-In a furious attempt to rescue Kris, Nightslice embarks on a quest to regain his true Scyther form. Meanwhile, Jade is dealing with some unexpected changes of his own. Sixteenth in a series.
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Worlds Apart
By Gregory Stephen nightdragon0@hotmail.com
Firestorm
I sat watching Jade pace around with an unnatural sense of anxiety, nervously twitching his Charizard tail behind him.
Our group had moved a little further off the road so we wouldn't be seen by anyone else. We'd found a nice spot on a cliff overlooking the ocean. Between Jade and myself, we'd told Aigul the whole story. The young man had been respectfully silent throughout, although he showed distinct interest in it.
Currently, the two of them were discussing about what to do next while us Pokemon; Mirage, Serac and myself lay around.
"So, you traveling with Aigul?" I asked Serac, lying by herself under a tree.
The Vaporeon looked up for a while, then nodded.
[She's a little shy.] Mirage whispered to me. [Doesn't look like the talkative type either.]
The Pontya trotted over to her and bent her head low. I saw the silent Vaporeon giggle and strained to hear what they were saying.
[Sorry, girls only!] Mirage waved me off by cocking her head to the side.
Jeez, there's just no figuring a female!
So, I turned my attention to Jade and Aigul instead.
"You sure about that?" Aigul was asking.
"Yeah definitely. I have an uncle on Cinnabar Island who's into this kinda genetic stuff. Besides, the old man still owes me a favor or two. He'll help out."
"Seems like you've made your decision then."
"Yes. I hate leaving without Kris and the other Pokemon, but I've got to do something before I end up looking like the big bad-breathed dragon here."
I was about to respond to that when I heard a roar from behind me. I could tell that it was a pretty large creature. And it was also right behind me.
Growling, I jumped out of the way just it case it was larger than I was. Just in time too, as the huge mass of an Ursaring came charging out from the cover of the forest.
However, it hadn't been aiming for me, but the humans instead.
"Watch out!" I yelled.
Aigul was fast enough to dash clear. Jade, however, stumbled and took a full blow from the massive bear. With a cry of pain, he went over the edge of the cliff.
"Jade!" I roared. Spreading my wings, I dashed for the cliff. I was so focused on helping him that I forgot I wasn't high enough to evade my opponent.
The Ursaring slashed my across my chest, leaving a pair of long, bloody marks. Roaring in pain, I hit the ground clutching the wound. Then my opponent was upon me, having leapt onto my chest. That probably cracked a couple of ribs, considering the searing pain that erupted into my brain, but even then, I reacted and caught his killer jaws as he was going for my neck.
It was strong and I desperately shoved with all I had to keep his dagger-like teeth away. I dug my claws into the flesh around the snout. It caused him jerk back a little, enough for me to get the correct angle and blast him with the deadly flames from my mouth.
It staggered back, grasping its burnt shoulder, and was immediately assaulted by Mirage and Serac. Mirage charged and kicked its chest with her hooves while Serac clambered up onto its shoulder and bit down.
"Go help Jade!" Aigul yelled from across the battlefield. "We'll take care of things here!"
Nodding, I ran towards the cliff edge. I saw Aigul attempting to get to Jade's backpack, which contained the other Pokeballs. The Ursaring threw Serac off and fired a Hyper Beam. The breath attack barely missed Aigul, but caused a small explosion that threw him down.
"Storm! Aigul! Help me!" I heard Jade yell.
Running faster, I looked over the side of the cliff to see Jade clinging onto a tree limb for his all his was worth. He was too far down for me to reach, but I noticed something else that almost made me laugh.
I heard a scream and turned to see the Ursaring strangling Mirage in a chokehold.
"Mirage!"
[Arrgghh! Help...can't breathe!]
That was when Ehrgeiz burst onto the scene. Jade's recently named Electabuzz rammed the bear from behind, causing it to drop the exhausted Pontya.
[That's no way to treat a lady!] He growled like a knight in shinning armor.
He let lose with his Thunderbolt attack. The shocked Ursaring only got even angrier and turned its attention towards him instead. Ehrgeiz met his enemy head on, engaging in a vicious pushing and shoving match.
"Hey what are you waiting for Storm?! Help!" Jade shouted again. I'd forgotten about him.
"I'm...not seeing things, am I?" I asked myself, taking another look at him.
