In the Nick of Time

Your body starts to get more covered in scratches from the sand scraping at your skin. You cover your mouth as you attempt to breathe. Not giving up, you let out a cry as you dashed through the blowing vortex. You winced from the fierce winds and multitudes of sand pieces scratching and dragging against your body as you gritted your teeth and finally pushed against the strong winds, letting a loud gasp as air rushed down your lungs as you breathe fresh air.

"Haah... Haaah... That... was too close..." you muttered, taking deep breaths as you were getting yourself back on your hind paws.

Just as you were up, you felt your hind paws being **** forward and falling on your back. You groaned from the impact just as you open your eyes and see the infected Sandslash lunging on top of you. You managed to get your fore arms up to keep her from getting completely on top of you. You wince from the scratches that the claws scraping at your sides as you desperately try to keep the dirt rodent from pressing right onto you.

Your body aches from the sores that is flowing through your body as the Sandslash's hot saliva was dripping on top of your face as your forearms started to give out from the strain. You desperately continue to push against her despite this, but it was only providing a few seconds just as you can feel her tongue starting to lick all around your face, making you clench your mouth shut in order to keep any saliva from entering you and becoming infected. The warm breath pants and blows into your face constantly as you can feel the Sandslash churring as she enjoyed the flavor you.

'Felix, where are you?!' you thought in terror as you felt your head starting to enter her mouth.

Just as you felt your arms giving out, The Sandslash rose her head back and let out a pained roar as she rose up off of you. You look and saw that Felix was at the ledge, attacking the Sandslash with his Bullet Seed attack. You took the time to wipe the saliva off of your face, and slowly got back up. Felix leapt up and landed by your side.

"Way to hang in there." Felix states, checking up on you.

"And Kate?" you asked, taking an oran berry out of your bag.

"Safe." he responded just as the Sandslash recovered and hissed at the Grovyle from interrupting her meal.

"Up for finishing this?" Felix asked you, getting himself ready for battle just as you ate the oran berry and the soreness you were feeling quickly vanish. You gathered electricity throughout your body more steady now than before. While it wouldn't do you any good at this situation, just the fact that you can gather electricity through you at will sets your mind at ease.

"Just getting a second wind!" you stated just as you saw the Sandslash lunging towards you with her body rolling towards you. You leapt out of the way to avoided being pinned on the wall, but saw that the Sandslash rolled around with using the wall for support. You were off balance from the dodge, so you brace yourself as the mouse strikes you. You wince from the quills scratching you, but you remain upward as you pushed her away from you uncoiling herself as Felix came and slashed at her exposed form with Leaf Blade.

Her body staggered and she was struggling to keep her body up as it was clear that she was losing her meal and won't take much more. She braced her body as you realized what she was trying to do. You immediately moved down onto your hands and knees as the Sandslash struck the ground hard. The area around them immediately started shaking as you braced the ground. Felix wasn't so lucky as he was struggling to keep himself upright just as the tremors caused him to fall onto his back, grunting from the fall.

"Guh.. Dammit!" Felix got out just as he saw the Sandslash charging towards him.

The Grovyle grumbled from the weight on top of him as she struggles to overpower him. It's clear that she desperately wants one of them for her own. While it was clear that she was overpowering him easily but you knocked her off of him. You quickly picked him up as you two ready themselves.

"Time to finish this!" You cried out.

"You said it!" the two of you started running in opposite directions as the mouse struggled to choose who to defend against, but the two of you suddenly darted towards her. You with Iron Tail, Felix with Leaf Blade. The attacks connect at the same time just as the Sandslash cried out in pain before she finally collapsed onto the floor. The two of you turned to look at her and carefully looked to see that she had fainted from the attacks you and the Grovyle made on her.

You two let out a sigh of relief as you both take a moment to catch your breaths. You look towards the others and were relieved to see that the fighting type was on the ground with your friend and companions still standing.

“What happened earlier? I didn’t expect you to take so long.” You asked looking at him.

“I had to deal with an infected before I could come back for you.” Felix explained himself.

“That’s just great.” You shake your head in annoyance at that news. “Well at least you came back before it was too late. Where did you hid her?”

"There's this boulder that is hiding a small space. I marked it with a small tower of stones next to it. It's not too far from here."

"Okay, thanks again."

Felix nodded at that as he took a look at the Sandslash up close. Her belly was plump and dough-like. No doubt that she had previous victims coming up the mountain. Either by those on their way to potentially help the kidnapped victim, or trying to escape, it didn't matter. "We should take care of her before she wakes up."

You turned to him and looked at the sand mouse. "She was only dangerous to me due to type disadvantage. She wasn't that bad. Let's go."

You were about to head to join the others before you felt Felix grab your shoulder and looking at you with a serious look.

