PCA: Team Rebels

Mall Chaos! Part 1

BY

LORDJAGUAR

Stormy stood in her room after the date with Rene, it was disappointing to see that the vulpix already had a girlfriend. But at least she had gotten a nice dinner and hopefully a good friend out of the deal. As she got ready for bed Stormy noticed several messages on her cell, she had turned it off for her dinner. They could wait for morning after her long day all she wanted was a good nights sleep.

Hiro returned to his room and found Smoke doing his late evening work out with his free weights. This was expected but what Hiro wasn’t expecting was the music that his torkoal companion was listening to no make that singing to.

“Then I saw her face Urrk and I was a belieever, ummp not a trace of dddoubt in my mind.” Smoke sang out as he finished his reps.

At the sight of his friend and roommate coming in Smoke let out an embarrassed yelp. Dropping one of his hand weights on his foot Smoke did a little dance as he began to glare at Hiro.

Hiro remained unaffected by the glare as he headed into his part of the dorm room where he quickly began to rummage through an unpacked suitcase. “I take it things have gone well with Nina then.”

“Well yeah we gotta date fer tomorrow, we’re gonna go to da mall, she said something about going shopping then seeing a movie.” Smoke huffed out as he hopped to his bed with an injured foot. “Whatcha getting their?”

“The spare uniform that I had made up I found an alternate fighter for the Rebels”

“WHAT!” Smoke bellowed out. “ You can’t just do dat, it takes a lot ta be a Reb and we all agreed dat!”

Hiro turn and look Smoke right in the eye. He understood his friends rage of all of them Smoke showed the most passion for the team and going pro someday, for him The Rebels were a professional team already not a club somebody just joined.

“Smoke.” Hiro calmly said stopping the torkoal mid rant. “It’s Trina and she was in a bad way when I found her. Apparently she mixed in the wrong crowd when she first came here and has become very reclusive since we last met her.”

“Trina here?” Smoke asked suddenly feeling very concerned. “So dis is where her old mon sent her. Where is she?”

“She wants to meet and talk with the whole team but it will have to wait until tomorrow. I had a hard enough time just getting her to meet with Bling after our win. We‘ll be meeting her first thing in the morning lucky that it will be an off day now get some rest I have a sense of uncertainty for tomorrow”

“Hey mon dat not cool tell me wes got a friend here and she’s in trouble! Hiro don’t you dare go at sleep! HIRO!!” Smoke shouted as his roommate. But it was already to late the small Haryana had already laid down to sleep. Smoke grunted in defeat once Hiro settled in nothing would move him and it wouldn’t work to try to wake him up, his shell had been cracked for two weeks last time.

Saturdays at the Pokemon Combat Academy where usually quite with the only noise coming from the poke ball court or the gyms. But to the Rebels for once they weren’t concentrating on practice or learning new moves. They all stared silently as Hiro walked to the table they were sitting at as he sat down a young kecleon faded into view. The Rebels smiled as they saw their friend back among them.

“Hi guys it’s been a long time.” Trina shyly said.

“Hi yo Whazz up!”

“I guess I should start at the beginning you all know that my father sent me to the P.C.A to start me on my way, he’s always wanted me to follow in his footsteps and this was his way of encouraging me. At first I was happy to come even though it meant leaving all of you, I am wondering why didn’t you call or write me?”

Stormy sat down next to Trina and took the scared girl’s hands in her own. “I am so sorry Tricks but your parents didn’t give us any information. They said it was for your own good that you had to be your own mon.”

“Well they wouldn’t let me even have a cell or anything else here” Trina sniffed. “For awhile it was ok I really did try to make new friends and get out on my own but then it all started to go wrong. My Dad got me into a team with one of his business partners kids on it. They called themselves Team Plague. Like I said for awhile it was ok then they started to , use me.”

“Use you how?” Smoke seemed to grow a few feet as the smoke began to pour out of his back.

“No not like that they started to do mean things. They stole my credit cards to go on spending sprees, they would get me into matches with upper classmen that I really couldn’t compete with. They just used me when ever they could and I had to stay with them my Dad wouldn’t let me quite the team. He wouldn’t believe me when I told him about the pranks and how they where driving my fighting rank down. Finally after they had used up al my credit and pushed me down into the lowest fighter ranks they kicked me off the team. My dad was so disappointed in me. He still won’t listen whenever I call and try to explain. He wants me to go back crawling to Team Plague and,…I won’t do it. He won’t talk to me I’ve been all alone here for the last semester. And and” the long explanation finished as the young pokemon tired out and collapsed crying into Stormy’s arms.

“Shush girl it’s ok the Rebs are here and your with us now! We’re gonna start taking care of things now.” Stormy soothed the girl.

“Dern right” Smoke snarled out.

Bling straighten up his vest as he stood to talk, Hiro quickly gave the ghost a wrapped package. “Here Tricks you were always one of the Rebs back home and we’ll be glad to have you back again.”

Trina no Tricks quickly unwrapped the package and found a Rebel uniform inside. She quickly began to cry and launched herself into Blings are as she wept. “You guys have no idea how wonderful it feels to have friends again.”
“Come on girlfriend I know just what you need! To go shopping a nice make over will do just wonders for you then tomorrow we’ll get to sparing and it will be just like old time!” Stormy smile as she took Tricks by the hand and lead her to a waiting limo.

“A limo?” Tricks asked.

“Hey girl remember with me it’s class all the way!” Stormy laughed as they two friends walked away.

Trina was so happy that she missed the eye contact that Stormy shared with Bling. But Hiro and Smoke didn’t they both turned to the Rebel leader who had an hard look n his gem eyes.

“Kay boys enjoy your weekend starting Monday we go at the academy full time. And Smoke the next team match will be on me!” Bling walked away from them with a hard look in his eyes.

Both smoke and Hiro knew what that look meant, they knew who they would soon be meeting in the ring.

Hiro turned to look at Smoke when he spoke. “You go out with Nina and have a good time, maybe we can introduce Tricks to the girls of Team Neon soon. I’ll have to do some research about this Team Plague.”

Smoke nodded and turned to leave he would enjoy his date, but very soon he would enjoy pounding some pokemon very soon.

Meanwhile a good distance away Sam the syther was watching the limo pull away as she dialed her cell phone. “Nicole she just left look like their going to Golden Hills Mall. Yeah I’ll meet you their and oh Nicole are you sure you aren’t over reacting to all this?”

Sam hung up the phone as a string of curses flowed out the speaker. It seemed Nicole was quite serious.