Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Chrono Shard Chapter 6: Eevee, The hero, a pokémon fanfic

A flash of lightning strikes near the mountain. Its ear-shattering rumble echoes through the sky.

"Your days of evil, Cacturne. You're going down now." Says Eevee, confident in her ability to take down this infamous outlaw. "Any last words?"

"Yes..." Cacturne answers.

"Look to the skies."

Eevee looks up. Cacturne's thorns are practically raining down towards Eevee.

"MWAHAHAHAHA!"

Eevee thinks frantically as the thorns seem to drop down to her in slow-mo. Just then, she sparks an idea.

She throws a warp seed off the cliff. She warps away from the thorns. Then, she pulls out a Corsola twig and sticks it into the wall of the mountain right as she falls. She then leaps back to the surface and starts running towards Cacturne. She gut-checks Cacturne, and he falls to the ground. She takes a handful of his thorns and shoves them in his mouth.

"Any last words now?"

"F...F...k...y...o..u." Cacturne mumbles.

Eevee stands proudly over Cacturne's defeated body. She had finally captured a top-wanted criminal, and she-

Eevee is startled by the loud voice that seems to practically erupt in the middle of her dream.

"What's up with you? Taking an ol' beauty nap on my property?"

Eevee realized she had been taking a nap on Graveler's farm.

"S-Sorry, sir…"

"Go on! Shoo!"

Eevee runs away.

"God. Try to have a peaceful farm life, they said. It'll solve your anger issues, they said." Graveler grumbled.

Eevee runs back to town.

𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙿𝙾𝙺𝙴𝙼𝙾𝙽 𝚂𝚀𝚄𝙰𝚁𝙴 𝙸𝚂 𝙰 𝙻𝙸𝚅𝙴𝙻𝚈 𝚃𝙾𝚆𝙽, 𝙵𝚄𝙻𝙻 𝙾𝙵 𝙼𝙰𝙽𝚈 𝙳𝙸𝙵𝙵𝙴𝚁𝙴𝙽𝚃 𝙿𝙾𝙺𝙴𝙼𝙾𝙽 𝙾𝙵 𝙼𝙰𝙽𝚈 𝙳𝙸𝙵𝙵𝙴𝚁𝙴𝙽𝚃 𝚃𝚈𝙿𝙴𝚂. 𝙸𝚃 𝙸𝚂 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙲𝙰𝙿𝙸𝚃𝙰𝙻 𝚃𝙾𝚆𝙽 𝙾𝙵 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙿𝙾𝙺𝙴𝙼𝙾𝙽 𝚆𝙾𝚁𝙻𝙳, 𝙰𝙽𝙳 𝚆𝙰𝚂 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙵𝙸𝚁𝚂𝚃 𝚃𝙾𝚆𝙽 𝙿𝙾𝙿𝚄𝙻𝙰𝚃𝙴𝙳 𝙱𝚈 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙿𝙾𝙺𝙴𝙼𝙾𝙽 𝙲𝙸𝚅𝙸𝙻𝙸𝚉𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽.

𝙻𝙴𝙶𝙴𝙽𝙳𝚂 𝚂𝙰𝚈 𝚃𝙷𝙰𝚃 𝙻𝙾𝙽𝙶 𝙰𝙶𝙾, 𝙰 𝙼𝙴𝚃𝙴𝙾𝚁 𝙷𝙰𝙳 𝚃𝙷𝚁𝙴𝙰𝚃𝙴𝙽𝙴𝙳 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙻𝙸𝚅𝙴𝚂 𝙾𝙵 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙿𝙾𝙺𝙴𝙼𝙾𝙽 𝙲𝙸𝚅𝙸𝙻𝙸𝚉𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽. 𝙷𝙾𝚆𝙴𝚅𝙴𝚁, 𝙰 𝙱𝚁𝙰𝚅𝙴 𝚁𝙴𝚂𝙲𝚄𝙴 𝚃𝙴𝙰𝙼 𝙵𝙾𝚁𝙼𝙴𝙳 𝙸𝙽 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙿𝙾𝙺𝙴𝙼𝙾𝙽 𝚂𝚀𝚄𝙰𝚁𝙴 𝙷𝙰𝙳 𝙲𝙾𝙽𝙵𝚁𝙾𝙽𝚃𝙴𝙳 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙿𝙾𝙺𝙴𝙼𝙾𝙽 𝙶𝙾𝙳, 𝚁𝙰𝚈𝚀𝚄𝙰𝚈𝚉𝙰 𝚃𝙾 𝙳𝙴𝚂𝚃𝚁𝙾𝚈 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙼𝙴𝚃𝙴𝙾𝚁.

