Yo welcome to chapter 53. Things have been a little slow lately but mostly character building as I would call it. This week has been really interesting honestly lol. A lot of up and down stuff that left me with less writing time. Also I don;t know if it matter to anyone but I'm now posting this story on wattpad if anyone knows what that is. I'll still be posting it on both sites and is still the one I'll focus on more I'm just saying if any of you prefer that site more you can read The black Dawn from their. My account on their is still 1MrGray.

Also I couldn't think of a good chapter name for this one as you may notice, so feel free to recommend a better chap name lol.

Chapter 53: Info for med's

Point of View Black

"So what do you mean there is pokemon trying to kill us now" Gray yelled in fury as we walked back to our hotel. It was a long day of training for everyone but me and Nia and now Gray was freaking out over another umbreon being around. If Alex was here I'm sure he wouldn't be happy, but he went out to spend time with his dad and instructed us to go back to the hotel.

"Well they want us dead and they tried to kill me and Flare a few nights ago" I replied in a nervous voice fearing every ones reply.

"Someone tried killing you two and you never told any of us" Kana said in surprise "Are you two okay?"

"Yeah were both fine thanks to Nia" I said as I looked over to my left at the grouchy umbreon. She just rolled her eyes in response to what I said. I found it odd how she was slightly limping and the fact she had a glass shard in her head not too long ago that Hesh had to remove carefully from her skull.

"Thank you Nia" Kana said with gratitude towards the umbreon.

"Just get me what I want so I can get out of here" Nia replied in a snide voice.

"Yeah Kana she saved them but she's pretty hostile" Hesh said as he shot the umbreon a dirty glance. When I looked over at Gray I could see the anger on his face, I knew he hated my kind and I knew he was furious that another umbreon was around.

"Shut it rat" Nia snarled at Hesh with the hostility he spoke of.

"Let's just all take it down a notch and do what we need to do" Flare spoke calmly in an attempt to calm the situation down.

Hesh frowned at the slightly racist insult "I really don't understand how someone can be such a bitch" Hesh said as he nodded his head in disapproval at the umbreon.

"Excuse me" Nia yelled as she stopped walking and death stared the pikachu. "Listen I'm not in the mood today for your shit, I'll kick your ass!" Everyone fell silent from Nia's threat except Gray who let out a growl. I on the other hand inched away slowly not wanting to be a part of this.

"Oh you'll kick my ass that's a good one. You mean like the blaziken that almost killed you? And I'm also curious to hear why you came back more beat up today, why don't you do us all a favor and just be quiet until we get to the hotel" Hesh said in a stern voice that was rather cold.

Nia began to snarl at the pikachu "You are really testing my patience, and I only lost to that blaziken because of your asshole friends. Your umbreon friend would be dead now if not for me and I really just wish I would have left him to drawn" Nia reminded us of what she did for us.

"And don't say you saved me as well, that is still your fault" Nia continued to rant in fury.

Flare took a step forward towards the umbreon going on her verbal rampage "Nia why don't we take it down a notch, I know things didn't go as planned but there will be other chances."

"You can shut up, I dislike you the most out of everyone here" Nia said as she pointed a paw at Flare.

"What why?" Flare yelled out in confusion.

"Anyone who leaves their friend to die is a pile of trash, I mean how do you look at him after you left him to drawn" Nia yelled at the fennekin whose ear's instantly fell low along with his head after hearing those hateful words. That was a big shock to me as well. I knew nothing of what happened while I was unconscious in that van I was almost drowned in. All I really remember is being on the streets the night before and then waking up with Nia giving me mouth to mouth, which was very awkward to wake up to.

"I didn't have a choice, by the time I got the van door open I thought he was dead" Flare yelled in self-disgust.

"That's enough" Gray snarled as he approached Nia. "Get out of here now if you are just going to insult us" Gray said in a very cold voice that sent shivers down my spine.

"Not until I get what I want" Nia shouted back at him as the two began to growl at each other viciously.

"Then shut the hell up" Gray snarled at her. Nia just rolled her eyes at the absol who probably wanted to tear her throat out.

"Can we just proceed" Nia said in an annoyed tone. Without a word everyone continued to walk towards the hotel. Everyone walked in silence. Flare held his head low and didn't even make eye contact with me once or look anywhere near me on top of that. I could tell he was full of regret for what Nia said he did. I don't know if I was really bothered by that though, he may have left me but I know Flare and I know he would never ever do that unless it was his last choice.

