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Chapter 7- Out on a Limb
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Jade sat deep in thought, watching as the super-Pokemon Linda and Matt were given were slaughtering their poor opponents.
Dad wanted us out of Kanto so we didn't have to pay for his mistakes. But isn't that what were doing anyway? Maybe not his mistakes, but are we making mistakes of our own?
"Linda's Oddish has taken out Quilava in just one hit! She gets 3 KO points!"
And what about Matt and Linda? I've had to do a lot of things I wouldn't normally do here at Team Sand, Colin too, but for some reason I feel bad doing such things to these two. What is it about them?
"Matt and Linda have all four Pokemon going strong, but the opposing team only has one left!"
Colin must be feeling the same way… Maybe we should talk about our future at Team Sand. Or lack there of…
"Congradulations, Matt and Linda! You two love birds advance to the third round!"
The crowd was beginning to file out, and Colin stood up.
"Well, all went according to plan. Tomorrow they will face off against that one gym leader. The one that people used to not be able to tell if he was a boy or girl? Yeah he got a girlfriend."
"Somehow…" said Jade distantly with a slight chuckle. Colin laughed.
"Yeah well he likes bug Pokemon. That should be an easy match. Bugs are bad."
"Yeah" Jade said. She was still thinking about Team Sand.
"Jade… is everything alright? You seem sad."
"I'm not sad, I was just thinking. You know about Team Sand."
"I know what you mean. You got to thinking that this is a wrong place for us. Sure we needed the money and a place to stay, but is this the right way to get it?"
SH! Jade thought. The microphone in my shirt is still on! They'll here us! She tried to make a STOP TALKING NOW! Gesture but he couldn't see her.
"You're right, maybe we are doing the wrong thing. I mean we've done loads of naughty things in our life, but the things at Team Sand have been just plain evil. I mean possessing people?" continued Colin.
Jade kept waving and mouthed 'The microphone is still on!' but he couldn't read it. She fumbled with her shirt for a moment then managed to crush it.
"Colin! The microphone in my shirt!"
"Oh no! You mean it was on that whole time!" he said with a horrified expression.
"Oh no… oh no oh NO!" said Jade anxiously.
"What should we do?"
"Let's just hope they weren't listening…"
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As Linda and Matt duked it out with their opponents, the Boss was listening intently on Jade's shirt mic.
"Jade? Is everything alright? You seem sad" it was the voice of 23. The boss suddenly leaned forward, turning up the volume on his speakers.
"I'm not sad, I was just thinking. You know, about Team Sand" said 22. The boss raised his brow.
"I know what you mean. You got to thinking that this is a wrong place for us. Sure we needed the money and a place to stay, but is this the right way to get it?"
The camera, little known to the other agents, that was hidden in their mic showed 22 waving her arms and swiping a finger by her neck as if to say Stop! But 23 didn't seem to notice. The boss's face got angrier and angrier as the boy continued.
"You're right, maybe we are doing the wrong thing. I mean we've done loads of naughty things in our life, but the things at Team Sand have been just plain evil. I mean possessing people?"
Suddenly panicking, 22 fumbled around with her shirt, bouncing and bumping the mic around. Then he lost reception, clearly the mic had been broken.
"15! 16! 17! We have… work to do!"
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"Well, let's go back to the dorms. We'll know if something is wrong then, and there's no use trying to hide from the boss. Either he heard or didn't" said Jade.
"Yeah I guess you're right" said Colin.
The two made their way back to the dorms, scared of what the boss may do. When they got there, they got a rude surprise.
As they walked back in their room, standing there was the boss, angry as the two had ever seen him. Next to him were agents 15-17, practically drooling from wanting to give out pain.
"Agent 22, Agent 23! You defy me! After all I've given you…"
"We're sorry sir… I…" Jade stopped herself.
"No! We're not sorry! What you do to people, and Pokemon for that matter is wrong! Wrong, wrong, wrong!"
"Don't be a fool, girl! We simply know what we want, what is wrong about that?"
"What is wrong?" Colin chimed in. "What isn't wrong! You torture Pokemon, feel them unhealthy things, steal, manipulate people, even possess them!"
"You little brats! How dare you disobey my commands!" screamed the boss. He was moving closer towards them.
"Colin, run!" shouted Jade. She burst out the door, Colin close behind. They sprinted down the hall way, jumped down the stairs and out the door.
As they kept running, Jade glanced behind her back repeatedly. Agents 16 and 17 were running after them, looking angry.
"We… have to try….to lose them" said Colin between breaths.