"Does me hanging off a cliff about to fall to my death look like one of your fantasies!?" Jade yelled, starting to get pissed. "OK, maybe it is, but just HELP ME ANYWAY!!!!!!!!!"
I was sure of it now. He had claws now, though they were in five digits instead of a Charizard's three. And he had something else too...
"Jade," I told him, "Those things growing out of your back happen to be called 'Wings'!"
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Kris
A nauseating feeling brought me back to consciousness. So far, I'd been getting major shocks and setbacks every time I'd opened my eyes and I was beginning to dread waking up in this state.
First thing I noticed was that I was lying on my stomach in a smaller cage in a different room. Expected, considering Team Rocket would usually keep the 'disobedient and rebellious' Pokemon away from the rest.
I could see some blurred object at my snout and realized it was a muzzle. My claws too were tightly bound and tied behind my back. I could feel some other leather straps around my body and I guessed they were to immobilize my wings.
Unable to even stand up, I squirmed and struggled about for a while until I felt it was a futile effort. Using the bars of the cage to try and get the muzzle off wasn't much help either. After I nearly suffocated myself when I accidentally moved a section of the muzzle's straps over my nose.
Utterly depressed, I lay back down to accept my fate. Would I spend the rest of my life trapped in a Pokemon's body, condemned to work as Team Rocket's slave? I forced myself not to think about that.
And my wounds ached badly too. The cuts probably hadn't been cleaned as they'd immediately secured me and tossed me into the cage.
Great, maybe they'll just get infected and I'll die.
I froze, hearing the sound of a door opening. My sense of smell told me it was the female Rocket from earlier on even before I saw her. The same one who'd whipped me up badly.
I didn't know what I felt as she walked over and knelt down beside the cage.
"Oh, you're awake. Are you all right?" She asked, reaching out to touch my head.
I pulled my head away, doing my best to growl with the muzzle on.
"Yeah, I guess you recognize me." She sighed. "And you probably hate me too. But please, if you can understand, I'm really sorry about that."
From the tone of her voice, she did sound pretty sincere about it. I'd been avoiding meeting her gaze up till now, and I looked up at her. Now without her cap on, I could clearly see her face. And I was surprised, really, because she wasn't too old, probably 15 to 16 years.
Still, I'd been younger when I joined Team Rocket, just that I looked much older than I really was.
She was slim and yet looked strong, with her black hair coming down past her shoulder level. Her brown eyes showed nothing of any forms of trickery, but I wasn't ready to make any conclusions yet.
"Those other two guys there really suck up to my supervisor, so I've gotta act tough in front of them." She looked at me and laughed slightly. "Last thing I need is another pay cut. I've got a huge debt to pay off, thanks to that stupid old bastard of a father I had."
I watched her with interest as she got up and paced around the cage, always keeping one hand on top of it.
"Damned old man." She continued, "He kept on loaning money from Team Rocket for his research. Finally, he borrowed too much and never was able to pay back his debts. They took him out, permanently. And my mom was even more idiotic, killing herself in heartbreak over the damned old fool. So naturally, they took me of course. So here I am working to pay off my family's debts."
That's one of the more tragic TR stories, I thought, but certainly up to their alley. Although I had no way to say anything to her.
"Oh yeah, I came here to clean those wounds of yours." She knelt down beside me and pulled a small and some cloth out of the pouch strapped around her waist. She carefully poured some of the liquid onto a piece of cloth.
"OK, this is gonna hurt a little."
Wait a sec! I sniffed, Iodine solution!? Shit, that's gonna hurt a lo...
I immediately felt the sting of the antiseptic solution. My human side knew it was to clean the wounds, but my Pokemon instincts told me to scream and run. Since I was able to do neither of the latter two, I struggled about wildly.
"Calm down. Just a little longer." The girl used her free hand to hold the back of my neck down. I'm sure she must've also seen my eyes go wide and heard my muffled cries.
Finally, she was done with the iodine and started putting a bandage in place.
"There, not so bad right?" She put on a smiled while she worked. However, it quickly faded. "I don't want to be working here, ever. Someday, I'll pay off everything, then I'll be out of here, living my own life and not caring about some mistake my godforsaken old man made."
Getting out of this organization is the hard part girl. I was good and probably lucky too. I said silently. I was actually beginning to be able to relate to this girl's story. Except that I brought the whole mess upon myself, by myself.
