{Requested by perfect oblivion}
Despite the cruelty found in this world that we live in, we must not forget to find that which is most precious to us, that which gives us the vision to the gift of this truly beauty of this world~
= The Ranger's 'Shiny' Rescue =
= (Human) Cynder / Latias =
*Narrator*
[When it comes to the world of Pokemon, all is not always well, and nor is it sunshine and rainbows. In fact, just as the world of Pokemon is rich in fun and joyful experiences, it is as rich in pain and despair. For many people, and Pokemon, the sadness of life is not knowing the other side of life, and worse, being raised to believe that one is nothing more than a tool.]
[For some Pokemon though, life can be even harder, because just as the world is rich in people, it has a certain number of people with 'questionable' tastes. Because despite the law against the act, Pokephilia is a known but highly frowned upon topic, that units all those against such people.]
[Taking advantage of the loyalty some Pokemon have for their humans, is one of the most repulsive things imaginable, but it's even worse when there are people who fulfill these 'interests' for such people, by capturing and even stealing Pokemon at a very young age, when they are not as wise to the world around them, and conditioning the poor things.]
[This, is where the Pokemon Rangers, defenders of the helpless and protectors of all those in the Pokemon world, come into play…]
(Latias' PoV)
Latias stared out of her cage at the other cages around her, all of them lined up against a dark room wall, lit only by a few lights, staring out with desperate eyes as she tried to think of what was going to happen to her.
All along the wall in the other cages, the Pokemon either sat staring at the floor through dead eyes, or trying to rest comfortably on their sides because of the bars of the cages resting on the floor. Some were quadruped Pokemon, like Manectrics, Mightyena, and others were serpentine, like a Seviper, and there were even others like Ampharos. But she was the unique one, the prized one, the 'special' one as her 'controller' called her.
She was the one who would be sold to a 'select' client… whatever that means. She wasn't a very smart Latias, but not because she was stupid, but because she never had been outside of this cage.
She was only a few weeks old, barely out of the egg by her species' standards, that much she knew. She also knew that she was a powerful psychic and dragon type Pokemon, very intelligent and very powerful, but again, only because instinct told her so. But most importantly, and again only instinct told her so, but this whole thing was wrong.
*But how… how is everything wrong?* She thought to herself in confusion, looking around at everyone else.
She knew something was wrong, everyone was sad, even Amphy three cages down seemed to be crying.
For the past few weeks, since she hatched anyway, she's lived in this cage, was fed regularly, and watched as her 'controller' sometimes led other humans past the cages, and watched them take one of the other Pokemon away somewhere, and maybe an hour later they would come back.
But something was always wrong with them, they would come back 'exhausted' sometimes 'leaking' stuff from their nether regions, and they would always be sad or depressed.
She had sometimes tried asking the others what was wrong, but they would never answer her, only stare back at her with the same expression they used when staring at the floor or walls.
But she knew something was terribly wrong, especially concerning the Ampharos two cages down, Amphy's stomach was getting larger by the day. But she knew it couldn't be from food, because none of them were fed any more or less than the others, but the Ampharos was getting bigger in her stomach, and she knew something was wrong because of it.
She also thought about her controller, the human who fed her and kept her in this cage. She barely knew him, only because he fed her, so she at first thought he was her father… or mother, but something in her mind said no, that wasn't true. That same something told her to not trust him, to not like him, and in recent days she's been listening to that part of her mind more often.
She didn't like him, that much she knew, but there was nothing she could do.
As she was thinking, she heard the door open on the far left side of the room, and saw her 'Controller' enter in with three people. Two looked to be 'clients', whatever that meant, returning regulars who always came for a short period. But the third that entered was a heavily clothed individual, wearing a large overcoat and had a large hat. She couldn't recognize the person visually.
"Well I'm glad to see you two once again, so what will it be today, the usual I presume, or are you thinking of taking a different 'one' today?" Her Controller asked them.
"Last time was fun and all, but I think today… I'm feeling more for the lengthy type, if you catch my drift man!" One of the clients said as they all passed by her cage.
As the heavily dressed person passed, she noticed they were eyeing all of the cages one at a time, but she couldn't make out their face beneath the hat or the coat.
"No problem my friend, just be sure to have your money when you're ready to 'leave'." He said with a chuckle. "By the way, you don't need to hide yourself like a criminal my friend, I mean, we all have needs and 'tastes', don't need to be shy about it."
"Yea, what are you pal, like a virgin or something?" The second man said as they paused in their walk and he leaned against a Mightyena's cage.
"Bet you he's probably here just to lose 'it'." The other man chuckled.
There was a moment of silence before the person spoke up. "I'm afraid the real reason I'm here is because I'm here to bring you all to jail…" The person spoke in a female's voice. "But why don't we cut to the chase, like you said, why be 'shy' about myself?"
Instantly the clothed figure reached out with their arm and grabbed the guy in front of them by their shirt, and pulled them closer to 'punch' them in the face with their other fist.
*What?*Latias thought in fear as suddenly every Pokemon's attention was now focused on the fight breaking out between the four humans.
The aggressive human with the large coat proceeded to pull the coat off and fling it 'at' the second client, revealing they were a female human with pale tanned skin, wearing what looked like ripped shorts and a tight shirt, as well as strange equipment on their waist. Her hat was still on her and she was glaring furiously at the three humans around her with her light green eyes. But before anyone had time to react the human had taken a running jump at her target and not only kicked him hard in the face, but also kicked 'off' of them to land right in front of her Controller.
"What the!" He managed to say before he was punched in the stomach.
"Pokemon Ranger Carmella, you three are under arrest!" She yelled as she reached for something on her waist, and brought it to her mouth. "Mienshao, Little B, area secured, come on in!"
