Sapphire was having the time of her life. Since she got transferred to the Whirl Islands Front Line Defense Division, her life actually became fun. They got tents set up all over the islands, near the cave entrances and near ships. It was raining heavily and the mud was knee deep, sharp rocks pointed everywhere, jagged stones to climb over and wild pokemon at every corner. Normal people hate it, Sapphire loves it.
Not only that, but she also just meet the most amazing person ever. Her name is Korrina Balanove and she seems to be just as happy as she is to be here. The 2 of them share a tent near the cave entrance and they honestly had a lot of fun. She's from Fort Shalour, near the capital and an Officer Cadet.
She showed her the videos about Clair and she enjoyed them as much as she did. Saying that she deserved it and that, if given the chance, she would also do the same thing to her own drill instructor, Second Lieutenant Celosia Carted'or. Apparently she was just as horrible as Clair was.
The two of them are on the search team, meaning that they usually just explore the cave and find ways to hide supplies. The 2 of them also found a dive spot that leads to an underwater sea cavern. They didn't receive permission from Drake to explore it yet, but once they do. They sure as hell will storm the place.
She and Korrina made a bet on what they'll find. She bet on a really rare pokemon, like a wild Swampert. Mudkip is already rare as it is, but a fully evolved Swampert has to be a 1 in 100000. Meanwhile Korrina, well she said go big or go home. She bet they're gonna find fucking Lugia. Since you know...the whirl islands are considered it's home and what better place to hide than the whirl islands. She thinks she's nuts and she loves it. In all honesty though, they probably won't find anything other than some Chinchous, Clamperls and maybe a few Relicanths and Corsolas. But whatever, let them dream.
I'm sure some of you are wondering though...did Sapphire reunite with Walo? The answer is no and Sapphire is pretty stumped about it. She searched far and wide, borrowed pokemon from her fellow soldiers to dive, and nothing. She really wanted to see her beloved pokemon, but it was like he was swallowed by the ground - er, sea - and disappeared like he never existed.
She was planning to search for him tomorrow again, but right now she had other duties. Right now she and Korrina were carrying heavy boxes of ammunition towards the cave entrances, with the help of their pokemon. Rono was dragging a cannon with the help of Korrina's lucario towards the front site.
"Hey Kor? Once we finish this, wanna go play poker?" asked Sapphire.
"Hm? Sure short sack, I'm always happy to take your money." said Korrina.
"Last night's game says otherwise ya blonde girafarig..." said Sapphire while smirking. Korrina made a surprised sound and lightly punched her in the shoulder. "Pssh, ya hit like a grandma."
"My grandma was a general during the civil war! That's a compliment!" said Korrina as she puffed her chest proudly. Sapphire just rolled her eyes fondly. After the two of them finished dragging ammunition and cannons and weapons and food, it was already 8pm, so the girls went to the tiny food tent to get some MREs. They took their share and went to the tent they were sharing.
(A\N: MREs = Meals Ready to Eat. It's basically a healthier version of canned food, specifically made for soldiers.)
"Uh, those things suck...Even Blue's shitty oatmeal is better than this..." said Sapphire as she struck out her tongue.
"Hahaha, that's true, but hey! What can you do?" said Korrina. The two girls kept on a string of small talk until they finished their meals. Once they were finished, Sapphire pulled out the deck of cards from under her pillow and the fun began. They kept on playing poker until Korrina's wallet was as deserted of money as Fort Castelia. And since she was a sore loser, they played go fish. Did it go any better for her? No, it did not.
"Got any 3s?" asked Sapphire while smirking.
"God damn it!" yelled Korina as she threw her 3s at her. Sapphire merely laughed at her. They kept playing until 10:43 pm when a loud explosion was heard. They quickly scrambled up, put their shoes on and ran outside. Once they were outside, they saw one of the tents on fire and some random soldier's Gorebyss putting it out with Water Pulse. When they looked towards the ocean, they saw an enemy ship firing towards them.
"We're under attack!" yelled someone. "Get to your posts, quickly." The girls quickly scrambled to their designed posts, Sapphire letting out her Blaziken as did Korrina with her Lucario. In 4 min tops all of the designated battlers were put in a line as they awaited their orders. All of the ships near the islands were going to intercept the enemy at sea while they waited. For a while the only thing they could do was stay in position and wait with the others as the battle at sea raged on. They watched with bated breath from the shore as the brutal naval battle continued on. Their current commanding officer, Lieutenant Commander Siebold Bellegrade was standing in front of them with his Blastoise, waiting for further orders. It didn't take long for these further orders to come as dozens of soldiers on aerial pokemon were seen flying towards shire with high speed. Siebold's orders were clear, "Shoot them down." as he mega evolved his Blastoise.
"Toro! Flamethrower, take 'em down!" yelled Sapphire. The pokemon obeyed the command as he shot a powerful beam of fire towards the sky. Sapphire also registered Korrina ordering Aura Sphere from Lucario but she didn't have time to pay attention to her, she needed to kill these guys. (WARNING! WARNING! A\N: This is about to get a bit gory, so I suggest you skip this part if you cant handle the theme, I'll put a mark and summary when the gore ends.)
