Me: GASP! I uploaded within a week this time! Whoo!
Gardevoir: *sweatdrop* It's a homecoming miracle
Max: Homecoming! Yay!
Carlos: I hope there are doughnuts... O_O
Me: *shakes head* You guys have fun! I'm not going anywhere near that place!
Max: *whining* Why not?! We can be all dressed-up together!
Me: *shrieking* That's why! Eon don't dress up!
Carlos: *looks at Gardevoir*
Gardevoir: *waves him over* Idea.
Max: Disclaimer: Eon doesn't own Pokemon in any way. Maybe that would cheer her up enough to come with me...
Chapter Seven: Gold
I hadn't warned Crystal fast enough. The door was shut now, the guy's voice melting into the darkness. A light flickered on and revealed him standing over by the light switch. His black glasses concealed his eyes, and the gray fedora on his head covered his russet-red hair. He locked the door with a key and smiled at Crystal whose back was still to him. Her bag had fallen off her shoulder, and she was staring at him wide-eyed.
"It's good to see you," he said cheerfully, trying to make her comfortable. "How's that detergent working out?"
"Why are you here?" She finally managed to say.
He stalked over to the desk beside me and Silver. Sitting down, he took off his hat and scarf. Crystal's eyes widened further when she saw the white-threaded TR necklace.
"I'm working," he smirked.
"You're one of the people who kidnapped Yellow?" She asked lowly.
"Not directly, but yes," he shrugged nonchalantly. "I wasn't there when it happened."
"Where is she?!" I barked at him, angrily tugging at the binds on my wrists.
He leaned sideways and patted the duct tape back into place over my mouth. "If you're looking for you little blond friend, she's not here."
Crystal frowned. "She's not?"
"Nope," the guy shook his head. "We've got her at a different base."
The blunette slammed her palms on the desk. "Where's Yellow-san?"
He smirked slightly. Fast as the lightening outside, he nimbly jumped over the desk behind Crystal. The redhead got up swiftly before she could react, though, and twisted her arms behind her back. "I believe I'm the interrogator," he told her smartly. Retrieving a small roll of duck tape from his back pocket, he bound her hands and sat her beside me before doing the same to her feet. When he was done, he took the tape off our mouths. "There. I think I'll allow talking now."
"What is it with you admins and duck tape?" Silver muttered stretching his jaw. "Melany always had it, too."
The guy twirled the roll on his finger and slid it back in his pocket. "Comes in handy."
"So who are you exactly?" I asked with narrowed eyes. "First you helped Crys at the store, and now you're holding her captive. Bipolar much?"
The admin picked up Crystal's bag with a laugh. Setting it on the desk next to where he'd put mine, he took the sunglasses off his face to reveal ice blue eyes. "My name's Drake. And the reason you saw me at the store was because I was doing some recon on you guys."
"You knew about us then?" Crystal asked incredulously.
"Yeah, we always research possible threats," Drake grinned. He got up and grabbed some portfolios from the desk. "Melany gave me all your files." He looked at Silver. "Silver Gin, red hair, silver eyes, excellent senses, very clever, and a glaring demeanor."
Silver proved that last comment true, and Drake chuckled before moving on to me. "Gold Kiniro, black hair, gold eyes, athletic, mischievous gambling habits, and a tendency to be a major idiot."
"Hey!" I protested, but he flipped to the last folder.
"Crystal Kesshou, blue hair, blue eyes, experienced fighter, renowned catcher..." He smiled mockingly at her. "And exceptionally determined in nature."
The girl's frown deepened. "So? How does that help you?"
Drake snapped the folder shut. "Well, for one it helps us identify you when you try to trespass in our bases."
He eyed Silver who scoffed. "You're lucky that loose beam made me lose my hold on the ceiling. You would've never found me."
"Either way," Drake shook his head, "after we've researched any and all threats, we try our best to...subdue them."
"Subdue?" I tiled my head.
Crystal breathed in sharply. "It was you, wasn't it? In the caves at the Ruins of Alph?"
Drake winked. "You are quite the little fighter like my grunts said. You almost knocked out my Skarmory!"
