The Power of Two

chapter 3

Cherry folded her arms as she sat near the sand with Forte carrying a gloomy black Parasol over her to keep the sun away from her and vice versa. 

"We can't find Akito and Estelle anywhere..." Atticus frowned. 

"And Flick?" Cherry asked sharply.

"Not sure where she could be either..." Darla pouted as she held Eloise close to her.

Cherry looked a little angry. 

"And now we run..." Forte sensed anger in his wife. "Cerise, calm..."

"We need to get her back," Cherry looked very angry, then pointed sharply to her husband's chest. "You know what'll happen if HE found out I'm still alive and so is she!"

Then the phone rang.

"I'll get it," Mo said. "Hello?"

"Who's he?" Atticus asked.

Cherry blinked, then folded her arms, turning her back on him. "I don't wanna talk about it..."

"You should tell him, he's your friend, besides, he might be able to help you find a way out of it." Forte prompted her, being like her childhood mentor again.

"He wouldn't understand..." Cherry snorted. "Besides, you were there... It sounded ridiculous and look at what happened!"

"Thank goodness for telling me, Erin, and please be sure to keep an eye out for Estelle and Felicity okay?" Mo asked.

"Okay, I'll keep an eye out for them." The female boat driver said from the other line.

Mo then hung up the phone and where this caught Cherry's attention.

Cherry zipped over instantly. "Felicity!?" 

Forte narrowed his eyes. "Cerise was never that fond of Flick before..."

"Really?" Atticus and Darla asked.

"Yes, she..." Forte was about to tell them, but decided to wait since Eloise was there and he couldn't risk letting a child hear this.

"Where's Flick?" Cherry asked Mo frantically.

"I don't know, but Akito seems to be on boat with some Pokemon trainers and is now in the middle of *gulps* the Orange Islands." Mo said nervously, even though this was true, she was afraid that Cherry was going to freak out.

"Orange Islands?" Cherry asked. "And you don't know where Felicity is?"

Mo nodded with a nervous smile. Cherry blinked with a zany laugh, then screamed, pulling her hair.

"Listen. I asked Erin to make sure that she keeps an eye out for Estelle and Felicity. So as soon as she finds them, she'll call us, now please let go of my hair and calm down!" Mo said trying to calm Cherry down.

Cherry scowled, folding her arms then and sighed. "I need a smoke..." she took out her pack, then took out one of the cigarettes.

Forte held out the lighter for her as she got one of the awful sticks into her mouth, lighting it. "You promised me you'd never smoke... You hated it since you were a toddler..."

"That was before I knew I'd live forever and nothing would kill me..." Cherry looked to him as she let smoke escape from her lungs, taking advantage of the benefits of being immortal.

"I just hope that the children will be okay." Mo said.

Meanwhile, back with the group as the boat finally ashore up to an island called Shamouti Island...

Everyone got out, but they were greeted by people with spears and masks. Tracey looked nervous and backed up with Misty, Ash, Akito, and Emi, a little scared and overwhelmed.