𝚂𝙸𝙽𝙲𝙴 𝚃𝙷𝙾𝚂𝙴 𝚃𝙸𝙼𝙴𝚂, 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚁𝙴𝚂𝙲𝚄𝙴 𝚃𝙴𝙰𝙼 𝚂𝚈𝚂𝚃𝙴𝙼 𝙷𝙰𝚂 𝙴𝚅𝙾𝙻𝚅𝙴𝙳 𝙸𝙽𝚃𝙾 𝚃𝙷𝙴 "𝚁𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙴𝚁𝚂" 𝙵𝙰𝙲𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽.

𝙷𝙴𝚁𝙴, 𝚆𝙴 𝙼𝙴𝙴𝚃 𝙴𝙴𝚅𝙴𝙴. 𝚂𝙷𝙴 𝙸𝚂 𝙰 𝚈𝙾𝚄𝙽𝙶 𝙿𝙾𝙺𝙴𝙼𝙾𝙽 𝚆𝙷𝙾 𝙷𝙰𝚂 𝙰𝙻𝚆𝙰𝚈𝚂 𝚂𝚃𝚁𝙸𝚅𝙴𝙳 𝚃𝙾 𝙱𝙴𝙲𝙾𝙼𝙴 𝙰 𝙿𝙾𝙺𝙴𝙼𝙾𝙽 𝚁𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙴𝚁, 𝙰𝙽𝙳 𝙷𝙴𝙻𝙿 𝙾𝚃𝙷𝙴𝚁𝚂 𝙸𝙽 𝙽𝙴𝙴𝙳. 𝙷𝙾𝚆𝙴𝚅𝙴𝚁, 𝚂𝙷𝙴 𝙷𝙰𝚂 𝚃𝚁𝙾𝚄𝙱𝙻𝙴 𝙱𝚄𝙸𝙻𝙳𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝚄𝙿 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙲𝙾𝙽𝙵𝙸𝙳𝙴𝙽𝙲𝙴 𝚃𝙾 𝙳𝙾 𝚂𝙾, 𝙳𝚄𝙴 𝚃𝙾 𝙱𝙴𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝙰𝙽𝚇𝙸𝙾𝚄𝚂 𝚃𝙷𝙰𝚃 𝚂𝙷𝙴 𝙼𝙸𝙶𝙷𝚃 𝙼𝙴𝚂𝚂 𝙸𝚃 𝚄𝙿.

𝙴𝙴𝚅𝙴𝙴 𝙻𝙸𝙺𝙴𝚂 𝙷𝙴𝙻𝙿𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝙾𝚃𝙷𝙴𝚁 𝙿𝙾𝙺𝙴𝙼𝙾𝙽 𝙰𝙽𝚈𝚆𝙰𝚈𝚂, 𝙴𝚅𝙴𝙽 𝚃𝙷𝙾𝚄𝙶𝙷 𝚂𝙷𝙴 𝙸𝚂𝙽'𝚃 𝙰 𝚁𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙴𝚁. 𝚂𝙷𝙴 𝚃𝙷𝙸𝙽𝙺𝚂 𝙾𝙵 𝙸𝚃 𝙰𝚂 "𝙿𝙰𝚁𝚃 𝙾𝙵 𝙷𝙴𝚁 𝚃𝚁𝙰𝙸𝙽𝙸𝙽𝙶."

