SHADOW JULIE
Julie's next conscious impression was that of a Pokémon released
from a pokè ball. Was she to fight? She stood and surveyed the
assembled people in front of her in a detached haze. The first ones
she saw were unknown to her. A small, frail-looking old man in a sort
of hover chair. Two men flanked him, one dressed in red, one in blue.
There was a man with a strangely-shaped hat and robes, robes which
reminded her of a face with blonde hair and lilac eyes and a smile. A
word associated with that image cropped up;
Friend. She couldn't remember the meaning of the word, but an
acceptable alternative cropped up.
Master
She compared the mental face with the face of the man with the
funny hat and robes. Not the same. He was not her master. Then she
caught sight of two other people-faces that she immediately
associated with another, quite different word.
Enemy!
She glared at them. the not-known people seemed to get on well with
the Enemy! People. Which must mean that they too were enemy! The
old man spoke.
"Demonstrate your ability. Shadow chill!" He threw a poké ball and
released a Rhydon. Julie spread her wings and did the requested
attack, but she didn't go for the Rhydon.
She went for them.
They cried out and ducked as she sent cold blasts at them. The old
man and his bodyguards darted out of a nearby door, everyone else
hit the floor and cowered. Julie let out a cry, looked towards the open
shutter. She ran towards it, leaping over those cowering on the floor,
spread her wings and took flight from the building. The room was
atop a tower, over a volcano, and she used the thermals and the
height to soar up and away, away from her enemies, away to rest,
and she'd hide, and then look for her master.
By the time everyone had assembled back in the room, Julie wasn't
visible any more.
