The Aftermath

In Alex's room in the pokemon center,

Alex had stopped the story at this point just concentrated on brushing the fur of Eevee, yet neither of the two other trainer said anything.

They could see from the faint trembling of his voice just how much that incident affected him even after all these years.

Eevee just jumped on his shoulder and started to lick his cheeks so that he could overcome his sadness.

Knowing that Eevee doesn't like to show affection in public feeling it to be beneath her and a way if showing weakness this act helped calm his nerves.

Seeing this, Lance who was attracted by the story quickly asked," What happened in the end? Did your grandfather...."

He didn't end his questions as Lorelei elbowed him in his stomach stopping Lance from completing the sentence. Lance too stopped after thinking what he nearly asked and apologized him but Eevee glared at him, for asking this stupid question and hurting her favorite human.

Alex just shook his head as if it didn't matter then said slowly," My grandpa survived it. None were killed ."

Hearing it the ill feeling if his grandpa death lifted from their heart but the sorrowful tone of Alex was not lifted.

He continued," Sandslash wasn't much hurt except for some claw wounds from the Pidgeot but Pikachu and Grandpa they..."

He was once again silence but this time he shuddered thinking about the aftermath.

This time his voice was just barely enough for them to hear ," Pikachu was injured severely. His shock pouches were ruptured, losing the ability to discharge electrical moves ...."

All were shocked on hearing it. The rupturing of shock pouches and the pain from it can't be imagined. Lance and Lorelei grasped in horror and Eevee just hugged him.

Now Alex too hugged her tightly, though it her hurt a bit she endured because of his emotional pain.

" And grandpa, him. ... When grandpa Jamie reached them , They saw him very injured. Pikachu wasn't able to hold back the Pidgeotto because of his injury. Sandslash held back Pidgeot which saved their life but those Pidgeotto they ....."

Seeing Alex having stuck in silence so many times now, They felt they shouldn't have asked it and Lance said," It's alright Alex. You don't need to continue. We know why you were like that. If it was me, hell , I would have hated all the flying types." Lance tried to comfort Alex and Lorelei went to Alex and took him in a hug to calm him down.

Eevee was now trapped between them but she didn't stop this. She too felt her trainer needed all the help he could get.

But Alex told them," Since I already said this much as should end it too. "

He rose from the bed taking Eevee on his arms and went to the window. He looked at the calm night sky.

" With no taurus to counter the attacks and grandpa aging he was hurt by their attacks. They also played with him. Now I know why only Pidgey family take on fearow. Probably because they too are as ferocious as them."

He said gritting his teeth.

" They cut off his right leg clean..." he said.

" WHAT" *2

"Eevvee"

"and his left hand was cut off from his elbows. "

they all were silent now.

" Though he survived I always see him having troubles because of lack of limbs. Always sitting on his wheelchair with his eyes yearning for an adventure. " He trained on " But because of me, he lost it. Had I not asked him to protect him, or wasn't a burden to him, if I was strong then he won't have to let us leave with taurus. Whenever I see him I see the consequence of being a hero. Being a hero is awesome but if you are weak, you will only make your close ones suffer. "

" I see " Lance said while Lorelei was quiet.

" Death would have been a relief for both grandpa and Pikachu but now they both suffer because of my heroism." Alex added.

"is there no way to help them?" Lorelei asked

" The prosthetic are very costly and to completely heal Pikachu is almost impossible. if not healed in the next five six years he won't be able to use lightning ever." He told them.

Hearing this they all turned solemn. But being how he is, Lance asked about the starter if all this act, shiny Pidgey.

" What happened to the Pidgey?"

Lorelei now thundered at Lance ," Can't you see the situation? Why are you so insensitive Lance asking such stupid question? can't you think once before saying something." she continued to rant on and on to relieve her anger due to the story on Lance.

Eevee too was angry at the insensitive idiot wanting to bite him so hard that he would always remember her. But Alex held her so she let it go for later.

Unlike what they thought, now Alex smiled a bit," You mean Pidgeot"

" Pidgeot?"*2

"eeevvv..."

they were puzzled.

" Yeah Pidgeot. He evolved over time. Now he is a Pidgeot."

" So do you often go to visit him." Lorelei asked this time.

" Visit? hahaha he lives with us. "

" Why? Didn't this all happened because of him?" Lance asked shocked and both Lorelei and Eevee agreed with him.

" It happened due to his coloration. No one can judge someone based on his birth. I was angry at the beginning, but both Sandslash and taurus supported him so I later forgave him."

" So he lived with you. Did your father catch it? or is it still wild " Lance asked

" I used my grandpa's pokeball to catch it. You could also say he is my first pokemon, my starter."

"wait. Wasn't Haunter your starter?" Lance asked quickly

" Haunter is my official starter while Pidgeot is my unofficial one. My parents had me raise him, take care of it, train it , make it's food , etc. "

Lance considered Alex his lifetime opponent so knowing that he had another pokemon he wanted to know it's strength," How strong is it?"

"Probably peak advanced to initial elite level" he said plainly

" Your pokemon is already that strong. how ? what? when?"Lance questioned him

" it was my grandpa who graded him. I trained him using my ideas and it helped that he felt as guilty as me so he too trained hard."

Lance was shocked at knowing the strength of his Pidgeot but Lorelei wanted to confirm ," So your Pidgeot could take on that Umbreon?"

"Yep. He would have cut him to shreds." he said," I trained his wind to be sharp enough to cut a rock the size of a golem easily. He also know giga impact and hyper beam along with brave bird and sky attack. "

" Talk about overpowered Pokemon." Lance muttered.

" Do you know how much I spent on raising him? I often took him to the forest to find some things to sell with Taurus and Sandslash. I spent more than a few million on raising him well. Do you think just anyone could raise advanced level Pokemon." He angrily told Lance.

" So why is it not with you?" Lorelei asked

" We agreed that when I return home, we will have a match with my Pokemons to beat it and formally catch him . if I failed he would continue to guard my family." he answered.

" Why do this? if you had him you may enter top 4 in the league." Lance asked him puzzled.

" if I can't even raise my Pokemon well enough to take him on then I might as well give up being a trainer. I could use all my six pokemons to take him on. I am not a fool to have one on one match now. Even if I had a Gengar it Charizard by then they couldn't take on a much experienced pokemon."

They all nodded in agreement.

Lance seeing the dark sky told," We should get going. You too should rest." And they left

Alex too was mentally exhausted so he too fell asleep as soon as he laid on the bed, with Eevee curling nearby to sleep.

Unknown to Alex, his Haunter and butterfree used their psychic to bond with Eevee and heard everything she hear. All the pokemons were bonded so this story was heard by all.

This also motivated them. Swinub and butterfree not to make him suffer again , while Haunter and Charmeleon to become strong and challenge the eldest pokemon of them all.

While Pidgeotto wanted to see it's evolved form and she wanted to see how see would fare from his attacks.

This story helped bring the team together and also gave them an imaginary opponent to take on. They all now wanted to.be stronger to protect him better in the future.

Let's stay tuned to see what happens next?

to be continued....