Welcome all to this dark Halloween night!
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When I fell apart
Yeah, something changed in my heart
As you can tell from these scars
I'm not the man that you knew before
Chapter Eight
Alice's POV
"That was the worst end to a mission I could ever think of." I muttered to myself as Lilo and I teleported into the Kanto base. I returned Espeon to her pokéball while Pikachu just stood behind my leg.
"Oh come on. We got out of there, your pokémon are safe, and you got the files, right?" she asked me.
"Of course I did. I told you." I looked at her. "We should get this to Giovanni now."
"Well, this is your base, show the way." Lilo said.
I rolled my eyes. We exited the metal hallway and entered the much larger maze of stairs and hallways. I navigated through and we ended up on the lower floors. A desk was sitting outside of Giovanni's office. Seems like Matori finally got a desk of her own.
The secretary herself was sitting there, typing away on the computer. When we walked up to her, Matori looked up.
"Ah. General Alice. Giovanni has been waiting for you." she said as she stopped typing. She looked over to Lilo. "And who is this?"
"This is Lilo Hibiscus. She's the general from the Alola branch sent to assist me on my mission." I explained.
"Hmm." Matori said. "I'll let Giovanni know you're here." She turned towards the phone on one of the corners of the desk and pushed a button on it. "Giovanni sir, Alice and another general called Lilo is here to meet with you." She spoke into it before releasing it.
"Let them in." Giovanni's voice came through. Matori stood up from her desk and punched in a code on the keypad next to the door. It slid open and she sat back at her desk and typed away.
I walked briskly past her and her desk and into Giovanni's office. As soon as Lilo passed through, the door slid close. I stopped walking as I stood in front of Giovanni's desk. His Persian was lying on its side on one side of the desk and glared at us as we stood there.
Giovanni looked up from a paper and his desk and folded his hands when he saw us.
"Giovanni sir." Lilo and I bowed down to him. He waved his hand for us to stand straight. We did.
"Now, have you gotten the files from the lab?" he asked us. We nodded and pulled out the flashdrive. In a flash, his Persian sprung up and snatched it from my hand. He dropped the flashdrive from his mouth and onto Giovanni's desk. I glared at it. I always hated that cat.
"Excellent." Giovanni said as he picked up the flashdrive in one hand and petted Persian on the other. Persian purred under his touch. "And how was Lilo? Did she assist you?"
"Of course sir." I nodded. "She contributed as much to this mission as I did." Lilo nodded.
"I see." Giovanni said. "Well, I will contact your supervisor and be sure to inform him of that. You two are dismissed." He waved us off. We bowed one last time before walking out.
We walked passed Matori who didn't give us a second looked, and up to the floor where all of the service stations were. Grunts were running back and forth with some admins yelling at them.
"Wow." Lilo said as we stood near railing. This floor wasn't really a 'floor'. It was two floors, but the middle of each was open with a pillar holding up the roof of the second floor. A railing surrounded the balcony that overlooked the first floor on the second floor. "I never thought I would meet Giovanni!"
"You're a general. You were bound to meet him someday." I shrugged. Pikachu slipped through my feet. "I met him when I first came here. He was the one who recruited me."
"What?! Really?! That's awesome!" Lilo exclaimed. "I never knew that!"
"Not many people do." I said. "Come on. I need to get my Espeon healed." I started towards the breeding center. "And I can show you to my friends before you head off."
"You have friends?" she asked me. I stopped and turned back to glare at her.
"Of course I do." I replied. "Why wouldn't I?"
"Well, you're always so serious so I wouldn't think that anyone would find that appealing!" she explained. I glared at her one more time before turning back around and storming toward Bree's place.
I slid my ID through the lock and entered. Luckily, Bree was feeding the pokémon up front.
"Hey! Alice!" she saw me and waved. She placed down the bag of pokéfood she was holding and walked to me. "Great to see you! How was your mission?"
"I got it done." I answered. I pulled out Espeon's pokéball. "Can you heal my Espeon for me? She got hurt while making our escape."
