Chapter 10: Relic thief
Jonathan's arm healed well. Mark had a potion with him in case Ember got hurt, but Jonathan ended up using it. Just one spray and the healing began, but it stung like hell.
Jonathan had just gotten off the computer to see if Ember had come for a visit. Apparently he had, for the moment he stepped out of the bedroom he was pounced upon by an orange blur, "Hello, Jonathan!"
"Hello, Ember. Get off," Jonathan commanded. Ember did so.
"How's your arm?"
"The potion may have stung like a swarm of Beedrill but it did its job awfully well. It's as if the attack never happened!" They jumped out the window and onto the fire escape for fresh air. Jonathan pulled the relic out of his hair deciding to show it to Ember, "Hey, Ember, do you know what this is?"
"Not a clue."
"Well, do you know what the cat this looks like?"
Ember examined it closely, "I can tell it's not a Skitty, Glameow, or a Meowth. I can't think of anything right now, sorry."
"It's ok, I can't tell either," Jonathan was about to put it back in his hair when a Murkrow flew out of nowhere and snatched it right out of his hands. "Hey, you feathered rodent, give that back!"
The Murkrow ignored the complaining Ralts and flew off with its new treasure in its beak. Jonathan climbed down the fire escape and ran in the direction the thief ran off to. Ember was not far behind. "Jonathan, I doubt we'll be able to find the Murkrow that stole your relic, there's a whole bunch of them in there!"
"I don't care, I need that!"
"What's so important about that relic?" Jonathan stopped to think just why he kept that object. Part of the reason might have been that he hoped to use that thing to change back to normal, but he doubted Ember would believe that.
"It's, uh, a present for Jenny!" that was true, actually.
"Why not get another one?"
"It's one of a kind. I won't be able to find another one." Ember got the message that Jonathan really wanted the relic back and decided to help. He still had to ask something, though.
"Won't Jennifer notice we're gone?"
"Let's hope we'll get back in time!" As he said that, they entered the forest the Murkrow had gone into. It was a huge forest with branches that blocked out the sun, giving it a haunted look. Jonathan gulped at the sight of it, but bravely marched on. Really, really slowly.
"Hurry up or we won't make it back before she notices." Ember said. The reason Jonathan was afraid of the dark at the moment was because he remembered that psychic types, such as him, had a weakness to dark types, which he hadn't experienced before he was bitten by Howler. He had to get that relic back, so he sped up the pace.
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They were hoping to make it back fast, but now they were hopelessly lost. They had no idea where the way out was, and it was getting darker! Jonathan figured this was because they were heading deeper into the forest, for it was still close to noon.
A while later, they heard rustling coming from the bushes nearby. No doubt it was some sort of ferocious pokemon who would kill them both in an instant. Jonathan got the biggest relief of his life when it turned out to be a little Zigzagoon. "Phew! Hey, you, do you know the way out?"
The Zigzagoon turned and faced Jonathan with a look of curiosity on its face. It went up to him and started sniffing him with its nose. "Hey, it's you!" she said.
"Have you two met before?" Ember asked. Jonathan then recall this Zigzagoon as being the same one he had met at the site of his accident. She seemed to have gotten over it ok.
"Yeah, she's the first one I ran into when I came to this town. Your name was Ziggy, right?"
"Yay, you remembered me! Thank you for your advice that day, it really helped!"
"You're welcome. Do you know the way outta here?"
"Sorry," Ziggy said, "I came here to find something a Murkrow stole from my buddy."
"What a coincidence! Were looking for something Murkrow stole from Jonathan!" said Ember.
"They were really rude!" Ziggy pouted, "Sam had just gotten a watch for his birthday when it just swooped down and stole it from his wrist! I went to get it, but by the time I was in the forest, I realized the watch was too new for me to track by sent! N-now I'm lost in th-this creepy forest a-and I can't find my (whimper) way back and I'll p-p-probably n-never… WHAAAAAAAAA!!!" Oh boy.
Jonathan started patting Ziggy on the back to calm her down, "There, there, don't worry, we'll get out of here. I got an idea to find your watch!"
"(Sniff) R-really?"
"Yeah! The Murkrow that took your watch was probably the same one that took my relic. If you track my scent, you'll be sure to find it!" This caused Ziggy's face to light up.
"You're right!" Jonathan held out his hand so she could catch a whiff of his smell. After sniffing the air for a while she motioned for them to follow her. She turned and walked off in the direction Jonathan and Ember had come from. A sweat drop later, they followed after her.
Thank goodness they had run into Ziggy.