Eeveelution Chapter 35

"There are Pokemon in the pool look!" Natascha retorted to the rather gruff guard.

"The sign…" He nodded towards a notice on the wall to our left.

POKEMON ALLOWED BEYOND THIS POINT

EXCEPT FOR THE LISTED TYPES BELOW:

FIRE, ELECTRIC and POISON

"Well that's depressing…" I exhaled in a rather exasperated tone. I looked through the glass of the double doors and pined for the waters refreshing touch.

"OK, guess we'll head back then…" Natascha looked down at me. I could see the disappointment in her face.

"You go, honestly."

"I'd rather stay with you"

"And I rather'd you went out and had fun." Throughout our conversation a pair of rather befuddled eyes was watching us.

"But I don't want to…"

"Want to what?" The guard interjected. "What are you going on about?"

"Butt out." Natascha angrily replied, possibly unnecessarily but he slunk back to his post, never taking his eyes off of me.

"Don't be silly Tasch, of course you do, I'll be fine honestly. I need some rest anyway. I want you to go." She didn't reply straight away, pondering on her next words before replying.

"Fine. But I won't be long ok?"

"Good." I smiled. She didn't look particularly happy but I knew she secretly wanted to go, not like I was going anywhere anyway and I hoped we would be staying here a good week… Maybe half depending on the locals.

I watched as she reached for the door, looking back at me for a couple of seconds before closing the door behind her. I just sat there in the lonely hallway as the Guard pulled out a folded newspaper from within his coat and began scrutinising it. The shouting and laughing of the children echoing emptily leaving me yearning to join her ever more. I shook myself and turned back towards our room looking directly in front of me but taking nothing in. I tried to take my mind off of the perceived injustice pondering more on that damned poem again… 'I don't want this to be the end of you…' what does it mean… Is it literal? Maybe metaphorical… Symbolic?

As my grey matter continued to tare itself apart I caught a glimpse of a girl lying on her bed through an open door I passed which pushed my rather dramatic thoughts to the back of my mind. I paused and retraced my steps so that I positioned myself outside her door - it was Amy. I hadn't spoken with her really since the accident… was it technically an accident? The incident? Still haven't really been able to categorise the event… The storm! Sounds less dismal - to me at least - but being a Jolteon I may be showing some bias.

I trotted through the open door assuming she was awake, which she was; as she turned over, spotted me and began sitting up. Her room was almost identical to ours apart from shape and placement of the bathroom and windows I guess because it was situated on the other side of the hotel.

"Geez you startled me!" She exclaimed as she clutched at her heart in a paralinguistic fashion. I thought this encounter would help me to revert to nicer thoughts and it seemed to be working so far.

"Sorry… Just fancied some company, I can go if you were catching up on some rest."

"No it's alright I wasn't actually asleep, just resting my eyes." We just sat there for a few seconds, her on the bed, me on the floor, and instantaneously I felt an atmosphere of awkwardness overcome us both.

"So… Uhh… Where's Aundrea?" I mumbled as I attempted to make small talk.

"Oh he's outside sunning himself… I would be too but…" Being a Leafeon it kind of made sense for him to be doing so but her trailing off made me incredibly curious.

"But what?"

"Well… I guess…" As she stalled and restarted her statement my memory rewound back to when I was ill and she took care of me… Which lead to her… kissing me, I think? Should I be here?

"I think I just needed some time to get my head round the last few days… It's kind of been a rollercoaster hasn't it?" Her eyes being bright green I sort of lost myself for a second before my mind regained composure.

"Yeah. It's been a ride… For sure." I responded, my mind then wandering again focussing on Elliot and Ninetales.

"You seem kind of distant… Is there something wrong?" I was a bit taken aback that she hit the nail on the head but I didn't really feel like telling her anything.

"No I'm just still in a bit of pain… From the Ursaring." Her eyes widened.

"Ah… I hadn't mentioned that bit yet had I?" I peered round to my side to see only a slither of the wound emerging from underneath me but obviously shrunk so as to be in proportion to my body size.

"Ursaring? When?" She sounded a mix of concerned and determined.

"Well… Last night actually… We were semi-camping in the woods and got attacked while we were sleeping but… they left."

"Wow, that sounds horrific… I don't know what I'd do in that situation."

"Well we fought for our lives of course."

"I guess you came off pretty bad huh?" She uttered sympathetically but her utterance made me chuckle slightly.

"Hah, well not as bad as them!" She looked rather shocked at my confidence.

"Them?"

"Oh yeah, didn't I say there was two of them?"

"Ok now you're just boasting!" She smirked.

"It's true, plus it was pitch black!"

"So what did you do?" She sounded taken in by my anecdote and I was quite enjoying retelling the events.

"Do you wanna sit on the bed?" She said quickly before I started, shuffling to the side and patting the bed covers of which she too was sat upon. A small wave of guilt came and went but I ignored it as I leapt up happily and sat facing her.

"So…"

She didn't seem bored in the slightest, I made note of her expressions each time I mentioned Natascha's name because I'm not convinced her feelings for me are strictly friendly, but she didn't seem to react which relieved me a bit.

