"No matter how hard we fight we still lose to those that are stronger but they too had to fight to get that strong, no one gained something without a fight nor lost something without a fight but when face to face with Death itself no one has the spirit to fight anymore"
Mary Andel Shelfer, profesionall wrestler (30th April, 2105)
Chapter Ten.
Work
The next day we were practically forced to attend a memorial service for those dead or injured on the previous day, Gardenia provided black shirts and pants for those without them or whose other clothes were too dirty to wear (to a ceremony that is, they are perfectly fine to travel in) and several people were rewarded with a medal for 'heroism' those people included greasy-grey-haired guy and blond-girl together with every owner of a water-type that helped containing the fire and several trainers whose pokèmon went inside the flaming building to attempt to save others even though they failed.
People were crying mostly, some reporters interviewed trainers that gained a medal and Gardenia called the other Gym Leaders to join too, almost all of them arrived on a Flying type borrowed from trainers and they went into the gym with each other, probably to discuss how this could have been prevented.
Once the service ended my mom called me, completely hysterical, and ordered me to come home immediately only to hear nothing for a while and then I heard my dad talk "You alive there ?"
"Yeah"
"Josh as well ?"
"Yeah"
"Good, stay alive okay ?"
"Yeah"
and he hung up, he is a lot easier to deal with then my mom.
I saw Ed and Abraham again together with Serlena, Abraham was busy comforting a crying Serlena who kept saying "Just like with Marcel .. just like then" while Ed just stared at a wall .. I don't blame him for I just kept staring at the ceiling when I went to bed.
Gardenia also forced all the trainers to do something she said something like this "You are all weaklings sitting here crying, get off your lazy behinds and do something !"
She glared at all of us for a moment before continuing "Everyone-" murmurs of protest sounded "-Everyone !" she said emphasis on the everyone "Will do something, rebuild those houses ! get all the pieces of stone away or entertain some children that are afraid because you are stupid brats with pokèmon that can help while they can't .. now GO !"
Everyone rose to their feet slowly and soon one of the Gym-Trainers introduced herself as Angela and said she was in charge, she quickly put us into teams and made Nate, Goliath and I a part of the group getting all the debris away from the houses that fell.
They actually gave Nate some sort of harness with a big sack attached on it where we would shovel the pieces of stone in that Goliath managed to punch to pebbles with his flaming ear thingie that someone pointed out as a 'Fire Punch' and Bob ? Bob went to entertain little children which she did surprisingly good.
Nate was relucant to say at least when he saw his harnass but one glare from Angela and her Grotle was enough, he looked at me with a murderous glare before grunting and dragging the sack with debris away.
About 30 others were doing the same and I talked with some of them and Luxray-girl joined in with her Luxray being the one wearing the harness while she shoveled on her own.
"You don't have a pokèmon to help you with that ?" I asked.
"No I don't, Flash helps me with this and he is the only pokèmon I have with me"
"You have just one pokèmon ?"
"No, but what is it to you ?" she looked at me with an icy look.
"Never mind"
We both went back to work after that.
It was five hours later that we were allowed to stop working and we were tired, Goliath and Nate were beyond tired and I handed them to Nurse Joy before collapsing in a chair.
Some civilians handed us a plate with some sort of potato-meat mix .. it was edible and it was free so I didn't complain .. much.
I didn't notice this yesterday but the center was full to say at least, Josh, Danny and I ended up sharing our room with the two girls, 3 boys and one older girl while others slept on tables, counters, I spotted one against the toilet, the kitchen, and random chairs and couches. Nurse Joy tried her best to keep all of us comfortable by giving us blankets, mugs of hot chocolate, healing our pokèmon and healing those with injuries sustained from working, mostly minor cuts and bruises but one kid got a piece of stone on his foot .. that must have hurt.
In the morning we were allowed to sleep in but were requested to be up before noon to help further, Nate threw a fit when he found out and fired his own Poison Sting attack at me resulting in swallowing another antidote before going back to shovel rubbish and Nate glaring daggers at me every time he got the chance.
I also found out that Danny and Piper were doing the same work I did but then at the place were once stood the apartment building while Josh had to play a Clown together with several others for little children.
We worked for four long days when Gardenia came out of the gym with the other leaders following her, she grabbed the megaphone Angela borrowed before screaming into it.
"Brats !" this caught our attention "Those that worked, Good job but you're still spoiled brats ! those that entertained little children, shame on you for doing it the easy way you cowards ! those that left, you're even bigger cowards and not to mention slimy brats !" some snickers through the group as we continued to listen.
