DYING EMBERS [locked]

[Soul •]

A soft whimper escaped from Soul’s lips as she finished bandaging her left injured leg from the deep wound she had received that day. It hadn’t been long since she left Goldenrod until she found she couldn’t move any longer, the pain in her body causing her to stop and rest before cleaning up her wounds. The sun was still in the sky, surprisingly, Soul had no idea what time it was, the time she had spent in Goldenrod had moved so quickly yet slowly that she wasn’t even sure if it was still today and not tomorrow. The process of cleaning her wounds and bandaging them had seemed to take a while in Soul’s eyes and clearly Flick’s as well, who was pacing in a bored fashion, up and down in front of the rock that Soul was leaning against. Personally, she didn’t feel like getting up anymore, today had been stressful enough without having to chase down an attitude filled redhead who she was positive didn’t want to be found. Soul sighed as she leaned against the rock, gazing at Flick who had found an interest in a feather fluttering around; the Furret bounced after it like a little kid playing with bubbles. Yes, it would be fine to stay here for a little while longer wouldn’t it, just to rest her aching limbs?

As Soul’s caramel coloured eyes started to close though, Flick clearly had other ideas than staying in the secluded area, her whole body shot up and her eyes widened as she stood on her back paws, scenting the air. Catching sight of Flicks behaviour, Soul wiped her eyes and looked at her in a curious fashion, wondering what had gotten over her. To her surprise and horror, Flick suddenly dashed off into the long grass leaving Soul behind with her mouth gaping. “F-Flick?!” She cried out, scrambling painfully to her feet, hoping that the Furret would come bounding straight back to her. The long grass swayed away from her though and Soul let out a string of curse words as she picked up her bag and made her way after Flick. What the hell was she playing at? Soul dashed through the grass after the Furret, able to see her long stripy tail poking out above the grass and the way the greenery was pushed away as she moved gracefully through it. Suddenly, Flick leaped through a rather large bush and Soul gritted her teeth in anger, before slowing down near the plant, slowly pushing through it until she burst into an opening on the other side.

“Flick! What the hell do you think you’re playing at? Today has been a stressful enough day without you running away from me!” Soul cried out after making her way through the bush, finding Flick there waiting for her. Emotions pulsed through her as she looked at the Furret, clearly upset by her vanishing act she had tried to pull on her. “Why did you run over here?” She asked sternly like a parent scolding their child, the tone in her voice caused Flick to press her ears down against her head before motioning towards the clearing. Soul gasped in horror as she turned her gaze at the small patch of grass before her, her hands flew up to her mouth in shock, resisting the urge to scream, cry or maybe even be a little bit sick. Clearly, she had been so busy scolding Flick she had failed to notice the bloody scene before her, her heart thudded in terror as her gaze swept over the scene. Laying in a bloody mess on the ground closest to her was a Vaporeon with an apparent snarl on its features, its glazed over eyes wide and haunting. A little further away was the remains of a person, a Team Rocket member to be exact with horrifying burns all over their body, Soul realised that they weren’t that far from Goldenrod, perhaps this person was going over there as well, or running away. Whatever the grunt had been doing, it seemed they had been killed before they got there, or after they had ran away. Suddenly, Flick bounded off again around the corner only to return a few moments later, chirping at Soul and motioning her over with her fluffy tail.

Still holding her hands over her mouth, Soul closed her eyes for a moment before looking at where Flick was, she couldn’t look at the battered and beaten bodies anymore in fear of being sick. Feeling her eyes grow moist and warm from approaching tears, she quickly picked her way over to where Flick was, only to be met with more blood and some flickering remains of fire on the grass. A much larger form was on the ground this time, a large canine pokémon with fiery orange fur, it’s pelt sopping wet and blood surrounding the body. Biting her hand, Soul wondered why Flick would want to show her such a brutal scene, all that was left of the battle was dead bodies, showing the defeat of a team rocket member and an innocent Arcanine. “I.. I’m, going to leave now Flick, I can’t look at this anymore!” She spluttered, wanting to get out of the area as fast as possible. However, before she could even move she felt Flick’s furry little paws grasp onto her good leg before gesturing towards the Arcanine, did she want to show Soul something? Personally, she would rather not know what Flick wanted to show her but she felt her feet wondering after the Furret anyway, despite her minds protest.

That’s when she saw it, what Flick had wanted to show her and probably what she had scented all the way back at the rocks they were resting at. In a small patch of flat grass near where the Arcanine was laying, was an egg. “Oh god..” Soul whispered, tears escaping from her eyes and slipping down her cheeks and over her hands, dripping on the ground. Had that Team Rocket member try to catch and take the egg? Soul was positive that was the case, resulting in the grunts death, his pokémon and the mother who in the end, died to protect her single egg. A horrible sting appeared in her heart, it was a horrible scene and it made her hate Team Rocket even more from what they had done today. Steadily, Soul walked over to the little egg before crouching down by it, wiping her tears away from her cheeks before hesitantly pressing her palms against the egg. Soul was expecting it to be cold, dead as well from the lack of warmth and care from its mother but to her surprise and glee, the egg was still warm and didn’t seem to be damaged at all. Flick, who was sat next to Soul lightly pressed her nose against the shell, letting out a soft cooing noise as she did so. Soul however, glanced around in fear that more Team Rocket members may appear or some Wild Pokemon jumping out to attack her. Plus, she wasn’t sure what she should do now, the egg wasn’t hers and she didn’t have a right to claim it but if left here, the baby in the egg would surely die too.. And she couldn’t let the mother Arcanine’s sacrifice be for nothing. Timidly, Soul reached out, brushing her fingers through the fire types fur on her head, lightly touching her soft ears, despite not knowing the Arcanine, Soul still felt grief for her and her noble sacrifice. She couldn’t let this brave fire type’s kin die as well and Soul took out her red top from her bag, which she had taken off earlier to get to the wounds on her arm, before wrapping the soft material around the egg before scooping it up in her arms. “I promise, I’ll make sure your egg is safe.. You can count on me, your baby will become a strong, brave and noble pokémon just like you!” She told the dead pokemon, making a promise to herself as well as the spirit of the fire dog. Soul lowered her head in sadness, Flick gazed up at her trainer who held the egg close to her chest and she nuzzled against her leg, earning Soul to lightly stroke the Furret with her free hand, cradling the egg in another. “I’m sorry for shouting at you Flick, you’re an amazing pokémon.” She praised sadly, tickling behind her ear before holding the egg with both arms again.

Caramel gazed furiously at the charred Team Rocket body as she started to make her way back, the sight still made her feel sick but it also made her angry at the organisation. “I hate you!” She spat, her eyes narrowed at the grunt in nothing but pure detest. “It should have just been you Rocket Members to die today, not the innocent people of Goldenrod and all the pokémon you slaughtered, you’re all soulless bastards! And I’m going to make sure personally that each and everyone one of you people suffer because of your actions!” She yelled at the body, though in her mind, she was shouting at every rocket member in Kanto and Johto for the brutal deeds they had pulled today. Her heart thudded and her mind swirled with anger and detest as she removed herself from the sight of the dead Rocket, walking through the bush with Flick following her as they made their way back towards the rocks, so they could pick up on Silver’s trail once more.

• WORDS 1,602
• SONG passion after the battle -- kingdom hearts 2
• TAGS none, locked
• SOUL'S PKMN flick
• NOTES yep, just a thread to explain how soul gets her newest pokémon, so no replying. takes place after she left goldenrod city and before finding silver, she's inbetween ilex and goldenrod, so i just posted in here.