(Po Town)
(Kacie's View)
(One Hour Later)
How the table's turned in my life. Just an hour ago I receive a letter from my brother, and at the same time, my greatest enemy. This letter offers me the change of a lifetime, and I'm not letting this chance go to waste.
I cannot recall what could have changed his whole entire being into a monster, but he's the only one who can, because he's the victim, and this is another reason why I can't let this chance go. I'm his sister, he's my brother, and we're a family that's now been ripped apart by our differences. My mission is to reverse that damage.
Gazing at the towering metal wall that provides protection to Po Town, I sigh. This is actually going to go down. I adjust my dog collar, walk to the passcode pad on the door and entered my passcode. The door soon hisses open with a mini waterfall falling from the top of the door. I watch it plummet to the ground before entering Po Town.
When I was younger, Guzma's room theme was splatter paint. I guess his love of that went a bit too far since every building, exterior and interior, radiated splatter paint. I clench my teeth, looking at the mass destruction of my own hometown. After all, the most enjoyable memories did reside here.
As I gaze around at the destruction, I see someone coming out of the Pokemon Center. I spin to the person to see it's only a useless grunt. The grunt, a male one to be exact, quickly charges at me, cocking his arm back for a punch. I, in return, slug him on the nose. He stumbles back, clutching his bloody nose, letting me kick him in the chest. He falls onto the wet ground, staring at me with fear. "Wh-Who are you?!" He gasps. I put my boot not his chest, lean in and whisper: "The someone your boss is waiting for. Where's Guz-?!" I begin to yell, but he points towards the mayor's, or what used to be the mayor's house with a shaky finger. "Your bro's in there."
With that, I slowly step off of him and began my heart-breaking walk towards the house. I grasp Helios' ball as I near the house. Tears begin to fill my eyes as I make my way up the stairs. I quickly wipe them away, kicking down the door soon afterwards. What, no, who I saw next surprised me, even though it shouldn't have.
On a couch, I see Guzma and Plumeria cuddling, their calm, evil eyes locked onto my shocked, enraged ones. Guzma gently kisses Plumeria on her cheek before standing to his feet. "Sis, it's nice to see you again. You miss me?" He cackles, putting his hand on the couch's arm rest, soon leaning his body towards it. I shake my head. "I wish it that way. I'm not so glad to see you again."
"Oh really now? How come?" He sneers. I scoff, annoyed at his "picking fight" attitude. I cock my head a little. "You're smart Guzma, figure it out!" I snap back.
"Ooh hoo Sis! Hold up now!" He laughs in a fake nervous tone, putting his hands up. "No need to be snappy!"
"Well there's no need to be bitchy!" I snap back, slamming my hand onto the splatter paint wall next to me. He pulls his head back a little; seeming a tiny bit shocked at my retaliation. Soon laughing out, he walks to me, grabbing my neck and slamming my head onto the wall. "Look here sissy; you're not being a good girl now aren't you? Maybe you should calm it down a bit, wouldn't you say?" He sneers. In return, my cheeks radiate red now, my anger going into a fever pitch.
"DON'T TELL ME TO CALM DOWN!" I boom, thrusting my foot into a place no man wants a foot to hit. He roars out in pain, falling onto the floor. Plumeria, in defense, charges to me, but Guzma calls out for her to stop.
"Guzzy?! She just hit you in the pen-!" She hollers out, but Guzma just laughs hysterically. "Come on Lipstick! That right there is what all the grunts need! See why I want her back!?" He laughs.
Okay, he's literally gone insane. In response to this, I turn around and exited the building, leaving an angry Plumeria and a crazed Guzma behind. However, I had forgotten about one other member of Guzma's personal team.
I hear a giant roar of anger from the top of the building. I snap my head up to see a Golisopod on the roof, glaring down at me. Golisopod leaps down onto the ground, shattering any concrete under him.
Okay, I'm screwed big time. Even though I knew this in the back of my mind, I decide to run to the entrance. Golispod soon comes after me, quickly closing in one step after another. As my last resort, I use all my leftover energy to dash as fast as I could to the entrance while Golisopod begins to form a Razor Claw for an attack chance.
"SILVALLY! DRACO METEOR!" Someone roars out from above. I look up to only find myself not being able to spot the caller. I stop in place, glancing around Po Town, not realizing a meteor is falling right down to me.
When the unexpected meteor hits right next to my feet, the energy it exerts sends my whole body slamming into the wall simultaneously.
And at this instant, with all the danger around me, my vision goes black.
(20 MINUTES LATER)
( SAFELY OUTSIDE OF PO TOWN)
Light begins to ward away the darkness of my mind as I begin to awake from whatever happened. I rub and open my eyes to see a Sneasel, who's right next to Chopper, above me. Sneasel's eyes light up when our eyes lock. Sneasel leaps onto my chest, crying out loudly, grabbing the attention of someone I'm actually happy to see.
"Gladion?! What are you-?!" I shout happily when I see him running to me. He smiles with quivering lips, his eyes jittering. I couldn't help but tear up too. He helps me up onto my feet, a warm and legit smile creeping up his face. "Kacie…"
"Hey Gladion…" I whisper back, wiping away a tear that's rolling down his face. "No need to for apologies." I say. He, a bit shocked, cocks his head back. "How did you-?" he asks, but I, for the first time today, laugh out loud. "Dude, I know you man! You love to apologize!" I laugh. He chuckles, more tears falling down. He shakes his head, grabbing something form his fanny pack. "Hey Kacie…I have two things for you." He whispers, opening my hand. He slips a Pokeball into my hand before wrapping my fingers around it. "Gladion…"
"It's a Gengar. I thought if we'd ever make up, I'd give him to you, and to make things even better, I nicknamed him Midnight." He says, putting his hand on my shoulder. I smile, wiping away my tears before clipping Midnight onto my belt loop. "Hey Kacie…"
"Yeah?"
"Wanna know the other thing I'm giving you?" He asks in a nonchalant whisper. I slowly nod, now hypnotized in his eyes. He smiles. "It's this."
He quickly leans in. I wince out in fear, but his warm lips touch mine. His hand on my shoulder is lifted onto my wet right cheek. My eyes snap open in shock, but then slowly close.
Gladion soon let his lips off of mine and opens his eyes. "So? How'd you like that one?" He asks. I look down, my cheeks blushing. "Well…maybe actions will speak louder than words."
"What?"
I lift myself onto my tip-toes, quickly pressing my lips against his. He stumbles back, but wraps his arms around my shoulders, our lips still pressed gently, yet firmly in place under the cold rain. We release our pressure of our lips before smiling at each other, our eyes sunken for an affectionate stare. This is when I realize something.
You can find real love even under the slosh of the rain.