Me: Holy horsefeathers! *starts bouncing off the walls* EIGHT REVIEWS! EIGHT OF 'EM!
Gardevoir: My Lugia, calm down! *massages ear* I think you might have burst my eardrum.
Me: I don't care! Whoo hoo! This is totally a new record for one of my first chapters! ...then again, that was only the second one I've ever done...
Gardevoir: So I take it you're feeling better?
Me: Much better! I can finally breathe through my nose again! Hehe!
Gardevoir: That's a relief! I don't have to feed you soup and medicine anymore.
Me: That goes for me too, you know! I don't appreciate getting a dose strong enough to knock me out in two seconds flat!
Gardevoir: Heh, sure made my job easier.
Me: *grumble grumble* *smiles at readers* Disclaimer: I have never nor will I ever own Pokemon in any way. The only thing that comes close is my plot and wonderful OC's!
Chapter Two: Green
"They're here?" Red asked incredulously. "Already?!"
"Afraid so," I told him as he rubbed his sleepy crimson eyes. Blue and I had gotten back a couple hours ago, and he'd just woken up a few minutes earlier as the sun had set. He hadn't moved from his spot at Yellow's side, instead watching everybody else move. I understood his protective state, as extreme as it was, and had decided to sit with him as Black and White started clearing everything off the main room table.
Blue and Silver entered from the front door then, revealing the grocery bags on their arms as they stepped out of the small hallway. Setting them at the side of the room, the pink and purple brunette pulled a few boxes from the pile and handed them to White.
The other brunette stared at her senior. "Mac & Cheese? I thought you were getting easy-to-make food!"
Blue smiled and placed the packages on the cleared table. "Yeah, but I was walking through the store and realized that we might be here awhile, and we can't just live off sandwiches and cookies every day."
"Yes we can," a disappointed Black muttered.
White shook her head at him. "But we don't even have any pots. Or a stove!"
Blue flicked her finger before walking over to Red and me. Bending in front of the sleepy boy, she gently prodded his arm. She chuckled as his half-shut eyes shot open.
"Awake yet, Red?" She asked cheerfully.
"Yeah, sure," he said groggily, rubbing an eye. "What do you need?"
"Can I see Pika's Pokeball?"
He narrowed his eyes in wariness.
"Please?"
After a minute, he sighed, not yet awake enough to argue, and handed her the Pokeball. She grinned at him and scurried back to where Black, White, and Silver were standing around the table.
Releasing the Pikachu, she told him to conjure up the surfboard he used to Surf created from his old Substitute move. In a few seconds, a small glowing board appeared on the table, and she instructed the Pokemon to morph it. He closed his eyes in concentration, and the board began to move. After flicking his paws around and commanding it with his will, Pika popped his eyes back open and proudly put forth a glowing pot.
Blue smirked at White and handed her the tangible energy. "Who says we have nothing to cook it with?"
The business girl's eyebrow stayed up. "Okay. Where are we going to get a stove?"
The Cheshire grinned again and darted for Black, plucking a Pokeball from his pocket.
"Hey!" He protested, but she ignored him and threw it into the air. It popped open to reveal a pig-like Fire type that snorted a little flame and smiled. Curious, I pulled out my Pokedex and hit the button.
"Tepig, the Fire Pig Pokemon. Normally, fire shoots out of Tepig's snout, but it shoots out smoke instead when it is feeling ill."
"What do you need Tep for?" Black asked curiously.
"To make supper, silly!" Blue told him cheerfully. She took the bowl back from White and set it on the table, adding the noodles from the boxes. She frowned a moment before snapping her fingers and releasing Blasty. Having the Water type fill the bowl, she stirred the noodles and water with a spoon from one of the bags she'd brought home and walked back over to Tep.
"Would you mind making a flame, little one?" She asked nicely.
Looking to Black, the trainer nodded and told him to use Ember. A small fire escaped from his snout, and Blue clapped, returning Blasty and bringing out Ditty. "And now for the stove!" The Pokemon transformed into a stove-like structure, a little hole at the back for the fire to travel through. Placing his nose in front of it, Tep sent the flame through the "stove" where it popped up on the surface in the burner area.
Blue smirked at White and put the pot above the fire. "And you said we couldn't make Mac & Cheese."
White shook her head and sighed. "Okay! I give up! You win. We'll have macaroni for supper!"