"Why are you smiling about that?!" I yelled with a curled lip. "We almost died!"
"No," he waved his finger. "Your little friend came and got you before things got too bad. Besides, I don't like killing people. Not good for the conscience, you know?" He sat down on the floor in front of us with a sigh. "Not like I would've been able to if I wanted anyways."
Silver's eyes narrowed. "What do you mean?"
The other redhead fiddled with his pendent. "I'm not technically allowed to."
"I find that hard to believe," Crystal muttered. "Villains don't normally have a problem with stuff like that."
"It wasn't my decision," Drake rolled his eyes at her. "It was my higher up's."
"Who's that?" I asked curiously.
"Melany." He crossed his arms. "She's second in command of the whole organization."
"What?" Silver asked in surprise.
Drake nodded. "Team Rocket began gathering again a little over a year ago. It was headed by a new boss, but all we know him by is Master. Melany is the only one who actually knows who he is. She's the only one who's seen him."
"Hold on," I shook my head. "Why are you telling us all this? Aren't you supposed to be the bad guy?"
"Yeah," Drake smirked. "But-"
"Don't tell me this is one of those times where the villain is going to kill the victims so he just goes ahead and reveals the whole plan to them," I said with wide eyes.
The admin blinked. "Well, actually-"
"'Cause if that's the case," I told him with blazing eyes, "then we're not going down without a-!"
"Gold!" He yelled sharply. "If you would just shut your trap, then you'd hear me say that I don't plan on killing you."
"Wait, what?" Crystal narrowed her eyes in disbelief. "What are you going to do to us then?"
Drake sighed heatedly. "Arceus, you make us sound like ruthless barbarians. I was going to just keep you here and make sure you don't go anywhere. When we're done getting what we need, we'll give Yellow back to you."
"Huh?!" The three of us shouted in shock.
"She has something that Master needs for his plans," Drake explained leaning against his desk. "We had no intention of keeping her forever. Just long enough for us to get that something. She can go free once the process has been completed. ...if she manages to live through it."
Silver's eyes hardened. "She could die?"
Drake stood up and stretched his arms. "Ah, I'm done talking for now." He yawned comically. "Time for bed!"
"Wait!" Crystal shouted as he started for the door. "If you're going to let us go later on, then why tell us any of this?"
"Because," he smiled cheekily at her. "By the time I do that, it'll be too late for you to do anything."
"Then why not just finish explaining everything to us?" She asked trying to get more information out of him.
He laughed. "But it wouldn't be fun then, now would it?"
Crystal let out a soft sigh as he unlocked the door and left, locking it behind him. "Well that was...interesting..."
"To say the least," Silver muttered.
"For a second there I thought he was going to tell us where Yellow was," I said with wide eyes.
"No," the redhead shook his head. "It's too early for that."
Crystal shook her hands irritably. "Either way, we need to find a way to escape. If Yellow-san's in danger, then we need to find her as soon as possible."
"Right." Silver looked at me. "Gold, turn around and lift your arms. I'll see if I can undo the duct tape." I stretched forward as far as I could and felt a tug at my hands. After a minute, he sighed and sat back up. "I can't move my wrists enough to tear it."
I looked up at the desk where Crystal's and I's bags sat. Scrunching my knees to my chest, I started inching myself across the floor.
"Um, Gold?" Crystal sweat-dropped. "What are you doing?"
"Getting Explotaro," I said nonchalantly while scooting. I finally reached the desk and craned my head over the edge. I couldn't really stand up, so I leaned forward and caught my bag's strap between my teeth. Jerking back, it came off the desk along with a stack of folders that fell down everywhere. I shrugged and again used my teeth to open the zipper. Explotaro was impatiently beating on his Pokeball, and I managed to roll it out onto its button. He appeared a second after the flash of light and snapped the duct tape on my wrists apart with his claws. He left me to take care of my feet so he could release Silver and Crystal as well.
She stood up once free and stretched her back. "That was awfully stiffening."
Silver rubbed his wrists and grabbed a paper clip from the desk. "I'll try the lock."
