Old rivals, new friends
By RocketFAN
Chapter 6: Reunited
Butch and James reached the upper level of the cave after steadily climbing for over an hour.
"I'm exhausted!" Butch said as they finally reached flat ground.
"And you say I whine!" James replied while wiping the sweat off his forehead.
"Well, we've been climbing forever!" Butch said as he sat down on a large rock.
"No?! Gee Butch, I thought we flew up here!" James said sarcastically. "I'm tired, too," he added while folding his arms like the spoiled brat he was.
"Did you just call me "Butch"?" Butch asked him in surprise.
"Isn't that your name?" James replied while scratching his nose.
"Yeah, but you've never called me that," Butch said with a small smile.
"Yeah, I know. I just like to bug you. But now that I've spent some time with you, you're not so bad," James admitted while sitting on the rock next to Butch.
"Well, I guess you're not so bad, either," Butch grumbled with a sigh. James smiled as he got up and peered down the corridor.
"We should get going and find the girls," he told Butch.
"Ugh!" Cassidy groaned as her contractions returned.
"Just breath," Jessie told Cassidy while wincing from the bone crushing grip she had on her hand.
"God, I'm going to kill Butch! If it wasn't for him, I would be in a nice hospital with lots of drugs right now!" Cassidy said through clenched teeth.
"If it wasn't for him, you wouldn't be pregnant in the first place," Jessie said jokingly.
"True," Cassidy said with a small chuckle, despite the pain she was in.
"Cassidy!" Butch's voice rang from the darkness.
"Butch! Thank God you found us! Where's James?" Jessie said while still on the ground with Cassidy.
"Right here," James said as he walked into view.
"Cass, are you okay?" Butch asked her while kneeling down next to her and sweeping a lock of her damp, blonde hair out of her face.
"Do I look okay?" She asked him in an irritated voice.
"She's had a couple contractions," Jessie informed him as his eyes filled with concern.
"Eevee!"A small voice said from further down the upper corridor.
"It's the Eevee!" James said excitedly.