Chapter 14 The Truth
Riley had woken up on the ground he got up and saw maya unconscious next too him he thought "where's zero" he started to walk around and saw the crashed truck it was on its side on fire it was also getting dark it looked like he had been unconscious for a while he had also found G he was unconscious with the cage on him
he looked around more and found zero he was shocked zero was unconscious with a pipe going through his shoulder riley ran too him and woke him up
'Zero! Wake up Now' 'riley' zero opened his eyes and looked at his arm with the pipe in it 'ahhh what happened why is there a pipe in my shoulder!'
zero was freaking out 'calm down zero ill think of something' riley was also freaking out and kept thinking of was to help zero 'wait riley i have a idea'
'what!?' 'pull it out of my shoulder!' 'but zero if i do that' 'ill be fine just please pull it out' 'ok be ready' 'just do it' 'three' zero prepard himself 'two'
riley put his paws around the pipe 'do it' zero closed his eyes 'ONE!' riley quickly pulled out the pipe zero let out a cry of pain and immediately held the wound
'riley quickly i need something to rap around the wound!' 'ok' riley threw the pipe and ran around looking for something he ran around looking for something when he found one of the poachers that were with G he had a rag in his pocket riley grabbed it and ran back to zero
who had know propped himself up he was still holding his wound 'zero i found something!' 'what!' 'A rag will it work' 'yes hand it here' zero quickly looked at the rag to make sure their was nothing on it he then wrapped it around his arm covering the wound 'alright umm take me to a Pokemon center fast' 'got it' riley picked up zero and started running 'wait where is maya'
'she's unconscious in the forest' 'well go and wake her up ill wait here' 'but zero i should take you to a Pokemon center' 'it will wait go get maya' 'fine be right back'
riley started running to where maya was unconscious meanwhile G had woke up "uhh were am i" G looked around he saw the cage on top of him "damn cant move stupid cage"
he looked around some more and saw zero holding his arm G saw it was bleeding pretty badly 'hay you over there help me' zero turned to see G had woke up
'why the hell would i help you ass!' G figured zero would not help him it was worth a try so G tried to get the cage of him but it was too heave zero seeing this
thought "god damn why am i considering helping that jackass" then a voice in his head said "because it's the right thing to do" zero then sighed and used dig and dug a hole under the cage G was trapped in 'here G follow me'
G followed Zero through the tunnel he dug they made it outside 'thank you for helping me zero' 'whatever just get out of here before riley see's you and rip's off your face'
'by the way what happened to your arm' 'there was a pipe stuck through it now go i can see riley running this way' 'got good bye' G then ran into the forest out of sight
"im probable gonna regret helping him later" zero then saw maya and riley running to him 'ZERO ARE YOU ALRIGHT!' maya screamed at the top of here lungs 'yes im fine'
but suddenly zero's head started to hurt again but this time his vision was blurry "what crap i lost too much blood im gonna pass out" zero walked a few steps to riley and maya who had almost made it to zero
but then zero collapsed 'ZERO!''ZERO!' zero had fell unconscious lying on the floor.
Zero had woken up i the black void again 'not here again' 'yes here again' the kid was back floating closer to zero 'why am i here again' 'because i need to tell you something' 'what?'
'well first nice crash idiot and getting a pipe stuck in your arm man you got bad luck zero' 'shut up' 'and helping G why would you do that?' 'well'
'let me guess you thought it was the right thing to do am i correct' 'yes' 'man that's gonna come back to bite you in the ass some day' 'shut up and let me out of here'
'fine lets begin' 'wait' suddenly zero was in a lab it looked familiar "where am i" but then suddenly the kid from before kick the door to the lab open
and walked to two people looking in a big tube suddenly the kid said in a angry voice 'let him out now or else' the two people back up 'we don't know how only the professor knows ' as they backed up
the professor walked in "wait that's the professor" 'the only way to get him out is to flip the switch in the other tube' the kid without thinking walked in the other tube and flip the switch.
