Hello everyone! Another chapter of Life as a pikachu! I would like to thank Pichufan for beta-reading and P1kachu (yes, THE p1kachu! Can you believe it?) for his permission for... You'll see (^_^). If you haven't read his stories, I highly recommend you do, after you've read this chapter of course! ^_^
I've added something new in this chapter. When a pikachu is talking in italic, it means it talks in Pika-language which means Maurice is unable to understand it, but the pikachu and pichu are (of course). I have to work it out a bit more, I'll promise I'll do that in the next chapter and later in the story.
Without further ado, let's get started! I hope you guys like it! Leave a review or if you're too shy to leave one send a PM. :)
Update: Openoffice removed the horizontal bars. Bad program, don't use it.
I opened my eyes. Playfully I jumped up, looking around. Mommy and daddy weren't around, but my brothers were. They were also awake and playing. We were waiting for... We don't really know. We have been in our nest ever since I can remember. Mom doesn't want us to go outside. She has shown us our nest though, showing us the way around to the playroom. There were more pichu there so we could play. But there was more... Mom and dad were gone often while we were playing. As soon they returned, I could smell all different scents on them... I can't really bring home what it is, but it smells nice. Other pikachu also came into the playroom regularly, and they all had different smells. Some of them had even more strange smells on them, like they played with some different pokémon. Oh well, I was sure I would find out what it was soon. Although we weren't allowed outside yet, dad had told us we could take a look outside soon, if we sticked to the other pichu closely. That was the only thing that mattered. I wanted to see what was outside... Sometimes I could smell scents coming from outside, together with wind flowing through the nest.
But for now, we were stuck inside our nest until our parents would come and give us food. About a week ago we were allowed to taste a small piece of an apple and they were simply DELICIOUS! I love fruit more than anything, but milk is also nice. Mom is perfect, almost like made for us. She grooms us, feeds us milk, while dad teaches us to control our electricity as far we can. Back in the playroom another pichu had showed us how he could control his electricity... I wished I could do that... But dad assured me I also would be able to do that one day. Mom remained silent about it... Probably because she felt tired or she wasn't really good at electric attacks. But never mind that, I still enjoyed being with them. I could take my brothers fairly good, and I wasn't having any trouble playing with them, even if they were boys. My parents had named me "Cammy", after a famous helper of the big "Dallas" and his mate "Electra". They had saved the world more than once, at least, so they told me... I didn't know and I didn't care much about them. I hadn't met them. Rumours said that Dallas was leader of this colony, but that was proved wrong after we met the colony leader. He came checking us when we woke up one day. He didn't really care about us, but he mainly wanted to know how mom was. After he ensured she was ok, he left and I didn't see him much after that. Sometimes in the playroom he would say "hi" to everyone, but that's about it.
I was tackled by my brother Grefas, which had spotted I woke up. We romped a bit before mom came in. She glanced at me for a second, and then asked us to stop. Dad appeared through the opening.
"Guys, we're going outside!" he announced. We cheered. New things to smell and see! My heart started beating quicker, I was so excited! Finally I would see something of "outside", whatever that might be. Dad turned around, quickly followed by my brothers. My mom stood in the opening.
"You coming?" she smiled.
"YES!" I almost shouted. I quickly darted after my brothers. We had to go a long way. I noticed slowly yet surely, the tunnel was getting... Brighter... Until we went around a corner and I was almost blinded by a big light. I squeezed my eyes shut against it, and I saw that my brothers had to do the same. As soon my eyes got used to the light, I saw... Anything... So much... Around us, there were... Brown things with big green stuff... It made a funny sound in the wind. As soon we got out of the nest entrance, the ground also turned green. I immediately recognized the scent I had smelled inside. So this was it... It was green... Longer on some places and It tickled my belly. I looked around and spotted other pikachu. They were doing all kind of things... I saw one in a tree, saw some in a clearing...
I looked around. There was so much to check and investigate. But one thing I hadn't notice would soon scare the hell out of me. A shadow appeared over and around me and my brothers. I looked around to see where it was coming from and I got scared. Before me was standing a giant... Giant! He was so much bigger than I was... He could easily grab me and... And...
