Hey there! It's AKCC with another update for this story! I know I shouldn't really be updating with not a lot of chapters, but who cares? It's a very special occasion!
Happy Pokemon Day everyone! That's right! The first Gen I games were released, this day, 20 years ago! Wow, 20 years, that seems so long ago, even though I wasn't even born yet. To think, I got into Pokemon when Pokemon Ranger came out. Can you believe that was my first ever Pokemon game? And my first main series one was Pokemon Diamond! Ah, Sinnoh, so many memories, and it still remains my favorite region and game ever!
Speaking of games, who else is excited for Pokemon Sun and Moon! *fangirl scream* My sister informed me yesterday and I saw the trailer; it was amazing! I can't wait for them to come out! Gamefreak, I knew you wouldn't disappoint us fans! *fangirl scream* I can't wait to see the new region, the town, new player designs, and of course, new pokemon! I hope they will really make it better then the rest of the games! And even before the announcement of Sun and Moon, there was Magearna! And its going to be in the new movie with Volcanion! How amazing is that?
I am definitely getting one of the games. I got X for my last birthday, Alpha Sapphire last Christmas, and I am getting either Sun or Moon for this Christmas! I just need to see the mascots and new pokemon before I can chose which one to buy first. But I really can't wait! *fangirl scream*
I should stop blabbering right now and just get on with the chapter. But I am so hyped! Anyways, here's the chapter, where six years has passed from the last chapter. Keep that in mind if the characters seemed different.
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon, but I really want to right now *fangirl scream*, and I do not own the rights to the song the lyrics come form. I only own my own OCs where there are a lot to name individually.
PS: The lyrics are an English translation of a song. Just so you know!
Till slowly I forget and my heart starts vanishing
And suddenly I see that I can't break free-I'm
Slipping through the cracks of a dark eternity
Chapter Three
Alice's POV
"Come out, come out wherever you are." I sang as I roamed the forest near the base.
I heard a rustle and readied my stars, but I saw a blur of blue and black and saw that it was just Sapphire. I hid my stars and glared at her.
"You should know better." I scolded her.
"Sorry ma'am." she looked at the ground.
"Nevermind, report." I ordered.
"Yes ma'am!" she saluted. "We have no signs of the target yet. But the grunts are nearing their base."
"And where's Ruby?" I asked.
"I swore he was right behind me!" Sapphire looked around frantically. She pressed a button on her earpiece. "Where are ya prissy boy?!"
"Ah!" a blur of red and black fell out of a tree near us. "Thanks for blasting my eardrum, Sapphire!" Ruby complained as he rubbed his head. He stood up and gasped at his clothes. "Look at what you did! Because of you, I got dirt on my outfit! You barbarian!"
"Oh yeah? And whatcha ya gonna to do 'bout it?" Sapphire got in his face.
"Why I outta-!"
"Knock it off! Both of you!" I glared at them.
"Sorry ma'am." they said quietly.
"Ruby, have you got anything to report?" I demanded.
"Actually yes. We captured a few of the target's team." he nodded.
"A few?" I raised a brow. A few was not acceptable.
"Everyone, but the target." he clarified as he pressed a button on his earpiece.
The bushes near us rustled and two admins came in, dragging in a greenette girl and a boy with brown-orange hair, both tied up.
"Amethyst, Agate. You are dismissed." I told the admins. A girl with purple streaks in her long black hair and a boy with orange and red streaks in his brown hair nodded before going back through the bushes.
"Heh. I guess you run a tight ship?" Garnet chuckled nervously.
"Garnet, you have known me for six years, you should know by now." I bonked him lightly on the head.
"I know that you take things seriously, but was tying us up necessary? These ropes are chafing my wrists." Jade complained.
"If you want them off, then just tell your general to surrender." I told her.
"I'm not planning to do that!" a voice echoed through the clearing I was in.
I jumped out of the way as a knife landed in the exact same spot as I was standing in. A black and gray figure jumped from a tree as it rushed towards me with two shiny knives aimed at my heart.
I slid my stars from my belt and held them up to block the hit. Metal clashed on metal as the figure was stopped. I glared into his brown eyes as I gave a low kick and knocked him to the ground on his back.
While he was down, I took the chance and did a cartwheel over him and when I was on my feet again, threw two of the stars at him. The brunette got up to his feet before he used his knives to block the stars which landed in a tree near where Sapphire, Ruby, Jade, and Garnet were hiding near.
