[X] My Assistant

[Dragonwish2]

Liz blinked slowly, her eyes taking a moment to become used to the light. She yawned slightly, stopped by a white rag gagging her. She looked down, then, realizing it was futile, looked up at her captors. The woman with the oddish held hands with a short, chubby man who looked quite repulsive in comparison. Then again, it could be the sleeping gas getting to her.

Liz jolted in a brief surge of panic. The sleeping powder! She glanced around, remembering more about the night before. Well, she assumed it had been the night before; with sleep, you can never be sure. She saw Kenz tied up in a rough chair, gagged similarly to Liz. She seemed to recognize the couple, from the burning anger in her eyes. Liz looked on her other side to see Christine and Jason tied to their seats also. She shifted her hands and was rewarded with a sting of pain as her arms scraped the ropes. Whoever had tied her didn't seem to care if she got some rope burns or not. The chair was also very stiff, and with her hands tied, it was an awkward position for her. Liz relaxed and the pain softened.

She glanced down at her belt, hoping the people had given her pokéballs back. The small chance was crushed with the void left, a hole that needed to be filled. Liz looked as far back as she could and glimpsed the dark forms of the brutes that had hit her the last night. She glared at them and turned back to her captors. Why would they kidnap them? What was their goal? She could only wonder.

This post has been edited by Dragonwish2: Jul 13 2011, 12:57 PM

[Pikalover10]

Jax, when asleep, had been asleep but in the form of the fact that you can still hear, feel, and smell everything around you. He felt the pain of being stuffed in to the duffel bag, the agonizing trip to the desert or wherever they were. All he could tell was that he was sweaty, hot, sticky, and hungry. He then felt being tied to the chair, and gagged.

When he finally woke up, blinding white light filled his vision. He couldn't see, and the voices he heard were slurred, but only because of himself. Not the people talking. He looked around, trying to swallow and realizing he was gagged. His vision finally cleared and he could hear normally.

Jax glanced at his belt, hoping his Pokemon were returned, and sadly they weren't. He moved his hands, only to moan lightly as his captors didn't feel the need to loosen his restraints up any. He saw a short fat man and that lady from before holding hands, and some unexplainable rage came over him.

Maybe it was the fact that, being bullied all his life, that he was sick of it. Or maybe he'd wanted a new life here in Furoh, and so far that wasn't happening. He thrashed his legs forward, only to find that they were also tied at the ankle to the chair's legs. He continued thrashing his whole body, only ending in him tipping the chair back, having a mini heart attack as it fell, before that back slammed in to the ground, and he was still. He glared up at the ceiling, wanting more than anything to just be let go!

Why did he always choose to hang around the targeted kids?

[SaphireShadows]

Christine awoke groggily to find herself tied to a chair. She tried to ask "What the Hell's going on?" but it mostly just came out as "Wht deh Hemm'sh goim om?" because of the gag. She strained to look behind her, and found the two men who had tied them up smirking at them. Christine started when a loud crash to her right signaled that someone had fallen over. She tested her bonds and found them to be too tight to move. She didn't even bother checking for her Pokeballs: she could feel that they weren't attatched to her earrings, and Khan's Pokeball had just been in her backpack, which she was certain was taken as well.

"Portini!" Christine heard Kenz mumble through her gag. She looked forward confusedly to find a short, fat man standing beside the platinum lady, holding her hand. He was an odd sight: he was balding, which he tried to hide with a horrible comb over. He looked very dirty, his suit was destroyed and dusty. His tophat that covered only a portion of his bald spot had the top punched out of it, and looked like it had been chewed on a lot. She assumed this was the Portini that Kenz was gesturing to.

Christine wondered where Kenz had met this fat man before, but refrained from asking. It would just come out as muffled nonsense at this point. Instead, she snickered at the sight of the dirty, fat, sweaty old man, which earned her a good thwack from one of the thugs behind her. The platinum lady grinned in cold amusement.

"Wht de Hemm d you wamt?" she asked through her gag. She was so confused as to what was going on. If only she could get out of that damned chair, she could teach that smug brat a lesson...

[Pokefan209]

Kenz looked around at her friends, who seemed to be either panicked or angry or...on the floor. Kenz looked in brief confusion at Jason, who was on the floor from struggling in the chair too much. Portini then came forward and took the gags off of Kenz's teammates. When he took off hers, she snapped at him, trying to get a good hold on his hand. He had clearly expected rage, and jumped out of the way and smirked.

