By: Pro_V of Pokemon: The Hokubu & Nanka Trek
What happens when Eevy and crew hit the shores of the United States?
A/N: What does it mean, exactly, when your mom makes you sit down and work on your fics…? Anyway, because of her, I'm back for part 6. And remember: This is not a "What if…?" fic. This is to be held to the story, even if it seems kind of…Different.
Part Six: Destiny never makes mistakes…
"Good morning, Ladybug."
Evangelina leaned back over the back of her chair, slightly lifting the front legs off the floor, "Oh, 'morning, Lee!" she waved upside-down to him.
"Put the chair down," Lee ordered, pushing on her knees and watching the front of the chair thump back to the floor, "How many times do I have to tell you that?"
"Stop treating me like a little kid," Eevy fumed, crossing her arms and glaring in the direction opposite of him.
He sweatdropped and kissed her cheek, hugging her tightly and grinning as she giggled and flushed, "Don't be so monotone. I brought our new partner."
"Really? Where?" she spun around and grinned wide, flinching at the sudden weight bestowed to her lap, "Eh?"
"Growl!" cried the orange and black puppy in her lap, "Growl-growl!"
"What…Is this?" Eevy murmured lowly.
Lee smiled, leaning down and patting the Pokemon's head, "He's a Growl-"
"Yeah, I know what it is. This is our new partner?" she looked up at him, groaning as he nodded, "But…It's a Pokemon."
"Yeah, but he'll serve his purpose. His name is Bear. And isn't he cute, Eva?" he laughed slightly as the Growlithe licked his partner's face, "And he likes you."
"Yeah, great," Eevy grunted, plucking Bear from her lap and placing him on the floor, "Just…Great," she dried her face with a tissue she pulled from the box on the desk.
"I know you're not too fond of Pokemon, Eva, but I'm sure you'll get to know and like him. Now then…" he sat down on the desk and let Bear hop into his lap, "On an off-business matter, what are you doing tonight?"
She tilted an eyebrow in his general direction, "You tell me. What am I doing tonight?"
He grinned sadistically, "Well…You can either work overtime again, which I know you hate…" he snickered as she clutched her throat, mock-gagging, "Or…You could come with me and get to know our furry little friend here. Your call."
Eevy frumped back in her chair, crossing her ankles on the desk and her arms across her chest, and let out another of her inhuman snorts, "Mmm…"
"I take it the words Pokemon trainer are flashing in your head right now."
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"Come on, Bear! Come on!" Eevy clapped and ran along in front of the Growlithe trailing her, "Come on, Bear! Come get me!"
"You'd better be careful he doesn't jump you!" Lee called, finding himself seated on a bench.
Just that moment, Bear lunged and tackled Eevy in the back. Lee sweatdropped and ran over to drag the Puppy Pokemon off his partner's back, patting his head as he sat beside them, wagging his tail and panting. Eevy pulled her head from the grass and coughed up a few puffs of dirt.
"Are you OK, Ladybug? Did he hurt you?" Lee asked, lifting her chin with his hand.
"No, I'm fine," she grinned, pulling a leaf from her hair, "That was just a surprise. He's pretty strong," she rolled over and petted Bear's head, "He's a nice boy, isn't he?"
"Growl!" Bear barked happily, but he suddenly turned away, his attitude changing, "Growl…" he gnarled off into the woods, taking a step toward the trees.
"What's the matter, Bear?" Eevy asked, quickly getting to her feet.
"He heard something," Lee noted, pulling his Glock and holding it ready, "He's watching it. Draw your gun, Evangelina."
Eevy pulled her own Glock and held it steady in front of her, "Can you see anything?"
"No, but he can see a lot better than we can. Care to go first? You have to learn someday, and I'll protect you," he grinned as she looked over at him, "You can do it."
"…Right," Eevy nodded, "Bear, come," she placed one hand under her gun, "This is the Rose Town Police Department! Show your face with your hands in the air! Now!" when there came no reply of any kind, she took two steps forward, "We will turn the dog loose! Show your face, now, hands in the air!"
"You're doing good, but I don't think he's going to come out," Lee murmured.
"This is your last warning!" after just a few more seconds, something turned and ran in the shadows, "Bear, go!"
"Growl!" Bear tore forward, lunging over a bush and slamming into whatever was running, "Growlithe!" he barked, his mouth full of shirt.