As he started twisting the clip, I returned Explotaro and bent over to pick up the folders. One had opened and revealed a small picture of Crystal. She was wearing her lab coat so I assumed it was from her lab assistant ID. "Look's like they do have files on us, Super Serious Gal," I said as she walked over.
The blunette bent down and picked up another folder. "Here's Silver." His portfolio had two pictures. One was of him walking down the street, maybe from a security camera. The other was an up-close of him during some battle, but his eyes were strangely baby blue.
"Hey, Silvy," I called over my shoulder. "You're eyes aren't blue."
The redhead glanced up a moment and went back to work. "Long story."
Shrugging, I grabbed another folder and saw it was mine. My picture was during the tournament at the Hoenn Battle Frontier. I was still wearing my old clothes that were torn up from the fight with Guile Hideout. "How did they get all this information on us?"
"I have no idea," Crystal said with wide eyes. She picked up a few more files. "They've got everybody, though." I looked at the three she chose. "Here's Sapphire, Diamond, and Black."
I snatched up a couple more. "Cheren and Ruby."
We set the portfolios on the desk and started organizing them. Emerald's was added to Ruby and Sapphire's, and we put Bianca with Black and Cheren's. Diamond's was joined by Pearl and Platinum's, and we set our three together as well. Then there were our seniors'. I stacked up Green and Blue's files, waiting for Crystal to put Yellow's on top next. When she didn't, I turned to find her staring at the opened contents.
Silver suddenly sighed at the door. "I tried. It's a good lock. I don't even know if Blue could break it."
He walked over, and Crystal nodded, silently looking at Yellow's folder. I looked over her shoulder at the picture of the blonde fishing. "Yellow de Viridian Grove," I read. "Blond hair, yellow-green eyes, gentle nature, adequate battler, powers include healing people and Pokemon, reading Pokemon's thoughts through touch, temporary level increase, limited telekinesis, and reading people's emotions through taste." I blinked. "She can taste emotions?!"
Silver nodded. "It's something new she acquired after waking up from her coma."
"What, does she like, lick people?" I held back a laugh.
I got knocked to the ground by a particular black-gloved hand. "No, Gold, she just touches something of theirs. Each person has a different taste which allows her to feel what they're feeling."
"Is it like a variety of lollipop flavors?" Crystal asked curiously.
"Not exactly," Silver waved his hand. "It's more like a certain, distinct object. For example, Yellow said that Blue's feelings tasted like the ocean and mine the rain."
"That's so cool!" I said excitedly. "I wonder what I'd taste like!"
The redhead rolled his eyes. "Yours would taste like idiot." I let out a scoff in protest, but he just went over and set to unlocking the door again.
"So," Crystal said as she set Yellow's file on top of Blue's. "It looks like they have information on every Dex Holder. Even Cheren and Bianca." She tilted her head. "Whatever did happen to them?"
"Something about helping Professor Juniper in Unova for a while I think," Silver put in from his attempts at the door.
Crystal nodded and turned to find me looking at the last folder in my hands. "Is that Red's?"
I nodded as well and flipped through his papers. Halfway through, I paused, seeing a different picture show up. "Not just his."
Crystal's eyebrows furrowed as she looked at the image. "Amber Aka, black hair, golden-orange eyes, fun-loving personality, excellent battler, fear of guns, in possession of objective 1A." She frowned slightly at that. At the bottom of the page was another phrase. "Contained/Free."
"Contained?" I raised an eyebrow.
Crystal flipped back to Red's first page and saw that his only had the word, 'Free', at the bottom. "That means they detained him at some point." Her eyes narrowed. "Why would he be a potential threat if he was a member?"
I shook my head. "I'm not sure." Something caught my eye suddenly on the floor. Kneeling down, I reached under the desk and retrieved a file that had slid beneath. "Huh? We've already gone through all the Dex Holders. So who's is this?"
Crystal flipped the edge over, and we found ourselves looking at a girl neither of us recognized. She had crimson eyes, brighter than Reds, and more like Ruby's. Her hair was emerald green, hanging to her shoulders with big bangs that covered one of her eyes. "Jade Erabareshi, green hair, red eyes, quirky and slightly awkward, excellent strategist, Pokemon breeder, powers include limited telepathy, teleportation, and telekinesis."
