Chapter 17: Sweet Treats & Stolen Goods
AN: Hey everyone! Got the next chapter done and ready to upload! I hope you enjoy it.
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Samantha and Genny slept peacefully through the night. Samantha woke up before the laguz child and she quickly got ready for the day.
'Spa day…this is going to be great!' Samantha smiled with anticipation. Though she had originally planned to go with her mother, she wasn't going to deny an opportunity to treat herself and Genny. She finished getting ready and sat on the bed next to Genny.
"Genny…" Samantha said softly while carefully moving her arm. Genny yawned and stretched before rubbing her eyes.
"Hi Sam." She replied with a sleepy tone.
"We're going to a spa later today." Samantha told the girl. "We're going to paint our nails, face lifts, maybe a seaweed wrap, and then the hot spa." Samantha sighed with content. "It's going to be a great day!" Genny smiled and rubbed her stomach.
"Can we eat?" Genny asked.
"Of course, honey." Samantha smiled and lifted the girl up. "First, let's get cleaned up and then we'll eat." Samantha walked to the ladder and Genny flew down with her wings. Samantha looked around and the first thing she saw was Francine's bed head hairstyle and a cup of coffee.
"…I hate mornings…" She quietly grumbled before taking a sip of her coffee and noticing Samantha standing there.
"Oh. Hey…Sorry, I haven't…" Francine yawned and took another sip of coffee.
"It's fine." Samantha reassured her. "Is the bathroom open? I was going to get Genny cleaned up before the spa."
"Oh yeah…today we're heading to the spa." Francine took another sip and set the cup down. "Kukui's finishing up in there. He'll be out in a minute. I…that is, we decided to sleep in today. Sorry we don't have breakfast ready."
"All we really need is a fruit or something. We'll have a light breakfast and then I'll buy lunch."
"Sounds like a plan." Francine smiled just as Kukui entered the house.
"There's nothing like a nice run in the morning." He placed his hands on his knees and continued breathing heavy.
"I thought you were in the bathroom." Francine said as she glanced back at the bathroom.
"I told you I was going for a run. You waved me away and fell back to sleep." Kukui laughed.
"I guess I forgot…" Francine nervously laughed as Kukui kissed her forehead.
"It's fine. From the look of Genny's hair, I'd guess that she just woke up."
"Yup!" Genny nodded her head.
"Well, go ahead and wash up. I'll head in when you're done." Samantha walked in and set Genny in the bathtub.
"Close your eyes, honey." Samantha turned on the water and cupped her hands underneath the running water and poured it over her head. Once the tub was filled wait warm water, Samantha began washing her body and Genny looked up at Samantha.
"Fun day?" Genny asked.
"Later, hon. First we need to get ready and then we'll eat and then we'll go." Samantha reassured her. She started lathering her hair and gently washing her hair. Once she finished drying Genny's hair, she left it long and straight as they exited the bathroom.
"Kukui walked it with a second set of clothes and shut the door behind him followed by a knock on the door. Francine opened the door to Sophocles and what looked like a round mouse-like Pokémon.
"Good morning Sophocles." Francine said cheerfully.
"Alola Professor Burnet. Is…um…is Sam around?" He asked. It occurred to Samantha that the spa day was after her time with Sophocles.
'Damn it…I guess I forgot.' Samantha thought to herself as she walked towards the door.
"Wait! I forgot something." Samantha set Genny down and quickly scaled the ladder. Genny flew up to the loft and stood on the bed.
"Whatcha looking for?" Genny asked.
"The tooth you caught. I need it for something. Ready to go?" Genny nodded and they headed for the door. They walked outside and Sophocles gave her a positive smile.
"Hey Sam…you uh…ready to go?"
"Sure. I hope you don't mind that I get my morning routine in before we grab brunch."
"Uh…no. I don't mind at all. Do you Togedamaru?' He looked down at the mouse Pokémon who hopped up and down and cheered with joy.
"Toge!" The Pokémon exclaimed and Samantha walked down towards the beach.
"Is this what you do before you fight?" Francine asked.
"Well…it's…more of a morning stretching my mom taught me when I was young." Samantha explained.
"Mind if we join you?" Kukui asked.
"Sure. But…it's not a contest. Try your best and be sure to breathe." Samantha told the two. "Sophocles?"
"Uh…no thank you. I can't-"
"Oh come on, Sophocles…" Kukui insisted. "Just try it."
