Chapter 44: Heartburn
I bet some people will get the title.
Okay then.
[HQ, Two days after Blu and Thunder returned home, TPOV]
Blu and I had some, uh, "fun" a couple days ago, but we had to come home. To be honest, it was kind of a relief. Blu is, uh... energetic.
Ahem, anyways, Bolt and I played at the park for a while, well, Bolt did, anyway. He seemed to spend a lot of time with this mareep girl while I just sat on the bench.
Blu was at home, I think, talking about stuff with Mira. Speed, the new member of the team, seemed distant the first few days he was with us, but I think Bolt loosened him up.
I was pretty tired today, a lot less tired then yesterday, but... Blu is just... crazy.
We went home at about noon, and when we got there, Bolt went and played with Luke, like always. Blu was sitting on our hammock, watching them play, and Mira was sitting in her own hammock, until Bolt and Luke asked her to play with them. She didn't at first, but who could say no to them?
Dad and Flash were there, too, talking about stuff. Probably Threat, the cofagrigus.
Then our guild master, the lucario (I forgot his name), knocked on our door.
"Come in!" Blu said, facing the door.
He walked in, a serious look on his face. "Thunder." He started. His voice sounded dark. "There's someone at the front for you."
"The front" referred to outside.
"O-okay." I responded, getting out of the hammock and walking out the door. I was a bit startled, since no one ever wanted to see me, except CG sometimes, but he usually barged in.
I walked outside, kind of nervous as to what was happening. The guildmaster went back to his room.
When I went outside, a dragonair was waiting. I'd seen him at my adption mom's house a couple times, and I assumed they'd been dating. He looked kinda sad, almost as if he was crying.
"Thunder?" He asked me. "I have some bad news."
"What-what is it?" I asked hesitantly. I was scared to find out.
"Your mom, she's..." He started tearing up. "She's... gone."
"Wh-what?" I think I got his message, but I wasn't sure. I started tearing up, too. "You-you mean like, dead?"
"Y-yes. I'm sorry." He was crying now. I felt tears drip down my cheek.
"Are you-are you sure?"
"Y-yeah..."
"When did... And how?"
"Yesterday. There was... There was a fire."
"Was it like, an electrical fire?"
"I... I don't know. You could go look for yourself. Are you attending the funeral?"
"I have to. She was my mom."
"O-okay. I'll leave you to deal with your feelings. It's probably best."
"Bye."
I went back in, still sniffling, and told Blu. She caught on to the news almost immediately after I came in. You could tell she was sad, too.
Blu consulted me and made me feel a bit better, like you'd think she would after knowing Blu so long. Bolt and Luke tried to consult me, too, though they didn't know what was happening. Mira kind of sat back and looked confused. Dad and Flash left some time after I came back in, for what I don't know. Speed mummbled something about a vulpix and left.
[Two days later, TPOV]
The funeral was today. I had to break the news to everyone who didn't know. Bolt wasn't as surprised as I thought.
Seeing my mom in the coffin (which was oddly shaped given her snake-like features) I noticed that there were no fire marks, no burns, skids, or anything. I know the morgue or whatever would clean up the body before they put it- her -in the coffin, but after seeing the house, the whole thing was basically char. And isn't fire super-effective to grass?
An idea popped into my mind. I hadn't looked in the house, since it was kind of something I didn't want to see. But now... Well, after the funeral, anways... I had to.
[Later]
I went to the house with Blu. Mira sort of watched the kids at home, while consulting them as well.
"Why are we here, Thundy?" Blu asked. It was about 9 at night, and this was bugging me the entire funeral.
"There's something I need to do..."
"What?"
"I need to inspect something."
"Okay."
"No... No questioning?"
"Well, even if I tried to stop you, I wouldn't be able to. Need help?"
"Sure. Just, uh... Look for anything suspiscious."
"Okay."
We went inside the burnt building. Nostalgia and sadness hit me in the face, as well as the smell of burnt food. I looked around a bit, and subconsciously ended up in my mom's old room. I looked around, and something caught my eye underneath the bed, or what was left of it. The sheets were black and tore.
I got on the floor and saw something I wouldn't believe.
A note.
Thunder Sutarja,
You have messed with a powerful enemy. Plus, you failed. Like, dude, what the heck. It was there, you almost had it, then some stuff happened and then I caught you. Then you freaking killed your girlfriend, and... Now she's alive again or something? I don't know. But I lit your old house on fire. Revenge and all. Sorry about your mom, though. Didn't... Didn't know she was home. Yeah...
Regards, I hate you, Never gonna foil my plans, blah blah blah,
Peace out,
Threat.
Should have known.
"Thundy, I found something!" I heard from the next room over. I crumpled the paper and took it in my hand.
"What is it?" I said, walking into my old room. My bed looked worse than mom's. My room had a closet, and Blu had opened it. I was about 10 when I first made designs into it.
The closet door was open, and inside were pictures of Blu, some singed, and a heart shaped around a couple of them.
"Thundy, what was this?" Blu asked with a smug.
"It's pretty obvious, isn't it?" She giggled as I responded. "Well, I found all I wanted. We have to plan something."
"What?"
"I'll explain on the way home."
And that's pretty sad, though the fight is back on between our heroes and the bad guys.
Yeah no one's reading.
*drags internet into recycling bin*
*throws laptop into trashcan*