Suddenly the door was smashed down and Latias watched in shock as a Mienshao leapt in, paws prepared and an Auara Sphere prepared. Behind the Mienshao a young boy ran in wearing similar equipment. He looked similar to the female human, but was much shorter than she was, and had the same pale tanned skin and light green eyes she had.
"Welcome to the party Cynder, you handle the rescue job, Mienshao and I will handle these three clowns!" Carmella yelled as she made a fist with her hands.
"Got it sis!" The young human boy said as he went to the cages, pulling something out of his pocket like a small steel stick.
"Who… who are you guys?!" Her Controller asked as the Mienshao had him cornered with an Aura Sphere in his face.
The female Carmella grinned as she strapped a pair of metal bands to the two clients simultaneously since they were both knocked out.
"Didn't you hear me before, I said we're Pokemon Rangers, and you three are under arrest for charges of Pokephilia and extortion of Pokemon." She said loudly, now getting up with another pair of metal bands. "And that's just because Jenny isn't here yet to give you the official charges!"
"Pokephilia scum!" Mienshao snarled as it inched the aura sphere closer to her controller's face. "You will rot for the crimes you have committed here!"
(Pokemon… Rangers?) She said psychically, unsure of what those two words meant, but whatever they meant it had to be something important.
(Cynder's PoV)
Cynder was busy fumbling with the lock pick of the cages, this one of a Grovyle, he wasn't sure what these Pokemon were being locked up for, but he knew he and Carmella had to save them, which is why he had asked to tag along this time with his big sister. "Alright little Grovyle, your free now!" He said cheerfully as he opened the cage of the green gecko Pokemon.
"Gro… vyle…?" The Grovyle asked fearfully as it stepped out.
"It's alright, you can come out, nobody's going to hurt you!" He said sweetly. "We're here to rescue you all."
"Grovyle…!" The poor Pokemon moaned as it collapsed into his outstretched arms, sobbing all the while.
"There, there, you're safe and sound now!" He said calmly as he patted the Pokemon's back, not knowing what horror these Pokemon went through, but feeling happy because it knew that horror was over now. "I have to go help the others out now."
"Grovyle… vyle gro!" The Grovyle whispered happily as it nodded, letting him go so he could move on to the other cages.
As he got up and moved to the next cage in line, he saw a Pokemon he wasn't familiar with, having only just recently studied Hoenn Pokemon. It looked like an Eon Pokemon, but it didn't seem to look like it at the same time. The small three-foot-tall jet-like Pokemon resembled a Latias, but the coloring was off, instead of red feathers they were golden yellow. It also had backed itself as far back into its cage as it possibly could.
"Uh, sister, there's something wrong with this Latias!" He called to her.
She looked over and told her Mienshao partner to watch the 'jerks' before walking over to him and the Latias cage. "What seems to be the problem little bro?" She asked.
"Mienshoa?"
"This Latias has gold feathers instead of red, I think maybe they did something to her." He said, pointing at the Latias.
"You're a nincompoop, that's a 'Shiny' Latias, nothing's wrong with her except she's young… judging by her size I'd guess she's roughly no more than one or two months out of the egg." She said, smacking him on the head. "Poor thing, probably had her egg stolen from her mother at some point. Probably doesn't even realize what's going on here…"
"What 'is' going on here?" He asked her as he began working on the Latias' cage, unlocking it with his lock picking device.
"Little bro, when your older you'll find out." She said with a sigh. "Right now kid, your only eleven years old and training to be a Ranger, just unlock these cages for me alright?"
"Alright then…" He said as he looked back to the Latias and unlocked her cage. "Alright then, you can come out now…"
The Latias looked at him with a fearful expression before backing up even more into the furthest corner away from him within her cage.
"No, no its okay, we're here to help you…" He said gently to the young Latias, reaching in with his hand to try and coax her out.
The Latias looked at his hand with worry, but tentatively floated forward and touched his hand with her one of hers. Then after a few more seconds she slowly inched closer and rubbed her cheek against his arm.
(Thank… you…) She whispered gently in his mind.
"It's alright, your safe now… we'll take care of you." He said warmly to her, patting her neck as she psychically sobbed to him.
"Yea, Jenny, this is Carmella, we got two Class P's here and a class 'EP'." Carmella said behind his back across the room. "Also… call Joy and tell her to prepare her Center for about fifteen in need of medical care that also need mental therapy, and one Ampharos to be tested for possible Type 'H' impregnation… and possible birthing within the next three to ten weeks."
Moments later he watched her turn off her communicator and roughly grab the guy who was still conscious with a clenched fist.
(Latias's PoV)
"Alright buddy, you've got five minutes before Officer Jenny arrives to deal with me, spill it, who are your clients, names, give them to me NOW!" The Ranger Carmella screamed furiously, scaring her because of her fury.
"I… I don't know, I don't ask for names!" Her former 'Controller' whimpered.
"Why YOU!" She screamed as she pulled her head back and was about to pound him, before her Mienshao partner grabbed her hand and pulled it down.
She turned to him and he softly shook his head. "He's not worth it…"
"Sister, you're not supposed to take any more action against them now that we've put cuffs on them, our job is to release these Pokemon!" Cynder said calmly while still rubbing her neck to calm her down.
"Relax… I'm just reading him his rights…" Carmella said in a sweet voice that sounded fake before shoving him forward toward the door. "Alright buddy, you've got the right to remain silent. If you give up that right then you'll probably bore me to death, so shut your trap and move! Oh by the way, you have the right to an attorney, but since we caught you red handed here it'll probably do you no good so don't expect one to get you off the hook for anything less than thirty years! Since I have said these rights to you clearly Officer Jenny will repeat them in a more professional way so don't bother asking me to repeat them to you…"
With that the human Ranger Carmella took her 'Controller' from the room, while the Mienshao shook his head and sighed. "Some days she can go too far…" He said before he too dragged both remaining 'clients' by their shoes and toward the door. "Hey, Cynder, keep opening these cages, we'll be right back!"
