Chapter Twenty-seven: Analyzed
Running From Myself
I felt something hit me. I started to come out of my slumber. I was hit again. I sat up and my eyes shot open. Roserade decided to hit me with a pillow a few times. I laughed and patted her head. "Gym day today." I told her.
She hit me with the pillow again. I rolled off the bed and started to get ready. I showered, got dressed and headed down to the lobby. I went to the dining room and to the breakfast table. There was something that looked quite odd, yet appetizing. I scooped the goopy stuff on a plate and found a small table.
Hesitantly, I scooped some of the stuff with my spoon and brought it to my mouth. It was actually very good, I enjoyed it.
Rowan walked up beside my table and looked at my food. "Enjoying that?" He asked. I nodded, my mouth was full of the goop. "Well, I never pictured you as a…" he started chuckling, "a Goldeen liker."
I stopped chewing and eating. My face turned green and I spit the food onto my plate. "Gross!" I yelled.
He laughed. "Still vegetarian, I see."
"Of course." I pushed the plate away. I walked back to the breakfast table, nothing looked safe, I settled for regular buttered bread. It was pretty good, butter was something that was as expensive as honey, so we always got honey instead of butter; it was a nice change.
Rowan got himself some bread as well and we ate in silence. "Miss Cynthia, are you going to challenge the gym today?"
Little Butterfree fluttered into my stomach. "I guess so." I said with as much confidence as I could.
Rowan 'humfed' and didn't say anything. "What?" I asked.
"Oh, I just thought you would have more…Zeal about you. Not 'guessing' about this."
I scoffed. "I am so sorry."
He mashed his lips together and gave me a long look. "Do you want to challenge this gym?"
"Yes." That wasn't my lying skills at its best.
"Do you want to win?"
"Yes?"
"Do you want to excel, and take this to a serious level?"
"I want to, really, but I'm not confident in myself." I said.
"I see." He thought for a moment, "it's just another gym. You shouldn't be so frightened. Train a bit more, then you'll see how ready you and your Pokémon are."
I nodded. "I will."
Training went well. Milotic got into the flow of things, Roserade improved her speed, (Although she isn't as fast as Bibarel) Gabite put in some effort, and Togekiss was still working on the move Fly. Spiritomb pretty much stayed the same, not as if she was terrible just no improvement.
The gym leader was a Steel Type trainer, therefore I was worried that my Pokémon wouldn't be good against him. Milotic and Bibarel would be vital. Roserade would be a backup along with Gabite. Togekiss wasn't quite ready to start battling, he had battles with Roserade and did well, but not ready for a gym. As for Spiritomb, she will sit out and come in if need be.
That was as far as I went with a strategy. I decided to try to double-hit as much as possible, be quick with commands, and be smart with commands. Easier said than done.
Gabite, although she put in some effort, still didn't match what was needed. I approached her. "Gabite, you really need to cooperate." My tone was calm. She didn't reply. "I need you, if you want to continue battling, you need to listen." She blinked. Is she really listening? I smiled at her. "Let's do this." I returned her.
I walked back to my room in the Center and relaxed. I let out Roserade and Togekiss to keep me company. I patted Togekiss' head. "Today's an important day, Thumper."
A half an hour went by, then someone knocked on my door. "Miss Cynthia?" I heard Rowan.
I returned my Pokémon and opened the door. "Yes?"
"Are you ready to get this show on the road?" Rowan asked. You could almost see the enthusiasm he carried.
I nodded. "Yes, let's go." For this first time, I meant that.
Rowan and I walked to the gym next to the docks. It was steel-plated, a symbol of the Steel Type leader. We walked through the steel doors. Everything was shiny steel, the room echoed when you walked. There to greet us was, what I suspected, the leader.
He wore black pants, matching shirt, large work-boots, and a silver—steel colored—cape. He grinned nice and big, not like Blake, and had heavy gray stubble and matching messy, unkempt hair. He had his legs spread apart and his hands on his hips.
