Included: Lux, Hoom, Shupple, Gil, Lux's parents, and Xio
Now to show you the intellectual side of Lux...
-Lux-
Death…it’s a rather ambiguous term to many but to one such as myself, it was sort of vague. There were many ways to view death, growing up I always had this portrayal of death as a personification of the destroyer of life, usually represented as a skeleton holding a scythe. Nevertheless, I knew this was never the case; it was the termination of life. As a child, I guess I feared it because once you were in the state of being dead; there was no coming back. However, after the bloodshed, executions and the murder of my village, I was more then willing to embrace death no matter what. I vowed I would kill Team Galactic, even if I fell in the process. Death, it is the permanent end of all functions of life in an organism or some of its cellular components. I accepted that.
Yet as I floated between Heaven and Hell I was merely a ghost stuck in purgatory. But what was strange was I awoke under a tree under the beating sun. As I opened my eyes, I felt the gentle touch of someone stroking my hair. The scent was familiar and it had been a long time since I saw them. Mom…Dad…
As I sat up, my mom was sitting next to me on my right and my father on my left. They looked exactly the same as the day I was stolen from them. They hadn’t aged, compared to their ragged son before them.
“Hello sweetie.” My mother said softly in that soft voice of hers, she was a Luxray with her beautiful long blue hair with a half ponytail and gentle gold eyes. She still had that baby blue lipstick as well with her dark blue dress and high heals. Mom didn’t look a day past 30.
“Mother? Father? What are you doing here?” I was still a bit shocked too see them. It had been over 15 years now since their death.
“Isn’t obvious Lux. We felt your presence in our world.” My father smiled as he wrapped his arm around me. “God look how much you grown up like your old man!” He began to laugh and so did my mother, but then he quickly put me in a headlock and gave me a nuggie as I tried to break out of it. My father was the second to the village for leaders, he was a fair man, with black hair that stood was almost as thick as mine, his eyes were gold as well, but the reds under his eyes were more prominent then any feature on his face. He was also a very muscular man, but always wore a black jacket with a blue shirt with a tie. On his jacket, he wore the lighting emblem of our village because he took great pride in being an electrical gijinka. I was about his height and almost as big as him, but he still could take me down.
His nuggies continued as dragged me to a standing position while my mother sat down beside our feet. “Hey Hey Hey! Dad Dad DAD!!!” Using the tree behind me, I did a back flip over him and broke free from his grip. That man was still strong.
“I’m impressed.” He said grinning that cocky way he did. “Really I am, you’ve really matured so much. You’ve become so much stronger then I had ever expected but I knew you could do it.”
“Don’t forget how handsome you are, though I still loved your cute glasses…” My mother chuckled as she stood up and leaned against my father. “We are very proud of you Lux.”
“Well, thanks mom and dad. That really means a lot to me and I will take them with gratitude.” I blushed looking down. “It’s been a tough 15 years, but I have prevailed and become the man before you.”
“Yes, you have. But I also see a side of you that acing and in pain.” My mother said as she walked over to me. I didn’t say a word but watched her lift her hand and begin to play with my hair and she started to push it down like I wore it as a child. My hair was down and stuck up on a small bit in certain places. “This is who you are, not the man you are trying to be.”
“This is who I am?” Anger began to pick up in my voice as I pushed my hair back up. “THIS IS WHO I AM? What the hell mom? Look at me, you know damn well how much I suffered as a child from the ridicule of others, then I was given to Team Galactic…look…look what they did to me!” I showed her my scars. “I am happy the way I am, yeah I have some bumps and bruises but I AM happy…”
My father hit me. I sat on the ground as he looked at me. I actually feared for my own safety at the moment. “How dare you raise your voice to your mother. We taught you better then that.”
“Dear, it’s alright. I understand…” She assured him. But he was right.
“I’m sorry mother. I was out of line.”
“Lux…” My father began to speak in regular tone. “Believe me when I say this, but we know very well what you have gone through. The beating on your back and how they never healed, the anger and terrified feeling you must have had when you laid eyes on the village, having you first love be your family, evolving and training under some of the most powerful electrical users, changing your appearance, using women to get as far as you have, falling in love with a Houndoom, fighting with a Lupbunny, protecting those you hold dear, and even having a break down for being rejected thus killing yourself…am I right?”
“I just wanted to get away from that provincial life. Nothing more, and I succeeded. “ I said moving over to sit under a tree. “My life was meaningless and as far as I am concerned those people you called ‘friends’ only hurt me more.”
“If I recall Lux,” My mother said putting her finger on her lip. “You said to the Espeon girl that she was being selfish, isn’t that what you are doing baby?”
