Damn it, damn it, damn it! This damn car better hurry!
-Jae, what is wrong?- I looked over to Braig and he had a concerned look. I just had my eyes wide open and I looked over to Nanaba.
'Nanaba! How much longer!' I screamed through telepathy.
"Another fifteen minutes!" She said.
We wouldn't get there to save anyone, -Screw it!- I ran to the back of the swat van, kicked the door open and jumped out with my gear. I took a look around and I saw I was close to the path I usually take to get there. I ran to the path and followed it at full speed. I stopped to catch a breath because of the added weight my equipment had. I then heard someone call out to me.
When I turned around it was Lyran, -What are you doing!?-
-What does it look like, getting them the help they need!- I said.
-If you want to help them we need to stick together! What do you think you can do on your own!?- He asked.
-More than I would be doing than just sitting in the truck!- I retorted.
-IDIOT! You need to think for a minute!- He said.
-OH THAT IS RICH COMING FROM YOU! LET ME ASK DID YOU "THINK" WHEN YOU TOSSED THAT GRENADE AT ME!? SO DON'T GIVE ME YOUR BULLSHIT ON THIS! I AM NOT GOING TO JUST SIT AROUND AND WATCH SOMEONE II CARE ABOUT DIE AGAIN!- He seemed to back off when I said this. He also noticed I had tears in my eyes. -I have lost almost everything, and I will do everything in my power to make sure I lose nothing else, I know you probably don't care Lyran but guess what, you are not the only one who lost their parents….. and I don't believe you had to kill your own father,- I said. His eyes widened at my last statement and I turned tail and took off.
After a minute I made it to the town. I was in shambles. My first aim was to get in a tree. I took my rifle and scouted out the area. I didn't want to use aura vision because I wouldn't be able to tell if they were friendly or not. I took a look around for any aggressive fire types but could not spot any.
-Jae!- I looked down below me and saw Lyran. I jumped down to him.
-What?- I asked.
-Listen, I didn't know that… I am sorry, for all the shit I put you through. You made the right call, you got here in under two minutes. I am with you okay, let us do this!- He exclaimed.
-Thanks,- I said. We then started traversing through the town. I was using aura vision to find signs of life. Thankfully we were able to find some Pokémon who weren't hurt and told them to go to the entrance where the other would come. We kept moving and searching for survivors but I had stopped myself. I saw a decimated tree house. It had been burned to the ground but that wasn't what was wrong. Under one of the rubble was Avis, Ray's starly friend.
-AVIS!- I screamed. I quickly ran over and removed the piece of rubble he was under. I quickly got him out and took a look at him. No breathing, no heartbeat, no aura….He was gone.
-No….- I said wide-eyed. -He was just a kid, AN INNOCENT CHILD!- I slammed my fist into the ground that left a small dent in the dirt.
-Jae, listen we can't stay here. We need to check for surivors, and we can't do anything to change that.- Lyran said.
-GUYS!- We looked over to see Braig running to us.
-Braig,- I said simply.
-What are you gu….- He noticed Avis. -What, what happened to!...- He looked like he was in shock.
-Whoever did this killed him,- Lyran said. Braig was shaking.
-Braig, what is wrong!?- I asked.
Lyran thankfully had an answer, -Braig usually has a hard time dealing with these things, he can't stand seeing his own kind dead, it is like a phobia,- He explained.
I picked up Avis and walked over to Braig, -Braig listen, I need you to take him to the center of town, I saw multiple aura signals there so that has got to be where everyone is, please, can you take him there for me?- I asked. He seemed to get out of his trance and calm down.
-Okay, I-I will,- He took Avis from my paws then headed to the direction I pointed him in.
-Alright let's go Lyran!- I said.
-Right!- He replied. We then started searching again. Finding more pokemon hiding out. But the farther we kept going, the more bodies lined up. It was starting to get to me, this was the direction Ray's house was in. I started sprinting. Lyran tried to call out but was not able to keep up with my extreme speed.
I Kept searching, and all I found were bodies. Everywhere I went, bodies, was there someone! ANYONE STILL ALIVE IN THIS AREA! Then I kept running until I passed this one corner. What I saw stopped me in my tracks. In the dirt, lying there, was Raiden.
-RAIDEN!- I ran as fast as I could to him. -NO! NO! NO! PLEASE GOD! PLEASE DON'T LET HIIM BE DEAD!- I screamed.
I saw his eyes look up at me and his mouth move, -Jae?- He asked.
I smiled, -Raiden you are okay!- I started turning him over, -Thank god y..- What I saw made me go dead quiet. Where his eyepatch was burned away, all that was left was a severe burn that covered half of his face and it burned down to the muscle. His lower body shared the same fate as well, covered in serious burns that were bleeding. His left ear was completely burned off. But the worst part was when I moved him I saw that his tail was burned so bad to where half of it fell off.