Eevy and Lee followed the dog into the woods, both guns pointed at the figure now coming into focus, "Put your hands on the back of your head!" Eevy ordered, "Slowly! And no sudden movements!" she blinked twice, lowering her weapon, "…Keep your hands behind your head and roll over!"
"What are you doing?" Lee snapped, "Don't lower your gun!"
Eevy reached down and pushed the headband off from over their captive's eyes, "Heheh…Hi…Sis…"
"You moron!" Eevy snapped, stomping down on her brother's stomach repeatedly, "You stupid frigging moron! We could have shot you, and Bear could have turned you inside out!"
Lee slowly dropped his arms to his sides, "…What's going on…?"
"This is my brother," Eevy pointed toward the guy on the ground, "I forgot he was coming to visit this weekend."
"Morty Hikoboshi. Pleased to meet you," Morty reached up and shook Lee's hand.
"Lee Tanabata; the same," he nodded, replacing his gun as Eevy did.
"Before you even ask, I saw you in the patrol car and saw a Growlithe with you and got a little…Freaked. I wasn't spying," Morty pointed out quickly.
"You know I work on the force now," Eevy spat, poking his side with her foot.
"It was the Growlithe that did it, Miss I'll never train Pokemon," Morty crossed his arms, still laying on the ground, "I just wanted to make sure everything was OK. And I saw you with the Growlithe and decided to watch a little while…Please don't arrest and/or shoot me?"
"I told you he wasn't as smart as he sounded," Eevy grunted toward her partner, then acquired an insane grin, "Get up."
"What?" Morty asked as his sister yanked him to his feet, "Why?"
"Get up. Get up now," she spun him around and banged him back into a tree.
Lee stood back as Eevy kept yanking her brother around and Morty kept snapping at her. In a few short moments, Morty was securely handcuffed around the tree. He growled and swore profusely at his younger sister and attempted to squirm free.
"Hey, you can't leave me here!"
"Wanna bet?"
"Um…Maybe we shouldn't…Just leave him like this…"
"Listen to him! He's right! You'll get in trouble for this! And I'll get you back! I swear!"
"Try me."
"Never mind…I'll just stay here…All alone…And rot…Maybe die of starvation or dehydration…Or maybe something worse…Maybe I'll be eaten by rabid Murkrow!"
"That's not making me feel bad."
"Dammit! You unfeeling little witch! Let me go!"
Morty took but a moment to look down, tilting any eyebrow at the Growlithe glaring at him…
"YEOW!"
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"Happy-happy birthday, Miss Evangelina!"
"Thanks, guys," Eevy waved back over her shoulder, sweatdropping slightly, "It was really nice of you to remember."
"How about you go out with us tonight?" Roland asked, draping his arms around her shoulders.
"Yeah! We can take ya' out for a nice birthday dinner," Murphy nodded, latching onto her arm.
"Ya' know ya' wanna! Pretty please?" Eddie took her other arm.
Eevy tinged red a bit, "Let me put it this way…Get your hands off me before I take them off."
All three shot away from her and to their desks. She grinned sadistically and proceeded to head toward her office. When she attempted to enter, she found it locked. She peeked in the window, but saw no one. She stepped back and turned around. Ian passed her, sifting through envelopes.
"Ian, have you seen Captain Tanabata?" Eevy asked quickly.
"Hmm…" Ian rubbed the back of his head with a piece of mail, "The last I saw him was late yesterday when you two left. Why? Isn't he in yet?"
"No, he's not," she looked down and sighed, then looked back up, "Lando! Murph! Eddie! Have you seen Lee?"
"No!" all three echoed.
"Jenny, I'll be back in a few minutes."
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Eevy's car settled in Lee's driveway, behind his own. She hopped out of the front seat and looked around carefully, then took a few steps forward. After looking inside his car, she returned to hers and opened the back door.
"Bear, come on, boy," she whistled and let Bear out to her side, hooking his leash to his collar, "Good boy, Bear. Let's go see Lee."
"Growl!" Bear barked, wagging his tail.
"Shh-shh-shh-shhhh," Eevy put her finger to her mouth, "No barking, sweet pea. See? We're working too," she pulled out her Glock and showed it to him, causing him to grow silent and alert.
