-chapter 7-
When I woke up the next morning, she was still beside me, in my arms, and while it was very calm and quiet, it didn't take long for my thoughts to turn to Charley.
-quietly- Me: "Baby girl, you awake yet?"
She didn't respond, she just layed there fast asleep, quietly breathing.
I continued to lay there for awhile, holding her close and waiting for her to wake up.
-a few minutes later-
-just woken up- Phoebe: "Cj?"
-drowsy- Me: "Baby girl..."
Me: "You ok?"
-sadly- Phoebe: "I'll be fine, as long as we get Charley back."
Me: "We'll get him back baby girl."
Me:" We have hours to plan."
Me: "And something tells me our pokemon are going to have our backs."
Phoebe: "I know they will."
Phoebe: "But I'm sure he's prepared for us to fight back."
Me: "Not with our pokemon, he doesn't know about those or what they're capable of."
Me: "Not with our guns, not with anything but ourselves..."
Me: "He probably doesn't even know what guns are...he probably can't dodge a bullet."
Phoebe: "He's smart...Cj...too smart..that's why he took Charley, he knew he couldn't beat us outright."
Phoebe: "And that's why I don't think we have as much of a chance to get him back as you think we do."
Me: "Pheebles...please...don't be like this.."
-sadly- Phoebe: "I can't help it...he took my baby..."
Me: "Yeah, well, he took mine too..."
-somewhat angry- Me: "And I'm going to do everything I can to get Charley back and to make myren...fucker pay for it."
Me: "And I need you baby girl, I need your help..."
Me: "So please.."
Phoebe:"-sighs- ...I'll try."
Me: "Now why don't we get up and get some breakfast?"
Me: "We'll take Nina to the gym."
I got out of bed, and ended up losing my balance and falling on the floor. My whole body was stiff and sore from last night.
-in pain- Me: "Ow..."
-concerned- Phoebe: "Oh arceus..Cj..are you ok?"
-in pain- Me: "Yeah, I just..uh...I don't think you gave me enough potion last night."
Phoebe: "I'll get you some more, just wait there."
Me: "OK."
She gave me so more potion. It took almost an entire bottle for me to feel normal again.
-concerned- Phoebe: "It looks like he hurt you really bad, it usually doesn't take this much."
Me: "I know."
Me: "Look baby girl, just try to keep your mind off Charley for now ok?"
Phoebe: "How?"
Me: "Avoid his room like the plague, for starters...keep yourself occupied, take a shower, paint your nails, go watch the chickens... anything, just, don't think about him."
-upset- Phoebe: "But he's my son."
Me: "He's our son."
She hugged me.
Me: "You think I enjoy this?"
Me:" I'm as shocked as you are, I just know how to deal with it."
She looked into my eyes for a moment, I knew she was trying to read my mind, I just hoped it would give her comfort.
She hugged me.
Me: "You see now?"
-solemnly- Phoebe: "Mhm."
Phoebe:" Cj..."
Me: "Mhm..."
-lovingly- Phoebe:"I think you might be the strongest human I've ever met..."
-unsure- Me: "oooookay..."
Phoebe: "I'm going to go take a shower.."
Phoebe: "Why don't you get started on breakfast, and make sure Nina didn't sneak away during the night or something."
Me: "Huh?"
Phoebe: "Just check on her to be safe ok?"
Me: "Ok."
I went downstairs, and cracked open the door to Nina's room. Surprisingly she was awake, sitting on the floor in front of her tv...watching some old pokemon vhs tapes with the volume turned down.
-solemnly- Nina: "Goodmorning."
Me :"You ok sweetheart?"
-upset- Nina: "No."
She got up and hugged me.
-softly- Me: "We're going to get him back you know?"
-softly- Me: "Try to cheer up, we're taking you to the gym today."
-upset- Nina: "I don't want to go."
Me: "But you've wanted to go all week."
Me :"Sweety he loves you, he wouldn't want you to miss it."
Me: "Besides, if you win you can show him your new badge when we get him back."
Nina: "Ok..."
Me: "It's going to be allright...ok? We got this."
Me: "You know there isn't much your mother and I can't accomplish."
Me: "So relax ok?"
Nina: "Ok."
Me: "I love you sweety.
