Tortured
Chapter Two
-Healing-
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Love..Love is truly the greatest emotion someone could feel. Anyone can love, even if they've never seen love in their life, they can love. They may not even know it, but the feeling is there..
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I woke up sprawled out in a corner of the Pokémon Storage Center. It was the darkest and coldest corner of the room. I was in so much pain. Everywhere from my head to the end of my tail hurt. There were more slashes on me from a whip, bruises all over me, my right eye was almost swollen shut, and the gash on my tail was much worse. This was by far the worse that they've done to me. "Somebody..Help me..Please.." I called out into the darkness. I knew no one could here me. And, any Pokémon that did hear me couldn't help, because they were too worn out.
"Garth? Is that you?!" Gau shouted back to me.
"Yeah..I'm over here..In the corner.."
"Okay, hold on, I'm coming!" He ran over to me. "Hi Ga-Holy CRAP! What happened to you?!" He was shocked to see me in this bad condition.
"They hurt me..They did it worse that ever this time. I need help..I won't make it if they just leave me here.." I was telling the truth. I've never hurt this bad before.
"I gotta help you! But..I can't..I can't get out of here, and even if I could I'd have to drag you, but you're too big. Damn it.." The poor Meowth started to cry. "We just met! I can't lose you already!"
"Don't worry about me..I'll find some way to make it..I always make it..It'll just be harder this time.." With that, I went unconscious again, because the pain was too much.
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"Wake up. Please wake up.." I didn't recognize that voice. It was a girl's voice, but not the normal harsh voices of most Team Rocket girls.
I opened my eyes and discovered I was in a much brighter room than the Pokémon Storage Center, but I couldn't make out the details of the room, or the person talking to me. "Huh? Where am I? Who are you?"
"Shh..Just calm down..I'm here to help you.."
"Help me? But aren't you a member of Team Rocket?"
"Yes. But, I don't want to hurt you. Just try to stay calm. I'm not supposed to be helping you."
"Then why are you helping me, then?" I noticed that all my cuts had been bandaged, and I wasn't so swollen up everywhere.
"I've seen what they've done to you, and you don't deserve it. I hate what they do to you. I just plain hate Team Rocket."
"Then, why are you a part of it?"
"I had no choice..They forced me to join."
"Oh.." My eyes finally came into focus on her. She was about as tall as me, maybe taller. I couldn't tell, because I was laying down on some sort of table. She was pretty thin, but in shape, looking. Her hair was about down to her waist, and it had these beautiful gold and dark red highlights in it. But what I noticed the most on her was her eyes. She had these AMAZING bluish green eyes that I couldn't help but stare at. She knew I was staring at her, but strangely, she didn't seem to mind at all. "My name's...Garth.."
"I didn't know you had a name..My name's Valerie." Suddenly, we heard the sound of people coming towards the room. "Shit! I have to hide you! You're not supposed to be here! Where can I hide you..?" Then Valerie got an idea. "I know what I can do with you, but you have to trust me. Do you trust me, Garth?"
Trust a person? How could I? But Valerie seemed different from all the other people here. She seemed to have what everyone else here was lacking..A soul. "Yes, I trust you."
Then she pulled out a Pokéball that was half black, and half red, with a red "R" on the black part. "This is for your own good.." She pressed the button, and I saw a red flash as I was sucked into the safety of her Pokéball. I could still hear what was going on outside of the ball, though. I heard the people barge into the room Valerie was in.
"Hey! What are you doing in here, girl?!" I recognized that voice as Lewis, the guard who beat me up earlier.
"My name is Valerie! And I'm not doing anything."
"Then why are you in here? Shouldn't you be stealing Pokémon or something?"
"I'm on my break, so I can do whatever the hell I want, and be where ever the hell I want!"
"Don't talk to your superiors like that! I could slap you right now, but I don't hit girls."
"But I'm not afraid to hit guys like you!" Then I heard a loud THWACK, followed by more shouting.
"Damnit, you bitch! You split my fucking head open! I could get you fired for that!"
"I'd be glad if you did."
"Oh shut up! That's it, I'm outta here." With that, he left with the people he was with, and slammed the door.
"Okay, it's safe now. I'm letting you out!" A quick red flash, and I was in the room again.
"Thank you. I didn't want to have to deal with that guy again..He's the one who did this to me," I said, pointing to my right eye, and the gash on my tail that was now bandaged. "So, why was he so mad about you being in this room? I've never seen it before."
"This room is where they keep all the Pokémon healing stuff in here."
I looked around and saw all kinds of medicines and bandages. "Oh. I guess they thought you were healing a Pokémon, which you were, but they don't have to know. They're so against Pokémon being healed. They just want us all to suffer."