"I am Captain Steel!" He bellowed, his voice echoing around. "You are Cynthia! We should battle!"
"That's why I'm here." I said.
"I see that! I have waited for this moment for a long time!" The way be yelled made it hard to see him as friendly, but I could tell he wasn't creepy like Blake, awkward weird like Rhy, young with power like Fantina, full of himself like Serina, and then super sarcastic like Byron.
"Let's battle and not waste time! You stand on this end," he pointed to the closest end, "and I'll stand at the other!"
"Okay." I said, a little befuddled. I walked to my end as he jogged to his. Rowan approached me.
"Alright Miss Cynthia, be smart. He may not seem like a tough competitor, but he is gym number six, after all. He has four good Pokémon, they all have weak spots, find them and concur them. Don't lose patience, don't lose hope." He put his hand on my shoulder. "You can do this." He nodded, and I nodded back.
Rowan stepped off the field. It was time.
Captain Steel released his first Pokémon. "Forretress, go!" A weird clam-like Pokémon, colored red and purple, came out.
Okay, let's try Bibarel. "Bibarel, fight for me!" Bibarel came out and got into the battle stance. He hissed.
"Take Down, my Pokémon!" Captain yelled. His Pokémon turned a red color and shot to Bibarel. He collided with him, they fell to the ground. Bibarel growled and kicked Forretress off of him. Forretess landed harshly on the ground. The steel plates rang out and echoed throughout the room, piercing my ears.
"Hyper Fang." I commanded. Bibarel jumped to the fallen Pokémon. He opened his mouth wide and jabbed his teeth into the foe. Forretress moaned but didn't seem to take much damage. Bibarel jumped backwards and waited.
"Payback!" The rival rolled to my Pokémon and slammed into him. Bibarel was pushed backwards and landed hard on his side. He jumped back up and looked at me, ready for a command.
"Take Down." Bibarel sprinted to the opponent. He ran into Forretress and sent him rolling into the far wall. I grinned, that was a good hit.
"Iron Defense!" The rival closed his eyes and focused. His body was covered in a shiny steel coating. Great!
I kept my cool. "Bibarel, use Rollout." My Pokémon rolled to the foe, he slammed into him. Nothing happened. Forretress changed back to his normal state in less than a second.
"Payback!" The foe jumped up and landed on Bibarel. He fell to the ground. Forretress sat on his back. Bibarel whined then growled. He quickly stood up, the rival lost his balance and clashed to the ground.
"Water Gun." I yelled. Bibarel shot water at Forretress, the foe rolled away and tried to escape.
"Take Down!" Captain Steel shouted. His Pokémon obeyed.
"Dodge!" I shrieked. Bibarel attempted to jump out of the way, but took a good hit. He flew across the room, past me, and to the wall. He fell to the ground.
His eyes opened and he looked at me. He stood up, legs shaking, body trembling, and was ready for a command. "Rollout." He rolled to the foe and hit him once, the clam-like Pokémon was pushed across the room but stomped himself before hitting the way. Bibarel rolled to him again and hit him for the second, and last, time. The foe rolled to the wall and hit it.
This time, it didn't move again. I grinned and looked at Bibarel, he was fainting. I returned him. "Great job buddy." I murmured to the Pokéball.
"What a Pokémon!" Captain Steel yelled.
I nodded. "Yours, too."
Captain released his next Pokémon. "Go Bronzong!" A big blue, mechanical Pokémon materialized from the Pokéball.
"Milotic, do well." The huge, snake-like Water Type came out. She was a tan-pink color with long red fins on her head and matching whiskers, towards the end of her body she had blue and red scales leading to a blue fin. She looked very regal, which she was.
"Extrasensory!" The foe focused on my Pokémon. She began to cry out in pain as she disappeared and reappeared rapidly. She was practically being tortured.
