An obligatory meeting at the Ranger Headquarters meant lots of travel, and lots of travel meant that Kate had a lot of time to herself to think about things. Her adventures, her travels and her friends past and present. Flying on the back of a Staraptor, was meant to be somewhat peaceful, but instead it turned out to be the opposite.
Their landing had been graceful, and Kate should have been peppy and happy, but it was noticeable to both the flying Pokemon, and her own partner that something was off about Kate’s mood. She pat the back of the bird, and smiled gently, signalling that he could leave if he wanted to.
The Pokemon nuzzled into her arm, before it took off, taking it’s leave into the sky above, and Kate focused on Pachirisu instead. “Come on. We’ve got to go inside.” She murmured, taking long strides into the building. It was all the same questions from the operators, how are you doing? how is the job etc etc, and honestly at that moment, Kate didn’t feel up to answering, Pachirisu leapt up and onto her shoulder out of confusion.
Why? She was thinking about Vatonage. The mission that she’d been sent out on in order to find and help Darkrai when... that happened. She’d almost fallen into the depths of void, and the memories that came when she dipped her leg into the jet black depths, sent a shock through her entire body, and came flooding back as soon as she took a step into the elevator.
She frozen, face scrunching up as those screams ringed in her ears. It was truly horrifying to have to hear them again. Darkrai may be a Pokemon, but the agonising pain it had caused so many people was unmistakably unforgivable. Holding her breath, she didn’t realise that someone else was also in the elevator with her.
