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"Aside" Chapter 2
I grew up in an institution. Pokétech Corporation I think. I was always so high up, looking down on the city that I could never really be sure where I was. Some days I thought I could fly if I just stood up on my hind legs and looked out, but the glass was always in my way. I'd never get through.
I was always around others of my species. Eevee mostly, but a few had their evolved forms, those chosen for it anyway. We were all part of a grand experiment that Pokétech was performing for some outside company. They were apparently paying a huge amount of money for above average Pokémon of rare and otherwise unobtainable value. We were all special, but that's why I had to get out of there.
There are things that separate all Pokémon from one another. Even between those of different species. Numbers that raise our basic battle traits and give us an edge over the competition. Inherent Values. They have a maximum and a minimum value for every stat and the odds of breeding a Pokémon with maximums in all six is so astronomically difficult that they assumed it was impossible. Until me. I have the maximum Inherent Values in all battle stats, and that set me apart from the others.
They did tests on me to prove it. Dozens, hundreds of tests. When they found out they brought me to a separate room and I wasn't allowed to see any of my friends or family anymore. I was locked up like a trophy. I can only guess that they were showing me off to potential breeders or collectors.
There was a pool there, and I always loved swimming. I hatched right beside the pool and slipped in before anyone could stop me from falling in. But I didn't sink like most newborns do. I took to the water right away, and even before I was rescued I watched as a Vaporeon zipped by me underwater and lifted me up on his back to take a breath. He was my hero, and we were friends ever since.
But it was made obvious that I was different, or special, is what they kept saying, and that I shouldn't mingle with the lower breeds. I didn't care, but apparently I wasn't supposed to. It wasn't until much later that I realized why.
I wasn't going to be traded off, or bought by a collector and be raised by a trainer who would have nice grounds to keep me. I was going to be kept away from everyone just like my mother and father.
I never met them, but one of the breeders in the building was nice enough and told me all about the experiment, as though I couldn't understand what she was saying. My mother is also incredibly rare. Maximums in four of six, and my father, just one of her sires has maximums in three of six. It was a breeding program. A selective and controlled breeding program, and I was going to be mother of thousands more trapped Eevee because of some numbers that didn't make sense to me.
I was always alone after that. I didn't see anyone after they gave me my own room. I had what I needed, and wanted, everything I would have wanted to be happy, but I was trapped in a place I didn't know with people I didn't trust.
Then one day I saw her. My mother, as I was being led to another room for something. Her door was open and I was well behaved enough not to run away. But I couldn't help it. She was there and looked exhausted. She was lying on her side, a swollen belly. She was red in the face but she recognized me as I came running up to her.
She was the most beautiful Espeon I had ever seen. But her looks were wasted here. And then she said something I'll never forget.
"Get out of here. Please don't become like me. I couldn't bear it."
I didn't understand right away but then the human leading me away picked me up and hit my nose and I watched as my mother winced as though struck herself. And I knew I had to escape. I bit him when his hand was near enough and he dropped me. I had always been fast but now I used every ounce of my strength to move. There were loud noises screeching all around me, and a group of dogs were sent after me too. I only just managed to sneak into a staircase as the door closed to cut off the dogs and... I had never seen stairs before. They were huge and scary. But I could hear the scratching at the door and the loud barks and screeching noises and I had never been more afraid of what they would do if they caught me. I jumped, and landed at the bottom of that staircase only to find another one right behind me. There were so many I lost count and I wasn't even sure when I had reached the bottom but there was a passage leading into a well lit room with glass all around. The noise wasn't here so I went inside and then two big men jumped out from behind me and meant to catch me. They were wearing the most ridiculous costumes with big 'R's on the front. The floor was slippery and they almost had me but they couldn't get a grip either. I was too fast.
The door opened then. I don't even remember seeing anyone standing there but I made a break for it. The door closed right behind me and I heard it smash open as someone barreled through it but I didn't stop running, and I didn't slow down or look back. I was out, but they weren't going to make it easy.
I was terrified of going back, of seeing my mother again; of turning in to her though I fell in love with her more than anything that day. My heart went out to her. She could barely speak to me when I showed up, let alone escape by herself. I don't know how many more eggs she had given birth to, but there were hundreds of us when I was taken away, and more when I finally met her, and more still since I escaped. I don't know how long I ran, but I kept going right through the night and the next day and the next day. I left the city behind me and only when I was inside a forest did I stop. I was so exhausted and so scared that I didn't know what to do. I couldn't sleep. The sounds around me at night reminded me of the screeching hallways and the dogs.
I kept going and early the next day I came to a green city. I wasn't sure what to do, but the forest was too scary for me, and a city is the only place I knew, so I went in. I stayed hidden, but then I saw them. Two more men in that strange clothing and I knew I had to escape again. I ran and ran, but ended up crashing into the legs of one more as I turned a corner. They found me and chased me.
That's when I met you Jack. I could hear you when you turned them away from me. But I was still so scared that I just couldn't count on you saving me. But you did. And I remember your eyes and your hands. They were so soft.