"Uh… I'm thinking you said 'keep opening the cages'?" Cynder asked.
"Yes!" The Mienshao yelled back. "Honestly, headquarters needs to give you two Poke-Translators!"
"I wish I could understand him…" Cynder said as he let go of her, but she kept a tight hold on his hand.
(Please…) She whispered nervously to him, afraid of being told to go back into the cage.
She was afraid that her Controller would come back soon and these humans, whoever they were that saved her, would leave, and she would go back into that cage and never be freed again. But most of all, she was just afraid of being alone.
Her psychic powers weren't nearly as tested as she felt they should be, and they weren't really used because she never learned 'how' to use them. All she could do was fly a few inches above the floor, and only that much because instinct guided her. Yet her instincts were also telling her now that this human and that other human were people she could trust, far more than that other human who fed her.
"Uh… do you want to help me free the others?" Cynder asked her politely.
She looked at the other Pokemon in their cages, nearly all of them female, and saw them wanting to get out of their cages, looking longingly at her and the others who had been freed as well.
(Yes… free… free the others!) She said warmly, knowing that 'that' was the right thing she had to do.
So beside Cynder, she helped him unlock all of the cages, and one by one freed the other Pokemon that had been kept restrained in their cages. When 'Amphy' the Ampharos was released, she slowly walked out of her cage with careful steps, and pulled Cynder into a warm but shaky hug.
"Thank… you… human…" She moaned happily, crying tears of suppressed joy as he patted her back as well, even if she was taller by several inches. "You have… no idea… what I've been through… what they did to me…"
"You're alright now Ampharos, we'll take care of you and see you get better!" He said as she released him. "Alright Latias, lets help the others!"
So they continued on down the line, releasing all of the other Pokemon kept restrained until they were all out. Once they were all out Carmella returned with her Meinshao and another human female wearing a blue outfit and blue hat.
"So these are the Pokemon?" She asked in an official voice. "Alright, I have a van waiting to take them to the Pokemon Center."
"Got it Jenny, give my regards to the guys in your car!" Carmella said with a chuckle.
"Just don't make my job harder by beating them up even 'more' than you usually do next time…" The human named Jenny said in an exasperated tone. "The Commissioner gives me enough headaches because of you and the Rangers!"
"Hey it wasn't easy tracking down this guy, I had to pretend to be one of those 'psycho' types!" Carmella said as Jenny went to the group of Pokemon and began to talk to them.
"Alright guys, listen up, I need you all to follow me alright, I'm going to take you to the nearest hospital so we can get you all treated!" She said sweetly, but none of the Pokemon listened to her, instead they looked to Cynder as if asking for 'him' to assure them.
"It's alright, she's nice, she's a police officer!" Cynder said gently to them all. "You can trust her!"
With that they all nodded and began following Jenny up and out the room, all of them thanking both Cynder and Carmella for helping them. Only Latias stayed behind because she didn't want to leave Cynder, and Carmella wasn't paying attention to her.
(Cynder's PoV)
"Be careful with the Ampharos, she appears to be in the final stages of Pregnancy!" Carmella yelled as her Mienshao helped the Ampharos up the stairs and through the door. "Poor thing, being forced to endure that in 'these' conditions…" She sighed before noticing Latias at last. "Looks like we got a straggler…"
"She's scared sis." Cynder said as she hid behind him.
"Ugh… great… just what I need, a 'Class Y' Pokemon." She moaned as she held her face.
"Class Y?" He asked.
"Class Y Pokemon, Pokemon that are extremely young and innocent and imprint on their minds a Human they trust." She said. "A Class Y is typically a baby Pokemon that, if enduring mentally unstable living conditions, will imprint on their minds the first creature that shows them a positive outlook or expresses a more 'healthy' mindset than what they are used to. My guess is this Latias probably trusts you more than anyone else and wants to stay close to you for reasons that only 'she' knows."
"And that means?" He asked her as Latias now poked her head up to look at her.
"Mienshaooo…" Mienshao said with a heavy sigh.
"We're stuck with her…" Carmella complained. "At least until she's old enough to know better."
"Mien?" Mienshao asked her.
"Yea, yea I hear you. I'm going to have to call HQ and tell them…" She groaned as she turned and pulled out her communicator. "Hey bro, make yourself useful and talk to your new 'partner', see if you can get her to follow us! We've got to head back home and fill out our reports!" Then she opened her communicator and began talking to it while walking away. "Come in George, yea its Carmella, I just completed my mission, shut down another underground…"
Meanwhile, he turned to Latias as she looked at him with nervous but trusting eyes. "Well Latias… are you sure you want to come with us?"
Latias looked at him and nodded with a warm smile. (Yes… come with you!) She said warmly. (I… trust you… you save me…)
"Alright… but… just so you know, my name is Cynder… I'm training to become a Pokemon Ranger!" He said with a proud smile. "That means I'm going to be like my big sister, and I'll be helping Pokemon and even other people around the world!"
(Pokemon… Ranger…) She repeated with a warm smile. (Can I… help?)
"Can you help?" He said quietly. "I don't know… I mean… your only a few weeks old. Don't you want to find your mother and father?"
(I want… help!) She said with a shake of her head. (Want to help… others… like them! They need help… I can help!)
"What do you mean 'he's my brother'?" Carmella yelled suddenly. "It's not my fault the only way I can get these Pokemon to do anything is because I bring him along! You have any idea what these poor things go through? It's a wonder they even communicate instead of just sit there like lemons!"
"Mien mienshao mien…" Mienshao complained with a shake of his head.
"I can only imagine what he said." He said as Carmella began leaving with Mienshao following behind her.
(He said… Perhaps if you talked sweetly instead of 'yelling' all the time.) Latias said instantly.
