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Chapter 3

L sat on the debris filled ground pondering what he agreed to with Erin.

"I want you to help us raid that building holding the Lucarios. Oh, there are others that are helping us, to answer your question about 'us.' According to our plans, you will help us get in since all you have to do is distract the guards for a moment. As soon as we get in the building, it's kill or be killed. No rules until we get to the center of the building. Then we use Voltorb to sit in the center of the building. We have approximately fifteen minutes to get out of there if we're lucky." L remembered Erin's plan. He was a little frightened at the fact that he almost died there and going back to the place he almost lost his "newly-born" life made him want to cancel on joining them in this suicidal operation. He was drawn to that dream he vividly remembered. He didn't know why, but he desired to be with the human girl from his dream, like that of a sister like figure that he felt needed to be protected despite the lack of knowledge. He desperately needed someone to find that girl from his dream so he can solve the jig-saw puzzle which was his previous life, and just maybe, he could find a way to survive in whatever hell he was spawned in. That was the only reason why he agreed to joining.

I'm kind of regretting this already. L thought to himself. The Lucario got back up on his feet as soon as he heard Erin walking in with soft yet echo like steps. The Vaporeon walked in with a surplus of berries in a basket taped around her back and with pokemon following her.

"There, it looks like everyone is here! Let's all introduce ourselves," Erin said. A Ninetales walked in front of the group confidently. She introduced herself, giving her name.

"My name is Elise." L looked at Elise as over confident, slightly cocky and had that 'better than everyone else' attitude, which he must have thought was a dominant attitude amongst most of the population of Ninetales. It surprised him how clean Elise was, not a single particle of dirt or other matter on her which gave an even more snobbish outlook about her like she was a queen amongst peasants.

Probably the first one to make a mistake. L thought to himself jokingly. The next pokemon was a Charizard. He was nameless as he is one of many in the group who is a wild pokemon who were cloaked with dirt, cuts, burn marks, and other such bruises. The other wild pokemon were a Persian with one blind eye, a Voltorb with a crack on his head, and a Nidoqueen who was the dirtiest. The wild pokemon were dirtier than the Vaporeon and looked famished. Their skins were outlined by the bones. Erin gave them berries to eat from the grip of her tail. Each wild pokemon ate their berries in a millisecond with a tearful enjoyment, but started craving for more. As the Vaporeon gave them more, L greeted the last pokemon the group, "Violetstorm", his old master used to call him. He was a Nidoking. Like Elise, he was clean unlike the wild pokemon. Unlike Elise however, Rob looked pessimistic, very depressing and a bit confused. His mentality was like L's which in a weird way was a big comfort for him.

"Alright everyone, I think we all introduced each other well enough. It is time we head out!" Erin announced. Everyone traveled in a bundle through the whole trip. Much small talk spurred while they walk together like chickens cooped up in a tight cage. Most of the small talk consists of how they are going to kill the people who killed and locked up a lot of the Lucarios, which gave them a tone of proud yet blood lust attitude. L wondered to himself, _Is killing people and most likely killing ourselves going to solve anything?_He remembered in Viridian City, everyone tried to slaughter him, like that of a monster. The town that they just left, Pewter City was for the most part the only place where the population was tolerant of Lucarios, although some were of course hesitant. He remembered before leaving, he had a brief conversation with a man around middle age, but was well built with a scuffed up look, selling some food back at that town, he said "I hope you're careful out there. Those men and women outside this town have no mercy for the likes of you," as he just discovered that he could understand what that Lucario was saying, yet did not show much surprise or a flinch.

"Oh! Uhhh... You can understand me?" L said as he pointed his paw to the spike of his chest, with a surprised and shy look on his bestial face.

"Well, yes I can. You're the only pokemon I could hear talk. It's ones like you everyone else is after." He raised an eyebrow of suspicions over L's lack of knowledge over this inter-species communication.

"Why is this whole thing happening?" L remembered asking hoping this could at least break a milestone of unsolved riddles and could bring him at ease.

"My guess is that you suffered through some pretty bad Amnesia huh?" The man said jokingly. "Well it was the combination of desperate times and someone with higher power telling others what to do. The higher power claimed that the Lucarios must have done it since they claimed that a Lucario destroyed three buildings, which were science research and test labs. Normally people would just think it's a stupid excuse. However, it was a desperate time, and it still is. The only place that is not suffering this rut is Cinnabar Island. No one can go there due to many obstacles of insane people trying to murder them. People or pokemon like you," the man answered. "Of course this was around the same time that researchers found out how intelligent your pokemon species were and because of that, we domesticated your species as servants as much as fighters. So people thought that since your kind had the IQ to comprehend human language and other forms of communication and living, we found the event as a revolution of pokemon throwing out man."

"Why aren't you guys trying to kill me?" L said, not really having the luxury of contentment as he thought he would receive with this milestone of knowledge.

