Kaci’s Story

Chapter 2

The Small One

 

 

In a set of bushes along a narrow pathway a small regiment of men crouched, laser’s ready to fire at a word from their commander, a man who acted beyond his twenty-something years. Some of the older resented this; all acknowledged his leadership. He was one of the best Johto had to offer. Not that all the men were from Johto; about half came from Hoenn. The two nations had formed a temporary alliance; they resolved to eliminate Kanto from the picture before resuming their own war. The suicide bomber in Saffron had been a man from Hoenn.

They were here now due to a prophetic remark from one of the prisoners of war. The POW had said something about said something about, “The Small One ending the war before it was begun,” and other clues that led them to believe that this child was the one they were searching for. For they were spying on a little girl about to leave her home forever.

Sabrina, or whatever the psychic woman’s name was, had been killed, lest she escape and inform the enemy of their plans. And escaping would have proved an easy task for her. Of course, a quick, accurate, almost painless bayonet thrust to the heart had done the job quite well. Yes, it was quite old fashioned, and more than a little messy, but there wasn’t any use in wasting power cells, now that they were running out of supplies. And it was war, after all.

So the men waited, watching for proof that the girl was the “Small One” spoken of. She sure had the “small” part down. They watched carefully as the girl repeated the boy’s words to herself silently. Some of the offices were getting restless.

“Commander Elm, this must be the child! Shall we shoot?” The son of the former Professor Elm turned and looked at the speaker, a boy of seventeen.

“No. We need proof. She must summon the protector of the forest before a single shot is fired.” Some of the soldiers grumbled; he fixed them with a piercing stare. The men were quelled, and resumed their seemingly endless wait.

 

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I’m sorry it’s so short, but that’s why I’m updating quicker. I have the first ten or so chapters already written.

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(By the way, I don’t own pokemon. And I’m not making any money off of this.)