"But I don't really think I can say the same for you." She sniffed, her eyes tearing up. "I really don't know what they're gonna do with you, but it'll most likely be a hard life for you too. But who knows, maybe you'll be free someday too."
"I don't think I can help you out either, even though I want to." She said sadly, packing the rest of her items up.
"I can barely take care of myself now. The world's harsh and it's every man for himself."
That sounded a lot like myself in the early days. The excuse I used to give my friends about why I joined Team Rocket.
She then stood up and looked down at me, shaking her head.
"Heh, here I am now, spilling my guts to a wild Scyther." She laughed, wiping her face. "You probably don't even understand me. In some ways, it may be better too. I just needed to get something off my chest. After all, I don't get a chance to apologize to all the Pokemon I have to whip up."
The girl begun walking towards the door, but took one last look back at me.
"Oh, by the way, my name's Nala. Not like it'll matter to you anyway. Goodbye then...maybe somehow, we'll see each other again."
Then, the door closed and she was gone. I was left alone again.
However, a new batch of emotions had flooded into me. Many that I couldn't really explain. But the one thing I knew was that I had to fight on. I didn't know if my friends would ever find me, so I had only myself to rely on.
This was my new reality...and I was stuck in it.
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Nightslice
The attack came without warning. A set of darts flying out of a hidden section on the wall. Luminair instantly blasted them to bits with his Thunderblot, with Riptide doing likewise with Psychic.
A hidden section opened and a trio of Golbats came out in an attack formation.
"Sleep Power 'em!" I told Ahsura.
The Ivysaur complied, sending all three on an express ticket to dreamland, their limp forms hitting the floor with a thud.
While the automated defenses kept going, a pair of masked Ninjas appeared.
Gesturing for the Pokemon to keep back, I readied myself. I was unarmed, but I was still confident of taking them out. After all, I was sure they'd never encountered a human with a Scyther's fighting experience.
One attacked immediately, rushing forward. I sidestepped slightly and moved into his position, so I was right next to him. I brought my forearm up, right into his face, causing him to stumble over.
I ducked as the other one stung something at my head from behind, and used a low backward thrust to take his feet out from under him.
That was when I saw Luminair slip up. He'd taken a hit from one on the darts and didn't seem to notice the new set of shurikens flying towards him.
"Luminair! Watch out!" I yelled.
It was too late for him to react, but I still could. Taking a running start, I jumped and swung my left hand into the path of the flying stars, forgetting that it was no longer a sword-like claw.
Time seemed to slow to a stop. It looked like I was going to end up with a severe cut, but in the split second before they made contact, I saw my hand change back to normal. Normal as in my Scyther claw, that is.
I heard the clang as my claw sliced the throwing stars into pieces. Then, time sped up again as I rolled over, with my hand back to a human one. I accidentally pressed my left palm onto a stray spike, causing me to cry out in pain.
"Stop! Now!" A voice ordered.
Immediately, all the traps discontinued their assault.
The locked door finally opened and a black-haired man stepped into the room. The two Ninja's bowed to him, then quickly left after the gestured for them to do so.
It was Koga, the Ninja master I'd been seeking.
"I'm sorry, but I had to test you first to see if you were sincerely trustworthy." Koga said, walking over. "When I saw you taking the blow for the Jolteon like that, I knew it to be true."
"Excepted it." I muttered, clutching my bleeding left hand. "It was good practice anyway, so no hard feelings."
"Indeed. And I believe we both have some explaining to do." He nodded, offering a hand to help me up. "But let's get you to the medical bay first."
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Jade
WINGS?! I had wings?! It was getting from bad to worse.
But since I had them, might as well see if they worked. My wings responded to my commands and I flew up, landing beside Firestorm. My hands were staring to become claws too, making me look like some freaky cross between a human and a dragon.
"Now, you're a fine sight indeed." Firestorm laughed.
"Shut up." I muttered, "I'm the one who's supposed to making the jokes around here."
"Excuse me," Aigul waved, pointing to the battle, "but I believe that they need help!"
No sooner had he said that, Firestorm was already there, charging into the distracted Ursaring and hitting it from the side. The bear turned to attack him, but Firestorm blocked the Slash and counterattacked with several punches. Ehrgeiz soon joined in the punching match.
Although it was no easy task, together the Charizard and Electabuzz drove their opponent back towards the edge of the cliff. The Ursaring sensed their plan and furiously roared, pushing against them in spite of the punches and slashes it was receiving.