"You can understand what he said?" Cynder asked her as she followed behind him now that he was following Carmella and her Mienshao.
*Narrator*
[From that day forth, Latias joined Cynder's side as his Pokemon Partner, not officially captured but following and learning alongside her human companion nonetheless! As the years went by, she and Cynder became very close and very strong, learning and growing together side by side. When Cynder turned seventeen and graduated the Pokemon Ranger's qualification test, Latias, now called 'Starlight' by him, was just as proud of him as he was of himself. His sister, though strict on him, congratulated him as well, and together they started their professional partnership as Brother and Sister Rangers, together with their own Pokemon Partners.]
[Latias, though much wiser and far more intelligent than when she first met Cynder, continued to stay with her human friend despite not knowing where she came from. And as the years went by from her innocent younger days to her now fully matured years, she began to see the world in both its cruelty and its joys, as she joined in Cynder's many adventures as a Ranger.]
[Whether it was cracking down on Poachers trapping and selling Pokemon, or tracing and infiltrating their more common criminals, Pokephiliacs, Cynder and Starlight were always by each other's side, helping one another to complete their mission to make the world a better place! But despite what she learns of the world, one subject continues to confuse her, for even though it feels right to her…]
(Cynder's PoV)
Cynder walked into the basement of his latest mission, the basement of yet another Underground Poke-Brothel, where the Pokemon were forced to 'pleasure' the clients who make special reservations here.
He had spent the last two weeks finding the location and making a 'reservation' with the owner of the first floor apartment complex where the brothel was located and hidden. None of the tenants upstairs knew about the brothel's existence, and he had only just managed to disguise himself to infiltrate it.
In the back of his mind he felt a tingling sensation, and knew he had to keep his emotions in check for the operation to succeed.
As he reached the basement with the brothel 'owner', he looked around and saw five cages, each holding a Pokemon. There was a Houndoom, a pair of Mightyena, a Zebstrika, and a Milotic.
*No doubt they're all forced to eat food that contains some kind of drug to keep them from being able to use their powers or even strength.* He thought angrily as he stopped and looked around, still disguised.
"So, tell me young man, which will you have?" The woman asked sweetly, clearly expecting him to make his choice. "I know my 'selection' isn't very large, but I promise you'll get your money's worth."
"I think I'll take… 'you' to jail ma'am!" He said as he suddenly spun around, grabbed her by her hand and spun her around, almost slamming her onto the floor even as he reached with his other hand to grab a pair of handcuffs.
"What the!" She yelled as the cuffs were placed on her hands. "Let me… go!"
"Your under arrest for running an underground Pokemon Brothel!" He said as he pulled off his large jacket and glared at her. "Pokemon Ranger Cynder, I'm bringing you in!"
Moments later a gold colored Latias flew in, breaking down the door and charged up a Mist Ball. (I'll free the Pokemon Cynder!) She said, floating over to them and using her Mist Ball on the first locked cage.
"Thanks Starlight!" He said as he pulled the woman up with one hand, keeping a firm grip on her while his other reached for his communicator. "Sis, mission complete, we have five in here, call in Jenny and inform Nurse Joy to be prepared."
{Got it bro, and I intercepted one of her 'clients' that was going after you.} She said back to him.
"Let… me go… you jerk!" The woman complained as she was held still. "I'm not the one at fault here, I'm just trying to make a living! If anyone's at fault, it's those sickos who like to screw around with 'creatures' instead of their own kind!"
He looked back at her and handled her a little more roughly than he normally would.
"You're lucky I'm a gentleman and you're a lady, because if it were my 'sister' down here instead of taking care of your 'client' outside, you'd have a large mountain climbing boot kicking your rear!" He said. "Now why don't you apologize to a certain 'creature' in front of you who happens to be a friend of mine because I don't take kindly to comments like that!"
A moment later the woman was forced to say she was sorry to Starlight and she thanked him psychically for standing up for her.
"Alright then, let's take you out outside so you can wait with your 'client'!" He said with a growl before shoving her toward the stairs. "Oh yea, before I forget, you have the right to remain silent ma'am, but since I don't care about what 'you' have to say you can just keep your mouth shut and let the real officer listen to you when she gets here!"
(Do you need my help Cynder?) Starlight asked him quietly, looking over as she released a Mightyena.
"I've got it Starlight, you help these poor Pokemon out while I deal with this 'scum'!" He yelled as he led the woman up the staircase.
(Starlight's PoV)
Starlight watched Cynder walk up the staircase before going back to releasing the last two Pokemon locked up. (Don't worry guys… I'll have you free in a moment…) She said to the Lucario who was watching her wearily with desperately tired eyes.
The sight of her fellow Pokemon, both male and female, in these conditions, forced to be 'sex slaves' for humans who have fetishes for Pokemon made her sick inside. The thought that these poor Pokemon were simply forced to live only to pleasure humans made her want to smash this entire building down.
Instead she broke the last two cages and helped the Lucario and Zebstrika out, and she did she noticed that the Zebstrika was very pregnant, while the Lucario was holding his side wearily. She also noticed he had a Pokeball bracelet around his left wrist.
(Thank you… my savior…) The Lucario said quietly as he walked up to her. (I have been… trapped here… for months…)
(Did you have a Trainer, was it that 'woman'?) She asked as politely as she could while suppressing the anger in her.
He shook his head with a weary smile. (No… my Trainer is a far better human than her… he's a recent tenant of this building, but had to leave for Johto to teach medical care for Pokemon, and left me in 'her' care thinking he could trust her…) He said sadly, touching the Pokeball with a tender touch. (My first night she tricked me into eating food that sapped my psychic powers and strength… otherwise I would have easily broken out… and forced me… to 'mate' with woman… or else I would starve… Last month, she told me she lied to him, and said I'd ran away, thinking he abandoned me and said I was trying to find him… He doesn't even realize I'm still here…)
She frowned sadly at the Lucario and gave him a gentle hug, the only comfort she could offer him. (I'm sorry… what you were forced to do… I can only imagine… but at least you don't have to suffer anymore.)
