Chapter 2
Poke Center
The door opened in the poke center. In stepped Shelia. Her blonde hair bounced on her shoulders as she walked up to the counter. She smiled at Nurse Joy as she plopped down 6 poke balls in front of her.
"May I please see your trainer ID?" asked Nurse Joy.
"Ok." Shelia dug into her knapsack and pulled out a Pokedex. She pulled its back cover off and revealed her trainer ID.
"Thank you, we will call you as soon as we are done healing your Pokemon. Oh, wait! Officer Jenny wants to move up on security. Can you please roll up your sleeve? I want to see if you are wearing a Team Rocket uniform and I need to see inside your knapsack."
" Of course I not wearing a Team Rocket uniform," said Shelia as she pulled up her sleeve and opened her knapsack, revealing a pokedex, a piece of paper, a paper bag marked "lunch" and a stuffed money bag.
Nurse Joy looked to see if she was wearing anything with a team rocket logo on it. "It looks like you are just a normal trainer." She said as she handed the Pokeballs to her assistant. "We are supposed to refuse service to and report any suspicious looking people. It gets annoying sometimes," She sighed. "Well it's for security."
"Oh," Shelia muttered. "I'll be in the Pokemart; I'll be right back."
"Ok, see you soon!"
Shelia walked away. As she walked away, she spied a small camera on top of the automatic door.
Wow, their security must be very advanced! she thought. Then she walked out of the poke center and picked up the bike that she had parked by the center and headed for the pokemart.
She got on her bike and started to pedal. When she got to the mart, she locked her bike, got off and walked towards the door. The bell that was tied on the doorknob rang as Shelia opened the mart door.
"Hello! I would like a..." Shelia opened her knapsack, pulled out a piece of paper and unfolded it. "I would like 200 poke balls, 160 super potions, 60 revives, 90 antidotes, 500 full heals, 900 square yards of cloth, and 20 balls of twine."
The clerk stared at her in unbelief as she poked the numbers into the register. "That would be..uh $463,652.00." He gulped. "This might take me a long time. First, give me the money."
"Ok." Shelia gave her $ 500,000.00. The counter was overflowing with bills by the time she was finished.
Finally the clerk finished. "Here is your change, and you used up 33 frequent shoppers' cards. Keep these and the next time you come you get 90 free of whatever you want per card."
"Wow."
The poor clerk pulled off everything of the shelves and had to open up new boxes to get everything that the customer had paid for. After a long time, he finished.
"Here we are," The clerk wheezed, out of breath. He was never good at math and it took him many tries to count the right amount. "Thank you."
Shelia managed to stuff the 60 revives into her knapsack. She wrapped the rest into the cloth. "Thank you," she said. Then she left.
Shelia fastened the bundle on to her bike. She used half of the ball of twine. When she was done fastening, she realized that the pack was too heavy for her to ride the bike so she wheeled it all the way back to the center.
She parked her bike, and took the big bundle inside the center, fearing that someone would take it. She opened the door. Nurse Joy cocked her head and gave a suspicious look to the large bundle.
Shelia caught her glance and guessed what she was thinking. "I-I didn't steal this," she tried to explain.
"Can I see inside that bag?" the nurse said.
"Oh Ok." Shelia opened the bag and Nurse Joy made an even more suspicious face.
"May I please see your receipt?"
"Ok."
Shelia dug in to knapsack and out poured the 60 revives. Nurse Joy had a very confused face.
"I think I got it!"
Shelia shoved the receipt in to Nurse Joy's hands.
"See?! I bought them! Now help me pick up these potions."
"Wait, I have to check up on your Pokemon to see if they are ok."
"Fine," Shelia crouched down and started to pick up the revives."
"It seems that your Pokemon are Ok,"
Shelia likes up and saw Nurse Joy handing her the 6 poke balls that she had given them. She stuffed the poke balls into the knapsack, and slung the bundle over her shoulder.
"Bye!" Shelia fastened her bundle and knapsack onto her bike and walked out of the building and down a dark alleyway.
Minutes later, she turned to a small, ordinary-looking building. She pulled a key out of the front pocket of her knapsack and unlocked the door.
Inside, the room was dark, with the exception of a lantern glowing dimly on its small stand. Immediately, two dark figures bolted up, but they recognized her and plopped back down. Shelia smiled at them. "Did you order anything?" she asked.
They shook their heads.
Shelia shrugged and went outside to retrieve her potions. Dragging them inside, she proceeded to pull them down a long flight of stairs. The bag bounced on each stair as she tugged it along.
She reached the bottom and walked down the hall, glancing at the room numbers as she passed. She stopped when she saw the numbers 241. Pulling another key out, she stuck it in the keyhole and nudged the door open with her foot. She walked in, exhausted, shutting the door, dropping the bag, and flopping down on her bunk.
Finally, Shelia looked at her watch and stood up. "Better change," she said under her breath.
She pulled off her jacket and toothpaste-green trainer gloves. Kicking her sneakers onto the floor, she took off her navy sweatpants and tossed them onto her bunk. Then she untied the string on her knapsack and pulled out the brown paper bag she had marked "Lunch." She dumped its contents onto her mattress. They were various items of black clothing, wrinkled from being stuffed into the sack.
First, she pulled on a pair of faded black pants, cuffed at the legs. Then came on a black shirt, high-necked with long sleeves. Next, she stuffed her feet into white boots, and her hands into white gloves. Lastly, Shelia wiggled a brimmed black cap over her tangled blonde hair.
She grinned at the mirror. The crimson "R" on her shirt was luminous in the dim, overhanging light.