Pokemon: Endwar's Aftermath Chapter 4, a pokémon fanfic

Chapter 4: Humane and Inhumane

Haven, Ruins of Bokn, Norway

08.09.2023

14.56 Hours

"I'm telling you, this is Not a good idea" Lisa said as she tried to persuade Eirik to stop what he planned. It had only been a little over a week since Eirik had been 'contacted' by Ferdinand, and he was far from healthy enough to travel outside Haven, yet the guy had openly decided to go for a walk through the nearby settlement of Agaard's Hole.

"And I'm telling you, there's nothing to worry about, the settlement's the central hub of the Resistance movement on Bokn, what could possibly make them a threat to me?" Eirik asked, not worried over the bandits that were close to Agaard's hole, and they were really close, and rash considering they often attack Haven, which is just outside the settlement.

"What about the bandits close to the settlement? Don't you remember that they are frigging lunatics" Lisa pointed out, desperate to keep her patient and friend in Haven. What she had said wasn't a lie, the Lost brotherhood was one of the few groups in Bokn that had not started to loot, pillage, and kill other humans for food, and taken this into consideration, as well as the fact that the Brotherhood produces what little food Bokn can produce to survive, they have become easy targets for the nearby bandits.

"You know that we have what's needed to trick those bandits" Eirik said as he pointed at the medium sized paper bag he carried, still not that worried about the bandit groups, if they tried to attack him, he knew how to create a small scandal, and that without having to fight himself.

"You're still injured" Lisa said

"True, but if I don't do something soon, I'm gonna loose my mind"

Suddenly they both heard Tor shouting from the crop field "there's not much left of that to loose idiot!"

"And we don't want to loose what's left now do we!" Eirik shouted back

"You're injured man, if you get spotted walking around, then you're dead!" Gabriel shouted from the roof, probably taking Eirik's job as the builder since Eirik was injured, using what little timber they had left.

"I believe I know what I'm doing, I've been doing this for over ten years" Eirik countered, and in truth, he didn't lie either.

Lisa looked down, she knew that he was right, the technique he used to trick his enemies always seemed to work.

"And besides, I've got Scout to guard me in case something goes wrong" as if to prove Eirik's point, they all heard Scout's buzzing from the nearby woods, as if to say "I've got your back"

Lisa gave a sigh in defeat, before adding "fine, but don't blame me if you die..."

"meh... it's fun to pin the blame, so..."

"Not funny..."

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Somewhere outside Aagard's Hole, Ruins of Bokn, Norway

15.21 hours

"Don't let her escape!" was the sound that erupted behind Meia as she ran from the small woods, although from the injuries she had sustained, she was quite surprised that she could run, let alone this far

she looked behind her, seeing her pursuers, all male, all humans, and all with that Psychotic look in their eyes, the sight alone seeming to fill her with more energy, not wanting to be caught by these humans.

"She's escaping! Somebody do something!" Meia heard the one she assumed to be their leader, as he seemed to be the only one of them barking orders.

Meia however was smarter than this human, for, as she said, he was a human, and all morphs knew that a Human was a stupid creature.

She continued to run, until she reached the foot of a hill, hoping to elude her pursuers there, she started to run upward...

until she felt a sudden Jabbing pain in her back, and without warning, she lost foothold of the ground she stood upon, immediately falling into the ground, letting of a squeal of pain as she did.

As Meia tried to get up, she felt her strength leave her, along with something that forced its way up her throat. She gave a cough, but along with it, there came Blood out.

She immediately grasped for the part of her back that hurt, feeling something sticking out of her skin, she immediately pulled it out, screaming loud from the pain it produced...

The area, although filled with holes from the war, was almost completely regrown with both grass and some bushes, although much of the area was still heavily burned, or affected in some way or another.

Eirik looked around, there were some trees, not close enough, or many enough to form woods, as well as a loose rock wall, where most of the parts had been knocked over, or blown to fractions by a grenade, or something else entirely...

Eirik couldn't help but give a sigh, this island had been one of his favorite places when he grew up, he rarely spent a weekend away from the island, and he would spend every holiday, even most of the summer vacation, on this island...

