Hallelujah.
"Listen Sean, you stay here and wait for Blue. Okay? Adelina and I will go after Rin." Though Adelina was practically bursting out the door already in her anticipation to go find Rin, Tai felt an obvious sense of duty to check in with the other trainer of the group of three. The one Adelina hadn't yet been introduced to. The one known as 'Sean'.
Blue..? Adelina thought, realizing almost instantly after that Blue must be this boy's Pokemon.
"Hm. Tai has Charmander, so Sean has to have Bulbasaur or Squirtle.. I wonder which one!" Adelina exclaimed silently to Ciel, who had again found his way up inside her arms. From his curled position within the crook of her elbow, he just shook his petite little head, rolling his large chestnut eyes as he bounded up, thumping Adelina firmly upon the head with a tiny paw all in one motion.
"Vee." He uttered simply, a large sweatdrop forming alongside his furry face as with a weary little sigh, he slowly shook his head back and forth.
You can't be serious. He seemed to be saying, of sorts.
"Oh, of course!" Adelina laughed, moving the palm of her hand so that it lay flat against Ciel's tiny little head, and rubbing him there vigorously, so that when she finally lifted her hand back up, the hairs on the top of his round little head stood up in all directions, seemingly trying to escape the common ground they were bound to. As Ciel caught sight of his reflection in the double glass doors of the Pokemon Center, his eyes narrowed to practically slits, and slouched within Adelina's thin arms.
"He has to have the Squirtle. Whoever heard of a Bulbasaur being called 'Blue'..? Besides, he looks like the cool, laid-back kind of guy who would pick Squirtle. So that just leaves Rin with Bulbasaur. ..I wonder why she picked him?"
"VEE!" Ciel cried out in a loud warning, but it was too late. Adelina had been lost in her ramblings, which wasn't entirely unusual, and hadn't been watching where she was going. As she finally came to her senses, and remembered that it WAS her mind controlling her legs, and they weren't moving of their own accord, it was too late, and she walked straight into the double glass doors. Her face practically sticking to the glass, Adelina couldn't utter a word otherwise, and since Ciel was occupying her arms, she couldn't just very well reach up and peel herself off. Finally, as Tai approached her from behind, opening the double glass doors effortlessly with one outstretched hand, Adelina came toppling out the doors behind him. As Tai halted in his movement, and paused just outside the Pokemon Center to scan the area for Rin, Charco climbing atop his head, Adelina shifted Ciel to one arm, directing the other up to her face to rub at the red mark that had appeared via her collision with the door.
She had but only a few seconds to do this though, as Tai continued forward after several silent moments of scanning, and she had to sprint to keep up with him.
"Okay, Ciel. You know who we're looking for.." Adelina muttered to Ciel, reaching her arm back over to wrap around the little Eevee.
You mean a towering figure of black impending doom? Ciel queried, brow raising as playfully, he poked his short, pink tongue out the side of his mouth.
"Ciel! It's not nice to make fun!" Adelina scolded the Eevee, a bit louder than she intended, scowling warningly down at the little Evolution Pokemon. Ciel, knowing he had gone just a bit too far, lowered his head, slender ears dropping at the sides of it as slowly, he shifted he Chocolate eyes up to settle upon his trainer, who was still glaring expectantly down at him. His irises shining with obvious apology, he knew Adelina wouldn't be able to resist for long, and true to his theory, the girl soon broke out into a delighted grin, squeezing the little Eevee against her, as if he were no more than another one of her plush toys.
"That's what got us into this mess in the first place. But you know, you are right.. In a way."
Adelina muttered quietly, the image of Rin flashing briefly across her mind. The tall girl, who was actually quite average in height, but seemed tall to Adelina, so tall that she towered over everything and everyone she passed.. Or maybe it wasn't her height. Maybe she just.. stood out. Yeah, that had to be it. From her skin, which was a deathly pallor in hue, to the solid black she wore that contrasted sharply against it. Her long, cascading mane of sleek black hair, falling easily past her waist, which was a definite oddity, as Adelina figured she would've had to go her whole life without cutting it for it to grow so lengthy. Finally, the most startling feature of Rin: her eyes. Pink, of all colors. A beautiful, shimmering pink. To break the monotonous expanse of solid black and white, a bit of relief to one who thought they may have gone color-blind just by looking at her.
