This story Contains Strong language, comedy, sexual references, Rape, violence and minor blood You have been warned!
Pokémon language Barrier is Present
telepathy and Translators Are NEEDED to understand poke speech
"human/ translated poke speech"
Pokémon speech / telepathy/Aura '
thoughts
I don't own Pokémon!
Game freak does, I just own my Oc's
Kitos walked down the hallway after having left the room that Diana and her kits were in, only now with multiple eyes following him. "So it seems our oh so sweet Diana decided to let this human go out of the compassion of her heart. How foolish. Does she not honestly realize that this human is still a potential threat to our very safety? Just because he acted out of kindness towards her and her kits does not mean it couldn't still be some kind of trap".
As the entities followed the human, a shuppet soon materialized nearby. "Shall I now inform Lady Astra? Or are we going to waste our time watching this filth continue to roam our home like this?" The shuppet questioned the lead entity with hate echoing in its voice.
The pair of red eyes turned towards the shuppet causing it and the others to stop for a moment. "Listen very closely little one. We are watching this human until what I deem is necessary for Lady Astra to get involved with. You know as good as I do she is currently dealing with her own business concerning with her younger sister. So is it really necessary to bother her when there are more of us than there are of this human? He is mere child's play for Arceus sake, he's alone, he's scared, he's-."
"He's gone sir."
The entity swerved around looking down the now empty hallway where the human once was noticing that indeed he was now gone. He turned back to the shuppet, a wicked grin slowly formed, revealing a jagged like zipper smile.
"Well then, I suppose you and the others need to search for him now then shouldn't you?" the Shuppet nodded slightly confused.
"Uh yes sir?" the entity smiled even brighter now.
"Alright then. Get your ghostly asses moving and FIND HIM NOW!"
As the entities scattered to search for the human the creature soon materialized revealing a greyish doll like figure, its zipper like mouth, its cloth like appendages floating about. It grumbled lowly its eyes glaring down the hallway the human had went. "Soon enough human, you will understand fully why coming to this factory was your greatest mistake."
-A few halls away-
Kitos looked around, trying to figure out where he was headed to since he gave Diana and her kits his blanket and snacks. Hell, they needed it more than I do tonight. Hopefully I can find another room that doesn't require a lot of warmth and try to sleep this night away and get this shit over with.
It didn't take long for Kitos to stumble upon a set of huge double swinging doors that lead into a room that seemed to have been much bigger than the others. As he eased forward to the door he stopped and took in his surroundings, noticing there was nothing around. He pushed the doors open and walked cautiously inside as he kept an eye around himself making sure he didn't run into anymore issues or trouble.
So far things seemed to of been going well so far. He glanced over towards a open area that reminded him of cafeteria of sorts. He started to wonder if there was a possibility there might have been food. He soon realized what he just thought about and gagged at the very idea that crept into his mind. He knew by now that, since the place been abandoned for almost thirty years, the food here would be no good.
"They are asleep, Tempest. There is no reason to be on edge like this"
Kitos stopped himself, having just overheard voices close by but noticed it only came from his earpiece and decided to follow the source quietly. Kitos came to a halt behind a long table that had been flipped onto its side and kneeled down, peeking around it's edge. There laid a Manectric with a Mightyena huddled somewhat close to one another while resting by a broken window that kept a weak light upon their form from the moon's illumination.
"I know... but still. I have to remain cautious - you never know who is actually around listening."
Kitos took notice of the Manetric's fur. It was almost jet black while it's lightning-like fur seemed to be a bright golden coloration that reflected from the moonlight off its body. He saw the Mightyena that it was speaking to bore blue like eyes and had a brownish coloration of fur compared to the normal color he saw on most Mightyena packs in his parents backyard.
He identified them both as shiny pokémon.
Two more shiny Pokémon? Fuck, Jake would have a goddamn field day with this shit.
"I know you're worried about them over hearing us but they're dead asleep right now and, to be honest, it's alright. Besides, you wanted to discuss something of importance?" Kitos now leaned over a little more looking straight at both canine Pokémon. He took notice that the Mightyena he had overheard was male sounding. He heard the Manectric giving a week sigh as it spoke.
"Yes, I wanted to discuss this with you, knowing full well you would be more than willing to listen to what I have to say. I've tried to with Inferno but he just refuses to listen to what I say about our leader." She gave a weak sigh as she shook her head, "I think it's because he wishes to overthrow him." The Manectric sighed once more as her ears lowered slightly. "He knows better but he won't listen to what I say no matter what I do, but I do know you will, Fenrir."
The Mightyena gave a weak chuckle before he leaned in and nuzzled the Manetric's neck lightly, causing her to blush. "Yes, you already know I'm more then willing to listen. So tell me what's on your mind," the Mightyena now known as Fenrir nuzzled Tempest lightly while she leaned into the nuzzling in return giving a weak sigh as she turned her attention to Fenrir.
