Welcome to the next chapter. Things left off with Nia's true identity being revealed (Not that I fooled many people) along with her identity revealed we also see Sam confronting her. This chapter does have some mature/dark hints towards the end so be warned.

Chapter 57: Sam

Point of View Naomi/Nia

I didn't have much time to wallow in the memories that haunted since Sam started his attack against almost immediately. He dashed towards me on quick feet and he swung his sword downwards towards my neck in an attempt to decapitate me. I sloppily rolled out of the way barely escaping with my head attached to my neck. Before I could get back on my feet same plunged his sword towards me. I rolled out of the way again as his sword impaled the ground next to me.

I quickly got up to my feet and got ready for his next attack. There was no way I'd beat him like this. I never intended to fight him face to face in the past. But now here I am forced to fight him with no help. Whenever we did spar in the past things ended in disaster for me, no matter what circumstance.

"What's the matter, you look shaken up already" Sam taunted as he came towards me for his next attack. The riolu did a front flip in the air as he swung his blade. I jolted back barely escaping the sword. Once he landed from his flip he then stabbed his sword straight towards me. This time I failed to dodge the attack completely and it slashed the side of my neck open.

I winced in pain as blood escaped my wound. It wasn't fatal but if this continued I'd be dead soon. The riolu then sheathed his sword in the sheath that was slung onto his back. He then held up his hands in a martial art stance.

"Come on Naomi I'll give you a handicap" Sam laughed. One of the traits I hated about him was how he always tried to make things like this into a game. To me this was life or death but I knew that for him this was just a game for him to fulfill his sick desire to kill.

The fighting type then jumped into the air and delivered a kick right into my snout. I jerked back but I remained on my feet. Sam jumped at me and sent a punch with his right hand. I ducked under the punch and attempted to head-but him right in the stomach. Before my skull could make contact I felt his knee contact my jaw. Time became slow as I listened to my jaw crack as the joints tried to resist the pressure that forced them to stretch. I went twirling in the air from the devastating attack. Before I could even hit the ground I felt a punch slam down on my ribs from above and caused me to collide with the ground with even more force.

I breathed deeply as I tried to tolerate the pain that the riolu inflicted on me. I tried to stand but right before I could stand Sam kicked my paw and caused me to fall back on the ground. I looked up at the riolu who was now slowly pulling his sword out of its sheath as it made a scraping noise that sent a shiver down my spine.

"Well this was a good time killer but all good things have to come to an end" Sam said as he finished pulling his blade out. "I got one question before I finish you up, how did you survive?"

My ears flicked at the question as I thought back to my pointless survival. "Luck" I replied bitterly as I thought of how this was all for nothing.

"To bad you choose to seek revenge, you could have lived a decent life." I knew that he was right. It would have been wiser to just not seek revenge for what Jack and him have done. I was given a second chance and I threw it away.

"At least I get to die knowing I'm not some freak that enjoys killing" I growled at him weakly. Sam didn't look phased by my insult and instead replied with his sword. He stabbed the tip of his sword into my right paw. I let out a loud scream and he quickly withdrew the sword out of my paw.

"Any other comments" Sam asked in a dark tone. "No? Good then I can wrap this up" Sam stated as he raised his sword up. I stared at the blade that was covered in blood. This was the end. I screwed up by seeking revenge and now I was going to be killed. The blade swung down faster than my eyes could process, with no chance of avoiding my end.

Sam's blade stopped an inch right before making contact with my face. Sam's arm looked like it was struggling to move as every muscle strained itself to move downward.

"Don't kill her yet" A female voice called out. Sam and I both turned our heads to see a gardevoir floating in the tree's above us. This gardevoir had ice cold eyes that stared down at us. Yet she was the one who probably stopped Sam with her psychic abilities. This gardevoir also appeared to be normal compared to the others except for one thing. There were three knives sheaved on each side of her back equaling six knives in all. The knives on her back almost looked like wings she was an angle of death.

"What the Hell, why'd you stop me" Sam barked at her in anger as he continued to fight the gardevoir's power.

"This one has info on our targets. I just want to extract recent memories out of her mind and you can do what you please with her" the gardevoir said. Sam looked back at her and I could barely see the side of his face forming a sick twisted smile.

"Anything huh" Sam said in a pleased voice.

"Just make sure she dies by the end of today" the gardevoir said.

"Hmm sounds like a deal" Sam said. The gardevoir released her psychic grip on Sam and he sheathed his blade. Sam wasn't finished with me though, he picked me up by both of my ears in one of his hands. The nerves in my ears felt as if they were about to rip from supporting my body weight as I yelled in pain. The riolu then delivered a strong punch between my eyes with his free hand. That punch did me in and I lost consciousness.

Point of View Black

Kana, Ebony and I all walked down the busy streets of Cyllage looking for something to entertain our time. Cyllage wasn't really that entertaining of a city, there was nothing but stores and everything looked practically the same.

Kana and I both made sure Ebony didn't linger behind since we didn't want to be responsible for losing a child eevee in a busy city. She remained mostly quiet along with me and Kana since none of us really had a lot to say at the moment.