He threw both of the knives in his hand at me which I dodged and they ended up embedded in a tree behind me. I looked back at him to see him pull out two more knives as he charged at me.
I slipped two more stars out and spun them in my hands. I used them to block every blow he had aimed at me before the spinning red stars in my hands knocked the knives out of his hands.
He ran back towards a tree. I knew what he was doing and I'm not falling for that trick this time. Before he could reach the tree, I brought two more stars out and threw all four of them at the figure. I slipped out four more stars and threw them at him again. I slipped out a final star and aimed it low.
One star ended up sticking his shirt by the left shoulder to the tree he was heading for while another did the same on his right shoulder. One pinned his right glove, not hitting any skin, to the tree while another did the same to his left glove. One hooked his left pant leg to the trunk with another star do the same to the right one. Two landed on either side of his head while the final one ended between his leg, just below his private area, avoiding it. Just barely.
"Okay, I surrender! I surrender!" Dan cried as he faced the tree he was pinned to.
"Doesn't matter at this point. We already got your flag." I stated as Quartz, another admin, reported through my earpiece that her group got the flag at Dan's base. "But it does sound so good to hear you surrender."
"At least there wasn't blood this time." Garnet commented.
So? How did capture the flag go? a Lucario asked as I entered my room. She was leaning on the wall as Absol was laying on the floor. Pikachu dashed past me in a yellow blur before she plopped down my bed.
"Fine. Just another boring training mission." I told her as I let my white hair out of its rose hair tie. I picked up a brush from my vanity as I sat down in front of the mirror. "Ruby and Sapphire both have to learn to get along better, but they're still doing their jobs so it's fine with me." I said as I brushed my hair before tying it back in its signature side ponytail.
And that only took two hours? Lucario asked.
"Yes it did. Good thing too since it's time for us to meet up for lunch." I looked at the digital clock hanging on the wall. "Lucario, watch the place. Pikachu, let's go." I told them. Pikachu disappeared in a yellow blur while Lucario just went back to her deep thinking. How thankful I was when she evolved. Lucario has certainly gotten more mature when she did.
I walked out of my room and headed down towards the cantine. All the while, a certain yellow blur was always in the corner of my eye. Maybe training with that blockhead Dan did pay off.
I pushed open the doors and saw Dan, Sapphire, Ruby, Jade, Garnet, Hood, and Bree at our usual table. I saw that Dan had an empty seat and a full tray next to him. I walked over to them and saw that Ruby and Sapphire were bickering (as usual) while Jade was having a civilized conversation with Garnet, who was just nodding aimlessly. Bree was complaining about Ruby and Sapphire while Hood tried to calm her down.
"So, even after losing to me, you still had the guts to save a spot and meal for me?" I smirked as I took my seat next to Dan as I began to eat the salad in front of me.
"Yeah, well, a real man knows how to face defeat." Dan yawned, trying to pull the oldest trick in the book. But before he could wrap his arm around my shoulder, I shot him a glare and a flash of my shuriken. He withdrew his arm immediately.
"But you surrendered. So what does that make you then?" Bree countered as she forgot about Ruby and Sapphire.
"Hey! Her team captured the flag before I surrendered so I lost. Not surrendered." Dan corrected.
"Actually, you did surrender. And that was right before my team got your flag." I pointed out. "I got my admins to prove it. Just ask Quartz."
"Ack! Look at what you did! You spilled soda on my shirt! That doesn't wash out easily!" Ruby exclaimed.
"Aw man up ya pussy! A tiny stain like that won't hurt cha!" Sapphire slammed her can of soda on the table.
"Must they always act like that? It's really not a proper way to act." Jade complained.
"Mmhmm. That's great. I totally understand. I feel bad for you." Garnet mumbled aimlessly.
"Garnet? Are you even listening to me?" Jade demanded.
"Oh yeah? How surprising. I'm completely interested." Garnet nodded with every word.
"Oh boy. He's gone in the zone again." Hood shook his head.
"You would think Jade would realize by now." I commented.
"She's always so oblivious." Dan noted. "You can't really blame her. She always has her head in the clouds even though she's all about the rules."
"Still can't believe they're all foster siblings though. I would've thought they would all get along by the time they joined." Bree complained.
"Some people just don't get along." I said simply as I dropped an apple below the table. A yellow blur quickly snatched it up before it could hit the floor. "Look at Ruby and Sapphire. They've been partners for six years now, but they still argue."
