Far From Yesterday (Marissonshipping Fanfic)

Chapter 18

Alex sighed as his claws dug at the dirt.

He still wasn't quite sure how he had let Lucas convince him that trying to tunnel out was a good idea– because the Charmeleon knew quite well that you couldn't dig your way out of a building. However here he was, claws pawing at the compacted soil as he tried to claw his way deeper.

He was currently about four feet deep, and the earth was only getting harder the farther he down he went. His tail flames were the only light in the shadowy corner of their enclosure, but on the bright side the shadows did hide their hole from the humans. Lucas was keeping watch for any sign of their keepers as he dug, and also spreading out the dirt Alex was digging up in an attempt to make things looked undisturbed as possible.

'This is stupid,' Alex declared after several more minutes of digging, peering out of the hole. 'Even if we could dig out of here do you know how long it would take to make such a tunnel?'

Lucas was currently laying in the dirt, half asleep. The Electrike lifted his head as Alex spoke, before laying back down, stretching out.

'I am the alpha for today,' Lucas declared. 'And today we work on the tunnel!'

The Electrike type had decided that they'd switch off every other day being the "alpha of the friendship", and Alex wasn't quite sure why he was playing along. He was stronger than the canine– and could win any fight for leadership with ease! In fact, he technically already had, with their first fight from when he first arrived here several days prior!

'Well then, Alpha,' Alex said, making no effort to keep the sarcasm out of his voice as he jumped out of the hole. 'I'm going to take a break.'

'W-wait– what?' Lucas cried, sitting up in alarm. 'No! You gotta keep digging!'

Alex grinned, slowly approaching the Electrike. He took up an aggressive position as if hoping to scare Alex back into digging, fur up and bristled as he growled, sparks coming from him. The little Pokemon looked more cute than intimidating however, and Alex simply lean down and grabbed him by his scruff, setting him aside before he could even release an electric type move.

The Charmeleon stretched out, sinking down onto the dirt ground, right where Lucas had been laying. Honestly, he didn't care where he was, but it was definitely funnier to take his "alpha's" spot. He let out a content sigh, flexing his claws in hopes of getting the dirt out from between them.

'H-hey! I was there first!' Lucas cried, slamming into his side with a Quick Attack. When that failed to make Alex move the Electrike switched over to a Thunder Fang, biting down onto Alex's arm. The fire type flinched, opening his silver eyes to glare at the green canine.

'...You know too many electric type moves,' Alex said after a moment of thought, yawning. 'If you ran into a ground type all you'd have is Quick Attack, which won't win you a battle on its own,' Alex laughed. 'And if it was ghost type too, then you'd have nothing!'

'...What?' Lucas asked, pausing from his attacks. 'Types what?'

The Charmeleon lifted up his head. 'You do know about types, right? I'm fire, and you're electric? Your moves reflect that?'

'Well, yeah,' The Electrike said, sparking his fur. 'I use lightning like the rest of my pack. But what does ground Pokemon have to do with anything? I just zap my enemies until I fall! I mean– until they fall!'

Alex blinked, realizing that a wild Pokemon probably wouldn't have a good idea of how all of the types matched up. They trained to survive, not for battles like human-raised Pokemon did. They probably didn't need to know every little matchup there was– because why would a wild electric type care about something small, like poison resisting fighting type moves? It had nothing to do with them.