Chapter 3: Luxray

Ampharos stood his ground. "Don't move," he whispered to Shocker, "They'll sense it." Shocker started to cry. He didn't know what was going on. First he heard the scary voice. Then Ampharos started to get serious. Ampharos turned to Shocker, and Shocker looked in his eyes. Suddenly he started to feel an intense… was it fear? No; maybe sorrow? Possibly a little of both, but Shocker recognized what had happened. He had felt Ampharos' emotions, just as he had felt Elekid's, and as he had the baby Pokémon's'. "It's coming." Ampharos whispered.

Shocker heard a buzzing sound, and then a crash. Lightning. What was going on!? Suddenly he heard a shout from behind him, and Shocker was sent tumbling to the ground. Ampharos had pushed him away from a shock wave! Elekid got up and saw, a massive Luxio. Or was it a Luxio? It was bigger, with more fur.

"That's Luxray," Ampharos said quietly, hoping to avoid attention.

"That is very true. I am Luxray, leader of the Luxio clan. You have encroached on our territory. Prepare to die." A jolt of lightning came out of the sky, with a crash and landed, inches away from the two Pokémon.

"That's Luxray's Thunder move," Ampharos said, "He's just warning us, we're electric types, and it shouldn't hurt us too bad, if we're careful." Shocker didn't know what an electric type was, but he got what Ampharos meant.

Luxray readied another Thunder but paused "But wait, it looks like we have a very special guest. Brother Luxios, it looks like the great Lumio has come to greet us." Shocker wondered what Lumio was, but his question was soon answered.

"Please Luxray, we have not come to encroach on your territory, I have merely come for a walk with this youngster."

"Well that was a mistake. And it is the last you will ever make. Luxios attack the great Lumio, and take the young one. I want the Elekid alive!" The Luxios dove into action. Lumio (for that was Ampharos' real name) was swarmed. First a quick attack. Then a massive thunder shock jolted his body, but did no real damage. He had no advantage. These were electric types just like him. More attacks. Ampharos was hurt badly. CRASH! Ampharos fell to the ground as he was hit was hit by his own thunder attack. One of the Luxios must have used Swagger, and confused him.

"Shocker, run!" Lumio screamed, coughing out blood, in red spurts.

"Daddy!" Shocker screamed! Daddy was his first word, but there was no time for celebrations, He had to think, but what could he do; he was just a baby. He saw a shadowy figure bolt behind him, and then WHOOSH! He was being whisked away by the hulking Luxray. Shocker looked into Luxray's eyes and Shocker's own eyes turned red. Upon seeing this Luxray dropped the infant. Shocker fell hard on the cold ground but then felt something. It was a feeling like he had never quite had before. Two things, he thought. It was like a mixture, of fear, great, great fear, and of sorrow, the deepest of sorrows. He stood up and saw Lumio, his great father, lying on the ground. Shocker didn't understand death yet, so he wasn't sure what was wrong with his daddy. He knew about Pokémon getting knocked out, so he figured that Lumio would just wake up soon. But then to his horror he heard a voice.
"Brothers; the great Lumio is dead! Seize the infant and let us go." Shocker didn't understand that word 'death'. What was death? He knew he didn't like Luxray but he wondered why they would do such a terrible thing to his daddy. But just as he had thought that he found himself picked up and flung onto the shoulders of Luxray.

Luxray bolted off, to a high cliff, with Shocker on his back. Shocker, who had just comprehended the art of speech, said in his high-pitched baby voice, "What is death?"

Luxray laughed. "Your old man over there, has been knocked out. Except this is a special kind. You will never see him again. He is gone. Like a sleep he will never wake up from." Shocker understood. He started to cry. He jumped off Luxray's back but was caught by another Luxio. He jumped off that Luxio's back and crumpled on the floor, sobbing. He looked into the Luxray's eyes again and his eyes turned that bloodshot color. "Stand back!" Luxray commanded, from a higher cliff.

Shocker felt combined feelings, yet again. More fear. A lot more fear, but then Luxray looked away and Shocker was suddenly jolted out of his ability. What was this ability, Shocker wondered. Shocker didn't need it right now though. Shocker needed revenge. Shocker wondered how his kind summoned energy, but then he remembered the time at Chansey's day care when he had blown up the doll. He walked back up to Luxray and touched him. Nothing. Luxray looked at the baby and swung him on his back. Shocker was still crying. "Don't cry, Elekid. Your father got what he deserved."

Yet again Shocker understood. This was a curious thing as Shocker was only a few weeks old at the time, barely a month and a half. But it was clear to everyone who saw him, he was no ordinary baby. But Shocker was infuriated. He leaned over to Luxray and bit him hard, on the ear. "OWCH! You little demon! You are the next to experience death!"

Shocker ran. He ran and ran and ran, until Luxray caught up to him. "DIE!" Luxray screamed as he mustered up, with all his strength the most massive Shock Wave Shocker had ever seen. Then Shocker saw the light, but before anything else happened Shocker was thrust out of the way.

"So we meet again Luxray!" Shouted the newcomer

"How did you!? How did you shake off my shockwave!?"
"You'll need more than that to get rid of me." Said the newcomer quietly, "Take this, Rock Smash!"