Frozen Resolve

Chapter 6 : Catnip

"Hmm...Blossom spent mmm...400 poke' on ice cream today, hmmm...? She loved it so much, she mmm...ate their whole stock, hmmm...?" Boros said to us. "Blossom!" we yelled and glared at her, for some reason, my paws felt like they had gained a lot of strength, being able to pounce on Blossom any second. "Sorry, I might have eaten a little too much, see ya!" she shouted and bolted off. "Get her!"

"Hah...I'm...hah...exhausted...but this feels so good..." I said while panting when Blossom finally fainted after 20 minutes of our cooperative tickles. "Icy, you probably want to take a bath. We're dirty as heck" Randy said to me, then I quickly took my clothes and went into the bathroom.

I was so tired that I didn't even care about organizing my stuff. I jumped onto our bed immediately after I finished my shower. I snuggled into the big blanket while hugging my long Furret pillow in my paws, I was so tired that I didn't even care about organizing my stuff. "Hey, Icy!" Randy called out. "Wha-what...?" I asked with my eyes barely open.

"Imagining that pillow as your boyfriend might help you sleep better," he said, but I was so tired that his voice seemed like he was so far away. "Yeah...good idea..." I muttered and imagined Spark hugging me tightly and curling up around me with his warm and soft body while I placed my tails gently on his flank. Feeling unbelievably relaxed, it didn't take long before my tired body accompanied by my sweet imagination send me into a deep deep sleep.

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(???'s POV)

"Excuse me, is this lab 253?" I asked the man at the door. "Ms.Nebula, we are conducting an important experiment, you are not allowed to enter for safety measures" he replied. "Grraaah!" a chilling cry coming from inside told me that I had to go, and it would be too late if I didn't go in right now.

"But...why can't I? I want to see what's inside" I asked. "For your own safety, miss" he replied, then another cry came from inside. "I have to come up with n excuse, now!" I thought to myself. "But...dad would want me to learn something if he was still here, wouldn't he? Moreover, you have good...no, the best protection, and the best technology, don't you? I really want to check it out, even for a few minutes" I said to him. "Please wait here for a few minutes, Ms.Nebula. I will return with a set of protective gear that fits you properly" he said and left. "Yes! Now's my chance!"

I opened the door of lab 253 and tiptoed in quietly. I heard painful cries that came again and again while the people inside didn't seem to notice me. They were all focused on a pokemon in the middle, enveloped with lights of many colors. I squinted at the bright light coming from the middle, trying to figure out what pokemon it was, but there was nothing I could make out.

After a minute or two, the crying slowly died down as the light dimmed, followed by a loud beeping sound. The people in the lab stared at the mon in the middle...which looked familiar, it was the same pokemon who was with that Eevee I saw last time...it looked like a Grovyle...but it looked so weird at the same time.

The Grovyle's motionless body had its claws cuffed onto two large chunks of metal. The Grovyle had small holes on the tips of its leaves, which had a few abnormal orange patterns on them while missing the leaf on its head and one of its tails as its dull eyes seemed to be looking at nothing. "Seems like he didn't make it either, another one bites the dust," one of the people said as they released the claws of the pokemon. "They're...abusing...and killing pokemon? Dad has been doing this kind of stuff all this time...?"

I didn't know how to react to what happened all of a sudden. I changed my mind and decided to leave the lab, but as I turned away, I noticed something in the corner of my eye. I looked at the reflection of one of the columns...and saw the right eye of the dead pokemon looking at me through the reflection of the column while its left eye appeared to be missing.