As the kid flip the switch the tube he was in closed 'what the hell let me out' 'no this is for not taking place in my other test'
'what you cant just lock me in this tube' 'oh but i need help with this test in order to be able to get Pokemon to talk'
'huh wait you locked me in here to use me for the test let me out' 'to late' as the professor said that he pressed a button
the machine turned on with the kid inside then one of the people near the other tube moved zero then saw the riolu in the other tube the machine was so loud zero couldn't hear himself think
zero saw as the kid got on his knees holding his ears then he passed out and the area faded 'well that a good hint on who i am'
'i don't get it' 'man you have a thick skull if you still don't know who i am' 'you shut up' 'why what can you do your just floating in a empty space' 'why you' zero was getting angry
'ill give you another hint ok but it's not a flash back' 'ok what is it' 'im the kid in the flashback's got it' 'wait that's you' 'yes oh but look at the time'
'there's no clock in here' 'man your stupid anyway time for you to go' 'wait' 'sorry no time i mean if you don't get up you may die' 'wait what!' 'bye' suddenly a white light surrounded zero and then he woke up
riley was carrying his and maya was following him 'zero your awake how are you felling' 'my head hurts and my vision is blurry' 'that's not good we have to find a Pokemon center quickly' 'riley is he alright' maya had caught up to riley
zero looked around for a second trying to focus his vision on some thing then he saw something familiar it was a house it looked old then he looked closer at the house
it was a house zero went by rarely 'riley look over their' zero pointed to the house riley looked over and stopped running 'maya look it's zack's house' maya stopped running too 'great that means the town is right down that path' they both ran close to zacks house and started to run down the path near it.
suddenly time slowed down for zero as they were running zero was surprise as he saw a boy and a riolu walking to the house they were talking but zero could not hear them
then suddenly there was a loud BOOOOMMM! zero quickly covered his ears then time was normal 'zero you alright' 'uhh yeah' zero moved his paws from his ears "what the hell was that"
but after thinking they all arrived at town 'alright lets get you to the Pokemon center' 'ok' they riley and maya ran to the Pokemon center the ran to the front desk
and surprised the nurse 'nurse quickly zero needs help' the nurse looked at the rag covering the wound in his arm 'oh my what happened' 'he had a pole stuck in his arm after a car crash'
'oh my chansey' then two chansey walked in 'quickly take him to the operating room' both chansey nodded they got out a stretcher and put zero on it and wheeled him away.
After the surgery they moved zero back to his room he had before he woke up seeing riley and maya staring at him then they both said 'morning zero' 'oh morning guys'
'how does you arm feel' 'it hurt's like hell' after he said that someone knocked on the door it was nurse joy 'oh hello nurse joy' 'hello maya' 'what are you doing in here'
'i need to talk to zero in private please' 'oh why' 'its important so can you and riley leave for a second' 'ok nurse joy come on riley' riley nodded they both left the room
then nurse joy walked over and locked the door she was also carrying a chart of some sorts 'whats wrong nurse joy' 'well zero i need to show you something' 'what is it'
'the professor told me to never show you this or ask this question but' she handed over the chart to zero 'why do you have human DNA entangled with your Pokemon DNA'
zero looked at the chart and read it carefully it said after the surgery nurse joy tested his blood and it always came out the same mixed with human 'i don't know nurse joy?'
'did the professor do any test on you involving any humans or human blood' 'no nurse joy he never did he said it was not needed' 'hmm its really strange how do you have human DNA mixed with you Pokemon DNA?'
zero started thinking 'umm nurse joy' 'yes zero' 'can i ask a favor please' 'what is it zero' 'well im gonna sneak out tonight don't tell riley or maya im going to do it got it'
'why are you gonna sneak out zero' the nurse was confused 'im gonna go to the lab and check something ok' 'why' 'i don't know i feel like i should investigate something there'
'ok zero i wont tell anyone that your gonna leave tonight' 'thank you nurse joy' the nurse nodded and walked to the door and unlocked it 'ok guys im done talking with him you can come back in'
the nurse left the room and maya and riley walked back in 'so what did you guys talk about' 'medical stuff about how i was felling and what not' 'oh ok whats with the chart' zero relised he had not given it back to nurse joy
'oh its nothing' zero hid it behind his pillow 'seems like it something let me see it' 'no maya its just medical stuff' 'hmm OK i wont bug you about it if you don't want to show us' zero relised riley had not said a word the whole time he was here
'riley you feeling OK' riley turned his head to zero 'yes im fine im just thinking' 'about what' 'you don't need to know' 'how about i look at your aura and i will know everything your thinking' 'do it and ill punch you in the head'
'man i was only kidding i wont do that to you and their is no need to punch me' 'hmm sorry i thought you were serious' 'haha yeah any way im hungry maya find some food for us' 'why do i have to do it' 'because your human'
'that's not a good reason' 'please maya' zero did a puppy dog face 'uhh fine be right back' maya left to find some food.