"I'm concerned about what's been happening around here. Since he left a couple of days ago, the pack's been in a uproar, even though he specified his reasons. Some see it as a weakness for his sudden departure but you and I both know why he did. I'm going to stand by Shade's side no matter what happens... I owe him that much in my life.
Fenrir smiled, having understood her reasons that he too would stand by their leader's side. Like Tempest, Fenrir owed his life to him. "You're not the only one Tempest, considering what happened with me. I'm lucky to even still be here," Fenrir smiled but his expression grew serious now. "But the question concerns our leader's mate. Is she going to make it through her ailment? She has only gotten worse and I fear for her life - she is also the voice of reason amongst the pack after all."
Kitos moved slowly back and away from the edge of the table and gave his chin a slight rub, whispering to himself quietly, "So the pack leader is gone… and his mate is sick, but with what exactly, I wonder."
Unknown to him he failed to realize someone had snuck up on him. They took a couple of sniffs at the human before she gave a small giggle, "So it seems I have myself a nosy little human. It would be such a shame if I were to blow your cover." The hair on the back of Kitos' neck stood on end from the voice.
Slowly, He looked back to see a Mightyena standing behind him, only she held a smaller body frame than most he had ever seen. Kitos looked deep into the Pokémon's eyes, taking note of the bright hazel green color in her eyes. He would say they were even beautiful if his life wasn't in danger.
He stayed in his position but noticed the Mightyena took a few steps beside him. "You're not of my interest at the moment. But my mate and Tempest are." She turned her attention forward before she shook her muzzle some. "Not like you can understand our kind anyways."
Ok wait a minute… This Mightyena didn't howl or blow the whistle on me? She found me, says I'm not of her interest yet, then talks and tells me I can't understand her kind? She must have other things on her mind i guess.
He turned his attention back to Fenrir and Tempest who nuzzled one another before their line of sight went back to the window peering outside. Kitos thought to himself, Are the both of them actually cheating on each others mates? That's unheard of amongst the pokemon kind. It's rare to happen but it's never been seen in person.
Kitos remained glued to his spot as they continued their 'private' conversation. "I know what you mean Fenrir. Her health has continued to decline since she and Diana had returned here, only to inform everyone that the forest we gather our food and berries from is being destroyed by human construction two weeks ago." Fenrir lowered his head, growling weakly.
"Damned humans, all they know is destruction and abandonment - they never care about what any of us would want or possibly consider what is actually ours." Fenrir dug his claws into the floor, his teeth bared in pure anger towards the humans.
Kitos watched the hatred in Fenrir's eyes grow. Kitos questioned where the pokémon's anger towards humans had come from. It hurt him to see pokémon in such a way, knowing they don't trust humans or anyone for that matter. But unknown to him that the Mightyena next to him saw Fenrir's anger but also took notice of Kitos' hurt expression. She wondered why Kitos' seemed so emotionally hurt from Fenrir's anger.
What is this? Is this guy actually hurt seeing my mate angry, no..it can't be that..how could he tell though?
Tempest lowered her ears slightly and gave Fenrir a light nuzzle to his cheek, "Everything will be okay. You, Maya, Inferno, and I... we will all pull through this together, along with everyone here, so let's not lose hope and push forward together... not just as a pack but a family as a whole."
Maya took a few steps back away from Kitos. Hate to do this to you but you're in our territory kid. Shame honestly, I can't even sense any ill intentions from you, either. I hope you'll understand my reason for this someday... if you live.
A loud howl soon erupted throughout the room, alerting everyone inside. Kitos had jerked around, looking to the Mightyena. Fear was completely laced in his eyes as he realized he had not only allowed her so close but forgot he was also eavesdropping on them in their territory.
Kitos turned and got to his feet as he now found himself surrounded by Tempest, Fenrir, Maya and Inferno, their fangs bared towards him. His eyes showed signs of panic now as he held his hands up taking a step back. Kitos soon realized he made a serious mistake not leaving when he had the chance.
"And where do you think you're going to human? You can't just show up and not stick around a little longer so I can burn you to a crisp!" the Houndoom growled threateningly towards Kitos causing him to wave his hands frantically.
"Ah haha c-come on now, no reason to get so aggressive! I'm just looking for a place to sleep for the night. I obviously walked in on your territory so, uh, I-I'll just be going if you will."
"If you think you're leaving after interrupting my sleep, you're sadly mistaken, you little shit." His gruff voice continued to pour threats out towards Kitos, while Maya and Fenrir both stood their ground, growling and snapping towards him. Fenrir looked very pissed off as did Inferno who seemed to lick his fangs while flames could be seen glowing in his maw.
Maya padded towards Tempest which allowed Kitos' a little walk room while both males kept their eyes locked on him while both Tempest and Maya watched him carefully. "H-hey I'm serious I didn't know that-."
"That you what? That you just happen to have heard something and decided to check it out?" The female Mightyena asked with annoyance and a slight smugness in her voice.
