First, I want to thank for Farla who point out (Maybe many) errors at the summary. I felt grateful. Yes, I'm weak at Grammar and I would like to search for a beta reader, but I don't have much time to do it. So I take my time to study about grammar more. Anyway, please enjoy chapter 2.
Chapter 2
The surrounding air that cloaks the whole area feels rather different than last time he takes a breath. The soil also feels comfort for a bed. The lights shine brightly through his eyes, let the darkness surrender and leaves. He opens the lid slowly and keeping the light that comes isn't hurting his eyes.
The lights were a bit hurt as he begins to capture a color. There is nothing except the hurting lights and a grey to white color sky. His eyes weren't fully took the light as he hang his right hand to blockade the blinding light. His eyes also capture the image of an oval shaped thing with some claw at its tips which is his hand. For a few moments his minds doesn't lead him to any answer as his ears begin to picked up some noises that repeated with almost-exact timing. His curiosity lead his energy to turn his head to his right where he found a box with complex rope attached to it as well as the content of the box which a single line somehow feels moved. Somehow the line changing into a noise frequent as the noises he heard are picked up and change back again to its normal single line.
The complexity of the rope like thing is leading his eyes to follow where it ends. His visions are crawling on the floor and begin to fly upward as he catching another object on the background. Something grey colored thing that covering his body. His curiosity start to build as his vision is getting clearer as the time goes. He ordered his energy to lift him up to get appropriate angel to the surrounding so he can easily identify where he is. He is gathering some energy and lifts up his body as the vision gain much room for his eyes to scout. He notices the ropes moved as he feels something is attaching to him and attach around his center. He swipe his hand slowly to get rid off the thing that blocking his vision to his body. His eyes are much clearer than before as he sees a round thingy that connect to the ropes.
"Where am I…?" he asked himself that guiding his mind to search for an answer.
The guide is leading his mind to the memory which recalling the past event. As his mind take out the content of the memory, his eyes are opening in realize what just happen in the past. He summons his hand to the front and ordering it to move as his pleases. Yep, still blue. He exhale some air to refresh his mind and gathering some of other past event as he close his eyes to increase the downloading speed. He opened his eyes and ordered his left hand to scout his forehead while remembering where the spot that makes his head bleed. His hand land on the surface and move around the target spot where the wound still trace some pain. After his hand scout around, he notice a different texture as his hand is getting far away from the target. He wants to see what make the landscape is different which his ears hear some stepping noises getting louder. When his mind still collecting some data to be arranged, a sliding sound of an object, impacted each other that claim his attention to turn his vision to the right where the source are.
"You're awake." The soft and smooth sound that was heard made Latios' mind flow patiently by the calming voice. His eyes capture a smaller pink figure wearing a white coat that almost covering the whole body until the coat landed on the ground.
"Good thing your injuries aren't that bad." The pink's feet move the upper body to approach the lost blue. Latios' mind is lost in the cloudy of question that asking him many times. Latios draw his face whom the pink figured out what in his mind, not after he had been founded under the tree while his head still bleeding. The pink sighed after arrive at the side of the bed where Latios comfortably lay.
"Let me introduce myself. I'm Audino, the doctor." In Latios' eyes, he observe on how Audino introduce by let the body fall to the front and hang at the midair while the hands met each other at bottom center and the soft voice, Audino must be a female. She pulls up her body straight up and broke up her hands to each side. "And you're Latios, correct?"
"How do you know…?" Latios can't load any ideas that she knows his name… well at least he get used to it. Latios sketch his face in many questions filled in it, which Audino can clearly see it through.
"Joltik told me. If he wasn't there using Thunder that literally made the other people panic, you would have been eaten by the wilds out there." When he hears the word 'Joltik' his memory is loading an image of a small yellow bug that his feet are itchy whenever he walks on his head. He also finds a new objective, find the itchy bug. He doesn't know for sure though, only remember how much he must hold his hands from the itches that come from Joltik's feet.
"Where is Joltik?" Latios curiosity begins to take a form whom Latios doesn't know what it is.