"Look Rai, you're right about them being as much victims as they are to us. I'm not arguing about that. But we have no current way to reverse this, there's no telling how long your quest is gonna take, and the longer this happens, more victims will happen, whether they end up unfortunate meals or toys and eventual infected themselves." Felix stated, holding your shoulder.

You want to argue with him, stating that wasn't true or shove him away, but you can't deny that the Grovyle's right. They may figure out the cause of this, but until they find the source and other things, more victims will appear or disappear. You lightly bit your lips and clench your fist which the Grovyle noticed.

"I'm guessing you've never done this before?" He asked you.

You shake your head in response. "I don't think I can..." you responded to him, but then your mind brought up the memory of Neku eating that Scolipede. The bug was much bigger than the Zoroark, but he managed to do that and he wasn't in any pain about that, in fact, look like it felt good to him. If Neku could swallow Pokémon quite larger than him, you could-

You shake your head before you can finish that thought. "I-I made a promise to my sister." You said quickly in order to not make the silence stick.

"Mmm.. I understand that. But still..." Felix spoke before he walked towards the Sandslash.

He grabs the upper body of the ground type by the neck, straining a bit from her weight. "I don't do this so often, mainly due to the fact that the added weight could potentially slow me down if I indulge in it too much." When he finished that sentence, the Grovyle started to open his mouth and placed the head into his mouth. The Grovyle's mouth rounded out due to him slowly guided the Sandslash down into him.

You had your head down as you wait for Felix to do what he's doing. Though the noise was making your ears twitch as you peeked at him and saw just how the Sandslash was making his mouth and throat expand to accommodate the ground type. You eventually started to look and watch as Felix swallows down the sand mouse Pokémon. It was... an mesmerizing sight to see. Felix was at her waist and was having a bit of trouble, but still managed to slowly bring the mouse down his throat and will soon settle into his stomach where the head just entered.

Your eyes were glue to the Grovyle until you heard what sounded like a pleasured moan nearby, just as Felix coughed a bit to your side. Your eyes were moving to the source as you saw that Vargus was halfway with getting the Meinshao down into his belly, also the Croconaw had a pleasured expression and even an erection too and the Zoroark was looking away. Your eyes then noticed movement to the side to see that Rachael was staring at him, having a mesmerized look as well as he watched Felix then noticed your look.

You jolted from the sight as you blinked a few times, rubbing your face. When you looked again, you saw that Rachael was mimicking you, having snapped out of it herself. You quickly looked away for a moment, trying to calm yourself down. 'What is happening? I never reacted to this beforehand. Why is the prospect of vore intriguing me?' you asked yourself, trying to catch your breath to calm your heart down. You heard a sigh and saw that Felix was sitting on the ground, belly expanded with movement within. 'The Sandslash must've woken up.'

"Hey, are you alright? You look a little pale." Felix asked, staring at you.

"Huh? Oh! Uhh... Just thought I heard something. I'm going to check up on the others." You stated and you headed towards Rachael and the others.

"Rachael."

"Ah!" she yelped and suddenly turned to face you.

"Easy! Easy, it's just me!" you spoke to her. "I'm just coming to check up on you three."

"Yeah, I'm fine... We're all fine." Rachael stated, catching.

"Yeah, we took a bit of a beating, but we're okay thanks to Vargus helping out." Neku stated as he reluctantly look towards the Croconaw.

"Yep, we're all good." Vargus stated, sporting a smile to them before noticing their awkward gazes. "What?"

"Uhhh... You've have a... down there." Rachael said, trying not to move her eyes lower.

The Croconaw was confused until his eyes widened. "Ah, dammit! I thought I could control it!"

"Control it?" You asked confused.

"I actually... really like vore. The feeling of large prey squirming down your throat and into your gullet is very pleasing to me." He stated. He noticed the you and Rachael's face of concern. "O-Oh no, I wouldn't do this to you or any random pokemon passing by! Only the infected or hostile Pokemon intending to mug or eat me!"

"I... see." Rachael stated, still not getting comfortable about what she heard.

"So when you ate that Mightyena yesterday afternoon..." You started speaking and Vargus sheepishly giggled in response.

"You giggles don't make this any less weird. Look, I won't shame you for your kinks, just be mindful that not all of us are able-minded." Neku warned him referencing your sister.

"Don't worrry, I wouldn't show this in front of his sister." Vargus stated as they continue to stare at him, unconvinced. He sweats a bit at their stare until he ads. "Though maybe having Rai and her go up ahead wouldn't hurt."

"That would work. Speaking of Kate." You headed off a bit on the path. "I'll go and pick her up."

"I'll come with you." Rachael stated and Neku followed.

"We'll call when we're done." Vargus stated as you three headed off to pick Kate up.