Summer was ready to leave, leave behind the blood, the scent of iron, and the horrid sounds of crunching and gun shots ringing in her ears.

However, Knox called out to her. She stopped and turned, looking over her shoulder at him.

"Welcome to the reality of the world, Blue," she said.

He'd been absent from it for a long time, in drug-induced hazes and parties to ignore everything. But this was her reality. What she had to live from day to day. Except now, it was personal.

Where would she go?

"Home. I'm used to being alone by now, Knox. No need to worry about me now," she said with a small smirk.

But of course, Summer was just covering up her insecurities and scars.

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Summer beckoned her Pokemon to follow, orders sent to her other two that were releasing the captive children to return once their task was complete. However, as she stood at the door, she heard Knox speak quietly.

A small scowl crossed her lips, as she looked at him gazing mournfully over his ex-boyfriends body. The one that had beaten him, insulted him, done worse to him than she cared to explain.

Why did he want to bury him? To give him flowers and weep at his grave?

"Pointless," Summer muttered under her breath.

Yet she didn't utter anything else out loud, leaving it to Sam and Knox to decide. Ollie wasn't her call anymore.

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Summer nodded, gazing now at Knox as he cradled Ollie's dead body. Or the remains of it. She truly felt sorry for him, in both grief and judgement.

She knew that Ollie was never a good person or lover to her brother. She didn't understand why Knox broke down to pieces over his death like this. But perhaps it was because she never understood the love of someone quite like that. Or felt like she had.

She dismissed the thought as she turned her gaze back to Sam.

"I know. I've known it for months, now. I doubted it, at first. But I can tell."

However, even though this was an emotional moment for Sam and for Knox, Summer had to bring him to reality. Because this wasn't just about love. This was their life and reality.

"However, if something happens between you two... I will take you out. One way or the other. Just be careful with him, Sam."

With the tasks done for Summer, she sighed, easing some tension off her shoulders as she closed her eyes. She contacted a team to get together to clean up the mess, to not ask questions, and to get it done fast. And she was ready to leave.

"Let's go home."

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Summer received news that a swarm of GYARADOS appeared around Slateport Beach.

After her father's demise and her rise to power, she had to prove herself not only to those who were under her command, but also Rocket that she knew what she was doing with the Prescott business and name. And what better opportunity than to catch several MAGIKARP and a GYARADOS for the black market?

They were so powerful, and their weak pre-evolution forms were worth the highest dollar for their final forms. Summer smiled with an eager look as she threw her Pokemon forward, attacking sharply like a flashing LANCE.

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Summer was numb to Merrick's words as he spoke to her, almost quiet enough that only she could hear him.

"I love you."

But more blood smeared her as his hand dropped from her face to his side. His body collapsed, and Merrick Prescott was gone. He was no longer a threat.

Yet his words echoed in her ears, like the ring of the bullets fired from the barrel. She tossed the weapon to the side, beckoning Loki and Frigg to her side as she stepped away from his mess.

"Are all of his close guards and supporters in the vicinity gone?" she asked, directing her stony gaze to Sam.

He had been the one to storm the building. He'd know better than her.

"They all need to be taken down. They will be a threat to all of us until they are eliminated."

And then Knox cried out, a wail that pierced her soul. Her gaze softened to her brother, but she didn't reach out to touch him or comfort him. Summer didn't deserve to, when Ollie was dead because of her. She looked at the ground, her messy skirts, and then back to Sam.

"I want Knox to be taken away, somewhere safe, until we get this area cleaned up. There's no need for you to take full blame, but you do realize that you can't run away from this now."

Summer rose again, raising her hand and touching his shoulder.

"I can twist things around. Pretend that you were a hired assassin by myself to take Merrick out because of he was running a shit show. But, you're with us now. Are you willing to accept that life, Sam?"

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"For me?" Summer echoed, disbelief coloring her tone.

