Pokemon - A Mystical Journey 189 CHAPTER 69

But it isn't time for the leaders of the corps along with the Town's top officials to rest or calm down. Now they are even more busy than during the tide as they are dealing with the aftermath of the attack.

Now it had fallen upon them to make record of the entire Pokemon tide as well as reports of the important battles ( battles between elite level pokemons and above) so that the strength of the trainers could be reassessed and they could be given rewards as an incentive to continue their good work.

They should also send the reports about the death of troops and trainers alike as well as serious wounded people so that they could be granted appropriate pension pertaining to their ranks.

The top brass of the league does that to make sure the town official don't slack. These records cannot be falsified as the Pokemon G-Men cross check the records and if any problems are found, the officials are targeted for deceiving the league.

The officer level troops of the army also make record of the casualties of the corp as well as the recording of important fights.

All the trainers has to send their reports of the bigger fights. This way they could get better rewards from the league after the reports are verified and can be a person of focus that can be cultivated by the league in the future.

Armed forces also had to send reports of the amount of medicines, herbs, weapons as well as arrows were utilised and how much stockpile is still left out.

The Town official on the other hand take record of the damage done to the town, buildings, drainage, streets as well as the casualties of the civilians and how the fight within the town itself go.

The army takes care of matters outside the town wall and The officials takes care of matters within the walls.

Alex being the Captain got stuck in this whirlpool too and he is trying to complete his task as soon as possible.

After deposition of the reports in the town hall, he would return home. He really want to leave this place especially when he learned that pidgeot was gravelly injured during his fight and he had to be teleported back as soon as battle ended.

As his first pokemons, he had a very important place for pidgeot in his heart and he was angry he couldn't just dump all these things and rush to see him.

In the final fight, the entire corp saw the power and destruction that his Pokemon, Slowking and Electabuzz were capable of. This made the troops have more awe and fearful for Alex in their heart.

They know just how easy it was for the captain to deal with them and any semblance of order failure was not even in a mile radius in their mind. The second lieutenant and some of his coharts were lucky enough to perish in the battle so they escaped the questioning, but rest aren't so lucky.

They are currently in the temporary prison waiting for the questions regarding their loyalty to the league and their actions which was akin to treachery.

In the Pokemon world, strength decides everything, whether it is power, Prestige, position or respect.

And the strength demonstrated by his Pokemons showed that he has tons of power under him. His two Pokemons destroyed more Pokemons I just a single day than they did throughout the course of raid.

Suddenly a knock came from the door and with a soft ' enter ', Jean entered the office room.

She had multiple documents on her hands with even more in the hands of other lieutenant and officer cadets.

" SIR, All the reports as well as those of casualties are in the these documents. They also have the approximate number of the pokemons we faced, their level as well as how many escaped after the war ended. "

Alex remains quiet for a moment and then asked ," What are the final results of these reports?"

" Sir, we had a total of 60 thousand people fighting of which 15 thousand have died and other 25 thousand are injured. Of these 15 thousand , eight thousand are troops and they didn't follow the appropriate formation designated to them, leading to their early death. Second Lieutenant and some of his coharts have perished too.

In the 25 thousand injured, 18 thousand are troops and they followed the instructions well. Only five thousand among them are severely wounded.

Sir, this result is much better than any other raid report. In those there were about 60 percent death casualties meanwhile we only had 40 percent.

And even then most are trainers who don't follow our orders in the battle. "

Jim explained.

"And what about the Pokemon reports?"

" Sir, about 150 thousand pokemons fought along side us but only 100 thousand lived and are well.

Of the 50 thousand casualty, 30 thousand died and five thousand are crippled for life, while rest have serious injuries requiring months to heal.

As for the opposing side. We encountered a total of 250 thousand Pokemons. Of these, three pseudo king were faced by your pokemons." While saying that Jean had expression of awe and respect. Similar experession reflected on others face too.

" There were 1200 elite Pokemons, 95000 advanced pokemons meanwhile rest were of rookie or baby form.

