Not a Pokemon Chp 1

Someone – Brainy could mention no names because if he could he'd probably first get kicked out of the Legion for murder – had messed with his time bubble. No, not even messed with. To say that they had messed with it would be like saying Godzilla hadn't had a peaceful visit to Tokyo. No; they'd absolutely massacred the time bubble's insides, hastily put whatever wires they could see back together, dumped in the 'extra' pieces and run for their lives before Brainy could return after making the mistake of leaving the lab.

The fifth Brainiac could only wish he had looked at the inside of the time bubble before he'd attempted to use it. Though, wishing never accomplished anything. He was stuck in some woods in some unknown time and no amount of 'what if's or murderous thoughts were going to change that.

For the first half of the day upon of his arrival at this place, Brainy had attempted to fix the time bubble. Unfortunately, along with the damage the suspect had done they had also failed to return all the crucial pieces, making the effort a waste of time.

Thankful that the time bubble could still hover above the ground, Brainy held on to the opened doorway and dragged it flying through the woods for the reminder of the day. He never found a path, other people, or even signs of sentient life. He did hear noises on occasion, but they were noises that almost sounded like attempts at humanoid speech, only proving to confuse him.

When night fell, Brainy continued dragging the time bubble until he found some bushes he could hide it in. Unfortunately for him, he couldn't spend the night in the time bubble because it was possible one of the many damages to it could cause a spark that could cause him harm, and he had no option for medical attention here.

No, Brainy was better off sleeping on the ground, and it would have to do until something better came along. At least it was a relatively nice night out; if it had looked like rain he would have taken his chances in the time bubble.

Amongst all the tools at Brainy's disposal, a spade was not one of them. So he dug a small pit with his bare hands and surrounded it with stones before venturing out to find firewood. Not wanting to venture out too far, Brainy gathered some from nearby, put them into the pit, and went out to grab some more.

When Brainy returned to his make-shift campsite there was a fire already going.

"Is someone there?" Brainy looked around but saw no one. "Hello?"

"Vulpix!"

Brainy jumped back – the noise having come from right by his feet – before he looked down. There, right in front of him, was a creature Brainy didn't have in his database of numerous worlds.

It looked similar to a fox; pointed ears, big brown eyes, light brown fur, white stomach and darker brown paws that he had heard dog or cat owners refer to as 'little booties' or 'socks' on their own pets. But this creature had six reddish brown tails that curled, with three similar curls of human-like hair on top of its head. And the sound it made was like humanoid speech, like the noises he had heard before of different varieties. Were there more creatures like this?

The creature sat before him, peering up at him, and wagged its six tails almost expectantly.

"I don't have any food for you," Brainy said slowly, feeling stupid for talking to something that couldn't possibly understand him.

"Vulpix," was all the creature replied, continuing to stare at him.

Brainy stared back for a while, trying to wrap his mind around the creature's impossible design, but eventually moved around it, placing more wood into the fire and placing some off to the side for later as he sat.

"I don't suppose you did this?"

"Vulpix."

"I had a feeling you were going to say that."

Brainy sat and contemplated his situation for a while before lying down to sleep. He was reminded of the creature's presence though when it came over and slid itself under his arm to lay on the ground, side pressed against his chest.

"Vulpix," the creature said in a way that made Brainy think of contentment.

The Coluan watched the little fox close its eyes, before sighing and doing the same. After all, there were worse things that could take a liking to him in this unknown environment. He almost wished they would all be this small and cute.