Chapter Seven

The Massacre of Lavender Town

"Come out" Said Sabrina. "We got a survivor!" She screamed to the paramedics; it was a small child who hid in one of the kitchen cabinets. The kid was young, barely six years old, he was covered in blood and dust.

"Come out! They left, it's safe" She exclaimed again, as the young boy left his hideout.

"Are they gone?" He replied with a soft voice.

"You are going to get medical attention, you don't need to worry" She said that, as she was scanning her brain from any residual images, to her surprise she saw a strange Pokemon that she never saw before, it looked as a bipedal cat and was creating a pressure among the environment. It was only one Pokémon who killed everyone in the small town.

She was surprised as she knew, there wasn't any creature alive that could do as much damage as that one, and the mythological creatures were friendlier to humans, she was in shock to see something as that with her eyes. She wanted to ask him more, but she didn't know where to start.

"I need to talk to that kid" She mentioned to one of her supervisors, he agreed as soon the kid was checked for any physical trauma.

A day later, she went to visit him on the hospital in Celadon, where she knew his name "Ethan" He was a young guy who was moving to Johto and made a stop with his father before going to Olivine City. He got the news his father died protecting him and that in a week he was going to be flying to see his mother at Olivine City.

"Ethan" Said Sabrina, while sitting next to the boy in the hospital room.

"Yes?"

"I have certain abilities that can help us reach some answers"

"How do you do it?"

"We will travel together through your memories"

"It is going to hurt?"

"No, everything that we see it will be a mirage, we will be able to walk around your memories, it can be painful and we can stop whenever you ask"

"OK, I am ready"

Sabrina touched his forehead and then suddenly they both appeared on a colorless version of Lavender Town, it was frozen in time.

"This is what I remember, he came from the skies" Said Ethan.

"Who was it?" She feigned some ignorance, knowing the Pokémon as she checked on his memories.

"It was him, look up, please" Said the little guy pointing at the sky. "Me and daddy started to run", he showed Sabrina to the other side where Ethan's father was holding him.

"I am sorry Ethan"

"Is OK, please follow me, we need to keep walking, there is more I need to show"

The recollection of Lavender Town was statistic on the building, but as they moved from different streets, there were different scenarios. There was desolation, corpses everywhere, there was death imprinted in the young man's memories. Sabrina noticed that from the corpses Ghastlies were rising, some Haunters but no Gengars.

She was concerned that the strange Pokémon had the ability to control the spirits of the deceased and turned them to do his binding. She was concerned how many new ghosts rose from the dead and they looked angry, but probably the young boy didn't notice how bad the situation was as he was scared.

The last image was on a house next to the Pokémon Tower, it wasn't their house, his father was trying to push his way in, but the only thing available to find shelter was a small window. Ethan was standing watching the images of his father pushing him inside, he asked Sabrina to open the door and they went inside the house.

"I don't know what happened to daddy, he was screaming in agony and then you guys came"

The house was destroyed, and Ethan walked among some corpses just to find shelter in a cabinet, he wasn't sure how many days he spent there, but he didn't move. When he was found, he was covered in urine and feces, beside blood. There was something that got Sabrina's attention, the Pokémon that he saw on the sky was also going inside the house, it was creepy, it had a humanoid face and she feel he was looking directly at her, as if he knew she was going to be able to see it.

"Who are you?" She said, even ignoring Ethan on his side. She was walking to the Pokémon and she saw how horrible it was. It had a humanoid face, mixed with a domestic cat, it had a disproportionate body, with big hips and three stumps in each hand. The Pokémon was looking at her, he left the young boy alive as he was aware about Sabrina, she realized it was a psychic monster, just like her. He pushed her out of the vision, as he wanted his persona to be known.