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Chapter Two;
Failure

Shade sat on the sofa by the window, letting his head rest against the glass as he lazily watched the sun begin to rise and the people of Phenac start to go about their buisness. Reluctantly moving his head away from the glass, he turned to look at the young woman laying on the rest of the sofa beside him. Amy appeared to be in a deep sleep she wasn't about to wake up anytime soon from, even with Hikage making a new home on her side.

Rolling his eyes slightly, he returned his gaze back to the window, the nice act had surprised him, but most of all it was how Shade felt like he had to keep the girl close. And not just because she seemed unable to survive on her own. And it was proven as most of her things weren't with her anymore, as he remembered the dismay on her face once they had reached the Center after the mad dash over half the city. Her money, her phone, hell even a locket her mother had given to her was gone.

The red haired man snorted as he stared coldly out the windows. Something inside him said he should have done more then just knock them out.

A soft groan beside him alerted Shade to Amy waking up from her slumber. Turning and tilting his head slightly, the young man watched the younger female slowly pull herself from her deep sleep, hazel eyes cracking open and not really focusing on anything due to the absecence of her glasses.

Hikage complained about his bed waking up, but he quickly got off when Shade reached over and pushed the Umbreon off of Amy, who then shut up about the shove when he smelt the food his sister was eating and the Umbreon was off like a shot. This caused Shade to chuckle softly and mostly to himself as Amy pushed herself up, smoothing her clothes down and pulling her glasses on.

She then froze somewhat as her body caught up to her mind, and she gave a small cough to gain her compainion's attention as she glanced over at him. "Um .. Shade was it?"

"Yes,"

"Er ... where .. is the bathroom?" Amy asked and glanced down at the floor in an attempt to hide her embaresment, and only succeded in getting Shane's chuckle to evolve into soft laughter.

"Down the hall on the right, second door you come to on the left. Make sure to knock the door and then lock it. It's a unisex thing, as they're to cheap to get-" Shade halted when he realized that Amy was already gone, and seemed to have disappeared down the hall already. Chuckling again, Shade leaned back in the sofa and waited for Amy to return.

Several minutes passed and the young woman soon exited the hallway, she turned to walk over to Shade, and then a look of horror flitted over her features. Shade blinked, and glanced over to his right, and let out one hell of a string of swears as he was bowled over by a large red chicken blasting through the glass and bounding over him. Amy's scream tore through the air, startling trainers awake (not that there were many left to awake after the sound of breaking glass) and between one instant and the next, they were gone.

Almost snarling like a wild animal, Shade grabbed his pokebelt from the table and roared for Hikarge and Violet as he got to his feet and leapt through the window. Landing hard on his feet, he all but tore off Typhoon's pokeball and chucked it up into the air. Screaming the pokemon's name as a summons.

The Heavyball burst wide open, and a crack of red energy swirled out and unleashed the Pocket Monster into the air as the black and blue ball zoomed down towards Shade who caught it. "Typhoon, go after a fucking red and white fire chicken! And get the girl it stole! NOW!"

Typhoon shrieked and flapped his wings several times, annoyed he was called out to track down something, but the sound was the only voicing of disgust at being used as a hound as he swivled his head, caught sight of the Blaziken and left a sonic boom behind him as he took off.

Coughing and swatting sand away from his face, Shade turned and was about to follow on foot when three people in guady suits showed up. Hissing in rage and from the eyefull he caught, Shade pulled his visor down and glared at the trio that prevented him from moving on. "What do you want?" He demanded as Hikage and Violet stood near him growling.

The one in red laughed as his blue and green companions moved to box Shade in and the young man knew he was trapped, Hikage and Violet were strong, but against an all out assault he knew was most likely comming ... lets face it. Shade knew they weren't invincible.

"You're a troublesome fellow, but one that will easily be taken care of." Red suit tossed out along with two pokeballs. As did his fellows.

Shade's gaze snapped around as Hikage and Violet's grumblings became louder. A grimer, a Spoink. There was a ghost pokemon too, Shade thought it was a Haunter, he wasn't sure. Then the wierder pokemon appeared, for some reason he knew something was off about these three pokemon. One was blue, and crocodillian. Croconaw he identified somehow. The second, green, with two leaf like tails and a red belly, and also stood on hind legs was a Treecko, and the third .. damn the third was a Charmeleon.

And all seemed somehow .. stronger then the rest.

Shade felt like a trapped animal, and one about to be 'dealt' with.

