Chapter 13

"Ugh…" I began to stir with my eyes flickering quickly, trying to adjust to the light.

"Hm… I swear the lights were off before…?" I thought to myself as I picked myself up off the dusty floor…

"Wait a sec…?" I suddenly looked around at an oddly bleak area, it was covered with dead or at least dying grass. There was an old looking park in front of me. The swings, slides and other forms of entertainment were all rusty and old looking. It was hideous but it most certainly creped me out.

"Amy! Amy!" I shouted while beginning to wonder around the dark-looking area. Suddenly I noticed something, a shadow on what looked like a huge dying tree. It looked like an Eevee's shadow but with the same disfigurements as were described by the scientists.

"Oh no!" I realized I was back in one of my nightmares again, but what was different this time was that I was an Eevee… But I didn't really dwell on it. I froze as I watched the long, dark shadow creep closer and closer towards my position.

"Sh… Show yourself!" I shouted nervously at the incoming shadow. What was also weird and that didn't really make sense was that the shadow wasn't actually connected to anything… But since when did nightmares make sense?

The shadow then froze and refused to move another step. I waited another couple of minutes until everything grew still.

"Huh?" I then took a nervous step forward and as I did I was shocked to find that the shadow crept closer towards me at the same time. I froze again and the shadow did exactly the same. It was now only a couple of meters in front of mine so I began to carry on my test. I stepped to the left and the shadow moved in the same direction but I didn't notice that it actually moved towards me with each movement I made, I was still confused about what this meant.

"Uhh…" I gasped suddenly and froze in fear as I noticed the shadow only a centimeter away from my paw. I slowly crept away and the shadow continued to come towards me. Suddenly the ground on which the shadow lay upon began to sink and I began to feel the ground pulling me into the darkness.

"Nooo!" I screamed in fear and began running as quickly as my four legs would allow me, which was a fair speed but this was a nightmare and generally nightmares don't play fair. I noticed the hole growing at exactly the same speed I was sprinting and slowly closing in. I felt my heart pounding my chest and I felt sweat dripping from my forehead. This is fear if I had ever experienced it, for some reason as an Eevee it was different some who. I felt new instincts to dodge and do other actions of which would get me absolutely no where.

Suddenly I felt my hind legs go and then the rest of my body tumbled onto the ground which had changed from dreary brown grassland to a dry, dusty roadway.

"Ow!" I shouted as I finally stopped on my back. Suddenly the ground quickly engulfed me and I struggled in the darkness to free myself.

"Eevee! Eevee!" For some reason I was now shouting in Pokémon which weirdly enough I couldn't understand? Suddenly I looked in front of me and I felt my chest freeze as I felt my heart suddenly sink. I watched as an image materialized of a disturbingly deformed Eevee appeared in front of me. This Eevee was about twenty times as large as me and it towered above me with anger and aggression in its eyes.

"Please! Please stop! Don't hurt me!" I shouted cowering beneath it, still feeling the sensation that I was falling.

"Ha Ha! You puny little child!" Its voice was deep and anger infested and it scared the hell out of me.

"Please! Just leave me alone!" I begged with tears beginning to form.

"Hah! You stole my life… And now I'll steal yours!" It bellowed angrily. Suddenly it began to move towards me with its mouth open and its fangs exposed.

"No! No! No!" Tears streamed down my cheeks as I struggled once again, but I was completely helpless.

"Noooooo!" I Screeched once again as the fangs closed in on me with tremendous speed.

"Ahhhhhhhh!" I suddenly jumped up onto my feet from underneath some sort of cover. I froze as I quickly inspected my surroundings.

"Ahhhh…" I slowly felt my heart begin to slow as I began to feel safe once again. I looked at my fur which was covered in some sort of grease… It was sweat! I jumped down from the bed, not even checking to see if I had awoken Amy with my shouting… I jumped up, in the bathroom connected to our room, onto the counter and looked at my reflection…

"Oh… Wow…" I saw fresh tears still gently flowing down my moist cheeks and noticed my tail completely frazzled as if I had experienced an electric shock. I sighed as I felt relief continue to flow through my thoughts.