And your room was a mess when you got in but you had everyone cleaning up so fast that it didn't matter. I couldn't have escaped you even if I wanted to by then, Jack. And after you nursed me back to health I knew I wouldn't leave. The family around you, and the little Riolu to play with, it was just like when I was saved from drowning. And I was drowning again, because I could remember the nightmare of the Pokétech building and my escape. When you offered me the Pokéball and a place on your team I couldn't refuse, not just because you were so wonderful to me and all your other Pokémon, but because I knew I couldn't go back.
I'm sorry that it was partially selfish of me to join you, but after a while I knew that I would have regretted not joining you the rest of my life. It's been so wonderful here, travelling with you, loving you, battling with you, and having someone be proud of me.
Maya was in tears by now, and had been for a while when she recounted her mother and Jack wrapped a hand around her shoulders. The hot tub they were in on the deck of S.S. Anne was empty so late, most of the patrons either having left for the bar or the dance indoors. He didn't say anything and he didn't need to, his smile said everything she wanted to hear from him.
"But I miss her Jack. I really do."
His other hand came around her and tugged her tightly to his chest.
"Shh, I know. It's all right. I'm sure she thinks of you too. And I bet she's so grateful that you escaped."
"But what if they keep treating her like that. Someone like me is so rare that they would keep making her breed like that until they got another one."
He held her at arm's length and looked at her dead in the eyes very seriously for a while. She stared back, shy, and had her fists balled up in front of her breasts. "You are here, with me, with all of us, and we will never ever let any more harm come to you, do you understand?"
"But my-"
"Understand? Maya?" his look was pensive, as though he wanted so much to promise her he would get her mother back. She knew she couldn't ask him something like that, that freeing those Pokémon from that building would be impossible, even for Jack.
She nodded, "I understand." When he loosened his grip on her shoulders she launched herself at him, wrapping her arms around his back in a tight embrace. "I'm sorry," she whispered.
He stroked her back for a long while and rested his cheek against her head, "You've got nothing to be sorry for Maya. Nothing at all."
She was safe here, she knew, but she had never felt more vulnerable in Jack's arms now that he knew her secret. She was still shaking when he let go of her, as though chilled even through the hot water of the tub. When they both sat back and let what they had both said sink in Maya asked, "We've been on the ship again for three days now."
"I know," Jack replied.
"We can't see land yet," said Maya.
"Not yet," a grin was growing across his face now, and it made Maya grin as well.
"Then where is the boat headed?" she asked.
"It's a surprise," he said, putting a finger to her mouth to quell the next question. "A surprise you're all going to love." And when his lips were so close to hers as to almost be touching, "I guarantee it." Then he backed off, leaving her lips yearning for his touch. Then she took the initiative.Chapter End Notes:Let's all pull the plot hook together now. "Doink!
I was always around others of my species. Eevee mostly, but a few had their evolved forms, those chosen for it anyway. We were all part of a grand experiment that Pokétech was performing for some outside company. They were apparently paying a huge amount of money for above average Pokémon of rare and otherwise unobtainable value. We were all special, but that's why I had to get out of there.
There are things that separate all Pokémon from one another. Even between those of different species. Numbers that raise our basic battle traits and give us an edge over the competition. Inherent Values. They have a maximum and a minimum value for every stat and the odds of breeding a Pokémon with maximums in all six is so astronomically difficult that they assumed it was impossible. Until me. I have the maximum Inherent Values in all battle stats, and that set me apart from the others.
They did tests on me to prove it. Dozens, hundreds of tests. When they found out they brought me to a separate room and I wasn't allowed to see any of my friends or family anymore. I was locked up like a trophy. I can only guess that they were showing me off to potential breeders or collectors.
There was a pool there, and I always loved swimming. I hatched right beside the pool and slipped in before anyone could stop me from falling in. But I didn't sink like most newborns do. I took to the water right away, and even before I was rescued I watched as a Vaporeon zipped by me underwater and lifted me up on his back to take a breath. He was my hero, and we were friends ever since.
But it was made obvious that I was different, or special, is what they kept saying, and that I shouldn't mingle with the lower breeds. I didn't care, but apparently I wasn't supposed to. It wasn't until much later that I realized why.
I wasn't going to be traded off, or bought by a collector and be raised by a trainer who would have nice grounds to keep me. I was going to be kept away from everyone just like my mother and father.
I never met them, but one of the breeders in the building was nice enough and told me all about the experiment, as though I couldn't understand what she was saying. My mother is also incredibly rare. Maximums in four of six, and my father, just one of her sires has maximums in three of six. It was a breeding program. A selective and controlled breeding program, and I was going to be mother of thousands more trapped Eevee because of some numbers that didn't make sense to me.
I was always alone after that. I didn't see anyone after they gave me my own room. I had what I needed, and wanted, everything I would have wanted to be happy, but I was trapped in a place I didn't know with people I didn't trust.
Then one day I saw her. My mother, as I was being led to another room for something. Her door was open and I was well behaved enough not to run away. But I couldn't help it. She was there and looked exhausted. She was lying on her side, a swollen belly. She was red in the face but she recognized me as I came running up to her.
She was the most beautiful Espeon I had ever seen. But her looks were wasted here. And then she said something I'll never forget.