"Black when do you want to go back" Kana broke the silence and asked me.

"We've hardly been out here for long" I responded. Kana then got really close to me as if she was about to whisper something to me.

"I only came with you to make sure you don't get yourself killed, there is killers after us and you want to roam the streets looking for something to do" Kana whispered to me with slight anger.

"Go back home then, I'm a big boy and I can take care of myself" I replied back in a normal voice not even bothering to whisper.

"No you can't, bad things keep happening and you always barely get out alive" Kana retorted. I wasn't in the mood for this stuff I just wanted to enjoy a day for a change since every day kept becoming its own struggle with a different trial.

"Yeah I know bad things keep happening and that's why I'm trying to enjoy my day" I spoke back to the jolteon.

"Well what if something happens to Ebony" Kana whispered to me as she looked at the eevee who didn't seem to be paying much attention to us.

"Listen as long as we stay in public area's we'll be safe. They won't make a move in a place like this" I told the worried jolteon.

Kana let out a long sigh "I guess you have somewhat of a point" she responded truthfully.

"Thanks and I promise we'll be back way before dark" I told her truthfully. My gaze then looked over at Ebony who seemed to be in her own world "Hey Eb what do you wanna do" I asked the eevee snapping her out of her thoughts and she looked up at me.

"Anything's fine" she replied bluntly.

"You're opinion does matter just so you know, we got nothing in mind really either" Kana added on. The eevee took a second to think it through.

"How about… the park" the young eevee said as if she was unsure if that was the right answer. It was a bit secluded for what we were trying to avoid but I still doubted anything would happen.

"Sure thing" Kana responded with a friendly smile.

Point of View Flare

"I wonder if Blacks okay" I asked out loud to the pokemon that still remained in the room.

"He's fine" Hesh responded as he fiddled with the TV remote in an attempt to find something to watch. Gray lied on the couch in silence as usual. He's been extra quiet ever since we all yelled at him for letting Black get hurt like that, although his silence was nothing new. He has been silent since the first day I met him, but he has improved a lot from the first time I met him. It took him weeks before he would even say a word to anyone.

"Got it" Hesh said excitedly knocking me out of my thoughts.

"Got what" I asked curiously.

"Pay per view television" Hesh replied back with a smirk.

"And that is" I questioned.

"You use this card thingy and you can watch all the newest movies and stuff on here" Hesh enlightened me as he held up a golden plastic card.

"What's that" I asked as I looked at the shiny card.

"I believe humans call this a credit card, you just swipe it and your good to buy whatever you want" Hesh said with a sly smile.

"For free" I question knowing that this was too good to be true.

"Something like that" Hesh responded back.

"Wait where did you get that card thing" I asked the pikachu.

"Alex's dad left his wallet" the pikachu answered.

"Shouldn't you have asked or something?"

"Yeah because Alex's dad and I have some special bond that breaks the language barrier with the power of friendship" Hesh replied sarcastically. I just shook my head in disapproval from the pikachu's logic of thinking.

"So what are we watching" I asked.

"For now we'll start with some comedies and adventurous movies, but when night comes and everyone's home I got a surprise" Hesh said with excitement in his voice.

"And that would be?"

"Saturday the Fourteenth" Hesh said with a menacing smile.

"What's that about" I questioned.

"Okay so get this, all these teenagers go out into the woods on some camp ground for the night, except theirs one catch" Hesh said with a dramatic pause. "There not alone, one by one they're all picked off by a serial killer that can't be killed" Hesh described the movie.

"And let me guess at the end of the movie they'll think they're safe and then at the last second the killer will pop back up and then the credits will play, just like every other horror movie" I said knowing full well how horror movies ended. It happens in every horror movie literally.

"Probs" Hesh agreed with what I said. "But I'm not really interested in the movie as much as I am interested in forcing Black to watch it" Hesh for some reason choose to make Black a victim.

"And how's this going to work against him" I asked.

"The guy doesn't know how to cross the street… I think he will crap himself at the sight of victims being mutilated one by one by a machete wielding maniac" Hesh exclaimed with a little too much excitement.

"Okay well… if you say so" I said as I thought of Black's response to a graphic movie.

Point of View Kana

"So have you ever put any thought into what you want to evolve into" I asked Ebony who lied on the soft grass in the park.

Ebony took a second to consider the question "Not really… I mean I kind of wanted to be a glaceon like my mother was" Ebony answered. That's when I remembered that Ebony was technically an orphan and she had no family left in her life.

"Well go for it" Black said from the ball he was curled up in. I could have sworn he was fast asleep long ago.

"Speaking of evolutions how did you evolve into an umbreon" I asked Black trying to steer the conversation as far away from Ebony's family as possible.

"It's just another one of my drama stories" Black replied back.

"Is it a story I shouldn't ask about" I pried out of curiosity.

"No I just didn't think you'd care for my drama stories" I responded to the jolteon.

"Not like we have anything better to talk about" I told Black.