I backed off, and bumped into the belly of my father, who smiled. Soon, I saw a pikachu on the giant, and multiple pichu standing next to him. Both he and the pikachu watched me with interest. He gently came close. I wanted to flee, but my mom and dad stopped me and my brothers. I suddenly saw Corynn and her mother next to us. Corynn hadn't backed off, but was still standing next to her mother. Corynn was a pichu about the same age as me. She was born two nights later and we were good friends.
"Don't be scared of him!" a pichu said. The pichu group gathered around me. I already knew them from the playroom, but I had never seen them outside. They gathered around me and wanted me to follow. They immediately wanted to get me close to the giant, which was still gazing at me. He said something to the pikachu on him, but thanks to my ears I could hear it perfectly.
"She's STILL white... Hmmm..." he said mainly meant for the pikachu on him.
"Yes, she is... Strange..." the pikachu replied.
What did he mean by that? Why was it strange I was white? My mother told me I would be yellow, just as my brothers, but that it would take some time. This giant was scary, and also rude to me... I didn't like him. I just didn't.
The other pichu had meanwhile convinced my brothers to get close to that giant. My dad also pushed me.
"Go ahead, he won't hurt you." he said gently, smiling at me. I didn't want to go close... I didn't want to get close to something that scary...
"No..." I whispered... "NO! I don't want to...! Please..." I said while I wanted my dad to pick me up. I didn't feel very safe with HIM near me. I wanted him to... Go away. Meanwhile my brothers were pushed towards the giant, which was now gently crouching for them. He held out his hands for them, so they could examine him. I could see them checking him, and then squeak happily as he tickled them on their belly and even lifted them into the air! I was happy I wasn't close to him, I would surely have screamed when I was up there. My dad had picked my up and held me against his own body. That felt good and made me feel safe. I watched as my brothers were allowed to examine him all over, checking on him while the pikachu up there helped them to move along him. Apparently, it was something harder to do than just normal walking. But soon they were on him, standing right next to his head. They all could fit on one side of him, while the pikachu stood on the other side. Then he left, together with the pichu and some pikachu. I watched mom and dad.
"He's scary!" I said while I buried my face in my dad's fur.
"That's what the other pichu thought when they met him, but he's a real nice fella..." my dad said gently to me. My mom looked a bit sad at me. I didn't know why, but it gave me chills... Then she came for me and smiled. Dad put me down.
"You can just explore if you'd like. We will introduce him to you later. He's your babysitter-"
"I don't need a babysitter!" I said angrily.
"Yes, Cammy, you do!" dad said on a stern tone. "I already explained you that outside, here, there are much dangers. He knows those dangers. He will protect you from it and he will help you explore everything safely. And he isn't the only babysitter, so don't worry about it. There are also... Ehm... Normal pikachu to help you. You can stick to them if you'd like. But I want you to try to friend with him, alright?" I watched my dad. He was smiling gently at me and his tone had changed to a more gently one.
"I... I will try..." I said slowly...
"Trust me, we also doubted if he could be baby-sitter. But he's doing a awesome job, better than every pikachu thought." dad said. "He may be big, but he really knows how to handle you like we do. Lukas says he's always gentle for you, even when you shock him."
"Lukas...?" I stumbled.
"The pikachu on his shoulder. He and Maurice, which is his name, seem to get along pretty well." dad said.
"I'm gonna check up on them..." mom said. "I just want to be sure..." she said while taking off in the direction the pichu went in. Dad looked at me.
