FOREVERMORE

~Part Three Of The Forever Trilogy~

Chapter 5

Trouble In And Out

June 21, 5000.

(Topaz's POV)

Scarlet was paralyzed from the waist down from those gun shots. And nothing could change that, except for a wish from Jirachi, maybe. I felt so sorry for her. Grey told us while we were waiting for the news about her injury that she had pushed him out of the way of the bullets. Scarlet had saved his life.

Lady was fine, than Arceus. They had to operate on her shoulder to get the bullet out, but no serious damage had been done. Rubin was relieved. I was, too. If something serious had happened to the Mightyena due to Rubin, he would probably be very upset. Depressed, even.

We informed Tibbs of the no-so-successful mission. Our goal had been to destroy the place, but we hadn't. But Tibbs told us our safety was the most important thing. We had made the right decisions. Rubin and I had proven ourselves. Scarlet did, too, but due to her paralysis, she wouldn't be able to continue to be a commander. We were given the next day off.

However, when we were away on the mission, something happened. Apparently, Gold and Sapph got in such a big fight that she ran away crying. Whatever that boy did or said really hurt her feelings. And now she was hiding in her room, refusing to see anyone—even Rubin.

No one had any idea about what was going on. Gold wasn't much help, either. He was off doing his own thing. And I decided to track him down, and wring the truth out of him. We needed our wild girl back already!

But before I could even do anything, Professor Pine called us to his lab. We all went there, minus Gold, Sapph, and Diamonda. Something else was up, apparently. The professor was watching something on one of the many computers in the lab. It looked like a moving bar graph way off the charts.

"Professor, we're here," said Plato. "What's going on?"

"Ah, thank you for coming. I've been monitoring the energy waves of legendary Pokemon," said Professor Pine. "I wanted to see if any of them are active. For instance, Celebi, the legendary Time Travel Pokemon, is very busy. However, these readings...are Dialga."

"Dialga?" gasped Jade. "As in the legendary Pokemon that controls time?"

"Yes," said the professor, nodding. "It is called the Temporal Pokemon. It has been using its powers a lot lately."

"Huh! I wonder what it's doing?" mused Rubin.

"Professor, do you want us to investigate?" asked Viola.

"Ah, you just read my mind," said Professor Pine. "Yes, I would appreciate that. But be careful. Try not to draw the government's attention. And do not anger Dialga."

If Sapph were here, she would be thrilled to have a new adventure. But she wasn't here; she was sulking in her room, refusing to talk to anyone. I needed to talk to Gold. Maybe I could stay here...

"Guys, is it okay if I stay behind?" I asked as we began to head out of the lab. "I want to get to the bottom of what happened with Sapph and Gold."

"That's fine," said Grey. "We're good."

"If Topaz is staying, so am I," said Rubin. "Besides, I'm worried about my sister!"

"Fine," Grey said stiffly. "Everyone else, let's go."

We all left Professor Pine's lab. Grey, Am, Plato, Jade, and Viola headed off on their mission. Rubin and I stood outside of the lab quietly for a moment or two.

"He really doesn't like me, does he?" said Rubin.

"Do you really have to ask me that question?" I said with a sigh. "Come on. Let's go find Gold."

We found the boy in his room. Normally, I would never ever go into Gold's room, but I had Rubin with me. Gold's room was an awful mess. He was lounging on his bed, reading a magazine.

"Gold Junior, you have a lot of explaining to do!" I yelled.

He jumped, startled. "Topaz? Rubin? What are you doing in here?"

"Is that porn?" Rubin asked suspiciously.

"What? No! Why would you even thing that?"

"Oh, I don't know," said Rubin. "Maybe because you're Gold."

I sighed. "Can we stay on topic? Thank you. Okay, Gold. What did you do to Sapph?"

"Nothing!" he exclaimed. "She's the one who exploded on me!"

"There has to be a good reason why," said Rubin, putting his hands on his hips.

He sighed. "Well, this is what happened..."

...

(Goldy's POV)

I was in my room with Exploso, my Typhlosion, looking at my magazines—which really were porn, but I wasn't going to tell them that—when Sapph just came waltzing in without knocking or even shouting she was coming in.

"Sapph!" I yelled, hastily hiding the magazine under my pillow. "What're you doing in here?"

"I need to talk to you," she said.

Sapph was the only girl I just did not understand. She drove me nuts. Out of all my girl friends—ha, girl friends—she was the weirdest. Jade was the easies to understand—she was the typical girly-girl. Viola was the smart tomboy, if those two things even go together. Diamonda used to be a diva/slut, but she had turned into a nice, somewhat wholesome, and kind of proud person. And Topaz—I could use a gazillion words to describe her, including gorgeous, caring, stubborn, and just a little bit dense. But Sapph? I had no freaking clue.

"Okay," I said slowly. "What's up?"

She shut the door behind her, which surprised me even more. Sapph of all people would know better than to be in my bedroom with me with the door shut. This was kind of freaking me out.

She suddenly looked nervous, tucking some of her hair behind her ear rather cutely—forget I even said that. "Um, well...do you think I'm pretty?"

Her question shocked me. Since when did Sapph care about how she looked? "What?"

"You heard me," she snapped. "Well?"

I smiled slyly at her, and flopped down on my belly on the bed. "Well, facial wise, you have this wild beauty about you...but, body wise, you suck. Seriously, you have barely any more boobage than Topaz!"

Of course she started hitting on me. Ha, hitting on me.

"SHUT UP!" she screeched.

"Ow! You asked for my freaking opinion, woman!"

"I DIDN'T ASK YOU TO INSULT ME!" she yelled, still punching me.

"OKAY! YOU'RE THE SEXIEST WOMAN ALIVE!"

"IT'S TOO LATE, MORON!"

Finally, I had had enough. I was tired of her abuse. I rolled out of the way of her next punch, and grabbed her wrist, yanking her onto the bed with me. She let out a startled cry.

"What the hell are you doing?"

"Will you stop squirming and listen for a second?" I snapped, pushing her back down; I was on top of her. "Jeez, what your problem today? Why do you suddenly care about how you look?"

"None of your business," she snapped, turning red.

"Oh, I get it. I'm making you uncomfortable, eh? Ha ha! Usually, when I have girls like this, they like it."

She slapped me across the face. "Get off me, you pervert!"

"Jeez, woman, relax. I'm not going to do anything. Just answer the darn question!"

"N-no! I c-can't!"

I frowned. "Why not? Wait—do you like-like someone?"

"No!" She was even redder now.

"Score! You can tell me, Sapph!"

"No, I can't! Just drop it!"

"Aw, come on, Sapph!" I whined. "I swear I won't tell a single soul!"

"NO! UGH! JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!"

And with that, she shoved me off of her, and ran out of the room, crying. I sat and stared at the open door, dumbfounded.

What the hell?

...

(Topaz's POV)

Well, that was an interesting story.

"Sapph likes someone?" asked Rubin. "And why did she get so upset when you asked her who?"

"I have no idea!" exclaimed Gold.

"Are you two both dense?" I yelled. "Ugh! I'm going to go talk to Sapph now!"

And with that, I stormed out of the bedroom.

I have to admit, it was fun writing in Gold's POV xD

Sapph, you really set yourself up with that one.

Sapph: Shut up!

Goldy: You know you liked it~ ;D

Sapph: SHUT UP! *punches*

Topaz & Rubin: *sigh*

Yeah, Scarlet is paralyzed from the waist down.

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