Poooke… I hope I haven’t bothered you too much whenever I come back,, I just realized how annoying that must be, just know you don’t gotta answer!! HUGHUG
I 1ike having asks in my inb0x. Don't stop!
Plus, y0u're better than some of the 0nes I'm getting...
By the time (Y/N) woke up it was already late morning, her eyes slowly blinking open. 'What a crazy nightmare' she thought, shuddering at the thought of all those creepy guys in masks. She sat up in the bed and yawned, 'where did I even think something like that up..?' It's not like she watches scary movies, she just listens to "emo" music. Surely that wouldn't give her vivid nightmare-
(Y/N) looked down at the blanket in her hand, why was it so raggedy? And why was this bed so hard? None of her things felt this way. She looked up and froze, not recognizing the room she was in at all. It looked run down and a bit scary compared to her carefully constructed and polished room at home. Immediately upon coming to the realization that her dream wasn't at all a dream, (Y/N) felt dread in the pit of her stomach, seeming to overcome her nervous system. 'I-I gotta get out right? Oh god how did I get here?' She wondered, slowly stepping out of the bed and onto the creaky floor. She winced at the creak that happened every time she took a step, eventually making her way to the window. 'God damnit.. third floor.' she thought, looking down at what would've been a steep fall for her. Well that's scrapped. (Y/N) let out a shaky sigh and decided to head for the door, hoping it was unlocked. "God!" she whispered, cringing that every damn step she took made a creak.
Luckily for her, the door did open. She peaked her head out and looked both ways, seeing a hallway with more rooms to the right and what appears to be a small living room to the left. (Y/N) noted that all the doors were closed, so at least she didn't have to worry about anything creepy popping out at her. She wandered out of the room, startled at the scent of cigarettes. 'Eugh...' (Y/N) felt a bit grossed out by the smell. (Y/N) shook her head to get control of herself, swiftly making her way down the hallway to a staircase. "Yes!" she whispered, pausing as she heard... 'Is that clicking noises?' (Y/N) jumped as she heard loud cheering joined by someone's disgruntled grumbles.
"In your face Jeff! Fucking loser!" Someone cheered, (Y/N) felt herself get more on edge. While no one may be up here with her there were clearly people downstairs. But... they didn't seem to notice she was up and moving yet, maybe she could sneak past them?
"Shut up Ben! Fuck you probably cheated!" Some other voice yelled, giving (Y/N) a chance to slowly make her way down the stairs, the two seemingly never-ending bickering covered any noises (Y/N) made, she made sure to step close to the wall to avoid any creaks. By the time she made to to the last step, she realized there must've been another living room right next to the stair case, but there was also another set of stairs! 'Maybe...Maybe I just wait till they're focused again? and they won't notice me.' She nodded to her thoughts, surely that was the only thing she could do to get out-
"What are you doing?" a voice asked a quick whistle following afterward, (Y/N) felt her blood run cold. Slowly her head tilted up and saw those same brown eyes she saw yesterday, just this time without the orange goggles. (Y/N) whimpered at the sight of half the mans fucking cheek gone, she snapped her head back down towards the hall and continuing staircase.
"Who are you talking to T-T-Ticci Toby?" A mocking voice called out from the living room, (Y/N) took her chance and ran, sprinting down the staircase. She saw a door and decided her only chance of survival was slamming through it, she could hear footsteps behind her and knew she didn't have any chance of sneaking now. (Y/N) barreled through the door surprised that it slammed right back into the face of whoever was chasing her. Thank god it was just a push door and not a handle door. (Y/N) made a quick left only to be met by a terrifyingly tall man in a suit... is that tentacles? (Y/N) felt like she was going to faint.
The oddly white man turned around and stared down at (Y/N) with no face, "Oh my god." (Y/N) whimpered, what the fuck was in front of her? Before she knew it she heard people come in behind her, she glanced over her shoulder, but ended up wishing she didn't. (Y/N) saw now three guys, one with black eyes and blonde hair, one with pale skin and cuts along his mouth, and lastly that same boy with those soft brown eyes.
"Sorry Boss! we'll take her back upstairs!" The blond one said nervously, reaching forward and yanking on (Y/N) arm.