"Persistent Bastard!" Firestorm cursed.
A random swing suddenly knocked Ehrgeiz over. Firestorm immediately jumped back and let loose with his Flamethrower.
It's far too strong to be just a wild Pokemon. I thought.
I knew I had to help. And this time, I actually could. I held out my hands and focused, feeling a fiery power build up within me. A fireball formed in my hands, ready for action.
"Storm! Fire in the hole!" I yelled, tossing the fireball with all my might.
Firestorm complied, gracefully leaping aside as my attack got the Ursaring right in the eyes. It gave one final cry of fury before topping over the cliff.
The Charizard watched solemnly as it hit the ground. He gave me a nod and flew down, probably to examine the body. He was clutching his bleeding chest, although trying not to show that it hurt.
I collapsed as Aigul approached me.
"Jade? Are you all right?"
"Yeah, sort of." I replied. "If you call this all right."
Through exhausted and injured, the rest of the Pokemon came towards us. And I knew that was pretty much to stare at me in amazement. Dracia choose that moment to pop out and came hovering over.
"Hey Jade, what happened to you?" The Dragonair asked.
"Don't ask."
"I just did."
"Hey people!" Firestorm came flying back, saving me from having to continue the conversation. "Take a look at this."
The Charizard opened his palm and showed us a small device.
"I think it's a communication device of some sort." I said, taking it for a closer look.
"It was stuck in that Ursaring's ear." Firestorm spoke, confirming my suspicions.
"High technology within a not-so usual Pokemon." I muttered.
"Which means Alugard's involved in this." Dracia concluded.
Alugard. Nightslice's father, leader of a highly intelligent Pokemon renegade group. And also one of our greatest enemies. As of yet, that was. It was hard to tell where his true intentions were, but they usually didn't meet ours very well. And practically all our confrontations in the past had ended in fights.
It was hard to believe, but if I could swallow the whole Dragon Gods thing and now, turning into Pokemon and stuff, then this wasn't much of a problem.
"That seems to be the best possibility." I agreed. "And it also means that we should get moving. Kris and the others are still missing, and I don't think I'm in the mood to go tangling around with his bunch.
"At least the big brown bear's dead." Firestorm said, pointing over the cliff, "So he won't be passing anymore information around."
"Unless you want to go flying, the fastest way to Cinnabar Island is by ferry. However," Aigul carefully ran his hand along my newly formed wings, "people are easily frightened by what they see."
"He's got a point." Dracia nodded.
"Storm's still a little under the weather, so I don't want to make him fly all the way." I said.
"I can take it...ugh..." Firestorm insisted, before he started coughing, spewing out flames randomly.
Everyone jumped back several feet to avoid being scorched.
"No you can't." Dracia scolded. "And the fights haven't been doing good for you either."
"But..."
"Sit down and shut up!" She yelled.
"Yes, ma'am!" Firestorm replied meekly, cringing.
"Fortunately, the solution is simple." Aigul suddenly spoke.
Everyone turned towards him as he pulled off his cloak.
"It so happens that people are also easily deceived by what they don't see."
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Nightslice
I carefully examined the shinny, polished blade as I walked along the forest trail.
Just a few hours since I'd left the Fuchsia Gym and I was already beginning to feel nervous. In those few hours, I'd made a lot of decisions about what I was going to be doing from now on. And not all of those were pleasing ones.
After getting my wounded hand cleaned up and bandaged, I'd sat down with Koga and told my whole story. About Kris, Firestorm, the others and myself. What we'd been doing and what we'd been through. And the recent events.
I really didn't know what he thought of it, but he was patient and listened to every part until the end. I broke down and cried at that point, feeling that the whole mess was my fault. Of course, he'd tried his best to comfort me.
Koga had in turn told me that his fellow Gym leader Sabrina, another of our allies, had contacted him several days earlier. She'd had a vision about a strange disturbance in his area and requested him to await the coming of 'a stranger who was a friend, a human who was not'.
It was about me, of course.
Koga had agreed to help me on my journey. He not only provided me with some travel supplies, but also booked me a train ticket from a nearby place called Sunny Town to Cherrygrove City in Johto. I knew that I'd never be able to repay him, but he'd simply reminded me that 'no matter what, we'd always have friends.'
