Prodigy
Chapter 5: Lonely Love
Misty opened the door to Lina's
apartment after Gary gave her the keys.
Gary carried Lina to her bedroom and set her down gently. Lina woke up to see Gary's arms holding her,
placing her on the bed.
Lina: Hey . . .
Lina sounded weak, probably sore
from the hit she took.
Gary: Hey . . . Lina just rest easy okay. You'll be fine.
Lina: Thanks . . . Gary.
Resuko wasn't as badly hurt, only
tired from the energy she used. She sat
down on the couch trying to deal with the headache she has. Everyone else sat down in the living room,
except Misty who went to take care of Lina.
Gary turned towards the TV and turned it on for the news on the attack.
The News went on about city damages
and innocent people getting hurt. It
was unsure if anyone suffered a fatality but the city was in a horrible
mess. Interview after interview went on
about what was destroyed and how they felt.
It was a sad hour for everyone in PKMN Society. Many of the people weren't aware of what hit
them, all they know was they got hit.
Everyone in that room knew what did happen, the appearance of the
renegade prodigy who attacked the city without a warning. There was also news about a lone pilot
stealing an experimental harrier to defend the city, but the pilot was never
identified. The harrier barely made it
back and due to extreme damages but it can't be flown again.
Ash: A prodigy was able to do this . . . I can't believe it. Why would he want to destroy this place just
because of one person? Is Kris a real
important person?
Kurai: I don't know.
Bunta: I just don't see why would he want to do that.
Kurai felt helpless. His father, Reed, was busily directing
squads of emergency crews to help anyone who needs help. Though everything was being done to help,
the question that just kept echoing through everyone's mind was why would this
prodigy have the nerve to attack out of the blue.
Kurai: I know that everyone is still shaken up a bit. Still many out there aren't as lucky as
us. Who wants to come with me to help?
Everyone stood up.
Kurai: Alright, Misty, please stay here and take care of Lina and
Resuko, we'll be back in awhile.
Gary: Please take really good care of Lina.
They walked out the door heading
towards Kurai and Ash's car. Bunta rode
with Kurai where as Gary rode with Ash.
Ash figured Gary wasn't feeling too happy that Lina got hurt and maybe
he wanted to talk about it. Ash also
had a few things to say about what happened.
Since they've known each other since their early child hood they were
more open minded with each other than they are with Kurai or Bunta.
Gary: Lina shouldn't have pushed me out of the way. I should've just jumped out but no I stood
there watching it come down.
Ash: This isn't like you to be blaming yourself. I think nothing could've been done at that
time. Who knows what could have
happened if you got hit.
Gary: Me better than Lina.
Ash: Maybe. You could have gotten
really hurt if ya got hit; Lina on the other hand only suffered minor bruises
and cuts. Her Prodigy potential
protected her to make sure she didn't get badly injured or worst. Don't blame your self for what happened; I
think it was the best choice.
Gary: . . .
Gary's silence felt like a knife
piercing through Ash's ear. It almost
seemed like nothing he said could ease Gary's pain.
Ash: Lina . . . she's my cousin ya know. I feel just as bad as you.
If anything I would have pushed her out of the way if I could. Let us just be thankful it's not as bad as
it seems.
Gary sighed then looked down,
thinking of Lina and the day they met.
If it was fatal then all that they worked for towards each other was for
nothing.
*****
Gary and Lina had just gone out of
Ash's apartment and walked towards Lina's.
Things were still pretty much unsettled even with Ash around but him
without any memory of Gary. It has been
a long three years of searching only to find an amnesiac Ash. The city was nicely lit plus the stars
shinned brightly. Lina stopped for a
moment to admire the surroundings and the beauty of the moon above. At first Gary thought they reached her
apartment but when he looked at Lina he saw her looking at the sky. He decided to look too and see, nothing out
of the ordinary.
Gary: What are you looking at?
Lina: The sky.
Gary: That's it?
Lina: Yup.
Continuing on towards Lina's
apartment Lina kept looking up at the sky.
Gary followed closely behind hoping to get there soon so he could rest
up. Once they were in the lobby and an
elevator was available, the two got in and headed up. There was no talking between the too; it felt very tense. For the first time in Lina's life she was
going to have a guy sleep over her apartment.
Concerned about the appearance she just wished the elevator wouldn't get
to her floor. It wasn't that her
apartment was messy it was just that she just never had anyone other than Ash
see it. What would Gary think of the
place? Deep down within her she wanted
to impress Gary but that fear of being disapproved kept haunting her.
Gary: You live pretty high up.
Lina: Yeah.
Gary felt extremely nervous
too. During the start of his journeying
out in the world he had his very own cheerleaders following him around. That was as much girl contact he ever
had. The girls weren't important later
in his journey, they were hired and had almost no personality at all. When he traveled alone he gotten use to the
loneliness of walking through woods, plains, even cities. Some nights he would be sleeping under a
tree looking up at the night sky talking to the stars. At times he even thought the stars had more
personality than his previous cheerleaders.
Now was something he wasn't prepared for, being invited to sleep over at
a female's apartment.
