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Fprmr1: Thank you so much!
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chocolatehell: I couldn't bring myself to watch Lost! Too many episodes to keep up with! D: And to be honest, the show kind of bored me, hehe. :P
splitheart1120: Ooh, you're smart. :)
Empress Empoleon: Hehe, thank you! I changed the 'etc' thing; you were right! And I did watch that episode! As a matter of fact, I watched every single episode from the original season with all of the Kanto region pokémon! It is similar to that, yes, but slightly different. You'll see the differences soon. :)
Tiger Priestess: Good theory. :)
Glaceon34: Sorry about the shortness, I did feel it was rather short myself. But the cliffhanger came in at that moment so I had to end it. I'll try to make my chapters longer from now on. :P
Jace'sVampiress97: Lol, I think I speak for everyone when I say that I would be, too! Thank you kindly! :D
Candy Couture: Haha, it's fine. And it's sad, isn't it? :P
FlygonFan: Hahaha, I'd love to make Drew a rayquaza, but I'm going to be keeping legendaries out of this. And May won't be turning into a pokémon while she's on the island, sorry. xP I'll try to incorporate some of the pokémon you asked for (the flygon will most likely make a cameo), but I'll let you decide after this chapter if you still want them to or not. I'll let you find out why I'm saying this when you're done reading, then you can tell me in your review, 'kay? :)
Pear-Shaped: Nope, he's not dead and yep, he's coming back as an absol. As a matter of fact, he's coming back in this chapter. Though, I must say, the reunion that he and May are going to have isn't going to be exactly what she'd planned. :P

Absol chapter 6

A rush of pain surges through me as I fall down the ravine. The rocks leave cuts all over my exposed skin as I plummet helplessly down the steep slope. My body slams down hard into the Earth once the tumbling is over, the force so intense that it knocks the breath out of me. Some jagged pebbles beneath me dig into my skin and some tiny fragments get into my cuts, coursing a toe-curling sting throughout me. I want to cry out, but the pain from the fall has deprived me of my breath. It hurts. Everything hurts so much.

I just lay on my back on the rocky ground, staring up at the cloudless blue sky that seems too cheerful for my situation. Physical pain and emotional trauma are not meant to go together; the mixture overwhelms me so much that I can't keep the tears from spilling from the corner of my eyes. I lay still for the longest time, sniffling and whimpering as I let the tears fall until the physical pain ebbs.

When all that's left of my pain are the throbs in some areas of my body, I push myself up off the ground. Pebbles crunch beneath my weight as I steadily force myself to stand. My legs cry out in protest as I eventually rise to my feet from all of the running that I'd done prior to jumping into this ravine and all of the tumbling that I did as I fell down. I almost lay back down on the ground to rid of the pain, but I doubt it's a good idea, especially on this island. I don't exactly want to be lying around for the convenience of any other pokémon like the mightyena from earlier to catch me without much effort.

Ugh, the mightyena. Just the thought of it sends a shudder rippling through me.

A small stream runs not far from where I was laying just a moment ago. I decide to follow it in the direction that it flows considering I have no where else to go, anyways. Perhaps it will lead me somewhere, somewhere where I can get some type of signal started. Like a large fire, to inform people of my presence on this island so that rescue can come. To at least attempt at a chance of survival instead of passing away without ever have tried. I'm not going to die without having at least tried once.

If I'm going to be starting a fire, I need to do it outside of the forest. Even though setting the forest on fire would give me the biggest fire I'm capable of making with the resources on this island, I don't like the thought of taking innocent lives, even if they're the lives of bloodthirsty pokémon. The beach is my best bet.

Hopefully, I'll find my way to the beach without any problems or any other encounters with other pokémon like the mightyena.

I follow the flow of the stream for a while, my eyes going in all directions. One second, I'm glancing at the ground to make sure I don't step on anything to alert others of my presence. The next second, I'm scanning my surroundings to search for any lurking predators. Every other second, I glance down into the stream to observe my reflection. Apprehension is clear on my face every time.