Eevy turned and led him up the porch steps. Keeping her gun poised and a semi-tight hold on Bear's leash, she knocked at a normal volume. No one answered, so she knocked again. Still nothing. She reached for the doorknob and twisted it. Finding it unlocked, she pushed it open and put the loop of Bear's leash around her wrist, holding her gun in both hands. She didn't see anything out of place, but she also didn't see Lee. Still searching, she continued into the front room. She checked the kitchen, then turned and checked his game room. It was unnervingly chilly throughout the house, and a violent shiver ran down her spine. This shiver, however, was different; it wasn't a cold shake--it was a warning shake. Something in the house wasn't quite right. The creak of a floorboard behind her caused her to swing around.
Her gun still held out, both arms whipped right over the person's head, as he'd ducked. The next thing she knew, she was being pushed away, dropping her gun, and Bear's leash slipped off her wrist. Her eyes shot up to get a look at who had hit her, and she watched him grab her Glock as it spun through the air. Bear ran around to her side and sat obediently, barking a few times and wagging his tail.
"Hmm…I figured you'd come looking for me," she figure spun her gun around his finger and, bending down, handed it back to her.
"Oh my God, you scared the hell out of me," Eevy breathed heavily, leaning back against the footboard of the bed and burying her face in her knees.
"Oh, sorry," Lee laughed nervously, "I was just…Picking up…You're cake…For the…Office party…And you're crying."
"You're damn right I'm crying!" she spat up at him, causing both him and Bear to step back, "You really scared me! I thought you were hurt or something, and then you jumped out at me! All I could think was that someone had hurt you and they were going to do something to me next and I'd never find you! How could you do that?!"
He nervously ran his hand through his hair, "I didn't think anything of it. I thought it was just all in good fun."
"GOD! My brother used to do that to me! Used to scare the beegeezus out of me!" she waved her hands above her head, "Good grief, Lee!"
"…Would it help if I said I was sorry…?"
"No!"
"…OK…Would it help if I kissed you…?"
"No way!"
"…Hm…Would it help if I wished you a happy birthday…?"
"Absolutely not!"
"…All right…Would it help if I gave you a present…?"
"No chance!"
"…Right…Would it help if I said I was sorry, kissed you, wished you a happy birthday, and gave you a present…?"
"…Maybe."
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"Ow! Dammit! OW! Come on, cut it out! OOPH!"
"Point and match, Hikoboshi!"
Mazana lay flat out on her back on the floor, her eyes rolling around in circles, "Oh…My God. You are one fast little girl."
"I'm not a little girl," Eevy grinned, taking a few random punched off to her side, "But I am fast, so you were half right."
"Come on, Mazana. Time to go get you an ice pack…Again," Netta grinned, taking her friend's left arm.
"Yeah, let's go," Laurel snickered, taking Mazana's other arm, "Your brother is waiting for you."
"Good…Maybe Manzen will let me sue her," Mazana groaned, rubbing her chin, "I think she broke my tooth…"
"Here, let me see," Elodie yanked her bottom jaw down, "…Nope. Still as buck-toothed as ever."
As she and Laurel and Netta ran off laughing and Mazana thundered after them, Eevy continued her hopping and punching. She turned around and came within inches of cracking Lando right in the face. Murph and Eddie stood back a few feet, laughing cruelly at him as he stood there, staring at Eevy's still-outstretched fist.
"Hi, boys."
"H-H-Hello, Eva," Lando choked, tipping slightly left to right.
"That's some pretty fancy fighting ya' were doing over there, Eva," Murphy smirked, "It looks like you learned pretty well from whoever taught you."
"I learned at a special martial arts school on the eastern coastal boarder between Nanka and Hokubu, which specialized in quite a few different forms of self-defense and artful fighting skills. Care to see what else they taught me?" Eevy asked, smiling wickedly.
"…We'll pass, t'anks," Eddie nodded furiously.
"I'd like to see," Jenny noted from off to their side, raising a hand.
"So would I," Ian agreed from the other end of the room, "Right, Randy?"
"Huh…? Ow! Oh, yeah, right!" Randy waved frantically, backing away from Ian's side.
Eevy sighed, sweatdropping a bit, "Well…I guess I could handle just one more."
"I do it."
Eevy looked quickly over her shoulder, "…Are you sure?"
"Oh, I'm sure," her partner nodded, "Considering the fact that I'm quite well-noted as the best fighter here, and also considering the last time we had a hand-to-hand encounter, I won…I think I can take you on."
"First of all…Prepare to lose your title. Secondly…That encounter was months ago," Eevy began winding white tape around her hands, "And I've gotten a lot better since then."
