-Route 29-
With the candy gone, both trainer and Pokemon felt it was time for a nap. Sure, there was no fire or anything nearby, but Noah had always been pretty partial to the cold, and Bowser…well...if the little shit could actually cough up fireballs, he probably didn’t a fuck about the temperature. So the two started to pass out. And why not? It was moderately peaceful in camp. Ghost, Blondie, and Pipsqueak were still missing, the lovers were off banging, and Butch and Kiddo were actually pretty quiet.
It was pretty great really. The first silent moment of the trip thus far…
He’d just rest his eyes for...just a moment...just a...just…
Zzz...
zZz…
And he dreamed.
It was a nice dream at first. He was floating upon a sea of white clouds. The warm sun above gently kissed him with it’s glow. All was right with the world…
But things soon went wrong. A thousand voices rang out in terrifying dissonance. There were voices he knew, and voices he did not. There were voices he loved, and voices he did not. The sun retreated and soon, all was dark. All was wrong.
But there was peace again. A fleeting, humble peace. The voices stopped...but the sun did not return. The calm lasted only a brief moment…
And then he was falling. Fast. Tumbling through the air to the sound of screaming and shouting. The voices returned. The mad, mad voices…
Noah awoke in time to be first struck by sticks, then have his sight blacked out by the falling blanket. He heard the others clammering and Boswser whining. Bowser...where was he?! Noah shot his hands out, fumbling upon the rumbling ground, before it landed on the pooch’s fur. He drew the dog in close and patted him. He scratched his fur, shushing the poor thing. It was terrified.
…
Hell, he was too. He didn’t understand what was happening. Was this the end? Was this really how he’d go out? In the dark, surrounded by people he didn’t know and didn’t care for?
After a few moments...it ended. No, not the world, silly. The...whatever that was. The ground stopped moving. Noah was hesitant at first, but soon pushed the blanket off. It was still dark...but less so. It was night...as to what time, Noah couldn’t say. He and Bowser must have dozed off…
Noah started to get up, but the pooch was licking his hand, still trembling. So Noah scoped up the Pokemon and cradled it in his arms while it kept licking his arm before he got to his feet and towered over the campsite. He looked around to the others. It didn’t seem like anyone was hurt. Nothing really fell...honestly, it looked like his own ‘tent’ got the worst of things.
Noah gave another look around before finally speaking up, for the first time the entire trip.
“Anybody hurt?”It was a kneejerk reaction. He hadn’t planned on asking that...but it was just the first thing that came to mind. Weird. He shook his head as he scanned camp. It didn’t seem like anybody was bleeding out so...that was a plus.
...he just didn’t want to worry about any dead bodies attracting wild Pokemon...yeah...let’s go with that.
“So...uh what was up with that?”