Black remained silent for a moment as if he was trying to put his story together for us to hear "alright I evolved almost four years ago, maybe four and a half if you want to get smart about it" Black said. "Now back in Snowbelle where I spent a lot of time as a child me and my friends would always play games at night and stuff. Hide and seek was our favorite" Black continued with his anecdote.

I remembered playing hide and seek when I was younger, fun times.

"One late night when I stayed out a lot later than I should have, I was walking home very late in the empty streets of Snowbelle. Now I was walking back home and I was a small little eevee so I wasn't much of a fighter and that's when a late night trainer saw me as an easy capture" Black said with a pause for the info to sync into our heads.

"The trainer tried taking me from my family and I fought back as best as I could. Long story short I evolved in mid fight. Although even with my new form I wasn't strong enough, but thankfully he lost interest in me since no one really likes umbreon's, so he left me on the ground after he and his pokemon beat me up" Black finished his story.

"It's a little funny that the first moment I became an umbreon I was treated differently" Black stated. "Anyways that's me, what about you Kana" Black directed the subject back onto me. That caught me a little off guard.

"Well I've been a jolteon for as long as I can remember honestly" I answered truthfully. It was something I've always wondered but I couldn't ask Alex or his dad so I just assume that they gave a thunderstone when I was too young to remember.

"Interesting" Black replied back not really entertained by my story.

Point of View Nia/Naomi

My head throbbed in pain as I slowly came back to reality. Everything was dark wherever I was along with an uncomfortably cold temperature. A light flicked on and the whole room was illuminated by a dim light. The room was really small and the walls were made of concrete and there was no sign of a window anywhere.

"Good morning or should I say evening" Sam called out as he walked towards me. I tried to move but I quickly found that my neck had a collar on it that was chained to the cement wall. I pried my legs against the wall and used all of my leg muscles to push away from the wall but in the end I only ended up making my neck soar.

"Your wasting your time, an onix would struggle to break that. So I doubt a scrawny little umbreon like you can do crap from their" Sam said as he walked towards me.

"What do you want from me" I asked as I tried to mask my fear.

"We needed some info extracted out of your head, had my gardevoir friend check everything from the past two year's" Sam said.

"Bullshit, I'm an umbreon and I'm-" I started saying before I was interrupted "Naomi your mind was invaded. I know everything about you and your little relation with Stark. Shame that he had to die for a bitch like you, he was good at his job and everything was going great until you started making him feel like he had to care" Same spoke of Stark.

"What do you know about him, you just liked the killer side of him, I saw through that and learned how he really felt. But some sick bastards had to screw with his mind up so much that he didn't even know any morals" I screamed at the riolu as I tried breaking the chain off again.

"What do you know about Stark, I've known him much longer and he's just another killer. Do you really think he'd like you after you got him killed. It was the false set of morals you made him think he had that made him hesitate to kill Jack and because of that you both ended up where you are."

I hated looking at that night like that. Sam was a liar that enjoyed watching others in pain, but he was right… If I didn't stop Stark he'd still be alive today.

"Your wrong" I shouted back at Sam. The riolu just looked at me funny as he waited for my reasoning.

"Stark's not some monster, everyone will always view him as a soulless killer that doesn't know empathy. But I'm going to remember him for who he truly was" I stated to the riolu.

"And tell me, who was this innocent umbreon that's killed more pokemon than you could count" Sam asked me with slight curiosity.

"A pokemon that was confused, someone who was manipulated into becoming a monster, if he truly was broken then he would have never shown any form of care towards me. He protected me and tried to keep me from becoming what he was. Stark may have shown no sign of being weighed down by his sins but he was weighed down. A monster would feel nothing, just as you do" I said truthfully to the riolu who just shook his head in disapproval.

"Think what you want, I could care less honestly" the riolu said as he headed towards the door to leave.

"What do you want from me" I yelled at the riolu, I knew he wanted me for the memories in my head but why was I still alive, he wasn't the type to hold hostages? The riolu turned his head back at me with a sick twisted smile that I have seen so many times.

"Well after my friend dug in your head for a bit she realized that you are actually pretty valuable. If you fail to get your nanomachine medicine your long term memory will fail you and you'll practically be clueless on anything and you won't even be able to remember your name. A lot of sick people would pay bank for someone with your conditions and with a cute body like yours" The riolu said. I nearly wanted to vomit from the idea of what he was planning for me. I'd rather die than have that happen.

"Of course we'll have to keep you until your memory fades, until then I'll keep you entertained every night" the riolu hinted a disgusting idea. I didn't like what he was hinting and I wasn't going to let it happen… not again.

Sam began to head towards the exit once again "Tonight those little friends you made die. Where going to kill every last one of them. Oh and just like Stark, you helped in their death. Maybe instead of calling me a monster you should consider yourself a calamity to those around you" Sam said with words that stung.

To be continued...

Chapter End

Author Note: Well theirs that. So now we've got something bigger coming up as Sam stated. I'm sure this won't be good for anyone. Anyways Nia appears to have some things in her past with the riolu that are dark. Sam also seem's to have some horrible plans of what to do with her. Long story short, the next few chapters may be a good read.

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