Chapter 4

Penny's decision

Penny and Sparky walk through the rain, the dirty mud, and weaving between the tall trees. They both remain silent as the coldness of the rain and wind starts to consume their bodies. Penny shivering starts to be a natural movement. Sparky turns around many times to check on Penny to make sure she's still following. Sparky enters a hole in a tree to get out of the rain and Penny still following enters behind her.

Penny shivering says, "I told you that it would rain and we should take shelter."

Sparky answers looking shaking the water off her, "I know but, I needed to make sure that even in the toughest times; that you would still be by my side and you stayed. Kind of surprised me honestly. Are you okay?"

"Y-ya." Penny says barely audible. Her shivering becomes the only movement that she can do as it becomes more pronounce. Her eyes barely stay open as she sits.

Sparky putting her hand on her, "You're not okay. You're shivering uncontrollably!" Sparky starts to wipe the water off Penny. Sparky's fur absorbs the mud and water. Penny looks at her with a blank stare. Sparky lightly slaps Penny's face. Penny's eyes show a little more color. Sparky wraps her arms around her to warm Penny up. "Penny, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have pushed you so hard. Penny don't die on me!" Life starts to come back to Penny's eyes. Sparky still holding Penny, feels that Penny's shivering has slowed down. Sparky looks into her eyes, "Are you still with me? Are you still here?"

Penny musters out mumbles saying, "Y-y-yes." Penny rubs her own head.

"I'm sorry Penny"

Penny takes a minute before replying in a breathy voice, "It's okay. Just listen to me next time I tell you something."

"I will now. Now that I know that you will still be by my side even in the toughest of times."

"Well, I don't know about that, I almost died today. If you listen to me at first then I wouldn't have been at risk of dying."

Sparky releases Penny. She looks down and says, "I know, but when I thought that it was too prefect to be true. I thought that you were part of Spark's group and you were just here to spy on my plans."

"Who's Sparks?"

"Now I know you don't know him."

"Who's Sparks?"

Sparky looks at her silently.

"Who's Sparks?"

"Sparks," Sparky sighs, "Sparks is my brother. He's a pachirisu."

"That would explain the similar names."

"Ya."

"Why would it matter if I met Sparks?"

"He makes me look like the bad one. Plus if you were part of his group you might be ordered to kill me."

"That's terrible!"

Sparky hides her face in Penny's chest. "He also tries to kill all the friends that I make. So you're in danger if you stay with me."

"Hey, look at me." Sparky looks at Penny with teary eyes. "I won't let them touch you and they won't get to me."

Sparky smiles, "T-thanks. I won't let them get to you either. I as you know have started a team to fight off Sparks's force. Are- Are you still in it?"

"Yes. I now understand why you pushed me so hard and so far. I might have done the same thing. Plus some believe that in order to find your limits, you need to push them"

"That's true. Do you understand if you stay with me, you will probably have to kill someone if I ask you to? They will attack and your life will be in danger."

"I understand."

"Good."

"Where's this third guy in our team?"

"We have more than two teammates but you and him are the main ones now."

"Am I going to meet him?"

"Not today, he doesn't like the rain or water."

Penny looks outside. "It's raining very hard and it doesn't seem like it'll let up for a while."

"Like the tears I don't shed."

There was a very still pause in the air.

Penny broke the stillness with, "Tell me more about your brother."

"um...okay." She takes a deep breath. "Sparks, a long time ago, was very nice. He would take care of me and love me and protect me but, something happened to him, exactly what I'm not sure, but he started to attack me when I started a team. He said what I was doing was evil."

Penny interrupts, "What were you doing?"

Sparky continues ignoring Penny's question, "He started his group earlier than me so his team was more developed than mine so his team would pretty much kill off my team, literally. I've lost so many pokèmon and people. He is against people. He doesn't like that I work with them. He has shed lots of blood. The tears I shed and the blood he pains. Who's the evil one? Am I really the evil one? Or is he?"

Penny replies, "Well, by the way you tell the story, it sounds like he's the evil one."

"You're still not sure, are you?"

"Well no. I've only met you."

"Come. Let me show you something."