"Hey Flare I'd like to talk" I said to the fennekin who held his head low. He didn't even reply and just continued walking in silence. "Hey I'm talking to you" I yelled into the fennekin's ears and made his head jolt up in surprise.

"That's better" I said with a smile as the fennekin finally paid me some attention finally. We both waited a few seconds until our group was out of listening distance from us so we could have some privacy. "Listen if your beating yourself up for that its cool honestly" I said with a smile on my face in an attempt to cheer up the fennekin.

"How can you say that… Nia is right, I left you to die back there when I shouldn't have given up on you" The fox said in a depressed voice.

"Yeah but it worked out in the end and I'm still here" I said with a reassuring smile on my face.

"Because of her your alive, you'd be dead if not for her and she's a horrible person and she saved you and I didn't" Flare said in a shaky voice that indicated he was trying to resist sobbing.

"Flare I'm going to give it to you straight" I said in a serious voice and the fox looked at me fearful of what I was going to say.

"I'm almost getting killed on a regular basis at this point so you shouldn't really take this to personal. I'm just bad luck is all" I said jokingly even though all of what I said was kind of true.

"Thanks Black" Flare said with a small smile forming on his face.

"It's cool" I said as I smiled back to the fennekin as we continued walking to the hotel which was now getting close.

"One more thing Black" Flare said and I redirected my attention back to him "Your not bad luck and you should never refer to yourself as that again. For a matter of fact I would consider you the most lucky pokemon I know" Flare spoke and I froze up in shock.

"How am I lucky" I replied back in confusion.

"Well when I met you, you were a lot more different for one" Flare said and I waited for his explanation.

"When I met you, you were always depressed and anti-social and now you are actually socializing and you even joke and laugh. After all that's happened to you I consider you lucky to have a decent life after that, even if there is a bunch of psychotic pokemon out to kill us left and right" Flare said with words that touched my heart. "Also anyone who survives half the stuff you do is lucky and if you were unlucky I think you would have been dead long ago."

Now that I think of it though Flare was right, my personality has changed a lot since I got captured. Before I was captured I was just aimlessly roaming Kalos waiting to die, I had nothing to live for and I hated the world honestly. Things have changed so much for me since all of this and I'm not haunted by nightmares or memories of my family every second I'm alive anymore. Alex capturing me was the best thing that has happened to me in the past two years.

"You know Flare I never noticed that until now and while we are on this topic I want to thank you" I said.

"For what" Flare questioned.

"Thanks for putting up with all of my crap and being my friend" I said honestly. Flare let out a cheerful smile in response.

"It's no problem I think you're an interesting pokemon to have around" Flare said with a happy voice.

"We should catch up to the group" I said as we both looked up the street and saw our friends leaving our eye site. We then both sprinted back towards our group.

Flare cherishes our friendship as do I but at the same time our friendship also scares me. One of the reason's I tried so hard not to be anyone's friend was because I didn't want to feel the pain of losing someone close to me ever again. My life may be better now but it's more dangerous and if Flare or someone close to me dies I don't think I can handle that feeling of being alone again.

Point of View Stark

I let out a loud yawn as Vincent, Merrick and I all sat in the back of a truck. The owner of the truck had no idea that we were back here but honestly none of us cared, it was fast transport that made it easy to get to point A to B faster. The back of the truck had a tarp over the back so we were nice and shaded. Due to our small size we were out of the view of the truck driver's rear view mirror. So our only concern was remaining quiet.

I didn't mind riding in the back of the truck it was rather relaxing which is something I never get time for these days. It provided me time to think and collect myself. It also gave me a chance to think of how I was going to find out everything I needed to know from these Crimson guy's and get my freedom from Genesis.

"How much longer do we have to wait in this rusty bucket" Merrick complained.

"A while" Vincent replied in annoyance. Since I was stuck in this truck for a while I guess this would be a perfect time to get to know who I am working for.

"So why are you two doing what your doing with Crimson" I asked the two.

"I've told you a million times, for the future" Vincent replied with that same old answer.

"No-no why do you want to fight for world peace" I corrected him. Vincent took a second to pounder his answer.

"I'm pursuing a dream I guess. One that I kind of stole from my father" Vincent replied.

"Your father was a part of Crimson or something" I asked with slight surprise.

"No it's more that he always talked of it and I was a sucker for the idea" Vincent spoke honestly.

"Speaking of that whatever did happen to your father; it said nothing in the Genesis report about him" I asked with slight interest in the topic. I guess me never knowing my original family always made me a little curious on that topic.

