Chapter 3; "Let the games begin!"
Recap: As the PSA was made, a Charmeleon stared at the check-in counter. It was a green haired teenager's turn to check-in.
He looked down at his Pokemon with laid back blue eyes. "Sneak-on. Cool huh, Flare?"
"Char."
"Heh, I wanna catch this 'so-called' criminal. Up for a game?"
"Meleon."
Oh, let the games begin..
Okay, being dragged around by the wrist with a hat that was bigger than her head to 'hide' wasn't exactly what Sammy called 'fun'. I mean, she could barely see, too, since it was covering half of her head.
.. Or, maybe it was. It was like a fun little game of 'Cat and Mouse'.
Kenneth was currently leading her through the ship's more lower levels, trying to get past the many guards above.
"You're not gonna stuff my dead body in a storage box if you kill me, right?" He was trying to lighten up the mood, sapphire eyes glancing at brown ones.
The brown ones rolled. "No, dear Kenneth, I'm going to put you in a body bag and throw you overboard to the Sharpedos!"
He winced. "Ah, what a nice way to go.."
"You better believe it."
"Hm, now I wonder if she really needs this letter," 15-year old Briana sighed, flipping Sammy's acceptance letter to the back. Her finger traced over the seal as bright blue eyes scanned the lines.
".. Should we open it?"
Her Quilava hopped onto the spot on her bed next to her, blinking curiously.
She glanced at him, brushing her brown hair behind her ear before slowly peeling the seal-
That was before loud pounding sounds on her door brought her attention to it. "Open up! We need to do a room check!"
Briana sighed, shoving the letter in her pillowcase before getting up to ease open the door half way. "Look, I don't have anyone in my roo- Hey!"
She was gently shoved out of the way by two burly guards dressed in dark blue uniforms with the UA emblem on them. They both received icy glares as she brushed herself off. "You can't just shove me out of the way! That's harassment!"
The only reply she received was a UA officer badge shoved in her face as they began looking through her small ship room.
".. Tch. JERKS."
On the other side of the cruise ship, a certain blonde haired girl was walking around on the ship. She sighed to herself when the PSA went out. "She really got herself into some trouble, didn't she?.. or wait, I'm the one in trouble. I have no CLUE where I'm at.."
Rosalie Evans looked around, sighing once again in defeat. But that doesn't mean she was going to give up. She shut her mouth, chewing on her cherry flavored bubble gum and popped it before continuing on.
"She better be thankful, because when I get my hands on her, oh, there's going to be some gratitude I deserve.."
"Attention, students of Unova Academy, our estimated arrival time for docking in Castelia City is roughly another day. We will be docking at around noon tomorrow. Please enjoy the activities on the boat for now, such as battle traning, swimming and such." That was the second PSA made roughly around 1:15.
Well, at least everyone had something to do, now.
Melissa, Evelyn and Ty sure knew what they'd do.
"Solve that mystery!" Evelyn grinning, a hand on her hip. She was beyond excited. Ecstatic, most likely.
Ty rolled his eyes. "This isn't Scooby Doo, Evelyn."
"Oh hush, Freddy."
"I'm Ty."
"Freddy."
"Whatever, Velma."
Melissa smirked at the two, shaking her head. "C'mon. We better get going if we're going to catch her."
"Roger."
"Righty-o~"
"Thought you saw me wink, no? I've been on the brink, so, - OOF."
Wow, this was like déjà vu, wasn't it?
Chase was on his way with Foxy to the battling gym on the third floor when he turned to corner, bumping into a teenager with a Charmeleon.
The Charmeleon scoffed, glancing at it's trainer.
"Aw, crap, sorry man." Chase brushed himself off, offering a hand to the boy with forest green hair, who blinked lazily at him. "Oh? Nah, it's my bad. Thanks, man."
Grabbing his hand, the boy got up, smiling slightly. "I'm Collin. Thanks again."
Chase shrugged. "Don't mention it. I'm Chase- hey, is he your bud too?" He nodded his head in another male's direction- wait, when'd he get there? (We may never know..)
Collin blinked his blue eyes, turning around before smiling again. "Ah, yeah, that's Adam. Yo, Adam. Hurry up."
The boy, Adam, jogged up easily, blinking. "Is he headed to the gym, too?"
"Dunno," He turned to Chase. "are you?"
Foxy answered for him by grinning. "Rua!" Chase chuckled, patting Foxy on the head. "Yeah, we are. Guess I'll tag along with you guys, then."
" 'Kay. It's settled then. Let's go." Collin yawned, walking ahead of Adam and Chase with Charmeleon trailing behind.
The brunette of the trio cocked an eyebrow. "Huh. He's sure excited to go."
"Ha, yeah."
"Tch. Goin' through my room, messing up my stuff.. they've got some nerve."
Briana was still pretty pissed, reorganizing her stuff and all. They practically shredded her room into pieces. Quilava was helping her pick up her stuff.
"God, we would've gotten into more .. crud if they found the letter. We should just give the letter back..," Briana sighed, putting her suitcase next to her bed.
Her Fire-type nodded. "Quil."
"I don't get why it's such a big deal, though, I mean seriously. Whoever gets in to UA deserves to get in – letter or not."
