Welcome to another chapter my fellow readers. Well this chap is a little different from the others in a way but I'll let you read it yourself to figure it out. I'd also like to apologize because someone pointed out that I was spoiling things in the author note's and I guess I wasn't paying attention on what I knew VS what the reader knows. So to those of you who hate spoilers I apologize and I did clean out some of the spoilers in the author note's. Anyways it'd be cool if I could get some feed back on this chapter. Thanks for reading.

Chapter 38: Naomi and Stark

Point of View Stark, one year ago

I was now walking sluggishly down a hallway in a hideout me and my trainer choose to hold out in while we avoided the police and anyone who could turn us in. We were now hiding out in a scrap yard that was forgotten about years ago. I was now inside the poorly designed crappy office they built in this Mew forsake scrap yard. After I finished walking down the hallway I came into the small lobby of the office we were hiding in. It was a normal run down office. There was a worn out wooden desk in the middle of the room along with a computer that outlived all the dinosaurs in this world. In the corner was a plant that died long ago and in the left corner was magazine stand that held many untouched magazines.

I was now getting ready to finally leave on an errand to get supplies to help us hold out while the police looked for us for the next few weeks. I looked out through the glass windows which were now boarded up with rotten wood and outside I could see rain pouring down on the ground. The area outside was completely flooded and I couldn't say I was looking forward to getting wet and muddy out there. I then looked up at a clock and saw that it was late afternoon. I then let out a deep sigh as I began to walk towards the door so I could begin my errand for my trainer.

"Are you leaving already Star" I heard a feminine voice call out from behind me.

I didn't bother to look back towards the voice and instead I could feel slight annoyance accumulating inside of me "I thought I told you to not call me Star, its Stark" I then said back to the pokemon behind. The most annoying thing someone ever called me was Star and all she did was remove the K in my name.

"Yeah yeah I know, when do you think you'll be back" she then asked.

"Hopefully by nightfall, it may take a while if I have to take the back roads" I then replied as I turned back to see an umbreon sitting behind me. The umbreon stared at me with a small smirk on her face. She appeared to be a normal umbreon, black fur and yellow rings. The only thing that separated her from other umbreon's was her slim body and the fact she was a couple inches shorter than the average umbreon, she was scrawny umbreon although her lack in size was easily accommodated for with her compassionate and strong spirited personality which made her rather interesting compared to other's.

"Would you like me to help out" The umbreon that went by the name I knew as Naomi asked.

"It's too dangerous, besides I wouldn't want you risking yourself for someone as low as our trainer" I said as I thought of the horrible man we were forced to work for. For so long I just wished I could kill the monster and at least do something right with my life for once.

"It's not Jack I'm worried about, it's you" Naomi then replied as she walked up next to me "Now let's go" she said as she led the way.

"Hey why don't you just think about this for a second" I then said as I attempted to hold out a paw to stop her but she was already walking out the door by the time I responded.

I didn't bother to resist what she wanted since I really didn't mind her company and honestly I have been lonely lately especially with all the grim stuff going on around me and her company always made me happy. I then made my way outside and the first thing I noticed was the ice cold rain that soaked my white fur. I then let out a groan of annoyance as my body slightly shivered from the cold substance.

I observed my surroundings outside to make sure no one was watching us. The scrap yard had piles of scrap metal stacked on top of each other and a few junk cars here and there. The place also happened to reeked like a sewer and I could honestly say it wasn't pleasant since umbreon's have sensitive noses compared to humans.

"Are you coming" Naomi yelled as she looked back at me "Or are you finally dropping the badass act" Naomi said with a smile. I then looked at her for a second as I took in her joke. A smile then found its way on my face as I ran towards Naomi so I could catch up to her. Naomi was a good pokemon and I really wish she could have had a better life than with someone like me and Jack. Although I couldn't say I was complaining, I did enjoy having her around and if there was anyone I had feelings for on this planet it would be for her.

"So how long do you think we're going to have to be hiding" Naomi asked me as she made eye contact.

"Could be a couple weeks to a month, assuming we don't do anything to piss off the police more" I then said as I simulated plans through my head.

