Chapter 10: All In the Family
Phil now discovered that he hated teleporting. He also discovered that he had eaten enough in the woods to puke a lot.
"Chill out, man. It wasn't that bad." Skye said to the keeled over Phil.
When Phil was finished with his convulsions, and has taken a moment's breather, Skye turned to the cave which was in the rock face of the newly teleported-to location. "Follow me." He said. Both Phil and Jenna walked in. More thunder crashed
Skye turned on a lantern once inside. "Phil, here's my pad." He shook himself dry of the rain.
"Hey! Do that on you're own time!" Phil said, holding up his arms to block the water from going into his face.
"Sorry." Skye said. "Let me get another hammock up."
Skye walked over to a chest in the corner. Jenna turned to Phil.
"Phil, I've been meaning to ask, how did you get here?"
"Well," Phil started, but then stopped. He didn't know. "I don't know." He said.
"Good." Jenna said, laughing, "I thought it was just me."
"What do you mean?" Skye asked, eavesdropping on the conversation.
"Skye, do you mind?" Phil asked sternly.
"Sorry, but these ears aren't just for looks, you know."
Phil turned back to Jenna. "How did Skye find you?"
"I just woke up in the forest." Jenna said, "And Skye was there, and he helped me."
"Whoa," Phil said, "That was almost like me. I woke up in a dungeon."
"A dungeon?"
"Yeah, east of Hyrule."
"Hyrule?" Jenna asked, "What's Hyrule doing on this world?"
"Umm. . ." Phil started, "I take it the mixed worlds theory isn't a fact."
"The what?"
"The theory that all video game worlds are on one planet, or one solar system."
"You and your internet friends really don't have any life, do you?"
"Well, just in case something like this did happen. . . but anyway, if Hyrule isn't part of this world, then what is it doing east of a wasteland?"
"I don't know."
"I don't either. But the only thing to do now is get some rest."
"One thing, Phil."
"Now your starting. Every time I've tried to end a conversation tonight, they want to know something else. What?"
"I'm sorry, I just want to know where you got the sword."
"It was in my hand when I woke up."
"Oh. Ok." Jenna seemed particularly fulfilled."
"Goodnight."
Phil walked over to where Skye was nailing up the hammock for Phil.
"So, Phil, why are you still wearing shades even though it's dark outside already?"
"I don't like to go around telling people."
"You can tell me."
"Well," Phil said, a bit concerned, "Since I'm probably going to be staying with you from now, I'll show you." Phil took off his sunglasses.
"Oh." Skye said, as Phil placed them back into position. "I can see why."
"Yeah. Not everyone is comfortable around a person with yellow eyes."
Skye finished nailing up the third hammock, which Phil promptly climed into. "Night, Skye."
Another flash of thunder woke up Phil. What time was it, he didn't know, but another flash lit up the cave. Skye's hammock was empty.
Phil climbed up out of the cave into the rain. A streetlight was on about twenty yards away, so he could see clearly. He was surprised to see Skye outside, practicing fighting moves. He was attacking nothing, just practicing moves. He seemed to be highly skilled.
Skye stopped and turned around to see Phil. "Phil!" He said, but had no time to continue, as there was some obvious sounds of twig snapping a few feet away. A kid was walking toward Skye.
"What the. . ." Skye said.
"Big bro." The little kid said, "I want you to be mine."
"What?" Phil said from the cave quiet enough for only Skye to hear.
"You'll be perfect for my team." The kid continued.
"Look, Charlie, I don't know what ideas Mom and Dad put into your head, But I'm not coming willingly, if that's what you're thinking."
"Why not?" Charlie yelled, "You're just a pokémon!"
"I am more than a pokémon." Skye said diligently, "I am both human and pokémon. No human can own another, even if he is part pokémon."
"Let's see what this great ball thinks."
Skye gasped. Charlie had been holding a poké ball earlier. When did he get that great ball?
Charlie threw the ball at Skye with amazing speed. "Great ball, go!"
"NO!" Skye yelled, unable to dodge quickly enough. He closed his eyes, expecting to get captured any moment, but instead heard a slashing sound.
"Wha. . . Phil!" Skye said opening his eyes. Phil interfered with his sword, cutting the ball in half.
"What say we do this the fair way, kid?" Phil said.
"Fair way?" Charlie yelled, "But he should be mine!" He took out another great ball.
"Thanks," Skye said to Phil quietly, "But I don't think that will stop him."
The Charlie drew a second great ball.
"Oh, no." Phil said.
Skye sighed with defeat.
"Great balls, go!" Charlie yells, throwing both of them at Skye.
Phil jumped and slashed at both of them again with blinding speed. He looked on the ground. . . but only one was broken. . . the other had taken Skye's place. Oh no!
"Ha ha!" Charlie yelled, "You next!"
"Wha?" Phil started, "I'm not a pokémon! I'm not even a hybrid!"
"Mom always said that people who help hybrids are just like them!"
Phil, noting the kid's incompetence, stood diligently.