𝙷𝙾𝚆𝙴𝚅𝙴𝚁, 𝙰𝚂𝙸𝙳𝙴 𝙵𝚁𝙾𝙼 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙵𝚄𝙽, 𝙰𝙳𝚅𝙴𝙽𝚃𝚄𝚁𝙴𝚂, 𝙰𝙽𝙳 𝙹𝚄𝚂𝚃𝙸𝙲𝙴, 𝙸𝚂 𝙴𝙴𝚅𝙴𝙴 𝚁𝙴𝙰𝙻𝙻𝚈 𝙿𝚁𝙴𝙿𝙰𝚁𝙴𝙳 𝙵𝙾𝚁 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙾𝚃𝙷𝙴𝚁 𝚁𝙴𝚂𝙿𝙾𝙽𝚂𝙸𝙱𝙸𝙻𝙸𝚃𝙸𝙴𝚂 𝙾𝙵 𝙱𝙴𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝙰 𝙷𝙴𝚁𝙾? 𝙲𝙰𝙽 𝚂𝙷𝙴 𝚁𝙴𝙰𝙻𝙻𝚈 𝙿𝚁𝙾𝚅𝙴 𝚃𝙾 𝙴𝚅𝙴𝚁𝚈𝙾𝙽𝙴 𝚃𝙷𝙰𝚃 𝚂𝙷𝙴'𝚂 𝚆𝙾𝚁𝚃𝙷𝚈 𝙾𝙵 𝙱𝙴𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝙰𝙽 𝙾𝙵𝙵𝙸𝙲𝙸𝙰𝙻 𝙿𝙾𝙺𝙴𝙼𝙾𝙽 𝚁𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙴𝚁? 𝙾𝙽𝙻𝚈 𝚃𝙸𝙼𝙴 𝚆𝙸𝙻𝙻 𝚃𝙴𝙻𝙻.

2 hours later...

Eevee is sitting at the Pokemon cafe. She looks at all the other pokemon talking. The civilian Pokemon are talking about their normal lives. The rangers are talking about the adventures they had on their quests. Eevee on the other hand sits alone, eating her Oran berry pie. She thinks about how she longs to be a ranger, and have her own adventures.

She eats a slice of her pie. The crunchy texture of the crust, mixed with the squished berry filling fills her mouth.

Another pokemon walks near Eevee's table. The pokemon takes a seat.

"Hello there." The Pokemon says as she sets her plate down on the table. "I'm Indeedee. And you?"

Eevee is confused. Why had this Pokemon randomly chosen to sit at her table, and talk to her? Perhaps the Pokemon was lonely, and wanted someone to talk to? Or perhaps all the other tables were occupied?

"I'm...Eevee. Why?"

"Just asking. I thought that maybe you were lonely sitting alone by yourself, so I decided to sit here with you."

Eevee smiles. She still doesn't know why she seems so interesting to this Pokemon, but she is glad to have company, nonetheless.

Indeedee proceeds to eat the chocolate chip cookies on her plate. For some reason, she does everything in an overly sophisticated way, including eating the chocolate chip cookies. She picks up the cookie with a napkin and chews on it. She then places the cookie down and wipes her face with the napkin. She would continue to do this for every bite she took of the cookie. This irritated Eevee, but she didn't say anything about it.

"So, How have you been?" Indeedee asks, slightly leaning over the table. "Has anything interesting happened in your life lately?"

"No, not really." Eevee replies, before taking another bite out of her pie. "The only eventful thing that happened to me today was getting yelled at for accidentally falling asleep on someone's farm..."

"How do you accidentally do such a thing?" Indeedee has a confused look on her face. She would be raising an eyebrow if she had one.

"Sometimes you just get a little too sucked into the environment, I guess." Eevee scratches her head.

Indeedee eats the last cookie on her plate. She wipes the crumbs off of her face and gets up from the table.

"Well it was nice meeting you, Eevee." Indeedee smiles. "I hope to see you again some other time."

Indeedee picks her plate up with one hand, as if she herself were the waiter.

"Until then!" Indeedee winks, and proceeds to head outside of the Cafe.

Eevee looks down at her plate and realizes that she had barely eaten her Oran berry pie. She must have been very invested into her conversation with Indeedee. It felt like for once, she had made a friend. Perhaps she wouldn't have to feel lonely anymore with Indeedee around. Of course, it's not as if they were best buddies from just one conversation, but Eevee had felt for once that she had someone to talk to, even if it were for only a little while.

Eevee smiles. She isn't focused on her meal anymore. She's focused on the idea of having a friend. She sets the pie aside and reflects on that thought.

Indeedee opens the door to exit the cafe. She holds the door for the next person passing.

"Thank you!" Rufflet says as he enters through the door.

