Four - Wanted

He wakes up, looking around if anyone is around. There's no one; there's just trees and the sky.

He wakes up Ava, looking around. She now sees the details: large trees, some green and some dead, and flowers, some nice and some dead. She looks up at C, and asks," Who are you?"

She must've forgotten he thought. "I'm C," he says," remember?"

"Oh yeah," she says," sorry. I probably forgot…"

"It's alright," C says. He puts Ava aside and stands up. "Are you hungry?"

"Yeah, a little," she said.

"Alright, c'mon."

Earlier that day…

"Alright men, quiet down!"
[A man comes toward him]
"Uh, sir."

"Yes, what do you need?"

"He's alive."

"Huh…ok…I'll deal with it later."

"Yes sir."

"Alright, now get the hell out of here."

"Alright men!" [Crowd, full of soldiers and security men, silencing] "Now, what has happened last night…will give the final thoughts of many rumors."
[Crown whispering]
"The rumors of the dead kid, , coming back to life… for the revenge of the murderer that sniped him, may have come true."
[Crowd slightly louder]
"The revenge still stays as a rumor…but the rumors of the dead kid coming back to life, have resulted as…true."
[Crowd twice as loud. Man raises hand – crowd silences]
"He was, supposedly, seven when he got shot. Seven years has gone from when he got shot…and now. So the kid must be around fourteen. Who's the speaker?"
[One man raises hand]

"You were about right with the age there.
"Now, he's no ordinary man…or kid, whatever. Some have witnessed the kid breaking through the wall. I checked out the debris he made, turns out that the debris turned weak. The ceiling breakout in one of the hallways…it, too, was weak than the concrete walls and ceilings. The cage of one of the Pokémon's cage showed no way of any damage, but there was some dust of rusting below. Long story short, this kid may have a power that no one would ever think…in a time like this.
[Crowd whispers again]
"I don't know exactly what the power or supernatural ability was called back in the twenty-first century, but in our time…it is known as, not officially, 'The Living Side.'
[Crowd silences]
"No one knows what it is, eh? Alright then.
"I'm not getting into the details but as far as I know…only the dead can have such ability. We were trying to make such ability to one who is alive. We tested an experiment on a Leafeon, I think her name was Amber…eh, it completely backfired into her death.
"I'm getting distracted here, long story short, I want the kid. Bring the kid in any way possible; he's not alive and he's already dead, what's the point in saying 'Dead or alive?' He being dead already should be a little tricky catching him. The bounty will be up to maximum of seven digits.
[Crown whispering]
"That should keep most of you busy for a while… That is all."

The General walks off the stand, leaving the crowd talking about either the kid or the money. He walks to the double doors of the auditorium, with the man he talked to earlier: Number 34.

"Alright, so he's alive?" he asked.

"Yes sir," 34 responded.

"Alright, let's check it out."

"Sorry, but's the best I could find…"

"It's ok."

C has found about 6 Sitrus berries from a tree 30 meters from where he woke up. The tree was not tall, about 4 meters tall. It was strange for C to find a berry tree in the middle of a forest.

He takes one berry, seeing that the berry was the size of his hand, and takes a bite out of it. The berry speaks itself; he finds that the berry tastes like citrus: mostly sweet, slightly sour, and no signs of being spicy, bitter, or dry. The flesh of the berry is yellow, a lighter yellow than the skin color.

He stops eating after his first berry. Ava looks up at C," You're not eating anymore?"

"No," he said," I can barely feel hunger. But it's still good to eat."

"Oh, ok." She keeps on eating her berry. C looks around them, nothing surprising, nothing bad, but also nothing good.

About 10 minutes has passed and Ava is done eating, finishing 2 and a half berries.

"You done?" asked C.

"Yeah," she answered.

"Alright, let's go." They walk off, leaving any remaining berries, forgetting the idea to save them for later. Ava walking without warning, C the opposite; C looks around every five minutes, seeing if anyone is stalking them. He lets his guard down after looking around for the fifth time. "Hey, Ava…"

"Yeah?" she said.

"Do you know anything about this forest?" C asked.

"No," she responded," I was locked up I think for my whole life."

"Oh," C said," Ok." They keep walking around, seeing nothing but trees. Both don't talk to each other until they reach to the end of the forest. The walk lasted 16 minutes.

C stared at the other side of the grassland while Ava looked around. It's still daylight; C looks up at the sun: it straight up above them. "It's probably noon," C said.

"Time went slow…" said Ava.

"I guess so…"

"What is this place?" she asked.

"This is…" C started, "a grassland."

"So you don't know if this has a name, do you?"

"No I do not," C responded," I don't ever recall being here when I was still living. And this is my fourth day back here on Earth."

"Oh, ok." She keeps looking around, seeing mostly grass that is completely green, some flowers, all blooming, and some berry trees that are about the same size of each other.

They walk up to one of the hills in the grassland; C looks down seeing that the other end of the hill is steeper than the side they walked on. Instead of looking down, Ava looks ahead seeing a view of some mountains in the background, more hills, all still green.

"Wow!" exclaimed Ava," This is beautiful!" C said nothing. He looks up at the view, seeing what Ava is looking.

