Chapter 8
At some point, Crimson was joined by two others, it was… nice? Well it wasn't unpleasant, so Crimson took their new friends with an open mind.
Canary was all about brute strength, she excelled in battling without any rhyme or reason, attack after attack rained down and the rental pokémon she used were almost pushed to the brink of death before she lost interest in them. Despite being all about attack, she knew that a dead pokémon was still worse than a weak one.
Lapis used all his time glued to a book, he rarely looked up and when he did, it was to scan Canarys battle and note something down… he never spoke, and he communicated in smiles and body-language, and he was the one who went with the adults the most… he was their genius.
Crimson was in the middle, a great battler and a great strategist… but not on par with the others… and that was fine, from being the best in their cell, to now have some competition… all of it honed Crimsons own skills and they soon learned that it would be needed.
"You three are going on mission together" he said, and they go to the side, all of them…
His side
Giovannis side
Team Rockets side
…
"I cant believe we're finally gotta get a new kid in town" a girl laughs and a boy joins her.
"You think it's a boy or a girl, eh Lori?" he laughs
"Like it matters Ash" she smiles "I just want them to be best friends with us" … "you know, now we can take a starter each"
They boy looks out at the horizon "I don't even know what Pokémon I want… it's unfair that were only six… four more years"
"Well then you have four years to chose" Lori starts to run "I already know my starter, and don't you dare take it"
Ash laughs, and follows Lori, up ahead a car is driving towards them and inside is a child that would complete their trio.
…
"We are landing soon" a grunt says and the three nods "get ready"
All three look at each other and then, Crimson, Canary and Lapis touch ground in the Kanto region… five years after they were kidnapped as children.