Smokey glanced at Tiger. "What pokemon is it?" he asked as he heard
the cry as well. He couldn't make out the name the pokemon was
calling.
"Eevee. Fairly young, not newly hatched, but still young. I'm not
sure what's wrong with it though" Tiger whispered in a distracted
state as he tried to recognize the tone of the pokemon. He then
heard a human respond to the Eevee in a harsh tone. The boy then
growled, and ran off.
"Tiger wait! If Team Rocket catches you, you might be in trouble"
Smokey said in shock.
Smokey shook his head, and ran after his brother, and Mira.
"Feraligatr come out" he said and let his pokemon out once
more.
Tiger stopped in a cavern where a familiar rocket grunt was
trapping an eevee against a boulder. "You will join me and you will
like it." he said darkly.
"Hey! Mess with someone your own size!" Tiger snapped angrily and
glared at the grunt.
"Like you?" the grunt growled, and glared at Tiger. His frost blue
eyes like ice to the trainer.
The grunt looked at Mira coldly. "Huh you're still traveling with
this nuisance?" he said coldly, and glanced at Tiger. "You know he
has nightmares every night about Ho-Oh...that legendary bird will
kill him one day" he said coldly.
"Not if I can stop him" Tiger said uncertainly. "Let the Eevee go"
he growled.
Smokey looked at the grunt and recognized him as his half brother
"Snow this has to stop now..." he said lowly. "Let Eevee go, and
you won't get hurt"
"I travel with him because he is my friend," Mira replied coolly.
"If anyone here is a nuisance, it's you. Just step away from the
Eevee, it's too young to be put through this anyway. You know,
James the Team Rocket member even coaxed his Pokemon into joining
Team Rocket, and didn't force them like you do," She pointed
out.
Snow growled angrily "Team Rocket doesn't 'coax' pokemon into
joining them" he snapped.\
"That's the truth considering you use those strange pokeballs that
brainwash pokemon" Tiger retorted angrily.
The Eevee was struggling to escape from Snow now. "Oh please.
Pikachu chose to go with me" Snow snarled at Tiger.
Tiger closed his eyes before replying, he seemed to be reliving a
nightmare. "No...you jerks ambushed me in the forest, and nearly
killed me...when I was five. Then you stole my Pichu! And you say
he chose to go with you? Then why did he cry for help when
you pulled him away from me" Tiger snapped angrily.
Mira looked at Tiger, surprised, before glaring at Snow. "You
people are sick," She hissed. Growlithe and Pikachu came out
of their Pokeballs, seemingly eavesdropping on the conversation.
Mira wasn't so mad at them as she was at Snow... Or Team Rocket in
general.
Snow shrugged simply. "You were weak then, and you are now" he said
darkly to Tiger.
Tiger glanced at the Eevee, "on the count of three. I want you to
use a sand attack. At three I will find a way to get rid of this
kid" he said in pokemon.
Snow narrowed his eyes. He then looked at the pokemon, and humans.
Seeing he was outnumbered he released the pokemon. "Fine take the
wimp" he snarled. "I don't need it anyway. But mark my words,
Tiger, I will return and when I do you will regret it" he snarled,
and left the area.
Eevee looked at the others cautiously. Tiger then crouched down,
and spoke gently to the pokemon "it's alright we aren't with Team
Rocket" he said reassuringly. The pokemon the cautiously walked
over to Tiger, and Mira. He glanced at Smokey who watched and
laughed as Snow screamed in shock, and pain as he was hit with
ember.
Tiger didn't react to Snow's pain. He was examining the Eevee for
any wounds. The pokemon had a cut on his back where a sharp part of
the wall struck him, but other than that he was fine. "Eevee eev
(I'm fine)" he said in a timid tone to Mira.
"You may think you're fine, but I'd like to get Nurse Joy to look
at that cut before you leave us. After all we wouldn't want you to
get captured by rocket anyway..." Tiger said gently. "Where is your
trainer anyway? Eevees don't run wild around Kanto..." He asked.
"I've actually only ever seen one Eevee. And it was a gift, from
some lady... According to the trainer, anyway. She was probably a
breeder. Anyway. We should get you to your trainer," She agreed.
Eevee shook his head "Eevee eevee ev (Thing is I ran away from my
trainer)" he begain lowly, and pulled his ears back.
"Why did you do that? Wouldn't they be worried?" Tiger replied
softly.
"Eevee....eeve eevee ev (well....I was hatched in Team Rocket.)" he
said lowly. "Eevee eevee ev (That idiot you chased off was suppose
to be my trainer)" he said bitterly.
Smokey then came over, and looked at Tiger in confusion "what did
the eevee say?" he asked quietly.
Tiger translated what Eevee said before looking over to Pikachu. He
then thought for a moment "we should at least make sure he leaves
the caves safely...after all rocket is crawling around here, and if
they catch him he might be forced to go back to Snow..." he said
darkly.
Smokey nodded in agreement "I think there might be a way out of
here that's mainly in the shadows of the walls. If we can make it
through then Eevee can go and do what he'd like" he said in
agreement.
Eevee nodded, and glanced at Pikachu "Eevee ev (I'm not sure what
will happen to me after this)" he whispered slightly afraid.
Eevee nodded a thanks, and Cyndaquil looked at Pikachu slightly
shocked "Cyndaquil cynda cynda? (Pikachu's actually being nice?)"
he whispered quietly to Tiger just loud enough for Bulbasaur to
hear.
Tiger glanced at Cyndaquil, but didn't say anything. He nodded to
Smokey, and his brother lead the way through mount moon.
Bulbasaur looked over and gave a huff of laughter. "Bulba bulbasaur
bulb," (Maybe we softened him up.) He suggested quietly. Pikachu
jumped back over to Mira's shoulder.