"Ah, Kenz. You never change, do you?" he said in a very nasaly, raspy voice that seemed really gross. Bits of spit landed on Kenz's face, and she nearly gagged. Portini then turned to Christine.

"And the reason you all are here is to perform in my Aridana show. Its the beginning of the Troupe de Furoh's world tour. Don't worry, all of you aren't coming." He laughed evily after saying the next part.

"Only Kenz here."

Kenz kept her calm controlled face locked on his. She wasn't going to give him the satisfaction of seeing her panicked and begging to let them go. He wasn't worth it.

In a calm voice, she asked. "And what if we don't?"

"If you don't? Well, then, we'll throw your Pokeballs in the fire with the Pokemon still inside them," Lilith piped up, walking around, sizing up what she had to work with for the show.

Kenz's face was going to resort to despair, but it instead curled up into its next available position. Anger.

"You wouldn't dare!"

"Oh, we would. Now, are there any questions?" Portini asked.

This post has been edited by Pokefan209: Jul 14 2011, 08:01 AM

[Dragonwish2]

"Wht de Hemm d you wamt?" Christine said, though it was muffled by the rag and from the distance between her and Liz, which was filled with Jax on the floor, still tied to his chair.

Liz stared as the fat man approached them and removed the gag from Liz and the others. She kept her mouth shut, patiently waiting to see what the strange kidnappers wanted. When the man came to Kenz, she snapped at him. He only stepped back and smirked at her.

"Ah, Kenz. You never change, do you?" He said in a voice Liz would have imagined for a snake, rasping and cruel. Kenz recoiled, disgust on her face. Liz was now wildly staring, too stunned to speak. They knew each other?!?

"And the reason you all are here is to perform in my Aridana show." Liz stared at the man, in shock and disbelief. They were to preform? He continued, "It’s the beginning of the Troupe de Furoh's world tour. Don't worry, not all of you are coming." He laughed maniacally, which didn’t comfort Liz.

“Only Kenz here.”

Kenz broke the following icy silence. "And what if we don't?" She sounded incredibly calm for the situation.

The woman took the liberty of responding, and seemed to enjoy answering this. "If you don't,” she paused, “well, then, we'll throw your pokéballs in the fire with the pokémon still inside them." She walked around the room, examining each trainer in turn like a butcher inspecting meat.
Liz stared furiously at them, her eyes wide. Kenz spoke what she was thinking.
"You wouldn't dare!"

The man replied simply, "Oh, we would. Now, are there any questions?"

Liz nodded, since raising a hand wasn’t an option.
“Yeah, are you two insane, or is it some meds you’re taking?”

[Pikalover10]

"Wht de Hemm d you wamt?" Jax could hear Christine mumble. He couldn't really see from his position on the floor. Jax blinked when one of the thugs appeared and towered over him, reaching down and pulling his chair back up in to a sitting position. Jax was then ungagged.

He snarled and lunged forward, but the man easily ducked back away from it. He watched as the fat man from earlier approached Kenz, before ungagging her himself. Kenz snapped at him, but the man also managed to dodge it.

"Ah, Kenz. You never change, do you?" Jax narrowed his eyes. So these two knew each other? Great. Old rivalry/hatred. Perfect situation to get caught up in.

"And the reason you all are here is to perform in my Aridana show." Jax blinked and stared at the man. Show? Uh, sorry, but no. He couldn't sing. Couldn't dance. No. A show was out of the question. "It’s the beginning of the Troupe de Furoh's world tour. Don't worry, not all of you are coming." He then began laughing maniacally, which threw Jax's nerves up through the roof.

"Only Kenz here."

There was an icy sheet of silence that followed, until Kenz stabbed and shattered it. "And what if we don't?"

The woman then spoke up and took it from there. "If you don't,” she paused, “well, then, we'll throw your pokéballs in the fire with the pokémon still inside them."

Jax's shoulders slumped, and his legs untensed. Well, there you have it folks. He was screwed with doing a damn show against his will. No way was he going to risk his Pokemon's lives just because he didn't want to do a show.

"You wouldn't dare!" Kenz shouted.

"Oh, we would. Now, are there any questions?" The man replied calmly. So calmly Jax pretty much wanted to crawl in a hole and die then and there.

“Yeah, are you two insane, or is it some meds you’re taking?” Liz spoke up after nodding. Jax was silent, though he watched the scene unfold intently, looking for any kind of loophole.

[SaphireShadows]

Christine glared at the thug who was untying her gag as though she could bore a hole through him. The man glanced at her uneasily, and jumped back quickly as the gag fell to the floor. Christine grinned maliciously at the man; she wanted so badly to punch someone, and decided that this man would do.