Nina: "love you daddy."
Me: "Now you can go back to keeping yourself occupied..."
Me: "You're smart you know that?...Your mother, as strong as she is, doesn't even get it."
Nina: "-giggles-."
With both of them successfully cheered up I headed into the kitchen and started to make breakfast, memories of Charley continued to flood the back of my mind, truly I missed the little guy.I loved the little guy, but I had the mindset that he wasn't really gone yet, it was more like he just went to school like Nina does almost everyday. We would get him back, and then I would be reunited with him once more.
It was a quiet breakfast, the silence was a bit unerving, until Phoebe finally said something.
Phoebe: "So Nina, are you ready for your gym battle today?"
Nina: "Yeah..I guess."
Phoebe: "I know it's hard, but just do your best, ok sweety?"
Nina: "Ok."
After breakfast we headed into Goldenrod, and took Nina to the gym, trying to carry on as normal, atleast for now. However, we were all somewhat distraught, Phoebe most notably. Things just didn't seem right without Charley around to cheerfully comment on his surroundings. Anyway, we brought Nina to the gym, and she got in line to face leader once again, while Phoebe and I found a place to sit in the stands. The roar of the crowd and the battles taking place in the arena did what they could to help set us at ease, but the anticipation was killing us inside, we wanted to get him back, but since we didn't know Myrenthall's whereabouts, we couldn't, at the moment.
Phoebe was constantly contacting Melissa, trying to get all the information she could, from the latest crime reports, to possible sightings, but of course it was all in vain, Goldenrod was a big city, and minor crimes were a dime a dozen.
-in the stands-
Phoebe: "According to Melissa there was a robbery at an electronics store last night."
Me: "So?"
Phoebe: "Maybe Myrenthall is trying to steal some phones..?"
Phoebe: "No wait.."
Phoebe: "I know what he's looking for..."
Phoebe: "I figured it out."
Me: "What?"
Phoebe: "He's looking for an amplifyer, like he had in his own world..."
Me: "How could he have one? His world was all medievallish."
Phoebe: "That's the only way he could have known we were there Cj..."
Phoebe: "And I thinks it's a safe bet he's atleast thought about trying to find another one to boost his powers again."
Me: "They don't exactly sell those over the counter though do they?"
Atleast I had never seen them for sale anywhere, they were illegal to use in official battles, just like power bracelets, they were really only used for very specific situations that required them, like in the military, where they were either used by highly trained pokemon for radar or coupled to a cloaking or forcefield device.
Phoebe: "No, I don't think so."
Phoebe: "I'll ask Melissa, she'd probably know how to get one."
Me: "Honey, we know where he's going to be a few hours, no sense jumping the gun."
Me :"We know where he's going to be..."
Me: "We can set a trap for him."
Phoebe: "I need to talk to Melissa, I have an idea..."
Me: "For what?"
Phoebe :"You'll see."
She got up.
-unsure- Me: "Where are you going?"
Phoebe: "I need to make a call, it's too loud in here, keep an eye out for Nina."
Me: "Ok."
She left the stands and walked out of the arena. I turned my eyes to the battle going on down below, between a young challenger's primeape, and what appeared to be the same dunsparce the gym leader, Olivia had used against Nina. Despite being weak to fighting types, the dunsparce was putting up a good fight by burying itself and avoiding its opponent's attacks. However, before Phoebe came back the primeape did manage to land a hit, and even though dunsparce was able to continue, that single hit took a lot out of it, and another hit that it was too injured to avoid quickly finished what was left.
Phoebe:"Cj."
Me:"Oh hey baby girl."
Phoebe:"What did I miss?"
Me:"Not much."
Me:"Dunsparce lost.."
Phoebe:"Ok."
Me:"So what's going on, did you get what you wanted?"
Phoebe:"No, Melissa said they couldn't get the permits in time."
Me:"Permits for what?"
Phoebe:" The havac..."
-unsure- Me:"Why?"
Phoebe: "Melissa told me a awhile back that they were working on a new weapon, a laser that can drain powers."
Me: "Ok."
Phoebe: "I was wondering if we could use it."
Phoebe: "But she said we can't, because we don't have the authority and even if we did, we couldn't get the permits in time, and even if we could, the weapon is still being tested so it might no even work."
