Pokémon: Vampire Princess*

Chapter 12: Attack*

"Someone's coming..." Shauna and I said at the same time. Tierno hurried to bring us behind him while the others stood shoulder by shoulder, looking at all directions before a body came from behind the shadows and approached us.

It was a man who looked to be around Dean's age, with pale skin and glowing red eyes that signified that he was ready to attack...

"Look what we have here... a couple of humans wandering around the woods..." he chuckled. I gripped on Xavier's sleeve while shaking. That's a real aggressive vampire...

"Don't worry girls, we'll handle this" Tierno said, taking out his blade. Xavier smiled at me and took out his sword and readied himself for the fight.

"What do you want? We're trying to get pass" Trevor said. The vampire chuckled and took out a Pokéball. Xavier lowers his sword and took out his own.

"Is it a battle you want? Tell me, is it the same old thing every time? Who ever loses, dies?" He asked in a serious voice. I never seen him so serious... it made my heart race for some reason.

"Actually... I'll spare the old bet. If I win, you have to sacrifice one of your friends or yourself" he pointed at me "maybe her in the cute red skirt? She looks pretty cute" Xavier glared and threw out Froakie.

"Over my dead body! You're not having her! She's mine!" I blushed. D-Did he mean that..? "I'm not losing to a worthless vampire like you! Bring it on!"

"Xavier..." Shauna held my hand and nodded, making me feel better about letting Xavier do this. He's a professional now... I should believe in him. We have a whole group behind us, so I don't have to be scared.

"Ah..." the vampire chuckled "you have a lot of energy... I like it. I can't wait until I win and see who will be mine" he sent out an injured Fletchinder whose feathers were halfway missing and scratch marks were everywhere. How could he do that..? The poor thing looks too weak and helpless to fight but was being forced to.

"Froakie! Use-" I grabbed Xavier's hand before he could make a demand.

"No, don't hurt it!" I frowned "Look at it" everyone looked at the Fletchinder having a hard time standing up "Are you stupid!?" I glared at the vampire observing me "You really think you can win with a injured Pokémon!? I knew your kind were heartless and pretty stupid, but this is another level!"

"Don't worry, Yannie" Xavier patted my shoulder "I got this" he looked back at Froakie waiting for a demand "Looks like we won't be having the traditional battle you were expecting. You should really look at your Pokémon before deciding to battle with it"

"Fuck off. My Pokémon does what I say even if it kills it" I glared at the vampire's logic "So you're saying you don't want a battle?" Xavier raised his sword, making it obvious "Okay! I was going to make it easier on you, but if you insist. This was going to be this Pokémon's last battle, so might as well get rid of it now" the vampire kicked it away towards us. I gasped and carried it into my arms, watching it crying at the pain on its side. No... not again.

"Froakie! Use your cotton on his eyes!" Xavier yelled. Froakie made a cotton ball appear in its hands and blinded the vampire with it.

"H-Huh?! Hey!" He hissed "What gives?!" Xavier glanced at me hugging Fletchinder.

"You might want to look away" he aimed his sword and ran up to the vampire to slash the blade through the vampire's neck, causing his head to fall off. I gasped and cupped my mouth. H-He killed a vampire just like that!

"Nice!" Shauna ran up to the body and took out a syringe to take the blood and transfer it into a small jar before the body disintegrated into dust "damn. Did you have to remove the head? Now I can't even collect more samples with this stupid little syringe " she sealed the bottle and handed it to Xavier "That's yours. You earned it" he nodded and walked back to me holding Fletchinder while Shauna collected the dust and kept it in a bag with words on it.