Frozen Resolve

Chapter 6 : Catnip

"Thanks, Icy. I'm glad that worked" Randy said as the huge amount of pokemon ran past us. "Grr!" I heard a sound come from somewhere outside the barrier, then the small ice shelter I made started to melt, revealing a Pyroar glaring at us. "Hey, we're minding our own business here, we don't want any business with you, Mrs.Pyroar!" Randy barked.

A few moments later, the Pyroar rand away while I stared at the scene wordlessly. "Randy, how did you do that?" I asked. "Icy, Pyroars are cat pokemon, and a lot of them are scared of dog pokemon...while I'm both a dog pokemon and a rock type" Randy replied with a smile. "Blossom is a weird one" he added.

"Help!" a voice cried, I then turned towards the direction to see a trembling Deerling with a bleeding leg being surrounded by a few Pyroars, while a male Zebstrika lay motionlessly on the ground beside her with his neck twisted at an awkward angle. I turned my head away as I didn't want to witness the bloody scene.

"That's wildlife for you..." Randy muttered with a sigh. "Dad! Dad, wake up! Please, dad! This isn't funny dad, wake up!" the Deerling's pleas sounded from that place, and I couldn't help but look in that direction, as a memory slowly came afloat in my mind.

"Quick! Hide and close your eyes! You won't want to see this!" the lizard pokemon said to Blossom and me, telling us to hide while he challenged a horde of pokemon to a bloody battle when we were still in the dark world. I was like her back then, a kid, afraid and helpless...

"Randy, we have to help her!" I yelled. "What? Are you out of your mind?" Randy growled. "I don't care, I have to save her!" I yelled and dashed off. "Icy, wait!" Randy shouted as I ran towards the Deerling. "No! I won't let you hurt her!" I yelled at the Pyroars that surrounded her, then they turned to look at me. "Ugh! Mr.Derp, stay here while I go handle some stuff!"

"Looks like we have extra prey to bring back to our husband," one of the Pyroar said to another as more Pyroars surrounded us. "The kids can eat more too!" another one said. "Which way do you want to die?" a Pyroar padded towards us and licked her lips. "U-uh...I..." I tried to gather my courage to confront her, but I just couldn't. "Don't worry little one, we'll break your neck just like your father, so you won't feel a thing" a Pyroar said to the Deerling, who was trembling with fear.

"How about you bring me your boss?" Randy asked with a smile. "Randy...? What are you doing?" I tried to ask, but nothing came out of my mouth except for a whimper in fear. "What?" a Pyroar asked. "Yeah, your boss! You're the leader of the group, that's what I'm talking about!" Randy replied with his smile growing even wider.

"You dare call him that?! He's the king of all pokemon, you hear?!" the Pyroars roared at him, the Deerling and I shuddered in fear while Randy seemed rather confident. "What if I don't call him that? Your boss is just a lazy clump that never works" Randy kept going. "Everymon, get him!" the Pyroar in front of him roared. "Oh~too timid to call your boss? You scardy cats sure are dumb, I'm here to challenge him, you hear me!?" Randy yelled. "What?! Randy, are you out of your mind?!"

"It won't take more than one of us to kill you, Rockruff. You're surrounded" the Pyroars growled. "I'm here to challenge your boss, I thought Pyroar leaders were always welcome for challenges, seems like your reputation was all fake, and your tribe having the honor to challenge others one on one was all a lie!" Randy called out. "Well, well, what do we have here...?" a voice spoke from behind, as a male Pyroar shouldered his way through the crowd.

"A challenger, your highness," one of the Pyroars said. "Your highness, any one of us can take him down, we don't need you to do this kind of dirty work," another one said. "Silence!" the male Pyroar roared. "The challenger would be a...Rockruff...?" the male Pyroar asked. "Eek!" I yelped as I shrank backward.