Me: "Ok..."
Phoebe: "But..."
Phoebe: "She said we will get reinforcements, agents are still looking for him so they'll be sure to back us up."
Phoebe: "I told her where we're meeting, she'll tell James, and we'll have half an army on our side."
Me: "Really?"
Phoebe: "Mhm."
Phoebe: "There's no chance he can escape."
Me: "Ok, make sure he shows up before they do."
Me:"Otherwise, you know he'll just run away."
Phoebe: "I know."
Phoebe: "Also now I have to make you forget I said that."
Phoebe: "We can't let Myrenthall know."
Me:"Well then why did you tell me?"
She touched my head, and my mind went completely blank.
Me:"Huh..what just happened?"
Phoebe: "I had to wipe your memory, I'm sorry."
Me: "Why?"
Phoebe: "I'll make you remember later ok?"
Me:"Did we save Charley yet?"
Phoebe:"No...wow..Cj I only made you forget the last few minutes..."
Me:" I remember entering the gym, I remember watching Nina get in line."
Me:" And then you left, and then...something about a dunsparce.."
Me: "What did you call Melissa about?"
Phoebe:"That's what I had to erase silly..."
Me:"Oh...ok."
Me:"Well why did you tell me if you were just going to erase it."
Phoebe:"Because I slipped up and didn't realize I shouldn't tell you until I already did."
Phoebe:"Are you ok?"
Me:"Yeah, I'll be fine..."
Phoebe: "Oh look, Nina's turn is comming up."
Phoebe:"Just a few more battles."
Part of the ceiling came crashing down, luckily no one was injured, Myrenthall came in through the hole in the roof, levitating and wearing a goofy looking helmet. He seemed to have changed his outfit since last time, now he was wearing a tuxedo he must have stolen from some place.
Me:"Awe come on...he's got an amplifier..."
Phoebe:"Why is he here?"
Me:"See I told you to stop looking for him."
Phoebe:"You didn't know this would happen."
Me:"-sighs-, I know."
She teleported us out to the car.
-gasping for breath-
Me:"Why did you do that?"
-gasping for breath- Phoebe:"He can't know... we're there."
Phoebe:"He couldn't spot you right away because of the crowd, but if he found you it might hurt our chances of getting Charley back."
Phoebe:"I'm going to go back in and get Nina, and then we're getting out of here."
Phoebe:"We can't face him right now."
Me:"Your right."
Me:"But why the hell is he here?"
Phoebe:"I don't know."
Not even a minute late an agency sedan arrived, followed by about a half dozen police cars for backup.
Me: "Well that was fast."
The gym battles were locally televised, someone from Devon must have been watching.
Me:"Look we should both go in to get Nina, this guy is after you, if he spots you, which isn't particularly difficult, you'll need backup."
Phoebe:"What are you saying?"
Me:"That you're too sexy to blend in with a crowd."
Phoebe:"-sighs-, whatever."
She teleported away.
Me: "Hey, what the hell?"
I made my way back inside, by this point the other agents and the police had already stormed the building, with the agents focusing on Myrenthall, and the police trying to escort people out.
I found Nina among the escapees, it wasn't hard, as she was one of the few that was giving the police a hard time.
Police Officer:"Gardevoir you have to leave...it's not safe for you here."
-jokingly- Nina:"Let me go human, I have to fight him."
Nina: "And my name isn't gardevoir, it's Nina."
Me:"Nina, what are you doing?"
Nina:"Dad?"
Me:"The police are on our side, stop fighting them."
Me:"-sighs- I'll take it from here."
I showed them my id.
Police Officer: "Ok."
I led her out of the building.
Nina:"That's the guy isn't it?"
Nina:"The man that took Charley."
Me: "-sighs-, yeah."
-somewhat anxious- Nina: "Why aren't we fighting him?"
Me: "Because we're not ready yet."
Nina:"He's trying to steal Olivia's pokemon."
Me :"Why?"
Nina: "Because somebody told him gym leaders have the strongest pokemon."
Me:"He's psychic, he has an amplifier, what does he need pokemon for?"
Nina:"Why doesn't he need pokemon?"
Me:"Good point."
Me:"Ok now stay here, I need to go find your mother."