"And that would've been enough time to have Jade realize that Garnet never really listens to whatever she's talking about." Dan said as he looked back over at his commanders.
"Garnet! Answer me!" Jade demanded.
"Oh. I feel bad for you. I totally get it. Tell me everything." Garnet said monotonically.
"Garnet!" Jade bonked him on the head with one of her signature tonfa. A red bump was left on Garnet's head as he snapped out of his trance.
"Ow! That really hurts!" he complained as he rubbed his head. "Oh, I did it again, didn't I?"
"Yes you did. And she finally noticed." Hood pointed to a mad Jade.
"Sorry Jade." Garnet said sheepishly, trying to get away from the greenette's wrath.
I looked away from the yelling that was about to happen and towards the other side of the table. Ruby was having his face dunked in his bowl of soup while Sapphire while Bree was laughing at the scene. Hood was busy trying to get Jade to calm down a bit. For a 19 year old, he is really good at being a mediator.
"Hey, you okay?" Dan caught my attention.
"I'm fine. Just a little bored." I told him. Although there was a lot of chaos going on around us, this was normal for our teams. Ever since I joined Team Rocket, it was the best decision I made of my life.
Dan, Hood, Bree, and I have gotten to be close friends while we also made friends with Ruby, Sapphire, Jade, and Garnet who made our small circle of friends into a large circle of craziness.
My admins, Amethyst, Agate, Quartz, Pyrite, Topaz, Aquamarine, Onyx, Opal, Peridot, and Citrine, were also good lackeys, but we don't have a tight knit friendship with them like the commanders. Dan's admins, Violet, Chrome, Azure, Grey, Amber, Celeste, Ebony, Ivory, Olive, and Orange, they're a bit more laid back, like their general, but we still don't have a close friendship with them.
"Huh?" Dan looked down at his Pokegear at the same time I did at mines. We both got a message. I read it quickly and stood up.
"Sorry guys, but the higher-ups wants us." Dan excused us as we walked out of the door of the cantine.
We walked up the stairs in silence with a slight tap every once in awhile. We might need to work on that the next time we train.
"Why do you think the executives want us?" Dan asked.
"I don't know, but if we have to fill in for Proton and Petrel again, I am not doing it. I'm not dealing with that idiot trio again. How Petrel claimed them as his 'prized' admins still eludes me." I replied.
"Proton's admins are a bit better." Dan locked his fingers behind his head.
"Are you sure? Since I think they're just as bad. Especially that guy, what's his name again?" I pondered about it before I gave up very quickly. "You know what, I don't even care about it anymore."
"Let's see what they want." Dan said as we approached a grunt standing guard in front of four metal doors at the end of a hall on the second-to-last floor.
"We were told that the executives needed to see us." I told the grunt.
"IDs?" he asked.
I rolled my eyes, but I showed him my ID card as Dan did as well.
The grunt nodded. "Archer's office. He's waiting in there with Ariana."
Dan raised a brow at me with a look that said 'both of them?' I shrugged and we walked in the office with a gold 'A' on the door.
The office was big with a single lone desk in the room. A man with close shaved teal hair sat in the chair with a woman with bright red hair next to him. When the door closed behind us, the chair turned around to reveal Archer with a passive look on his face.
"Sir. Ma'am." Dan and I greeted them with a bow to our superiors.
"Rise." Ariana commanded. Dan and I did as so.
"I supposed you know why you're here?" Archer asked as he leaned back in his chair.
There's a lot of ways to answer that. It could be about the time where Sapphire broke two walls while we were training or the time when Garnet knocked down Proton's and Petrels teams of grunts with his bo staff. Or was it the time Ruby shot Petrel in the ass with his guns? Again, there's a lot of ways to answer his question.
"No sir." Dan answered.
"I thought not." Archer said as he closed his eyes. "We have a special mission for you and your teams."
"Directly from Madame Boss herself." Ariana added.
Madame Boss? Okay, this must is huge if we're doing a mission for the mother of Giovanni. She's the most powerful leader in Team Rocket. Usually, she's at Team Rocket's Global base in Oblivia, but she visits her son at Team Rocket National base, or in other words, here in Kanto.
"Normally, she would be here to give a mission as important as this, but she can't make it." Ariana continued.
"So she handed the task to us." Archer added. "She thought that out of all of the generals in our group, you two were the ones most versatile for it."
