CHAPTER 4

Of course, Lenny was okay, but he was not really in the mood for laughter anymore. He dismounted from my back and turned towards Harpy.

"We talk later!"

Salad was closing in fast. Lenny slashed the serperior back with incredible agility. Jaqueline and I cheered while Eclipse applauded. Salad's master looked excited for the challenge. Salad, however, was not as pleased with the battle.

"I am planning to ground you to sand once I beat you!" he shouted.

Lenny zipped back and forth happily. "Well, at least my name isn't SALAD!"

Brendan's team began shouting things like, "YOU JUST GOT ROASTED!" and "OOOOHHHH!".

Eclipse turned to me. "I think we should just get Harpy to finish this serperior off and leave the region before we get discovered."

"I agree," I said, "but we should just leave right now. If we stay and finish the fight, that just puts us at a higher risk."

Deep down I just wanted to leave the city. It was trashed and polluted, and my horn's senses were dulled from the smog. And of course Harpy had to listen to the conversation. I looked up to see her blurry figure in the sky coming down like a meteor. Lenny saw it coming and quickly stepped out of the way. Salad thought that he was feinting, so he held onto what little amount of ground he had. The trainer also saw it, but it was way too late. There was an explosion of leaves and feathers as Harpy made the mark.

We were all blown back against the buildings; when the dust cleared, Harpy was already standing next to us. Salad was in really bad shape. At first, I thought that it was a twisted venusaur, but no. It was a twisted mangled mess of plant. The trainer gasped and immediately recalled his pokemon.

Thankfully, it would take more than a bloody (or leafy) mangled mess to kill a pokemon. Perhaps it would have 200 years ago. The boy walked up to our group carefully. I turned to Jaqueline for instruction.

"It's okay, he means no harm." she said.

"I know that you guys aren't wild, because my pokemon almost always never lose battles," the kid said, "even if it was completely unfair."

We all turned and glared at Harpy.

"Hey! It wasn't my fault! It was Eclipse's idea!"

Jaqueline shook her head in disbelief. "I seriously doubt that."

"Well, you heard the lucario, so your argument is invalid," I said.

Eclipse laughed. She turned and glared at me. I shrunk back. Why were both Harpy and Jaqueline super effective against me? Life was never fair I guess. I looked back at the kid. He was watching us with a curious expression on his face, as if he was trying to remember something. Suddenly his face cleared out of his thoughts.

"Holy crap! You are the Hoenn champions! I saw your profiles on the billboard yesterday but for only a second. No wonder you are so powerful!"

A crowd began to gather around us. They were pointing and taking pictures.

"Now look what you did!" Harpy shouted at Eclipse.

He closed his eyes and took the shouting straight on. When was he going to learn to defend himself?

"I think it's time for us to go," I said.

"Yes, lets," Jaqueline agreed. "Harpy, when we go, you make sure that we are going straight back to Littleroot. Understand?"

Harpy's mood improved unreasonably quickly. There was a mischievous glint in her eye for sure. I was worried, but at least we could trust Harpy not to get caught by the Police or something. Jaqueline sighed and ran to the basket that was stashed underneath a public garbage can. The people still kept a reasonable distance from the team, which could easily wipe out the entire crowd if they really wanted to.

She returned to us a second later. She held it close to the street to keep the cameras from watching. Eclipse was the first to disappear into his quick ball, followed by Lenny and Jaqueline. I went next, and was engulfed in a gentle darkness.


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