What am I even doing?

I probably should be working on Uprising or Father or whatever, but meh. I just feel like working on this because why not. I'm not 100% sure what the over-arching story is, but I have the basic idea.

Important to note: I don't follow the Pokedex heights. Ever. But especially not in this story. No, in this one the Pokemon will be fucking huge. Why? Because I said so, that's why. Also obviously not all of them are going to be like that.

So enjoy your 20 ft. Charizards and shit.

Disclaimer: Nah.

Monster

Chapter 1

"A Serviper? What about an Arbok! Oh, oh! Maybe it was an Electross! Lucas said those things could grow to be huge! Then again they're usually surrounded by an electric current, so that's actually rather unlikely…." Leaf blabbed on as they walked back to camp, clearly irritating the ever loving fuck out of Silver. Dawn walked calmly beside her, clearly not taking in a word the other girl was saying. The bluenette checked her weapon absentmindedly. She should probably turn the safety on.

Silver let out an annoyed sigh. Snapping his head sideways to face the youngest girl, he snapped, "Leaf, whatever the hell that thing was it certainly wasn't something we've ever encountered previously. So please, just stop."

"Maybe it was lord Dunsparce of the underworld." Dawn suggested dully. It was impossible to tell if she was being sarcastic or not.

"Dawn, don't star-"

"Is that a thing?!" Leaf cried, interrupting Silver. The red haired male slipped his face into his palm, shaking his head. "Is there really a Lord Dunsparce of the underworld? " She narrowed her eyes suspiciously. "Are you lying to me?"

"Oh my God you fucking…." Silver muttered under his breath.

Dawn blinked. "I do not lie." She stated simply.

"How do I know you didn't just lie about lying?" Leaf inquired. She ran in front of the other girl, walking backwards awkwardly.

"Because I didn't." Silver's eye started twitching involuntarily.

"How do I know that wasn't a lie?!"

"Life is a lie."

Leaf's eyes went wide. "That was deep."

Dawn nodded in agreement as the other girl adjusted her pace to walk beside her. If there was a tree or any kind of elevated surface, Silver would've been smashing his head against it. He instead swallowed his anger, merely continuing to walk along to seemingly endless expanse of land. It was a dangerous location, having no form of shrubbery to hide behind should any sort of large bird appear. It was also extremely easy to get lost on, as overshooting the base wasn't something that hadn't happened before. Thankfully, Dawn and Silver were two of the best-trained survivors to exist, and they knew the little landmarks leading to it like the palm of their hands.

Silver let out a long breath, not bothering to turn to the other two as he spoke.

"So, one of you is going to have to explain why we didn't catch anything." He explained sourly. He crossed his arms with a scowl. "Because in case you didn't realize, it's not my fault that we lost it."

"Hey! I didn't do it either!" Leaf snapped.

"You're the one that made us wait so long to get it. Had we left quicker, this whole ordeal wouldn't of even happened." Silver pointed out bitterly, shooting her a glare. Leaf returned it.

"Yeah, well, what did Dawn do?!"

"She attracted it."

"I am very attractive." Dawn noted.

"Shut up. The point is that I had nothing to do with this, so I'm not going to put up with Blue for the next couple of hours." Silver huffed. As if that ended the conversation, he picked up his pace, walking steadily before the two girls.

"What a dick." Leaf grumbled. Dawn gave a slight nod in agreement. However, before another word could be said between the two, a loud voice called out from behind them.

"LOOK OUT ASSHOLES!" The girls spun around, Silver doing the same a few paces ahead of them. There was Calem, rollerblading in at a ridiculous speed. Slung over his shoulder was a dead Sawsbuck, spewing blood from several bullet holes in its side. Behind him was Serena, moving more delicately to avoid getting anything on her surprisingly clean dress. She herself was gingerly clinging to a dead Pichu, only gripping it with two fingers, nose directly pointed away from it.

The boy stuck out one of his rollerblades, slowing his approach until he came to a steady halt before Leaf and Dawn, smirking proudly. He brushed a black strand of hair out of his face.

"You guys were the other hunting patrol, weren't ya'?" He asked, getting all up in Dawn's personal space. The girl shoved him away with a sigh. The boy, slightly fazed by this, left her alone and began to roll around them, deciding not to be a show off with his tricks for once because he'd probably fall over with the weight of the creature. "Where's all the shit you caught? Does Silver have it?" He turned to Silver. "Yo' Silvy! Where's your shit?"

Silver gave him a poisonous glare, before flipping around with a huff, not even bothering to answer.