"Hey, Rufflet! Wait for me!" Bulbasaur says, rushing towards the door.

Bulbasaur manages to slip through right before the door closes.

Indeedee walks away from the cafe, when she hears an odd voice.

"Psst. Hey, you."

Indeedee ignores the voice at first, but then it calls out to her again.

"Hey! I'm talking to you! Come over here!"

Indeedee looks to the direction of the voice. However, she sees nothing there.

All of a sudden, Indeedee feels something grab and pull her from behind.

She is thrown into a random alley in the town.

"AH!" Indeedee yelps, as she falls to the floor.

"Alright, listen to me."

"Huh? Who are you?" Asks Indeedee.

"The name's Scrafty. I'm a secret investigator." Scrafty scratches his chin, as if he was thinking of how to word his introduction. "And I brought you here for interrogation."

Indeedee gives Scrafty a weird look. She wasn't exactly inclined to trust a pokemon that had dragged her into an alley, and claimed to be a 'secret investigator'.

"Secret investigator, huh? Who permitted you to call yourself that?"

"Nobody, woman. That's why I'm a secret investigator."

Indeedee gives Scrafty another dirty look. This pokemon was giving no real reasons for her to trust him.

"Alright, look. There's been some pokemon running around and causing havoc. You've seen it too, correct?"

"Yes. And why are you taking that matter into your hands, if you have no permit?"

"Because, them crime-fighters don't know the real way to deal with crime. They make sure to let the bad guys know who they are. They make themselves vulnerable.?"

"And how are you any better?"

"You see, the heroes bring the light. I work in the shadows. They don't see what goes on there, because what happens in the dark never comes to light."

"Your point?"

"Well, since the criminals work in the dark, I'm always there with them. Watching. Watching their every move, their every scheme, and they never notice. And they never will. They'll never know that I know what they know, you get me?"

"So, what's the point of you bringing me here?"

"Well, you see... There's been a special little buddy I've been looking for around here. Scrawny. Shaped like a bowling ball. Little wings. Olive eyes. Ring a bell?"

"No, i'm not sure I know anyone like that."

"Hm. You sure?"

"Yes. I'm sorry, but I cannot help you."

Scrafty flips his hood over his head.

"Well, then. I guess I'll have to find someone else."

Scrafty proceeds to walk away down the alley. Indeedee turns around, and goes her separate way as well.

Scrafty looks back, and smirks.

"Sic' em."

Two pokemon emerge from the walls of the buildings left and right from Scrafty.

Indeedee turns back.

"Hm?"

"Oh, hey there. You didn't think you were going to just leave, were you?"

"Huh?"

Scrafty walks up to Indeedee.

"How do I know you're not gonna be on the streets, telling folks of my work, eh?"

"W-What are you..."

"I brought you here to help me. I brought you here so you could give me some information. But I knew you wouldn't bother lending a hand if you knew I was doing it for an evil cause. So I had to fib a little."

"What? Do you mean that everything you told me is a lie?"

"Oh, not necessarily. You see, I am a "Secret investigator". I am a shadow lurker. But you know what else I am?"

"A fraud."

"I'm not working for no heroes. I'm working for the outlaws. And I wasn't gonna break this truth to you until after you got me what I wanted. But after all, you turned out to be useless rubbish. And you know what I do with rubbish?" Scrafty leans towards Indeedee, grinning the biggest shit-eating grin you've ever seen.

"I dispose."

Scrafty snaps his fingers. All of a sudden, one of the Pokémon swings large, scaly tail at Indeedee.

Indeedee instinctively dodges the tail, right as another Pokémon appears behind her.

"You're not going anywhere, pal." Tsareena shouts.

Tsareena uses High-jump kick on Indeedee. Indeedee is knocked to the ground.

"Nice." Scrafty says, while grinning yet another shit-eating grin of his.

Indeedee gets up, when Krokorok swings his tail at her again, and grabs her with it.

"HA! Gotcha now!"

Indeedee tries biting at Krokorok's tail, but it feels as if she's biting into a piece of hard steel.

"It's the end of the road now, buddy. Don't worry, though. We're sure you'll make good friends with the other hostages! Trust me, you're gonna fit right in with all the other turds!" Krokorok teases.

Krokorok erupts into a laughing fit, as well as Scrafty and Tsareena.