Blue gave her another smile before turning back to cook the noodles.
I sighed and watched her as she methodically stirred the water. Black and White settled for finding something to watch on TV, and Silver rifled through the grocery bags, taking everything out and setting it against the wall. Glancing at Red, I saw him staring at Yellow behind our heads.
"She must be really tired," he commented to himself.
I said nothing, sitting there quietly until Blue shouted that supper would be ready in five minutes. Red stood up and leaned down to Yellow, gently prodding her shoulder.
"Yellow," he said softly. "Time to wake up." When she didn't move, he frowned and poked her a little harder. "Come on, Yellow. Stop messing around." Still she didn't stir, and he anxiously looked at me. "Why won't she wake up?"
I took in her normal breathing yet deeply sleeping form. "Red, Amber might've drugged her. If that's the case, then it's going to take a little longer for it to wear off."
He looked at me doubtfully but nodded anyway. "You're probably right."
He was quiet through the whole dinner, saying nothing as the others talked about the city and whatnot. I could tell he was still worried even after I'd tried to reassure him. I turned slightly around until I could see Yellow lying on the window seat. She would wake up soon. I went back to listening to everyone converse, forcing myself like Red to believe those words. I mean, why wouldn't she?
After everyone was done eating, Blue collected the plastic dishes she'd bought, and Pika waved his hands to make the Substitute bowl disappear. She started walking towards the door, and Silver called out to her. "Where are you going?"
She grinned. "I'm going to sneak into the kitchen. They've got some sinks there." The girl quickly disappeared, and White leaned against the bottom of the couch with a sigh.
"Remind me again why we couldn't just order room service?" She asked.
"We're trying to lay low, remember?" I said shortly. "We don't want anyone coming here that doesn't need to."
"But it's just food," she argued.
I shook my head. "People have strange ways of doing things, and we don't want to take any chances."
She huffed, but in defeat, and clamped her mouth shut. Beside her Black did the same, and Red returned to his seat near Yellow. Absentmindedly, he gently brushed his fingers across her arm but was met with the previous results. Silver had his attention on the news, watching for anything like I'd done earlier.
We all remained like that for a while, calm and silent, until the door burst open, and we all sprang to our feet. Footsteps sounded briefly in the hall before Blue appeared empty-handed.
"What's wrong?" Black asked surprised.
"They're here!" She told us, rushing over to the bags against the wall and refilling them as fast as she could. "I saw them in the lobby asking around for a group of kids who looked like us!"
I ran over and grabbed her hands. "Blue! Stop it! We're not going anywhere this minute."
She glared vehemently at me, and the sheer anger in it made me let her go in shock.
"I will not stay around to let them take her," she growled.
I hardened my eyes against her ice cold ones. "Where are we going to go?"
She shook her head and went back to packing. "I don't know! Anywhere but here!"
"We can't just run out of here with nowhere to go!" I roared. Taking a moment to calm myself and lower my voice, I tried to reason with her stubborn mindset. "That'll just make us even more vulnerable."
Her hands paused, and she stopped moving. My jaw slacked, and my eyes widened when I saw her shoulders shaking.
"Blue?" White said faintly from behind.
The girl turned her face to me, and I could see the blue of her eyes rimmed with red.
"I-I just can't risk it, Green," she choked out. "I-I can't let them get her."
I kneeled beside her quietly, surprised at the tears that were threatening to overflow. Blue never cried—for real anyway. So to see her trembling like this, I realized how nerve-wracking this whole situation must be for her.
Leaning forward after a silent moment, I gently wrapped my arms around her, and her slight sobs were muffled by my shirt. The others sat in a state of shock similar to my own as I stroked her long brown hair.
"What happened?" White questioned with a tilt of her Latias head. "Who did she see?"
"My guess would be the blonde and brunette with the pendants that were tailing us earlier today," I said grimly.
Silver and Red looked at each other. "Melany's men," they muttered.
"Describe them for White and me," Black demanded. "We need to know, too, so we can avoid them."
Once I'd explained the two men to them, Silver shut off the TV and put down the remote. "While we're at it, you should probably know about Melany."
White nodded. "We heard about her the other week when the commercial shoot got bombed, but there's not a lot that we know."
"Well, she's got white-blonde hair cut short in a pixie style," Silver stated. "Her eyes are a deep blue color, and she sometimes wears glasses."