He nodded back in gratitude. (She told me my Trainer… is somewhere in another city… searching for me. My Trainer is registered in the Pokemon League Registration, if you could… please tell him… where I am… I'd be so grateful…) He said tiredly.
She nodded and went over to the Zebstrika mother and used a Healing Pulse to try and help the poor Equine Pokemon. (How did it happen?) She asked the Zebstrika sadly.
"A human male… I don't know his name, but he mated me for three… full hours… at a time." She said sadly, eyeing the bulge in her stomach. "He just kept… 'cumming' inside of me. He kept coming back for six days straight… again and again."
(You poor thing…) Starlight whispered sadly as she held the now weeping Zebstrika, saddened to see a normally 'irritable' and quick to anger Pokemon weeping. (Not even a 'Muk' deserves this treatment.)
The Zebstrika moaned even sadder as she was comforted. "I don't want this foal… it's not 'his' foal…" She wept sadly. "This isn't 'my' human's foal… I want to have 'his' foal, not that… that… that… 'thing's' foal!"
(Wait… 'your' human's?) She asked suddenly, backing up and staring at her. (You mean… your human's a Pokephiliac?)
"No… not that!" She said instantly. "He… he doesn't even realize… what's happened to me! He left here while he went off to college! We lived here, but they don't let Pokemon stay on campus where he is in the next city, so he trusted me to his landlord! But his landlord couldn't properly care for me, so he left me with that woman because she said she knew how to 'care' for Pokemon."
(But you just said you wanted to have 'your human's foal'!) She stated.
"Yes… because I love him!" She said, and she smiled warmly as if remembering something. "He's a caring human, he wants to start his own Pokemon Center in the middle of heavily forested areas for Trainers who lose their way and need a place to rest and recuperate their Pokemon!" She then smiled even more happily as she spoke of her own Trainer's goodness. "We've been together for so long, we know everything about each other. Why I remember the time I broke my leg running down a street, and he nursed me back to health all on his own, no help whatsoever! I accidentally shocked him over a hundred times… but he never complained once… even if the shocks were almost paralyzing…"
Then she looked down at her stomach again, and began crying once more. "But now… now I'm forced to have that 'monster's' foal… now he might never want me… I wanted my first to be with him… I was saving my first to be 'his'!"
As the Zebstrika cried sadly at the fact that her first foal was going to be another human's, she herself turned around to see the two Rangers with Officer Jenny walk down the stairs.
She eyed her human partner as he walked over to the Pokemon with her, and began to tell them the same thing he always told them. That they were going to be taken care of and there was nothing to worry about now.
(Cynder's PoV)
Several minutes later they were all outside with Officer Jenny looking over the Pokemon to be sent to the nearby Pokemon Center to be treated. "Well now we can fill out that missing Pokemon's report about a Lucario." She said with a sigh. "As for the Zebstrika, I've informed its Trainer of the situation and he'll be here in a few minutes."
"A few minutes, why's that?" Carmella asked with a sudden air of suspicion.
(Yes… the Zebstrika said her human is in another city for college.) Starlight said to him.
"His name is Roger and he apparently is working here as an intern for two months at the Pokemon Center during summer, he filled out a missing Pokemon report yesterday, saying that she left her temporary home when the person she was left with wasn't looking." Officer Jenny said. "It's another cover up to explain where these Pokemon were when they were supposed to be in the tenant's care."
At that moment they heard someone shouting and turned to see a human male of about twenty-two racing toward them on a bicycle, wearing medical scrubs and frantically pedaling toward them.
"Well this will be interesting…" Carmella whispered as they watched him. "Let's see is he a Pokephile or an innocent guy?"
"Mienshao…" Mienshao said dully.
Seconds later he was close enough to them that they could make out what he was shouting. "Zecky, Zecky!" He yelled.
Right after he said that the Zebstrika, which was about to step onto the van with the other Pokemon, suddenly snapped around and saw the human pedaling toward them. "Zeeeb!" She shouted and ran toward him as fast as she could.
Instantly the bicycle riding person stopped and nearly fell off mid-stop, getting his scrubs caught and ripped up from how fast he had gotten off, and ran toward his Zebstrika now. "Zecky!" He yelled sadly as they finally reunited and she began to nuzzle him affectionately, while he held her with shaking arms. "Oh Zecky… I… I'm so… what happened to you?"
"Your Zebstrika was a victim of an underground Pokemon Brothel." Cynder said dispassionately. "She was forced to have sex with male humans for several months."
"She… she made you…" He said talking to 'Zecky' now, who nodded sadly to confirm. "Oh… my poor… my Zecky… I'm so sorry, I didn't realize… I didn't know…" He moaned sadly as he held her close. "My landlord… thought she was trustworthy… this is all my fault… I'm so sorry Zecky! Please forgive me Zecky… if only I had found a way to keep you with me… this wouldn't have happened!"
Cynder could instantly tell that the Zebstrika's owner was not a Pokephile, if he was he would not be crying as hard as he was over the shock that his Pokemon was raped again and again. He also would not be blaming himself for what happened to her.
The Zebstrika in turn, Zecky as she was called, was softly nuzzling her owner's cheek affectionately, indicating that she still trusted him. However, he had a job to do, and that was to make sure the Zebstrika was treated and taken care of after the suffering she endured.
"I'm sorry to break up this reunion, but we have a job to do, and we need to take your Zebstrika down to the Pokemon Center to have her looked over." He said.
"Your Pokemon appears to be pregnant, we need to know how far along she is…" Carmella said.
