Chapter 21: Aftermath
Travis and I looked at each other in confusion and and fear. We couldn't believe what we just saw, and yet it happened right before our eyes. I slowly walked over to Travis who was next to Jess' Egg.
Did that really just happen? He asked me. Fear was in his voice.
I guess the same thing happened to me some time ago. We should get the eggs and search for a safe spot. If we stay here, the other Rocket guy might come back for us. Jess' Backpack was still lying on the ground, Kathie's Pokéball next to it. 'I guess we need any help we can get now.' I picked up the Pokéball and let Kathie out of it.'
Where are we here? And where's Jess? She asked when she realised that I was the one calling her out.
It's a long story, but first we need to get away from here, there's not much time, can you grab that Egg over there? I pointed in the direction of the Rocket's egg.
You want to get that guys egg too? Travis asked.
I know he doesn't deserve it, but I need some answers and maybe I can get them from this guy, and even if not, I don't want this guy to return to his base and tell everyone about what happened.
You've got a point there.
Alright, Travis could you please get thet red haired guy's egg? I'll take Jess' egg and her bag. She sure has some useful stuff in there.
They went off to collect the eggs, while I searched through Jess' bag for useful items. There were some potions, some food, a flashlight, a rope and some other useful things. Better take everything, who knows what we need it for. I packed Jess' egg into her bag.
'Carrying that bag will be diffcult, it's almost as big as I am, but it's just for a short distance.'
The others came back with the eggs in their paws.
Alright let's find a safe place before the other Rocket guy returns. We better get off that path. We're too easy to spot when we're on the only path and we're too slow with all the stuff we're carrying around.
We headed off into the woods. The trees were standing very close to each other. We didn't know in which direction we headed. After a while we found a small small stream next to some berry-trees.
This place looks like it has all we need to survive for a while, let's stay here.
Travis and Kathie were relieved and we all dropped our stuff on the ground.
So what's going on now? Kathie asked.
Well, you see that's a very long story... That's when I told Kathie that I was actually a human. I told her what I knew about team Rocket and what happened back on the clearing. Kathie listened to everything I said. When I finished my story she was silent for some seconds.
So...You're not trying to trick me here? You wanna tell me that you're actually a human?
Yep.
And those Team Rocket guys now turned Jess and the other guys into those eggs and they will, just like you, become Pokémon?
Probably, I'm not 100% sure about that but it's very likely to happen. It's too similar to what happened to me, even if I can't remember my human life except for some details.
This story is crazy...you're crazy...but I can't think of anyone who makes up such a story, just to trick someone...and I guess your story is the only one to explain this mess and those eggs, so I'm going to believe you.
One question. Travis said. What are we going to do now? We don't know where we are and without a human on our side, we can't just walk into human cities like we used to.
I know Travis, that's a little problem, but we need to calm down first. Most important thing is that Team Rocket doesn't find us. So at first we'll stay here and wait until our friends hatch from their eggs. I don't know yet what we do afterwards, but we need to stop Team Rocket. I'm pretty sure, those guys were only henchmen. So we need to find their boss and stop him, but before we do anything of that, I suggest we eat something. I'm starving.
We grabbed some berries from the berry-trees nearby. I figured, that Jess' Pokémonfood would have a longer storage life, so I decided to use it for emergencies only. Good thing she stocked up before we left Azalea, so there's plenty of food left. Since it was already late at night, we went to sleep after our little dinner.