"Charmander! Char!" Charco cried out from atop Tai's head, and as he did so, Adelina immediately focused, all previous thoughts of Rin dispersing from her absent mind. The tiny Lizard-like Pokemon pointed, as he did so letting loose a wide grin, and as Adelina took note of this, couldn't help but glow at his cuteness. Following the Charmander's finger, Adelina gasped at what his was pointing to. Rin sat, against the back wall of the Pokemon Center, in the most obvious of places. Adelina's eyes filled with apparent horror as a gasp flew forcably from her closed mouth, ripping her lips open roughly into the shape of an 'O'. The girl looked to be in terrible condition, her arms all bent out of shape at irregular angles, and Adelina could already see where bruises had started forming upon her skin, and where parts of her arm had begun to swell, from parts where the bone had been clearly broken. The girl was bent over weakly, arms pressed protectively against her chest, as tear after tear just rolled down her pale face. The sight filled Adelina with a wave of her own emotion, a flooding tidal wave of sorrow, and realizing how much pain Rin must be in to let her guard down and cry before them, Adelina delt like crying herself. Dropping to her knees, Adelina let Ciel down, exchaging a glance of worry with Tai as wordlessly, she helped him to lift the girl up.
"It's okay. Come on, let's go to the Pokemon Center." Tai reassured her, his arm slipping around her waist to help her along. Adelina released the other girl once she realized Tai had a good hold on her. Tai was handling the situation in a seemingly calm and self-assured way. He seemed detached from the whole scenario, while Adelina was swimming with built emotion. She followed along anxiously behind Rin, Ciel at her side, fretting as she first anxiously brought a delicate hand up to her lips to nibble upon her already ragged fingernails, then only seconds later, throwing it down to tug absent-mindedly at the hem of her short Sundress.
"What happened to you-" Tai started to say before abruptly, a brief shadow was cast across the threesome before they were encased within the confines of a trap net. Adelina's eyes widened, and first glancing around for Ciel, she managed to scoop him up again within her slender arms before the net was yanked, and the three young trainers were sent toppling to their feet.
"Hm. you got lucky." Adelina muttered to Ciel jokingly, though she knew full well that now wasn't the time to be teasing.
"You almost became Eevee splatter!"
"Vee." Ciel agreed simply, gritting his teeth before hurling himself against the rope, first attaching his petite little body against it, then baring his teeth to begin gnawing ferociously upon it.
"What's this? A trap?" Tai demanded, and Adelina became acutely aware that he was still clutching Rin tightly within his arms. She smiled, relieved that the girl hadn't suffered further damage, then began scanning the area in search of her captors.
"A trap, he says.. How dare he infer that we are trapping something?" Adelina's ears attuned to the sound of a man's gruff voice, her eyes swiftly following the direction the voice had came from, coming to settle upon the figure of a man with long, lime-green hair and narrow, crimson eyes that settled upon Tai, seeming to glare daggers at the spunky boy, though his lips, twisted upward into a tiny smirk, depicted a different mood entirely. He had stepped from behind a tree, which explains why Adelina and Tai hadn't noticed the man, adorned in a uniform sporting a large, outrageous red "R" on the front of it.
"Oh, don't be so harsh. Children, we could've done better," This time, a different voice, this one sounding much more feminine than the first, the girly high-pitched tone of it clearly giving it away as belonging to a female. Adelina turned in the other direction, golden eyes settling upon a woman, sure-enough, sporting the same attire as the first man. Her hair was a bright hot pink, nearly fushcia in hue, and was done up in two of the most outrageous curls Adelina was sure she had ever laid eyes on. Though the woman held the net gun that had trapped the trio, and wore quite a nasty sneer upon her painted lips, Adelina couldn't help but let loose a loud giggle at the sight of her. The sneer vanishing from her lips, the woman was at Adelina's side in an instant, smacking Ciel irritably with an outstretched , who she had just noticed trying to obliterate the net that kept his trainer confined. The little Canine-like Pokemon growled at the woman, boldly baring his teeth, but was soon silenced with a swift kick from the woman. As Adelina's face contorted to betray her obvious horror at the woman's actions, the woman just smirked, winking down at Adelina.