Lee shrugged and stretched his arms above his head, following the tightly-clad Evangelina onto two blue mats, "First to floor the opponent is declared the winner?"
"If that's how you want it."
"Don't hold it against me if I hurt you."
"I won't have to."
Lee came straight at her, attempting to throw his right arm around her waist and hoist her up. Eevy merely bent backwards and he grabbed at air, nearly toppling forward on top of her. Pivoting on her left foot, she brought her right up onto his side and shoved him away. Stumbling slightly, he managed to regain his balance and stared at her strangely.
"Phew-whee…That was one good kick."
"I've seen some fast hits, but that…"
"You can't tell me a girl's going to beat him after all this time."
Eevy had both hands out and constantly moving, flexing her fingers and rolling her wrists. Lee threw a few punches, but found he was getting no where as she blocked every single one. He tossed one more and she ducked. Cupping her left fist in her right hand, she drove her elbow into his stomach. He tripped back, wobbling on the edge of the mat, then landed back on steady footing.
"She's kicking his ass."
"I think he's afraid to hit her."
"Come on, Captain Tanabata!"
"Show her what you're made of!"
Eevy made her move first, and brought a blindingly fast kick up toward Lee's side. He grabbed her ankle, then pulled her standing knee out from under her with his right foot. She buckled and started falling, and he turned around and accepted his applause. What he didn't realize was that Eevy put both hands down behind her back and held herself off the floor. She rolled to her right, laying her forearm on the ground and slapping her left hand down in front of her. Using the leverage of her weight on her anchored arms, she pushed herself up and forward, cracking her opponent in the back with both feet.
"Holy shit! She didn't even hit the mat!"
"I didn't even think a human could move like that."
"I don't think they can."
Lee fumbled forward and Eevy flipped onto her feet. Since her back hadn't hit the mat, she was still free to continue. Lee turned around and eyed her up and down, and her reply was merely to wave her eyebrows and grin. He turned red and grabbed her waist, hoisting her up on his right shoulder. He laughed at her, and she turned a furious shade of hot pink. She ground her knees into his sides, and his grip on her released. She landed hands-first on the mat, flipping twice before landing securely on both feet.
"She's unreal…Nobody can move like that."
"Don't they outlaw stuff like this? Should we arrest her?"
"Is she registered as a lethal weapon?"
Lee turned around and decided he had one more shot. He grabbed her wrists, which she was now again holding up for defense, and jolted her toward him. She spun her right wrist around and freed it, then turned and elbowed him in the stomach. As he recoiled, she caught onto his right arm with both hands, took a deep breath, and proceeded to heave him up over her shoulder. He crashed down onto the mat on his back, a slight whimper escaping him.
"Oh…My…God."
"Good grief…I've never seen anything like that in my entire life."
"I never imagined anybody could fight like that."
"I think her bones are made of rubber."
"With some of the stuff she pulled out there, they'd have to be."
"Somebody go get a nurse!"
Eevy knelt down to Lee's side, "Are you hurt that badly? Do you need medical attention?"
"…Only if they have medicine for really badly injured egos," Lee coughed, "How the hell did you do that?"
She smiled slightly at him, "Lots of practice on my big brother…" her eyes suddenly dulled and wavered, "Are you angry with me?"
"No, not at all. I'm quite impressed," he sat up as far as his elbows lifted him and kissed her nose, "You're very, very good."
"I, for one, am most astounded," Jenny clapped, stepping up beside them, "That was really amazing. Both of you. I don't think too many of us could have taken all that, Lee."
"I don't even think I can take all that," Lee murmured, flopping back down.
~~~
"You were even a sadist when you were a teenager," Mizu grinned.
"Please don't…Say things like that right now," Eevy murmured, pulling her knees up toward her body and wrapping her cloak around.
"We're still waiting to hear the deal with the whole I killed him bit," Lisle pointed out, touching Eevy's shoulder.
"To fully perceive what I did, you must first understand what led to it," Eevy shut her eyes, "I want you, now, to all see with me. See as I saw, feel as I felt, and learn what I know."
A quick hush fell, and everyone was now seeing precisely what Evangelina had seen as the events began to lead on…
~~~
"So…It's a little less than two weeks to your birthday…What do you want?"
"You don't have to get me anything, Uncle Eric," Eevy grinned, leaning her head back on her uncle's chest, "Just promise me you'll make Eusine come visit."