Kitos turned to Maya then back to the others seeing the Houndoom and Mightyena both were only inching forward towards him lil by lil which only made Kitos step back again while rubbing the back of his head some. "Okay, look, I did hear something in here but it was after I had walked inside, I swear to all of you. I didn't come here to cause harm to any of you - I'm not even a pokemon trainer. I've even told Diana this as well. I apologize for interrupting your sleep so I'll leave you all alone and be on my way."
Tempest's ears flickered at what Kitos had just said. He even told Diana? How is that possible? Humans can't understand pokemon.
Her thoughts were jerked away as she heard Inferno laugh, "Sorry kid, not in the mood for apologies after being woke up from my beauty sleep. Your ass is dead!" Inferno spoke with venom laced in his voice that caused Kitos' voice to squeak in fear as he began to stutter now.
"C-c-can't we seriously discuss this!"
"Not a chance in hell!"
Kitos gave a depressed sigh of discouragement, looking to the floor defeated. "It was worth a shot I suppose."
There it is again... He knew exactly what Inferno said. That or I'm seriously losing it here... but... how is it he possibly can understand us when others didn't? It doesn't make any sense...
Tempest kept her gaze locked on Kitos but not in anger. It was more of... curiosity. She had to know why or how this human could, if it was even possible understand them. She was about to ask a question to see if her suspicions were true but was stopped in her train of thought when Kitos spoke up, fear still within his voice. "Uh, before you decide to rip me apart and possibly torture me to death, can I at least get a five second head start to give myself a little hope of surviving?"
Fenrir looked to Inferno with a sadistic smile showing on his muzzle. "Like the kid can even understand us. Let's give him his few seconds before we kill him, shall we Inferno?" Inferno turned to Fenrir giving a deep chuckle.
"Ah hell why not? Not like the guy understands us anyways, right?"
Kitos didn't like the cockyness in their voices as they both turned towards him. "5… 4-."
Kito's eyes went completely wide realizing they gave him his chance but thought that they could screw him over.
"Seriously? You guys fucking suck!" Kitos turned throwing himself into the door with him running out of the room, taking the little chance he was given.
Inferno and Fenrir both growled as they soon started to chase after the human. "Get back here you coward!"
"I had 2 seconds left!"
"Not in our territory you do human filth!"
Tempest soon darted after all three males with a new goal set on her mind. That human does understand us! He knew they gave him the chance to run! He knew they started to count. He can understand us and I have to catch him before they do and find out how.
Maya ran out of the room right behind Tempest, laughing lightly. "This could have gone a little better I guess... At least we all get some exercise while we do it!"
-back in the present-
The entity now known as Banette revealed itself back in the same hallway as before along with the shuppet returning. "Any sign of the human anywhere?" They all shook their heads.
"No sir, we couldn't locate the human at all." The banette threw his arms down, grunting as he did.
"It's not possible for the eight of you to lose sight of that damned human so easily. He can't just up and disappear!"
"SHIT!
"Don't lose him!"
"Mother Mew, why do you hate me so damn much?"
"We've got his scent, he won't be getting away from us!"
The banette and shuppet all moved to the walls, watching as the very human came running down the hallway, only to be chased by Inferno, Fenrir, Tempest and Maya who were slightly lagging behind, trying to catch up. The ghost pokémon blinked before a shuppet slowly floated over to banette. "...found him sir."
"...you're an idiot."
-Back with Kitos and the canines-
While Kitos had been running from the canine pokémon, he was surprised at how well he was able to keep running, even more so faster than usual. Between being in a fight with Jake, slammed in a column by a douchebag and tripping on my own feet while running from Nora and Firestorm all in one day, I'm starting to wonder if all this ass kicking is helped me out someh..-
Kitos felt a Dark Pulse rip past him, slamming into the nearby wall, blowing it to pieces as it narrowly missed him with minor debris hitting him. "Shit! You guys really are trying to kill me!" A Flamethrower came upon Kitos, hot and heavy, but missed its mark when Kitos turned the corner, running down another hallway.
"What the hell was your first clue, filthy human?"
Kitos looked back, seeing both Inferno and Fenrir right on his tail, Tempest catching up with Maya nowhere in sight..
Where the hell did that mightyena vanish to?
"Peek-a-boo!"
Kitos quickly jerked his attention towards the voice, only to catch sight and feeling of Maya hitting into his right side, slamming him into the wall on his left. Maya stood her ground with a devious smirk on her muzzle as Inferno launched a fire attack towards Kitos. With some difficulty, Kitos managed to roll out of the attacks range, but it wasn't long that he felt a strong burning sensation on his right arm before it vanished. He looked and saw the right sleeve of his jacket was now gone, burnt away into ashes. "T-that's my second jacket damnit!"
"And it'll be your last!" Inferno snarled. Kitos looked towards the Houndoom while on his hands and knees and saw Inferno rushing towards him. Kitos forced himself back to the ground with Inferno's attack meeting with the wall head first and now laid on the ground, whining in pain as it coursed through his head and with possibly a broken horn to boot.
