I've had some SERIOUS writers block! I've scrambled many ideas together to form this chapter so hopefully you enjoy!

By the way, I should let you know that halfway through this chapter there will be a time skip, 4 days after the start of chapter 3 and 5 after chapter 2. The plot didn't advance too much so don't think the skip was massive or anything. Also, there will be a video game reference in this chapter! Let's see if you can find it and guess what it's from!

Anyway, enjoy!

Chapter 3: Days Gone By

It had been a few days since the near death experience Jake had. He was released from the hospital, and he returned home. Throughout the time he spent at home, he would occasionally find Zang watching him through the window. The two friends have been trying to learn everything about each other, though some results weren't as successful as others.

Towards the end of the day around 9 PM, however, Jake decided he needed to tell someone about the Pokemon's existence. He pulled out his phone and texted his friends Raleigh and Mea to meet at the playground nearby. He crept outside and tried not to disturb his sleeping family. Once outside he ushered Zang to follow him, to which the Zangoose scampered towards Jake and stayed close to his side, nervous of what was too come.

The sky was almost pitch black when everyone got to the playground. Raleigh and Mea were almost taken aback from Zang's appearance.
"Jake, what the hell is that?!" Raleigh almost yelled. He wasn't scared, moreover confused and flustered.
"Is this one of your pointless rants?" Mea asked, a hint of sarcasm in her voice.
"Guys this will require explaining, so hear we go.
"The day I ended up in the hospital was the day I was attacked by a Pokemon-"
"That's bullshit, Pokemon aren't real." Raleigh interrupted.
Jake growled.
"As I was saying.
"I was attacked by a Seviper trying yo protect this Zangoose. He was almost brutally slaughtered, then I helped by getting almost brutally slaughtered. But I purposefully jumped in front of the attack."
"Jake this is all fake. You should go back to the hospital and tell your friend to take off his Halloween costume. Halloween isn't for four days." Raleigh said. He walked over to Zang (who was scared as hell around the new people) and started yanking off the fur.

Zang screeched and jumped back, obviously in pain. Jake ran over to aid his friend.
"Raleigh, what the hell?! This is a living being!" Jake said.
"He's my friend! I'm telling the truth! I have to care for him!"
"Okay okay I'm sorry! I just... It's just hard to believe that..." Raleigh said.
"That Pokemon exist? Yeah it's hard to believe but it seems real." Mea said.
"You have pinkie promise not to tell anyone at all. Understand?" Jake asked.
"Okay" Mea agreed.
"Sure, whatever." Raleigh agreed, hiding his fascination.
"Okay then. Zang, you can trust these guys!" Jake said.
"My friends Raleigh and Mea, meet Zang!"

-(Halloween)-

It was Halloween night. Jake was dressed in his costume, a red armored ninja with black leather covering most of it. Jake met up with Mea, who was dressed as an anthro cat, and Raleigh, who was dressed as Captain America. And Jake brought Zang along obviously. He put a red scarf around his neck and an eyepatch on him, just to give him a bizarre costume.

"Alright guys, let's hit up the homes for candy!" Jake said
"Who are you supposed to be?" Mea asked.
"Not important." Jake said.
"So who's house do we hit up first?" Raleigh asked.

And so a long Halloween night began, the 4 of them hit up every house available. They collected many Rare Candies and Rage Candy Bars as they went along.

It was 10:00 PM when the festivities ended. They had parted ways and as Jake and Zang headed home they stopped. Far down the street, farther than their home, was a taller looking man. He tossed a brown bundle onto the street. Jake squinted to look at it.
"That's an Eevee!" He said, shocked.

He was about to run to it when the man reached into his coat and pulled out a gun. He aimed it at the Eevee, and without hesitation, pulled the trigger. Jake was shocked to see a small burst of guts fly out of the Eevee. The man fired another shot at its head before walking away. A pool of blood and organs surrounded the now dead Eevee. Jake and Zang were shocked before running home, in an attempt to get to safety.

The two only just started their adventures and things already took a turn for the seriously fucked up.

End Of Chapter

Damn I'm done with it! I enjoyed this chapter and the next is soon to come! I hope you guys liked this one, keep an eye out for the reference, and I'll state it in the next chapter! Until next time!

~087-B