-concerned- Phoebe: "Why did you leave the car?"
She teleported in behind me.
Me:"I found Nina before you did, and you didn't tell me to stay, you just left assuming I wouldn't follow."
Me:" We were both supposed to go in remember?"
Phoebe:"Oh...ok.."
Me:"And then you just left trying to go in on your own."
-annoyed- Phoebe: "I know what I did Cj..."
Phoebe: "Now, what are we going to do about the other agents that are here?"
-unsure- Me:"What do you mean?"
Phoebe: "Myrenthall has an amplifier, he'll obliterate them."
Me: "I thought we were planning on leaving?"
Phoebe: "But, if we can catch Myrenthall here, we can get Charley back faster."
Me: "And if we don't, we'll never see him again."
Phoebe:"It's either now or later."
-very unsure- Me:"-sighs-..."
Me: "You have your pokemon? I brought mine."
Phoebe: "Mhm."
Me: "Ok."
Nina: "What about me?"
Me: "You see that line of people leaving the building over there?"
-eager- Nina: "Mhm."
Phoebe: "Go join them."
-shocked- Nina: "What? Why?"
Phoebe: "Nina, you're not strong enough, you're pokemon aren't strong enough. We don't want you to get hurt, so just go to the pokemon center like everyone else is."
Me:"Exactly."
-annoyed and let down- Nina: "Fffffine...I'll go..."
She stormed out of the car.
Phoebe: "You think she'll be ok?"
Me: "I really hope so."
Me :"Ok, how are we going to do this?"
Two more agency sedans arrived.
Me: "We could use our golbat's supersonic to distract him, and then all our other pokemon could attack at once."
Phoebe: "That could kill him though."
Phoebe: "We need him alive."
Me: "We could try using magnum to torment him. "
Me: "I don't think he'll be able to hurt Magnum too much."
Phoebe:" Yeah but that amplifier, you saw him break in, the roof was metal."
Me: "Yeah, I saw."
Me:"Aggron will level the building."
Phoebe: "Mhm."
Me: "Bulby is weak to him."
Me:"I seriously think we should just hit him all at once, if he dies we should be able to revive him."
Me:"We'll send our golbats in through the roof. They shouldn't be in the sun long enough to hurt them."
Phoebe: "Yeah, they'll be ok, it's kind of cloudy out anyway."
Me: "And then we'll send everyone else in through the side doors."
Phoebe: "I can teleport around and release everyone and then we'll have him surrounded."
Me: "Ok then, I think that's it."
Phoebe: "Yep, let's go."
We got out of the car and headed back to the gym, everyone but the agents and police had evacuated by now.
We stopped just short of the front door to let our golbats out.
Me: "Ok, sorry to send you out in daylight, but you won't be outside for long anyway."
Me: "There's a hole in the roof, fly through it, and use supersonic on the floating guy."
Me: "And don't stop."
Phoebe: "Mhm."
Golbat: "Golbat..."
They both took off and headed to the roof.
Phoebe: "Ok, I'll take everyone else."
Phoebe: "Except for aggron."
Me: "Ok."
Me: "You sure you can carry them all?"
Phoebe: "I'll be fine."
Me: "Ok."
Phoebe:"I can just put them all in my purse for now."
Me: "Ok then."
Phoebe: "Let's go."
We headed inside, it had been busy just a few minutes ago, but now it was completely quiet except for our golbat's supersonics and a few police officers covering their ears.
We made our way to the arena, where Myrenthal was severely distracted by our golbats, to the point where they were chasing him around.
Their supersonic attacks seemed to be keeping him from attacking, as the loud noises they made litterally kept him from concentrating.
-unsure- Myrenthal: "What is this? More of those strange creatures?"
Phoebe: "This might be easier than we thought."
Phoebe: "If he can't attack, he can't defend."
She threw a shadowball at him, knocking him flat.
Myrenthall:"Not you again...how did you find me?"
-demandingly- Phoebe:"Give us our son back."
Myrenthall:"Come with me and I promise I'll return him."
I sent out Bubba.
Me:"Golbat come back."
Golbat was circling around myrenthall at high speed and was hard to keep track of. I needed him to move so Bubba could attack, otherwise he could get hit.
Bubba:"Blast."