"As for her clothes," Red cut in with a glance at the Johto boy. "From what I saw, she has a black T-shirt, dark blue jeans, and dark-colored running shoes?"
"Sounds about right," Silver confirmed. "Along with her own TR pendent."
White's eyes clouded with puzzlement. "Pendent?"
Silver turned to her to elaborate. "Melany and her guys wear these black stone pendants with big bold TR's on them, although Melany's is on a white necklace and the others are black bracelets. The symbol's lead us to believe that Team Rocket is the one targeting Yellow."
Black and White nodded, memorizing the information to keep on the lookout and in the know. At that moment, Blue stirred in my arms, and I watched her smile in embarrassment.
"Sorry," she apologized softly.
I just looked at her a second before letting go and sitting on the ground at her side. "We'll go look for another place tomorrow," I promised.
She smiled again and closed her eyes, resting her head on my shoulder. I could feel the heat coming to my cheeks and sighed.
"Pesky woman."
Silver glared at me, and Black stood up. "I think we should go to sleep."
"But we just got up like six hours ago," White protested.
"Yeah, but we need to get our bodies back on their normal sleeping schedules," Black pointed out. "If you can't fall asleep on your own, I'll have Musha help."
She stood up to him for a minute or two before sighing. "Fine."
Following her to their room, he stopped at the door and turned back to us. "Will you guys be alright?"
The four of us minus Blue nodded as she was already beginning to breathe softly. Black did the same and silently shut the door behind him. Silver looked at those left before getting up himself and heading to the room he shared with Blue and me.
"I think I'll head off, too," he told us, vanishing into the other extra room.
I glanced down at the girl on my shoulder and shrugged so as to wake her up. When she finally brought her head up drowsily, I helped her to her feet and looked to Red who was still lying against the seat by Yellow. "You should really sleep on the couch. It's not good for you to keep doing that."
"I don't care," he grumbled. "I won't let her go again."
"Red…"
He fought my stern look for a good while until giving up with an angry huff. "Fine. I won't sleep on the floor tonight."
I nodded tersely and took Blue to bed. She was already out before I had even set her on the bed, and I slowly covered her with the blanket, trying not to wake her up. When she was all snug, I walked past Silver who was silently breathing in the window seat and grabbed by blanket from the end of the bed, settling down on my spot on the floor.
Yes, I know. Hypocrite me.
Shifting around on the thinly carpeted ground, I finally managed to get myself to fall asleep. It was a dreamless sleep, nothing but darkness the whole way through, but sleep nonetheless. It seemed like something was about to come up though when a rustling brought me back to reality, and I snapped upright. Rotating my head slowly, I didn't see any suspicious characters sneaking around to my relief, but I was able to pinpoint the cause of the noise above my head.
Blue was tossing and turning violently in her sleep, and my eyes grew large as she screamed into the pillow and rolled off the bed. I got to my knees and snapped out my arms to catch her, doing so just in time. I fell forward onto my elbows as she collided, the sudden motion jolting her awake.
I stared in shock at the terror in her aqua blue eyes, my jaw going slack as she closed them and turned away.
"A-are you okay?" I whispered. It didn't appear that Silver was awake yet, and I wasn't going to be the one to arouse him.
She nodded her head, but I knew right away that she was lying by the way she started shaking. Carefully standing up on my feet, I felt her wrap her arms around my neck and sheepishly squeezed her gently.
"You're fine, Blue," I said softly. "It was just a dream."
I set her down on the bed, but she seemed reluctant to let go. When she finally did, I pulled the covers over her again and laid back down on the floor. I was about to close my eyes when another shifting of the sheets sounded, and I glanced up to see her looking down at me with those darn blue doe eyes.
Waiting for her to flip back over and fall asleep, I sighed when she didn't and stood back up. Grabbing the edge of her blanket, I waited for her to scoot over and give me room to slip in. As soon as I had settled into the pillow, I felt her grab my arm and automatically blushed at how tight she was holding it.
Spinning to look at her, I saw that the frown on her face had melted away, and she was sleeping peacefully. Rolling my eyes at the girl, I shuffled around until I was comfortable and closed my eyes. Sleep came by more difficultly this time, but my mind eventually forgot the burning in my face and slowly blacked out.