Both Sabrina and himself would be keeping their eyes peeled for anything that could help me.
As a final request, I asked for a weapon. A sword, something I felt more comfortable with than using the tranquilizer gun. He'd given me the look of a father whose child had just asked for something very expensive, but he still brought out the sword that I was now holding in my hand.
It was a beautiful design, a well-made blade with a black and red handle in the shape of a dragon. Looking at it brought my mind back to the time when I'd lost control of the Knight Blazer and attacked Kris, shattering her sword.
I pushed the thought aside and concentrated on the present.
So here I was now, Pokeballs on my belt, backpack on my back, sword by my side and a long journey ahead.
Kris, just hang on. Somehow, someway, I'll find you again. And then, I'll make Team Rocket pay!
My fists clenched automatically. Still, Koga's final words of advice to me came back into my mind.
"Don't let the anger control you. Vengeance may be sweet, but it too cuts both ways."
At that moment, I stopped. I was sure I'd heard a sound. At first, it was just the chittering of the forest insects. However, I waited until I heard it again.
It was a girl and she was screaming for help.
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Jade
"Thanks a lot for your help Aigul." I said as I leaned on the railing at the ship's starboard side.
"Think nothing of it." He smiled, "After all, it seems I've gotten myself into quite some adventure here, so I am obliged to do something."
"You know, that sounds a lot like me when I first hooked up with Kris."
I had managed to hold my wings down, under my arms, and cross them around my chest level. Aigul had loaned me his cloak, which I'd put on to hide the wings, and gloves on my hands to hide my claws. The tail had proved difficult, but I'd managed to control it enough and keep it still, hidden in my pants, without burning them. Aigul had gotten the tickets and now, we were on the ferry headed for Cinnabar Island.
The ship had a mini Pokemon Center set up below deck and I'd left Firestorm there for treatment. With the other Pokemon back in their Pokeballs, Aigul, Serac the Vaporeon and myself had gone onto the deck for some fresh air.
As we stood on the deck, enjoying the breeze, Aigul got out his seashell flute and begun to play a song.
"That was 'Melodies of Life', from Final Fantasy 9." I gasped, "It's really good."
"Thank you. I haven't really been practicing that one much." Aigul admitted. "But listen to this one, which is a Lapras melody."
He played another pleasing tune, which really did reassemble the song of the Lapras.
"You ever tried a Dragonair's song?" I asked, releasing Dracia.
"Hmmm...let me see if I can catch on." Aigul said, taking up his flute.
"Dracia, would you mind giving our friend a little melody to follow?"
"Finally, someone who appreciates my musical talent." The Dragonair whispered, winking. "Try this."
She sang several notes and allowed Aigul to follow. He caught on very quickly and soon, Aigul was playing a near perfect imitation of the Dragonair's song.
"I'm really impressed." Dracia admitted once he was done, "For a human, you're very good at it. I'd swear you were another Dragonair yourself."
"Heh, thanks." The silver-haired man smiled, stroking her head. "But I still have to practice and improve."
Aigul brought his flute up again and begun to play the song he'd been playing when we'd first met. As I stood listening to the song, watching the waves spreading out into the endless sea, it finally hit me about where I'd heard it before.
"That's it!" I cried, snapping my fingers/claws. "From that legend. The song of the Water's Great Guardian, Lugia!"
"How did you know it was m...the Guardian's Song?" Aigul asked, looking a little surprised.
"When I was a kid, my dad took me to this island in the Orange Archipelago where they have this annual festival to honor the legend." I explained. "They get a Pokemon trainer to collect these spheres from three islands and bring them to a designated location. To 'tame the beast of the sea', as they say. And it happened that I was that lucky Pokemon trainer! I think I was around ten or eleven then. Dracia, do you remember?"
"I took you between the islands." The Dragonair nodded.
"That's certainly very interesting." Aigul smiled.
"But aren't you from the Orange Islands?" I asked.
"Yes, but I come from a small fishing and farming village. We have to spend a lot of time working since we live off what we can catch and grow. I was taught this song by one of the village elders. They seemed to agree that I had great talent in music, so they wanted me to go out and learn from lands beyond just my home. From there, that's where we met."
"I see." I said, nodding. As I turned back to look at the sea again, I heard Aigul breathe a sigh of relief.
I didn't think much of it and I assumed that he was just tired after playing for so long.
