Three Years

Chapter Nine - The Day After

Hello guys !

And I am once again late. I'm really sorry, I was on vacation and did not have access to my computer. Well, here we go with the ninth chapter !

Once again, this chapter was beta-read by Hilda from the Pokespe Amino.

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    The sun came and transformed the darkness into gold and the threat into an inoffensive nature.

     And with the hopeful sun, they had to admit the terrible, overwhelming, despairing truth.

     The terrorists had, once again, disappeared. Once again, they were better, and came, won and left faster than a wind gust. It was so hopeless...

     Y groaned. Between all the fights they have done, the sleepless nights, and the nightmare of the previous night, her energy started to fade away, and the lack of sleep started to have important effects on her. She felt it difficult to even move. She realized, before the sun rose, that she had difficulty to fully concentrate. Her field of view became smaller and she started to blink a lot. It is why she was relieved when she eventually heard Green.

"I think it's useless to search anymore. It's obvious that they're not here anymore and even if we, thanks to a miracle, find them, we won't have the strength to fight back. We should come back to Lumiose City, rest, and talk about what happened tonight."

     They were all exhausted, so the offer of the Viridian City Gym Leader was welcome with sights of relief. They, slowly, started to make their way back to the capital. With the support of her Solsol, the Flying Trainer was able to follow her friends. During their difficult and ridiculously slow journey, she could not help but feel that something was wrong. But, again, she was tired, terribly tired, and she couldn't find what bothered her so much. She associated it to her fatigue at first, but when the little group finally arrived at the bottom of the Prism Tower, she finally found the reason for her feeling.

     After looking at all of her friends, she finally asked, with a confused look, "Hey... Where is Shauna?"

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     To say that Shauna was annoyed was an understatement.

     When she heard Green's offer, she was, as well than the others, relieved to finally be able to rest. But, of course, she was the last one to walk down the stairs, and when she walked down, probably because of a lack of concentration, she twisted her ankle. It was painful, and she could not walk anymore. The others were too tired and did not notice her, and her Kitty was already sleeping in her Pokéball, and she could not wake her up even for the sake of Xerneas. This day was definitely a bad day.

     Not far from her, she could see a Fisherman cabin. Maybe, if there were people here, she could get help. With difficulties and several unsuccessful attempts, she eventually managed to reach the door. She was about to knock when she heard something which made her stop immediately.

"What have you done?! I thought we agreed to not attack civilians and you just attacked the boy without hesitation! You could've killed him!"

"You agreed to not do this, but I never said I agreed too! And he was maybe a civilian, but he was trying to stop us!"

     Two voices were arguing in the caban. And even if she only heard them a bit at the Jaune Plaza, she recognized them. It was two of the terrorists! If she remembered correctly, the first one was the young boy that Y had followed, when the second one was the cloaked person who attacked Tierno. But they were in the same team, right? Why are they arguing?