"Oh, so this is the pokémon you switched Charizard for! I was wondering why his pokéball came through. But sure! No problem!" Bree nodded and then she spotted Lilo. "Wait, who is she?"
"I'm Lilo! General from the Alola branch!" Lilo introduced herself. "I was the one who helped Alice here!"
"Whoa. You actually got help? For, like, a mission?" Bree looked at me.
"She was somewhat helpful." I shrugged. "Tell Hood to meet me and Lilo in the break room in an hour. Lilo, you can stay and talk with Bree. I'm sure you have a lot to talk about. I need to find Dan."
"Oh, actually, he left on a mission." Bree told me.
"He what?"
"Yeah. He thought that you were going to be gone for longer than two weeks, but then you came back early. He took a mission that would last a few weeks and he took all of his team and your team with him." She explained.
"He took my team?!" a tick mark appeared on his head.
"Yeah. He dragged Ruby and Sapphire with him too." She nodded.
That idiot! Damn! Why am I dating him?! He took my team! Okay, I'll deal with that later. Just calm down. Ah. That's better.
"I'm going to be in my room." I muttered before exiting the center. I went up to my room and closed the door behind me.
As I placed my belt on my vanity, Lucario popped out of her pokéball. "Don't you say a thing. Don't!" I warned her.
What the hell is wrong with you?! You forgot! You lost your mind! She snarled at me.
"No I didn't! I finished my mission!"
You were weak! You succumbed to your weakness!
"What weakness?! I don't have any!"
There it is! You're paying to your emotions! I thought you didn't have any!
"And what about you?! You were the one who taught me, but you're getting angry at me!"
Tch. I don't even know why I took pity on you.
"Ha! You took pity on me?!"
I made you into the heartless being you are! And now look at you. Reduced to sleeping with the one you despised the most. And you haven't even completed your initial mission! You had the chance, but didn't act!
"I have my reasons. I have my excuses, but you have none! You may have helped me, but it was my choice to join! It was my choice to choose you! You influenced me, but I choose my own paths! I don't need you to judge me for them!"
Do you even hear yourself? You locked away the girl who has been waiting to get out. And see what it has done? You're breaking. You're losing.
"I am not." I snarled at her. "I am still me. The 'me' who was born here. You don't know what the ll you're talking about." With that, I turned on my heel and stormed out of my room.
To my surprise, I found Domino leaning on the wall around the corner. She unfortunately had the room across the hall from mines. Thank Arceus the rooms were sound proof.
"Domino." I stared at the girl. Like me and Dan, she was another general, even if she doesn't dress like it. She insists on dressing like the admins. Since she claimed to be the closest to Giovanni, she can do whatever she likes. Tauros shit.
"Lookie here. It's Alice. Finished your mission?" she looked slyly at me.
"If I wasn't, then I wouldn't be here to look at your ugly ass face." I retorted.
"Let's not be snippy! I was only playing nice!"
"Yes, playing." I pointed out.
She smirked. "I thought you would be gone for about a month! Too bad Dan didn't get the memo that you would be back so early! I thought he would be waiting for you."
"We're partners. Not lovers." I glared at her. Total lie, but she doesn't know that.
"Oh really?" she rose a brow. I started to growl at her. "Hey! I'm innocent here!"
"What do you want?" I snarled.
"Oh, I thought you knew." She smirked. "Seems like the boss doesn't trust you like he does me. Looks like while you were gone, some twerp decided to sneak into our Mahogany base. Grunts there captured him and transported him here."
"And you're telling me this because?" I looked at her.
"The boss seemed really interested in him, but won't allow anyone in his cell. Except for you. Apparently, he thinks that you're the only one he allows to break him."
"So what does Giovanni want me to do with the kid?" I asked.
"Whatever you want. He just wants answers. And remember, the boss always gets what he wants. Twerp's in cell block thirteen." Domino said before she walked off.
Damn girl. Always a pain in the ass. I looked up a nearby clock. I still have time before I meet up with Bree, Hood, and Lilo. Might as well see what this kid is about.