"Wait B-B-Ben don't!"- (N/N) blinked and instinctively turned and swung on the guy holding her arm with all her power. She had thought she was still surrounded by those men in masks, just to see she was surrounded by all kinds of freaks.
"Oh what the fuck." she muttered, lately every time she gets triggered out it's some weird shit. Her eyes scanned the scene in front of her, one man down, one standing to the side, and one reaching for her. She squared her arms in front of her face, prepared to swing before this god awful headache hit her. It immediately made her nauseas.
"Enough. I don't have time for this now. Take her to her room." A voice seemed to boom in (N/N)'s mind, leaving her confused and aching.
(N/N) felt a rough yank on her arm, making her stumble forward. Hand immediately headed to stabilize her head, which felt like it was spinning. (N/N) looked up with a glare, seeing a guy with cut cheeks, a pale face and greasy long black hair. The guy yanked her again, beginning to drag her to the door (Y/N) previously ran out of. (N/N) followed helplessly, still holding her head through the worst headache she's ever had.
"J-Jeff! be gentle!" One of the guys said behind them, (N/N) glanced back at him. He actually did seem a bit concerned for her, though he just as strange as the man dragging her. He wouldn't stop twitching, and he had a huge gash on his cheek. (N/N) finally got a look at the guy she punched, about her size, blonde with... black and red eyes?
"Oh what the fuck?" she mumbled, headache seeming to lighten as they went up the stairs, further away from that faceless monster.
"She sure got your ass good Ben! Who knew a girl could take you out so easily." The greasy mess said, 'that one must be Jeff...Which makes the blonde one ben... who the fuck is the other one?' she thought to herself, grunting as she knocked into the wall due to Jeff's less than helpful guidance.
"She only got me cause I wasn't expecting it! I could take her down no problem!" Ben huffed, clearly embarrassed.
"Jeff! W-what did I say? Be g-fuck!- gentle with her!" The one with fluffy brown hair yelled, making (N/N) head ring a little. She glanced back at him, her eyes lingering as she checked him out. Which seemed to make him trip over himself for a second.
"Shut up Toby! Fix your s-s-stuttering issue before you try and tell me what to do!" Jeff mockingly said, which only seemed to make Toby more upset.
By the time they made it to the top floor (N/N)'s headache was gone, but for now she decided to just listen. It didn't seem like these guys wanted to kill her, so until she could escape she'll remain docile. 'Fucking horrible game plan.' she thought to herself miserably. Jeff yanked her arm again, tossing her into a room like she was some annoying child. (N/N) stumbled into the room, looking back at the doorway guarded by three men.
"Toby, you seem to care about this random bitch. You babysit her." Jeff said haphazardly, "Come on Ben, we have a game to continue." Jeff walked off into the hallway, leaving Ben to stare at (N/N) for a second before walking after Jeff. The two of them yapping like dogs and something (N/N) couldn't hear. Instead her gaze settled on the boy in front of her, lean build, odd twitches, no weapons that she could see. (N/N) might just be able to take him, but for now she's working on figuring this place out first.
"... Hi.." Toby said, looking at (N/N) with curiosity in his eyes, and something else (N/N) couldn't quite place. She stayed silent, trying to figure out what his deal was.
"Im not here to hurt you." He offered, thinking that's why (N/N) wasn't responding to him. Truthfully she was a little distracted by his twitching at this point.
"... Why are you twitching and stuff?" She asked plainly, needing to get that out the way before any sort of polite discussion can take place. Toby's cheeks quickly turned a cute shade of red, clearly embarrassed she asked about his twitches and stuttering. 'What is that an insecurity or something?' she thought, (N/N) ended up being an antisocial blunt little shit, and (Y/N) ended up being shy and insecure, so neither one of them were really suited for chatting it up. Must be why (N/N) was starting to feel a little bad about her question.
"I-I-I have a c-condition." He mumbled, his head twitching to the side a bit more than it did earlier. 'God damnit' (N/N) sighed, now really feeling bad about asking, even though she was the kidnapped one.
"...So.. is everyone here suffering from some disability?" She hummed, which surprised Toby.
"Yeah... Shit- in a way..." He mumbled. 'Great! Ive been kidnapped into a disability cult!' (N/N) couldn't help but chuckle under her breath, taking a seat on the bed.
