Yay, another chapter done! I'm almost halfway through all these!
*Celebrates*
Normal disclaimer applies. All the named pokés are mine, and same goes with evil Roy and Derek. Got it? Good.
~~~~~Calypso's pov~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I'm sorry, Rokon, but we have to get going," I said, "or the bad guys will be back." She was still sobbing over Blade. I think he was all right, just weak from loss of blood. She slowly stopped crying. I think she understood, because she nodded.
"I will use some of the plants of the forest to try and help him," said Rokon. "We will try and catch up later."
"Good idea," said Flameheart. "We don't want another run-in with Derek and Roy anytime soon, y'know."
"Whatever," Shockwave said coldly. "I wouldn't care one way or another whether he died or not."
"You seriously need an attitude adjustment," replied Kirin. "Can't you see that one of our friends are hurt?!"
"Yeah, Shockwave!" agreed Arbiter. "You've been acting like a complete jerk lately."
"First you rag on Aquafire for leading all of us out of the labs, now you don't even care that Blade's seriously hurt!" yelled Fireburst. Her wing had healed up, and so she was soaring high above the group doing surveillance along with Larissa.
"Whatever," he replied. "I ought to just ditch all of you and let you get hunted down by Roy and Derek."
"Why don't you go ahead, then?!" said Lunar angrily. Shockwave stared him down for a moment, then took off into the dense forest towards Rokon's burned out house. I sighed. I led the group on again through the forest, leaving Rokon and Blade behind in the small clearing.
"How's Aquafire doing?" I asked. Kirin had him on her back.
"The same, Calypso," she replied. "Still nearly comatose and asleep as he has been since yesterday."
I don't know how long I could take this. I can't be leader! I don't know what to do! I don't know where to go! I yelled out in frustration.
"Something wrong, Calypso?" I heard Firestrike ask.
"I can't take this!" I yelled out. "I don't know what to do! I'm not Aquafire!"
"Whoa, calm down, Caly," said Lunar. "If you don't want to be leader, then someone else can be it until Redyan comes with the antidote. Any volunteers?" No one said a word.
"Never mind me," I said finally. "I'm just so stressed out, because we can be attacked by Derek and Roy at any time, since they know we're here."
"Well, that's understandable," said Larissa, who had swooped down and now perched on Kirin's broad antlers.
We continued on in an awkward kind of silence, each person with his or her own thoughts. I only thought about one thing: How long will it be until another one of us disappears or gets hurt?
~~~~~Arbiter's pov~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I saw how the others were coping, and it wasn't pretty. Blade was seriously injured, and we left him with Rokon to try and heal up. Calypso nearly snapped over worry about all of our safety and suddenly being thrust into leadership, since Aquafire was still asleep, unresponsive. Shockwave left suddenly after saying that he didn't care whether any of us died or not on this journey to the north of Fuchsia City. I could tell everyone else was antsy and jumpy. I could tell, because I saw Flameheart jump at the sight of some bushes rustling, which turned out to be a few little Caterpie munching on some leaves. Finally, Fireburst broke the silence from above.
"I think I see something coming from up ahead!" she yelled down.
Everyone tensed up and took up fierce battle stances, ready to face this next danger. The tree branches above bent down from some unknown weight leaping from them. Redyan suddenly appeared, holding a bag on his back, and was smiling broadly. He took a look at everyone.
"Hey, I'm back! It definitely took awhile to track all of you down. Hey, what's with the long and serious faces?" he asked, swinging the bag off of his back. "I got the antidote!"
"Hey Redyan," I said. "That's a relief!"
I saw Calypso light up a little at this. Everyone else kind of brightened up at this also.
Redyan went over to Kirin, who slowly went down on her knees and let Aquafire slide off her back onto the ground with a dull thud. The bug dripped a few yellow drops of the juice into his mouth. Ten seconds later, Aquafire leapt up and flared.
~~~~~Aquafire's pov~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Where am I?" I demanded.
"Nice to see you up again, buddy!" said Lunar. I gave him a questioning look.
"You mean, you don't remember?" Shadow asked.
"Uhhh, no," I replied, matter-of-factly. "The only thing I can remember is Roy and Derek attacking from the bushes, and the rest is a blur. Why?"
"You've been out since yesterday," replied Flameheart.
"You can't be serious?" I said incredulously. I took a look around. Everyone else was nodding their heads in agreement. "It definitely didn't feel that long," I continued.
"Well, you were," said Larissa.
I noticed something was wrong in the group. Some people were missing.