"So hence the wounds…"

"What a nice little reminder that's going to be in later life." It had stopped bleeding thankfully and my pacing around hadn't opened it up again so hopefully it was healing for good, but as Amy said it'll likely leave an interesting couple of scars.

"Wonder what the others are up to now, it's nearing dinner time."

"Mmm… Dinner." I wondered aloud what would be in store after eating… basically scraps and some hot dog.

"Come on let's look for them!" She leapt off to the left of the bed and walked round to the door, beckoning me to follow her, which made me shiver slightly. Not sure why I did but I ignored it and leapt off and dashed out the door in front of her.

"Last time I saw Tasch was at the pool, you reckon she'll still be there?"

"Maybe, I think that was where everyone else was going as well, shall we start there?"

"Yeah… Well if I was human I'd be able to… Electric types aren't allowed near the pool. Stupid guard." I grumbled.

"Well I can kinda understand that… I have a bag." She smirked at me with her hand still on the door knob.

"Um… No thanks. I'll chance it."

"Maybe I could dye you red and pull you off as a Flareon." She theorised jokingly shutting the door behind her.

"No good, Fire types weren't allowed either."

"Damn!" She growled still smirking cunningly.

"It'll be fine."

We walked down the hallway back towards the pool. Before arriving I noticed people going left before the hallway which I guess must have lead to the restaurant as there were tables and chairs there with waiters beginning to seat people in the regal looking room. On arriving at the door leading towards the pool, lone and behold no guard.

"This is our chance." I whispered as my walk turned more into a canter. Amy kept up as she jogged; longer legs, not fair. The sounds of the laughing children and chatting adults along with the conversations between the occasional Pokemon suddenly intensified as Amy reached and opened the door. The light blinded me for a second causing me to slow to a stop. It was awesome. No fancy slides or anything just a large pool about five meters immediately in front of me, the shallow end being the closest to the hotel and the deep at the later end. To the right was a wooden cabin which read 'Sauna'. I noticed Murphy and Alice pretty much immediately as they were still enjoying themselves… I suppose Alice being a water type and Murphy being a person who can morph into a water type, the pool must feel extra habitable. The others however were unaccounted for so we began walking up to Murphy. My tale instinctively slunk downwards as I kept close to Amy's feet knowing I shouldn't be here and not knowing where the guard was situated.

"Hey, Murphy!" Amy called as we were only a few meters away from the end furthest away from the hotel. He looked round, happily keeping afloat along with Alice who was alternating between diving and popping back up to the surface every few seconds.

"Hey. Should you be here Darius?" He looked at me somewhat inquisitively.

"I just wondered where Natascha was, have you seen her?" I asked innocently, ignoring his comment.

"Oh, yeah she came in for a while but… She left again pretty quickly."

"How come?" I said perplexed. Did she come out and look for me? I hope not.

"Well… She… Why don't go and see her? She said she'd be in her room."

"Ok I will thanks." I tried not to sound worried, rather unsuccessfully.

"Before you go dinner is at seven ok? You know where the restaurant is?"

"Yup and yup, see you then." I quickly scurried back to the door leading in to the hotel and managed to push it open with my forehead. As I entered I noticed the guard was stationed back to his original position causing me to lower myself to the floor trying to keep myself out of his line of sight until I was fully in. He still had his head buried in the local newspaper making it much easier for me to sprint once I was out of his peripheral vision without getting noticed. I ran up the two flights of stairs and along the corridor until I arrived back at room 242 without looking back.

"Natascha." I called as I pawed at the door anxiously. I heard a bit of shuffling for a few seconds before the door finally opened and she just looked down at me looking rather miserable. She was dressed but her hair was still pretty soaking which left a long wet patch down her back. She quickly put on a half-hearted smile as she scooped me up into her arms.

"Oh Darius… It was so embarrassing…" She sniffled as she pressed my body against her face. I thought about replying but allowed her to just relax a bit more before I bombarded her with questions. She shut the door behind her with her foot and then proceeded to fall backwards onto the bed, letting her arms fling out, releasing me.

"What happened Tasch?" I said caringly.

"I just… I saw the others at the other end of the pool so I collected my swimming costume, got changed and slid in the shallow end."

"Ok…"

"I noticed the water was deeper and being a Pokemon I've swam quite a lot." She turned to look at me with her arm supporting her head.

"Admittedly not as much as some Pokemon but being an electric type that's kinda expected…" She continued to digress.

"So what happened to upset you?" I asked trying to cut to the chase.

"I nearly drowned, I was trying to use my hands as paws but for some reason it doesn't work the same… I was just falling through the water… I couldn't breath. I mean I wasn't too deep but… Alice got me in the end… I just thought I could swim." She wept some more so I placed my forehead against hers and licked at a tear that was making its way down her rosy cheek. It was unsurprisingly salty but oddly tasty if that's not too weird. She opened her eyes and smiled cutely.

"I love you…" She lay on her back and looked at me expectantly and I understood. I walked over her abdomen which she tensed with each footstep and I proceeded to lie along the middle of her chest, quite comfortably if I do say so myself. She then proceeded to amuse herself with playing with my fur, stroking and pawing at it.

"I love you too darling…" I murmured in reply as my eyes closed and I simply enjoyed the unusual but pleasurable experience.