MTJF Chap 3
After finishing lunch and going back inside the mall to hang out for a few more hours, Brennan and his Pokémon ended up parting ways with Luna, Lane, and Frankie.
Blaziken had just wanted to get out of there. Delphox had done enough flirting with him today to last a life time. He barely got out away without having a heart attack.
The group walked the trail back towards their apartment, the sun setting in the distance.
Even though he wouldn't admit it, Brennan was fond of the sunset. It was beautiful. The blue, orange, and yellow mixing together made everything seem so...calm. The soft breeze that went with it tugging on the loose hair straying from the back of his hat, running halfway down his neck.
Brennan looked around at his Pokémon, who also seemed to be enjoying the sunset.
The walk back didn't seem to last as long as the walk into the city. Mainly because Brennan's mind strayed back to that Gardevoir.
What was the reason she was standing there watching the passers-by's? Did she just enjoy seeing the people? Did she stand there wondering what it would be like to have a Trainer? Was she even a wild Pokémon, or did she actually have a Trainer?
There were just too many questions running around in Brennan's mind. And he didn't know why.
He had been a Pokémon Trainer for almost ten years now. And throughout those almost ten years, he had seen plenty of wild Pokémon before. So he honestly didn't know why this Gardevoir felt different to him.
Brennan pushed his thoughts aside when the group came up on their apartment. He pulled his key out and unlocked the door, allowing his Pokémon to enter first before following them in.
"I'm going to jump in the shower. Behave while I'm in there." Brennan said sternly as he looked around at the group, they nodded.
Brennan mainly did that to mess with them. He had trained them better than to act out when he wasn't around. And for the most part, they actually were a pretty well behaved group of Pokémon.
Brennan had gone into the bathroom and stripped out of his clothes before hopping in the shower. He stood under the water, allowing it to run down his body, wondering if that Gardevoir had actually gotten the berries he left.
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Gardevoir had returned to the small cave she had been living in for as long as she could remember, with the berries in her hand.
She sat down on the cave floor, getting comfortable, before cracking open the box and pulling one out.
She did indeed love berries like every other Pokémon did.
As she took a bite from the first berry, she savored the taste of it. It had to have been the most delicious thing she had eaten in awhile.
It had been tough surviving out in the wild and without a trainer. But somehow, Gardevoir managed to do it.
She had spent a good portion of her life alone. She never got to meet the two Pokémon that birthed her. The only thing she remembered was after she hatched from her egg, she was in the middle of the forest, no one anywhere around her.
The newly hatched Ralts that she had been, wandering around by herself for awhile until she was found by a Gothitelle.
Gothitelle took care of the young Ralts; raised her as if she was her own.
She grew very close to Gothitelle throughout the time they were together. She was the closest thing Gardevoir had ever had to a parent.
She taught Gardevoir about surviving, about protecting herself and her food from other wild Pokémon that would surely try to take it from her, and she helped her practice her psychic moves.
Gardevoir truly believed that if it wasn't for Gothitelle, she would have been dead along time ago.
The one thing that Gardevoir didn't like thinking back on, though, was the last time she saw Gothitelle.
The two Pokémon had been out searching for food to eat, mainly berries because that's what Gothitelle loved. They were on their way back to where they had been living when they were attacked by a group of Ursaring.
There were four of them, they had surrounded the two psychic type Pokémon.
Gardevoir, at the time a Kirlia, was scared out of her mind. She didn't know what to do, and Gothitelle could tell that.
Gothitelle knew that they were outnumbered by the group of much larger, and hungry Pokémon. And she knew there was no way they were both getting out of it.
The only thing Gothitelle cared about at that point was Kirlia getting out of there so she didn't get hurt.
Gothitelle told Kirlia in her head to run. Tears starting to form in her eyes as she shook her head.
It took Gothitelle yelling at her to run to finally get Kirlia to do as she was told.
The next thing Kirlia knew was she was running in a straight direction away from both the group of Ursaring... and Gothitelle. Not looking back as she did.
Tears ran down her cheeks as she heard loud roars, and a scream.
Kirlia ran so far, for so long, she didn't even know where she was at when she finally stopped.
She stood there still, looking around the unfamiliar area she was in.
Kirlia eventually spotted a small cave and made her way to it, slowly stepping inside. Once she felt safe enough, she slid down one of the hard, cold stone walls, tears starting to pour from her eyes again.
She was alone. The closest thing she had to family was gone.
Kirlia sat there and cried, and cried, and cried, and cried. She cried so much, she didn't think she was ever going to be able to cry again.
Gardevoir finally broke away from her thoughts. She hadn't realized she had been crying until she felt a tear drip off of her face and onto her hand.
She looked down at the hand she was holding the first berry in, it now damp with her tear.
She wiped her face with her free hand before finishing her berry.
She hated getting lost in thoughts about the past. They always made her feel sick and depressed knowing how much she's lost.