"What we caught was eaten by some sort of dark creature." Dawn explained dully. Calem actually looked interested. "We then got bored and decided to come back."

He tweaked an eyebrow. "You…. Got bored?"

Leaf laughed nervously. "I believe terrified would fit better."

"I was bored."

"Yeah, well you're always bored."

"This is true." The dark haired girl murmured. Calem rolled his eyes. "You weren't really scared though. More so… Enthusiastic."

"Silver sure was."

"Fuck off!" Silver snarled from ahead of them. Leaf sniggered.

"So you're sayin' is, you didn't catch a thing?" Calem asked, looking excited as he picked at a scab on his tan complexion.

"Yes." Dawn said.

Leaf cut in. "Well, no, we got something, it was just taken."

"Yes." Dawn repeated.

The boy smirked. He probably would've crossed his arms. "You guys are going to be in some deep crap with Blue tonight. You're lucky Gold and White can't go out or you'd probably have to clean the whole base on your own.~" He teased, skating circles quicker. However, his jolly attitude was cut off by Serena finally catching up.

The girl looked furious, brown eyes narrowed to slits and actually looking the boy in the yes instead of having her nose pointed up like usual. She placed her hands on her hips, shifting her weight onto on leg, mouth pulled down into a whiny sort of pout.

"Need I remind you that it was I who caught the Sawsbuck, not you?" She hissed, rolling up and jabbing him with a sharp fingernail. Calem turned his back to her, sticking out his tongue. Leaf and Dawn watched from the sidelines, curious for how this'd go down.

"Well I had to hold back my excellent hunting skills because I knew the poor princess that is you wouldn't dare get her precious dress filthy. Or the horror!" He countered sarcastically, holding his hands to his face in mock terror. The black haired girl was fuming.

"Do we have popcorn?" Dawn mumbled.

"Pssh, I wish." Leaf whispered back.

"You scared off half my prey! We could've had plenty to eat tonight, but apparently mastering your foolish 'techniques', I use that term loosely, was much more important! Who is the princess here, might I inquire?!"

Now Calem was furious as well, which in turn was pissing Silver off, which also made the two other girls very entertained.

"Ya' never know when doin' a double backflip off a rock might come in handy!"

"Yes, in fact, I do! And that time is never in the history of our existence." She huffed snottily. "Your little tricks are useless, juvenile, pathetic and simply not worth anyone's time, not even yours." Calem grit his teeth furiously, eyes burning with rage.

There was a pause.

"Oh snap." Dawn whispered dully.

With and impressive amount of strength, Calem heaved the Sawsbuck off of his shoulder and held it by its back legs. Twitching madly with anger, he snapped, "YOU DID NOT JUST FUCKIN' GO THERE!" and smacked girl as hard as he could with the corpse.

Silver's expression grew mildly disgusted, Leaf gasping in horror and shock while Dawn only raised her eyebrows a little. The blow from the dead creature had caused Serena to lose her balance, slamming heavily into the ground beside her. Now, bloodstained and covered in dust, her black hair covered her face, but it didn't take a genius to guess how she felt. Calem's eyes grew wide, backing up a little.

"Oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck…." He whispered, looking petrified. Serena started trembling.

"I would run." Leaf advised.

Calem nodded quickly, before speeding off at a pace that almost seemed impossible, not daring to look back. In that time, Serena had gotten to her feet, the corners of her mouth pulled down into the ugliest scowl in human history. Silver backed up slowly. Not because he was in any way scared, but because he'd rather not be knocked onto the ground as she barreled past him. Serena made some sort of animalistic growl, tearing the Pichu in her hands into two pieces, throwing both pieces of the blood carcass to her sides.

"CALEM!" She roared, skating after the boy at a pace that almost matched his. "I'M GOING TO FUCKING MURDER YOU, YOU HEAR ME?! YOU'RE DEAD MEAT!"

The other three survivors watched as the two gradually became smaller in the distance, their yells of rage and terror growing fainter. A few moments passed before they started walking again, Silver still leading them.

"I hate everything…" He grumbled to himself.

Leaf laughed a little, turning to say something to the other girl, but stopped herself when she realized that Dawn wasn't beside her. Flipping around, the brunette saw the small girl casually lifting the forgotten Sawsbuck into her arms.

"Look," She said with the faintest traces if what could be called a smile. "We caught something."

It took a little more then an hour from them to arrive at the bases entrance, and for Leaf, it was a pretty exhausting walk. She had absolutely no idea how Dawn wasn't even the slightest bit tired, considering she was carrying the heavy creature, but then again she was much stronger then she looked. Silver was probably a little fatigued himself, but obviously he'd never let it show.

