Prophecy of the Pokemon Healer

by Pwnanator

They've hijacked the minds of pokemon around the world, and have shown no mercy. They've put the legendaries at their finger tips. They've sent an assassin to kill me. They will not stop me, for I will not let this stand. I will rise. I will fight!

41. Catching Up

Author's Notes: Sorry, I don't have a lot of time. Stupid new two hours of computer time a day rule. I only have a few things to say.

First, if you haven't, you should check out "The Alpha Blaze." A story that ties in with this one. You can ignore it if you want to, but if you do, you're going to find that some characters are going to jump into the story very randomly.

And as for replies, thank you for making me reach a new record of seven reviews :D and thank you VulpixTrainer for the wonderful complement. There are some things that I would like to ask you, but unfortunately, I'm running really low on time.

Nothing else to say except enjoy my longest chapter ever: 5015 words!

Chapter 41

Instead of the normal exclamation that I would come up with, I remained silent speechless in silent awe. I had take a moment to take things in.

"I guess... I have, haven't I?" My family stared at me harder than I could handle. They were staring me down harder then Terra was while she was stalking me.

"Yes! You have!" My father's expression was starting to take a turn for the worse.

My mother ran in and gave me a hug, "Who cares now? You're home!"

"Where have you been?" Dad demanded.

"I... I can't say."

"Nick, this is serious, tell us," My older sister said.

"Trust me, it's far too complicated to even begin talking about what happened."

"Tell us, NOW!" My younger sister exclaimed.

My mother looked at my sisters and me an unpleased look. "Girls, he's been gone for a year now, give him a break. And, Nick, how an you just leave us for a whole year without telling where you were or what was happening?"

I remained silent, unable to think of something to say. I reached around my head, looking for something to say. Then I used the most pathetic excuse I could think of.

"Look, I just got home after being gone so long, could you give me some time to adjust?"

My mother frowned and said, "Okay fine, but you're going to tell us at some point. And besides, now we have to tell the press. This is an amazing story!"

My stomach lurched. "What!? No, no, I can't face them. Please!"

"Nick! We gave out search messages to every press that we know of. We have to cancel them out now."

"Okay, but please, say that I don't want to go to the press. Say that I want to be hidden from the public, we don't need to make a production out of this."

"Okay, fine," My mother said with a quizzical look.

And with that, my sisters moved aside, letting me look around the house. As I went around, I suddenly felt a rush of memories flow into my head, most of them involving Terra.

I looked in front of the stairs where Terra stood when she first saw me. I went upstairs and looked at the spot were Terra had pinned me down during fight. I looked up to the spot where Terra had knocked over the vase during the fight, and at the spot where she had bitten me.

Suddenly it had struck me what my parents and family must of gone through. With the blood left from the fight, my parents must of thought that I was kidnaped, or worse, murdered.

I left that thought behind, moving on through the theater of memories, I moved towards the bathroom. Looking at the spot that I was about to burn to a crisp from Terra's flame breath, and the spot where I doused her flames all the way up to the point that I dechiped her.

From there, I moved on to my room, which was the best sight of all. Everything was preserved, just the way it was before I left it. That and my mind was flooded with memories. Terra threatening me, our getting acquainted scene, and every word of her story to how she learned about the chip.

All these memories came in, as I ran forward and jumped onto my beloved bed. The memories bounced around my head as I bounced on the bed.

My room was so well preserved, I swore that I could still smell Terra's familiar odor on the bed. But along with those memories, came the ones that reminded me of my life before all of this happened. Memories of the simple life I had before I learned about Terra and all this pokemon stuff. Memories of the school, summer, and life all together. But that life seemed so much more... boring compared to the times I had in the new world.

I liked my new life, and it was going to stay that way.

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11:00 PM

The night was upon us, and I had to find Terra. I made sure that everyone was asleep, listening to the noises of the bathroom and people heading towards their rooms.

