Battle Scar 「POKEMON」

40 | RENA

Ethan walked through the halls of Regal Palace slowly, his arm bandaged from being burned by Vulcan's Camerupt. Just the thought of the Magma Admin and his pokemon, and the fact at how easy it was for them to beat them despite Arthur evolving, it was enough to send shivers down his spine. He walked pass the large hall, the venue at where the battle took place the previous day.

It was a shame that a beautiful room had to be destroyed. There were cracks and burned marks everywhere. Ethan shut his eyes tight and walked away, the image of the room was just a reminder of the battle that night.

After the battle, the king ordered the all the guards to stand down, fearing that there were more traitors in the group as now he only trusted certain guards who's family had been guarding the bloodline, but that was just a fraction of how the king felt, and it was nothing compared to how Corvis felt.

Chloe sighed as she walked out of the room and into the hallway where she bumped into Ethan. A grim look present on her face.

"How is he?" Ethan asked. Chloe shook her head and Ethan took a lot at the room where Corvis was resting. His shirt was off, revealing bandaged wrapped around his lower body and a bandage around his head. A gift that Blaze had given him. But by the look on Corvis' face, it was hard to tell if he still felt pain or not from the bruise. He had a plain look, just looking up at the ceiling as if it was some endless tunnel which he was trying to get past. Ethan stepped into the room, letting his footsteps be heard because Corvis spoke.

"I failed..." he muttered. "I failed to protect her..."

Ethan gritted his teeth. "We all did, we did the best we could,"

"But my best wasn't enough," Corvis said as he slowly got up, wincing a bit from the pain and looked at his own hands with disgust. "Some gift holder I turned out to be, I wasn't strong enough to take down Blaze, and now Team Aqua has Sara for who knows why!" he shouted.

"We'll find a way to get her back Corvis," Ethan raised his voice, trying to counter Corvis' loud voice. "But right now we can't do anything if you're hurt like this! I admit that me and Chloe can't do shit since we don't have those amazing powers like you, so we need you to rest up and heal!" Ethan let all of the built up frustration inside. Even Corvis was caught off guard, hearing an outburst from the usually calm member of their group. He sighed as he sat back down on the bed, burying his face into the palm of his hands.

"I'm sorry..." he apologized. "I'm just..."

"We understand, don't worry about," Ethan comforted. "We just need to come up with a plan to get Sara back soon,"

"But how?" Corvis sighed again. "We don't even know where Aqua went, let alone know where their base even is,"

"Right now, his Majesty has almost everyone searching," Ethan explained. "they got fast flying pokemon flying all over the region trying to find them at this very moment," He let out a small laugh. "Still can't believe I held a conversation with his royal majesty,"

"Must've felt pretty royal-ly huh,"

"Shut up," he laughed as he lightly punched his shoulder.

"Corvis!" Fiona's voice shouted from outside the room. She came in from the entrance and panted. "Chloe told me you're awake,"

The first thing she did, was knelt down, her head touching the floor as both Corvis and Ethan gasped.

"W-what are you doing?"

"I'm sorry," she cried, tears slowly coming out. "It was because of my problem, that I asked for your help," she sniffed. "It was because of me, that you guys came and Sara got taken,"