Disclaimer: I don't own pokemon otherwise I'd make this part of the show!
Anyways, back to the story. Um...Despite being an inexperienced and probably somewhat horrible author please enjoy?
Jason grabbed me by the shoulders, "What do you mean by that, Kyra?" his voice was shaky. I was probably scaring him, but how could I not in this kind of situation. I squeezed my eyes shut and tried taking in deep breaths, but they only ended up as small gasps.
It was too soon. Even after years of searching and preparation, I still wasn't ready. This wasn't how I planned it at all. I was supposed to find some sort of lead, and then after storming the building I would find her on the highest floor, sipping champagne or whatever it was super villains did in their spare time.
Sai and Tory would be with me, and then after an intense fight we'd finally be able to have the revenge we'd been looking for for so long. And we'd be able to live happily ever after. Was I really so naïve that I'd believe it would have worked out like I wanted it to?
Then I vaguely realized that Jason was trying to get my attention.
"-ra! What's wrong! Please, Kyra! Tell me what's going on!" I focused my eyes on him, and realized that my hands were clutching the front of his shirt. I startled and shoved him away, making him fall down with a grunt.
"Urgh..." he groaned and rubbed his bottom. "The hell was that for! I was just trying to help!" I ignored him, and used the wall to help prop myself upright.
How could I be stupid enough to let myself drift off like that? Especially in the middle of a mission. It doesn't matter that I've finally found her. I've got to focus on rescuing the lillipup, and as well as worry about Mr. Newbie here who was actually dumb enough to go on a mission without permission.
I felt Tory shift on my head. His body was pressed closely to me, and I could hear him letting out small whimpers. So he knew what was going on? How could he not, there was only one person we knew who was able to do something like this. Of course Tory would be remembering that day as well.
"Kyra?"
I gave him an annoyed look, then continued walking over to the trophy case where the lillipup statue was. Jason followed behind me, quiet, and Bisharp followed as well. The ringing clang of his footsteps on the tile floor reverberated throughout the room. They weren't loud enough that they could easily be heard from the outside, but it was still making me a little nervous.
I stopped right in front of the trophy case and fingered it from the top to the bottom, resting my finger on the little lever that was located on the base. From what I could remember I just had to slide it down, and then the lillipup would be free.
Just before Jason could ask me, once again, what I was doing, I began to slide the lever down and continued until it was as far down as it could go. I heard Jason gasp in surprise, but I ignored him and picked up the glass cover, setting it down to the side.
Kneeling down so that I was eye-level with the table, I scanned over the little lillipup that was now cowering against the trophy case base which had been its home for who knows how long. Now I just had to earn the lillipup's trust.
"Lillipup," my voice was soft, "my name is Kyra. I'm here to save you and bring you back home with your family." Lillipup just growled at me and backed away, the fur on his back bristling. I reached into my pocket and brought out the collar Lillipup's owner had given me, in case I needed something to gain its trust with.
Lillipup's eyes widened at the sight of the collar. "Don't you know what this is Lillipup? Susie gave it to me. She really misses you." Lillipup glanced up at me, then back at the collar. "Please, Lillipup. Let me help you."
I really wasn't expecting him to jump into my arms, crying with those tears that only pokemon could cry with, and letting out small hiccups of 'pup' every now and then. I clipped his collar back on and stroked his head lovingly, holding him close. "There, there, Sweetie. Don't cry anymore, you're safe with me."
"W-wait a second, Kyra!" Jason called out in a hushed tone. I froze and realized that I was already halfway out of the door. Jason half ran up to me, with Bisharp following closely. "What the heck just happened? That lillipup was supposed to be a statue, but now it's an actual lillipup! This doesn't make any sense!"
I exhaled sharply and turned to glare at him, causing him to flinch back. "I'll waste time if I explain now, so I'll explain back at HQ. Right now we need to get out of here. You've already wasted too much of my precious mission time." And with that I turned and resumed walking out of the room with Tory on my head and Lillipup in my arms.
"Kyra, that's not fair," Jason whined following after me. I sighed, but didn't reply since I felt my patience with him was on the verge of snapping.
"You know what, Jason? If you can find a way out of here without us running into anyone then I just might forgive you."
"But, Kyr-"
"Stop!" I gave him the most venomous glare I could muster, "I swear that if you say my name one more time I'll string you up over a durant hill, and watch as they pick your bones clean. Or would you prefer to be like Prometheus and have a vullaby pick at your insides for an eternity?"
"I-I'll stop," Jason stuttered, visibly shrinking under my gaze.
"Good. Now where to?"
"Well, there's an emergency exit on the next floor up. I'm pretty sure that there shouldn't be anyone there. I learned about it by eavesdropping on some of the other guards...Hey! Wait for me!"
