Bridging The Gap; The Final Records In Unova: An Autobiography

Speaking In Platonics

June, me, and Captain Billy had been quiet following the New Year's celebration that occurred earlier today.

The police had shown up and tried getting everyone safely away from the long dock and off of the large ship, but in the midst of the partying, fireworks, and excited or otherwise drunken crowd, things went bad quickly and it became hectic. Once people began to see the smoke and fire from the island nearby, panic took over and everyone was trying to either get a closer look or run away into Nimbasa City. Many people were injured and arrested that night.

June and I got out of that mess unharmed, but only because we ducked down and pushed our way through the crowd as everyone started to get reckless and upset.

The fire was put out after boats and helicopters arrived on the island, and an investigation had begun.

June, Captain Billy and I were questioned by the police, and while I didn't know what my friends had told the police, I was certain our stories had to be the same. In the midst of the several hours of intense, angry questioning, yelling, and demands, I wasn't sure any of us were ever going to get out of there. The police had called Dana, the Cenumerus Island Gym Leader, and verified that I had been there for a battle, which may have been a huge help in getting us out of the police station a little quicker. The three of us finally met up outside of the police station when the interrogations were over.

Less than an hour had passed of us aimlessly walking around, the three of us not saying much, briefly mentioning what had happened to us at the police station before we stopped at a crowded Pokemon Center where June and I silently left our Pokemon.

I was still trembling from what I had gone through in the police station, my heart beating rapidly, and the other two didn't seem to be in a much better state.

Captain Billy seemed very down about what had happened today, understandably. He'd lost his boat, and had just been yelled at by a room full of police officers accusing him of being responsible for a large group of Exeggutor that had been burned alive on an island, all right before New Year's Day.

According to what the police had told us, many other Pokemon also lived on that island. Some of the Flying type Pokemon seemed to have gotten away, while some of the Pokemon who could swim got into the safety of the water. Other Pokemon were trapped and didn't make it out.

Captain Billy shook my hand strongly, and then gently grasped June's. Forcing a weak smile, he wished us good luck and walked away, leaving June and I in the Pokemon Center with a large crowd of other people who were chatting loudly, presumably about what had occurred earlier.

I soon found myself waking up, lying down on a bench in the Pokemon Center, scrunched up in a tiny spot.

June was awake, sitting next to me, staring down at the floor, lost in thought. She didn't even seem to notice I had just woken up, and only turned to me when I sat up, groaning.

Neither of us said a word, looking away from each other.

It was a little after two in the afternoon, my eyes focused on the floor, and I let out a breath of air, thinking about that island with the trapped Exeggutor on it, black material wrapped around their bodies. What was that? I wondered. An article of clothing? Some kind of sign of them having a Trainer? Do all the Pokemon normally wear that on that island? I wish we'd been given more information on what they'd found there. This couldn't have been an accident. Was that thing around them holding them captive? Who would do such a thing? My eyes closed tightly as a fearful thought popped into my mind, and I shook my head hard. No! I shouted angrily in my head. It's all over!

"You okay?" June asked.

I turned to her and nodded. "Yeah."

We sat quietly together for a few minutes, our eyes looking at the floor again.