NEVERMORE
~Part One Of Forever Trilogy~
Chapter 12
Answers
I had trouble sleeping that night. I was worried I would have another nightmare or something. So instead of tossing and turning uselessly in bed, I got up and decided to go for a little walk. Raiden was fast asleep, so I didn't wake up the shiny Pikachu. That might be considered dumb, in our situation, but he needed all the rest he could get.
I didn't get very far, actually. I noticed that Chase was up, too. I wondered why he couldn't sleep? Or maybe he was doing that pointless 'stay up to keep watch' thing he suggested. I didn't know. But I walked over to him anyway; he was sitting on a fairly large boulder. I heard hissing, and I realized he must have Viper with him.
Chase looked over. "Relax, Vipe," he said. "It's only Topaz."
The grass snake slithered into view. He glared at me before disappearing again. What the hell? That was weird.
"What is it, Topaz?" Chase asked in a bored tone.
"Nothing," I said. "I just couldn't sleep. Is that a problem?"
He didn't answer the question. "What do you want?"
"Nothing!" I snapped. "Wait - maybe you can answer some questions I have."
"What kind of questions?" he asked warily.
"About what happened to you, what's going on, and why the hell the freaking president has his people using pokemon!"
He scooted over a little on the boulder, giving me room to sit down, and I did. "So what do you want to know first?" he asked.
I furrowed my brow. "Hm...you first."
"Alright," he said. "When I first got Viper when he was a Snivy, I stayed in Goldenrod as long as I could. Then I had to leave. I heard about a secret trainer society in Mount Silver, so I headed there. On the way, I befriended lots of pokemon, who are on my team today. I was taken in by the group, and soon I rose in the ranks. Now I'm one of the higher-ups, you could say."
"Ranks?" I asked. "There're ranks?"
He nodded. "Yeah. Sort of. The more missions you're successful with, the higher rank you are."
"Missions?"
"All the 'bad' things trainers do on the news."
"Oh." Time for question number two. "What's going on?"
"The government is breaking their own laws to apphrend us," said Chase.
"That's the answer to question three," I said dryly.
"It's the answer to both," he said. "They're trying to capture me since I'm extremely important to the Resistance or whatever they call it. I don't really know why they want you and your friends."
I frowned. I couldn't help but remember my dream. Did that have anything to do with it?
If only I knew.
Ugh. What a crappy chapter xD
Thank you for all the OC's. I could use some girls xD All I've been getting have been guys.
Topaz King ~ 15 years ~ descendant of Red and Yellow? ~ Raiden (Pikachu)
Chase Black ~ 15 years ~ descendant of ? ~ Viper (Jalorda), rest unknown
Viola ? ~ 15 years ~ descendant of ? ~ none
Rubin ? ~ 15 years ~ descendant of Ruby and Sapphire ~ none
Plato Bertliz ~ 15 years ~ descendant of ? and Platina ~ Tempo (Buizel)
Jade ? ~ 14 years ~ descendant of Silver and Green ~ none
Diamonda Bertliz ~ 16 years ~ descendant of ? and Platina ~ none
Amethyst ? ~ 17 years ~ descendant of ? ~ Twitch (Snorunt), Hindsight (Xatu), Hearth (Magmar), rest unknown