Pokemon Revival (Discontinued)

Chapter 50 Pawns

Lyran POV:

As the claws came down I felt for the second time the splatter of blood to come from my own body. When it his it splattered onto my muzzle and my body, turning the already red fur into a darker shade. My eyes were closed from the impact, but something was off. I still felt the pain from the previous impalement, but I only felt the a scratch this time, as if the claws hadn't hit all the way. What happened?

"A...a....I'm.....I'm glad....that I made it in time," I heard Mike say into my ear. His voice was shaky, and his breathing heavy.

I slowly opened my eyes to come to the harsh reality. When I looked at the scene I saw mike had wrapped his arms around my neck, and shielded me from the sandslash's attack. I looked down and saw that the claws had only left tiny pokes on me, while the claws ripped through Mike, armor and all.

I looked up to his face and he looked in pain, but despite it, he was smiling at me. It wasn't a normal smile either, it was a clam and caring one.

I knew he wouldn't be able to understand me, but the question still left my lips, -Why? Why did you...?-

He gave me a confused look, unsure what I had said, but he continued to speak.

"You.....you know, I cant understand you.....yet you still try, you always did......always wanted to find a way to speak to me, like a real friend would.....but you know.....for some reason, and I don't know why.....that time I understood you," He explained.

I just listened to him, every sense focused on him, and nothing else.

"Lyran....why I did this? I have lost many people in my life, friends and family alike.....Many of them, gave their lives for me, I felt powerless, weak, and alone......but.....you helped me....I never wanted to even speak to another living thing after what happened.....but you....you changed that....not only did you become a friend.....but you helped me make more.....but, I had this coming......after how many have saved me, it was finally time I returned the favor........there....there was no way.......no way, that I would let history repeat itself......this time.....I would save my friend......and what better one to save......then the best one?" He said.

Without a sound, the claws were ripped out of him. He fell to my side and I did my best to catch him. When he landed it was like a bell. It was louder then anything I had ever heard. I looked down at the dying friend in my arms.

"L....Lyran......RUN!" He said.

When he said that, a memory flashed before me, a memory that I had wished to forget.

I was back to me when I was a kid, and just a rockruff. I looked upon in shock at the scene that befell me in the place I called home. I could hardly remember where I lived, or what was inside, but I remember the event vividly.

In front of me was my father in a kneeling position, beaten and bruised. He was a midnight form version, and he looked at me with his bright, red eye. Then a shadow loomed over him, and when the figure was visible.....it was a lucario.

-It's over for you, all of you,- The monster said.

My father looked behind him and when I looked I saw that my mother, a midday form lycanroc, who's neck was held in the clutches of another lucario. She was squirming and whimpering.

-Mom?- I asked.

-SON! DON'T!- My father started.

Before he could finish however a very loud an audible snapping sound came from my mother. The squirming and whimpering ceased, and I watched the lucario drop her as if she was nothing.