"You can just explore this area for now, I'll try to introduce you to him soon. Don't worry, I'll be with you when we do." he said while gently rubbing his cheek against mine. I could feel energy flowing between us and I smiled. I felt all energetic all of a sudden and I wanted to explore... And I did. Under dad's supervision I could check on everything I wanted, so I did. The green stuff on the ground was called "grass" and the brown things were called "trees". Some trees had some kind of red stuff on them, which I identified as apples, from which I had one the other day. I sure had to remember this place for apples. I moved on to check the colony further, until it was time to eat. Dad got me an apple. I purred happily as we both ate it when I suddenly saw that giant again. He was running along the colony, chased by a horde of pichu and pikachu. Me and my father watched him... When he suddenly tripped. He landed, using his hands and arms to prevent him getting hurt. He turned on his back, tried to get up but was caught by the horde of pikachu and pichu, which pinned him to the ground, got all over him, and all squealed excitedly.
He raised his arms, indicating he gave up, laughed, and stroked some pikachu and pichu. They all got off him and went back to the playground. He got up, shook all the sand from him and looked around, spotted me and dad, and came straight for us. There was no doubt, he was coming for me. I stopped eating my apple and dove behind dad to hide myself. But he wasn't fooled by that. He came for me.
"Cammy?" he said on a very gently tone. I moved my head around my dad, which chuckled and took a step aside. He had moved towards me and was lying on his belly, making him look a lot smaller and a lot less scary. I took a step forward, but wanted to stay with my dad. He crawled closer to me and moved his paw forward, close to me. He smiled towards me.
"No need to be scared of me..." he said gently. I sniffed his paws concentrated... This was that strange scent I knew... He wiggled his paws and I quickly stepped backwards, but as soon he stopped I was very interested in him... The smell of other pichu and also my brothers made me more confident.
"Alright, don't get scared of me." he said. He sat down instead of lying on his belly and he crossed his legs so I could easily climb them, which I did, followed closely by my dad. Although he was a lot bigger now, I wasn't really scared with dad around. Maybe he wasn't all that bad. But calling me strange because I was white was... Not very nice of him. But there was no time to think about that, because I felt his paws under my own arms. He lifted me in the air and held me in front of him. My dad quickly jumped and stood next to his head, watching me. The giant smiled to me and then gently pushed me against his chest, rubbing his paws against my back and tickling me gently. It felt as if my own father was holding me and soon, I was completely relaxed. I closed my eyes and enjoyed his body heat, which felt so nice. I opened my eyes just in time to see dad jumping down. I squeaked, I didn't want him to go! I squirmed and attempted to break free, which didn't work. I panicked. He didn't release me... He wouldn't release me... Panic rose until I heard his voice.
"Cammy, relax... Your dad is still here in my lap, you don't have to panic... Calm yourself down..." he said. What? Would dad really be there? Just as I wondered that, I felt he moved me around. I was now facing... Air. The ground was gone under me and my feet were standing on his hand. I watched with interest. Yes, dad was still standing watching me. I sighed to myself. I decided to look around a bit. On this height I could see much further, and things got even better when the giant stood up, still holding my back against his chest. I could see so many things... I could see my brothers and my mother in the distance, I could see much more grass and trees...
"My name's Maurice, by the way." I suddenly heard. But I couldn't only hear it, I could also feel vibrations against my back as he spoke.
"I'm Cammy..." I said while looking straight up inside his eyes.
"Nice to meet you, Cammy." he said while stroking my head gently. Then he grabbed me firmly and put me down right next to dad. When I stood next to him I felt all little and small, and somewhere in my body, I could feel fear. But this time I knew he wouldn't hurt me and I could control my feelings a bit better. Dad patted my back.
"See? Nothing to be scared of." he said smiling. I nodded and smiled while Maurice took off to the pichu, saying "See you later!" while I could see him walking towards the other pichu.
The rest of the day I could spend outside instead of inside. After we ate I had cuddled up to mom for a nap, and after that I had just explored and explored and explored. There were so many things I could see, that I could smell and that I could hear... I could also see other pokémon flying... Or even a snake. Although I could see him, other pikachu quickly chased him away, including Maurice. He had told us to stay close to the pikachu which were standing around us, and then helped chasing the snake away. Little did I know it was a snake, but the pikachu would happily teach me that they meant danger. They could easily eat something like me, like I ate berries. This scared me a bit, but knowing that others would protect me, I was sure it wouldn't be a big problem. Now I understood what dad meant with a babysitter... And what they would do for me. They helped me a lot today... If I wanted to nap or was hungry... Mom was near us all day helping us but she mainly let the babysitters do stuff. She had told me I had to get used to that.
