YA! Chapter 8 up! I think you guys will enjoy this chapter alot, espically if you like romantic scenes!
Chapter 8: Blades of Freedom
Kaylsta felt herself coming out of unconiousness after trying for what felt like years to awaken. She forced open her eyes and had to blink several times before her vision returned to normal. She layed there a moment as all her senses came back to her; the smell of blood and rotting flesh; the taste of blood in her own mouth; the sight of the ceiling above her; the feeling...of fur against her side? Kaylsta slowly sat up, but that didn't keep her from the dizziness that hit her immediatly. She groaned and closed her eyes, and felt the fur against her move in response. She didn't have time to open her eyes before she heard a gasp.
"Kaylsta!" said an erriely familar voice beside her. She ignored the dizziness at that voice and opened her eyes, looking over and felt something rise in her chest.
"Regal!" she cried, getting ready to embrace him before she figured out he still had the collar on. With a happy jolt, she transformed into a Houndour and bit the collar off. Together, they transformed in their human forms and embraced one another.
Kaylsta didn't know if Regal was shedding tears like her, but right now she didn't care. She sobbed as she hugged him, causing him to hug tighter.
"Kaylsta, you're okay," Regal said, just barely over a whisper. Kaylsta knew he was crying then, and once she figured that out, she felt something wet fall on her shoulder.
"Regal," she sobbed, digging her face into his shoulder. "You have no idea how much I've missed you."
"I know, Kaylsta," he replied quietly, digging his own face into her shoulder, hugging her tighter. "Believe me, I know,"
They stood like that a few moments longer, both not wanting to let go of the other, that was, until they remembered the others. They slowly let go of one another and stared in each others tear-stained face before turning around and looking at the others. Blood was seeping from each of them. Kaylsta felt a bomb drop in her stomach as she hurried toward Kamlyn and Regal toward Kane.
Kaylsta reached down to the PokeMorphs face, and when she touched it it was ice cold. Her eyes were staring lifelessly at Kaylsta, as if begging her to help her. Kaylsta sobbed once before getting on her knees and closing her friends eyes, never to open them again. She lowered her head in sadness before getting up and looking at Regal, who was also bowed. She lowered her eyes and squezzed her fists together. They would pay. They killed her two...no, three friends with their cruel dark Pokemon and they almost got away with killing Regal. Kaylsta would not let that happen again.
When Regal finally stood up, he looked at Kaylsta with sadness in his eyes as he shook his head. "He didn't make it," he said, looking down. Kaylsta walked over and placed a gentle hand on Regal's shoulder and they both went to Frollo's body.
When they reached down to touch his face though, his was warm, not icy cold like Kamlyn's or Kane's. He...was alive. Kaylsta almost jumped with joy as she watched the slow rise and fall of his chest.
"He's...he's alive," Regal gasped, glancing over at Kaylsta in shock and happiness. Kaylsta gazed back at him, eyes sparkling and nodded. When she looked back down at Frollo, he was moving and grunting. Kaylsta got on her knees and placed a hand on Frollo's shoulder.
"Frollo," she said gently. His eyelids fluttered once before they opened. He shook his head, as if he couldn't get his vision back. But, after a moment, he sat up and looked at Regal with disbelief.
"You're...you're alive?" he whispered hoarsely. Regal grinned and hugged his friend, patting him on the back.
"Either that or I'm a ghost," he chuckled. Frollo grinned and they looked dismayed as he looked at the bodies of Kamlyn and Kane.
"They're...they're dead...aren't they?" he asked quietly, as if not wanting to disturb the dead. Grimly, Kalysta and Regal nodded. Frollo lowered his head in sadness.
"It's a shame," he said, closing his eyes. "First, he controlled Aranel with that collar, forcing her to attack us, causing her and almost Regal's death. Then, he attacked us with his dark, shadowy Pokemon and killed two more of our friends!" Frollo opened his eyes, determination showing like a diamond. "Zhou will pay!" he growled, standing up.
Kaylsta and Regal grinned in spite of the situation and stood up as well. Together, they nodded their heads in respect for their passed friends before walking out and going down the hallway. They had to hurry to get out, for they all smelt Shadow One's not far behind. They quickened their pace...and finally they made it to the end of the train. Their hearts were heavy with grief, yet lighter now that they had found the exit. Kaylsta led the way to the door, Regal next followed by Frollo. They slowly made their way toward the door and Kaylsta placed her hand on it. Hearts leaping and hammering with excietment at finally seeing the outside world, Kaylsta opened the door, and the sunlight broke through the dark train. They squinted, and watched the world pass by as the train continued it's journey, oblivious that the PokeMorphs had either died or gotten away. Kaylsta felt happiness beyond any measure as the sunlight warmed her. That was, until she heard a chuckled behind them.
"Well, well, well," growled Spectrum, Master Zhou's right-hand Houndour. He was still scratched up from the previous fight. He smirked at the trio. "Look what trash escaped." He growled and stepped closer, Kaylsta, Frollo, and Regal glaring at the Pokemon. "You know it's not nice to disobey the master, let alone attack him. Now, you must be punished...by me!" The Houndour sneered and leapt.
Kaylsta felt time slow down as she thought of what to do. Frollo and Regal were staring at the nearing Houndour, panic mixed with courage across their face. They were tired. They couldn't battle another battle. She did the only thing she thought would work.
"Jump off!" she shouted, pushing them out the door. Regal, looking uncertain but having no other choice, leapt out, Kaylsta and Frollo not knowing if he made it or not. Frollo jumped out next and Kaylsta followed. But, before her whole body could get out the door, she felt sharp fangs snap across her right leg, and she cried out as fell foward. Her face hit the side of the train as she was danagling by her leg from the Houndour's fangs. She could feel him smirking, gloating at his catch. She watched the train wheels under her blow sparks and crunch rocks on the tracks as they squealed. She closed her eyes in horror, seeing the scene of her falling to her death under the sharp wheels of the train.
"Kaylsta!" she heard Regal scream. She opened her eyes and looked up, glancing with tearfilled eyes at Regal who was staring in horror at her. But she could do nothing but scream out his name.
"Regal!" she screamed, feeling the Houndour's fangs loosen as it prepared to drop her. She screamed as she fell from the Pokemon's grasp, falling foward and she watched her life and her death play inside her closed eyelids.
But she didn't fall to her death under the sharp wheels. Something caught her, just before she hit the tracks, and threw her away from them. She screamed as she fell with a thud to the ground, rolling down the hill. She stopped not far away from the train, panting and gasping.
"Kaylsta!" she heard Regal and Frollo scream in unsion. She gasped and opened her eyes, seeing them above her. The sunlight was above her as well. She leaned up and panted, looking around. She was alive. She was outside and not held captive.
"Oh, God, Kaylsta, you're alive!" Regal cried as she threw her arms around him. She was sobbing, and the dream from what seemed like so long ago came rushing back to her as Regal put his arms around her. She wasn't sobbing in fear or pain though. These were tears of joy; Joy that she thought she would never have.
"Regal, we're free!" she laughed, letting go of him and looking at the direction in which she was thrown from. "But...what saved me?" Regal looked up and shook his head, hugging her.
"I don't know, and it doesn't matter. You're safe." Kaylsta wouldn't have felt as happy if those words had come from someone else.
Whoa, they are finally off the train! XD YA! What's in store for them now?
Narrator: Will they be tracked down?
Me: coughduhcough
Narrator: Will they survive?
Me:0.o
Narrator: Will they love each other forever?
Me: 0.0
Narrator: Will they have -
Me: NO! NONE OF THAT! O.O