Silver paused. "She's from Viridian, too?"
Crystal shook her head. "I don't know, but-" Her eyes widened. "Apparently she's no longer a threat."
She pointed at the bottom of the page. I looked down at the bold word. "Terminated." My eyes widened, too. "I thought Drake said they didn't like killing."
"He said he didn't like killing," Crystal clarified. "And possibly Melany, too. That doesn't mean the other admins and grunts don't."
Silver suddenly hit the lock angrily. "Damn it!"
"We're stuck in here aren't we?" Crystal sighed.
"I'll get it," the redhead growled lowly. "Just give me a little bit."
I reached into my bag for my Pokegear. "I'll send a shout-out for help!"
"Who's going to be able to come?" Silver shouted in exasperation. "The Sinnoh kids are on the other side of the region, and Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald are at least a few hours away!"
I was already creating the message. "Then I'll send it to Sapphire and hope those three can get here in time."
There was a noise on the other side of the door just as I was looking through my contact list. All three of us paused with wide eyes, and Silver had just enough time to jump back as the door swung open.
There stood Drake, blinking in slight surprise at the sight of us up and around. He smiled gently and locked the door behind him. "I guess it's a good thing I came back to check on you guys." Something popped out from a Pokeball he pulled out of his pocket. Before any of us could react, we were bound all over again, this time with sturdy rope instead of duck tape. As our feet were tied up, a figure melted into view, and we saw that our attacker was a Duskull. Drake returned the Pokemon and watched us as we glowered at him. "Now don't be like that. I told you I'd let you go."
"Once Yellow dies," Silver spat.
"Or lives," Drake pointed at him. He took all the files and piled them inside one of the desk's drawers along with our bags. "I told you she may be strong enough to live." He turned to Silver. "Pockets please?"
The redhead glared as Drake reached into his jacket and took his Pokeballs. Placing them in the drawer, too, he locked everything up with another key, making sure that we wouldn't be getting free again any time soon.
"I thought you didn't like killing people," Crystal said with narrowed eyes. "So how can you be so uncaring about her life?"
Drake's mouth snapped shut, and he unlocked the door to leave. Right before he closed it, the guy paused. "Because I'm almost certain she will survive." And with that he left again. This time we heard him station a grunt at the door and knew our way out had been cut off.
I beat my foot on the leg of the chair. "That guy's really starting to get on my nerves."
"Arceus, he's about as bad Melany when it comes to mystery," Silver muttered.
"So what do we do now?" Crystal sighed.
"There's got to be some way out," Silver muttered looking around.
"How?" She retaliated. "The door's guarded, there's no windows, and even if there was a way to escape, we can't because we're all tied up, and Drake locked our Pokeballs in a drawer!"
Silver raised an eyebrow at her. Then he let out a low whistle. It echoed through the room, and after he stopped, a rustling noise sounded from the drawer with everything in it. Following that was a strange clicking, and a second later, Weavile was popping his head out of the desk.
Crystal blinked. "H-How?"
The redhead scoffed as his Pokemon leaped over and snapped his bindings. "I don't just train them to battle."
She only nodded as Weavile set to freeing her and me. We snatched our bags out of the drawer, and I decided to take Red/Amber's file along with the unfamiliar Jade's. Something was just nagging at me to bring them along.
"Well, that just leaves our way of escape," Crystal said as she checked on all her Pokeballs.
I glanced around for an idea and grinned when I spotted one on the ceiling. "Look, Crys."
The blue-eyed girl stared above our heads in thought. Then she blinked when she saw the air duct. "That could work."
I stood on the desk and reached for the duct panel. After fighting with it for a minute, I pulled it out and set the metal sheet on the floor. "Onward then!"
Climbing into the duct, I reached back down to help Silver and Crystal. Once everyone was in the airway, we set off.
"So which way are we going?" I asked leading the way.
"I'm not sure. Just be quiet," Silver said sternly.
"Yeah, yeah," I waved a hand back at him. A second later the floor fell beneath me, and I crashed to the ground. A groan escaped my lips as I stood up.
