PokèDruids [PkmnWattys2016]

Assassination

"Ugh, is this it? This Druid stuff sucks." It was four days since Eros and Cerci had arrived to the clearing. The days were spent with Eros feeding his energy to the plant. As a result, the sprout was about a foot tall and sprouting flower buds, which meant the plant had developed much faster and stronger than any normal bush, as the plant appeared to be. Aside from growing the plant, Eros sat about resting and doing very little. About three times per day, Eros and Cerci would commence a ritual of normal daily activities; Cerci would walk to town and purchase bottles of water so the two could drink their fill. "I have my own ways of getting money," replied Cerci when Eros inquired. As Cerci Left, Eros would crawl around and find a few berries. Since he had been used to the normal processed products that lined the stocked shelves of everyday stores, it could have been suspected that Eros had become sick as a result of eating some of the berries. The bad feeling in his body could have also come from the medication or injuries, but as a result of the medicines he took he only suffered displeasure. After Eros was done finding the berries and crawling around, Cerci would return with the water and Eros would take about four white or beige pills, consuming most of the water and using the rest to water the plant. After that, Cerci would try to help Eros practice walking again. Finally, Eros and Cerci word sleep or rest until they repeated this process a third of a day later, keeping a calm silence between the two. Eros had only used three of the patches on himself by day four, only giving in to a sudden itch when he felt it.

The days were so boring as to make it so events that would be minor notes in a daily adventure become the highlight of the day; even the rare sighting of a Pokemon would be a topic worth discussing in a state like this.

The first day was only exceptional because the two arrived to the spot. The second day gave to what would be an important companion for Eros and his adventures, playing into the rest of his life; even as he just met the creature, he knew that the two would know each other on a deeper level than any other trainer: "Hey, Cerci, there's a red lump in the ground over here." Protruding from the ground was a faded orange hemisphere, the bottom buried in dirt, which mysteriously appeared a few feet away from Eros the second morning.

"Don't touch it."

"I think it might be a pokeball." Eros crawled a few feet towards the object, now looming with both his head and legs only two feet away from its location."

"Don't touch it."

"But what if there's a Pokemon in there?"

"That thing's about eight inches across, it's not a pokeball. I don't know what it is, but don't touch it."

"I'll try to see what it is." As Eros levitated his hand only inches above the protruding object, it quickly opened the top to expose a serrated pattern that closed itself around Eros' hand, flying up and exposing the lower part of the previously hidden Trapinch, who was the object in the ground. "GOD DAMN IT!"

"I told you not to touch it."

A small trickle of blood ran down the side of Eros' hand, flowing down the side of the Trapinch's face. "This really hurts, do something!" Eros lacked the strength the pry the animal's mouth open. Even if he had recovered at this time, the animal's massive jaw would have overpowered any attempts to open it by force.

"I told you not to touch it. Good luck getting it off."

"Don't you have magic or something for this?"

"Magic doesn't work that way."

Eros though for a second about how he could get the animal to let go. Eros couldn't keep the animal off the ground, so it stood on the ground while biting into his hand. Using his free limb, Eros crawled over to his bag while dragging the resisting Trapinch with him. As he reached his bag, he searched frantically for a pokeball, but he could only find one of his patches. "I guess this could work." He tore off one side of the package to expose the actual drug inside and withdrew it from the newly emptied wrapper. He made sure not to make too much contact with the product, even though time is the main component in releasing the drug.