Chapter 4: Julie
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The train arrived at Joliet at 3PM, an hour later than expected. Ambulances surrounded the train and news reporters covered the scene. The first person to be evacuated was an unconscious Sean, who was losing blood rapidly. Jordan helped put his friend on a stretcher on the train. A girl who was nearby saw his abs, she commented, "Man he's HOT!" she looked at Jordan, "So are you! Too bad you two are gay!"
"WE ARE NOT GAY!" Jordan yelled so the whole train could hear it, "We went into the bathroom to escape the cop! NOTHING HAPPENED IN THERE!" With that he helped carry his friend out.
Upon leaving the train he could once again see the sky, which was now clear and he could pick out a few stars. The light pollution from the city blocked out the rest of the stars in the sky. Jordan ran with his friend and almost threw the stretcher in ambulance, but then realized that he would hurt his friend. He very gently placed the stretcher onto the ambulance. The doctors quickly asked if Jordan knew his blood type, Jordan said, "O negative."
"What's yours?"
"AB Negative"
"Two opposites."
"Yup."
"How do you know his blood type?"
"We've discussed it in Biology."
"Ah. Don't worry, he'll be OK. Do you want a ride?"
"Yes, please."
It was then he was attacked by the reporters, "How did you save the train?"
"What were you fighting?"
"Why is the government looking for you?"
SHIT! They knew! Jordan did the same thing as Sean would do in this situation, "FUCK. YOU. ASSHOLES!" The reporters were quiet and Jordan got into the ambulance. It drove off at a very quick pace.
Inside there were many life support and IV units. A doctor was on his cell phone, there were two in the vehicle, not counting the driver. The doctor was finishing up his call, "..uh-huh. OK good. We'll be there in a few minutes. Have the blood ready."
Jordan asked the doctor, "What's up?"
"You're friend, if our calculations are correct, has lost 2 pints of blood and is in critical condition. The gash is very large, about 3 inches wide. We have 3 pints of O negative blood in storage, and our next shipment is tomorrow morning. We should be able to save him."
A wave of relief hit Jordan, he sighed, "Good."
"Do you mind if I ask a question?"
"What?"
"Are you really wanted by the government?"
This struck Jordan off-guard, could he trust this man? Should he trust this man? He wanted to trust him, but he had no clue if he should. Then again, if he lied and said no, he would be caught anyway. It's probably better to tell him the truth, and not just the truth, the whole Goddamn story.
"Yes, we are."
"Ah. May I ask why?"
"How long do we have 'till we arrive?"
"Three minutes"
"Plenty of time."
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Sean had blood being pumped into him 5 minutes after arriving at the hospital. His condition was improving steadily as he was being stitched up. His shirt was destroyed, so they gave him a hospital uniform.
Jordan slept in the lobby on a very uncomfortable chair. He slept hard regardless, and woke up at 10AM the next day by a nurse. He yawned and stretched, rubbed his eyes and looked at the nurse.
"You're Rupert, right?" The nurse asked.
"Yes."
"Your friend, Bradley, is fully recovered. He has stitches now and is a little weak, but we can release him by lunchtime."
"Thank you. How much is the bill?"
"The doctor said not to worry about it and he'll pay for it."
This made Jordan's day, the doctor had already changed their names for them to trick the government, and now he's going to pay for the bill! He would thank him later.
Jordan arrived at Sean's room 5 minutes later, Sean was sitting up eating breakfast and watching the news, "Hey, Jordan! We made the news! Every station is talking about us! Someone on the train even recorded part of the battle with his phone, it's the part when you kill the Salamence while on Dragonite!"
"Sweet!" Jordan was surprised that Sean wasn't weary from losing all the blood. He was also surprised he was so happy.
"Hey, can you hand me my bag?" It was right next to his bed. Jordan picked it up and gave it to him. He opened his luxury ball and had Lunar appear on his lap. He gave him a pancake and ordered Jordan to bring out Vulpix. He handed a pancake over to Jordan and he fed it to Vulpix.
A nurse came in with a second plate, she almost dropped it at the sight of the pokemon, "Rupert, would you like this breakfast?"
"No thanks! I'm fine for now!"
"You sure?"
"Yes."
"OK."
Sean looked at Jordan, "Hey, the plan's still on tonight."
"WHAT? But you're injured!"
"I don't care. My injuries are nothing compared to the fate of the world."
"That was dramatic"
"Fuck you."
"Good to have ya back." He shoved Sean. "We're leaving in 10 minutes, I checked you out."
"Alright."
The doctor from the ambulance walked in, "I've just come to check on Brad's injuries."
"You can call him Sean, you know." Jordan said.
"Can't make the nurses suspicious."
"Thanks, for everything."
"Well, just go finish what you have to, and keep my family safe. That's your payment for the treatment."
"No problem, man."