"For me? How am I supposed to believe that when my whole life has been a fucking lie? You took away my childhood. You trained me to become a killer and a liar. I never got to live how I wanted to live because I lived in fear of your wrath. I always had to please you, or else you'd take away something I held dear.

"This isn't for me. This was all for you and your sick, twisted game. You're done playing with my mind, Father. You're done toying with everyone."

She didn't hear Knox's plea, nor did she hear Sam's comment. Summer was engulfed in her own power surge, laughing maniacally as she waved the gun in his face.

"You've lost! You're falling from your throne. Liars don't get to live, right? But, there's one thing I want you to know before you go to your grave, Daddy."

Flashing her gaze to Sam, she smiled almost sweetly, like she wasn't threatening to end a life.

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"I want you to send any Pokemon you have that's able to unlock doors to release the captive children. Clothe them, give them things they need, and free them. Let them go. And find a list of anyone who's bought a child from Merrick Prescott, whether it was with money, Pokemon, information. Anything."

She looked at her father, grinning widely.

"I want them all dead. They don't get to live."

Her own OBSTAGOON and TOXTRICITY were released, exiting the door to find the rooms as ordered. Summer pushed forward, the barrel pressed against Merrick's jaw as she backed him to the wall.

"Goodbye, Daddy."

BANG. BANG.

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Summer's heart felt like it stopped as her Pokemon were flung across the room, their shocked cries loud in her ears as the gun was wrenched from her hand.

"Fuck!"

How could she forget. She had been so occupied with this plan and the entire shit show that had happened that she forgot to take her father's ALAKAZAMS into account. She couldn't spare Knox a look as her father managed to rise, spitting insults at her.

"Looks like I didn't stomp on your other leg hard enough," she said, eyes burning in defiance.

"What have you ever done for me? Take away a normal girl's life? Trained me to deceive and lie? Become this monster? Lie to my brother? Pin a murder on me?"

She was stalling for time, to attempt for her Pokemon to have a chance to recover and attack. So Knox could at least escape.

Because she wasn't.

But suddenly, samuel carter appeared. A small wave of relief overcame her as his Pokemon began to attack, overwhelming the ALAKAZAMS and destroying them in the process. The gun that was ripped from her dropped to the floor, and her brother was dropped into his lover's arms. Frigg and Loki stood, slipping in the mess as they regained their senses and approached slowly.

Merrick was cornered now.

"Gun," Summer ordered, opening her palm to take it from Sam or a Pokemon. Whoever offered first.

She turned the barrel to Merrick, holding one arm forward as she stared him down.

"You ruined me. Look at me. Look at me! You made me do this. You brought him here, and you killed him! He was innocent, and you made me do it!"

She looked insane, dress, hair, skin, everything dotted and painted in blood. Summer's eyes burned with fire, red as the nickname her brother called her by.

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Summer saw Knox riling up. Anger, sadness, all those emotions bottled up and ready to explode. He was a ticking time bomb, and he was about to go off.

And she didn't have much time left.

Knox may hate her. He may think she was a terrible person for the rest of his life. But, she'd do anything to protect him. She came to realize that over the years. She loved him. Cared for him. Cherished him.

She didn't want her little brother to throw his life away, and she didn't want her father to end it either.

Summer stood, calm and collected as Merrick laughed in his son's face. He was forced back in the chair, and she wasn't sure what he would do next. Torture him? Get what he always wanted and erase him from the face of the earth?

"Skade hender," she ordered her Pokemon.

And with her command, Frigg and Loki lunged, teeth snapping into Merricks hands. Before he hand a chance to think about kicking either, Summer threw her leg under him, attempting to throw him off balance and land onto the bloodied floor below. The dog-like Pokemon pulled his arms out as she stomped on his legs.

She reached for his gun, holding the pistol in hand as she examined it thoughtfully.

"Stay back, Knox. I can handle it."