I slowly turned the knob on the door in my room and silently strolled out of the room. I moved through the hallway and stepped on the corners of the stairs to avoid making them creak through the night.

I stepped into the porch quickly slipping on my shoes and coat.

I slipped outside, quietly closing each door. I stumbled down onto the sidewalk, looking across the street. I looked at the spot where I spotted Terra, the first place I got a fairly decent glance at her.

I walked down the street, very tired and short of sleep.

Walking down one of the busiest streets in town, I was relieved to find only a few cars on the road. But I needed no one on the roads so I thought I would have to spend a little time waiting for the roads to clear.

15 minutes later, I was standing in front of the path to the pond. As I peered in, I started to wonder if I should of brought a flashlight.

I walked in, tree branches scratching my face, arms, and legs. From that point, I felt like I was ducking through every twig and branch. I crossed through the clearing and quickly found myself standing in front of the pond.

The moonlight shone in brightly reflecting off the water. Crickets chirped and owls sounded as the wind sang to the trees and the trees sang to the night.

It seemed a little to calm for me. Something wasn't ri-

'HI NICK!'

'Huh?' I turned around. 'OOF!' Terra jumped out of nowhere and tackled me to the ground, licking my face and holding my arms to my sides. I tried to get up, but I couldn't escape her grasp. Besides, half of me enjoyed it.

'Terra... you're... suffocating... me.'

'OH!'

Terra eventually jumped off and huddled up to my side, rubbing her head against my side. As she nuzzled me, I looked at her neck to find that Chandler was still holding onto his mother's neck like there was no tomorrow.

I got up, and gave Terra a big hug, pressing my face into her soft fur. The feeling of her fur brought me comfort with the thought that she was here for me.

'So, Terra, how has the forest been to you?'

'Terrible! The crows are near impossible to catch, and trust me, there are far more people in these forests than the way you described it.'

I let go of Terra and started to stroke the back of her head and ears, calming her down. 'It's okay, Terra, I'll take you home.' I quickly glanced at Chandler. 'But first, may I hold Chandler?'

'Oh yeah, sure.' I leaned over gently picking up Chandler off of Terra's back.

It seemed like I had never spent any time with Chandler as he was always with Terra. But the moments we spent together were precious.

I cradled Chandler in one arm on his back, while twidling my fingers over his stomach. Every time I tickled him this way, he always made these little squeaking noises that filled me with joy. It made me wonder why I barely spend any time with him.

Then I looked to my side, and realized why. Terra was looking at Chandler with an unblinking eye, which actually looked fairly creepy. But, regardless, it was still very enjoyable.

After giving out a short breath of smoke, Chandler was placed back onto Terra. 'So, what do you say we head off now?' I asked Terra.

'Alright.' Terra said before nodding happily.

Terra slowly wobbled to her feet while keeping an eye on Chandler. She walked slower than usual, which was actually a normal walking pace for me.

'Hey, I know a way that would be longer, but it's a much safer way to go, you know, without detection.'

Terra didn't have to give it any thought before acknowledging the idea with a quick nod. We went around the pond, up a hill, and down a wider path, free of any branches to get in the way.

We came to another clearing that we crossed into a long straight path going all the way to the roads. While we walked, I decided to make some conversation.

'So, was it really that bad out here.'

'Well... no, not really. I'm just tired from landing in the water.'

'Aw, that's too ba- WAIT, you landed in the water!?'

'Yes,' Terra simply answered.

'But didn't it sting? Aren't you supposed to hate water?'

'Well, granted, I don't like water, but it doesn't hurt us.'

'When I first fought you,' Terra shuddered again, 'I poured shower water on you, which you seemed to be in terrible pain in. Doesn't it hurt you?'

'Actually, it's not that complicated. When a typhlosion goes into battle, its body temperature heats up rapidly. When a typhlosion is exposed to water, it rapidly cools, which, as you could imagine, causes a lot of pain. If a typhlosion is exposed to constant cold water, then it would catch hypothermia and die.' It was my turn to shudder at the thought. Terra continued, 'But when we aren't in battle, we retain a normal temperature, which water is rather harmless to us in that case. In fact, one of my favorite foods is actually fish which we get by simply walking into the river and biting the fish out of the water.

