Chapter 50
"What is it, then?" Mitternacht blinked.
"Maykala… I don't know how to begin to even start…"
"Émile… it's all right."
"I think Cecilia died of liver failure not AIDS… I want to go back in time and save her. Is it possible to do that?" Stan and Maykala gasped. "Hang on, I'll call Rico and see if he's near his laptop or not," I got out my cell phone and quickly dialled for him.
"Hello?" He answered. "Émile?"
"Rico, do you have your laptop with you?"
"Yeah, I do, is there something you need?"
"Well you're our expert hacker. I need you to hack into Jubilife's medical records, specifically Cecilia Harris. I want to see if she really did die of AIDS like what the doctors said to me. I think maybe she may have died of liver failure."
"All right, getting permission from Jake…" I could hear him typing a mile a minute. "Yes, we have permission… currently hacking," he grinned; I could sense it.
My cell phone made a ringing noise. "Hang on Rico, there's someone on the other line, call ya back," I hung up and answered the other call. "Hello? Dad?"
"É-Émile… I've been shot…"
"D-Dad… where were you shot?"
"I was shot in arm…"
"By whom?"
"By your idiot mother and my idiot ex-wife!" He growled. "Ow hey!"
"I guess you're in the hospital, then?" I asked.
"Yeah, I'm being examined by Tony," he replied. "Ow dammit watch it with the alcohol and the tweezers!"
"Dad… let Tony do his job, he most likely wants to take the bullet out and examine it. By the way, is Mum in custody?"
"Yeah she is… they're questioning her right now."
"Good. All right, I have to go now; I have to call Rico back. Bye Dad, love you."
"Bye, I love you too," he hung up.
"I-I heard everything…," Stan sighed.
"M-me too…," she sighed.
"Thanks…," I said softly and called Rico back. "Rico… my dad has been shot, did you know about that?"
"No, I swear to God I didn't, I just found out too," he sighed. "I couldn't call you because your line was busy."
"What did you find out?" I sighed too.
"Well it turns out the doctors did lie to you. She did die of liver failure. For the most part, she was so dehydrated that the medicine in her body wasn't metabolising correctly nor were being absorbed either. She basically died of liver and kidney failure."
"Thank you very much Rico. That's enough evidence to sue that fucking hospital. I'll see you in about three hours. Bye Rico."
"Bye Émile, see you soon," he hung up.
"If I can't get my Cecilia back, I'll sue that hospital. That would be considered malpractice." I wasn't sure what to do really.
Six minutes before
Rico's POV
"Yes, I would like to see if I can get a hold of your medical records. I'm with the FBI," I lied.
"I'm sorry, I don't care if you're with the FBI, we don't allow people to see medical records."
"Oh since you won't let me…," I started typing. "You see that little cursor move by itself, well that's me. I will show off the porn that you downloaded to your boss, how'd you like that?" I smirked. The person cried and hung up. "Yep," I grinned when I found the medical records. "Oh my God… t-they did lie to Émile…"
"Argh…" I heard a recognisable voice. I turned around to see Émile's dad, Siôr. "Can't believe that bitch shot me with a BB gun…" Tory was helping him down to the morgue. Siôr picked up his cell phone and dialled a number – most likely Émile.
Émile's POV
Present
I noticed as we were walking out that the sun was shining brightly. I put on some awesome sunglasses and posed like Horatio Caine. I walked out to see Charity but she was limping. "Ash, Dawn, come on out now." They both slowly came out. "I see the shoreline that leads to Serpent City. There should be a small plane that'll take us back to Veilstone," I looked at Stan. "Do you want to come with us or stay?"
"I think we're staying," Ash replied. "Right?" He looked at Dawn.
"Right… I love this place. I think we'll go ahead and go to Serpent City."
"Great, just so you know, it's a submarine ride," I replied. "Serpent City is underwater. Oh yeah, Dawn, I suggest getting to doctor just as soon as you get there."
Siôr's POV
"Oh crap… watch it please!" I groaned.
"I'm sorry, but I have to get all of the little BBs out," Tory sighed. "Hold still please!"
Stan's POV
We all said goodbye to Ash, Dawn and Mitternacht. Mitternacht said that she would meet us later in Veilstone and help Dad. Poor Charity though, she was limping. Dad did his best to wrap a bandage around her leg. She whined the whole time but she respected him.