Later that Evening after they all ate it was getting dark so they all decided to go to sleep maya left to her house for sleep while riley slept on the couch in the romm wher zero was staying
so after a while zero got up "ok time to go to the lab" zero opened a window and jumped out and ran to the lab he arrived shortly after leaving
"ok time to get in" zero tried opening the front door to get in but it was locked so he went around back and there was a open window "perfect"
zero jumped in the open window and entered the lab it was dark all the lights were off "hmm it's so dark i need a light" zero walked around for a bit until he bumped into a Cabinet "oww stupid Cabinet oh wait maybe"
zero opened one of the Cabinet doors and looked around in side until he found a flashlight "great a flash light" zero turned on the flash light and pointed it around
"good it still works" he walked around the lab until he found the professor's office he walked in but there was a small light on it was from a lamp siting on the desk
so he turned off his flash light and set it down on the ground "ok where would he keep his important files" zero searched the desk but it was empty he looked around more until he found a big painting on the wall
"wow it's huge" zero was not able to go in the professor's office it was off limits so he never saw anything inside before but he thought the painting was too big for this room "why would he have such a huge painting"
he then moved the painting to revile a safe in the wall "oh its a safe he must have the files in there" zero walked up to the safe but it was too high up too reach
so he grabbed the chair from behind the desk and moved it in front of the safe and climbed up the chair too reach the safe it had a hand sensor "hmm" zero tried the sensor but it said 'INCORRECT' "damn oh wait" zero pulled his paw back and used force palm on the hand sensor
he broke it and the safe swung open their were a bunch of documents and money inside zero grabbed some folders and jumped of the chair "now which one is about my test's" but their were non "why are their no documents about my test's"
but two folder's caught his eye one was labeled 'Human / Pokemon DNA test' and the other said 'Human / Pokemon DNA Test Revised' "what are these about".
he opened the first one it read 'human / Pokemon test failed i have not fully made a Pokemon able to speak human by using the boy but their was some success the boy now has some Pokemon attributes now such as his speed have increased and strength as well
he also told me that in times of rage he undergoes a sort of transformation he said his eyes turn a crimson red his teeth grow sharper and he grows a sort of mark around his eyes similar to a mask
he also said he feels like destroying everything during this time but he say's he tries his best to control the urge to destroy the only times he remembers transforming is wean he try's to save his Pokemon partner riolu
so i hired the help of a few men to try and capture riolu so the boy will transform more but im afraid it doing something to the boy's health he has been complaining about headaches and suddenly falling over for no reason
so i told them to stop for a while but i think he might die soon from all the times he transformed he's in the hospital now because he collapsed again i don't think he will make it' "what the hell who is this boy and what test"
suddenly zero remember the dream he had about a test with a kid and a riolu "was that the test i dreamed about" he set down the first folder and picked up the second one he suddenly felt weird "i feel like i should not read this but i have too"
he opened the seconded one it read.
'Human / Pokemon Test Success i have made a ground breaking discovery when i did the test with the boy and the riolu i had originally thought it was a failure
but i was wrong it turns out when i did it the Pokemon DNA i sent to the boy started combining it self with his DNA and then it tuck over and started multiplying its shelf
and destroying his human DNA after a while it did not destroy it anymore it just rewrote it and multiplied more and more after a while it had succeeded in replacing his human DNA
and i watched it happen in the hospital it seemed he had died i was gonna get the nurse but then he started glowing and grew smaller and smaller until he had turned into a Pokemon
he was a riolu just like the one from before i was surprised so i faked the boys death and said i got the riolu from a friend of mine when he awoke he had forgotten all his memory's
so i gave him a new name and new memory's hoping he would never remember his real self it was all going good until those two came back they are going to ruin it
he's already acting weird damn it i have to make them leave i cant risk him regaining his memory's i cant let them take zero'.
zero dropped the folder on the ground frozen at what he read "who am i" "don't you remember yet" the voice was back "stop talking to me!" "why don't you know who you are yet or who i am"
"im not listening to you" 'zero what are you doing in here' it was the professor 'you bastard' zero said in a angry voice 'what do you mean' the professor walked closer to zero but he just started walking backwards the professor looked down and saw the folders
'you lied to me' 'what do you mean' 'im not who i think i am arnt i' 'what do you mean zero' 'i read all your files' 'so you did' 'you tested on me and riley and said i died so you could keep doing your stupid research'
'zero come here' 'no and stop calling me that' zero was started crying a little 'you lied to everyone thinking it would be ok if you just lied' 'zero stop' 'you even lied to me about my identity and your not even trying to change me back'
'zero stop!' 'no im not listening to you anymore' zero was now backed aginst a wall he looked up and saw a window above him 'zero come here now' the professor was getting closer to zero then suddenly he heard a familiar voice 'zero where are you'
"riley" zero quickly jumped out the window and ran to the forest meanwhile "what was that" riley ran into the professors office and saw the professor standing in front of a broken window 'professor what happened' 'it was zero i found him in hear reading some files then he jumped out the window and ran into the forest'
'he did ill go after him' riley jumped out the broken window and entered the forest.