"Hey Star" Naomi said with that annoying nick name she gave me.

"Huh" I replied trying my hardest to ignore the nick name.

"Why don't we just leave Jack" she then asked.

"Leave" I questioned as I pondered everything that could go wrong.

"Me and you we can leave Jack" Naomi said in a desperate voice.

I then let out a sad sigh "It doesn't work like that, he's got trackers in us and on top of that he's an expert at tracking and he'd travel across the world just to kill us if we pissed him off like that" I then said as I destroyed the umbreon's hopes of freedom and living a normal life, which was something I took no pleasure in.

"What if we go out into the middle of nowhere, or always stay on the move… I don't care just anywhere away from him" The umbreon said eagerly as a tear began to flow out of her eye.

I then stopped walking and grabbed Naomi and pulled her into a hug "Don't worry" I then said in a calm voice.

Naomi didn't agree with me and instantly shoved me away "How can you say that" she then yelled in anger.

Naomi then looked at me with an angry glare "Look at us and what we've done Stark, were going to burn in Hell for what Jacks made us do and you tell me not to worry" Naomi yelled as more tears escaped her eyes.

I knew exactly how she felt and for a long time I felt the same about my life, but after a while killing just became something that didn't affect me "Sorry but I lost faith in Heaven and Hell long ago… I doubt such things exist so I can't fear it" I then replied as I looked away from her.

"It doesn't matter about your beliefs, look what that monster's made us become do you think this is normal or have you lost perspective of right and wrong!"

"Of course I know that…" I said as I tried to really think of how I felt and how Jack would want me to feel.

"Every pokemon and person you kill it takes you further and further away from who you want to be, do you want to die a murderer or do you want to live a free life where you don't have to wake up and wonder if it's your last day alive" Naomi said as tears continued down her eyes "Please Stark I can't do this without you and you're the only pokemon I feel like I can trust anymore" Naomi said as the tears continued to come out of her crimson eyes and roll down her cheeks.

I then walked back up to Naomi and pulled the crying umbreon into another hug and this time she didn't fight me "Alright… I'll come up with a plan but it'll have to be executed perfectly."

Naomi then looked up at me and her tears finally stopped "You'll run away with me" Naomi said in a cheerful voice.

"Only if you'll follow my plan" I said.

"Okay I promise" Naomi replied with a big smile forming on her face "What your plan" she then asked.

I then let her go and I took a few steps back "We'll get Jack's supplies so he's happy and doesn't need us. After that we'll make our run. But somehow we'll have to get our tracker chips out of us" I said.

"Okay that doesn't sound too bad" Naomi said.

"Yeah well if anything goes wrong or someone finds out were dead" I then said as I began having second thoughts on my impulsive decision.

"I don't care I'd rather die than to continue being a murderer for a monster like Jack" Naomi said with a serious voice that showed she was serious.

"Alright then let's finish our errand" I then said as a smile found itself back onto my face.

We eventually made our way into Luminose city and Naomi and I were now taking every alley possible as we tried our hardest to stay out of busy areas. Eventually we made our way into an ally with a shady looking man with a leather jacket on along with some leather pants to match. The man also had sunglasses on and had dark blonde hair that was very spiky and there was no doubt in my mind that this guy mastered the art of looking like a try hard douche.

Naomi and I continued to walk towards the shady man in the ally "Yo are you J's pokemon" the shady man called out in a deep voice that sounded fake and was obvious he was trying to sound tough. I just rolled my eyes at the douche and gave a nod to indicate we were Jack's pokemon.

"Kay just be sure dat that betch pay's up yo" the man said with as my brain cell committed suicide from his lack of proper English. The man then grabbed two big garbage bags that were obviously full of food and supplies and he threw them towards us.

"Great glad you came now" I said to Naomi as I walked towards the supplies and bit down on the garbage bag and started dragging it. Naomi followed my lead and began pulling the other bag of supplies as we slowly made our way back to our trainer.

