Chapter 20 – Break Out Session

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Time: 19:15

Location: Lapis Ward

Just a minutes ago, both Heather and Percival were taking in by the Lapis Ward Orphanage. Shelly panicked and ran back to her gym. Where now Cain and Lucille were trying to console her. Though Shelly was still blaming herself.

"If I hadn't said anything, he wouldn't have known that she was…" Shelly was still hyperventilating. "Oh my god. I'm so sorry."

"No, it's not your fault." Lucille tried to calm her

"Heyy, Shelly, don't blame yourself for what that creep does. He's his own demon." Cain helped consoling Shelly, slightly blaming myself. "It's kinda my fault too, I was the one who chased her out of here… If I didn't do that… then neither…"

"Heather's g-going to be so mad… Oh my god… I'm sorry…" Shelly was practically crouching into a ball out of worry. "I'm such a bad friend…"

"Nonono. You were there for her. That's what's important." Cain said trying to get Shelly out of the ball. "~Till the end I'll be with you, we'll go where our dreams come true~ ~All the times that we've been through, you'll always be my best friend~"

"Wh-wha?" Shelly slightly smiled but was confused by Cain. "But we just met a little bit ago…"

"Cain… finds friends in everyone." Lucille said with a slight smile.

"Details~" Cain sang. "Point's the same. ~ Here we are on a new adventure~ ~Danger lurks somewhere in the Darkness~ ~We are set for surprises—even battle! We're a team, no one better mess with us! ~"

"Team?" Shelly asked curiously. "What do you mean?"

"Well, we can't just leave Percy and Heather with Dr. Butt now, can we?" Cain asked, both Lucille and Shelly.

"we can't leave them" Lucille said.

"But if we do anything," Shelly had a concerned look. "Won't we get in trouble?"

"Yeah, you're right. We could maybe arrest, put in jail… Big trouble." Cain sighed out. "But Heather and Percy are already in trouble. So, I'm gonna take that chance."

"Y-yeah…" Shelly nodded. "I hope she's okay."

"Lucy?" Cain cocked his head to her, realizing most of the words she said before were emotionless.

"It… nothing…" Lucy sighed out.

"Yes, it is. This isn't like you." Cain says, with a little bit of sternness.

"H-he's right." Shelly added stuttering out. Worried for Lucille.

"It… I know… it's stupid. But I'm mad at Percival." Lucille declared. "I know neither of us had ever talked about each other's past… but… I don't know why. I just feel mad at him."

"…" Cain sighed, giving her a look of understanding. "I can understand that… but if he wants to say, then he will… he sure as hell can throw up one hell of a façade."

"To be honest… when I fought with him… um…" Shelly started to meekly speak. "I felt… like… He was like me…"

"…" Lucille looked down unsure if she should be mad at Percival or herself.

"*Aiiiiiiiieee!*" A faint cry was then echoed into the gym where Lucille, Cain, and Shelly were.

"Did you guys just hear that?" Cain asked slightly worried.

"Um… W-was that… Heather?" Shelly asked starting to panic.

"I think we should hurry." Lucille said. and with that the trio started to run out of Shelly's gym, back towards the Orphanage.

Once they got there, Shelly attempted to open the door. "It's locked… What are we supposed to do now?"

Cain just to be sure grabbed the handle and tried it. But seeing as he couldn't, Cain started reaching for a Pokeball. "Well… it might be less stealthy. Sooo~"

Out of the corner of her eye, Lucille looked into a window near the door. In that window, she saw a familiar girl with black hair smiling at her. Then she disappeared, and a click was that barely audible came from the door. Lucille stopped Cain from sending out his Nidoking to break down the door. "Wait let me try."
"Is three people just seeing if the door is locked really going to work?" Cain asked in obvious confusion.

"Do you trust me or not?" Lucille asked back to him, with a little bit of attitude in her voice.

"I trust you." Cain agreed, slightly more afraid of Lucille.