"B-But I'm not very flexible."
"Just try your best. No one is judging." Samantha walked back inside and grabbed five mats to use before walking over to the nearest spot of grass.
"We'll do just a few stretches to loosen up the body." Samantha said as she began some light stretches. Kukui, Francine, Genny, and Sophocles also began to loosen up.
"You ready?" Samantha asked and everybody nodded. "Ok. Let's start with something simple. This one's called bound angel." Samantha sat down on the mat and her legs were parallel with the ground. Genny sat down normally while not actually attempting to do the stretch; she was most likely enjoying the inclusion of Samantha's daily routine. Kukui and Francine were able to replicate the same pose Samantha did and Sophocles was not even close to it. Still, he was trying his best and that was the whole point.
"Inhale…and exhale…" Samantha said as she closed her eyes. After a few moments, she lifted one leg and placed it on the other. "This one's called fire log." Genny remained sitting cross legged while looking at Samantha. Samantha nodded her head and smiled at the child. Kukui and Francine were still keeping pace with the princess, and Sophocles was still trying his best.
"Let your body be one with the wind." Samantha said before she slowly inhaled and exhaled. "Next is head-to-knee forward bend." Another deep breath in and out. "Two more. Next we'll do the beloved triangle." Samantha stood up and showed the next pose. Another breath in and out. "Finally, lord of the dance." Samantha lifted her leg and presented the next pose. Kukui was able to perform it without moving, but his wife almost fell over. She quickly recovered, but she struggled to stand on a single leg. Genny flapped her wings and flew around the entire group. Sophocles tried to copy it, but he ended up falling on his back.
"Ugh, it's too hard…" He complained while he rubbed his head.
"It just takes practice." Samantha returned to a normal standing position. "With enough practice, you'll be able to do the harder moves like…the one leg king pigeon." Samantha demonstrated the pose and the others looked on with amazement.
"Holy…" Francine started to say, but her voice trailed off. Samantha spent a few moments breathing before moving to another pose.
"…or dedicated to the sage mariachi." Samantha began the next pose.
"You're really flexible." Sophocles noted.
"I've been doing this for years. Do a couple of these every day and your flexibility will increase." Samantha stood up and brushed herself off. "Every day we must thank Hylia for the life we are given and the day she has provided us." Samantha sighed and Genny flew into her arms. "Let's pick everything up and then we'll head downtown."
"I got it." Francine picked up the mat and then picked up the mat her husband was using. "Go have fun, we'll catch up later. Thank you for the lesson."
"Thank you, Professor Burnet." Samantha smirked and she looked over at Sophocles. "Shall we get going?" The three of them started walking towards downtown.
"You know there's this ice cream place that serves…" Sophocles' voice trailed off as they walked downtown. Samantha was watching Genny fly in front of her and her heart sank.
'It's been almost two weeks and I'm not any closer to getting her home. I don't have any hints or clues or-'
"Sam." Sophocles said and she snapped back to reality.
"Huh?"
"Were you listening?" He asked.
"Uh…yeah. Sure. I heard you."
"…what did I just say?" He asked.
"You were…talking about…the best place that serves ice cream."
"I asked if you wanted burgers or ice cream." He said with a stern tone.
"S-Sorry. Um…I'm ok with whatever you want."
"Ok. Let's get both. I know a place that's…" Again Sophocles' voice trailed off and, again, Samantha watched Genny.
'Let's ask Genny if she can give me something else about home. Some kind of hint or maybe a detail about where she's from…maybe who her parents are, or some kind of detail that-'
"Sam!" Sophocles called out and she snapped back.
"I-uh-s-s-sorry." She quickly apologized.
"Sam, what's going on? You're acting all….spacey." Samantha's eyes began to water as her fists clenched. "Um…p-p-please don't hurt me…" Sophocles begged.
"I'm sorry, Sophocles." Samantha apologized. "it's just…Genny's been with me for a little over two weeks and so far, I've got nothing and I'm not any closer to bringing her home. I feel…I feel so useless. Ginny would probably have solved it by now."
"Ginny?" He asked.
"My sister." She replied.