'In fact, if the water is warm enough, it can actually be quiet enjoyable. If the water is warm, then we typhlosions can enjoy it just as much as any other person or pokemon. Although it rarely happens, typhlosions actually enjoy the occasional bath now and than. It gets all that annoying dirt out of our fur. I actually believe in proper grooming.'

I was quite surprised by this actually, it was actually quite interesting. I was always fascinated by typhlosions.

'I never actually knew that! I'm going to have to give you a nice searing hot bath some time.' We finally came to the end of the path, out onto the roads.

'Wooooow,' Terra exclaimed. We appeared out to the waterfront boardwalk. A simple sidewalk that ran along the edge of the roads that gave an excellent view of the waterfront which spanned out for about a kilometer across the river, and an opening into the ocean.

'It's beautiful!'

'I know, it's one of the reasons I love it here... here follow me.' I crept forward, looking left and right, checking for any cars coming. When I had not seen nor heard any cars coming, I signaled Terra to follow.

I ran across the street, and spotted Terra's figure behind me as she trotted across the street. We ran across and jumped down to the boardwalk several feet below.

We began to walk along the boardwalk. The boardwalk was behind a small hill, that was steep enough to prevent Terra from being seen. That, and it was much more beautiful than the old way I took.

As I walked alongside Terra, it actually struck me. 'You know, Terra, there's actually still a lot I don't know about you. Like, what was your life like before you met?'

And with that, Terra, figuratively, lit up like a candle. As we walked, I asked Terra tons of questions about her life, and she answered them all, as I listened intently. I learned about what she ate, what she thought about towards other typhlosions(including me when I transformed), some of her the key events in her life, her family, her friends, what she thought of Dallin and Sanj, what she thought of Chandler, what she thought of me, and more things than I could possibly take in. But one thing was for sure, it was all so fascinating.

'Is there anything I left out?' Terra asked.

'I don't know anymore.'

'So, where is your house.'

I stopped in mid-thought. 'Um, right here.'

I looked up to find that my house rested right in front of me. We had been talking for so long, we arrived home without realizing!

'Come on!' I ran into the yard, and onto the deck. I silently opened the doors and held them open for Terra and Chandler. I took off my coat and shoes and snuck upstairs, Terra following closely behind. Terra took extremely soft steps to prevent her claws from clicking against the stairs. After finally making the it to the top of the stairs, we crept around the corner and walked through the hallway, around another corner, and into my room. We finally made it without any error.

I let out a sigh of relief, and Terra sighed a puff of smoke. I turned to look at the digital clock. 12:00 AM.

'God, it's late! At least were home now. Well I'm home at least.' I got undressed, placed the EDB on my night table and slipped under the sheets. It was my first time in my own bed, which I loved by the way, in a long time. There was no bed that was better, not even the one at The Organization headquarters. Terra jumped up behind me and flicked her head towards Chandler. I picked him up and placed him beside Terra. Terra nudged her head under the sheets, slid under and than laid down next to me. I took Chandler and placed him in between our heads.

As she relaxed, her words tied together as if she was sighing them, 'Oh-my-god-this-bed-is-awesome.'

'I know it's wonderful,' I said as I wrapped my arms around Terra. I loved the feeling of her fur, though it was slightly course, it was warm like a heating pad.

I loved these moments we had, it was heartwarming beyond any experience, the times that made me think my life was perfect. Sure, I had a job to do here, but I might as well enjoyed this while it lasts.

I loved every moment of it, listening to Terra's breath, the sounds of Chandler's quiet hums, stroking Terra's neck, and curling up to her side.

I loved these moments so much, up to the point that I fell asleep.

