Chapter 14
"An Alternate Journey"
Back at the Indigo Plateau, Lance had mounting concerns about Rosella's safety. So he called a meeting where they would decide what they thought would be a good plan of action to keep her from falling into Team Rocket's clutches again. Once together, their thoughts began to come out.
"Come on, Lance! You don't really think that Team Rocket would be as stupid as to go after Rosella twice? Do you? After-all she is your daughter." Bruno said and asked.
"It's not that I think they would, it's just don't want anything bad to happen to her." Lance said.
"And with good reason." Put in Agatha.
"Come to think of it, I'm worried about her too." Said Lorelei.
"So what are we going to do about it?" Agatha asked.
Lance thought for a minute before he said, "I think that it may be a good idea to send her to Hoenn so that she can train freely without fear of Team Rocket."
"I think that's a wonderful plan!" Lorelei said.
"I agree." Bruno said.
"So do I." Agatha said.
"So it's decided then that we will send Rosella to Hoenn." Lance said.
"Yes." They all cried.
After saying that, Lance walked out of the room and went to find Rosella. Lance found her in the palace garden, which was located inside the palace. Rosella was sitting on a bench with her Togetic enjoying the calmness that was the garden.
"There you are! I was looking all over for you!" Lance said when he found her.
Rosella looked up and said, "Oh, hi. Did I worry you?"
"No you didn't because I knew that you were here somewhere." Lance replied.
Then he said, "Anyway the reason I came to find you was because we came up with a plan to protect you even more. But the thing is your journey in the Johto League will have to be interrupted for this plan to work."
"What did you have in mind?" Rosella asked me.
"Well, we were considering sending you over to Hoenn. Since it's a fairly new league, and Team Rocket doesn't prey upon people out there. The only groups you might need to worry about are Team Aqua and Team Magma."
"Who are they?" Rosella asked me.
"Well they're groups sorta like Team Rocket, but not quite because their plans aren't quite as extreme. It will make us feel a lot better to know that you'll be in a place that's safe. However, this time I won't be coming with you because I need to stay here and work with my friends to break up Team Rocket once and for all. So will you go?" Lance said and asked me.
"I'll go." I said.
"Thank you, Rosella. You won't regret it I asure you. Now we must get your things together because I would like for you to head over there this afternoon.