POKEMON MYSTERY DUNGEON: DARK DIMENSIONS
CHAPTER 2
HELP GOES A LONG WAY
1st Person - Jesse
It was a very long night in the... Tent... I was sleeping in... My night was plagued with nightmares and various other fears coursing throughout my shaken and terrified brain. Most of them were about that huge Umbreon, Matt... Wondering about what may have happened if the team that came to rescue me didn't get to me in time, or even were defeated by Matt in a fight...
Despite the nightmares, I didn't wake up once. Just left scrambling on the floor of the tent, whimpering... But now it was morning. I had woken up just about an hour ago from this time.
I was sitting down outside, still shaking a bit, ears pinned down, eyes gazing around the dark, gloomy forest... Pain was still striking through my body from what the Umbreon had done to me. Scratch marks along my nape and cheek. Apparently, he had also drew blood from my back and gut too, maybe before I originally woke up... But everything was bandaged up now...
I was still whimpering from the pain even, slowly shaking my head as I watched the group of four other pokemon, the mons who saved me from that vile, evil Umbreon...
An Absol, Vaporeon, Raichu, and Arcanine...
They were all packing up this little camp they had set up while I was asleep. Putting out the fire they had made, folding and packing up the tent, packing their extra items into their bags, the like. I was just sitting there though, silent. Blushing slightly. Not really doing anything to help made me feel sorta guilty... But even if I did try, they'd likely stop me, seeing how kind they are, and how injured I am...
It wasn't long until one of the mons gave me attention though, the Absol, who gave a small smile as she padded toward me, an Oran Berry on her back.
"Hungry?" Is the first question she asks, and I find myself nodding in response, stomach grumbling almost immediately. She would nod her head back, and reach one of her front paws back to grab the berry, gently setting it down on the ground in front of me, "Well then, eat up big guy. You're gonna need your strength while we take the trip home."
Lips wiggling a bit, I would nod and lower my head, cautiously taking a small bite out of the berry.
"There ya go," She encouraged, reaching one of her front paws over and gently patting my back, "Listen, here's what's gonna happen. We're gonna check on those bandages once we're all packed up, see if we may need to replace them. Once we've finished whatever goes on there, we're gonna walk our way back to neutral territory, back into town. We'll take you to the guild, where your injuries can be better fixed up. After you're as healed up as you can get, it's really up to you what happens after that."
I only give a small nod back, taking another bite out of the oran berry and sighing.
"Are you okay? Do you think you can make the trip?" Lana tilts her head now, forming a small frown on her face, which was now flooded with concern.
"I-I-I think s-so..." I finally speak up now, shutting my eyes, "I-I-I'm j-just... G-Gonna need s-some help t-t-to walk..."
"And we'll be able to do that. Even if you need some rest, I'm sure Maria will be willing to carry you," Lana responds.
"M-Maria...?" I ask, lifting up my head a bit, looking through the group. I had only heard one mons name at this point. Jace's, the Raichu. The other names were a mystery to me.
"The Arcanine," She answers to my confusion, as my gaze turns to said large Arcanine, who was working on tossing around the little bits used to make their fire. No traces left behind I guess, "She'd be more than willing to help. I er, guess you don't know our names, do you?"
"J-Jace i-is the R-Raichu... Right?" I asked in response, looking to the Raichu, who was folding up the tent.
"Yes, he is. Is that all you know?" This Absol asks me.
"I er..." I gulped some, a blush peaking up at my cheeks, "N-n-not really... N-No..."
She nods, "Well, my name is Lana. You already know Jace and Maria. Then, the Vaporeon, that is Liz."
I nodded back shortly at the response, trying to keep a mental note of those names, before lowering my head once again, and returning to working on chewing that berry. This didn't last too long though before Jace walked up to us two, folded up tent cluched in his paws, looking small enough to fit into their storage bag.
"Alright, everyones just about finished, we should be ready to go soon," Jace lets Lana and I know, to which Lana first responded.
"Alright, thanks for the info. Jesse thinks he'll be able to make the walk there."