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Summer felt her stomach churn and knot when she saw her brother collapse. There was guilt building, biting in her chest, as she saw him grieving. Even though she knew that Ollie was nothing more than an asshole to him, perhaps one of the worst boyfriends he ever had...

To see him grieve over someone he clearly loved hurt her. If she hadn't built up this farce to appease her father and attempt to get Knox and herself out of here alive, she would pull him into her arms and be the big sister that he needed.

Not this monster.

"Of course, Father," she said stiffly, regarding Knox with a glance out of the side of her eye.

Merrick was unkind in handling him, and Summer watched as he was forced into the chair beside the remains of his past lover. Loki came to the side, standing on the open space to the side of Knox and keeping an eye on him with unreadable eyes. Frigg stood to her side, near Merrick, calm and collected.

And then it made sense.

"He set me up."

Summer's eyes tracked to the back of her father's head, who had been gazing at her sibling. There was a twinge of fire, of anger, that showed in her eyes, but it was extinguished as quickly as it appeared.

"A man who doesn't answer truthfully doesn't deserve to live," she answered.

"And it got you to where we needed you."

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Knox was there as quick as lightning could strike. The moment she saw him, stumbling toward the door after being pushed closer to it, she knew that whatever was happening was escalating quickly.

Reaching onto her belt, she released Loki and Frigg. The THEIVUL and the ABSOL were accustomed to messes such as these, though Loki not as much. Still, they stood on either side like statues, staring forward and waiting for their trainer's command.

"How kind of you to join us, Blue. Perhaps the most timely you've been in your life," Summer spoke, her voice unwavering as she leaned against the back of the sticky chair.

Everything was clumping together and sticking to her. She desperately wanted to leave, to cleanse herself of everything.

She waved her hand in front of her, hoping that her façade wasn't dropped or faltered in front of their father.

"Your ex-boyfriend... he left quite a mess."

Deep down, Summer hoped and prayed to Arceus that Knox would understand what she was doing. That she was playing a game to get out of this fucked up situation.

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Summer felt the weight of his hand press down on her shoulder. He was there to remind her of what she was. What she just did. Who she worked for.

Her body and her mind felt numb as she stared ahead, seemingly at nothing. The door had her attention, as though she expected her brother to burst through at any moment. Even though the deed had been done mere moments ago.

The pressure of his presence reminded Summer that she had no free will. She was a puppet under her father. Merrick Prescott would control her like a doll as long as he lived. He'd make her do things like this no matter what, and as long as he lived, Knox would be in danger.

She closed her eyes, as though feigning a headache, as Logan carelessly rested a chair in the remains. An annoyed look, a characteristic one of Summer Prescott, crossed her features as she shot it to him, a warning to quit before she made him quit.

But, she nodded as her father spoke. His question had an easy answer. She knew what was next.

"Him."

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Summer was released from that tight, cold grip, reaching up to cradle her face and rub the soreness away. And she refused to turn around.

She could hear Ollie slump onto the floor, a thud as his head hit the ground and he remained there. Still.

What had she done?

However, Summer had to face it now. The blood, the carnage that was her father's fury. All of this blood because she had lied. Her stomach churned, and she felt like she was going to be sick because she did this.

If she hadn't said anything, Ollie would have been alive and well, going to wherever he had been going before.

And Merrick wouldn't take no for an answer. So, Summer approached, heels clicking on the floor and becoming dull by the sound of the thick liquid on the ground. She refused to make eye contact with the body on the ground, instead trying to keep her head up as she looked at her father.

And she sat.

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Summer does her best not to startle when his grip tightened on her face, though her eyes scrunch from the uncomfortable sensation of her cheeks pressing firmly against her teeth. Her hand reached up, to pull his hand away and question him gently.

Until she heard it.

Click. Boom.

There was not a word from Ollie. But the chair was loud as it slapped on the ground, grinding to a halt and a disgusting noise of the aftermath filling the silent room.

Summer's blood ran cold as she stared at her father, wide-eyed. Unable to speak out of pure fear.

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