Back again, I Know this chapter is short, it's because I needed a way to go from chapter 7 to 9, so this is more or less the ending to last chapter, with a few flashbacks to with Dio and Coeden (Both male BTW), If i don't have too much work to do tomorrow I'll be writing for a long time to try and get another one up because of this one, so on with the chapter.
Chapter 7.5: Reminisce Of The Night Before.
Ash Laid motionless on the ground, empty bottles laid across the torn living room, decorations randomly scattered across the couch, of which Barry rested his head upon, Ash slowly woke up from the kettle boiling and realized where he was sleeping "I would of moved you but I can't do anything until I have a brew."
Ash tried to move but returned to his original position "I'm laying on his dick but I don't want to move" Coeden walked over to help him up and to save him from any more embarrassment, Ash laid down on the couch knocking over Barry as he did "Where's Garry and everyone?"
Coeden poured the boiled water into the cups and handed one to Ash and kicked Barry to wake him up "Cupper on the table." Barry got up and sat down on one of the other couches, not opening his eyes.
"Well you don't want to know about Garry and May, Nate is" Coeden started to look around to find him, with him seemingly out of sight he turned around to find him sleeping on the table behind him "Oh yeah there, anyways Jimmy is asleep in the mums room and Ethan is out getting food."
"Wait, isn't Jimmy and Ethan like, 16 for something?"
"17 in about 2 or 3 weeks why."
"So he isn't allowed to drink?"
"Well, they didn't drink, you don't remember anything from last night do you."
Barry opened his eyes and picked up the cup of tea "I'm never drinking again."
Coeden just laughed as Ethan walked though the door, to which Ash's stomach started to growl "Arceus your always hungry Ash."
"Well we have to tidy up first."
An Hour Later.
The living room had been cleaned and everyone was awake, Garry and May were sitting on opposite sides of the room, they haven't even had eye contact since they came down, Jimmy tried to dig deeper into what happened "So what happened last night Garry?"
"Non of your business." Garry side looking towards the TV, even though it wasn't turned on, Jimmy reached into his back pocket and pulled out the money he owed, seeing this, everyone rolled there eyes "Well it's the first time I've lost." Ethan said as Jimmy ravished his victory.
Coeden got up to the kitchen to prepare breakfast, Jimmy, Ethan and Brock all got up to help, once everyone was in the kitchen, Dawn fell asleep on Ash's shoulder and Garry moved over to talk to him.
"So did you?" Ash asked.
"Yeah, worst decision I've ever made."
"Why?"
"You know I like her, now I've just fucked it all up, she'll just think I'm in it for... That."
"I think we could persuade Dawn to help."
"I don't want to stir it any more."
"Fine." Ash said as they waited for breakfast to be made.
The Night Before.
Luca and Gengar stood in the tree tops, the dark of the night making them invisible to people looking up from the ground, Gengar just stared at Luca in disappointment "You shouldn't of done that."
"We did what we have to do, like we always do."
"Coeden got away from this shit for a reason."
"The law was already there... And if Rocket knows that they have something stopping them they'll think twice before they act."
"Well if the the Volk come around don't look at me."
"Don't even say that, this place isn't ready for anything like that, they'll just tare this place apart." Luca turned his head and put a finger to his lips, three rocket grunts were walking towards Pallet town, Luca eyes started to go slanted and red.
"Do we have to do this? we don't know what they are going to do."
"Coeden said to kill any gang that comes through as quickly and quietly as possible." Luca dropped down from the tree top, followed by Gengar.
Sometime Later.
Luca had thrown the last of the body parts into the hole that was dug, Luca didn't look at Gengar while they cover up the bodies "You need to keep that under control, Ryusui has."
"I know... I know." the blood still dripped from his mouth and stained his teeth.
"Just... Go to the lake and clean up, I'll finish here." Luca dropped the shovel and ran to the lake as the rest of the group jumped down from the trees and looked at the hole "What happened." Asked Altaria.