"If you come with us, we can help you further; maybe even get the bullet out of your leg," he rubbed one of her heads. We had made it to the shoreline. It was mostly sandy with sand dunes and grass growing along the shoreline. Even the water smelt salty. "There's our plane," he pointed.
"Nice plane," I grinned.
"Émile!" Someone waved.
"Hey Greg!" Dad waved back and smiled. "Thank you so much for picking us up."
"You're welcome Émile; it's been a few years. This must Stanford, right?" Greg rubbed my head.
"Yes, I'm Stanford. Nice to meet you," I smiled. He held out his hand and I shook it. Charity slowly walked up and whined.
"We have a situation, Greg. I know you're a CSI now, but I know that you can take care of Pokémon, too. Please?" Dad looked at him.
"I'll see what I can do then," he replied. He knelt down at Charity's level and carefully unwrapped the bandage from around her leg. ".44 calibre bullet… that's all I can tell for now."
"Looks like quite an injury," I sighed and rubbed her head.
"Now, Charity, the only way we can help you is if you go into this poke ball, all right?" Dad set one on the ground. She wagged her tail while cocking her head. She tapped it with her left paw and she was de-materialised. It wobbled slightly and finally clicked. We both smiled and him and high-fived.
"Ready to board?" Greg asked.
"Yes," we both said in unison. He hopped in and we jumped in after him. His plane was nice – it may be small, but it looked handy. It was a small plane with a propeller. It was gaudy, with a shade of white and yellow with an eagle painted on its side. I sighed and grinned. I closed my eyes for a few seconds and opened them. I saw that we were already off the ground.
"Say, where's Sol?" Dad asked.
"He should be sleeping in the back," Greg replied. He had spoken too soon; a large Absol that seemed to be unusually coloured walked up and yawned. It appeared to have a grey and white coat with a bushy tail and even his paws were coloured black. I had no idea what it was. He leapt up into one of the extra seats and wagged his tail. "He doesn't talk much. He's usually quiet when we're flying through the sky. Oh yeah, he's part Mightyena in case you were wondering, Stan. I could see it in your eyes."
"Oh yeah I had forgotten about that. Anyway, Greg is a behavioural analyst and he can read microexpressions just like I can."
Sol's POV
While the humans Stan, Émile and my Master, Greg were talking, I just sat and stared at them. I wagged my tail and panted happily. I didn't want anyone to know that I was once human, but I could sense something in Stan's eyes. I think he knew that I was a reborn. I definitely didn't feel like talking because of my uptown New York accent that somehow transferred when I became a Pokémon.
"How'd you like to come on out, Cecilia?" Émile grinned.
"You can come on out too, Jacob," Stan grinned.
"Cecilia…? W-where have I heard that name before…?" I thought. The two humans both let out their Pokémon. One of them (presumably Cecilia) was a small Luxio that only stood half the height of a regular Luxio. The other (presumably Jacob) was a Jolteon with black legs and he was slightly larger than the normal Jolteon. They too were reborns. Something caught my eye… it was Cecilia… w-where had I seen her before?
"N-Niles…," she gasped and fell with a plunk. Stan and Émile gasped.
"Did she say Niles?" Émile blinked.
"I-I think so," Stan shrugged. Jacob desperately tried to wake her up as he panicked.
"C-Cecilia…," I fainted too. Everyone gasped this time as I fell into a deep state of unconsciousness…
I was out for what seemed like hours. We had arrived in Veilstone City like what Greg had said.
Émile's POV
"Is he all right?" I asked Greg.
"I think so. I think he was so shocked that he fainted, but I don't know," he shrugged.
"I'm so glad we're in Veilstone now," Stan sighed. My stomach got the best of me.
"I'm starving," I groaned. Greg's pager beeped.
"Oh damn… I'm so sorry, there's an emergency at the police station in Serpent City. I'm so sorry that I have to leave so quickly…," he sighed.
"Greg," I put my hand on his shoulder. "Please don't worry about it, all right? You can come and visit us any time you want to," I nodded. I looked down at the sad and frowning Niles. It looked as if he was crying. I sighed sadly. "I think… Sol wants to stay here. I can't be a hundred percent sure but I think Sol is actually Niles…"
"Wait… you mean the Niles?" He whispered. I nodded.
"Yes. They're called reborns. I don't really know how to describe them, except that they're humans that after they die they become a Pokémon," I whispered back.
