A/N: Whoop! Whoop! Installement number 'leven! ^_^
Disclaimer: Why do I keep adding this? Maybe I just need it to fill space, or maybe I have some other reason, and it actually has a hidden message within it telling you to read my story. Well, it could actually mean I don't own Pokèmon, but, that would be just pain boring if I just said that wouldn't it?
Honesty
I didn't have to do what he told me to do, I just felt I had to. Ember, you never did, but, please, promise me you'll get out of here alive? Don't any of you do what I did. Do what you think is right, not what he tells you to do. – reflection by Chrysies.
Jale carried Ember to his own room, having no idea of anywhere else he could take her. It was a plain, average room, nothing important. It had a desk, a wardrobe, a bed and a few drawers. It was small and simple. He sat at his desk, his head folded on his arms, eyes closed. Ember lay on his bed, the blanket draped over her. The long, golden left ear twitched slightly as she awoke, peering around the room. Sitting up quickly, she looked around, spotting Jale at his desk.
"Jale? Are you awake?"
His head lifted slowly, eyes looking at her sleepily. "Huh? Oh, it's you Ember. Are you ok?"
"I'm fine" she replied in her silky voice, her red gaze focused on him as he sat up in his chair. "What, what was that, that thing in that room with Chrysies and Bret?"
Jale sighed, rising from his chair and falling next to her. "Ember, I have something important to tell you, but please, don't be angry, or upset"
She looked at him, blinking slowly
"What is it?"
"You, Bret, Chrysies and the others were created, not only to see if you could be created, but to fight"
"Fight? What do you mean?"
"A man, named Giovanni is funding this research. The Professor is in it only for the money and the knowledge. He doesn't care what happens to you all in the long run. He doesn't care if some of you die, or even if you survive"
Her red eyes stared at him, shocked at what he was saying "You mean, that I might die?"
He nodded slowly, a tear running down his cheek "It might happen the way the tests are conducted. He'll not only have you do the one you were in not long ago, but others. One's that will make you so weak you won't be able to stand."
She swallowed hard, looking at him in silence.
"Please, Ember, I don't want him to do anything to you, none of you, it's hurting me too"
"But your not being forced to attack your friends"
He nodded "I know, I'm being forced to put you and your friends through those tests"
She stood up, looking down at him "You mean your going to be putting me through more of those things! Jale, how can you do this to me!?"
He couldn't bring himself to look up at her "No. After what I did to get you out of there, I don't think I'll be allowed to stay here any longer. I'll be discharged, unable to see you ever again"
Sighing, she sat back down again "You mean your going to leave me alone here? To suffer my fate?"
"I wish it was different Ember, I so wish you weren't what you were, and I wasn't whom I am. But that world doesn't work like that." He placed his hand atop of her's, clasping his fingers around her own long, slender fingers "I so wish I didn't feel the way I do, but I can't stop myself"
Meanwhile, else where in the research facility;
"Asel, you have to understand, you have to go through it so we know how strong you really are!"
"Thanatos! How can you say it will show you how strong I am if I felt like I was going to die in there!?"
"You'll get stronger! Trust me, you will"
"How can I trust my own brother when he puts me through such, such torture!?" Asel shouted, turning away from the man who used to be her brother
"But Asel, it's necessary!"
"Necessary!? Necessary!?" she growled, lowering her head, her ears dropping.
Walking up behind her, he lay his hand gently upon her shoulder. Growling, she shrugged it off again, walking towards the window, placing metals claws against the glass, looking at her own reflection "As far as I'm concerned now, your no longer my brother"
Thanatos sighed, turning and looking towards the door. Opening it, he exchanged a few words with the women standing outside. Nodding, they walked inside and took hold of Asel's arms, leading her out of the room
"Good bye sister, for the last time, this time" he said quietly as the three left the room.
They lead Asel along the corridor where she had walked before, and into the female Pokèmorphs room. Leaving her inside, they slammed the door shut and walked off. She looked around at the others inside. The human-like girl was sleeping, so was Chrysies. Circe sat, staring out of the window at the moon. The Meganium girl was leaning with her back against the wall, braiding her long green hair. Asel looked at each in turn, then headed over to the bed in the far right corner, opposite the bed Ember had sat upon a few hours ago
"Where's Ember?"
"I don't know" chirped Circe, she was taken away to be tested on several hours ago.
"They're probably put her through so much, she died" came the Meganium's voice.