"He is being interrogated at the elder's house for almost burning up the forest." Her answers lead one of his eyes to rise as his memories doesn't save the event.
"Burning the forest?" His mind now rising a new building of curiosity.
"No time for chit-chat, the elder is waiting." She claps her hands that leave my question suspended. And also another direction appeared that leads a new question for his knowledge. Audino launches her hands forward and reach the under level of the bed and pulls out a small stair that enough for her to reach Latios altitude. Latios' eyes continue to observe what the pink doctor is doing as she removes the round thing that stick on Latios body. Upon the time when the thing pulled off, the constant beeping sounds changed into an endless sound. Latios turned to the box that carried a living line which now consist a moving straight line. Audino let her feet to stomp the floor and push back the stair to the bed's underground.
Latios try to take the command of his body by moving to the side of the comfy zone. His feet slowly landed on the surface and put up some energy and muscle into it. Latios gives order to his hands to launch forward. When he happens to get some bricks to rebalance his weight, those bricks sliced into many chunks and it cost his balance to break up. Audino with her natural instinct, snatch a thin stick that the height is same with Latios. Latios hands reach out to the stick and it supports him by gaining his balance faster.
"T-thanks…" His mind still seized by a little shock and disorder while regaining some air to breath. Audino places one of her hand to Latios' side with her face drawing a quite long curve that across the canvas. Latios recognize that she is smiling.
"Your welcome. Think you can walk outside?" She writes her voice rather worried tone. Latios nods a few times while adjusting his structure. His hands stick with its ally, the stick, and focusing his vision to the front which his feet begin to carry his body each steps it landed while the stick also accompany Latios' steps. He walks to the door that seems to be opened by sliding it to the side. When he outside of the room, his eyes capture a large room where many different creatures are sitting idle at long chairs that the back of it faces to the wall. The light blue to grey color calming the eyes whose sees it which those eyes are all out of energy. There also a creature that seems busy with the goods inside the table that surrounds it.
"You must be Latios that bug babbling about." the voice that heard clearly seems not a friendly one. Latios peeks to his front where a large stone like creature that a little higher than Latios.
"You're too small to be such attention. Hmph! Weakling…" The rigged hands of his are crossing to each other side while he releases a bulky air. The voice tone can identify that this creature is a male. The sharp words that come out somehow create something in Latios' mind and is crawling throughout the whole area which it cause Latios' annoyance and irritation to build up. Latios naturally narrowed his eyes in annoyance whom the brown with orange stone creature, is observing Latios structure while his attention doesn't focus on Latios' face.
"Oh, Rhyperior… What brings you here?" A familiar voice that just recorded a while ago, snapped Latios' short term memory to recall whose sounds it is. The stone turn his vision to Latios blind spot whom Latios also turn his body while holding the stick. Audino walks to their direction and stopped at Latios' side, want to hear what they are talking about.
"Just telling this blue that he should come to Elder's house." The stone claims Rhyperior that appeared to be his names.
"Right now?" Latios mind is trying to recover after the fire gone up, raising both building that gets his mind a bit uncontrolled.
"Next year! Of course right now you dumb!" The sword spills out from Rhyperior and flying towards Latios that stab through Latios sense. Both Latios' annoyance and irritation are colliding and destroying each other. The fragments from both building begin to build up a red tower in rapid pace. The tower is higher than both building and when it finishes, at the top is burning with blue fire that raging greatly. Latios try to cool it off as the fire is getting uncontrolled. Audino noticed the change of atmosphere around Latios that cause Audino's mind begin to panic as the atmosphere slowly covering them.
"Come on Latios!" Out of Latios attention, Audino grabs Latios' hand and forcefully try to drag Latios with her. Latios who still lack of energy, suddenly is dragged by Audino sudden force.
"H-hey…!" Latios regains balance from falling somehow and create a shock that paralyze his rage. Rhyperior who doesn't effected by the change of atmosphere is raising one of his eyebrow in confusion of Audino's action. While Latios and Rhyperior attention are now focusing at Audino, she doesn't order her mind to give a quick capture at Rhyperior's face. She continues dragging Latios away from Rhyperior until they reach a sliding gate that opened by itself. Latios' memory is roaring hardly until he knows what the automatic gate is.