Jade ran down the brick path past the stadiums, and took many sharp turns. The sun had just disappeared behind a mountain in the distance and there were people everywhere leaving the matches. I hope I'm not too late said Jade.
"Colin? Before we leave… we need to make things right. I know a way to break Kadabra's hold on Linda and Matt. I- Colin?" Jade looked around.
He was nowhere to be found.
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"Curses, we lost them! Wait, I see 23!" said 16. They were to the side of the main arena, and this was in the very middle of the island. They saw the boy resting against the side of the arena, sitting and catching his breath. The girl wasn't there though…
"C'mon, we can sneak up on him! Since he'll try to escape when we catch him, we won't be able to use him for field assignments…"
"You're thinking to far ahead. Let's get him!"
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A tear fell down Jade's face. Its no use… I saw 17 holding Colin… I'll get him back someday… Jade gave a fierce glare in the direction she saw 17 go.
But I'll need some help. And I know just the people. Jade stood back up from the wet grassy grounds of Arena 4.
If all is going according to plan, they are still being interviewed in Arena 3. As long as I can get there at the right time, I can catch them on their way out.
Just as Jade turned the corner, she saw two figures stepping out of the back doorway labeled "Arena 3" A blonde girl and a tall boy. That must be them…
She ran forward to meet them. They approached her, a fake anger in their eyes.
"You have betrayed us" said Matt, but it was not his voice. It was the voice of the boss.
"I knew you were trouble when I first saw you" snapped Linda, but it was Agent 16's voice.
Jade looked at them with surprise. The boss's Kadabra must be controlling them to say this. But not for long. I hope this works…
Jade, ignoring the rants of Agent 16 and the boss, walked up to Matt, looked at him straight in the eyes, stood up and kissed him.
---Flashback---
Jade and Colin were walking back from their first assignment with Agent 15.
"So can anyone besides the boss break Kadabra's hold on people?" asked Jade.
"Well I heard a rumor from some other agents that if someone the age and opposite sex of one of the people being 'possessed', per say, and they looked them in the eye and kissed them fiercely, their mind will start trying to snap back into reality, breaking Kadabra's spell. This hasn't ever happened yet though, Team Sand agents make sure no one gets to close to his victims."
"But usually the people the boss possesses he makes the world believe they are a couple. So why would anyone kiss them?" asked Colin.
"Well that's why he makes the world believe they're a couple so no one kisses them. That is, unless they know the person is being controlled."
Jade pondered this as she walked along…
---End Flashback---
She kept staring into his eyes, hoping to see a spark of blue return. Matt fell to the ground, holding his head, hands through his still bright red hair.
"Oh… Wh-Where am I?" he muttered in a low groggy voice.
It worked! I think… Thought Jade cheerfully. She smiled.
"How DARE you, insolent girl!" Linda was still speaking with the bitter voice of Agent 16. She started running back to the Team Sand rooms.
Jade frowned. At least I got one of them. She looked down at Matt, the sun now completely disappeared, it was hard to see if his eyes had returned to normal, the sure sign Kadabra's power was gone. He closed his eyes, asleep.
That's odd. Thought Jade. Why did he fall asleep? Oh this was a stupid idea. Why did I have to suddenly rebel? I could have had a peaceful escape but I had to get caught up in my argument against the boss? And now I've just made things worse. Sure I escaped but what about Colin? And now I made things worse for poor Matt, separating him from Linda. We're both alone… I guess we should stick together.
"Grmmm sshrmm…" Matt was waking up groggily. Jade looked at him hopefully.
"Wh- where am I?" he looked up at Jade. Sure enough, his eyes had regained their baby blue glisten. "You… you're the girl that brought us to our match! Then after it I was controlled by some psychic Pokemon… then Linda, we kissed and then…" he held his head again.
"Let me explain fully. I'm Agen- I mean Jade. I'm Jade. I'm… used to be a member of an organization called Team Sand. I realized what this Team Sand does is evil. They have taken my brother, who tried to escape with me. I made it, but he didn't. The boss of Team Sand doesn't just forget people. We are both in danger, and so is my brother."
"Wow, that's awful. But… why am I in danger?" asked Matt.
"Well, after you're match and my ex-boss's Kadabra controlling you, it possessed your body completely, and your partner's too."
"Oh no, Linda… I've got to help her somehow!"
"Well it seems we're both in the same predicament then." Jade said, helping Matt up from the ground. "Team Sand is looking for us, and they have a person each of us want…"
"Maybe we should stick together then. I'm Matt, but I guess you knew that. Where would you say this 'Team Sand' is headed?"
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Huzzah! Matt is safe! But what about Linda, and Colin? Where will they end up? Stick around for Chapter 8!
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