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The next morning

I woke up with Terra in my arms, but something was poking my face. I looked up to find Chandler poking his snout in my face, dabbing at my lips and nose with his tiny stubby paws.

"Hello there," I said getting up, slipping out of Terra's embrace. I flipped him onto his back, and started tickling him, and making those "woji-woji-woo" noises.

I looked back to find Terra swing her paws and arms in front of her as if she was trying to grab the air. She was trying to grab me back into her embrace. She swung her arms a little more and eventually woke up.

She looked at me with a blank look and said, 'Good morning, Nick.' I smiled and while rubbing her head. She flipped onto her back and let her paws hang loosely in the air. I smiled and rubbed her chest.

I looked at the clock. 9:00 AM. Terra turned to me and asked, 'Hey, Nick... did you come up with a plan for how I'm going to get out of here?'

My heart skipped a beat and my stomach sunk to the floor. 'Oh... crap!' Suddenly I heard footsteps outside of the room.

My younger sisters, Alanna and Alex, burst into the room. I quickly grabbed the sheets and flipped them over Terra while putting my arms over Chandler, covering him up.

"WHAT THE HELL! Can't I get some privacy in here?"

"Mom says you've been sleeping in too long, she want's you to get up."

"Okay, I'll be up in a minute." They ran out, smirking with devious looks on their faces.

I sighed with relief, pulling the sheets off of Terra to find her squashed against the bed, hair tousled and askew. I apologized to Terra, while taking Chandler and resting him by her head.

My younger sisters burst into my room again yelling, "ARE YOU UP YET!?" I flung the sheets over Terra and Chandler, trying desperately to hide them.

"I can't get up if you're in here, get out!" The girls ran out, giggling childishly as they left. I waited until I heard their steps on the stairwell. Listening closely, I heard them run downstairs.

I let out another sigh and removed the blanket from over Terra's head. Terra snorted some smoke out and gave me an annoyed look. 'Shall I get up, or do you plan on suffocating me under those things again?' She remarked sarcastically.

I gave a quick chuckle and apologized again. I got up and put on my house-coat, picked up my towel and headed out for a shower. Terra got up and followed after.

'Why are you following me?' I asked as I left my room.

'Hm? Oh, sorry, force of habit.'

I turned forward to find my sister drowsily heading for the bathroom. "WHOA!" I exclaimed.

My older sister, Katharine, turned around and looked at me with half open eyes and a half awake mind. I suddenly felt Terra's entire back press evenly all over my back. She was desperately hiding behind me and doing a good job of doing it. Even though Terra was wider than me, she was the same color as my housecoat and towel which made her blend in. I quickly shifted the towel to cover the spot between my legs which exposed Terra's lower body. Even though she was silent, I could sense her fear and nervousness.

"Hi Ka–Katharine..."

"Morning, Nick."

"Are –Are you going to take a shower?" I stuttered endlessly, but she was too tired to notice.

"Yeah, can I go first?"

"Su–sure, go ahead." I plastered on a smile, hoping it would pass. My sister glumly slipped into the bathroom and closed the door.

I let out another sigh as Terra slid down my back getting more exhausted and relieved each time. 'How many times do I have to keep doing this?'

'It's okay, Terra, I'm going to let you out. Do you know you're way back to the forest?'

'I think I can find my way. WAIT! Where's Chandler?'

I paused and told Terra that he was still in my room. I ran in and spotted Chandler on the bed, laying down on the bed in blissful peace. I picked him up and placed him on Terra's neck. Terra glanced at the window. 'Hey, do you think me and Chandler can escape through there?'

'Sorry, there's a window shade in the way, and besides, there's nothing to get you onto the roof. Plus it's a long way down from here.'

Terra sighed worriedly. I put some thought into how I could get Terra out as I petted her softly. In the end I finally came to a decision.

'Okay, Terra, there's a roof that you can escape to from the back bathroom which will lead you up to the top of the house. From there you should be safe.'

'Okay, but how do I get from here to there?'

