Leaving Mauville city and parting ways with Brendan, Narrisa is now on her way to Lavaridge town to finally obtain their fourth gym badge. As Narrisa walked along her mountain side path she soon saw the cable cars she needed to ride not far off into the distance.
"We're almost their" Narrisa said to her Pokémon who were walking right beside her.
"Well we better reach Lavaridge before it gets too dark to travel" said Velouria who was trailing just behind her. "Since I am not sleeping on a rocky mountain"
"Nya!" Cried Mimi as she jumped and grabbed hold of Velouria's long tail.
"HEY!" Velouria yelled as she looked back and glared at Mimi who was just hanging on. Mimi just minding her own continued to climb up and soon mounted herself atop of Velouria's back.
"And can you please contain this little fiend" Velouria said as she looked back to see Mimi laying flat on her back.
"We'll see" Narrisa replied with a grin on her face as she kept on walking.
Continuing to press on along the mountain side path their road soon merged with a forest nearby only to be blocked off with a white fence. As they kept moving the road soon took a turn for what lies ahead of them was nothing but trees. Moving on they soon made their way to the base of the Volcano with a tall climb of stairs leading up to the cable cars.
"Just a few more steps" Narrisa said in a cheery tone with a grin on her face and one eye closed.
"Don't look at me like that" Velouria smirked. "You're the one who's already winded on the way over here" Velouria proceeded to climb on ahead.
As the two climbed up their first obstacle to get to their destination, Narrisa was already winded and breathing heavily half way across the climb. Velouria, who was already at the top, looked back down only to see her trainer bent down with her hands on her knees. Letting out a sigh she just sat down and proceeded to wait for her.
"Hurry up down their!" Velouria called out with her voice echoing out.
Narrisa, now almost at the top, stopped to look up only to see Velouria looking down on her. "Almost...their..." she said in-between breaths as she continued on.
As Narrisa finally made it to the top, she immediately fell to her hands and knees as she continued to pant and breath heavily.
"I hope...we don't...get to do this again..." she said breathing in heavily with sweat rolling down the side of her face.
Velouria holding in her laughter just turned to face away from her. "C'mon Mimi, let's go" she grinned as Mimi followed suit.
Narrisa looking back up to see her Pokémon walking ahead of her, she quickly picked herself up and soon followed after.
The three of them finally done with their whole endeavor made short work with the walk to the cable cars as they were about to round a corner to finally make it over. As they were about to turn the corner, Velouria made a sudden stop as she peaked around with her chest laid low and her tail raised high while Mimi just stood right under her.
"What is it?" Narrisa asked as she slowly approached her.
"Shhhh! Look" Velouria motioned for Narrisa with hushed tone. Narrisa now peering through as well soon saw what Velouria was worried about.
At the other side where a bunch of people wearing red hoodies with the letter 'M' printed in the middle as they stood in a huge group with one man commanding them and a girl standing next to him. The person who was commanding them wore a red lab coat reaching passed his waist and a thick pair of glasses on his face. On the other hand, the girl that was next to him wore similar clothing to the grunts but was shorter then them and wore short shorts that was barely visible from under her hood.
"Who are they?" Narrisa asked in a hushed tone.
"I don't know but we better not mess with them" Velouria replied in quiet tone as well.
"How are we supposed to get passed them though? They're blocking the way to the cable cars" whispered Narrisa as she scanned the scene.
As they kept themselves hidden from the mystery group's sight, Mimi's right ear suddenly started twitching as she picked up footsteps from behind them. Mimi breaking away from the two as she turned to face behind them she suddenly started making hissing noises as she saw the people behind them.
"Hey! You their!" A mans voice echoed right behind them catching everyone's attention..
Narrisa and Velouria, both looking behind them, soon saw two more hooded men standing behind them with Pokeballs in their hands.
"Go!" Narrisa instantly yelled out as she picked up Mimi from right beside her and started running off and Velouria soon followed.
As they turned the corner they were hiding behind and started heading towards the cable cars, the huge group soon noticed them along with their two other members giving chase.
"Sir, orders?" One member broke away from the group to approach their leader.
"Stop them. We don't want anybody jeopardizing our plans" their leader replied in a calm manner.
