Chapter 5: Planning to Escape

The two people entered the room. The female, Kate, was tall with long pink hair, something that I had never seen before. She was wearing the Team Rocket outfit my mother had told me about, black with "R" in blood red. The male, Jake, was about the same height as Kate, also with pink hair, very odd people they were. He was also wearing the Team Rocket outfit, but his was less tight than Kate's was.

"So these are the two fuzzballs we captured, pretty small things. Wonder how much they are worth..." Kate questioned.

"Well they are Eevees, and an Eevee can fetch a pretty good price, especially a strong one," Jake replied knowingly.

"Let's see how strong they are," Kate said with an evil edge to her voice. I didn't like it one bit, and shuttered at the sound. It was like hearing the creepy music beginning to play at a suspenseful part of a horror movie. The two picked us up, and walked out the door, right into a large field. The grass was brown, weeds growing everywhere, and when looked upon closely, blood spots were visible in the dirt.

They dropped our cage carelessly on the ground, obviously not caring about our well being. They kicked at some switch at the side of our cage, and the doors crashed open. I didn't know what to do, and lay shaking in a corner. Miracle was the complete opposite. He tore out of the cage like a demon, running around, until he realized that he was trapped. He growled like I had never heard him growl before. It was low and rumbling, one that I once heard an Arcanine make before it attacked a rival. Pure hatred filled Miracle's usually innocent eyes.

The noise took me by surprise, but not as much as what he did next. He tore across the field, moving faster than I had ever, kicking up grass and dirt in the process. He didn't slow his stride, and leaped onto Kate's bare leg, clawing at it to get his grip. Kate screamed in pain, but she hadn't experienced Miracle's wrath yet. Miracle sank his teeth far into Kate's skin, so far that his teeth were scraping against the bone.

"Get the fucking pest off me!" Kate screamed in pain and anger.

Jake quickly took hold of Miracle, one hand on his back, and one under his ribcage. He pulled, but Miracle refused to let go, watching the dark red blood travel down her leg and into her boot. Jake resorted to spraying pepper spray in his eyes, making him cry out, and let go of Kate. Kate stumbled backwards, and landed on her back. She quickly sat up, and covered the deep gash with her hands. When she let go, her hands were both covered in blood.

Jake threw Miracle on the ground, and he yelped in pain. Jake didn't stop there, no, he was far from finished. He quickly kicked Miracle, watching as he tumbled backwards. I thought I saw him smile, smile a smile that I had only seen on a murderer in a horror movie. It was unnatural, and defiantly scared me. I wanted to help my friend, but I was frozen in fear.

"Help," yelped Miracle, looking me straight in the eye with his own, scared eyes. The only thing the humans heard was a bark, seeing as how they could only understand English. Jake picked up Miracle, and threw him against a rail, muttering something about him being too loud; that someone would hear him. Miracle managed to keep his mouth shut, and got up.

"STOP!" I screamed, losing control of everything. I had seen what had happened to Miracle, but friendship caused me to defend him. It was something truly special, something I was sure these two had never experienced in their lives. I ran over to Miracle, and stood in front of him, trying my best to protect him. "I'm here now," I whispered.

"Oh, you think you can outwit me just because there are two of you!" Jake screamed. I couldn't understand why me coming over to Miracle sent him into such a fury. "Well you can't! GO ARCANINE!"

He threw the white and red sphere to the ground, and Arcanine leapt from its home's walls. It roared in anger, most likely caused from its owner, and stared at us with wicked eyes.

"That's not all either! GO CHARIZARD!"

He threw another Poke ball beside Arcanine, and a mighty Charizard flew out. It's strong wings flapped in the wind as it roared like the Arcanine had.

"And just to make sure I win, GO HOUNDOOM!"

He threw a final Poke ball down, and out came one of the evil organizations' favorite Pokemon, the evil Houndoom. It was a Pokemon that many trainers feared, knowing that strong evil trainers owned such Pokemon. They were little devil like dogs that spit fire at anything.

