Author's Notes: One and a half months... I have to admit, this is the longest it's ever taken me to write a PPH chapter. I don't feel to good about it... but I should say. I can't remember if I brought this up before, but at this moment, I currently have 5 writing projects, all of them getting progressively hard to write.
But enough sulking about that, it's time to get to replies :D
kathlaida-princess: Hehe, as I said before, The Organization and Organization XIII have nothing in common. But they are still really awesome XD Xigbar, ftw
Liydenn: Wow... I still can't believe people have patience to read my story in one sitting! It impresses me to see people do that. Also, thanks for the tip in the note, I'll try and keep that in mind. I'm serious, I actually never thought of that XD Also, as for the rewritten version, I still don't know how to post it on XD I'd have to wait until I completely finish it if I'm going to overwrite PPH. Seeing as the plot has major and minor changes, it can't be merged with this story. Plus, I can't link it on my main page because the linking system is near impossible to use. It's so complex XDXDXD
R'N'Rer: Hehe, Nick wouldn't want to make an awkward impression on Celebi, would he now XD Also, thanks for the read and review :D
BFoS: Hehe, it's okay. I, more than anyone, procrastinate my duties of reading and writing. Things really start to pile up on me, which is mostly why I didn't get to writing a comment in your journal. Sorry :( But on a lighter note, this is the chapter that was giving me a writer's block for a while, but now that I've over come that, I can finally put some more speed into my writing :D
Zephyter0: Unfortunately, I don't really have your idea figured out right now Oo but I'm pretty sure I can do fine with my idea... I have most of the story planned out already. Thanks for the offer though :D
NamiKamiYukiZone145: Comic relief!? LOL! Unfortunately, PPH is intended to be more of an action story. Comic relief is more or less The Alpha Blaze's job, which will be integrated into the story later :D
cyclone-fire: That Jar-Jar side of you is really hard to read Oo but still funny XD Also, thanks for the wonderful comment, it's very appreciated.
VulpixTrainer: Hehe, thanks. And again, I can't say anything XD But you already know that, and so does everyone... I really have to come up with something else to talk about in these replies... how's the weather out there, JUST KIDDING XD
Foxyjosh: Thanks, and about PPH: Rewritten, I'll copy and paste the second half of Liydenn's reply. Also, as for the rewritten version, I still don't know how to post it on XD I'd have to wait until I completely finish it if I'm going to overwrite PPH. Seeing as the plot has major and minor changes, it can't be merged with this story. Plus, I can't link it on my main page because the linking system is near impossible to use. It's so complex XDXDXD
roleplay4life: Well, it's good to finally have the chapter out. Thanks for the comment and enjoy the rest of the chapter :D
Now, as I always say. Please enjoy, chapter 44 of PPH :D
Chapter 44
One week later
I was out of the hospital in less then a day. I had no injuries, to everyone's surprise, so why bother staying where you aren't needed. But once I got home, things were a little uneasy. At least three or four times a day, my parents would try to get the answers to their questions out of me. It wasn't working, but it was annoying as hell.
One thing was for sure. After getting attacked, my parents practically wouldn't let me breathe without being watched. They were so shook up by the attack, that they didn't trust me to go out on my own time. This was going to interfere with my plans quite a bit. Only time I could get out was night when my parents were asleep, and that wasn't working out for me very well. Just a few days ago, when I brought Terra food at 12:00 A.M., I fell asleep in the park. Of course, I was with Terra, which is, of course, not that hard to sleep with, but the problem came when I woke up at 7:00 A.M. to find that I wasn't in my house and the the noise of early birds and early people were surrounding the park. From there, I had to give Terra and Chandler their goodbyes and then run home. Sadly, I was a little too tired to do so, which made a half hour walk a full hour walk. Great luck for me, my parents were already downstairs. I walked in, silently closing the door behind me and made it look like I had just come downstairs. I thought my plan was fool proof, until my parents pointed out that I was wearing yesterday's clothing. They jumped to the conclusion that I was out, but I lied and said that I crashed out last night, forgetting to take off the day's clothing.