"Yes sir" the member said with a salute as he signaled for other members to follow him.
As Narrisa and Velouria ran as fast as they could to make it to the cable cars, the sound of a Pokeball popping open was heard as a Golbat suddenly started crying out.
"Golbat, use Wing attack!" Their chaser commanded and soon the Golbat started flying faster to get ahead of them.
The Golbat now ahead of both Narrisa and Velouria soon swooped in low with both its wings glowing in a light blue tinge.
"Narrisa watch out!" Velouria yelled as she knocked Narrisa to the side before getting hit by the attack. As the Golbat swooped in Velouria cried out in pain before getting knocked aside as well
With the sudden force pushing her to the side, Narrisa lost her footing and soon fell to her side with Mimi still in her arms. As she laid flat on the ground she soon heard a sudden scream. When she picked herself up clutching Mimi in her arms she soon saw Velouria struggling to get up as the Golbat circled around her.
"Narrisa, stay back" Velouria said with gritted teeth as she tried to keep track of her foes movements.
As Narrisa stood by watching her Pokémon getting circled around, she soon heard foot steps marching towards her. Turning around, Narrisa soon saw five other hooded men rushing towards her with Pokémon by their side.
"Velouria, let's get out of here!" Narrisa called out to her Pokémon.
"Go on ahead. I'll catch up later" Velouria replied as she dodged the Golbat's attack.
"But-" was all Narrisa could say before getting cut off.
"Just go!" Velouria commanded before clipping the Golbat's wings with her fangs sending shocks of electricity as she brought it down.
Narrisa with no other options left just nodded before running away from the scene. As she took of running the Golbat quickly picked itself up and smacked Velouria with its wing making her cry out once more. Narrisa running away as fast as she could fought off the urge to turn and look back as she kept on going.
"Sir, she's getting away" one of the pursuers said to his group as they close in on Velouria.
"You three, go on and give chase" one member replied.
"Yes sir!" three members said in unison before running of to follow Narrisa with their Pokémon by their side.
Velouria now on her own was breathing in heavily as she was forced to slowly back up to a cliffs edge with three other Golbats in front of her including the one she was fighting.
"No where to run now" said one of the hooded men as they slowly walk in towards her.
Velouria backing up slowly soon felt the cliff edge now right behind. Taking quick glance she soon saw the high drop right behind her before facing back to her foes. Having no other options left just let out a grin before glaring intently at her opponents.
"You sure about that?" Velouria soon lunged towards her opponents.
Narrisa running as fast as she could soon saw the entrance to the cable cars just ahead and was about to make it across when another Golbat appeared right in front of her. Seeing the Pokémon now in front of her, she quickly stopped running and tried to turn back only to see three men running up towards her.
"Surrender now or else!" Commanded the man in the center of the group as they quickly approached her.
Narrisa looking around frantically while doing her best to protect Mimi in her arms was about to reach for a Pokeball when she saw a cave off to her right. Seeing no other options left she soon took off running towards the cave while holding on to a Pokeball in her hand.
"Golbat, stop them with Air cutter!" Commanded one of the grunts.
The Golbat hearing its command soon flew up with its wings glowing in a light blue color before sending out waves of sharp air pulses towards Narrisa.
"Marshal, Rock tomb!" Narrisa tossed her Pokeball ahead of them popping open almost instantly.
Marshal bursting out of his Pokeball soon slammed his hands down the moment Narrisa passed him creating stone pillars blocking the Golbat's attack.
"Good job Marshal" Narrisa cheered as she stopped to turn and face Marshal.
"It's not over yet" Marshal replied as the Golbat flew over the pillars and passed them. "C'mon, let's keep moving" Marshal soon fired a Water gun at the Golbat's direction before running towards Narrisa.
"Right" Narrisa nodded and soon started running again towards the cave. "Quickly! In their!"
The three of them now about to make it inside the cave, the Golbat suddenly swooped down with its wings glowing a bright blue nearly knocking Marshal down as well us hitting Narrisa's side before flying back up again. Marshal regaining his balance soon shot another Water gun at the Golbat clipping it by its right wing making it lose some altitude before running towards Narrisa already by the cave entrance.
"Hurry!" Narrisa called out as she stood by and watched Marshal running towards her.
