Child of Legends II: Prince of Space

Chapter Fifteen

I had only been asleep for a few hours when Paul shook me awake. "Wake up, Diane." he whispered. 

"What? What do you want?" I replied. 

"We're sneaking out of here." 

"What? Whose idea was this?"

"Mine." Kitty said. 

"Kitty?" I said. 

"Yes. I came up with this idea while lying awake at night- I am unable to sleep without medication, so I only feigned sleep out of courtesy- and I am going to need you to cooperate with me." She was twirling her finger around the end of her tulle skirt, which was something I noticed she did a lot. 

"Alright." I said, getting up. Terrence and Lucy were also awake, but Reggie and Gigi were still sleeping.

Kitty kicked Gigi to get her to wake up, and Gigi groggily woke up. "Ugh... I hate waking up... Just let me sleep in..." she moaned. 

"I cannot allow you to. We are escaping tonight, while everyone else is sleeping. Do you want to be left behind forever while the rest of us get back to Camp Arceus?" Kitty replied. 

"No..." Gigi replied. 

"Then get up!" Kitty kicked Gigi again. 

"OW! Watch it, you turdblaster!" Gigi exclaimed, getting up and punching her.

After Kitty recovered from the blow, the two of them tried to wake up Reggie. Gigi tried to get him up in her usual way. It didn't work. 

"UGH. Don't make me do it." Kitty said. 

"Do what?" Gigi asked. Kitty didn't respond, and Gigi continued to try to wake up Reggie, with no luck. 

"Okay, fine, I'll do it." Kitty said.

She leaned down and kissed Reggie on the forehead. "Wake up, sweetheart." she said, feigning a cheery tone. 

Reggie shot up, wide awake. "Kitty, did you really call me 'sweetheart'?" he asked. 

"Um...no. Must have been, um, a dream." Kitty said, her eyes darting away.

"Anyways, now that everyone is awake, let me explain the plan." Kitty whispered, gathering us in a huddle. "Now, since the door is still open, we'll sneak out of our cell. Don't make any noise while we sneak out. We will then seek out the deck of the ship. When we find the deck of the ship, Lucy will transform into a Lugia and carry us all to safety. Profit." I nodded, and we all snuck out.

Sneaking down the long hallways, we all followed Kitty, who was twirling the end of her skirt around her finger in her usual way. We made many twists and turns, went up a flight of stairs, and passed many rooms before, suddenly, we turned a corner and two Rocket Grunts stood before us.

"Aha! Intruders!" they said, sounding an alarm. Dozens of Rocket Grunts rushed out of the rooms and took us hostage once again. I screamed and struggled, but one of the grunts covered my mouth. They took us to their boss. 

"Boss!" one of the grunts said. "These people escaped! What should we do?"

The boss stepped out, and I saw him. His dark, slicked-back hair. His sinister expression. His suit emblazoned with an "R" on the right side. It was unmistakeable who I was looking at.

"Giovanni!" Kitty exclaimed, as a grunt covered her mouth. 

Then Giovanni finally spoke. "I suggest we take them to a cell with increased surveillance." They did just that, and shut us into a more heavily surveillanced room.

"Well, at least we tried." Lucy said.