A/N Hey guys, here's chapter number 7. These little author notes will be going away soon because I feel like all they're doing is announcing the chapters. I mean, if there is something important I need to say I'd put it in an author's note, but if there isn't, there won't be an author's note.
Chapter 7
When Spectra opened his eyes, he realized he was suspended above the ground and unable to move. He looked down and saw that vines were tightly woven around his body, tying him to the large tree in the center of the pokemon village.
"Comfy up there, squirt!", Shocks yelled from the ground. Spectra just stared at the mouse, hating him with every part of his soul.
"If you wanted revenge so bad, then why stick me where you can't reach me?! Still scared of all those nasty rumors you spread about me?!", Spectra taunted, trying to make Shocks angry. He'd hoped he could get Shocks to either reveal his plans, or make Shocks admit that he was afraid.
"Ha!", laughed Shocks. "The runt still doesn't get it. You aren't the only one involved anymore, remember? Since your little damsel stepped up to help you, she's on the payroll too! Besides, a helpless hostage is better than a broken hostage. Not to mention...," Shocks said before launching a powerful thunderbolt at Spectra. "Because that tree has so much moss all over it, I can zap you whenever I want. That's what we call a win win, not that you'd know." Shocks followers chuckled, amused by the physical and emotional torment Spectra was enduring.
"You seriously think she'll come back!?", Spectra yelled. "You're an even bigger fool than I thought. Why would she come back? She's probably halfway to the other side of Alola by now. After all, it's like you said. Who would be friends with a Mimikyu?" No matter how much Spectra wanted that to be true so Lina could be safe, he knew it wasn't. Lina was the first pokemon to be nice to him, and he knew she'd come back, Shocks or no Shocks.
"You may be right!", Shocks said, snapping Spectra back to reality. "That's why I'm not wasting my time here. Enjoy your company runt!" Shocks turned away and left, his posse in tow close behind.
At first, Spectra thought that Shocks' "company" remark was just to aggravate Spectra. Until he saw a pair of beady, red eyes watching him from the dark. As more of the red eyes appeared, Spectra understood what Shocks had meant. He was completely surrounded by Rattata on every side, blocking any means he had of escaping. Spectra had no choice but to be a helpless, useless pokemon like everyone wanted him to be.
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"So?", Alexa asked as she followed Lina. She found it hard to keep up with the pokemon, even though Alexa was a lot taller.
"You want explanations," Lina guessed. "Alright. First things first, I'm a Kirlia, a psychic type pokemon. My ability allows me to read the minds of people and pokemon, as well as send thoughts to them."
"Cool," Alexa remarked.
"Yes," Lina continued. "And as for why I need your help, there is a pokemon back at Ten Carat Hill. A Mimikyu. I saved him from a group of pokemon that were attacking him. The next morning, those same pokemon came after us again, but Spectra was hurt to the point where we couldn't have both gotten away, so I had to run. But I promised him that I would come back and I needed help. I used my future vision to see what I needed to do, and all of my visions told me to go to the city and wait for a trainer to help. That's when you showed up."
"Uh, did - did you say trainer?", Alexa asked.
"Yes. I saw a gifted trainer who would come to help me," Lina replied. "You are a pokemon trainer aren't you?"
"Uh, yeah, yeah. I'm a trainer," Alexa quickly said. "She must really like this Mimikyu. She's come this far just to save him."
"Yes, I do," Lina answered, responding to Alexa's thoughts.
"Hey!", the girl scolded. "I thought we agreed that reading my mind without permission was rude!" However, Alexa didn't really think that politeness was the Kirlia's top priority.
"My apologies, Alexa," Lina said. "Normally, I try not to read other's minds unless it's a crisis, but, well...," the pokemon trailed off, confident that Alexa already knew how serious this was.
"It's fine," Alexa replied.
"Stop and shush!", Lina demanded.
Alexa was shocked. "Really! I mean, mind reading is one thing, but that was just beyond rude," she scolded.
"No, I mean stop and shush," Lina said, attempting to clarify what she meant. Alexa understood and stopped next to Lina. "We're here. This is the entrance to Ten Carat Hill. Now, once we reach the village and find Spectra, I'll cause a diversion and you rush in grab Spectra and run back to your house."
"Alright," Alexa said, admiring Lina's determination.
"Be careful," the young Kirlia warned. "Shocks no doubt has his goons looking for me, so we'll need to be extremely sneaky." The two entered the cave system surrounding Ten Carat Hill.
"So this Spectra. Is he - I mean are you and him?", Alexa vaguely questioned, trying to get a little more information out of Lina.
This caught Lina off guard. She quickly whipped around to face Alexa. "No! What!? No! We aren't - I - I mean we barely even - Is this important!?" she fumbled, her embarrassment causing her to trip over her words. Even in the darkness of the cave, Alexa could see the little pokemon blushing and she had to stifle a laugh.
"Okay, okay, I get it," Alexa replied. The two wandered through the caves for a few more minutes until they finally reached the entrance to the forest of Ten Carat Hill.