"All right, you can stay for a few days, Niles," he smiled. Stan and I smiled too and Niles started jumping up and down happily. I wasn't sure whether to go back in time and help save her. I mentally sighed. "Émile, Stan… it's nice seeing you," he shook our hands.
"Greg… how'd you like to have dinner on your birthday?" I asked.
"Émile… I'd love to!" He grinned. "Thank you, bye."
"Thank you," we both said unison.
"You're welcome," he waved and hopped into his plane. Jacob was feeling a little down, for obvious reasons. It had hit me: why was this Jolteon named Jacob?
"S-Stan… w-why is this Jolteon named J-Jacob?" I stuttered slightly.
"I don't know, I think he was brutally stabbed to death, beheaded and dismembered," Stan shrugged. "Hang on, don't tell me…"
"S-Stan… t-that's how Jake's son died," I blinked and tried not to faint from being so shocked. I wiped the sweat off my head and sighed deeply. Stan was shocked too. I think he tried his best not to faint either. I believe I suffer from vasovagal syncope, in which the person faints after seeing blood, vomits, stress, hunger, standing up too quickly, etc (sometimes even after/during urination/defecation – I'm glad I don't have that!). Stan must suffer from it, too. I sighed again and looked at him. Jacob was just staring off into space. "Jacob," I knelt down next to him. "I think maybe there's someone that wants to see you."
"Umm… okay…," Jacob replied solemnly and quietly…
"All right, let's go guys," I grinned. "The body of Tony LeGue should be at the morgue by now. Would you like to see an autopsy, Stan?" I smirked.
"Hmm… yeah I wouldn't mind," he nodded.
"Well, come along," I started to walk off. Stan along with the three Pokémon started to follow us. Niles and Cecilia happily ran around in front of us while Jacob lagged behind. "The IP station isn't too far from where we are right now and it's close to the airstrip, too." Stan nodded and we were silent the whole time. My cell phone rang.
"Hello?" I answered.
"I'm calling in compliance that in fact some of your sperm has been used."
"Whoa… wait, really?" I blinked. I wanted to face palm her for calling right in the middle of the busy uptown in which someone might hear me. I blushed and sighed deeply. Even Stan, whom was watching the three Pokémon, even noticed.
"Would you like to know the name of the couple?"
"No thank you… maybe some other time…," I continued to blush.
"All right sir, bye, have a nice day," the lady hung up. I slowly closed my cell phone and sighed frustratingly.
"Boy… that was embarrassing…"
"Umm… are you all right?" Stan blinked.
"Yeah… it's too embarrassing for me to talk about. You can blame Rico if you want to. It's his idea/fault."
"You can tell me if you want to…"
"Fine, but I am not telling a flashback, it's too embarrassing!" I blushed again. "Like I said before, it was Rico's fault. He told me that I should be a sperm donor before I get a vasectomy. Oh, God, I blushed the whole time I was at the sperm bank. Of course, the only way to get semen is to masturbate… which is extremely embarrassing because they play porn videos… ugh…," I shuddered. "It was very humiliating too…"
"I-I can imagine…," he nodded. "I used to ejaculate in front of Jade and Marie but what you've said doesn't even seem as worse as what I've been through…" Our stomachs rumbled again.
"Let's get something from the vending machine…," I grinned because we were already there. I opened the door and allowed the three Pokémon and Stan to walk in through it. "Rico!" I called.
"Émile…?" Rico poked his head out from his office. "Émile!" He grinned and ran up to me, hugging me tightly. I smiled and hugged him tightly back.
"Rico… I haven't told this to Jake yet, but I'm promoting you to First Grade Detective. I want to thank you for help solving how Cecilia died." I don't know what happened next, except the fact that he fell to his knees and happily snivelled.
"Émile… I don't know what to say…," he slowly stood up and hugged me so tightly that I chocked/gagged (damn, why does that always happen to me?!).
"R-Rico… y-you can l-let go, I want to see my father now…," I gagged. He blinked and let go. He did something that took me by surprise: he kissed me smack-dab on the lips. It wasn't anything like the kiss he did when I had saved his life about a year ago. No, this was different. This one was smooth… as if he meant it. I mean really meant it. I moaned slightly. I hadn't been kissed quite like this in a long time. He finally stopped and patted me on the back. "Come on, let's see Dad now," I looked at everyone. "But first, I think someone might want to see you, Jacob," I walked up to Jake's office and tapped on the door three times. I peeked in to see that he wasn't there. "Oh I think I know where he is."
