Reason for a late update: Cave Story. I found it on the internet and now I can't stop playing. I already beat it twice. Damn addictions. I also feel bad that I didn't make this chapter longer.

Foxyjosh gave me the idea to call the currence in the pokemon world credits.I can't put a dash over the letter 'e' (microsoft word does it for me on its own) I can't call them pokes (suggested by Sanluris).

Chapter 25: Phone Call

In my hand I held 4000 credits (Equivalent to 40 U.S. dollars). I only served three tables. I'm not sure if that was a lot for a tip, but by the way Jenny was acting amazed, I'm pretty sure it was.

When we got home, I put the money in her purse while she wasn't looking so she could decide what to do with it. I doubt I would miss it, it would've probably exploded or something if I had kept it. "I'm going to go change now," Jenny said as she walked into her room.

"So did you make much money, Ember?" I asked.

"I don't know. I can't count money," he said.

"Let me see… about 1200. I made more than you did, but I guess it was because I was in a more public area and people gave me money."

"I'm tired from that work; does Jennifer do that all day?"

"It's not that bad usually. Today they had that new coffee, which was good enough to overcrowd it."

"I'm still tired, though."

"Me too. I've felt worse, though. Like that time I was chased by a pack of rabid Grandbulls, or that time I was chased by a bigger pack of rabid Grandbulls."

"When did that happen?"

"I don't remember, but here's a warning to you. Never pass by the junkyard on your way home from the butcher's shop."

"Aren't the Porygons hiding in the room Jennifer just went into?"

So that was what the nagging feeling I had in the back of my mind telling me I was forgetting something was. "Woops. Do you think Jenny's found them yet?"

"You're not worried a lot about this, are you?"

"Well, I know Jenny's trustworthy, so I'm sure they'll come to trust her soon. Problem is, if they're discovered before they come to their decision, then they'll stop trusting me," I explained. "That'll make me feel like a bad guy." I then got up to go check if they were discovered or not.

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Apparently, they haven't.

The Porygons must've hidden when they heard Jenny coming, which would explain why Jenny changing clothes remained uneventful. Of course, I assumed they were hidden in the appliances.

I was proven wrong when I heard the door creak behind me. I turned around to see it open a crack.

"Jonathan, make sure that your trainer doesn't open this door," Beta whispered.

"What are you doing hiding in the closet?" Ember asked.

"Gamma heard your trainer arriving and shoved us in here before we could explain that it would be easier to hide in computers," Beta explained, "Try to get her to leave the room so we can dart back into our temporary hiding places. It's incredibly difficult to keep Alpha and Gamma quiet, seeing as Alpha has no volume control and Gamma outright refuses to use it."

"Why don't you just come out and reveal yourselves to Jenny?" I asked.

"WE HAVE YET TO-" the sound of Beta struggling to keep Alpha quiet were heard.

"We're almost done analyzing her trust. The results are positive, so far," Beta said, "We may reveal ourselves tomorrow."

"How can you analize trust?" I asked.

"Jonny, is there something you want from the closet?" Jenny asked. Perhaps I should've been quieter.

"N-no no! There's no need for you to enter the closet!" I exclaimed.

"Are you hiding something from me?" I should've calmed myself down before speaking as I usually do.

"Err… um… Ember! Do a break-dance!!!" I exclaimed, needing a distraction.

"Sir, yes sir!" he began to break-dance, doing some moves that would be impossible for a human without a tail. I can't describe what he was doing, but let me tell you that he was good.

While Jenny was distracted and amazed at the same time, I ran into the kitchen where she left her purse. She left it on top of the table, so I had to climb the chairs next to it so I could reach.

Once I was up, I searched in her bag and found what I was looking for. I jumped off the table, slipped on a spoon, fell on my face, got back up, and ran back into the bedroom.

I almost got distracted as Ember attempted a head spin, but I managed to stay on focus. I reached the closet and threw what I got in there. Not a moment to soon, either, as Jenny finally remembered the closet.

She walked to it and opened the door. Inside, she found something she didn't expect.

"What's my cell phone doing here?" she asked. I gave a sigh of relief; those Porygons really were capable of entering anything electronic. Jenny decided not to think about how the cell phone she was sure she left in her purse got into the closet and picked it up.

Just as she put the phone into her pocket, she heard the house phone in the kitchen ring. We all walked there to see who it was. "Hello?" she said, "Yes, my refrigerator's running. No, it's not 'Then you'd better go match it,' it's, 'So you'd better go catch it.' … Did you just call me a n00b? How did you just pronounce that, it sounds like you're speaking in numbers! Who are you anyway? ... He hung up."

Well, Gamma's enjoying his new home.

The moment Jenny put the phone back into the receiver, it rang again. "Hello?" she asked, a little annoyed, "Yes, this is Jennifer. Are you sure? Let me check." She walked towards her purse and searched around for it. After a bit of searching, she spoke back into the phone, "You're right, my driver's license is missing. Alright, I'll go get it." She hung up the phone and turned to me and Ember, "I forgot my driver's license at the café. You two have a knack for escaping through the fire escape when I'm not looking, so I'm taking you with me. It's also starting to get late, so I'm dropping Ember off at Marks on our way back."

"Hey, Ember, what do you think are the chances that this walk will be uneventful?"

"Why are you asking me?"

"Just a feeling," I said. I couldn't help but worry, especially since the man in the trench coat wasn't giving off any good vibes. I never expected myself to use such a word, but it's the best word to describe it.

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"Why are you so worried?" Ember asked, "Nothing happened at the café. Jennifer went in there, got her license, and you even got another one of those papers from that weird machine.

"I just can't shake this feeling that something's gonna happen. I think the fact that I'm a psychic type should account for my worry. And besides, none of the pictures matched on the ticket."

"Fine, let's be on the lookout on the way home, then," Ember said, not knowing how to counteract that knowledge. While I didn't say it out loud, I found it strange that Jenny had forgotten her driver's license at the café. She doesn't own a car, so she hardly takes it out. Also, there was the fact that a license isn't the kind of thing to simply fall out of a girl's purse when it's always kept at the bottom covered by a lot of stuff..

I was stopped from over-thinking the matter further by a suddenly strong burst of negative emotions that filled my horns. I actually flinched outwardly, which Ember noticed. "What happened, Jonathan?"

I felt a little pain in my horns. Nothing too big, it just felt like a vaccination needle was imbedded into it, easily ignorable. I searched around for the source of the emotions and my gaze fell onto a dark alley. Ominous.

"Ember, I'm not sure, but I believe we should stay as far away from that alleyway as possible."

Ember gulped, hearing the seriousness of my voice. Jenny stopped too, since she was good at reading a tone of voice. "What's wrong, Jonny?" she asked.

I grabbed hold of her pants and pulled away from the alley, hopefully unto a safer route. She followed, as did Ember. Maybe whatever it was that was in there I hope it didn't notice us.

Unfortunately for me, the world doesn't like to do as I please. I heard a voice whisper a command, follower by some sparks lighting the dark alley. The sparks were definitely coming from a pokemon, one I hadn't seen before.

And there, standing next to the pokemon, was a man wearing a trench coat.