Madame Boss chose us for a special mission? This seems a little bit too good to seem real. has she looked at our reports on our commanders? If she did, than she's playing a joke on us.
"Enough of your explaining." the door behind us busted open with a slam. "I'll take it from here."
"Yes, Madame." Archer and Ariana were wide-eyed and went to stand on either side of the desk.
"Madame Boss." Dan and I went down on one knee with our head down.
"Don't bother with the formalities, dearies. You can get up." a cold, strict voice commanded. We did as so. Madame Boss was an aging woman with strands of grey hair in her black hair she kept in a loose ponytail at the nape of her neck. She wore a dark red shirt under a black buttoned blazer with a black pencil skirt on. She had black see through tights with dark red heels clicking with every step as she walked in front of us. Her face showed that she really was the mother of Giovanni since wrinkles were evident while her cheeks showed signs of botox use. Her brown eyes were like cold, hard steel.
"Now, this must be the great 'Fire Master' and 'Scarlet Star' I have heard so much about." Madame Boss stated as she scanned us. "I have to say, they clearly meet up to the rumors they say they are."
"Madame," Archer started.
"Did I say you can talk?" Madame Boss glared at him.
"No, Madame." Archer said quickly.
"Both of you will just get in the way. You know nothing about the mission anyway. You are dismissed." Madame Boss waved them off. Archer and Ariana bowed to her quickly before exiting the room.
"Since those two nitwits are gone, I supposed you have no idea why I need you both?" she asked.
"No, Madame." Dan and I said in unison.
"I suspected you didn't." Madame said as she sat in the chair behind the desk. "But this is very important mission after all. Anything we discuss will never be repeated to anyone outside your teams. Am I clear?"
"Yes, Madame." we said again.
"Good." she leaned back. "Although your teams have some behavioral issues, I still believe you are able to handle this. Do both of you know anything about the M-2 Project?" she asked.
The M-2 Project? Does she mean the one with Mewtwo? Of course I heard about it. During my years with Team Rocket, I have researched it as often as I can.
"No, Madame."
"Yes, Madame." I said as Dan gave his answer.
"I see at least one of you are well educated on the one failure Team Rocket has in its long line of success." Madame Boss noticed as she stood up from her seat. "I wanted the both of you to go and recapture Mewtwo. We have new intel on possible locations it might be hiding in. You," she pointed towards Dan. "You are to search a rundown mansion located on the destroyed island of Cinnabar while you," she pointed towards me. "You are to search the cave located near Cerulean City. If both of you find nothing, report to me immediately and I shall find a new lead on M-2."
Us? Finding a powerful pokémon such as Mewtwo? This must be the dream mission every member wishes for. Especially since it's coming from Madame Boss herself.
"You are dismissed." Madame Boss waved us off. Dan and I turned towards the door, but Madame Boss stopped us. "But not you, Alice. I have something else to discuss with you."
I stopped in my track and Dan turned back at me. I gave him a nod to go on without me. He nodded back and exited the room.
"Yes, Madame?" I asked as I turned back to her.
"I've heard much about you." She started to pace around me. "You were recruited by my brat boy, Giovanni. You rose from being the former soft shell of yourself to being one of the most ruthless and merciless general in Team Rocket history. I have a very special mission for you." she stopped in front of me.
I was too scared to talk or move. She knows about my entire life. What does she want me to do? I never really killed anyone before. I would embed my stars in people's flesh, but that wouldn't be enough to kill them.
"We have a pest meddling in Team Rocket's schemes for far too long." she narrowed her eyes. "You are to kill Ashton Satoshi Ketchum."
I was shocked. Sure he and all of those called friends and family of mines called me weak, but having me kill my twin brother? You know what? If I'm dead to him, then why should I care?
"It shall be done, Madame." I told her.
"Good." she grinned wickedly. "I don't expect it to be done right away. Just focus on your current mission and when there's an appropriate time, do the deed."
"Yes, Madame." I nodded.
"You are dismissed. And what we just discussed in here will never be spoken to anyone else." she warned.
"Yes, Madame." I bowed to her before I exited the room.
When I opened the door to the hallway, I was surprised since no one was there. Not even the grunt standing guard. Was it possible he got scared off by Madame Boss?
Shaking the thought out of my head, I went up to the floor with all of the generals' and commanders' rooms. I heard some shouting coming from both Sapphire's and Ruby's rooms; they're connected by a extendable screen which is not soundproof. Jade's and Garnet's rooms are the same, but I don't hear any shouting coming from them.
