Chapter Twenty Two - Reunited
#22 of Part One - Life Through The Eyes Of A Former Human
I awoke about two hours later. The sunlight was bright and it was hot, but not too hot. Sighing, I sat up, squealing in surprise as I immediately slipped off of the float and into the pool, sighing happily to myself as the cold water greeted my fur. I wiggled around, holding onto the side of the float with my claws as I tried to touch the bottom of the pool, before I realized that I was in the deep end. I must have drifted while I was sleeping or something.
"Hey Cammy! Come on! We're going to take Amper home, I know you can't wait!" Ben yelled from the top of the porch.
Finally, it's leaving...
Sighing, I climbed back ontop of the float to wake Electra up, but she wasn't there.
She must be inside already...
I gently slipped back into the water and began swimming toward the side of the pool, swaying my tail back and forth to help me swim faster, the flat end acting as a paddle, propelling me through the water faster than I would go with only my paws. In no time, I was at the other side, and as I reached up and grabbed the deck, Electra grabbed my paw and pulled me up. I smiled at her and stood up on all fours, shaking off before hugging her and smiling.
"Finally it leaves..." She giggled as she ran down the stairs, dashing up the hill, obviously excited that Amper was leaving. I sighed as I walked down the stairs slowly, taking my time. Perhaps I'd gone a bit too hard on her... I mean, I don't want Amper leaving here thinking we're mean... I mean, it's her fault we were mean... If she didn't do what she did, we would have been much nicer to her... But she's, well... Weird. Whether she knows it or not, she's weird.
"Come on Cammy!" Electra shouted from on the porch, giggling as she dashed inside. Sighing, I got down onto all fours and dashed up the hill, then up the stairs, pushing myself through the little flap in the door. Ben stormed into the living room and grabbed his keys off of the fireplace, turning around and picking me up, placing me on his right shoulder. Without saying a word, I climbed into his hood and curled up, closing my eyes and flattening my ears to the back of my head as the door slammed. Almost a second later, I was scooped out of his hood. Groaning, I opened my eyes, then widened them as I stared down at a yellow Lamborghini.
"Like it?" Ben laughed as he set me down on the driveway. Slowly, I reached out my right paw and touched it, looking back at Ben and nodding.
"Wow Ben... Wow..." I said as I looked back at the car, staring at it in awe.
He chuckled. "Come on, get in. We've got to go tak- oh yeah..." He said as he opened the passenger side door, laughing. "Forgot you couldn't open it..." As he opened the door, instead of opening outward, it opened upward! I froze in place as I watched the door slide up, and I could've sworn I'd wet myself from all of the excitement. Being a girl and all, I didn't really know, until I snapped out of it and looked down at the wet spot on the driveway, blushing as I looked back up at Ben.
"Wow... What the hell was that? You're supposed to sit when you pee Cammy." He said as he motioned for me to get in.
"It wasn't on purpose!" I said as I chuckled, hopping into the front seat. Ben closed the door, and I looked down, frowning as Electra waved her tail in my face, her butt raised in the air as her front paws rested on the floor of the car, while her back legs remained on the seat.
"Electra what are you doing down there..." I frowned as I leaned down behind her and ave her rear a big, thorough sniff.
"There is cold air down here, come on." She giggled as she scooted over a bit, dropping down completely onto the floor of the car. As Ben got into the car, he stared at us, making a face.
"WHY are you on the floor?" He asked, laughing.
"Cold air." I said as I hopped down onto the floor and lay down on my belly next to Electra.
"Oh yeah, the air conditioning... Well stay down there if you want... It's not like there's a law saying Pokemon have to sit in seats..." He laughed as he put the keys in the ignition, turning them and starting the car. He revved the engine a couple times, looking down at me and grinning.
"The power of six hundred Ponyta..." He said as he shifted into reverse, backing out of the driveway. "I've got something special planned for today..." He said, chuckling as he took off down the road.
"Getting rid of Amper is special enough." Electra grinned. "And ohhh this feels so nice." Electra said as she flattened her ears back, giggling as she sat up. "Oh... There's some up here too..." She said, giggling louder as she hopped up onto the seat. "Come on! And it's softer on here!"
