MISC: Platinum's Language Usage. Since Platinum is supposed to talk very formally, she won't be using any contractions (can't, won't, etc) or any slang or expletives (except when she's pissed off, in which case she'll pick up Gold's language; example in The Marriage). This formality is the reason why she always refers to her seniors as 'senior' and always bows to them and whatnot.
Primary: Diamond & Platinum.
Rescue:
Sandgem Town, Sinnoh…
Pearl and Diamond quickly walked towards the Berlitz Mansion.
"Hey Dia, did you see Miss Lady recently?" Pearl asked.
"No," Diamond replied. "We were supposed to go berry picking yesterday, but she never showed. I called but she never answered." He suddenly looked depressed. "Pearl, do you think-"
"No, Dia. I don't think she's avoiding you. Come on. She's our friend."
"I guess…"
"But hey, do you know why her father wants us?"
"I don't know. But it must be really important."
By the time the two Dex Holders arrived at the mansion, Sir Berlitz was waiting for them.
"Hello," Diamond started. "Wh-"
"There is no time!" Sir Berlitz said, almost yelling. "Come, quickly!" Before Diamond and Pearl could do anything, he turned and ran back inside the mansion.
Diamond and Pearl glanced at each other before quickly following. In one of the rooms, there was a big television, and Sebastian was waiting.
"As your orders, I did not inform anyone else about this," the butler said to Sir Berlitz.
"What's this about?" Pearl asked.
Sir Berlitz pointed at the television screen. Diamond and Pearl looked, and froze upon seeing what was being played. It was a recorded video message for a ransom…
In the screen, they could see Platinum tied up on a chair, looking rather beaten. One kidnapper appeared on screen and looked at the camera.
"You have 2 hours to deliver a sum of 50 billion PKD to the location on the letter that came with the video. And if you even think about calling the police… I'll leave what's left of your daughter in front of your mansion." The kidnapper grabbed the heiress by her hair and yanked. Platinum groaned but refused to say anything. "Let's see what your daughter has to say about this." The kidnapper punched the heiress in the stomach and yanked her hair so the camera could see her face. "Come on, say "daddy, help me" or something like that."
"Ungh… father…" Platinum gasped out. "You must not give in, father! I will be a-"
The kidnapper smacked her across the face. "I warned you what would happen if you said that again!"
"Should I shut this thing off?" came a second voice.
"No. Fuck it. We're going to send him this video. Maybe seeing his daughter getting beaten will help him make a decision." The kidnapper smacked Platinum across the face once more.
"Agh! … F – Father! Please…" she gasped out. "Please… do not give in…"
Diamond felt each of Platinum's yelps and cries stab at his heart. He closed his eyes as the kidnapper became more aggressive in his attempts to shut her up. Sir Berlitz shut off the television.
"I am going to prepare the money for delivery," he started. "But I want you two to find and rescue my daughter before it is too late. I doubt that these vandals will release my daughter even if I give them the money."
Diamond and Pearl nodded.
'I should've stayed with her…' Diamond thought. 'I shouldn't have asked her to go berry picking with me. Maybe then she would've been safe…'
"I think I know how we can find her," Pearl started. "But we'll need Pokémon that can Fly."
An hour later, Jubilife City…
Diamond and Pearl flew around the edge of the park, waiting for the kidnappers to pick up the briefcase containing the money, which was placed in the marked zone a minute ago. For this task, they borrowed a pair of Pidgeots from the Berlitz family. The plan was to wait for the kidnappers to take the money and then to follow the kidnappers to their hideout. Then, the two Dex Holders will be able to rescue Platinum.
Pearl squinted as he saw a man walk towards the bench with the briefcase. The man picked up the briefcase and started to walk away. Diamond and Pearl carefully eyed him. They could see that the kidnapper had entered a van, and from a safe altitude, followed.
3 hours later, the van stopped in front of a small building; a house, from the looks of it.
Diamond took a brief look around the area. He noticed that he was in Veilstone City. A minute after the kidnapper entered the building, the two Dex Holders landed. They left the two Pidgeots in the air to see if the kidnapper would escape.