Fenrir growled and tackled Kitos as he started to get back to his knees, knocking him back a good few feet away and started to roll away groaning. Kitos forced himself off the floor, wincing in a lot of pain and attempted to get away from the fierce canines.
I can't keep taking a beating like this or I am dead...
Tempest, being the fastest of the entire pack, rushed past Fenrir and Maya and caught up to Kitos, cutting off his only route of escape, growling under her now sparking fangs. "You won't escape human!" she threatened Kitos as he took an involuntary step back, looking for any means of escape at this point.
Before either could say anything, a Fireblast attack flew over both Tempest and Kitos' heads and exploded right against the ceiling, causing large debris to fall free from their once permanent place. The walls even gave out and toppled over, creating a massive collapse of the area around them.
Fenrir's eyes went wide in horror. "Tempest!" he soon rushed to where the dust was starting to settle but large traces of fire was still lit around the area causing him to growl. "Damnit Inferno! She had him! Why the hell did you attack!"
Inferno groaned under his breath trying to shake off his pain and rush towards the collapse, only to slam into a large steel beam that now protruded from the wall, forcing him back to the ground whining louder than before. Maya reached Fenrir, pushing her head into his neck slightly. "Easy, Inferno's confused. When he missed his mark and slammed into the wall, he became disoriented. I don't think he even realizes what's just happened either."
Fenrir watched as Inferno lowered his head, clutching it in pain while he let loose random fire attacks around him but when one came close, Fenrir jumped in front of Maya, using Protect to keep the both of them safe. "Damn it you're right. he's a mess right now!" Maya nodded to her mate but turned towards the rubble and howled out.
"Tempest? Can you hear us?" Silence filled the air around them with the light sound of small debris that rolled off the large pile. After a minute of hearing nothing in return, Maya's eyes dilated as he began fearing the worst. "Oh Arceus, Tempest! Please tell us you're okay..."
Fenrir nudged Maya with a slight aggression who now turned to her mate in a state of panic, "Calm down Maya. Right now we need to collect ourselves…" Maya turned to the rubble whining lightly at the very sight of it.
"B-b-but Tempest."
"We'll get her outta this. We need the help of the Water types and quickly before the fire spreads like it did earlier and we'll need anyone who can dig into the this rubble and fast."
Maya looked to Fenrir then returned her attention to the rubble, understanding the situation. "Alright, hang in there Tempest, help's on the way!" Maya spoke as she rushed off towards the water types resting quarters. Fenrir turned his attention towards the rubble and whined a final time.
"Please Arceus, let Tempest be safe on the other side..."
-on the other side-
"...Fuck, my everything is killing me." Kitos slowly and weakly rolled over to his back, staring up into the night sky through the exposed ceiling. His breathing had become ragged and shallow as he tried to take in as much fresh air into his lungs as he possibly could. As he coughed a couple of times he could of swore he had heard quiet but pained whimpering not far from where he laid. Kitos turned his attention towards the large pile of rubble seeing the same Manectric that had caught up with him, but one thing about her bugged him though.
She never attacked me... she had a clear shot but didn't attack me... Why did she hesitate? It doesn't make any sense.
Tempest looked back to her lower half. She felt her legs being pinned under the rubble, her hip was hurting but not as bad as her right leg. I think my leg is broken... this isn't good at all... I can't move. What makes matters even worse that I'm alone with this human... I'm in no shape to fight and the fire around us is only getting worse. I'm trapped in more ways than I'd like.
She turned towards the human and couldn't believe what she saw. He was slowly getting back to his feet, albeit with trouble. "That's impossible... no human possible could get up from that, what the hell is going on here?" Her eyes slowly traced upward until her sights landed on the faint glow coming from his neck.
Kitos shook his head then looked to his right arm as he cursed under his breath. "Damn it, that's my second special made jacket. Mom's going to kill me when she hears about this..." He gave a weak sigh as his hand went straight to his neck, "I'll deal with it, as long as my collar remains intact i'll be fine. I couldn't face Alura if this ever got damaged or lost."
Tempest realized that the glowing was coming from the very collar that was around his neck. That collar… is that thing giving him some kind of temporary boost in energy? If so, it might explain how he was able to avoid us for such a period of time and how he could endure the attacks like he did.
"Still, how the hell could I move so quickly like I did? Even I'm not able to pull some of that off like I did so easily... I'm starting to wonder if all the ass kicking I've taken has helped any," he said with a slight chuckle. His gaze returned to the Manectric that was pinned under the rubble in front of him. He saw the flames had gotten worse and started to lick at the Manectric whose attention had shifted to focus on trying to pull away from the flames.
Kitos started to turn away, the thought of escaping crossed his mind. However, when he heard the Manectric howl in pain, he remained in place as he began to remember something his mother had told him years ago
- Flash back 10 years ago -
"Always remember this son, even if a Pokémon did attack you, remember to be the better one and help that pokemon if its ever in need or in danger, no matter what the cause or reason." Kitos looked to his mom ,thinking she had lost her mind.
