A/N Hey guys. Firstly, I wanted to say thanks to all you guys for leaving your nice reviews. Secondly, some people have been asking when the next chapters are going to come out, and that's not a bad thing at all. In fact, it shows that people still take an interest. I just felt that I should clarify that I do have a lot to do in my normal life in between school, my YouTube channel, and my job, so I can never be definitively sure when the next chapters come out. But anyway, thanks again for all your interest and feed back and here's chapter 9.
Chapter 9
Alexa ran home. "She'll never forgive, but I have to save them!", she thought. She hadn't just left Lina and Spectra to die, but she knew she couldn't save them without help, and a little firepower. She rushed into the house to find that her mother was nowhere in sight.
As Alexa was searching, she found a note on the table from her mother. "Alexa, I'm sorry but something came up at work and they need me. Don't worry, I won't be gone for too long, and as soon as I'm back, we'll spend the day together like I promised. Love you, Mom." Alexa wasn't surprised by the note. She had seen hundreds of them just like it. It seemed like every time Alexa and her mother had plans, the universe had to go out of its way to try to break them.
"Great! Well, I guess I had to wait awhile anyway," she said. Alexa ran upstairs to her room and opened the chest in front of her. Inside was exactly what she was looking for, a pair of safety goggles and five silver canisters. She grabbed the canisters and took them downstairs. One of Alexa's old friends had taught her different ways to modify the canisters. "Let's see Shocks fight these," Alexa said, grinning with success. "He'll never know what hit him."
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Meanwhile, back at Ten Carat Hill, Lina and Spectra were bound next to each other against the tree, awaiting Shocks' revenge.
"Leave her alone stupid rat!", Spectra yelled from his prison. However, his threats were only empty to the Pikachu.
"You really are dumb, aren't you?!", Shocks insulted back. "I don't plan to hurt her, or at least, not yet anyway. No, what she will face will be far worse. There is a way of killing your enemies that has existed for centuries, so perfect that absolutely nothing remains. Do you know what that is?" Shocks paused, enjoying the taste of his prisoner's fear. "No? I'm surprised considering how simple it is, but I'll tell you anyway. Attack not the body, but the soul.
Lina froze. She realized what Shocks was going to do, and it made her stomach lurch.
"Ready!", the Pikachu commanded, and his followers rose in unison and gathered around him. They then turned to face Spectra, their eyes drowning with ferocity. "Aim!", Shocks yelled out, and all the pokemon began to prepare their attacks.
"No," Lina said, horrified at what was about to happen. Spectra lowered his head and whispered two words to Lina. Two words filled with enough sorrow, and regret, and pain to choke a Hippowdon. "Forgive me."
"No!", Lina cried, unable to do anything. Even her psychic powers weren't working because of the turmoil she was feeling.
"FIRE!", Shocks yelled.
And then came the rain. The rain of rock throws and bullet seeds, of mud slaps and pin missiles. The raging, ravenous storm with Spectra at its eye, all the attacks hitting him one after another and tearing him apart. With each attack, Lina could feel her heart being shattered into pieces, over and over until she couldn't take anymore. Lina turned her head and waited for it to be over. She wanted it all gone, all the pain and suffering, all the cruelty and cowardliness.
Soon, the smoke cleared and the attacks halted to a stop. When Lina looked at Spectra again, she was petrified. Spectra's costume had been ripped apart with several links of cloth missing. He was covered in spines and mud.
But, the most horrifying thing, was the big, purple stain on Spectra's chest. It looked like it was alive and slowly eating away at Spectra's body. Lina could hear sizzling and moaning coming from Spectra's limp body. "What have you done!?", she yelled.
Shocks shrugged. "What? You act like you've never seen a poisoned pokemon before. Don't worry princess, by tomorrow, that little disease will be gone, and soon after, you'll join him," Shocks smiled maniacally. Lina continued to watch Spectra, hoping that it was all a dream, but she knew that this was as real as the pain in her heart. "I'll be back tomorrow to end this," Shocks said as he walked away. "So until then, enjoy your last night together."
And with that, Lina and Spectra were back under guard, protected by Shocks' Rattatas. As she sat there, watching Spectra Slowly die, Lina found herself wishing that it had been her instead.