Smiling Lucille then tried the handle of the door to the orphanage, it then opened, to both Shelly's and Cain's surprise. Lucille continued to enter the building, fining the small girl, Anna, smiling at Lucille. "Hello~"

"Hi Again!" Anna cheered back at Lucille.

"Whaaat." Cain said quietly in surprise as he entered. "The door was JUST locked. Shelly and I both tried it!"

"Yepyep!" Anna smiled, "I saw Lucille's glowiness through the wall, so I unlocked the door~"

""Glowiness"?" Cain questioned the sanity of the girl Infront of him.

"Lucille glows!" Anna said in amazement. "It's amazing! Hi, I'm Anna! Nice to meet you!"

"Ha-ha," Cain laughed with slight worry. "Heyyy, I'm Cain. You're pretty peppy."

"She always is." A boy with black hair same age as Anna, came up sighing. "And always when it's least appropriate."

Anna looked at the boy, Noel, with disagreement. "But being Cheerful when its least appropriate is when it's most necessary!"

"*sigh*," A third person, Charlotte came over to the group. "Ignoring the twins for a second. So, like, why are you here? Is because of how Percy, and that girl that was just brought in? Both of them were kicking and screaming. Not that that's unusual."

Shelly then spoke up with her meek voice. "We're… um, we're going to save them!"

"Prison break." Lucille tried to put it in a more cheerful tone

"Yeah, it's a prison break~" Cain cheered. "You guys wanna come?"

"Is that even a question?" Charlotte smiled at hearing a chance to leave. "If I have a chance to get out of here, I'm gone.

"W-well… um, we're not leaving without Heather!" Shelly said

"Or Percival." Lucille added

"Course you aren't." Charlotte nodded in understanding. "'Sides, it's only a matter of seconds until the orderlies notice you guys and toss you out."

"Well, guess it's time." Cain said starting to ready for a fight.

"Our Pokémon were confiscated," Noel added. "so, you'll be outnumbered."

"No kidding." Charlotte said thinking back to how many orderlies there were. Then she thought of an idea. "All right, I can take care of a few of them for you. But if you don't come back for me, heads are gonna roll."

Noticing Charlotte starting to leave the area, Anna asked for what she was doing. "Charlotte, what are you doing?"

"Creating a diversion." Charlotte said with a mischievous smile, then walking over to where a group of orderlies were. "Hey. Hey, assholes. Give me my cigarettes."

"You know we can't do that, Charlotte." One of the orderlies said.

"So?" Charlotte asked with an uncaring tone. "Give 'em to me. I want my fucking squares."

"Charlotte," The Orderly tried to deal with this calmly. "We're going to have to ask you to calm down."

"I'll calm down when I get my smokes." Charlotte glared, looking to the other Orderlies. "What else are you gonna do, throw me in the Circuit? Oooh, I'm so scared."

"we could do that." The Orderly threatened. "You're asking for it."

"Try me." Charlotte smiled, as if they wouldn't.

"Fine." The Orderly called her bluff. Grabbing her by the arm. "Let's go, Charlotte."

"No! Give me—" Charlotte fought, but as they grabbed onto her she struggled against it. "Let go of me!"

The orderly didn't care, until Charlotte bared her teeth on to him. "Ow—she bit me! Hey, help me out here! Get her into the Circuit!"

As Charlotte got dragged off towards the Circuit. Cain looked to Anna and Noel with worry. "Hey, what's the Circuit?"

"It's where they put the really bad kids to be alone." Anna explains. "it was practically one kid's room… he was the opposite to Lucille."

"What?" Cain and Lucille asked as what anna said, made no sense.

"Who's that in the doorway?" Some other Orderlies came in to response to Charlotte's commotion and noticed Lucille, Cain and Shelly.

"Uh oh, they saw you guys." Noel said as the Orderlies came closer

"It's currently outside of visiting hours." The orderlies said in a harsh tone. "We're going to have to ask you to leave."

"Well, we're going to have to decline." Cain said ready to fight. "Lucy, Shelly, Let's go!"

"R-right!" Shelly fumbled a bit readying to fight as well.

