A/N Wow this is getting out later than I wanted! Sorry, but up until now I didn't have internet. Anyway, chapter number six. Let's roll out.
Chapter 6
As Alexa trudged back home through the streets of Hau'oli city, she began to think about what Zac had said before she went to the professor's lab.
"You'll never get a pokemon." Every time she heard those words, Alexa's sadness seemed to grow, as if it was being fueled by the cruelness of Zac's words.
And the more Alexa heard those words, the more she began to believe them. "They were right," she whispered to herself as she walked. "Why couldn't I see it?! Those pokemon tried to show me, too, always rejecting me and turning me away."
She trailed off, her mind now running between all the pokemon she had tried to become partners with. Every pokemon rejecting her, every time she went back to the lab only to leave without a pokemon.
Alexa then reached into her bag and pulled out one of the cherish balls she had gotten from her mother, knowing it would never be used as she looked at the gleaming red casing, and it broke her heart even more. "I'm so sorry Mom," Alexa whispered as she placed the ball back into her bag.
Alexa turned around the corner and saw two people standing on the side of the road. One was a man wearing a white bandanna with two black spots on the front on the top of his head, and a black bandanna around his lower face, with a black tee shirt and shorts. He was also wearing an odd necklace. The other person was a woman, wearing a nearly identical outfit, with pink hair and white shorts that were cut off above her knees. Alexa recognized them as members of Team Skull. She had heard about them on the news and from some of the adults.
She then noticed a pokemon between the two thugs. It wasn't a pokemon Alexa had seen before. The pokemon looked almost like a human child with blue hair, two red horns and skin as white as pure snow.
The pokemon locked eyes with Alexa as if it had sensed her. Then, Alexa heard a voice yelling in her head. "Help me!", the voice screamed.
It didn't take long for Alexa to guess that the voice was the pokemon, and she could tell from its screams that it was sad and scared, so Alexa wasted no time. She rushed to where the pokemon was and got between it and the thugs.
"Hey Numbskull, whaddya-", the man started, but was cut off by a swift leg sweep from Alexa that sent both him and his friend to the ground. Alexa then picked up the pokemon , and ran down the street until she reached the pokemon center and darted inside.
"Crap! We lost her!", Alexa heard the man say.
"Wow. Guzma is not gonna be happy to hear that you screwed up again.", the woman taunted.
"Me!? That was your fault! You let her get away!" The two continued to bicker as they walked away. Alexa looked outside to make sure that the grunts had gone away, then ran down the street to her house and rushed inside.
"Whew!", Alexa exclaimed, gasping for air.
"Um...," said the pokemon. "Sorry to interrupt, but would you mind letting me down now?"
"Oh, yeah sure. Sorry about that," Alexa exclaimed as she gently placed the pokemon on the floor of her living room.
"Thank you for saving me. My name is Lina," the pokemon said.
"Alexa," the girl replied.
"So, you were the one I saw," Lina said, confusing Alexa.
"Um, excuse me," Alexa interrupted, "but what do you mean by "saw"?"
"Never mind, I need your help. I'll explain everything on the way, but we have to hurry," Lina demanded.
"Oh, uh okay," Alexa replied, her voice full of uncertainty. "She needs my help? Why would she need my help? What help could I be, I mean, apart from saving her from those Team Skull grunts.""I said I'll explain on the way! Now come on, we have to get to Ten Carat Hill!", Lina demanded, shocking Alexa by responding to her thoughts. "Oops, sorry," she apologized. "That was rather rude, wasn't it? I'm sorry, but I really do need your help, and time is running out very fast. He could've already been captured. So, please, will you help me?"
"So, she need me to help her save someone," Alexa thought, realizing how drastic the situation was. "Of course I will," she replied, her confusion transforming into determination. "But you do have to explain what's going on and how you can hear my thoughts."
"Deal, now come on," Lina replied without hesitation.