About 50 thousand escaped the battle after your pokemons began to suppress them."

After the reports ended, Alex stands up and looks at them in their eyes and speaks," It was nice working with you. You all were deligent and hard working and I cannot ask for a better team in this time of war.

But, you should remember I am only a temporary captain of the corp and after today, you won't be seeing me." He too a deep breath and finally spoke the words," I am leaving today."

" Sir..." They tried to say something but Alex stopped them.

" I am not a member of army. I don't belong in the army. This battle showed and taught me a lot and it will take time for me to come to senses.

I was too proud of myself before this battle and this battle showed how small I was compared in the face of the world. I still have a very long path in front of me.

You all need a better commander than me who could lead you much better than I did. Once again thank you for your support ." Alex said with a smile.

" But sir we couldn't do it without you. We need you to lead us. " Jean said with sorrow evident on her face. None of them want him to leave. The bind made in times of war was much stronger than that of peacetime.

" Sorry. I noticed I am not a leadership material. And I had to head back home soon or else, my mom will punish me " Alex said joking.

This time, no one said anything to stop them as his eyes showed he had made his decision. These days they had followed Alex and knows that when he is like that, nothing can change his decision.

" Good. Slowking let's get going." Slowking rose from behind Alex and all the files and folders in front if Alex floated.

They both all vanished from their vision. Alex had left to deposit the files at the Town Hall and retire officially from his temporary post.

All the people left in his former office were sad.

" So he really left?" Daisy mumbled.

" We knew it would happen. Someone with that level of strength can not always remain here. Now we know his powers do you think the post of a captain will bind him." Blake answered.

" But it doesn't make things any easier. He doesn't have to leave in such a hurry." Jean said.

" It is never easy. And he himself is suffering. The mental impact of this war was more profound in the captain than any of us. He was holding back his emotions with us.

He needs his family more than anything at a time like this. People make or break after facing these situations.

He barely slept since the war began and even then nightmares don't let him sleep. His will is shaken. He is currently lost in his path after this.

And he needs to find it. Now his future is in his own hands.

We forgot because of his performance in the past few days, that he is but an Eleven year old kid. " Armin explained.

" And how do you know that doc?"Nora asked.

" Everyone suffers from the post war trauma. You all did when you fought for the first time. His is even bigger as he led the troops. "

" Then why didn't you stop him for treatment?" Jim yelled.

Armin hasn't lost his calm irrespective of their yellings and said calmly,"In most cases, we doctors do the counciling of such people who have trauma but for someone so young, nothing could help better than his family.

If it was someone else I would stop but captain is a hard willed man. He won't lose easily and now the only question would be how long it will take to overcome the guilt and mental trauma?"

All the officer cadet and doctor were here and discussed about their former captain and his health.

Meanwhile in the town hall,

" So you are retiring from the post? You did a very good job. I think it would be great if you could continue for a bit longer " Mayor said with a smile.

He had got reports of his front and knew how well he led the team and how he took down the psuedo king pokemons alone.

" No. You should know I am not well mentally. I cannot hold back anymore and I think the best place for treatment would be my home." He directly rejected the offer without any second thoughts and said.

Mayor almost forgot the post war trauma that the young trainer experiences now. To think he would face something like this at such a young age. And he decided to agree.

" In this case, I accept your resignation.

But before that, take this. "

Alex caught a small badge with tornado image and three stars on it. "This was something Terrence left for you because of your hard work.

This is a three star badge and through this, you could enter the pokemon league main tournament easily without any qualification rounds. This badge alone is enough.

This badge is rewarded to exception trainers who helped the town defence and you fit the criteria. "

Seeing the badge, Alex remembers the Earth badge and said, " Thank you"

" Take care of yourself, Alex. This is a critical junction in your path forward. Don't lose. I cannot help you much in this but I can only give you an

advice.

Find what you fight for and strive to head forward. This will help you overcome the situation sooner."

After that, Alex just teleported away.

The Pokemon Rampage arc come to an end and the next will be how he overcomes the trauma. Stay tuned.

To be continued....

Chapter end