As I was about to walk into my room, Dan walked out of his.
"Hey, so what did Madame Boss wanted to talk to you about?" he asked.
"Nothing big." I told him, remembering what Madame Boss said to me. With that, I went into my room.
Before I could close the door, Pikachu shot into my room and onto my bed. Lucario was still leaning against the wall while Absol had moved from her spot on the floor to laying at the end of my bed.
I knew that Pikachu wasn't listening to anything Madame Boss told Dan or I. She certainly didn't hear the personal mission she have me either. And it's going to stay that way.
"You tired?"I asked her as I stroked her fur.
"Pi." she shrugged. Over the years, Dan and I worked on her stealth and stamina. She could run around all day, but not get tired.
How was your lunch? Lucario asked.
"It was cut short. We have a new mission to do." I told her. She nodded and got into her pokéball. Absol lifted her head up and settled it in my lap while Pikachu has moved from the bed to my shoulder.
Knock!
"Come in." I said, knowing it was Dan. His red aura isn't hard to miss.
"When do you want to inform the grunts?" he asked as he poked his head in.
"Tomorrow." I answered. "They are still tired from the five training missions we did today."
"Got it." he nodded. He crossed his arms and leaned in my doorway.
"What do you want?" I scowled at him. Whenever he doesn't leave right away, he wants something.
"Oh nothing. I was just wondering what Madame Boss wanted from a princess like you." he smirked.
"Do not call me a princess!" I shouted at him.
"Whatever do say, princess." he smirked again. He quickly got out and closed the door as I threw one of my stars at him. It was embedded in the dartboard that held ten other stars on the door.
I'm usually calm, but I still hate it whenever he calls me that.
I sighed before I got off of my bed and took out all of the stars in the dartboard. I examined one and they seemed a bit dull. I need to pay a visit to Hood soon. Since I have nothing else to do today, I might as well do it now.
I left Lucario's pokéball in my room while only bringing Absol's and Pikachu's pokeballs along. Pikachu followed me in a yellow flash while Absol just walked alongside me. I went down to the weaponry and slid my ID card through the lock. It beeped and I walked in.
"Hood? You here?" I called out.
"Back here!" Hood called out. I walked behind some tanks and saw Hood tinkering with the wires in a missile.
"Bree was right; you're basically a tech guy here." I told him.
"Heh. Yeah. Now that I look closer at what I do, I guess I am." He stood up and smiled sheepishly. "I guess I owe her an apology. Even if it's six years overdue."
"Yes you do." I nodded.
"So what do you need?" he asked as he wiped his face with a piece of cloth.
"Do you have any more of my shurikens? These are getting dull." I showed him the ones from my dartboard. "I'm also running out."
"You go through them faster than Sapphire does with her food." Hood chuckled.
"Well, I need more of them if I'm going to thrown them at people and never going to see them again. I try to get as many back as I can, but I can't get all of them." I pointed out.
"Maybe stop leaving them around in the world. People will find them." Hood pointed out.
"Than how else will I spread my name as the 'Scarlet Star'?" I countered. "I need to spread fear and Team Rocket's name."
"Good point." Hood said. "I think we just a brand new shipment in." he said as he led me back to the small weapons section.
I looked at the different weapon he had in the section. Most generals and commanders tend to use small, but dangerous weapons. For example, I use my scarlet red star shurikens while Dan has a wide collection of daggers and knives.
Sapphire, she tends to use her own weapon, or in other words, her hands and feet along with the occasional teeth, I mean fangs. Ruby has a pair of top of the line specialized handguns, but he doesn't use them that often. He tries to stay away from violence, but he will use the guns if he needs to. Jade has a pair of high quality tonfa. She likes to swing them around and disable people's movement with them. Garnet has a collapsible bo staff. He prefers using the enemy's attack and power against them and he uses his bo staff to achieve that even though he'll use his own power against them.
I feel like they should get their weapons get checked out. I noticed a crack in the barrel of one of Ruby's guns while there was a slight crack in one of Jade's tonfa. Garnet has been having trouble keeping his bo staff locked in place. If they don't get those problems checked out, they might hurt themselves with their weapons.
"Here they are." Hood picked up a black box and opened it up to reveal white velvet lining the inside. Two rows of ten star shurikens each were in sitting in place.
"Thank you." I took the stars from the box. "Can you sharpen these?" I handed him the old stars I had.