The doctor checked Sean's wounds, saw that they were healing nicely, he told Sean to take it easy for a week, and left with a goodbye. Sean jumped out of his bed with Lunar. Jordan left the room, Sean changed into a different solid-black shirt and dark jeans. When he came out they quickly left the building. The called their partners back into their balls to hide their identities.
They arrived outside to a very sunny day; good thing being that is was a very mild temperature, though. They were wearing very dark clothes. They found a nearby Deli and decided to stop there for lunch; they did not eat very much at the hospital. They went in and ordered some food and sat at their table and sat down.
"What number are we?" Sean asked.
"349"
"Damn."
"Nah, I just heard 340 announced. It is lunchtime."
"Yeah."
They heard the door to the deli open and they both spun their heads to find a beautiful blond girl walk in. She was obviously in high school and probably older than 16. She had a scar down her right cheek. That, however, wasn't what made them look at her. A pokemon followed her, a Squirtle.
She went and ordered her food and noticed the two staring at her pokemon. She walked over to their table, "May I join you boys?"
Their throats were dry, what do they say? She was so sexy. Sean spoke up first, "Yes…you may…" he stammered.
She giggled and sat down. Her Squirtle jumped onto her lap, "Her name is Bubbles. Where's your Eevee and Vulpix?"
WHAT THE HELL? SHE KNEW?
"How did you know…."Jordan asked.
"…that you had pokemon? I saw the news. I've heard of you two. In fact, I've been waiting to find some partners to help me invade the prison."
"You're going too?" Sean asked.
"Yes. Probably for the same reasons as you. My friends were killed and my city was destroyed. I need my revenge."
Speakers blared out their number, "Number 349."
Sean began to get up, but Jordan pushed him back into his chair, "I'll get it. You saved our asses back there." He stood up and whispered into Sean's ear, "So you can hit on this girl you obviously like" he then walked away with a smirk on his face.
His face turned cherry red, Damn it Jordan. THIS is why I don't take you when I'm going to a movie with a girl I like.
The girl noticed this reaction to Jordan's response, but ignored it, "What are your names? The news gives two names, Sean and Jordan, and Rupert and Bradley. "
"Sean and Jordan"
"OK! My name is Juliet. Call me Julie though, I feel like I'm in a Shakespearean novel if I'm called by that name."
"I never read that story"
"Really? Not in high school?"
"Nope. I'm in honors English, we skipped to Caesar"
"I'm in honors, too, but we read both!"
"Really? How was it?"
"Very romantic. I liked it."
"I hate romantic books."
"Very MANLY" she put emphasis on the MAN. "Well you don't seem very romantic then, do you?" She giggled. Sean was caught off-guard, he struggled for an answer, why was Jordan taking so long? He found one.
"I practice Chivalry."
This made the Julie's eyes light up, "Really?"
"Yeah. I know..it's a little.."
"Romantic?"
"…yeah…"
"Well, don't worry. I think it's cute."
Jordan finally arrived with the plateful of food. Cheese fries, burgers, sandwiches, you name it, it was there. Sean was excited that it only cost him $40. They weren't eating this all here, al lot of it was for the road.
"Number 356."
"That's my number, I'll be right back." Julie said as she got up with her Squirtle and walked away.
Jordan leaned over to Sean as he passed him some food, "So, you gonna score with her?"
Sean ignored him, he was muttering, "I pledge allegiance, to the flag, of the United States of…" he was sweating. Jordan started laughing hysterically,
"You have a BONER!"
Sean flushed red as his manhood shrunk. "Shut UP!" He called out Lunar, Jordan called out his Vulpix.
Julie came back when the pokemon came out, "Ah, there they are. What're their names?"
"Lunar" Sean said instantly.
"That's pretty, what's Vulpix's, Jordan?"
"I didn't name her…."
"Why?" Sean asked.
"Because, I haven't thought of a name…"
"Think of one!" Julie yelled.
Jordan sat there for a few minutes, turning names over and over in his head, finally he said, "Kyuubii."
"That's a great name!" Julie yelled, "Right, Sean?"
"It's awesome."
"Yes! How does Vulpix like it?"
Jordan looked down at Vulpix (Now Kyuubii), she yipped in happiness. He looked up and noticed the large amount of food on her tray. "I'm saving a lot of it for later; locals say this is a great place."
"Well that's obvious, look at Sean." They both looked at him as he and his pokemon shoved large amounts of fries into their faces, Sean turned red again, "I lomst a lomt of bvood" he said with a mouth full of food. Julie laughed so hard she fell off her chair. Her Squirtle even lost control of itself and began to shoot bubbles.
When everyone calmed down, Julie sat back up and began to eat a BLT, "So, are we a group now?"
"I think so." Sean said enthusiastically.
"Good. What time do we attack tonight?"
Jordan answered, "One O' Clock AM"
"Alright. What do you say we just stay here for the rest of the day and talk?"
"I like that idea!" Sean said. Jordan rolled his eyes.
"Let's plan our strategy, we have to be ready when the time comes." Jordan said.
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