"You do? What do you want in return?" Gaby asked. Why on Earth did this
girl want to help her?
"Nothing. I never wanted to join Team Rocket, but when I was orphaned, I had no choice. I just don't want any more death. All the experiments die. I can't bear to see any more, especially if it's a living person. Most of the time, we get dead or dying ones. That's bad enough, but you and him are alive and healthy for the most part. I can't stand it!"
Gaby looked at her. The poor kid. Surrounded by death everywhere, and no way to stop it.
"How can you get us out of here? No one can know, otherwise we're dead!"
"I know the codes. I can get you out of here. But we'll have to do it at night, when almost everyone is asleep."
"Tonight."
The Rocket girl, who's name Gaby had found out to be Kris, walked quietly over to Kip's cage. She opened the door of the cage, not making a sound. She carried his limp form out, and set him on the ground in front of Gaby's cage. She then de-activated the force field, and then opened the cage. Gaby stepped out, trying not to make a sound, then walked over to Kip. He was alive, but sleeping.
"Kip! Kip!" Gaby said in a whisper, nudging him with her hand. "Wake up, Kip!"
Kip stirred, opened his eyes, and opened his mouth to asked something, but Gaby covered his mouth with her hand.
"Shh! We're escaping. We have to be very quiet. Follow Kris."
"I'm Kris, by the way." The Rocket said, getting up. Kip and Gaby got up after her.
"Gaby, why are you in shadow again?" Kip asked, looking at the dark form that was Gaby.
"There's no time for that now, I'll explain later. We have to move!"
Kris led the was down a series of passageways, turning this way and that, going as quickly and as silently as she could. Kip followed behind her, and Gaby ran behind. Unlike the other two, Gaby was not making any sound at all. Kip almost stopped to wonder about this, but Gaby just pushed him forward.
They finally came to an open passageway, leading out into the open night.
"This is as far as I can take you," Kris said. "Go quickly!"
"Come with us!" Gaby said. "You've saved our lives! Please come!" "I can't. If I was reported missing, then the Rockets would find me. I have a tracker device in my arm, and it can't be removed. I'd lead them right to you!"
Gaby looked at Kris sadly.
"Good-bye then."
"Good-bye."
Kip and Gaby climbed out of the passage, and ran out into the nearby forest. Suddenly, Kip stopped. He walked left, and picked up something. Then he came over to Gaby, carrying something in his arms.
"Here. This is yours."
Kip handed Gaby the thing.
"My bag! Thanks, Kip!"
"Now, will you please explain? And what's with the hiding in shadow?"
"I'll explain, but we have to move farther into the woods first. We're still in range of the Rockets.
And with that, Kip and Gaby started running through the forest, going deeper and deeper, until they were near the heart of the woods.
"OK!" Kip said panting, sitting down to rest on a large rock. "What's the deal?"
"You first. Why did you come after me?"
"I couldn't just leave, you, seeing at it was all my fault. So I found your bag and flew here on you Lugia."
"Silversong let you ride him? Wow..." Gaby said, looking at Kip in awe, though he couldn't see her because she was in shadow. Silversong had NEVER let anyone but her and other Pokémon ride him. Maybe this boy was special.
"Yeah, and we got to the Rocket's place fast. I hid your Pokémon as well as mine in the forest, so the Rockets wouldn't get them. While I was hiding them, a Rocket spotted me and knocked me unconscious. He didn't notice the bags, though. That was the last thing I remember before you woke me up. Now, your turn. Why all the secrecy? What's with the hiding in the shadows?"
"Hang on, I have another question for you first. Then I promise no more until I've said my story."
"Go ahead"
"Well, Right before I sent you away, did you, uh, feel anything?"
"Yeah! Funny you should mention that. When you looked at me, I, I don't know, sensed something. A feeling that told me that the Lugia was you, and that you wanted me to run."
"You did hear me! Well, half of me anyway. Why didn't you run?"
"I wanted to stay and help you."
Gaby looked at him. That settled it. This kid wasn't so bad. He even looked kind of cute...
"Ok, that was two questions. Now it's my turn. Tell me what happened after you sent me away."
So Gaby explained all that had happened from when Kip had been sent flying to when she had found out about her creator. Kip looked angry when he heard that he had been used as a tool to make Gaby cooperate. But when Gaby got the part when they had preformed the test, she stopped. However hard she tried, she couldn't bring herself to start up again.
"What?" Kip asked, looking at the still dark form of Gaby. "What's wrong?"
"Oh Kip, Kris didn't arrive soon enough!" Gaby said sadly.
"What do you mean?"
Gaby stepped forward. Kip gasped as he looked at her hair, silvery and misty in the moonlight.
"What happened?"
And Gaby, finally able to continue again, finished off her story. Kip sat staring into space during the story, and when she finished, he stood up.