Marshal running as fast as he could finally made it inside the cave with Narrisa before running deeper inside. The Golbat seeing his target get away decided to fly back to his trainer rather then pursuing any longer. Seeing her go in, the pursuers decided to not follow her in any longer and just stood by waiting for orders.
"Sir, she went inside that cave. Shall I instruct the men to give chase any further?" Said one of the members seeing what happened.
"No. That cave cuts close to the volcano, making it dangerous to pass through. I doubt we would see her anytime soon" replied their leader in a monotonous tone as he adjusted his glasses.
"Yes sir. What shall we do about that sir?" Pointed the member towards Velouria pinning down a Golbat before proceeding to rip its wing off while the other Golbats lay dead around her.
Their leader seeing the slaughter that happened just gave Velouria a cold stare before turning his head to face the girl standing beside him. Without saying a word the girl just gave a nod before walking casually towards Velouria with a devious little grin. As soon as the girl left the earpiece that was hidden behind his ear started acting up as a man's voice was suddenly heard.
"Yes, Tabitha" their leader replied as he pressed two fingers on his ear. "Hmm interesting. Well done" he said with a grin before removing his fingers from his ear. "We're done here. Order our men to pack up and prepare for tomorrows event"
"Yes sir!" replied the member with a salute before separating from their leader to announce his command.
"Watch out Archie. Nothing is going to get in the way of team magma" their leader said with a grin. A pain filled howl soon echoed through the area. "Nothing"
Deep inside the cave Narrisa and Marshal are running as fast as they could trying to gain some distance away from their pursuers all the while feeling the heat inside the cave. As they kept on running deeper and deeper Narrisa soon felt exhausted as the heat was already overwhelming her making it even harder to keep on moving. Keeping up her pace for a few more seconds the young trainer soon started slowing down to a crawl before stopping with her hands on her knees dropping Mimi in the process.
"I think...we're...far enough" sweat begins to drop on the floor while Narrisa breaths in heavily.
"Yeah, I guess so" Marshal replied as he looks behind them. "Wait, where's Velouria?" He said as he starts looking around the cave.
"I...we...got separated" Narrisa replied as she wipes some sweat off of her forehead.
"WHAT! We have to go back!" Marshal said in shock.
"We can't. Theirs to many of them to handle" Narrisa replied as she leans on the cave wall beside them looking very exhausted.
"Still. We need to do something" Marshal argued back as he stared at his trainer with a determined look.
"Don't worry. We will go back for her" Narrisa reassured her companion with a shaken look. "We need to get out of here though"
Looking straight at his trainer, Marshal soon noticed the tear at Narrisa's side with some blood covering the area around it. Feeling concerned for her, he soon pointed it out to her.
"Hey, what happened" Marshal pointed towards Narrisa's right side.
Narrisa seeing where Marshal was pointing, she placed her hand on the wound making her feel a stinging sensation and soon felt how deep the cut was. Gritting her teeth she soon removed her hand to see some blood covering her entire hand.
"Must have been when that Golbat swooped down on us" Narrisa replied with a pained expression. "Don't worry about it though, I can take it" she forced a smile.
"Saying that will only make me more concerned" Marshal said looking very serious. "We need to stop the bleeding first" he soon looked towards Narrisa's bag. "You have anything in their?"
Seeing her side still bleeding, she soon placed her bag down and placed her right hand on her side to stop some of the bleeding. Searching around her bag with her free hand she soon brought out a handkerchief as well as the belt from the dress Brendan bought for her at Mauville. Placing the handkerchief on her side along with strapping the belt on tight, the bleeding soon stopped a bit but quickly soaked the cloth in blood.
"Their. All better now" she forced a smile once more.
Without saying anything, Marshal just let out a sigh before walking ahead of her. "Let's go. We need to get you out of here" he said in a soft voice as he glanced back at Narrisa.
Narrisa about to follow her Pokémon out of the cave soon stopped when she felt something was scratching her leg. Looking down she soon saw Mimi with her ears laying low and her tail lagging behind her as she wore tired expression on her face.
"I'm sorry Mimi but I can't carry you right now. This will have to do though" she soon brought out Mimi's Pokeball. "Return" Mimi was soon zapped inside. Looking on ahead, Narrisa soon started following Marshal through the cave.
