CHAPTER 3

THUMP!

Mewtwo woke up with a start. He looked over at Karen. She was sleeping peacefully. He looked around the rest of the room. He saw Misty, Brock, and Ash also sleeping peacefully. He didn't see anything else.

He'd been having a nightmare about Giovanni. He was glad it was only a dream.

I wonder what that was all about? He thought thinking about his dream. I wonder if it's trying to tell me something... (A/N here. I'm not going to get into great detail on the dream. You'll have to be creative with you mind :Sweatdrop:)

Well he couldn't figure it out right then. He decided to think about it later. He lay back down and went back to sleep.

Karen woke up before the others. She found the room was extreamly cold as if someone had turned the air conditioner on high. She shivered and wrapped her blanket around her head.

She looked over at her Pokemon. He looked kinda cute when he slept but she wasn't going to let his cuteness get to her. She still didn't like him and intended to keep it that way. She noticed he seemed to be shivering but didn't care. Let him freeze, she thought selfishly. I don't care.

Suddenly something her mother had said once came to her mind. Remember, Karen, the key to becoming a good friend and Pokemon trainer is kindness. Even if you don't like that person or Pokemon you have to be kind to them. Otherwise they will treat you the same way.

A tiny voice in Karen's head began to chant Selfish. Selfish. over and over. She started to feel guilty. Very gently she removed the top cover from her bed and crossed the room with it. She dropped it on Mewtwo. His eyes opened halfway and he looked at her.

The words Thank you, hung in her mind as if he'd spoken them.

You're welcome, she thought back.

He closed his eyes and fell back to sleep. Karen retreated back to her bed. She felt a smile creeping onto her face but quickly blurred it. She might be nicer to him but she still wasn't planning on liking him.

The girl lay back down and stared at the ceiling. She thought about her mother and how she'd always been there after her father had died from the attack on Silth Co. by Team Rocket. Tears ran down her cheeks as these memories filed through her mind. She turned on her side facing the window. "I miss you, Mom," she whispered.

She felt a hand on her shoulder and opened her eyes. She looked over her shoulder and saw Misty staring down at her with concern.

"Yes?" she asked.

"Are you all right?" Misty asked.

Karen sat up, rubbing tears from her green eyes. "No," she admitted looking at her hands. "I'm not."

"What's wrong?"

Karen looked at the gymn leader, tears glistening in her eyes. "I miss my Mother."

Misty's eyes were full of understanding. "I see," she said.

The girl wiped her eyes and looked away again. "She was the best mother in the world. Why did Giovanni have to take her away from me?"

Misty had no answer. She just let Karen go on. "She never did anything to anyone and he just up and killed her for no reason."

"Are you sure there was no reason?"

Karane hesitated then said reluctantly. "There was I guess..."

"What is it?"

"Well I told you some of the story earlier but... my Mother was one of the Scientists at New Island when Mewtwo was born," Karen explained looking down. "He found that out somehow and came to our house where he ordered her to help him. She told him flat out 'no'. That's why he started our house on fire."

"Oh...," Misty said. "I see."

"So it's all Mewtwo's fault my Mother is dead," the girl said bitterly. "If he had never been created my Mother would still be alive."

"If you don't like him why did you capture him?"

"That was an accident."

"Oh."

Karen didn't want to talk about it anymore. She lay down again and rolled on her side. "It's still early," she said. "I think I'd better get some sleep before it's time to go."

"Yeah me too," Misty said going back to her own bed.

As she slid between the blankets Misty heard Karen sniffling and looked back at her. The poor thing, the red head thought. I wonder what it's like to lose both your parents...

The sun rose in the sky. Sunlight streamed through the window right on Mewtwo's face. The Pokemon put up a hand to block the light but it just came through his fingers. He turned his head but that didn't work either.

Now he was frustrated. Groaning, he got up and floated to the window. He looked over his shoulder and discovered he was the only one in the room. No wonder nobody had shut the drapes. Turning back to the window he reached for the curtains.

As he began to pull them closed he stared into the sun for a few minutes. Suddenly memories of everything he'd ever seen and done began to flood his mind... all at once! He stood there a few minutes, his puples as small as they could get, trying to sort them out but only making it worse. (A/N Please don't ask me why this it happening to him it would be too hard for me to explain).

Suddenly the last image burst through his mind and everything went white. The Pokemon fell onto the floor pulling the curtains down with him.

Karen was the first to finish her breakfast. She headed back up to the room to get her Pokemon. When she entered the room she stopped and stared at what she saw for a minute. Mewtwo was lying on the floor covered in the window's curtains.

What in the world was he doing? Partying? I know he likes destroying things but... "Mewtwo?" she said walking forward and leaning over him.

The instant she touched his neck to check his pulse, his eyes opened. She stared at his huge purple orbs a minute then asked. "What were you doing?"

(Trying to close the curtains,) he told her pushing himself up. (What do you think I was doing?)

