I slam my bedroom door shut and sink down to the floor, back against the wood. It doesn't matter how many times I blink, I can't stop the tears rolling down my face. I just did that. I just punched Brooke. What do I do now? She's never going to forgive me. "Pikachu." I call out. "I'm going to eat my body weight in chocolate. Want to join me?" There's no response. That's not right. Pikachu's more talkative than me, Brooke and Nora put together, and that's a whole lot of talking. I call out again. "Pikachu?" Heaving myself off the floor, I edge over to where I left his Pokéball. It's wide open. He's not there. "Pikachu this isn't funny." I yell, flustered. "Stop hiding. I'm getting worried." I throw open drawers and search thoroughly under the bed. He's no where to be found. I glance at the Pokéball again. There's a piece of lined paper taped to it. Strange, that wasn't there before. Either that or I'm just blind. I snatch it up, what it says makes my heart beat faster than ever.
Hello Leoni. As you've probably noticed by now, you're precious Pikachu is missing. If you ever want to see him again, you'll do what we say. Meet us on the roof of the school at midnight. No earlier. No later. See you there.
xoxo
Team Eclipse.
Why would Team Eclipse take Pikachu? What interest do they have in him? He's just another sarcastic bitch. That's my job. Well, they never said I had to go by myself. My speciality is bending the rules. So, who should I tell. Nora? Nah, if I drag her into this she'll just backstab me again. Brooke? Don't be stupid. She'd never do a favour for me after today. Well, considering I don't know that many people in the Pokémon world, that only leaves two more. Connor and Gym leader Hannah. Hopefully I can convince one of the to help me out. I guess I should start with Connor as I have his number and there's no guarantee that Hannah's shop will be open. I grab my phone, let's get this shit done.
Thank god he listened. Connor has some of the strongest Pokémon around. If he didn't take this seriously we're all screwed.
After Connor's arrived, we head to Oh My Cod. Hopefully it's still open. It'd be just our luck that it isn't. Oh wait, I can see it from here. The lights are still on, thank god. But the sign on the door says closed. Connor pounds on the door. "Open up Hannah." He yells. Honest to god, it must look like we're trying to break in.
Hannah unlocks the door and stares at us with a puzzled look. "What are you two doing here? Read the sign, we're closed."
She goes to close the door but I catch it. Holding it open, I gaze up at her with puppy dog eyes. "Come on Hannah, we need your help."
She sighs. "You'd better come in then."
We stand inside, Connor leaning on the counter, Hannah behind the counter and me sat on the counter. I'm lazy, don't judge me. We've explained everything to her but she still looks puzzled. "I don't understand." She scratched her head. Jesus Christ this bitch has no brain cells.
"What don't you understand?" Connor roars. "Pikachu got kidnapped. That's all you need to know. Now are you going to help us or not?"
She shakes her head. "Well, I can't let you crazy kids have all the fun can I? Count me in."
I fist pump. "Yes! You're going down Team Eclipse." Those fuckers are going to wish they never messed with us.
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Trainer to Be
FantasyPokémon fan Leoni's life gets flipped on it's head when a real life Pokémon professor moves in next door. Quickly introduced to a crazy world of battles, training and the elite four, will Leoni's life ever be the same again? **Pokémon doesn't belong...