now and only look around at the things that happened because of it. If my one little wish caused this or even had the slightest effect on what is happening, then I can say I wish it wasn't real. You all had dreams, all of you had something special you wanted in life, but now with this there is no way you can have those dreams. Because of this mom has died, I didn't even try to help her, the best I could do was avenge her. That led to Martin dealing with all the bull-shit he got put through by the media. That let the people who I had made friends here with suffer by watching me suffer. Every action causes a consequence. Even a thought can provoke it. I think because of me that all of this has happened. I am not the one suffering, I let you down, I let everyone down. How much do I wish I could take it back, fix my mistakes, I can't. It is not possible. Now it is my turn to pay the price, I have to accept the burden of doing this to everyone, it is my fault you are like this now, so it is my job to protect my brother, my friends, and the father I used to know.)
After I jumped away he got back on his feet and fired two more shots which I blocked with my tail. Then I ran up as fast as I could to try to slash him but he backed away. I did the same thing where I ran up to him. He dodged left this time and when he did.
*SHIN-CRACK!*
With that slice at him I didn't check my distance and he dodged to the left to where my sword had snapped in two on the tree. I saw he pointed the gun at me as he dodged. I grabbed the broken piece of the blade and threw it to where it dug right into his left shoulder. He staggered and got behind a tree for cover. I took my time to get some cover as well.
I heard my dad yell at me, "IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT JAE!?"
-YOU DARE ASK ME THAT!? LOOK AT WHAT YOU ARE DOING!- I screamed.
"ME?! I JUST WANT MY FAMILY BACK! NOTHING MORE!" He retorted.
-YOU ARE A FOOL! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU WILL GET OUT OF THIS!? ME AND JON WANT TO LIVE OUR LIVES HERE! I HAVE ENJOYED THIS, I HAVE MADE FRIENDS, AND I AM SURE JON HAS TOO!- I screamed.
"YOU ENJOY IT! LOOK AT YOU! YOU ARE BOTH FREAKS!" He stated.
-YOU F***! IF YOU WERE A REAL FATHER THEN YOU WOULDN'T EVEN CARE WHAT YOUR SONS LOOK LIKE!-
"AND IF YOU WERE A TRUE SON THEN YOU WOULD LET ME DO THIS!"
-Then I guess I am not your son.- Before he could get the jump on me I grabbed his arm from where he tried to point the gun around the corner, trip his leg from behind where he fell and let myself fall elbow first right into his gut.
I rolled away and had my iron tail ready if he tried to fire.
"Lucky shot you bastard!" He said angry.
-Well at least you are truthful.- I retorted.
He started opening fire and then I used my tail to block bullets and used my speed to get behind a tree.
(I have no way of knowing what I could have done. If anything there was nothing I could have done. In the end my life until now as nothing but a failure. I never got a driver's license, never got a job, never did anything to help the world, and could not even keep the person I loved alive. Up until this point I had done nothing right. I got tired of this, tired of myself, I was a failure, but now I get a do over. This new life I have done good, I failed once but corrected it, I protected a friend, helped a family get over pain, and I am not done with this either. I won't do everything perfectly but I can still do this right. But there was not many options in the situation I was in.)
"JAE YOU ARE NOTHING BUT A COWARD! COME OUT AND FIGHT!"
-COWARD?! THAT IS RICH COMING FROM YOU! YOU ARE THE BIGGEST COWARD OF THEM ALL! YOU WERE WEARING A HOOD SO JON DIDN'T HAVE TO KNOW IT WAS YOU TRYING TO KILL HIM! IF YOU WEREN'T A COWARD YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN UP FRONT ABOUT IT! BUT YOU WERE TOO ASHAMED BECAUSE YOU KNEW THAT IT WAS WRONG! ALSO LETS POINT OUT THE FACT THAT YOU DOING ALL OF THIS PROVES YOU ARE A COWARD AND A WEAKLING! YOU WANT TO JUST GIVE UP! YOU WANT TO END OUR LIVES AND YOURS SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH HER DEATH! WELL GUESS WHAT I HAVE BEEN THROUGH IT TWICE AND I NEVER GAVE UP, I ALWAYS GOT BACK UP ON MY FEET! YOU ARE TAKING THE COWARDS WAY OUT!-
"THERE YOU GO AGAIN ALWAYS THINKING YOU KNOW EVERYTHING AND ARE BETTER THAN EVERYONE! YOU KNOW IT ISN'T SURPRISING JAE! THE WAY YOU ARE ACTING IT IS VERY FAMILIAR! YOU ARE JUST BEING SELFISH! CAN'T YOU SEE THIS IS GOOD FOR EVERYONE! WE CAN ALL BE TOGETHER AS A FAMILY AGAIN! YOU JUST WANT WHAT YOU THINK IS RIGHT! LIKE NO ONE ELSE IN THE WORLD MATTERS! THIS IS JUST LIKE THEN! JUST LIKE WHEN THAT STUPID BITCH OF YOUR'S WAS KILLED!"