"W-wait Audino!" Latios let his voice go out in hope Audino stop dragging him away. But for Audino, the voice is much more like the song from a glass which she ignores.
When the automatic gate opened and still being dragged, his eyes begin to record many images that greet his narrow eyes. There's a small building that looks more like a school that reflect the light from the sun and spread out to its surrounding. Many different creatures are walking and flying with their heart content, chatting, shopping and many more activity that Latios knows. Audino stops her sudden burst and let loose her hand from Latios'. Latios break his speeds by stabbing the stick to the ground which causes him to slide along with the stick a few second until the speed drop. Latios is facing towards the ground while his hands barely hold onto the stick. His eyes fly up and catch Audino is standing a few feet away while she draws her face in confused way.
"There you are!" Both Audino and Latios claim a person's voice not far from them. The voice also load Latios' memory of someone he recognizes. Latios turn his vision to behind and sees a creature with a pink colored body and a seashell-like hat walks slowly at his direction. Latios think he just loads a wrong one… or it isn't? Latios begin scanning the creature from the body structure that the pose give a wise and gentle aura around while loading another library of memories.
"Oh Mr. Slowking!" Audino calmly walks toward it… or him.
"Oooh, Audino! How's our blue bird right now?" He asked which Audino put one of her fingers to Latios who standing with a hurricane in his head. Slowking turn his vision over Latios who still barely straighten his body. Latios is suspending the hurricane that create havoc and try to make the river run calmly. Slowking observe the blue with his tired-looking eyes in interest of the bird's health.
"He's not a bird Mr. Slowking, he is a dragon type. To be exact a dragon-physic type pokemon." Both Latios and Slowking catch every Audino's words. But from both side response in different way such as Slowking who nodded slowly in understanding while Latios found himself lost from the track.
"Dragon… physic type… pokemon?" His unwavering tone ordered to let out a question that claims both Audino and Slowking attention.
"Yes, that is you… Shouldn't you know?" The elder repel that makes Latios even harder to think what to response, since he just know himself not long. The knowledge that come through seems to be confused as Latios rethink over to welcome it.
"Didn't I tell you earlier he doesn't know anything, old timer?" The sounds that wave around them seem to be close. Not long something felt itchy from Latios head. He scratch slowly in knowing his claws can hurt him until something is crashing one of his claws. Latios pull his claws out and before he tried to sweep across his head, he got himself electrocuted. Latios can feel his whole body running by electricity and without think further, he hold the stick that stuck on the ground with more power in hope the electricity will run over the stick and finally to the ground. The electric run through the stick and Latios can feel himself free from the electricity.
"Hey watch your claws!" The tone that somewhat familiar in Latios head is calling his memory of the past. Slowking and Audino fixed their eyes on Latios head where the source of the voices. Latios catch their eyes are focusing on a point on his head. Latios decide to use his hand to sweep across his head. When he does it, something is attached at the back of Latios right hand that just sweeps his head. He then pulls back his hand and his eyes catch a yellow little creature whom Latios knows who.
"Joltik…?" Joltik suddenly bouncing up and down that is itchy for Latios. Joltik stops his continuous bounce and make an annoying face in the upper layer.
"You should be thankful you know!" Joltik said and start to bounce up and down. Latios mind doesn't have any clue to lead what Joltik means. Until the elder's feet carried his body to the two.
"Ah yes, that reminds me. Joltik… Shouldn't you on your way?" The words from elder seems not struck whole in Joltik's ears. Joltik turned to the elder and try to remember something.
"I kinda lazy to do it, since…"
"Go! Now!"
"But…"
"I said GO!" Joltik jumped off from Latios hand and bounces away from the three. Latios could feel what Joltik feels right now and feel sorry for it. But inside of his mind, another question popped up.