The darkness didn't seem to last long, but I managed to make it through the night, waking up on only a few occasions. When I opened my eyes for the final time, sunlight was streaming through the curtains behind Silver, and my Pokegear read nine in the morning.
Feeling something shift next to me, I glanced down to see that Blue had moved in the night and was now curled up in the crook of my arm, hers stretched out beneath her head as she breathed softly. I groaned slightly, trying to decide whether or not to get out of bed. I took another look at her deceptively sweet face and narrowed my eyes.
She gave a yelp as I stood up suddenly and sent her plopping onto the mattress. Her blue eyes shot open, and she stuck her tongue out at me. "You could've told me you were up."
I smirked. "But it's not as fun that way."
She huffed in surprise, but it quickly vanished as she smiled and jumped up to help me fix the blankets. By the time they were smoothed out and back at the foot of the bed, Silver had also woken up and stalked out to the main area, Blue and I following him.
Upon entering the room, I saw that Black and White were already awake, snacking on some Pop Tarts for breakfast on the couch. Not seeing Red there like he should have been, my eyes went to Yellow, and I shook my head at what I found.
Red had picked Yellow up and set himself in her spot so that he was next to her in the window seat, the perfect place for him to keep guard. I sighed at him as he sensed our movement and started waking up, glancing hazily at us. Blue handed me a doughnut from one of the boxes in the bags and sat down on the floor at Black and White's feet with her own.
"So when does the house hunting begin?" She asked before munching down on her breakfast.
"We'll head out after we're done," I told everyone.
"What exactly are we looking for?" White mused aloud.
Having no idea, I glanced at Blue who polished off her doughnut and clapped her hands. "Nothing big and permanent. We don't know how long this will take so most likely a place that's temporary and that we can leave at any time."
"So basically another hotel," Silver said smartly.
Blue shook her head. "I'm not sure if we can afford to stay at one right now. We don't have that much money on us at the moment, and like I said, we have no idea how long this hiding out will take."
"Leave the payments to me," White suddenly offered. "The BW Agency can cover them."
Blue gasped at her and waved her hand. "No, you couldn't possibly do that! That's your company's hard-earned cash!"
"It's fine!" White insisted with a smile. "Pika and Chuchu have received some funds from the commercial and movie they shot in, and I think it'll be able to cover us, as long as that's okay with Red and Yellow." She looked to Red who nodded.
"Yeah, I'm sure Yellow would be fine with it, too." He let out a small laugh. "I didn't even know they were getting paid."
"Then it's settled." White crumpled up her wrapper and tossed it into a waste basket. "You guys will go search for another safe place we can stay at, and I'll take care of the financial issues at this hotel before we find the next one."
The rest of us nodded except for Red who remained where he was as the rest of us got up to start leaving. "Somebody's got to stay here with Yellow."
"I know, Red," I told him, the others filing down the hallway out of the room.
"I can do it," he said with a tone that hinted that it wasn't a suggestion.
I smiled a little. "I know, Red."
He nodded and leaned his head back against the wall, wrapping his arms around Yellow as I shut the door behind me and went after the others to the ground floor lobby. Stepping out of the elevator, I saw White at the reception desk conversing with the lady, one of her business cards in hand that I guessed she always carried with her. The other three were waiting at the front doors, and they turned to me as I walked up to them.
"Okay, we've decided that Black will go with Silver on the north side of town, and you and I will take the south end, Green," Blue dictated.
I simply nodded in agreement, and we set out with the plan. Silver and Black branched off to the right to head uptown, and Blue and I trailed along the sidewalk in the opposite direction.
There were few clouds out today so we had to shield our eyes as we went along. Even with the glare making it hard to look up, it wasn't difficult to see all the businesses crowded together on Main Street as we turned the corner a while later. There was already a large amount of people up and about, moving through the morning and streaming past us while we walked further down the lane.
"Where do we start?" Blue asked.
I stopped us in front of a hotel with another one just across the street. "Here I guess. There's probably a few more after this, too."
She nodded and twirled an end of her hair with her finger. "Okay, it absolutely has to have a security system—preferably one I can get into and check whenever I want."
I glared at her. "Blue. You can't just hack a hotel! I'm pretty sure it's illegal."
She puffed her cheeks and crossed her arms. "How else am I supposed to make sure no one's snooping around?"
