Chapter 4
Shiori: Nothing much to say except for I'm sorry and I don't own Pokemon.
As I was chasing the guy, I heard a noise like that of more than one voice coming from a cave. Instantly suspicious, I snuck towards the cave entrance and slipped inside, hiding behind some boulders when I saw more than one of the people in blue. "Did you manage to get the package from the Devon guy?" came the voice of one of the females.
"Yes. But I think the researcher sent a trainer after me to try and get them back. Should we send out the Mighteyenna and have them scout the trainer out?" came the voice of a man, most likely the one I'd followed. There was a pause between the talking and the tell-tale popping noises of pokeballs being opened, sending out the Pokemon within. I heard the noise of a canine Pokemon sniffing for something. At first I didn't realize it, but they were looking for me. I only realized that after it was too late and I was caught in a terrifyingly strong grip.
"Well well well. What do we have here? A little trainer brat who can't just keep out of our business. Why don't we have a little... fun with you," said the woman who'd spoken first. I could now see she had dark skin, a really short blue shirt, blue pants that had holes on the sides of the legs. She had black hair with a blue streak in it and a pair of goggles on her head. Next to her were two more women dressed in blue and white shirts, short shorts, and a black bandanna, and three men wearing similar attire to the two wome just with longer pants. They also had multiple Mighteyenna and a Houndoom out. I tried to get out of the grip of the woman who was holding me so I could reach my belt and send out one of my Pokemon, but she wouldn't let go. I accidentally made eye contact with her and started shaking out of pure fear.
I don't know how I let myself say it, let alone with my voice cracking as bad as it did, but out of my mouth came, "p-please d-do-don't hu-hurt me!" This caused all of the people, and even the Pokemon, to laugh at me as I trembled in the woman's iron grip. I heard a PokeNav go off and she let go of one of my wrists to answer it, transferring her grip so she held both my wrists in one hand.
Answering the call she said, "Sir, we have a trainer that was trying to prevent us from succeeding in our plans. What do we do sir?" There was a muffled and staticky reply and the woman holding me looked frustrated but said the words yes sir into the PokeNav and shut it off. Still glaring at me, she told the man that had stolen the package to toss it on the ground beside me. He did as he was told and during this she used her free hand to pull a knife out. The thief tossed the package on the ground beside me and when the people in blue saw the knife they got frightened. I didn't see it until it was being thrust at me and plunged deep into my shoulder. She then twisted the knife in my shoulder, causing me to shriek in pain, tears starting to fall out of my eyes. Plunging the knife even further in, she managed to get it to be so my right shoulder was pinned to the rocks behind me by the knife. With that, she released my wrists and all the people and Pokemon alike left the cave.
After about an hour, I finally managed to pull the knife out of my shoulder, freeing me from the boulder. As soon as the knife left the wound, blood pour quite a bit. I wiped off the knife, payed it and the injury no mind and merely picked up the package and returned to the city.
Once back in the city, I found the man that had asked for my help being confronted by someone I assumed to be his boss. I walked over to them and the man I didn't know asked me if I was the one who had been sent to get the package back from the thief. I nodded, tried to hand the package over, and was stopped. "Would you be so kind as to take that to Captain Stern in Slateport and this letter here," the man who by now I knew was Mr. Stone said handing me a letter, "to my son Steven on Dewford island?" I nodded and he said, "why thanks you! And to show even more appreciation, here. Take this PokeNav."
With that I went off to find a way to get to the house of a friend of my family, Mr. Briney.
After getting a ride from Mr. Briney and landing in Dewford, I told him I'd deliver the letter, take on the gym, and then I'd need his help to get to Slateport.
I took a quick trip to the Pokemon Center to get my Pokemon healed and get directions and then I went to Granite Cave, thinking this would be a simple delivering of a letter.
About three yards from a ladder, I felt a sudden shaking in the ground and fell through one of the holes that opened as a result.
*Five Minutes Later*
After being knocked unconscious for a few minutes because of the fall, I woke to the feeling of hot dog breath on my face. In that moment, the first thought in my mind was the fact that my shoulder injury had been opened again and was worse than before and bleeding really badly. Then I took into account the fact that I had a Houndoom breathing heavily and angrily on my face.
Shiori: cliffhanger. Sorry. It's either that or I never type the Halloween special. R&R. Bye.