"Put down your balloon pokèmon and shovels because you worked hard and although I find it a major waste of money and time .. " I raised my eyebrows and some girl screamed "What ?" Gardenia glared at the girl before continuing "Crasher Wake has decided to give you all a feast because of your hard and mostly unwilling work .. happy now ?" she dropped the megaphone and walked away whilst glaring at the guy that must be Crasher Wake (Mask + wrestler outfit kinda gives it away)
That evening I got the dinner of my life, they had all kinds of meat, fish and even my favourite food in the world: Pizza.
I stuffed myself and after seeing others letting their pokèmon join in I did that as well, Nate went for the meat whilst Bob ate anything she could get her paws on including a part of the table and some plates and Goliath probably bullied some poor kids Shinx into getting him his food .. I like him more every day.
Josh and Danny were sitting beside me and they too were eating like their lives depended on it, Paul and Lola were eating like maniacs after Paul bit Josh again (such a weird pokèmon but great for revenge) and Piper was grazing and the *shudder* Beautifly was safely tucked in his ball after me making a public fool from myself by screaming when he released it from its ball causing those around me to look at me like I was some kind of idiot .. I probably am.
After the dinner Gardenia grabbed her megaphone again "Brats !" we were used to it now "This dinner is over now so those only coming for the food can leave" people got up "And those that only stayed for the dinner can go as well" more people left including Ed and his group "And those snotty little brats that wish to challenge me, the gym opens in 3 days so try to get some training and don't you dare challenging me with some random Bidoof" "HEY !" a voice sounding a lot like Laura Marie sounded from the crowd "Bidoof are awesome-er than you itsy-witsy Wurmple !" Gardenia then threw her megaphone at Laura Marie before shouting because she was now megaphone-less "Brats .. anyway try to actually train for a chance will you ? I get tired from all those people thinking that one Starly or Bidoof will win them one badge so train you brats !"
I saw some other trainers look at their feet with a guilty look, guess what pokèmon they had.
Some people left our room and now it was just Danny,Josh, the two girls who I found out were named Iz and Taylor and me, we went straight to bed after the feast and I managed to sleep quite long until a bouncing Buneary on my chest woke me up while pumping his fists in the air, he obviously wants to battle sadly enough I didn't and I returned him to his pokèball and tucked it under my pillow and fell asleep again.
When I woke up without anyone jumping on my chest this time, I went downstairs after dressing myself to get breakfast which consisted from bread (not canned !) and milk .. compared to what we've been eating on the road this is heaven.
Now I had to find a way to keep myself busy with for the three days that Gardenia will not accept challanges and her gym will be closed so I grabbed my stuff and let my pokèmon out, we would train (or attempt to train).
On the east side of Eterna there was this path leading up to a cave with several other trainers training there, I spotted several other wild pokèmon including a few Meditite but one look at my still-angry Nidorino told me that he wouldn't fight, I decided to send out Bob because right now she is the weakest .. and the most weird one.
And with that in my mind I .. no we went to search for some weak pokèmon that Bob could battle, it took us an hour to find one but this would be easy because its a Chingling and it's common knowledge that they are weak, very weak, weak enough to make a female Bidoof look strong and yes that means very weak.
I walked towards it with Bob untill we were in direct view of the pokèmon so it could see us as well (I want it to battle Bob, not some random other trainer it thought was attacking it) "Bob Tackle it !"
Bob started .. waddling .. to the Chingling who started squeaking rather loudly causing me to cover my ears and Bob ? she just continued waddling towards the poor Chingling and bashed it to the ground, the poor thing didn't even stand a chance against my 20kg Bidoof.
And that's basically how I spent that day, beating poor unsuspecting Chingling in the ground untill a Machop challenged Bob and she lost, majorly.
Poor Bob .. poor Chingling .. poor me...
But at least Bob can now beat some stronger pokèmon ..ah who am I kidding.
I went back when it was time for dinner and then went to bed once more, I woke up early and decided to take Goliath to train (not that he needed it, his Fire Punch could probably burn any grass-pokèmon Gardenia has to ashes) and we went after more .. serious opponents like .. a Bronzor.
It was innocently floating around some bushes when Goliath charged at him, ears ablaze before continously kicking,punching and stomping him with his ears,fists and legs.
Such a tiny thing, so much potential .. and he actually listens .. I'm so happy ..
