Chapter 2

~the next morning

"Good morning jack." Namira said as she nudged me gently.

"Good morning." I told her as I stretched.

"Sorry for waking you, I just need to feed the kids and you are the only one who can cook." She told me.

"You say that as if they are my kids, it's no problem." I told her.

I got up and walked to the living room where he pups were already play wrestling with of course the poochyena laying down and watching.

"Do they have names?" I asked namira as she pretend played with the eevee.

"The eevee's name is crystal, the poochyena is Hannah, and the fennekin is Lindsey." She told me.

"Why is the eevee named crystal?" I asked her curiously.

"She wants to be a glaceon, so I named her crystal." She told me.

I grabbed four oran berries and gave one to each of the pups, who happily ate them. I gave the last one to namira.

I sat down on the couch and Hannah laid down on my lap while Lindsey was off exploring the living room. Crystal was looking out the window, she pressed her paw against the cold window and it left a small print. She giggled happily and ran over to Namira, she is a cute little thing. We spent the rest of the day playing, eating,napping, and watching tv. When it got late, we had to bathe the pups.

"Lindsey won't like this." I told namira as I held the pups in my arms.

"Oh well, she's got to stay clean." She said sassily as we walked into the bathroom.

Being that Lindsey was a fire type, water and her didn't agree with each other. I placed the three little pups into the tub and turned on the water to where the temperature would be just right. Lindsey was not happy, she whined to Namira to get out.

"Sweetie it won't hurt you, you've got to stay clean." Namira reassured her.

She calmed down a bit and I cleaned all the pups and washed them off. Crystal seemed to be the only one who enjoyed the bath, maybe because it was warm. I brought her pups to the bedroom and they napped on the bed.

"I'm sorry about this but you're going to have to bathe me too." Namira said shyly.

"Don't worry about it." I told her with a smile.

"You're so kind to us, how can I ever repay you?" She asked me as she got teary eyed again.

"You're so emotional, well Namira, you could stay here with me. It's so lonely here by myself and it's fun with you and the pups around." I told her nervously.

She seemed surprised, she pounced on me and nudged my face lovingly.

"Yes, yes! We'll stay!" She told me.

"Good." I told her as I hugged her.

"So, you're still gonna help bathe me right?" She asked with a slight blush.

"Of course." I told her, she hoped into the tub carefully so she would splash water everywhere.

I scrubbed the shampoo through her pure white fur, she would occasionally purr and it was pretty funny. If I laughed, she would glare at me until I stopped.

"I'm taking one now." I told her.

"Okay" she said as she walked out.

I closed and locked the door and I swore I could of heard her whine, I brushed it off and drained the water from the tub and poured in new water for me. I bathed while thinking about taking care of Namira and her kids, they were a playful bunch and namira was sweet when she wanted to be. What troubled me was added expenses, I'd have to worry about how much this could mean money wise, it was a problem I was willing to deal with. I finished bathing and dried myself off.

"Thank Arceus I have clothes in here, walking around with just a towel on in front of her pups would not make namira happy." I said quietly.

I walked into the bedroom and namira and her pups were waiting for me.

"I was waiting because I wanted them to thank you." She told me, all the pups were sitting in a line, they all have off one happy yip in unison.

"It's nothing really." I told her as I blushed and rubbed my head.

I went and laid down on my side and they all got in their spot, I was about to fall asleep when crystal crawled underneath my arm and laid down near my chest.

"So you wanna sleep with me?" I asked her, she looked up and licked my face before falling asleep.

It didn't take me very long to fall asleep either.

-later that night

(Namira)

"No, stay away!" I said to the man in the white lab coat.

"No, it's okay, I'm an spy and I'm freeing you." He told me, my senses told me he was honest but I was still paranoid.

"I thought you wanted me as an experiment, taking me from my family and depriving me of a mate and my own family!" I yelled at him as I bared my fangs.

Loud yelling came from the hallway behind him.

"Hurry and go!" He said as he opened up a small window, now I knew that I could trust him.

I didn't hesitate to jump outside but I stopped myself from leaving.

"What about you?" I asked him.

"I've got to free the others, go now!" He yelled at me as he closed the window.

I sprinted through the brush and as far away as possible.

I woke up in a cold sweat.

"It was just a nightmare." I thought to calm myself down.

I quickly checked on my pups, I was frightened when I couldn't find Crystal. I searched frantically, hoping she hadn't gone too far or hurt herself. I checked over by jack and was relieved to find her sleeping in his arms.

"That's strange, she never sleeps anywhere besides near me." I thought to myself.

It warmed my heart seeing her cuddled up on jack, he was holding her in his arms gently and they were both in a deep sleep. I calmed myself down a bit and went back to sleep.