"I don't know where he went. I woke up one morning and he was gone" Vincent said with an empty voice. "Now that I think of it though, other than Black and me, he is the only one in our family still alive."

"Why don't you find him then" I asked.

"I'll pass on that idea, I don't think he'll approve of what I've done to my brothers, my mom and sister. I wonder if he knows though" Vincent said as he thought about his family for a few seconds. "What about your family" Vincent asked me.

That question caught me a little off guard, I didn't expect him to ask me that "I never knew my original family, if anything my family is Jack and all those other killers he's raised" I responded in a bitter voice.

"So you consider that man your family" Vincent asked slightly surprised.

"He was the one who raised me. I practically lived and died with the pokemon I worked with. I am the pokemon I am because of that monster" I said as I remembered the horrible things I had to do to satisfy my trainers need for a killer without any emotion.

"Looks like neither of us really have any happy family lives" Vincent said as I yawned and laid down on the ground.

"Merrick why are you in the crimson Dawn, I don't really see you seeking world peace" I asked the quilava who has only been listening to us this whole time.

"World peace doesn't interest me personally. But believe it or not me and you are more alike than you think" Merrick said as he looked me in the eyes.

"How so" I asked curiously.

"We were both raised by monsters. The only difference is that I seek to destroy the monsters that made me the way I am" Merrick said.

"Who said I didn't seek revenge" I asked the fire type who was now crossing his arms.

"Because if I was in your shoes I would be turning the world upside down looking for your old trainer and I'd kill him as slow as possible" Merrick said in a cold voice. Truth is that I can't go after Jack at the moment since I'm a hostage to genesis at the moment, but how was he supposed to know that?

"So why aren't you after the one who made you into a heartless monster then" I asked him.

"It's not that simple. I'm not going against one person, I'm going against a whole organization" Merrick said as his words grew more bitter and full of hatred.

"Genesis" Merrick spat out with hatred.

Point of View Hesh

We finally reached the back of the hotel where we would have our little pow-wow about the pokemon after us. The sun was now setting off in the distance and made this scene almost like a movie when the two gangs are trading stuff like drugs, money or hostages.

"Okay are you ready to tell us what we need to know about those pokemon" I asked in a stern voice.

"Yeah after I see that you even have any of my medications" Nia replied.

I shot a quick glance at flare "Flare go grab her medications" I ordered the fox and he ran off to get them in a hurry. We sat around silently for about a minute before Flare came back with Nia's drugs and he brought them to me and I took them. The drugs where now in a new sack that me and Flare found.

"See we have your stuff now are you ready to talk" I asked Nia who was eying up the drugs.

"First I want you to inject me with one, I'm already a few days behind and if you screw me over I at least want a guarantee that I can get by for at least a week" Nia said.

"Absolutely not! I'm not helping you get your dose of drugs" I yelled at her in anger. Nia just gritted her teeth in response and tried to be patient with me for once.

"It's a medication, I'll tell you what if you see any sign of me acting funny from it being an illegal substance you can do what you want with them" Nia offered.

"Fine, but if this is illegal I'm dumping all of these onto the ground" I said in a serious voice as I put the bag down and pulled out one syringe and approached the umbreon.

"Where do I inject this" I asked the umbreon.

"In the carotid artery" Nia said as she pointed to a spot right below her jaw and on her neck.

"Are you sure" I asked to make sure. Nia nodded in a yes gesture. I carefully held the syringe and punctured it into her neck and injected the syringe into her blood steam. Nia let out a small grunt as the medication entered her and that's when I thought she was getting screwed up from these drugs. I pulled out the syringe once it was empty as I watched for her to do something stupid.

"There you got your medication" I said to the umbreon who remained silent.

"Thanks" she replied back.

"Now will you tell us what we need to know" I asked her.

"A deal is a deal, I'll tell you everything you need to know that isn't involving me" She replied back.

"Okay so let's start with who these pokemon are" I asked her as everyone in our group waited for Nia to reply.

"He is a hit-man who goes by the name Jack Jaegar and he is a trainer with many deadly pokemon he has trained himself" Nia said as we all listened. "The pokemon Black and Flare encountered was a blaziken who goes by the name of Blaze. He is the newest pokemon on their team" Nia said fluently as if she knew this all by heart.