meanwhile zero had stopped running and sat down under a tree crying and thinking "why why why" "stop wondering why" "not you again" the voice was back
"why yes me again how are you feeling zero" "shut up i don't want to talk" "why" "i don't know maybe because my whole life was a trick" "well not your whole life"
"what do you mean" "well when you were human your life was not a lie" "did you know the whole time" "of course" "i hate you too" "oh stop being sad cheer up"
"what is there to be happy about" "well uhh" "you cant think of anything can you" "man your getting smarter" "shut up and leave me alone" suddenly he heard riley's voice again
'zero where are you!' "oh he followed me" zero wiped his tears and got up and started to walk were he heard riley voice 'im over here riley!' suddenly someone behind zero picked him up it startled him 'ahh let me go'
'zero its me' zero turned his head it was riley 'what are you doing out here zero' 'i was umm' zero couldn't think of a excuse 'and why were you at the lab going through the professor files'
zero didn't say anything 'zero why wont you say anything' 'i cant tell you why i was at the lab' 'why zero' 'i cant now let me go riley' riley sighed and put zero back on the ground 'fine if you don't want to tell me i understand but for now let's go back to the Pokemon center'
they both started walking to the Pokemon center "maybe i should tell him no i cant how will i be able to explain that i was a human i don't even remember being human all i remember is being a Pokemon and who knows that document could be wrong or about somone else"
'zero you alright' 'huu oh yeah' 'are you sure your acting weird' 'and how am i acting weird' 'your never this quiet' 'oh im thing about stuff' 'what stuff'
'why do you want to know' 'well if your acting this weird thinking it must be sort of serious' 'im still not telling you riley so drop it' "why is he being so stubborn im only trying to help" riley thought to himself
'fine look were here' they had made it back to the Pokemon center 'ok lets go inside and this time zero don't run off when i fall asleep' 'fine' they went inside and went back to the room
zero jumped into his bed and riley went back to the couch they both fell asleep shortly after.
zero woke up in the void again 'oh not again' 'yes again' the boy was back again but this time was floating next to zero he could get a good look at the boys face
'why are you next to me' 'oh whats wrong like your space if you want i can leave and you will stay floating here alone' zero sighed 'fine lets get this over with'
'what do you mean you just got here don't you wanna talk' 'shut up i just want to wake up so hurry with the flash backs' the boy seemed disappointed 'man you suck roll the clip'
suddenly zero was standing near a cave 'where am i this time' suddenly he heard something heavy fall in the cave and then a voice 'oh crap!' he looked in the cave it was the kid running really fast
suddenly there was a big BOOOOMM! and the kid and zero were sent flying fire filled the cave then dissipated just leaving smoke behind zero was not hurt just very startled "what the hell" the kid did not seem lucky
he was unconscious his back was burned 'oh no are you all right' but zero could not move anymore 'damn why cant i move' suddenly he saw a riolu running around i looked like he was looking for something
the riolu turned and ran up to the kid '**** are you alright' "what the hell why was his voice distorted" '**** **** please get up' "why cant i hear the kids name"
"well i don't want you to know who i am yet" "oh not you again" 'please get up ****' the riolu started shaking the kid and started crying suddenly a familiar face ran up to the riolu it was maya 'huu what happened to ****'
then the area faded "well any idea who i am" "an idiot that got blown up" "hay it's not my fault i was trying to save oh never mind time for you to go"
"oh good and who were you trying save" "you'll find out very soon zero bye" suddenly a white light surrounded zero again.