Thoughts kept running through Gary's
mind about what could happen.
Remembering some cheesy soap operas he wondered if Lina was going to
come all over him when the door closed.
Maybe she would jump into his arms and just have a lustful event. But what if it was something different, what
if she despised men and planned to do unspeakable things to him while he
slept. Every possible scenario was
thought of until they finally reached the door.
Lina: Here we are.
Lina's hands were shaking nervously,
she almost didn't get the key in the slot; in fact she almost dropped it. Slowly the key turned opening the door,
Lina's heart pounded, only seconds away of Gary seeing her place. The door opened then she entered thinking of
just closing the door behind her and leaving Gary outside. Gary entered and had a look around. Lina's apartment was neatly kept with some
really nice interior decorating. Ash's
apartment wasn't this nice, the colors around just blended in so well.
Gary: You got a really nice place here.
Lina: Thanks.
Lina thought about what Gary just
said. Did he mean it or just said it to
be polite? Maybe it didn't really
matter cause the biggest issue now was where was he going to sleep. There was two ways of handling this, either
have Gary sleep on the couch or have him sleep in bed and have Lina sleep on
the couch. It'd be more polite for her
to offer her bed but what would that mean to him? If there was a chance to flip a coin, she would to figure out
this problem.
Gary: Guess I better make myself comfortable on the couch.
Lina: Oh you don't hafta sleep on the couch, you can have the bed if
you want.
Surprised at what she just said,
Lina stood stiffly still awaiting Gary's reply. She didn't wanna think about what she just said, it'd only
confuse her more. Gary on the other
hand kept recalling all the strange scenarios in his mind. Since she did offer the bed, it'd be polite
to accept or was it just for the sake of being polite she offered?
Lina: You did have a long day so why not take the bed and I'll take the
couch. I really don't mind.
At first Lina thought she said
something in her mind, but when it echoed back she knew she said it with her
mouth. Now to wait for the reply from
Gary.
Gary: If you put it that way.
It was probably the cleverest thing
Gary said at the moment. Lina directed
Gary to the bedroom, which was rather huge.
There was a queen size bed plus shelves at both sides, a TV facing the
bed and a desk good for writing. Though
Lina felt very nervous she made sure everything was okay for Gary to sleep
well.
Lina: You can put your things on those empty shelves there; there are
some tissues and other stuff in that drawer.
If you need to write something you can use the desk, but other than that
that's pretty much all.
Even if Gary had very little contact
with girls he knew what she was saying, don't touch other places that she
didn't mention. Gary had no problem
with that, now it was time to get a good nights rest.
An hour has passed since both laid
their heads down to sleep; unfortunately they weren't getting any sleep at
all. Many things troubled Gary and as
he lay there looking up at the ceiling he asked himself a few questions. Such questions like why am I here and what's
going to happen next. He thought about
how he spent the past three years trying to find Ash but only now he was able
to. Maybe it was fate that brought him
to PKMN Society to finally discover his long lost rival. Another thing was being in PKMN Society. The city is a giant school that functions
perfectly, not once has he ever heard of there being anything wrong at this
place; those who thought bad of it only made extreme exaggerations but other
than that nothing realistically wrong.
Many people try to apply but only a few get in. Now that he was here, he considered it a
privilege to just be in the city and also have a place to stay in the mean
time. That also brought up another
issue; the fact he was staying in the apartment of Lina and also sleeping in
her bed was totally mind blowing. He'd
never expect this, this was just too . . . strange.
Gary: I'm not use to this.
It is true that Gary has been in
many areas and all sorts of terrain but not once has he ever slept in a woman's
bedroom. High mountain caves seemed
more common to Gary then a girl's warm bed.
At this rate he was never going to get any sleep. Summoning an Oddish from his pile of pokemon
he requested it to do a light sleep powder.
As Gary inhaled the powder, his eyes started to get heavy then soon fell
asleep.
Lina on the other hand wasn't as
lucky. She tossed and turned all over
the sofa trying not to fall off. It was
too cold this evening; she wasn't use to sleeping without her heavy bed blanket
and comforter. The lack of sleep
started to affect her reason; she became so obsessed for a warm place to sleep
she was thinking of going back in her bedroom and sharing her bed with
Gary. She was weighing the pro and con
of the idea but soon fell victim of the cold night air. Rising from her couch with her extra pillow
in hand she walked into her own bedroom to ask Gary if she could join him.
Gary was asleep thanks to the powder
from his Oddish which returned after his owner fell asleep. Lina walked in and quietly asked Gary if she
could sleep on one side of the bed.
Gary opened his eyes slowly to see Lina standing in the doorway. Barely even awake he thought he was having a
dream and just played along with it. He
tiredly said yes then felt one side of the bed fill up. Gary wondered if it was because he thought
of so many scenarios that he was dreaming about this one, at any rate he fell
back asleep.
Lina became comfortable and glad to
be in bed that she wanted to thank Gary.
Looking at him, asleep made her blush just a tad bit. He looked very adorable, like a child
sleeping. It could have been some of
the sleep powder that was circulating around or maybe Lina was just too tired
and soon she fell asleep. She said good
night to Gary then resting heavily on her pillow, she fell asleep.
