Team Wildfire: Darkrai Returns
Chapter Four: Love Heals All Wounds
Man...I am SO SORRY guys! This is incredibly overdue, I'm sorry...it has been like 2 months...I was doing the SAT/ACT then I had finals...and then there was drama...but I got to it...but after all that, I revised and here it is CHAPTER 4! :)
Delphox's POV
"Alex! Alex!" I heard a voice call from the square. I looked in the direction, seeing a Snivy run from the square as fast as they could, heading south. Panting and muffled crying could be heard from them. They were hurting, and you could tell by the tears that streamed down their face as they avoided everyone's eyes.
"Just leave me alone!" She quickly pushed past me, trying to desperately run faster in her desired direction. I whipped my head from the direction she came. I saw an Arcanine run in pursuit after her about half way into the square before stopping. He called to her but she did not turn back, she just kept running.
"Alex!" He called as the group caught up. They stood looking in the southern direction. They all had sad looks on their face.
"Come back..." He trailed off, his eye casting to the floor. He was upset, angry no...just sad. I felt a frown form on my face, it sucks to fight like that. My distraught thoughts quickly were pulled back to that name... 'Alex'...no...it couldn't be. She was a pokemon?
That...could that be Alex? Fear instantly washed over me as I remembered the other night. I hit her with that magic...damn. My heart was beating so quickly, I felt my paws get clammy. If Darkrai found out she was a pokemon, he would be...
"Delphox, are you okay? Your shaking..." Hydreigon said, putting a paw on my shoulder. The instant touch startled me. I'm just glad it isn't master. His dark blue eyes were always so cold and hateful, its enough to make even me feel uncomfortable. Hell, it was enough to make me jump...even when he wasn't nearby.
"Y-yeah, I...I think that's Alex..." Chandelure looked at me, his candles dimming as he looked to my eyes. He could scene my uneasy feeling about her being a pokemon. She was better protected now, and even though she was inexperienced, she would still pose a problem.
"You really think so? Its just a Snivy to me." I shook my head and felt a growl slip from my mouth.
"With the same name...and a father that is looking for her!?" The two simply looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders.
"It could just be coincidental... besides we don't even know if his name is-"
"Don't worry Anthony, we'll find her." The Charmander, Helioptile and a grouchy looking Starley walk up to him. I quickly glared at them.
"Darkrai is going to be angry Delphox, especially since you did it...you're the one that changed her that way." My eyes went wide, I quickly turned to Hydreigon, who quickly covered his mouth. I felt my stomach churn, like I was going to puke. Darkrai would have my head. He didn't accept failure...never.
"We have to fix this..." I muttered, turning to them as the other teams ran past us in the southern direction.
"We?" They both responded. They knew just as well as I that I would be in serious trouble for this, so fixing it before he could find out would be crucial to my survival. I quickly grabbed them, dragging them down the south trail. We passed a tree house and dojo and continued walking until we saw a bridge.
"We're leaving town? It really wouldn't make a difference to leave...he would still find us." I cringed at the thought, but that wasn't my intention. We walked to the other side, and I quickly whipped them around and pointed to the bridge.
"No stupid, we're going to cut it." They both looked at each other and to the river that roared past us.
"You think this is going to work? How do you know she is even going to come this way? And even if it does, how are we supposed to get back to town?" I pointed to Chandelure, who was levatating off the floor.
"She's running away, and running back to town would leave her at square one! She's a human, not stupid! He will fly us across! If he has to make more then one trip, then so be it! But we watch to make sure we succeeded, got it!" Chandalure simply nodded in understanding. Hydreigon stared at the bridge.
"Fine...Chandelure, you should go to the other side...so that way the bridge doesn't fall when we try to cross, you can just float over here." Hydreigon whispered.
"Okay." I heard him mutter as we started to loosen the bridge's rope.
Charmander's POV
"Alex! Alex!" I called along with the rest of Team Olecronon. We were staring at our base, Team Wildfire was standing on the ground next to us.
"Go away! Don't any of you listen!?" I heard her yell, I felt myself sigh. Stubborn, is she a fire type?
"Alex, we just wanna talk! For Arceus sake, get down here and make up with your dad!" I yelled back. I walked to the elevator.
"No...I don't even wanna look at him!" I turned the stile for the elevator and it brought me up to the second floor.
"Well talk to me. Can't you do that?" I didn't have time to react, her vines wrapped around me and chucked me over the second floor. My arms flailed around and Starly quickly caught my arms and brought me to the floor. I sighed in relief as he caught me.
"She didn't have to throw me." I said, my heart still pounding from the fall.
"She's just irritable when she's upset...she doesn't mean it." Her father replied.
"I sure hope not..." I muttered, she was nice when she wasn't upset...that was for sure. Starley flapped his wings and flew to the tree house. Then there was yelling. I could hear the moving of chairs and other items amongst the house when I saw the two exit the house.