"I assume that little pest belongs to you, huh?" She laughed, her gaze shifting to include not only Adelina, but Ciel as well, her lay on his side, recovering from the harsh kick.
"Next time you'll think twice before laughing at me. You'll come to realize that everything we do is quite serious.. This isn't a joke."
Whilst Adelina simmered, Tai spoke out.
"Unless you people want trouble, let us out of here." He ordered fiercely, and Adelina was surprised to hear his voice sounding so calm, and firm. He was completely serious, eyes narrowed at the Rocket duo in warning, but they seemed unfazed by his threat.
"Our names are Jane and Luther. We're highly respected members of Team Rocket, and our boss was waiting for you three to leave your sniveling hometown.. He'd like to have a word with you."
Before Adelina had time to respond with a quick retort of her own, Tai jumped in.
"Tell your boss he can go to hell!" He called out boldly, simultaneously spitting on the woman's face, and Adelina couldn't help but giggle inwardly, lips curling upward into a tiny smile as the woman's face expressed clear disgust. Adelina was practically grinning from ear to ear, that is, until the woman delivered a harsh punch straight to Tai's face.
"Tai!" Rin called out in clear concern, but as she did so, the woman lifted a foot to nimbly kick the injured Rin in the stomach. At this, Adelina's golden eyes fell down into just narrowed slits, and rage beginning to build up with her pint-sized form, she lunged at the woman, hand snatching out from between the small hold of the net to rake across the woman's left cheek. As the jagged edges of Adelina's nails made contact with the woman, Jane's pearly skin, several raw pink lines appeared suddenl across her face. In a split second, blood had begun to flow down the fresh cuts, drizzling past the new wounds and flowing rapidly down the hollow of her pale throat. Jane stood shock-still for a full moment, lips parted in a perfect "O" as she made the surprise upon her face clearly evident. This lasted only a split second, however, before this surprise was instantly replaced by a rather nasty scowl, and gritting her teeth together, Jane balled her hand up into a fist, slamming it against the side of Adelina's face, knocking her back against the opposite side of the net. Adelina, reeling from the harsh impact of the painful punch, didn't jump back to her feet, her head falling to meet the cool, grassy ground, sagging tiredly against the terrain. Jane laughed, a high-pitched giggle full of malicious coldness, and as this sound penetrated Adelina's mind, her brow furrowed, and clutching at the side of her stinging face, she boldly jumped right back up.
"Let's settle this like me- I mean, women.. With a battle" She shouted, eyes blazing with a strange flash of hatred. Her other hand had slipped its way through one of the holes in the net, and wrapped around the Ropey material, clutching it so hard that her knuckles turned white.
"Vee!" Ciel exclaimed fiercely, with chocolate eyes to match his trainer's, leaping bravely up to stand at his trainer's side. Jane just smirked, withdrawing slowly a tiny red and white capsule from the black belt of her Rocket uniform, her finger slipping across the miniaturized button, enlargening it instantly before casually tossing it out, a bright light bursting forth from the sphere before the shape of a Marowak appeared.
"Let's get out of here! Go, MAROWAK. Drag the net now!"
Without hesitation, the Marowak quickly complied, hoisting the large net, children, Pokemon and all in it, over his shoulder and beginning to follow the lead of his trainer.
"These are only two of the kids. The second girl isn't one of them. Where's the last one?"
Luther inquired, flashing his parnet a brief expression of concern as he eyed Adelina's disarrayed form contained within the net.
"You weren't even aiming to catch me?!" Adelina cried out, disbelief written clearly across her face as she kicked a tiny sandaled foot forth in an attempt to kick the net away from the Bone Keeper Pokemon, but as her foot connected with his body in a loud, solid "Thud", the Marowak continued onward, seeming not even to notice.