I smiled as I sat up, turning around and climbing up onto the seat, sitting down beside Electra and leaning against her, purring softly as I kissed her cheek. She grinned as she turned her head, which made me kiss her right on the mouth, instead of her cheek. She giggled as she opened her mouth and sucked my tongue out of mine, purposely making loud slurping noises as she kissed me passionately.
"Wow girls... Wow..." Ben said as he grinned, looking down at us. "Putting on a show are we?"
"You two are disgusting..." Amper mumbled as she curled up in the back seat.
"SHUT UP NO ONE ASKED FOR YOUR STUPID OPINION!" Electra snapped as she continued kissing me. "Besides, this morning you were sooooo into my body and stuff, remember? So shut up, hypocrite." She growled as she sat down on the seat, leaning her head against my shoulder as she looked outside, smiling.
"Wow look. We are going like... So fast..." She sighed as she watched the trees and stuff whip by us. We were on the parkway, so my guess would be that Amper's owner must be far away.
"It'll be a while, so you might as well sleep or something..." He frowned. "What the hell is that smell?"
I shrugged as I sniffed the air, not smelling anything.
"There's nothing there..." I said, frowning at him.
"It's probably Amper... She smells like a litter box." Electra said as she looked back at Amper, and stuck out her tongue. Amper just whined and curled up into a tighter ball, obviously upset.
"Why can't you just be nice to her for the last... Whatever, hour or two or whatever she's here for?" I asked as I grabbed Electra's right paw, holding it tightly. "Please?"
She sighed, nodding. "Fine... I won't talk to her..." She said, sighing.
I noticed she didn't call her an it, so apparently she was trying at least a little.
"That's all I ask..." I said to her, smiling as I kissed her cheek. "Now I'm going to go back there and spend some time with her... If you don't mind that is..." I said as I looked her in the eye, smiling.
"Whatever, go..." She said as she hopped down onto the floor.
"Well I'm not going to go back there if you don't want me to..." I frowned.
"No really, it's fine, I don't mind..." She said as she lay down. "Go ahead."
Sighing, I turned around and climbed into the backseat, frowning as I poked Amper's middleish side area. Since she was so long, I really had no clue what I'd poked. As soon as I poked her, she picked her head up and stared right a me, which was when I realized I'd poked nowhere near her middle, I'd poked her forehead. Well her whole body was the same color, with the stripes and stuff it was hard to tell which part of her was which part when she was curled up like that. She had tears in her eyes, and once she saw me, she kind of whimpered, as if she was afraid of me or something.
"Come on... I'm not going to hurt you..." I said as I sat down next to her, smiling. "I would hug you right now but you know, you're so long and stuff I don't know where your arms are..."
She uncurled and giggled as she leaped into my lap, hugging me tightly. Sighing, I hugged her back, patting her back. She looked into my eyes and giggled, licking my cheek.
"I'm sorry for being mean before..." She said as she looked down.
"Me too..." I giggled as I picked her head up, smiling as I kissed her gently on the nose. "And maybe... You can stop by again sometime..." I mumbled, my ears perking up as Electra hopped onto the seat.
"FUCK no!" She said as she climbed into the backseat with us. "You are NOT coming back! EVER!"
"Electra..." I sighed as I held Amper against me with one arm. "I told you to be nice to her... Please Electra... Stop being mean to her..."
"Yeah, I said sorry..." Amper said as she looked down, her ears flattened to the back of her head, obviously expecting an attack from Electra.
"Fine..." Electra growled. "If you're sorry for taking my food, then I'm sorry for peeing on you..." She sighed as she held out her right paw.
Smiling, Amper's face lit up as she grabbed Electra's paw and shook it, then hugged her, letting out a series of happy squeaks.
"Wow..." Electra mumbled as she jerked her paw away, returning to the front seat. "You're still weird..."
I sighed and shook my head, giggling as I pulled Amper down into my lap.
"Well now that that's over with... What do we do?" I asked as I looked her in the eyes, squinting as I tried to find her eye color.
"I don't know... Go to sleep." She said as she lay back down, curling up again. "We go to sleep and wait."
Nodding, I climbed back into the front seat, sighing as I poked Electra's side. "You PEED on her?" I asked, tilting my head.