“Maybe…but it was my turn to be selfish." I shook my head.
My father sat down beside me. “Son, I know that you have suffered a lot. But I believe there is more to your life then this; that is why we are here. Lux, you still have a lot to accomplish in your life.” I felt his big hand pat my head and I sat there listening. “Live your life, be who you are, because that is where you will find true happiness.”
“Lux, dear, you are so lucky and you don’t even know it. Regardless of what you think, you have good friends; even Xio envies of you. You have everything you ever wanted, so I believe you need to go back.” My mother reassured as she hugged me, but how could I return?
Death was a onetime thing only and you only had one life. Suddenly, before I knew it as I enjoyed my parents company Shupple was standing before me. My parents spoke to her and disappeared which made me uneasy.
She began to talk to me and try to convince me to come back and be with my friends. What is wrong with these dim-witted people? I tried to tell it was useless but she only continued as she told me about how she suffered. To be honest, I knew in my heart that I wasn’t the only one that suffered but she too had a hard time. But what got to me most was when she hugged me and began crying in front of me. Why? Why was she crying? Was she crying because of me? I…I…I don’t want Shupple to cry…but before I knew it, she was gone. Everything she said made sense even though she hit me.
You know, I am very urked about how many times I had been hit in the face. But for some odd reason, I have a feeling I will have a few more.
“Did what she say make sense to you?” My father asked with his arm wrapped around my mother’s waist. I only nodded, as I placed my head on my hand and thought about it. “Lux you know what you need to do.”
“Lux, just remember we love you and will always be with you in your heart.” Mother said as she walked up to me and kissed my cheek and hugged me. “You really have made us proud, now live. Life is a presence gift. Love is also a special gift as well. Friendship is so valuable. Never forget that.”
My mother continued to hold me as my father hugged us both. “A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.” My father whispered into my ear. “The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is playing on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our Attitudes.”
I embraced both of them. “I will, I promise, I owe it to them. “
My parents only nodded. “We know Lux, now go…we’ll always be with you.”
As they said that to me, everything zoomed by me as they disappeared before my eyes. It was strange, it was like everything around me was rewinding around me. Suddenly, I was floating in the darkness. Where was I?
“What is your choice?” A dark voice said from the darkness.
“My choice…?” But that’s when I was thrown into another world.
It was strange as I stood there, I saw Shupple as a little girl. She was crying as she picked flowers. I tried calling out to her but I had no voice. Some girls came up to her and pulled her hair and dragged her away, as I tried to reach at them to let go, my hand went right through them. What was this? I was seeing a memory possibly. Shupple continued to cry and scream as they began to torture her with name-calling and here I was being useless. I couldn’t handle watching this. “LUX!” She screamed, I turned to see her crying looking at me.
But again, the scene rewound and I was thrown into another world. I was surrounded by snow all around me and I felt the chill of screaming. I ran through the deep snow to find hunters walking threw my body as I watched and saw Gil looking frantically for his brother. The scene reminded me of my own. Gil was younger but I had never seen him this way. “Lux…” He said as he began searching the frozen forest. What the heck was going on? Why was he saying my name when he didn’t even know me at this time?
Then my body was thrown to the ground as I lay next to blood. I managed to sit up and saw Hoom on the ground as a child as her father stood over her dripping in her blood. He yelled at her for not becoming the leader of the pack. She was crying and in pain. I got up and swung my fist at him and fell through him. Damn it, this was pointless. “Lux…please come back…LUX!” She screamed as he attacked her once again.
“HOOM!” I yelled as I used an electrical attack…my eyes opened and again I was floating in the darkness.
“What is your decision Luxray?” The dark voice said.
“I want to live…” I said under my breath.
“Those are not your friends…” He said.
“They are my friends, I was blinded by the fact that there are good people even with my own struggles and I will make up for it. I will change my life around, and I will the be the friend they need, and I will be the man that my parents want me to be for them and for Hoom.” I growled.
“That’s if you are strong enough that is…to break from the depths of hell.” He laughed as dark hands grabbed me and flames surrounded me. This power was strong, but I felt it before.
“I will live again, I will defeat this, and no god damn devil will defeat me.” I screamed as I powered up and broke free from some of the hands, but as I did that more came and began dragging me down. I knew what to do, I reached inside my own being and my tattoos began to appear. “I will defeat you with this…”
With that said, my power destroyed everything and was dealt with the light. I began running through the tunnel away from Hell. I used an extreme speed but as I approached the tunnels end, I felt pain and I stumbled. Blood came from my mouth and my heart was killing me, it felt like the pain I had before I died…
“Ah crap, so I gotta deal with this?” I was light headed and a bit dizzy, but the screams of Hell were right behind me. I still continued onward as my arteries and veins began to open up. I felt shocks through my body as my arms became numb. “I won’t lose…” Swinging my hand past my chest destroying those dark hands with my dark powers. I bolted towards the light, I want to live, I want to have my life back, and I want to be happy again. I want to be with them again. I WILL LIVE!
