Chapter 11

"Hello there Rick, Angela." The man said as he approached us, wearing black sun glasses and a tux.

"Agent." I said watching as he sat facing us.

"Is the mission what you came here for?" Angela asked him.

"Yes, you did a fine job of releasing them, all of them escaped. Plus you destroyed their facility so an extra plus for us." He told us nonchalantly.

"Do you know the whereabouts of any of the megas?" I asked him curiously.

"Yes, the lopunny and lucario stuck together and found a trainer who lives in the woods. The absol also found an owner not far from here. The gardevoir is owned by a very rich man. The Sceptile, Mawile, and ampharos all have trainers. The ampharos is at this same park right now." He told us as he looked towards the crowd of people.

"That must of been the same ampharos as before." I thought curiously.

"Well, you'll get your payment soon. For now until you finish healing, you're on leave." He told us as he got up and walked towards the crowd, disappearing inside it like a ghost.

"I don't like that guy." Angela said quietly.

"Me neither, he creeps me out, something isn't right with him." I told her with a shiver.

Our food was ready and I got it and we sat down in the grass and ate.

"Vee?" A small voice said from behind us.

I turned around to see a small eevee hiding in the bushes and eyeing our food hungrily.

"Want some?" I asked it, handing it a berry.

It walked up to me and sniffed the berry in my hand, it quickly took it and darted back into the bushes.

"It said thank you as it ran away." Angela told me as she ate hungrily.

We both ate and sat down in the grass, full and relaxed. I would of fallen asleep there if something hadn't licked my cheek.

"Stop it Angela, not here." I told her, thinking that she did it.

"I didn't lick you." Angela said with a giggle.

"What's so funny?" I asked her as I opened my eyes, my face mere inches away from a large arcanine.

I backed away from it and it just sat down and barked happily.

"Sorry about that, Rei is very social." A kid said with a weak laugh as he walked out from behind the arcanine.

"It's okay, she just surprised me a bit." I told him as I sat up.

"You can't just go around licking people's faces." The boy told the arcanine, who whined at him as they walked away.

"Now what?" I asked Angela.

"I don't know but I'm tired, let's go home." She told me with a loud yawn.

We got up and left the park, good timing too since clouds were starting buildup and it would rain soon. By the time we had got home it was pouring down.

"Wow, it's really coming down hard." Angela said as she looked out the window.

"Yeah, now what else can we do?" I asked her.

"How about we get a bunch of blankets and pillows and we cuddle up and watch a movie." She told me happily.

I went and grabbed some blankets and pillows and brought them to the living room where she was sitting and looking at all our movies.

"A horror movie, romance movie, or an action movie?" She said aloud as she looked at them.

"Why don't we just watch all of them, since we have plenty of time." I told her as I laid down on the couch.

"Okay but which one first?" She asked me.

I got up and randomly picked up the first one I saw and put it in the DVD player and it started. I went and laid down and covered myself in blankets as she laid down beside me and watched too.

"An action movie?" She asked as the movie started.

We sat and watched the movie, it was about a boy and how his siblings were kidnapped and he was fighting to take them back with his Pokemon.

Angela was really getting into it, being that she was a zoroark, that was kind of her thing. Her personality made her like the romance movies. This movie I had seen several times and it was nothing new to me, the lack of interest made me get drowsy and I fell asleep.

(Angela)

"He's asleep?" I asked myself as I noticed the long silence and lack of talk from rick.

He laid down on his side and was fast asleep, I poked his side a bit and he didn't turn to look at me. He was really asleep, I didn't know what to do now, it was boring without him. I decided a little alone time to think would be good for me so I left the room quietly and headed to his bedroom. He had a huge window and I loved looking out of it at night at the endless number of stars. I sat there beside the window and thought about whatever came to mind. My times of being a Zorua was the first I thought of, they were my favorite memories.

~flashback~

"Hey angel?" Rick called through the house as he looked for me.

Back then he used to call me "angel" as a short version of my name.

I jumped from the shadows of a corner and pouncing on his back, pushing him into the ground and biting at his shirt mercilessly.

"Calm down girl, you got me." He said as he laughed and grabbed me lightly by the scruff of my neck.

He brought me to his shoulder and I climbed on and jumped onto his head were I liked to stay. Being that zoruas rode around on their parents by their manes, I substituted his head for a spot to sit. I sat down as he walked to the living room and placed me down on the couch and he sat down beside me. He laid down and I jumped up onto his chest and laid down and rested as he petted me lightly. A loud beeping noise came from somewhere in the house and I jumped up in place, scared of the sound and not knowing what it was. I quickly darted over to rick's face and cried from fright, he held me there and comforted me.

"Don't worry girl, it's just the clothes dryer." He told me reassuringly.

I didn't move from that spot for the rest of the day. It was a memory I was very fond of, him comforting me the entire day, not leaving my side.

~end of flashback~

I also remembered when he would go on missions alone before I was able to help him.

~another flashback~

"I'm alright girl, just a couple scratches is all." Rick told me as he walked into the house.

He would come back from a "job" every couple weeks with cuts, bruises, and burns. Sometimes he would have blood on his shirt, his own blood.

I used to whine and beg for him not to leave because I feared he would die, I had lost my mother already and I didn't want to lose him. One day he came home with a present for me, I was utterly surprised and curious to see what it was. He pulled out a Zorua, just like me! He placed it down in front of me and I sniffed it and inspected it curiously.

"It's just a doll?" I asked quietly.

"Yeah, if you ever feel lonely, play with it. This is your sibling." He told me as he patted me lightly on the head.

He walked away and I heard him wince quietly and grab his arm.

"Rick?" I said quietly.

"Yeah angel?" He asked.

"I'm scared, you come home every day hurt, I don't want to lose you like I did my mother." I told him, starting to choke up.

He walked up to me and picked me up in his arms, cradling me like a child and telling me that he would be more careful. I was happy to see that he came back with less scars and bruises more often. The day I evolved he took me with him to one of his jobs, spying on someone, I then realized how dangerous his job was.

~end of flashback~

By the time I was done reminiscing, it was pretty late and I was pretty tired, I walked back into the living room and laid down beside Rick and fell asleep.

(Rick)

I jolted up in my sleep, I had a nightmare, and an awful one at that. It was Angela and she was collapsed on the ground in a puddle of what I thought was blood, I ran to help her but the floor disappeared and I fell into a dark abyss. It kept going down until I saw a huge creature swallow me whole.

Angela had woken up and she was watching me curiously.

"Is something wrong?" She asked.

"Had a bad dream is all." I told her as felt my legs shake a bit.

"You're sweating and you're legs are quivering." She told me as she put her paw on my cheek.

"I'm fine, I'll be okay." I told her as I struggled to stand up.

She helped escort me up and I was able to walk normally again, I went go get the mail and the same familiar envelope was in there.

"Already?" I asked myself.

I brought it inside and looked through it, the tag at the top said urgent so it must of been important.

"We've already got a new one?" Angela asked shockingly.

"Yeah, it says urgent too." I told her as I looked at, completely confused.

I opened up the package and looked at the details, my lip started to quiver and I had a hard time saying anything.

"What is it? Tell me!" Angela asked anxiously.

"They want us... They want us to fight... They want us to fight Darkrai!" I said aloud, her face showed as much bafflement as mine.