And so, when the big ball of light turned orange and the sky was not blue but red, I moved back into the next together with my family. It had been a very interesting day and dad told us that if we were good, we could go out tomorrow again. I was already looking forward to it, while I cuddled up against my brothers. We had played a very long time, chasing each other and other pichu. We had explored a tree trunk together, which appeared to be hollow and looked like our nest from the inside. We had eaten apples, we had... Done so much nice things... I wanted it had never ended. And close to my brothers, mom and dad I happily fell asleep, dreaming of anything I would see tomorrow...
The next day would bring much of the same, and I loved it. We could explore another side of the colony today, and this side was even more interesting. Other scents, other trees and other differences made it so different from yesterday that I was busy exploring all day, together with Corynn. We both had a great time when we were picked up by Maurice, telling us we wandered too far and that we shouldn't go into the forest alone. He had picked us up completely by surprise, leaving me no time to get scared or something. That felt very good and we had fun trying to grab each other's paw while he was holding us. Another night came, and I was learning something every day. I even played shock tag with my brothers and I had released my first discharge! But immediately after that I felt very tired... Happily I was helped by Lukas who had come up to me, touched my cheek with his own and powered me up, like he did with all pichu. When he did it, I was suddenly bursting with energy and continued to explore the area.
The third day started with some kind of explanation about berries... But I didn't even listen. There was so much to see just outside the colony that I couldn't pay attention. I even caught some sort of little bug, which tasted great! It made me feel very confident of myself.
When we returned to our nest that evening, I felt very sleepy and very happy. I moved inside the nest with my parents and my brothers, and wanted to fall asleep, until my mom called me and asked me to come along. She wanted to show me something.
We went outside and moved to the edge of the forest.
"What is it, mom?" I said happily. I looked behind me, and looked at... No one there... Where was mom? I looked around and wandered back to the nest... Although... Where was it...? Where was the entrance? Panic rushed through me, as I looked around in panic. There weren't pikachu outside anymore which I could ask for help.
"Mom?" I shouted. Then I waited. And waited. No response.
"MOM! DAD?" I shouted again. Nothing, until I heard a rustle close by. A creature appeared... It was Maurice.
"Cammy? What are you doing here alone?" he said highly surprised. "You're supposed to be in the nest! It's dangerous outside at night, specially for you alone." I backed off unhappily... I didn't want to see him right now, but maybe he could help me. He must have heard me shouting.
"I can't find the entrance of the nest... And mom is gone..." I said with hanging ears. Maurice smiled.
"I'll bring you back. But no more nightly adventures, understood?" he said. I nodded as he picked me up. He moved to his own nest, which I had seen only once... I saw Lukas lying inside it.
"Luk, I need your help. Can you get Cammy's parents for me?" he asked. Lukas nodded, jumped out of Maurice' nest and went straight for the entrance, with Maurice and me on his heels. He dove inside and was gone. Maurice sat down as he waited for my parents to come out.
"If you ever need me, just call for me, alright? Don't hesitate. But you shouldn't go outside alone at night, it's dangerous..." he said to me. I nodded again and waited for my mother or father to come out.
We waited for Lukas. Maurice was holding me and he was all nice and warm... I heard him sighing and then Lukas came out, followed by my mother.
"Mom!" I said happily and I was put down in front of her and immediately ran for her and hugged her tightly. Maurice said something to my mother and then wanted to leave. Mom turned around and moved back inside the nest, and I followed her. But when we entered, mom turned around.
"Go away, Cammy." she said and she pushed me out roughly. I sat down in front of the entrance and saw mom disappear inside the nest.
"Mom?" I said while jumping up and following her. Inside I could easily trace her. I had walked this route quite much already and I knew the way to our own nest. Just before I could enter it I was stopped by my mother. She sighed deeply.
"I said, go AWAY CAMMY!" she said again and grabbed me in my scurf. She bit down hard and I squealed as she bit my neck in such a way it hurt me.