"So then, what are we waiting for?" Another voice expresses themselves, and I slowly look up to see Maria, that Arcanine, "We should definitely get going as soon as possible."
"If we're all ready," Now another different voice interjects themselves into the conversation, Liz, the Vaporeon giving off a bright smile as she padded closer, "Then lets get going!"
And almost as quickly as everyone gathered up, we pushed out, and set back toward the town this teams, er, 'guild' was located in.
Third Person
And so, the group of five began their journey. Team Oran Bloods four, accompanying a still pained Vaporeon through the remainder of the foul, grim area known as the dark types territory. Through patches of dead trees and grayish-green grass, en route back to the safe, Normal-Type territory. The Normal Type Territory was at the center of everything, connecting in some ways to each and every other types territory. Fire, Water, Bug, Electric, you name it.
While those other territories mostly found themselves all to preservative of keeping their own types, only allowing a few exceptions... The Normal Type Territory allowed all sorts of types throughout, essentially the hub of this strange territorial world.
These territories were very large too, and so the walk back to this Normal Type territory was quite the long one, even if the group had only ventured closer to the center of the territory. Though soon they slipped past out with their accompanied guest, who had been stumbling through most of the journey.
The transition between Dark Type and Normal Type territories was very apparent and obvious, as if one almost straight line, from such dead looking plants shifting straight to a much more lively set of the same plants, blossomed and blooming. It was a very welcomed change from all of the darkness!
They didn't have to walk too much longer at that point before reaching the town their team and guild is based out of, Veerun town. The town was small, with a few huts planted around as shops or even some homes, all connected by a gravel path. Though no matter how small it may have been, it was lively as ever, full of such hope as the group showed Jesse around a little bit on their way to their final stop.
Soon, said final stop came, as the group of five all came to a stop at a large looking wooden cabin, with a Ninetales face plastered beside an entry-way blocked off by a green tarp, a makeshift opening.
1st Person - Jesse
"Well big guy," Liz starts to speak up, interrupting my focus on the cabin-looking guild, turning my head to look toward the other Vaporeon. That still felt kinda weird to think about... That I was also a Vaporeon... "I gotta say, I'm impressed. You made it this whole way with those injuries. You must have a hell of a lot of strength."
"H-Huh...? R-Really...?" I respond with a slight stutter, blushing a bit.
"Yeah, of course! I'd almost say you were kinda worthy of being on a team yourself, but there'd be a lot of other factors to consider-"
"W-Wait..." I spoke up as Liz seemed to be finishing up her response, giving off a confused look, "Y-Y-You think I-I should b-be on a team...?"
"Yeah! I think you'd be quite the asset~" She complimented, padding closer to me and gently nuzzling her head up against my side.
My ears perked up at this, and I ended up leaning back just a bit, and blushing even more at the action, "I-I-I e-er... I-I don't e-e-even know what a t-team is t-to be worthy of it i-in the first place...!"
"Well, there's always time to find out~ Though for now, we should get you inside. Nine will help you out~"
I had no idea who this 'nine' was, but I really didn't want to seem even more confused and worried, I didn't want to ask to many questions... So with silence, I gave a slight nod, and followed beside the rest as they padded inside, Liz pushing the tarp to the side, opening up the guild as member after member, with myself being last, slipped into the guild area.
Immediately I was welcomed to a large, opened up area, with wood log walls and a grass floor. This place was so damn... Busy. There were pokemon absolutely everywhere in here, most of them bundled up into little groups of three and four, with the occasional two. Were these all... Teams...?
I noticed a few different entrances to other places too, with signs overtop them; Med Center, Dorms, Mission Center, Training Center, and Guild Leader. A few of these were easy to grasp ideas around the other areas at least, Med Center for healing up, Dorms for sleeping in, Training Center for teams to train. Mission Center confused me a bit, what type of missions were there even...? And then Guild Leader. I... Guess where the Guild Leader is? That's all I can come up with about it really.
Then I noticed a few boards side by side, overtop it a sign reading 'Ranks'. That got me back to thinking a bit...