"Milotic, fight it!" I could see Milotic trying to fight it. She stayed very still. She stopped disappearing as much and soon stopped completely. "Great job, now use Aqua Tail." Milotic's scaly tail morphed into a clear, watery tail. She slammed it onto the robotic Pokémon. The Pokémon hit the floor, but oddly bounced back up to its floating position.
"Gyro Ball!" Bronzong began to spin rapidly. Silver-colored waves spun around him. He zoomed to my Pokémon and slammed into her. Milotic's huge body fell to the ground. She groaned and composed herself.
"Hydro Pump." I called. Milotic spewed gallons of water on the opponent. It was forcefully pushed back, but quickly started to fight the stream of water. I couldn't tell if it took much damage.
"Extrasensory!" Captain bellowed. Milotic became hazy and started crying out.
"Fight it!" I yelled. But Milotic was too weak. After a moment the move stopped. You could see that most of my Pokémon's energy was drained.
"Confuse Ray!" What! Captain Steel was double-hitting me. Bronzong looked at Milotic, and then she tumbled to the ground. She started twitching. Fantastic! Just simply fantastic! I thought.
"Twister!" I tried. Milotic was too confused. I returned her. Okay, time for a backup. "Roserade, beat the rival for me." My Grass Type came out and twirled around. I always rolled my eyes at that.
"Gyro Ball!" Bronzong spun around, then glided across the field to Roserade and slammed into her. She fell backwards but quickly got up.
"Magical Leaf." I commanded. Leaves of many colors appeared and spun around her. They danced in waves. More and more appeared until you couldn't see Roserade. They all as one majestically shot to the foe and collided with it. That was something that was much more powerful then Magical Leaf, Roserade had learned Petal Dance.
Bronzong fell to the ground. With one last battle cry the foe fainted.
I smiled, two gone, two to go.
"Roserade is a beautiful Pokémon, I have to admit I didn't see that power coming!" Captain Steel yelled. He returned his Pokémon and got another. "Empoleon, go!" A big, blue penguin-like Pokémon came out. He stood tall and looked tough. He had spikes and horns sprinkles over his body.
"Metal Claw!" Captain shouted. Empoleon's flipper coated over in metal and he ran to my Pokémon. He sliced a red line across Roserade's chest.
"Petal Dance." I commanded. Roserade called all the colorful leaves. They started spinning around her. Then, they slammed into the rival and left little scars. Empoleon cried out.
"Bubblebeam!" Empoleon shot a row of bubbles at my Pokémon. They pushed her backwards. She tried to fight them, but she fell to the ground. She leapt up.
"Giga Drain." I yelled. Roserade focused. Empoleon yelped and crashed to the ground. Roserade breathed in the energy she stole from the foe and looked satisfied. "Toxic." I tried to double-hit. Roserade sprinted to the rival. Her left hand, or flower bouquet, became covered in purple ooze. She punched the Pokémon hard. Nothing happened. I swore under my breath.
"Brine!" Water emitted harshly from the opponents mouth and smashed into Roserade. "Peck!" Oops. Empoleon met my Pokémon and jabbed his beak into her head. She was pushed to the ground.
"Use Giga Drain!" Almost instantly, Empoleon slumped to the ground in pain. But as quickly as it started it ended. Roserade was getting tired. "Petal Dance." Roserade didn't listen. She lay on the ground, too tired to get up.
"Peck again!" Empoleon used Peck. Roserade didn't defend herself in any way; she was down for the count.
I returned her. I was losing hope quickly. "Gabite, defeat Empoleon." I released her. She came out in the battle stance, which gave me some hope.
"Bubblebeam!" Empoleon shot bubbles at Gabite. She was pushed back. She tried to shield herself with her arms, but that didn't help. She took a hit.
"Dragon Claw." I commanded. Gabite rushed towards Empoleon. She slammed into him, using Take Down, her favorite move. I smacked my head. This isn't good.
