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it was a normal day of the vibrant pokemon town, shinies were just doing okay, roaming, chattering and playing. after that, cyra sitting on the Bench and watching everyone having fun.
as then, sky sits next to her.
“hello. are you alright?”
cyra couldn't say something but she turns around at her, sweats a bit. “oh hey sky, I'm actually okay i guess..?” she replied, but she's too shy to say..
“oh, I'm sorry about that.. do you even get away from your trauma?”
“.... what?”
“your trauma, I'm just asking you.”
“.....”
“please tell me. i know you're not okay i guess..”
“........ it was just a past trauma I've experienced, i still forgive ronan for his fault. i don't know what to say..”
“uh alright?—i'll just leave, see you later cyra.”
sky stood up and walked away, cyra sighed because of her trauma—she just needed to stand up and just walk but this place was hot a bit, he doesn't want to go because she might get a heat stroke.
she stood up too, just walking anywhere alone.. the clouds were covering the sun to make it less heat through the environment—she went through her house by opening the door.
“god.. why do i feel tired..” she whispered, she went through her bedroom and opened the laptop and put it on her soft comfy bed—she sits down, and clicked the voice call website.
she had to call ronan, she clicked his account and clicked the call button.
“hey ronan? is everything fine?”
“yeah, I'm busy stealing stuff from anyone else.”
“me too dude, I'm really tired.”
“it's nine in the morning, why won't you go outside?”
“like i said i was tired, I'm sorry.”
“have you ever heard the forest looks red? I saw that place yesterday..”
“the forest? it was meters away beside the city.. i don't feel like going through it, or else I'd get lost.”
“okay, I've never touched these fruits from it, it looks stranger than the regular nature.”
“the fruits? I tasted the apple yesterday.”
“holy shit, that's poisonous!”
“no—what the heck? i said i just ate the regular apple!”
“awh I'm sorry about that, I'd never taste the apple, not the strange ones. it has dull colored and glossy skin, i don't want to eat it.”
“yeah i know—but i need to rest now.”
“... hey cyra?”
“what?”
“i've seen the warning sign.”
“how?”
“uh, we shouldn't taste that other apple that was made from the strange forest.”
“why?”
“trust me, it's dangerous.”
“oh, alright i guess—i had to rest okay?”
“mhm, see ya!”
then, the voice call turns off.
she shuts the laptop down and puts it back on her table, she laid down into her bed, she signed.
her eyes slowly close, drifting her to sleep.
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meanwhile.
gemma was walking through the red forest, humming.
bree was behind her, was just picking flowers. and then she noticed the strange apple hanging from the tree.
“oh look at an apple!”
she said in excitement, gemma quickly approached the strange apple then grabbed it and took a bite of it.
but it tastes like a cherry and it sounds like chewing on a cornstarch..
“uh, aren't you a rock eater?” bree asked them.
she turned around, “the apple doesn't taste like the normal apple..?—also wanna take a bite?” she hands the bitten strange apple to bree.
“sorry, no thanks you—I'm not hungry. it's okay if you actually need it!”
“oh alright, let's start going home to meet someone else!”
bree gently smiles as what gemma said, they kept eating the dull colored apple.
“Are you done yet?”
“yep, let's go!”
gemma gently grabbed her hand after finishing off the apple, this apple doesn't have seeds..
as soon as both of them went back to the city, they went through their houses.
“wait gemma, should we meet soon?”
“.... yeah, i don't feel good.”
“..?”
“i'll still talk to you tomorrow! heh, i guess I'll be fine later, okay?”
“yeah.. bye!”
gemma closed her door, leaving bree outside of their house.
she walked away, but in her mind..
“My best friend is acting strange.. i hope she will be fine soon.” she whispered by herself.
she went through her home, and saw angel outside in her house.
“angel? what are you doing here?”
“o-oh me? just waiting for y-you.” she replied.
“i'm sorry to hear that, our best friend didn't feel good, I'm glad you'll check up on her tomorrow.”
“sure, i-it's about gemma?”
“yep, she might be sick because of that fruit apple..—i don't know it sounds like chewing on cornstarch.”
“uh oh.. i hope she will be fine, I'll go and I'll talk to y-you tomorrow okay?”
“i'm sure, she will be fine. bye!”
after that, angel walks away and Bree enters her house.
she was thinking about her best friend being sick a little..
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meanwhile, 2 weeks later.