"Gold!" Crystal yelled from above.
"I'm fine," I reassured her. My fingers fumbled for a light switch and eventually found one. She and Silver were watching from the duct overhead, and I saw that I was in a closet. Lab coats hung on the wall and normal ones opposite them.
"Can you get back up?" Crystal asked anxiously.
"I don't think so. It's too high." I glanced at the lab coats. "But I should be fine. Let's split up. It'll make it harder for them to catch us all!" Putting my hat and goggles in my bag, I threw it across my side and pulled a lab coat on over. "First one back to the campsite wins!"
They had barely any time to protest before I was slowly inching out the door. Outside I saw that I was back in the observatory. The clock wasn't far from midnight, and it seemed the later it got, the more hectic the scientists became.
"The storm is still going on," I heard someone in the crowd say. "At this rate, we won't get any data."
"Don't worry," a deeper voice said. "There will be a pocket of clear skies within the next hour. We can get it then only if we're fast."
I could hear them getting closer but had no idea what to do. So I turned to look out the window and put a hand on my chin as if I were studying the dark swirling clouds.
"Hey, you," came the deeper voice. I turned around to see two guys approaching with lab coats on. The blond one crossed his arms. "Are you on duty?" I just blinked, and he raised an eyebrow. "What's your station?"
I suddenly remembered them talking about data and smiled. "I'm one of the people who sorts the data." I pointed at the storm. "I'm just waiting for it to be collected."
I was mentally crossing my fingers so bad I thought my brain might snap. A moment later the brunette beside the blonde sighed. "You might was well head in and get started. They got behind on yesterday's records so there's some catching up to do."
He grabbed my arm, and I tripped along as he took me to a room on the other side of the observatory. There were three big screens hanging on the walls that acted as monitors for the scientists' computers. They were currently typing away, and the brunette led me over to a table in the middle of the room.
"The documents for Project 1 go in the blue bin, and Project 2 goes in the red," he said. "But you already knew that."
I nodded quickly and gave a brief smile. "Right."
I sat down at the table, and the guy turned to leave. "We'll give you more once we record tonight's data."
I watched him go and stared at the papers in front of me. My eyes widened. "What the...?" I had no idea what anything on the papers said. Most of them just had a random compilation of numbers and letters in no particular order. A few had a small picture to go with, but they were mostly weird machines that instantly bored me. So I just started randomly throwing the papers in the bins. Not like I was going to be here long enough to be punished for it anyways.
My eyes scanned the room as I slowly divided the pile of documents. There was the door that I'd come through, but other than that I could see no other way escape. It was fairly open, like a set of French doors, so I couldn't sneak out without getting noticed. This room didn't have any windows, and the ceiling was way too high to escape via duct works again. My best bet was getting back into the main part of the building and finding my own way out.
Thinking to myself, I went back to briefly focusing on the papers. I was about to zone out again when something caught my eye. One of the sheets had a picture of a Pokeball on it, but it didn't look like the normal red and white sphere. It was broken down into many colors with spots of black freckled on it. Lines ran all over like a system of veins and met in the middle at the release button. What on Earth it could be, I had no idea. And the jumble of scripture didn't help me to decipher it at all.
I squinted my eyes at the picture. "Weird design...maybe Silvy will know something about it."
Just as I was slipping the paper into my bag, a bell of some sort went off, and the researchers at the computers immediately looked up. Then the room erupted into chaos.
"Ready the telescope!" "Run the electromagnetic analyzers!" "How long do we have?!" "Has anyone seen the map tracers?!" "WHERE'S MY COFFEE?!"
I watched as they all ran out of the room with random papers and gadgets piled in their arms. Trying to blend in, I bundled up one of the piles on the table and rushed out after them. People were flying around even faster then before, and I froze as the lights suddenly dimmed. Soon they went out completely. My eyes slowly adjusted to the dark, and I gasped silently at the roof. It was made of glass like the windows, allowing for a clear view of the stars in the sky. The storm finally had stopped for a moment, the waxing moon casting silver light across the faces of everyone in the room. I would never say it out loud, it'd be way too girly, but I had to admit; it really was a pretty sight.