"Mom, I wanna go sleep! What are you doing?" I squeaked. "Put me down!" But it was no use. She moved back to the colony entrance and released me outside.
Completely surprised by what just happened, I ran after her again, back to my nest, but this time, I was stopped halfway by another pikachu.
"Get out...!" he growled. "You don't belong here!"
"But..." I said slowly... "I want to go back to mom... and... Daddy...?"
"They aren't here, get out!" he growled.
"But she is in our nes-" I was tackled hard by the pikachu and I flew through the tunnel, slammed into the side and fell on the ground. I had pain everywhere... I started to cry... I only wanted to go back to my mother! And to my father! Why was everyone so mean to me all of a sudden?
Some pikachu came, hearing the noise I was making. Some of them looked kind of worried, but as soon they saw the pikachu that attacked me, they got angry at me. I got up slowly and looked very scared at them. What was happening? Why couldn't I go back to mom and dad? One of the pikachu came closer and grabbed me in my scruff again and dropped me outside, before moving in again. I started to cry. Why was everyone so mean? I didn't understand it, when suddenly a pikachu came outside.
"Why are you still here?" he shouted at me. "GO AWAY!" he shouted even harder. I looked scared at him and backed off. I kept backing off as he slowly but surely and very scary moved closer to me, watching me with an angry glare. I turned around and ran, ran for my life. I suddenly saw Maurice, ran right past him, with the pikachu close after me. I ran to the colony edge and stopped, knowing that I wasn't allowed outside of this area. I turned around. Maurice and Lukas came running for me and stood behind the pikachu that was chasing me. I looked at both of them, Lukas looked angry and Maurice just looked worried and surprised. The pikachu growled at me and moved closer, and came dangerously close.
"Go!" he simply said.
"I can't go outside...! That's... Dangerous!" I said. I saw Maurice looking angrily at the pikachu, but he was stopped by Lukas which pulled his jeans and tried to get him away. Unfortunately, it worked and he went away. My last resort was gone, and it only needed one firm growl to chase me away from this colony. I ran, ran for my life, not knowing where I went, not knowing where I would end up, not looking at any dangers. When I stopped I sat down against a tree... And I looked around.
It was dark, it was scary, it was cold... I started crying. Everyone had been nice to me and all of a sudden, I was... Rejected? Why? What did I do wrong? I did not know what to do next and cried...
Moving back to my sleeping bag, I looked at Lukas.
"What the hell was that good for?" I said to him. Lukas looked at me, shrugged like he didn't know and looked to my sleeping bag, wanting to go sleep. But that wasn't going to happen until he explained this all to me. I held him in front of me, shook him a bit to make sure he was listening, and then asked him again. Lukas looked a bit scared at my response.
"Pika. Pikachu, pikachu-pi."he said. How great, but I could not understand pika-language. Cammy was chased away.
"Did she do something wrong?" I asked Lukas. He shook his head.
"Was she... Oh no... She wasn't abandoned, wasn't she?" I asked. Immediately Lukas nodded.
"Shit..." I said slowly... "We gotta find her. She won't survive alone out there." I said while packing some stuff, but Lukas stopped me.
"Pika Pikachu-pi! Pika Pikachu-chu-pika!" he said, looking at me with a determined face, while preventing me from going into the forest.
"You don't want me to go look for her?" I asked him. He nodded.
"Pikachu-pi-pikachu." he said. Trying all my learned pika-skills I tried to understand what he said. But it just didn't work out.
"I don't know why you don't want me to go... Is it colony related?" I said. Lukas nodded to me. He pointed at the nest, said something more, imitated the elder, and then did something else I couldn't really bring home.
"The elder doesn't want abandoned pichu in the colony." I said. Lukas happily nodded. He was surprised I understood him so well, but after almost a month you slowly develop a sixth sense for understanding them. Learning pikachu language was a slow process, but just your feeling could translate a lot.