Phoebe:"You too buzzer."
Myrenthall:"Huh? So you agree?"
-unamused- Me:"Hydrocannon."
Phoebe:" Cj no...watergun!"
-unsure- Bubba: "Blastoise..?!"
It was too late.
Bubba hit him so hard he got sent flying into the far wall, soaking wet.
-in pain- Myrenthal: "wha...ugh..."
Phoebe: "Cj don't kill him."
His helmet, which was probably the only reason he survived that attack in the first place, shorted out.
-unsure- Bubba:"Blaast?"
-quietly- Me:"No it was a good hit, don't worry it looks like he survived."
Me:"Listen up you piece of crap, That was for last night."
Me:"This lady over here, she's spoken for."
I wrapped my arms around Phoebe.
-lovingly- Phoebe:"aweeee Cj.."
Me:"And if you don't give our son back."
-angry- Me:"We'll kill you."
Phoebe:"Right."
Myrenthal:"You can't kill me..."
Me:"Bubba...skullbash, take it slow..."
Bubba:"Blast."
Bubba charged towards him, but he dissapeared.
Me:"What?"
Bubba stopped charging for the moment.
-unsure- Bubba:"Blaastoise blaaast blastoise?"
Phoebe:"No you don't have to run into the wall silly."
Me:"Right, no sense in hurting yourself."
Phoebe:"He couldn't have gotten far, his helmet is broken."
Olivia: "He got away?"
She must have been hiding somewhere.
-surprised- Me:"You're still here?"
Phoebe: "I think so..."
-not happy- Me:"He took your pokemon didn't he?"
Olivia: "Only the ones I had on me."
Me:" We'll get them back, don't worry."
Olivia: "Who was that guy?"
Me: "He's a psychic that escaped from the experiment facility."
Me: "He's from another world."
Some other agents entered.
Unknown agent: "What are you still doing here mam?"
-defensive- Olivia: "Excuse me, I'm the gym leader!"
Unknown agent: "Oh..."
Olivia: "That guy stole my pokemon, go get him."
Me: "Unfortunately he's not the easiest to capture, as you can see."
Me: "He might as well be a pokemon, as powerful as he is."
Phoebe:"Mhm."
-urgently yelling- Unknown agent2: "WE JUST GOT CONFIRMATION FROM THE CHOPPER, HE'S LEFT THE GYM AND IS HEADING SOUTH ALONG THE HIGHWAY! "
unknown agent: "What? "
unknown agent: "We better go then..."
unknown agent: "You two comming along?"
Me: "Of course."
Phoebe: "Mhm."
unknown agent:" Good."
unknown agent: "We're using CB channel 3."
Me: "Gotcha."
Olivia: "What about me?"
Unknown agent: "You may be a leader but you're still a civilian, you should probably head to the pokemon center. Don't worry, we'll do our best to to return your pokemon to you."
Phoebe: "Can you keep an eye on our daughter for us? We sent her over there too, and now I'm kind of worried."
Olivia:" Um...ok."
We quickly returned our pokemon before heading back out to our car, following the agency sedans out of the lot with the cb set to channel 3. Which was probably the first time we had used the cb in awhile. There was a police helicopter flying overhead, making good use of itself.
-on radio- Chopper pilot: "Ok you're looking for a large brown van, a 1990s Johto Motors Deluxe Cargoliner.
It didn't help much because I still wasn't familiar with this world's vehicles... however, as it was a van, and not particularly fast, it wasn't long before we caught up to it. It's looks could best be described as a miniature ups truck, with the main difference being that it had a lower roofline and was the size of a standard van, not a truck. The roof was curved, and the front was styled in such a way that made it look older than it really was. That said, it was a pretty cool looking van, but man...was it slow...and it was wobbling all over the road. Myrenthall obviously didn't know how to drive very well. We followed it for awhile until some Devon Suvs arrived and promptly boxed it in. Myrenthall teleported out and somehow made it across the adjacent lane without being hit by any of the oncomming cars.
This had the other agents stumped, but Phoebe took my hand and teleported us across.
Me: "You have nowhere to run..."
Phoebe :"Give Charley back, now...we're getting tired of this."
-gasping for breath- Myrenthall: "..."
Phoebe:"Well?"