"Won't be a problem." he said as he placed them it the black box. "Just come back whenever you need more."
"Actually, do you have another weapon? You know, something close range?" I asked him.
"Close range? What for?" he asked.
"Just as an extra precaution if I ever get cornered or something." I replied.
"Not sure if that will ever happen, but I do have something." Hood walked down some shelves and pulled down a glossy black box. He opened it and a silver dagger with a black handle with a ruby at the base of the blade on both sides. A rose was at the end of the handle. The silver blade was about four inches while the handle was about one and a half inches. "This just came in. Thought that it would fit you."
"It sure looks like it." I said as I picked up the dagger from the soft red velvet lining. I gripped it and slashed the air. "This will be perfect."
"Good. Then you'll need something to have it in." he handed me a black sheath. It was the same black color as the handle, but the sheath was covered with silver designs of rose petals and sweeping lines. I took the sheath and clipped it on my belt on my skirt. I placed the dagger in the sheath.
I thanked him again and exited the weaponry. I looked down at Absol who looked back at me. I took out the dagger and stared at my reflection in the shiny metal.
I need something sharp to kill family with.
Dan's POV
"Listen up, grunts." I boomed across the training room. "We just got a new mission and it's an important one."
"I'm sure all of you are well-equipped to handle a mission like this." Alice added as she stood next to me on the elevated stand.
"What mission is it?" Garnet raised his hand up.
I shared a look with Alice and she nodded. "We are tasked with locating and capturing the M-2 Project."
"Ordered directly from Madame Boss herself." Alice added.
"The M-2 Project?" Sapphire asked.
"Do you mean Mewtwo?" Jade asked.
"Precisely." Alice nodded. "She entrusted us with this honor and we will not fail her if we do locate it."
"The teams are going to two separate locations."I stated. "My team," I turned towards them. "Jade, Violet, Celeste, Amber, Olive, and Grey, you and your squads are to come with me to the Cinnabar Mansion to search for Mewtwo there. Garnet, you and the rest of the admins are to stay here and train alongside with the rest of the grunts."
"Understood!" all of them saluted.
"As for my team." Alice looked towards them. "Sapphire, you and the admins you picked, Agate, Citrine, Onyx, Opal, and Quartz, you and your squads are to come with me to investigate Cerulean Cave near Cerulean City. Ruby, you and your admins are to stay here and train alongside the remains of Dan's team."
"Affirmative!" her team saluted.
"Alright." I nodded. "Everyone who is coming with us come closer so we can discuss this mission. All of the commanders and admins too."
Half of the grunts dispersed while the other half came closer as I helped Alice down the stand after I hopped down.
After we told the grunts of the plans, they went to do some last minute training before we head out tomorrow. The admins went to oversee the training their squads are doing. It was fairly easy since they were in charge of overseeing ten grunts each.
"Dan, why do I have to stay here with the grunts while Jade gets to go with you?" Garnet complained.
"Because I need someone to watch the remaining grunts to make sure they don't blab the mission to anyone else." I answered. "And Jade is also more knowledgeable in the M-2 Project so she's the perfect commander for this mission."
"Though I agree with you on why you chose me," Jade started. "Do you not trust the grunts? They have been the same ones training under your command for six years."
"Yes, but like the four of you," Alice looked over the commanders. "They have some behavior problems even though our teams are the most deadly and dangerous."
"Then why are you bringing that barbarian with you? She'll only cause trouble!" Ruby pointed to Sapphire.
"If ya wanna keep yer teeth, I suggest ya shut yer mouth!" Sapphire threatened him.
"Enough." Alice scolded them. "I chose Sapphire because her heightened senses would be helpful to locate Mewtwo and Ruby is the most levelheaded to handle the grunts."
"And that way we can keep them from fighting." I added.
"Yes." Alice sighed. "That is another reason why I chose to separate them."
"Jade, what do you think the chances are of finding Mewtwo?" Garnet asked.
"They are very slim. We lost Mewtwo six years ago and it could be anywhere by now." Jade explained.
"A slim chance is a chance we're taking." I said. "Even if we don't find Mewtwo on our mission tomorrow, Madame Boss said she'll find more leads."
"But I do believe we have more of a chance since Madame Boss also said that these are leads she found herself." Alice added.
"All of you should go and get ready for tomorrow. Tell the others that too." I ordered. They nodded and went off to tell the grunts.
Alice and I oversaw as all of the grunts exited the training room.
