Thugs - A Team Rocket RP (Started, accepting sheets)

[SkyeNeko]

"Get off me woman, I don't need you."

After being rudely shoved out of the Commander's sleeping bag, Ellie found herself slowly picking up her things. Of course some **** had looted through her things while she wasn't around. All that was left in her backpack was a few R-bars, a half empty bottle of water and the kitchen knife she had gotten at the mansion. The small collection of foodstuffs were gone. Looked like she would be going without food again.

She packed up her bag in its capsule and walked over into the group. It looked like everyone was fine, if more beaten up than usual. It felt good to be up and walking: her legs had been spared for the most part. And what better way to use them than by stepping onto Matt's sleeping bag. A satisfactory yell of pain greeted her, and then the mop of messy hair popped out, glaring at her. He wouldn't do anything, she grinned. No teeth.

Her attention turned to a grunt that had been waking everyone up: apparently Matt had been next. She took out her morning smoke and lit it, in a better mood already. "He's awake."

 

[Kuroneko Aisha]

Mayu wiggled like a Caterpie in her sleeping bag when one of the other grunts woke her up. Poking just her head out, she let out a small yawn before wincing. Her body was reminded of the injuries from before and it took her a moment to crawl out of her bag to stand. She could move around now, and nothing was broken, so all she needed was time to heal. Each movement hurt but she nonetheless started packing up.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

"So he is." said Wex mildly, watching Ellie stomp on the sleeping bag.

"I assume you're awake too by the way you're pounding on this guy's chest"

I've been watching you...

Wex had been dragged along with Alex to the club. He never thought he would get out of the city free safe and sound.

 

[SkyeNeko]

"Yes, I am." she shrugged, waiting for Matt to get up. It looked like she had hit a sore spot right on target, since he had to hold his side to get up. Meanwhile she quickly glanced over the nearby grunts. She recognized some of Matt's stupid accomplices from before nearby, grinning and kicking him over with a smirk. Being the cowards they were (none of them had an inch of courage, seeing as they had to stick together like a group of teenage girls), none of them even moved to offer any resistance, each packing up their things like they didn't see anything.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Man, is she cut up...

"Uh, where did you get those scars?"

 

[SkyeNeko]

The question was a common one, outside of the Rockets at least. It was weird that someone IN the Rockets cared enough to ask though. "Different places. Most of them are old." The ones that he could see were old. Her sleeves hid a few new ones both from her own doing and from the Commander's more spirited nights.

"Most of them are from Alex fucki-" Ellie turned and punched Matt in the mouth with her brass knuckles. He didn't deserve to talk to her, or about her, unless he had permission. "We aren't talking to you, Matt." She said sternly. "Keep your mouth shut unless I say so, or else I'll break your jaw."

She turned back to Wex, taking a few more puffs of her cigarette. "What do you care?" she asked in a calmer tone.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

He flinched when she hit Matt in the jaw.

"Just seems like a lot of cuts to be walking around with. Doesn't it ever bother you?"

I liked it better when I was just part of a small team of thieves. These people are nuts.

 

[SkyeNeko]

She paused. Does it ever bother...? "...most of them are scars. They don't bother me too much." She studied him closer. Were there really so many in Team Yellow that... just weren't made out to be Rockets? "Sorry, I'm Ellie." She didn't extend a hand, or really even expect an answer as she looked him over.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

"Wex." he offered.

He couldn't help but notice the judging gaze she was giving him.

"...I'm more of the stealing type. I can get Max what he wants if someone's with me."

That was a stupid thing to say. He eyed the brass knuckles warily.

"Not that I need babysitting... I just work better in pairs."

The look in her eyes was familiar. Weak.

 

[SkyeNeko]

She looked back up at him. "I see." There was a short pause as she flicked the butt of her cigarette into the grass and crushed it under her heel. "Nice to meet you then, Wex."

The Rockets slowly go into a line again and started what would probably be another long walk. Ellie slipped her brass knuckles into her pockets again, grinning a little at the look Wex was giving them. "Do you prefer Ratatas?" She asked offhandedly, glancing at the four pokeballs on his belt. She remembered seeing him in the alley, and hearing the Commander shouting at him.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

"I just have shit luck at the chute." he said Wex evasively. It wasn't a lie, just not telling the whole truth. He had gambled away all his chips at the table in the gaming corner so he had been allowed to put his Hitmonlee on the line. It was just a Silver team creep and he had lost at cards before.... That pokemon had been his luck. He had never lost betting him. It had been a miracle to get him out of the chute when he joined. The winnings had been so deliciously huge...