"Okay, this is what we're going to do," Pearl started. "Dia, you're going to look for Miss Lady while I'll cover you. When you find her, call Maylene and let her know what happened. We could use some help."
Diamond nodded and tried to open the door. Seeing how it was locked, Pearl sent out his Infernape to silently melt the door. And to ensure that the house itself didn't catch on fire, he had his Buizel to put the fire out once the door was gone.
Diamond silently entered the house, with his Munchlax in front. The Munchlax remembered the scent of Platinum's perfume very well, and with that in mind, sniffed around. Within a minute, the Munchlax found the trail of the perfume. Diamond followed as his Munchlax led him towards a door. The Sinnoh boy put his ear against the door to see if he can hear anything. He heard nothing, so he assumed it was safe to open the door.
The room was bright enough for him to see everything inside. He could see someone tied up in the corner. Diamond squinted, and recognized the person as Platinum. He quickly ran towards her and began to untie the rope binding her arms and legs. The heiress seemed to be unconscious, and had been blindfolded and gagged. By the time he finished untying her arms and legs, Platinum woke up. She couldn't see, so she assumed the worst and tried to push him away. Diamond noticed that she was whimpering… She never did that before…
"Lady, it's me," he said quietly. Platinum instantly froze, and Diamond took the opportunity to remove the blindfold. "I came to rescue you." He could see the tears in the heiress's beautiful eyes and it made him freeze for a second. He soon snapped out and removed the gag.
The heiress remained perfectly silent for a whole 7 seconds before she snapped out of her shock. "… You found me…"
Diamond embraced her as she broke down into tears. "It's okay, Lady. You're safe now."
"They h – hurt me so much," the heiress sobbed out.
Diamond pulled back and looked at her. He could see that her pale skin was covered in bruises. When he looked at her clothes, his eyes opened wide in shock. The heiress's black vest was missing, and the dress underneath wasn't exactly intact either.
"D – Did they…" Diamond stuttered, unable to finish the question. He looked horrified.
Thankfully, Platinum shook her head. "B – But they tried…" She buried her face into his chest and cried some more. "I – It was terrible…"
Diamond put his arms around her and tried to calm her down. "It's over now. Come on. Let's get you out of here." He took off his vest and gave it to her to wear. Afterwards, he called Maylene and told her of the current situation, and asked for help.
"Hey, what the hell?" came a voice from behind. The heiress gasped and tried her best to hide behind Diamond. The Sinnoh boy turned around and saw one of the kidnappers. "Hey, we have an intruder!" he yelled out through the door.
The other kidnapper walked into the room, with his hands in the air. Behind him, Pearl had his Infernape out, ready to burn anything that tried to run.
"Yes, I noticed," the kidnapper grumbled.
The first kidnapper turned to face Diamond, only to realize that the Sinnoh boy had his Torterra out.
"Let me show you what happens if you move," he said. "Roo, Dia's Mach-One-And-Only Razor Leaf."
The kidnapper blinked. "Well, that's a long name… Where are the leaves?"
"Look behind you," Diamond said.
The kidnapper turned and saw a hole in the wall, where the single leaf had hit. "Oh… sh*t."
Pearl grinned and had his Infernape drag both kidnappers out of the house. Diamond returned his Pokémon and helped Platinum get to her feet. He noticed that the heiress was favoring her right knee, and looked unsteady. He supported her from beside and took extra care to make sure that she was comfortable.
"Thank you…" Platinum said quietly as she rested her head against Diamond's. "I trusted that you would come for me…"
As Diamond slowly headed towards the exit, a thought occurred and he ended up stopping abruptly.
"Diamond, what is the matter?" the heiress asked.
"Those two kidnappers," he muttered. "Neither of them are the one that I saw in the video…"
Suddenly, he felt someone yank Platinum off of him, and he spun around. He could see that the missing kidnapper had appeared and now had Platinum hostage.
"So you're the one who fucked everything up," the kidnapper growled out. He had an arm wrapped around Platinum's throat, and Diamond noticed that the heiress looked absolutely terrified. "Don't move."