-weakly- Myrenthall :"I'd rather die."
Me: "You know we have the technology to make you die a thousand times."
Phoebe: "Give it up you jerk, I'm never marrying you. I'm already married to Cj."
Phoebe :"Cj I have a power bracelet in my purse, let's get this guy."
-weakly- Myrenthall:"What?"
Me: "Right."
Phoebe pinned him to the ground, while I dug around in her purse for the bracelet, under about a dozen or so pokeballs and other random things.
Phoebe: "Cj come on, he's starting to resist."
Me: "I got it."
I slipped the bracelet around his wrist and then we brought him back across the highway. They cuffed him and shoved him into the back of one of the suvs, and then we followed that suv all the way back to the experiment facility.
- about an hour later-
Phoebe: "Ok Myrenthall, tell us how to get Charley back..."
Myrenthall: "Why?"
Me: "Because if you don't we'll burn you alive, then we'll revive you, then we'll burn you alive again, then we'll revive you, then we'll burn you alive again and then..."
-interupting, somewhat annoyed- Phoebe: "Cj he gets it already..."
Phoebe: "Give him back, and the pokemon you stole."
Phoebe: "Or else...Cj is planning on doing extremely horrible things to you, and I'm not going to stop him."
Myrenthall :"What's he going to do, burn me alive?"
-calmly- Phoebe: "No no no...that was just his first idea, he has many more now...all of them much worse.."
-bordering on crazy- Me:"The devil will be envious of the pain I inflict upon you.."
Myrenthall:"Do your worst."
Me: "Is going to make us prove it?"
Phoebe:"I think so."
Me:"Wow..."
Me:"To be honest if I wasn't so pissed I'd feel bad for him."
Phoebe: "-giggles-."
Me:"Allright then, let's take him outside."
Myrenthall: "What why?"
Me: "Because we can't...you'll see."
Me: "I don't wanna ruin the surprise."
We brought him outside, to an open area.
I sent out Hellblade.
Myrenthall: "A hound...thas your suprisssse?"
-exstatic- Me:"Hehehe..he's completely clueless."
Me:"Pheebles maybe we shouldn't do this."
Phoebe:"Don't be silly, we have to to get Charley back."
-seriously- Me:"Right."
Me:"Ok Hellblade, I guess we should inform you why we're doing this, this guy took Charley from us, he did something to him, he's not dead, but he won't wake up."
Me: "And now that we've caught him he won't tell us how to get him back."
Me: "Just so you know, he's not an innocent person, so don't worry about that."
Myrenthall: "It can undersssstand you...?"
Phoebe:"All too well."
Hellblade started to growl at him.
Me:"Easy boy."
Me:"Why don't you just give him a taste of what you can do first?"
Me :"Before we actually hurt him?"
Me: "Flamethower, into the air.."
I watched as Myrenthal's face suddenly went smug to utterly terrified.. his expression was priceless.
Me: "Ain't just a hound anymore is he?"
-terrified- Myrenthall:"n-nnnn-nnn-nnno."
Hellblade stopped using flamethrower and went back to growling at him.
Me: "You going to tell us how to get Charley back or do we have to get serious here?"
-terrified- Myrenthall:"The creatures are...in...the...vehicle..."
Me: "Ok..."
Phoebe: "And Charley?"
-terrified- Myrenthall: "There was a black sphere, they took it from me, if it makes contact with the child, he should recover."
Myrenthall: "Don't kill me."
Me: "Pheebles ,go check it out."
Phoebe: "Ok."
Me: "Also for the record HellBlade is part dark type, so your powers won't effect him."
Myrenthall: "What are you Zerkelio?"
-amused- Me: "Who?"
Myrenthall: "The great wizard of legend?"
Me: "I'm not psychic, I mean...I'm not a wizard."
Me: "Who the hell is Zerkelio?"
Myrenthall:"Tis merely a myth that a great wizard became so powerful that his power rivalled the gods, so they banished him to the netherworld, never to return."
Myrenthall :"I myself follow in his footsteps."
-sarcastically- Me: "Sounds like a great roll model, pissing off gods..."
-offended- Myrenthall :"You dare mock the great Zerkelio?"
Me: "What are you gonna do about it?"
Phoebe came back.