"Mom, if that pokémon attacked me, why should I ever help? That's just dumb," he asked her.
Victoria gave a sigh of disapproval before she placed her hand upon her son's shoulder as she spoke, "Son, if you're to ever become a Pokémon Trainer someday, you must always know some of the most basic rules out there, and one of them is that, no matter what, wild or Tame, ally or foe, if that pokemon is in danger, never abandon it. It'll always remember what deeds you've ever done for it, even to its dying breath."
- End of flashback -
Kitos sighed as he tossed his backpack off to the side and slipped off his jacket, "As stupid as it sounded back then, now I understand what you meant mom." He turned his attention back towards Tempest and soon made his choice. "Time to take care a problem..."
Tempest kept pulling herself left and right, trying to avoid the flames without causing herself anymore pain than she already felt. The fire continued to get more intense as it spread around her. She soon began to feel there was no use in struggling anymore. I can't keep avoiding these flames and I have no way to extinguish them, i've ran out of luck i-i guess I am a failure afterall. She gave a sad sigh, feeling like her time on this Earth was coming to an end.
Tempest's ears twitched slightly when she heard someone next to her. To her surprise, she saw that Kitos was beating the flames out with what remained of his own jacket. To say she was shocked was an understatement. Even after the pack had attacked him, he was still willing to try and help her. The only question that remained was… why?
She lowered her head as she felt the wind coming off the jacket as it hit the flames above her head. She saw Kitos throw his jacket over the rest of the flames, beating them out in such a barbaric manner that it was almost like a Primeape trying to show off to a mate.
Once the flames were out, Kitos dusted the jacket off of any remains of fire and carefully placed it over the Manectric. She closed her eyes, unsure what was going to happen. After a few moments, she carefully reopened them and saw that he was digging into the rubble where she was pinned. "I don't understand this at all, we attack him and yet he's still willing to help me? Just what kind of human is he..."
Kitos had moved a good chunk out of the way but kept digging into the pile as he spoke up, "The kind of human who was taught to never abandon a Pokémon in need, no matter the circumstances."
Tempest finally got the answer that she wanted after all. "So you really can understand me, but how?" she asked curiously, though she didn't trust him whatsoever. Kitos looked down to Tempest and smiled lightly.
"It's a translator my mother gave to me. It helps me understand Pokémon better so that I can communicate with y'all better," explained Kitos.
Tempest blinked, feeling the weight on her lower body starting to become less and less she growled weakly looking back to her lower body seeing he had dug out a good bit of the rubble off of her. "So you know exactly what we say or what we may discuss then. I guess that's to help you humans locate and capture us better?"
Kitos pulled the last bits off of her but noticed that it started to shift. He reached inside quickly to hold the rubble up from falling. "Tempest, I need you to crawl forward while I hold this up. Hurry!" She heeded his warning with great urgency and began to crawl forward using her front paws, dragging herself out until she felt the fresh air hitting her lower half once more.
Once she was out from under the rubble, Kitos let go of everything as it came crumbling down. He stumbled back, falling onto his backside and hissing in pain. "That was too close..." said Kitos as the rubble debris filled where Tempest was mere seconds ago. He changed his attention towards Tempest and saw she was licking at her back legs and saw that blood seeping through her fur. "You're hurt... Hang on while I get something from my bag."
A lightning had struck near his bag, causing him to turn back to Tempest who growled at him. "Like hell if you think I'm letting you capture me to take me back to one of those Pokémon Centers!" she yelled at him. Kitos slowly rose his hands in the air for a moment.
"Easy, my mother supplies me with special medical gear in case I find an injured pokémon while I'm out and about. Besides, if you heard me before, you know that I'm not a trainer. I don't even have any pokéballs on me or in my bag. Even if I was, I wouldn't be able to afford any balls."
Tempest watched Kitos' body language carefully. She growled weakly before looking back to her leg as she felt her own heartbeat within it. She gritted her fangs in pain until she saw that he was bringing the bag back, still zipped up towards her. He carefully kneeled down to where her back leg was and he placed the pack to where she could still see it as he unzipped it. She carefully looked inside and saw there were no kind of pokéballs inside as he retrieved the medical gear he was going to need while her gaze fell onto his belt until She allowed her gaze to fall to the backpack once more.
He was telling the truth.
Her ears slanted slightly but perked again as she saw his hand was hovering above where her wound was and began to growl threateningly to him, "Even if you are telling the truth, do you think I'm going to trust you or any other human that comes here?"
Kitos gave a defeated sigh as he looked towards his bag, "No, I know you won't trust me even after coming here to try and stay the night. It's pretty obvious that no pokémon here trusts humans at all. I'm sorry that you and everyone here feels this way towards my kind, but not everyone is like that."
