Authors Notes: I guess you all heard about the terrorist attacks. Such a waste of lives too. One thing I heard though was kinda funny. While the people in the first tower of the World Trade Center were trying to get out, the person on the intercom said "Do not panic, and return to your desks." Of course, no one listened. In other news, Author alert hasn't been working lately, I think. On with the fic! ~ Laserlight
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon! That's not really news to anyone. The only character that is mine is Angela. I don't care if you take anyone else that you never heard of either.
Eight years have past after Angela entered the burnt tower. She kept her promise to never go into the place again. She also never forgot the one who helped her. Her hair grew longer, now it's halfway down her back. She grew much taller also. After school, she joined up with her friend Stacey. She talked to her about a fight.
"So then Ryan hits him in the jaw! He's just so immature!"
Stacey checked to see if she was listening. Angela had just been staring at the ground the entire time.
"Hey, what's on your mind? Were you even listening?"
She looked up.
"Yeah. You said Ryan hit Zach in the jaw."
Angela looked back down at the ground.
" Ok, you're different today. What's wrong?" Stacey asked. This got Angela's attention right away.
"When am I not different? I'm always different. I bet you that no one is like me one bit. Sometimes I think god just likes to point and laugh at me in his spare time. You know, that's the only theory I could come up with of the "why am I here?" question."
Stacey chuckled. Angela smiled upon hearing her.
"Yeah, you're a human stress reliever! What a way of life!"
They kept talking until they were a few yards away from the burnt tower. Two girls about the same age as them were standing in front of the tower. Both Angela and Stacey knew those girls. Unfortunately, they didn't like them. Angela heard what they said.
"They said she fell through the floor. They couldn't find her for hours." One said. Angela knew Melissa was the one to say it.
"She probably did it on purpose." The other said. She knew Sherri said that.
"I know! She's such a loser. She even hangs around those girls."
Angela had enough. They knew they were talking about her.
"I heard that." Stacey and Angela walked to near where they were standing.
"We weren't even talking about you, so just shut up!" Melissa stated.
"Yeah, so just get away from us." Sherri replied.
"I know you were talking about me. I was the ONLY one to go into the tower and fall. No one else went into the tower that was my age."
"Well, I dare you to go into the tower now." Melissa pointed.
"Leave her alone! She's not allowed in there." Stacey replied.
Angela felt something. She felt a dark feeling to punch Melissa and Sherri in the face. She couldn't muster up the courage to do that. Instead, she decided to do the next best thing.
" Fine, I'll go in."
She walked up to the door. She turned to face Stacey.
"Stacey, if I don't call you in the next 30 minutes, get my dad. Tell him what happened."
"Come on already. Go in." Sherri snapped.
"Fine, oh malevolent snorlax." She muttered.
"What did you say?" Melissa asked.
Angela smirked and repeated it a little louder.
" I said Yes, oh malevolent snorlax!" Angela continued to mockingly bow up and down.
"Hey! Shut up and get in.!"
Finally, she stepped inside. It was exactly the way she remembered it. The floor was even dustier now. The boulders weren't as high. She took the right path. It got a little darker when she went farther. "Somehow, I know something will happen." she thought. Most of the time, she looked around. She walked along, usually finding an item or two. She stopped to pick up another item. It was really dusty, so she cleaned it off with her T-shirt.
"This looks vaguely familiar."
It wasn't until she turned it around that she found out what it was. It was her electrode ball. Memories flooded through her.
"Angela! Where are you?"
"Daddy! Down here!"
He didn't hear and kept calling.
She looked at the mysterious creature with sad eyes.
" He can't hear me…"
He sat down, looked at the hole, and howled.
The footsteps grew closer.
As quick as it happened, he stood up and ran off.
"Doggy? Where are you going?" She turned around and watched him run off.
"Angela!" A man jumped down the hole.
"Daddy!" Angela hugged her father's leg.
" I still need to thank him too…" she thought.
While all this was happening, she didn't know that the floor was creaking very loud. Just as she was about to turn back, it collapsed.
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Suicune ran through the dark cave. Entei and Raikou went searching for food. He decided not to go with them. Running seemed better than looking for something in particular. Besides, feeling the wind sift through his mane calmed him from the daily life of fleeing. He slowed down to catch his breath. A certain smell kept him from running off again.
"Human." He growled in disgust. Humans tried more than ever to catch him nowadays. Obviously, he was getting tired of it. A small breeze confirmed that there was a human nearby.
Then blue figure slowly walked through the narrow path in front of him. The smell was definitely getting stronger. By now the path had become a large room. Nothing seemed to be there, except a pile of rubble. He sifted through the pile to find a 13-year-old girl with dark brown hair. Suicune recognized her immediately. Soon, the girl awoke and sat up.
"Man, I gotta stop doing that."
Finally she opened her eyes and froze.
Suicune froze too.
"I remember you." Both of them thought.
For a while they just stared at each other. Slowly, Angela raised her left hand and petted his nuzzle. Everything loosened up then. She smiled and started talking to him.
"I haven't seen you in a while. Where did you go?" she asked.
Suicune kept silent. "Probably wouldn't know what I said if I did talk." he thought.
"No matter. Do you remember me?"
He nodded his head.
She smiled and stood up. " Good! Now we can be friends! My name is Angela."
She looked at her surroundings. The smile of her face quickly disappeared.
" Lost again. Do you know the way out?"
Suicune lowered himself as an indication to get on. Angela hopped on, and held tight. In a matter of moments, they were out.
"Thank you! I need to get home, or my parents will worry."
She got off. Suicune started to run off again until he heard her say "Wait!"
"My house isn't far from the tower. Meet me in my backyard at midnight tomorrow. My house is the only one with a white roof. There's a fence around my backyard. I'll leave the gate open for you. Tap on the window that has this in it."
She proceeded to take the electrode ball out of her pocket.
She said her good-byes, and left. Suicune went the opposite direction. Raikou and Entei quickly blocked him.
"How did you find me?" Suicune asked.
Entei calmly explained to him that they saw him running with a girl on his back.
"Do you know how much trouble she could cause if she gets the word out that she saw you?" Raikou replied.
"The headlines would say "girl tames legendary beast" on the front page." Entei laughed.
"She isn't going to do that."
"I don't see how a person would NOT tell they saw us. She's not like the kid we saw eight years ago." Raikou growled.
"Yes she is."
Both Raikou and Entei were shocked. Eventually, they got over it. They went back to the cave.
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"Angela! Are you okay?" her mother replied. She ran up to Angela and hugged her.
"Yeah, I'm ok."
"Stacey told us what happened. I had your word that you wouldn't go into there." Her dad replied.
"I know. I had to do something other than losing my temper. Besides, I got re- introduced with a friend!"
Her mother and father were surprised to hear that. Stacey called soon after. She spent the remaining time eating supper, do homework, and get ready to sleep.
As she turned off the bedroom light, she thought "Tomorrow is another day. What's gonna happen now?"