The Search for a Home- A Jolteon Fanfic

Chapter 6 : Holdout

Chapter 6

Chapter 6- Holdout

Jolt stared at Sparky in utter disbelief. Seeing her there, standing in front of him, was so random that he really couldn't even begin to wrap his head around it. It was so unbelievable, that if Rubi and Snow hadn't moved over and stood in the doorway with her, he'd have mistaken her for someone else. While Jolt stared at them, dumbfounded for some reason, Ripple was a lot less happy to see these intruders. They had just interrupted her mating with her crush, and she was getting pissed. She didn't know who they were, but she was already annoyed. Without warning, Sparky ran at them and jumped on the mattress, hugging Jolt tightly. "I finally found you!" she exclaimed happily, not letting go. By now, Jolt had come to his senses, and he really wasn't sure how much he liked seeing her again. It was still too early, and while he had gotten over the sadness of her betrayal, he hadn't gotten over his anger. He was caught between hugging her back and kicking her off, and kicking her off was winning. Just then, out of the corner of his eye, Jolt saw Icy land a hard Ice Punch on Rubi, sending her flying.

Rubi screamed in pain as she flew, causing them all to turn and look. Snow hit her with an ice punch of her own, and the two Glaceons disappeared. The full gravity of what was really happening struck Jolt and Ripple at the same time, right as Sparky got off of him and ran out to assist her friend. Jolt and Ripple followed her seconds later, both losing their lust almost instantly. The house had become a warzone, with blast marks and holes everywhere. Several small skirmishes between those from the cave and those here broke out, but it was obvious Jolt's first family was winning. Save against Icy and Sun, the wild Pokémon were a lot stronger than the domesticated ones. "Were getting you out of here, c'mon!" Sparky shouted, ganging up on Icy with Snow. Questions started to well up in Jolt's head, but he pushed them down for the time being. He wasn't sure who to help.

"Jolt, we gotta help Icy!" Ripple shouted at him, now scared for both her sister, and unsure what Jolt was going to do. Jolt, hearing the concern in his almost-lover's voice, snapped him out of his inner conflict. The fight wasn't fair at all, and the farm Eeveeloutions would need all the help they could get. Jolt nodded, and Ripple sprang into action without warning. She delivered a powerful, yet controlled hydro pump to Snow, knocking her over as she was about to strike Icy. Sparky turned, and looked at Ripple with rage. "Why you..." she began, as Jolt stood next to Ripple. She began charging up a thunderbolt in revenge for Snow, and Ripple flashed Jolt a panicked look. "Don't hurt her, Sparky!" he shouted, but it was too late. She sent the attack flying at Ripple with a loud crack, as Jolt reached his paw out in front of her. Thanks to his ability, Volt Absorb, he was able to literally catch her thunderbolt, and now he was pissed. He walked up to Sparky, who smiled at him and said "Let's go home, Jolty." Jolt, much to her surprise, locked his paws together and slammed them down on her head, knocking her to the floor. She screamed, slamming hard against the floor, and looked up at Jolt with a mixture of confusion and pain. Jolt extended his metallic claws. "No one, and I mean no one, will ever hurt Ripple if I can help it!" he shouted, and swiped at her, sending her barreling into Flame.

Jolt smiled. Flame was one of the ones that he wanted to hurt. Electrifying his paw, Jolt ran up to the Flareon right as he got up, and gave him an electrified uppercut. Flame slammed painfully against the ceiling, and fell back down with a cry of agony and surprise. Using a move Jolt had improvised by watching some of Ocean's favorite show, Battle Girls, he leapt into the air before Flame landed. Electrifying his leg, he spun around and delivered an electrified roundhouse kick, sending Flame into the wall before finally landing with a dull thud. Flame looked up at his former friend, as confused and hurt as Sparky that he would do that. "That's for kicking me on the ground, asshole," Jolt said angrily. Teaming up, they actually managed to push the invaders outside, and into a tight circle. Memories of their words, their blows and their abandonment fueled Jolt, making him put more power into his attacks. When they were all in a tightly knit circle, Jolt thought of Sparky turning her back on him, and a burst of rage came over him. Without thinking, he poured as much energy as he could into a massive multi thunder attack. Thunderbolts rained down on the group, striking painfully and mercilessly with nothing held back. Those from the farm, and even Jolt's three companions stopped to watch his fury, awe and some fear in their eyes. Screams of agony erupted from the circle, and quickly they all dropped, save Sparky. Jolt ended the attack when the only one left standing was Sparky. From out of the forest nearby came a Vaporeon. Jolt readied another electrical blast, but stopped himself right before he fired. Standing next to her mother, sobbing, was Angel, the only one Jolt could never be angry with.

Every fiber if his being wanted to strike her, rage still coursing through him. His love for his daughter was stronger than his rage, however, and he came up out of his attacking stance. He couldn't, no matter what, bring himself to strike his little girl. For a while, no one moved or said anything. Sparky looked at Jolt, a look of pain, anger and betrayal on her face. Angel, however, couldn't stop herself from crying. She ran to Jolt with the tears streaming down her face, and pulled him into a tight hug. This time, Jolt hugged back, his eyes becoming moist with his own tears. He loved his daughter deeply, no matter what. Everyone watched the two hug each other, crying, in complete silence. Slowly, she left him and went and sat back with her mother, who put her arm over Angel comfortingly. "How could you forsake us, your family, so easily?!" she yelled at him. Some of Jolt's anger returned, but instead of calming down like he usually would, he let his emotions burst out. "How could you be so blind?! Did you honestly think that you could all beat me and leave in a cave to die, all because I was tortured into giving up the location of our cave, then come back and pretend that everything's fine? Well it's not! I left you all just as quickly as you all left me!" Silence. Sparky looked down at the ground guiltily, and the few of the ones who had woken up did the same. There was no argument to that.

"Leave," Jolt commanded. And they left. Limping, bleeding, hurt and confused, they all left. How could Jolt turn on them so easily? Was there any hope that he would ever come back to them, despite what they had done? "We will meet again, before too long," Rubi said as she turned to leave. With a pang of regret in her voice, she added "And I pray to Arceus that it will be on better terms." Jolt watched them all go back into the wilderness from which they had come. It would be time for his small group to do the same, soon.