I don't like this feeling, this feeling of being watched. It's like something's following close behind me and I swear I can feel something breathing down my neck every so often. Everytime I do, I snap around, only to find nothing. Everything around me is eerily silent and still save for the stream and myself. The shaky breaths that I'm taking in and letting out make me anything but. The pounding of my heart sounds pretty loud, too; it's thumping like it's going to accelerate out of my chest.

I swear, if a pokémon like that mightyena doesn't kill me, fear will first. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't scared out of my wits right now. But I have to keep going, regardless, if I want a chance of getting off this island. I grudgingly resume my walking.

The stream leads me to another beach. The only difference is there are more rocks in place of sand. Literally, jagged rocks of every size are everywhere. They're so jagged that I can even feel them through the soles of shoes. I don't dare to walk across the rocks because just standing on them now is threatening to throw me off balance and I'd rather not fall down onto sharp, jagged rocks. I have enough cuts on and pain in my body as it is.

The other thing about the rocks that I notice are that they look incredibly damp. Too damp to get a fire started, or at least, a fire of the size that I want. It'd be stupid to attempt to start a rescue fire here; I would more than likely not get the results that I want and I would almost be guaranteed to attract unwanted company. Neither of those things sound pleasant in the slightest.

"There's no use in lingering around here," I mutter to myself and begin to take steps back in the direction that I had come. I take one last look at the ocean before I turn around entirely to watch the waves crash against the rocks. It's odd how the sight affects me. Back home in Petalburg, I used to go to the beach in Route 104 just to watch the ocean whenever something was on my mind. The effect had always been close to instant; I'd watch the waves kiss the shore and I'd immediately feel my relief from my stress. I'd be soothed, comforted, and after a bit more time just watching the ocean, my mind would be clear of all troubling thoughts and I'd feel a calm feeling wash over me.

Now, the ocean affects me different. As I watch the waves crash onto the rocky shore, an unsettling feeling takes me over. I don't feel calmed by the sight. In fact, I feel the exact opposite. The ocean just doesn't seem the same to me anymore.

But then again, how can I possibly look at the ocean the same way as I used to? Not when it claimed the cruise ship that I'd been on as its own and taken it down to its depths. Not when so many people—people who'd been on the cruise ship with me—perished in it. Not when I almost perished in it. And especially not when it took my glaceon and Drew away from me.

It took them both without even letting me know if they'd really died or not.

The thoughts fill me with grief and I feel my heart wrench in pain. Swallowing a sob and blinking back tears, I turn around and begin to walk away from the ocean. I'm not really taking notice of where I'm going, really, there's too much on my mind to do that. It isn't until I register that I'm not making any noise as I walk that I realize that I didn't even head back into the ravine like I thought I did. There are no pebbles crunching beneath my steps.

I'm walking on soil instead, soft soil that makes my footsteps silent and there are fallen branches and leaves scattered here and there. My eyes drift upward and scan my surroundings. Leaves, bushes, and ferns make up the scenery. Looks like I've wandered into the forest instead.

A branch snaps from ahead of me and my eyes flicker in the direction of the sound. I can faintly make out the silhouette of a quadrupedal pokémon. Even from a distance, I can tell that it's pretty tall, about the same size as the mightyena from earlier if not slightly taller. Its broad, circular paws are each equipped with three claws and there's an outline of a long and shaggy ruff of fur around its neck. I don't need any of those features to determine what pokémon this is, though, especially with the prominent sickle-shaped scythe protruding from the right side of its head.

It's an absol. I'm sure of it, even before it steps out entirely into view. When it does, fear runs through me and my heart starts pounding madly again.

Crap. It's an absol. An absol twice the size of a normal absol. Crap. Crap, crap, crap.

I'm so dead.

A snarl comes from behind me, an all too familiar snarl and I feel close to breaking down when I recognize it. Arceus, please don't let it be what I think it is, I plead in my mind as I turn my head slightly to the side to glance behind me from the corner of my eye. My breathing becomes rapid and shaky when I see it. Of course it would be exactly what I thought it would be.

