Pokemon - A Mystical Journey 191 CHAPTER 2: Discussion and Alex's tears

He bluntly asked, " Did you have anything to do with Alex arriving at Sky Town?"

" What ? How could that be? How would he know where he would head for sky town after the lavender City ?" Agatha asked surprised. All the others has the same view as that of Agatha. But Blaine eyes hasn't left Samuel and he also noticed that his eyes twitch when he questioned him.

" Answer me, if you had a hand in it or not." Blaine isn't so patient and angrily asked.

" How did you come to the conclusion that I planned every step of his trip from Lavender City to Sky Town." Samuel directly asked Blaine, still not answering his question but firing his own at Blaine.

" If you can plan to use his mother's pregnancy and birth of his new sibling for his growth and healing of mental psych, then I think you can also direct the actions behind the scene too." These words dawned on the other members of the elite Four that he may have planned it as soon as he heard the news of possible attack of Pokemon tide in the city.

Although Samuel is a pretty decent guy and a good friend to have, but when he deals with his enemies no one knows just how many sinister plans he has under his sleeve. Many times, his friends also get themselves involved in those plans.

So they think this time, Alex himself might be dragged in Samuel's plans. While everyone awaits his reply, He on the other hand remained quiet for some time increasing the tension in the room quite a bit and he finally replied," Indeed. I did plan his trip to the Sky Town. But I didn't plan it from the very beginning but made the plan in the middle of the path.

He has already headed that way and would have not entered the town if for the fact that I didn't direct things behind his back."

" How did you do that?" Fiona asked more curious than angry at Samuel.

" When I had doubts about Gengar his father informed me about, I sent both Charizard and Alakazam to help Alex if needed. After arriving at the destination, Alakazam relayed everything happening there to me through our psychic bond.

Then my brain clicked and I formulated this plan. I thought either he was heading for sky town or would take a little rougher road for another village close by if he encountered multiple Pokemon attacks on his way.

So I had Alakazam covey my message to Gengar. He would have to follow my instructions or he suffer the consequences. Under this threat, he agreed to be part of my plan.

He has only one objective,ie, Sending Alex right at the Sky town which was going to be at the one of the most chaotic place in Kanto for the next few days."

Samuel explained all the steps of his plan to his friends and awaits their reply

" You really are an old fox. You didn't even forgot to manipulate actions of your student. It is low, way too low even for you." Roan criticized Samuel.

But Samuel didn't seem affected by his words and said," It was necessary for his growth and his strength would grow at a much quicker this way.

And he is going to be in Badlands soon so this training was really important and it is necessary for Alex's survival out there where we cannot provide any support to him even if we want to ."

" Yet we should have him check with a psychic so we can confirm he doesn't have a problem in his mind after this incident."

"No. Now everything is depends on his family and these wounds are his trophy for surviving the first of his multiple battles in the future. They will heal by his own effort." Samuel said and to make sure no one objects as his eyes turned sharp reminding them their place.

All of them turned quiet. No one dares to object his words and finally, Blaine said something to break the silence," He should have arrived his home, by now."

LOCATION: OUTSKIRTS OF FLORAL TOWN

With Alex,

Slowking and Alex teleports to a two storey house with wooden fences around it. The roof was red in colour while the walls were cream coloured. It was surrounded by forest all round.

It was situated a few kilometers away from the main town, the Floral Town and had a large area. It was the house that was built on the land Alex bought before he left for his journey again.

He knocked on the door and after a few knocks a loud sound of "coming" was heard.

The door opened and a young boy at the age of five appeared. He was Alex's younger brother, Ben. He looked at the person who knocked and when he showed who it was, he jumped onto him and hug him. He even shouted out loud," Alex".

"Alex, you are back? What pokemons did you catch this time? What did you do? Where did you went off to this time? What pokemons and pokemons trainer do you face? " Ben started to rain his questions on Alex.

His loud shouts attracted the attention of other inhabitants of the house and They all arrived at the doorstep.

These inhabitants were his mother, Gwen and his grandfather, Michael.

Seeing him, Gwen rushed towards Alex and pulled him in a big hug, ignoring her recent condition of seven months pregnancy.

She brought Alex to a tight hug and didn't want to leave him. She was emotional after seeing her son after nearly month time, especially in her pregnant condition.

Alex who was hugged tightly by his mother could control himself and cried on his mother's shoulder. When she felt her shoulder wet, she looked up to see her son crying and said,"Are you ok,Alex? Tell your mother, what happened? You can tell me anything. You don't have to cry."

She tried to appease him.

Alex just cried on her shoulder for a while and other people were surprised. They have never seen him crying especially Ben. No matter what happened his big brother would always smile and stand strong.

So Ben was afraid and asked his grandfather anxiously," Grandpa, what Happened to Alex? Why is he crying? Did someone scold him?"

Michael himself looked at his crying grandson with great deal of surprise in his eyes. Alex was always mature for his age and never made things difficult for his parents even as a kid. There must be a reason behind his current action.

But this can be discussed among the adults. The children didn't need to worry about this and so he tried to calm his grandson by placing his hands on his shoulder and said," He must have missed your mother, Ben. He hadn't seen her for almost month and most likely couldn't control his emotions on meeting her. These types of things are common when people travel for a long time. "He lied to his youngest grandson.

This has worked well and calmed down Ben. He even joked about his brother and said," Alex is a crybaby. He is so big and yet he is crying. I will never cry when I am big even if I don't see you for days. " And he began to laugh at his brother.

This laughter also help Alex regain control of his emotions and looked at everyone.

Michael saw his grandson face for the first time since he returned and also noticed something peculiar about Alex. He couldn't put his hand on what it really was but he remembered seeing this emotion somewhere too.

He doesn't want to involve and inquire too much about Alex's adventure for he thought it is Alex Adventure and he cannot interfere in it. But today he decided against his previous decision and inquired his grandson with worry evident on his face," What happened to you, Alex? You haven't acted like that since before the twins were born. You didn't act like this since..."

He didn't complete his sentence but Gwen caught the meaning of what he was saying," Alex , tell us what happened to you. Please Alex I beg you, tell me." She made a pitiful face and asked him. She wanted to know what happened.

She still remembered how he acted after his first kill and how he closed himself at that time and didn't approach anyone not even his Pokemons. She was pregnant around that time and could not do anything to help him. Now she felt herself in similar situation and it made her even more sad.

Looking at his mother's sad face, Alex felt guilty and tried to dismiss the doubts in the elders mind and said while his fingers rubbed against themselves," I just missed all of you so I acted like that. There isn't anything that happened. "

" Don't lie or dismiss us, Alex. Whenever you lie to us, you act like this and try to shift the topic and scratched your fingers just like you are doing now." She answered severely

He looked up to his grandpa asking for help but he has firm look on his face and seem to agree with his daughter in law and said once more,"no one could help you now Alex. So, Tell us what really happened? "

Alex doesn't want to say but under their firm gaze he became a guilty boy and relented," Pokemon Tide."

How will his family react to all this? Stay tuned.

To be continued...

Chapter end