Happy Valentine's Day/Single's Awareness Day, everyone! I hope you all enjoy this most romantic day in whatever way you choose to do so.
My not really romantic gift to you all is a new chapter of 'All I Want For Christmas is a Pokémon'. After last time, looks like the rest of the roster wasn't having much luck in their searches for the stowaway (although, it did lead to bits of bonding among the pairs, so...*shrugs*...wasn't a total bust). With not much luck with the other roster members, let's see how things have been going for AJ, Alex, and Stephanie. Read on to find out, my loves. =)
So far, AJ, Alex, and Stephanie's own search for the stowaway hadn't exactly been yielding any results. The trio had looked in every crate, under every table and chair ...and yet it seemed like they couldn't seem to find anything that might even be close to the elusive Pokémon in question.
"Geez! It seems like we've looked everywhere, so why can't we find it?!" Alex moaned.
"I'm not sure, Alex," Stephanie responded, feeling just as perplexed as the youngest of the trio was. "I'd say maybe we're just not looking in the right places, but ...I honestly think we've looked everywhere."
Listening on as the other two brunettes talked, AJ stood and thought about their recent search. 'I'm with Alex. Just where could this stowaway be hiding? We've looked in pretty much all of the places it could maybe be hiding, so-' An idea coming to her, AJ said "Hey, you guys. I think I have an idea."
...
Working to catch its breath, the stowaway laid down under the bench in the room it managed to get into. It still hadn't been expecting to be found as soon as it did, so the fact that it was able to stand its ground with a powerful attack felt like a win. It had just gotten into a comfortable enough position to try taking a nap to restore its energy when it heard the door to the room open. Trying to pick itself up into a defensive stance, it couldn't seem to find the strength or energy to do so. ...So, it just stayed in the position it was in, hoping that whoever was in here would hurry up and take their leave.
...
'I still can't believe Steph actually went along with my idea,' AJ thought, a pleased grin starting to cross her face. 'I know it's probably not the best idea for Pokémonless people to be taking part in something like this, but ...who knows? Maybe helping out in this search will help me towards finally getting my first Pokémon. ...But, first thing's first. Gotta get my phone in case Steph wants to call for status updates.'
Making her way back to the locker room she shared with Alex and Kaitlyn, the brunette was a bit startled to see that the door was already slightly open. Instead of running off and finding someone to walk inside with her, she took a breath before slowly pushing the door further open. Her speed matching how she opened the door, AJ did a quick look around the room and saw that nothing had gotten damaged in the Chickbusters's absence. Letting out a breath of relief, the brunette walked over to her duffel bag and, after a quick bit of rummaging around, pulled out her phone and put it in her pocket. She had just turned to leave out when she felt a sudden shiver run up her spine. Quickly spinning around, the brunette decided to look around the room to make sure no one or no Pokémon was in there with her.
'No one in the shower room,' AJ thought as she stepped back out into the main locker room area. Going with her next thought, she began looking in the lockers and felt relieved to see that they were empty, save for Kaitlyn's things-'I just don't want the stowaway getting to my stuff. I've got my lucky shirt in here!' AJ could remember her two-toned friend defending herself.
Which left a search under the bench.
Swallowing as she took a deep breath, AJ crouched down on the floor as she began her under-the-bench search. Starting in the area she was already in, the brunette crawled around as she looked for anything out of the ordinary ...only to see just her's, Alex's, and Kaitlyn's boots under the bench. There were also the supports for the bench that she saw, but she just shrugged that off as necessary and useful.
It wasn't until she got back to the area near the shower room entrance that she saw it.
Almost falling over, AJ quickly crawled back from what she just found: It was a Pokémon. She found a Pokémon. In her locker room under the bench of all places!
'What the-?! A Pokémon? What's a Pokémon doing in here? Better yet, how did a Pokémon get in here? ...Wait.. Could this be the stowaway everyone's been looking for?' the brunette thought, her mind starting to race over this sudden turn of events as she slowly moved a bit closer to the Pokémon. While she knew that she should text Stephanie and let her know about her find, she ...she just couldn't for some reason.
'Oh, the poor thing. It looks exhausted. I wonder if it's eaten anything lately?' she thought. An idea coming to her, AJ softly said to the Pokémon "Hey. I'm not going to hurt you or try to catch you. OK? Just stay in here, and I'll go get you something to eat. Just stay in here and get yourself a little rest and I'll be right back with some food. I promise." Getting a look from the Pokémon that seemed to say it understood, the brunette dashed out of her locker room and headed off in the direction of the catering area, hoping to find something to eat for the Pokémon she found.
...
The stowaway was surprised. It wasn't expecting to encounter any of the humans it had been following in a room like this, so it was surprised that a human had managed to find it.
What it wasn't expecting was for the human that found it to be so nice. It had been expecting something to happen like the many other times when those other humans had found it, meaning it'd have to launch a manner of defensive attack to protect itself, like when it used its Thunderbolt on those other humans and their Pokémon.
So for it to have been found ...but not being in the middle of what the humans call a "Battle", ...it just found this sudden development to be quite a surprise.
"Pika," the stowaway softly said. It wanted to get up and try to go looking for the nice human, ...but the urge to stay in place and rest proved to be too strong. So, settling back in its place, the stowaway closed its eyes and began to take a nap in the hopes of the kind human coming back some time soon.
What's this? AJ's found the stowaway! And it didn't act hostile towards her like it did with the others that tried to confront it in the past. How odd. Wonder what the reason for that is? ...Well, whatever the reason, looks like AJ's got a mission! Said mission being trying to find something for the stowaway to eat. Will she succeed with this? And big questions here, will the stowaway get some rest and still be in the locker room when AJ gets back? These questions shall be answered...next time. So, until next time, don't forget to RR please. And, (to add onto what I said above) have a Happy Valentine's Day/ Single's Awareness Day out there. =)
(Looks like what the stowaway said before it went to sleep helped give away what Pokémon it is. Got any guesses to what it could be?)
(Stay, safe, warm, and healthy out there, lovelies. *sends love and good vibes out to you all*)