"Get out of here. Please don't become like me. I couldn't bear it."
I didn't understand right away but then the human leading me away picked me up and hit my nose and I watched as my mother winced as though struck herself. And I knew I had to escape. I bit him when his hand was near enough and he dropped me. I had always been fast but now I used every ounce of my strength to move. There were loud noises screeching all around me, and a group of dogs were sent after me too. I only just managed to sneak into a staircase as the door closed to cut off the dogs and... I had never seen stairs before. They were huge and scary. But I could hear the scratching at the door and the loud barks and screeching noises and I had never been more afraid of what they would do if they caught me. I jumped, and landed at the bottom of that staircase only to find another one right behind me. There were so many I lost count and I wasn't even sure when I had reached the bottom but there was a passage leading into a well lit room with glass all around. The noise wasn't here so I went inside and then two big men jumped out from behind me and meant to catch me. They were wearing the most ridiculous costumes with big 'R's on the front. The floor was slippery and they almost had me but they couldn't get a grip either. I was too fast.
The door opened then. I don't even remember seeing anyone standing there but I made a break for it. The door closed right behind me and I heard it smash open as someone barreled through it but I didn't stop running, and I didn't slow down or look back. I was out, but they weren't going to make it easy.
I was terrified of going back, of seeing my mother again; of turning in to her though I fell in love with her more than anything that day. My heart went out to her. She could barely speak to me when I showed up, let alone escape by herself. I don't know how many more eggs she had given birth to, but there were hundreds of us when I was taken away, and more when I finally met her, and more still since I escaped. I don't know how long I ran, but I kept going right through the night and the next day and the next day. I left the city behind me and only when I was inside a forest did I stop. I was so exhausted and so scared that I didn't know what to do. I couldn't sleep. The sounds around me at night reminded me of the screeching hallways and the dogs.
I kept going and early the next day I came to a green city. I wasn't sure what to do, but the forest was too scary for me, and a city is the only place I knew, so I went in. I stayed hidden, but then I saw them. Two more men in that strange clothing and I knew I had to escape again. I ran and ran, but ended up crashing into the legs of one more as I turned a corner. They found me and chased me.
That's when I met you Jack. I could hear you when you turned them away from me. But I was still so scared that I just couldn't count on you saving me. But you did. And I remember your eyes and your hands. They were so soft.
And your room was a mess when you got in but you had everyone cleaning up so fast that it didn't matter. I couldn't have escaped you even if I wanted to by then, Jack. And after you nursed me back to health I knew I wouldn't leave. The family around you, and the little Riolu to play with, it was just like when I was saved from drowning. And I was drowning again, because I could remember the nightmare of the Pokétech building and my escape. When you offered me the Pokéball and a place on your team I couldn't refuse, not just because you were so wonderful to me and all your other Pokémon, but because I knew I couldn't go back.
I'm sorry that it was partially selfish of me to join you, but after a while I knew that I would have regretted not joining you the rest of my life. It's been so wonderful here, travelling with you, loving you, battling with you, and having someone be proud of me.
Maya was in tears by now, and had been for a while when she recounted her mother and Jack wrapped a hand around her shoulders. The hot tub they were in on the deck of S.S. Anne was empty so late, most of the patrons either having left for the bar or the dance indoors. He didn't say anything and he didn't need to, his smile said everything she wanted to hear from him.
"But I miss her Jack. I really do."
His other hand came around her and tugged her tightly to his chest.
"Shh, I know. It's all right. I'm sure she thinks of you too. And I bet she's so grateful that you escaped."
"But what if they keep treating her like that. Someone like me is so rare that they would keep making her breed like that until they got another one."
He held her at arm's length and looked at her dead in the eyes very seriously for a while. She stared back, shy, and had her fists balled up in front of her breasts. "You are here, with me, with all of us, and we will never ever let any more harm come to you, do you understand?"
"But my-"
"Understand? Maya?" his look was pensive, as though he wanted so much to promise her he would get her mother back. She knew she couldn't ask him something like that, that freeing those Pokémon from that building would be impossible, even for Jack.
She nodded, "I understand." When he loosened his grip on her shoulders she launched herself at him, wrapping her arms around his back in a tight embrace. "I'm sorry," she whispered.
He stroked her back for a long while and rested his cheek against her head, "You've got nothing to be sorry for Maya. Nothing at all."
She was safe here, she knew, but she had never felt more vulnerable in Jack's arms now that he knew her secret. She was still shaking when he let go of her, as though chilled even through the hot water of the tub. When they both sat back and let what they had both said sink in Maya asked, "We've been on the ship again for three days now."
"I know," Jack replied.
"We can't see land yet," said Maya.
"Not yet," a grin was growing across his face now, and it made Maya grin as well.
"Then where is the boat headed?" she asked.
"It's a surprise," he said, putting a finger to her mouth to quell the next question. "A surprise you're all going to love." And when his lips were so close to hers as to almost be touching, "I guarantee it." Then he backed off, leaving her lips yearning for his touch. Then she took the initiative.Chapter End Notes:Let's all pull the plot hook together now. "Doink!