She pulled another berry out of the box and took a bite of it as she looked out of the cave. The sun was setting. Gardevoir loved it. It calmed her. Relaxed her. Made her forget about the past, at least for a little while.
She sat there enjoying berries and staring out of the cave until the sky went dark, officially signaling the end of another day. She sighed as she finally looked away from the opening of the cave.
The cave was dark, too. But after living outside as long as she had, and getting used to not having any let after the sun went down for the day. Gardevoir had grown accustomed to seeing at least halfway decently in the dark.
She reached for another berry, but felt nothing. She looked down at the box next to her and saw that it was empty. She frowned.
She hadn't realized she had eaten all of them. She was too focused on watching the sunset to even notice.
And just like that, she was without food again.
Gardevoir felt tears wanting to make their way out of her, but she managed to hold them back. They weren't because she was sad. But because she was frustrated. Frustrated with herself for chowing down on a full box of berries when she knew damn well that they could have lasted her a couple of days if she ate them sparingly.
That would have been a couple of days without worrying about going hungry. A couple of days without worrying about traveling around the forest again, looking through every berry bush she sees hoping she would be lucky enough to spot a berry that she had somehow missed, only to find bushes that had already been picked clean.
As she fought back her tears, Gardevoir thought back to the human that had given her the box of berries. She remembered he had been the same human who spotted her watching the people earlier in the day.
She was confused as to why he would go out of his way to give her food. Confused as to why he would spend his hard earned money feeding a wild Pokémon that he had never met before.
She knew it from the minute she saw the human staring at her, that there was something about him. Something that made him different from every other human that had ever passed by her.
Something told her that the human would be back. She could sense it. Feel it even. And she was hoping her feeling was right. Hoping that maybe he would bring her some more berries, as selfish as she felt that was. He had already brought her berries once, why would he do it again?
Gardevoir sighed again as she leaned her head back against the wall. Her tears had finally subdued. Now she sat in silence. Alone, like every other night.
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After Brennan got out of the shower, he pulled on a pair of pajama bottoms and a white wife beater, before heading into the living room to see what the others were up to.
They were gathered around watching some cartoon on tv, none of which any of them were even really paying attention to.
Brennan thought it was weird how much his Pokémon acted like him. When he would watch tv, most of them time he would flip through the channels until he found something even remotely interesting to watch. Whatever he found the most interesting, he would leave on even if he wasn't even paying attention to it.
After almost a minute of standing in the doorway watching his Pokémon, Machamp finally noticed him.
"Champ?" Machamp said curiously as he sat up from his chair and pointed at the tv.
"I think I'm going to go make a quick snack and then head to bed. I'm tired." Brennan replied. Machamp nodded before sinking back into his chair. Brennan chuckled before heading into the kitchen.
After making a quick sandwich, Brennan headed into his room to relax before bed.
It was only eight-thirty, but for some reason, he was feeling pretty tired.
The others wanted to stay up and watch tv for a little while. Brennan didn't care. He just told them not to leave the apartment... or break anything. He knew they wouldn't.
He lay in bed, surrounded by nothing but silence and darkness. Exactly what he needed to fall asleep.
He couldn't though, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't fall asleep.
His mind keep wandering back to that Gardevoir. And he didn't know why.
He had seen plenty of stray Pokémon before, he didn't know this Gardevoir felt different.
Brennan pulled his pillow over his face and let out a loud groan. He just wanted to stop thinking and go to sleep.
He tried to clear his mind and think about nothing, but it didn't work. That's when he finally realized something.
Brennan pulled the pillow off of his face, giving him full view of the ceiling once more.
He knew that there was only one way he was going to be able to get this Gardevoir off of his mind. He needed answers.
He needed all of these questions he had running through his mind answered. So that's what he planned on doing.
He decided that first thing in the morning, he was going to head back to the forest behind the mall and find Gardevoir. No matter how long it took. He was going to find her and get these questions answered.
He lay there relieved that he finally came up with a somewhat decent plan. Now he just needed to get some sleep. He was hoping he could keep this off of his mind long enough to allow that happen.
Once he finally relaxed himself, he closed his eyes. His relaxing didn't last too long though until he heard scratching at his door. He knew exactly what it was.
He climbed out of bed and walked over to the door before opening it. Mightyena was standing outside.
"You want in buddy?" Brennan asked, Mightyena nodded. Brennan chuckled and stepped aside, allowing the Pokémon to come into the room.
Mightyena walked past him and over to the bed before jumping onto it. Brennan closed the door back and walked back over to the bed, himself, before climbing back in and pulling the covers back over himself.
He felt Mightyena at his feet trying to get comfortable.
"So, how do you feel about taking another trip into the city tomorrow?" Brennan asked when he felt Mightyena finally settle. Mightyena let out a quiet, yet excited cry. Brennan chuckled.
"Cool. You better get some sleep then, we have an early morning ahead of us." Brennan said.
It didn't take too long for Mightyena to fall asleep. Now he was just hoping he could do the same.