'Well, everyone seems pretty occupied right now, so it should be safe. But just to be safer, I'll bring my towel along with me. It's the same color as the fur on your back so we should be safe.'

Terra paused for a second then said, 'Alright, let's do it!'

I took my towel and snuck out of the room, crouching down, and keeping my towel at hand. Terra crept with Chandler perched on her neck ever so carefully.

Before we knew it, we were already in the hallway. I peered around every corner, checking for any family members that would jump out at any moment. From the looks of it, we were clear for takeoff.

We came to the door to the back bathroom which was across from the stairs. I looked downstairs to make sure no one was coming. When I saw no one, I crept toward the door and grabbed the knob.

Suddenly my sisters ran out of the living room downstairs and into the hallway. I stood completely still, making sure that I wouldn't be seen. The girls ran past, without noticing my presence. I went to the door, and opened it for Terra. Terra trotted in as I followed. I closed the door behind me and headed for the next part of my plan.

I looked at the window, which to my surprise had been replaced with a window opened with a crank.

'How long is it going to take to open the window?'

'Longer than I thought, but it shouldn't be too bad.' I ran towards the window and started turning the crank. The window opened at a steady yet very slow pace.

'Hurry up, Nick.'

'I'm trying as hard as I can!'

As I turned, I heard footsteps on the stairs. "Oh god!" I turned the crank hard, feeling like I was going to break the handle right off the window. The window was only half way from where I needed it to be.

I could hear the footsteps getting closer to the door then suddenly get more silent. Whoever was there was walking away. I sighed in relief.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door! I started pumping the crank as hard as I could.

I could hear my mother's voice outside. "Who's in there?"

While I was pumping the window, my voice came out awkward and forced. "I'm just- getting... dressed- Mom."

"Nick, are you alright in there? You sound distressed."

"Ya- I'm... fine. Just-... hold on!" I had the window almost fully opened. Terra stood on the counter with an unblinking eye.

"I'm coming in."

"WAIT! No... I'm not-... ready!" As I heard the doorknob jiggle, I finally got the window open far enough for Terra to squeeze through. Terra slowly slid through the window as to not create too much noise. Without taking a second glance at Terra, I turned around, threw off my housecoat, and wrapped myself in the towel.

My mom walked in. "HEY, I'm getting dressed here!" I yelled.

"OH!" Mom quickly turned around, leaving the room, "Sorry! Sorry!" She closed the door and went downstairs.

I noticed that every muscle in my body was tense. I relaxed, backing up into the wall and slowly sliding down to the floor. I let out one final sigh to one crazy day.

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Two weeks later

From that day, things seemed to calm down a bit. We seemed to follow a regiment for each and every day. Every day, after either breakfast, lunch or supper, I would take some leftovers and bring them over to Terra. I'd bring them over, and she'd lick the containers clean whether it was her usual meat or sometimes vegetables which she didn't actually like.

Chandler was doing great, I did notice that he was getting slightly more plump and large than when he was first born. I probably should of done some more studying on cyndaquils, but it's a little late for that now.

And as for my family, I took some time to learn what they had thought happened to me. They told me that due to the blood they found, and the scene with the vase and such that they thought that I was beaten and kidnaped. I told them that their story was only half true. And as for my story, I just kept holding it off to the next day, then the next day, then the next. But they never stopped trying.

I looked out the car window, gazing upon the trees as they passed by. The wind from the open windows tossed my hair every which way which started to get annoying.

"Dad, can you close the window?"

"Nick, it's practically thirty degrees in here, we have to keep the windows down." Actually it was twenty degrees. My dad had a big habit of exaggerating everything.

The van ran through the highway as we made our way to the family campground. A little spot in the middle of nowhere. It wasn't an actual campground that was marked on the map. It was just a little open spot in the woods.

But none the less, I still liked it there. It was peaceful and I didn't have to worry about intrusion from other families. But it was lacking the features I would find in home.

