188 chapter 68 (1/2)

Electabuzz looked at the sky and mumbled,” The battle the past few days has been too frightening and difficult. It seems we became too relaxed with our increasing powers and forgot how big the world really is.”

Slowking being the wise pokemon he was agreed,” Indeed. The battle will end soon. Xatu has informed me that he took away pidgeot to heal from here because of his heavy injuries. Now that all the pseudo king on our side are out. Only elite level are left.

I think we can catch our breathe now and then join others to end this war quicker. I could use a big nap after all this.”

Slowking noticed Espeon was way too quiet now and decided to ask,” What happened, Espeon? Have you not recovered from the illusion effect even now?”

” I am fine. The thing I worry about is Alex. How will he be after this?”

” what about him? He will be fine. We won and all of us survived though some are more wounded than others.” Electabuzz replied.

” I am not talking about that. I am talking about his mental health. How much he will change after the battle.

Claydol mentioned back then, the old man's son said that humans change after this kind of battle and it takes time to recover them, some are no longer the same as they were before the fight.”

” What, old man? ”Elect a buzz still wasn't sure who they talked about.

” The same old man whose Charizard completely destroyed you, you idiot.” Espeon was angry worth his constant interruption and shouted at the muscled headed bipedal electric Pokemon.

Of course, electabuzz ignored her angry shout and said,” Him. I remember him now. His son is a strong human, just like his father. As for Alex's change, I don't care.” He said without a hint of worry.

” What do you mean you don't care? Are you not worried about him!” Espeon doesn't like his nonchalant words regarding Alex and thundered at him.

Slowking decided to interfere and tried to appease Espeon as he felt the same as electabuzz in this regard,” It is not that he doesn't care. It is that he trust Alex enough to know he would not lose Alex to anything.

We , meaning I, pidgeot and electabuzz know him for more than six years. We saw him grow from a small boy who was scared of pokemons to the current fearsome trainer who can look into the eyes of some of the most fearsome pokemons without fear .

We saw him facing different obstacles and things that many kids his age would rather give up and try something else. Yet he didn't give up. He faced it head on and overcame it.

We have always known that Alex may change after this war and we have prepared ourselves for the change.”

” Are you sure we cannot do anything? We can help him overcome this, can't we?” Espeon wasn't calmed just yet and tried to talk them into helping Alex more directly than just spiritual support.

” Some things are part of the growth. This is just another step for his growth in the long run. Before we started travelling he has already told us about some things.

We were there when he made the first kill. We saw how he was back then. It took him about months to recover the aftershock and he was only six back then.

He is way too strong mentally and stable minded to let these things affect him.” Slowking said but this time it wasn't as calm as he normally was. Probably remembering how Alex was in the past.

” It was back then. How can you be sure he won't be affected much after so much death. We all have changed and we only followed his orders.

His orders have caused many casualties which may affect his psych.” Espeon herself wasn't someone who can give up on something easily and her effort only increased every time the two try to calm her and not get too active in this situation.

” If it was before it may take time but not in the current scenario. The thing which help him overcome the first kill was neither his father, mother nor grandpa . Not even we could do anything to help him. It was actually his siblings who helped him out at that time.” Slowking explained a bit about the past.

” What did his siblings, Clara and Ben did?” Espeon was confused what the two kids who only knows how to play do to help Alex.

” They reminded him of what he fought for andwhat he has to protect.” Electabuzz added, ”Before all these, I remember that the old man asked about Alex past adventure and how he handled the first kill and how he changed from his parents back at home?”

” We thought it was just for getting to know Alex better but after he became the leader we knew what was really the matter.

The old man is smart, very smart. He knew that Alex will change so he chose this time because no matter how deeply he is affected, he can overcome the guilt and his inner heart just like he did in the first kill.

Even without the external help it would only make him stay low for a year at most before he could stop himself from heading out.

There is a reason we follow him and this not just because of the loyalty we have towards Alex.” Electabuzz said with such certainity that Espeon was confused where all of this come from.

” Then what is it?”