The Bronzor wasn't, nor were the Bidoof I battled after that, or Nurse Joy when I came back with a hyperactive Buneary because of all the battles he won (Against Bidoof that is) and Josh warned me when I told it "Shrimp you must watch that pokèmon, Paul is pretty strong too and all he does is bite/try to kill me !"
I shrugged, if Goliath turned out to be like that he'll have to draw a number because Nate is the first on the long list to kill me, it goes like this;
1. Nate
2. *shudder* bugs
3. Dustox of Doom
4. Bugs
5. Gyarados (Look at what happened 2 days ago)
6. This is were Goliath would come if he turned out to be one of those 'I want to kill you' pokèmon .. like Nate .. and Paul.
But I'm still alive .. for now.
Bonus because it's the tenth chapter !
I'm so handsome ! (How Jacob would have been if I made him into a Gary-Stu)
Hi my name is Jacob and I am incredibly handsome, the coolest guy in the world and for some reason every girl drools when I pass because of my super good looks and the fact that I'm so cold and uncaring that they call me "The rogue"
I have a best friend who is un-important (Jay .. John .. Johan ?) and today my un-important family will give me my very first pokèmon.
"jacob you're so awesome/fantastic/great/handsome/intelligent/great/the best/unique/awesome/super great ! !" un-important family member #1 told me.
"I know !"I grinned whilst showing off my perfectly white and straight teeth any model would kill for while flexing my every muscle that every weight lifter would kill for.
"This is your starter he's called Etrewixtryeus and he's a shiny Entei/Mew/Arceus mix with twin blades called Eno and Owt and he knows every move ever know by pokèmon and has special markings indicating you're some hero foretold in a prophecy from another world !"
I grinned my trademark awesome grin while walking to my walk-in closet to grab some cool stuff to wear, totally unpractical but totally worth it 'cause it shows of my awesome body and has a cape 'cause capes are cool, did I tell you I have these awesome muscles everywhere despite being just a kid ? yeah I rock.
Anyway I live in this totally big apartment/villa/castle with awesome pokèmon guarding it like 49 Shiny pokèmon and Mew visists and Mewtwo and I are BFF's and Arceus made me king of the world and Rayquaza lets me ride on his back and Darkray totally loves me and Deoxis takes me on trips through the galaxy when I feel like it !
Anyway two days later I'm at the Sinnoh League facing Dyna or something .. Cyn .. Lynn .. whatever I won just by shouting "Fire Hyper Hydro Cannon Blast Bolt with special cool effects !"
And I won.
Now I'm the champion and totally awesome .. did I mention I'm totally awesome ?
Well I am anyway.
Disclaimer: Still don't own Pokèmon (Sigh)
I kept my promise so here it is, the tenth chapter *Crowd claps* and because it's a miracle that I managed to get this far I added a special "What if Jacob would have been a Gary-Stu" chapter and there it is, I mainly added it because I liked writing it + it shows how he could have been and never will be.
Sadly enough the next chapter will be on here Saturday/Sunday because I'm going somewhere tomorrow and the chapter after that one will be really late because I'm leaving for 'Den Haag' (The Hague) for two days with my class + I have hockey + I have normal school + Horseriding + More Hockey + Dogs so it'll be a very late update then, you are hereby warned.
Clearing things up:
1. Gardenia is to put it lightly, an annoying person who's better of dead. Yes she is but she has a reason, what would you do when hordes of noobs with weak birds/beavers come to challenge you ? I'd be annoyed.
2. Why did the TRAINERS have to help clearing the city after the attack ? Like I said they have pokèmon to help, civilians don't + it is all to have oppurtunities to develop Jacobs own abilities a trainer 'cause he'll need them + I like torturing the poor guy.
3. Josh as a clown, seriously ? Why not like I said I like torturing my characters and I hate clowns so Josh as a clown with his Paul and Lola ? *Insert crying children*
Reviewers:
Neelyn8r:
Gyarados are indeed scary, that's why they attacked instead of a horde of Bidoof, who would've thought they were scary ? *another random guy "I WOULD"*
Seven Minutes, yes just 7, I wanted to make clear that this is no rainbow/sparkle story but has its own danger (not on routes with Bidoof but the farther you go the more dangerous it will get)
I already gave permission for Steve and I once more look forward to meeting Steve the Female Wooper !
And you just found out what happens to Eterna !
Next chapter(11): Saturday/Sunday, Chapter after that one (12) Probably the Saturday/Sunday after that.