Meanwhile…

Eevee is walking out of the cafe. She has a bright smile on her face, and she walks happily through the town.

She decides to sit down, and write inside her diary.

ძᥱᥲr ძіᥲrᥡ

꒐𝗍's ᥲᥒ᥆𝗍һᥱr ᥒ᥆rmᥲᥣ ძᥲᥡ ᥆𝖿 mᥡ ᥣі𝖿ᥱ іᥒ 𝗍һᥱ ⍴᥆kᥱm᥆ᥒ s𝗊ᥙᥲrᥱ. 0r ᥕᥲs і𝗍? і ᥕᥱᥒ𝗍 𝗍᥆ 𝗍һᥱ ⍴᥆kᥱm᥆ᥒ ᥴᥲ𝖿ᥱ 𝗍᥆ძᥲᥡ ᥲᥒძ ᥆rძᥱrᥱძ ᥲ ᥆rᥲᥒ ᑲᥱrrᥡ ⍴іᥱ. і sᥲ𝗍 ᥲ𝗍 mᥡ 𝗍ᥲᑲᥣᥱ ᥲᥒძ ᥲ𝗍ᥱ, ᥣіkᥱ ᥒ᥆rmᥲᥣ. і𝗍 ᥕᥲs ȷᥙs𝗍 ᥲ ᥒіᥴᥱ, ⍴ᥱᥲᥴᥱ𝖿ᥙᥣ, ᥙᥒᥱ᥎ᥱᥒ𝗍𝖿ᥙᥣ mᥱᥲᥣ𝗍іmᥱ. ᑲᥙ𝗍 ᥲᥣs᥆ ᥣ᥆ᥒᥱᥣᥡ, ᥲs ⍴ᥱr ᥙsᥙᥲᥣ. һ᥆ᥕᥱ᥎ᥱr, і𝗍 ᥲᥴ𝗍ᥙᥲᥣᥣᥡ ᥕᥲsᥒ'𝗍. ᥲ ⍴᥆kᥱm᥆ᥒ ᥲᥴ𝗍ᥙᥲᥣᥣᥡ ᥕᥲᥣkᥱძ ᥒᥱᥲr mᥡ 𝗍ᥲᑲᥣᥱ, ᥲᥒძ sᥲ𝗍 ძ᥆ᥕᥒ ᥕі𝗍һ mᥱ. 𝗍һᥱᥡ ᥕᥱrᥱ ᥎ᥱrᥡ ᥒіᥴᥱ, ᥲᥒძ ᥕᥱ һᥲძ ᥲ rᥱᥲᥣᥣᥡ g᥆᥆ძ 𝗍ᥲᥣk 𝗍᥆gᥱ𝗍һᥱr. 𝖿᥆r s᥆mᥱ rᥱᥲs᥆ᥒ, 𝗍һ᥆ᥙgһ, 𝗍һіs ⍴᥆kᥱm᥆ᥒ ᥕᥲs rᥱᥲᥣᥣᥡ s᥆⍴һіs𝗍іᥴᥲ𝗍ᥱძ. 𝗍һᥱᥡ ძіძ ᥱ᥎ᥱrᥡ𝗍һіᥒg іᥒ ᥲ rᥱᥲᥣᥣᥡ 𝖿ᥲᥒᥴᥡ ᥕᥲᥡ, ᥲᥒძ ᥕһіᥣᥱ it's ᥒіᥴᥱ 𝗍᥆ kᥒ᥆ᥕ 𝗍һᥲ𝗍 𝗍һᥱᥡ һᥲ᥎ᥱ ᥲ g᥆᥆ძ sᥱᥒsᥱ ᥆𝖿 ძᥱᥴᥱᥒᥴᥡ, і𝗍 ძіძ s𝗍ᥲr𝗍 𝗍᥆ gᥱ𝗍 ᥲᥒᥒ᥆ᥡіᥒg. ᑲᥙ𝗍 𝗍һᥲ𝗍 ძ᥆ᥱsᥒ'𝗍 mᥲ𝗍𝗍ᥱr. ᥕһᥲ𝗍 mᥲ𝗍𝗍ᥱrs іs 𝗍һᥲ𝗍 𝖿᥆r ᥆ᥒᥴᥱ, і һᥲძ ᥲᥒ s᥆mᥱ𝗍һіᥒg ᥴᥣ᥆sᥱ 𝗍᥆ ᥲ 𝖿rіᥱᥒძ 𝖿᥆r ᥲᑲ᥆ᥙ𝗍 10 mіᥒᥙ𝗍ᥱs. і𝗍 mᥲᥡ һᥲ᥎ᥱ ᑲᥱᥱᥒ sһ᥆r𝗍 ᥣі᥎ᥱძ, ᑲᥙ𝗍 і s𝗍іᥣᥣ ᥲ⍴⍴rᥱᥴіᥲ𝗍ᥱ 𝗍һᥱ 𝗍іmᥱ і s⍴ᥱᥒ𝗍 ᥕі𝗍һ 𝗍һᥱm. і һ᥆⍴ᥱ 𝗍᥆ sᥱᥱ 𝗍һᥱm ᥲgᥲіᥒ s᥆mᥱ 𝗍іmᥱ. :)