-Jae…- He said weakly.
-Yes Raiden?- I asked wide-eyed.
-Those bastards….. that did this…. are the same ones that changed you,- He explained. My eyes widened even more.
-What?- I asked.
-They….did this as a way to test you….wanting to see how well you could handle a severe situation…..do not let them beat you…..you are stronger than that,- He said.
-Okay,- I replied.
-Jae, I need you to do something for me, they took them, Ray and Sharara. They are all I have, and they cannot die, they have so much to live for, and Ray can't live without his mother! Please, I am begging you, please save them, save them!- He said.
-I will, I SWEAR I WILL!- I said.
-Save them, save them, save them, save them, save them, save them….- He kept repeating the same phrase over and over. It then dawned on me, I checked his aura, he was gone.
-Raiden, you are already,- I started.
-Save them, save them, save them, save them…- He continued.
-You are already dead,- I had realized up to this point he had not been breathing. He told me this, that message he had for me, it wasn't him that said it, but his undying will that said it. I used my paw to clamp his mouth so that he stopped repeating him self. I then gently closed his eyes for him.
-WELL THE RAT FINALLY CROAKED!- I slowly got up and looked back at the one who said that with a face that the even the devil would be afraid of. I saw that it was a houndoom. -What a chump, he is supposed to be the town guardian but he went down like trash, BWAHAHAHA! GUARDIAN, MORE LIKE HASBIN!-
-You did this?- I said in monotone.
-Huh? Yes, it was I the gr- Before he got the chance to speak I was behind him and slugged him so hard he went sliding across the dirt. He sat there completely in pain from that last punch.
-I never asked who you were, and I don't care, because now the only place your name is going to show up is in an obituary,- I started to charge at him but something blocked my path.
-Lyran! What are you doing?- He had jumped in front of me to stop me.
-Jae! Listen to me, Mike showed up and told me, there are two other Pokémon attacking besides him, and apparently one of them has hostages!- He said.
-What?! That means he has Raiden's family!- I said.
-Raiden?- He then noticed the Raichu laying behind me, -I see, Jae listen, let me handle him, you need to go find out where the other two are…..and take him to a more respectable place,- I gave him a nod and picked up Raiden's lifeless corpse.
-Oh! What, you too afraid to kill another one of your kind!?- He asked as I was starting to leave.
Lyran intervened, -NO! You are not one of us, you…..are nothing! GO JAE!- With that I went off running.
(Lyran POV)
As Jae ran off I went in to attack the houndoom. I started trying to swipe with my claws and he counter with a flamethrower. Idiot must have not realized I was rock type so I just ran through it and gave him a claw strike. He then jumped trying to bite me but I just jumped up and bit him before he got the chance. I then held on as I ripped my fangs out of the side of him. He started breathing fire like crazy but he seemed to not get the memo I was a rock type. I took the hit and let the fire fade away.
-WHAT!? How are you not roasted alive!?- He asked.
-I guess you didn't know, I am a rock type Pokemon…Wanna know what that means, your f***ed!- I then slammed a claw into the dirt and from under him came multiple sharp rocks that pierced him. I saw he still had some fight in him but it seemed that he was weak, I guess that fight with the raichu took a lot out of him.
-Game over mutt!- I said.
(Aqua POV)
Nanaba, Mirai, Mike, Keiran and I had made it to the center of town to check up on the townsfolk. They were all unharmed and seemed to just form a perimeter to keep the rogue Pokémon from attacking. I had talked to a couple of them to get the run of things while Nanaba was using her gear to view a live satellite signal of the area.
"Guys, Lyran is fighting one of them now!" She said.
"Where?!" Mike asked.
"Northeast from here, head that way!" She then pointed to the direction and Mike took off.
I then continued to speak with some of the Pokémon about what they saw and what happened. I noticed commotion from another one of the crowds and headed over there. When I got there what I saw shocked me. First I found where Braig had gone to, but second, was a set of staraptors crying over a dead starly. Braig just seemed in shock of the scenario.
I walked up to him concerned, -Braig, what happened?- I asked.
-Jae and Lyran…..found him at a collapsed tree house…..he was dead when I got there, then they took off,- He explained.
-I see,- I then noticed Mirai come up to the couple and laid on her knees beside them. One thing to point out is one of the staraptors was crying standing and trying to console the other which is collapsed on the ground bawling. Mirai sat herself next to the collapsed one and got her attention. The bird looked up with tears just streaming.
"It was your kid wasn't it, I am so sorry, a mother's pain for her child knows no bounds," She then hugged the bird, "You don't deserve this, neither of you deserve this, just let it go, I will be here for you," Before the staraptor was bawling but now she was hysterical. She wrapped her wings around Mirai and held on tight, "There you go, there you go,"
I let that scene play out while I noticed another group stirring commotion. I walked around the crowd and saw their reason. There was a ninetails standing there looking real smug about everything.