Ow! Ow! Ow! Adelina thought inwardly, recoiling as her hand flew away from the long-forgotten pain of her stinging face, and instead flew down to soothe her now-throbbing foot.
"Who cares? Giovanni said bring any you could find. No more orders than that." Jane replied. Adelina sighed, rolling her large, golden eyes back into her head.
These people said they were 'highly respected' members? Gawd, must not take alot to reach the Elite ranks of Team Rocket then.. An unecessary capture. What a waste of time. Maybe not for them, but definitely for me..
"Let's be sure there are no eyewitnesses." Luther continued onward in his conversation with Jane, to which Adelina's eyes widened, and she cast a silent glance of worry to both Rin and Tai.
"Go, Hypno!" Came out his gruff cry, and before Adelina could even turn her petite little head to catch sight of the emerging Pokemon, the Hyno had taken form, and was waiting expectantly for his trainer's next command.
"Use Hypnosis!"With almost an eager glint of sorts in his eye, the Hypnosis Pokemon began swinging his Pendulum back and forth, to and fro before the crowd of people and Pokemon, using the attack he was most famous for, the one always associated with his species when seen for the first time. And oh, how he loved using it. Soon, the three teens' eyes began to droop, and Adelina, worn out from so much struggle, didn't even fight it as she sank into a deep, dark slumber..
~An unspecified amount of time later~
Adelina awoke, forehead wrinkling in confusion as she sat up, finding that the net confining her was gone. It had been cut away by someone or something, and lay in shredded ruins off several feet to her right. Adelina glanced around, golden eyes finally settling up the figure of Tai, who was standing, staring wistfully off into the distance, Charco standing erect upon his shoulder. After a moment of staring off into the sky, he turned his head, gaze focusing upon her and Rin. Flashing him a reassuring smile, one that signified clearly that she was okay, Adelina rose slowly to her feet, beginning to make her way toward him before she caught sight of something dull and red clasped within his hands.
Could it.. Could it be?! She thought wildly, an ecstatic grin popping out across her delicate face as she forgot entirely about her previous fatigue, shooting off toward Tai, probably evoking fear in the boy who had in posession the one item she had never wanted more in her entire life.. Her very own Pokedex!
"My Pokedex came in?!" She squealed in delight, jumping up and down, eager form tense with excitement. Without further hesitation, she took the Pokedex from Tai, and held it up to a single, large golden iris.
"Ooh.." She murmured, awe-struck, as the light atop the red device flashed once, and seemed to activate at the sound of her voice.
"Hi, i'm Dexter.." It started, but before it could finish, Adelina had slammed it down against her bare thigh, withdrawing into herself, trying desperately to contain her obvious enthusiasm, but failing miserably as she just sky-rocketed into the air, bringing 'Dexter', up to her thin chest in an ecstatic hug. Ciel bounded up to her, finally awakened from his forced slumber, curiously leaping up against her leg, forelegs extending so that his paws stretched toward the foreign device.
"Vee?!" He cried out, not wanting to be out of the loop in the midst of all this excitement, and desperately tried to make up for lost time.
"Look Ciel!" Adelina crooned, thrusting the Pokedex, which still hadn't continued in its' introductory speech, down into the face of her Eevee.
"We have a new friend! This is Dexter, he's our-" Suddenly, the girl paused. Ciel cocked his head to the side, wondering what had infracted the sudden interruption, and noticed a rare thoughtful flash appearing within the depths of her golden eyes.
"He's red.." She mused, an eyebrow arching immediately as she brought the Pokedex up to her face, examining it with what was an expression of pure concern.
"Just like Tai and Adelina's. ..I was expecting, something lighter. Something pastel.. Something, pink!" Adelina cried out, tugging at the hem of her ruffled sundress, to which a large sweatdrop rolled down alongside Ciel's round little face, and he shook his head, astounded at his trainer's words. Adelina had an intentionally kind heart.. but sometimes she tended to be, well.. a bit peculiar.