Walking slowly through the cave, Marshal was doing his best to safely guide Narrisa through. As they kept on walking Narrisa was getting weaker and weaker as she bled out slowly as well as the heat was making it difficult for her. Not wanting to get Marshal to worried she kept her feelings to herself.
As they kept on walking through the cave, the heat was already overwhelming them that even Marshal was at his limits. Pushing through farther into the cave Marshal soon felt a cool draft up ahead. Feeling the sign of an exit nearby he instantly made a quick dash up ahead and soon saw the way out.
"Yes! We're almost out of here!" Marshal exclaimed in joy as he turned back to face Narrisa slowly making her way towards him.
"Yeah, great job Marshal" Narrisa replied with a weak grin as she pressed her hand to her side trembling a bit as some blood trickled down.
Seeing how weak his trainer has gotten, Marshal went back to Narrisa's side and placed a hand on her back. Narrisa seeing her Pokémon's gesture she soon placed her free arm over his shoulders. Walking slowly side by side they managed to finally make it out of the heated cave and into the cool open air.
By the time they got out of the cave they soon noticed it was night time with the moon shining brightly up above. As they slowly traverse down the volcano's side they soon found themselves in an open forest path lit up with the moons natural light.
"Let's find you a safe place to rest up" Marshal said with a reassuring smile as he looked up to face Narrisa.
Narrisa, hunched over Marshal's shoulders, just gave him a weak grin in response. Not long after giving her response she suddenly crumbled down on to one knee before falling face first into the road with blood slowly pouring out.
"Narrisa...Narrisa...Narrisaa..." was all she heard before her vision went blurry and passed out.
"...*murmurs*..." No response.
"...h*murmurs*..." No response still.
"...I sai-...he-...* no response once more. A sudden cold rush soon hit Narrisa.
"Huh? What?" Narrisa said in shock as she quickly raised herself up a bit with her left arm supporting her.
As she leaned slightly up, she soon noticed that she was on a bed in a brightly lit room. Looking all around her she soon noticed a table just across from her with a few empty plates as well as window just beyond that. Peering through the window she soon saw that it was already morning as rays of sunlight poured in through the window
"Phew, you had me worried their for a sec" A voice said from beside her. Looking down, Narrisa soon saw Marshal standing by the bed with his arms crossed. Trying to sit up she suddenly felt a sharp pain to her side causing her to groan in pain. "Hey, take it easy" Marshal soon laid her down a bit.
"I uh *coughs* my throat feels soar" Narrisa said in quite a raspy tone as she places her hand on her throat.
"*sigh*" Marshal soon grabbed the glass filled with water on the table behind him. "Here"
Narrisa seeing the glass soon grabbed it and quickly drank all the water before handing it back to Marshal.
"*clears throat* thanks" said Narrisa as she gave the glass to Marshal.
"Do you feel better now?" Marshal soon asked as he placed the empty glass on the table. "You were trashing about awhile ago"
"Yeah, sorta. How did you get us here though?" Narrisa replied with her voice slightly better. Before Marshal could say anything the sound of a door slowly opening caught their attention.
"Oh, it seems you are already up" said an elderly woman as she was half way through the door with bright light creeping in from behind her. "I was so surprised to see you last night with such injuries. You even had a high fever as well"
"Well, thanks for taking us in on such short notice" Narrisa replied with a weak smile.
"It's no problem dearie. Well, let me leave you here to rest for a while" said the old woman as she slowly closed the door. "Oh, I almost forgot. Your Skarmory is still resting up outside. He's just sleeping outside that window over their" she then continued to close it shut.
"Huh? What Skarmory?" Narrisa said weakly in confusion as she turned to face the window she peered through a while ago. Curious about what the old woman said, she decided to check it out for herself.
Sitting up slowly, she carefully removed the sheets covering her to reveal dried up blood underneath. Carefully sliding her legs to the side she was soon able to sit up straight with her legs hanging at the side of the bed. Dropping down to the floor Narrisa winced out in pain as she felt a sharp stinging sensation from her side.
"Careful now" Marshal quickly placed his arms on Narrisa's abdomen and back.