Empoleon and Gabite both stood up. "Metal Claw!" Empoleon sliced Gabite's arm. She roared and used Dragoon Claw, slicing his wing. Such children. "Brine!" Empoleon used Brine. Gabite flew across the room and landed next to me.
"You're going to listen." I hissed at the Pokémon. She returned the hiss. Do not lose patience. I heard. I was so engrossed, I didn't realize the presence returned.
You have such bad timing. I thought.
Danger draws near.
Please, tell me about it later.
Danger draws near. Danger.
I scoffed and decided not to have a conversation with the fiend. "Gabite, use Dragon Rage." Gabite spewed sand. It started spinning around Empoleon. Captain Steel noticed Gabite's defying attitude. It was embarrassing.
"Brine!" The water went right through the wall of sand and collided with Gabite. She fell to the ground hard, it was a critical hit. She stood up slowly.
I wanted to call Take Down, because that's what she would listen to, but since Take Down takes away some health points of my Pokémon as well as the foe, it would make her faint. "Dragon Rage." I tried. She started running to the rival. I knew she wasn't going to use Dragon Rage, she was going to use Take Down. She ran through the sandstorm, cringing as she did, and tackled Empoleon.
They both fell to the ground. Gabite fainted instantly, Empoleon was the next to go. I had Spiritomb and Togekiss left, Captain had one Pokémon left.
I called out Spiritomb. "Win the battle for me!"
"Lucario, go!" A tall, blue and black, bipedal dog-like Pokémon.
"Spiritomb, use Ominous Wind." I commanded. Spiritomb shrieked and slumped into a puddle. "Spiritomb?" Then I remembered. Spiritomb always became frightened when my presence was around. Great.
"Metal Claw!" Captain called. Lucario sprinted to my melted Pokémon. His claws over coated in metal and he scratched her hazy form. She shrieked. Her ghostly shriek echoed over the room.
"Sucker Punch." I yelled. Nothing. I rolled my eyes. Please leave! You're costing me the battle! I thought.
Danger. I heard.
I don't care, leave! The presence stayed. Lovely.
"Metal Claw!" Lucario used Metal Claw again. My Pokémon shrieked.
"Do something! Anything!" I yelled. My Pokémon disappeared. I got excited. Then she reappeared, still a puddle, a few inches away from her original place. "Good job." I rolled my eyes.
"Your Pokémon is frightened!" Captain Steel said.
"Yes she is…"
"Lucario, use Bone Rush!" Lucario looked at his hand, a hazy bone appeared. He hit Spiritomb three times in a row. She cried out, then morphed into her normal state. Her eyes and mouth weren't on her body, she had fainted.
I returned her and released Thumper. "Togekiss, fight hard."
"Lucario, use Close Combat!" Lucario met Thumper and started wailing punches. He fell to the ground and cried out.
"Use Fly." I commanded. Togekiss flew into the air. Then, he shot downward and collided with Lucario. He fell to the ground.
Lucario jumped back up. "Metal Claw!" Captain bellowed. Lucario's claws turned metal. He sprinted to my Flying Type and scratched his wing, leaving a red blood line.
Thumper cawed and cried. He didn't have much left. "Magical Leaf." Togekiss made a few leaves appear then they hit Lucario. He didn't look very affected.
"Bone Rush!" Lucario made his psychic bone appear and he hit Thumper four times. Togekiss tried to hold on, but couldn't. I returned him.
I still had Milotic left. She probably only had a hit left in her. I brought her out. "Milotic, win!"
"Lucario, Close Combat!" Lucario sprinted to my Pokémon and punched her hard. She was pushed backwards.
"Aqua Tail." I commanded. Milotic didn't listen. "Why aren't you listening?!"
"Aura Sphere!" Captain yelled. Lucario extended his paw. A blue ball formed and shot at Milotic. It hit her and she fell to the ground, no hope of recovery.
I had lost. I had lost. I had lost. That's what ran around my mind. It was unreal.
I felt my presence go away. Captain Steel walked across the field, I met him in the middle.