I'd started walking for the staircase after he'd said 'exit'. I just wanted to get out of here as soon as I could. Besides that, I started feeling a little uneasy ever since we found Lillipup. It was like we were being watched and I didn't like it.
"Jeez~"
When I looked back at Jason there was a pout on his face. I sighed, and turned back focusing on what was in front of me. I swear, once we got back to HQ he'd be getting the punishment of the lifetime.
O O O
"It's just to the right," Jason said motioning with his hand. Bisharp copied Jason and motioned with his hand as well. I cocked my head slightly at the sight, but turned to look at where Jason was pointing towards and sure enough there was a gigantic red door with 'Emergency Exit' written on it.
"All right then, you go first." I motioned with one hand, since I was still holding Lillipup. It was somewhat of a relief to find out that Lillipup still liked me even after showing my violent and sarcastic side. I was worried that I would end up scaring him, but he didn't seem to mind at all.
Jason let out a surprised cry and pointed at himself. "What! Why me?"
I sighed. "Because, Jason, if there's someone out there you have a higher chance of not being attacked immediately. And also because I said so."
"But-"
"GO," I ordered. He cringed under my gaze, but began walking to the door nonetheless, followed closely by Bisharp. He paused right as he reached the door, then turned back to me. I raised my eyebrow and motioned for him to hurry up. Jason let out a sigh and turned back to the door.
I watched him up until his hand reached out for the door knob, but then turned around suddenly when I felt someone's presence. There wasn't anyone there, but I just couldn't shake off the feeling that we were being watched.
"Jolt, jolt," Tory shot off a small spark, and I knew that he felt the same way.
Reluctantly, I turned back to face Jason, who was now opening the door. He pushed it open slowly until it was wide enough for him to slip through. Then he poked his head out and after a quick look around opened the door all the way.
Jason turned to give me a thumbs up. "The coast is clear, Kyr-AHHHH!" Both of our eyes widened in surprise as a bright light surrounded Jason's body and he flew up into the air.
"Jason!" I ran after him, but stopped when a barrage of needles embedded themselves in the ground in front of me. My eyes narrowed and I scanned the rooftops for the pokemon that had shot out the pin needles. Bisharp, however, was determined, and continued after Jason after deflecting the pin needles that was shot at him.
"Sharp!" Bisharp lunged after Jason, but then Jason's body jerked upwards at the last second, causing Bisharp to miss and fall back to the ground. Jason spun in the air until he stopped so that he was upside down.
"Wah! Kyra, help me!" he cried. I took another step forward, but then another set of pin needles shot out from the rooftops and embedded themselves a centimeter away from my toes.
"Hufufu~ I wouldn't do that if I were you. Or you might just scare my little gothitelle into accidentally popping your friend like a balloon." a figure stepped out from the shadows, and stopped until he was fully revealed in the lamp-post light.
He had silver hair and eyes so blue it was like staring into the sea. I glared at him, while he just grinned at me. There was some movement behind him, and I caught a glimpse of a pair of glowing blue orbs that could only belong to the gothitelle he had mentioned before.
Bisharp rounded on him. "Bi! Shar-sharp!" Then, just as soon as he finished he dashed towards where the silverette and his gothitelle were, his bladed arms drawn up.
Jason's eyes widened in alarm, "Bisharp! Stop!" he shouted, but it was already too late.
Right as Bisharp was two feet away from the silverette a dark blur shot out from behind him and rushed Bisharp. The only thing that I could make out was the trail of light gothitelle's eyes made as it moved.
And just as quickly as the blur shot out, it returned back into the shadows, safe behind its trainer.
Bisharp stood there frozen, and before anyone could say anything he toppled face forwards onto the ground, unconscious.
"Bisharp! But how!" Jason cried, staring at his fallen comrade.
"Hufufu~ brick break. Isn't it such a wonderful attack? Especially when it does four times the damage on a steel and dark type like Bisharp. You really should be careful before you rush somebody like that. You never know what trick they might have up their sleeves," he looked at me as he said this, as though ushering an unspoken challenge.
I glared at him, and chewed on my lip in thought. I couldn't just rush him. Like he said, I didn't know what other attacks his gothitelle knew, and because I was pretty sure that he had another pokemon hiding up on the rooftops, too. That put me at a major disadvantage, especially since it seemed like his pokemon weren't any pushovers either. I hugged lillipup closer to my chest, who let out a small whimper at the sight of Bisharp's unconscious body.
What should I do? I placed a hand on my head to see what Tory was thinking, but my eyes widened slightly in surprise when my hands touched empty space. Of all the times that he could run off!Where did he go!