The floor with all of the cells was at a lower floor. Not as low as the offices for the higher-ups, but still low. I made my way down and was met with two grunts standing guard. Unlike the other incompetent grunts they put on guard duty, these two were actually working.
They straightened up when they saw me. "General Alice! Ma'am!" they saluted.
"Stand down." I told them. They lowered their arms. "I was informed that a prisoner was sent here."
"Yes ma'am! Giovanni gave us instructions to only let you in." one of them nodded.
"Good." I said. They opened the door and I walked in. The room, like most of the other rooms here was dimly lighted with rows of cells lined up on either side with more around the corner.
My heels clicked as I walked through the empty halls. A soft brush against my leg once in a while told me that Pikachu was still with me. I turned around the corner and found the prisoner slumped over in a cell at the end.
I couldn't see his face, but his body structure told me that he was male, obviously, and looked to be around my age if not younger. He wore complete black clothing with a red hem on his pants and shirt. Black gloves covered his hands as he held his head in it. Red hair came down to his shoulder. If I didn't know better, I would say he was a she.
I made my way over there slowly. He didn't move as I made my way in front of his cell. He didn't say a word as I unlocked his cell and walked in. It slammed shut behind me, but the boy didn't move or say a thing.
I glared down at him. How disrespectful. "Tell me, what is your name?" I asked the boy coldly. He didn't answer. "Your name." I ordered. He still didn't say anything. Hmm. Seems like I have to teach him a lesson.
In one fluid motion, I slapped him clean across the cheek. I narrowed my eyes as he reeled back and landed on his back. I finally got a good look at his face. A malicious snarl and cold silver eyes that were filled with hatred. Good. I got his attention.
"What the hell do you want, bitch?!" he snarled at me. A red handprint was visible on his face. I slapped him again.
"Don't talk to me like that." I glared down at him. "You are a prisoner. I am the warden here. You do want I say and don't talk back."
"All you damn Rockets are the same." He growled. I slapped him.
"I didn't ask you to speak. Just your name." I glared daggers at the boy.
"Why the hell should I tell you?!" I slapped him again.
"I really don't want our meetings to always be this way, but I will do if I must. Don't cooperate and well, I can't say." I grinned evilly. I kneeled down to him, eye level.
"Such a young face." I said, tracing the outline of his face with my finger. "Why invade just a souvenir shop under Mahogany?"
"You bastards were trying to force pokémon to evolve." He shook his head away from my touch.
"And you thought a simple boy could us?" I smirked. "Silly kid. You can't stop us. Team Rocket will live forever."
"Not if I can stop that." He hissed.
"This is rich." I laughed. "You think that you can stop us? Stop me? Hmph." I shot out my hand and grabbed the boy by his throat. "Now listen to me." I glared right in his eyes, squeezing his throat tight. "You are nothing here. You have nothing. You can't do a thing. As for me, I can do whatever I want. I made something of myself. If you think you can best someone like me, think again."
I threw my head forwards, and placed it next to his ear. "I can break you. By the time I'm done, you'll be nothing but an empty shell." I whispered in his ear. I laughed and let go, throwing him towards the opposite wall. I stood out and unlocked the cell door. I closed and locked it as he lunged for me. He grabbed the bars with two hands. "Till next time." I smirked and walked away.
The rattling bars echoed through the room as I exited. The door slammed behind me and the two grunts looked at me.
"Be prepared. I will be making more frequent visits." I told them. "Seems like our little prisoner will need some discipline."
"Yes ma'am." They saluted. I waved them off and proceed upstairs.
I made it to the break rooms and Pikachu finally slowed down and walked side by side with me on all fours. I entered in the break room for my and Dan's teams and found Lilo, Bree, and Hood in there. Espeon was sitting on the arm of a chair. They were all eating some cup ramen.
"Hey! You're back!" Lilo exclaimed. I walked over to them, but not before snatching a cup full of noodles sitting on the table.
"Hey! That was mines!" Hood whined.