*****
The next morning Gary woke up as the
light sun shinned on him. Normally he
was use to getting up early and prepares himself for the day but something was
odd. First of he remembered he was
staying at Lina's apartment, that means Lina must be around, so where the heck
is Lina? Moving to one side he felt
something soft yet hard, felt like someone.
Looking down he saw Lina sleeping next to him.
Lina: Gary quit moving around . . .
Lina mumbled in her sleep but Gary
wanted to scream. Quickly examining
himself he found that his clothes was still on him. Next he recalled anything that could have happened the previous
night. All he could remember is two
dreams. One a scenario of Lina crawling
in bed with him and the second journeying around an open field with someone,
which appeared look like Lina. His
dreams, they were all about Lina. Maybe
one of them was actually real but his dreams was being with Lina and traveling
around, having a companion. There
wasn't any dirty thoughts or dreams of really sleeping with Lina but he just
dreamed that they were together wherever they went, talking and journeying
around.
While Gary looked down at Lina, she
woke up. Yawning and stretching her
arms she greeted Gary with a good morning and a smile. There was something cute about Lina that
Gary became fond off, maybe it was the morning look with the stripe pajamas and
pigtails or it could just be her smile, maybe both.
Lina: Is something on my face?
Gary: Oh nothing.
Lina: Alright, well I better get breakfast ready. Did you sleep well?
Gary: Yeah I did.
Lina: Me too, never had a good night sleep like that in a long
time. So did you dream about something?
Gary wondered if he should tell the
truth or lie.
Gary: Yeah I dreamed about something.
Lina: What was it? Something
about you and me going to school together and working on stuff.
Gary: Almost, it was about you and me journeying out in some field.
Lina: I see.
The coffee was made, the fried eggs
and toast prepared rather quickly, and the condiments on the side. They chatted while they ate curious about
last night.
Lina: I never had a dream about someone like that before. Don't get it the wrong way, nothing naughty
happened, it was just a dream where you and I were doing the city assignments
and doing some mild gardening. You said
you had a dream about us right? Do you
think there's a connection?
Gary sipped his coffee, after a sigh
he gave his answer.
Gary: Maybe that sorta happens when you share a bed with someone.
Lina: Maybe.
It was almost time to leave. The breakfast was a light one, didn't take
too long to eat and Lina always washed dishes in the evening so she left them
in the sink. Running towards the shower
she paused for a moment then faced in Gary's direction.
Lina: No peeking. Are you gonna
take a shower?
Gary: Yah.
Lina: Okay make it quick, I'm cutting my time in half cause of you.
The door closed in the bathroom then
followed by the sound of water running.
Gary walked over to his bag and retrieved some clothes he'll be wearing
after his shower. It didn't take long
for Lina to take a shower and dress as well.
Once out of the bathroom she was completely dressed for work and only
needed to worry about drying her hair.
Lina: Hurry up!
Gary rushed in for his turn. Heading back into her room she pulled out
her blow dryer and dried her hair off.
She wasn't into too much grooming, just enough to look nice and cute. Her clothes are her usual, only a different
color combination, but she put her hair up in pigtails for a change. Not too long after Gary emerged from the
bathroom fully dressed but wet hair. He
placed gel on his hair and got to his spiked look he always had. Lina stood at the exit waiting for Gary.
Lina: Hurry up.
Lina smiled when she saw Gary, he
looked rather handsome when he's fresh out of the bath. Once they were out the door and out the
apartment, they walked over to the Aquarium to open up the lunch stand. While walking Gary talked more about the
previous night.
Gary: Um, I wondering if you snuck into bed with me cause you . . .
Lina: I was just cold. That's
all.
Gary: Is that all?
Lina: Um . . . maybe.
Gary: Maybe?
Lina: Yeah, maybe.
Gary: Do you like me?
Lina: Maybe.
They stood in the middle of the
sidewalk for a moment thinking about where this conversation was leading up
to. Maybe it was time to get down to
the point.
Lina: I've never really had anyone.
I never had a companion to be with.
How about yourself?
Gary: It's the same.
Lina: Hmmmm . . . in psychology class under the romantic and emotions
chapter, it is said that when someone starts wanting a companion, they nearly
fall in love with the first person they feel is the right person. Almost suddenly even.
Gary: Really?
Lina: There's no real word for it but I call it, "Lonely Love." Maybe . . .
Lina walked over to Gary and pressed
her hand against his chest, about where his heart is.
Lina: Maybe that's what describes us.
In The Next Chapter: After a hard day and night's worth of work
repairing the city, Ash returns home with Misty and as the sleeps his departed
father visits him. In the dream his
father visits him to tell Ash something.
Aston, Ash's father, clarifies something about the pass that ties in
with the prodigy heritage and also something about himself that Ash didn't
know.
Author's Note: Hi there everyone. Sorry its been awhile but work and school claimed most of my
time. Mid Terms, ya just gotta hate it. Anyway here's the next chapter to prodigy,
some feed back would be nice to have, oh and the prodigy website will be open
soon with the posting of the latest fanart contest.