The mightyena from earlier is standing on the rocks just outside of the entrance of the forest.

I'm trapped in between two abnormally large pokémon who could catch me in an instant the second I try to run. I'd only managed to outrun the mightyena early by an extreme stroke of luck; I doubt I'll get lucky twice. Even if I manage to outrun one of them, the other would surely catch me and tear me to bits. Then I'd either be a meal for one or both of the pokémon.

Again, crap.

I turn my head back to the absol for I'd much rather face it before death instead of the mightyena. I feel a twinge of embarrassment for having allowed the mightyena to find me again, after having successfully fled from it. I don't want to give it the smug satisfaction of seeing the fear in my eyes before I die. So, I meet the absol's eyes instead. At least the absol has a serene face save for the bloodlust in its eyes. I stop breathing when I notice the color of them, though.

Emerald green. But not just any shade of emerald green.

Drew's shade of green.

I almost begin sobbing at the harsh reality of it all. Those are Drew's emerald green eyes lodged in the socket of the absol. Drew has been transformed into an absol. An absol who looks like he would like nothing more than to sink his teeth into me right now and devour me whole.

This is too cruel. Whatever sick fate brought me to this moment wants me to die by being killed by Drew. I'm going to forced to look into the eyes of my lover as the body of the pokémon that he has become tears me to shreds.

How did this have to happen?

I stumble a few steps to the side unintentionally as I force back the tears of grief. Big mistake. Both pokémon snarl at me and begin to come my way, but I'm only watching the absol.

The absol approaches me, the leaves and branches crunching beneath its paws in synchronization to its every step. I slowly back myself up, my steps mirroring that of the pokémon in front of me, until my back is pressed against the trunk of a tree that must've been behind me. Fear shoots through me when I meet its eyes. Its emerald green eyes. Drew's eyes. Before I can utter the name of the guy that they'd once belonged to, it lunges forward.

I shut my eyes and wait for the inevitable death that awaits me.

But it doesn't come.

My eyes snap open at the sound of the cry of pain that pierces the air. It's because it wasn't mine, it was the mightyena's.

A mixture of emotions overcome me. Relief, confusion, and fear, all at once. Relief, because I am not the victim of their violent strikes and snaps of their teeth. Confusion, because I am not sure why I'm not the victim of their attacks when they'd both looked like they were going to attack me earlier. And fear, because I'm witnessing a lethal battle raging between two oversized pokémon that far exceeds any usual quarrel. I know this when the first sign of blood splashes to the ground, but I can't tell which pokémon it belongs to.

It's a bloody fight to the finish. Both of them seem more than determined to have the other's head, but the absol's obviously winning. So far, the only blood that's spotting its white coat belongs to the mightyena. The mightyena hasn't even managed to draw one drip of the absol's blood.

The absol's strikes are vicious and deadly accurate, each swipe of its claws drawing blood every time. The mightyena can't even get close to landing a retaliating hit on it. The mightyena's losing by a long shot. And as sick as it is to admit this, I'm honestly relieved that the absol is winning and not the mightyena.

That is, until the absol tears off one of the mightyena's legs with its teeth.

The mightyena's howl of pain claws at my eardrums as its leg is thrown across the air. I hear the thud as the limb hits the ground in some area behind me, but my eyes stay fixed on what is happening before me. I'm watching with my chest rising and falling heavily and my head spinning rapidly as the absol tears the mightyena into pieces before my very eyes. I'm so close to either vomiting or blacking out; the bile's already risen up my throat to my mouth and the world's beginning to spin.

Of course, the rusty smell of blood that begins to fill the air instantly after the last of the mightyena's legs are torn off doesn't help my condition, either.

Author's Note: Well, wasn't that entirely unexpected and gross? Eck. I didn't think it'd get so gory, I guess I just got carried away I guess. Now I'm debating on bumping up the rating to M. What do you guys think? Please tell me in the reviews! Thanks for reading!