Gritting her teeth slightly, Narrisa was soon able to withstand the pain and managed to stand up strait. Walking slowly towards the window, with Marshal providing support, she was soon able to make it across. Looking out the window, the young trainer saw they were in an open clearing with trees lined up just beyond them. Searching around she soon noticed she was in a small cabin rather than a room as well as seeing the Pokémon the old lady was talking about
Outside the window was a metallic raptor like creature sitting right next to the window with its head laying low and eyes shut. The Pokémon's wings were tightly tucked away at its side as he sat their resting as its metallic body shined under the sunlight. Narrisa getting even more confused as to why a Skarmory was their waiting for her she soon decided to talk to Marshal about it.
"Who's the Skarmory?" Narrisa asked Marshal in a rather weak tone still.
"Oh him? He was responsible for getting you here. If he didn't came along then it would have been difficult to find you some help" Marshal responded in a sad sounding tone.
"Oh, I see. How did you get him to help you though?" Narrisa asked another question.
"I uh-" Before Marshal could even finish his sentence, a deep-ish sounding voice suddenly interrupted him.
"He didn't do anything" the voice said in a monotonous yet calm manner.
Hearing where the voice came from, Narrisa and Marshal looked outside the window to see the Skarmory had already woken up.
"I was just flying by when I heard someone screaming" the skarmory continued his answer.
Narrisa, surprised to hear the Skarmory's reason, just shrugged it off before thanking him.
"Thank you. I'm grateful for your help" Narrisa thanked the Skarmory with the sweetest smile she was able to offer.
"It was uh nothing *ahem* it's nothing really" the Skarmory replied a little bit flustered. "Well umm I'm always happy to help. That's all"
"Still, if it weren't for you I doubt I would have gotten any better" Narrisa pushed further with her thanks.
"Uhm well since you're feeling better now I guess I should leave you two" The Skarmory suggested as he turned away from the window.
As the Skarmory moved away from them preparing himself to take off with his wings unfolding, Narrisa soon called out to him stopping him from taking off.
"Wait!" Narrisa called out. "You don't have to go. We would be grateful to have you helping us on our journey" she then looked down to see Marshal giving her a skeptical look. "Well, I would"
The Skarmory hearing Narrisa's proposal folded his wings back in before looking straight back at her. "You sure? I'm not the best fighter, that's why I decided to help last night"
"Yes. I'm sure" Narrisa replied almost immediately. "So, what do you say?"
The Skarmory, looking away for a bit, was thinking over about his decision. After a few seconds of thinking it through he finally came to a conclusion.
"Fine" The Skarmory answered simply.
"Great!" Narrisa exclaimed in joy. "Let me just grab you a Pokeball and-" The Skarmory soon interrupted.
"But" he paused. "You have to beat me first in a battle. I may be kind but I won't pledge myself to anyone that easily" the Skarmory finished with strong determination staring coldly at Narrisa.
Narrisa, taken aback from his stand, just let out a small grin before looking at him straight on.
"Deal" Narrisa then looked down to face Marshal.
Letting out a sigh, Marshal soon climbed over the window and jumped out landing in the grass under him. Now facing the Skarmory in front of him, he then took on an offensive stance while staring him down.
Across the open field the Skarmory was already in position to take off with his wings completely unfolded revealing five blade like red feathers on each wing. Flapping his metallic wings forward, the Skarmory's talons soon left the ground as he continues to blow wind right under him.
"First move is yours" the Skarmory taunted before completely taking off into the air.
"Quickly Marshal, Before he gets to high up. Use Water gun now!" Narrisa commanded though her voice still sounded a bit raspy.
Aiming carefully at his target, Marshal soon let out a strong stream of water just ahead of the Skarmory's flight path.
"Woah!" The Skarmory was just barely able to dodge the attack. The steel-type seeing his opening soon retaliated by swinging his right wing forward sending star like projectiles towards Marshal.
Seeing the attack heading towards him, Marshal decided to jump to the side but was suddenly surprised when the attack followed him landing direct hits. Shrugging of the attack, Marshal stood firmly awaiting for the next move.
"Swift huh? Is that the best you got?" Marshal taunted as he wiped away from the corner of his lip.
"Hmph, I see" the Skarmory smirked as he circles around Marshal from up above.
