NEVERMORE
~Part One Of Forever Trilogy~
Chapter 25
Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down
Yes, you heard me right. The building exploded.
Shrapnel went everywhere. Something sliced my arm. Everything was on fire. There were screams. I hit the ground. I couldn't really see; I coughed due to all the dust and smoke. All I could feel was the heat beating down.
I yelled for my friends. They yelled back. Raiden and I crawled towards their voices. Then something grabbed me. Plato pulled me onto my feet. We were all covered in dirt and dust. I coughed again. Tempo used Water Gun, trying to extinguish some of the flames.
"Where's the exit?" yelled Viola.
"There!" Rubin pointed to a giant hole in the wall. We all looked at him. "What? It's a way out!"
"Let's just get out of here!" I said.
"What about Am, Sapphire, Chase, and Scarlet?" asked Jade.
"They'll be fine," said Plato. "Let's go!"
My eyes watered, my head pounded, and my lungs burned from the smoke. We ran for the hole in the wall. On the way, Jade tripped. Plato grabbed her hand, and yanked her up, dragging her along. Even when we were out of the bombed building, we ran. Our Pokemon were visible; we couldn't take the risk of stopping.
I didn't know how long we ran. I just knew I was tired of running. I was tired of being considered a criminal. I was tired of everything, actually. I just wanted to be safe already. Mount Silver was still far away. I was beginning to doubt that we would ever get there. With so many disasters and surprises, we were extremely worn down.
We found a place to stop, praying that the others would find us. We all sat down, catching our breath. I wiped my sweaty bangs out of my eyes. Raiden splayed out at my feet, fur singed, exhausted. Why did that building explode anyway?
"Topaz! Your arm! It's bleeding!" Rubin suddenly shrieked.
I looked down at the arm he was pointing to. It was the arm that had been sliced by shrapnel. My arm was stained scarlet. Blood was everywhere, even still oozing out of the large gash. My churned, bile threatening to come up. How did I not fell that?
"Don't panic," said Jade. "We need to stop the bleeding."
"How?" shrieked Rubin.
"Calm down," said Plato. "We know you get sick at the sight of blood, Rubin."
And with that, Rubin vomitted. He literally looked green. "All the blood..." He shuddered and threw up again.
I cried out as something squeezed my injured arm. Jade had made a tournique to stop the bleeding. I didn't know she knew how to do that. I was sure glad she did.
Diamonda eyed me. "What do we do?"
"She needs stitches," said Jade, making poor Rubin puke again. "We need to get her to a hospital. We have to take the risk."
There was rustling, and three familiar faces appeared. Am, Sapphire, and Scarlet. But no Chase. They all looked tired, covered in ash, clothing singed, just like us.
"Thank Arceus you're alright!" said Viola. "But where's Chase?"
Scarlet burst into tears. Am bowed his head. Sapphire sighed.
"He's gone," said Sapphire. "He sacrificed himself so we could escape."
My breath caught. That was so Chase. And look where that got him. Now he was dead. Long gone.
"We need to get Topaz to a hospital," said Jade, changing the topic. "She needs stitches. And probably a blood transfusion."
"That's fine," said Am. "I know a place we can sneak her in."
And that was what we did.
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The hospital was in a small village close to the Hoenn/Johto border. The governement supposedly didn't pay attention to the town. We sure hoped that was true. We hid our Poke Balls in our bags before going into the building.
I was sure we were a sight as we entered the reception room. Filthy, skinny kids with big bags that appeared in out of the middle of nowhere. Yeah, we weren't suspicious at all.
I was taken to the Emergency Room. Not onlt had my arm been cut by shrapnel, but there was shrapenl inside of my arm, too. I forced myself not to watch as they removed the bits and pieces and sewed the gash up. Then they wrapped my arm in gauze. Then I had to sit while they gave me a blood transfusion. The blood had to drip into a tube that went into a needle into my good arm. It was awful.
The nurse that worked with the doctor was a pro-Pokemon person. We would be staying at her house for the night. Well, I had to stay overnight at the hospital because of the blood transfusion. That sucked, but no one had recognized me yet, so that was good. I still didn't sleep very well that night.
The next day, I was given the okay to leave. I was taken to the nurse's house, where I was fed and my clothes were fixed from the explosion and washed. I got to take a shower. My hair was so greasy and matted, it looked like a brown rat's nest.
We didn't stay much longer. We were closer to Mount Silver now. We were almost to Johto. Scarlet was having a hard time, though. She was prone to randomly bursting into tears. She was no longer a cocky bitch. Chuey ever stopped picking fights with Raiden.
Everything was different without Chase.
Kinda a sad chapter. Nevermore is coming to an end! There are only a few chapters left. This is shorter than I planned!
So Chase died. Topaz has to get stitches. Rubin can't stand the sight of blood xD
Can anyone tell what the pairings of this story are? Besides Topaz, of course.
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Topaz King ~ 15 years ~ daughter of Red and Yellow ~ Raiden (Pikachu), piece of Old Amber
Viola ? ~ 15 years ~ descendant of Bugsy ~ Veno (Venonat)
Rubin ? ~ 15 years ~ son of Ruby and Sapphire ~ Lady (Poochyena)
Plato Bertliz ~ 15 years ~ son of Pearl and Platina ~ Tempo (Buizel)
Jade ? ~ 15 years ~ daughter of Silver and Green ~ Pinkie (Jigglypuff)
Diamonda Bertliz ~ 16 years ~ descendant of Pearl and Platina ~ Frosty (Glaceon)
Amethyst ? ~ 17 years ~ descendant of ? ~ Twitch (Snorunt), Hindsight (Xatu), Hearth (Magmar), Marley (Lucario), rest unknown
Scarlet Moore ~ 15 years ~ descendant of Red and Yellow ~ Chari (Charizard), Chuey (Raichu), rest unknown