By: PiperSpoon13
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon or the characters I just enjoy enhancing the back stories to my own twisted fanacy
Summery: Butch and Cassidy and how they ended up wrapped up in the crime of team rocket.
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The incident in the hospital garage wasn't quickly forgotten. when we got back to the apartment, they demanded to know who or what we were running from, how they look and act. "We were lucky the dart gun was still in the van otherwise I think we would've been screwed. With all our pokemon at home..." Harmony didn't finish. Pierce still insists he didn't need her help, but I agree with Harmony 'we would be screwed with out that dart gun.' So Butch and I started listing people who would recognize us and how they might react. They knew why we ran off but not the details trusting them we told them those too. Pierce was surprised that I came from one of the richest families in the region. Looking back now, it seemed like a different world, a different life even.
We didn't go back to our normal training plan until my wrist was better but they still had us study. Butch had been a bit cold toward Pierce for the first week but cooled off quickly.
It was Harmony who brought up Christmas. I had forgotten entirely about holidays It was hard to celebrate when you barley could get enough to eat. "So what will you guys want." Another question, I couldn't even begin to answer they had already done enough by taking us in. Butch and I shrugged. "I'm sure Pierce and I can think of something after all we only have you kids till January; we're gonna miss you."
That Christmas was my best by far. Harmony took me to get my ears pierced earlier so I could wear different ones sooner. Christmas day I was given bright purple earrings shaped in little upside-down triangles. Butch received a pipe and spent the next few hours trying to smoke it. Pierce and Harmony got in a huge augment because he forgot the cut the rings the sodas came with. "Think if a Psyduck got it around it's neck or a poor Pidgey getting it's leg stuck. You need to be sure to cut these up real well.' he snapped saying he forgets one time and she turns in to a gyrados; by the end of the hour they had made up and left us for their bedroom. We decided what we should probably do the same.
"Cassie, are you nervous about the placement tests." Butch said as we laid down in the bunk beds, I taken bottom bunk just because he usually would curl up next to me once a week, my idea or his it just seemed more confront able that way and the rockets both encouraged it. I didn't know what to say what happens we would do our best and build our way up. We had to.
"A little" I finally replied, "Why?"
"I don't know it's just that they said it'll be harder, much harder." Butch said patting his Fearow who was perched on the top of the bed. It had evolved in one of the practice battles with Harmony's ninetails. Since then when we battled, it was a coin toss. Raticate was sleeping in the crook of my knees. Harmony said they could wonder the house but they mainly just stuck to us. Butch's fearow preferred the pokeball most of the time. Raticate feel asleep where ever it pleased which often upset the ninetails who did the same thing. Pierce's Golem stayed out side till it got too cold and then he hung around by the heater.
"We made it this far didn't we, and you say I worry too much." with that we both fell asleep.
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The last week with the rockets, went by really fast. Pierce went to the base to pick up our training uniforms, blue sweat suits with big red Rs chest. The day came where they had to put us on the bus to take us to the main headquarters. "So I guess we'll be seeing you" Pierce said, he then leaned over and whispered to me "I put an extra carton and a few lighters in your bag." Shaking my hand he turned to say his goodbye's to Cassidy, and Harmony came up to me.
"I'm really gonna miss you kids you know that?" She said pushing my hair out of my eyes, whereas she had tears forming in her hazel ones. She looked at Cassidy who seemed to be laughing at something Pierce just said. "You two take care of each other and don't be surprised if you find some really nasty rockets out there because most of them are. Good-bye now." she finished throwing her arms around my neck. I wasn't sure how to respond, no one but Cassidy has hugged me for seven years, but I returned the hug anyway. "You two write us alright we're not going anywhere." With that the hippie rockets boarded us on the bus. The bus driver was a muscular dressed in a black suit similar to ours In the back there were two girls in dark green uniforms giggling looking at a magazine. About have way down there was another team in yellow. We chose a seat opposite of the yellow team but a ways up. Cassidy then turned to me.
"Do you think we should try to make friends?" I looked back the yellow team which was a boy with green hair and another boy with purple hair cut real short, they both were giving us dirty looks. The green team behind us seemed too absorbed in their magazine to care what we were up to. I shook my head. and leaned up against to window and soon fell asleep. Cassidy took the travel pillow and laid on my back.
The bus stopped and I looked up. We didn't seem to be there yet, probably picking up some more kids. As the team boarded a boy and a girl in a deep purple uniform they seemed to be the nastiest of all. they sat in the back with the green team. "Alright kids the red team should already be there, sit back go to sleep eat your lunches you packed if you forgot or are still hungry there's an ice chest up here with bottled water and peanut butter sandwiches." the driver said starting up the bus again. Cassidy layer back down on my shoulder and I against the window. "Alright kidos off you go. warning to you all keep to yourselves until you get your rank. Must full rockets don't like the trainees at their heels." How long had it been? I wondered grabbing my and Cassidy's duffels from the rack above the seats. I handed Cassidy her duffle seeing that all the other teammates carried their own.
"We need to be careful showing how close we are." I whispered. To cover, she started to laugh with a nod. We put on our nastiest expressions and headed through the large double doors of a glass building that looked like an average business building. In side was another man in black who was sitting with a girl with long dark red hair a partner was no where in sight and she appered to be in trouble. After making eye contact with Cassidy she shot her with death glares and to my surprise Cassidy was giving her own daggers as well.
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A/N: I know there will be at least one more chapter but I'm trying to bring it to an end soon. Any ideas? I will give you credit.