Super Glitches 3: Stranded

Shaade's Replacement

Georgina walked around in circles for a few minutes, muttering to herself. She was thinking about how Shaade had run off, how she and Rebecca had fought, how Shaade was desperate to avoid them, how those boys had said Shaade looked sad, Shaade, Shaade, Shaade...

"Hey, Georgy!" Sophie called, breaking Georgina out of her rambling daze. "We found a replacement for Shaade."

"We're not replacing a demon with a cat," Georgina responded immediately. "We all know how well having a cat went last time. Loki killed it, Shaade brought it back to life just as you flipped out and tried to destroy the universe with robot animals."

"No, she's human," Rebecca assured her. "And she has an Eevee."

"A what?"

"Have you never played Pokemon?!" Sophie exclaimed. "Eevee is one of the best Pokemon ever!"

"Which one is it?"

"Just look," a new voice said quietly. Georgina looked up and frowned. A small, brown creature bounced over the ground happily, crying 'eebi!'. Georgina sighed and petted it on the head briefly. It returned to its owner and Georgina noticed who it was at last. She was a teenage girl with long blonde hair that was tied back in a ponytail. She was quite tall and slender, around Georgina's height. Her outfit consisted of a grey hoodie, blue jeans and blue sneakers. She smiled slightly and then picked up her Eevee.

"Who are you?" Georgina asked bluntly. 

"Emily," the girl replied. "Who are you?"

"Georgina, aka George, aka the leader of the Super Glitches," Georgina replied suspiciously. "Why are you here?"

"I'm here because I was found with my Eevee," Emily explained. "Sophie and Becky spotted me."

"Who gave you the Eevee?" Georgina had gone into interrogation mode.

"A boy wearing a waistcoat, bow tie and who was covered in shadows."

"I wondered where my bow tie went," Georgina murmured, raising one hand to her bare neck. "I liked that bow tie. Bow ties are cool."

"Can Emily stay?" Sophie asked hopefully. "I mean, with Shaade gone we need all the help we can get and she does have a Pokemon."

"Two's a couple, three's a company, four's a bloody crowd," Georgina retorted. "There are three of us, that's fine. Four is a no."

"But when Shaade was here there were four of us," Rebecca pointed out. Georgina scowled.

"Yeah, but he was a demon, so he didn't count."

"That's rude," Emily said. Georgina turned her gaze to the girl and Emily stared back. Eventually Georgina growled deep in her throat and stormed off. 

"Fine," she murmured. "But the Super Glitches stick together. And only they can keep moving in a time freeze." Georgina took the little silver stopwatch out of her pocket and pressed the button on the top. Emily and her Eevee froze whereas Rebecca, Sophie and Georgina were still able to move. Georgina smiled smugly and walked off without clicking the button again.

*

"And the world has frozen again," Shaade murmured, raking a hand through his quiff. "I wonder what's annoyed Georgina this time?"