From: AzNPiKaPi <aznpikapi@aol.com.angel> Subject: [PW!] Things have changed Date: Sunday, April 25, 1999 1:53 PM The boat rocked. Wind hit her head against the wall. She opened her eyes slowly. She got up from the cot she slept on. Her body was sore and tired. Her things were still wet. She limped up the steps to the top of the meager fishing boat. They were in Pallet. She looked over and saw the scientist guy slumped over in the chair. He was dead. A bullet must have hit him when she was down there. Autopilot got them here. She got off the boat tired and exhausted. Making sure no one saw her and Sandshrew. It would be trouble if accused of his murder. She went back to the boat controls and set a course to fushica city with a note of who he was. Then she got off the boat and walked into pallet town. +++++++++++++++++ A few people saw and stepped away at he disheveled condition. Her pants were tattered and torn. She was only were a windbreaker over a torn and wet sweatshirt. After walking a few blocks she found the door she was looking for. She knocked. Officer Wendy wasn't there. There wasn't a pokemon center in pallet. She needed a warm bath, a place to do laundry, and a decent bed. She headed for Prof. Oaks. Wind walked in motioning Sandshrew to stay close to her. It was getting startled at the cars and all the people around. Lucky he had a few extra rooms in his lab. She slept and showered and ate and left after a day. ++++++++++++++++++ She walked out of Pallet Town and reached Viridian without fanfare. A car drove by causing Sandshrew to jump on her messenger bag and fall off. Wind starting walking toward the hospital not knowing what to expect. It had been a month since she last saw Jack. Feelings might have changed. <i>Her</i> feelings. Two months ago she was falling apart. Now she felt she could stand her own ground. She admitted it to herself. She didn't love him anymore. As she got nearer and nearer to the hospital her apprehension grew. "I'm here to find Jack Clearmountain." "Room 267, he just woke up from his coma a 3 weeks ago." "Thanks" Wind walked through the sterile white halls until she found the room. She hated hospitals, they were like halls of life and death. New lives came into existence here, while old ones withered away. Wind peered into the room. Jack laid on the bed watching TV. Wind breathed in deeply and walked into the room. "Hey" "Hi" Wind kissed him softly on the lips. "I know I've just gotten back. But we have to talk." Wind told him what happened through the auction the island. And how the journey changed her. "I understand." He said. "I guess this is good-bye then." Wind walked out of the room. "Good-bye.... For now." Jack replied after she walked out. Jack look at the floor and started weeping. +++++++++++++++++ Wind walked outside were Sandshrew was waiting impatiently. Everything in the city was scaring it. It was about to start barking but saw Wind's melancholy. Right on cue it started to rain. Wind pulled on her jacket and started walking off to Old Man Andrews. When I first saw you I already knew There was something inside you Something I thought I would never find I look at you looking at me Now I know why they say the best things are free Gonna love you boy you are so fine Angel of Mine