"I am the victor!" He yelled. "You played well, Cynthia! You are a good opponent! I can't wait for our next battle!" He grinned.
I smiled. "Then I'll beat you." I handed him my last bit of money.
He chuckled. "That might just happen! I am Captain Steel, and I am the winner!" He twirled around, his cape flowing out.
"Congratulation." Rowan said. "Miss Cynthia, we should be going."
I gave him a weird look, he didn't control where I went. But frankly, I didn't want to stand there and talk to Captain Steel any longer. So I nodded. "I'll be seeing you." I told Captain. We left the gym and headed for the Center.
I did not want to talk. I was on the verge of tears, either out of sorrow or anger, and I didn't want Rowan to make it worse. But, it's Rowan, it's his thing.
"I think where you went wrong—"
"Just stop. I don't want to talk to you about it." I snapped.
"Miss Cynthia, your loss wasn't all because you're not powerful. Three of your Pokémon wouldn't listen to you and one isn't tough enough to battle, anyone would lose at those odds." He had a point. If the presence didn't show up, Spiritomb would have obeyed and beat the rival, and if Gabite and Milotic had listened to me, I would have won with Pokémon to spare.
We made it to the Center. I turned to Rowan. "It may have been for that reason, but I lost again after you forced me out here. I didn't want to come!"
"You didn't? You made the decision, Miss Cynthia. If you really didn't want to come out here, you wouldn't have learned how to fly. You would have said no then. But you wanted to come, I know that and you know that. Don't deny it."
I rolled my eyes. "Whatever. You can just get on your little boat and leave me alone, I don't want to see you again." I started to walk off.
"Alright, I'll see you later." Rowan called.
The next morning came all too quickly. The rest of the day before was spent in my Center room, thinking over my battle. I didn't have a breakdown, I handled it quite well. I would train hard and then retry.
But I made a decision…I would get rid of my spirit so it wouldn't intervene. Therefore a trip to Canalave Library was in order.
I got out of bed and had a quick shower. I quickly learned the tap water was salty, that was a…Surprise. I raked through my hair, got some bread for breakfast, and then headed for the library.
Once I got out of the Center, something surprised me. A huge group of guards stood nearby. Probably sent here for a big bombing mission for Lea. I thought. Either that, or here to find the rebels. I watched them all separate into smaller groups and disperse in different directions. One going into the woods, one going across the bridge, and one staying put.
I started for the library, a little worried as to why they were all here, but quickly put the thoughts to rest. I was thinking of my spirit buddy. According to one of the books I looked at in Celestic, Ghost Pokémon rarely 'possess' you, and if they do it's not for a long time. So that ruled out Ghost Types. Because I own one of the worst Ghost Type's and she cowers whenever my friend is around, I knew I was dealing with something a bit bigger…And more dangerous.
This scared me. Especially the part where, one time, it forced me to do something and took control over my body. And it manifests in front of me now, and it gives me visions, and everything else…It was scary. Dealing with the psychic world was intimidating.
I walked up to the grand building. It was a few stories tall and looked pretty old. This would be the place to look.
Entering the library, I noticed all the hundreds of grand bookshelves overflowing with literature. My grandparents would have loved this place. I walked to the desk nearby where a few older ladies worked. "Excuse me," I said, "could you point me in the direction of, I don't know, Psychic Types and psychic books?" I tried to sound friendly.
Two of the ladies gave each other weird looks. "Honey that would be on the top floor I suppose." One said, looking at me funny.
"Thank you." I muttered. I walked up the flights of stairs and to the top of the library. The top floor was a small section, only held a table and a few bookshelves. The far side of the room looked over onto the floor below, and past that you could see the sea through the huge windows.
Alright, this ends now. I thought, hoping my presence could hear me. I started looking over the bookshelves. It took some time, but I finally came across a Psychic Type book, a psychic energy book and some old book with the words 'Psychics Decoded' etched on the front. Worth a peek. I looked longer and found a few more books about Psychic Types, I was in for a long day.
