Pokemon Fan Fiction / Pokemon Fan Fiction ❯ Sin City ❯ Chapter 10

“About that girl called Misty…” I begin as Meowth, Vulcan and I leave the shop.

“Vul Vul Pix Pix Vulpix.”

“He's right. Sometimes it's better ta wait. We'll get to her once we're done wid Brock. Trust me, the more ya want it, the better it'll be. It`s like dat wid Pokemon. The longer it takes ta make champion, da sweeter dat word sounds.”

“Ok.”

“So who where ya talk'en to in dare?”

“A very interesting person. He made me think about my ambitions in a new way. I disagree with some of his notions but he gave me some things to consider.”

“Like what?”

“Maybe I always needed something to latch on to, without my parents to act as the natural obsession of my youth. Maybe the habit and Team Rocket and Pokemon is my way of having a group to belong to instead of belonging to a family. Perhaps I should treat my journey as a goal in life not the only life worth living. Maybe I should stop treating of drugs that way too.”

I spot a trash can near by on the border of a city park.

“Wait a second” I tell my two Pokemon friends. They watch me in slight puzzlement as I rummage in the bag containing the stuff from my old room in TR HQ. Then Meowth and Vulcan's faces clear when they see what I do next. I take out the needle and the little vials, the Heroine, from their box and throw them into the garbage can. The center of my former life gone with the flick of a wrist, and, replacing it just as simply, with my freedom. I feel much lighter somehow as I walk back.

“Ok guys. I think I'm ready now. Ready for a new life.”

And I smile. And I keep on smiling.

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Could this be true?/Could this be me?/The one who kept himself so high and free/caught up in the highest game of all/and all my defences tumble and fall/and only the ace of hearts can save me now.

 

Music is playing in the Pikachu café when I enter. Giovanni sits, unmoving as I walk towards him. He's waiting for the other man to arrive first as he usually.

“Your very famous but I'm not sure I should be honoured” Philippa says as she sits opposite him.

“Likewise. Can I get you something?” he asks her. Lady Midnight goes up to him and starts rubbing against his legs.

“She didn't do that to me.”

“Cats seem to have a natural feeling of empathy for me.”

“I think we will have breakfast thanks. We need to wait for Adam to get here anyway. I decided I didn't really want any information about Lance. I've had enough physiology over the last day or two to last me a life time. Philippa's gym is already waiting for her” I explain.

“So now what?” Giovanni asks.

“Now Philippa call's Adam. Let's get this over with.”

As I wait I'm aware that Philippa is using her `cell to make the call, but only vaguely aware. Instead I start to think about my position. I'm not doing my standard work but lots of other people are. This is the first time I've witnessed this side of the story. Will I ever forget this first look? Will I want to see it again even though it revolts me? I don't know now if I can keep ignoring the fact that everyone doesn't live in the same manner I do. I don't want to work with people who hunt down the Meowth's of this world and don't experience my sense of guilt.

“I got some for you too” Giovanni says, nosily stealing my train of thought from me.

“What?”

“Well just because I employ you doesn't mean I'm testing you every time I offer you some food does it?”

“Ok. So what if I quit? The perfect solution.”

“Why on earth would you?”

“Because I have enemies now. I used to think that word was just an overly melodramatic term for someone you had a fight with last week. I suppose I found out just because I haven't seen something doesn't mean it's not there.”

“You could always come on the gym trail with us” Adam says, looking down at me as I sit at the table. Like God smiling down at me for attempting a redemption a few seconds ago.

“It seems like a while since I've seen you” I tell him.

“Yes. In fact I don't think I've seen the world the way you have for far too long.”

“Maybe I've been seeing new things too recently. Perhaps its not a bad thing.”

I notice Vulcan and Lady Midnight conversing in their own language. I wonder what they're saying. Is it exactly the same things we're discussing? Are they uttering the same statements as us at this exact minute?

“We presumed you'd know why you've been called here. So we decided not to create a pretence involving Philippa” Giovanni tells Adam.

“It's ok Meowth. I forgive you.”

“Thanks Adam. It wasn't anything important I took. Dis is what ya wanna know boss so you'd better start listen`en. I took dem as a souvenir of my time wid ya. I wasn't even gonna sell `em. Its da plans for my machines. Mine, James and Jessie's. The machines we used ta try ta capture da Pikachu belon`en at Ash Ketchum. I was on dat assignment for years. None of `em worked. If they weren't useless I would'a succeeded by now. You'll just be punish'en me outta spite.”

“Fine. I have an alternative suggestion. Give them to me. I'll punish them, not you.” Meowth hands the technical drawings of his inventions to his former leader, who crumples them up and throws them, basketball style, into the nearest bin.

“Another massive weight gone with a simple hand movement” Adam says.

“What?” I ask.

“Never mind.”

“Good. I believe it's time to go home. You coming back to the HQ Bradley?” Giovanni asks.

“No. I'm going with Adam for a while. I need some time to find my self.”

“Fine by me. Meowth?”

“Ya know what? Ya already fired me, so I don't need at worry about insulting da guy in charge anymore. Take ya job offer and shove it.”

“Good luck Meowth. You're the worst employee I ever had but you know how to insult people. Perhaps there's hope for you yet” Giovanni says. Then he leaves. So does Philippa. After all, she has a gym to manage.

“Can I go on my journey now?” Adam asks.

“I don't see why not.”

We pay our bill and leave the café. Leave the last few hours behind.

“Look, it's stopped raining.”

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Bradley didn't stay with us for long. He went into private practice. I read in the `papers recently that he's defending a man who was injured when Team Rocket agents attempted to rob his house. As for Meowth, he eventually persuaded Jessie and James to quit their jobs at Team Rocket too. It feels good not to have to call it the company again. I have no need to hide now. My past has lived up to it's name. It's past. Anyway Jessie, James and my former manager set off on their own gym trail a few months ago. I haven't heard from them since. Philippa got caught cheating in order to win a gym match. She was demoted to junior trainer again till Lance feels he can trust her. Giovanni went on being Giovanni, but I assume there's nothing to be done about that.

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As for Adam, he became champion, after trying to live with Misty for a few months. Meowth left him after he reached the elite four, stating that he was no longer needed. So he finally took my advice and went to a drugs rehabilitation center. He's been out a long time now and hasn't even touched a needle since. I know because he's been working with me and a writer friend of mine to tell our tale to the world. Save computer fail on my laptop's word processor programme. It's

 

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