zero woke up to someone knocking on the door he saw riley was walking to the door and opened the door it was maya 'morning guys' 'oh zero i didn't know you woke up'
'oh sorry zero did i wake you up knocking on the door' 'no its fine' zero sat up and yawned 'so what are you doing here maya' 'oh i needed to talk to riley'
'about what' 'about that were leaving tomorrow' 'what you guys are leaving' 'yeah sorry zero but i need to get the rest of the gym badges' zero was sad that they would leave tomorrow
'oh also riley i went to zacks house again' 'oh why maya' ' i wanted to clean it up before we leave i also found more pictures of us all' zero got interested
'pictures of you guys and zack' 'yeah you want to see one' 'sure' maya pulled a picture out of her bag and handed it to zero he was shocked at the picture
he saw maya and riley next two zack he looked exactly like the kid in his dreams and memory's "now you know who i am good job zero" the voice in his head was zack
"wait does that mean" 'uhh zero you ok' zero snapped back into reality 'yeah its a nice picture maya' zero handed the picture back to maya 'oh thanks zero' she put it back in her bag
'so when are you leaving again' 'oh tomorrow but don't worry well say good bye to you first zero before we leave' 'ok maya' 'oh riley i need to talk to you in private'
riley nodded they both left the room for a second then came back in the room 'what did you guy talk about' 'it's a secret zero i cant tell you'
'please maya' zero did a puppy dog face 'no i cant sorry' "didn't work well i could just read their minds" zero closed his eye's but before he could try and read her aura riley hit him in the head
'oww why did you do that' 'you were gonna read her aura weren't you zero' zero turned his head away from riley 'noo' 'really well what ever' 'oh hay guys i also went to visit the professor and he told me zero you were in his office going through his files why were you doing that'
'im not telling you why' 'hmm please zero' maya got in front of his face 'uhh fine' he pushed her face away 'ill tell you' 'what you didn't tell me why last night when i asked why did you say yes to her'
'it's because he trust me more riley' 'can i just say why i was in the lab' 'oh yeah sorry' 'i was looking for my test folder but i only found a few folders about some kid and a riolu in a test'
'oh you mean zack and riley's test' 'maya' riley said in a angry voice 'wait that was you and zack in that test riley' 'yes that was the test that got him killed'
silence fell over the room 'yeah that test killed him' 'but i heard he died from a illness' 'yeah that test gave him the illness' 'oh' then zero started thinking "wait that does mean the test the illness the files the boy that turned into a Pokemon is me
im zack" suddenly memory's flooded zero's mind memory's when he was human he remember saving riley and being tested on and throwing that bomb in that cave to save the forest and his house
and finally when maya and riley left and the note he left for her 'umm i have to go to the bathroom' zero jumped out of bed and ran into the bathroom and shut and locked the door "all this time i thought i was going to die because of that god damn experiment
but instead it changed my DNA molecules to that of a Pokemon and i lost my memory of being human" 'oh zero you ok in there' 'yeah im fine' "why why its all because of him this all happened damn you professor damn you"
zero unlocked the door and opened it and walked out 'im done' 'oh good while you were gone the nurse brought in some food for us' 'yay im hungry' zero tried his best to put on a fake smile but riley could see through it
maya picked up some bowls from a tray next to the bed and handed one to riley and one to zero he grabbed the bowl and sat down and ate maya had a bowl of ceral and a chocolate pudding cup she was going to eat the pudding first but it was gone 'hay where's my pudding who stole it'
zero turned to maya 'i didn't' 'riley' they both turned to see riley had his back to them eating something 'riley did you steal her pudding' 'no' zero got up and walked to riley and turned him around he had pudding all over his face
zero and maya could not hold it in they both started laughing 'HAHAHA Riley Your Face' 'what what is on my face' 'PuDding' riley walked in the bathroom and washed his face 'it not that funny' 'yeah your right' zero slowly stopped laughing "thats the second time he's done that"
riley hit the bathroom counter 'zero can i talk to you in private!' 'uhh sure riley' 'maya leave for a second' 'okay riley' maya left the room riley walked to the door and locked it and turned to zero 'who are you zero'
'what do you mean riley' 'i have been reading your mind the whole time i have been here' zero froze "oh no hes been what" 'i have if you don't believe me you just though oh no hes been what!'
zero couldn't speak he just was frozen 'answer me zero!' zero mumbled 'im sorry im so sorry' 'sorry for what!' 'for dying riley' zero started crying meanwhile riley was frozen from the words zero just said
'what do you mean zero!' 'stop calling me that if you really read my mind then you know what happened' 'yes i do' 'im sorry for tricking you and giving you too maya'
'zero' 'im sorry for sending you away when i died' riley started walking towards zero 'im sorry im so sorry' riley then put his hand on zero's shoulder zero looked up and saw riley looking down at him with a smile 'it's ok zack'.