Tempest saw a look of pain had crossed his expression but saw that he shifted his gaze back onto her. "Listen, I need you to trust me for now, okay? I need to get your leg splinted. it's not fully broken but it suffered extensive damage and stress from the rubble, so I'm going to splint it back in place where any fractures or light breaks might have occurred, then I'll use a Full Restore on the wound. But to do that, I need to clean the wound out first before I apply anything to your leg. If I don't, it'll heal over and cause an infection. The less dirt in your wounds, the quicker it'll heal, so please, for your sake, may I have your permission to proceed otherwise we'll run the risk of you possibly losing that leg..."
Tempest was actually impressed with what he told her needed to be done, let alone how he was treating her as his equal and not a lesser being. She actually started to think he might have been one of the few who genuinely cared. She closed her eyes and gave a defeated sigh, "Alright, I'll allow you to do what is necessary... Just... do it as quickly as you possibly can, alright?" she asked of him. Kitos nodded in agreement and began to pull out what he needed - two bottles of water, a Full Restore spray canister, and a towel. He reached to the second part of his pack unzipping it and pulled out two flat metal like bars and pulled out some wrapping tape and a roll of gauze.
Kitos took one of the water bottles and carefully poured its contents onto her wound, helping wash any of the dirt that might of gotten into her injury. He then applied the towel to her wounds removing any dirt that may have stuck to the wounds and added extra water to help pull and clean the wounds. Each time he touched the injuries, she would flinch growling in pain, making him stop. But each time he did, the bigger the risk of an infection possibly settling in. "Im sorry, it's not going to be easy so please bear with me."
Tempest watched the human as he worked on her injuries, but a new question had now surfaced. "Since you can understand me, you can understand the others as well which is why you knew they gave you the five second head start while they were trying to be sadistic, thinking you couldn't understand them. My question is, if you were in that room, what all did you hear, let alone see?"
Kitos turned to Tempest, seeing how serious she was but he returned to his work. "I heard you and Fenrir talking about your leader who has gone missing and that someone here is sick as well. His mate, I assume. Not only that but your berry harvesting has become more difficult now due to the construction nearby."
At this statement, Tempest nodded and let Kitos continue. "They seem to be expanding a small waterpark that's nearby for the summer time." Kitos huffed under his voice, "If what you and Fenrir said is in fact true, then the Mayor is trying to make more money, but that also proves he's not doing things by the books either. If the expansion had pokemon nearby, let alone berries for humans and pokemon to harvest, then I'm sure the sheriff would love to hear about how the Mayor has illegally tore down part of a forest that wasn't just a home for pokémon, but part of a food supply for both human and pokémon as well."
Tempest laid there, hearing what Kitos said. "You overheard my personal conversation with Fenrir... I hope you understand I'm not really thrilled with you about that."
Kitos actually chuckled. "All I really wanted to do was sleep the night away. Don't worry, I have no plans on telling Inferno or Maya - it's not like they would listen to me unless I'm dying under their paws anyways. But may I ask a question?" Tempest gave him the go ahead.
"Thank you, and you may."
"Well...can you lift your leg up for me? If you can't then I'll have to and, I don't want you to think I'm trying something here. I just need to be able to get this done properly." Tempest cheeks flared up realizing what he now meant but slowly nodded, telling him that she would. A low growl rumbled within her chest as she did.
"I'll do that myself, thank you very much." She started to lift her leg but it didn't take long for it to give out with her whimpering in pain. Kitos watched on worriedly as she struggled. As she did, after countless moments of waiting, Kitos reached forward and slipped his hand behind her head scratching her right ear catching Tempest off guard, it had been years since the last time a human had ever touched her. "There's no reason to be prideful like this Tempest, we can get through this, but the longer we wait, the bigger the risk of something going wrong can happen."
Tempest Looked towards Kitos for a moment and saw just how serious he was. "Just...let me help…please" he begged Tempest as he did, She knew she had no choice with limited options now, she bit back her pride and slowly started to relax in the his grasp. "Alright…"
Kitos nodded, glad Tempest was willing to give him a chance "Alright I'm going to work slowly and raise your leg as high as it'll allow me since its hurting where i think it is… It's... going to hurt. I'll need you to bite down on this," he told her as he reached to the side and passed her the towel. She glared at him cautiously as he continued to explain, "Again, this will most likely hurt a lot... It'll be better for you to bite down on something soft like this than grinding your teeth, otherwise you might damage your teeth… or possibly snap at me…" She blinked for a second then nodded her head understanding his reasoning for the towel now. she slowly turned away from Kitos as she felt her leg slowly rise with the pain coming along with it.. She nervously bit down as instructed.
Kitos could hear Tempest whimpering beside him as he carefully placed the two pieces of flat metal against her leg adjusting them properly in place. When he applied moderate pressure to it, a sicking popping sound that made her cry out in pain. Not wanting to waste anytime, he began to wrap each end of the metal plates against her leg tight enough to keep the splints in place, hoping to keep her leg in its correct position.