Seeing his opponent just standing firmly right below him, the Skarmory tilted his body inwards as he came in for a dive. Diving in towards Marshal while still circling around him, the Skarmory's wings started to glow in a metallic silver light as he neared Marshal down below.
"Marshal, use Rock tomb now!" Narrisa quickly called out as she sees the Skarmory diving in.
Waiting for his opponent to dive in closer, Marshal soon slammed his palms on the ground erecting a stone pillar aimed towards the Skarmory.
"I got you now" Marshal smirked before doing his attack.
The Skarmory seeing the attack just let out a small grin as he dived in faster meeting with the attack head on. Diving in fast, the Skarmory was able to easily cut through the stone pillar with his left wing .
"What?" Marshal said in shock to see his move was of no use.
The Skarmory now getting close instantly swung his left wing forward to go in for a powerful strike. Marshal with no other options left just rolled out of the way making the Skarmory strike the ground instead kicking up a cloud of dust in the process. As the Skarmory struck the ground, the stone pillar started collapsing and breaking apart kicking up some more dust in the process as pieces of debris hit the ground.
"Not a strong fighter huh?" Marshal taunted as he got up from the ground.
"I never said anything about my strength" The Skarmory responded with a chuckle as he hovered just above the ground blowing away some of the dust in the process.
"Heh, I guess so" Marshal replied grinning as he swiped off some dust on his right arm
Marshal now standing ready soon looked towards Narrisa to which she replied with a nod.
"Marshal, use Water gun once more" Narrisa commanded. Her voice and posture started improving as the battle was filling her with excitement.
Staring straight at his opponent, Marshal soon fired another stream of Water directed towards his target. The Skarmory seeing the attack fired towards him retaliated back by swinging both his wings forward causing him to get pushed back a bit but started launching his swift attack once more.
As the two attacks collided with each other, for a moment it looked as if they had canceled the others attack but Marshal proved to be stronger as his went on through. The Skarmory getting caught off guard was instantly strucked in the chest causing him to fall down backwards making a loud thud.
"Ugh" the Skarmory groaned in pain as he fell hard on the ground.
"Now Narrisa!" Marshal called out as he faced towards his trainer.
"Right" Narrisa responded as she searched around inside the house for her bag.
Looking around the place Narrisa soon saw her bag just sitting on a chair right next to the table behind her. Pulling the chair away from the table Narrisa began searching inside her bag for a Pokeball. After a few seconds of searching Narrisa finally found an empty Pokeball before returning to the window.
Looking outside the window once more Narrisa soon noticed that the Skarmory was about to get up. Acting fast, the young trainer enlarged the shrunken down Pokeball before tossing it towards the wild Pokémon.
The Skarmory, with his back turned, was shaking his head trying to shrug of the pain when he felt something hit the back of his head. Turning his head around, the Skarmory soon saw the Pokeball bouncing off of him as it popped open. Closing his eyes he let out a small grin before a red light soon enveloped him zapping him inside the Pokeball before closing shut.
The Pokeball now closed soon fell to the ground and started wobbling around as the button in the center started flashing a bright red light. After a few seconds of wobbling around it soon stopped in place as the button stopped flashing as well as making a ding sound signifying the capture was a success.
Narrisa watching the entire process happen couldn't help but feel excited as she was successful in catching a new Pokémon.
"Yes, we caught a new Pokémon!" The young trainer exclaimed in joy as she attempted to pump her right fist upwards. As she raised her arm up she suddenly felt the pain in her side once, more though not as painful as before. "Ah! Bad idea" Narrisa said softly as she pressed her right hand on her side.
"*chuckles* easy now, theirs still one more thing you need to do" Marshal started walking towards the Pokeball laying on the ground. Picking up the Pokeball, Marshal pressed the button in the center before tossing it into the air to let out the Skarmory.
The Pokeball popping up open the Skarmory was now out in the field once more. Standing tall and spreading his wings wide open the Skarmory took in a deep breath to relax himself before facing towards Narrisa.
"Well, it seems I'm now officially part of your team" said the Skarmory with a grin.
"Yes and as your trainer the first thing I'll be doing is to give you a new name" said Narrisa in excitement. "So, what do you say?"
