Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon or Skies of Arcadia!
A/N: To finish or not finish is always a question!
A Second Chance
Chapter 4: You want me to do what?
"Ramirez!" a voice called. "Are you ready to go to work now?"
"No I'm not but I don't think you care," I called back, straightening my clothes and opening the door to my room to be greeted by Cat's smiling face.
"Oh come on, don't be such a downer! This is the first day of the rest of your miserable life!" she said.
"Miserable…great," I trailed and pushed past her into the hallway.
"I was teasing! Geeze, we need to get you a sense of humor. Anyways, follow me!" Cat said and led me out the backdoor. We had already eaten breakfast, although she practically had to shove the foreign food down my throat. It was good, but the taste of some of it was odd. She said it was 'Mexican'. I had no clue what it was but she seemed to like it a little too much.
"So what's this job you have for me?" I asked as we headed out towards a large building in the back, I think she had called it a 'barn'. I had heard and seen barns before but none I had seen were ever made of wood.
"It's a little better to show you what you're going to have to do. You have to learn to show emotion and learn about other things, so this job should be perfect for you," Cat said and opened the door. I looked in past her and saw a lot of horses, and jumped back when one of them appeared to be glaring at me.
"What the heck is that?" I asked, and pointed towards the horse.
"What is that? Well darling Ramirez that is my horse. We're riding to get to your place of work," she said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
"Your horse," I repeated dumbly, "It looks like it's on fire."
"And if it is?" she asked.
"What kind of place is this tree of portals?" I asked.
"You'll find out," she replied, "Ah, this is the life…sorry, I regress. Time to get the horses saddled up and to head out! Whee!" I looked at her like she was insane.
…
Once I got past the fact I couldn't hurt the horse to get it to move, riding turned out to be not half bad. The wind blew in my hair and for a moment I felt free. Of course, it all ended the moment we arrived at a large building and had to get down.
"We're here!" she said cheerfully and I glared at Cat.
"You are a little too happy," I said and watched her tie up her horse and the horse I had ridden on.
"So what? What reason do I not have to be happy?" she asked.
"I don't understand you," I said.
"You don't understand women, period," she said, cocking an eyebrow. "Deal or don't deal with it. Come on then, we gotta get you to come inside! You're new life is about to begin!"
"Are you going to tell me where we are yet?" I asked irritably as I followed her towards the building. We arrived at the door and she rested her hand on the handle.
"You'll see soon enough," she said with an evil smile and then opened the door. Ramirez looked inside and saw people and strange creatures all around the place.
"What sort of place is this?"
"Welcome to the pokemon breeding center!" she said and beckoned me to follow her. "Here you will learn kindness and respect and if you don't…well, you'll get off of probation and spend the rest of your life in hell."
"Pokemon," I mulled the word over in my mind.
"You could either see this as heaven or hell, but you will do it and I don't care if you like pokemon or not," she said, obviously proud of herself. "Now come on, let's get you started."
"How…what the hell?" I asked as I ended up following her again. I didn't even have a clue what these 'pokemon' were! Of course, I'd probably find out soon enough.
TBC
A/N: I don't care if you like PKMN or not but it will be in this story. Even if you don't like it, can't you see how it could cause a person to go one way or the other? I'll laugh if I get any flames, and then use the flames to roast marshmallows. I'll update when I feel like updating. Until then I'll see you later!