Once he finished, he carefully laid her leg back down to rest. "There, that should do it," Kitos told her. "I'm sorry if I caused you any more pain than you're already in." Shockingly enough to Kitos, her head had made its way onto his lap as tears were streaming down her cheeks. He reached down and carefully wiped the tears from under her eyes, Kitos felt bad for the canine, knowing full well how it felt to be fixed up like that. "Shh… it's okay. The hardest part is over now…" said Kitos soothingly. "All we have to do now is apply the medicine and finish wrapping your leg, once that's finished all you'll need to do from there is just rest and you'll be back to normal."
It had been a very long time since Tempest was ever talked to in such a way. Being treated with this kindness was such a foreign thing to her. Her former trainer used to care, but over time, told her to suck it up and push through it until he could get her to a center. Even then, he made her fight even more before she ever got her injuries treated. It usually took a day or two until they ever arrived at a Center.
Kitos continued to pet Tempest, trying to help her calm down. He noticed her tail was weakly wagging from the affection she was given. "Again, thank you. I… uh... never got your name... considering... you know..." Kitos smiled lightly.
"My names Kitos and it's alright. I'm starting to understand things around here better, but my other question was about your leader's mate. You mentioned to Fenrir that she had become ill - any idea on what might have happened to her?"
Tempest nodded her head slightly, "The only thing we can think of is she might have possibly been poisoned. She's been showing the symptoms. I know because I used to get poisoned often while I was a battle pokémon years ago."
Kitos rose his eyebrow to Tempest as he picked up the medical wrap and the Full Restore and began shaking it for a minute as the contents mixed together properly. "A battle Pokémon... meaning you used to have a trainer, right?" Tempest nodded slightly. "I think I can understand why you distrust humans now. I assume he or she mistreated you and used you for their own personal needs and selfish gain right?"
Tempest nodded weakly as she bit her bottom lip. "Yes, he abandoned me close to this place and told me I was not worth the medical bills if I couldn't fight like a true pokémon was suppose to. He crushed my pokéball under his foot and walked off, leaving me here to fend for myself." Tempest whimpered recalling those memories."
Kitos lifted her leg slightly higher before wrapping the gauze around her leg to cover her healing wound while he bit down on his bottom lip out of anger. "Bastard... it's people like that who don't deserve to have a pokemon in their care at all. This one of the many reasons why pokémon distrust humans." Tempest looked towards Kitos with a surprised look in her eyes. She easily saw the anger he felt. "You put your trust into him and you tried your hardest and for what?" Kitos downcasted his gaze towards Tempest as he spoke. "Just to be abandoned in some unfamiliar place just because you lost a few matches, so damn what. Pokémon are just as sentient and understanding as we humans are if not smarter. It's not right to treat any of you any differently just because you lost a few times."
Kitos reached down and placed his hand under Tempest's cheek scratching with care, she wasn't sure what to feel or what to do at this point, the more Kitos spoke, the more she began to realize Kitos… just might have cared. Maybe not just for her directly, but for most pokémon in general. "I'm sorry you've had to endure that kind of treatment, Tempest. I can understand why you don't trust humans - I just hope you can at least give me a chance and trust me after all this is said and done I'm sure Alura would enjoy having a friend or two once I get back to her."
Tempest looked to Kitos, a question now bothering her. "Thank you for your kind words Kitos but... you mentioned that name earlier... Alura?" Kitos nodded as a blush soon formed upon cheeks.
"Y-yeah... She's actually my mate." This sparked Tempest's curiosity immensely.
"Humans normally call their lovers weird names like Honey, Sweetheart, and even wife... You referred to yours by mate. Only pokemon use such words when talking about one's you saying-."
"That Alura is a pokémon? Well… that's because she is. To be more precise, she's a Lucario." Tempest couldn't believe what she had just heard - a human being mated with a pokemon on such a intimate level. She had never heard such a thing.
"Wait, if you're not a trainer then how would you have a lucario for a mate if-." Her thoughts were interrupted as the rubble began shift and move towards them. Out of instinct Kitos picked Tempest up into his arms and moved her to a safer area. When he got her across the room, he went back and quickly picked up his pack and the stuff he had used to in Tempest's recovery. As Kitos picked up his jacket, he could hear voices on the other side calling out Tempest's name.
"Looks like the packs brought help Tempest." Tempest looked to the rubble, in fact hearing her pack and, from what she could hear, others were with them as well. They brought help... But that also means.. Her attention shifted back to the human and quickly shot a spark of lightning at him, making him jump back away from her and the rubble as a large chunk fell where he once stood. "Thanks Tempest, I-."
"Don't thank me, get out of here. Now!" Kitos couldn't believe what he was hearing and tried to interject but had to step back again as another spark of lightning struck near him. "You need to run Kitos. If you stay here when they break through that rubble, you're as good as dead!"
Kitos growled as he gripped his pack in his hands and looked to Tempest. "I can't just leave you like this. I know you don't trust me but-." He could hear the pokemon calling out to her now, knowing they were close to getting through. Tempest growled threateningly towards him now.