"Didn't I tell you I was going to?" She said as she grinned, sitting down. "She deserved it..."
"Well... I don't know what to say... So..." I said, looking down. "I don't know what to do..."
"Hey Cammy, you and Electra, might as well sleep or something." Ben said as he turned on the radio. "It'll be a while..."
"Sure..." I said as I lay down, sighing as I moved my tail to the left, resting it against my side as I closed my eyes. Suddenly, I felt this dizzy feeling, even though I was laying down. I groaned as I closed my eyes tightly, shifting positions on the seat as I felt this hot feeling... Deep in the center of my head, I felt a burning sensation, as if someone were cooking me in a microwave.. Just frying the inside of my head...
"Chaaa..." I squealed as I gripped my head with both of my paws, rolling off of the seat and plopping onto the floor. I squealed as I gripped my ears tightly and tugged on them. Quickly opening my eyes, all I saw was red. Everything was red. I closed my eyes tightly, then opened them back up, and everything was normal again. The pain had stopped, and so did the heat. I slowly let go of my ears as both my hearing and my vision came back to me. I lay there on my back for a couple seconds, panting with my tongue hanging out of my mouth. I felt the cool air rushing over my face, and I slowly rolled onto my belly and stood up, climbing back up onto the seat.
"Cammy are you okay? Freaking answer me!" Ben said as he looked at me for a second before looking back at the road. "Are you deaf or something?"
"I'm fine... Nothing's wrong...." I said, nodding as I sat down on the seat, leaning against the back as I groaned, digging my claws into it.
"You don't seem okay Cammy... Are you sure you're okay?" Electra said as she hugged me, smiling.
I nodded as I retracted my claws, looking out the window. "Yes I'm fine..."
"Ben let's plaaaay!" Amper said as she scrambled into our seat, then hopped over into Ben's lap, giggling as she hugged him tightly.
"Get off of me!" Ben said as he grabbed her and placed her in our seat. "Never do that again! I'm driving!" He yelled, pointing his finger in her face.
"Do not point at me!" Amper yelled as she grabbed his hand and bit down on it.
"OW WHAT THE FUCK!" Ben yelled as he grabbed ahold of his bleeding hand with his other one, taking napkins out of the visor and wiping up the blood with them. "Oh Arceus... I'm bleeding..." He groaned as he looked to the left, out his window.
"DO NOT BITE BEN!" Electra yelled as she leaped past me, tackling Amper into Ben's lap and biting the back of her neck, a nasty crunching noise heard as she ripped a chunk out of Amper, swallowing it. "HOW DOES IT FEEL!?" She yelled as she went to bite her again, but Amper screamed and writhed underneath her, pushing Electra off and twisting around, grabbing her and biting her arm.
"CHAAA!!" She yelped as she pulled away, grabbing Amper's tail and going to bite it, but Amper pulled away just in time and coiled around Electra.
"DO NOT FREAKING TOUCH MY MATE!" I screamed as I struck Amper in the head with a thunderbolt, snarling as I grabbed her and flung her into the backseat, pouncing on her and tearing at her with my claws, just as I would to dirt if I were digging a hole, which sent bloody chunks of fur and flash fling everywhere, splattering on the windows and the roof of the car as I savagely tore her apart.
"Oh Arceus... So much... Blood..." Ben mumbled as he fainted, falling limp in the seat as Electra hopped off of his lap and into her seat, her tail jerking the steering wheel to the left as she leaped, sending us all flying to the right side of the car. I was too busy tearing Amper apart to notice that we'd turned, and once I did, it was far too late. The bump caused from us speeding over the curb is what made me realize that we were all in trouble.
"ELECTRA GET THE WHEEL!" I shouted as I let go of Amper, slipping on the blood on the seat as I tried to scramble into the front seat, falling down onto my belly as I scrambled to get back to the front, my paws constantly slipping in the bloody mess, grunting as I slipped right off of the seat and onto the floor.
"The what?" Electra said, frowning. "I don't know what that is... There's no need to yell at me..." She said as we crossed the grassy gap inbetween the two sections of the parkway, another bump sending me back up onto the seat as we sped over the curb on the other side of the parkway.