"Three grunts walked though going to Pallet Town, Luca is down by the lake cleaning up."
"He didn't... Did he?" Asked Zoroark expecting the worse.
"Well three people walked though and there is only two bodies in the hole take a guess."
"Shit, sigh, grab a shovel, if we do this quickly it's less likely anyone will see us." they all grabbed a shovel and started to pile dirt on the the motionless body's, once the hole was filled Zoroark turned to the belts that laid on the ground "We should tell them what happened."
"Well... Who's going to do it?" Alakazam asked.
Zoroark didn't respond, just picked up the belt and release the Pokemon inside, each belt held 2 pokeballs, inside the pokeballs were Crobat, Houndoom, Vaporeon and 3 Charizard's, Zorozark broke the news to the past grunts pokemon, 3 three charizards seemed to be more emotionally hurt then the others, but not angry.
"We were just following orders, I'm sorry for this."
"So are you going to kill us now?" Asked the Vaporeon.
"No... You have no part in this, there is no need for more death, what will you do next?"
"Go back." The group walked off not speaking another word, Luca stayed hidden from them as they walked by "I'm sorry guys."
"You owe me fucking big time." Zoroark said as they jumped back into the tree tops, hoping no more interruptions.
The Present Day.
Coeden had walked up to the Ranch to see everyone as to ask if anything happened last night, when Coeden walked though he was emedantly greeted by Ash "Dad!" He said as he hugged Coeden.
"Hey spud." Coeden looked to Oak "He wasn't too bad was he?"
"No of course not, he was bit worried when you came in late, what was that about?"
"You shouldn't worry Entei would of come if you was in any danger" Coeden looked back at Oak "Well after the attack on the bank I thought that I should get them to look around Pallet, where are they at?"
"Around back."
Coeden walked out of the Lab section and into the Ranch porch closely followed by Ash "So anything happened while you were out?"
Luca looked at Coeden with a similar look to which he looked at Gengar. "You didn't... Fuckin..." Entei appeared next to Ash "Ash come with me."
"Why what's happening?"
"I SAID COME WITH ME." Entei shouted, Ash jumped on his back and he ran to the far end of the field.
"What the fuck! We've stopped with that shit, dead bodies are one thing, but fuck."
"I'm sorry, you know how I get when I see the gang members."
"It's not even pissin' Plasma... Fuck, Sometimes I think I shouldn't of came back here."
"And you wouldn't of came down here after you heard about the bank?"
Coeden sat down with his back against the wall of the porch, his voice began to catch itself "I just don't want things to go back how they were."
14 Years Ago.
Snow fell down on the cold dark streets, they seemed to be empty but there is always eyes in the shadows, watching your every move, a 13 year old Nate looked out from the window on the dimly lit white streets, his trance was broken by a 15 year old Coeden who sat next to him, he looked much different then with black, spiked hair and wore mostly black, easier to blend into the blackness, Coeden pulled out a photo of him and Nate when before they left, the photo was of them sitting on the Ranch gate "Merry Christmas." Nate took the picture and hugged Coeden, bringing a smile to his face, a rare sight "Where did you find it?"
"I went back and looked around, some how it's still in one piece."
Nate flipped around the picture, examining its worn edges "But that area is held by the Volk, you could of died."
"It's worth the risk for you." Coeden smiled to talk to his brother heart to heart, this was the first time in months that he could of talked to him.
Dio appeared into the room, Coeden looked back and then to Nate, the smile escaped Nate's face, now a look of sadness plagued his face "I'm sorry I can't spend Christmas at home but, Mari and Ley are going so they'll look after you."
Coeden stood up but before he could walk away Nate grabbed a hold of him "Please come back."
Coeden was considerably taller than Nate, even with the small 3 year difference, he got on one knee "I promise that I'll come back." Coeden walked out of the room and met up with Rufus and Dio, both the same age as Coeden and look similar to how they look normally "This is the last time I'm going on missions."