"Starley! You've caused enough trouble! No! Stop! Let go of me!" And with that, Starley had Alex in his talons. Her flew her to the floor and dropped her there. She quickly turned to him and growled.
"What the hell!?" Starley's attitude toward Alex was always angry. He never really trusted Alex, I'm sure he just wanted her to just go home. Honestly I could blame him he-
"Apologize to him!" Starley yelped, his beak forming a frown. I felt my eyes dart to Starley, his wing pointed at Anthony.
"Why!? He's the one that just ruins everything!" Anthony merely watched Alex, although he was a strong Arcanine he had the face of a sad, frightened pup...much like Growlithe's are when they first face a fear. Losing Alex must be one of his biggest fears.
"He's your dad! He doesn't have to justify anything!" Anthony kind of stood there, his eyes so sad.
"Like hell he doesn't, he's always so over protective, yelling at me when I haven't done anything! He doesn't even give me a chance to explain myself! I'm not a baby anymore, he has to stop treating me like I'm one!" Anthony's paw's grit into the dirt. The ground beside me shook.
"Alex that's enough! Stop this! I already said I was sorry! What more can I say? What more can I do?" Alex quickly whipped her head to him. Her eyes leered at him.
"Hmph! Nothing you could ever do would ever change my mind!" She snorted. She took off down the road again. Unlike last time, we all quickly followed suit. There was a old wood bridge up ahead. Alex ran onto it and Anthony caught up to her.
"Alex I-" The bridge collapsed under them and the rest of us quickly ran to the edge as their heads were swallowed by the waves. Oh..man...
Anthony's POV
My body is on fire. Not that it isn't always warm...because I'm a fire type but my body felt like it was dying. Like someone had lit a match to watch me burn. My lungs were fighting to get air. I could hear the muffled sounds of voices calling me.
"A...ony...!" My ears were clogged with water, and I felt the water seep into my mouth. The roaring waves were making it hard to hear. The water itself was cold and clear, washing over my face every few seconds. That's when my body ran cold...Alex is in here with me.
I felt my eyes wander through the water, trying to find that Snivy. I felt my paws crash above water, and my lungs filled with air as I coughed out some water.
"Alex! Alex where are you!?" I yelped, pressing my paws into the ground to try and keep the current from pushing me further upstream. I heard a voice calling me, and looked up to see Starley flying over head.
"Anthony! Look!" He gestured to a rock just farther up the stream. I kicked the water, now understanding why fire types don't swim: they sink. I felt like lead as I tried to fight my way to the rock. I stood on it and shook off. Looking around for Alex. That's when I saw her, fighting to keep her head above the water.
"Alex!" I yelled, the current pulling me as the clear water washed over my head.
"Dad!" She forced out, a wave washing over her head.
"Don't worry! I'm coming..." I noticed where the river was leading, a water fall was not too far up ahead.
"Oh this is just perfect." I said sarcastically, frustrated in all the misfortune today. First Alex is a Snivy, then the bridge, and now this... I was going to end up jumping in anyway...might as well.
I jumped in, swimming to get ahead of Alex. I pressed my paws into the ground and she tried to swim to me. Come on Alex... I thought to myself. She fought to stay above water. I felt her vines tie around me and she quickly latched onto my back.
"Starley! A way out would be nice!" I yelped, feeling the ground give way and the river washing us to the edge of waterfall.
"Sorry! I can't find one!" He yelled back, I noticed the waterfall was coming up. I looked up at Starley.
"Catch Alex!" Her grip with her vines was tightening on me.
"Dad, no! You can't!" I quickly grabbed her and tossed her in the air. Starley grabbed her and quickly flapped his wings to shore. Alex's vines were trying to pull me but that was quickly becoming pointless since he was still little. He didn't have the strength to pull us both to shore yet.
"Alex! You have to let go!" I quickly yelled to Starley.
"What are you crazy!? Starley keep flying!" Starley looked tired, but he grit his beak and tried to desperately flap his wings harder.
"Alex! Let go! I promise everything is going to be okay!" I yelped, starting to drag Starley and Alex over the edge.
"Alex, listen to him...he knows what he's doing." Alex shut her eyes tightly, and her grip slowly released me.
"Okay...you promised!" She yelled, her once tight grip slowly released. I quickly looked out to the edge of the waterfall. I shut my eyes, bracing for the long fall over the edge. At least Alex was safe.
"Gotcha!" I quickly opened my eyes, Blastoise! Oh I have never been so happy to see him.
"I'm so glad you're here!" He was used to these waters and I'm lucky he decided to jump in and save me. I put my paws on Blastoise and he pulled us toward shore.
I felt my back paws touch dry land. And I immediately jumped away from Blastoise and thanked him.
"Thanks buddy! I don't know what would have happened had you not shown up when you did." Blastoise smiled, and slapped a paw on my shoulder.
"Its cool! Glad everything turned out okay." With that statement in mind, Alex ran up to me as Starley put her down. She quickly ran to me, leaping with tears in her eyes.