"Oh. Well, Sam…let's get some food first and then let's review what you know. Maybe…Maybe I can help somehow." He suggested. They made their way to a burger joint and they got some food. Samantha ordered a double cheeseburger with bacon, onions, mushrooms, jalapenos and pickles. Sophocles ordered a triple bacon cheeseburger with the same toppings that Samantha ordered excluding the jalapenos. Genny was given a small cheese pizza slice and fries on the side. Once they sat down, Samantha divulged everything she knew about Genny and everything that happened prior to her arriving in Alola.
"That whole…trophy thing…that…hm…" Sophocles thought for a minute.
"What are you thinking?" Samantha asked.
"I bought this book a long time ago…I vaguely remember that the guy I bought it from told me that this book was about some all-powerful deity…or something. I bought the book, but it's in some foreign language or something. I couldn't read it, but I kept it because…well, I couldn't get anyone to buy it from me." He sheepishly chuckled.
"A book?" Samantha asked. "An all-powerful deity? Could I…could I borrow that book?" Samantha asked.
"No." Sophocles said.
"No?" Samantha asked with a surprised manner.
"I want you to have it. All that old book does is collect dust at my house. I'll bring it to you tonight."
"What a nice surprise. Thank you, Sophocles." Samantha then realized she completely forgot about Kiawe's surprise yesterday.
"It's no problem." Sophocles smiled and continued eating his burger. Once they finished eating, though Samantha was feeling kind of full, she did promise to buy ice cream for Sophocles.
"What kind of ice cream do you want?" Samantha asked.
"I haven't even finished my meal yet." Sophocles took another bite of his burger.
"Well, I tell you what. I'm going to take a little walk to find a place to make a necklace for this." She pulled out the tooth and stood up.
"Sam! Can I come?" Genny asked. Samantha looked at the food on Genny's plate. She ate most of the pizza and all of the fries.
"Three more bites of the pizza." Samantha told the child.
"But I don't like it." Genny whined and pushed the crust away from her.
"Genny…" Samantha said with a motherly tone. "You must eat the crust."
"No." She folded her arms and pouted.
"Genny."
"No."
"Three more bites."
"No!" Genny yelled.
"Genny." Samantha knelt down next to the girl. "We're not going anywhere until you eat the crust." Genny refused to eat the crust, but Samantha refused to let Genny leave until she ate the crust. "Genny, we're not going anywhere until you eat the crust."
"I don't wanna." Genny said while pouting and she flew away from the princess.
"Genny…" Samantha scolded the young girl. "Genevieve! You get back here right n-" Just then, Samantha saw some man flying a menacing-looking machine grab Genny with a claw of some sort. Right next to him was something with an incredible shine. He cackled as he flew to the top of a building.
"Genny!" Samantha screamed with worry and immediately gave chase.
"Sam, wait!" Sophocles called out, but Samantha was already gone.
"Let her go!" Samantha called out, but the man either couldn't hear her or he wasn't paying her any attention. He eventually stopped at the peak of a building. Samantha ran through the door and the first thing she saw was an out of order sign in front of the elevator.
'Fuck. Ok, take the stairs. It can't be that tall, right?' Samantha thought as she hustled up the stairs towards the top. She hustled up the first thirteen floors and walked the next two.
'Fifteen floors. Do it for Genny.' Samantha began running and made it to the thirtieth floor.
'My God…how tall is this fucking building?' Samantha closed her eyes and sat down on the steps to catch her breath.
'I swear to Hylia…if this asshole flew away, I'm jumping off.' Samantha chuckled at her joke. 'Come on…it can't be more than fifty.' Samantha stood up and walked the next five floors. 'The top. I'm almost there.' Samantha thought to herself and ran the last five floors. She opened the door and, thankfully, the man was still on top of the building. Threatening the people and using Genny as a hostage. Genny was being kept in a cage like some kind of savage animal.
"Genny…" Samantha whispered and quietly crept towards the cage. Suddenly, it sparked with electricity and Genny screamed in pain.
'Motherfucker!' Samantha thought to herself as she helplessly watched Genny being electrocuted for a few seconds. She finally got to the cage where she tried to pry it open it. She noticed the cables attached to the cage and saw it led to some kind of electrical power source on the back of his flying machine.
"I will not repeat myself. Perhaps you need another demonstration." His voice boomed. Samantha needed to act fast and quickly looked for something to pry open the cage. All she had in her possession was the tooth the Genny caught yesterday. Desperate to free her, she jammed the tooth into the power supply and when the button was pushed, the tooth exploded and the power shut down.