"I know. I wish they weren't like this..It's that damn Giovanni's fault..He just gets more evil every day. One of these days, I hope to get out of this place, and forget about Team Rocket forever. I want to be free and live a normal life. Lewis is always threatening to get me fired, but he never does it. He knows I hate it here, so he just wants me to suffer.."
"I want to get out of here, too. I would kill everyone here if I had the chance. But, everyone who I've tried to attack has this thing where it makes a shield around them when I try attacking them..That shield can even handle my strongest attack, and whoever I'm attacking just stands there laughing at how pathetic I am. If I could just figure out what that device making the shield is, I'd bust all of them, and kill everyone. But, no..I just have to let them shock me, whip me, pound me, and whatever the hell they want to do with me..I'm sick of letting them hurt me."
"I can find out what that thing you're talking about it. I know Domino pretty well, and she'd probably tell me. She's so dumb, she wouldn't realize she's doing something good!"
"You'd do that for me?"
"Yes, I would. I want to destroy Team Rocket as much as you do..But, you have to give me some time to do it.."
"Okay, thank you." I was right. Valerie was different from everyone here. She actually cared about me, even though I was a Pokémon. I guess there is such thing as a good human.
"Now, I have to get you back to the PSC before they start wondering where you are." Valerie held up the Pokéball she had for me. "Don't worry, Garth. We're going to make it out of here." She smiled as she pressed the button on the Pokéball, and once again after a red flash, I was in the Pokéball. A few minutes later, she let me out, and I was back in the dark, cold, uncomfortable Pokémon Storage Center. "I'll see you again, Garth. I promise." With that, she snuck out of the PSC, and closed the door.
I turned around, and saw Gau, who was very excited to see me. "I'm so glad you're back!!" He ran over and hugged my tail.
"Ow! That still hurts, you know.."
"Ooops. Sorry. But, I'm so glad to see you!!" I was glad to see him so happy. It made me feel better. "But, who was that girl who snuck you out of here, and back in?"
"That was...Valerie.." I started thinking about what she promised me, and her eyes, and how she let me stare at her...
Gau snapped me out of it. "Hey! Earth to Garth! What did she do to you?"
"She healed me. She's the one who put all these bandages on me." She had healed me, alright. In more ways than one. "She was the only nice human I've ever met.."
"Oooo! You LIKE her don't you?! Garthy and Valerie, Garthy and Valerie.."
I knew he was kidding, so I just laughed. "A Pokémon loving a person? That's not right, and you know it.." But, I halfway didn't agree with that.
"So, you can be the first! Garthy and Valerie, Garthy and Valerie!"
I grabbed Gau by the tail and gave it a little pull. "Say it again, and you're going to end up as a Manx Meowth." I couldn't help but burst out laughing at the look on his face when I said that. "You..You BELIEVED ME?! I was just kidding!" I was laughing so hard I fell over and landed on my tail. It hurt like hell, but I was too cracked up too care.
Gau just stood there staring at me with a puzzled look on his face. "Jeeze, what happened to you? You've gone insane!"
Maybe I did go insane. I don't care. I felt better than I've ever felt before. "This is the first time in my life I've felt like this. Let me enjoy it!"
"Okay, I understand..Be insane if you want, just don't pull my tail again!"
Just then, the door slammed open, and Domino ran in. "M2 34-7, get over here right now!" I knew this was going to be bad. She was probably gonna have some new device tested on me. She's much too predictable. "Are you DEAF?! I said get over here!"
"Gau, I'm going to have to leave again. I'll be back soon. Damn..What a way to wreck a good mood."
Gau didn't want to see me go. "You can't leave me again!" He said, grabbing my tail.
"Ow. Don't grab my tail..I'm sorry. I have to leave. If I'm lucky I'll come back soon, and I won't be unconscious.." I knew I shouldn't have got his hopes up. I NEVER come back unless I'm unconscious. I just didn't want to see him sad.
"Okay..I'll be waiting for ya! Bye Garth.." I knew he was still sad, despite what I told him. I guess I'm not all that reassuring.
Domino was getting even more impatient. "Damn it! Didn't I tell you to GET OVER HERE?!"
"Okay, okay. I'm coming." As I was walking out the door, Domino deliberately shoved me into the side of the doorway.
"Ooops. Maybe you should WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING." She said, laughing as I doubled over in pain. "Now come on. I need you for something."
"So..What's it going..To be, this..time?" I struggled to ask while walking and holding my stomach that was in pain from being slammed against the doorway. "Is it..Going to..Be another one of..Your damn..Torture devices..?"