"I won't lose here!" Lucille shouted, as they fought. Comparing these guys to the battles she's faced with team Meteor, and training with shelly. The Orderlies were basically fighting an impossible battle. As quick as they sent out their Pokémon, was just as quick as Shelly, Lucille and Cain Defeated them.

Shelly was the most surprised by their quick victory. "We… we beat them?"

The orderlies who were surprised by their defeat, panic slightly and started to run away. "Quickly, warn the Doctor! Lock down the quarters!"

"Tell the Doctor we want Heather and Percy back!" Lucille shouted at them as they ran.

Anna however ran straight up to Shelly. "You're really strong! I'm Anna. Your name is Shelly, right? Wanna be friends?"

"F-friends?" Shelly was surprised by Anna's forwardness. "But I…"

"I know," Anna said with a smile. "You already have so many friends! But there's room for one more, right~?"

Shelly was continually surprised by Anna, and responded with a said voice. "I don't have many friends…"

"Of course, you do!" Anna said in response. "Can't you see all the strings?"

"S-strings?" Shelly asked in confusion.

"Every time a friendship is formed, an invisible thread is tied between two people. Only I can see them!" Anna's power was quite convenient. "And you have so many around you! I've never seen so many! There must be a lot of people who really care about you."

"Really…?" Shelly asked in disbelief.

"Yeah! And it's one more, since we're friends now!" Anna said pointing at the air between her and Shelly. "Oh, yeah! Coincidentally Percy and Lucy have a red string between them!"

"*Choke* W-wait what!?" Lucille shouted as she heard that.

"Hate to break up my sister's nonsense. But the other orderlies are probably going to come back from locking Charlotte up soon."

"Well, that won't do." Cain said, "I'll hold them off as best I can. Lucy, Shelly, you guys go find Heather and Percy!"

Noel led Cain to the door the orderlies from earlier took Charlotte. "Take a defensive position right in the doorway. That way no matter how many of them there are, they can't gang up on you."

"Great Idea~ You're pretty smart, kid." Cain smiled, at Noel. Before tossing his Pokémon back out. "Nidoking, baby, you're up!"

"Ah!" some of the orderlies shouted as they couldn't get through, but some that were in another section ran out grabbing on to Noel. They also attempted Anna, but were stopped by Lucille.

"Noel!" Anna cried out as her brother was captured

"Help!" Noel shouted as he was force away.

"Damn, Cain watch over Anna!" Lucille shouted, chasing after Noel.

"Wait! I'm coming too!" Shelly shouted following her upstairs. Though as soon as they got to the top, Shelly a Lucille were faced with more Orderlies. Though, Shelly and Lucille had no problems fighting them, it was enough of a delay where a metal door blocked their only way forward.

Though one of the Orderlies was also sealed on the side that Shelly and Lucille were on. Laughed at their inability to continue. "There. Good luck getting past that!"

"Are you really in the position to laugh at us?" Lucille asked. "I mean we just beat all of your Pokémon."

"Noel!" Shelly cried. "What are we gonna do now?"

"I think were better off going back to ask Anna" Lucille said be grudgingly. In theory she could try to use her Growlithe, Blaze, to melt the door. But, the orderlies on the other side probably had a water or ice type to prevent that. So, with this small defeat in hand they returned down stairs, to see Cain still fighting against the orderlies of the Circuit.

Shelly went over to Anna, ashamed. "Um… we couldn't—they locked the door."

"That's no good." Anna said upset. "How do they expect us to rescue anyone if they go and do a thing like that?"

"I think it's because they don't want us to save anyone." Lucille answered.

"Just as well~" Anna responded uncaring for what the orderlies thought. "I think there's a door-openy thingy in the lab! It's down that hall and to the left. We're not allowed to go in there. That's why I know all about it!"

"…" Lucille didn't know whether to be impressed or concerned, for the trouble Anna must get herself into. She ended up sighing and headed to the Lab, with shelly, to go disengage the door. The two of them fought through more and more Orderlies to make it. Both to the computer to disengage the door, then continuing back up the floors in pursuit of Noel. On the fourth floor of the building they found Noel inside of some sort of cell.

