Break Out
"Miss Kasumi? Miss Kasumi?"
Kasumi opened her eyes slowly, hearing a woman's voice calling to her.
"Miss Kasumi?" it repeated once more. Kasumi turned onto her back and sat up, seeing one of Shigeru's crew members standing there with a tray.
"Huh?" was all she could mumble out.
"Miss Kasumi, your breakfast has been sent," said the girl and walked up to Kasumi's bed.
She set the tray onto Kasumi's lap and the smell of citrus fruits and pancakes reached her nose. She looked down at the meal and smiled.
"Mr. Shigeru sent this down to you."
"Thank you," she said.
The girl nodded and walked away into the hallway. When the doors closed Kasumi looked down at the tray. There was a small bowl of pokemon food and she picked it up and set it in front of Togepi, who woke up and uncurled from its shell to eat. She slowly took a bite from the warm pancakes and wondered if Satoshi and Kenji were awake.
Curiously, Kasumi looked at the vent and said, "Kenji? Satoshi?"
"Kasumi?!" said a raspy young voice and a pound on the bars from below in the cell. It was Satoshi. "Kasumi, is that you?!"
"Yes," she replied and got out of bed, but she brought the sweet melon juice with her.
"Kasumi, where are you?! What's going on?! What are they doing to you?!" cried out Satoshi.
"They're serving me breakfast," said Kasumi calmly.
"NO!!! Don't eat it! There could be poison!" Kasumi could hear more banging on the metal bars from below and it rumbled up to her.
"Satoshi, be quiet, I'm trying to sleep," she could hear Kenji say.
"Sleep?! How could you sleep at a time like this?!"
Kasumi sipped from the juice. Satoshi turned back to the vent.
"Kasumi, where are you?!"
"Guest room," she replied.
"Don't worry, I'll save you from the dungeon! And I'll figure out a way to get the poison out from your bloodstream!"
Kasumi's eyebrows raised a little and her eyelids dropped into a disgruntle face. She rested her face on her hand and sighed.
"This is stupid," she mumbled to herself.
"Mmm, breakfast," said Kenji.
"Pika!" said Pikachu happily and she heard a struggled sound from Satoshi.
"Don't eat it!" shouted Satoshi.
"Hey, stop it, Satoshi, I'm hungry!" said Kenji.
"Pika! Chuu!" screamed Pikachu and Kasumi heard the buzz of electricity. She stood up when Satoshi wailed and shouted and sat back in bed to continue eating.
"Enjoying your breakfast?" Shigeru walked into her room. Ibui was resting on his shoulder.
Kasumi smiled. "Yes. You didn't make it... did you?"
Shigeru shook his head. "No, not me. The cook." He sat down in a chair and looked at the floor. "Just to let you know, I'll be stopping by at a planet nearby."
"Why?"
"I need to stock up on supplies."
Kasumi narrowed her eyes. "What kind of supplies?"
"You know..."
"No I don't," she said, trying to steal away Shigeru's thoughts.
"Weapons, drugs, cash... more cash to pay off for the weapons... food."
Kasumi curled up a little and locked her arms around her legs. "Food, huh?"
Shigeru shrugged. "I eat food."
"Ibuiiii!" squealed Ibui.
"Ibui eats food too," he said.
Kasumi laughed a little. "I'll let you go." Shigeru looked up at her and she grinned, "But can I come with you?"
*
"So how are we going to get out of here, then?" Kenji asked.
Satoshi put his hand to his chin.
"I don't know, but I'll think of a way... I just need a boost." Pikachu dangled his tail over Satoshi's knee and he shoed it off. "Not that sort of boost."
"Why not just climb through the vent?" suggested Kenji.
"Don't be silly, that'd just be stupid," said Satoshi shook his head. Kenji dug his face into his knees at the stupid remark. "Maybe," said Satoshi, "we can try and unlock these bars." He picked up Pikachu and set it in front of the lock. "Come on, use get a little electricity in there, Pikachu."
"Pika," it said and nodded.
