Rigorous Relationships

Get Out Of Dodge (Part 2)

After separating with the other half of their group Ash, Diana, and Aura ran as fast as they could through the city streets; occasionally being forced to a zombie like shuffle in the more congested parts of the city, and having to avoid some unsavory characters that were eyeing their Pokémon from side streets and alleyways. After they made it past all these obstacles, they managed to arrive at the crossroads of their objectives where Diana bid them fair well and splintered off from their group.

Not long after Diana's departure, Ash and Aura came across her grandfathers shack, although shack was a bit of an understatement for the buildings size. The shack resembled more of a hunters cottage; an all wood structure, a covered front porch with a study oak door, and three shuttered windows,(two to the left of the door  and one circular one a ways above it, that no doubtably was for an attic.), made up the shacks rather creepy presence. Ash took one look at this structure and froze; thinking of every horror movie ever where the unsuspecting teens entering the creepy cottage only to get hacked to pieces, have their throats slashed, or get their brains bashed in by the cliche woodsman/hillbilly murderer.

Aura on the other hand approached the building, as if she didn't see any resemblance between this spooky shack and the creepy cottages from the movies, and simply rung the doorbell. She waited and listened patiently as the ringer began to play a lengthy and deep melody, that Ash thought sounded a lot like the melodies the classic spooky mansions played just before the creepy butler arrived.

No creepy butlers arrived, in fact no one answered, and after a minute Aura rang the doorbell again a slight frown creeping on her lips at the oddity of no one answering. Once again she got no response and decided to knock on the door, only to have it creek opened under the force of her fist.

"Hehe. I guess grandpa forgot to lock the door." Aura said nervously.

"Aura something's not right about this,"-Ash gestured to the open door and the houses creepy exterior-", we should leave before anything bad happens."

Aura looked like she was considering turning back, a decision that would have saved her from a great deal of pain, but she had her choice made for her by her Boldore who casually walked into the foreboding foundation. "If Regi's going then I am too, besides we already came this far and I still need to grab my travel kit." She said as she followed her Pokémon through the door.

Ash decided to change topics so he could avoid thinking about what reason there could be for the door to be left open like that. "So you have a travel kit, does that mean you've wanted to leave here for awhile now?"

Aura had moved past the shacks entrance but stopped to ponder Ash's question, giving Ash and his partners just enough time to enter the dwelling and take in their surroundings. All the lights were off but the room was still bright,(due to a collection of glowing stones scattered around the house), enough for them to get a good look around. The room was surprisingly cozy for a creepy house and looked like a rather normal living space; a moderately sized television set positioned in one corner of the room and accompanied by a Lazy-Boy recliner that had seen some use. A futon with side tables on each end was pressed against one wall, and placed in such a way that the Tv was still visible from the sofa. Tacky wallpaper and dozens of pictures littered the walls and a floor rug that resembled a mossy stone rested under a majority of the furniture.

Ash also noticed a staircase leading up, to what was either an attic or bedroom, on his left , and a doorway to a small kitchen on his right. He also saw a closed door on the wall opposite of him, but didn't have time to investigate due to Aura coming up with an answer to his question.

"I have wanted to, and even tried to, leave for awhile now." She said quietly, "But I've never actually left; something always held me back, always brought me right back to this city, and my grandfather."