"What's going…huh?" He looked back and saw Samantha and quickly tried taking off. Samantha desperately clung onto the cage as she was pulled from the roof. She glanced down and gulped hard as everything seemed to get smaller and smaller.
"Sam…" Genny cried and looked for a way out.
"It's ok, Genny. I'm…" She groaned and tried to pull the door open. "I'll get you out." The man quickly ascended higher and higher.
'If this keeps up…' Samantha gasped and climbed past the cage. "Genny, I'll be right back." She climbed the cage and eventually reached the man. He was overweight wearing black pants and a red coat. He had a mangy moustache and blue glasses with a bald head on top. She looked for some kind of switch, but what drew her attention was a giant diamond sitting next to the control panel. Though it wasn't her priority, Samantha now wanted to save Genny and get that diamond. She reached for it, but promptly had her hand swatted away.
"Get off my ship!" He yelled and started swerving his small ship.
"Let Genny go!" Samantha protested. As they continued to escalate, Samantha started to feel a bit lightheaded. The man pushed a button and a single oxygen mask covered his nose and mouth. He began taking slow, deep breaths while Samantha's eyes grew heavier and she began feeling weaker by the second.
'…gotta…gotta free…Gen…Genny…' Samantha thought to herself as she tried slapping random buttons in front of Genny's kidnapper.
"Get off of my ship!" He bellowed once more and slapped her hand away. Samantha managed to slap another button and the cage opened with Genny falling out of the cage and rapidly descending towards the ground.
'No…Genny…Genny…' Samantha thought as she closed her eyes and fell asleep. With no strength left in her body, she began falling off the ship. Before she completely fell off, her arm knocked off the diamond from his pedestal.
No!"The man tried to reach for it, but it began descending with Samantha as she plummeted towards the ground.
"How far are you out?" Kukui asked while on the phone with someone.
"Almost there. I see Genny." Kiawe said as he raced across the sky to retrieve the girl. He managed to grab her and slowly came to a stop.
"Good job, Charizard." He rubbed the head of his dragon.
"Did you see Sam?" Kukui asked and Kiawe looked around.
"No, I don't see-" Suddenly something passed him that made him jump. "Gah! Um…Sam's on her way down."
"Down?"
"Yeah like…the express route." Kukui then noticed something falling rapidly towards the ground.
"Oh god…" He said quietly while looking on at the falling princess. "Can you get to her?"
"I'll try." He hung up and Charizard dove after her; it was a race to the finish line and as they drew closer, Kiawe realized he wouldn't make it. He pulled the reigns as she continued plummeting.
"Sam, come on wake up!" Kiawe begged, but to no avail. Suddenly, Samantha had vanished into thin air. "What?" Kiawe asked with surprise. He looked around, but there was no trace of her. Kiawe safely landed on the ground and was greeted with applause and cheers.
"Does anyone know CPR?" He asked and Officer Jenny approached him.
"Stand back!" She called out and Kiawe set the little girl down.
"Kukui!" Francine called out and casually walked up to him, his face, however told her that he wasn't happy. "Hey, what's wrong?"
"Genny was kidnapped and Sam went to save her." He informed his wife.
"She WHAT?!" Francine blurted out before looking around frantically. "But then…where is Sam?"
"I don't-"
"I sent…whoever that was…to the Aether Foundation." An older man said casually. He had blonde hair and a goatee on his chin. His glasses had a tint of green and he wore a white overcoat.
"Faba…thank you." Francine smiled before pulling out her phone. "Hold on, I need to make a call." Genny began coughing and Officer Jenny carefully set up right. "This is Jenny. I have a 207A in front of Mike's Burger Joint on the corner of sixth and wall. Request immediate medical transport."
"10-4 Jenny. Sending medical personnel now. ETA five minutes." The other voice said to her.
"Sam…? Where's Sam?" Genny weakly asked.
"Honey, don't try to move. We're going to get you some help."
"There you are, Genny." Sophocles started walking towards the girl, but Jenny stopped him in his tracks.
"Hold on one second. Who are you?" She asked sternly.
"I'm Sophocles. I…I was just having lunch with her and Sam." He informed the officer.
"And where is this…Sam?" She questioned him.
"I…I don't know." He stammered.
"She's at the Aether Foundation." Faba said to the officer. "Lusamine will take care of her." The ambulance rolled up and Kukui walked towards the other man.
