This part is written from 'Sarah's' point of view. Hope you enjoy! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Part Three ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- "Huh, this is strange, I wonder where he went," I said vaguely to Jaimy. No sooner had I said that, there was another green flash and Torgan was back, standing next to a girl I had never seen before. He looked at her lovingly, as he announced to us, "Sorry about that, but I'm back, and this is Jessica, in case you didn't know." I laughed. Jaimy just kind of stared at him in disbelief and muttered, "You left to go get Jessica!?" "Yeah, is there a problem with that?" He responded cheekily. "Of course there is a problem!! You brought someone back from the past! Into this wasteland! Didn't you think this through, you moron!?" I started to laugh as they went into an argument about what Torgan had done. I honestly didn't care, but it seemed to have bothered Jaimy. Oh well, I sighed. "Hey, Jaimy? Torgan? Don't we have to worry about Keegan?" I remembered that he was here, barely breathing. "Oh, yeah," Jaimy rushed over to his side and started trying to talk to him. "So what do you think we should do? I don't really know anything about how to treat him, and I doubt anyone else here does," I said. "Well, we could try to go to Fred Meyer, maybe, and get some bandages and then someone can turn into Chansey again to deal with his leg," Torgan suggested from where he sat with Jessica. "Okay, who's going to go with me to Fred Meyer?" I asked. Torgan and Jaimy both stood up, ready to turn into Pokemon and leave. "Come on, Jessica, we have to go now," Torgan said. He took her hand and helped her up. "Wait Torgan, Jessica has to stay here." Jaimy said firmly. "No, she has to come with us." Torgan insisted. "But she'll just be a burden. We'll have to move slower because she isn't able to turn into a Pokemon! No offense, Jessica." She glared at Torgan. "But we can't just leave her here, who knows what would happen!" "That shows how much you care for everyone else here! You're only worried about her! How selfish is that? What about all the younger, defenseless children?!" "If it helps, I could just stay here..." Jessica whispered, stricken at the escalation in Jaimy's voice; she didn't want to get in the middle of this. "Well, you two can just keep arguing because we don't have the time to stand here." I took the book and started focusing on a picture of the small Pidgey; I felt like flying instead of running. In seconds, I had turned into the small brown bird. "Well, I'm going to be the mature one and go with Sarah. You can either stay here with Jessica or come with us, Torgan," Jaimy said as she picked the book up from where it had dropped on the floor. "Ugh, fine, I'll go with you, but if anything happens to Jessica I will know exactly who to blame..." Torgan threatened. Jessica giggled and kissed his cheek, "Don't worry Torgan, I'll be fine, you really don't have to worry so much." Hearing Jessica say this and be near him obviously made him a lot happier. Jaimy groaned, "Can we leave now, or are we going to have to have a giant thing about you two saying good bye to each other?" I laughed, a chirrupy sound, and after Torgan had turned into Blaziken, and Jaimy into Absol, we left. * * * As we started to head out into the harsh environment that had once been our city and home, I started to wonder where we were going to get our water supply. "Hey Jaimy, where do you think we will get water? I'm not sure about how long our water will last." "Hmm, you're right, I don't really know, but let's focus on getting Keegan better, and then we can try to find a way to solve that problem." We all started running to get to our destination faster, and in the end Torgan and Jaimy started to race, and I flew overhead to judge who won. In the end it was Torgan who beat her. "Only because Absols have slower speed," she had snapped. "Sure, sure." Torgan breezily replied, using the term he learned from Jacob Black in the Twilight series. "So, does anyone know where we can find anything that might help Keegan?" I asked. No one knew so we all ended up digging through the rubble. Jaimy was the first one to say anything, "Hey, look what I found!" At this, she picked up a package of binding that would help with Keegan's leg. "That looks good, now we have something to support himself with when his leg is getting better," Torgan said, but he seemed to be distracted, probably dreaming of Jessica, and wasn't completely there when he spoke. "Great idea, now should we continue our searching?" I said and we all got back to work. After about an hour, we had found enough supplies to help Keegan as well as anyone who got hurt and might get hurt in the future. "Now do you think we should try to find potable water?" I asked Jaimy. "Yeah, I've been thinking, and I realized that the only legendary Pokemon