Chapter 15- A Flashback, and a Deal

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JAMES' P.O.V.

We enter the building.

The first thing I notice is the Pokemon battling in a cage.

'Holy shit! These people are doing illegal Pokemon battles!', I think.

"Hey!", a man with a coat but no shirt yells at us.

He approaches us.

My eyes widen when I see a Charizard is walking besides him.

'No. No! Not a Charizard! Oh God please, anything but a Charizard!', I think.

Tim looks at me in concern.

"James, are you okay?", Tim asks me.

As I stare at the Charizard in terror, the flashback hits me.

I remember that day all too well...

*****

It was three months before I got Hope.

I was in the woods near my home.

I was taking a nature walk, when a Charizard came out of nowhere, and started to attack me.

I tried to run away, but the Charizard caught up to me.

It slammed me to the ground, and was about to breathe fire on me when a random Luxray came out of nowhere as well, and tackled the Charizard off of me.

The Luxray looked at me with a look that was telling me to run.

I knew that Luxray.

I befriended him when he was just a Shinx.

I nodded my head as thanks, then I turned around, and ran.

To this day, I still don't know why that Charizard attacked me for no reason.

*****

"Earth to James! Hello?", I hear Pikachu say as the memory fades.

I shake my head.

"What?", I say.

"You zoned out there for a moment.", Hope says in concern.

I look at the man again, and then the Charizard.

I realize that the Charizard has a scar below it's left eye.

"That's the Pikachu that gave my Charizard this scar!", he says while he points to the scar.

"Pikachu, do you know this guy?", Tim asks Pikachu.

"Uh, did you lose your memories too? I don't remember who I was.", Pikachu says in annoyance.

"Excuse me sir.", I say to the man.

He looks at me, happy that I'm being respectful to him.

"Yes?", he asks.

"Do you happen to know where this came from?", I ask him while handing him the tube.

His eyes widen for a second.

"Yes. I do.", he answers.

"My name's Detective Johnson.", I say.

He frowns.

"Are you here to bust my hideout?", he asks.

"Not if you tell me where you got this from.", I say motioning to the tube in his hands.

He smirks.

"I'll tell you all you need to know if you're friend's Pikachu can win a battle against my Charizard.", he says.

I look at Tim and Pikachu.

"Let me at him! I'll tear his Charizard apart!", Pikachu says.

Tim sighs, but nods.

"Do we have a deal?", the man asks while reaching his hand out towards me.

I shake his hand.

"Deal.", I say.

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