And it pained him so to see the entire island, or all of Bokn really, in this shape, broken, damaged, divided, dead, so much had changed since the Empire took over, and as much as Eirik would like to see their leaders dangle by a rope, he knew that he wasn't a warrior, nor a diplomat, or even a good leader for that matter. He was a looser, clinging on to the beliefs that he once lived everyday by, that everything can be solved by diplomacy.

But when you have nothing to bargain with, what can diplomacy do...

A sudden feminine scream brought him out of his chain of thought, a scream that seemed to be close by as well. Eirik looked around, trying to find the source of the scream.

"Get away from me!" it had to be a female that was screaming by the sound of it, and she was nearby. Eirik looked towards the hill nearby, and seeing as it was the only place nearby that could hide someone from view, then she, and whoever she didn't want near her, had to be there.

Eirik ran towards the hill, nearly expecting to find two groups of bandits going at it, Again, or the Resistance trying to expand it's territory, and fail, Again...

However, he didn't expect to find a single bandit group of sixteen troops, convulsing on what looked to be a adult female Pokemorph.

I instantly recognized the leader of the bandits, a large man by the name of Brick, the largest of the group actually, with a large scar on his face, as well as a missing left ear. He also wore the worn clothes all humans were forced to wear, and the same dirty black hair, although he, unlike many others, wielded some actually good looking Machetes, that he either stole from the Resistance, or actually managed to steal it from a Holy Morph Soldier, although the latter seemed less likely.

The Pokemorph was obviously of Absol Decent, as shown with her White, yang shaped Hairstyle, gray, scythe like tail, and the sickle shaped growth on the right side of her head.

Who is she? Eirik wondered, curious as to why this Pokemorph would be here, he could tell by her clothes that she was from a highly respected Family, although they looked like she had been here a while as well.

She also seemed to be injured, as she was bleeding heavily from her back, with several bruises and cuts all over her body.

"I'm warning you, you would do best in leaving me alone" the Absol girl said as she tried to slowly crawl up towards the hill, although from the fearful tone in her voice, Eirik, and the bandits down there, could call the bluff easily.

"We haven't had a woman in our group for over six years" Brick said with an evil chuckle, before adding "We're gonna enjoy this..."

Eirik looked at the rest of the group Well I'll be darned... he thought to himself as he realized something he really doesn't have a single woman in the group, probably the smell... he thought, and couldn't resist a chuckle.

"I'm feeling generous with my men today, who want's first shoot at her" Brick asked his crew, and immediately all hands went up.

Well here goes nothing... Eirik thought as he made his decision, as much as he blamed the Holy Morph Empire for the fall of Norway, he was utterly opposed to the thought of raping someone

"I'll go first my good man!"

Oh God! Another one? Meia mentally cursed as she saw the scarred, and obviously injured human, standing on the hill like he was the hero she was supposed to adore.

"Eirik, what are you doing here?" the thug's leader asked, sounding quite irritated that someone would delay him, and his men to have their way with Meia

"I was out for a walk and I heard a girl-scream" the man, Eirik apparently, said, a small grin forming on his face "which lead's me to my question..."

"which is?..." Brick asked, although from his face, he wasn't all that interested, and Meia could guess what the thug wanted.

"Which of your goons was it that screamed?" Eirik said, and he clearly had to suppress a laugh.

Oh great, a comedian, and an awful one at that Meia thought to herself as she face-palmed from what she found to be an awful joke.

She took a look to how the rest reacted, and seeing their annoyed expressions, she actually found it a little amusing, thinking quietly to herself then again, if the situation didn't look so grim...

"watch it Eirik, remember where you stand..." the Thug said

"yes, me and the brotherhood stands as one of the few places on the island where you can find food, although I'm willing to guess that you managed to forget it already"

"are you here mainly to mock, or do you, your sore ass, and kiss-ass lips have any business here?" the Thug asked, and from the look of it, he was resisting the urge to cut the man in two.

"A hurtful comment, but I'm here to bargain for this lovely young lady's life, seeing as she would probably hang within a week with you and your goons" Eirik said as he pointed towards Meia

The thug looked as though he was about to protest, but stopped to think about it, before he finally asked in defeat "what are you willing to give?"