She smiled in that disgusting way she always did when she knew I was going to hate something. "You'll see..It's a surprise." We then came to the Pokémon Training Facilities. We went in, and walked all the way to the back, where there was a room with a big steel door covered in electronic locks. Domino mumbled some sort of password, and the locks opened. We walked in, and Domino turned on the lights to reveal some sort of armor type thing. "I had this specially made for you!"
I didn't have any idea on what it was. "What the hell is it? I don't trust it."
"It's something to help you battle."
Then I remembered seeing pictures of the other Mewtwo in an armor that looked almost exactly like this. There was some differences, though. This one was all a metallic black color with a a red "R" and the chest part, and it was shorter. "I don't trust it at all.."
"Well, you have no choice, so stop your complaining." She pulled out her tazer. "You know what will happen if you try to resist."
I wasn't exactly up to being zapped and whipped again, so I had no choice. I stepped up onto the platform the armor was on, and Domino pressed a button. Suddenly, the armor started to clamp onto me. First over my feet, then over my hips, then my chest and shoulders, and finally over my head. It was so uncomfortable. "What the hell does this thing do?!"
"I'm not sure if you know about the first Mewtwo, but he had something like this. But, yours is different. You can't destroy it at all. It's made of the same Mewtwo-proof stuff as these buildings are. And with it on, you will obey EVERYTHING you are told. And everytime you disobey or try to get out of it, it'll only hurt you. It will feel something like this.." She pressed a button, and a horrible burning shock went through my entire body.
"AAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHH!!!!!!" I couldn't help but react to the shock. The pain was too much all over. Domino kept pressing the button. "STOP IT!!!"
She was having too much fun with pressing the button. "Why should I stop? This is too much FUN!" (press) ZZZZZZZZZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPP!!!!
"AAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" This was it. I'm going to die at the cruel hands of Domino. I closed my eyes, waiting for the end after each shock. But, wait. I can't die. I must live. For Gau. And...Valerie. I must see Valerie again. I can't give up now. But the pain..
Then, Domino stopped pressing the button. "Okay, that's enough..FOR NOW! I just wanted to show you my WONDERFUL thing, made just for you! Wasn't that so FUN?"
"You...You..BITCH."
"Oh I wouldn't do that if I were you..I still have this button!" Then she pressed it again.
I started crying softly. "please.....no more.."
"God, you are such a wimp! You can't even handle a little shock!"
Little shock? What the hell? She wouldn't say that if she was feeling it. I wish I could shove her in this thing, and hold down that button till her damn eyes popped out. One of these days, she's going to regret what she has done to me. I will get back at her. Soon...
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I woke up to a familiar voice calling my name. "Garth..Please wake up, Garth.." That voice..It was Valerie.
I opened my eyes, and tried to sit up, but I just couldn't, so I remained laying down. I was on the same steel table I was on yesterday. "Valerie...."
"Garth! I'm so glad you're okay!" She gave me a hug, which was awkward because I was laying down, and she was standing.
Despite the pain I was in, I smiled. I was glad to be with Valerie again. And I was glad she cared about me enough to help me. "What happened to me?" I couldn't remember what happened after that last shock.
"I don't know.." Valerie said sadly. "I just found you sprawled out in a corner of the PTF. I'm not sure what happened, but I knew it was bad, because you've been unconscious for about 5 hours."
"Oh.."
"I don't think they whipped you, because there's no new whip marks on you. There's a few bruises, and you look a little burned all over..Do you know what happened before you got knocked out?"
"Yes, I do remember..." Then I explained everything about the armor thing and the shockings.
"...DAMN THEM...Why can't they just stop it?! I can't stand seeing you like this!" She was very close to tears.
I never knew she cared about me this much. "Why..Why do you care about me so much?" I asked, staring into her bluish green eyes,"I'm just a..Pokémon."
"I just do." She answered quickly. I knew she was hiding something, but I didn't know what. "It doesn't matter if you're a Pokémon or not. All those Team Rocket assholes may think Pokémon are so low, but they're wrong. It's not Pokémon who are the low ones, it's humans. I hate humans, and how they treat Pokémon. They don't even know how to treat each other! It's disgusting. I wish I wasn't a human..I'd much rather be a Pokémon. At least Pokémon don't rape, or murder, or abuse, or do drugs, or do all that stuff humans do to each other.."
I was so surprised to hear her say something like that. She actually puts herself on the same level as a Pokémon. What kind of human would do that? She wasn't like everyone else. She was much better. "Thank you for not being like every other human. Untill I met you, I assumed all humans were evil. But you..You're different." I wanted to say something else, but I just couldn't. She may accept Pokémon, but I don't think she'd be ready to hear a Pokémon say "I love you" to her...
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