"Faba, I'm going to go with Genny. You stay here and tell Francine I went." Faba nodded and after they loaded the child into the ambulance, they took off. While Genny was being rushed to the hospital, Samantha was teleported to the front steps of the Aether Foundation. The front doors slid open and the Pokémon flew away from the unconscious woman.
"…is alright with you." The older woman laughed. "Well, I should g-WAAAAH!" She yelled as she tripped over Samantha's body. "What…who is this?" She barked while the voice on the other line continued speaking. "Huh? No, It's just…there's some girl here…sleeping." There was a pause while someone was talking on the other line. "No, I'm outside. Hey, you…wake up. I'll call you tomorrow." She hung up and lightly tapped the princess with the tip of her shoe, but there was still no response. Another woman exited the building after the older blonde left.
"Lusamine! You're…you're still here." The woman said.
"Wicke! Just in time. Can you help me turn this girl around?" Lusamine grabbed Samantha's legs and gently rolled her over. Wicke did the same thing to her arms. Lusamine gasped loudly and covered her mouth.
"Wh-What's wrong?" Wicke asked.
"This…This…This is Samantha."
"Who?"
"Who?! Only the greatest fighter that has ever entered the tournament and the first child in the Hyrule kingdom. Daughter of Samus Aran and the former Princess Zelda and married to Marcus McCloud." She looked over at her ally who simply shrugged her shoulders. "…she is also Virginia's sister."
"OH! That Samantha!" Wicke nodded her head. "Well…how did she get here?"
"I have no idea." Lusamine said. "Go inside and get a gurney." Lusamine pulled out her phone. "Lillie's going to be quite upset…"
"I can watch over her." Wicke insisted, but Lusamine shook her head.
"No, I need to-" Lusamine glanced at something on the ground a few feet away from Samantha. "…is that hers?" She walked over to the diamond and picked it up. "Oh my…this must be the biggest diamond I've ever seen in my life." Lusamine gasped and admired the diamond. It was pure white and it was the size of her palm before kneeling down next to the princess.
"Excuse me, Sam?" She asked, but received no response. She tilted her head to the side and grabbed Samantha's wrist. After a few moments, her eyes grew big and she set the diamond down.
"What's wrong?" Wicke asked, but Lusamine was focused on she was doing.
"She has no pulse. Get a doctor!" Lusamine cried out as she tiled Samantha's head back and began giving her mouth-to-mouth. Wicke ran back inside and Lusamine started the chest compressions again.
'Come on…come on!' Lusamine thought as she continued giving compressions to her chest. A doctor and two men followed Wicke out to the tall blonde woman.
"Stand back." The doctor said as they moved her. While they were rushing Samantha inside, in an out of body experience, Samantha woke up and looked around her; her surroundings were unknown to her and there wasn't anyone around her. All she saw was some kind of capital building made of solid gold.
'Is that…gold?' She thought to herself and remembered what Krystal told her a few days ago.
"All I remember is there was a large capital building made of solid gold."
"Krystal was here." Samantha quietly uttered she began walking towards the building, but it seemed like she was walking in place. "What? What is this?" She started running, but she was seemingly running in place. "What's going on? What is happening?" She asked with concern.
"Clear!" She lightly heard as she watched the building get farther and farther away from her.
"No, wait! Come back!" Samantha called out, but it was to no avail.
"Clear!" She heard again louder, but she didn't know what was happening. Now, in addition to some quiet discussions, she could hear a high pitched single tone.
"What's going on?" She asked as everything enveloped her in darkness once more.
"Clear!" The voice yelled and she felt some kind of static shock against her chest. Her eyes opened and she deeply gasped and she looked around her surroundings. She was in a small room with one man in a white coat standing on one side of her and a woman in purple scrubs standing other the other side.
"We have a pulse." The woman informed the doctor. "Sam…Sam, can you hear me?"
"Where…Where's Genny…?" She asked.
"Who's Genny?" The doctor inquired.
"She's delirious." The nurse remarked.
"I need to find him…" Samantha said while she weakly tried to get up. Her strength failed her as she couldn't get up from the bed.
"Sam, what are you talking about?" The doctor questioned her once again.
"I need…need to find…the man…he…" Samantha closed her eyes and collapsed in the bed once more. The heart monitor was indicating that she still had a pulse, but the doctor and the nurse had more questions than they did answers.