"this" Eirik replied as he suddenly reached into the paper bag he was holding, bringing out a piece of bread, making Meia frown a little

He thinks I'm worth a piece of bread... She thought as she studied the bread, hoping to at least find something that gave the indication that it was important. Only to find that it was a simple common bread, easily bought in a store

Jackass

"a piece of bread?" the Gang leader asked, just as confused. Did this Eirik really think that a simple piece of bread would be worth a woman's life

"not just a piece of bread, but a piece of bread from Chimcity, I tried them once, tasted better than the crap you can find here." Eirik said, smelling the bread a little as to prove a point, before casually adding with a small evil grin "add to the fact that I know that you don't have any food at all..."

The gang all gulped, almost in unison, Eirik was right, they didn't have any food when Meia intruded upon their territory, and from the looks of the drooling some of the goons did, they were quite hungry

"face it Brick, it's either the meal for the day, or another mouth to feed" Eirik said to the gang leader, Brick apparently, as Eirik himself approached him with the food in his left hand

Brick suddenly smiled, reaching for the bread "I'll take the bread..." he said, grabbing it for himself, although Meia could tell from his facial expression that he was planning something more

Eirik proceeded towards Meia, seeming pleased with how easy things turned out.

"And the girl..."

Eirik turned around at Brick's comment, and although Meia couldn't tell Eirik's facial expression from behind, she was willing to assume that he was either surprised, or annoyed, although the man's next word surprised her

"fine..." Eirik sighed in an uncaring, sounding like he was about to give up without a fight

Wait, What?

Meia didn't even have to turn to know that Bricks goons were giving her a dirty look, as she could practically feel their gaze, almost causing her to shudder.

She fell to the Ground, knowing that she wouldn't be able to escape those that surrounded her. Her energy was fading fast, and she knew that while she would be able to defeat three or four, she wouldn't be able to handle all of them. So she shut her eyes, praying that the pain would be quick...

Man I really hoped we could avoid this... Eirik thought as he saw the Morph fall to her knees, a sob or two not going unnoticed by him, while some of Brick's gang members were already closing in on her, all ready to have their way with her.

Who am I kidding, they deserve it! Eirik thought to himself as he took a deep breath, before shouting atop his lungs "YO! BRICK'S GOT FOOD!"

Brick and his gang immediately stopped, looking upon Eirik with horror, as he looked at them with a Triumphant smile.

"You Tricked me!" Brick shouted angrily, pointing an accusing finger at Eirik, who simply shrugged, the grin on his face never leaving

"Dammit!" Brick shouted angrily, immediately backing away from the Morph, gathering his troops around himself, preparing for what was to come, shouting "let's get out of here befo-"

"FOOD!" a half starved man shouted as he neared the group, his psychotic eyes on the food Brick was carrying, ignoring completely the two outside the Circle that the group had made

soon another appeared, seemingly out of nowhere, also proceeding towards the group. Then two more, until they were completely surrounded by the population in the area, some carrying rusted daggers and such, all with the starved look, as well as the killing intent present in their face.

"Everyone Defend me! Don't let these bastards take the Food!" Brick shouted as his men were fending of wave after wave of starving ghoul like men, although they soon found themselves overwhelmed, dropping to the ground, either dead, injured or simply exhausted from battle.

Eirik however was approaching the downed pokemorph, smiling evilly to himself. the only thing good with a half starved island, if you needed guards, you need only to give your enemy some food, and shout those exact words.

As soon as Eirik reached the pokemorph, he seized her arm and pulled her up from the ground, simply saying "Okay. let's go before they notice us..."

The morph however, was a little less hesitant to trust Eirik, looking at him with a hateful eye, and asking coldly "why do you help me Human?"

Eirik replied with a playful grin, before he commented "so you're gonna be like that huh? Well it's nothing new to me, but I think we should discuss this at a later time..."

And as if to prove a point, one the attackers suddenly fell in front of the two, his throat cut clean by Brick's weapon, trying in vain to catch the breath he needed, before his head rolled to the side, and the body stopping to twitch

"I must agree..." the Morph replied, disgusted at the sight, she might hate humans like most morphs do, however she also seems to be one of the morphs that couldn't stand to see others die, especially in such a brutal way.

Haven, Ruins of Bokn, Norway

15.57 Hours

"don't worry about him..." Tor said as he put his Pickaxe through the ground, continuing his job a farmer, planting the seeds to next year's patch of carrots, salad and potatoes, while conversing with Lisa, as she was helping him harvesting the last of this year's wheat "knowing him, Eirik will be far away from trouble if the situation doesn't call for it, and on this island, the situation rarely calls for it..."

