Embertail and the group followed Clover back to her den, or at least, what was left of it, the majority of it had been charred black. They saw her curl up on a relativity unburnt section of the dens floor, obviously waiting for her mother, or perhaps a sibling, just someone to come find her. That was defiantly a sucker punch to the heart, seeing her all bundled up, half asleep waiting for her family.
"Hehe, yeeeaaaah, uh, are you guy's getting the impression that I am from this picture?",Embertail said to the group in a hushed voice.
"(Yep, looks like we're going to have another Eevee as part of our team)", Whips replied, despite the crudeness of his statement, his voice betrayed his attempt at an uncaring demeanor, revealing just a little pity in his voice for Clover.
"Whips come on, not the time man", Curt said to the Dragonite who let out a sigh, "Embertail, she can't stay here, there's no food, and if she'll be easy prey for any scavengers, Whips, let's go outside to see if we can find any clues for,,,well". Embertail nodded to his friend and made his way over to Clover and poked her to rouse her awake, at least, he thought she feel asleep, she defiantly looked it. He took a deep breathe and looked deep into the Eevee's eye's, he would need to think about his next words very carefully.
"He listen, Clover, I uh, don't think your families coming back....uh, I mean JUST LOOK AT THIS PLACE, WHO'D WANT TO LIVE HERE?", Embertail said, forcing on a smile, "I think you should come with us, our backyard is pretty big, so you'll have plenty of room to run and our neighborhood is filled with Pokemon, both wild and with trai- er, I mean humans, and hey, if you don't want to do that, I'm sure either that Flareon or Nuri would LOVE to take care of you!" The cheer in Embertails voice actually seemed genuine. For a moment, things didn't seem quiet so hopeless for the little Eevee, until.....
"Oh good lord...hey, uh, Whips I, uh, found their bodies...I think", Curt's faint voice said from outside the den, noticeable full of disgust at what he found.
"(Really? Oh Arceus look at them, one of them looks relatively fine... but the other, I can barely tell that it was even....well, let's bury them before the kid see's, and now that I think about it...)", Whips voice could be faintly heard before his head popped back into the den,"(Hey Embertail, Nuri, keep the runt in here for a few minutes while we take care of...you know what)". With that Whips went back outside to help Curt complete his grizzly task.
".......Sooooo, yeah, on second though, we should stay here for a while, and take all the time we need to....uh, decide where you want to live next, hehe". Embertail said, his smile becoming noticeably more forced. His body also seemed a bit twitchy, like he was readying himself to tackle Clover if she tried to make her way outside the charred den.
"Oh crap, Whips, there are Vulliby flying over, hey wow, and a Mandibuzz is leading th-...OH CRAP THEY'RE EATING THE BODIES!"
"(HEY GET AWAY FROM THOSE, HAVE SOME ARCEUS DAMN RESPECT!")
"Yeeep, take as long as you need", Embertail said, sweat beginning to form on his brow.