"Great ball," Charlie yelled, "Go!"
The ball struck Phil. Nothing happened.
"Huh?"
"Don't believe everything you're told, kid!" Phil picked up the ball with Skye in it.
"You can't have that! He's mine!" Charlie yelled, running up to it. Phil kicked him down.
"He's not yours. He's his own."
"Is everything alright?" came a voice.
Phil turned his head. "Jenna! Get back in the cave immediately!"
"TWO hybrids?" Charlie said in surprise, "This is my lucky night!"
"You really don't know the meaning of the word, 'defeat', do you?" Phil said to Charlie.
Charlie took out another great ball.
Jenna gasped. "Oh, no!" Charlie said 'two hybrids'. Skye wasn't in the cave or out here. . .
"Jenna! Run!" Phil yelled.
"Great ball. . ." Charlie was interrupted by a poké ball smacking his forehead. "Ow!" He yelled.
The ball opened in a flash of light. "Porrrygon!"
"Huh?" Charlie said, then turned to Phil. Phil had thrown the ball.
"A pokémon battle you want? You can have it!" Charlie yelled, throwing down a pokéball from his belt. In a flash of light, another pokémon appeared. "Charmander!" the charmander yelled.
"Charmander, use ember!"
"Char!"
"Stop!" Jenna said, surprising both Phil and Charlie. Jenna ran up to the charmander, Who didn't look very good, probably because of the rain, but even more because of bad training.
Then to the infinite surprise of both Phil and Charlie, Jenna crouched down and started talking to the charmander. In Pikachu.
"Pika pika chu pika?"
"Char. Charmander char."
"Chu pika? Pika chu pika pika?"
"Char. . . Mander char mand charmander."
"Pika Chu Chu pika chu."
"Mander?"
Jenna turned to Phil. "Phil, open Skye's ball."
"I can't, it won't open for me."
"Then use force."
"Right." Phil threw the great ball that held Skye up in the air, and as it came down, and slashed it in two with his sword. Skye appeared in a flash of red light. He looked thoroughly horrified.
"Charmander?" The charmander asked.
"Rai." Skye said to him, "Chu rai rai chu. Rai chu chu rai. Chu rai chu rai rai."
"Charmander!" said, tuning to Charlie, "Char char?"
"I can't understand a word of this!" Charlie said, backing up, "Charmander, use ember!"
"Char char!" It insisted.
"He wants to know why you're being a ruthless dictator." Skye said.
"Huh?"
"I'll rephrase myself," Skye said mockingly, "And I'll use small words so you can understand. You have been treating him like a slave. You don't feed him, you don't heal him, you don't love him!"
"That's not what a pokémon is for!"
"Oh?" Skye asked, "Then why is it that Charmander feels differently?"
"I. . ." Charlie started, but then looked down at charmander. It was clearly mad. Even in the rain, it's tail flame grew brighter.
"Charmander! I order you to use ember!" Charlie yelled.
"Rai chu rai!" Skye said.
"What?" Charlie asked, but Charmander had already swept it's tail flame at Charlie.
"Ow!" Charlie yelled, "Charmander! Listen to me!"
"Raichu rai."
"Charmander!" Charmander turned and walked towards Jenna.
"Charmander, return!"Charlie said, holding up the poké ball. It was knocked out of his hands. "Huh?"
"Porygon!" Phil's porygon yelled.
"NO!" Charlie yelled, "It's not fair!" He turned and ran.
"After him!" Phil yelled.
Charlie ran down the street. It was obvious he was not going to get what he wanted, at least for now. He would return one day, and then the raichu hybrid would be his. And that pikachu hybrid, too. The loss of charmander was only a small setback. He still had plenty of great balls that he stole from the small shop down the road.
"Stop!" a voice called.
That guy Phil had stepped out in front of him.
"No!" Charlie yelled, turning around, only to run into his raichu brother.
"You heard the man." Skye said.
"I won't!" Charlie yelled, turning around again, only to run into that pikachu hybrid.
"Won't listen, eh?"
"What do you want?" Charlie yelled, surrounded.
"You know what we want." Skye said, "You aren't getting away to just come back again with more pokémon."
"But you're just pokémon!" Charlie yelled.
"I am not a pokémon!" Skye said.
"We are hybrids." Jenna finished.
"Hybrids are to have theier own free will, just as humans." They both said at the same time.
"Stop it!" Charlie yelled, "You're scaring me!"
"That's what we intended to do." Phil said, "And. . . Jenna, Skye, Thunderbolt."
"No!" Charlie yelled.
Pain shot through Charlie in the form of electricity. His screams filled the air.
Charlie collapsed on the ground.
"What should we do with him?" Phil asked.
"Let's drop him in the middle of the forest." Skye suggested.
"Then what?" Jenna asked, "He'll be more determined than ever to get rid of us!"
Suddenly Charlie's body started glowing a white tint.
"What's happening?" Phil and Jenna said at the same time.
Skye's eyes widened. "This will work even better." He said in astonishment, "He's becoming a hybrid."
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