"THE ROUND THING! TURN IT!" I yelled as I scrambled into the front seat, my eyes going wide as we smashed head-on into another car. As soon as we hit it, I went airborne, flailing my paws as I flew forward and smacked into the windshield. I gasped as the wind was knocked out of me, and then again as the engine of the car in front of us burst into flames, the fire quickly spreading to the rest of the car in a split second, and then to ours, engulfing us all in bright orange flames... I grunted as I felt the heat against my forehead, but I couldn't pull myself away from the windshield, I was stuck to it. I wiggled and writhed as the glass got hotter and hotter, until the fire somehow got inside the car, and I felt the heat all over my body...
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I closed my eyes tightly, then opened them back up.
And everything was normal again. The pain had stopped, and so did the heat.
I slowly let go of my ears as both my hearing and my vision came back to me. I lay there on my back for a couple seconds, panting with my tongue hanging out of my mouth. I felt the cool air rushing over my face, and I slowly rolled onto my belly and stood up, climbing back up onto the seat.
Wait, the seat? What?
Everything was normal... Amper was sitting in the backseat, Ben was driving... And Electra was sitting next to me... What the hell...
"Cammy are you okay? Freaking answer me!" Ben said as he looked at me for a second before looking back at the road. "Are you deaf or something?"
"I'm fine..."I said as I leaned against the back of the seat, groaning as I dug my claws into it, nodding at Ben.
Wow, deja vu...
"You don't seem okay Cammy... Are you sure you're okay?" Electra said as she hugged me, smiling.
I nodded as I retracted my claws, looking out the window. "Yes I'm fine..." I said as I wrinkled my nose, frowning.
Okay, this is too weird.. Just like at the lake back then... When I saw Rice beating up Electra... And back at the Pokemart, when I saw her getting shot...
Before it even happened...
"Ben let's plaaaay!" Amper said as she scrambled into our seat, then hopped over into Ben's lap, giggling as she hugged him tightly.
"Get off of me!" Ben said as he grabbed her and placed her in our seat. "Never do that again! I'm driving!" He yelled, pointing his finger in her face.
It was for real last time at the lake... And it really happened at the Pokemart too... So it has to be the same case here... I mean... I can't afford to take the chance... It has to be real... And if it is, we're all going to die unless I do something... If it isn't, then there's no harm in doing something anyway.
"DON'T POINT AS ME!" Amper yelled as she grabbed Ben's hand. Just before she was able to bite it, I tackled her into the backseat and pinned her down, sparks flying from my cheeks as I dug my claws into her.
"YOU!" I yelled as I pressed my face against hers, snarling savagely as I dug my claws deeper into her flesh. "YOU GOT US ALL KILLED!" I yelled as I shot her with a static bolt, paralyzing her as I retracted my claws, growling.
"Cammy what the heck has gotten into you?" Ben said as he looked at me in the mirror, coughing as he saw the blood on my paws. "Oh Arceus... Blood..." He mumbled as he looked away, breathing deeply. "Ugh... Don't come up here with that on you..." He said as drove over the curb and pulled over in the grass, breathing deeply as he shut the car off.
"Okay... I didn't want to have to do this... But obviously you can't get along with Amper, so..." He said as he reached into his pocked and took out a Pokeball.
Oh Arceus no...
"Amper get in..." He said as he tossed it at her. I watched as it simply bonked her in the head and fell to the floor, motionless.
"Err... Did I do something wrong?" He frowned, to which me and Electra both giggled.
"Oh, right..." He said as he picked it up and pushed the button on it. "NOW get in..."
A red beam shot out and engulfed Amper, digitalizing her. The data was pulled into the Pokeball and it snapped shut, almost immediately shrinking in Ben's hand.
"Err... Okay..." He said as he flicked the safety lock, to keep it from releasing her even if the button was pushed.
"Um... Good." He said as he returned it to his pocket. "Stay in there..."
I sighed as I climbed into the front seat, sitting down next to Electra. The blood was no longer on my paws, which was kind of weird, but I figured it must have gone into the Pokeball with the rest of Amper.
"Okay..." Ben said as he started the car and pulled out onto the parkway. "No more fighting."