Roger was slow to answer but nodded as he tearfully apologized to Zecky, and after she boarded the van they all headed to the Pokemon Center, with him pedaling as fast as he could to keep up with it.
Meanwhile he looked over at his sister as she watched him from the side view of the squad car, racing as hard as he could to keep up with them. "We're only going to stick around to confirm, if he's a Pokephile or not bro." She said.
"I know, but is it really necessary, he seems like a nice guy." Cynder said.
"Just cause he 'looks' nice doesn't mean he is." She answered.
He looked at his partner Latias who sighed sadly as she too watched the human keeping up with them. (I hope she gets over it…) She whispered sadly. (To be forced to get pregnant… when it's not with the one you love…)
Cynder smiled sadly as he rubbed Latias' cheek gently. "She'll be fine… besides… maybe she just gained some weight…"
(Arceus be praised if that miracle comes true… under 'those' conditions.) She said sadly, now gently holding his hand with her clawed hand.
From Carmella's other side, her Mienshao partner glanced at the pair of them, but made no other action to draw their attention.
(Starlight's PoV)
An hour later they were all sitting in the lobby of the Pokemon Center, with them watching over Roger as he sat waiting for the news of his Zebstrika's condition. Starlight noticed he was still beating himself up, muttering how it was all 'his' fault, and how she deserved a better caretaker for his stupidity.
(He seems like a good human so far…) She whispered to Cynder.
"Roger!" Nurse Joy yelled, getting everyone's attention as she led a clearly 'happier' Zebstrika toward them. "I have some good news for you."
"How is Zecky!" He said, completely ignoring her.
Nurse Joy turned to the Zebstrika's stomach and gently patted it. "Well, it seems you've lucked out Mr. Roger, this isn't an egg inside of your Zebstrika, it seems to be undissolved 'meat' that your Pokemon was forced to eat and hasn't left her stomach."
"Meat, but Zecky's a vegetarian, she can't eat or digest meat!" Roger said.
"It seems she was fed all-purpose Pokemon food that catered to both meat and non-meat eaters, so the meat portions kept building up in her stomach, resulting in the large bulge you see." Nurse Joy said warmly. "She needs to go into surgery tomorrow to get rid of that stuff, but other than that she's fine."
"Oh, thank goodness…" Roger said as he held his Zebstrika in his arms, still shedding tears. "Please forgive me Zecky… I thought I could trust my landlord to take care of you. This is all my fault… everything that you endured is my fault! I'm such a terrible person. Can you ever forgive me for what happened to you?"
"Of course… I forgive you…" Zecky whispered lovingly to him, her words unheard by all but other Pokemon. "You're not a terrible person, if you were I wouldn't love you Roger!"
Latias once again thought about those words deeply, and glanced at Cynder even as he and his sister spoke to Nurse Joy.
"I've tested her vagina for human semen and have found traces of it left over. The DNA doesn't match Roger's DNA, he's clean." She whispered quietly to them.
"Thank you, alright let's go, we got reports to fill out!" Carmella said.
Latias and Cynder nodded, but she looked back at the Zebstrika and her human, both sharing a tender moment with each other, before she followed after Cynder and Mienshao.
(A Pokephile… or a Human who loves his Pokemon deeply?) She whispered privately to Cynder. (What's the difference between the two?)
Cynder was quiet, choosing not to answer her as they made their way to their temporary home away from headquarters.
"Alright, we have the next three days to ourselves while we wait for Headquarters to assign us a new job little bro!" Carmella said with a groan. "Mienshao and I are off to eat a late night meal, what are you an Starlight up to?"
"I think we'll turn in early." Cynder said.
(Yea… let's head to bed!) Starlight said with a smile.
With that said they went their separate ways, but as Starlight and Cynder headed for their temporary home while under cover, Carmella and Mienshao watched them walk away with suspicious looks.
(Multi PoV, twenty minutes later)
As Cynder and Starlight entered their apartment in the city, the first thing they did was head for their bed and collapse onto it, both of them exhausted after day they had.
"The life of a Ranger… some Rangers get fun jobs like tracking down big time crime lords or infiltrating criminal organizations." Cynder said with a sigh, rubbing his hands through his dark hair. "But me and my sister, we get the fun job of looking for Pokephiles and underground Pokemon Brothels. All because my sister has to sign us up for them."
(We could always go solo, ask HQ for a solo job?) Starlight asked him as she leaned close to him to look at him.
"And risk getting investigated by my own sister?" He said quietly. "No, at least this way we're tracking down those sickos for what they do."
(But… what if we have to bring in someone who 'isn't' a sicko?) She asked gently, leaning closer to him. (Cynder… why is it wrong for humans and Pokemon to love each other?)
There was silence before he turned away from her. "There's nothing wrong with that Starlight… but it's against the law to be in that kind of a relationship!" He said quietly.
He watched as Starlight used her psychic powers to close the blinds to their room, blocking them from view before she levitated over to his other side to look at him sadly. (So then is it wrong for a Pokemon to love their human?) She asked him quietly. (That Zebstrika, Zecky… loves her human, and he didn't even touch her once. She was devastated when she thought that her first foal wasn't going to be from 'her' human. Is it illegal for 'us' to want our human partners?)
He understood where she was going with this question, it's been one they've been forced to ask themselves many times over the years, ever since he became an official Pokemon Ranger six years ago. Was it really wrong for Pokemon and Humans to love each other?
(You know… after hearing Zecky say her fears about having a foal that wasn't her human's… about how she lost her first time to a human that wasn't the one she loved… it made me think about…)
"Me?" He finished for her.
Being a Ranger had the perk that he never officially captures any Pokemon, instead he simply borrows their powers for a specific task, and then they leave him after the task is done. Unless of course he had a Pokemon Partner with him like some Rangers do, and he was lucky that Starlight had chosen to stay with him even after aging enough to be on her own.
