The Father’s Mercy

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… Kate?’ I thought, catching the fact that I thought of her at the last moment.

"Um... Rai. Will you ever do the same thing he did?"

"N-No! I wouldn't!"

"But what if you have to?"

"I-I mean, he didn't know other ways. I would've thought of something."

"You promise?"

“Promise.”

That conversation ran through your mind as soon as you recalled your sister’s name. My eyes start to water with shame before I closed my eyes,

‘No!’ I thought to myself, grabbing Valorie’s hips, ‘I made a promise!’ I gripped her firmly and pulled her out of my mouth fast. She hit the ground hard as I started coughing from rushing her against my throat. I was left gasping for breath as I rubbed my mouth to get saliva off of it , when I looked down at my paw, I saw a lot of saliva covering it. My breath became shaky and my eyes trembled at the sight, complete disbelief that you would resort to such a method so easily and quickly.

“What’s happening to me?” I whispered to myself, hands starting to tremble.

“Rai.” You heard a voice speaking behind you. A familiar voice. Before you turned around, you carefully wiped your mouth to get rid of the saliva and rubbed it around your front, ensuring none was visible before you turned around to see who it was.

Who was standing there was none other than a Zoroark.

“Neku.” I stated, walking over to him. “Am I glad to see you. What happened to Felix, and the others?”

“I heard commotion up ahead when we were approaching, so I went in first to check. The others are holding back the approaching infected.” The Zoroark explained, looking at the down Medicham. “The others?”

“Up ahead, I had to keep Valorie from following us. I’m going to check on Melanie and we can join them.” I said as I headed towards the Gardevoir. You started to help her get into a sitting position with the wall.

“Are you alright?” You asked, seeing her starting to stir.

“Mhh… I think so.” she responded, shaking her head. She opened her eyes and noticed you looking at her. “Rai, y-you’re still here? I thought I told you to go.”

“And leave you to whatever Valorie had in mind? Not a chance!” I responded, placing my paw on her shoulder. “Plus, Valorie has been dealt with. She won’t be causing anymore problems.”

“Rai!” Neku’s voice shouted behind you, and you turned to see that the Medicham wasn’t where Neku was, but then she appeared, punching him in the side, making him collapse to his side.

“Neku!” You cried out, rushing towards him when Valorie moved towards you, launching a confusion blast at you, which you barely dodged out of the way.

“Should’ve finished me when you had the chance.” The Medicham stated, having a manic expression on her face.

“You just don’t know when to quit, do you?!” You respond back in frustration, not wanting to deal with her anymore.

“R-Rai?” You heard Melanie’s voice just as you were about to attack.

"Melanie, I can’t afford to be distracted right now!” You told her, powering up electricity.

“Rai, on your right!” Neku exclaimed urgently. You started to grow concerned about what Neku was talking about ‘Are the survivors losing ground!’ you thought, turning your head to see what was going on. What you saw was the infected Slowking from the pit!

“Guess he's looking for a little snack. Might as well give him another shot at you.” Valorie stated and before you could react, I felt psychic energy radiating around me and I was flung towards him, landing on my face a foot from him.

You groaned from the impact, and saw the Slowking staring down at you with purple eyes. My eyes widened as you quickly got to your hind paws, but you felt your body being held by psychic energy once more, but you see the Slowking’s eyes glowing bright purple.

Neku growled, about to charge towards the Slowking, but Valorie caught him with a kick to his gut, knocking him back to Melanie, who trembled at the sight of him.

“Father Reynauld.” She muttered, hands trembling at the sight as Valorie watches with glee.

You gritted your teeth and grumbled, which is the best you could do as the Slowking approaches you. You are completely helpless to stop him. ‘This really how it’s going to end?’ You started to whimper as you thought about your family. ‘Mom… Dad… Kate..’ You thought, tears forming in your eyes as you close them, not wanting to watch the inevitable. A few seconds passed, and nothing happened. You opened your eyes to see a scene you didn’t expect to see.

The Slowking, who practically has you dead to rights, who could stuff you in his mouth without a fight, he was staring at you, tears starting to form in his eyes and running down his face. He even started to whimper as well. ‘Is… is he… crying?’ you thought, even noticing his arm shaking a bit before he let out a roar before you felt your body being propelled and you collided with something.