"Who do you think you're going to use?" I asked Alice when we were alone. "Pikachu? You haven't used her in a while."
"No." she answered as Pikachu appeared on her shoulder. "On a mission like this, we have to spread the fear Team Rocket brings. I'm planning on using Blastoise and Lucario. Maybe Absol as well. She hasn't gotten any action after hunting down that traitor scientist."
"It's a good thing they only erased Dr. Fuji's memories." I said.
"Yeah, but Team Rocket has gotten more extreme lately." Alice said as she turned away.
"That's true, but we have to do whatever they say." I shrugged.
"Yep. Whatever they say." Alice said quietly.
"You okay?" I asked her. She's been a bit distant ever since Madame Boss wanted to talk to her privately.
"I'm fine." she shook her head. "Who are you going to use?"
"Maybe Infernape and Blaziken. Of course I'll use Charizard." I answered her.
"Here." She handed me a pokéball. "Use my Charizard for your mission as well. He'll be good for some air surveillance."
"Are you sure?"I asked her as I held the pokéball in my hand.
"Yes." she nodded. "He has been stuck in his pokéball for so long, I want him to have some freedom to stretch his wings."
"I'll take good care of him." I replied as I clipped the pokéball on my belt. "You know, princess, you must trust me a lot if you're giving me your pokémon. You don't have a crush on me, don't you?"
"What makes you think that?" she shouted. "I certainly don't like you!" she crossed her arms. "And don't call me 'princess'!"
"Listen, I'll stop calling you that if you just admit your feelings for me." I told her.
"I don't have feelings for you!" she shouted.
It's now or never. I have to say it.
"But maybe I have feelings for you." I said quietly.
"What?" she was shocked.
"I like you okay?" I said it louder. "I actually have for a while now."
"Dan, I-I." she stuttered.
"You don't have to say anything right now. I just want to tell you before it's too late." I told her quickly.
"Too late for what?" she asked.
"I heard what Madame Boss asked you to do." I told her.
"What? You listened to our conservation?" she was surprised. "But how?"
"Hood gave me a radio and satellite set that allows me to hear anything people say. And I heard that." I admitted.
"Dan, you're not supposed to know. If she finds out-" Alice said frantically.
"She's not going to find out."I held her hands in mines. "She told you not to tell anybody and you didn't. I found out myself."
"You're still not supposed to know though. It's my problem to solve." she said quietly.
"I won't tell a soul." I hushed her. Finally, I can show her the feelings I've been hiding for years.
"She will find out though... than we'll both be killed." Alice said.
"It won't matter if she thinks you did it though. But I hope you don't do it." I said quietly.
"Dan, I have to. It's a direct order." Alice countered.
"He's still your family though. Are you willing to kill your family?"I asked her.
"He's not my family anymore. I'm dead. We're no longer connected." she said bitterly as she looked down.
"Don't think like that. I know that deep down, you still care for him." I lifted her chin up.
"No I don't-!"
"You do. I know it and you know it." I cut her off.
"I don't know. You know me too well." she said quietly.
"You can know me better if we're in a bed." I smirked.
"Pervert!" she pushed me away. She turned around and crossed her arms.
"Hey. I'm only kidding." I wrapped my arms around her, locking my fingers on her stomach. "I wouldn't do anything like that unless you're cool with it."
"Dan, I just can't." she broke free. "I can't think about this right now. I need some time."
With that, I'm left alone. How much longer do I have to wait? I waited for her ever since I met her. And I'm still in love with her even after all these years.
Oh, I love writing this story! It's such a drastic change from my other s ones. I love it! But some of the stuff I wrote was like' What the f*ck' to me since it's a bit more darker and mature for some audiences. I'm not writing any sex scenes though. It's just pushing the T rating a little bit. but I won't change it to M, it's not that bad.
What do you think of the chapter though? Myself, I like it. It's a nice departure from the other Ashleys in my other stories. Though, for some of my loyal readers, I know that I'm killing you with A Twist in Life. I will update that when I want to! Which may be in two weeks.
Until then, there's still the poll on my profile for this story. I really need your opinion so vote! If not, then I have an interesting ending for this story. It's your choice though. Choose who you want her to end up with! And leave a review! I would love it if I knew how you guys think of my stories!
PS: I also need help with A Twist in Life. If anyone knows what the Brighton Diary entries were, I need them. I really do. My version of SoA was messed up so I can't play it again.
-AKCC, signing out!