The two men laughed, enjoying themselves. For their vacation, they had chosen to tour around Sinnoh, and cause as much trouble as possible. One was drunk, and the other not far from it. They joked around, pushing and shoving the way men do. Since their leave was almost over, they'd figured that they'd head back to Veilstone, to spend their bonus at the Game Corner.
"So Dee, what do ya think would happen if we rigged the machines to blow?"
"Are you kiddin'? Saturn would kill us, she gambles more than anyone. If we- Hey!" He cried out as he tripped over a small figure lying on the ground.
"What the hell?" He stooped down. Suddenly the figure twitched, revealing it to be a young girl, no more than four years old. Her light silver hair was matted and tangled, and she looked half-starved. Even if they were in Team Galactic, the grunts weren't so evil that they'd leave the tiny creature alone in the cold. Lou bent down, picked up the child awkwardly, and noticed that she was gripping something in her thin little arms.
"An egg? How would this kid get hold of an egg?"
Dee frowned. He wanted to take it, but that seemed… wrong. He'd stolen pokemon before, but never from someone so helpless. His stone heart melted a little as she whimpered in her sleep.
"Y'know… We should take her back to HQ, Lou. She'll freeze out here."
Lou was shocked. Never had Dee done anything for someone else, as long as he had known him. His sudden change of heart scared Lou. How could one brat make Dee change so much?
"Whatever. Sure, let's take her to HQ. Maybe Mars'll know what to do with her."
They nodded, then took off towards headquarters, the night's events clearing their intoxicated minds.
"WHAT!" Mars roared at the trembling Grunts, who had just explained what had happened earlier in the night. She wasn't taking it as well as they'd hoped.
"You want us to take in this brat? What are you, idiots? Why should we-" She broke off as she looked down at the child, crouched on the ground. She looked up with huge, lavender eyes, and Mars felt a strange sensation in her chest. It almost felt like… Love. Something so foreign, so forgotten to her that it was frightening that a tiny, frail stranger would awaken her heart. Suddenly, she felt as though she could not, in any way, harm this child. Her desire to protect… Was it a motherly instinct? She sighed.
"Fine. She can stay. Maybe it'll teach you worthless Grunts to be more responsible, like a pet. By the way, she's being fed from YOUR lunches. No way are we going to pay for her!" With that she left, trying to make sense of her feelings. She could still hear the Grunts cheering as she stalked away.
3 YEARS LATER
"What's she up to?"
"You know her, could be anything. Ever since the Egg hatched, she's been unstoppable!" They laughed. Eva was infamous for pulling pranks with her Riolu, Luca. Just last week she had dumped Zubat droppings onto some unsuspecting Grunts on patrol. Sometimes she even pranked the higher-ups, though never as badly as dumping dung on them. Mars, Saturn, even Jupiter had fallen prey to her hijinks at least once. No one was safe as long as she was awake.
Though only seven, she had already begun her training to be part of Team Galactic. She was smart, and the training went fast. She had yet to steal a Pokemon, but eventually, she would be snatching like a pro.
From somewhere across the cafeteria came a yell; Eva had found her mark. Laughter followed, and Dee and Lou joined in. They had acted as parental figures to Eva, and had even named her.
"She's got this silver hair, like a moon at midnight. Eve, like night, new beginning, y'know? Eva sounds better though, so she's Eva."
Eva skipped lightly over to them.
"Hi Lou! Hi Dee! You should have seen Mike's face, he was so-"
"ATTACK!"
The windows shattered, and people rushed in through every entrance. Everyone rose at once, and began screaming and releasing pokemon in a frenzy. In the chaos, Eva was seperated from Dee and Lou, and instinctively crouched under a table. The chaos lasted for a long time, but eventually there were no more yells, no more outraged cries. She stayed under the table in terror.
Suddenly a face appeared in front of her. The man had black hair, which she had never seen before, as the Grunts had blue hair, and the higher-ups had brightly coloured hair as well.
"Hey, Sir! There's a GIRL here!" He turned away for a moment, and Eva took her chance. She dashed for the door, but was quickly caught by huge, tan arms. She kicked and screamed, her heart pounding.
"H-hold on a sec! We're here to save you! We'll take you home, don't worry!"
What? She was confused. Save her from what, and she was already home. Her confusion only made her struggle harder. One of the men sighed.
"May I, sir?"
"Sure, she's not gonna come with us unless we do…"
Someone yelled a command, and a flying pokemon flew up, it's red eyes unblinking as it released blue spores. Suddenly, she felt tired, really tired. She couldn't keep her eyes open…
Brock sighed, picking her up. He SO haden't expected to find a girl there. He turned to leave, already thinking of ways to explain her presence. He settled on kidnapping, and left, the tiny girl slouched in his arms.