"Great, so she's just going to die out there. Don't you feel guilty or something?" I said. "How can she help she's white?" I said and suddenly understood it. She was abandoned because she was a white pichu. In the wild, mothers would always abandon or kill cubs that were different or not strong enough so the others had a better chance of surviving. Cammy was unlucky to be different colored than the rest of the pichu, making her automatically the weakest in the eyes of her mother, resulting in her getting abandoned and thrown out of the colony. Now I understood it, it all made sense. Yet I couldn't get my mind to accept this cruel fact. I sighed deeply, got into my bag and lay down on my back, Lukas on my right. He nuzzled my ear, and gently purred when he curled up against me. Moving another pikachu out of the way, which was lying all the way down my bag, I looked at the stars. I already knew this would be a sleepless night. I would be only thinking about Cammy, that was for sure. She was a cute pichu, just like the rest of them. Scared for me, which made her even cuter than she already was. Although she wasn't the first pichu to be scared of me and probably not the last...
I perked my ears up. What was happening around me? I could hear bushes rustle. It was like I was being watched from everywhere... I didn't feel safe. My instinct told me to curl up into a ball which I did. I shivered. What should I do? What was I going to do? Where must I go...? I didn't know and I thought about my nest, where it was all nice and warm and I could cuddle up against my mother, father and brothers... But I wasn't in my nest, but here, somewhere in this forest. I didn't know the way back... I didn't know where to go, I was completely lost, and I was tired...
I uncurled and started to walk. Maybe I would get somewhere. Suddenly I heard something in the trees. I looked up and saw a bird sitting on a branch.
"Hoothoot!" it said. It gazed straight at me. "Hoothoot!" it said again, as it took off and immediately dove for me. I didn't know exactly how, but I jumped out of the way just in time and started running. I dove under bushes, past branches, hoping I would soon lose that scary thing! It worked... He lost track of me and soon I was alone again...
Tears formed in my eyes... I knew that I would get hurt if I didn't find something fast... I had to... Get back to my colony... But how...? Then I remembered what Maurice had said. I shouldn't hesitate to call him... But would he come...? I now knew that shouting would result in being attacked by something... I decided to shout. I wouldn't make it to the next day anyway if I didn't find my nest...
I was still awake. It has been about thirty minutes ago that I wanted to sleep, but I just couldn't. Although I knew this was typical behavior for wild pikachu, I still couldn't get my thoughts off Cammy. The worst was that Lukas didn't seem to mind at all, but I couldn't blame him for it. If this was what he had learned from his parents, it was just normal behavior. I sighed deeply. Lukas moved, opened his eyes and looked at me. He stood up, balanced on his two hind legs and placed his other two on my chest.
"Pika pikachu pi?" he asked.
"I can't sleep... You see, I'm thinking about Cammy." I said.
"Pika pikachu..." Lukas said with droopy ears. After I had told him that Cammy couldn't help it that she was abandoned, and that he had to imagine himself being abandoned for being another color... He felt a bit guilty. He didn't mind though, Cammy was gone for a while already and she was probably eaten already, if not close to being eaten. Yes, Lukas was convinced they were too late to save her.
Suddenly, I heard something far away. It was a high pitched shout, sounding as... A pichu... Lukas also perked his ears immediately up. He listened closely. Knowing that his hearing was probably ten times as good as mine, I waited.
"Is it Cammy?" I asked him. It would be quite a coincidence if this wasn't Cammy. It just must be her... Lukas nodded. He then pointed at me. "Pika-pi!" he said.
"Me? What's with me?" I asked him. He shook his head, and then shouted softly like Cammy had done.
"Pika-pi!" he said.
"She's shouting for me?" I said. Lukas nodded quickly.
"Well then, let's go! Fuck the colony rules, I'll get her back, even if the colony doesn't like it." I said to Lukas, which hesitated, but followed me. I made sure the sleeping pikachu were covered in my bag to prevent them from being an easy target and then set off. I saw Volt shaking his head like he was saying "I wouldn't do that if I was you" but I didn't care. My feelings for the pichu were much bigger than the feeling of being loyal to some stupid rules. Running through the forest, I stopped. I had heard the pichu shouting from somewhere, but I didn't know where.