Eevee closes her diary. She puts it in the bag that she carries around everywhere.

"Alright! What do I do now?"

Eevee takes a walk through the town. She admires the beautiful flowers planted on the ground and the nice breezy air. She loves living in the Pokemon square, because it is a town of beauty and unity, where Pokemon such as her can live peacefully and admire the greatness of the pokemon world.

Eevee sits down on the grass. She looks at the entirety of the Pokemon square. Pokemon are talking, shopping, and going about their day peacefully, without a care in the world. That was the one thing Eevee appreciated most about her life. She was lonely, but she was peaceful and carefree.

ᴴᴱᴸᴾᵎ

Eevee heard a faint voice. As if it was calling out to somebody. However, she shrugged it off and thought it was just her imagination.

ˢᵒᵐᵉᵒⁿᵉᵎ ᴴᵉˡᵖᵎ

Eevee heard the voice again, this time lord. She could just barely make out that the voice had been calling out for help. She shrugged it off again, but this time she decided to investigate further.

She got up, and started walking around in the direction that she thought she heard the voice coming from, when she hears it again.

ʸᴼᵁ ᵂᴼᴺ'ᵀ ᴳᴱᵀ ᴬᵂᴬʸ ᵂᴵᵀᴴ ᵀᴴᴵˢᵎ

Eevee was sure that she heard the voice now. She further followed the direction of the voice, until she found the alley where the voice was coming from.

"MWAHAHAHAHA! What did I tell you? Calling for help isn't gonna work, you idiot! MWHAHAAHAHAHA!" Krokorok continued to cackle like an unhinged evil witch.

"Hey, could you quit it with the laughing? With the racket you're making, someone might hear us!" Said Scrafty.

"And? Who's gonna stop us? I'll bet those rangers are all on their "Missions" as of right now. And all the civilians are too pathetic to deal with us. We're gonna be fine."

"I suppose you're right." Says Scrafty. But still, we should go ahead and toss this one in with the rest of the hostages. I think we've had our fun for now.

Eevee is watching the scene play out by the corner. She saw who the Pokémon was that was being captured, and realized that it was Indeedee, the Pokémon she had met at the Cafe. Eevee couldn't just watch this happen. She had to do something. But what could she do? After all, she was just an average Pokémon, she couldn't fight crime like a ranger could.

She thought of running away, but she realized. She may not have been a ranger, but she has always aspired to be one. And if she was hoping to be a ranger, she would have to face her fears. She would have to take risks. She would have to fight for the safety of other people. And there was no better time to prove to herself that she could do that than now.

She was trembling at the thought of putting her foot down and standing up against 3 outlaws, but she knew that it had to be done. No matter what. She had trained for the moment where she would have to fight, and rubbing away would defeat the purpose of all of that. So, Eevee decided that there was no going back now. She had to do what she had to do.

"HEY!" Shouted Eevee.

The outlaws froze in place.

"Shit! Is that a ranger?" Krokorok whispered.

"See, I told you to keep it down! Now we got trouble!" Scrafty angrily replied.

"Hold on, now. Let's see who it is." Tsareena suggests.

The outlaws all turn around to Eevee.

"Leave her alone."

