After consoling the girl I found out her name was Alice, she didn’t know where her parents had taken her for dinner but I was sure that if I found a policeman or went to a station I would be able to help them get reunited.
For a while she was so taken up with Cinder and Gastly, I mean seeing a reptile nearly 2 thirds her height with fire on its tail and a floating ball of gas with eyes and a mouth would certainly surprise anyone. But the look of childlike wonder was like a breath of fresh air, it really brings you down to earth and helped me forget for a moment all the things I had witnessed so far.
Seeing her be so excited by them and look them over she paused and concerned I turned towards her, before I could speak she blurted out, “are you the person that’s been beating all the bad guys?”
Feeling a bit nervous I rub the back of my head, “ah yeah, yeah that’s me”
“OH MY GOD! That’s so amazing, you’re like a real-life super hero, I’m such a huge fan and I can’t believe I’m meeting you, I love what your doing and hearing about the fire lizard you have I couldn’t have ever thought I would see you both, what are they? But wait there hasn’t been anything about the ghost, has it been invisible the whole time? Can you really disappear into the shadows? What are your powers? What’s their names?..... and she kept going on and on with question after question.
Finally managing to halt her before she could go much further, “I can’t really talk to much about it, I’m trying to be as secretive as possible, until I’m much stronger I don’t want to come out to publicly. But I’ll tell you a bit about my partners, is that alright?”
Seeing her think for a moment and then nod I proceeded to say a few points about Cinder and Gastly and Pokémon in general. “So these two here are a species called Pokémon, there are many different types, right here you have Cinder who’s a Charmander, and Gastly who we haven’t come up with a name for yet. They have powers and can perform different moves, as they get stronger their moves get more varied and more powerful.”
Seeing her eyes open wide while she tried to take in as much information as possible, we continued on for the next 15 minutes or so until I had finished answering all the questions I was comfortable in answering. I didn’t want to reveal too much information until I was ready to show myself to the world.
“Hey Alice, how about we get out of here and go find your parents?” Seeing the hope in her eyes she nodded enthusiastically.
“Yes please, that would be amazing, can you stay with me until then?” she asked looking down at her feet nervously.
Smiling at her, “of course I will, don’t worry. Let’s get out of here” Standing up and moving with her towards the entrance to the alley. Before we made it out into sight of the street, I recalled Gastly and Cinder, seeing the shock in Alice’s eyes as they got sucked into the balls. Turning to her I just mentioned that I didn’t want to draw any attention while we were in sight of other people.
I could see her nod her head and we continued out, as we moved down the street, I asked her if the area was familiar, but she couldn’t recognise anything, especially with it being so late. Just then I had a thought and I kicked myself mentally, I had my poke gear which I can use as a phone. “Hold on Alice, I can call the police on my cell phone. That might be a bit easier than trying to find the nearest police station.”
Pulling out the poke gear I dialled 911. Hearing it ring for a second it was answered.
“911, what’s your emergency?”
“Um hi I was making my way home about half an hour ago, when I came across a little girl down an alley running away from a man, I chased him away and she said she was kidnapped from a restaurant. I have her here and she wants to find her parents.”
After saying my piece I heard the operator pause for a moment and then respond back in a much more serious tone.
“What is the young girl’s name? what is your name? and where are you located, we will send a squad car to pick the both of you up, we will need to take a statement at the police station.”
“No problem my name is Sam, her name is Alice…..” realising I forgot to ask her last name. Turning to Alice I was about to ask, when I saw she had been listening to the call so far.
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“Jameson, my last name is Jameson”, I paused at that, surely, she wasn’t who I was thinking of, she couldn’t be his daughter could she?
“Jameson, he name is Alice Jameson, we are at the corner of President St and Albany Ave.”
“Ok wait there sir and I’ll have a squad car pick you up.” Hearing the call be ended I turned to Alice and told her we would have to wait for a car to come get us.
Moments late I could hear a car make its way down the street and a black and white police car pulled up kerbside with an officer stepping out, “are you Sam?”
Nodding in acknowledgement he then looked at Alice and asked what her name is, hearing her response I could see him visibly relax and I was starting to think that maybe Alice’s father is who I’m thinking of if he had a visible reaction to the name. He opened the door for us and we moved into the rear of the vehicle and made our way to the local police station.