I jumped into the light.
-Back in the Real World-
Beep……………………………..Beep………..…Beep……..Beep…Beep….BEEP..BEEP…..BEEP…
Those were the sounds I heard, there were some voices surrounding me but I couldn’t make out what they were saying. I felt a strong weight on my chest. My eyes fluttered open and saw a bright light over me, the images were beginning to take shape, and my breathing was different. As I looked down, I noticed an oxygen mask over my mouth, which told me, I was in a hospital, but at that moment, all the pain hit me.
I began screaming and tossing and turning all over in the bed I was in.
Hoom lifted her head quickly off my chest and looked at me scared. “Lux, oh my gosh Lux it’s okay! Please settle down.” She tried putting her hands on me but I only tried avoiding her as the pain from my injuries continued to grow stronger every second. “DOCTOR!!!”
“YES Here!” I was gasping for air now as the doctor and some nurses came in. “Hold him down!” I felt them full force press on my limbs holding me down and out of nowhere I grinding my teeth as I started an electrical attack with an evil glare.
Gil quickly appeared in the room and grabbed Hoom and dragged her out of the room.
“Hurry doctor…” A nurse said a bit scared as she held my leg down.
I began huffing and puffing for air as the doctor raised a needle an injected the serum into my arm. I began to feel my pain disappear over minutes and I began to settle down. Within a few minutes I was back to a normal breathing pattern as I lay in the bed.
“Good, you should just relax now son.” The doctor said as he pulled up a chair next to me. “You really put yourself through some nasty trouble. It was not easy to repair your body but we were able to do so.” He sighed and whipped his sweat from his forehead as he continued. “I also am aware that you had an encounter with Team Galactic and what they injected into you. I have seen it a few times, and sadly no one ever survived it, however, you my friend are a different case. I gave you a serum in your body to control the ‘scrofula’ you have. That is the term we call it in our medical studies. You are a lucky gijinka, you will just need to relax and heal here. You will make a full recovery.”
The oxygen continued to come through the mask and I tried to speak but had no voice.
“Your recovery may take some time but right now some of your function aren’t up to date since you did a great amount of damage to yourself. You’re friends brought you here, you should really thank them, because if not, you would surely be dead.” He pushed his chair back and got up. “We will help you have a peaceful and full recovery Lux.”
He smiled and exited the room. I was alone and weak as I looked around to examine my room. I never had been in a hospital before. “Lux!”
I turned my head slightly to see Hoom standing in the doorway crying holding a hand to heart, but she quickly ran over to me and hugged me in my bed. “You’re okay Lux…I’m so glad…”
I lifted my hand slowly, a shock of pain hit me, but I wasn’t going to let that stop me. “Lux you shouldn’t it’s okay, I am just glad you are awake.” She was smiling at me with those tear filled eyes. It was just like when I saw her as a child in my vision when she called out to me. I sat up to face her as I gently put my hand on her cheek and rubbed my fingers against her. My other hand I used to grab my mask on my face.
She tried to stop me but I put my finger on her lip and shook my head. I grabbed the mask and began gasping for air as I threw it to the side. “Lux, please…”
I began to slowly turn my body to her as I began to catch my breath looking down at the blanket. I lifted my hands to her face and looked up at with sad eyes.
“Lux..?” She asked as she put her hands on hands.
“…H……Ho….Hoom….” I whispered…
Her eyes widen. “Yes?”
“Hoom….” I rested my head on her shoulder and noticed her bandages on her legs….”What….what happened to your legs?”
“Umm, it’s nothing really. I only faced two of my greatest fears was all.” She said softly.
It was because of me, I’m not naïve Hoom. “I….I’m sorry…Hoom…” I began to cry…I didn’t care if she saw me this way. Not anymore, this was all I ever wanted was to be myself. “Hoom….I…..I’m so sorry….for hurting you……I…” I smiled at her with tears running down my face and looking at her with a smile. “I love you Hoom!” I gently put my lips to her because I can say that I honestly loved her with all my heart, and I wanted to live, just for her.
-END-
WHOOT I finished!!! Lux lives and thanks to Val, Carolina, and Anime who did a great job following it up and keeping the secret a secret and now I will face the wrath of ENEKO!! *gets out a sword* Bring it on!!! LMFAO!!! Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it and I believe we did add some drama to the story line!
Comments are welcomed please!!! :)
