The Protector
Chapter 6
I walked out to the clearing where Blazer was standing. I was trying to think of what I was going to say so that I could apologize for my outburst just a few moments ago. I stopped a few feet behind him and lowered my head as I began to talk to him. "Blazer I want to apologize for what I said to you just now. It wasn't fair and I said it out of spite because my trainer isn't looking for me, but that doesn't mean that your trainer isn't looking for you either." He turned to me and said, "you don't have to apologize to me, I understand. Let's take a walk through the woods now, I am sure that your master is looking for you." I was surprised at how easily he had forgiven me for my behavior, and equally surprised at how eager he was to reunite me with Cassey.
As we walked through the woods I could see so many different species of pokemon going about with their routines as the day progressed. We have been walking for quite a while, passing small talk back and forth as we went. I turned to Blazer as we walked and complained, "we have been walking for a while now an we haven't seen anyone. Can we take a break and relax for a minute?" He looked at me for a second and I couldn't tell if he would say yes or no. He turned and began to walk off in another direction calling over his shoulder, "there is a small lake not far from here, follow me." I followed him and thought to myself 'his interaction skills could use a tune up, but then again, I don't know how long he has been out here by himself.'
We came to area where the trees stopped growing and the grass turned to sand as we got closer to the moderately sized body of water. There were only a few pokemon on the other side of the lake, nothing to be concerned about. I watched as Blazer walked up to the water's edge and put both of his paws in the lake. He then took the water and splashed it on his face rinsing his fur. This made me flinch as I watched because that water had to be cold and painful as it hit his face. Then, without warning, He jumped into the lake and fully submerged himself for 10 seconds. The water was blue, but not clear enough for me to see him. He came to the surface looking refreshed and motioned for me to come in. I walked over slowly to the edge and voiced my concern to him, "this water will be too cold for me, I don't know how you aren't in pain right now." He narrowed his eyes as he looked at me, "just get in the water" he deadpanned. As I was about to protest further I saw him ignite his back flames. As he lowered himself further in the water steam rose up and the water began to bubble and boil around him. As I waded over to where he was, the water was scolding hot, perfect for any fire type.
After having happily rinsed my fur clean I got out of the water with Blazer in toe. I noticed that when he got out of the water his fur was no longer matted down, but instead it was smooth and flat. The one exception being the area of fur on his right side that couldn't grow in all the way. As I looked at him I noticed that water behind him was rippling and moving to the shore. Afraid that a water pokemon was trying to attack, I tried to warn him. As if sensing what I was thinking he turned around to see the water come in a small wave to where standing. Then a blue head popped out of the water, it was a Quagsire. It had a goofy looking grin on its face and a blank stare in its eyes. It came out of the water and walked right up to Blazer and then leaned its body against him. Blazer just chuckled and patted the Quagsire on the head. He turned to me and said with a smile, "this was the Wooper that I saved from a Tyrantrum that I told you about." I looked on with a small smile and asked, "is he alright? He seems a little… slow." Blazer furrowed his eye brows and said in a mock tone, "this is how all Quagsire are, he can't help it any more than a Charizard can help its tail being on fire." I laughed at his analogy and watched as the Quagsire retreated back into the water. Blazer turned to me and asked, "where should we take our search to next?" I thought for a minute and then I asked him, "do you know how to get out of these woods? I don't know which way I came in from after I was chased." He looked up for a few seconds as if trying to remember something and finally said, "yeah we aren't far from the forest's edge now, let's go."
While we were talking, neither of us noticed that the water behind us was violently churning. As we walked Blazer froze in place and I looked at him ready to ask what was wrong. But before I could ask I was hit with a wall of water with so much force it knocked me a clear 30 feet away from where Blazer stood. Trying to recover from the blow, I looked to the lake to see a menacing Gyarados towering over the water. It was massive, tall and powerful. I watched as Blazer ran at the serpent with a yellow glowing fist. The thunder punch hit the Gyarados in the midsection of his underbelly. It screeched and hissed as it sank back into the water with yellow sparks jumping over its body until it was out of my view.
Blazer looked at the water, ready for another sneak attack, but I think the Gyarados didn't want to contend with him anymore. Satisfied, he looked over to me and began to move towards me when he was jumped by the same trio of dark pokemon that he had defeated the other day. One on one, I knew that he could handle himself, but three on one with a sneak attack was asking for trouble. They had him pinned to the ground, each unleashing their own attacks and taunting him as he was pinned. I heard the Mightyena speak with malice in her voice, "you didn't really think that we would just let you walk away after what you did, did you?" Blazer was strong but even he couldn't stand this abuse much longer. I began to charge up a fire blast attack when I felt a very sharp pain in my back. My knees buckled and I fell to the ground. An Arbok slithered in front of me with blood on its fangs. Fear ran through me as I realized that its toxic venom was now inside of me. It stayed in front of me, watching with a grin on its face as the venom did its job. I looked past the Arbok at Blazer. It was hard for me to see him because he was pinned to the ground and covered by his attackers. So this is how it ends? Just as I was about to give in to the venom inside me, I saw a bright orange light coming from inside the dog pile on top of Blazer. The three pokemon on top of him were covered in lava and writhed on the ground in pain. I've never seen an eruption attack before, it was beyond powerful. The Arbok turned with a hiss and advanced towards Blazer. I shot a weak ember flame at the Arbok's tail and it turned with anger in its eyes. But before it could give me another lethal dose of venom I saw Blazer raise one of his legs and stomp the ground. The earth began to shake and rumble. The ground between myself and the Arbok opened up forming a gap that it could not pass. Before it could plan its next move. It was bathed in flames from Blazer as he moved forward. The Arbok shrieked and slithered into the forest severely burned. That was the last thing I saw as I blacked out.
I opened my eyes but it was hard to focus and understand what was happening. I felt like I was floating through the air on my back. I looked to the sky and saw the light shift as it came through the passing branches. Then I realized, I was being carried, but I didn't know who was carrying me. As I struggled to stay conscious I passed out again.
Hey guys, yes I know it has been a while and I apologize. You see, this story just came to me on a dime, right out of the blue. So I wrote it down as soon as possible. But instead of writing it down on a note book, I wrote it down on my phone. Phones are electronic, and electronics can fail. I couldn't recover any of my information or data on my old phone to include this story. I lost motivation to continue because I couldn't remember how I wanted this story to go. After a lot of thought though I am back on track and I want to thank you guys for your patience and for following the story. Till next time, peace.