"Where are Shockwave and Blade?" I asked.
"Shockwave left on his own, and Blade was shot by Roy. He was bleeding badly," Calypso replied solemnly.
"We left him behind, and Rokon stayed with him, to try and heal him up," I heard Arbiter say behind me. "But Rokon did say that as soon as Blade was well, she'd catch up to us."
"It would be too dangerous for us to turn back," said Fireburst, who was on Kirin's antlers.
"I know," I replied. "We have to go on then, and hope that we don't get attacked now by Roy and Derek.
~~~~~ Shadow's pov~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I turned suddenly to the sound of rustling in some bushes behind us. I was definitely suspicious about this, so I went over to investigate. As I had my head in the bushes, a rough hand grabbed me by my neck and put their hand over my mouth, preventing me from crying out.
"You'd better stay quiet, you little pokémon, or you're gonna get hurt," said an unfamiliar female voice. I struggled, and finally was able to bite the lady hard on the finger with my teeth. She yelled out, and hurled me smack dab right into a tree ahead of the group.
~~~~-Calypso's pov~~~
I heard an ear-piercing scream come from behind the group somewhere, and saw Shadow go sailing through the air, and smack into a tree ahead of where me and Aquafire was standing. Aquafire and I ran over to where he had landed.
"Danger...behind...not Roy...or Derek," hhe said before he fell unconscious. I heard a female voice, and both of us whirled around in the direction the voice came from.
A woman was standing by a tree. She was wearing a pair of jeans and a t- shirt, and was wearing a blue cap. Her hair was brick red, and she had an evil grin on her face.
"You pokémon are unusual," she said, laughing. "I see why Roy and Derek had such problems trying to bring you back to the labs!"
She knows Roy and Derek?! I thought feverishly. That means big trouble for us!
"But unlike those two idiots, I was already to capture one of you!" she said, raising a metal cage. Inside, I saw Shockwave's limp body laying on the bottom. I didn't feel any remorse. Haha, aren't I evil? She tossed the cage over by a tree stump. It landed with a clang on the ground, jarring the occupant awake. He didn't even care that we were there. Shockwave just laid back down on the cage bottom and went back to sleep.
"Now," she said, pointing at all of us, "you're all next!"
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Trouble! Who's this new girl? Find out tomorrow!
Normal disclaimer applies. All the named pokés are mine, and same goes with evil Roy and Derek. Got it? Good.
~~~~~Calypso's pov~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I'm sorry, Rokon, but we have to get going," I said, "or the bad guys will be back." She was still sobbing over Blade. I think he was all right, just weak from loss of blood. She slowly stopped crying. I think she understood, because she nodded.
"I will use some of the plants of the forest to try and help him," said Rokon. "We will try and catch up later."
"Good idea," said Flameheart. "We don't want another run-in with Derek and Roy anytime soon, y'know."
"Whatever," Shockwave said coldly. "I wouldn't care one way or another whether he died or not."
"You seriously need an attitude adjustment," replied Kirin. "Can't you see that one of our friends are hurt?!"
"Yeah, Shockwave!" agreed Arbiter. "You've been acting like a complete jerk lately."
"First you rag on Aquafire for leading all of us out of the labs, now you don't even care that Blade's seriously hurt!" yelled Fireburst. Her wing had healed up, and so she was soaring high above the group doing surveillance along with Larissa.
"Whatever," he replied. "I ought to just ditch all of you and let you get hunted down by Roy and Derek."
"Why don't you go ahead, then?!" said Lunar angrily. Shockwave stared him down for a moment, then took off into the dense forest towards Rokon's burned out house. I sighed. I led the group on again through the forest, leaving Rokon and Blade behind in the small clearing.
"How's Aquafire doing?" I asked. Kirin had him on her back.
"The same, Calypso," she replied. "Still nearly comatose and asleep as he has been since yesterday."
I don't know how long I could take this. I can't be leader! I don't know what to do! I don't know where to go! I yelled out in frustration.
"Something wrong, Calypso?" I heard Firestrike ask.
"I can't take this!" I yelled out. "I don't know what to do! I'm not Aquafire!"
"Whoa, calm down, Caly," said Lunar. "If you don't want to be leader, then someone else can be it until Redyan comes with the antidote. Any volunteers?" No one said a word.
"Never mind me," I said finally. "I'm just so stressed out, because we can be attacked by Derek and Roy at any time, since they know we're here."
"Well, that's understandable," said Larissa, who had swooped down and now perched on Kirin's broad antlers.