However, over the years, the two of them went from simply being 'friends' to developing a close relationship with one another. From there, like all relationships that grow stronger and deeper with time and companionship, it eventually grew into something that neither of them wanted to lose.
But, after having spent so many years hunting down and arresting people convicted of Pokephilia, and rescuing so many Pokemon suffering from such people, he and Starlight did not want to break their bond they had for fear of him being convicted of Pokephilia.
So, like nearly every other relationship like theirs, it was one they shared in secret, hidden from the world to preserve what they had with one another already.
They had yet to cross that line, but Starlight was constantly trying to find some way for them to be together, as Zecky's story was not the first one she learned about.
(Yes…) Starlight whispered sadly. (You remember that one time where I helped infiltrate a brothel last year, I was almost violated by a human… if you didn't break in with Carmella and Mienshao when you did…)
"You should have signaled me sooner… if I had known what was going to happen to you, I would have charged in sooner." He said quietly, placing a hand on her cheek and rubbing it.
(We needed to catch them in the act… but… well…) She sighed and looked at him with a determined look now. (Hearing Zecky today, and remembering that time… look Cynder I 'know' you love me… and you wouldn't abuse me. I love you as well… and you know I don't want to hurt you or make you an outlaw… but…)
At this she took a leap of faith and levitated over him to lay on top of him, before she kissed him full on the mouth. For several minutes she simply laid there, on top of her beloved human, simply feeling his lips against hers, enjoying the warmth of his touch before he wrapped his arms around her body now to pull her closer to him.
This wasn't their first kiss, nor was it their second, they had kissed many times in the past, although only when they were sure they were alone and wouldn't be spotted.
(Cynder… please… just this one time?) She asked him now, pulling away from their kiss with a prominent blush beneath her golden feathers. (I know you don't want to but… it's important to me!)
"Why though Starlight, why is it so important to you?" He asked her softly.
(Because… what Zecky said made me realize… how important my first time is to me…) She said sadly. (I want my first time… even if it's my 'only' time, to be with you Cynder…)
With that she leaned forward one more time and kissed him gently on his cheek before looking into his gentle light green eyes.
(Please Cynder… we may not get another chance like this tonight… where it's just the two of us!) She asked him gently. (I want to give my first time to you, and I want to have your first time as well… please? I don't want to have it stolen from me…)
"Are you sure about this?" He asked her, not refusing because he knew how important this decision was to her, but wanting to be one hundred percent sure she wanted it. "If we do it, there's no going back… we'll have to live with that knowledge and… well… keep it hidden if we don't want anyone to separate us."
She nodded softly as she leaned closer to him. (I'm sure… I've never been more sure of anything Cynder…) She whispered warmly. (You're not a Pokephile… you're a human who loves me. So there's nothing 'wrong' with it…)
As he heard her conviction, both in her affection nuzzling and in her psychic words, he checked once again to make sure the blinds were closed before he finally decided to take the same leap of faith she did. He gently pulled her head up to look at his and leaned to kiss her as well, and seconds after that they both silently agreed with what their hearts were wanting from the other.
For several minutes they simply kissed one another, while she helped remove his clothes with her psychic powers.
His years as a Pokemon Ranger had given him a strong fit and very mature twenty-six-year old's body, far more impressive than the small eleven-year child she met when she was just an immature Latias. She had also seen his full naked body many times, sometimes without his knowledge, so when she saw it again she was not embarrassed at all.
(I guess that takes care of the first stage…) She whispered with a giggle, before she eyed his flaccid member. (So… uh… what do you want to do now?)
In response he simply held her close to her in a sitting position and stared deeply into her green eyes. "I guess we just, keep doing what we were doing before… until we're ready." He said quietly before kissing her once again.
With no further encouragement needed Starlight closed her eyes and melted into her lover's lips, enjoying the gentle touch they gave her and wanting to prolong this night for as long as she could.
While she continued to kiss him she felt a strange tingling sensation in her lower body, and knew that it was her sacred flower, her vagina, reacting to her arousal at the pleasure she was feeling.
Then, deciding he wanted to go just a little further with their kiss, Cynder pushed his tongue between his lips to press against her lips, and only after a few seconds she opened her mouth up to let him inside. Then he felt around for her tongue before it moved to meet his, and soon they began to moan with pleasure as they danced in between each other's mouths.
(Ooooh~…) Starlight moaned blissfully, loving the feeling her mouth was giving her as she held him tighter with her claws, angling her neck to get even more of tongue to touch hers. (I hope… it's good for you… because it is for me~.)
He nodded as he continued to both kiss her and close his eyes.
During the time while they kissed he felt something wet on his leg, and separated to see a small pink wet spot beneath the yellow feathers of her lower region.
"Seems someone is ready." He said with a small chuckle.
(So are you.) She said, glancing down at his now erect member, which had also become aroused from her arousal.
"Are you sure you want to do this Starlight?" He asked one last time.
Starlight nodded as she leaned closer to him once again, but this time moved her sex over his, and slowly began to slide it between the folds of her lips. Yet she stopped herself because she wanted 'him' to be the one to take her virginity.
(I'm ready Cynder… and I want to say this one more time… I love you Cynder.) She whispered gently as she held his shoulders tightly.
"And I love you Starlight…" He whispered just as quietly, before he gripped her body and pushed her down with just enough force to hilt inside of her.
For a tiny moment as he pushed, his dick felt a fleshy barrier which resisted, but the force he put in as he pushed through broke the small barrier, causing Starlight to squeal in pain.
(Aahh…. It… hurts…) She moaned painfully before looking down at where they were connected.
She could just barely see a small red trail of blood leaking from where his member had impaled itself inside of her pussy.
"Are you alright Starlight?" He asked her worriedly.