Phoebe :"Cj I got the sphere."
Myrenthall: "Yes..that's it..."
Myrenthall:"Can I please go now.."
-trying to be as much of a dick as possible-
Me: "Nah.."
Me: "You gotta go back inside."
Me: "You're under arrest buddy...we can't just let you go."
Me: "Thanks for the help Hellblade."
I returned Hellblade to his ball.
We led him back inside, left him in the custody of the other agents, and then hightailed it to the pokemon center to wake Charley up. It was important to note that this was a different center then the one Nina was at at the moment.
-anxiously- Phoebe: "Nurse where's my son?"
Nurse: "He's still asleep I'm afraid."
-urgently- Me: "We need to see him."
Nurse: "Ok ok relax, he's right this way."
I held the strange black sphere in my hand, it was such a strange thing, it was glossy black, looked like glass, but it was squishy and felt like jello.
I held it up to Charley, and the strange object seemed to phase through him.
Nurse:"What is that thing?"
Phoebe:"We don't really know, but I hope it helps him."
He started to move.
-excitedly- Phoebe:"Charley?!"
He wriggled around a big before slowly opening his eyes.
-upset- Charley: "Mawaaaaaah!"
Charley: "Whe mawa..?"
Phoebe :"I'm right here silly."
She picked him up and held him close.
Phoebe: "ohhhh...Mama was so worried."
-concerned- Phoebe:"Are you ok? DId you have nightmares?"
-concerned- Phoebe:"What did that mean old many do to you?"
-grumpily- Charley: "Cawey huhwy.."
-relieved- Me:"Hehe...Yeah I think he's ok."
-cutely- Charley:"Dawhy.."
Me:"Hey little buddy how are you?"
Phoebe:" Why don't we get you something to eat ok?"
Phoebe:"Thanks nurse."
Nurse:"Mhm...no problem."
We left the center, stopped at a fast food place to get something to eat, and then went to pick up Nina at the pokemon center near the gym. We were hoping Myrenthall would be sent back to his own world, and we would never have to deal with him, but shortly after we arrived home, Melissa informed Phoebe of his escape.
I was watching tv when I heard Phoebe talking to Melissa over the phone.
-somewhat distressed- Phoebe:"What? How did he escape?"
Phoebe:"Magic...? , I know he's psychic, but magic? No, there's no such thing."
Phoebe:"Why do they always manage to escape everytime we leave them in other people's custody?"
Phoebe:"-sighs-..."
Phoebe: "Well, after what Cj did, I doubt he'll bother us again."
Phoebe: "Yeah, Charley's ok, Cj's watching him at the moment."
Phoebe:"Maybe he'll find some other gardevoir to chase."
Phoebe:"Yeah, I know..."
Phoebe:"Well if we come across him again we'll tell you."
Phoebe:"-sighs-, well, I hope nothing else happens until tommorow."
Phoebe: "Anyway how are you?"
Phoebe:"That's good."
Phoebe:"You better call me when they arrive, I don't want to miss it."
Phoebe:"Ok take care."
She came into the living room.
Me:"He escaped?"
Phoebe:"Mhm."
Phoebe:"But I don't think he keep hiding for long."
She picked Charley up off the floor.
Phoebe:"I'm just glad we got Charley back."
-cutely- Charley: "Mawa!"
Me :"Yeah, he seems even more lively than usual."
Phoebe:"Probably because he was asleep for so long."
-cutely- Charley: "Mawa..Cawey wa dow."
Phoebe: "Oh ok..."
-playfully- Phoebe: "You just want to play don't you?"
She set him back down and he went back to playing with his blocks.
Then she sat next to me on the couch.
Phoebe:" -sighs-."
Me:" Feel better now?"
Phoebe: "Mhm."
She snuggled up to me.
Phoebe: "I'm a bit worried about Nina though..."
Phoebe:"Nina honey, are you ok? You've stayed in your room since we got home."
-from her room-
-noticeably upset- Nina: "I'm ok..."
Phoebe: "You don't sound ok."
Phoebe: "Why don't you come out?"
Phoebe:"Charley's out here sweety, there's no reason to be sad."
She came out of her room. She seemed to be crying but even I was confused as to why.
Phoebe:"Nina...what's wrong?"