"Don't be so negative Amoura, I'm sure she's fine" Asel told the girl.
Amoura nodded slowly, still braiding her green locks "Just saying what I thought"
"She's still alive" came the human-like girl's voice. She obviously wasn't asleep. "She was taken from the room she was being tested in. That's why Chrys came back so soon, and not as weakened as she would have been if the test had been completed"
"How is she?" Asel asked, looking over at the sleeping female
"Very tired" Circe said, looking away from the window. "She just needs to rest"
Asel nodded, looking over at the sleeping hybrid.
"I wonder which is left in the tank?" Amoura said, tossing the long braid behind her back "There are eight of us, and so far, I've only met six"
"One" came the girl's voice again, her pink ears twitching slightly
"But, where's the other then?" questioned Amoura
"She's coming now"
Sure enough, the door opened, a female wheeled a young girl inside. She looked very tired, and very weak. Lifted from the wheel chair, she was placed on the last remaining bed, leaving Ember's empty still, then left, taking the wheelchair with her. Asel looked over at the girl
"A Raichu..." she muttered.
The human-ish hybrid nodded "Yes. She's the one that has been screaming. Her powers have been shocking those of you that has been subjected to the 'shock tests'. She's very weak right now, and they'll start it all over again when she's strong enough"
Asel looked at her sleeping form. She had long brown ears, the very tips curling under slightly. She had a light orange fur the covered her body, except for the white fur that covered her chest. Her tail was long and black, the end was a yellow lightning shape though. She had a yellow spot on each cheek, although the had a red mark over them were something had been pushed against her skin for a very long time. Two light brown stripes ran across her back. Her hands and feet were also covered in fur of the same colour.
"The poor girl" Asel muttered, rising from her bed and walking over to the Raichu Anthro. Sighing, she pulled the blanket over her bruised body. "She must have been through a lot to be subjected to that for an entire day"
"She's in immense pain" came the soft, knowledgeable voice of the strange human-like hybrid girl. "More than we can ever imagine"
Back in Jale's room;
Ember watched Jale in silence. He still held her hand in his, gently running the fingers of his other hand over her furred wrist.
"Ember, I have to be honest with you. I have to tell you now before I leave you, but..."
"But what Jale? Your not gonna tell me anything else about the torture I'm gonna be suffering here are you?"
He looked up at her, shaking his head slowly. Deep blue eyes fell into Ember's blood red. Every time Ember looked into his eyes, she seemed to feel safe. Safer than she did when he held her. He let go of her hand, lifting his own to tuck some of her golden hair behind her ear, brushing his hand over her cheek when he pulled his hand away.
"It's very important, especially to me"
"What is it Jale?" she asked softly in her silky voice.
His hands lifted, clasping gently beneath her jaw. Slowly, her brought her head closer to his, pressing his lips against her's in a soft, gentle kiss. Ember felt a strange sensation running down her spine, and her eyes closed slowly. A hand lifted gradually, and placed itself calmly upon his shoulder.
'I feel like I'm melting. I feel like, it feels like...I don't know what it feels like, I can't explain it' Ember thought to herself as he kissed her
'Then that is how love feels Ember. Something no one can explain' came a voice in her head [A/N: guess who it is!]
'I love him! I love him! But, what did he do?'
'That Ember, was a kiss. A true love kiss'
'A kiss...'
He pulled away from her, letting his hands fall
"I, err, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do that Ember. I'm so sorry"
She opened her eyes, looking at him, a slight smile spreading across her lips "I know what it feels like now. I understand"
The Ninetales hybrid threw her arms around him. He was a bit confused at her words, but when her arms came around him, he smiled, wrapping his own around her.
"Don't leave me Jale. You can't leave me to suffer all that" She looked up at him, still holding her arms around him in an embrace. "Please..."
Tears rolled down his cheeks, and he buried his face into her golden locks. He could say what she wanted him to say. He'd risked his occupation for her, and by tomorrow, he will of lost it. He lifted one hand, placing it behind her head. A he breathed in deeply, smelling her hair. She smelt of innocence and beauty. Soon though, that will be gone and all that would be left would be a battered and bruised shell. But, for now, he allowed himself to be pulled into the moment, embracing her in his arms, hoping that the moment would never end, yet knowing, when the morning came, he'd never see her again.
A/N: Awww...sad, soppy, and totally mushy. Don't you just love stories like this? (excuse the bad pun)
R&R as always! Nice ones get me to write more