"Where is he, then?" Stan asked.
"I think he's down at the morgue. I don't think I need my nose plug anymore. I got over my fear of internal organs," I grinned. "Come on, follow me, you've never been down there yet." He looked and smiled at me. Rico snuck up on me and…
"Boo!" He jumped out of nowhere.
"Ahh!" I jumped. "Rico don't do that!"
"I got you, as always! You yeah, you should see the length of Tony's penis! It's ginormous!"
"Well, I don't believe you until I see it!" I rubbed his head.
"How long is a human penis anyway? I forgot…," Niles wagged his tail. I chuckled.
"Niles, I'd have to kill you if I told you," I replied sarcastically. I started to walk down the stairs.
"Hey, isn't that Greg's Pokémon, Sol?" Rico asked.
"Yeah it is, but you won't believe me. His real name is Niles," I replied.
"Whoa… the Niles Harris…?" He blinked. I nodded and he gasped. Stan grinned and was already at the bottom of the stairwell. Rico and I were silent the whole time until we got to the bottom of the stairwell. I looked around to see Tony, a skinned Pachirisu (I remember that, it died naturally, someone wanted us to preserve it and Tory is good at these kinds of things).
"Tory, where are you?" I called. "Beau, Rachel?" I called.
Stan's POV
I heard a strange moaning noise. "Dad… what's that moaning noise?"
Dad put his hand in his forehead. "Probably Beau and Rachel making out again… let's leave them alone. Tory has to be somewhere down here." We both looked around and Rico walked up to a body and uncovered it. We both walked up and looked at him.
"Damn," I blinked.
Émile's POV
"Whoa…! Rico, you were right!" I sniggered. "Damn that is huge…"
"Haha I told you! In your face!" Rico grinned. "In… your… face!" Rico laughed his ass off. I found a ruler and measured it.
"Damn! I don't even want to imagine it when it's erect!" I blinked. It was 19.9 cm or 7.8 inches. "Damn it must be at least 9 inches when erect!" I sneered.
"I don't want to imagine it either," Rico nodded.
"Damn that is huge," Stan's eyes were as wide as pie saucers.
"I see you're admiring the length," Tory chuckled sarcastically while walking in the room. He patted Dad on the back. "Your dad got shot by a BB gun. I had to take out each of the little BBs out. It was tedious and annoying."
"Dad! I'm so glad you're all right," I hugged him tightly. He smiled and hugged me tightly back. We let go. "Say, where is everyone?"
"I think they're at the park," he replied. "How's my little grandson, huh?" He rubbed Stan's head.
"Great, thank you so much for asking," Stan smiled brightly. "How are you after this ordeal?"
"You're welcome kiddo. I feel better now, even though it really hurt," he rubbed his arm.
"Dad come here, got something to show you if it doesn't offend you," I picked the ruler again and walked to Tony's body. He gasped and sniggered.
"Wow that's huge," he blinked.
Tory sighed. "I have to get back to working on this Pachirisu…," he walked over to it. "Almost done though, I just need some cardboard and wires to support it and then I'll be finished."
"Looks great so far," Rico grinned.
"Yeah, it does," Stan smiled. "It's certainly cute." Dad and I nodded.
"Thank you everyone," he smiled.
"You're welcome," we all replied.
"So, where's Jake?" I asked Dad.
"He's at a crime scene or at home right now, I think," Dad replied. "I don't remember what he had said."
"Not for long," a familiar voice said. I turned around to see Jake.
"Jake!" I grinned. "How are you?"
"Great, thank you," he looked down to see Niles, Cecilia and Jacob.
"D-dad…," Jacob gasped and nearly fainted. "Dad…," he cried.
"Umm… is that Jolteon all right," he picked up Jacob.
"Jake… you're not going to believe me but that's your son. They're called reborns…," I wasn't too sure what to say. Tory gasped. "This is Cecilia and this is Niles," I pointed to them.
"Wait… what?" Jake almost fainted.
A/N: Made to over 3000 words like I wanted to XD. Oh yeah, sorry, I'm not good at describing people except the fact that Greg looks like Leroy Jethro Gibbs (played by Mark Harmon). Look him up!
