Welcome to Chapter 6 of "Never alone". Today's chapter is a little special compared to the ones you already had. If you just read it, you'll understand what I mean. Also I wanted to say that I can't guarantee if I'll publish chapters as often as now soon in the next weeks. Within only three days the number of stories I'm writing increased from one to three. (Only one of them will be published here. The second one has to be done until Christmas for my YouTube Channel. The third one is something COMPLETLY diffrent I don't want to talk about much now.) Just wanted to tell you guys that. I'll still try to do 2 chapters a week though. Have fun reading and reviewing is appreciated.

Chapter 6: Traumatized

Fate's POV

Before I even had the chance to talk again, my opponent started to attack me, planning to end it quickly. I didn't even get the chance to attack, just trying not to get hit. The damage this dragon like being would deal to me would definitely end deadly for me. I had no idea how to survive this situation. But what bugged me the most was that Thunder did not show any signs of himself. I wasn't even sure if he was still there! But it was no use thinking about this, as I had to realize pretty quickly. I distracted myself for only one part of a second, as I got hit pretty hard. This one hit was enough to break my leg so that I could not stand anymore. My opponent started to taunt me. "That's all you got. I knew they'd be pretty frustrated, but if they hire somebody THAT weak, it's more than just desperation! Are you even MEANT to fight?" I did not respond anymore. I was just sad that I'd die before I could even complete my FIRST assignment. And more than everything I was angry. I was angry at Thunder for leaving me alone like this. I started to remember the voice I heard before waking up. It told me not to trust anybody. Did it already know what would happen? Did Thunder know about Gavin being here and wanted me to be dead? But I realised that it was useless asking these questions. My last seconds alive had come more quickly than I'd have hoped.

But just as Gavin stopped taunting and tried to deal the final blow, he was hit from behind. I hoped that Thunder came to save me, so I'd be lying if I'd say that I wasn't at least a little disappointed to see SD standing there, attacking the Garchomp. He did a LOT better than I did. He actually managed to annoy Gavin enough for him to just leave. He took the Zigzagoon I defeated and dug into the ground again, deciding that I'd not be worth the effort. As he was gone, SD came to help me. "Is everything alright Fate? I'm sorry I just attacked him right now. I was told not to interfere and hoped that you could handle it by yourself. I was pretty stupid to be honest." I tried to stand up again. It worked, but one of my legs hurt badly. "Yes, I am mostly okay, thanks to you. If you'd not have saved me, I'd be dead by now. But as we are talking about dead…." I hobbled to the bush Thunder was hiding inside of. "Are you even here anymore? Why did you do nothing?" I went looking if Thunder was still there. I was pretty surprised and confused as I found out that he was. But he wasn't just standing there. His eyes were glassy and he was shaking badly. I wasn't sure if he had even heard anything I said.

SD came by to look for Thunder too and seemed shocked to see him like that. He took Thunder's shoulders and shook him. "Come on buddy! Snap out of it! Thunder!" His efforts seemed to be of use as Thunder slowly stopped shaking. His eyes looked more normal again, but they were full of tears. "I… I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I just… As I saw him… just… everything was so fast."

Even if I was mad at him only a few minutes ago, I realized that something about the general's appearance was kind of traumatizing for him. I wasn't sure what to do in this situation. I could not just yell at him for not helping me as it was very likely not really his fault as he just couldn't do anything about it. In front of me he just kept sobbing and SD tried to somehow comfort him but failed miserably. I decided to comfort him to. I stepped nearer to him and hugged him. He stopped sobbing and started blushing in an instant. "Everything is alright, Thunder. I'm okay and nobody was hurt badly. Just… stop being so sad. I don't want to see you cry." Unlike last time I hugged him, as we were inside the police station, he surprisingly returned the hug this time, still having watery eyes. I blushed because of his surprising action. "So… you're not mad at me? Are you not angry?" "Maybe I would be if it wasn't that obvious that it's not your fault." I let go of him and looked him in the eyes. "I can see that you're hurt inside, you know that. And I want to help you, like you help me. But I can't do so if you don't tell us about your problems. Please Thunder, I just want to help you…" He looked thoughtful but before I could start hoping he responded as I believed he would. "I… I just can't. I know that it's not understandable, but if you'd know my problem, you would be happier if you'd have never heard it too. You two don't know anything about me. You don't know who I really am! So please… let it be my problem. You don't have to be involved in this."

At first, I thought about arguing, but I knew that it would be useless. I told myself to find out eventually. "Well, if were done here now, we should probably leave before Gavin returns." I tried to walk away but forgot about my hurt leg doing so. I winced in pain as I hit the ground hardly. Thunder and SD both helped me up again. "We should probably take you to the hospital. It would definitely be way better than going home. Let's go." And with that we went in direction of Metro Village again, Thunder supporting me so I could walk…

? 's POV

"This really was a close call, wasn't it "Fate"? If you had not been that lucky, you would have been DEAD by now! Just stepping into a trap like that… but maybe that will teach you a lesson. And hopefully make you think again about this Shinxtoo! If you just go on like this you will meet your… hehe… Fate… soon!"