The outlaws simultaneously look at each other, and then back at Eevee. After a full 5 seconds of silence, the outlaws erupt into a burst of laughter.

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME? HAHAHAHA! I THOUGHT WE WERE IN TROUBLE!"

"IS SHE EVEN A RANGER?"

"THERE'S NO WAY! HAHA!"

"THIS SCRAWNY ASS RUNT?"

"WHO THE HELL DOES SHE THINK SHE IS?"

"OH GOD, SHE'S ACTUALLY KILLING ME! I MIGHT ACTUALLY DIE OF LAUGHTER!"

"ARCEUS, WHAT THE HELL IS THIS THING?"

"I CAN'T TAKE IT! MY HEART CANNOT TAKE IT!"

"THE AUDACITY OF THIS BITCH!"

"TWO FREE HOSTAGES? WHAT A DAY!"

The Outlaws continue to erupt in their laughter. After a while, they settle down, and are prepared to beat Eevee to a pulp.

"So, the scrawny little hero wants to play, eh?" Krokorok sneers. "Well, we're afraid this ain't a game. However, you can bet that we'll be having a lot of fun with you."

Eevee stands confidentially in front of the outlaws. She knows that the odds are stacked against her, but she'll do anything to help her friend.

"You know, you could've just ran away while you had the chance and you would've been fine. Geuss that's what happens when you try to play hero." Says Tsareena.

"Eevee! Don't do it! Just run!" Indeedee shouts, trying to warn Eevee.

For a brief amount of time, there was complete silence. It was just Eevee standing against a team of outlaws. It was like a scene from an old western movie, minus the tumbleweed.

"Sic em."

The outlaws charge towards Eevee. Eevee ducks inbetween Krokorok's legs right as he swings his tail, making him accidentally hit Scrafty.

"Hey, watch it!"

"Move your ass!"

Eevee rushes over to Indeedee. She leads her to a safe place.

"Stay there, okay?"

Eevee runs back to the alley where the Outlaws are.

Tsareena uses razor leaf as Eevee runs by.

Eevee jumps in a garbage can and hides. The razor leaves slice the garbage can in half. The garbage Can falls over.

Eevee runs out of the garbage can, and towards the outlaws.

Eevee headbutts Tsareena. She then jumps off of Tsareena's head and onto Krokorok's. Krokorok is about to grab her when she takes the plain seed she grabbed out the garbage can and stuffs it in his eye.

"GRAAAHHHH!" Krokorok yelps in pain. "Come here, you scrawny little bastard!

Eevee takes the plain seed out of his eye, causing his eye to be a bloody mess.

Scrafty used a high jump kick. He kicks Eevee off the top of Krokorok's head, and she lands on the ground.

Eevee is then grabbed by Tsureena, and thrown into a wall.

"Ow!" Eevee yelps.

"You'll pay for what you did to Krokorok!" Said Scrafty.

Eevee jumps on Scrafty's head.

"OH, HELL NO YOU DON'T!" Scrafty exclaims, trying to grab Eevee.

Eevee puts all of her weight on Scrafty's head, and makes him crash into the wall.

Tsareena tries to kick Eevee, but Eevee jumps down off of Scrafty's head, and makes her trip by headbutting the leg that she isn't kicking with.

Tsareena falls over. Eevee bites her face. Scrafty runs to Tsareena and punts Eevee off her face.

Eevee lands on the ground, right next to Krokorok.

"YOU…."

The outlaws surround Eevee. They all are ready to finally finish Eevee off for good.

"Say, what should we do with this one? Are we take her hostage too?" Scrafty smirks.

"And let her off easy? Hell no. This one deserves something say worse for destroying my eye. How about we kill her? Or better yet, how about we kill her friend and make her watch?"

"Oh, I like your thinking…" Says Tsareena.

"Wait, Please! Don't!" Eevee begs.

"Ooh, she seems to like the idea as well… What are we waiting for, then?" Krokorok cackles.

"You're not doing anything."

The outlaws freeze in place.

"Seriously? Again?" Scrafty facepalms.

"Eh, it's probably just another runt. Probably her little friend." Says Tsareena.

The outlaws turn around, to see Lucario standing at the end of the alley.

"Oh shit."

Lucario walks down the alley, towards the outlaws.