That day, Sunday, was a day for the family to go out. I could use some fresh air, I've been practically kept in solitary confinement for the last week. It was about time that we had a family picnic too, and it was a good day to do it too: The sun was shining as bright as it could and the weather wasn't the slightest bit cold. It's been a while since I had done anything like that. And what's better is the fact that I got to bring my bike; something that I haven't used in what felt like forever. But the best part of all is that it took place in the park that's just beside the little piece of forest that Terra was residing in.
We arrived at the park within fifteen minutes, being it wasn't that far from the house. The picnic itself wasn't that exciting. It was actually kind of annoying, being that my parents told me to focus on the food at hand. I was constantly turning my head back to the forest, checking if Terra was there and checking how many people went into the forest. The last thing I wanted was Terra to be found as the monster that lurks the park forest.
Though I got through the picnic as fast as I could, I finally got permission from my parents after tons and tons of persuasion. It must of taken them fifteen minutes for me to try to convince them that their fears were irrational. They were still scared that I was going to be attacked by 'the kidnappers' but they let me go out biking for just this once.
Before I knew it, I was off running for the nearest exit to the park, running as fast as I could with my bike at my side, the wheels kicking up dirt onto my legs. In less then a minute, I was already positioned at the road, helmet on and feet in place. I took in a deep breath of sea air as I looked out to the river before it became one rushing blur. And with that, I mounted my bike and was off.
The wind rushing through my hair, the rumbling of the bike on the ground, zooming down the road while being passed by various cars, it was amazing. Being that I hadn't done this in over a year, I had the same feeling I had when I rode the gliders for the first time. It was a great feeling. As I biked down the road, I looked to my sides. On one side, was the long spanning river, on the other was the forest. As I biked, I felt a feeling that I hadn't felt in a while. For the first time in over a year, I feltl like I was home, back where I was supposed to be.
'You might want to stay focused, Nick,' Terra said, her voice coming out of nowhere. I turned my head left and right, trying to spot Terra. 'To your left,' she said. I looked to my left, over to the forest, trying to spot Terra. Upon close inspection, I found Terra under the shade of the trees. As I biked at an intense speed, Terra skipped along at a pleasant rate, a comical grin on her face. I think she liked mocking me that way but it was pretty funny.
'You better keep an eye on where you're going.'
'What?'
'CAR!' I tossed my head forward that I was heading for a car that had hit the brakes. "WHOA!" I yelled, gripping my hand on the breaks, and pulling as hard as I could. The bike's tires skidded to a stop right before the car.
'Thanks Terra, but you scared the hell out of me.'
'But I saved you, didnt' I?' she said with a wry grin. Terra stood still in the shadows to avoid attracting attention, but from what I could see, I could see Terra and Terra only.
'Hey Terra, where's Chandler?'
'He's in the spot that I've been living. I'm letting him spend time along so that he doesn't become dependent on me but I'll be back to him soon...' As we came to the intersection, Terra had nowhere to go. We had reached the end of the forest path and the shade, and from where she was, the only path left was out in the open road or in a parking lot. 'I'm going to circle around, and go on the houses at the other side of the forest. That way I can get onto the roofs and meet up with you eventually.'
'Okay, see you soon.' And with that, Terra took a single leap into the forest and disappeared. 'Remember, Nick, you're looking for that second pokemon.' Her voice echoed into my head and disappeared.
I stared into the forest where Terra had disappeared. It had finally struck me like a brick how much I missed Terra's constant company and Chandlers innocent adorableness. It was so tense to have them around me here. The feeling of being home was drained out of me. I had a lot to think a- HOOONK
A car just behind me blared its horns seeing as I wasn't moving. I looked forward to find that the other cars had already been long gone. I stepped to the pedals and forced myself to get moving again. From beyond the intersection, I started to drive back into the downtown area.
Terra did have a point though, I would need to focus more on finding that pokemon... but how was I suppose to find it. I didn't have the proper equipment to do so. That pokemon could be anywhere in the world right now... but why was Celebi here. Out of all places it could be, it was here. Which probably meant something I didn't want to think about: Giovanni knew I was here.
