A New Life Through The Eyes Of Kanto: An Autobiography

Guilt By Association

The sirens from the police car blared as I stared out the window of the car in shock.

"You're under arrest for the kidnapping of Pokemon Gym Leader, June! You are also under arrest for the suspicion of the mass murders of the civilians of Saffron City including the Gym Leader, Sabrina!" Officer Jenny's words echoed in my head.

Kidnapping June? I thought to myself. Killing an entire city including Gym Leader, Sabrina? Is this real? Why would they suspect me of any of these crimes? June isn't even kidnapped! Sabrina's been dead for ages! How is any of this related to me? I couldn't understand what was going on. It was unreal. The handcuffs digging into my wrists reminded me that this was all happening right now.

People were stopping in the streets to whisper to other people who ended up pointing and shaking their heads at me as we drove by.

I let out a breath as my heart continued to slam into my chest.

Officer Jenny was glaring at me from the rearview mirror. "You're going down, kid," she snarled at me.

"Officer Jenny, please!" I pleaded. "I'm ten years old! I couldn't possibly have done these crimes! Why would you think I did such a thing?"

"Officers in Gringey City described a Trainer fitting your description who escaped with June, forcing her to use her Pikachu's Flash attack to escape," Officer Jenny snapped. "We also have video recordings from civilians of you running with June from Saffron City during the moment the dead bodies were found."
"But, wait! I never kidnapped June! She begged me take her with me! She wanted to leave! She wasn't kidnapped! The citizens in Saffron were dead when we got there! It was the Pokemon, Haunter, who killed everyone!"
"June begged you to kidnap her?" Officer Jenny yelled. "Need I remind you, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law!"

"Wait! That's not how I meant it!" I cried.

Officer Jenny didn't say anything.

"Officer Jenny. PLEASE! This is crazy! There's no way I could've done something like this!"

"There where is June?" Officer Jenny demanded.

"Well... she decided to stop traveling with me..." I replied feebly, knowing this answer was not going to help me.

Officer Jenny silently continued to drive.

My head slumped down. Was I going to go to jail? I wondered. Was my life now over? Was I going to spend the rest of my days as a convicted criminal? The car stopped abruptly and I fell forward into the back of the seat the officer was sitting in.

The police station was just outside of the car.

Officer Jenny stepped out of the car and walked over to my door, opened it, and yanked me out roughly by the shoulders.

"AAAAAHH-WWWW!" I screamed, feeling the handcuffs cutting into my wrists as she pulled me.

Officer Jenny's grip tightened as she pulled me and kicked the door to her car shut. Her nails applied pressure into my skin as she then pushed me up the steps to the police station doors. She kicked them open and forced me inside.

I stumbled forward, wanting to glare back at her for her mistreatment, but I knew I was in no position to do that, and so I held back my anger.

"Here he is!" Officer Jenny said proudly as she wrapped one strong hand around the back of my neck.

Another Officer Jenny sat behind a towering, wide desk, looking down at me with her eyes wide and mouth hanging.

Several other Officer Jennys and other male officers were sitting at smaller desks in the back of the police station, or just standing around casually.