“hello? anyone here?” raven was walking on the city alone, no shinies around, no sound.
“damn nobody's here, i think someone wasn't here..—somebody here? i don't feel that..” she keeps walking through this place but..
the person walked in, very tired, raven noticed them that they walked in.
“oh wait, are you alright?” she gently asks.
no response, this person was gemma, just worried and tired.
“hello..? are you okay?—is everything alright?” raven tries to speak to her, but suddenly.
gemma trembled in shock, the pain through their body, she starts to cough—raven steps away a bit “are you okay?! Is there something wrong?”
she didn't answer, she just keeps coughing.
raven just stands here in a second but, it happens fast.
she coughed.. blood..?
raven felt afraid mixed with disgusted expression, the blood oozes out from their mouth, Gemma's breathing was intense and raspy—blood splattered on the ground and she starts to hyperventilating after their eyes were pale..
“i had to get out of here!” raven screamed in her mind, she ran away, leaving them behind..
she has plenty of goosebumps growing on her skin because of how horrifying it is..
she rushed through the neighborhood and saw sky, kara, marsh and farran.
“four of you!” raven yelled, “i saw gemma was bleeding everywhere—i didn't know she was sick!”
marsh stood in, “what?! she was bleeding?!”
“oh god.. that wasn't good..” kara too, with a worried expression.
sky turned around, seeing how far away from an infected person.
“i didn't see anything..?” she said while adjusting her glasses, farran crossed his arms with a serious expression.
“gemma... I've never seen that person before—but i realized that's-- .....” his expression swings in, shocked and surprised.
“oh..? how did she get sick?” he asked.
“before i explain.” sky walks in silent, and stands here. “i know that strange forest came from nowhere, the branches were covered in thorns and its fruits were poisonous—the person who ate it, they would get sick and mutated into one of parasites who fully took over their body soon. we should create a cure for the infection to stop the plague.”
raven sighed, “let's just warn everyone after the first person was infected. if any of you are near her, please stay away okay..?”
four of them nodded in agreement.
they went up to warn everyone else.
weeks passed.
“it's been ten weeks since gemma was missing.. she was sick but she wasn't in her house anymore—angel told me where she is, but both of us didn't find them at all..” bree sighed in worry, just sitting here in her room.
she had to go outside, then she did.
she locked the door outside of her house, she walked away and went through the neighborhood.
after that, she saw Jair standing here, then spotted her—she went up to him.
“oh-- hey jair.. have you seen gemma?”
“...what?”
“she was vanished in few days and still didn't find her..”
“fucking damnit, i wasn't noticed why you shouldn't take care--”
“jair, i swear to god! please!”
“....and? go find her.” he scoffed angrily.
bree couldn't be mad, she went silent in seconds.
“cat got your tongue? tch, why can't you just-”
“jair.”
“why not? she wasn't that sick for the past month I've met them. I'm not gonna force you.”
“.......”
“just fucking talk dude!”
“that's not what i meant, that's not you insulting me like that.”
jair crossed his arms in serious expression, “i'll stop, let's just find her.”
“....but I'll do it by myself”
“if you get murdered, well I'd just drop you off into the incubator.”
“jair, this is serious! i don't want to be murdered twice!”
“same, why not? would i get murdered 3 times just like you?”
“JAIR!” she yelled. it triggers him to be silent.
“.....uh jair..? I'm sorry i didn't mean to-”
“i don't need to respond with a fucking-cunt just like you.” he walked away in furious.
bree, just standing here in silence.
falling onto her knees, after jair wouldn't accept her mistake. she covered her face by her hand, she felt very upset after he left her alone, she was just wanting to tell him to find gemma.
“this is your fault, you interrupted someone's quiet” the voices whispered into her mind.
is she hallucinating?
“your apologies won't work, worthless.”
“you did any useless apologies, no one would forgive you”
“it was your mistake.”
the voices keep insulting her mind, the whispering making her more uncomfortable and upset.
before she could react, her heart was racing, fast beating, she started to clutch herself.
after that, she heard a tinnitus on her ear, her vision blurred and it blackout, she collapsed unconsciously her eyes were slowly closed off after she passed out.
her nose and her mouth bled out, the blood flowing through her face into the ground.
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bree suddenly wakes up from the bed, her nostrils were bandaged and was strapped with a breathing tube.
she was breathing heavily, she just needed to find gemma who had vanished in ten weeks.