Suddenly, I heard the noise of faint thunder. I looked up into the sky to find that the sky was still crystal clear, not a single cloud in sight. The thundering still got louder and louder. As I crossed the intersections I looked down the road to find that there weren't any storm clouds to my left or right. It was as if the thunder was coming out of nowhere. I stopped at a red light and took another look to see if I could find any storm clouds. As I put my foot on the ground, I started to notice the ground was vibrating. Something definitely wasn't right here.
The light turned green, and I continued forward, still keeping an eye on my sides. Suddenly the thundering stopped. I sighed and looked forward, back to the road.
Out of nowhere, a huge brown blur was fast approaching me, about to crash into me and my bike. "WHOA!" I tried to turn my bike as fast as I could to avoid the oncoming attacker but the bikes tires didn't connect with the ground good enough. The bike slid to a position perpendicular with the road. I tilted my body back, trying to come to a drifting stop. My bike started to tilt downwards, away from the way I was going. I've never stopped my bike this way before, so it was probably going to end badly. As the tires finally started to connect, the bike started to drift to a stop as the brown blur flew right over me. Just when the bike was about to stop, it tilted upwards and then flipped forward thanks to the g-force. Just when the bike tilted the other why, I was sent flying off. I flew through the air, and then crashed onto the ground, rolling a few times.
I coughed and moaned for a few seconds before coming to my feet. I brushed the dirt off and faced the direction of which the blur had gone and there, I was frozen in my tracks. "Oh... my... god..."
In front of me stood a giant dog, a foot or two faller than me. His body was covered in long brown fur, from head to tail, except for a light brown stripe down his chest. His face was covered with what looked like a mask with the colors red, yellow, and grey. On his both sides were some sort of spikey things I couldn't identify and that went for the cloud like object on his back too. With this size and figure, it could of only been one pokemon.
Entei.
"Holy cr-" Entei suddenly took another leap towards me, paws forward, claws extended. I jumped back as far as I could, barely dodging the deadly tackle. He threw a few swipes of his paws at me, but I took a step back after each one. On his fourth swipe, he sliced right through my shirt and nipped me on the stomach. I wrapped my arms around my stomach, but before I could even groan I was forced to the ground.
I looked up to find Entei towering right over me, his huge paws to my sides, the sun behind him giving him a scary silhouette. For a few seconds, I could only here the wind and my own heart beat. Suddenly, he took a huge leap straight up. At the peak of his jump he put his paws together and tilted them lower then the rest of his body. Within a second he started descending, his paws coming down like a stone pillar. I put my arms to my sides and rolled off to the right. I looked to where I was to find Entei slam into the ground, denting the ground, destroying the pavement with one landing.
I came to my feet and looked him in the eye. He was certainly giving me less time than what was due. Damn, he was fast. I had no idea how I was going to pull this one off. No back up, no equipment, I was definitely not ready for this. The only thing I did have was the EDB. Remembering about how The Organization needed time to make a portal here, I quickly clicked the portal request button.
Entei slowly started to advance on me, snarling and angry as all chipped pokemon were. As I backed away, I was reminded of how many people were watching me and the pokemon. We were in the middle of town, I must of attracted some attention.
Suddenly, he growled and readied himself for another jump. There was no dodging this one, and running wasn't an option with something that could run this fast. I was frozen on the spot, no options. Just when he was about to jump, a familiar hissing noise filled the air. Suddenly, Terra landed on Entei's back. She wrapped her arms around his neck, scratching every part of Entei she could. Entei growled and started shaking and kicking like a rodeo horse.
Seeing my opportunity, I ran to Entei to see if I could get up onto his back. As soon as I got to close, Entei threw his paw and I was sent flying. I recieved no scratches from his claws, but was bruised from taking a hard landing on the pavement. I came to my feet. Terra was still wrestling with Entei, but unfortunately, he had a size advantage on her. Suddenly, Terra was thrown of right into the air. Entei turned around and lifted his paw into the air, catching Terra by the chance. Within half a second, Terra was thrown off. I saw Terra fly over the sidewalk until she made hard contact with a building. Her body pounded against the wall and her head hit the wall with a loud knock that made my heart freeze. Terra fell to the ground, not landing on her feet, but just flopped onto the ground. Terra lay on the ground, no life in her eyes, not moving a single inch.
