Ages ~
Ash ~ 15
Misty ~ 16
Brock ~ 18
Gary ~ 16
Josiah ~ 16
Rosie ~ 6
Ritchie ~ 17
Let's get one thing straight here… this is not meant to offend anyone, sure, it has some references for the 9/11 attack, but if you know what's happening now, it's obviously not how its going to turn out, so stop being so offensive and enjoy the story!!!!
Sorry…. Just needed to get that out…continue!
War and Death
~ Part 2; Prayers in the night ~
'There never was a good
war, or a bad peace.'
Benjamin
Franklin (1706-1790) , 1783
May 21, 2010
Somewhere deep in the Viridian Forest, Misty raced down the path that she had just been at a few hours before. Fear gripped her heart like a giant hand trying to squeeze the life out of her. The same word kept echoing through her mind 'War'.
She remembered her father telling her stories of war and how it was never a good thing. 'You're Grandfather died in a war' he would tell her, 'War is never a good thing. It only causes pain and death.' She never met her grandfather, but she gathered from the way her father always talked about him, she was sure he was a good, kind man.
Finally after running for a while, she found herself on a hill looking down the path to the cabin that she, Ash and Brock were staying at. She could see black smoke rising from the chimney indicating someone was home – more than likely Brock was cooking. She noticed the door swing open and a boy with black hair run out. He franticly looked left and right, apparently looking for someone, His frantic search was stopped when he looked up to his right and saw Misty standing up on the hill looking down at him. He called out her name. A smile lit up Misty's face. Quick as she could gather her thoughts and legs, she raced down the hill and into Ash's waiting, open arms.
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Gary's eyes slowly blinked open. All he saw was green. Green everywhere. Where was he… oh yeah! Army. He flipped over on his cot to rest on his back. He placed his hands behind his head and went off in his own world.
Why did he join the army in the first place? Was it because he wanted to help Kanto? Did he want to become famous? Or was it just because he was bored and wanted some adventure. He sighed probably a little bit of each, more or less the latter.
There was a squeaking sound to his right. He brown eyes followed the sound. There was a boy on the bunk across from him tossing and turning on his bed. Gary carefully made his way over to the bed and poked him. "Hey." He poked him again. "You." The boy finally jarred awake. Brown eyes met green eyes. "You were squeaking." Gary explained.
The boy sat up and rubbed the back of his head. "Sorry 'bout that."
Gary shrugged. "It's alright, I was awake anyway." He paused and studied the boy. "Well, since we're both awake, who are you?"
The boy ran a hand through his slick black hair and held his other hand out. "Name's Josiah. What about you?"
Gary took the boy's hand and shook it. "Gary, Gary Oak."
Josiah's green eyes widened. "Oak? Like Professor Oak?" Gary laughed quietly at Josiah's surprised expression. "THEE Professor Oak?"
Gary nodded. "Yes. THEE Professor Oak."
"Wow…"
"Where are you from?"
"Viridian, not too far from here. I assume you're from Pallet?"
Gary nodded his head. "You assume correctly. How old are you?"
"Sixteen."
"Me too!"
Josiah smiled. "See! I told my mom I wasn't too young!"
Gary shrugged. "I didn't ask anyone, my Grandpa's busy enough as it is and I usually go off and do what I want since I'm a pokemon trainer."
Josiah nodded. "That's cool. I have a few pokemon, but my dad died before I could go out and train so my mom asked me to stay home and help take care of my little sister."
Gary cringed. "Sorry 'bout that."
Josiah shrugged. "It's not a big deal. My sister's cool. She not too bad like most little sisters." He closed his eyes tight. "That's why I was having a nightmare. I'm worried about them. I ran away."
"Well… can't help you out there."
Josiah sighed and shifted his gaze out the window. "Yeah… I know…"
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"You WHAT?!"
"It was needed! We need his help!"
Blaine groaned and fell back in his seat rubbing his temple.
Erica kept her calm exterior and looked up at Lance. "But why did we have to ask the leader of Team Rocket?"
Lance sighed. He really should have expected this. "Because this is his land as much as anyone elses and he would want to fight for it as much as we do and not only that, but they also have many strong pokemon."
Koga shook his head. "But can we trust him?"
Lance sighed for what seemed like the hundredth time that day and closed his eyes. "Do you we really have that much choice?"
No one spoke.
Lance had called a meeting of the gym leaders as well as the Elite members. Everyone was there, with the exception of Lt. Surge who was helping out the army, and needless to say, they were nun too happy about having even a temporary peace treaty with Team Rocket.
Lilly finally broke the silence. "Like, when is he going to come?"
Just has she spoke, there was a knock at the door.
"Come in." Lance called.
A blonde opened the door and stepped in, followed by a hunched over figure. "The boss of Team Rocket as arrived, sir." She quietly escorted Giovonni into the silent, watchful room. Quickly she stepped out of the room and shut the door.
All eyes were on Giovonni, and he knew it. Some where filled with doubt, some filled with confusion, others hope.
Giovonni was the first to break the silence. "Look, I know you all don't like me, and believe me, the feeling s mutual. However, I believe that when the situation calls for it, we can work together on this, but only for this. As soon as we win this war, I will return to my Team Rocket ways." He stopped and gazed around the room at the doubtful faces. "I assure you I will try nothing against you all. Despite what many of you think, I do have SOME honor, and I will not attack you during a war, especially if we are both fighting the same enemy. I will not stand by and let base and all my agents be murdered by some terrorists."
Lance smiled. "Welcome to the Kanto war room, Giovonni."
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A small girl lay trembling in her bed, tossing and turning. Tears streamed down her small face in rivers. With a small shout she sprang up in her bed, her eyes wide open. Whimpering, she crawled out from under her Jigglypuff beadspread and sheets and tip-toed out of the room. Carefully as she could, she made her way to the room right next to hers. The door opened with a soft creak. Still in her pajamas, she made her way over to the bed and pulled herself up. ON her hands and knees she crawled over to the empty pillow and hugged it to herself. Tears leaked out of her eyes as she gazed out the window with her big, black orbs and whispered, "God, keep my big bwoder safe. Tell him I miss him and give him a big kiss for me. Oh, and tell him he should get his big behind back here. And if at all possible, give him my teddy that's on the roof. He'll get lonely without it." She turned to leave, but then whirled back at the window and added, "Please."
She smiled with satisfaction and curled up in a little ball inside her brother's covers.
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