Upon reaching the station we moved inside and to the desk of one of the detectives. He asked for my details and upon giving him my address he pulled up my information, Alice was right next to me as she didn’t want to leave my side. This made it easier for me as any suspicion from the cops faded away seeing her behaviour and how close she wanted to stay. They took my statement and got a rundown of what happened, after they had gotten everything including my description of the man, they asked me to wait for her parents who were on the way.
After a further 20 minutes I heard the front door slam open and someone yell “ALICE!”, Alice’s head shot up and towards the sound of the voice. Seeing who made it, she bolted from the seat and run into the mans arms tears running down her face crying out “daddy” and being wrapped up in his arms. Getting a good look at the man I could notice straight away a thick salt and pepper moustache adorning the face, and knew with his current attire I was looking at a slightly younger than I remember J Jonah Jameson. They were joined shortly after in the hug by a woman with shoulder length brown hair.
SHIT! This is a man who has a vendetta against any type of masked individual, regardless of what they do and I had begun to get some attention from the man in the recent weeks. Nothing major but I was starting to show up on his radar, I remember reading something about his family before but I couldn’t remember just what it was, something that made him vehemently oppose anyone wearing a mask.
Seeing the rare moment between the three of them and not wanting to intrude I sat back waiting for them to finish. After having their moment, they all stood up and seeing me the man made his way over, the relief on his face when he made it over was a nice surprise to see.
Reaching out with his hand I met it and he vigorously pumped my arm “thank you so much sir, I didn’t know what to do when she vanished, if there’s anything I can do you only need to ask.”
“My Jameson don’t worry about it, seeing someone as young as Alice in that situation made it impossible to turn away, if I hadn’t helped, I would have hated myself for not stepping in.
Just get back to your family and look after them, if she doesn’t have to go through that again, then it’s all the thanks I need.”
“You do know who I am don’t you? Surely there’s something you want?”, looking at me in surprise.
“Yes, I do know who you are Mr. Jameson, and no I don’t need anything at all.” Shaking my head at his insistence.
“Well know that if you need anything down the line you only need to call.” Handing me a card and with a final thanks went back to his family.
Smiling at the interaction I started making my way out of the building, nearing the door I was suddenly hugged from behind, turning around I saw Alice staring up at me.
“Thank you so much for helping me, I promise to keep your secret as long as you promise to be my friend” staring up at me with a cheeky grin.
“Sure, thing Alice, stay safe and I’ll see you around, ok?” Getting a nod in return. She ran back over to her parents and I made my was to the front of the station when I was approached by one of the officers who offered me a lift back home. Taking him up on the offer we made it back to my apartment and I headed inside to relax and get some sleep.
Upon getting up to the apartment and making it inside I jumped in surprise hearing the,
*DING*
ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED
IT’S WHO YOU KNOW – Meet a Marvel Character
Reward: 5x Basic Draw
STATUS
NAME: SAMUEL FARTHING
AGE: 21
LEVEL: 1/??
EXP: 48/55
JOB: Novice Trainer
BOND: CHARMANDER (88%)
GASTLY (58%)
DRAW CHANCES: 5
POKEMON: 2/∞
POKEMON STORAGE: 0/∞
ABILITIES/ PERKS: Mental Fortitude(MAX), Genetic Anomaly, Inventory, Inspect (MAX), Aura (Beginner+), Psychic (Beginner+)
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GASTLY
LVL 7 (1/35)
GENDER: MALE
ABILITY: LEVITATE
BOND: 58%
HEALTH: 100%
STAMINA: 75%
MOVES: Confuse Ray (Beginner), Lick (Beginner), Hypnosis (Beginner)
NOTE: A bond of less than 40% will cause Pokémon to ignore some commands
CHARMANDER (Cinder)
LVL 10 (14/50)
GENDER: MALE
ABILITY: BLAZE
BOND: 88%
HEALTH: 100%
STAMINA: 100%
MOVES: Scratch(Intermediate), Growl (Intermediate), Ember (Intermediate), Smokescreen (Beginner)
NOTE: A bond of less than 40% will cause Pokémon to ignore some commands