- very distressed- Nina:" Can we talk about it?"
-unsure- Phoebe: "Ok, let's go to the kitchen then."
Phoebe led her into the kitchen so they could have a private conversation.
-unsure- Charley: "Mawa wehgowweeee?"
Me: "Charley stay here, they just need to talk."
-lovingly- Phoebe: "I'll be back in a little bit sweety...just stay in here ok?"
I watched tv while they quietly talked, and tried to keep Charley from wandering into the dining room. He was really determined to see his mother, for Charley reasons. So eventually I abandonded the tv so I could keep a better eye on him. And even though I carried him back over to the tv several times, we always seemed to end up close to the entrance of the dining room.
Eventually the girls returned, with Nina in a much better mood than before.
Me:"So what did you talk about?"
Phoebe: "Awwwwwe.. it wasn't that bad..."
Phoebe: "She was just a little upset because we sent her to the pokemon center earlier."
Phoebe:"She thought she'd never be as strong as me."
Me:"Ok."
Phoebe:"Nina it takes awhile to become strong."
Phoebe:" Ok?"
Phoebe: "You need to remember, you're allready fully evolved, most gardevoirs are kirlias at your age."
Phoebe: "But just because you're fully evolved doesn't mean you can't get stronger right?"
Nina: "Mhm."
Phoebe :"Remember that."
Charley: "Mawa..."
-lovingly- Phoebe: "Hi sweety."
Me: "He kept trying to get to the kitchen to see you."
Phoebe: "Awee."
He propped himself up against the couch.
Phoebe: "Awwwwe look at you..."
Nina: "-giggles-."
Phoebe: "Any day now you'll be able to stand on your own."
Nina:"What about his powers?"
We haven't worked on his teleporting since the end of summer, it was just too cold out for him now, and he still hadn't gotten used to it.
Phoebe:"Well, we'll just have to see."
Phoebe: "He won't have as much power as we do Nina, but he'll be physically stronger."
Me: "Maybe he'll even be able to swim."
Phoebe: "Maybe."
Nina: "Will he be able to evolve?"
Phoebe: "We don't know."
Me: "
-cutely- Charley:"Newa!"
Nina:"Hi Charley."
Charley:"Cawey wa pway ehwa..."
-unsure- Me: "Hmm?"
-unsure- Phoebe: "Whos ehwa.?"
Charley: "Ehwa..."
Charley: "Ehwa no wa pway Cawey.."
Me: "Ok..."
Me: "Who's ehwa.?"
Phoebe: "Everyone?"
-playfully- Phoebe: "Is that what you're trying to say little guy?"
Charley: "Cawey dunno."
-distressed- Charley: "Ehwa no wa pway.."
Phoebe:"Don't get sad."
-anxiously- Charley: "Cawey wa pway."
Me: "I'll play with you."
Charley: "No dahwy, Cawey wa mawa pway."
Me: "Why not me?"
Phoebe: "Charley reasons I guess."
Phoebe: "I think he really wants everyone to play with him."
-realizing- Phoebe:"-sighs-, it's going to be hard to get him to sleep tonight."
Me: "Mhm."
Phoebe: "Ok Charley we'll all play with you."
Phoebe: "Come on ehwa."
Me: "hehe."
We all played with Charley for awhile, keeping him entertained.
It was a pleasant afternoon that quickly faded into the evening, where we all watched a movie on the tv. Before long we were climbing in bed, ready for whatever would lay ahead of us tomorrow.
-tiredly- Me: "So do you think we'll see Myrenthall again ?"
Phoebe: "Probably, I imagine he's out in Goldenrod somwhere, probably trying to get more powerful."
Phoebe:"It kind of has me worried Cj, what if he comes after us again?"
Phoebe:"Stronger than before?"
Phoebe: "He's smart Cj, when he figures out the rules of the pokemon world, it won't take him long to become powerful."
-lovingly- Me: "Oh you...stop worrying."
Me: "Charley's back, he's safe now, cheer up."
I kissed her.
Me: "If he comes back we'll just have to kick his ass again."
Phoebe:"-sighs- your right.."
she snuggled up to me..
-cutely- Phoebe: "I love you.."
Me: "Love you too baby girl."
We both fell asleep sometime later...