not scribbled on in my...Torgan's book was Suicune, and almost any Pokemon fan could tell you Suicune can purify water, no matter how contaminated." I understood what she was saying. Torgan spoke up, "So which of us thinks they should be the one to turn into Suicune?" "I don't really care if it's me or not," I replied. "The I'll do it, loser's compensation, and I think the Chena River would be a good source," Jaimy said in an excited voice; she was happy about getting to turn into a Suicune. We gathered up the things we had found and started as fast as we could toward the river. Torgan was mumbling how unfair it was for Jaimy to be Suicune, but I could tell he saw how much in meant to her, so he left her alone. When we reached it, the river was muddy brown and covered with a fine, thick layer of dust. No doubt because of the meteor. We were really lucky that it was still here at all. Anyone could see how the odds were stacked up against us. Our luck was, really, unrealistic. But I wasn't going to complain anytime soon. "Okay, get ready for this," Jaimy breathed in deeply, then took out the book and started staring at the picture of Suicune. In a few moments there was a bright sapphire flash and she reappeared as the amazing sparkling blue Pokemon. I just stared at the tall, bright Pokemon that was my friend Jaimy. Now she was almost a foot taller than she really was, and her hazy violet mane bellowed out behind her, seeming to move with a life of its own, along with her twin white-ribbon tails. She was magnificent! Torgan had been silent through the entire change and was really surprised. Jaimy stepped down to the water and started to wade in, her blue paws seeming to spread the same sapphire color throughout the entire river, replacing all the mud and dirt. "Holy shit," Torgan whispered from where he stood. Jaimy stepped out of the river, and turned back into Absol so she wouldn't be so intimidating than excitedly said, "So guys, how do you think I did?" I grinned, "That was fucking amazing!" Jaimy gave me an icy look from my crude language, but Torgan just nodded, still staring at the river, which was now clear and shimmered like diamonds. "So do you think we should go back now? We can come back tomorrow to get the water." I told Jaimy. I gave up trying to talk to Torgan, but he was too distracted. Jaimy confided in me that she wanted to push him in the river and then answered my question. "Maybe you're right, we didn't think of bringing anything to carry the water in." When we got back to Lathrop, Torgan instantly turned back into a human and ran inside. "No doubt to see Jessica, right?" I amusingly muttered out loud. "No doubt. He really loves her." Jaimy and I walked inside to see Torgan and Jessica kissing and all the kids staring. I rolled my eyes and looked away. Jaimy started yelling at Torgan about 'how there were kids present and that they shouldn't do that' in front of them. "Sure, sure," Torgan said, still grinning happily at Jessica. "Hey Torgan, you did notice that nothing happened while we were gone, and that I was right all along?" Jaimy said smug. "Yeah I guess you were right, but I was just being cautious and I worried about her safety." I laughed and Jaimy glared at Torgan. We got the kids something to eat and then we decided to go see Keegan. He seemed a little better and we gave him water. I was mostly watching because I didn't really know him. Jaimy put a splint on his leg and bandaged it up. Jaimy had almost started to cry about it. "We're doing the best that we can, I think we should just let him get some rest." I said quietly from where I stood. Jaimy nodded and went to her bed, snagging the Pokemon book first. She started flipping through it, but she still looked slightly upset. "Will she be all right?" I murmured to Torgan, low so Jaimy wouldn't hear. "I think so, we should just give her some space." I agreed and went to get the kids some dinner. Occasionally, when I glance at Jaimy, I saw her look up from the book, and grin wickedly at Torgan, who's focus was only on Jessica, and then she'd winked at me, before looking through the book again. I wondered what she was doing. After a while, both of us decided to go to bed. Jaimy already seemed to be sleeping, so she must have put the book back. Torgan was lying facing Jessica in his bed, and they were holding hands. I lay down and started to think about how we were going to have to get water tomorrow. As I let my mind drift, I fell asleep. ...To Be Continued... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Well, ta-dah! 'Jaimy' is writing Part Four, and it's going to rock this world! We are not bragging! She is going to put some pretty awesome stuff in it. We think that we've warned you about flames enough, so no more notes about it in the future. Review this, if you feel strongly about this story. Don't feel pressured to do so. Thanks for reading!