"Shh Shh Shh, it's okay... It's going to be okay guy, Team Oran Blood's got you... Rank 5 at the Ninetales Guild... We got you bud..."
I was a bit curious of if that was true, and as I followed the others, without really paying attention to where else we were going, I saw how we seemed to be getting a bit closer to the rank boards, even if it was indirectly, and not meant to be.
Though once we got close enough, I took a quick look, and... Yeah. Sure enough, Team Oran Blood, Rank 5. Four teams were ranked above them. This whole board showed... A whole lot of teams too... Gosh... They're really that good, huh?
"Heya Jesse!" Hearing my name being called out, I shot to look back toward the mon at the back of Team Oran Blood's pack, Lana, calling out to me with a small smile, "Come on, don't get lost, hah."
I gave a small blush and could only muster a little nod before padding my way back over to them, continuing off on our way as I was led closer to the... Guild Leader entrance? Well, guess it's time to find out what that means now...
As we passed through the opened up entrance, I noticed up ahead another opening similar to the front entrance, only a bit larger. The tarp blocking off the opening was red, with the same face that was beside the outdoor opening. I think that might be the... Ninetales...? That Team Oran Blood said this guild was named after...
As we pushed past the tarp one by one, filing into the new area, we seemed to have opened up into what looked like a cave. It stretched out a bit far, with wooden logs blocking off the far side. There was a large bed of hay right in the center of the room, with a large pokemon sitting on top of it. Just like the figure on the tarp and beside the entrance represented. A Ninetales.
"Greetings Nine," Jace spoke up to represent the team, smiling toward the Ninetales, whose name was apparently Nine.
"Ahh, Team Oran Blood," The Ninetales began, giving off a sweet smile to the four gathered around in front of me, "A pleasure to see one of our highest ranked teams. What brings you here?"
"Well sir, we recently went on a mission into the Dark Type Territory, and have brought back a Vaporeon, another mon injured at the hands of Matt," Jace fills Nine in on the current situation, "We had the walk back here to talk and he seems to have lost his memories. He's injured."
Nine tilted his head a bit, "Hmm... That does seem to be quite the problem... For now take him to the med center. I will visit in occasionally to see if I can find anything that will jog this mons memory. What is his name, by chance?"
"His name is Jesse."
"Ah yes, well, I wish him better health. I'll check in on him soon, for now, get him to the healers," Nine orders, which seems to initiate a simultaneous nod between all of Team Oran Blood. Standing behind them just felt best at this point, this whole encounter just felt... Really weird in a way.
And just as quickly as everyone had made their way inside to take to Nine, we were right back out again, this time finding ourselves on our way to the med center, which was thankfully pretty close to where Nine's 'Guild Leader' room was. It kinda makes me wonder if he sleeps in there...
As we padded throughout the large crowd of teams once more, looking a bit through the crowd in some curiosity, I noticed someone sitting down beside a wall, head hung low. Whoever this was looked kinda like a ninetales, but smaller and more red. A Vulpix, I think. They seemed upset...
Turning my head back to address it to the members of team Oran Blood though, I was instead greeted by the site of Maria, who was right in front of me, stopped. I had to catch myself really quickly not to run into her behind, shutting my eyes a bit, shaking my head, and looking straight away, giving off a fierce blush...
It didn't seem like she had noticed, so once I had opened my eyes once more, I padded along beside her and stopped. Noticing how close we were to the Med Center, pretty much right in front of it. Why did they stop though...? Liz, Jace, and Lana were all side by side now, and I think they were talking to someone...
As I peaked over Jace's shoulder, I noticed who they were talking to, a Chancey, holding a little clipboard.
"You're saying he was cut that much?" The Chancey asks of the rest of the team. Seems like I made my way in mid-conversation...
"Yeah, by Matt again. Damned Umbreon really loves torturing those water types..." Liz had responded, shaking her head with a saddened look on her face, "We were originally out there just looking for a different Vaporeon, their name was Verrukt, but instead we found this guy, Jesse."
"Who sent in the mission to go out there?" The Chancey asks, "Even if you came back with a different one, it's still very important information."