Within an hour we finally arrived at the campsite. With a fifteen minute trip into the woods, we made it to the clearing in the woods. There were no mountains or anything of that sort, but there was a lake a few minutes away, but it was only evergreen trees and small patches of grass from here. It was never comfortable to lie down in the grass, there were so many needles from the pine trees that everywhere we sat, we'd end up plucking them off our clothes.

But our arrival at the campsite was my cue. "Oh crap, I forgot something in the van. I'll be back in a while," I said, plastering a smile onto my face and making haste towards the van.

Instead of walking, I ran towards the van in hope that everything was still ok. I found the van settled by the little parking for a restaurant on the highway. I looked around to make sure no one was looking. When I was greeted by nothing but silence, I knew it was time.

I popped open the trunk and shifted a few objects around. I finally found an orange blanket huddled up in the left back corner of the hood. I grabbed the blanket and threw it out of the van.

Terra gasped for air, 'GOD! Do you know how hard it is to breathe in there!? I was suffocating! The heat was wonderful, but I couldn't breathe!'

'Okay, okay! Calm down Terra, it's ok, you're out of there,' I said while stroking her head. I looked up at Chandler who now rested at her side as he panted. I gave him a little rub under the chin and a pat on the head.

Terra jumped out of the trunk as I hoisted Chandler against my chest, carrying him and stroking him as I went along with Terra. It was time for more conversation, but this time it was Terra who started.

'So, how do you plan to hide me if you're taking me with you?'

'Easy, this is the forest, you're natural habitat. I'm sure that hiding would be easy in such a remote area like this. I bet that you could be right beside our campsite and my family wouldn't even notice!'

'Hm, that sounds fine to me.'

Just before I made it to the camp site, I gave Chandler to Terra and we split up. Terra occupied the woods next to us and I just spent time with the family. I ate lunch with them; peanut butter sandwiches and juice. Though rather typical, it filled me up decently.

While my family went out for a hike after lunch, I split up with them, saying that I was going to take a different route and that I would meet them back here later. Though Mom was slightly reluctant to letting me do this after being missing so long, she let me go with great worry. After they left, I went into the woods and called Terra with my mind.

'I'm over here.' I found Terra in the middle of a small clearing lying on her back. The sun made her cream colored fur glow a buttery yellow. Chandler was doing as her mother was only she was lying down on Terra's chest.

"Aaaaaw, that's so cute." I said. I walked up stood beside her.

'This heat is wonderful,' she said with her words dragging on. Chandler gave out a quick sigh with his mother.

'Well, come on, I have a place that I'd like to show you.'

'One second.' Terra stretched her arms out over her head, reaching for a non existent object. 'Ok let's go.' Terra rolled over slowly to let Chandler slide off, and then she quickly jumped to her feet.

Terra walked along my side for a few minutes until we came to a beautiful lake. The water rested calmly all over, the forest reflecting on the edge of the water.

'Wow, it's beautiful!'

'I know. I like it here.' I sat down on the rocks and Terra rested on my lap. We sat in the serene scene for a few minutes when Terra rose the question, 'So, have you contacted the organization yet?'

'Oh! No, I haven't! I probably sho-' I looked at the EDB to find the green light flashing brightly along with the noise of a quiet beep. 'Hmm, that's odd.'

I pressed the communication button. There was suddenly some wavy static noises. "Hmm, guess it was just a false signal-"

"NICK!" Karen yelled.

"Whoa! Hi Karen!"

"Nick, this is serious. Let me explain." The calm and serenity drained out of the area as Karen began to explain the problem. "We've been looking at those energy signals but we weren't able to track them. They were too messed up and hard to read."

"So?"

"So we thought we should give up. But suddenly, the professor came in and told me that there was a key energy signal missing from the world, one that's been here for as long as we could remember. We eventually came to the conclusion that it was one of the missing pokemon, but we also realized how grave things are."

"Karen, what is it?"

"Nick... it's Celebi."