The entrance loomed over them as they arrive. It looked threatening, uninviting even, but considering that's where they'd been forced to live for the past couple years they certainly felt not fear.

Silver stalked up to the entrance, untangling his crossed arms. He rapped on the hard wooden door six times, and then paused before doing it once more. On the wall beside, a small slip of wood slid open, revealing a small sliver of the inside.

"U-um… P-password…" A meek voice said, just above a whisper. Silver looked mildly surprised. He'd assumed that Gold would be the one covering password duty, or whatever it was called.

It was kind of a useless job to begin with. From what they understood, they were the only people alive, or at least in this area. There was no real reason to have one, not to mention that Blue insisted on changing it about every week, and it was always humiliating.

Breathing out grumpily through his nose, the red haired teenager leaned in close and whispered to the person on the other side.

"Blue is a sexy beast."

A small giggle could be heard from beyond the door, making Silver flush slightly pink out of anger and embarrassment. Casting a glance over his shoulder, he was relieved to see that Leaf didn't seem to have heard what he'd said (she'd probably be laughing like an idiot if she had) and Dawn didn't look interested in the slightest. The doorknob jiggled momentarily, before clicking, the wooden panel sliding open to reveal another boy.

He was short, only about five feet tall, and was blushing quite a bit. Messy black strands of hair poked out from a filthy white hat, which he adjusted as he looked up at the older male. His posture was awkward, as he slouched over shyly with his arms wrapped under his chest in a kind of one-person hug. Green eyes sparkled with nervousness, clearly straying away from Silver's gaze.

"U-um… I-I wasn't laughing a-at you, S-Silver…" he stammered awkwardly, the stutter in his voce apparent. Clearly uncomfortable, he adverted his gaze downwards. "B-Blue is just… Well I-I respect him and all, but um…" He kicked at the floor a little. "…Sorry…."

"It's fine." Silver responded gruffly, striding his way past the boy. He watched the red haired teenager go, expression still embarrassed as he rubbed the back of his neck.

"Hi Brendan!" Leaf called cheerfully as she walked into the building, Dawn following suit. The boy, now known as Brendan, jumped in shock, letting out a little cry of surprise. He spun around, calming down when he saw it was just them.

"O-oh, uh, hello." He said softly. "I didn't see you there. T-then again, I-I knew you were out with Silver s-so uh…" Brendan swallowed. "Um, anyways, how did the hunt go?"

"We didn't catch anything." Dawn responded blandly, hauling the Sawsbuck into the room. Brendan looked worried. Well, more worried then usual.

"…Um."

"We stole the Sawsbuck from Calem." Leaf explained to the shorter boy. Brendan nodded slowly, but still didn't look too happy with that answer. "He got into another fight with Serena." As she talked, he had made his way back over to the side of the door, picking up a clipboard that sat on a nearby chair.

"Th-that explains a lot, actually." He laughed shakily, crossing something off on the list. He blinked thoughtfully, before scribbling down a quick note. "Serena… S-she was really mad, l-like…" Brendan shuddered. "Um, never mind. Everyone's h-here, so she probably wont, uh, y-you know, hurt him or anything."

Dawn blinked. "Everyone?"

"Y-yeah! You guys weren't s-supposed to return until later, n-not that that's a problem, I-I think, but the next patrol w-won't be out until next morning." He set the clipboard down, tapping his index fingers together.

"Huh." Leaf made a clicking noise with her tongue. "That's not something that happens often. Anyways, could you call Lucas for us? I need to ask him about something."

"Um, yes, I could. Why do you need him?"

"We kind of ran into a thingy…" Leaf looked back at Dawn for guidance, who nodded as if "thingy" was the best way to describe it. "And I'm curious to know what it was. Though I'm still convinced it's a Serviper."

Brendan's eyes grew concerned, but he didn't say anything on the matter. "A-alright. He should be in the library, s-so i-it might take a few m-minutes to, uh, find him…" He offered a weak smile, turning around to start walking. "Um, have fun with Blue!"

"We won't." Dawn called. Brendan flinched, evidently blushing although his back was turned.

"Oh, s-sorry…" He whispered, before hurriedly opening the door the lead out of the hallway and running out of the room. Leaf smiled a little. It was amazing that out of all the people in the world, a person as shy as Brendan would be one of the few to survive. Then she frowned. That was actually really depressing.

Dawn discarded the brown furred animal on the ground, not seeming to care about how the blood pooled around it. She kicked off her pink boots, lazily depositing them on top of the Sawsbuck. Leaf didn't do the same. The floors were messy to begin with, anyways.

