Pokemon - Evil Reborn

Chapter 22 - Death in the Family

I was laying there, in the bed, staring up at the ceiling. Nelly was sat on the covers to my right, her eyes looking forward into nothingness. After I had been hit, she had helped me to this resting place, though I couldn't shake the feeling that she was upset. So, I slowly sat up, which caused her to look over.

“Are you ok?” Nelly asked.

“Are you?” I asked back.

“Huh? I was just thinking about things...”

“Anything you want to talk about?”

“Well... Have you decided what you're going to do about... Your feelings?” She swallowed.

“I... I don't know...” I sighed. “So that's what's up?”

“Maybe... It's... No, it can wait.” She shook her head. “Just... If you decided you want to talk to her about how you feel... Please tell me first...”

“How come?” I wondered.

“I have things I want to say too... But, like you, I... I can't until the time is right.”

“All right. I promise.” I put my hand on her shoulder.

“Thank you.”

“And... With all of this stuff that's happening... Try not to be scared, ok? I'll protect you. I'll try to make sure that nobody I love gets hurt from now on...”

Little did I know, I would fail at doing just that...

*

“I'm sorry, Tobi...” Neira said as they got back to their hideout.

“It's fine.” Tobi looked around. “You'll get better.”

It sounded close to a threat instead of encouragement, but Neira accepted it. “What will you do now?”

“I think I'm done toying with him now.” He felt his fingers close around one of the emeralds. “I'm going to get that fifth emerald, and soon. But at the same time, I'm going to break him.”

“Break him?” Neira nodded slowly. “Like, snap his leg?”

“No. Well, not yet, anyway. No, I'm going to break his resolve. It's funny, really... I was put in an insane asylum, yet he's going to be the one driven insane.” Tobi smirked.

“You're going to kill someone, aren't you?”