Crimson Soudoyer

[Gifted]

"Yeah, you tell the other guys that. You best get your head on straight pretty quick is all I'm saying. Next time we're not gonna be so nice about the whole thing."

[Raven]

"So can I get back to training now?" Adam asked, clearly uncomfortable.

[Gifted]

Justin shrugged. "Whatever man. What happens next is on you." He turned and walked away with his hands in his pockets.

[Raven]

Adam turned back to the forest, but it wasn't long at all before he nervously headed home, uncomfortable with being so exposed.

Meanwhile, Kenny Clark was pointedly avoiding that very same home, his hands stuffed in his pockets and his pokemon securely stashed on his belt. He was wandering somewhat aimlessly, not wanting to bother Roseanne and her family, but wanting to talk to his friend all the same, and mostly wanting to stay away from his father. Roseanne's suggestion the other day still nagged at him, making him anxious as though he thought his father would read his mind.

[Gifted]

Kenny was wandering aimlessly and not really paying attention, and so he didn't see the young child in a jean jacket shadowing him from above. She'd started in a tree, but when she spotted him she'd leaped lightly from a branch and onto a roof without a second thought. The slant of the roof didn't faze her, and she scrambled across it and slipped off into an alley between two buildings. From there she emerged behind the teenager walking alone, creeped up behind him, and carefully slipped his wallet out of his back pocket. The little brown-haired minx was already halfway down the street and turning a corner by the time Kenny registered what had happened.

[Raven]

Kenny looked up and around as he realized his wallet was no longer in his pocket and saw a girl hurrying away. "Hey!" He yelled, taking off after her, his hand grabbing one of his pokeballs - deerling, who could run faster than he could - and released the Pokemon inside. Deerling wasted no time taking off after the little girl.

[Gifted]

She still managed to keep him going by being unpredictable for a short time - but then she tried to run through the parking lot of a fast food place, headed for the building.

[Raven]

Kenny's deerling bolted after her, and Kenny shouted, "High kick!"

[Gifted]

Her response to hearing that was to try and dart behind a car so that Kenny's pokemon would have to avoid it or get Kenny in trouble.

[Raven]

Kenny's pokemon had no idea about laws, and thus didn't care. Still, it dodged around the car before attempting to aim a kick near the girl's chest.

[Gifted]

The little girl was hit and knocked back into the car. It dented the door of the car, but she wasn't going anywhere after that. She cried out in pain and crumpled against the car.

[Raven]

Kenny soon caught up and held out his hand. "I think you have something of mine," he said, not even minding the car.

[Gifted]

The eight year old girl coughed, but she recovered remarkably quickly from an attack brutal enough she was lucky she hadn't broken a rib. "I just wanted to get something to eat..."

[Raven]

"Well steal from somebody else," Kenny muttered, though it was clear his resolve was weakening.

[Gifted]

"Last time I stole from someone who wasn't alone I almost got set on fire." Of course, that time was a while ago - she'd learned that lesson pretty good. It also didn't help she'd been hiding in a tree at the time. In hindsight it was probably a target.