The Search for a Home- A Jolteon Fanfic

Chapter 11 : A Flame in the Snow

Chapter 11

Chapter 11- A Flame in the Snow

Jolt slowly opened his eyes. All his muscles ached, from his neck to his paws. He noticed someone had bandaged him up from the fight he'd had, and the wrappings were fresh, too. Jolt raised his head and looked around. He was in one of the rooms of their den, but night had fallen, making it too dark to tell which. He was completely alone. Jolt shrugged and went back to sleep, only managing it for about an hour until hunger and thirst drove him out. He was greeted by a soft, cold rain in the freezing winter darkness, causing him to shiver. He took a few long sips of water from the stream and took some food from their stockpile, and ate them happily. Once he was satisfied, he looked around him. Sun sat in a corner, watching him in total silence. There was something unnerving about her gaze for a moment, until she gave him a friendly smile and padded over.

"Hey," he greeted her, and she responded in kind. "It's good to see your wounds are healing up. It can't have felt very good to take a Hyper Beam to the face." Jolt nodded, and touched his face, suddenly realizing that it too was covered in bandages. "You look like a Kakuna under all those wrappings," she continued, "but it was all I had to work with." So Sun had been the one that fixed him up. Again. "Jeez Sun, if I keep getting hurt I'm gonna start owing you," he joked, but to his surprise she just winked at him, and slowly got up and walked away. That was... odd. Jolt thought, but shrugged it off. He had his needs taken care of and his fur was starting to get wet, so he hobbled back into his chamber, and fell asleep.

Marlin looked out over the pack. He grinned at his unstoppable force. Hundreds from his own pack, but he had managed to recruit more than just Mightyena. There were Houndoom, Luxray, Rampardos, Garchomp, Glalie, and many other types. A beat up Umbreon was the last to join, saying his name was Shadow. He rallied his troops and organized them. The army of Pokémon made its way down the mountain, towards the city.

Jolt woke up to loud shouting. Groggily, he got up and exited the chamber to see what was going on. Icy, Sun and Ripple were already there watching the scene unfold, talking amongst themselves. Jolt took a seat next to Ripple, and looked out at the scene in front of them. Humans and Pokémon alike were running and shouting to themselves, all heading down the mountain. In the distance, he heard the roaring and honking of engines, going both ways toward the city below. Jolt followed the road with his eyes, and at last saw the city. Several large fires were erupting, but from the panic of those around him, Jolt figured this wasn't any ordinary fire." What's going on?" he asked, undoing some of his bandages to find that his wounds had miraculously healed. "An attack on that city," Ripple answered. "But not by humans, but Pokémon." Jolt nodded, shaking off the grogginess quickly. "What should we do?" Sun asked, and for once they all looked to him, even Icy. Jolt thought for a moment weather to go help or stay. "Were you guys ever caught?" he asked. The answer would decide if they went or stayed. Ripple began to speak, but Icy put a paw over her mouth. "It's a long story. We were never released." Jolt nodded, satisfied, and took off the remainder of his bandages. "Let's go."

Sparky and the others ran through the forest down towards the mountain. The thought of working with the Mightyenas who had attacked them only a few months ago wasn't very appealing, but once the city was under Pokémon control, it would finally offer them the home they had been searching for. The others had been of the same mindset, but all agreed it was necessary. She hoped that the decision to bring Angel, and the newly evolved Flareon, Scorch, was really a good idea, but they had to grow up sooner or later. They would be protected, and it was too late to go tell them to hide, anyway. They began to meet up with more and more Pokémon who were there for the same reasons, and fell in line beside an Umbreon. He introduced himself as Shadow, and they made small conversation as the advancing army moved into the city.

Jolt and his group made their way along with the humans, and some wild Pokémon with the intent to defend the city. Not much was known about the attackers yet, but it was rumored that they acted under the command of some Mightyena. The roars, the shouting, the explosions, and worst of all the screams got louder and louder as they drew near. Their group of defenders had met up with several others, and as one they marched into the city. The fighting commenced, and they dispersed throughout the city, fighting side by side with trainers, wild Pokémon, uniformed humans who were some kind of government defence force, and the local authorities. Jolt, Icy, Sun and Ripple fought their way deeper and deeper into the city.