"Hufu~ If you don't stop moving around then you're friend's gonna get it just like that bisharp there," the silverette crossed his arms and smiled like he had just told a good joke. I grit my teeth, but didn't respond. "Huum! You're no fun. Usually people would be groveling at my feet for mercy by now." He pouted childishly. I felt my eye twitch and closed my eyes as to help control myself.
"What do you want?" I asked, even though I had a pretty good idea of what he wanted. Lillipup whimpered in my arms and let out a little 'pup'. The silverette sighed, but his features retained that carefree and playful look.
"Huum~ I think you know what I want. I can tell you're a smart girl." He grinned, and cocked his head to the side. My grip on Lillipup tightened.
"Kyra!" I glanced up at Jason, who was looking at me seriously. "Just forget about me! Take the lillipup and get out of here! Hurry!"
"Shut up, you," the silverette snarled. He snapped his fingers, and the pair of glowing eyes behind him suddenly intensified in their brightness. That same bright light appeared around Jason's body.
At first, he only let out a surprised grunt, but soon after his face contorted with pain and he cried out in agony as the attack only intensified. I could only stand there helplessly as Jason endured the attack.
What should I do! What couldI do? I was in a difficult situation, and Tory was still nowhere to be found, or seen for that matter. And I couldn't get to Sai since if I moved, the silverette would only have his gothitelle hurt Jason again.
Jason let out one final cry of agony before the silverette snapped his fingers again and the attack stopped. Jason groaned and hung limply in the air. I flinched when I noticed some blood drip out from his mouth.
"Hufufu~ I think you got a little carried away there, Gothitelle. I just wanted you to shake him up a little bit. But, I think it worked anyways," he smiled over at me, and right at that moment there was nothing more I wanted to do than to just strangle the life out of him.
How darehe hurt one of Tree's comrades. One of my comrades. I growled out of frustration and fell down onto my knees, punching the ground in the process. How could I let this happen again? He's right in front of me, but I can't even protect him. Was all the training and preparation I went through all for nothing?
"So," the silverette smiled at me, "are you going to hand over that lillipup quietly, or do you need some more persuasion?" He motioned towards Jason who let out a small groan.
Lillipup whined and I racked through my brain for any way out of this that I could think of. But all I could focus on was the arrogant smirk the silverette wore, and Jason's limp body floating in the air. The only way I could save Lillipup would be to leave Jason behind. But that was something I didn't want to do. Especially with the silverette's boss being thatperson. Jason would be massacred.
The silverette began humming to the tune of a song I wasn't familiar with, but it sounded like a spin off of the Spheal of Fortune game show theme song. What was wrong with this guy! He was really starting to piss me off.
He stopped humming when he saw me watching him, "I guess you do need some more persuasion don't you?" He raised his hand in the air to signal to his gothitelle when there was a sudden flash of light from above in the rooftops.
There was another flash of light, and I realized with a start that they were thunder bolts. I started tinglin with excitement since I could guess whose thunder bolts those were. The silverette just looked panicked and confused.
"What's going on up there! Maractus!" So that was the other pokemon that he had. It made sense since maractus could use pin missile. But what was going on up there?
There was another thunder bolt and the silverette's blue eyes widened in surprise as a figure began to descend from the darkness that engulfed the rooftops. As the figure fell into the light I recognized it as the green, plant-like body that belonged to a maractus.
"Catch him, Gothitelle!" the silverette shrieked, pointing at the pokemon who was on a rapid descent towards the ground. Gothitelle faced the falling maractus and with a small battle cry enveloped it in light so that it stopped in mid fall.
The light surrounding Jason disappeared and he fell to the ground with a dull thud. I wanted to see whether or not he was all right, but stayed where I was since I wanted to see what was going on. And Jason didn't seem to be in danger anymore so it was okay.
Back to the silverette. His maractus was lowered onto the ground gently, and the silverette ran over to it, embracing it in his arms.
"Hoh! My poor, little maractus! Who did this to you?" The silverette glanced up at the rooftops where Maractus had fallen from. In the vast darkness, there was an area that was filled with sparks, which were now moving closer to the border line of where the light and dark met each other.
A long, yellow leg stepped out, and my breath hitched when instead of a little joltik, there was a large galvantula crawling along the wall. The galvantula's large, blue eyes regarded the silverette and his maractus coldly, then turned to look at me. It shot out a string shot towards the building behind me, then swung over so that it landed right in front of me.
It stood up just so that it was almost as tall as my waist, and up close, I could see that it was still sparking with some leftover electricity. Our eyes met, and I don't mean to sound cliché, but in that one glance I instantly knew who this galvantula was.
"Tory?"
And here's where I'm going to end it. Even though it's another cliffhanger, I just wanted to post something before too much time passed by.
Hoped you guys liked it! And please review. Reviews do equal motivation for me as well, otherwise I guess I should finish my homework.