It was now dark and we were finally managing to get the bags back to Jack. The office was now in sight and the rain was now pouring down and it was obvious that a storm was beginning to form as we heard thunder in the distance. After a few minutes of slowly dragging the bag's towards the hideout I heard a gunshot go off from inside the office. Naomi and I both stopped walking for a second and looked at each other and we both then began sprinting towards the hideout at full speed.

Once I reached the door I stopped and held up my paw to tell Naomi to stop moving. I then slowly opened the glass door and I walked in the dark building. I was now in the lobby and the only thing that was illuminating the room was the light on the ceiling which was flickering on and off rapidly.

Naomi followed really close to me but made sure to stay out of my way since I was better at this stuff than her. I eventually made my way towards the left towards the hallway and I began walking down the hallway slowly. Once I reached the end there was a door which led to the room Jack was staying in. Inside the room I could hear the sound of classical music faintly playing in the background which gave me an uneasy feeling.

I extended my paw and slowly pushed the door open. The first thing I noticed when I opened the door was a police officer lying face down in a pool of blood. There was not even the slightest doubt in my mind that he was dead. I then walked into the room a little more and to the right of the room was Jack sitting in a chair clenching a bullet wound in his shoulder. Jack was now wearing a black trench coat and a mobster hat on his head. Jack sat their clenching the bullet wound for a few seconds until he eventually got up and walked towards his luggage bag which was on the bed he slept on. On the night stand next to him was a radio that was playing classical music, which was something Jack seemed to like for some odd reason.

"Well shit I did it again, and the bastard called for backup" Jack said as he began to look through his luggage.

"The thing is though, he didn't confirm which one of us was here" Jack said as he took out a red scarf and wrapped it around his neck.

"And what is that supposed to mean" I asked even though he couldn't understand.

"Well someone has to stay behind and throw the cops off" Jack then said as he walked over towards the dead police officer. I then felt anger consume me because he would consider using us as bait so he could get away and continue living a decent life off out suffering.

My thought was then distracted as Jack looked over to Naomi "Hey why don't you stay behind and me and Stark will scope out the next area to hide at" Jack said as he put on some leather gloves and began searching the dead police officer's belongings and he eventually settled for the police officers hand gun.

Jack then looked back at Naomi who looked at him with rebellious eyes. Jack then gave Naomi a death glare and Naomi's strong glare was soon replaced with fear as she held her head low and looked away "I'm not asking you, I'm telling you" Jack said in a cold voice.

Naomi then snapped out of her fear and nodded her head at Jack in a no gesture. Jack's eyes instantly lit up with rage as he death stared the female umbreon. I just stood there not really knowing what to do.

I then made a logical choice and I shrouded my right paw in a dark aura as I began creeping up on Jack to kill the unsentimental bastard. "Stark don't" Naomi then cried out.

"If you kill him your no better than him" Naomi said towards me. Jack then looked behind himself and saw me standing behind him as I got in the position to kill him. Jacks eyes instantly widened as he saw me getting ready to kill him.

"You bitch" Jack yelled out as he sent a kick towards me faster than I could make a move. The kick struck me between the eyes and sent me crashing into the wall as my vision became blurry from the attack. I then stood up with my blurry vision and I made out Jack pointing his gun at me.

Jack then fired a shot towards me and I felt a bullet penetrate my chest and I instantly coughed up blood and my mouth had a thick metallic taste now. I could now feel myself struggling to breathe as I tried to bare the pain from my wound and I then fell onto the ground as I tried to cling to consciousness.

"To bad I thought you were resourceful, but now you can be my get away ticket" Jack said as he pointed the gun towards my head. I then heard the gun make a clicking noise as he pulled back the hammer on the gun and he pulled the trigger and the silent air of the room was interrupted by the loud noise of a gun shooting. Before the bullet could finish me though Naomi jumped in front of me and I saw the bullet penetrate her as she let out a loud whelp and fell on the ground and didn't move.

"Naomi" I yelled out loud in terror as I forgot about my pain and I ran straight towards Jack. Jack didn't waist anytime and he dived out of the way and got up and ran towards the exit. I tried to follow Jack but the pain in my body instantly caught up to me and I felt myself slowing down as I struggled to breathe.