"Ah, right right," Lana nods, "Her name was Marissa, a Floatzel."
"Understood, I'll be informing her on the progress you've made. Meanwhile, it's important to go back out there and look again, unless you've been out there long enough to deem this Verrukt a lost cause."
"Nah, he's not a lost cause yet. We are gonna be going back, tomorrow though. It was a long walk to get back," Jace responded with a smile.
"W-Wait..." I don't know why I did it, but I spoke out at that point... "Y-Y-You're going b-back to that t-terrible place...?"
"Yeah, we have to at this point. It's our job," Liz chuckled a little bit, reaching a paw over and gently patting the back of my head, "We'll be alright. We'll come visit after, okay?"
I hung my head low, nodding a little, "I-I... A-Alright..."
"You must be the injured one," The Chancey speaks back up now, padding her way past the others and up to me, gently gripping one of my front legs, "Come on, we have a few tests to do."
And before I even realized what exactly was happening, I was being pulled away, looking back and shivering a lot as I heard the goodbyes from the others... And then they turned... And left me alone to be examined...
Third Person
The examination that followed this turn of events was mostly simple and routine, the Chancey making sure to scour and look through every part of Jesse's body, examine wounds and mark them down as necessary, bandage them up a bit more properly as well. It was mostly a quiet thing too, seeing Jesse sorta quiet and blushing throughout most of the examination, shivering too.
Once said examination came to an end, the Chancey led Jesse into one of the care rooms, where injured pokemon are left close to the help they need in their healing. He was directed to a bed of hay, and told he would be sleeping there for the next few days while he was healed up.
This left Jesse then almost alone in a room for days on end, lying down on his bed of hay bored and still scared most of that time, his mind wandering far about whatever happened, why he was no longer human... Why he was even in this weird world...
Yet most importantly of all...
... What happened to his memories...?
Jesse would oblige to most everything the healers would need him to do in regard to his aid throughout those few days, listening and following directions was usually a strong suit of his. He had been eating fairly well too, a couple of nice, large, freshly plucked berries a day, mostly Oran for its remarkable healing properties. Even if it wasn't the top notch in physical aid, it was the most common.
A week after the dust had settled, after Jesse had been left there in the med center, and had been healing up rather well, team Oran Blood finally came to pay Jesse a visit, back from the return to their mission in the Dark Type Territory. When they first came through, Jesse had been asleep, so they were left to talk among themselves while they waited his waking up.
"Gosh... I can't believe that we found no traces leading to Verrukt back there... Nothing," Lana was distraught, fuming off a small sigh and shaking her head, "It's confusing me. There should always be traces of the crime, but there was nothing."
"Those dark types sure do clean up their traces fast ya know," Jace responded with a roll of his eyes, "Sneaky little... Ugh!"
"We're gonna have to go out again sometime soon guys," Liz prodded in now, "It's very important that we find Verrukt, and it may take us staying there for longer than just a couple of days."
"We were there for a week though Liz, not just a couple of days, and we scoured almost the entire place. The only places we haven't checked are the caverns and dens, and those tend to be blocked off by other dark types," Lana grunted, "They'd never let us in!"
"If we get special permission from someone higher up, they would have to let us in," Maria now spoke out, seeming to side with Liz in this little endeavor.
"But who in their right minds would give us that permission? The dark type leader himself? We don't even know for sure who he is first off, and second off, why would he let us venture through caverns and dens full of secrets and terrifying discoveries!" Lana's voice was starting to get loud now, "The only way we could get in is by breaking in, and we don't even have enough pokemon to do that! And what abou-" Before she could continue though...
... A low groan came from the sleeping Vaporeon on the bed, shifting around a little as the attention was immediately pulled toward the big, plump guy, and his eyes began to open up...
1st Person - Jesse
I was starting to stir a bit from my nap, hearing loud voices coming from so close to me... Loud, familiar voices...
With a low groan, I started to open up my eyes, yawning out a little as my eyes laid on... Team Oran Blood. My ears would perk up a bit in natural excitement, tail swaying a bit, "H-H-Hello..."