Then the machinery started to kick in. Buzzing noises resonated all over the place mixed in with the sound of excited murmuring.
"What are they doing?" I muttered under my breath.
I must've been standing by a printer for an ancient rumbling about scared me half to death a second later. Glaring at the mechanical monster, I blinked in surprise at what came out. I took the sheet in my hands and stared at it closer. I could've been wrong, but it looked oddly like a map of the constellations. Arrows were traced throughout the stars in a certain pattern, almost like it was trying to mark a path.
"How'd it turn out?" came a voice from behind me.
I turned to see that it was the blond guy from before. "Uh, good."
He took a look at it and nodded. "If you wait another half hour, you can get all their data at once."
"Ok," I nodded clenching the paper. "I'm going to, uh, go use the restroom."
He gave me a funny look. "Alright then. Don't be long or you'll get swamped in files."
I flashed a smile and headed for the way out of the observatory. I almost started laughing. Was it really this easy to just walk out of here without getting caught?
I froze as Drake suddenly appeared at the entrance and started walking for the massive telescope. I rolled my eyes as I stood hiding behind some machines watching him. Of course it wasn't that easy.
Peering out, I saw him scroll his finger on a touch screen device of some sort. He looked up at the stars and seemed to trace them with his hand before scrolling on the device again. When I thought he was well distracted, I took a few steps out towards the exit.
But of course an alarm had to go off just then!
The roof started flashing red light, and a siren screamed in my ears.
"CODE RED, CODE RED! UNIDENTIFIED PERSONS ON THE PREMISES!"
I sweat-dropped as Drake's head shot up, and he saw me standing there with one foot poised to run. Giving him a small wave, I shot away like a rocket.
The lab coat fell off as I raced through the hallways. I could hear grunts pounding the ground behind me and aimed for the front doors. My best bet was to go for the forest. I'd have a better chance of losing them once I got lost in the foliage.
I was nearing the main exit when someone came sprinting from the hallway across from mine. I grinned mischievously when I saw that it was Crystal. Her cheeks were flustered, and her eyes lit up as we met up.
"So that alarm was you, huh?" I joked as we ran along.
She puffed out a breath. "We can worry about that later! Silver managed to get away, but I have no idea where he went!"
"Let's focus on getting outside first," I panted looking over my shoulder. We were attracting quite the crowd. By the time we finally got outside, there were at least twenty grunts on our tail.
We didn't let up our speed as we approached the woods. Crystal tripped and almost fell, though, as Silver suddenly dropped out of the sky beside us from his Honchcrow.
"Peck!" He called out while keeping up with our sprint.
His Pokemon began dive-bombing the grunts chasing after us, but there were just too many of them. We only made it forty feet from the tree line before being fully surrounded in a circle of panting Team Rocket members. Honchcrow was suddenly struck with an X-Scissor attack and retreated to Silver as a Skarmory shot by in the sky. The Dark type hovered angrily above its trainer's head as the opposing Flying type landed and off it jumped Drake.
"It's not time for you guys to go yet," he told us sternly. "I would appreciate it if you just came back with us nice and calmly." We just glared at him, and he sighed. "No? Alright then." He snapped at the grunts, and the front line released a ring of Haunters and Gengars that smiled maliciously at us. "Hypnosis."
All their eyes lit up, and Silver immediately looked up at Honchcrow. He nodded and shot down out of the sky, enveloping the three of us within his wings. I realized that it was blocking out the effect of Hypnosis and waited patiently until it released us. Drake was frowning and pocketed the touch screen that was still in his hand.
"Fine," he said tightly. "We'll take out your Pokemon first. Skarmory, X-Scissor!"
The Steel type was bracing itself to strike when another figure streaked by and stunned Skarmory enough to stop its attack. My eyes widened at the brown-feathered Noctowl circling back, and I grinned at the girl on its back.
She smiled in return and cupped her hands over her mouth. "Take cover!"
Honchcrow didn't hesitate to protect the three of us again. The Noctowl came zooming in low, releasing an Extrasensory that reeked havoc on the Haunters and Gengars. They even flinched, and the Noctowl took the opportunity to land. Using Reflect, it created a safe box around us and gave its trainer time to jump down and approach us.
