Rocket Girl
Soz this took a while too! I haven’t written anything in forever! ^_^
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Amber walked into the Team Rocket headquarters with her head up high. To everybody who saw her, she looked confident and proud. But inside that guilt would not dispense.
She walked up to the secretary, with Jessie and James close behind. "I’d like to see my father please."
The secretary looked up, her eyes slowly moving to Amber to Pikachu. Her hand flew to her mouth, "You did it! And on your first try, too!"
Amber shushed her, Pikachu still sleeping soundly, "May I see my father?" She repeated.
"Oh! Certainly!" The lady ushered her down a hall and pulled open the huge office doors.
"Mr. Giovanni, your daughter is here to see you sir."
Amber walked in and up to the desk. Her father was turned, looking out the window. She heard him sigh and he spoke, "Amber, Amber, Amber! You cannot quit in the middle of a mission! I expect you to come back with…" He turned and paused, his eyes caught on Pikachu.
Amber finished for him, "Pikachu asleep in my arms?" She tried to add some humor, but that guilt just made it sound like a statement. She handed Pikachu over, then turned to rush out of the office. Jessie and James stopped her.
"But don’t you want to know your reward?" Giovanni asked.
Amber slowly turned, "Reward?" He had never mentioned this before.
Giovanni grinned and reached into his pocket. Slowly, her pulled out a key and handed it to Amber.
She gasped and took it into her hands. "Finally?" She whispered.
"Finally." He confirmed.
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Research…research! He must do some research!
Surely this Pokemon was one like no other!
Straight after the funeral her rushes to the lab. The Persian and Rattata race ahead to clear the way, while he holds Renga to his chest with one hand and pulls Amber along with the other.
The child trips and falls, unable to keep up with her father’s pace. A small tear creeps down her face as she watches her knee bleed.
Renga jumps out of his arms and runs up to the child. It small face rests on her knee and he licks it. In a minute, the child is quiet and the wound is gone.
Amber cuddles the Pokemon.
Renga- The Miracle one!
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Ash froze. Wha?
"What…what did you say?" He asked the Jynx.
Sadly she repeated herself, "Master Amber. Master Amber stole your Pikachu."
He stumbled backwards, cursing himself. He had given her his Pokemon! He had trusted her! And she went and stole it!
"That’s all she stole? Pikachu?" He asked, wondering about the others.
The Jynx nodded, "Yes…our Zapdos saw what had happened."
Ash nodded, turning away from the Jynx. "Why?" He wondered.
Everyone else in the mansion was thinking the exact same thing….
Amber didn’t need any strong Pokemon…she had defeated the Elite Four…and she didn’t need a rare Pokemon, the Jynx had mentioned a Zapdos.
"Wait." Ash said, "You mentioned that she was a Team Rocket member!" Outrageous! Ash never would have guessed.
"AHA!" Brock exclaimed. "I knew something about this mansion. It belongs to Giovanni Rocket." He flipped through the guide book, "It burned down and but he rebuilt it…for his daughter…Amber Dulave."
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No. He can’t test on it. Amber wouldn’t want it. She never did like his experiments.
He strokes the Pokemon as it purrs contently in his lap. The Perisan and Rattata lay close to the fire, resting.
The child Amber creeps up to Renga, and pokes it. Renga lets out a laugh, as does the child.
It jumps off his lap and rubs up against Amber. She picks it up and gives it a kiss and a hug.
He smiles. He pulls something out of his pocket and hands it to Amber.
Amber grabs it and looks up at her father, "Pokeball?"
"For Renga," Her dad says, "For you."
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Amber wept as she sat next to the Rocket Lake. After all these years…he had given her the key.
He was so proud of her! So proud of her for taking that one little Pokemon! How proud would he be if she could take 10 or more!
And more importantly, he trusted her…trusted BOTH of them. She reached into her pocket and pulled out the key.
"After all this…we will be reunited my old friend!" She kissed the key and tossed it up in the air a few times.
Giggling, she told herself to calm down. There would be more time for happy later. Now she had to get him out!
She pulled the Pokeball necklace over her head and stroked it softly. It shuddered and glowed. She knew it longed to be out.
"Soon! Soon! My friend!" Slowly she turned the Pokeball, looking for the hole…there it was! The lock that kept this Pokeball from opening. The lock that kept her and her best friend from being together.
She moved the key into the lock. She jiggled it softly. The lock had never been used, but was old, so this could take a while.
She heard footsteps behind her. Frightened, she looked up. There, on a hill above her, was Ash and his friends.
Darn! She got up and ran into the woods, ever jingling the key in the lock, harder now. She need her Miracle out…
Ash followed quickly, hot in pursuit. "Amber! Amber! Give me back my Pikachu!"
She cursed herself for not opening the lock faster, and turned the key this way and that, "Come on! Come on! Open!"
Distracted by the Pokeball, she fell over a log. Lying on the forest floor, in tears, she called out, "Open now! Open!"
Ash leaned over the log, "Amber! Give me back my Pikachu!"
With this, the lock clicked open and a bright light blinded them.
"Renga!"
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You can check out a picture of Amber @ http://flowerpowerer.tripod.com/Rocket.html drawn by Umeko!
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