Redemption

Chapter 34

        Po Town truly was deserted. After the events that took place with Necrozma, the whole town was completely abandoned by even Team Skull right before they disbanded. Before all of that occured, (y/n) still remembered coming to Po Town to visit Gladion whenever he told her that he was there. Of course, Guzma had constantly asked her to use her power for his amusement since he found it so weird that she had control of electricity, but she didn't mind it too much. (Y/n) always declined because it was almost always raining in Po Town no matter the weather anywhere else. Using electricity in the rain spelled potential death for anyone that got affected by it.

        That same rain was another reason why (y/n) couldn't find Silver. Lycanroc was doing her best, but there was only so much she could do with the rainwater washing away any scents that could have been left behind.

        "This is really starting to get on my nerves," she thought aloud. As if in disagreement, the tag in her hand suddenly crackled. She immediately dropped it with a yelp of pain. Even she could still be harmed by electricity in the proper conditions, but she certainly had a high resistance to it. For that tag to have hurt her, it had to have given off a strong enough charge to do so. The rain only made it worse.

        Lycanroc came to her side and nuzzled against her hand. "I'm okay. Thanks," she said to ease her pokémon's nerves. Even Lycanroc was getting stressed out by the situation. "Murkrow gave me this tag for a reason. It must be important," (y/n) said as she picked it back up. Thank goodness it was cloth or the rain would have ruined it long ago. Even if it zapped her again, she wouldn't drop it. The tag had been sparking ever so often either way. This time,, it had just been particularly strong. She could feel the direction that the charges seemed to be pulling her in. The tag was guiding her, but to where?

        For a moment, (y/n) roamed the area, continuing her search. She was weary. Her thoughts kept switching between words of hope and fated tragedy. She would have kept cycling through that process if it weren't for the distant shouts that she heard. (Y/n) chose to immediately investigate rather than making any phone calls. "Lycanroc, lead the way."

        The two of them began to run towards the shouts. They stopped along the way, but Lycanroc had gained a general direction from when she had heard. (Y/n) was beginning to think that she should contact either Gold or Crystal when Lycanroc froze and gave a low growl. (Y/n) stopped as well, almost slipping from the rain, and followed her pokémon's gaze to see a man walking around with a Lycanroc of his own. Even from this distance, which was about twenty meters away, she could see that he was hurt. Not long after she spotted him, he saw her too.

        "Help!!" he called to her. "Please, help me! He's going to kill me!"

        "Another victim?" He was definitely bleeding, that much was for sure. (Y/n) wasn't sure what to do, so she called out to him rather than approaching. "What are you doing out here?" He was starting to walk towards her. "No, stay over there where I can see you! You shouldn't be here!"

        "I need your help! There's someone out here trying to kill us! I barely got away. He's keeping the others there!"

        "Others? Is this man a former member of Team Rocket too? The culprit had been hiding in Po Town collecting victims?" There were so many questions that she wanted to ask, but she couldn't shake the feeling that something was off.

        "Let me call the police! I'll get you some help as quickly as possible!" She pulled out her phone. The moment the word "police" came out of her mouth, the man began to dash at her. His Lycanroc followed although for some reason much slower. "I knew it!"

        Lycanroc was the only pokémon she had that could effectively fight in the rain, but she released her Marowak anyway for support. She couldn't risk killing the man, so a good beating with a bone wouldn't be too much. "Stay back!" she snapped as she dialed the first number she had been given from Crystal and Gold.