"You said that last time... I know you are like a father to Nate, but you can't cover for yourself and him, he has to get involve in more hands on things." Rufus said.
"He's right, doing this is going to get you killed and if Nate can't hold his own..." Dio added.
"Fine, I'll... I'll try and get him in dealing, safest one." Coeden hated having to involve Nate in anything to do with The Family, The Family is what people inside of the Orin call it, once you have sworn on the Orin for you loyalty, there is no leaving.
Coeden, Rufus and Dio walked into the main room of the Orin head quarters, in side the room was a group of about 20 men and women, ranging from 13 years old up, Coeden walked up to the man with a list of people who couldn't get enough money in for the week, every lower ranking person in The Family needs to donate money, 10-13 is 10,000 Poke, 14-16 25,000 Poke, 17+ 50,000 Poke. If you don't get the monthly amount in, you have to go out and fight on the streets, against the many gangs.
"Back again Pren? this is you 5th month in a row, whats happening?"
"I'm covering."
"Well shit man, hate to say this but 5 time means you gotta see the Don."
"Sigh, I know, this'll be the last time I'm here though."
"Well good luck guns on the table." the man pointed with his pen to the table behind him, Coeden pulled out his own Desert Eagle "No chance."
Rufus and Dio marked them self in and stood by Coeden, Dio grabbed a hold of Coeden's hand and inter locked there fingers, Dio and Nate where the only people to make him smile, they had gotten uses to people looking at him and Dio, although no one will say anything, unless they want a death wish.
"Right we'll be going to Shinda, just in case that this is your first time, Shinda is the least and the most brutal gang, they don't tend to just kill you, they like to torture you until they can get information, only 3 people have ever escaped from there alive, we are going in to try and steal supply, so try and not kill anyone, but the second gun fire starts, BLAZE THAT SHIT UP!" everyone in the group raised a clenched first into the air, this was the salute of salute of The Family.
Dio looked towards Coeden "You OK?" Coeden was one of the only 3 to ever escape, the pain that he went though had scared him mentally. Coeden just nodded and followed the group out of the room and onto the streets where they all split up and headed to Shinda's main base.
Some Time Later.
The group appeared from around the corner of a building, everyone had there own path around the city, so no 2 groups can get jumped at once, they looked around the corner more to get a better view of the school which had been turned into their head quarters, Coeden hid back behind the building and brought out a thick, rectangular device which he used to loop the cameras to last night so they cannot be seen, he nodded his head and everyone appeared out onto the street, swarming to the school like bees to honey.
They had been inside the school for about 20 minutes, the empty hallways of lockers reminded Coeden of his times in Kanto, so much to that he could almost see his old bullies pushing him into the lockers just because he was 'Different' he shook his head to clear his thoughts and turned to Dio and Rufus "Bags are full, we should head back."
They both nodded, as they was turning around, Dio's foot caught on a wire which filled the room with a bright flash, like a wall of white blinding them, Coeden's vision came back with the scream of Dio as he was dragged away "DIO!" Coeden pulled out his gun and started to shoot at them, the sudden noise started the monsoon of bullets from Orin and Shinda alike, Dio was dragged into a room, Coeden tried to run after him but was stopped by Rufus "We can't get him back now, WE HAVE TO GO!" Coeden reluctantly ran towards the exit of the school, bullets flying by his head.
Orin Head Quarters.
Coeden stormed into his room and launched the bag of supply's across the room and put his head on the wall, he then pulled out his gun can empty a clip into the wall opposite him, followed by this knife, he slid down the wall with tears flowing down his cheeks.
Flashback End.
Coeden was breathing heavily, trying to stop the memory's from flooding his brain, and failing.
Ok like I said I'm sorry that this chapter is very short, I didn't want to go from last chapter to the next one and I don't know/want to match the flash back, and anyways the rest of the chapter would just be filler to get to 5k words. Next chapter will probably be something to do with Lance (Hint, Hint)
Until Next Time.