The blast of flames hit a soldier with a Dartrix burning both pokemon and trainer alive, not even giving them time to react. Their burnt bodies falling from the sky. Then she ordered another one, this time hitting a guy with a Togekiss, their screams echoing in the night as the sky painted orange-red from the flames. And then another one and another one and another one until she lost count how many she killed, the smell of burning flesh pungent in the air.
Korrina and her Lucario were holding their own as well, the Aura Sphere knocking the soldiers down or downright cutting them in half as blood fell from the sky. A few squads got on pokemon that knew Surf and went to finnish the ones that fell.
This didn't mean however that the battle was completely one sided, oh no. Quite a lot of soldiers from the opposing side that had faster, bulkier pokemon were able to dodge the attacks, or downright block it as they advanced towards them. Once in range the opposing side started firing as well, going for the supply tents and the defending soldiers themselves. Sapphire saw a poor man get cut into pieces by an Aerodactyl's Air Cutter, the soldier becoming nothing more than a pile of meat, bones and blood, his face not even recognizable anymore. She heard a pained yell of "Alex no!" from the guy with the Gorebyss, before Siebold shot a powerful Ice Beam towards the Aerodactyl, freezing both pokemon and trainer. The pair falling from the sky and shattering upon impact. Another one, this time a woman, got electrocuted to death by a Vikavolt's Zap Cannon, before the Vikavolt and his trainer got cut in half by a guy with a Doublade using Psycho Cut.
It was madness, fighting everywhere and now gunshots started ringing as well as the snipers started killing the terrorists. Korrina nearly got crushed to death by a falling corpse, but luckily she dodged. The campsite was littered with corpses and more appeared as they got killed. "Good thing most of them are from the opposing side" thought Sapphire as she saw the impaled corpse of a woman and her Unfezant, her blood trailing down the sharp rock that impaled her when she fell from the sky. Not that she was alive when her chest got torn open, she was gone the moment the sniper laid eyes on her.
Sapphire quickly took out her dagger pair just as a man reached her with a combat knife raised, she quickly dodged the strike before kicking the man in the head and slitting his throat. Then she went to another one and stabbed him in the back, she rotated the knife in the mans body, blood gouging out as she did so, before taking the weapon out. Meanwhile Toro was behind her, continuing to shoot soldiers out of the sky. It was double protecting in a way, he made sure terrorists don't kill her and she made sure no terrorists come after her beloved pokemon.
(A\N: Alrighty, the gore is gone, you can keep reding. As for a summary, just everyone brutally killing people that are flying in the sky and Sapphire being a badass with Toro.)
However this didn't last long as some crazed guy with a Zebstrika came charging at her while cackling. Sapphire didn't even have time to react as the zebra slammed into her and send her flying into the water. The last thing Sapphire heard was Toro's distressed cry and Korrina's shout of "SAPPHIRE!".
The Sergeant Major sunk a few meters into the water, blood leaving a trail behind from a head wound. She kept sinking and sinking as more and more water entered her lungs. "Was this tha end?" was her last thought.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
However fate would have it that she doesn't die today, because next thing she knows, Sapphire is coughing out salt water on the back of something very slippery. Once she regains herself, Sapphire realizes she's standing on the back of a massive Wailord. Her Wailord.
"Walo..." said Sapphire as she looked at her pokemon surprised, before she started laughing maniacally. "Walo ya crazy sonuvabitch! What took ya so long?" The pokemon merely gave her and excited cry, happy to be back with it's trainer. However the happy reunion had to be cut off, as a few enemy attacks barely missed the large pokemon. "Ah, shit! Forgot about those guys... Walo see those green ships? We need to sink 'em, so we're gonna attack em, but carefully since we don't wanna damage the blue ones, cuz they on our side. Got it?" The pokemon let out a battle cry signaling it was ready. "Alright then! Walo, Water Spout!"
The whale then quickly released a powerful jet of water that broke an enemy ship in half, everyone on board sinking with it. Sapphire let out a happy yell as the pokemon basically single handedly took down an entire fleet of battleships. It was amazing. The last few ships quickly got outnumbered by the remaining Olivine ships, the terrorists surrendering to them.
Sapphire let out a happy cry as she rode back to shore. Once she reached the shore line, Toro all but crashed into her and gave her a crushing hug. Sapphire laughed as he hugged her pokemon back. Once Toro released her she was enveloped into another hug, this time by Korrina, the blonde holding her tight. "You stupid, crazy, maniacal, short sack! Don't ever do that again, I thought you died!"
"Heh, sorry Kor, but it's not like I planned it. And besides 'm fine now!" said Sapphire as she patted her friend on the back until she finally released her.
"Heh, yeah you're right. Good thing Walo here saved your butt, huh?"
"Ya...Oh hey, got any pokeballs? I want him back on the team." Korrina quickly tossed her friend an Ultraball and Sapphire approached Walo with it, her hand outstretched with the ball in hand. "Whaddya say partner? Wanna make it official again?" In response the pokemon lightly bumped the Ultraball before getting sucked in. Sapphire pumped her fist in the air. "Alright!"
In the end Sapphire ended up getting promoted by Siebold to Officer Cadet for her acts of bravery.