I scoffed. "Believe me. You won't need any special security with Red here."
The blue-eyed girl giggled with a toss of her locks. "Whatever. I'll check out this one. You can take the other."
She passed through the doors next to us, and I safely crossed the road to the next hotel. Striding down the sidewalk to the front of it, the doors opened silently at my presence, and I stepped from the summer heat into the cool AC. Taking in the surroundings, I noted that it looked decent enough and probably wouldn't cost all too much.
There were two men at the front desk speaking with the lady so I leaned against the wall by the entrance, waiting for them to finish. My mind began to wander, but I suddenly snapped my head back to the three people across the room as their conversation drifted to my ears.
"So would you like a room then?" The woman asked, her eyes scrunched in slight confusion.
"No, no," said the blonde on the left. "We're just trying to find some of our…friends." He chuckled slightly.
I froze, beginning to recognize the cut of the guy's hair and the stance of the brunette next to him.
"We lost track of them after a costume party the other night. Have you seen a group of like seven dressed-up kids check in here recently?" The other one asked smoothly.
My eyes widened, and my heart started beating rapidly in shock. With stealthily quiet feet, I snuck out of the doors, not even bothering to stick around for the answer. As soon as I was free of the building, I turned for the other hotel and immediately ran to warn Blue. However, no sooner had taken a step forward did I bump straight into the exact girl I was looking for.
"Oh! Green! How was it?" She asked hopefully before pursing her lips and scowling. "Mine was so drab and horrible! And they didn't even have any cameras!"
I snatched her arm and started briskly walking us down the street away from the hotel. Instead of pulling away like last time, she caught on quickly and kept up with me enough that I could let her go. "Are they back?"
I nodded. "I just saw them asking around for us like you said they were doing last night."
Her face set, and she frowned. "We really need to get out of here." She looked up and saw the last hotel on this street, a brightly lit structure with grand features and shiny walls. "I sure hope this one works."
I warily glanced behind us and followed her through the spinning door. "Let's hurry. We need to get back to the others as soon as possible."
Soft light met us as we entered the lobby, plush furniture and polished counters making up most of the large room. Blue instantly took a liking to the sophisticated scenery and rushed up to the receptionist to ask about prices and features.
Left alone, I wandered around, stepping out of the way of a bellman and his luggage cart and accidentally into an elevator. The doors shut behind me before I could get back out, and I stood there worriedly, the thought of Blue alone heavy in my mind and the threat of Melany's guys still looming.
The panels finally reopened, and I hurried through them to the stairs knowing they would be faster than taking the elevator back down. My foot was just about to touch down on the first step when I saw someone rounding a bend in the hallway from the corner of my eye. The familiar black hair made me stop and freeze, and the sight of the gold and silver yin yang caused my hand to tighten.
I was sprinting in less than a second. "Hey!"
He jerked around at my voice, and his eyes grew wide at my fuming presence. Fast as he could, he ran for the elevator, jamming his fingers on the buttons in panic. I clenched my teeth and dove for the diminishing opening, coming up short and smacking my face on the steel doors.
Back on my feet in a flash, I went straight for the stairs again and almost tripped the whole way down as I rushed to beat him to the ground floor. Luck seemed to be against me today though as a mob of annoyingly loud kids suddenly appeared below and I had to fight my way through them, losing precious time with each angry shove.
When I finally made it back to the lobby, I saw in shock that the elevator was already closing again with a new set of people. Dashing for the revolving front door, I stared in disbelief at the pedestrians outside, not seeing a gold-rimmed black shirt anywhere.
It was like he'd just disappeared.
My eyes stayed glued to the glass until Blue playfully pounced on my back and turned me around.
"It's perfect! They even have a pool here!" She gushed excitedly. "We can relax a bit while the situation does the same."
I looked down at her. "I just saw him."
Her frown fell. "What?"
"Upstairs. He was upstairs."
Her eyes widened immensely. "Are you serious?"
I nodded, turning my head back to look outside and hardening my face. "He's back."
Red
I slowly opened my eyes and beat away the darkness, hoping with all my heart that Yellow was awake again. Looking down at her still form next to me, I frowned when I saw that her breathing was slow, and those bright green eyes had yet to emerge. That familiar sense of panic struck for the thousandth time, and I did my best to suppress it.