I nodded as I lay down in the seat, sighing as I thought about what would have happened if I didn't tackle Amper... Was my vision true? Would we really have wound up crashing and dying? I mean, last time I saw something like this was back at the lake... I saw Electra getting beaten up by Rice... As awkward as it seemed, I just HAD to check on her before I went to the human nest to search for a key that I already knew the presence of. Hey, she was my mate, and I HAD to make sure she was okay. And it was a good thing I did too, because the vision ended up being true... I sat there and watched her die, three times now, and twice, I prevented it...
Only twice... I didn't know it was Electra the first time, or I would have done my best to prevent it from happening... Or at least check on what I saw to see if it was true or not... So what proof do I have that this vision wouldn't have been true?
"Cammy are you okay?" Electra asked as I closed my eyes. I didn't want to tell her about what I'd seen... At least not yet... It made me feel like a hero, but at the same time scared the crap out of me... So now apparently I have these visions of my mate dying and I have to stop it... What could be more frightening than that? And it's only her too... Not once have I seen someone else die yet, it's only been Electra...
All these thoughts ran through my head as I drifted off to sleep, or rather fainted, or something inbetween.
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"Come on, we're here. Cammy wake up."
"Whaaaat..." I groaned as I opened my eyes, staring up at Ben. "OH! We're here..." I said as I jolted awake, sitting up and realizing we were at some sort of restaurant.
"Get up NOW!" Electra snarled as she pushed past Ben, grabbing my tail and dragging me out of the car. I grunted as I scrambled to my feet, Ben closing the door and locking the car.
"Geez, what a way to wake up..." I groaned as I stretched, sighing.
"Okay... Now let me fill you in on a little something Cammy..." Ben grinned as he pulled a Pokeball out of his pocket.
"While you were asleep, I gave Amper back to her owners... And guess what? They gave me this Pokeball. They said they spent a lot of money on it but it didn't turn out to be what they wanted or something like that... Said they got it from a Pokemon center or something... Didn't tell me what was inside though..." He frowned. "Well we'll find out later I guess." He chuckled as he picked me up and placed me on his right shoulder, picking Electra up and placing her on his left.
"Okay, let's go." He said as he walked inside.
"Whoa whoa whooooaaa there. We don't allow Pokemon in here." The man behind the stand said as we entered.
'Aw come on, we're well behaved..." Ben said as he looked at us. Immediately, both Electra and I nodded, smiling at the man.
"I don't care, no Pokemon." He said as he pointed to the door. "Out."
"Wow..." Ben mumbled as he turned around and walked out.
"What the HECK!" Electra yelled as she jumped off of Ben, shooting a bolt of electricity into the air.
"Sorry girls... Guess we gotta go home and see if I can go online and find somewhere that accepts Pokemon..." he frowned as he unlocked the car, opening the door for us. "I could have sworn this is where we went last time though... They said no Pokemon last time too, but we still got in..." he mumbled.
I sighed as I got back into the car, and Electra hopped into the backseat. I immediately curled up and closed my eyes, still tired.
"Err, go back to sleep Cammy, sorry..." Ben said as he got in and closed the door, starting up the car and turning on the air conditioning. Almost immediately, I fell back asleep.
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I awoke later, inside, on the couch. I figured Ben must have felt bad for waking me up last time and just moved me without waking me this time. I sat up just as Electra hopped up onto the couch next to me. Chuckling, I hugged her as I yawned, smiling.
"Wow, you were tired." She giggled, hugging me tightly.
'Yeah, I was..." I said as I hugged her back, wagging my tail. "I have to tell you something..."
"What is it?" She asked as she tilted her head, frowning.
"Well, remember how I saved you... At the lake?" I said as I scratched my right ear nervously.
"What about it?" she asked as she poked my belly.
I sighed. "Well... if you think about it, I got to you a lot faster than I should have... It takes about fifteen minutes to walk to the human nest from the colony, and the five minutes of pointless searching, and then another fifteen walking back, and then another ten looking for you... I should have gotten to you in an hour or so..." I frowned.
"Yeah... Actually that makes sense... But, you were gone for like five minutes..." She frowned. "So you never went to the human nest..." She said as she frowned.
