This is 'Torgan' writing now, from his point of view. 'Sarah' should be writing Part Three. We work hard making sure it's the best it can be, so please enjoy! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Part Two ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- "Wow, being a Blaziken rocks!" I exclaimed. "Wow, looking at a Blaziken sucks," Jaimy retorted. I stuck my tongue out at her, and Sarah laughed at my childish act, but Jaimy just glared. "I swear Torgan, if you say that one more damn time..." The threat was obvious in her voice. I stared at her in amazement. "You... Jaimy... since when did you swear?" "Does it really matter? Let's go." "She sure is a little uptight." Sarah looked at me in shock. "You could say that..." I said grimacing. We walked a long while. It was summer, so it was hot, and I was sweating like crazy. That got me thinking about how it was okay to sleep outside in the summer, but not in winter, because we couldn't sleep in forty below... that could be a problem, scratch that, that is a problem. What would we do when winter came? I was about to tell Sarah this, when Jaimy shouted to us. "Hey guys, get over here, this is something important!" "Come on," I said to Sarah. When we got there, Jaimy was looking smug, right in front of a crushed building that said Fred Meyer. "You have to admit, I rock for finding this," she said, grinning. "Yeah Jaimy, great job, but I bet all the food and stuff are destroyed." "Hey, you don't know until you look," she replied icily. Lo and behold, we did find some food, like a few apples and some other canned food, and we found a bunch of clothes, and that was really nice; at least I would be able to change. I was excited when I found doughnuts, I wouldn't tell Jaimy though, she would make me share them, the fiend, and who knows? These might be the last doughnuts I would ever eat, and they're also a treat for me. Dad never let us eat them, so when I got them, it was like heaven. Fortunately, there weren't any dead bodies anywhere; we figured the comet had vaporized them. That made me realize how lucky we were to be in that basement when it hit. "Maybe we should check in their basement, there might be some food that hasn't been put out yet." "Right," answered Jaimy doubtfully, and full of sarcasm, but we went down and searched. There were a few things, so we put them into some plastic Fred Meyer bags that we found. We were leaving the basement. "What the fuck, you guys get over here!" I shouted, staring wide-eyed "Torgan," Jaimy started angrily, "Do you have to...what...oh my god! What can we do?!" We were staring at one of my best friends, Keegan. I felt for his pulse. I sighed in relief; his heart was still beating. "He's still alive, so we better take him back to Lathrop, but he looks like he's gonna die any minute. We'll leave our stuff here and we'll come back for it later." I saw that Jaimy's face was streaked with tears. "Jaimy, are you crying?" "No, let's take him back, unless you would rather he died." She snapped, a hiss clearly audible. I didn't reply, I was too angry. She was challenging me that I didn't care for my friends; oh, I wished hell would eat her up right now. I ended up carrying Keegan, because I was the only one with arms. Jaimy was in front. Sarah leaned over to me, "What was that about Keegan?" Sarah whispered. "Well, it was rumored that they had a thing," I replied matter-o- factly. "Oh, they're so perfect together," Sarah said, giggling. "Well, don't say anything about it to her, she gets a little defensive about it." Sarah was still giggling. We got to camp and I set Keegan down. "I don't know what's wrong with him, maybe if some one turned in to a Chansey, they could diagnose his problem, and I'll go back and get the stuff." I said worriedly. "Sarah, I think you should do it. I'm pretty sure Jaimy would have a breakdown." She laughed a little, and then sighed. "Okay, I'm going to go get the food. I'll be back as soon as possible." I started running, and I thanked god that Blaziken had fast speed. I got there, hurriedly grabbed the food, and headed back. They were all waiting for me. "What's wrong with him, can we cure it?" I asked. Jaimy began to speak slowly, looking crushed, but slightly hopeful. "He has a broken leg. We forced water down his throat, because he's been unconscious since the comet hit. We don't know when he will wake up. We'll have to go and get bandages for him tomorrow, and we will have to build him crutches out of random things we find... it will be quite difficult, and for now I suggest that we turn back to ourselves and get some sleep." * * * The others had gone to sleep. I withdrew back into myself, and I closed my eyes trying to get some sleep, but I couldn't. I got up and I walked over outside. I saw... Jessica. The girl I was in love with. I ran over to her. "Jessica, oh my god!" I hugged her. "Torgan, I have missed you so