She nodded with a weary smile. (I'm fine… I just lost… my virginity is all.) She said warmly. (Well… keep going Cynder… don't leave me sitting here waiting!)
He nodded and began to slowly push her up and down, being gentle because it was their first time. Even as he did though, her tight passage massaging every inch of him made him want to keep going, and with each moan of pleasure Starlight gave him he was more inclined to do so.
"How does it feel Starlight?" He asked her as he began moving at a steady pace, one they both seemed to be enjoying.
(Just… how I always wanted~.) She moaned happily. (It feels… wonderful… I'm so glad we finally did this~!)
She leaned forward and kissed Cynder deeply, massaging his tongue and staring into his eyes with all the love she could express, even as she continued to make love with her pussy to his dick. It was just perfect for her, at long last she finally realized her dream, she finally knew the true difference between a human who loved their Pokemon, and a Pokephile.
A Pokephile would not make her feel this happy if they did it to her.
Then as he began to pick up the pace, moving her up and down at a faster rate, she felt his member touch a certain part of her womb that sent an unbearably strong sense of pleasure coursing through her.
(Ah~) She moaned happily as she separated from his lips. (I don't know… what you did… but it feels so good~. Do it again… please!)
"Alright Starlight…" Cynder said as he held his Latias lover closer.
Knowing what made her moan in pleasure he kept on moving in and out, being sure to touch that spot inside of her womb. Each time he touched that soft spot inside of her she cried out blissfully, gripping him tighter as she kept close to him.
(It feels wonderful Cynder… but… you can go faster… it doesn't hurt me anymore!) She said happily as she began to move up and down herself now, moving in time with his movements to increase her pleasure.
"Alright then…" He whispered and began moving faster as she asked.
Soon they were moving faster, and with their faster pace came an increase in the pleasure both of them were feeling. He could feel her walls tightening on his member, massaging every inch of it with her soft warm flesh, gripping him to entice him to keep inside of her each time his dick slid out of her even a little bit.
Meanwhile she could feel his dick suddenly becoming ever so slightly larger, not much but to her it felt like he grew three times his size inside of her, filling her passage to the brim.
But all this pleasure took its toll on the pair of them, as they began to pant loudly from their love making.
"Starlight… I'm about…" He panted, wanting to warn her.
(I can feel you… I'm about to as well!) She whispered tiredly. (Inside of me… do it inside!)
"But… what if…" He whispered as she stared at him with a warm smile.
(Don't worry… if it happens… we'll think of something!) She moaned assuredly. (Just come… cum inside of me!)
With that declaration he nodded and pulled her close, and soon hilted one more time, but this time he felt himself expel his 'essence' inside of her womb. She too moaned in pleasure, feeling herself expelling her own 'essence' on him, even as she gripped him tightly to keep herself locked with him.
After a few minutes they came down from their sexual high, and stared at each other lovingly.
Neither of them noticed a very tiny camera in the corner of the room watching them.
(Carmella's and Mienshao's PoV)
Carmella watched from the park on her video screen everything taking place in their temporary home, and sighed as she watched her little brother become a man with his Pokemon Partner.
"I guess that proves our suspicions." Mienshao said calmly to her through her Poke Translator. "He's officially mated with a Pokemon and broken the trust oath between Human and Pokemon. So what's the plan?"
She pulled out her communicator as she watched Cynder and Starlight staring each other in their eyes, looks of love written all over their faces.
"Yea, George, this is Carmella, finished my watch over my little bro." She said calmly. "Based on all the evidence, from personal observations and private observations, Ranger Cynder…" She said as the two in question began sharing a warm and gentle kiss with each other, and the Latias shedding what looked like tears of joy as she smiled from the kiss.
"Is on the legit side, I see nothing to possibly convince me that he is in any way, in a sexual relationship or even abusing the trust of Starlight his Latias Pokemon Partner. From what I can see, they appear to have a healthy relationship, no more different than that found between a young trainer and his first starter Pokemon. They may be a little friendlier than that, but there's nothing to suggest they are anything else but good friends. You can take him off the suspect list George."
{Got it Carmella, by the way, you got any plans this Saturday?} He asked her.
"Fraid so George, I've got movie tickets, it's been seven months since I've had time to relax, you guys keep me and Cynder busy!" She said with a chuckle. "Alright, I'm going off the grid for tonight, I'm beat, doing surveillance is a long chore."
{Got it girl, sleep tight!} He said before she hung up.
She stood up and stretched before killing and deleting the video feed on her screen, just as the couple in question were lying down, both with looks of happiness on them.
"What headquarters doesn't need to know won't hurt them!" She said to her partner. "He isn't abusing her, and he isn't raping her, so I don't think we can call him a Pokephile."
"Yes… but the law does state that people who have intercourse with Pokemon are to be arrested!" Mienshao stated as they stared at the night sky. "But… if that's what you want to do, I have no objections to keeping my mouth quiet."
"Good, because if you did you tattletale…" She said as she slipped her hand into her short pocket, and pulled out a condom. "I'd have to start using these instead of the pill!"
"Put that away someone might be watching!" He said, quickly looking around them.
She chuckled as she slipped it back into her pocket. "Come on darling, let's go find a nice… quiet spot…" She said sweetly. "Then we can finally… relax…"
"You are still on the pill right?" He asked her quietly as he followed behind her.
"Yep, so you can have all the fun you want tonight!" She said with a smile. "And before I forget…"
She pulled out a pair of small rings in the shape of a Pokeball and slipped one on her index finger while he slipped the other on his own. She only wore it once a year, and this was the day she always wore it on.
"Happy anniversary… love." She said happily as she moved closer to her Mienshao partner, both in marriage and in the field.
"Happy anniversary to you as well… my love." Mienshao said happily as he walked beside his human wife, happy that the night was theirs to do as they wished.