Maya ran as fast as she could while holding the small bag she had close to her like her life depended on it. She looked behind her and it only took that couple of seconds for her to trip, she dropped the bag and hit the ground hard. She cursed herself for being so stupid, she felt like one of those people in movies she'd heard about that would fall and then get attacked and killed.

She quickly got up and grabbed the bag, no more looking back, just running, what she had was too important to make stupid mistakes like that. Then something jumped down from the rooftops in front of her and she stopped, it growled and she saw fire. That was bad, she took the nearest path out of that alleyway just before a line of fire lit up the alley she was just in.

She stared in terror, but she didn't have time to stand there, she turned around and saw that the smaller alley had trash everywhere. She jumped onto the dumpster and jumped over as much of the trash as she could. Her foot ended up getting caught on one of the begs and she fell flat on her face for the second time that night.

This time she actually smashed her face on the ground and she was stunned for a few seconds, her head felt foggy as she got up. She picked up the bag again and shook her head trying to clear it, it hurt even more but she was slowly coming back to her senses. She stumbled out of the alley and got into the alley across the street as quickly as she could.

She leaned against the wall and saw something red dripping onto the ground, she touched her nose and realized it was bleeding. She might have broken her nose, she wiped off as much of the blood as she could on her sleeve and kept going. She got to the end of this alley and there were metal grates that lead into the sewer system, she lifted one and got in as fast as she could.

She replaced it quietly and checked her map, she still had a long way to go, she continued on her journey until she heard something splash in the water up ahead. She stopped and hid in the shadows while holding her breath and she prayed she wasn't found. She heard some small splashes, and after a minute a bigger splash again.

She waited a little longer before carefully peeking out to ensure nothing else was waiting for her. She moved as quickly and quietly as she could, she had a splitting headache now but she had to keep going. She finally reached a point she was familiar with, she was getting close, she stumbled through the sewer until she reached three scratch marks, she sighed in relief and headed down one of the large pipes.

Then she fell for the third time, her heart was beating incredibly fast, something was on her foot and she immediately started kicking trying to get it off. It was no use, the purple sludge wasn't letting her go, she was so close and this was how she was going to die. Then she heard running footsteps and someone yelling, "Cover your head!"

She did as she was told and there was a small explosion, it was a bit loud but the only damage it did was to the creature that was trying to suffocate her. Someone pulled her up and they ran to safety, when they were finally inside they were both breathing hard. Maya laughed a little glad to be alive, then she hugged her savior, "Thanks Jackson, I owe you one."

Jackson pat her back, "We're all about to owe you a lot if you got what we needed."

She held up the bag she had and he smiled before leading her into one of the tents, this part of the sewer was no longer used and they'd dug it out over years. There weren't a lot of people there, only about fifty, but they were a community and helped each other out when they needed it. Maya walked into the tent and someone immediately hugged her, she laughed, "Hi, Izzy."

Izzy smiled at her and kissed her, Maya kissed her back and Jackson rolled his eyes, "Break it up you two, we have a world to save."

They pulled away from each other and Izzy looked excited, "Did you get them?"

Maya held up the bag and a man spoke, "You did great Maya, this will help us take everything back."

He gently took the bag and brought it over to a table, he took everything out and the three walked over with the man. There were a little over a dozen master balls sitting, Maya was lucky to have gotten them before they were destroyed. The man put his hand on her shoulder, "Nice work Maya."

She smiled, "Thanks Professor Elm."

The old man smiled, then he sighed, he'd been around a long time, he was still relatively young when this all happened. But decades had passed and now he was old and tired, and he was hoping to die in a world that wasn't so fucked up. Izzy smiled, "We can catch Pokemon with these, and they'll have to listen to us, we can finally take back what's ours."

Elm smiled, "That we can, we just have to choose who's going to do it."

The three smiled at each other, then they heard a scream and they ran out of the tent, they were horrified to see a group of Pokemon that had come in. One already had someone in their jaws, it tore their arm off and pinned them to the ground before tearing into their chest. Elm ran to grab the Pokeballs and he grabbed a few and dashed back out, by then several more people were dead.

Elm gave each of them a Pokeball, "Catch any Pokemon you can and use them to stop the others."

They nodded and ran to find a pokemon they could catch, Maya had to ignore it when she heard screams she knew were from the professor. Jackson stopped and brought back his arm to throw his Pokeball when something hit him from behind and tore into his back. Izzy screamed, she tried to run in but Maya grabbed her arm to stop her and made her run the other way, it was already too late.

The Pokemon would tear him apart in less than a minute, and if they stitch around to catch it they could get attacked too. They found a couple of Pokemon that were farther away from the others, it was the best chance they had to catch one. They split up to get closer to one, with all of the noise they didn't have to be too quiet, but they were still careful.

Izzy got to hers first and she threw the ball, the Pokemon moved and the ball barely missed, but it hit a metal panel. It looked at the metal, then at Izzy, and it charged at her and had her in her back in seconds. It bit into her neck and Maya screamed, "Izzy!"

That was when the Pokemon she'd been trying to get noticed her, she pressed the button on her Pokeball to get it ready to catch it but it didn't work. She looked down and the button was broken, it wouldn't respond, it wouldn't open. It probably broke one of the times that she fell, but that didn't really matter, she took a few steps back as the pokemon got ready to charge.

She ran, she passed a pokemon eating one of the kids she knew, they hadn't been friends but she knew them. She kept running, she hated them, she hated Pokemon, for decades they'd been attacking and killing people. She hated them, they should have been obedient, they should have done as they were told, they shouldn't have started attacking people.

So what if they were caught by a trainer, so what if they participated in Pokemon battles it's not like they were killed during them. Then she was hit in the side and she hit the ground, she looked and saw a Nidoking. It was big, and mad, and had blood on its face. She tried to back away but her back hit a wall.

The Nidoking git ready to charge and she screamed, then it ran at her and its head hit her straight in the chest, it crushed her heart and lungs. Her last few moments were full of pain and anger, she hated them, so fucking much.

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