"Next is a raichu named Raiden, he is a reasonable pokemon but he is also a good killer that's fast on his feet. Next is Sam who is a riolu. If you encounter him you'll be in trouble. He is a psychopath that enjoys killing and on top of that he carries a sword with him and he uses it well" Nia said.

"And last is a gardevoir. Honestly I've looked into her as much as I could but I don't know anything about her, she is also one of the newer members to Jacks team."

"So is that everyone on their team" Kana asked.

"As far as I know yes" Nia replied.

"If that's all of them then we out number them" I said with a smirk on my face.

"Don't underestimate them they'll tear you to shreds. They can handle pokemon almost three times your skill, you have yet to beat the second gym leader if I'm correct" Nia reminded us of how little progress we have made in our journey.

"So what do you recommend we do then" Kana asked Nia.

Nia took a second to come up with a response "I don't know one target that has ever escaped Jack and his team" Nia replied with words that made all of our hearts stop beating.

"So what your saying we're all dead" Gray piped up at the umbreon.

"Realistically yes, unless one of you is strong enough to take on pokemon that are trained killers" she said with a small sigh. "I'm sorry I don't know what to tell you other than stay in public area's and never split up. But regardless they'll find a way to get you all alone and pick you all off one by one" Nia said.

"Shut up your full of shit and you know it" Gray snarled at the umbreon who I felt was speaking honestly.

"Listen I told you what you needed to know, may I please have my medications so I can leave and then we can never see each other again" Nia asked as she looked at me for approval.

"Fine" I replied as I picked up the sack and she took it from my hands with her mouth. Nia didn't even bother saying bye and she left without a word. Every one of us sat in silence as we took in the info she told us. If what she said was true we were in serious trouble and I know none of us would have an easy time overcoming this.

Point of View Black

After we all sat behind the hotel depressed for a few seconds I went off without my group in pursuit for Nia. After walking down the streets of Cyllage city for a few seconds I spotted Nia walking down the dark streets of Cyllage city with that bag in her mouth.

"Hey wait up" I yelled at the umbreon. She turned her head back and saw me running towards her in a hurry.

"What do you want now" she asked in annoyance.

"Okay I have a question I couldn't ask in front of everyone else" I said in an awkward voice.

"Listen I'm not interested in a guy like you okay" Nia said in a cold voice that falsely accused me.

"Whoa I wasn't asking that okay" I barked at her in anger.

"Then what could you possibly need to ask me privately" She asked.

I gulped nervously as I got ready to ask her a question "Listen I know you know how to use dark matter based attacks. I wanted to ask you to teach me to use dark matter" I asked with a little confidence showing in my voice.

"And what makes you so sure I know how to use those attacks, you've never seen me use one nor have I said I can use dark matter" Nia replied with a solid argument.

"Okay listen, I know you know how to do it and I need to know how to use it. If I can't learn this how am I supposed to protect those around me" I said as I bowed my head to show my commitment even though I probably looked stupid as hell doing it.

"Why would you want to learn how to use dark matter, I saw you use shadow ball back when we fought the blaziken but… why" she asked in a confused voice.

"Because my friends are in danger and this is my entire fault. If they didn't know me they wouldn't be in danger and I can't let them get hurt anymore because of me" I said with determination.

"Black… Dark matter isn't something used for protecting those you love. It's a weapon that only monsters possess and someone like you having it is a horrible sight to see. It's a weapon for killers" Nia said.

"Well I have the ability and I don't care. I need to know it to protect my friends" I retorted to her statement.

"Why would you want to use a power that is an icon of sin. This power shows the world the sins we've committed."

"Nia I know what it is and I don't care" I replied with a serious tone.

"Okay fine but what do I get if I teach you" Nia then asked me as she looked me in the eyes. I had no idea what I could give her or what she would want from me but I'd do whatever it takes to learn it.

"Name your price" I replied to her and a small smile appeared on her face from hearing such an impulsive answer.

"Hmmm how about you owe me a favor of my choice" Nia said to me.

"What kind of favor" I asked fearing that she wanted me to kill someone or something.

"I don't know I'll figure that out later" she responded. I wasn't comfortable with agreeing to do anything someone wants but at this point I was desperate enough to do anything to learn dark matter attacks.

"Deal" I replied with a smile forming on my face.

Chapter End

Author Note: Well their was a lot of good info in this chapter I thought. We got to see some character building on Stark's side of the story and learned a tad bit more about Vincent and Merrick. So now we got Nia agreeing to teach Black dark matter based attacks in exchange for one favor (Never underestimate the power of one favor XD)

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