We continued on in an awkward kind of silence, each person with his or her own thoughts. I only thought about one thing: How long will it be until another one of us disappears or gets hurt?
~~~~~Arbiter's pov~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I saw how the others were coping, and it wasn't pretty. Blade was seriously injured, and we left him with Rokon to try and heal up. Calypso nearly snapped over worry about all of our safety and suddenly being thrust into leadership, since Aquafire was still asleep, unresponsive. Shockwave left suddenly after saying that he didn't care whether any of us died or not on this journey to the north of Fuchsia City. I could tell everyone else was antsy and jumpy. I could tell, because I saw Flameheart jump at the sight of some bushes rustling, which turned out to be a few little Caterpie munching on some leaves. Finally, Fireburst broke the silence from above.
"I think I see something coming from up ahead!" she yelled down.
Everyone tensed up and took up fierce battle stances, ready to face this next danger. The tree branches above bent down from some unknown weight leaping from them. Redyan suddenly appeared, holding a bag on his back, and was smiling broadly. He took a look at everyone.
"Hey, I'm back! It definitely took awhile to track all of you down. Hey, what's with the long and serious faces?" he asked, swinging the bag off of his back. "I got the antidote!"
"Hey Redyan," I said. "That's a relief!"
I saw Calypso light up a little at this. Everyone else kind of brightened up at this also.
Redyan went over to Kirin, who slowly went down on her knees and let Aquafire slide off her back onto the ground with a dull thud. The bug dripped a few yellow drops of the juice into his mouth. Ten seconds later, Aquafire leapt up and flared.
~~~~~Aquafire's pov~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Where am I?" I demanded.
"Nice to see you up again, buddy!" said Lunar. I gave him a questioning look.
"You mean, you don't remember?" Shadow asked.
"Uhhh, no," I replied, matter-of-factly. "The only thing I can remember is Roy and Derek attacking from the bushes, and the rest is a blur. Why?"
"You've been out since yesterday," replied Flameheart.
"You can't be serious?" I said incredulously. I took a look around. Everyone else was nodding their heads in agreement. "It definitely didn't feel that long," I continued.
"Well, you were," said Larissa.
I noticed something was wrong in the group. Some people were missing.
"Where are Shockwave and Blade?" I asked.
"Shockwave left on his own, and Blade was shot by Roy. He was bleeding badly," Calypso replied solemnly.
"We left him behind, and Rokon stayed with him, to try and heal him up," I heard Arbiter say behind me. "But Rokon did say that as soon as Blade was well, she'd catch up to us."
"It would be too dangerous for us to turn back," said Fireburst, who was on Kirin's antlers.
"I know," I replied. "We have to go on then, and hope that we don't get attacked now by Roy and Derek.
~~~~~ Shadow's pov~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I turned suddenly to the sound of rustling in some bushes behind us. I was definitely suspicious about this, so I went over to investigate. As I had my head in the bushes, a rough hand grabbed me by my neck and put their hand over my mouth, preventing me from crying out.
"You'd better stay quiet, you little pokémon, or you're gonna get hurt," said an unfamiliar female voice. I struggled, and finally was able to bite the lady hard on the finger with my teeth. She yelled out, and hurled me smack dab right into a tree ahead of the group.
~~~~-Calypso's pov~~~
I heard an ear-piercing scream come from behind the group somewhere, and saw Shadow go sailing through the air, and smack into a tree ahead of where me and Aquafire was standing. Aquafire and I ran over to where he had landed.
"Danger...behind...not Roy...or Derek," hhe said before he fell unconscious. I heard a female voice, and both of us whirled around in the direction the voice came from.
A woman was standing by a tree. She was wearing a pair of jeans and a t- shirt, and was wearing a blue cap. Her hair was brick red, and she had an evil grin on her face.
"You pokémon are unusual," she said, laughing. "I see why Roy and Derek had such problems trying to bring you back to the labs!"
She knows Roy and Derek?! I thought feverishly. That means big trouble for us!
"But unlike those two idiots, I was already to capture one of you!" she said, raising a metal cage. Inside, I saw Shockwave's limp body laying on the bottom. I didn't feel any remorse. Haha, aren't I evil? She tossed the cage over by a tree stump. It landed with a clang on the ground, jarring the occupant awake. He didn't even care that we were there. Shockwave just laid back down on the cage bottom and went back to sleep.
"Now," she said, pointing at all of us, "you're all next!"
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Trouble! Who's this new girl? Find out tomorrow!