"You can make another." I glanced at him as I opened up a pair of wooden chopsticks. "This is vegetable, right?"
"Yeah. And the last one too." He grumbled as he stood up and went over to the little cupboard we had in here.
"I'm guessing you feel better." I said as I gently petted Espeon.
"Yeah. That friend of yours is really great at healing!' she purred. I stopped petting her and went to eating.
"What took you so long?" Bree asked as she ate her own ramen.
"Giovanni had a special assignment on the base." I explained. "Some kid who got into the Mahogany base."
"I heard about that." Bree said. "They transported him here."
"That's right." I nodded. "Kid's a pain in the ass."
"Hey, can I have some too?" Espeon asked as she pawed the cup in my hand.
"No." I glared at her. "There's some food there. Go with Pikachu."
"But Umbreon is also hungry!" she whined.
"Who?" I asked.
"Hello." an Umbreon popped out from under the table.
"Eek!" Lilo screamed, dropping her empty cup.
"Little rat, that was where you are! You nearly got me fired!" Bree yelled at Umbreon, throwing her empty cup at it.
"I told you that was a bad idea." The Umbreon looked at Espeon.
"You didn't do anything to stop me." She retorted.
"Okay." I said, setting down my empty cup. "Who is this Umbreon?"
"She's my sister!" Espeon answered cheerfully.
"Unfortunately so." Umbreon sighed. "I'm the more serious one while she's… Espeon."
"Thanks!"
"Pikapi chuki pi."
"Who asked you?!"
"Uh, why are you talking to yourself?" Hood asked me as he returned with a new cup in hand.
"I'm not." I growled. "Stupid pokémon."
"I heard that!"
"I think you were supposed to. And you are."
"What about backing family here, huh?! Just because you evolved first doesn't mean you can what to do!"
"But I was hatched first."
"Smartass."
"Do you know what they're saying?" Lilo asked me.
"Unfortunately." I sighed.
"I have to take Umbreon back." Bree said. "Before they fire me."
"No! She can't take Umbreon!" Espeon exclaimed. "Listen; there is a reason why I brought her here! I want you to take her with you!"
"Another pokémon?" I looked at her. "I already made room for you. I'm not sure about another one."
"Please! She's a great battler! Just like I was!" she pleaded.
"Well, you do battle well." I muttered. If Espeon was a good enough battler, then Umbreon should too. I do need a bit more diversity in my team. "Okay. I'll take her."
"Yay!"
"You don't mind, do you?" I asked Bree.
"Course not! Save me from getting fired!" she shook her head.
"I have her pokéball here!" Espeon said as a pokéball materialized in my hand.
"I don't even want to know." Bree facepalmed. "But you do need to put one of your pokémon in rest thought."
"I can give you my Blastoise." I told her. "He's in my room. I'll give him to you later."
"Am I missing something?" Hood asked, still not knowing what's going on.
"Cool! She's so cute!" Lilo cooed as she petted Umbreon and Espeon.
"You say that about every pokémon." I rolled my eyes at her.
"So what? She is!" she cooed again.
"Which one?" Espeon asked.
"Obviously she was talking about me."
"Totally not!"
"So childish."
"She was looking at me."
"She petted me first."
"Oh, now who's childish?!"
"You two are giving me such a headache!" I complained. "Now shut up or you're going back to Bree!"
"Hey!"
"Still lost here."
"No one cares!"
I sighed as I sank deeper in my seat. I love them, I really do, but they're still really annoying. And I don't have Ruby or Sapphire here to calm them. Or make it worse. Damn Dan.
All of the food was eaten and it was still a bit early. Espeon and Umbreon were in a corner curled up asleep. Dan isn't supposed to be back for a few more weeks or days. So I'm stuck here doing nothing. Great.
"You guys want anything to drink?" Bree went over to the mini fridge and pulled out a bottle of beer. My stomach automatically churned at the sight of it.
"I'm good." I answered.
"Really? You're not one to refuse." Bree commented as she gave Lilo and Hood an open bottle each.