In fact, the whole base was pretty much a mess. Leaf noted how the moss had started growing between the floorboards again as she made her way down the hall to Blue's office. The walls were at least entirely intact, but had long scratch marks running down them, probably May's fault. The paint had long since peeled away, making them look a lot less sturdy. Still, the base was comfortable enough, and even though there was only one floor, it was quiet large too. Large enough to hold eighteen teenagers, at least.

"So what do you think Blue's going to do to us?" Dawn asked, reaching out a stroke a dying plant. The leaves crumbled in her grasp.

Leaf shrugged earnestly. "He's not as strict as you guys like to believe. Just kind of an ass. I'm sure he'll only lecture us a little on the importance of hunting and make us clean the hallway or something. Seriously, it looks filthy."

"Excuse me?" Suddenly, without any given warning, a tall girl jumped out from behind one of the doorways, scaring the living Daylights out of Leaf. The brunette would've jumped into Dawn's arms, only that the other girl wasn't holding them out, so she instead just fell to the floor.

Leaf rubbed her head. Wow that wasn't the smartest choice she'd ever made. Vision a little bit bleary, she squinted up at the figure before her. It was exactly who she expected it to be.

The new girl was tough looking, fairly well muscled and stood confidently. Her dark brown hair was tied up in a messy sort of ponytail, sticking out beyond and white and pink baseball cap. In her hand was some sort of odd stick-like object, and on her back she carried a tiny boy, no older then eleven, who was sleeping soundly.

"Hi White." Dawn said. White attempted to glare at her, but ended up just glaring at the wall instead.

White was one of the few survivors who never left the base, unless it was an emergency of some sort. At first glance, this might seem odd. She was sixteen, meaning she passed the age restriction, and looked tougher then just about any body else. However, it became painfully apparent once you knew her, or even just watched her for a while.

She was blind.

Not blind in the sense that she had extremely bad vision, but she literally couldn't see a damn thing through those milky white eyes of hers. It was just something she was born with. Perhaps it was the side effect of being born a twin, or maybe that had nothing to do with it. Nobody knew and nobody asked.

"I'll have you know that I cleaned these floors just today, and they're perfectly clean." She hissed. Leaf looked away nervously.

"Oh, uh, well you see, what I meant was uh…" Leaf reasoned clumsily. She bit her lip. "…Doesn't Gold usually clean the floors?"

"Yes, but in case you haven't noticed, he's asleep." She gestured to the tiny boy on her back with a tilt of her head. "Because a certain roommate of his kept him up all night, seeming to forget that even though he's too young to go out, he still has a job to do!"

Halfway through getting back up, Leaf froze.

"Oh… Sorry."

White snorted. "Whatever. I've been working all day and could use a rest myself, even though I don't know why I even bother when nobody appreciates it!" Man she sounded angry. Not that that was anything new.

Dawn blinked. "I think it look great." She admitted, gesturing to the sloppily swabbed floors. White calmed down a little, cocking her head.

"Well, thanks. Unless you're being sarcastic. In which case you can go fuck yourself with a burning fork." Gold stirred a little, adjusting his position. White sighed. "Fine, I let you go, this time, but only because I have things to do and people to talk to. And by that I mean I'm going to go sleep." With that, she spun around on her heels, ready to storm back down the hallway and into her room when she crashed right into something. Cursing loudly, White stumbled back, almost dropping Gold as she fought to regain her balance.

"WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?!" She snapped furiously, glaring at the person's neck. The boy, who was Silver by the way, rolled his namesake eyes, pushing past her.

"Silver." He responded simply. White huffed, but seemed to think better then making another scene.

"Hmph." Was all she responded with, before she carried on her journey down the halls, guided by the stick she carried.

Leaf groaned. Another person? How long was this goddamn walk going to take? Thankfully, Silver wasted no time telling them what was necessary.

"Blue wants to see us."

"WE KNOW!" Leaf cried with exasperation, throwing her arms up. Silver glared at her. "That's what we've been trying to do this whole time! But no, we need to talk to every freaking person in this house before we can do so!"

"It's for something different." Silver explained through clenched teeth, clearly tired of interacting with people. He crossed his arms. "It appears what we found is actually what could be called "the Devil.'"

There was a pause.

"Haha what." Dawn said with a half smile. Leaf's jaw dropped.

To be continued...

Yeeeeeeah.

This chapter was pretty much just introducing everyone, only is wasn't everyone. I just don't like writing long chapters, so you'll see them in the next one. So, uh, yeah. Hopefully you enjoyed this and feedback is always appreciated!