"I know..." Lisa said as she swung her scythe, cutting another portion of the wheat, putting it in a small, red bucket that she carried, already quite filled with the wheat she had already gathered. "I just can't help but worry about him though, he's still injured, and he can't move well with all the bandages"

"You know that he can't stand still for that long, the guy just needs to move, just like he has a bad habit with working much." Tor commented, chuckling as he did, before adding "it's funny though, before the Endwar he would spend most of his time inside the house, either playing video-games, watching television or simply doing nothing. Now the only time he doesn't work is when he sleeps or when he rests from Imperial day"

"Really?" Lisa replied with a little giggle, turning to Tor with a smile "not exactly what I would expect during the six years that I've known him."

"I know, I still have a hard time believing it myself" Tor said as looked back to Lisa, feeling that he should be taking a break from the work, as he had been working all day, and his back was starting to ache.

Her face however, seemed to have changed into a sudden surprise at something behind Tor, perhaps even shock.

Tor looked behind him in confusion, Lisa would only get's that look during Imperial Day, or when someone is severely injured, and last time Tor checked, Imperial Day was still a month away.

Eirik had returned, yet it seemed he had with company, as under his shoulder a bloodied Absol Pokemorph was hanging unconsciously, her unnaturally white skin, looking even more pale than that of a normal Absol Morph.

"Odin's breath..." was all Tor could say as Lisa ran with her surprising speed towards the two, screaming something like "oh my" for every third step she took. Before she reached Eirik and the other morph, which became the point where she shouted "what happened!"

"Brick and his gang was planning to have their way with her" Eirik explained, permitting Lisa to grab the other side of the morph "we didn't even walk halfway before she collapsed, forcing me to carry her back here"

"quickly, let's get her inside" Lisa said as she started to walk towards the house, Eirik quickly following her so as to not cause more complications...

Author's Notes:

While I will admit that it was a smart trick to use the people's hunger for your own gain, I feel that it was both a cruel trick, and a waste of food.

If you're wondering why people fight over the food that Eirik tossed away, it's because while bandits often attack Haven, there is one bandit group that always steal the food the Brotherhood didn't hide first, and the rest, while often coming to attack, end up with virtually nothing. That one bandit group is actually quite strong, as it owns over fifty troops, and no one dares to attack them.

Also, as for the fact that Brick didn't attack Eirik at once, there is a number of reasons as to why:

1: they don't know who produces food within the brotherhood, and doesn't want to risk loosing one of their very few Food-sources.

2: Eirik has threatened on several occasions to Join the Resistance in Bokn, which would eradicate any hope of them getting any food at all

3: they actually find him amusing from time to time, although they never admit it

Finally as a small message to Raziel Beyon, I have read your character suggestion, and I can see a place where he would fit in perfectly, so if you're interested in knowing where, send a message to my profile, and I will tell you a little of what I plan for him, or you could wait for it and let it come as a surprise, your choice really.

anyhow, here's this chapter's storyline, starting from 1996:

24 January. 1996: Finland, Norway, and Sweden join together as the Scandinavian Consortium in fear of trouble, the nations still exist, but they have formed a joint rule.

30 February. 1996: the battle for Washington Ends with the defeat of the American army, major evacuation of the US mainland to outlying states like Alaska and Hawaii, and other nations such as Canada, Mexico and Japan.

16 March. 1996: Canada comes to the assistance of the US, Enforcing the battle of Salem, helping the almost defeated Americans to a slim Victory on that front

4 April. 1996: the Endwar spreads to Asia as the Pokemorphs in Vietnam and Laos rebel against their oppressors, seizing control of Ho Chi Minh and Vung Tao, although met with heavy resistance from the army

9 April. 1996: the Remnants of Human resistance in South America and the Caribbean has been quarreled, the remnants of the human population being divided into camps located in the ruins of some of their wrecked cities, the largest being in Sucre, Bolivia on 700.000 Humans. Invasion of Mexico Begins

9 May. 1999: Mexico is unable to hold out with the enemy pushing at two directions, and finds itself defeated, with the last of US soil in the hands of the Morphs, save for Alaska and Hawaii, the newly named Empire of Truyale proceeds to Invade Canada, the battle of Ottawa begins.

That's what I have to say, please Review, be it positive or negative, and send some more Characters please