Eddie yelled out for Echo but his voice was cut off when the creature rams into Eddie, tackling him into a tree. "Aauggh!" Eddie accidentally left his backpack behind.. but he managed to get out his baseball bat. Leaning against the tree, holding his stomach - he yells out to the group. "G-Get out of here!! Take my bag with you!!" Eddie stands up and wields his baseball bat in a stance, getting ready to fight. "I'll.. I'll try to hold him off!" The group makes a surprised reaction, treating Eddie like a fool. "D-Don't worry about me.. I'll try to lure this thing away." The group.. gets together, preparing to flee. One of them grabs Eddie's backpack. The group runs away. However, the creature turns it's attention to the group and starts chasing them. "Hey!" Eddie comes charging at the creature, bashing it with his baseball bat. It makes a small thud, barely inflicting any damage on the creature. The creature turns around and swipes Eddie with it's large claws, knocking him over. "Aagh!!" Eddie slowly gets up and yells at the group. "D-don't stop! Keep going! I'll be alright!!" Eddie saids that so calmly and boldly as he gets up. He ignores his pain, which instead translates into his body trembling.
The group continues to flee from the scene. Some look back at Eddie. Some feel helpless. Some wanted to cry. Eddie continiously holds his ground against the creature. A fierce, sharp swipe from the creature's claw strikes Eddie! Eddie took the blow and managed to remain standing up. "Ugh..!!" Another fierce swipe strikes Eddie but his courage and determination kept him standing. Then.. As the group starts to lose sight for the two, the creature's horn missiles straight for Eddie. Eddie takes mortal damage! Eddie is seen collasping from the group's view.. But even so - the group continued to run, looking foward.
Disregarding all the panic, it was a safe arrival at Whitbon..
The group collaspes at the entrance, from all the running and panic. Annie and Alec's mother, along with a few other residents of Whitbon are seen approaching the group.
Alec's Mother exclaimed with a worried face. "W-what happened..?! We heard a loud noise that shook the ground here! It felt like an earthquake..! Are you alright.. ?!" The group was too exhausted to even reply back. One of the residents yells with concern at the group. "It's awfully late! What took you kids so long?!" Another of the residents looks fearful. "You kids look exhausted and scared.. Did.. Did something happen?" One of the other residents looks up ahead on Shining Path, trying to spot something. "I don't like this.." Annie looks around, confused and scared. "... W-where's Eddie?" The group stays strangely silent for a brief moment. Suddenly, it started to rain in the night. One of the residents jumps. "Yah! It's raining! Oh, bother! I just had these clothes dried for crying out loud!!" Alec's Mother looks around. "We should head inside. We might catch a cold in this weather.." A few of the residents argue. "I have a bad feeling for some reason. I feel uneasy.. That earthquake from before felt unnatural. Could it be that those darn Mutiguys are playing with some dangerous explosives? We should be on a lookout just in case. Something just doesn't feel right. We'll stay out here for a moment, just to make sure Mutiguys don't get close to our town. The rest of you should get inside. Get some rest." Most of the residents began to head inside their homes.
The rain felt gentle.. But.. It felt unpleasant.
Some of the residents stayed on guard at the entrace on a lookout, something that no one ever did before in Whitbon. Annie and Alec's mother stayed with the group who were trying to recover from their fatigue. Both were holding large umbrellas which they were using to shield the weary group as much as possible from the strange rain. Annie talked in a soft voice. "Eddie.. He didn't.. get into any trouble..." Annie paused. "... did he?" Alec's Mother tries to help Annie. "Don't worry! Some of the folks volunteered to search for Eddie, remember? I'm sure they'll find him.. I'm sure he's fine." Annie looks down at the ground. "Maybe your right.. It's just, I.." Annie closes her eyes.
One of the residents yell out! "Hey! Someone's coming! It.. It looks like a boy!" Everyone turns around. They notice a broken, wounded and dirty figure walking this way.. It was Eddie.