She lifted some of Honchcrow's feathers and smiled. "I heard you needed some help?"
Silver's eyes widened, and he slowly stood up before her. "Soul? What are you doing here?"
The brunette rubbed her arm. "Gold said you guys were in trouble."
Crystal turned to me. "I thought you were sending that to Sapphire."
I checked the message and sweat-dropped. "I guess I clicked Soul instead."
Silver rolled his eyes and cleared his throat uncomfortably. "Well, thanks for coming."
She eyed him warily for a second before smiling gently. "Just trying to be helpful."
A cracking noise rang through the air, and we saw that the enemy Pokemon were beating on the Reflect barrier. Drake and his Skarmory especially. He was glaring at us with a force equal to that of his Pokemon's smashing power. A Haunter used Hypnosis, and it managed to break through the force field, striking Crystal dead on. I quickly caught her slumped form and turned to the other two. "We have to get out of here!"
Soul waved her Noctowl over and gave Silver its Pokeball. "You guys can get into the forest and disappear in time before the barrier breaks."
I placed Crystal on Honchcrow's back. I knew he wasn't strong enough to carry three people, and I guess so did Soul.
"And how do you expect to escape?" Silver asked her with a raised eyebrow.
Soul shoved him towards her Pokemon. "Look! Noctowl isn't strong enough to carry two people yet, and this is the best I can come up with!" She grabbed one of her Pokeballs and released her Raichu. "I'll just fight my way out. Now you need to go!"
Her Noctowl seemed to have picked up on the planned and tugged Silver onto its back before lifting off. I climbed onto Honchcrow behind Crystal and looked at Soul worriedly. "Is this really okay?"
"Gold, we don't have time argue!" She shouted at me. "The barrier will only hold for a few more seconds! Now get going!" Her Raichu made its trainer's point by gently shocking Honchcrow into the sky after Noctowl.
The Flying types didn't have a choice. We quickly rose thanks to the rising wind and zoomed off towards the trees. Just as the building was starting to fade, we saw the Reflect smash into shards followed by a powerful Thunder charged up from the gathering clouds. Silver tried to reason with Noctowl, but it refused to listen to anyone but its trainer. Finally, though, it set him down at our campsite. Honchcrow landed right after, and I carried Crystal off his back.
I saw Silver's narrowed eyes. "She told us to get out of here. We should head for Goldenrod City and try to get as far away as possible."
"Do you think she can hold out on her own?" He asked tensely.
"Did you see that Thunder?" I asked with raised eyebrows. "She's definitely trained since I last saw her. I think she'll be fine. And if she's confident that she can fight her way out, then I have faith in her."
The redhead didn't say anything. He only returned to Noctowl's back. I nodded and got back into my seat on Honchcrow with Crystal. "Good. Now let's head for Goldenrod."
We lifted off and started into the gathering storm. If we were lucky, we could make it there without getting too soaked.
I was distracted by that thought when Silver suddenly veered to the right and flew into the distance.
"Where are you going?!" I yelled at him.
"Meet up at Goldenrod!" Was all he answered as he and Noctowl zoomed off.
I sighed. "Don't get caught!"
Since when was it my turn to say that?
Gardevoir: *standing guard at the bathroom door* Done yet?
Me: Grumble, grumble... *comes out in dress* May I please go change back now? This was all nice and fun, but I'm ready to go lay down and type some more!
Max: *dressed in a dress* Nope! *latches onto arm*
Carlos: *latches onto other arm* You're coming with us! *cheers* To the doughnuts!
Me: *gets dragged along* NO! ! !
Gardevoir: *holds door open while mock grinning* You guys have fun now!
Me: *looks up pleadingly but gets a door slam to the face*
Gardevoir: *plops down on the couch and flips on TV* Now what is this Adventure Time I've been hearing about...
Me: *still being dragged along* *sighs* So hi everyone! Having a good September? I am! *sorta...that homecoming... -_-'* Haha well it's a bit hectic when you're working on like 5 stories at the same time, but this one always comes first! ;) Review and return!
