Author's note- and here it is, drum roll please, my personal favorite out of all the chapters I've written so far. It wasn't as long as I hoped it would be, but o, well. Please review. I hope you like it!
I do not own poke'mon, I could not afford it.
Chapter 7: A Promise
I spent the next week looking for a job. I tried the poke'mart, A day care center, the docks, and even the motel I was staying at, but no one wanted to hire me. I went to interview after interview getting rejected every time. I was either to unexperienced or too young. That or they 'forgot' to tell me.
Lt. Surge was getting on my nerves, he always had something new for me to do, or he was asking me why I was so useless and lazy. By the end of that week I had push mowed the lawn, put in new windows, chopped up an old wooden desk and chair, hauled in training equipment, and fixed a coffee machine. I was exhausted by the end of each day.
When I was out with Eevee I caught the bulb-plant like poke'mon called Oddish, I discovered it would gain a lot of useful attacks. It was a bouncy creature that liked to dance around and make a lot of noise. I kept him in his poke'ball most of the time.
I was so close to being done, it had been my last 4 hour day! I was extremely excited as I exited the gym, only two hours tomorrow and I'd be done. I was walking on the shore line, watching the last fishing ships come into the harbor to dock. The sun was beginning to sink, making the shadows grow long. I stopped in my tracks, there was a girl walking towards me, she looked very familiar.
No it can't be.
I continued to walk along the shore, listening to the waves crashing on the rocks in the distance. Pidgeys and Sparrows cried out their last songs for the night. The air grew still and cool, as the last rays of the sun, kissed the Earth, sparkling brilliantly atop the surface, leaving a solid looking trail along the ever lasting ocean.
"Fox!" I turned sharply at the mention of my nickname, it was her.
"Rabbit?" I exclaimed, tears stinging my eyes.
She smiled radiantly. Her sandy blonde hair and blue eyes stood out beautifully in the light of the fading star. Her features were soft, but her eyes were hard.
"I can't believe it's you!" I exclaimed. "How did you find me?"
"A little bird told me." She joked.
"When did they let you out?" I asked. "Where are the boys?"
She grinned. "They didn't get out."
I lifted an eyebrow.
"I made a deal." She stated.
"What kind of deal?" I hissed.
"Don't be angry." She pouted. "All I had to do was agree to their stupid little plan."
My eyes grew wide.
"All we have to do is travel a little." She informed. "then we'll get all we ever wanted."
"PEA." I growled.
"They're offering us all we ever dreamed about." She stated. "We can finally be free Fox."
"Grrr...they're up to no good!" I exclaimed.
She rolled her eyes. "Who cares about that, this world would be better off without Poke'mon anyway."
"What are you talking about?" I asked nervously.
Her eyes closed to slits, "don't play dumb, they told me about it too."
"What exactly did they tell you?" I growled.
"Everything they told you." She huffed. "That they released a disease so they could get the government's permission to release a "vaccine" that will kill every last surviving poke'mon."
"Who told you this?" I demanded.
"Some guy with a really messed up pupil." She replied.
"Cat eye?" I exclaimed.
"Now come on, lets go back to the old times and get in a bit of trouble." She smirked.
I was shocked beyond belief. "What? You mean you're actually going to join them?"
"Of course." She smiled, "You haven't gotten soft on me, have you?"
"I can't be a part of that Alice." I swallowed, "please don't join them."
"But we made a promise!" She exclaimed.
Memories of childhood filled my mind as the sun set further on the sea. Pain stabbed through my heart, I knew I had to betray her. I shed a tear and held my head high as I whispered:
"I'm sorry Alice, but I have to break our promise."
Pain twisted her soft features, her eyes clouded over. I saw her fist clench and her muscles tense.
"Who are you?" She asked.
"Alice..." I said desperately.
She took a step back, "no, don't say anything. Just leave me alone."
With that she ran off toward the road. My hand had lifted as if I could reach out and pull her back, but she kept going. I watched her until she disappeared from sight. My hand dropped uselessly to my side. No...not again.
"You bastards!" I cried out into the night, tears springing from my eyes. "You turned me against my best friend!"
I fell to my knees and punched at the shore. She was all I had, my best friend, my family. I clenched the sand in my hands as memory took over.
We were kids again, two cute little girls in matching pigtails and outfits. I was crying because one of the older boys had been picking on me. Alice tried to comfort me. After I had stopped crying she said to me in a small voice:
"We'll always be bestest friends. Promise that we'll grow up together and leave this place for good, promise that no matter what we'll always have each other."
I had smiled and dried my eyes. "I promise."
My memory shifted ahead to when we were twelve. Alice had run up to me after being put back in the Orphanage. She had been away for two years. She ran into my arms crying and told me all of the horrible things the family had done to her. She'd been abused and raped for the whole two years, but no one would listen to her. I let her confide in me and cry for hours until she finally asked:
"Do you remember that promise we made when we were kids.?"
I had nodded.
"Let's add something to it." She's offered, "let's promise that no matter what, after we're 18, we won't let anyone order us around. We'll be free and stay that way. No one will get in between us."
"I promise."
The memory echoed in my mind as my attention turned to the sea. I sat and stared at the reflection of the stars and moon, waiting for what seemed like an eternity. Finally I stood up, I knew what I had to do...I had to stop PEA for everything I love, my best friend, and my poke'mon, if not for the whole world. I had to try.
I clenched my fist, 'and I will make a new promise...one to mend the one I broke. I will not give up until Cat eye is stopped, I have to get Alice back..no matter what.'
Well that was a depressing one to write, I hope you liked it. This promises to be a long fanfic.
