Chapter 13

I Ran

That afternoon, Silver had his Sneasel begin slashing around in his jail cell, trying to dig a hole. He also had his Kadabra teleport outside, as he told Kadabra to visit Jasmine as well. He even had Golbat fly out of the jail cell, and the police chased the Pokémon outside. Both Kadabra and Golbat went to Jasmine's house.

"Kadabra? Golbat?" Jasmine said. "These are two more of Silver's Pokémon."

"Why is Silver just letting his Pokémon run free?" Whitney said.

"Maybe he wants them to get the type of care Jasmine's been giving to Eevee and Haunter," Gold said.

"His Pokémon are brilliantly trained, as they know the exact location of my house from being here so many times," Jasmine said. "I'll do anything to help him out, and that includes taking care of his Pokémon."

Silver, meanwhile, continued planning his escape. He knew that the police very rarely came near his jail cell, so he figured it would be fine to have Sneasel continue digging its hole. Once the hole became pretty large, Silver realized that it was going to be very difficult to attempt to crawl out.

"I'm glad I kept you with me, Totodile," Silver said. "Go ahead and Surf."

Totodile flooded the hole with water. The water started to build up, and the pressure ended up bursting a hole through the wall of the jail cell.

"Let's go!" Silver said.

He and his Pokémon crawled out of the hole of the jail cell, then began to run. A few police officers were outside, and they saw Silver running with his Pokémon.

"Isn't that the guy who was arrested for murder?" one asked.

"It sure looks like him," another one said.

"Let's get him," the third officer said.

The police officers chased after Silver, but Totodile noticed them and blasted its Surf attack at them. The police officers were stopped dead in their tracks by the wave of water.

"Nice job, Totodile," Silver said.

Silver then made it to Jasmine's house, and he began knocking on the door frantically.

"Great, is that the police knocking on the door?" Gold said.

"I don't know…" Jasmine said.

"Jasmine! Open up!" Silver said.

"Is that you, Silver?" Jasmine said, rushing to open the door.

"Yes, it's me," Silver said, as Jasmine opened the door.

Jasmine immediately kissed him, then hurried him and his Pokémon inside. She locked the door behind her.

"You've got all this dirt on you," Jasmine said. "You've got to get it cleaned off."

"I will, I will," Silver said.

"Are you feeling okay?" Jasmine asked.

"Amazingly enough, I woke up feeling a lot stronger and better," Silver said.

"It would be a good idea to have a place to hide Silver," Whitney said.

"I can't hide for the rest of my life," Silver said. "I'm willing to fight the police if they come looking for me."

"I have a suggestion for you, Silver: follow Whitney's advice," Gold said in a somber voice.

"Why, just because she's your girlfriend?" Silver asked.

Gold looked upset. "No," he said. "We didn't have time to tell you, but my mother was killed in a bombing, and she wouldn't have been had she and I listened to Whitney's advice for her to hide in Goldenrod City."

"I'm sorry, Gold," Silver said.

"We were trying to help her, but it turned out disastrously," Whitney said.

"Go downstairs to the basement," Jasmine said. "I'll bring you a change of clothes."

The police officers who saw Silver escaping, meanwhile, went back to the police station, reporting to Officer Jenny what had happened.

"He escaped?!" Officer Jenny screamed. "Why didn't you catch him?"

"Do you see how wet we are?" a police officer said. "We were blasted away by his Water Pokémon."

"That's no excuse," Officer Jenny said. "You should have caught him!"

Officer Jenny then led the police officers on a city-wide search for Silver. News reporters picked up on the police search.

"Look at this," Whitney said, pointing at the television.

"The Olivine City police are searching for Silver, who has apparently escaped from his prison cell," a reporter said. "Three police officers say they saw Silver running outside with two of his Pokémon."

"Great, they're going to be searching for Silver, and they'll probably come here," Gold said.

"In other news, trainers are angry at Jasmine for not taking challenges at her gym lately-"

"That's enough!" Jasmine said, shutting off the television. "I'm too busy trying to help Silver."

"Is he doing all right downstairs?" Whitney said.

"He doesn't like hiding, but he's got a change of clothes on, and he seems to be healthier," Jasmine said.

About 15 minutes later, the three trainers heard pounding on their door.

"Open up!" the voice said. "It's the police!"

"Don't open it!" Whitney said.

"What else can I do?" Jasmine said, opening the door to reveal Officer Jenny.

"Well, if it isn't that murderer's friends," Officer Jenny said. "I know he's here, so you might as well just reveal him before I arrest you, too."

"How can you do that?" Whitney said, stepping up to Officer Jenny. "You have no evidence that we are hiding him- and isn't evidence what matters to you?"

"You have a motive to be hiding him," Officer Jenny said. "Now where is he?"

"He's not here," Gold said. "You might as well look somewhere else."

"Don't lie to me, boy," Officer Jenny said.

Officer Jenny pushed her way past Jasmine and started walking further into the house. Whitney then sent out her Clefairy.

"Clefairy, use Metronome!" Whitney said.

"What are you doing that for?" Gold asked.

An Ice Beam came flying from Clefairy's finger, hitting Officer Jenny and freezing her upon impact.

"Now look what you did!" Gold said. "We'll get arrested for attacking a police officer!"

"Excuse me, Gold, but this is someone who's been helping Team Rocket members," Whitney said. "We're against Team Rocket, aren't we?"

"Stop arguing," Jasmine said. "Look!"

The ice began to melt, and eventually, Officer Jenny was freed from the block of ice.

"Now you're all under arrest!" she said. She went to grab Gold, but Clefairy ran over and began slapping her like crazy.

"Get this stupid thing away from me!" she said. She then sent out her Growlithe.

"Oh, could we please have this Pokémon battle somewhere else, not in my living room?" Jasmine pleaded.

Just then, Silver appeared at the top of the stairs to the basement.

"You looking for someone?" he asked Officer Jenny.

"Yes, you," she said.

"You know, I've been treated very unfairly," he said.

"Who cares? You're a murderer," Officer Jenny said.

"I'm no murderer, but your boyfriend is!" Silver said. "He has helped Team Rocket commit murders, and you know it!"

"No, I don't know that," Officer Jenny said. "There's no evidence to support your argument."

"Everyone knows it!" Silver argued.

"It could have just been Giovanni… we don't have direct evidence to convict Surge," Officer Jenny said. "Now you're going back to jail!"

"You know, this is very interesting, this whole thing with you and Lt. Surge… I ought to tell it to the Goldenrod City tabloids," Whitney said. "Imagine what they'd do with a story about a police officer and a Team Rocket member…"

"All right, all right!" Officer Jenny said. "I'll let you have bail, as I guess you should have gotten it… that will be ¥100000."

"¥100000? No way!" Silver said.

"Then come to jail," Officer Jenny said.

"Come on, Silver, this is no time to be cheap," Jasmine said.

"Oh, all right," Silver said, pulling out the money and paying Officer Jenny.

"Remember, your trial is just days away- and don't try running away, because then you'll be convicted for sure," Officer Jenny said.

Officer Jenny then left Jasmine's house.

"It's good to have you back," Jasmine said.

"Yeah, but it will only be for a short amount of time if we can't find the evidence to prove that the knife did not belong to me," Silver said.

"Don't worry, we'll figure out a way," said Whitney.

Whitney was worried, though- she had no idea how to prove Silver's innocence, and neither did any of the others. Somehow, though, they hoped the truth would come out.