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Firestorm
The rest of the sea travel was uneventful, at least for Jade and the others. As for me, I was miserable, spending my time in front of the ship's doctor.
Sure he said I just had an allergic reaction, some cuts and a broken rib, but he was trying to stuff a bunch of pills up my mouth! And he calls himself a doctor?! Oh boy, Jade and Dracia are going to be laughing at this for weeks to come. At least I walked out of there with just a bandage across my chest.
Anyway, once we arrived on Cinnabar Island, Jade led us through the tourist spots to the residential area. He brought us up a short pathway to an elegant-looking building and ran the doorbell.
"Looks like your uncle can really afford something pretty nice." I muttered.
"Yeah, he knows how to invest his money well." Jade replied.
A brown haired man with a mustache opened the door.
"Jade?"
"Hey, uncle Blaine!" Jade said in an extremely loud and cheerful voice. He walked up and slapped his uncle on the back, causing him to grunt in pain. "How ya doing old man? Still wearing wigs and playing with riddles?" Jade reached up and pulled Blaine's wig off, revealing his bald head.
"Hey! Jade, I've told you not to do that!" The old man scolded.
"Oh yeah. I forgot." Jade grinned. "We have the mustache too!"
Jade promptly yanked the fake mustache off.
"Ow! Ow! Jade, can you behave yourself in front of your friends?"
"Lighten up old man! That stress of being a Gym leader is getting to you." Jade's cheerful tune changed slightly. "But I need to talk to you about something. Not out here, but down in the lab. It's very important."
"It's all right with me." Blaine nodded, "Why don't you..."
"Guys, meet my uncle, Blaine." Jade cut him off, gesturing towards us. "This is Aigul, Firestorm the Charizard and Serac the Vaporeon. You guys come in and make yourselves at home while I get the lab set up for my old man here."
With that, Jade walked in, tossed his backpack to the side and ran down the stairs to the lower level.
"He's unusually energetic." Blaine commented.
"He's been undergoing some changes lately, sir." Aigul said, emphasizing on the word 'changes'. "And we believe you have the knowledge to aid us."
"I'll do whatever I can." Blaine nodded.
"We'd best show you downstairs." The two humans left, leaving Serac and me.
The shy Vaporeon took a spot on the carpet and lay down. Meanwhile, Dracia popped out and materialized next to me.
"That old man's in for a scare." She laughed.
"Just how do you keep doing that?" I asked.
[She lives for stuff like that.] A Pokemon voice came from the next room, [You stick around with a joker and you're bound to pick up a few jokes.]
" Magmar?" I gasped.
The fire Pokemon poked his head out from the doorway. Jade's Magmar, the one who had previously left our group.
[Long time no see Storm.]
"What are you doing here?"
"Obvious isn't it?" Dracia asked, "That trade Jade did was with his uncle. Why else do you think he let this flamehead go so easily?"
"I see."
"Firestorm," Aigul came up to the room, "they need you down there."
"On my way."
"Meanwhile, I'll let the other Pokemon out." He said, walking over to Jade's backpack. "They could use the break too."
The lab was like any that I'd seen before, just to a smaller scale. Tables, odd machines, computers. A chilling feeling that reminded me of the lab I'd grown up in.
Blaine was hunched over a microscope with Jade looking over his shoulder. Jade had removed Aigul's cloak, now revealing his wings. The researcher pushed a few buttons on a computer next to them and gasped.
"That confirms it." He muttered, "Charizard DNA in your blood Jade."
"Wow, like I needed even more surprises." Jade sighed. "Oh Storm, you're here. We've been doing some research, and we happen to need a sample of your blood."
I held out my arm and allowed him to jab a syringe in and take a sample. Jade passed it to his uncle and turned back to me.
"Well, he thinks the reason I'm well, turning into a Charizard is that I somehow have got the DNA in my blood, and it seems to be taking over my human side."
"When did that happen?" I whispered as quietly as possible, not wanting Blaine to overhear.
"You think I know that?! But the thing is..."
"Jade," Blaine interrupted us, "your suspicions were right. This Charizard's blood sample, it's got human DNA in it."
For a moment, both Jade and I stared at each other, not sure of what to do.
"WWWWHHHAAAAATTTTTT?????!!!!!!!!!" Forgetting everything, I roared so loudly that everyone else came running down.
Just when you
think you've gotten through one thing, you find the worst is yet to come....