Chapter 4
Sven wandered the halls of the Union, still not understanding why Wendy was so mad at him. He walked down to the first floor and leaned on the front desk.
"What's up, Sven?" asked the Operator.
"Nothing." he replied, without any emotion in his voice.
"What's bothering you, Sven? Is it Wendy again?" said the Operator, hit the spot.
"Exactly, but I don't know what I did to make her mad, this time." answered Sven, looking at the Operator.
"Did you forget about something?" questioned the Operator, "I heard from Kate that it was her 25th birthday, yesterday and that you were not there all day. Where were you?"
"I was her birthday yesterday? I thought it was next week!" exclaimed Sven, getting everyone to look at him.
"Lower your voice, will ya? Your getting everyone to look at you." sighed the Operator, "I can't believe you forgot about that."
"I can't believe I forgot. Now I get why she was in a fool mood this morning." said Sven, face palming himself, "She must be really mad at me. And I promised I'd be there. I'm a jerk."
"I won't disagree with you, on that one. I don't know or remember how many times you ditched her, on her birthday." explained the Operator, "Last year it was because of a stray Sharpedo. The year before that you got stuck in a storm. And the year before that…"
"Okay, I get it. don't remind me." snapped Sven.
"And every time, you could have left the Area Rangers take care of it." said the Operator, "Your annoying. I still don't get why Wendy still sticks by your side, after all this time."
"I better go apologies, to her. Let's just hope she won't kill me." sighed Sven.
"Why don't you give her that birthday present you were never able to give her?" giggled the Operator.
"Great idea, thanks." said Sven, walking towards the stairs, "By any chance, do you where she went on patrol, today?"
"If I remember right, she was asked to patrol in the Chroma Highlands." replied the Operator.
"Perfect." responded Sven, going up the stairs.
He left the Operator confused. 'That's where we first met, on our very first mission. The perfect spot for apologies.' thought Sven, grabbing a wrapped box and leaving the Union.
"Come on, Kate. Why don't you want to go patrol with me, today? You agreed with it yesterday." said Keith, grabbing Kate's arm.
"Why should I go with you? You don't even care about me!" yelled Kate, startling some wild Pokémon nearby.
Kate slipped herself out of Keith's grip and continued walking.
"Hey! Come back here, Kate! I'm not done talking!" exclaimed Keith.
"I am!" replied Kate, turning and facing him, "You don't even care what I do or where I go! I could disappear and you wouldn't even realize it!"
"Where did you get that idea, you stupid idiot?" asked Keith, angry.
"You told me this morning! Plain and straight forward!" replied Kate.
"I was tired and you woke me up early. Don't put all the blame on me." responded Keith, still not understanding her.
"But you didn't have to snap at me like that, either!" yelled Kate, tears rolling down her cheeks, "I thought…"
"You thought what? Can you even think, to start with?" said Keith, cutting her off.
"I thought you were my friend!" screamed Kate unable to hold herself.
She ran off in the direction of Vien Forest, with Pachi hot on her trail. Keith looked at the space where Kate just occupied, not two seconds earlier. Then, he realized what he just did. He called her brainless, without even meaning it. He face palmed himself and ran after Kate.
After five minutes of running, Keith stopped by the river.
"How fast can she run?" asked Keith, to no one in particular.
Two Luvdisc jumped out of the water and splashed Keith, in the face.
"Kate would be going gaga over those two Luvdisc. And she would laugh at my face, too." sighed Keith, as he continued searching for Kate.
"You know it is useless to look for her, right?" said his Buizel, "You know she'll just run off the moment she sees you."
"I know, but I cant help myself. I got to know if she's fine." said Keith, "But your right. Let's go to Boyleland."
"Are you really going to give up?"asked Bui.
"And why not? I'm not her dad." replied Keith, staring at the sky.
"But you're her friend and partner. At least look a little more."replied Bui.
"No. I'm not wasting anymore time, on her. I got some patrolling to do." growled Keith, making Bui coward down, "And if she wants to hide, she can hide, for all I care. It's not like I need her help."
Keith stormed off towards Pueltown. Bui followed close behind him. Then, out of nowhere, they heard a girl scream.
"Was that Kate?"asked Bui.
Before he could get an answer, Keith started running towards the source of the yell.
'I hope not.'thought Keith, not waiting to see if his partner was following behind him.