Tales of the Forgotten. Special Chapter 3: The Monster In The Mirror. page 5.

A purple ball of fire ignites it Warmax’s mouth, point blank range at Spike’s face. But Spike’s face remains completely unchanged[Spike: (  ⫟ _ ⫟)]. Warmax seeing Spike’s lack of reaction, hesitates, and disarms the Dragon’s Breath.

Warmax: (gritting his teeth) (ᵕ ◺ ⌓ ◿) (Internally: “What is this person?”)

Then suddenly Shade appears from behind Spike, restraints him with his right arm and covers Spike’s mouth with his left claw.

Shade: (ᵕ ᵔ ヮ ᵔ) “Hey Warmax, Sorry don’t mind my little cousin.” [Spike: (Startled) (  0 🫲🏿 0)!]
Spike: (  Ò 🫲🏿 Ó) (muffled)
Warmax: (  ⊤ _ ⊤) “…” (  ⊤ ⌓ ⊤) “Apology accepted. Now tell him to get out of this seat.”
Shade: (ᵕ ᵔ ヮ ᵔ) “Ok.”

Shade pulls Spike back a few rows as Warmax tosses Spike’s bag towards them.

Warmax: looking at them both (  ⊤ _ ⊤) “…” (  ⊤ ⌓ ⊤) “Strange kid.”

Then finally lets go of Spike.

Spike: (Ò ⌓ Ó  ) “What was that for? I had it under control!”
Shade: (  ò ⌓ ó) (whispering) “Don’t speak so loudly. And What do think you were doing? Talk!?”
Spike: (ò ⌓ ó  ) (whispering) “Yes, And I’d say it was going pretty well.”
Shade: (  ò ⌓ ó) (whispering) “That thing is a wild pokemon.”
Spike: (ō ⌓ ō  ) (whispering) “Are you sure?”
Shade: (  ò ⌓ ó) (whispering) “Partly wild, That thing cannot be reasoned with. And I wouldn’t be surprised if that tried to kill. And if it does, even I can’t save you.”
Spike: (ō ⌓ ō  ) (whispering) “Look, I understand. But I literally pulled like 4 trick on him already.”
Shade: (  - ⌓ -)💨 sigh (  • ⌓ •̀) (whispering) “Just promise me you would never interact with him again.”
Spike: (ō _ ō  ) “…” (•̀ ⌓ •  ) “Alright.”

{“I don’t know what Shade had told him that day, but ever since that, Spike just stopped talking back to me. He did anything I demanded, I still never saw even a hint of fear in his eyes ever. To Warmax, Spike became one of the first things to scare him. So I too avoided him as much as possible.”}

{“But this was just the beginning, As soon, I would face Silvia.”}

Months later…(06/July/6011)

You see a scene of Warmax pinning a Vulpix against the cabin wall.

Warmax: (  ◺ ⌓ ◿) “Did you bring what I asked for?”
Vulpix: (ᵕ o ᯅ o) “Yes, I got the money.”

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