"I don't know," she said. "But if you were you didn't need to pull them down then go to sleep under them."

(I WASN'T SLEEPING!) he said getting in her face. (I f... f..)

"Fainted?" she asked.

He didn't reply.

"Why did you faint?" she asked him. "You haven't done anything yet."

(I don't know...)

"Are you sick?"

(No.)

"Then why did you faint?"

(I told you, I don't know.)

"That's it! I'm taking you to the Pokemon Center."

(Oh no, you're not!)

"Oh yes, I am!"

(No, you're not!)

She held up her Masterball. "Get in there," she said.

Mewtwo stared at the Masterball a minute. (You wouldn't dare!)

"Yes, I would," she said. A pinkish light came out of the ball. "Now get in there."

Well he couldn't run from it. The light caught him and he was instantly sucked in.

Karen left the hotel with the Pokemon Center on her mind. She was going to give Mewtwo a check up whether he wanted one or not. She never got there.

She was walking down the street mumbling to herself about 'defective Pokemon' and she didn't notice she had walked into the street. Suddenly a car came at her.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" she screamed staring at it without moving.

"Whoa!" a voice said as someone grabbed her elbow and pulled her onto the sidewalk.

The car flew past her.

"Thank you," she said turning around to address her savior. "You saved me."

"You're welcome," a man with blue hair said.

Karen noticed a huge red R on the front of the man's shirt. She looked up at the man again. James from Team Rocket stared down at her (A/N here. I don't know if James would ever do that so I guessed).

"Oh.. well.. I think I'd better be going now," she said backing away from him. "Umm.. thanks again. Bye!"

She turned and ran.

"KAREN WAIT!" a voice called.

JAMES KNOWS MY NAME?
"Karen, what are you doing? The entrance is this way!"

The girl stopped. That's not James. She looked over her shoulder. Ash, Misty and Brock were running up to her.

"What's wrong?" Misty wanted to know when they reached the spot where she stood. "Why did you leave without us?"

"I'm sorry," Karen said. "I guess I was just in a hurry..."

"Why were you in a hurry?" Brock asked.

"Oh, no special reason."

The bad news was. James had recognized her too.

When he was sure no one was watching him he ran into a pay phone booth and called his boss, Giovanni. He knew Giovanni wouldn't be happy with the news but James felt he had to know. Just as the blue haired man suspected his boss wasn't happy at all. In fact; he was furious.

"What do you mean Professor Kishi's daughter escaped the fire!" Giovanni demanded.

"She did. I don't know how but she did." James told him.

"Where did you see her?"

"Just a few minutes ago. She almost walked out right in front of a car."

"That only means one thing," Giovanni said.

"What? That she's suicidal?"

"No! Where was she heading?"

"From what I could tell she might have been crossing the street to the Pokemon Center."

"You know what that means?"

"No."

"She was saved by a Pokemon."

"How can you tell?"

"I just can. And do you know which on?"

"Uh.. no."

"Mewtwo."

"Mewtwo? Why do you think it was Mewtwo?"

"I don't have to tell you," Giovanni snapped. "Just go get her!'

James saluted even though his boss couldn't see. "Yes sir," he said before hanging up.

"So Karen," Ash said as the four left the city. "Why did you leave so quickly?"

"I.. uh," she began, "I ran into James from Team Rocket. I didn't want him to recognize me."

"You shouldn't have run," Brock told her. "If you had walked you would have looked less suspicious."

"I'm sorry," she said. "But he scared me."

"That's all right," Misty told her. "You have a right to be."

The black haired girl looked away. "Yeah..."

"Don't worry about it, Karen," Ash said. "You have a Pokemon to protect you now. If anything happens just make him throw them around a bit or bang their heads against some trees."

"But he won't listen to me!"

"He hates Team Rocket."

She blinked. "He does?"

"Yes."

"I didn't know that," she said looking down at the Masterball.

"Did you ever ask him?"

"No."

"By the way," Ash said looking around. "Where is he?"

Karen held up her Masterball. "Right here," she said.

"PIKA!" Pikachu exclaimed, he seemed happy that Mewtwo was in a Pokeball for the time being.

"So what do I do now?" she asked.

"Don't worry about it," Brock said, putting an arm around her shoulders. "If he doesn't, I'll protect you." He grinned hugely.

"Uh huh," Karen said. "Thanks."

A/N

I had to do a lot of chopping and adding on this chapter. I wrote chapter 3 last year and didn't pay much attention to what I was doing. So I had a bunch of stuff that didn't make any sense. I think it's better now. If you want to know what the deal is with what happened to Mewtwo and the curtain, well... let me just say. I couldn't think of anything. I debated on whether to leave it or take it out. I left it. Why? Because if I didn't the story would be a little weird. I'm sorry if it offended you. I'll try to fix things later.

One more thing:

Sorry for any grammer, spelling, or character personallity errors. I tried my best.

P.S. Later on Karen will start being nicer to Mewtwo. Just thought I'd let you know before you started to hate her or something...