Eddie was still holding onto his baseball bat which he drops on his way to the group. He was seen carrying a capsule ball gripped tightly in his hand. "E-Eddie!!" Annie cries out for her brother. Eddie approaches Alec's Mother, handing her the capsule ball. "... H-here.. This.. This is what that.. Aspen guy gave us. It.. He said it will help Alec get better." Eddie saids in a crippled voice. Alec's Mother, looking quite shocked, takes the capsule ball. Eddie's fingers slide off the capsule ball as he collapses to the ground. "E-EDDIE!!" Annie screamed as she threw away her umbrella and came to her brother's aid. Annie grasped her arms around Eddie. Alec's Mother looks traumatized, looking at Eddie. She couldn't say a word for some reason. The group, freed from their fatigue, gathers around Eddie. Annie scolds her brother, even in his current state. "W-what happened?! Why are you like this?!" Eddie replies with a weak voice "... Th.. There was this monster I.. *cough* I.. managed to get it far away from here. I'm.. I'll gurantee that it won't bother us. You guys are safe.." Eddie's voice started dying out.. Annie screamed at her brother, with her tears falling down on Eddie's face. "You had to be reckless, didn't you?!" Eddie closes his eyes, looking extremely exhausted. "I'm.. I'm sorry.. I.. had to do something.." Eddie opens one of his eyes and looks around at the group around him. "... I wanna tell you. I wanna tell you why I wanted to help Alec so much. He didn't do anything for me.. But it was more that I did something to him. The reason why he locked himself up was.. because of me." Alec's Mother joins in. "W-what are you saying?" Eddie coughs and uses all the strength he had to continue.. "... I was the first one who picked on Alec. Because of how different he was from the rest of us, I did it for only a few days.. But I didn't mean to hurt him in anyway. In fact, I was actually trying to be friends with him. Because of how different he was from everyone, I thought that it would be kinda cool to hang out with him.. But then other kids started to follow me and my actions. They started picking on Alec too. Eventually everyone started to.. and he couldn't take it. Now, I'm trying to redeem for what I've done wrong. And if I succeeded, I hoped I would be able to be friends with Alec.. Because I admire him." Annie stares at Eddie, in a traumatized state. "... That's why you went through so much trouble.. Trying to help that boy..?" Annie closes her eyes, crying endlessly as she embraces Eddie tightly. "Oh.. Eddie!" Eddie looks confused. "What's wrong, sis..? Why are you crying..? Why are you so sad..? ... It'll be fine." Eddie smiles with sastifaction. He then looks around at the group. "You guys.. I'm counting on you guys.. Try and help Alec out as much as possible.. Hopefully you guys.. can be friends with him. Because even if he might act weird.. I don't think he's such a bad person.." Eddie closes his eyes one last time.. "Don't worry about me.. I'll be.. fine.." The scene becomes silent. Only the sound of rain dropping is heard..
End of Prologue
When started as a simple short trip in order to help a boy, ended in a great tradegy that affected everyone. Eddie gave up his life in order to save the town from a strange monster. But.. rather then it being the end for Eddie, it was in fact only a new beginning that was made from this loss.. It was the beginning of the real journey.
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A week has passed by since then. Everything returned back to normal in the small town of Whitbon. On a certain day, Eddie's friends get invited by Alec's mother for a small discussion. But..
In Shineside City, outside of Aspen's labortoary.
"EGADS!!" Aspen rushes out the lab, looking crazy. "OH DEAR, OH DEAR!! This is not good!! Not good at ALL!!" Aspen runs around all the over place. Literally. "Where, where, WHERE is that experiment?!! How'd it managed to escape!?! Oh, what am I gunna do?! If I lose that Chimchar, so much research would be lost! Oh dear, oh dear!! What am I gunna do that?! Oh.. If only I had assistents that could help me at a time like this." Aspen jumps. "Wait!! I know!! I could ask those kids from Whitbon to help me!! They were nice enough to save from those malicious creatures! Perhaps they can help me out in this crisis!! Then it's settled! I'll head to Whitbon and find those kids!!" A passerby walks by Aspen, making a strange face. "... Why is he yelling?" Aspen rushes off. "Onwards!"
Chapter 1 - Out of this World
The group is seen heading towards Alec's house. They are having a small conversation along the way.
(ooc: I apologize if that felt hastey. I really just wanted to get to the first chapter.)