"Let's just say that I'm not in the mood." I shrugged.
"Or is it about the mission?" Lilo smirked.
"Shut up." I growled.
"What is she talking about?" Hood asked.
"Nothing." I casted him a glare.
"Really? You didn't react like it was just nothing." Lilo pushed on.
"One drink. One night. One mistake. We're not talking about it." I glared at the girl.
She opened her mouth to speak, but a beep from her pokégear went off. She took out her pokégear and stood up. "Well, I have to go. But it was great meeting you all! Too bad about that Dan though."
"You'll meet him if you come by again." I said as Lilo called out her Alolan Raichu, Kaia, out.
"Bye!" Lilo waved as Kaia's eyes glowed blue and the two of them teleported out of the room.
"It's getting late; I should go back to my room." I said as I stood up and stretched. I heard Bree gasped behind me. "What?"
"What the hell is that?!" Bree exclaimed as she pointed to my back. I turned around a bit to face her, but then remembered the hickey. I covered it quickly with my hands and spun around.
"It's nothing!" I exclaimed with a red face and got out of there as quickly as I could. Espeon and Umbreon slipped out with me.
"So, uh, where did you get the hickey?" Espeon looked slyly at me.
"Shut up. None of your business." I growled at her as I walked to my room.
I opened my room and let all three of my pokémon out. Pikachu handed me Espeon's and Umbreon's pokéballs and I clipped them to my belt after I took Blastoise's off. With a quick goodbye, I had Espeon teleport him over to the center.
Alice. I looked lazily over to my closet to see Lucario leaning against the wall there.
"What do you want?" I looked away and got changed for bed.
I just want to talk. Not scream or yell. She answered.
"That's good to know." I said as I took my hair out.
I shouldn't have talked to you that way earlier. I now see that you were trying your best. I'm sorry. She said.
"Wow. The stoic Lucario finally saying sorry after six years. Surprise." I said passively as I sat down at the vanity and brushed my hair.
I guess I did deserve that. Lucario sighed as she walked over. Just know that I do mean it. She reached out a paw and touched her pokéball. A red light covered her and pulled her in. I sighed as I placed the brush on the table. Damn pokémon.
"Get to bed." I told my other three pokémon as I walked into the bathroom. I washed up and brushed my teeth in there before walking back into my room. Espeon and Umbreon were quietly talking to each other at the foot of my bed while Pikachu was curled up on a pillow next to mines.
I climbed in bed and turned off the lamp next to it. It feels so quiet without Dan here. This is the first night he has been gone since I came to the base. He was always with me. Hmm. Strange. What a weird feeling.
Growing tired, I finally let myself fall into the darkness.
And now I'm being blinded.
I yawned as I blinked a few times. This is one of the things I hate doing the most. Every field agent has to do guard duty and it turns out, tonight was my turn. And since Dan isn't here, I have to take over for him tomorrow too. Great.
I looked at the timestamp on one of the screens. Just after two in the morning. Seems like I've been here forever. I leaned back in my chair and stretched. My hair was loose and fell down to my waist. I wore one of Dan's old buttoned up long sleeved shirts. It was long enough to cover my butt. It wasn't that cold so I wasn't really all that bothered. I left all of my pokémon in my room. They would get bored here.
Everything in the base looked quiet. Just a random grunt here and there getting a late night snack or someone having a shot or two. Cameras were set up some of the more common areas around the base with the cameras changing angles every few seconds. The offices of the higher ups didn't have cameras, but there were cameras outside of the hallway of their offices. Same goes for the private break and training rooms. The public ones made for everyone had cameras in them.
There were about ten screens and I can flip through the different feed on different cameras. Usually, it just automatically changes, but there was an extra screen right in front that I can change on command. I pushed down on the button next to it when I saw that a grunt was trying to sneak drinks out of the kitchen while looking on either side of him. Dumbass. I placed my head on the table and stared at the screens.