"Ah, Kenz. You never change, do you?" the red head turned to find Kenz glaring up at the fat man. Apparently they knew each other from some other adventure. She listened intently as the man spoke to her directly.

"And the reason you all are here is to perform in my Aridana show." Christine blinked; well that was certainly unexpected. The man continued, "It’s the beginning of the Troupe de Furoh's world tour. Don't worry, not all of you are coming." He paused to laugh evilly, "Only Kenz here."

Christine blew a raspberry at the man. So melodramatic.

"And what if we don't?" Kenz asked icily, still glaring at the fat man.

"If you don't,” the platinum lady said, pausing for effect, “well, then, we'll throw your pokéballs in the fire with the pokémon still inside them."

Christine immediately started to struggle in her bonds. No way in Hell were they going to kill her Pokemon!

"You wouldn't dare!" Kenz shouted at the couple.

"Oh, we would. Now, are there any questions?" Fatman asked casually.

“Yeah, are you two insane, or is it some meds you’re taking?" Liz asked. Christine snorted in amusement. The couple didn't seem to appreciate the joke though.

"You two must be seriously disturbed to go through all this just to put on a stupid sideshow," Christine laughed, all the while searching the room with her eyes. She doubted that they would have kept their Pokeballs in the same room, but it would help to know where all the exits were if they could somehow escape their captors.

[Pokefan209]

"Yeah, are you two insane, or is it some meds you're taking?"

"You two must be seriously disturbed to go through all this just to put on a stupid sideshow."

Well, that certainly set Portini off.

"I wouldn't be talking, you two! I have full control over your Pokemon and your lives!" Portini yelled, his face turning red. With the chubbiness and stupid hat, he somewhat looked like a tomato. This made Kenz giggle slightly.

Portini whipped his head over to her. "Do you think this is funny, Kenz? Or should I say, Princess Nanami?!" he said in a cruel voice that seemed suddenly controlled and poised, like a cat that had seen two prey animals escape and wasn't going to let this one go.

That shut Kenz up. Her head lowered and her smile immediatly dropped. He was hitting her where it hurt, and that technique was working in his favor.

"Take them to their room!" Portini bellowed at the guards. The guards rose reluctantly from their place and walked over behind them, taking the captives' still-bound hands from behind the chair and into their arms. The guards led them out the nearest exit, down a very long hallway, then shoved them into their room. It was dark grey with a bathroom in the top left corner with a tarp seperating it from the rest of the room. It also contained two bunk beds, but somehow Kenz didn't think they would be so soft.

Kenz fell to the floor and fell roughly on her hands, which for some reason were still bound. She schooched her way over to the sharpest item in the room (a fork dropped onto the floor) and made quick work of removing the bonds. Once they were removed, she walked over to a bed, sat down, and braced herself for the rapidfire questions sure to come.

This post has been edited by Pokefan209: Oct 23 2011, 09:52 AM

[Pikalover10]

"You two must be seriously disturbed to go through all this just to put on a stupid sideshow." Christine answered. Jax blinked in shock as the small man turned red in the face, and began to resemble a tomato. He gulped and watched.

"I wouldn't be talking, you two! I have full control over your Pokemon and your lives!" He yelled, spit flying in different directions. Kenz giggled, and Jax seriously wanted to smack her for being so stupid. Yes. Laugh at the man who controls both your life and your Pokemon's lives. Smart.

His head whipped around to glare at Kenz. "Do you think this is funny, Kenz? Or should I say, Princess Nanami?!" Kenz then stopped smiling and her head dropped. Jax blinked, wondering what the man meant by 'Princess Nanami'.

"Take them to their room!" The man ordered. A guard then roughly picked Jax up off of his chair, held his bound arms, and began dragging him to their room. Jax growled and jerked around as they walked down a large hall, but as they reached the door the guard that held him punched him in the stomach and then threw him in to the room with a laugh, and then shut and locked the door behind them.

There was a bathroom in the top left corner of the room, separated by a tarp. And then there were two bunk beds. Jax groaned and curled in to a ball on the floor, his arms bound behind his back, and his ankles also bound. He gasped for breath for a few minutes, but stopped once he regained his breath.

He curled in to a tighter ball, and then slipped his legs between his bound arms so that he could at least attempt to walk normally. He pushed himself up in to a sitting position, and then began untying the bonds on his ankles. Once he was done he stood up, and climbed on to one of the top bunks, and began biting and chewing away at the bonds on his wrists, having not seen Kenz use a fork.