Diamond did as told. Not only because the girl he loved was being held hostage, but also because he could see Maylene and her Riolu sneaking up from behind the kidnapper. The Veilstone Gym Leader arrived at the kidnappers' house (as Diamond described, "the house with Pidgeots circling around"), and she chose to climb through the windows in hopes of sneaking up on any kidnappers.
Within a blink of an eye, the kidnapper was knocked out from a Mach Punch, and Diamond rushed to catch Platinum before she hit the ground. The heiress started to cry again, as the shock from being held hostage was overwhelming. Diamond gently embraced her and rubbed her in the back to calm her down.
"It's okay, Lady. You're okay now. Maylene's here. We won't let those kidnappers harm you anymore," he assured.
"I – I wish I was home," the heiress sobbed out. "Please… please take me home…"
Diamond nodded and quickly led her out of the house. Platinum tried her best to calm down. Outside, Pearl ran up to his two friends, after handing the two captured kidnappers to the police.
"Miss Lady, you're okay!" he yelled.
Platinum wiped away her tears and clasped his hands but didn't give him a hug, which Diamond noticed.
"Thank you, Pearl," she said. Her voice was still shaking.
"Hey Pearl, the Lady wants to go home," Diamond said.
"Right. Dia, take her home. I'm going to go back inside that house and see if I can find her stuff and that money briefcase."
Diamond called one of the Pidgeots and climbed on top after helping the heiress get on. "Lady, please hold on tight."
Platinum nodded and wrapped her arms around Diamond. "I am ready."
Diamond got the Pidgeot to Fly back to Sandgem Town. But because he was afraid that Platinum would fall off, he got the Pidgeot to Fly slowly, so instead of taking an hour (full speed), the two Dex Holders arrived in front of the Berlitz Mansion in two hours.
Diamond quickly led Platinum back inside her mansion, where she reunited with her father. The Sinnoh boy explained to Sir Berlitz and Sebastian what happened and how he and Pearl managed to rescue Platinum. After the story, Sir Berlitz promised a very large feast for those who helped in rescuing his daughter, which Diamond told Pearl and Maylene via Pokégear.
One week later, Diamond came to the mansion to visit Platinum. He was led by the servants of the Berlitz Mansion to Platinum's reading room. Upon arriving, he knocked on the door. The door opened a few seconds later, and Platinum appeared in the doorway.
"Ah, Diamond!" she exclaimed happily. "I am glad you came. Please, come in."
"Thanks, Lady," Diamond said as he entered the room. He noticed that the bruises that covered Platinum's pale skin have healed. But not all injuries have healed, however… "Lady, would you like to go berry picking today?" Diamond asked.
Platinum suddenly appeared nervous. "Berry picking? … Outside? … Um… I… I appreciate the offer, Diamond, but…"
Diamond nodded. He understood that the heiress would prefer to stay in the safety of her mansion. The kidnapping had been a terrifying experience for her, and seeing how she was attacked on her way from her mansion to where she was supposed to meet Diamond, it was natural that the heiress would be afraid of the outside world.
"I understand if you don't want to leave your mansion, Lady. In that case… would you mind if I stayed with you?"
Platinum appeared surprised, but smiled brightly and nodded. "Of course, Diamond. I would highly appreciate your company."
She led him towards the couch and sat there with him. She slightly leaned against him and began to talk about her experiences this week. As she talked, Diamond noticed that she looked extremely happy. He gently grabbed and rubbed her hand. Although the heiress may be afraid of the outside world, for now, he would remain happy that she was perfectly safe and happy. Diamond took it upon himself to help her overcome her fears when the time came. But for the time being, he would focus on ensuring that Platinum felt safe and protected. Besides, spending just about the entire day with her in the mansion wasn't bad either.
I've noticed that the most recent chapter of Special Adventures AND this one-shot both kind of… bully Platinum. Oh well… someone had to be broken. The others will get their unfortunate share of misfortune in Special Adventures when the time comes.