(George POV)
I was looking at him waiting for him to show himself. I needed to time this perfectly to hit him. I wouldn't let this mutt beat me.
-RAAAAAAAAAHHHH!- Before I could even think I looked up and saw his tail turn to steel and come down. It slammed right on top of my head and I think it crack the skull.
-YOU WANT TO F***ING TALK ABOUT HER LIKE THAT!- He then elbowed me in the gut and used his knee to kick my head as I had bent over.
-WHAT THE HELL GIVES YOU THE RIGHT! IT WAS BOTH OF YOUR FAULTS SHE DIED!- He then had a black energy form in his clams and he slashed me once, grabbed my leg then stabbed it.
-AND YOU SAY I AM SELFISH!? YOU SAY YOU WANT YOUR FAMILY BACK! BUT DO YOU THINK MOM WOULD EVER WANT TO SEE YOU AFTER WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE DONE!- He then formed a bone of blue energy and bashed me with it multiple times like he was using a bow staff.
-YOU HAVE LOST IT! AND I WILL MAKE SURE YOUR SO CALLED DREAM NEVER COMES TRUE! RAH!- He then formed this white energy in his paw, held it to my chest and sent the energy right there. It was so powerful it sent me flying back and I let go of my gun as I flew.
I heard footsteps away from me, guess he thought he won. I still had a knife on me that I could use against him, but I would need to be careful and catch him off guard. I then got on my feet and was about to turn around.
*CLICK!*
With that sound I can turn around and fully see him, -Don't move.- He said in a sinister tone. He had my gun held between his paws with his right index nub on the trigger. As I said before he didn't have the balls to do it.
I then started to walk while speaking, "Come on you really th-"
*P-TAFF!*
"ARGH!"
He had shot me right in my right shoulder! I had staggered back from the pain and started breathing heavily.
-Don't move.- He repeated.
I then used my right arm to try to reach for my knife secretly but he had shot my hand!
"AARRRGGGHHH!" I screamed.
-You keep moving I will keep shooting, there are seven bullets left, once I hit the last one it goes in the head. If you think I am bluffing keep trying me! This "bastard" right here will fill you with lead if that is what it takes to keep me and my brother safe!- He pledged.
I had… I had to find a way out of this!
"Wait! Jae please wait! Son look I…. you know that I am proud you are my son, always have! You did great in school, were always kind to others, and treated me and your mother with respect, and dealt with your brother as well. Your brother as well! You and your brother have made me the proudest father in the world, you two have done so much good in this world and I am proud of both of you! You know that? Right?" I asked.
He lowered the gun and had let his eyes shut. I saw a weak smile form on his face, -Yeah dad, I know.- This was my chance, as he said that I grabbed the knife with my left hand and charged straight at him.
I was about there when he had opened his mouth again, -I love you dad.-
"YOU LO-"
(Jae POV)
*P-TAFF!*
I had no choice. I was using aura reading and saw that there was no good emotions. He was not going to stop, he was never going to stop this. I saw his lifeless body just fall back after the gunshot. His face still had that deranged look it had when he had run after me. The blood quickly puddled around his head and some of it splashed on me as well. My body was physically shaking, the gun shook out of my grasp and on to the ground. It is one thing to lose a family member but have to kill one? I wished that it wasn't real but it was. The pain that I had felt emotionally from this was too real. I let my legs give out and I fell to the ground and started crying.
This is number three, the third time I have had this happen, but it is different, unlike other times where it was someone else who did, this time it was me, it was my fault that he is dead. I took another look at his body. I saw every bruise, every cut, and every bullet hole I left in him. I did this, the truth is that I caused his death. There was no way around it, and I would take full responsibility for it. I looked back at the gun that was next to my legs. I reached down, picked it up, removed the clip and removed the bullet from the chamber. I then proceeded to remove every bullet from the clip. I had taken a look at the knife that was left in his hand. It had an angled handle with one of those grip holds on Karambits. But the blade was a curved blade that had a second edge near the tip. I removed my old holster from around me and took the one that was on my father's body. It was the only thing I was going to keep as something to remember him by. After I sheathed the knife and had on the holster I got up from where I was. I was about to leave but I took a look at my broken sword and the sheath. Then I took another look at my father. I couldn't just leave him like that. I knew what I was going to do.
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(Jon POV)
We had been hearing gunfire and screaming coming off from the distance. It sounded like my brother was going nuts. I think Lucario was too nervous to use aura sight because His eyes were wide and it seems like he was deep in thought. I wanted to know more about him and take my mind off of this.
-How did you meet my brother?- I sked him.
It seems that got him out of his trance and he finally looked at me, -Oh well, I met him when he came home from the Pokémon center.-
-Wait Pokémon center? Why was he there?- I asked.