I sat at the table and grabbed one of the Psychic Pokémon books. Thumbing through it, I noticed it gave a paragraph description of each Psychic Type in existence. I read a few of the Psychics I wasn't familiar with, but after a minute I knew this wasn't going to help.
Another book was actually really cool and quite helpful. But in the skimming I did there was nothing about possessions. Then, another one of the books had a chapter on 'the other world.' That was scary. It talked about the afterlife and ghost and the ties it has with psychics and Psychic Types. Then it went on to talk about possessions.
It said that only strong Psychics can make a strong enough connection with a human. Normally what happens is that Pokémon uses the human, or other Pokémon, for something like food. Only in some cases has a Psychic Type harmed a person in any way or controlled them to harsh extensions, and it has been a very powerful Pokémon doing this. Psychics are not to be taken for granted, they're smart and shouldn't be played around with.
Okay, that scared me. I was, most likely, dealing with a tough Psychic Type, a very tough Psychic Type. I read on, the last bit of the chapter was talking about 'Psychic safety' and didn't mention anything about ridding them.
I sighed and pushed the book aside. I went through the other Psychic Type books. They were similar to the other two. Not helpful. Even the old decoding book was a waste of time. Nothing on how to rid the fiend. I grabbed my spirit book that I got in Celestic and looked at it again.
It said things along the line of communication, so maybe that's all it took. A good, stern 'Go away' and maybe it would leave. It was worth a shot.
I cleared my mind. It only took a second when the hand laid on my shoulder. "Hi." I whispered. "I'm done with your games. You're using me and I don't like it. I want you to leave."
"Danger." It whispered.
"I don't care. You're the danger here. Goodbye." The black shadow manifested in front of me. "I don't want you around anymore. You scare me and you're no good. Leave. Go away!" The shadow and the hand left. I felt everything leave. I smiled. "And don't ever come back." I added. For some reason, I was proud of myself. I would start ignoring my spirit, it would get bored and leave for good. That was what I wanted.
Just then, I heard something odd. Talking. Not like talking was that odd, but I recognized the voices. I looked to my right, towards the far wall. I stood up and walked over to the wooden railing, separating me from falling to the floor underneath. I looked down. I saw a table with a group sitting there.
Tag, Kedah, Brush, Carrick, Ellena and others all sat at the table. I slapped my hand to my mouth and took a few steps back. They were causing all this damage in Canalave?! That didn't even make sense. They wouldn't, or couldn't do that. And I thought I was a part of the rebels, why wasn't I invited?
Then realization hit. What if they learned of my battle somehow and came here to find me and set out on another journey?
Then that really confused me. What could I say? No, I can't I don't want to anymore? Whoops, sorry I resign? I can't do that! I was in a bind. I inched back to the gate and listened.
"A ton of people are going to go there though!" Someone said. "It's dangerous!"
"No," I recognized Brush's super deep voice, "it's not that dangerous. We're going to be the only people there, the sailors aren't letting regulars out there."
"Then what's the point of going?"
"The point is to get Lea's people out of there. They're the only ones out there right now, Sinnoh knows what they're doing." Ellena said.
"What could they be doing that's so bad?!"
"Hilbert is worried about him hunting something there. We need to be there soon." Ellena explained.
I moved to the rail and leaned on it, looking over at the group.
"It still doesn't make sense though! We're going to play this stupid game forever and we'll never win or lose!" Some girl who I didn't recognize said.
"We will win at the right time." Kedah said. "So shut your trap and stop whining, we're professionals!"
"Kedah!" Ellena snapped.
"Oh right, I'm supposed to play nice with the other children." She mused. "Well I think—"
I heard a cracking noise. Suddenly, the wooden railing broke and fell forward…And I fell with it.
I landed on my back, right in the middle of the table. Pain shot through me, I swore quietly.
"Cynthia?" I looked around. All eyes peered down at me.
