Another dark chapter…

Warnings: Bruno Bashing, Rape, Suicide, darkfic – and now we have Mpreg, heh!

Disclaimer: Pokemon belongs to Nintendo and Shogakukan Comics. This non-profit, non-copyright infringing fanfiction belongs to me under international copyright laws and taking it is plagiarism. Thank you. *Phantomness bows*

Notes: <> for telepathy, ** for thoughts, italics if a pokemon talks

Pairing: Championshipping (Ash x Lance) eventually, there’s one-sided Bruno x Lance too, since Bruno’s an insensitive prick… and Lance does NOT like Bruno one bit. Not one micron.

Chapter 5

“She’s dead!”

“She’s gone.” Ash whispered in shock.

There was nothing left on the bed. Meanwhile, in another area of the plateau, Bruno suddenly felt… different. Off balance…

“What the-?!”

Well, it was his sin and his shame and by Lugia it was only fair if he dealt with it!

Whirl Islands…

“Lance?”

“I’m home, Father.” She said quietly.

< So Catelyn is dead. >

< Unfortunately… >

< Child, there was nothing you could do. I could hardly expect you to want to stay in that broken shell any longer… >

< It took him quite a while to understand you. >

< Sad to say, lucky it only took two months, if it had gone on for much longer well, that body would no longer be important! >

< And the child? >

< Obviously. >

< It will be a boy… >

< Do I care? >

< He has none of your blood in him. >

< Excellent. I’d hardly wish to gift anything to that… >

< Shh… >

< Don’t shush me please. I feel so violated. But at least this body is clean. > Lance indicated his trim form, clad in night-black robes.

< Yes. Ice has fallen to dragon. >

< And may Dragon not fall to Darkness… >

“Bruno? What are you doing here?” Joy asked coldly. After seeing what he had done to the poor girl, well…

She took a second look at him and blinked.

“I’m – I’m – I suddenly felt… off! And I threw up all of a sudden! I can’t be sick, can I be?”

“Let me make a quick check…”

After an hour, Joy returned with shock etched on her face. “I don’t know how, but you’re pregnant. And the girl you ruined is dead and buried.”

Bruno choked. “What?”

“I suppose the child is yours then. Mew knows how it happened though…”

“I know.” A voice cut in.

“Karen?”

The Dark Master looked at Bruno expressionlessly. "After what you did to my Leader I ought to kill you, but grandma said not to, so I won’t. It’s her decision – no, his decision anyways.”

“Huh? Wait, what is going on?”

“Were you unaware that after your repeated violation of her body, Lance wound up pregnant?’

Bruno paled.

“Of course, the baby had to go somewhere, and since she had no intention of bearing your ‘lovechild’, it’s your responsibility to take care of it.” Karen’s smile was widening by the second. “I am sure the next few months will be fascinating.”

Bruno paled even further.

“She was about a month along, so no bulging yet, but I’m sure it will start soon… and of course, the lovely side effects…”

Ash would have felt sorry for Bruno, but the bastard deserved it…

Bruno made another rush for the toilet.

“Lance was capable of something like that?” Joy looked at Karen strangely.

“Catelyn’s weak. But Lance should be fine now.”

“But she…”

“He,” Karen corrected, “Should be back after a few weeks of recuperation. Before then, we should probably purify the room.”

“Eh?”

“Come with me, Ash.”

“Okay…”

They hadn’t had time to clean the room anyways. There wasn’t much inside – spare clothing, a few poke dolls, nothing much at all. But then again, Lance was hardly home… and now Ash didn’t blame her.

Him. Whatever.

They burned everything, under Karen’s orders. Ash didn’t think Lance would want to see any of this anyways.

It was scary…

There wasn’t much though, and everything important could be replaced. Karen said to leave the computer and they did, but after that, the rest went to the flames…

And even though Bruno offered to help, the death glares he received more than made up for it.

It was his own fault! And in some way, it made sense. Why should the girl have to carry the baby, anyways? Not that Ash wanted to be pregnant himself, but he understood.

And if Lance had been unconscious, she wouldn’t have had a choice in the matter… it wasn’t her child.

It was Bruno’s.

It made perfect sense.

It was just a bit physically different…

Bruno was angry. He couldn’t train and he sure couldn’t fight with an extra passenger weighing him down! Plus, Nurse Joy had taken one look at him and declared that the plain white rice diet just wouldn’t do.

Now, he had several boxes of prenatal vitamins in his room to deal with. And cravings. Oh yes. He suddenly wanted pickles dipped in chocolate sauce…

He gritted his teeth, but the pangs didn’t stop.

He felt ill.

He made another dash to the bathroom and began to chant angrily under his breath. Why had this stupid thing happened anyways?

< Oh? So you think it’s stupid? It’s your own fault. As if I’d want to carry your disgusting child! >

< Lance… Are you going back? >

< I’ll have to thank Ash. > The boy smirked, flipping back crimson hair with a grin. Golden eyes shone brightly.

Lugia hugged his child. < So you’re all right? >

< Sure. I mean, Catelyn’s – er, Crystal’s taking care of Catelyn, and I don’t think I should bother them… she’s just had a shock, since normally she doesn’t get hurt. >

Lance sighed. < Well, what now? I’ll wait a bit more, before I see Ash… >

< Sounds fair… >

End Chapter

Completed 8/11/05

So now Bruno’s pregnant with his own child – a clone of him, basically… there’s none of Lance’s DNA in it, thanks to the weird ways guardian genetics work…