“she's awake!” a voice far away from her can still be heard, she heard who it is..
“let me check” another voice was from another place.
she heard the voices were far away, until she heard the footsteps.
she was afraid that if it was jair walks in, she can't move..
she panicked quietly, and she needs to stay in this bed.
but it wasn't jair, the person who walked in was.. mimi.
she stopped panicking and saw her standing here.
“so you're awake, i just gave you some medicine to keep you alive.” she gently spoke.
“.....what is this place..? why am i here...?” bree asked her.
“oh, just a hospital actually?” mimi replied.
“...so uhh..? where's gemma? it's been weeks since she vanished.”
“well, sky told me that gemma had escaped from her laboratory while the glass broke out, she was huge and creepy—so I'll describe how scary she looked. she was sick because of the strange apple she ate, she has mutated into stage 6, she was large just like dinosaurs and her whole lower body was formed into dino body with gooey black stuff. the parasite took over her body that's why, she has very sharp razor fangs and claws too. I'm truly sorry that happened to them.”
“.....what?”
“we shouldn't know, her disappearance was unknown.”
“no no no no no no....” she looked down on herself, heavily breathing.
“you don't need to be upset, we'll just turn her back to normal soon.” mimi gently patted her head.
bree looks up to her, with a surprised expression. she took a deep breath.
“y-....yeah..!”
“just rest here okay? the plague had started before.”
“i will, I'll survive this virus.”
mimi walked away, Bree lay down on the bed, she felt worried about.
after that, she fell asleep.
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meanwhile.
kai was chilling here in a public house at night, just sipping a cup of milk. looking at the window, amaya walks in.
“oh hey dude, watcha doin'?”
“oh! uhh, just looking at the window.”
“okay so, the announcement said the plague was started because of the forest..”
“what forest?”
“the scarlet forest, some headmasters confirmed it.”
“oh alright, jair was mad at bree yesterday..”
“yesterday? how?”
“he told me that he can't find gemma because of her, they just argue a little.”
“holy shit, that wasn't good as hell. she doesn't do anything!”
“don't be surprised, i warned you not to go to the forest. I'm warning you.”
“but why?”
“so, the forest was meters away besides the vibrant city. if you pick up the apple that wasn't ripe or a clone of the regular apple, don't eat it immediately. just drop it here—but if it affects your hand, wash it with soap-”
“but how did you know about that?”
“farran warned me.”
“haha, your husband?”
“HEY!” he blushes slightly in embarrassed expression.
“ha! I'm sorry dude, i don't know what to say”
“uhh..” kai's expression softened, “i know it's getting late, do you need to go home?”
“uh, nope? i can't because it's dangerous outside.”
“wanna stay?”
“oh sure! it would be good! as long as we're homemate bestfriends!”
“okay, let's go to our rooms okay?”
“yeah, the monster won't get because i locked the door.”
he nodded, two of them went through their bedrooms.
(naptime ;> sorry for interrupting lol)
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“....kai..?” farran stood up, he saw kai had his arm bandaged, laying on the hospital bed.
he approached him slowly, “what the hell happened to you..?” he shuttered.
“farran..?”
“kai.. i-” he sobbed, kai smiled softly.
“it's okay, I'm alright.”
“i.. I'm sorry.. you're a bit hurt..” he walks closer, still sobbing.
“it's just a little scratch okay? I'm not sick.”
“but kai.. if you're one of them.. wouldn't you hurt me..?”
“... I won't. as long as I'm still watching you.”
“really...?”
“yes, I'll stay with you. I'll never let you go, whatever you're far away, I'll just look for you.”
farran cried because what he said to him, he clings into Kai's arm, sobbing desperately. he gently patted his head, with a smile at him.
“don't worry, i know you love me more. you can live by yourself without me.”
“i can't.. i cannot live without you.”
“farran. do you love me?”
“....yes. i loved you..”
“.....i love you too.. no matter what.”
after that, sky walked in, “okay, just go out here.” she extended her hand, farran couldn't move, he just wanted to stay with kai.
“i can't..” he sobbed gently.
“but he's just had early stages of infection, i could make a cure soon.”
“fine.. he'll look for me.” he stood up, and followed her.
after they left, kai didn't feel good. he just slept on the bed, the infection would spread through his body soon.
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gemma, patient zero, stage 6 mutation.
to be continued.
(2899 words i guess😳😳✌️)