I then looked back to Naomi who was still lying on the floor. I took a small step towards her as I just wanted to run and not find out what I already knew. After a few small steps I finally made my way to her. I looked down at her limp body and saw that the bullet penetrated her head right on the golden ring of her forehead and I then knew there was no chance she survived.

"Naomi" I said quietly as I felt my eyes become heavy.

"Naomi… why" I said as I remembered her saving my life "Why would you do that" I said as loud as I could before I spat out blood which covered my entire jaw in blood and dripped down onto the floor.

I then looked down at Naomi's dead body and I decided there was one last thing I was going to do for her. I then pushed my head below her stomach and I burrowed my body below hers until she was on top of my back. I then stood up slowly with Naomi balanced on my back.

"I promised we'd leave… let's go somewhere peaceful to die" I said as a tear escaped my eyes and I began to slowly walk towards the exit. Eventually I made my way out into the storm and I made my way through the scrap yard with Naomi. Every few minutes I had to stop to readjust her on my back so she didn't fall off.

The pain from my wound was overwhelming and I was now bleeding all over myself and the white fur on my chest was now stained a bloody red. I was breathing really heavy but I couldn't catch my breath and I was no expert on anatomy but I was sure that the bullet nicked my lungs.

After a few minutes of slowly walking I made my way out of the scrap yard and I was now in the streets of Luminose. The rain was heavily pouring down on me and washing Naomi's blood and mine off of each other. Off in the distance I could hear the sounds of sirens and I would have picked up my paste if possible.

Every step I took blood poured out of my wound and every time that happened it got harder to breathe. My vision was now so blurry that I couldn't even see ten feet in front of me and the rain wasn't helping either. Then I reached my limit and I collapsed onto the cold wet concrete floor with Naomi.

I was now lying on the wet ground and I didn't care. Naomi's face was now perfectly aligned with mine as I looked into her eyes. Even in death her eyes never lost that spark that set her apart from everyone else in this world. I then extended my paw out and touched her face gently and my paw slowly made its way to her eyes and I gently shut them so she could rest in peace away from Jack.

"See I-I got y-you away from Jack" I said as I struggled to breathe.

I then accepted that this was it and I finally realized that Naomi was the last pokemon I was ever going to speak to and there was so much regret I had about how I spent my time with her.

"Naomi…" I started to say as I started to black out from blood loss "I never did get the chance to-" I said before I had to take a second to catch my breath "I never got to tell you how I felt about you" I said as tears escaped my eyes and I wished I was honest with her before it was too late. The one time I finally wanted to talk about my feelings the only person who could listen was gone.

"I'm sorry I never told you how I felt… If there is a Heaven or Hell I just hope I get to spend it with you" I said as my vision faded to black and before I knew it everything was black and I didn't feel nothing. At this point I knew I was on the verge of death and before I knew it I wasn't even thinking of anything. Everything was just darkness. No happiness, no sorrow, no feeling, no Naomi, just nothing but darkness.

Chapter End

Author Note: Well I know I say this a lot but I really did enjoy writing this chapter. It touched up on some good loose ends on Stark. Anyways I liked this chap since it showed how Stark was a year ago and showed how much he's evolved since his reanimation (Being recreated as a clone). I also thought Naomi was a cool character to add in and I thought things were interesting because she was also someone who meant something to Stark and in the present time very little is known about Stark.

Lately it has been hard for me to find time to write since I'm starting back up on drawing again and I'm trying out digital art with a Wacom tablet I just purchased (if you happen to know any good tutorials for that stuff please share). I did give up my art time for this chapter and I still have to squeeze in my last minute home work. (If I'm not procrastinating with video game's its always something else XD, you've all been their lol) Anyways on top of that my mommy ur umm my mom gave me a part time job working at her office as well. So my point is that my writing time is getting more scarce, so updates will prob be randomly through out the week, when before I tried for Wed and Sat or fri. (Which usually I updated more than those, I still promise two updates a week though). Anyways I've procrastinated studying for my test enough so I'm going to stop myself here. Thanks for reading and thanks to everyone who supports this story and if you want to be awesome send a review my way and tell me what you thought of this chapter since it had some good emotions in it.