"Exactly... You see, when I was in the tall grass I had a vision... I saw Rice beating you up, and naturally, since you were my mate, I HAD to check on you... So I went to the place I'd seen you at in the vision, at the lake... And it turned out that Rice really was about to kill you..."
She nodded. "And that's how you got there so fast..."
I nodded. "Yes, and today in the car, I had another... Amper almost attacked Ben and crashed us..." I said, frowning. "We would have died..."
Electra made a face, frowning. "So you can see when I die... That's a good thing." She giggled as she hugged me. "A very good thing!"
I nodded. "Yes but it's also scary... You see, I saw you get shot at the Pokemart too... But I didn't know it was you..." I said as I looked down.
"Well I can see how you'd think it is, fearing that I'm going to die all the time and stuff... But relax Cammy, I'm fine." She smiled as she kissed my cheek.
"Well for now you are.... But I don't know about the future..." I sighed as I kissed her back, smiling.
"Worry about that when it comes." She said, giggling as she hopped off of he couch., just as Ben entered the living room.
"Hey girls! Might as well get this guy outta the ball, right?" He said as he held out the ball, pressing the button. A red beam shot out and puddled on the floor, slowly forming into the shape of a male Pikachu. He opened his eyes and frowned as he looked at us, seeming to squint in recognition as he stared at me.
"Lovely..." Ben said as he walked out of the room.
Electra stared, frowning. "I-is that..." She said, tilting her head as she squinted at him, her eyes lighting up.
"What? What's wrong? And where am I?" He asked as he looked around. As soon as he spoke, I immediately recognized the voice as.. My own... HIS voice was the same as my old one...
"Cammy come here..." She growled as she grabbed my and dragged me out into the kitchen, pinning me against the wall and looking me in the eye.
"What the hell is going on here? That's YOU!" Electra squeaked.
I looked around the corner and stared at the male Pikachu, tilting my head. "No it's not... I mean, sure it sounds like me and all... But there's no way that's me..." I said as I walked in and approached him, gently sniffing his fur.
"I know you Dallas, that's you." Electra mumbled.
"You smell like... Me..." I frowned as I looked him over. He looked very familiar, but there was no way it could be me... "You know, this is your new home... Your owner doesn't want you..."
He frowned, his ears falling to the sides as Electra entered. "Of course he doesn't... No one ever does ever since I got randomly abducted at that Pokemon Center... Dallas was supposed to be the one that left... And then I find out I was changed into a male afterward... It was so scary... I still can't get over it..." he growled. "It's so confusing!"
"Nice to meet you, I'm Cammy..." I grinned as I held out my right paw. His eyes widened as I told him who I was, and he looked me over, taking a step back.
"N-n-no... This can't be... You're ME... And I'm YOU?" He said as he backed up against the couch, closing his eyes and shaking his head. "This can't be..."
"Maybe it was fated that you two would meet up here and switch back?" Electra suggested as she wagged her tail. "Now Dallas can be male again!"
The male Pikachu shook his head. "So that means... You're Dallas, right?" He asked as he tilted his head.
"Yes, and you're Cammy I guess..." I frowned.
"Yeah, but I called myself Dallas so I didn't confuse others..."
"And I called myself Cammy so I didn't confuse others as well..." I frowned. "How did we switch bodies?"
He shook his head. "I have no clue... I was minding my own business in the forest and next thing I know I'm you..." He frowned. "Can we switch back now?"
There was silence in the room for the next minute or two, then he rushed forward and grabbed me, hugging me tightly. "DALLAS I MISSED YOU SOOO MUCH!!! And I can still feel the power in your body!" He giggled as he planted a kiss right on my mouth. I immediately gave in and kissed him back, purring softly as I rubbed his back, my tongue slipping into his mouth as he kissed me. As soon as I swallowed, I felt dizzy, and I could tell that he did too, because his eyes began spinning.
"Ooh... Wh-what the hell..." He mumbled as he stumbled back, falling onto his back as he fainted.
"Electra... I feel so... Uuuugh..." I mumbled, stumbling on my right foot as I fell ontop of Electra, groaning as I too fainted.
"What the heck..." Electra mumbled as she pushed me off of her, walking over to the couch and hopping up onto it. "So which one is really Dallas...?"
--END Chapter Twenty Two--