I watched in horror as Miracle took a step forward, obviously favoring his front, right paw. It hurt me to watch my friend step into a Pokemon's hell, a battle that he would lose, no doubt. I couldn't let him do it alone, and I stepped forward as well, knowing that immense pain lay in my very near future.

"So neither of you will give up ... such a shame. I thought you two might actually be worth something, but from what I see, you're both too ignorant for anything good to ever happen to either of you. Might as well show you the stupid ness of your actions now. All of you, Flamethrower!"

Miracle stood there as three blazing flamethrowers were shot at us. That alone could have given me the courage to do anything in the world. I didn't know how he did all of this so easily, so calmly. Maybe it was because he really believed what he was doing was right. Just like John Brown, a man would was calm, even the seconds before his execution because he believed in what he did in life.

The three blasts of fire hit us at once, making both of us cry out in pain. I knew that Miracle was feeling every lick of flames more powerfully than I was. After all, he had been beaten more than me already. I couldn't breathe, and every time I tried I inhaled a breath of scoring fire. Oh mommy, daddy, please help me ... I think I'm dying ...

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"Desire ... please wake up ... please please wake up ..."

I felt Miracle's warm tear drop onto my cheek, and heard his soft sobs.

"Don't cry," I whispered, opening my eyes at the same time. I almost got sick when I saw Miracle. His face was covered in burns of various degrees, most of it swelled up. His body itself was covered in burns, scratches, and bruises. His fur was matted with dried blood, and I could see that he was holding all of his weight on three legs. I can't even describe how he looked accurately.

"I'm so glad you're here. Now I can tell you what I have been thinking.

"Ok, out with it."

"First you have to know the information I figured out. First off, we are now on the opposite wall that we were on yesterday. You know the one with all the cages. We are near the middle seeing as when you look up, then down, you see about the same number of Pokemon."

"Oh my god! We are by all the sick Pokemon! Is that what we look like now?" I was thrown into a panic at the new information.

"Well, I can't speak for myself, but you look fine. A couple burns along your face and back, and a few minor scratches," he reassured me. I felt so bad for Miracle, knowing that he was in much worse shape than me, and he was the leader of us. There was no doubt in my mind that he would become a strong Pokemon in his future, maybe even used on a team to beat the Elite Four. That was, of course, if he ever trusted humans again.

Miracle enjoyed the moment of silence, but interrupted it with more information. "They are looking after us, although they are doing a rather poor job. A Rattata lives on the right of us, and he told me that we are fed twice a day, once in the morning and once at night. That is also when water is provided. They don't groom or bathe us, nor do they really pay close attention to giving us proper medication. Rattata said it was best not to even take the medication they give you. There is a strong chance that it could be the wrong one."

I was terrified. It sounded just like the Holocaust, but it wasn't racist, it did this to all Pokemon. "Won't this place be shut down, for like poor management or something?"

"Maybe, but I wouldn't count on that to get us out of this. I say we escape." The thought lit up his eyes, making them sparkle in the dull light.

"How do you plan on during that?" I looked at the lock, big and wrapped up in iron links. "We can't do it by pure force."

"True, but there has to be a way, and I think I figured it out, but it could take a while to get it right."

"I don't care. Anything to get me out of this is worth a try."

"My thoughts exactly. See that switch over there?" Miracle pointed to a lever over by the computer.

"Yeah, I think I see it."

"Well that switch opens up our rows locks. Most of the time when the lever is pulled, the Pokemon are too weary to notice it, but we still have a chance, we are still strong. So when a Rocket comes in, and is by the lever, we startle them, and slam out of this cage. From there we run out the door, and make a mad dash for an exit."

"It's risky, but it might just work. Even if it doesn't, anything is worth a try."

With our plan laid out, we could only wait until the proper time arrived for us to act.