"Whoa," he said," It is…" He kept looking forward, until he heard slight rustling in the forest. He looked back and saw a man in a forest cloak, on a tree. He looked more closely, seeing that he is holding a sniper rifle. He reacted quickly. "Ava, look out!"

She looked back, she instantly found the man; the cloak was no use. The two moved away from each other. It was a bullet, but it was also a dart. Everything around the dart was burnt within a 3 inch radius.

Ava jumped 4 yards away, still landing on the grass. C jumped about 2 yards away, one foot landing on the cliff. "Whoa!" he almost fell off.

"C!" Ava yelled," are you ok?"

"Uh…" he took off his foot of the cliff and moved forward," Yeah, don't worry."

"Alright…"

The man doesn't fuss with the miss; he puts another dart in the rifle. "Twenty-four," the sniper says in a low voice, probably using a small mic," reach forward."

"Alright," the man said. He walked on forward, careful to not reach beyond the forest.

"Twelve," the sniper says," climb up."

C heard something from the cliff. He looked back down, seeing moving rocks. Another dart is shot at C; he jumps back, carefully landing near the cliff. He looks again, seeing that it is not moving rocks; the top rock was a helmet. From where the person was moving, the rock on his left was a Pokémon, resting. It was hard to tell what Pokémon it was.

He ducks down, touching the cliff. The part of the cliff that the man is climbing breaks off; C was careful not to completely disturb the Pokémon. The man didn't struggle; he climbed up quickly, avoiding smaller rocks and soils. C rose up, wondering if the man didn't make it or not. Ava was distracted by the sniper, wondering if he's trying to get both of them, or just one of them.

The man on from the cliff jumped up to ground. He took off his rock uniform, revealing that he is one of the security soldiers from yesterday.

"Alright…" the man said," let's get this over with…" C looked at Ava, Ava looked back. "Graveler, magnitude!" The Pokémon from the cliff hit the cliff, making a small earthquake: Magnitude 6. There were cracks on the ground; the man seemed skilled enough to not fall over. C has trouble to keep his balance.

The man ran toward C and jumped kicked him to the chest. He fell down, his arm stuck on one of the cracks. After his arm was stuck, it was as if the crack was closing in on him.

The earthquake was strong enough to not purposely reach Ava. She struggled to stay straight.

"Hey, General," the sniper said," is the Pokémon wanted?"

"No, she's not," General said through mic," the boy is."

"Alright…"

C struggled to get his arm free, careful to not make it rip apart from his body. Even if he can put his back his arm into place, it will be a bad sight to Ava.

"Graveler, rise up!" The Pokémon from the cliff jumped up from his position. When coming back down, he made, not purposely, a small earthquake. The soldier pointed at C and yelled out," Alright, Rollout!"

The Pokémon ran toward C, it's not a good runner, and then flipped quickly into some sort of ball position. This form was faster than when it was running. C didn't have enough time to get out of the way; C fell down, and then was run over when Graveler made a U-turn back. It left back to its original position and form.

"Ack-," C yelled," God damn it!" He can barely move his stomach from all of the pain.

He can actually feel pain… thought the Soldier …starting from a certain point…

He slowly rose up, slowly healing his pain. He moves around a bit, no longer feeling any pain. "Why are you here?"

"I can't tell you…" the soldier responded. …Mostly because I wasn't told. Even if I did know, I still won't tell you. "Graveler: Rock Polish, and then Strength."

The Graveler seemed to glitter; nothing seemed to change. Then it ran toward C, running twice as fast last seen. He jumped out of the way, seeing the move Graveler used partially dug in the grass. It was smart for him to get out of the way.

When C landed, he touched the ground; Graveler has his feet stuck in the ground. He ran to it, and punched it. C didn't feel the pain from the contact. The Graveler moved back from the punch, feet still in the ground. It could barely feel the hit: it wasn't very effective.

Alright C thought Graveler is a Rock-Ground type. And…Ava is an Ice type. Both of us, that guy and I aren't technically Pokémon…but we would be considered Normal type. And if I'm dead, then…

The Graveler jumped out and used Rollout on C. He dodged, almost out of thought. …then I would also be a Ghost Type. Then…damn it…need more time…

The Graveler came back rushing toward C. He stopped it with his hand, barely feeling any pain. The grass behind the Graveler started to smoke, almost black on the tip.

He punched the Pokémon high, but not too high. So would that mean I can't hurt a human? He jumped up at kicked the Pokémon down. Glaceon is looking at the fight, wondering what she would do.

Another dart was shot, missing C when he was coming down. The sniper puts in another dart in the rifle, turning off the heater. "Let's see what happens without the heater…" the sniper said to himself. The dart shot out of the cliff.

"Body slam!" said the soldier.

"What?" said C," I thought Graveler can't learn that…"

"Times have changed," he responded," a lot happened between the twenty-first century and now, your death and reborn." The Graveler jumped up, and came down with arms apart. C grunted, feeling pain.

The Graveler came back up, C rolled back and up. He recovered slowly, thinking more.

Damn it C thought what the hell do I do?

…TBA…