"Ah. Lucille, Shelly. Hello." Noel greeted them. "It's a little inconvenient being held here, but Heather is upstairs."

"How do you—" shelly was about to asked in confusion. But Noel continued.

"The Doctor does his treatments on the top floor." Noel said. "I'm fine. I'm used to being locked in here."

"Okay…" Lucille said, feeling bad for the suffering that the kids must have gone through. "We'll be back soon."

So, Shelly and Lucille continued to the fifth floor. Where they met the Orderly Percival first faced off against. "So, it's you doing this, Lucille. When you were here before, you were just staking out the place?"

"I was here for a different reason, for before." Lucille responded. "I'm here this time to save the friend you kidnaped."

"Our responsibility to the children of Reborn will not be shaken." The orderly responded forcing himself to believe he didn't do anything wrong. "We will do as we must to protect them."

"is torturing them protection?" Shelly spoke, worrying for Heather's safety.

"I think this if the person is unwilling, it classifies as a kidnapping. And Electro-shock Therapy. Legally, that can only be given with consent from the patient." A familiar voice came from a cell that the orderlies in front of. Lucille and Shelly looked in surprise to see…

"Percy!" Shelly and Lucille called out in surprise.

"I think you need to ask yourself weather this is good or not." Percival slightly ignored Lucille and Shelly and continued to lecture the orderlies.

"That's not a question I'm allowed—" The orderly tried to brush it off, but Percival continued.

"Oh really? Is that what you want to do, or is it an order from that practical dictator." Percival yelled at the orderly from the cell. Seeing this side of Percival shocked both Lucille and Shelly. "How many times have you deluded your selves into believe what that 'doctor' said? How many times has an innocent child been shocked into submission? How many actually still had a guardian?"

The orderly was left shaken. The orderly then sighed, and walked to a nearby computer. Typing something into the console. "This is a building full of regrets."

After punching the code, all of the cells opened. Percival walked out. Lucille smiled at the orderly. "You can still right what you've done wrong."

"Um… Wait, that door…" Shelly meekly started to speak.

"I have no codes to open that door." The orderly simply stated.

"Well… that's annoying." Shelly sighed. Then turning to Lucille and Percival. "Come on we got check on Noel!"

"Wait what?!" Percival said surprised. "You have the other children here helping?"

"Yeah!" Lucille said, pulling Percival along with them.

Once they went back down a floor to Noel. Noel noticed that Percival was added into the mix. "Oh, you found Percival… not Heather?"

"The door upstairs was locked." Shelly answered in shame

"Oh. Right." Noel said remembering something. "I think there's a spare key for that in the doctor's private library, but that's also… locked. Maybe Anna will have an idea."

"Better than nothing." Lucille shrugged, "You guys know this place better than us."

The group soon went back down the stairs, where they found Anna in the common area… but Cain had disappeared. Upon Anna noticing everyone retiring she grabbed on to Noel, then said. "Cain is so cool! He managed to push back the Orderlies in the Circuit!"

"he did?" everyone asked in surprise.

"To be battling for that long… He must be exhausted!" Lucille exclaimed, starting to rush to the circuit. Percival and Shelly followed after her. Once Percival saw that Charlotte was locked in some sort of Isolation cell, went to the terminal looking for some way to open. He quickly found it.

"You guys actually pulled through." Charlotte smiled walking out of the Cell

"Of course, we did~" Cain smiled, not even fazed by the fact it was just his Nidoking facing off against two orderlies Pokémon. "You really doubted us?"

"…You don't want me to answer that." Charlotte answer nonchalantly.

"…" Everyone else fell silent.

"Hey, We're good!" Cain then broke into song. "~ Me and my friends are gonna do it right, you'll never see us run away from a fight~

"You're singing at a time like this?!" Not just Charlotte, but also Lucille asked in frustration.

"Yep!" Cain cheered with a smile.

"You're a regular magical princess, aren't you?" Charlotte found it hard not to smile in the situation.