much," She hugged me back. I looked at her, and slowly edged forward, I paused, and then I kissed her. She threw her arms around me, and responded with enthusiasm. "I love you Jessica." She looked at me lovingly "I-" * * * "Dang it!" I whispered under my breath, it was just a fucking dream! I closed my eyes again. There was a beautiful woman standing in front of me. There, I decided even though Jess was dead almost for sure, I would love her forever, and not ever be with another woman. "Torgan," she murmured, it sounded soft, like someone who was sad. "Yes, who are you?" "Come here." I walked over to her. She looked at me and the she threw her arms around me and kissed me. I pushed her away. "What in the name of hell!" She looked at me, and her eyes betrayed her hurt. All of the sudden, she started to cry. "I'm sorry," I said. I shouldn't have been so mean. "You took me by surprise, but what were you doing and who are you?" "It doesn't matter, you obviously don't care about me." "I don't even know you!" I was fighting with someone in my dream... unless this was more than a dream. "My name is Cresselia, and I am a Pokemon. Because I am in your dream, I have taken my human form to take you," She answered my question. "I've watched you for some time, I was curious about you," She continued, "You wished that Cresselia was real and that she could come into your dreams," I did remember that, talking to Sarah and Jaimy while exploring Fairbanks. "If you have watched me since then, why didn't you stop? I'm just an ordinary person, and there are lots of people in the world that are more interesting, at least, there were..." "You are not ordinary, never fool yourself of that! The fact that you are still alive now proves it. In your heart, you possess a power others do not!" "Regardless," I said, not sure what she meant, but I knew it must be some weird problem she had, not me, "Why did you keep watching me?" "At first, I was just curious how you would act, but after a month I couldn't stop, and something happened." "What happened?" "I fell in love with you. I tried to convince myself that I was just interested, but after a year I couldn't deny it. I wanted to call out to you, but I knew that would be foolish." "Oh..." I wasn't sure if I should be flattered or freaked out. "Then you fell in love with other people. I got jealous, first of Brandie, and then you slowly got more girlfriends. But for the last couple years there was Jessica. It hurts me to see how much you care for her. It's like trying to look at the sun and keep your eyes open; it burns, slowly but forever. I was hoping if I came like this," She pointed to her human self, "You might fall in love with me and forget her." "I am sorry, but I mean, I haven't even known you for more then a couple minutes." Tears raced down her face again. "I guess I'll go again. Don't get too happy with me gone Torgan, I'll be back, I promise you that!" * * * "Wake up, Torgan! Don't be so damn lazy! It's bad enough Jaimy refused to wake up," Sarah said, she sounded like she might actually eat me. She kicked me in the ribs, and I knew that I was going to have a bruise. "Okay, I'm up!" "Good, I was about to kick you again." I looked at her. I was expecting her to be angry because her voice sounded irritated, but she just looked concerned. "What is it, Sarah?" "Well, it was just that you were mumbling in your sleep, tossing and turning and you were mumbling angrily like you were going to kill somebody. Am I just being silly?" "No, Cresselia was there in my dream. I mean I didn't dream her, she was actually there!" "And I thought I was being silly, just get up and help me get Jaimy up. We have to take care of Keegan." Oh, Keegan. I had completely forgotten about him. "Right," I said, yawning. We got Jaimy up and ate some of the food from yesterdays' scavenging. I saw Jaimy's sketchbook, lying by the open Pokemon guidebook. I looked at her drawing of Celebi. "Hey Jaimy, this is pretty good..." Everybody was staring at me. "What?" I looked at myself. I was a Celebi! "HOLY SHIT!!" I screamed. Thankfully, Jaimy couldn't understand, because she would have bitten my head off, for saying those kind of words in front of children And suddenly, I got an epiphany. Maybe Jess was dead now, but she didn't use to be. "Torgan, turn back into a human so you can help us." Celebi could time travel. I'd time travel to New Jersey where Jess would be about two weeks previous of today. If I was right, I could go right back to the time I was just at, with Jess, and while I would be gone my future self would have just returned with Jessica. It was perfect. I heard gasps as I disappeared in a flash of bright green light. ...To Be Continued... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Well, Part Two has come to an end. As before, flames will be deleted, yadda yadda yadda, same old song and dance. Hope you enjoyed it! Thank you for reading!