"Now, you had two questions, now I get my second one. I ask you again:
Can I join you?"
"Nothing. I never wanted to join Team Rocket, but when I was orphaned, I had no choice. I just don't want any more death. All the experiments die. I can't bear to see any more, especially if it's a living person. Most of the time, we get dead or dying ones. That's bad enough, but you and him are alive and healthy for the most part. I can't stand it!"
Gaby looked at her. The poor kid. Surrounded by death everywhere, and no way to stop it.
"How can you get us out of here? No one can know, otherwise we're dead!"
"I know the codes. I can get you out of here. But we'll have to do it at night, when almost everyone is asleep."
"Tonight."
The Rocket girl, who's name Gaby had found out to be Kris, walked quietly over to Kip's cage. She opened the door of the cage, not making a sound. She carried his limp form out, and set him on the ground in front of Gaby's cage. She then de-activated the force field, and then opened the cage. Gaby stepped out, trying not to make a sound, then walked over to Kip. He was alive, but sleeping.
"Kip! Kip!" Gaby said in a whisper, nudging him with her hand. "Wake up, Kip!"
Kip stirred, opened his eyes, and opened his mouth to asked something, but Gaby covered his mouth with her hand.
"Shh! We're escaping. We have to be very quiet. Follow Kris."
"I'm Kris, by the way." The Rocket said, getting up. Kip and Gaby got up after her.
"Gaby, why are you in shadow again?" Kip asked, looking at the dark form that was Gaby.
"There's no time for that now, I'll explain later. We have to move!"
Kris led the was down a series of passageways, turning this way and that, going as quickly and as silently as she could. Kip followed behind her, and Gaby ran behind. Unlike the other two, Gaby was not making any sound at all. Kip almost stopped to wonder about this, but Gaby just pushed him forward.
They finally came to an open passageway, leading out into the open night.
"This is as far as I can take you," Kris said. "Go quickly!"
"Come with us!" Gaby said. "You've saved our lives! Please come!" "I can't. If I was reported missing, then the Rockets would find me. I have a tracker device in my arm, and it can't be removed. I'd lead them right to you!"
Gaby looked at Kris sadly.
"Good-bye then."
"Good-bye."
Kip and Gaby climbed out of the passage, and ran out into the nearby forest. Suddenly, Kip stopped. He walked left, and picked up something. Then he came over to Gaby, carrying something in his arms.
"Here. This is yours."
Kip handed Gaby the thing.
"My bag! Thanks, Kip!"
"Now, will you please explain? And what's with the hiding in shadow?"
"I'll explain, but we have to move farther into the woods first. We're still in range of the Rockets.
And with that, Kip and Gaby started running through the forest, going deeper and deeper, until they were near the heart of the woods.
"OK!" Kip said panting, sitting down to rest on a large rock. "What's the deal?"
"You first. Why did you come after me?"
"I couldn't just leave, you, seeing at it was all my fault. So I found your bag and flew here on you Lugia."
"Silversong let you ride him? Wow..." Gaby said, looking at Kip in awe, though he couldn't see her because she was in shadow. Silversong had NEVER let anyone but her and other Pokémon ride him. Maybe this boy was special.
"Yeah, and we got to the Rocket's place fast. I hid your Pokémon as well as mine in the forest, so the Rockets wouldn't get them. While I was hiding them, a Rocket spotted me and knocked me unconscious. He didn't notice the bags, though. That was the last thing I remember before you woke me up. Now, your turn. Why all the secrecy? What's with the hiding in the shadows?"
"Hang on, I have another question for you first. Then I promise no more until I've said my story."
"Go ahead"
"Well, Right before I sent you away, did you, uh, feel anything?"
"Yeah! Funny you should mention that. When you looked at me, I, I don't know, sensed something. A feeling that told me that the Lugia was you, and that you wanted me to run."
"You did hear me! Well, half of me anyway. Why didn't you run?"
"I wanted to stay and help you."
Gaby looked at him. That settled it. This kid wasn't so bad. He even looked kind of cute...
"Ok, that was two questions. Now it's my turn. Tell me what happened after you sent me away."
So Gaby explained all that had happened from when Kip had been sent flying to when she had found out about her creator. Kip looked angry when he heard that he had been used as a tool to make Gaby cooperate. But when Gaby got the part when they had preformed the test, she stopped. However hard she tried, she couldn't bring herself to start up again.
"What?" Kip asked, looking at the still dark form of Gaby. "What's wrong?"
"Oh Kip, Kris didn't arrive soon enough!" Gaby said sadly.
"What do you mean?"
Gaby stepped forward. Kip gasped as he looked at her hair, silvery and misty in the moonlight.
"What happened?"
And Gaby, finally able to continue again, finished off her story. Kip sat staring into space during the story, and when she finished, he stood up.
"Now, you had two questions, now I get my second one. I ask you again:
Can I join you?"