"I'm sorry!" She cried, tears steaming off her green and cream face. Her body was shaking. Her heart must have been beating so fast as her fingers and toes trembled in place.
"I shouldn't have said that...and after everything, you still saved me...I'm sorry."
"Did you think I wouldn't save you? You're my little girl, no amount of growing up or trying to get away from me is ever going to change that. Besides, your more important than my safety." The rest of the group caught up.
"Awweee..." They all said in unison, making my face go red in embarressment. But regardless a smile appeared on my face.
"Oh shut up! Have a kid why don't you!?" Charmander looked up to his dad and gave a reassuring smile. Heleioptile smiled at Starley who simply turned away from us.
"Thank you Starley, for saving Alex...as a parent I-" He turned back, tears forming on the corner of his eyes.
"You don't understand...Alex especially..." He spat, flying in another direction. Charmander and Helieoptile exchanged a glance.
"Alex, I think Starley is right, you could have seriously hurt your father today" Lucario started.
"Yeah but he's okay. And besides everything is okay now..." She said, wiping the tears from her eyes.
"I don't think that's what he meant..." Gardevior said, touching Lucario's shoulder. They exchanged a glance and Lucario quickly stepped away with a odd smile on his face. I felt a smile creep on my face. Of course...that makes sense.
"Well what did he mean then?"
"You can't be angry at your dad for trying to protect you, and while you are a teenager, you can't protect yourself from Darkrai...he's bad news."
"Maybe with more training I-" I quickly felt my eyes dart to Alex.
"Maybe you should train more, to protect yourself...not for fighting." She quickly looked up.
"But..." She began as I simply shook my head.
"Don't go looking for a fight." I said.
"Fine...but I will if I have to."
"You won't have to if I'm here." I whispered. I wasn't willing to lose Alex to Darkrai, he was looking to get back at me...even if that means killing a child.
Darkrai's POV
"Did it work?"
"I'm not sure"
"Let me get a better look! Move!" The whinning voices of the Delphox, Chandelure and Hydriegon in front of me.
"Did you get Alex?" The three quickly turned around, fear laying in their eyes. They shook their heads slowly.
"W-we took care of her boss!" Delphox yelped. Her whole body shook at the sight of me as she looked to my eyes.
"Oh really?" They all gave big smiles and nodded happily. I mimicked them before keeping the smile plastered on my face.
"Ya we shipped her and Anthony up the river!" Hydreigon shouted happily. I clenched my fists.
"You did WHAT!?" They all backed up in fear, and I quickly turned, destroying the trees with my claws. I am the only one to destroy Anthony...Alex is the only way I can get my revenge.
"Well, Delphox said we had to get rid of Alex because she was a pokemon and-"
"She's a what!?" Delphox quickly backed up.
"Well ya because she made her a pokemon and-" Chandelure quickly covered up his mouth and backed up next to Delphox. Delphox's eyes were wide, shivering as I walked closer to her.
"Delphox...come here..." She shook her head and I turned my head calmly before gritting and yelled at the top of my lungs.
"GET OVER HERE NOW!" She rushed to my side, Hydriegon and Chandelure stood, silently.
"Delphox, I'm not happy..." She twiddled her fingers nervously, her eyes avoiding me as I circled her.
"Tell me why I'm not happy Delphox..." I whispered.
"B-b-because she's a pokemon." I shook my head.
"That's right, because she's a pokemon...and do you know why people have pokemon...?" I said, circling.
"So...they are better protected." She said in a scared voice. Her voice cracking.
"Ah, that's right...now don't you think being a pokemon gives you more security?" She nodded her head. Her eyes filled with tears, as my fingers balled up into a fist.
"THAT'S RIGHT! SHE IS BETTER PROTECTED, ISN'T SHE!? NOW WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS!..." I yelled, coming face to face with Delphox. I grit my teeth, but felt a smirk come form on my lips as I backed away.
"But don't worry Delphox...you don't have to worry about that..." She quickly looked up from her paws.
"I-I don't?" I shook my head. The grin was getting wider.
"Nope... do you know why?" I asked. Tears silently fell to the floor. I noticed her team mates wide eyed as the stood silently shaking as well.
"No...w-why?" With that, my hand glowed purple and I clawed Delphox over the face. Slicing over her left eye was my mark. A scream was heard before all was silent once more. Dare she fail again, it will be a lot worse then some reminder of why they should not fail me.
"Worry about that... fail again and find out what happens...UNDERSTAND!?" Her wails of pain were silent. She groaned on the floor, but her team mates did not move...smart. They all silently shook their head and Delphox brought her face up from the floor, covering her eye and nodded.
"Do not fail again...bring me Alex...or else." I growled, opening a dark portal and stepping into my realm.
Poor Delphox, but hey what can I say...I'm feeling really naughty this time of year. That naughty list alludes me yet again! Anyway, thanks you for the patience, it is appreciated immensely. Either way, Happy Holidays from BigBossMan538 and me, SunnySummer77! I encourage you guys to watch our pages for our other stories and what not... :)