"You did everything you could for me, and I thank you for that and showing me that your different than the other humans, but please go… Get out of here while you still can..." Kitos looked into Tempest's eyes and saw how serious she was. "Don't make me take back what I said about you Kitos!" He turned away from Tempest but stopped for a split second and rushed back towards her, placing his already ruined jacket over her back. Then, he threw his backpack on and grabbed the towel from her and dashed into the darkness.
The rubble soon busted apart and came through the pack, along with a Floatzel, Vaporeon, Golurk, and Excadrill. They all looked around frantically for Tempest. Maya turned towards the right and rushed over where Tempest laid and began to nuzzle into her packmate. "Oh thank Arceus you're safe Tempest... we were worried that-." She stopped speaking as she noticed a burnt cloth laying on her back. "Um, Tempest, why is that humans jacket on your back?"
Fenrir walked up as well, noticing the destroyed garment now wondering the same. Inferno rushed over and tore the jacket off soon and inspected Tempest himself, nuzzling into her neck lightly. "My mate, are you harmed?" The other Pokémon managed to make it over to Tempest as she shook her head slightly.
"My Leg is injured but other than that I am safe and alive, thanks to the very human we were chasing." Their jaws had dropped to the floor before Inferno snarled threateningly.
"What do you mean thanks to that filth? It's because of him that yo-." Inferno was hit with a thunder attack and pushed back slightly. This surprised everyone, including Inferno. "W-what the hell was that for, Tempest?!"
Tempest glared daggers into Inferno's very soul as she spoke, "Your misguided attack almost killed, not only the human, but I myself Inferno! I had the human right where I wanted him to answer my questions that i deemed necessary!" Fenrir sat down close by Tempest with Maya by his side while Inferno growled threateningly towards Tempest.
"So you're going to blame me for trying to protect our home?" Tempest began growling back at Inferno. "
I'm blaming you for your miscalculated attack Inferno. There was no necessary action needed to take once I cornered him. I had him exactly where I wanted him, especially with being as hurt as he is!" Fenrir finally turned to Tempest.
"Tempest, if I may?" She didn't bother to look in Fenrir's direction.
"What is it you wish to ask Fenrir?"
Fenrir looked towards her back leg as he spoke, "You said your leg was hurt, and I happen to notice that there are metal bars and wrapping around your leg. Did the human happen to do this?" Tempest nodded in response.
"He did. In fact, he splinted my leg back into place, cleaned my wounds, and used a Full Restore on me so I would recover from the injuries i sustained." Inferno's rage started to build even more within himself.
"That filth touched you!" Tempest growled at Inferno.
"That filth dug me out from being crushed by the rubble, he took care of me." Inferno growled even more as Maya began inspecting Tempest.
"Inferno, she's right," Maya said after a moment. "Her wounds have already closed up and are healing. I know the smell of a Full Restore spray anywhere. She's telling us the truth."
The Floatzel waved his paw slightly. "So what? We have a human in our territory who's wandering around and he has yet to even make an attempt to capture any of us? That's a little weird if I do say so." Tempest turned to the water type.
"He only carriers medical supplies. I saw inside his bag and his belt is void of any pokéballs while he worked on my injuries. He's even declared that he's not a Pokemon Trainer - he's only trying to find a place to rest for the night."
Maya shook her head for a second, making sure she heard Tempest correctly. "Hang on, you talked to this human? But how is that possible when humans can't even understand us?"
The Vaporeon padded over with the shiny Excadrill and Golurk by her side. "He must have a translator on." The packs attention shifted to the Vaporeon who seemed to have some age upon her features. "From what I'm gathering upon this conversation so far, it would seem that he does understand us pokémon but this also raises a question though." The Vaporeon paused in her speech looking to everyone. "If he is looking for a place to stay, why didn't he try to find a place in the human town nearby to rest for the night?" Tempest gave a slight giggle.
"You're correct about the translator, Vaporeon, but also take into consideration that this was also once a human facility. Ironically enough my friend, he was unaware that he was staying in one that's now accommodated by us pokemon."
Inferno turned away from the group, snarling under his now fiery breath, "I'm going after that filth and I'm bringing him back as a charred corpse. I swear to Arceus himself..."
Tempest fired a lightning strike in front of Inferno who looked back towards her with fire in his eyes now. "You will not go in pursuit of Kitos if I have anything to say about it Inferno!"
Inferno and the rest of the pokemon looked towards Tempest. "Kitos?"
Tempest kept her gaze locked onto Inferno. "Until our true pack leader has returned, I Tempest, the temporary leader of this pack, hereby order you to stand down on your advances on the human in question, Inferno. The human is under my authority and my protection until Shade has returned to us!"
Silence filled the air of the area as Tempest gave the order not to pursue the human. However, hiding in the ceiling, watching the events unfold, was a certain banette who had other plans. And so another one of our pack members falls prey to such a foolish act. I expected so much better from you, my dear Tempest. With the leader gone and his mate unable to act as second in command, he left you in charge. A sinister grin soon formed over the banette's zipper like mouth. I don't obey anyone, and I think It's time the shuppet and I had a little fun of our own...