More empty halls and rooms. Then I got to the feed with the cells. There were multiple cameras in there. I smirked as I skipped to the one with the boy in there. I visited him a few time everyday for the last week. And every day, he broke down even more. Last time I saw him, he didn't react to anything. Giovanni will be so proud. When the static cleared and the feed came up, his cell was empty.
I sat up straight. That's impossible! He couldn't have gotten out! I looked through the rest of the cameras in the room and saw that they were all empty. I looked at the feed of the hallway outside. The door was definitely locked. It would alarm me if someone entered or exited. The grunts that guarded the door were off for the night.
I stood up, pushing the wheelie chair away, and headed for the door. The kid is not going to get the best of me! Damn bastard thinks he's so slick… just wait till I get my hands on him!
I went out of the security roomed n marched right down to the cells barefooted. I punched in the manual code and the door unlocked. I went in quickly and then closed it right behind me, so the kid can't escape. Not on my watch.
I stormed over to the where his cell is and found that the door was locked, just like it was on the feed. I unlocked it and stepped in. If he somehow left, he would leave something.
I narrowed my eyes as another wave of fatigue washed over me. Argh, I hate these all nighters! I'm always tired! I dug my nails into my palm in an attempt, but nope. Now I wish I made that pot of coffee, but I just wasn't all that tired. Karma's a bitch.
I walked farther into the cell. Nothing yet. I closed my eyes and focused around me. I can't sense anything. Not even in this room. Still impossible. If he left, then the system would be alerted. I opened my eyes and scanned the cell one more time. Still nothing.
Feeling frustrated, I turned around to walk out. Suddenly the cell door slammed shut right in front of me. All by itself.
"What the hell?!" I exclaimed. All I saw was a flash of a black shadow before it tackled me to the floor. I groaned as my head slammed onto the cold stone floor. I hissed as I felt a pair of hands pin mines down.
I forced my eyes open to see the kid over me. The hell?! Where did he come from?!
"Hmph." He smirked as he straddled me; his silver eyes had a gleam of something else in there. "Guess the roles are reversed here."
"Bastard." I spat out. Damn I'm tired. I can't think straight; much less have the energy to overpower him.
"Let me be honest with you, sure you were a bitch, but a fine looking one too." He said. Shit. "I admire your methods. I really do. Couldn't have done a better job myself."
"And you call me sick." I retorted.
"I see your point. But I'm sure you don't know who I really am."
"Some punk ass kid who was dumb enough to try and infiltrate a base belonging to one of the best crime organizations in the world? Some dumbass who the boss only allow me to break every single piece of will in that simple mind of yours? Sure I do."
"And dim too." He laughed. "You have no idea who I am and what I can do." He leaned down and whispered in my ear.
"Try me." I spat in his face. "You have a chance, why not try me? After all, this might be your only chance at a good fuck ever in your life."
"Is that a challenge?"
"What the hell do you think?" I smirked. What the hell am I doing?! Seriously, what?! Arceus, the lack of sleep finally got to my head. I finally lost it! I really have! And now, I just gave consent for this random guy to fuck me! The hell!? I'm the biggest idiot out there!
I could barely keep my eyes open as my shirt was unbuttoned and the kid undressed. I closed my eyes and felt asleep. I doubt he notice.
The next morning, I found myself as the security desk again. I lifted my head up. How the hell did I get here? Does that mean that last night was just a really bad dream?
I looked down. Nope it wasn't. I quickly buttoned up the shirt. I looked back at the cameras and saw that the boy carried me back here using the back ways. He wasn't in any of the camera since I'm here. He's better than I thought. His cell door was open and he was gone. Officially gone.
I sighed and leaned back in my seat. Shit shit shit. That was so dumb of me. It really was. I gave in! I gave in to the enemy! I let him go! What the hell is happening?!
Not just now, but lately! I've been sloppy! I let my emotions take over! Damn… damn! I've been slacking! I can't even do a single damn thing! Can't kill the one I hate the most, can't even keep control of myself!
I've been drunk, sleep deprived, and what did that get me? Two one night stands! Damn! Shit! Fuck! Dumb! Idiot! Slut! Bitch!