"The people of Pewter City realized how much that story is bullshit. We haven't lost our sanity... yet. We allow any Lucario to stay here. We accept any person or pokemon as well, as long as they don't attack us or the Lucarios or any other shit. We think that the higher power abandoned us, most likely leaving all the responsibility since now it seems irreparable. They just focus on Cinnabar Island now for unknown reasons, at least that's what people say, I think they're just using it for their own little dictatorship games on the healthy people who could afford the money for the Cinnabar shelters." The man gave a big sigh with an expression of sadness on his wrinkled and dirt filled face.

"L! Hurry up! We are about to leave!" Erin yelled out in the distance.

"Well, thank you for the berries mister and hopefully, I will see you again." L said, he was more thankful for the information than the berries, but he figured he be more thankful in the end when he needed them.

"No problem and I hope I'll see you again as well. Go in there and kill those sons of bitches! They deserve to die, and see if you can snatch some of their armor and trade them with me, it be a fine way of building more security around this hole. Also before you go, DON'T under ANY circumstance talk to other humans. You're lucky I'm not one who would kill you but just be careful." The Lucario understood and left. I don't think killing these men is right. I understand they trapped and possibly killed these 'Lucarios' but... Will killing these men solve anything? I want to kill these men for this but, I just don't know if I can. I want to walk out but, I need someone to help me find that girl. She must have the answers. Also, I need a person to help me survive L thought to himself.

It didn't take long before they reached their destination. Luckily, they didn't run into anyone that would be a threat in the dead forest. L wondered why, then he had a sulking feeling in his spine something was about to happen. The group immediately spread out and hid behind trees or inside of bushes outside the entrance. Surprisingly, only two guards guarded the front doors, with a clear view of the armor that man back in Pewter suggested L to take. It was black ebony like armor with big silver like vest in shape of some ancient medieval like chest plate. On the arms were thick sleeved gauntlets covered in steel as well as the chest plate with a symbol on the glove that L couldn't make out. The legs were also covered in plates, one being a ball like plate for the knees in shape of an orb of steel, and one for the front of their boots . Erin and the group were expecting about ten. L was still slightly worried. However, nothing different happened. It was just two guards today unlike last time L went there.

"L! Distract them in any way possible! We'll help you out if things get out of hand," Erin whispered to the Lucario as it gave the sign for the others to get ready for an assault. The Lucario quickly agreed trying not to think of the situation and walked past the guards speed fast, getting their attention. One of the guards raised his rifle and without hesitation, aimed at the disruptive Lucario and shot his arm. The huge instant break of the bullet shattering the bone caused L screamed as he hit the ground, and within seconds from the angle from the ground, the feeling of shock overwhelmed his body, giving a cold chill in his spine.

Am I going to die here? Now? He thought as a flash of clear memories of what previously happened within the two days of his life and the vivid dreams.

"That's it! Elise, go!" Erin ordered the Ninetales in a loud yet calm yell. The Ninetales dashed up to the first guard like a fierce demon and used body slam, knocking him down to the ground with pure bestial strength forcing the rifle against him with her weight giving him an agonizing screech as awful as L's. Elise then dashed around the other guard firing his rifle in a psychotic panic, and used hyper beam on the other guard, the guard that shot L. L from the ground was blinded by the bright multi colored beam. The beam entered his chest clearing out a hole through his body, killing him instantly before falling on the ground. Before the other guard could even struggle to get up, Elise used hyper beam again through the guard's chest. He fell back on the ground, dead.

"Alright everyone, it's time to go in!" Erin commanded the group, whipping her tail to the building guiding the others. The group rushed inside as fast as possible past L on the ground to the entrance, trying not to get caught. L got up from the ground using his right arm to push his weight off the ground. Holding his wounded arm, He stared at the dead guards. Huge bloody holes were the first thing he saw on the dead bodies.

Why?_L thought to himself as his pupils widened in fear the longer he stared at the guards. _Is this how we are supposed to free the ones like me? Why isn't there another way? Why? Suddenly, in L's head, he heard a gunshot that seemed to faintly catch his ear.

"You are not going to take him away! You sick bastards!" L heard in his head. He saw a glimpse of his memories like a projector screen in a movie theater started to play. A man shot up by a woman, in a lab coat. The same woman from his other dream that held him down on a gurney or a stretcher, middle aged with curly brown hair. He suddenly was back to reality and saw the dead guards again. L began to feel something, a sharp emotion that quickly stung his head, a sharp feeling of agony and mentally and literally from the wound. The unbearable sting in his head and the wound caused tears to quickly form from his eyes and screamed. His right hand holding and gripping his ears down to his head. He fell to the ground on the dirt path blacking out. Before he did, he heard Erin again.

"L! Get up! L!" Then, nothing but black again like when he was in the Viridian Forest the first time.

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