"When will these nightmares end...?" I sighed again but was then shocked to here another shout.

"Alastair…! Alastair was that you? Are you ok?" I heard her voice coming from behind me but it seamed to be slightly distorted? I concentrated on the odd sound and turned to see a small cubical completely obscured by condensation from the running hot water.

"Oh… Guess Amy's having a shower…" I thought to myself in a slightly calmer tone. I waited there a couple of minutes waiting for her to finally finish, although I had no idea how long she had been in there since I was too busy being scarred to death by something entirely fantasy.

"UGH!" I began to feel anger begin to enter my thoughts as I dwelt on how stupid it was to be having these ridiculous nightmares.

"I'm eighteen! I shouldn't be having these sorts of nightmares! Shouldn't you be able to control your dreams anyway!" I continued spitefully. Suddenly I noticed the water stop and before I could react, the door quickly sprung open with steam rushing into the bathroom. I watched as her silhouette, which was distorted by the huge amount of steam that entered the room, walk over to the counter next to me.

I quickly gasped as the steam soon dissipated and my eyes widened as I gazed upon Amy's almost completely exposed body. She suddenly turned on hearing me gasp and she matched my gasp with one of her own.

"… Alastair!" She shouted in shock. I felt my ears lay backwards and my tail tuck itself between my two hind legs which was slightly uncomfortable.

"Uh… I'm s… Sorry" I said backing out of the room as Amy struggled to clench her towel to her chest. Suddenly the door slammed as I was fully out of the bathroom. Yes I had been in bed with her but I hadn't actually seen her… That exposed… I felt embarrassment and guilt beginning to settle in as I went over what I had just… well… seen. I waited patiently on the bed for Amy to come out expecting some sort of short awkward silence between us when we set eyes on each other once again.

Then, as I was deep in thought, the door opened and I was quickly brought back into reality. I noticed another small amount of steam seam to escape the bathroom as Amy slowly and gracefully walked out with her body and hair both wrapped neatly in towels. She quickly noticed me and began walking up to me with a slightly serious expression on her face. But soon I noticed a smile appear as she sat next to me.

"Aw, it's ok Alastair… I guess it was just wrong place wrong time… I probably should have shut the bathroom door anyway…" I smiled at what she sat and sat on her lap and kissed her on her cheek. It was still slightly warm and damp due to her recent shower which actually kind of felt nice on my lips. She giggled as I kissed her and she began stroking my back and I began to purr with satisfaction.

"Message from Ryu!" Suddenly the computer's voice interrupted our little moment,

"Hey guys…" It was Ryu's voice alright. "Could you come up as soon as you're awake and dressed please…? Well you won't be getting dressed Alastair I doubt heh… Computer end mess…"

"End of message" The computer said suddenly.

"Huh… He seamed slightly insistent but what was weirder was the way he spoke, as if he wasn't actually speaking to us, but I quickly figured out that it must have been a message he had made a while ago and we were to receive it some time after he sent it…" I thought to myself as Amy stood up.

"Hm, guess I better get dressed…" She quickly gathered her clothes and walked over to the bathroom, still not bothering to shut the door but I guess she knew that I wasn't going to go in after her. I just sat on the bed in wait of her to finish changing, contemplating what Ryu might have to tell us hoping that it was good news...

"Ok, ready…!" Amy said happily as she walked out of the bathroom with her beautiful hair still slightly damp covering her back and shoulders. The rest of her body though was completely dry so not to make the clothing damp, although her hair was accomplishing that anyway. She picked me up and held me in her arms like a baby which made me feel slightly uncomfortable being an eighteen year old, but her smile assured me that it was fine and I quickly relaxed in her grasp.

"Hopefully Ryu's found something… Please I beg of you Ryu, let me be able to be with Amy again!"