"Hello." I muttered.
Brush helped me to my feet. "Are you okay? What just happened? Why are you here?"
I didn't think there was a need to lie, so I told the truth. "I was upstairs reading when I heard you all, so I eavesdropped and leaned against the rail and…" I looked at the broken wood around the floor.
"Eavesdropped?!" Kedah sounded so shocked. "Cynthia we were discussing important business!"
"Kedah, shut up, we weren't." Tag piped in. He grinned at me. "Glad to see you joined us again, Rebel."
"Joined again?" I echoed. "When did I quit?"
Everyone exchanged confused glances. "We were told by Hilbert you quit and went home." Brush said.
"That is not true." …Anymore. "I'm here for my gym battle."
"So the rumors are true, you did lose to Captain Loud Pants?" Tag asked.
I nodded. "Yes, I did." Might as well admit my loss.
"But what are you doing here?" Ellena still looked dumbfounded.
"I was reading upstairs." I looked around. Everything in this area was crossed off. "Where are you?"
"The restricted section, where Lea keeps his goodies." Kedah said. "Old maps, books of superstitious legends, it goes on and on."
"Since you're here," Brush started, "you might as well join our meeting." He got all the railing off the table. Everyone sat back down, he gestured to a seat. I took it. "This is our Canalave friends, Marco and Sara." He pointed to the two new faces of the group. They looked like Canalave citizens, brown hair, hazel eyes. "Marco has been helping us for a while, he works here in the library. He's been sending us maps and stuff. Sara is new, her dad has a boat. She'll help us get to the island."
"Island?" I repeated.
"Yes, the island not too far from here, the place where everyone thinks a gold rush is going on."
"And the place where it's dangerous to go." Sara added.
"It's not dangerous!" Kedah yelled.
"Kedah, enough!" Ellena shouted. "She can be worried if she wants to. Sara, it's not that dangerous."
"Yeah it is! Lea's guards are all over the place, if they see us we'll go down like a fishing pole against a Gyarados! The island is off limits, we shouldn't go."
"Sara, please think of—"
"No! This is too much!" She stood up. "First I'm being asked to lend a boat, then I'm asked to bomb something, and then blonde girls fall from the sky! No, I'm done!" She stomped away.
"Well there goes our ship." Ellena muttered.
"Great, now we can't get out there." Tag sighed. "Marco, do you know someone else with a boat?"
"Not anyone who would take it to the island or is trustworthy." He shrugged. "She was it."
"Maybe it's a good thing she's not coming." Kedah said, with a bit too much delight.
"Now we will have to think of another plan of attack." Brush said. He started thinking aloud. "Maybe we can do something here…"
"No, Lea's done enough here." Ellena said.
"Maybe we can fly out to the island?"
"No, there's not enough Flying Type's for us all."
"Maybe we can steal a boat?"
"No, that's too risky and complicated."
Ellena and Brush did the 'maybe, no' for a bit longer. There weren't any ideas coming about.
"It's a good thing this blew over though." Ellena had said after a moment of silence.
"Why?" I asked.
"We would have been torn to shreds by Lea's guards. We're out numbered."
"Guards isn't the right word, more like army." Tag said.
Then it clicked together perfectly in my head. The missing piece. The extra thing.
"We need an army."
Authors Note: Yes, I am over my writers block! I am so happy to say how pleased I am with how this, and the next chapter, came out! It took me a while to write this, but I hope you all like it!
DeathGoblin: I can't answer all your questions and concerns, really because there are so many, but focusing on the Gabite never listens one... Gabite is just stubborn, and frankly so is Cynthia, I know I've lengthen them hating each other for a long time, but for good reason. You keep saying "They need to talk, they need to talk, roooaarr" and I so get that, but that's just not what I feel should happen (Yet at least). I hope I didn't disappoint with that answer. Thank you so much for reading, it's fantastic getting your reviews! I love them so much. Thanks!
