Chapter 2: Meeting and Saving Rui:

I debate it and say: "Sure, got nothing else to do." I hop on my motorbike, my Pokémon hop in the sidecar and we head west. "Espeon, why did you look angry at that truck from earlier?" I somehow manage to speak over the wind at the speed we're going.

"I sensed a girl in the sack in the back of the truck. And we'd better hurry, I fear what'll happen to her if we don't." I only nod at her as I go faster. Espeon has always had a soft spot for females, since her first owner abused her and Umbreon when they were Eevees. They ran away and found me. And that's a good thing, I don't think I would be here now if not for them.

When I park the bike just outside the City walls, Espeon runs over to what I assume is the main entrance to Phenac City and starts growling softly.

"Yo, get a better grip man!" it is the two guys I saw at Outskirt Stand.

"Trying Folly, this...it won't stop squirming." They don't notice me or my Pokémon, so I try to sneak up on them, but Espeon stops me with a mental nudge. Then, the sack starts moving more violently and sounds come from it.

"Bleah, help! Kidnappers! They're kidnappers!" this is when Folly and blue hat notice me and drop the sack. "OW! Someone, lemme out!"

"Shit, did that punk hear all this?"

"Doesn't matter, I'll kick his ass." Folly then calls out two Whismurs. "Blame it on your own bad luck, punk!" my Pokémon come to stand in their places before me.

"Espeon, use Helping Hand; Umbreon, Bite the left Whismur." This takes out the first Whismur, but the other one uses Echoed Voice on Espeon. It doesn't affect the Sun Pokémon much, and I tell her to use Confusion on it.

"Damn, you're good." Folly says as he throws me 250 in Poké dollars. "Wait, your face…could you be…Team Snagem's…?" thankfully I am spared from answering when a woman and a male runner come up to the scene.

"What's going on here?" the runner asks.

"Robbers! They must be robbers!" the woman says, blue hat turns to her and screams that they're kidnappers, not robbers.

"Trudly, your blabbermouth is gonna get us killed one of these days! Let's get outta here!" they run past me and leave the truck behind. I call both of my Pokémon back before Espeon can chase after them.

"Yuck, there's someone in there! And I can't undo the knot!" the runner says.

"Dash, you were never good at knots." Sighing as inaudibly as possible, I take over for Dash and undo the knot as quickly as I can. Damn, they sure did make it near impossible to get her out of this sack! I think as I work.

When it comes undone, I don't open the mouth, but I didn't have to. The girl somehow stands while still in sack. It piles around her feet and she stretches her arms over her head. She is wearing a jean jacket with a purple shirt underneath, a white mini skirt and pink boots. Her red hair is in two pigtails on top of her head. She looks my age, maybe a bit younger. She then looks around, confusion written on her face for a moment.

"Where did those two take me?"

"This is Phenac City, the city of bountiful water. This guy saved you from those goons." The woman and Dash turn to me.

"You should've seen him battle them, it was awesome!" Dash says to her as he turns back to the girl and away from me.

"Oh! Thank you for saving me. And um, you are…?" her face turns a faint pink.

"Wes." I say it simply and without emotion. Damn it Wes, try to be more caring! I silently scold myself.

"OK, my name is Rui. I was in the neighboring town when those two grabbed me. Oh! Did either of them use a peculiar Pokémon?" she suddenly changes the subject and it makes me wonder if she saw what Team Snagem has been doing to the poor Pokémon they snag.

"What do you mean? Both Whismurs looked normal to me." Dash says, then he notices his Castform still running around the fountain without him. "Hey Castform! Wait for me!" he then chases the Weather Pokémon around the fountain.

"Ugh, Dash why does he have to be like that? Anyway, if something's on your mind, you can go see our Mayor, Es Cade. He might be able to help." Rui's face lights up at this. "His house is past the fountain. Go up the stairs and it's on your left."

"Oh, that's true. Wes, I hate to impose, but could you escort me to the mayor's house? I just have this feeling that those goons will come back for me…please?"