"Vee.." Ciel's tone was reassuring, as Adelina, distraught, sank down into the grass. Trying to cheer her up, he feigned interest in the device it had been apparent she was craving for some time now, though honestly, he had not a clue what it was for. Still, he began pressing random buttons, with his paws, just to prove to his disappointed trainer how cool her new 'toy', as he believed it to be, actually was. The Pokedex seemed to scan Ciel momentarily, before flashing in recognition, speaking in a loud, matter-of-fact tone..
"Eevee: The Evolution Pokemon. An extremely rare Pokemon that may evolve in a number of ways depending on stimuli..Its genetic code is irregular. It may mutate if it is exposed to radiation from different element stones.."
The pint-sized Pokemon jumped, shaggy fur standing up on end as he growled warningly at the strange device, to which Adelina chuckled quietly, the sight evoking a tiny smile across her lips. All the while this exchange had been taking place, Adelina hadn't noticed a woman, a woman looking somewhat similar to the teenage girl approach her. Adelina attuned to the conversation just in time to hear the woman sneer,
"That's for running away, my dear. Next time I will call your father if you try a stupid stunt like that.. and he'll break your legs instead instead of your arms this time.."
Adelina's eyes awidened at the threat, and connecting Rin's pale, disfigured arms with the woman's icey stare and chilling smile, she leapt forward, standing before Rin, arms outspread at her side, golden eyes boring fiercely into the woman.
"YOU were the one who broke Rin's arms?! YOU had the nerve to hunt her down only to hurt her again?!" Adelina snarled, shielding the wounded girl from the woman, determined not to let her get to her again, even if she was beat down in the process. As Adelina stared the woman down defiantly, she let her mouth fall open as if to say something to the delicate girl, then seemed to change her mind, turning away from the trio instead with a shake of her long, cascading mane.. A beautiful wave of hair.. Just like, her daughter. Was Rin.. her daughter?
"Now you see why i'm like this.. Why I don't like making friends!" Rin finally spat out, turning her face toward the ground, seeming no longer to be as fierce and intimidating.. just sad, so hopelessly sad, and broken. Adelina felt an immediate twinge of pity for the girl.
"I'm sorry you had to witness such a thing.. I guess it's my fault for running away.."
"No.." Adelina spoke, though she was sure Rin was speaking to herself, or to Tai, definitely not her.
"Rin.. you had to. You had to get away from that. If you hadn't.. you might've.. eventually stopped caring. You would've turned out just like them! It was better.. for you to leave.. I'm just sorry we didn't get here sooner.."
Adelina paused then, tears pooling within her large, golden eyes. Gently, she lay a slender hand upon Rin's shoulder.
"Then.. you wouldn't have been hurt like this.."
Adelina sighed, a single tear drizzling down her cheek.
Poor Rin.. She thought. She really felt for the girl. She, in fact, had been forced into doing the same thing. Forced into running away, it had been either that, or spend a lifetime in chains, a lifetime spent chained to the one who was meant to be nothing more than a sibling. Sable, from the young age of seven, had served as master to her, day and night, twenty-four seven. It had been five years of endless torture, not only physical torture, but mental. Sable, having grown up spoiled rotten to the core his entire life, from the time of birth, had enforced the most difficult requests upon her. And she was only Human, after all.. She couldn't possibly have been expected to tend to his needs as well as her own, all the while completing 'her' household chores which, in a fair family, would've been divided amongst the two of them. But she had been. And if she didn't comply... Adelina shuddered, eyes widening in terror as a brief chill passed across her bare skin, freezing her literally to the bone. Unknowingly, her slender arms wrapped about her body, and her own gaze cast to drag along the ground, not necessarily miserable and desolate as Rin's was, but pondering more or less. She wondered, wondered if her running away and meeting Rin and Tai here was not just mere coincidence.. But was actually, meant to be of sorts..
OOC: Hopefully, that was long enough for you. ;P Lawls? At least you'll be entertained for the next two hours reading it.. Sooo. Guess you can update Adelina's Trainer information then? >D