I widened my eyes, as I heard something snapped in me. My lips curled into an evil grin. Maybe I have lost my touch, but I can get it back. Just need a little practice. It won't take long. No. Not long at all. Just to get back on track. For my real mission of course. Killing Ash.
Hmm. Kill. That's perfect.
Dan's POV
"Finally! We're done!" Sapphire exclaimed as we teleported back in the base.
"Thank Arceus." Jade sighed. "That seemed to be the most pointless mission we ever had."
"Hey!" Garnet suddenly shouted. "Invading the Safari Zone to capture all of their pokémon was not pointless!"
"Then why did we pay for 205 people then?" Ruby pointed out.
"Okay." I shut them up. I turned towards the grunts. "You're all free. Great job on the mission though. Admins, take the pokémon over to the center." Both teams nodded and did as told.
"I wonder if Alice is back." Jade said. "She should be back by now."
"I'll check." I said. "You four just get clean up. You still stink after falling in that Tauros pit." I left them to their own devices. I exited the training room we teleported in and walked down to the center.
I have to admit, I miss Alice. I really do. This has to be the longest we ever been apart from each other. I made it to the center and found Bree red in the face. She spotted me and stormed up to me.
"You! You bastard!" she jammed her finger in my chest.
"What? What did I do?"I smirked. I knew it was the pokémon. It has to be.
"You and your stupid mission! Do you know how many dens I have to set up now?! You just live to make my life harder, don't you?" she glared at me.
"I have no idea what you're talking about. I was doing my mission." I winked. She sighed and punched me in the arm. "Ouch that hurts." I said flatly.
"Bastard." She glared at me.
"I'll take that as a compliment." I said. "Have you seen Alice?"
"She came back a week ago, but I haven't seen her all morning. She had guard duty last night, but she went out a mission this morning." She explained.
"Another mission?"
"I heard she asked for it." Bree shrugged. "I got to get back to work." She walked away.
"That's weird." I said to myself. Alice doesn't usually take missions. She just does whatever she was told. I decided to visit Hood next. I lost a couple of my knives while on that mission.
I walked out of the center and a few doors down to the weaponry.
I walked right in and found Hood fiddling with a rocket. Yes, I know what you're going to say so don't.
I sneaked up behind him. He had his goggles on and looked like he was focused. Really focused. Really really focused.
"Hey Hood!" I yelled in his ear.
"Ow!" he yelped as he jumped up in the air. He whirled around and lifted his goggles from his face. "What the hell, man?! That could've blown us up!"
I simply shrugged and he sighed. He placed his tools away and walked back over to me. "So what do you want?"
"I lost a couple of knives on the mission." I told him.
"Wasn't your mission just to capture some pokémon?" he asked me.
"Just the entire Safari Zone." I corrected. "But there were some nosy rangers in the way. Pinned a few to some trees."
Hood sighed and walked behind some shelves. He pulled out a box and handed it to me. I opened it up and pulled out about ten knives before tossing the box back at him. "By the way, do you know why Alice went on that mission she asked for?" I asked him.
"No clue. She left when she was finished guard duty." He answered. "By the way, it's your turn tonight."
"Damn it." I exclaimed. "I came back at the wrong time."
"Then you would've done it for Alice next time since she would've taken over." Hood retorted. "I got to get back to work."
"You know, you sound a lot like Bree." I remarked.
"Please don't say that." Hood glared at me before walking away. I shrugged and walked out of the weaponry.
I have nothing to do, so I just wandered around the base. I finally found my way to the break room where Ruby, Sapphire, Jade, and Garnet were playing around in there. They also heard that Alice was on some sort of mission, but they didn't get many details either.
I wonder what she's up to.
And there we have it! I literally didn't know what I was writing for this chapter. I really don't.
Chapter 9 isn't even done yet at this time, so it may be a long time before the next update for this story, but I still want to thank everyone who has supported this story since its beginning two years ago.
Thank you so much! And don't forget to leave a review to let me know what you think!
-AKCC, signing out!