"CAMMY?" I shouted. It took only a small time before there was a reply. Lukas immediately pointed me to a direction. I knew we had to move quickly. A shouting pichu would sure attract predators. After a while, I stopped again. Then Lukas jumped on the ground and sniffed it, looked around, and immediately took off. He had picked up her scent, I guessed. It didn't take long before Lukas lost the trail however. He stopped, looked around confused, sniffed the ground a couple of times, and then jumped my shoulder.
"Lost her?" I said. Lukas nodded.
"CAMMY?" I shouted again. I almost jumped as she shouted from nearby. She was very close, I could locate her myself now. I walked to the direction of the sound.
"Cammy?" I said gently, looking around if I could see anything white. She appeared from under a bush, under the dirt, scratches all over her, and tears coming from her eyes. I sat down next to her right away, picked her up, and gently held her on my chest. The pichu cried, and we arrived not a moment too soon, because I could see a hoothoot and a noctowl sitting above me, looking down at her and Lukas. They quickly took off after I spotted them though.
I was picked up by him, and I cried immediately.
"I want to go h-home...!" I cried. He held me against his chest in such a nice way, and I felt safer already. Lukas was on his shoulder, giving me worried glares. I looked at him, but then held my face against Maurice's sweater again, enjoying his warmth and his attention, while he slowly and gently stroked my back and my head.
"Everything will be alright, sweetie. Don't cry..." he said gently to me. That was easier said than done. Everything wouldn't be alright. Everything would be worse... My own mother had rejected me... Thinking about that made my ears droop, and I looked at Maurice.
"But what ab- about the c-c-colony...?" I said.
"I don't know what you just said... Sorry..." he said to me with his ever-gentle voice. It was a voice that made me feel safer, made me feel like there was nothing wrong, nothing at all. Like all problems were gone if you listened to it.
"...but you don't have to worry. I'll take you back to the colony and we'll see what happens. If they attempt to chase you away or even kill you, you don't have to worry, because you're staying right here with me. Well, not here..." he said while looking around.
"Let's go, I don't want to stay here longer with you and Lukas... It's dangerous for both of you." he said while he took off. He got his... Thing out of his pockets, tapped it a couple of times and started walking, holding me close.
"Oh shit... No- NO!" he said. "Not now, please!"
"What is it?" I said together with Lukas.
"The battery is empty. And I forgot to place that solar powered thing today... I cannot recharge it..." he said. I didn't understand anything of what he just said. Solar powered what? Battery? Recharge? But Lukas seemed to understand and drooped his ears.
"You know the way back, Lukas?" he asked Lukas. Lukas shook his head slowly. He didn't really know which direction we had gone. But couldn't he just smell the scent they had just created? Apparently not, considering Maurice asked him the same. Lukas shook his head.
"Great..." Maurice said. "Ehm... Let's see... We came from there... Didn't we?" Lukas also looked around. The problem wasn't to follow the scent, but that the scent seemed to come from everywhere. They had been here more than once, and they had left scents every time they did. And following the wrong one could result in going somewhere completely different.
"Wait, idea." Maurice suddenly said. "Lukas, come." Lukas came close as Maurice held his device in front of the pikachu. "Stick your finger in this hole here..." he said. Lukas did so.
"Alright, can you feel it takes electricity from you?" Maurice asked. Lukas shook his head.
"Hmmm, try to give it some energy. Don't give it too much, but do it slowly." Lukas nodded. Maurice held the phone and watched it as Lukas sparked a bit.
"DING" the device announced.
"Please attach charger... alright, give it a bit more..." Maurice stated. Lukas sparked a bit.
"Charging... Hey it works! 2%... 11%...25%... - HOLY CRAP - 46% - 59% - 74% - 89% - Charged, please remove charger..." Maurice said with big eyes. "You just charged the whole thing in less than 10 seconds!" he said.
Lukas smiled. "Pika-pikachu!" he said happily, removing his finger from the tiny hole.