"I'll try my best. But you know I can't force him to do anything," he ruffled her hair, "Though I'm sure for you, sugarplum, I wouldn't have to."
"Heehee…Don't call me that," she swatted his hand away, "Uncle Eric…Are you…Proud of me?"
"Very," he nodded, wrapping his arms around her and hugging her tightly, "You've managed to come so far is such a short amount of time. But I knew you could do it, Eva."
Eevy smiled sincerely, though it was small, "Thanks, Uncle Eric."
"You're welcome, sugarplum."
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Lee sat at his desk in his bedroom, picking up his phone and trying to bring himself to press the M1 button. Every time he was about to, he'd draw his hand away and hang up. Once again, he did the same thing, reaching out and fingering a small green box. He flicked it open and closed, then reached out and prepared to try once again to make his call. He jumped about ten feet as the phone began to ring. He hesitated and carefully picked it up.
"Hello?" he murmured warily, "Oh, hello, Travis. No…No, I haven't yet. I can't seem to get up the nerve. Yeah, I know that's kinda sad. Of course I do. I've wanted to ask for a year now, but I just had the funds now. No, I'm not nervous at all. You moron, of course I'm nervous! Well, sorry, but that was a dumb question. Yeah, I'll call you when I get the answer. Right, bye."
He hung up and drove his fingers through his hair, gripping tightly. Sighing heavily, he went back to his fight with his conscious and his phone. Once more, just as he reached for the receiver, it rang.
"Dammit! Stop doing that!" he grabbed it and put it to his ear, "Hello? Oh," his eyes widened and he loosened significantly, "Ladybug…I was just…Thinking of calling you. Oh, that's great. I'm glad he's proud of you too. Hey, sugarplum is a very suiting nickname for you. OK, I won't call you that. Listen, Ladybug…I have a question for you. No, I don't want to ask you over the phone. Can you come over for just a little while? Bear wants to see you too. That's great. Thank you. I love you too, Ladybug. I'll see you in a few minutes then."
Lee stood and rushed around the house picking up. After clearing things from the living room, he ran to fix himself up. He combed his hair and straightened his shirt and--Dammit she was there already? She had to have sped. He rushed to the front door and pulled it open.
"Hi, Ladybug," he kissed her cheek as she stepped in the door.
"Hiya, Lee," Eevy took his hand and smiled at him, "What'd you want to ask me?"
He tugged her in a bit farther and shut the door behind her, "Well…Could you sit down?" he motioned to a seat, which she took, "OK. Evangelina, you're almost eighteen now, and we've known each other and gone with this relationship of ours for a couple years now," he sat down on the table in front of her, "And I think it might be time for us to get just…Just a little more serious. So…Would you…Consider, maybe…The possibility of moving…In here with me?"
"…What?" Eevy rubbed her ears with her fingers, "Run that by me again?"
"I know it's a lot to ask of you, and that it's really not the most professional of choices, but…All I'm asking you to do, really, is think about it. Discuss it with whomever you need to, do whatever you have to, but…I…Just thought it'd be a good idea to ask. You're growing up," he touched her nose with his thumb, "And I know you'll make the decision you know is right, no matter which way it leads."
She stared at him. Just…Stared at him. Those astounding eyes that changed as many times as ways a snowflake was different from all others. She brushed her hair back and smiled slightly, allowing her gaze to drift downward, then sat forward and kissed him, holding his chin. She broke away and leaned her forehead on his. He grinned at her and searched her eyes for any kind of sign.
"…My parents were planning on kicking me out anyway," she smirked, kissing him again.
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"Heard ya' moved in with Captain Tanabata, Evangelina," Murphy grinned and drummed his hands on his desk as Eevy passed him, "And you're eighteen."
"What's your point?" Eevy asked, tilting her eyebrow upward.
"Kinky," he smirked and she shot him a purely filthy look, which he waved his eyebrows at, "Oh, you're telling me your sharing a house and not a bed? Yeah right!"
"Do your work," she snorted, slapping a notebook down on his hands.
Murph laughed as she walked away, sorting notebooks and folders to hand to other officers, "Do you have a laughing disorder, Mister Summers?"
"Hm? OH! No, sir, Captain Tanabata!" Murph replied quickly, snapping to his feet and saluting, "Just…Uh…Remembering a joke I heard, sir."