"Perfect! Just perfect." she muttered, "So what do you guys even want anyway?" She asked, brushing her hair out of her face, wishing she had a damn hair tie before she was kidnapped.
"OH! And who was that asshole who punched me in the damn face?" (N/N) had a score to settle with him. She glanced to Toby and faltered at his surprised look. "...what...?" Did she have something on her face?
Toby tried to hide it, but eventually let out his laughs. "Y-youre really strange... Maybe you do-do belong here." He snickered, twitching in the doorway. (N/N) had to stop the smile trying to make its way on her face, something about this boys laugh was contagious.
"Here, I snagged this for you." He smiled, coming closer and pulling a phone and headphones out of his pocket, (N/N)'s phone and headphones. (N/N) felt her eyes widen in surprise, reaching out for the phone and quickly taking it back.
"Aren't you afraid I'll call the police?" she muttered, looking up at him with confused eyes. "After all, you guys did kidnap me."
"Kidnap... you don't know us yet but...but I have a feeling you'd rathe-rather be here." He said with a kind smile snapping his fingers and whistling with a twitch, (N/N) felt a weird warmth in her stomach, something she's never felt before. She quickly looked back down at her phone, a light blush building on her cheeks.
Maybe it wasn't going to be so bad here, after all, she has a bed, her phone! And other freaks, she wouldn't have to suffer through being around normies anymore.
"Okay... Well do I have to stay in my room or?" she hummed, looking back at Toby.
"No! No, we just-just didn't know you would run." He said, curiosity in his statement, like he couldn't understand why she would run. (N/N) figured it must've been (Y/N) that got spooked, not that she blamed her.
"Yeah... well she's easy to spook." (N/N) shrugged, seeing Toby only seemed more confused. "I have a condition too, there's two of me in here." she hummed, pointing at her head. "You've met (Y/N) right? she's a bit softer then I."
Toby nodded slowly, like he thought the girl was crazy. "So she's the one Fuck!- who ran?" (N/N) nodded along to his question. "Oh." he seemed satisfied with that answer.
"Well... What's your name?" he asked, leaving (N/N) a little dumbfounded, did she introduce her host before herself? A little embarrassing.
"(N/N)." she mumbled, feeling a little embarrassed about introducing someone who's not even here before herself.
"(N/N)..." He said, like he was testing out your name on his tongue. "Do you want to meet-meet everyone?" He asked, goofy smile on his face.
(N/N) paused, did she? Meeting a bunch of freaks wasn't on her bucket list today but... seeing she had a whole new life all of a sudden she guessed it would be polite to meet everyone. She nodded, stuffing her phone into her pockets and taking confident steps towards Toby. "Let's go." She smiled.
BEN's Yamask was born from his death. Typically Yamasks are from a bygone era, but shhhhhhh this is my AU and part of BEN's spirit can be a Pokémon. Mostly bc I think it'd freak BEN out, which is funny
BEN was raised in a cult that worships both the moon as a goddess and Lunala as The Beast Who Calls The Moon, and part of that worship involves taking care of Pokémon that are associated with the moon. Lunatone, Clefairy, Cresselia if they're blessed with her presence, etc etc. He was drowned bc basically the cult leader didn't like him, and escaped with his Pokémon quickly after, shaken and unsure what it was he even did wrong.
Toby, similarly, is escaping his home life. In this AU, he didn't kill his father (this is a surprise mouseketool that will help us later), he's just running away and starting the gym challenge because... because that's what you're supposed to do, right? You strike out on your own and seek out wanting to be the very best, like no one ever was.
The pair bump into each other while BEN is fleeing, and choose to travel together. BEN is seeking a purpose, and to discover how things work in the world outside the sheltered walls of the cult. He eventually finds that in Toby, in caring for him and their Pokémon (look she's a liiiiiittle bit of a trad wife it's okay), and eventually helping Toby realize he's got nothing to prove with the gym challenge, and wants to run a Pokémon sanctuary for ones who have nowhere to go, can't be cared for by trainers anymore, wild Pokémon who are lonely by their nature, etc
It takes them both objectively too long to realize that BEN, uh. Might have fled the cult grounds, but did not SURVIVE the drowning. He's a ghost, Toby is dating a ghost. Which fits him being a mostly Dark/Ghost trainer