Once he finally broke the bonds he began rubbing his wrists, but stayed silent about Kenz, figuring someone else would break the ice, and instead started brewing over how he'd have rope burns on his wrists for a month.

[SaphireShadows]

Christine immediately knew she had stepped over some boundary when Portini turned red as a cherry. "I wouldn't be talking, you two! I have full control over your Pokemon and your lives!" Oh, right.

Kenz giggled - probably because of the way Portini looked right now - which made him whip around to face her. "Do you think this is funny, Kenz? Or should I say, Princess Nanami?!" Christine blinked; was Kenz some sort of princess? From the way her demeanor changed so drastically, Christine could tell this was about some past conflict between the two of them. Then Portini turned his attention to the guards and said, "Take them to their room!" The guards got up and dragged the four of them out of the room. Before the door shut, Christine saw the Platinum Lady smirking at them in cold amusement.

They were quickly shoved into a room which was certainly their "bedroom". Oddly enough, the guard who had taken Christine to the room was the one who had untied her gag. Christine smirked; her impulse to hurt at least one of these thugs ran through her like a wild Rapidash. As the guards flung the four of them into the room, her's was a bit too slow. She surprised him with a sudden, strong headbutt to the face. He yelped in surprise, then flung himself to the floor just outside the room, leaving Christine to fall the opposite way. His comrade quickly shut and locked the door to prevent any other rebellions from arising.

Although the door was firmly closed, she could clearly hear the one guard talking to the others. "I think she broke my nose!" an angry, stuffed-up-sounding voice said. Christine chuckled evilly.

She turned to find that the others were busy trying to undo their bindings, so she decided she would do the same. She pulled her arms to the front of her body and started unknotting her ankle bindings. She sighed in relief as they fell away, revealing red burn marks that encircled both her ankles. As she looked for some way to free her wrists, she caught sight of Kenz using an old fork to get her's off. Once she had finished with it, Christine scooted over and started using the utensil on her wrists. They were free in no time. She rubbed both of her red wrists, then got up and sat down next to Kenz on the bed.

"So," she started, keeping her eyes on the floor, "care to explain?"

This post has been edited by SaphireShadows: Aug 14 2011, 11:18 PM

[Dragonwish2]

"I wouldn't be talking, you two! I have full control over your Pokemon and your lives!" Portini's face turned red as a beet, though his overall shape was that of a rotted tomato.

Kenz giggled. Portini turned his rage onto her, sneering. "Do you think this is funny, Kenz? Or should I say, Princess Nanami?!"

Liz was now bewildered. Princess Nanami? Who's that? WHO IS THIS GUY!??!

The man continued screaming, "Take them to their room!"

The men behind the captives straightened themselves and slowly came over, pulling the group free from the chairs, though still bound. Liz longed to kick out at them, but she didn't know where they were, or where she could run. She couldn't leave the others behind, either.

After being shoved roughly down an impressively long hallway, Christine rammed into the guard who monitered her, giving him a shout and bleeding nose. The guards shoved them into the room and locked the door.

The room was drab and depressing, the shade of a storm cloud. A mere cloth seperated the bathroom from the room. (EEECK!) The only other things were two bunk beds, which looked like the matress was an inch thick.

Liz fell to her knees and winced as her knees scraped the floor. She bit and tugged at her arms, then ran into the bathroom. She ran the rope on the rough end of the faucet, which slowly cut the rope. Liz reached down and untied her legs, then ran back into the room.


The others had freed themselves as well. Kenz and Christine sat on one of the bunk beds. Liz sat on the other, silent, thinking.

"So," Christine said, staring at the floor, "care to explain?"

Liz was in other thoughts. Ryan... Serena... Oreo, Greg, Kelli, Guini! I wish you were with me now.... No. I wish you were far, far away from this place. A tear slid down her cheek.

[Pokefan209]

Kenz watched Christine as she headbutted the guard that held her and escaped into the room. That made her smile a bit; at least one of the group members hadn't lost hope. Like her. She sighed and began her very long explanation of everything.

"Well, when I was running from a dude who had a giant crush on me but was a huge jerk, I needed a disguise. A dude came up and offered me one. It turned out to be a kimono and stupid platform sandals. Then, I was pushed into a crowd where people were watching a troupe, led by Portini out there," she began, jerking her thumb at the door as she said "out there."

"Portini pulled me into the show and called me Princess Nanami. He trapped me there just to get money, and hypnotized the crowd, too. He's rotten to the core, but I got away with the help of some friends. He was really mad, and I guess he found me again. Any questions?"