"Mr. Slowking, Where he just gone to?" Latios tone that shows Latios interest make the elder's attention turn to him with a calm sketch on his face.
"To the farmer that just not far from here… Help that old lady there for his punishment." The elder seems to be rather calm but with annoying rhythm. The sentence just gives another question to be told in purpose to fulfill his interest. Punishment? That is the keywords that will Latios ask.
"Punishment?" The elder let out a deep breath knowing Latios will ask that. Audino then come closer.
"Just ask Joltik if you wanna know." The answer from Audino is rather kind of disappoints, but he also feels better from the time through time, maybe he can walk without the help from the stick. Latios straighten his body once again and slowly losing the energy from his hand that holds the stick. He could feel the energy come back to life and filling in his muscle in ready to operate. After he gains his balance, his hand slowly slips off from the stick until let off from it. A joyful feels poured his mind as he doesn't need the help from the stick.
"Can I help him in his punishment?" The elder turns away from Latios and Audino eyes contact which reveal his hands grab each other on his back.
"Punishment must be done by the one who makes error to the rule… and the answer to your question is no." Latios mind covered in desperation.
"In fact, I have something to do with you…" The elder begin to pull out his right hand which containing a piece of white paper. He pushes his hand to Latios as Latios accept it in confusion and read its content.
[To Elder, Slowking.
This letter I wrote is not an invitation, rather a request.
However you can ignore my request, but I will be grateful if you lend your service.
With your excuses, can you help me find a comrade of mine?
His location still unidentified, but surely your eyes may cross my comrade.
In description, He has a blue and white fur on his body with a pair of wings and a red triangle on his chest.
If you found him, please seize him and contact me immediately.
If you lend your service, I'm surely grateful for your assistance.
From… …r…]
Eh, the last word is too blurry to even read it. But aside of that, the one who wrote this letter, must be searching for him. Slowking watched Latios as he put all the description from the letter to compare the blue. He looks to the front where the elder and the doctor are standing and their eyes fixed to Latios. Slowking already know that Latios will surely ask to him as Latios draw his face in full of confusion. Latios looked back to the letter content as his eyes scan the letter once more. But somehow, his eyes are more focused to the last blurry word which calls his interest. But it is not too important to even know it.
"So… you are searching for me?" Latios asks just to be sure with his tone a bit unsettled.
"Yes." Latios know that Slowking is serious about this as he can feel the atmosphere around him. Slowking think he should be cautious to step further so Latios won't suspicious. Latios mind is a bit uneasy in many ways as the thought that cloud his mind swirling around. Audino can feel Latios' presence that appears to be confused. She then tells Slowking to ask him.
"Well, I should go back to my place. There still some people who needs me. Oh, Latios… don't scratch your head too often since it still recovering." Audino's voice is catching both Latios and Slowking attention as Audino walks away from them. Slowking turns his eyes to Latios as he want to start to give some information and questions. Beside, Slowking must be sure…
"Latios… Is Joltik tells the truth that you don't remember anything?" Latios nod slowly while his face stares at the ground.
"Hm… you should stay at my village until the sender of the letter come. Maybe you can remember something after the sender arrival?" Latios still a bit uneasy but he seems doesn't have any choices as he nod once again in agreement. Slowking face makes a wise smile.
"Wait here… I will be back after I organize some stuff for you to stay." Slowking turn back and start to order his legs to move somewhere else. There also something in Latios mind.
"Where's the farmer Mr. Slowking?"
"Just go straight and turn right at the T-road after you pass the cross road and there you can see a house with a large field close by… Why do you ask?" When he turns around to see Latios, he is nowhere to be found. He turns his vision to the surrounding which the blue isn't in sight. The elder then hear some footsteps that come louder as someone's presence could be felt. The turn away to the source and sees the pink doctor walks closer. From the elder face, Audino could know what the elder will ask since his mind can easily be read like a book "Looking for Latios? He just gone after you told the way…"
I redited the story again to correct some grammar after I studied not long. But I fear there still a lot of errors that I don't know... Well, in the next chapter, it should be interesting as I have some ideas what should I write.