-Well you all seem lively! Mind if I join in?!- She said.
I walked out in front of the crowd, -Who are you?- I asked.
-Me? I am Alexia, me and my brother Alexander were the ones who decimated this disgusting city!- She said.
-WHAT?! How could you!?- I screamed at her.
-Oh please no yelling, we are women after all, we should be civilized!- She said.
-After you and your brother decimated this village, there is nothing left to be civilized about!- I said.
-Okay then, time for all of you to learn you lesson, know when to listen to those above you!- She then blew a huge fire pillar towards us, -Can you stand the heat!?- I then simply formed a huge barrier that blocked the area. Once the flames cleared she had a pissed off look.
-Protect?- She asked.
-Yes, now!- I then formed an aura of water that floated around me, -You will take me on!- I then sprayed a huge pillar of water at her that she immediately dodged. Then she spewed fire at me. I brought up another protect and it was successful, but the problem was that she had got behind me and slashed me a couple of times. She then used her back legs to kick me away from her. I got myself back up but she was behind me again, big mistake for her, as she hit me with her claws they started to shrivel away.
She backed up in fear, -WHAT THE HELL!?-
-What? Never heard of acid armor? Not only does it help defend myself but it has a very good way of corroding anything that isn't steel!- I said. -Now then!- I quickly ran up, made her think I was going to go left, but then went the opposite and clawed her, smacked her with my tail, then flipped back around to send a point-blank hydro pump that sent her into a wall. Before she could get up I ran over again and just started spraying her with water. I kept it going until she had fully passed out from the pain.
Nanaba came over after I finished my deed, "Good job Aqua, not that I really had anything to worry about! Now let us get her to where she can't hurt anyone!" We got a fireproof cage out and tossed her in. Once we had done that we spotted Jae….carrying a pokemon.
All of the other Pokémon noticed him and started freaking out or becoming upset. He walked up to the crowd and walked up to the fountain. He laid the body on the ground and we all just stood there wonder. The male staraptor from before came up.
-What?...What happened!?- He asked. I heard rambles from the crowd saying that their protector was dead and lines following it.
Jae looked up at him, then to the ninetails, then to him again, -It was the houndoom my friend is dealing with and that ninetails over that did this to him,- The crowd started chatting among themselves again and I wanted answers myself.
-Jae what were you thinking?!- I screamed at him.
He just kept looking down at the raichu at his paws, -I don't know…..I don't really know anymore….- That response scared me, the look in his eyes looked like someone who looked tired, that look was never there before, not once have I seen it.
He then started walking and turned on his telepathy for everyone, 'EVERYONE LISTEN UP! Raiden has passed on, he is no longer with us, we have lost many lives today, and some of which we wish we could bring back,' He looked over to the staraptors, 'I am sorry I couldn't save Avis, please forgive me, the other two were taken care of but there is still one left, and I will make sure I finish the job Raiden started, and I will keep that promise,' Some of the Pokémon were in pure shock, and I knew why, lucarios are known for treating others below them, and them seeing one treat a raichu as a hero is ironic.
He then walked up to us, 'Listen Mirai, I want you and everyone else to stay here and watch her and the one Lyran will bring back, me and Braig will go after the other one,'
"Wait, you need more help than that!" Mirai said.
'No me and Braig will be enough, and we can travel faster, you need to stay here and watch her, she helped kill him, and if I am correct he was stronger than me!' Jae explained.
That seemed to keep Mirai quiet, but I believed in him, and so did Nanaba.
"Sounds like a plan, you two stay safe," Nanaba said.
"Watch out for each other, we will keep things calm here!" Keiran said.
I saw a look of concern on Mirai, but in the end she nodded. Jae returned it and turned to Braig.
-Come on Braig, let us go avenge the ones that were lost,- Jae said with a serious look.
Braig looked uncertain, he is usually uncomfortable about situations like this, he doesn't like killing other Pokémon, but I saw his expression go more serious, -Yeah, let's do this!- Jae then started using aura vision and then he opens his eyes. He starts moving and Braig follows him.
Before they are completely out of sight I say one thing, -Good luck,-
(Ray POV)
Argh…M-mom where? Where was I? I got tied up in a cave and in front of me was my mom.
-MOM! MOM GET UP!- I screamed. She started to stir but then from behind her came this giant flaming pig.
-Well look at that, you finally woke up, now the show can begin!- He said in a menacing voice. I looked at my mom and she seemed tired and weak. He got behind her and stared down at her and she looked up at him. I saw her face show calm but scared at the same time.
-Ray,- She said.
-Yes?- I ask.
-Look away!- The fire type grabbed her arm and bent it to where a loud crack resided and my mom screamed.
-MMMMMMMMMMMMOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMM!-