Chapter 8

(Rick)

I woke up from the sound of distant explosions, my head and entire body ached furiously, I was spread out on my back and it was nighttime.

"I'm still alive?" I thought to myself, I pushed my self up weakly and looked at my ripped and torn shirt, I looked underneath to find that I was wearing a bulletproof vest.

"I'm an idiot, I forgot that I put it on, id probably be dead without it." I thought as I got up.

My body was still weak from the fall and from getting tossed around like a ragdoll, my recent memories came back to me immediately and I jumped at attention.

"Angela." I thought as I headed towards the sound of the explosions as fast as I could.

I limped quickly through the forest, dodging branches, diving under the over growth, and swimming across a stream. I needed to make sure that she was still okay, she probably thought I was dead and is now going on a rampage. I finally reached a large open field where there was craters from explosions, fires, torn trees, and fissures in the ground. Angela stood on one side and the garchomp on the other. Angela was beaten and tired and the garchomp was in the same condition, Angela quickly charged him and he swatted at her angrily, she dodged it and slash him from behind with fury swipes.

He collapsed on the ground as she continued to slash at him, leaving him broken and bruised. I tried to limp out to her before stepping in a puddle, I looked down and saw a red circular reflection.

"No. Not now." I thought anxiously.

I looked up at the moon which was now a dark red color, a total solar eclipse, a natural phenomenon cause by the sun completely shadowing the moon. It was dangerous around the time this happened, it took an bad turn for dark types. It increased their powers 10 fold, making them lose their reasoning and go out of control with their power.

The first time it happened to Angela was when she was just a little Zorua, she had looked up at it and she lost all her reasoning, destroying my house in the process. The only way I got her to stop was cradling her as she furiously scratched and bit me. If she saw it now, she would go out of control.

She jumped off the garchomp a couple feet, the garchomp collapsed into the dirt and passed out, defeated. Angela collapsed on her back, looking right up at the moon.

"Damn it, I got to stop her before it's too late!" I thought quickly as I did my best to sprint towards her.

When I reached her she had pushed herself off from the ground and she looked at me, I could see the warmth I had seen before dim from her eyes and turn cold as her reasoning began to cloud.

"Angela! Don't give in to it!" I yelled at her from a distance.

She continued to stare at me until she let out a low growl, she pushed herself off the ground and approached me slowly, her body hunched over as she watched me coldly.

"Please, I know you are in there!" I yelled at her as I slowly backed away.

There was no way I could stop her like I did when she was just a Zorua, she was fully grown now and fully capable of killing me. She growled at me again as she pounced on me and pinned me to the ground. Her growl became a snarl as she watched me coldly, ready to end me. I thought desperately of what I could do to make her regain her senses, i could only come up with one conclusion but it was a gamble. I pushed myself up slowly towards her face, her snarls became louder as I got closer, we were almost face to face with each other.

"Well she will either like this or kill me." I thought to myself, hoping for option one.

I pushed my lips against hers as hard as I could. I kissed her. Her snarl stopped immediately and she stopped moving completely. Kissing her was a completely new experience for me, it was kind of an awkward kiss but it was one nevertheless. I ceased the kiss and hoped that she would regain her senses.