Chapter 13: Beginning the Flare, Entering the Flame.
Christine and I awoke to the beautiful sunrise. We must've fallen asleep on the balcony at evolution guru's castle. "Man, I sure slept well." I stated. "Me too, sleeping this was very comfortable," Christine concluded. I took some time to decide what we should do next. Since the weather forecast read there was going to be a storm, Christine and I asked Korina's grandfather to stay for another day. The evolution guru let us stay the extra day if we could work for the day.
Christine and I agreed to work for the Guru in order to stay another day. "Do I really have to wear this?" I complained. "It makes me look like a big penguin!" The Mega Evolution Guru had a butler uniform in one of his old storerooms. It was a bit big and bulky but it fit me very well. "Shut up and stop complaining," Christine argued. She was wearing a maid's outfit that really brung out her female figure. "That outfit looks really good on you, it really brings out your figure," I told her. "Didn't I tell you to shut up earlier?!" She yelled while blushing. "Okay, okay." I said laughing slightly. "Now, let's just finish these jobs so that we can change back into our normal clothes." I suggested. "Good idea." Christine agreed.
We were each given a list with jobs on it. On the top of the list it said that we are given jobs depending on our skills. With that, we went our separate ways to start our tasks. I got a list of jobs that require muscle or, in other words, brute force. Christine was given a list of jobs that could be done only by females, since it contained mostly things having to do with being gentle and kind. (I'm gentle and kind) I thought to myself. Well with having to work, it ruined the plans Christine and I had before leaving the city. I was going to do some more training with Korina and Christine said she was going to get some tips from one of the best chefs in the city. Anyway, this pretty much blew our plans so too bad, I guess.
[Elijah's Point Of View]
"Man, this is a lot of work." I was thinking about Christine; how she was doing. I noticed I would see her sooner than I thought but, the last job on the list gave part of a description. It said something about being creative and very good with daydreaming. The only thing I could daydream of was food. "Shoot, Christine and I didn't eat breakfast today." At this thought, I was distraught because I was hungry. (I guess I'm going to have to hold out until dinner time.) I thought.
[Christine's Point Of View]
"Okay, I'm almost done with my tasks." (I couldn't keep my thoughts off of Elijah. He had been given some hard tasks, I hope he's okay.) "Huh, what's this?" I stared at the last job on the list it had part of a description of a job on it. (I wonder if Elijah had gotten a job with a description similar to this.) I thought. "Poor Elijah, you didn't even have anything to eat for breakfast." As soon as I get back to Elijah, I'm going to make some of the best food he's ever tasted.
[Back to both point of views]
I ended up having to go back to the balcony where Christine was waiting for me. "Oh, you made it," She said. "Why, is something wrong?" I asked her. "The last job on the list says that it requires both of our talents." She said pointing to the list. I then looked at both of our lists. "Well, isn't this a coincidence, the job just happens to be here on the balcony." I said. "It looks like we have to rearrange everything on the balcony as we see fit." Christine said. There was a reminder to be careful on the balcony, as it would be a tragedy if someone fell off.
I started moving some furniture around the balcony to the places Christine told me to put them. Then, Christine watered some of the balcony's flowers. While we were working, I had seen a Litleo walk into the room and came running this way, then jumped at Christine. Christine, startled by the Litleo, fell over the edge of the balcony but grabbed the edge of it, holding on for dear life, literally. "Christine, hang on, I'm coming!" I yelled out to her. But, right when I got to the balcony she lost her grip. At that moment I didn't think at all, and my reflexes sent me over the edge of the balcony, after Christine. When I caught up to Christine, I held her close to me and turned my back to the ground, prepared to break her fall with my body. Just then, I realized that we weren't falling anymore. Charizard came out of his Pokéball at his own free will. He caught both Christine and I on his back. That's when I thought about something the Mega Evolution Guru said, "Trust in your Pokémon and they will be there when you need them."
Once Charizard had gotten us back up to the balcony, I had seen the Litleo run out of the balcony room. A few minutes after that, Christine had come back to consciousness. "Elijah, what happened?" At first, I just stared at Christine. "Oh, that doesn't matter; all that matters is that you're okay." I said. "Why, that bastardous old man!" I started. "He must've known this would happen, why else would he have left us that reminder to stay away from the edge." Christine came over to me and hugged me lightly to calm me down. "Elijah, you know what I always tell you, stop jumping to conclusions!" Christine said while raising her voice. I noticed there was a note on the table in the room that wasn't there before. "Look, it's a note." I told Christine. "If you are reading tis now, you survived our attack so, congratulations. You see, that Litleo you seen earlier is a member of Team Flare. You're also starting to interfere with our plans on world peace. If you wish to live in peace, take your girlfriend and stay out of our way, or you'll regret it."
"When I see that bastard again, I'm gonna punch a hole in his face!" I yelled and the nearest object. "Elijah, we need to go and, stop Team Flare," Christine said. "The sooner the better." Before we did anything at all… "Elijah?" Christine said to get my attention. "Yeah?" I answered her. "Let's change out of these Halloween Costumes." She said. So, we changed our clothes and then set out for the next city.
Hello Everybody, the 4th of July is coming soon. I'm trying to update this story as often as possible. I've got great news! When chapter 20 of this story is posted, I'll begin a new story based off of the game Tales of Vesperia! I'm sure that if you all love this story you'll all love that one to! In the meantime, keep reading everyone!