"TERRA!" I saw people starting to gather around her. "NO! STAY AWAY!" I ran over but was tackled again by Entei, who managed to grab some of the people's attention. I lay right under him, but my eyes couldn't leave Terra who was still being approach by bystanders.
Entei suddenly grabbed my attention, by placing his paw on my chest and pressing down, the pressure increased by the second.
'This isn't happening,' I thought.
I was overwhelmed with grief and pain, each feeling increasing by the second.
"THIS ISN'T HAPPENING!" I yelled. As my muscles suddenly became tense, I started to feel weightless. I felt that familiar faint tingling all over my skin. It was happening.
Entei raised his right paw in the air, readying to finish me off with one final pound. His paw suddenly shot down at amazing speeds, but it was blocked when I became encased in a bright sphere of light. I slowly started to lift off the ground. I could hear Entei trying to burst his way into the sphere, but each blow was blocked by the shield of light. Every collision made small waves on the shield, but nothing could break through.
All the while, I could feel the transformation take place. My skin tingled all over, so much so that it almost felt like I was getting stung. All my other senses began to go numb, all sound became muffled, all sights became blurs, all smells became nothing and all tastes disappeared.
Then all at once, every sense returned at full force. The bright light around me disappeared, and I slowly began my decent to the ground. I opened my eyes to the not so bright daylight conditions, the sounds of the cars filling my huge ears, the smell of distant greenery and strong pollution. All senses flowed into me, as I looked down at my body to find that familiar creamy fur running down my front, sharp claws at the tip of each small paw, and the ability to see my own muzzle. It was good to be a typhlosion again.
The only things that didn't change were the EDB and Entei's solid grimacing expression. However, I cannot say the same for everyone else who was watching, for everyone had a look like some sort of freak was standing before them. This wasn't a big surprise, but it suddenly hit me that when I realized that I wasn't supposed to be showing people our existence. It's too late to fix that now.
After a very brief pause, Entei started to advance on me; taking slow, steady steps with a dangerous look on his face. It was now that my typhlosion instincts started to move in and come into play. I tensed my chest and neck, closed my eyes and blew as hard as I could. When I opened my eyes, it came to my attention that all I did was blow a bit of air out. Not even the slightest poof of smoke came out of my mouth which was slightly embarrassing.
Entei suddenly jumped forward, going for another tackle. I quickly bent down to stand on all four feet and scurried off to the my right. This was a lot easier to do as a typhlosion, I admitted that. I turned around, still standing on all four feet, to face Entei who was already going for another strike. It was now that I had to reach for the most basic of the typhlosion instincts: RUN!
I turned around as fast as I could, gripping the ground with my claws, and launched down the road. Within five seconds, I was already running at top speed, out running the street cars as I passed by them. It was an amazing feeling, my feet darting across the ground faster than the eye could see. My legs launching me forward, and my front legs striding me along. My body bobbed up and down with each stride of my legs. Too my sides, the cars and buildings zoomed behind me. It was an incredible feeling, to be able to out run a car.
I took a quick peak back to find that Entei was right on my tail and the narrow streets weren't helping. As much as I had hoped, I wasn't quite free to do what I wanted... not yet, at least. The first step would have to be figuring out a way onto his back. Thank god I could think on the run or this would be impossible.
I had to face facts, I certainly wasn't going to lose him and I wasn't going to get onto his back while he was moving. I had to find a way to stop him but how was I going to do that?
I took another look back to find Entei was even closer behind me then before. That strikes running straight off the plan. I swung my head forward to find that I was heading right into on coming traffic. I small car was heading right for me. With the sudden movement of my front legs, my back legs sprung me right into the air. For a split second, I saw the car zoom right under me and I felt a moment of weightlessness on my entire body. From that point, time slowed for a split second, then sped up again when my feet met the ground. I quickly swerved over to the correct lane to keep from having to do the same thing over again. When I looked back at Entei, I noticed that instead of just jumping over the car, he ran over it, squishing the hood and the trunk completely.