Kenji looked at the lost cause and sighed. He turned to the vent. It was silent inside.
*
"Aya!" Shigeru grunted lightly and jumped off from the wall and Kasumi followed. Ibui had a determined look on his face like Shigeru but Togepi only smiled. "You stay here," he said, "otherwise my, uhh, dealer will get a bit freaked out."
Kasumi nodded.
Shigeru walked down into the small manhole in the ground that led to the sewer. Ibui had jumped off his shoulder and waited patiently at the side of it. Sometimes it would glance at Kasumi, curious as to the newcomer that now hung around its beloved master so much. But it knew it'd get used to her sooner or later.
"Tt tt tt," Kasumi clicked with her tongue and the small pokemon trotted over to her. "Hey there, Ibui."
"Iiuiiii!" it squealed as she petted it.
"I used to be kind of scared of you," she said and it cocked its head, "knowing that Shigeru would be around nearby. But it seems kind of silly now."
It wondered why Kasumi was talking to it like that, but it smiled and squealed again.
A gloved hand poked out of the manhole and Ibui rushed over to it. Another hand reached out from the manhole and Ibui grabbed it with its mouth and began to help pull up Shigeru, although it didn't seem to do anything. Shigeru climbed out from it and Kasumi's head went back a little in shock when she saw a knotted blanket hung around his shoulder.
Shigeru untied the knot and spread the blanket apart. They could get a good view of the shiny black guns that were laid neatly inside. He picked up one of them. It was small and he examined it. He quickly aimed and fired a blank spot on the ground but all that came out was a puff of smoke. Shigeru's eyes widened in rage and his face grew angry.
"Kuso! I paid that bastard good money for this! He won't get away with this!" he shouted and ran back into the manhole. "Ibui, come on!" The pokemon ran along with Shigeru and hopped into the hole.
Kasumi tugged on Togepi a little tighter and sweated.
*
Satoshi bust out from the vent with his gun and pointed it around the room. "He's not here, but..." he looked around the room as Kenji climbed out of the vent with Pikachu.
Satoshi began sniffing the bed and floor. "Kasumi's been here. I can smell it."
"Oh my god, that's gross! You can smell Kasumi?!" Kenji exclaimed and took a step back.
The door suddenly opened and Satoshi and Kenji looked to see Kasumi and Shigeru walk in.
"Shigeru! Kasumi!" shouted Satoshi and he pointed his laser at Shigeru.
"Satoshi, don't!" she exclaimed and ran over to him. She swiped the gun away from his hand and he stared at her.
"Kasumi? Wha-a-why?" stuttered Satoshi.
Kasumi kept silent for a moment or so and her eyes wriggled. "Just don't," she finally said.
"But..."
"No!"
"What's he done to you?" he asked.
"Nothing, Satoshi. He's done nothing," she answered. "Absolutely nothing except for what you can't do."
"I don't understand," he said and his voice started to shake.
"Satoshi, you nice and loyal, but I happen to love Shigeru," she said and Satoshi's moth gawked a little, "and if you can't handle that... then... then... then you'll just have to live with it!"
"You love.. Shigeru?" repeated Satoshi, "But- but how?"
"That's enough," said Shigeru, interrupting. "Satoshi, go away and leave us be. You're obviously not handling this in the mature way you should, and as I had told you once before, your friend over there looks like he's got a lot more sense then you do."
"He... he does?" Satoshi turned to Kenji.
"Satoshi, let's go. We aren't welcome on this ship," said Kenji.
Satoshi headed to the door. "You just remember, Shigeru.... I'll still have my revenge weather Kasumi l-loves you or not," he declared. Before heading out the door he took one last look at Kasumi as if she had turned into his opposite, then left.
*
Satoshi banged his fist against the wall of his room.
"No," he said. "It's just not right.... No, no, no...."
Satoshi curled up into a little ball. He just lost Kasumi. He lost her to the worst person that he could possibly lose her to. Now Satoshi had a new reason to get revenge.
But maybe a new person to get revenge upon?
-To be continued