Lee leaned his hands on Murphy's desk and glared into him, "Well, if you can't seem to contain yourself long enough to talk decently and acceptably to Miss Hikoboshi there, I suggest you not open your mouth again. Unless, that is, you want my fist down your throat."
Lee turned and walked away, jingling his car keys as he took them from his pocket, and followed Eevy down the aisle, "Murph, you almost committed suicide," Roland murmured, turning around in his chair.
"Ya' gotta be nuts ta' go aroun' talkin' to Eva 'dat way when Lee's in 'da building!" Eddie shouted, "Ya' betta' just be glad he didn't rip ya' face off right 'dere!"
Lee stepped up beside Eevy and wrapped his arm around her waist, "I have got…A surprise for you."
"Ooh, really? What is it?" she asked, turning to him and smiling wide, "Is it a birthday present?"
"I am going to make you a huge dinner when we get home," he put his hand on the top of her head, "And then I'm going to give you your present."
"Ooh…Will you make me jambalaya again?"
"Don't tell me the only reason you like me is my food," he laughed nervously.
"Oh, no! Not at all! I like you for a lot of reasons," she latched onto his arm, "Don't think differently, OK?"
"I was only kidding," he shrugged as he unlocked his car door and she hers, "Seems every time I think I'm kidding, you think I'm serious."
"It's the way I am," she shrugged, slipping into her seat and rolling down her window as he did the same, "I might be able to take a joke, but I don't always choose to see something as one. It winds up getting people in trouble a lot."
"Try not to get me in trouble, OK?" he sweatdropped, starting the car.
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"Here. This is for you. Happy birthday, Ladybug."
"Ooh," Eevy snatched the small green box out of Lee's hands and popped it open, "Oh, wow. They're so pretty! Are they emeralds?"
"They are," Lee nodded, seating himself beside her as on the porch swing she took the earrings from the box, "I saw them and they reminded me of your eyes. Very green, and yet somehow blue," he nudged her chin up with his hand, "And I couldn't help but marvel at how beautiful they are."
She blushed and pulled away, quickly replacing her earrings with those she'd just received, "Thank you very much. They're very beautiful."
"I'm glad you like them," he noted while patting her knee.
"Well," Eevy flushed and got to her feet, "Thank you very much for dinner and the gift, but we have early shifts tomorrow, and we should get to bed."
"Ah-ah-ah…" he took her hand as she began to pass by, tugging her back and seating her in his lap as the swing rocked back to front, "It's still your birthday. You should stay up late and have fun."
She turned a slightly deeper red and leaned back against him, "Can you tell me something?"
"If I know the answer."
"Will you stay with me? Keep me? Will you let me stay?"
"I'll always be with you, Ladybug," he looked up at the stars beginning to fill the dark blue expanse of the sky, "But you're not mine to keep. You're no one's possession. You're free to make your own decisions, and you can stay only as long as you're happy. If you ever lose the contentment you find here, if you ever find it, I expect you to leave for the good of yourself."
She sighed and shut her eyes, reveling in the strange warmth that filtered through her, "I've already found it."
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"AHHHHHHHHHH!"
Lee turned away from the stove for a moment to check and ensure the glass on his cabinet doors had not shattered. He then returned to stirring his fudge as it boiled on one of the front two burners. Evangelina came shooting through the kitchen door, buttoning her uniform and holding her hat in her mouth. After donning her hat, she then made a beeline for her toast and juice, which she devoured in a little under twenty seconds.
"Why didn't you wake me up?!" she barked at her partner, "I'm going to be late now!"
"I did wake you up," he noted, "Three times."
"Well, wake me up four times next time!" she shrieked, "Thanks for breakfast, but I've gotta go! I'll see you at the beginning of your shift!"
"Wait, Eva! I wanted to ask you-" he didn't even have time to turn around, let alone get his question out, before the front banged shut behind her, "…An important question."
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"Hey, Evangelina," Eddie leaned out from under his desk, where he was plugging in his laptop, "Cap'n Tanabata just came in askin' for ya'."
"Thanks," Eevy nodded, continuing down the aisle, but suddenly jolted to a halt, "Hold on…He's not supposed to be in for another hour."
"I dunno what ta' tell ya'. Maybe he came in ta' get Bear or somethin', or he had nothin' better ta' do," he shrugged and ducked back under the desk, "But he brought fudge, I know 'dat."
"Leave it to you to remember the food," she shook her head, then rounded the corner and was forcibly yanked over toward the wall, "Hey! What's the big idea?!"