I noticed Liz lean close to Lana and whisper something in her ear. What she said, I had absolutely no idea.
"Good morning Jesse, did you sleep well?" Jace was the first from team Oran Blood to start talking, padding beside me and gently resting a paw on my side, "Have you been healing good?"
"Y-Y-Yeah... I have been healing g-g-good... I-It doesn't hurt to move around anymore..." I gave Jace a small smile, "T-Thanks for coming back..."
"Well, Liz told you we would come back. We don't ignore our word. Plus, we've been worried about you," Jace nods his head a bit, looking up to Maria and ushering her over, the Arcanine taking steps now to get closer and smiling as she sat beside me too.
"How's the week been?" Maria asks.
"B-B-Boring... I-I haven't had m-many others t-to talk to aside from th-the healers..."
Maria started to speak up again, but I really wasn't paying too much attention... Instead I was more focused on Liz and Lana, who were seeming to be arguing back and forth on something in whispers... Not like, angry arguing, just... Arguing?
I still had absolutely no idea what they were talking about, at all. But whatever it was seemed sort... Very important...
"What do you think?" My attention was snapped back to Maria, and I looked back to her, a blush quickly rising onto my cheeks, as it has done many times before now... "E-E-Er, I-I-I'm sorry, wh-what were you t-talking about...?"
"I was wondering what you were considering doing after you healed up," Maria answered my question, and I nodded back.
"O-Oh y-yeah, w-w-well I-"
"He should join a Survival Team!" Midway through my response, I was interrupted by Liz speaking out now, finished talking with Lana it seemed, "Or find some mons and make one."
"Wait, why do you think so?" Jace and Maria had turned to eye Liz, as Lana sat down and rolled her eyes a bit. Maria had asked the question.
"Well, it might be a helpful way for him to jog those memories of his that he lost! Venturing around through the territories could prove most useful, especially if he ends up stumbling on a place familiar to his missing past," Liz... Made a good point...
"That would be pretty dangerous though," Jace starts, and Maria continues off.
"Yeah, plus he'd need to go through all of the training. It may end up taking too long."
"But wouldn't it be better for him to go through training?" Liz tilted her head, "Learn how to better defend himself, get some well needed survival skills?"
"That's true I guess. It may take long but in the end it would be very helpful..." Maria responded, turning back to me and sending me a small smile, "Well, really, it's all up to him."
"Eh, I don't know," Jace was now speaking up, "What's Lana's opinion on this?"
"I don't think it's that good of an idea," Lana speaks up now, attention driving back toward her, "But, it would be helpful too, and it is up to him. It isn't our decision what he wants to do."
"Well then, I think that begs the question," Liz continues, turning back to look to me, along with the others, and smiling, "Would you like to try that? To try and join a survival team?"
Hmm...
... On one paw, I... I could understand how it would be helpful for me... How it would even be overly necessary to survive here...
... But on the other... I have no idea how long I'm actually gonna be here... I was... I was just dropped here on a whim... From human to Pokemon just like that... But... There's always that chance of returning to my human self...?
What would happen to whoever I team up with then...? They'd be alone and I'd just look like... A terrible person...
... But... I... I guess it would be better than just... Doing nothing...
"I... A-Alright... I... I'll try and join a s-survival team..."
"Yes, that's great Jesse!" Liz cheered in approval of my decision, "Heheh, you won't regret it I'm sure~ In no time at all you'll be as good as us!"
"I'd like to see how this turns out..." Lana spoke back once again.
"I think it's gonna turn out just fine, as long as he keeps a firm grasp on his training and knows what he's doing," Maria responds.
"He's gonna need a lot of help though, and I'm sure we'd be more than willing to be that help," Jace now nodded, also seeming happy.
So... Within one week... I became a Vaporeon... Was brutally harassed by a terrifying, strong Umbreon... Saved by a 'Survival Team' of four other pokemon... Was brought to a guild, healed of my injuries... And agreed to try and join or make a survival team of my own...
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... This has been... One long week...
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