"And it works..." Maurice said while he looked and pressed some buttons.
"Alright, I'll use you next time to charge this thing. I don't know if it does any good to the battery, but it sure goes a lot quicker." he stated.
"Let's see... Colony!" he said and I watched as the device has some sort of arrow pointing into a certain direction.
"Let's go, come Luk" he said while holding his arm in front of him so Lukas could jump him easily.
After a while we arrived back at the colony. Without the trees taking away the light of the stars and moon, it was a lot brighter and I could recognize the colony. Maurice didn't take me to the nest though, instead, he took me to his own nest. I pointed at the nest entrance, but Maurice shook his head.
"Remember what happened?" he said. Yes, that made sense.
"You'll sleep in my sleeping bag with me tonight." he said while putting me inside his own nest, which was called "bag" for some reason. His scent was very strong in here, and he quickly laid down next to me.
I was unsure what I should do... There were others of the colony here... I could smell them... But Maurice simply pulled me towards him and placed me right against his face, which I immediately hugged. I squealed softly and happily and placed my both paws around his face as far as I could, while I rubbed my cheek against him. He smiled, wrapped his hand around me and cuddled me against him. I felt warmth flowing from him to me when Lukas appeared and snuggled next to Maurice' face and next to me. He looked at me, but then he came close and wrapped his tail around me.
"Awww, Lukas... You look so cute like this..." Maurice said. "Changed your mind about abandoning pichu, didn't you?" he said. Lukas looked at me, and then back at Maurice and nodded, before closing his eyes and drifting to sleep, a content smile on his face. Maurice grabbed both of us and placed us closer against him and then moved the blanket over us so we would stay warm. Finally he wrapped his arm around me and his other around Lukas, before sighing and moving through my fur with his nose. It felt so good... I moved a bit closer to him... He felt just as my dad, but... Bigger... And more cuddly. I wanted this to never stop... But it stopped as I fell asleep, enjoying the sensation of the human gently cuddling me...
I looked at Cammy. She had fellen asleep and was now resting against my neck and my chin. Lukas was still awake and also watching the little pichu now she had fallen asleep, his tail wrapped at the side that was unprotected by me. Around his tail and his body, I had my arm which stretched along his entire body and was now scratching his ears.
"We couldn't let her die, couldn't we..." I whispered to Lukas while I gently stroked Cammy with my other hand.
"Pika pikachu..." he said while shaking 'no' with his head.
"You know, even when the colony doesn't accept her anymore, I'll pretend to be her dad... I don't care..." I said to him. "She deserves a good life just as the other pichu... If they really don't want her, I already got a backup plan and a backup plan for my backup plan..." I said. Lukas watched me with a "userious" face.
"Pika-pikachu?" he asked me.
"Well, I'm sure professor Oak has room for a pichu like her..." I said. "I'll be going back to my own family in two days to see them again. I'll come back, don't worry..." I said as I saw Lukas pulling a scary face. He didn't want me to leave, he liked me way too much (and I liked him way too much) to leave this colony already. And besides Lukas you had the pichu and the pikachu that also liked me. No, it would be a quick family visit (mainly my mother), and then I would go again. Maybe I'd stay one night, but no more.
"Would you like to come along?" I asked Lukas.
"Pika?" he said surprised. "Pika pikachu..." he said as his ears drooped.
"Don't worry, you got me. People won't harm you." I said. "I think you'll find it very interesting." I said to him while smiling.
"Pika pikachu." he said...
"You have to think about it. Alright then, I'll hear it from you. Cammy is coming, because I think she has to find a new colony or rather new parents." I said. "I think I already know the perfect pikachu to take care of her as long I'm here..." Lukas looked at me with an interested look, but then yawned.
"Yep, sleeptime." I said while I got myself comfortable and pulled Lukas against my cheek. He purred softly and licked my cheek before he closed his eyes and fell asleep, just as I did. Just before I did I took one more look at the little pichu that was sleeping near me. She looked so cute, even with a different color as normal pichu... I closed my eyes, cuddled close against her and Lukas and felt asleep.