-As he told me that is where he woke up, he said that he was just sleeping in his bed and he woke up in the center as a Riolu and with a bullet hole in his shoulder.- He explained.
-He was shot?- I asked.
-Well technically not him but he did feel the pain from the gunshot.- He explained.
-Man, that is the second time he had to deal with being shot.- I stated.
-Wait second time?- He asked me.
-Yes, he got shot while trying to protect Elizabeth.- I stated plainly. His face just showed shock on it.
It seemed he wanted to change the subject, -Where did you wake up?- He asked.
-I actually woke up in an egg. I don't know how but I did.- I explained.
-Were the parents around?- He asked.
-Yes they were, and I treated them like family, I screwed up at first because I got scared but thankfully I was able to be part of their family, and I thank them for letting me join it.- I stated.
-That is strange.- He said.
-What is?- I asked.
-You woke up in an egg as a new-born Pokémon and your brother woke up as a week old Riolu. You both woke up as Pokémon but then both of your parents were still human.- He stated.
-Hey, you are right but why was it just me and my brother who woke up in the body of a Pokémon and not our parents?- I questioned.
-Maybe it has to do with your age?- He theorized.
*P-TAFF!*
With that gunshot everything went quiet. There were birds in the trees during all the ruckus but that last shot caused all of them to fly away. We both looked wide-eyed toward the direction the shot came from. What happened? We both didn't dare move, it felt like hours we were sitting there but it was really only a few seconds. After another minute of non-stop silence he spoke up.
-Let's just wait, we wait to see what happens.- I noticed he didn't try to use aura vision, maybe he didn't want to know what happened. I guess he wanted to find out later than sooner. We just sat here quietly trying to hear something. There was no sound. It was almost eerie. I felt my heart beat so fast, and why wouldn't it. That shot could have meant anything. It could have been a miss, it could have been a hit on my father, or it could have been a hit on my brother, I don't know! We waited a good ten minutes, we both assumed the worst had happened. I saw Lucario's face go to one of sadness. Just then we heard shuffling coming from the bushes. I saw Lucario get into a fighting stance and had the angriest look I could imagine from a Lucario.
We waited for another moment as we heard the bushes shuffle. I saw his paws burn bright with a blue fire. Seems like he was preparing for anything. We waited and we heard footsteps coming closer, and closer, AND!
When the bushes opened up I saw that it was Jae. I saw Lucario's face light up and mine had too, but when I got a good look at Jae I really regretted it. I saw blood splattered on his paws and muzzle. He had dirt covering his paws and claws. He had a look of shame and sadness on him. I didn't know if it happened but I had to know. With all of my strength I got up and walked towards him.
-Jae… Is he?...- I couldn't finish the sentence.
He looked me dead in the eyes, -I am sorry, he is gone.- I didn't know what to feel, happy my brother was alive? Happy we were save? Or destroyed now my mother and father were both dead. I fell down to ground and broke down. What else could I do?! MY MOTHER AND FATHER WERE GONE!
After a minute I felt someone lay their paw on my back. I looked up and saw Jae with a concerned look.
-Jae, you really did it, didn't you?- Lucario asked.
-Yes I did…..I want you both to see something, if you don't mind carrying Jon again.- He asked.
-I don't.- He picked me up again and I wondered what my brother wanted us to see. We started heading back in the direction that we came from. Jae was walking very slow. I hadn't noticed it before but Jae's eyes barely showed any life when he came back. But he didn't seem upset, or even sad. He actually seemed… content? It was like he knew he had todo what he did, even though he wished he hadn't, I wished he didn't have to either. We walked a bit farther and we made it back to the area we left them. I saw there was blood in some places and a big puddle of it n one area. I took another look and… Oh my god.
Near by a tree I saw that there was a dug up patch of dirt and I saw that his sword was broken and tied together with vines to where the sheath makes the pole and he used he broken blade so that it formed a cross over the patch of dirt. I looked up at Lucario and saw he had the same expression as me.
-I though he deserved a proper burial, my sword broke during our fight and I decided to put it to use.- Jae said.
Lucario put me down and let me walk up to it on my own. I made it there and placed my paw on it.
-He said, in his last moments, that he was proud of us. That he was proud how great it was to have us as children.- I took another look at the grave and just sat there thoughtful.
-Dad, I am sorry this had to happen, but now you get to go be with mom, and with her you can watch our lives as they unfold, you both will be with us, even if you are not here with us, you both will watch over us. I love you dad, I love you mom, both of you rest in peace, we will be okay.- I prayed.
-Amen.- My brother stated. -Lucario, let's head back to Raiden's town. Jon's leg needs to heal before we head back to the house. Is that okay?-
-Of course, come on Jon, let's go.- He picked me up and we all started heading away from the grave. I took one last look behind me at the grave. I only had one thing left to say.
-Goodbye Dad.- I whispered.