The Medicham was stunned at what just transpired. “W-what’s the meaning of this?! Why would an infected-” Valorie couldn’t finish her question as she turned and saw the Slowking standing right in front of her and she jolted before feeling her own body being **** still by his psychic. Unlike how he was with you, the Slowking’s mouth watered with a growl.

You groaned from the impact, getting up into a sitting position.

“Rai!” You heard Melanie close by and you saw she was right next to you. “Are you alright?”

“Yeah, I’m okay. I’m alright.” You responded to her, letting your hand move off your thigh, and it brushed something soft. Not only was it soft, it felt warm as well as… alive?

You look down and notice that you were sitting on black fur, on closer inspection, it’s chest fur and you notice the arms and paws flailing about.

“Gemph offph meph!” A voice from underneath you muffled out, which came from… your rump?! Your face goes bright red when you realize who it is underneath you and you quickly get up, seeing and hearing Neku gasp for breath.

“Neku, oh Arceus, are you alright?” You asked him.

“Am I alright?! You almost smothered me with your ass!” The Zoroark stated, looking annoyed and his face was bright red.

“I-I just got tossed by an infected Slowking!” You said defensively, blushing as well. “What did you expect me to do?!”

“Not sit right on top of my face!” He responded, taking breaths to calm down just as he saw the Medicham being psychically held by the Slowking. “What the?” He got out.

“Hey, I hate to interrupt your little chat…” The three of you turned to see Felix come towards them. “But if we can leave before the infected Pokémon out there make a meal out of all of us?!” He then looks and notices the precarious situation Valorie was in. “What the hell?”

“We need to go!” You got up, “Can everyone walk?”

Melanie got to her legs and nodded.

Neku tried to, but then he slumped back down. “Damn, her attacks did more than I thought!”

“Don’t worry, I’ll use Healing Wish and-” She was interrupted by you before she could finish her sentence and power up!

“That’ll make you faint! Don’t you have a move that can heal and not resort to you fainting?!” You asked sternly, they need to move and it’s better than to have to carry someone with them.

“Y-Yeah.” Melanie goes and raises her hands, and pink energy comes out of them and flows into Neku. The Zoroark’s body glows pink, and he feels his sores and bruises fading away.

You saw Neku standing up much easier than last time. “Alright, tell the others it’s time to retreat.”

Felix nodded and quickly headed back to fetch the rest as Neku, Melanie and you headed towards the path to catch up to the rest of your companions.

“W-wait, don’t leave me here!” Valorie cried out, the malice that she had for you was replaced with fear as she was now left alone with the Slowking who brought her close to his face. Despite having similar types and quite skilled, she’s unable to free herself of the Slowking’s Psychic hold as she sees him opening and giving the Medicham a view of his mouth. Her eyes widened before her head was stuffed into his mouth.

Despite the fact that her upper body was covered in saliva, it didn’t deter his swallowing as he lightly nibbled on her body. The power the Slowking had wore off and she started to struggle, but despite the fact that she starts struggling, she’s unable to get out of his grip as her chest disappears into his maw.

Valorie cringed as her head started to descend down his throat. Her face started to form tears as they got lost down the Slowking’s gullet. How did it go so wrong with her being sent down the former head priest’s throat on her way to the stomach?

His throat expanded in order to accommodate the Medicham’s width. It made an impressive bulge as the survivors; the visitors and church members that didn’t believe in her madness saw the situation. Most just ran off, the few looked down in a bit of remorse before continuing as the lower part started to disappear into the head priest's padded gut.

Her view was surrounded by the dim, fleshy walls as her head pressed at the bottom of the stomach, which had already built up a shallow pool of acid. Gravity helped bring the rest of her body down, making her curl up with her knees **** to bend a bit.

Not wanting this for her fate, Valorie squirms and pushes against the confines of the Slowking’s belly. She managed to get herself into a position where she was able to give him a strong kick, which made a large bump appear and made him jump from the impact. While he did stumble a bit, it didn't do anything else as the Slowking let out a loud belch which took some of the oxygen from the stomach, which resulted in Valorie’s struggles waning.

She can feel the pool of acid filling up to where it started covering most of her body. The Medicham’s vision slowly fades as the Slowking watches the rest of the infected Pokémon rushing past him to chase the fleeing non-infected ones as he soon teleports away.