Entei seemed to be pretty unstoppable on the straight away. Perhaps if I took a curve, it would throw him off. As soon as I found an intersection, I put an immediate stop on my legs. My claws met the ground and I almost stopped an instant. I turned to the left and made a dash on the right side of the road. As I ran, I swung my head back. At that time, I learned something new. Why would Entei run around a corner when he could simply burst through it? He came bursting through the wall, leaving two large holes in the walls he burst through.
'Okay, blocking isn't an option either.' I continued running down the small street, trying to think of a new way to get him off my back. Perhaps Entei was too heavy to do a U-turn, maybe that would do it. With one abnormally long jump(for a human, that is to say), I launched towards a telephone pole. I shifted my legs up, and landed vertically against the pole. From there I launched off again, doing a full U-turn in a matter of seconds. 'WOW, I love this body!' I thought.
After that quick second of glee, I saw myself going for a head-on collision with Entei. Again, I launched into the air, trying to jump over Entei. Unfortunately, it wasn't quite high enough. Now I was literally going to have a "head-on" collision with Entei. I moved my front paws forward, placing them on Entei's forehead. I pushed myself up and over Entei, with one hard push. From there, my back legs connected to the back of his head, and I leaped right off him. I got over him, but now he was going to be real pissed. I felt the split second of weightlessness again, and then slammed against the ground, running for my life.
Unfortunately, I turned back to find that that Entei was able to slide to a simple stop, turn around and then come at me, snorting and angry as ever. I had to find a way to stop him, but I had to admit these small streets weren't helping the slightest. Seeing as me and Entei ran at about even speeds, I was safe as long as I didn't run out of energy.
I came to the next intersection and turned right, heading towards the busiest street in town. I wove in and out of passing by cars, people on the sidewalks pointing as I ran along. So much for ensuring pokemon secrecy...
It only took a few seconds to get to that street, seeing as that's where Entei had stopped me. I took a hard right, and made my way onto the main street. Entei did as he always did, literally crashing through what he could. Now that I wasn't confined to the back streets, I could finally make a break for it. Suddenly, my back flared up on its own, the fire flailing about in the wind.
I felt that rush again, the rush of moving as fast as I could, feeling the beet, the pumping intensity of each and every time my feet met the ground. I felt the wind flowing through my fur, the sun beating down on my back, the heat of the pavement on my paws. I felt like I was on fire, figuratively and literally.
I wove in and out of the cars as they sped along. I looked back to find Entei had no problem just crushing the cars under his huge feet. I had to admit, it was like he was never going to tire.
I looked forward to- BUS! I giant bus was heading straight for me. There was no jumping, nor swerving around this one. Only way around was under. I skidded to a complete stop, opened up both sets of my legs as if I was hugging the ground, and watched the bus drive right over me. The sound of the engine pounded in my sensitive ears for a quick second until it passed right over me. As soon as the bus was gone, I spotted Entei still fast approaching. I quickly came to my feet, and started running again.
As I ran, I started to tire. This was something I didn't want, I needed to find a way to end this but there wasn't anything I could do. But what if there was something else that could do the job for me. As I ran I observed my surroundings. On my right was a row of ordinary buildings, and on my left was a construction zone... that's it! I looked around the construction zone to find people hammering away at pieces of wood and I-beams. Beside it was a crane lifting large pieces of metal. That's perfect!
I took a hard left, jumping over the fence and heading for the suspended platform. Seeing that Entei was still behind me, I jumped up onto a pile of wood and then jumped up to the wires that carried the platform. I beared my claws and scratched one of the four wires holding the corners of the platform as hard as I could. Sadly, the wiring was far thicker than I anticipated and barely got scratched.
Again, I jumped and rebounded off the fence, pulling a U-turn, this time making sure that I did a big enough turn to dodge Entei. Running towards another pile of wood. I took another slash at the wiring, this time a little more effective; breaking through a few of the many wires. Too bad it was going to take way more than that.
Heading for the fence, I did another rebound, and jumped back up to the wires, this time landing on that platform of metal. There was only one way I was going through those wires. Seeing as my back was flared up now, I probably had a better chance. I went to the corner closest to Entei's position and stood right up beside it. From there, I took a deep breath and then blew out as hard as I could. A great pile of heated smoke came out of my mouth which wasn't what I was hoping for. Now that Entei saw his chance, he slowly started to advance on me, thinking I was trapped which I actually was.