Two days. It'd been two days now since she'd gone unconscious, and she was still not awake yet. Green did have a point about Amber drugging her, but something in my gut was telling me that there was more to it. I took off my hat for a moment and let out a sigh. Something right under my nose that I couldn't see.
Returning my gaze to Yellow and smiling a little, I placed my cap back on before closing my eyes and leaning back against the wall of the window seat again, my fingers lightly stroking her hair. Worry was the main factor consuming me right now, but anxiety was right up there with it. When she woke up, I'd finally be able to tell her how I felt. No more Amber to confuse things or running away to Mt. Silver. Green's words had convinced me, and I had a good feeling that this confession was long overdue. Now don't get me wrong—I was still nervous and all. It's not every day that you just profess yourself to someone.
But she wouldn't wake up. And that's what truly scared me.
I heard the door shut and immediately snapped to attention, a hand at my belt as I waited in apprehension to see who it was. Most likely it was one of the others, but better safe than sorry, right?
The muscles in my arm relaxed when I saw that it was only Black and Silver returning from hotel hunting. Black collapsed full-body on the couch while Silver scavenged through the grocery bags for something to munch on.
"Find anything?" I asked them as he came up positive with a bag of Pecha Berries.
"Not really," Black answered, his face muffled by the cushions of the furniture, and Silver nodded.
"There wasn't that much to look at on our side of town," he said simply, popping a berry in his mouth. "Blue and Green should be back anytime, though. They might've had better luck."
He must have uttered the magic words for the door reopened and in walked the two, their faces distorted by surprise and strain. It caught all our attention, and we stared at them as they sat down on either side of Silver in his armchair.
"What happened?" I asked, a bit fearfully I'll admit.
Blue instantly snapped the look away and replaced it with her usual cheer. "We think we've found another hotel! And a nice one, too!"
"That's great news!" came White's voice from the front hallway. Our heads snapped around as she entered the room and took a seat next to Black who got up from his sprawled position to give her room. "Oh! And I got the whole payment issue dealt with. Took a while, though. The lady didn't believe me at first." She shrugged. "Then again, I'm still posing as a Legendary Pokemon so…"
Blue laughed and snagged a berry from Silver's bag which earned her a slight glare. "Well, we checked out a few others after that one, but none of them were as good."
"Great!" Black said enthusiastically. "Then that means our moving issue is dealt with." He glanced down at his Latias outfit and frowned. "Now we just have to take care of the clothing one."
"Don't worry," Blue reassured him. "That's the next thing on the list."
I plucked my gaze from her and moved it to Green who still wore that same expression as when he walked in. Narrowing my eyes, I tilted my head, the motion shifting Yellow slightly. "Anything else occur?"
Blue's smile fell, and Green nodded slowly as she started twirling an end of her hair nervously. The rest of us remained quiet as he started to speak. "We saw Melany's guys out today. They were looking for us."
Silver paused mid-bite and set the Pecha Berry down. "So? Blue said they were here doing that yesterday. It was bound to happen eventually."
"It's not just that," Green replied shortly. He looked at me before continuing. "When we were at one of the hotels…I saw him."
My subconscious was smarter than my actual brain so my blood was boiling before I even realized who he was talking about. When my mind finally caught up, so did the reflexes in my fingers as they proceeded to curl up like they'd been doing quite frequently recently.
"He's in the city." Green's voice was even, and I could see he was curious as to how I would react. "And I'm pretty sure he's out there looking for us."
"For Yellow, you mean," I growled.
He didn't say anything, letting Blue jump in and try to distract everyone. "Hey! It's already six! I say we get something to eat!"
"Already ahead of you," Silver mumbled with a berry in his mouth.
She swiped the bag from him and tapped his cheek. "That's so impolite. Talking with your mouth full…I've taught you better than that."
Silver rolled his eyes at her attempt of motherhood, and she started giggling. White shook her head and got up to help her, and Black stayed glued to his seat.
"I wonder how they figured out where we'd gone so fast," he murmured.
I frowned and looked protectively at Yellow. "You and me both."
Another hour slipped by as Blue and White argued over what to make and finally came to an agreement that didn't involve a Ditto-stove but only a Tepig-fire. Blue had Pika make that Substitute pot again, and she made hot soup from a can over the small flame that Black's Pokemon released from its snout. Soon enough, the six of us were chowing down and cleaning up the mess she'd made. All that was left was a few bowls when there was a knock at the door, and everyone froze.
