Chapter 198 - 8 : Mew's intervention

Alex has rushed into his room and closed the door behind him with a loud bang. Just a few moment later, Slowking arrived there through the teleport.

Alex looked at his psychic Pokemon who just smirked at his trainers haggard appearance.

Their eye remained in contact until Alex averted his eyes and grumbled,"Fine, you win I won't run away from home. I will stay here."

Alex was having thoughts of running away from his family and staying away from them until he has come to terms with the current mental and emotional turmoil he is facing while he led the corps in the Pokemon Tide.

All of his pokemons could make some guess of what he is gonna do with the amount of time they spent with him, and among them Slowking, electabuzz and pidgeot could sometimes predict his next course of action similar to what Slowking did just now.

He even raised an objection pertaining to this and expected his trainer to reconsider the action which he thought of partaking to escape from his current immediate problem.

Alex felt he should escape and protect himself from further questioning which will most probably continue the next time when he head downstairs in the absence of his younger siblings, Ben and Clara.

But, it seemed his Pokemons feel something otherwise. Normally, they would follow his command without objections but when they feel it is necessary for him, they do question his commands although it is normally done when they are alone. If he is strict enough they may follow his command without second thoughts, although they may be a bit reluctant.

" Sometimes I really regret letting you boss me around." He mumbled while crashing on to his bed. As soon as his body laid on the bed he fell asleep.

Slowking on the other hand looked at his trainer sleeping and then sat on the floor. He knew his trainer may need his help.

Slowking closed his eyes and meditated like most psychic Pokemons do to control their powers and get stronger while keeping an eye out for Alex.

Alex haven't had a complete sleep since the first day when the battle began. He often had nightmares which is kept a secret from most of the Pokemons.

The only ones who know about it are haunter, Espeon and Slowking and that too because they have learned the move "nightmare". They are s_e_n_s_i_t_i_v_e to the negative energy used for the move and when they felt it from him, they questioned him.

But they managed to make him compromise on this matter back then. Either one of the three will be with him while he slept to help him with nightmare and so he could have a good rest.

They often rotated and took turns for this. Today us Slowking's turn.

While he meditated, Alex slowly mumbled on his sleep," No ... I am sorry. ..... No.... No...leave me alone.

It wasn't my fault .... I already warned you....."

This made Slowking quit his meditation and he looks at Alex with glowing eyes.

He used his psychic to scan his trainer Alex and saw that he is covered in a shady black aura generated mostly from the nightmare.

The aura users are s_e_n_s_i_t_i_v_e to the emotions around them. This is their most important source of strength. They feel an amplified version of good and bad emotions. They can also sense the different powers around them and possess a natural affinity to different forms of energy.

Sometimes these emotions can affect the mind of the aura user adversely turning them berserk. This is mostly the case for beginner aura users like Alex. A skilled one could control himself and not be overwhelmed by it.

Samuel had considered the mental health of the young trainer Alex and felt he won't suffer much from his ordeal. But he forgot or didn't know much about the psychology of an aura user .

In the end, they becone a buffer zone for the change. The aura user need a strong mind so as not to lose against such resentment. This is why most of the things pertaining to aura are thought from master to student and only one at a time.

This way if the student go berserk his master may calm him and solve it before things go way out of his hands.

Hence, the things Alex experience now is much greater than he or anyone else ever considered . He is suffering from the collective resentment of the death of people who died. Their resentment attached to Alex and they blossom through nightmare in Alex sleep.

There are thousands who lost their life in that battle and suffering from that much resentment at once is enough to turn even a master aura user mad multiple times over.

The thing which helped Alex survive that is the intervention of Mew. She was present around Alex throughout the ordeal. When she saw Alex would suffer too much in that place, and he won't escape the battle, she tried to deal with things.

She resolved the dark energy generated from the deaths but she didn't deal with all of them. She left about 1 percent of the total for alex to train and grow stronger.

This will help him advance in his aura studies and later in his astral powers(ghost energy) which she knew he possessed. This will be good in the long run and he may have another layer of protection.

The thing about the deeds of Mew in helping Alex was known only to Slowking. He was told by Mew what may have happen to Alex and what he can do to help him.

FLASHBACK:

Mew floats towards Slowking who was resting and restoring his strength from his previous battle with Alakazam.

" Slowking wake up. I need to talk to you about something important." Mew said in her soft voice.

Slowking on hearing the urgency in her tone immediately opened his eyes not daring to disobey "the mother of all pokemons " but he still joked with her and said," Do you want my help to raid Alex's stash of pokecube so you can get your sweet delights?"

Mew wasn't in mood of joke and this can be seen for her serious expression.

Slowking saw her face and then his face turned serious and inquired," What happened?"

" Do you know what Alex is suffering from?"

" Nightmares. I know. Even Haunter and Espeon knows. We decided to stay with him to deal with his nightmare. Is there something about it which we don't know?" Since her expression doesn't change.

Mew just floats and turns to look in the direction of the battlefield where the fight is still underway.

" Emotions are very powerful. They can help one overcome any difficulty. In a happy place, the pure energy is generated which has a calming effect as well as revitalizing power. The Togepi and it's evolved forms are greatly attracted to such places. But now they mostly stay hidden not willing to reveal themselves to people.

The resentment lingers in such place. This resentment is raw dark energy. This is what the ghosts and some other Pokemons loves. This is good for the advancement of strength of some of the Pokemon.

This is especially good for Haunter. But..."

" If it is good for Haunter then what is it that makes you so serious?" Slowking asked still not clear where she is leading him.

" It is Alex. He is an aura user. The aura users are s_e_n_s_i_t_i_v_e to these emotional places. Here thousands will die that I am sure about. Alex isn't skilled enough to isolate himself from these things.

The aura attracts such energy to itself. I will deal with most of them along with Haunter. But Alex himself will have to overcome the dark energy here. It is necessary for his future.

So you, Espeon and Haunter take care of him. He will need all your help. The dark energy induces nightmare. And with Alex being an aura user his will be much stronger and realistic than what normal people experience. " Mew revealed it to him.

" Very well. I will tell them that. Thank you for helping him." Slowking said with absolute sincerity. Slowking understands what she meant. If not for her intervention, they might have lost their trainer forever.

After that Mew wasn't as serious as before and said proudly in her cute tone," of course or who will make my sweets and makes new type of food for me. " And after saying that Mew left them.

Present time,

Alex is suffering from the nightmare but except for slight soothing Slowking didn't do anything else to help Alex.

Slowking thought,' Now we can only do this. According to Mew, it is necessary. She hasn't led us astray till now and you did tell us to believe her and listen to her instructions.

Even if we don't help you directly,at least we will support you from behind. ' and he continued to look over Alex.

Alex is suffering from nightmare as an aftermath of the battle. Next will be how other people react to his participation in the Tide. stay tuned

To be continued...