You know what? He can't possibly take us. It's 3 on one. I don't care how powerful he is." Krokorok scoffs.

Krokorok runs towards Lucario. Lucario fires a blast at him that sends him practically flying through the alley, and crashing into a wall.

"Does anybody else want to step forward?"

Scrafty and Tsareena stay in place.

"Good. Now leave."

Scrafty and Tsareena run from the alleyway.

"And don't ever come back."

Lucario looks at Eevee.

"You okay, kid?"

"Um, yes.."

"Be careful next time. Those outlaws are nothing but trouble.

Lucario walks away.

Eevee sits, in shock at what had just happened.

Eevee runs back to Indeedee.

"Huh? Eevee! You're back!"

"That's right! The outlaws are gone now!"

"What? You fought them off?"

"Not exactly. A ranger helped me out."

"That's great! Thank you for trying to save me, Eevee. You're really nice!"

"Thanks.."

𝙰𝙽𝙳 𝙹𝚄𝚂𝚃 𝙻𝙸𝙺𝙴 𝚃𝙷𝙰𝚃, 𝙵𝙾𝚁 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙵𝙸𝚁𝚂𝚃 𝚃𝙸𝙼𝙴, 𝙴𝙴𝚅𝙴𝙴 𝙷𝙰𝙳 𝚁𝙴𝚂𝙲𝚄𝙴𝙳 𝙰 𝙿𝙾𝙺𝙴𝙼𝙾𝙽 𝙸𝙽 𝙽𝙴𝙴𝙳. 𝚃𝙷𝙰𝙽𝙺𝚂 𝚃𝙾 𝙷𝙴𝚁 𝙱𝚁𝙰𝚅𝙴𝚁𝚈 𝙰𝙽𝙳 𝙿𝙰𝚂𝚂𝙸𝙾𝙽, 𝚂𝙷𝙴 𝙱𝚄𝙸𝙻𝚃 𝚄𝙿 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙲𝙾𝚄𝚁𝙰𝙶𝙴 𝚃𝙾 𝙵𝙰𝙲𝙴 𝙾𝚄𝚃𝙻𝙰𝚆𝚂 𝙾𝙽 𝙷𝙴𝚁 𝙾𝚆𝙽. 𝚆𝙷𝙸𝙻𝙴 𝚂𝙷𝙴 𝙳𝙸𝙳𝙽'𝚃 𝙳𝙾 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙹𝙾𝙱 𝙲𝙾𝙼𝙿𝙻𝙴𝚃𝙴𝙻𝚈 𝙱𝚈 𝙷𝙴𝚁𝚂𝙴𝙻𝙵, 𝚂𝙷𝙴 𝚂𝚃𝙸𝙻𝙻 𝙼𝙰𝙽𝙰𝙶𝙴𝙳 𝚃𝙾 𝙳𝙾 𝙰 𝙶𝙾𝙾𝙳 𝙳𝙴𝙴𝙳 𝙽𝙾𝙽𝙴𝚃𝙷𝙴𝙻𝙴𝚂𝚂.

𝙴𝙴𝚅𝙴𝙴 𝙷𝙰𝙳 𝙿𝚁𝙾𝙶𝚁𝙴𝚂𝚂𝙴𝙳 𝚃𝙷𝚁𝙾𝚄𝙶𝙷 𝙷𝙴𝚁 𝙵𝙸𝚁𝚂𝚃 𝚂𝚃𝙴𝙿 𝙸𝙽𝚃𝙾 𝙱𝙴𝙲𝙾𝙼𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝙰 𝚃𝚁𝚄𝙴 𝙿𝙰𝙲𝙺𝙼𝙴𝙽 𝚁𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙴𝚁.

𝙷𝙾𝚆𝙴𝚅𝙴𝚁, 𝚂𝙷𝙴 𝚂𝚃𝙸𝙻𝙻 𝙷𝙰𝚂 𝚀𝚄𝙸𝚃𝙴 𝙰 𝙻𝙾𝚃 𝚃𝙾 𝙻𝙴𝙰𝚁𝙽 𝙱𝙴𝙵𝙾𝚁𝙴 𝚂𝙷𝙴 𝙲𝙰𝙽 𝙶𝙴𝚃 𝚃𝙷𝙴𝚁𝙴.

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