"Shh…Don't let Jenny know I'm here yet. She'll think I came in for overtime."
"Oh…Lee…" she looked side to side, "What'd you come in early for?"
"I wanted to ask you a question before you left this morning, but you ran away on me," he shrugged, "I knew I'd find you here, so I came in a little early. I thought maybe we could fraternize a little bit…Make some people jealous…All that good stuff."
She grinned and narrowed one eye, "You're very evil when you want to be. Now ask me what you wanted to ask me."
Lee looked left to right, then over his shoulder, "Evangelina, I-"
"Hey, Evangelina!"
Eevy's gaze shot off to the side, "Just a second, Ian!" she looked back at Lee, "Can you…Hold that thought? Just one minute?" she placed a finger over his lips, then ran off to see the other officer.
Lee leaned his left forearm on the wall, and then leaned his head on his arm, "Why am I not meant to do this?" he grumbled, turning and marching off after her.
He caught up to her at Ian's desk, helping him to better understand the handwriting on a case file, "So these things that you've been taking as y are actually a very tight ing, missing their dots."
"Geez, I should have seen that. Thanks, Evangelina," Ian waved as she started to step back.
"No problem, Ian," she stood and turned, "OH! God, Lee, stop scaring me like that!" she patted her hand over her heart a few times.
"Sorry, but I really need to talk to you," Lee took her elbow and ushered her away from Ian's desk a few steps, "Can I ask you now?"
"Sure," she shrugged, "So what is it?"
"Evangelina, we-"
There was a loud crackling from the radio on Eevy's belt, "Cars 320 and 540; this is car 101, do you copy?"
"Excuse me," Eevy raised one finger, "Just…One more second," she reached down and unclipped it from her waist as Lee slapped his own forehead, "This is car 320, go ahead, 101."
"N' 'dis is car 540. Go ahead, 101."
"Possible robbery in progress at 1211 Central Wisteria Avenue."
"'Dat's da' Art Museum."
"Witnesses note suspect somehow entered from the roof, followed by four gunshots from within. Cars 430 and 210 on the scene. One security officer has been fatally shot, the other is conscious and talking, but has also been shot. Can you assist?"
"Copy 'dat, 101. Affirmative; car 540 backing-up."
Eevy looked up and shrugged at Lee, "Copy that, 101. Affirmative; car 320 on my way," she clicked the radio back on her belt and shook her head, "I'll be back in just a little while. I swear," she turned and ran down the aisle, running right in alongside Edward, "Ready, Eddie?"
"Aye-aye, Eva!" he grinned, loading his gun as he ran, as did she.
Lee sighed and hoisted himself up on top of the table behind him, grabbing a powdered jelly doughnut from the plate and stuffing it halfway in his mouth. He then reached out to his other side and picked up a foam cup, pouring himself a cup of black coffee and taking a sip. He sat there a few moments before Ian stopped in front of him as his radio went off. Though it wasn't exactly polite, he listened to the officer's call.
"Car 454; this is car 101, do you copy?"
"This is car 454. Go ahead, 101."
"We have a positive ID of suspect at 1211 Central Wisteria Avenue. We now have police Growlithe barking…We have more gunshots! 454, assist now!"
"Copy, 101! 454 coming in!" Ian immediately bolted for the door, "Identify suspect!"
"Team Rocket Head Assistant Iron Masked Marauder, suspected to be…"
Ian had already run out of earshot, but Lee was still on his feet. He'd dumped his coffee on the table and dropped his doughnut on the floor, but in all truth, he didn't much care. He stood there just a second longer.
"…Vicious," he whispered, and turned to run for his car.
*^~^*Part Six: End…*^~^*
A/N: Aren't flashbacks oh-so-much fun? There's not that much left to this one, which is at the very beginning of the next chapter, and then one more short one later on. Other than that…I have absolutely nothing to say. ~~* [Itachi: Scary!] [Usagi: She has nothing to say!] [She must be sick!] [Get her medicine!] …Can it, you two.
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*))~Itachi-chan~((*
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Next: Special Edition: TAA USA: Part 7.
TAA Pokemon Of The Month: October 2003: Misdreavus
…And yet I still do not own anything but my original characters and my original world. Don't own Pokemon, don't own Glock, don't own Vicious from Cowboy Bebop either, even though that's not who this guy is…AND I don't own Cowboy Bebop…