You would think we'd rehearsed a safety drill or something as Black and White dashed off to their room to hide, and Silver did the same after concealing me and Yellow with the curtains. The material wasn't all that see-through so I had to strain my ears to get an idea of what was going on as I heard Green answer the door.
"We didn't order room service," he told whoever it was quite spitefully.
It was a faint voice but familiar enough to make me pause. "We're not here to deliver anything."
I clenched my teeth, and an almost Pokemon-like snarl rumbled in my throat at the next sentence.
"In fact, we're actually here to collect."
This other voice was just barely cut off as the door was slammed shut, and I heard Blue's quick breathing. I also heard the threat that was made clear through the wall.
"We'll be back. And next time, it won't be a house call."
I could barely make out the footsteps that slowly drifted away and peered out from behind the curtains to see Blue with her back against the door when they were gone, staring straight ahead with wide eyes as Green tried to calm her down.
"Now do you see why I'm worried?!" She hissed at him. Shaking her head, she made a dash for the bags. "No more waiting. We're leaving for that other hotel right now."
The other three silently crept back out of the rooms, and Green grabbed her arm. "We need to think this through. We can't just go running out there, you know that!"
The girl turned on him with tight fists. "I'm done thinking, Green! It's time to do!"
"And that's exactly what they want!" He shouted at her. "They want us to start freaking out and rush out of here right this minute. Which is why we have to stay at least until morning."
"Morning?!" Blue shrieked. "Are you kidding me?! We can't wait that long!"
"Yes! We can, Blue!" He told her forcefully. "We'll leave before the sun even comes up if that makes you happy, but we've got stay indoors for another few hours! Just to be safe."
She was frozen, the need to flee and the want to slap him warring evidently on her face. After a brief period of silence, she squished her eyes shut and bit her lip. "Four A.M. That's when the door shuts behind us."
Green nodded stiffly and looked at us to make sure that we understood the plan. Once we'd all confirmed it, he turned back to her and sighed. "Alright then. Let's get some sleep. Arceus knows we'll need it."
He didn't wait for anyone to answer, simply leading Blue to the room and expecting Silver to follow. After the redhead had vanished behind them, Black looked to me as White stalked off to their room. "Sleep well, Red."
I smiled at him. "You, too. I'll set an alarm and get you guys up since you don't have your…um…?"
He chuckled lightly, his winged Latias ears bouncing on his head. "Xtransceiver. It's a part of the device White and I always wear called C-Gear."
"Why don't you call it C-Gear then?" I asked warm-heartedly.
He smirked and shrugged. "I dunno. Xtransceiver just sounds cooler."
I laughed softly at him, and he smiled again before shutting off the living room light and heading through the doorway to bed.
The room was alone except for Yellow and me, and I sighed, turning my attention back to her worriedly.
"When are you going to wake up, Yellow?" I asked quietly.
She didn't answer me, only continuing to breathe softly. Sighing again, I set the promised alarm and leaned my head on the wall while shutting my eyes, beginning to drift off and doing likewise as Yellow after a while.
I would have thought that all the anxiety and stress I was feeling would have let me stay out the entire night, but strangely enough, a peculiar noise jolted me from my dead sleep. I wasn't too far awake to open my eyes, but I could feel the intense heat filming over my skin and instantly knew that something was not right.
My ears swiftly identified the noise as a crackling sound, and I fought to get my eyes working. When I finally won and popped them open, I sucked in a quick breath, and dread filled every inch of me from head to toe.
The hotel room was on fire.
Me: OH NOES! Well, there's a pyromaniac author for ya.
Gardevoir: You just had to make a giant destructive fire part of the story, didn't you?
Me: Teehee!
Gardevoir: *sigh* I think you need medical help...
Me: *tilts head* What'd you say?
Gardevoir: Nothing. *looks away slyly*
Me: Hmm...alright then. Anywho, thanks SOOOOOOOOOO much for all the reviews guys! You have no idea how much I was jumping around excitedly in a circle each time a new one popped up! So if you want to know what happens next, I suggest you review and return!
Will our beloved Dex Holders perish in a fiery grave before their story has even begun?! Eh, probably not. Then how could the plot ever unfold? ;D 'Til next time!