"Lava." Quilava nuzzled up against her leg, purring. She bent down to pet him. "I need to blow off some steam,.. let's go, Quilava."
"Are you sure this is the right way, Kenneth?" Sammy was starting to get unsure – a.) because she couldn't see and b.) because she was stumbling so easily.
A squeeze on her wrist indicated for her to be quiet as the boy with messy black hair pushed open a door, leading to a deck on the back of the Unova Academy ship.
"Just a little farther,.." Kenneth mumbled, brushing the one silver streak in his hair out of his eye. "Sammy, just keep quiet for now."
"Bu-"
A loud voice interrupted, though. Although she couldn't see, she could tell the voice came from a few yards in front of them.
"HEY. You two,.. aren't you that stow away?" Apparently, the voice was masculine.
Sammy glanced up once, only to avert her eyes again. What she saw was a boy with a lanky build, high cheekbones. What stood out were his freckles and crew cut hair. His green eyes were set into a narrow glare, as if debating whether or not to do something about them.
Her male companion though, spoke up. He laughed nervously, patting the brunette on the back. "No, this is my younger brother – er, Sam. Say hi, Sam." Twitching, she raised her hand which was hidden under her hoodie's sleeves, waving once.
"Tch. I'm pretty sure that isn't a kid, dude. She's clearly a girl.. but if you want to get past me that badly, it isn't gonna be easy." To emphasize his point, he stood in the doorway, arms crossed.
"What if we were to .. say, battle you?" Kenneth was making a suggestion, or wanting to make a distraction, to say the least. Standing next to him, Sammy tugged on his shirt, mumbling something to him. He nodded, smiling. "Or, my friend here can battle you."
Raising his eyebrow, the doorway blocker smirked. "Alright, shorty, c'mon."
"I'm not short, but okay,.. Kenneth, I'm keeping your cap." Her right hand reached up to readjust the baseball cap, twisting it around so the bill of it was on the back of her head. She brushed her right swept bangs back, smirking. "What's say one on one? If I win, we get through. If I lose, you turn me in."
He nodded, smirking back. "You're gonna lose though, just saying. C'mon, there's open space right out here," After pointing behind him, he turned around, leading both of the trainers outside.
Sammy had to shield her eyes from the sun shining above – boy, it was hot that day. Kenneth took a deep breath, raising his hand. "I'll be the ref." Ombra sat down next to Kenneth, eyeing his trainer protectively.
"Alright," The boy with the crew cut hair took his place on the right side of the deck , opposite to where his opponent stood. His hand reached into his pocket for a Pokeball. "You ready, shorty?"
"Yeah, whatever." Sammy picked the Pokeball that was 4th down on her messenger bag's strap. It was small in her palm, but once she pressed the white button in the middle, it expanded until it was the size of a baseball. And that Pokeball was currently home to a reeved up Zangoose.
"Let's go, Victor!" The Pokeball was tossed high into the air as a flash of white light slowly formed into the shape of a Zangoose. Soon enough, Victor was out, neutral and calm. "Zangoose,.."
"Huh. Not bad. Alright, let's go, Luna!" From his side, after taking out his Pokeball, was an Umbreon. Luna stood proud and calm next to her trainer, ears twitching.
Kenneth stood in between both trainers, smiling lazily. "Good, nice and quiet. We won't attract any attention,.." He cleared his throat, "Sammy Riverdale will be using her Zangoose, Victor, while," He nodded at the boy.
"I'm Dougan Maddox." He pointed at himself, smirking.
Nodding once more, Kenneth continued. "Dougan Maddox will be using his Umbreon, Luna. May the battle begin!" And he stepped back.
Sammy smirked confidently. "Your move first, Dougan, 'cause you're gonn a be a losin'." He rolled his eyes. "That, was by far, a stupid rhyme. Alright, Luna, start off with a Quick Attack!"
Luna didn't even let Dougan finish his sentence before charging off with lightning fast speed, heading straight towards the Zangoose. Victor blinked once, moving quickly to the side to dodge.
Victor's trainer grinned. "Victor, hurry and use Slash!"
Nodding, his claw went to slash at the Eevee evolution, but missed when she made a getaway using her fast speed.
"What'd I tell ya', shorty?" Dougan called out from the other side of the field, seeming overly confident. Too confident.
Sammy scoffed, crossing her arms. "Whatever. Vic, use X-Scissor!" And off he went, running at the Umbreon.
That is, until a large Dragonite and Electivire got in the way. And two very pissed off teenage girls, too.
Maikee rubbed her temple, in annoyance. "Didn't you guys know you guys can't battle unless it's in the battle gym? Sheesh, rule breakers. And you!" She pointed at Sammy, frowning. "I almost thought you didn't get on the ship."
"Oh, she got on alright," Rosalie spoke this time, crossing her arms. "I helped her get on by distracting the guard and got lost on the ship trying to find her."
Both girls glanced at each other before staring at Sammy, speaking in unison. "You're in a lotta trouble, girly."
END Chapter 3 ;
A/N: Whoop. Sammy's screwed. XD How're you guys liking the chapters so far? Too short? Too long? Hard to read? Etc.? Care to put some imput or anything in the reviews?