Kenz had her head lowered the entire time she told this story in shame of her friends's reactions. Now she raised it nervously, as if asking for forgiveness.

[SaphireShadows]

Christine listened intently as Kenz told her story. Hypnotizing a crowd of people to get their money? What a rotten jerk! And he had exploited her new friend! She was not going to let this fly, not one bit!

She noticed that Kenz had kept her head lowered the whole time. She seemed ashamed of what had happened, which made no sense to Christine. "Hey, it's not your fault," she said, placing a hand on Kenz's shoulder, "That Portini guy is an insane jerk, it's not your fault that he's lost it." Then she leaned in and whispered in a conspiratorial voice, "Personally, I think it's his girlfriend's fault. I mean, she just screams "insanely high maintenance", doesn't she?" She giggled a little, trying to lighten her friend's mood.

She looked around the room again, this time more closely. There were two bunk beds shoved against a concrete wall. She could say for a fact that the matresses felt as comfortable as laying on a sheet of rock. A hanging light in the middle of the room with its bald lightbulb was the only source of light, which cast strange shadows on the walls. There was a restroom, which was separated from the main room by a flimsy tarp that swayed without the help of a breeze. She didn't even want to think about what the room beyond the tarp actually looked like.

Everyone had gone quiet, and Christine knew what they were all thinking about: What was happening to their Pokemon? Archer...Hero...Khan...please be safe, she thought, redirecting her gaze to the floor. Anger welled up inside of her and settled in the middle of her chest. Who were these people to kidnap them and take their Pokemon? She balled her hands up into fists so tightly that her knuckles turned white. We've gotta get out of here, she thought, We've gotta save our Pokemon!

[Pokefan209]

((Quick question, who wants a hypno-clip? Kenz is a given, but who wants to be a part of the plan to save her/them? Or do you want their Pokemon to save them?))
Kenz looked up as Christine tried to comfort her. "Yes it is!" Kenz replied sharply. "I got you guys trapped in this situation, and now he's gonna make you guys act like complete idiots in front of a huge crowd. It's all my fault!" Tears began to blur her vision. She let them come, falling back in her bed and sobbing loudly. She didn't care that they hadn't supplied tissues, or that it was in front of her friends. All the anger and adrenaline she had carried in her before had completely halted to a shop, completely cut off, and all that was left was sadness.

Slowly, the door opened with a very loud creak. Kenz sat up, wiped her nose on her sleeve like a kindergardener, and came face to face with Lilith.

"Dance practice. Come along, darlings," Lilith said, making 'darlings' sound like the last thing she wanted to call us.

Kenz looked at her friends, sighed, and stood up, following Lilith out of the room, desperately hoping they would follow her. She really didn't want to do this alone, or worse, get yelled at for them staying.

[Dragonwish2]

Liz looked up slowly after Kenz spoke. She was silent, thinking. So the man's name was Portini. She wiped the fallen tear from her cheek. Forced to dance for a psycho hypnotist would be terrible. Liz haded the idea of hypnotism, controlling another person. She shivered slightly, and goose bumps appeared on her arm.

Christine spoke first.


"Hey, it's not your fault," she said, "That Portini guy is an insane jerk, it's not your fault that he's lost it." Liz heard her whisper something to Kenz, then giggle. How could she be giggling at a time like this? Liz wanted to scream at her, but that would do no good for anyone. She kept her face expressionless.


Kenz reacted violently. "Yes it is! I got you guys trapped in this situation, and now he's gonna make you guys act like complete idiots in front of a huge crowd. It's all my fault!" Liz looked up to see Kenz crying, her nose turning red and sniffling. She lied down on the bunk, sobbing.


Liz heard the door rustle and glanced at it. It opened with a piercing creak. Liz saw Kenz sit up and wipe her nose in the corner of her eye. The woman who had stood by Portini stood at the door. Liz looked around for a possible projectile. Maybe she could knock out the woman with something? The only possible weapon was a fork lying on the floor. She supposed she could throw it. She'd like some revenge for the threat of her Pokemon, and ruining the woman's face would feel good.

No. She had to calm herself. It would do no good to have her Pokemon an inch closer to death. Liz simply stared at the woman.

"Dance practice. Come along, darlings," Lilith said with contempt. Kenz rose and followed her into the hall. Liz sat on the bunk for a few seconds, but she had already made her decision. She would pull through this, and somehow get her, her friends, and their Pokemon out. She stood and slowly walked into the hall.