Then a battle cry from two people sounded in the air. Or rather one yelling 'GANG WAY' and another screaming to be let go. The blue guy on Shade's right was suddenly shoved forward and two trainers, maybe ten and twelve years old at the most suddenly had appeared, and quickly the dragger was behind Shade, helping his fellow to stand, who happened to be a girl it seemed, and she complained. Loudly about this.

"Midori," the taller one said scolding almost, "We have to help, it's only right!"

"You're going to get us killed," 'Midori' moaned out as she grabbed two pokeballs from her waist as her travel partner did the same. But Shade wasn't complaining, "You two, take on blue and green. Chuckle boy is mine."

"Alright," Midori said before the young boy could reply, and looked over at him. "Alright Ashura, lets see what our pokemon can do!"

Ashura nodded, quickly throwing two pokeballs forward, "Ponyta, Raichu I choose you!" Ashura yelled as he went to take on the one with a Haunter and the Treecko. His partner Midori was going after the Croconaw and Spoink, chucking her two pokeballs forward, "Stantler, take down that piggy!" Midori demanded as the large deer type formed, then turned her attention towards the second pokeball, "Donphan, go after that Croconaw!"

Pulling his attention away from the help, Shade sent in his two pokemon, ignoring the smug look and surprised and pained yells behind him as the twin Eeveelutions charged forwards with battle cries, Violet attacked the Grimer without mercy as Hikage went to use a Bite attack on the fire lizard.

Only to have the fire pokemon kinda dodge to the left. And then it charged, heading straight for Shade, who could only yell in surprise as his pokemon cried out in horror as the Charmeleon dragged an arm back, claws glowing blood red and gold as it readied to use a Dragon Claw attack on Shade...

Typhoon snapped his wings through the air, eyes narrowed as he chased after the running Blaziken. He had followed it out of the town and was diving down to attack the fire pokemon when a blast of water came tearing up from the ground somewhere to Typhoon's right. Screaming in pain and anger, Typhoon swerved and pulled up out of the dive, hissing as the water soaked into his rock like skin.

Blue eyes narrowed as he swung around, spying that the human the Blaziken had been holding was now struggling against a white haired human. The Blaziken was withdrawn, but the Blastoise still was out and had both cannon barrels locked onto Typhoon. He roared in fury at being denied his reward he would have gotten for saving the girl before tearing off, back to Phenac. He was no match alone, and was not about to go on a suicide mission.

The Aerodactyl quickly gained hieght, using it to put distance between himself and the enemy behind him, then pulled out of the thermal he had used and headed for the city, to find his new 'trainer'.

Shade screamed in pain as the dragon type attack tore into him. He morbidly watched his blood fly up, and how it rained down on anything near him as he fell to the left, landing heavily on his side. Violet howled in fury as she charged, powering up a blast of psychic energy but the Haunter, who had been flitting around avoiding damage, appeared before Violet, and before the Espeon could react, and to Shade's horror, the pokemon had a Shadow Ball blasted right in her face. One yelp was all that escaped her, and Hikage roared, trying to go after the Haunter and Charmeleon. But he was downed quickly too, burns covering his body from the over powered Flamethrower from the cruel eyed Charmeleon. And as the lizard turned to face him, Shade knew he was about to die. And the pained cries and thuds behind him let Shade know that the foolish children that were trying to help him were about to die.

Shutting his eyes, Shade wondered if it would have been different if he had tried to get out of Snaggem sooner, but doubted it. Guessing he would have died sooner or later, Shade decided later was better then sooner as the Charmeleon yelled out in victory and the human could almost feel the heat of the flame going to hit him ...

And .. nothing happened.

A soft whicker filled the air, and Shade cracked an eye open, and found himself looking up at a glowing Ponyta that suddenly just exploded in a burst of light and energy, and standing before him now, was one hell of a Rapidash.

And Rapidash did not look happy.

Ears flattening against his skull, the stallion horse all but screamed bloody murder at the opponents and pokemon. And charged like a firey streak.

It doesn't have to be told that the horse succeded in running them all off, but when the horse came back the pokemon almost spooked at what landed heavily onto the ground infront of Shade. Blue eyes almost darkened to blackas the Aerodactyl snorted at the smell of blood in his nostrils, and gently nudged Shane, ignoring how red streaks were left on his muzzle. A soft 'Aeroooa' escaped the Pteradactly pokemon and Shade slumped bonelessly to the ground, not trying to get up. It didn't take a genious to guess what the Aerodactyl had said.

And nor was Typhoon the only one with a bitter taste in his mouth as Shade let himself fall into the darkness and blameless shadows that sleep offered now.

To be continued in;
Chapter Three: Recovery