Searching Without Shame (A Pokémon Fanfiction)

Chapter 8

Sky Blue hadn't felt this alert and alive for what felt like years. The constant thudding of foot and paw steps, the loud noises made by the Pokémon, the feeling of his own pounding heart against his chest, and the suddenly vivid colors of aura that reflected off living beings. His senses were sharper than ever before as he and Leia ran down hall after hall with their band of fellow prisoners.

"Sky, how are we even going to get out?!" Leia hollered of the barking and cries from the liberated Pokémon behind them. "We must be underground, there are no windows here! We don't know how people come and go!"

"We'll cross that bridge when we get there!" He shouted back. "We still need to find our own Pokémon before finding an exit! We can't leave them here! Do you have any idea where they could be?"

"I'm not exactly sure, but one place they might be would be the scientists' office. I was only there once, but I can try to find our way there from here!"

Sky was about to reply but he had an odd sensation run through his body like a shiver. He suddenly sensed several different presences surrounding them. Some were behind them a short ways back while a few more were coming around the corners.

He heard Leia squeak with surprise as he skidded to a stop. A few of the smaller Pokémon even collided with the back of his leg.

"We're being surrounded, we gotta find another way around!" Sky hissed urgently.

"There isn't another way, there's only the doors here but we'll be just as cornered!" Leia said, her eyes widening in horror.

Sky looked around at the Pokémon that had followed them. Many of them had weak auras from depleted strength and depression, but there were a few with strong auras.

"How many of you all can fight?!" The young man called to the larger Pokémon. "We're being surrounded, and if we want to see the light of day again, we need to fight back! To any that can't fight, partner up with anyone that can!"

A few of the Pokémon gave barks or cries of support while others were already running off to take on their captors. Some of the other larger Pokémon came beside the humans like guards. The smaller Pokémon that couldn't fight for themselves huddled close to a bigger Pokémon or to one of the humans. Sky heard the young creatures whine and push closer to his leg as red clad guards armed with high tech weaponry ran around the corner and bellowed, "Stay where you are and freeze! Don't move or we will shoot!"

"I'm fed up with you people!" Sky Blue hollered, his pent up rage finally fuming out. "I'm done with being the thing you push around for sport!"

Leia's scream and the Pokémons' howls of terror were drowned by the crash of Sky pounding his fist into the floor. His mixed aura blazed brightly as he punched the tiles. The force was so powerful that the area around them shook violently like an earthquake. Even the walls cracked from the force.

"Sky!" Leia cried out as the guards cocked their weapons and pointed them straight at the rouge escapee. Three of the larger Pokémon, a Diggersby, Sawk, and Throh, all roared and came to their defense. The three of them also punched the ground and caused spikes of rocks to erupt from it and block the guards view.

For a second Sky thought it actually worked until the spikes shattered from a sphere of light shot from the firearms. He could see the guards through the dust, moving closer to their position while aiming their weapons at them all the while. Sky thought he would at make them back off, but they instead got a whole lot closer. He quickly consider making an Aura Sphere, but there was a chance it would blow up in their faces. Still, it was worth the shot.

Before Sky could begin to form his last line of defense, a blur of an aura zipped around the corner behind the guards and bounced off the walls. The guards yelled and slid to the floor as the shell slammed into the back of their legs repeatedly with great force. When they did not get up, the shell skidded to a stop and the creature inside popped its head out with a loud, "SQUIRT, SQUIRTLE!"