"Someday my prince will come and sweep me away! Charlotte, dear, be my prince?" Cain asked slyly.

"That's… As if." Charlotte said. then glancing into her isolation Cell. "Still not over the last guy."

Both Percival and Lucille who were curious to hear, looked into the cell to find something written on it. It read. "Welcome to Hell!"

"Charming…" Percival sighed wondering what the hell Charlotte was thinking.

"…" Lucille grimaced slightly…

"This guy is good…" Were the words of the w=orderlies that Cain single handedly defeated.

"You don't know the half of it, but even I have standards. Get out of here!" Cain shouted at the Orderlies, who then ran off frightened by the kid. Cain then fell back on to the floor. "Whew. Good job, Nidoking. Return~"

"Nice going Cain." Percival said giving him his hand.

"Oh, my sweet prince Percy~" Cain ecstatically took it. Before wobbling a bit. "I think I'm just gonna take a little break now."

"Well, that's all good and well, but I still need my cigarettes." Charlotte then started to walk down the hallway. "Their storage room is down that way. We're gonna need to break in."

"What?! No one said anything about drugs!?" Lucille exclaimed in worry for Charlotte.

"Real good influence you are on the kids here." Cain added.

"Don't sass me, princess." Charlotte sassed back. "I was kidding about those. Our Pokémon are being kept in there."

"I figured." Percival said, in his capture his Pokémon were also taken from him. "you guys ready?"

"Always." Lucille smiled, readying to fight some more Orderlies. So, through this next battle, Shelly and Lucille easily won against their opponents. Making it so that Anna, Charlotte, Heather, Noel, and Percival all got their Pokémon back. Then Percival, Lucille, and Shelly went to deactivate the door blocking the from Heather. Then raced back up to help everyone against the doctor.

Upon entering the top floor, Percival, Lucille, and Shelly saw that heather was being held down by an Electivire, with its tail placed onto two sides of her head. Surprised Shelly was the first to yell out. "Heather!"

"And the last few guests arrive." Charlotte smiled their appearance. "Well, it's a party now, doctor. What do you think? Have you got a diagnosis for your situation? I think I do: Royally fucked."

"Cute." Dr. Sigmund said without a smile. "Have you had your fun, Charlotte? We can deal with your incessant habit of acting out for attention in your own session. This is heather's Session presently, and you're interrupting it."

"Sorry, Doc." Charlotte rolled her eyes, "I'm afraid you've missed the mark. I'm not the ringleader of this circus. They're here for the girl."

"L-let her go right now!" Shelly shouted at both Sigmund and the Electivire.

"You're just a liiiiiiittle bit outnumbered, Dr. Geezer." Cain smiled. "I think you should probably just fold~"

"There's little point in denying that. But I would ask you to question if your impulses and wild charades are truly the best thing for this girl." Then glancing to Percival. "You, Percival."

"They're better off then being lit up like a Christmas tree!" Anna shouted. "Now let her go, okay?"

"Please let her go?" Shelly was getting to the point of begging for Heather's release.

Seeing as the Doctor Wasn't listening Charlotte moved closer, lighting a cigarette with her Ninetails. "Let the girl go, Doctor. Or I'll…"

Seeing as the doctor wasn't listening Charlotte jammed the burning cigarette into the Doctors arm. In response he screamed out in Pain. "AGH!"

"Woah!" Cain Shouted. "You don't have to burn the guy."

"That's the real reason I wanted my Cigarettes. I've had an urge to leave a scar like that for SO long." Charlotte explained. "Don't you dare feel sorry for him, either. He's left far worse scars on both me and my sisters."

"Enough. I care little for this power struggle; have it your way." The doctor even though his arm was badly burned, called off his Electivire. "Take the girl."

"Heather!" Shelly yelled running over to her friend. "Are—are you okay?"

"…" Heather was rigidly silent."

"By the by, I have already taken the liberty of contacting the authorities about this incident. You will all shortly be apprehended." The doctor smiled.

"Welp, we got what we came for, in that case we get out of here pronto." Cain said leading everyone down the stairs. And out into the city.