"Hmm okay, shoot" replied the Skarmory.
"Great! For your new name it would be umm..." Narrisa trailed of as she thinks carefully about a new name. "Hmm no that doesn't sound right hmm" Narrisa just grumbled to herself as she keeps on thinking.
"Don't think about it to much. I'm fine with whatever" said the Skarmory with a slight grin seeing how uncertain Narrisa was.
After thinking about it for a couple more seconds Narrisa was finally able to think of a name for the Skarmory.
"Oh! I know the perfect name for you" said Narrisa in excitement. "From now on yoy shall be called...Icarus. You like it?"
"Icarus huh?" The Skarmory thought about it for a few seconds. "Okay, I'll take it"
"Great! Welcome aboard Icarus" Narrisa exclaimed in joy.
"Okay, so what now?" Marshal approached Narrisa holding Icarus' Pokeball in hand. "Also here you go" Marshal handed the ball to his trainer.
"Thanks" Narrisa replied as she placed the ball in her holster. "As for what we're going to do next, we're going to go back and rescue Velouria"
"Velouria? Who's that?" Icarus questioned with a confused look on his face.
"She's one of us. We got seperated when we tried to run away from a mysterious group" Narrisa replied with a sad look. "We couldn't take them on. Their were to many of them"
"Oh. I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have asked" said Icarus feeling uncomfortable with what he just said.
"It's okay. You didn't know" Narrisa assured him. "What's important right now is that we go back to save her"
"How are we supposed to get back their though? It's a long walk through that cave" Marshal questioned as he approached the window.
"Hmm good point" Narrisa pondered.
As Narrisa was thinking over what to do, the door suddenly started creaking open. Looking towards the door Narrisa soon saw the old lady walk inside as well as close the door afterwards.
"Oh, It seems you're feeling much better now" said the elderly woman as she noticed Narrisa standing by the window. "And by the looks of it you're just about ready to head on out aren't you?"
"Yeah, we were just talking about where to go next" Narrisa replied. "I'm sorry if we couldn't repay you for your kindness" Narrisa said with sad tone
"It's okay dear, I'm just glad I could help" the elderly woman reassured the young trainer. "And besides, kindness shouldn't be something you put a price on"
"Well umm thank you very much for all that you did for me" Narrisa replied with gratitude.
"Okay, enough with the sentiments now. At this rate you might never leave" the elderly woman joked. "Also, might I suggest heading over to Fallarbor town. It's the nearest town here" she pointed out.
Hearing the name of the nearest town, Narrisa's eyes suddenly widened as it peaked her interest.
"Did you say Fallarbor town? How far is it from here?" Narrisa questioned as she got all exhilarated.
"Not far. Just follow the road northwest from here" the elderly woman replied. "Why? Someone you know live over their?" She questioned.
"Well as a matter of fact their is. I just hope Brendan is still their though" answered Narrisa as she starts thinking about him.
"You better get going then if you want to catch up with that friend of yours" said the elderly woman as she moves away from the door.
"Yeah, we'll be going now. Thanks again for everything" said Narrisa as she quickly grabbed her bag and went for the door.
Grabbing hold of the door knob, she turned it pulling the door open before stepping outside. Waiting outside the door was Icarus and Marshal.
"Good luck out their dear" said the elderly woman as she holds the door open. "Also be careful out their. The volcano tends to rain down ash on the road towards Fallarbor"
"Don't worry about it" replied Narrisa as she walked out. "C'mon guys. Let's go" said Narrisa as she walked passed them.
As Narrisa and her Pokémon start walking towards the direction the elderly woman told them to go they soon found themselves on a dirt road just as she said. Following the long road ahead of them, Narrisa was now confident that they would be able to get back Velouria as well as deal with this new group.
With her confidence up with a new found determination, will things start to look better? Or would it still take a drastic turn? Only one question will have an answer. End of chapter 14.
...somewhere in meteor falls...
"Sir, we have eyes on the target" said a man to his ear piece.
*Static noises*
"Three of them sir"
*More static*
"Yes sir" he then turned off his ear piece. "Let's go boys. Time to pick up our prize" he grinned. To be continued.
Deaths:
Vivian the Beautifly
Emilia the Wignull
Velouria the Mightyena(?)