I looked toward the wire and made one last try. I took in a deep breath. At the peak of the breath, I felt a strange sensation run through my neck. This sensation had to be the right one. I blew out as hard as I could. In an instant, a flury of magnificent flames shot out of my mouth and buried the wire in plethora of fire. As soon as I ran out of breath, I found a heavily tinged piece of betal wiring. I pulled my arm back, beared my claws once again. At this action, Entei saw his chance and took a giant leap. I thrusted my arm towards the wire, and my claws slashed right through the soft, heated metal.
The whole platform collapsed under me and came crashing down. The sheets and pieces of metal all came crashing down onto Entei, who was now squished under a pile of metal. Soon the clacks and clangs of metal coliding with the ground had silenced. I jumped off the pile and turned around to see what had happened. As soon as the smoke cleared, I found a huge pile of metal with Entei's head sticking out at that top. Under the metal I saw him strugle for freedom but he was held down pretty tight.
Ignoring the surrounding people, I stood on my hind legs and looked at the databrace. I had to get the portal ready for him to leave, there was no reaching the chip yet. I looked at the EDB but what I saw horrified me.
The light was red.
'No... NO!' They weren't ready to teleport him! They needed more time to stock power! This is the worst thing that could possibly happen!
I looked back up at Entei who now had one paw free from the pile. With that one paw, he pushed away the pieces of metal and freed another paw. Within a matter of ten seconds he jumped from the pile. I looked at him to find multiple huge cuts a bloody patches in his fur. That metal hurt him bad... he was too weak to fight. With one final snort, he turned around, jumped over the fence and onto the road. Within a matter of seconds, he had ran away and was out of sight.
I was in total shock and awe. This was terrible... the first pokemon that ever got away from me, not to mention the first pokemon that had done so much damage to the city and to Terra... TERRA!
I dropped down to all four feet and made a run for it. I jumped over the fence and observed my surroundings. Too my surprise, the place Terra had been knocked out was only a block away. I turned to that area and ran as fast as I could, with whatever energy I had left. As soon as I came to the end of the street, I found my worst fears. Terra wasn't where she was before. I swung my head around and found her being carried away by several men decked out in a black suit and sunglasses. Around the men were a plethora of people, some were looking at Terra, some were looking at me. Within the mixture of people, I noticed my family.
Time stopped and all sound became silenced as I looked at my parents. They looked back at me with a most shocked look on their face. They probably didn't know it was me in this new body, but they new that I had something to do with it. They probably clued in on the fact that I was looking right at them. I was never going to hear the end of this Suddenly I came back to the reality of things to the sounds of sirens in the distance. I swung my head back to Terra, who was still being carried away by a group of men in black
'No... NO! PUT HER DOWN!' I came running towards her, the few men carrying her turned to me with empty expressions on their face. As I ran towards them, a black car suddenly came into the intersection and swerved in front of me. I stopped and turned to go around the car, but I found another car similar to the one that had stopped me come speeding down the road. I looked around to find that there were similar cars coming at me from all sides! A man stepped out of the one that had stopped me. All the cars surrounded me, swerving to a complete stop. Two men, each in a black suit came pouring out the cars.
I swung my head to all sides, I was surrounded completely. Then, out of nowhere, something stung me in the side of my body. I looked back to find a dart with a colorful end had pierced my side; a tranquilizer dart. I quickly took my paw and burshed it off my side, but it was too late.
As the effects took place, I could see Terra being lifted into a large black van. Suddenly, the world seemed to be waving back and forth. It was as if the world was spinning around me.
'DON'T TAKE HER!'
My balance started to waver from side to side. My eye lids became heavier by the second.
'I need her!'
My legs collapsed under my body and I fell to my side. The fire on my back blew out and the world around me became dark.
'No...'
I closed my eyes and felt my consciousness fade away.
'Terra...'
Author's Afternote: This chapter was musically inspired by the song BOOM BOOM DOLLAR (K.O.G G3 MIX) (the caps lock is supposed to be there XD)