Four months of pay from everyone at the table and it was just him and...

Well, that game was long over. He had been sent to the chute after that, having less luck than ever before. The officer on duty had been nice that day, giving him an extra shot at the chute seeing as three Rattatas was a horrible team to fight with. Cruel irony had shot another out at him.

He watched Alex sitting atop the lumbering Tauros, waving his bat with his good arm. The man wasn't any less intimidating with one arm. When a little lickspittle of a grunt had taken up the idea that the Commander needed help, Alex had beaten him to a pulp with his bat. At least Max didn't lash out so easily.

"Do you know anything about Lavander? I mostly... worked around Vermillion."

 

[SkyeNeko]

"I used to live there. It's not so bad if you're used to the fog and weird noises... and of course all the ghost stories. Some of them are true." she put her hands behind her head, stretching her neck. "It's always quiet. Everyone minds their own business." Maybe if they didn't... A thread of sadness crept into her voice. She shook her head. "I left years ago. Got picked up in Vermilion. No shortage of excitement since." she said flatly.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Max walked along the line, body aching but he pressed on. He wasn't going to let the men see him drag behind or lean against that rock or... or...

He vomited to the side. Vodka never sat well with him after being shaken up. Ellie was talking with Wex, the resident fuck up. Scott seemed to be walking with Mayu, Leels and Dylan were close behind them and...

"MAX!"

Alex's voice made him wince. Since he had been wounded, the insane commander had been issuing orders non-stop.

"We're wasting precious moonlight. Run! Run! Make the boys run! What are you doing?"

Despite complaints, they hastened their pace. Talking on the run, he voiced encouragement to his grunts.

"Lavander is full of rich old people. Come on, we'll have a great haul. Now haul ass!"

* * * * * *

Wex heard Alex shout and the lieutenant forced them into a run. The rocks were digging into the soles of his feet.

God I hate him.

He stared at Alex's back as they ran.

"Think of the loot!" the cry went up along the Rockets.

Yeah, think of the loot. Think of the loot...

It was hard to think of the loot when you were stumbling across the land in the dark. Eventually however the lieutenant ordered the pace to slow again.

"WHY ARE WE SLOWING DOWN?"

"Do you want men who can fight or men begging for hospital beds when we get there?" shouted Max back at the Commander. Only he was able to speak back. Still...

Alex shouted back at him but Max kept the pace at a reasonable tempo.

"If you have to pick between the guy who sees only tools and the guy who sees men, go with lieutenant." muttered Wex. The lieutenant didn't order them to beat helpless old men in the dark. The lieutenant didn't wander the camps at sunrise...

 

[SkyeNeko]

"If you had a choice, then you could speak. But you don't." It still amazed her how despite being consistently hated by every member of Yellow Team, the Commander had yet to be usurped. Just went to show how far a bat would take you. They sped up for a second, going fast enough that she didn't feel like continuing the conversation at the moment.

When they slowed down again, she spoke. "I remember stories about a grunt in Blue who had his mouth sewn shut for badmouthing the Commander."

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

"If its true, it wasn't Alex. He doesn't even know what a needle is." laughed Wex nervously.

I know where you lie at night.

"Stories are stories and they run through the teams during the lulls in the day. One claimed Max was related to-"

Max passed by, glaring at Wex. He was silent until the lieutenant passed by.

"...related to Blaine, can you believe that? Just because he's bald."

 

[Kuroneko Aisha]

Mayu, who had been walking a little ways away from Wex and Ellie, heard the 'rumor' and burst into suppressed giggles. She was quickly comparing the two of them in her head, causing even more suppressed giggles.

 

[SkyeNeko]

Ellie shot a look at Mayu. On one hand, some of the older female grunts still giggled, it wasn't necessarily... childish, but just combined with all the other shit Mayu did... She had to remember to give her a lesson in being a Rocket sometime.

"I'm sure it wasn't our Commander." She smirked for a second.

"The Lieutenant related to Blaine though... I could see it. Their mannerisms are similar, if anything, but not their actual appearance, I think. You never know."

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

"Max doesn't seem like the kind of guy who likes quizzes, don't you think? Seems too... fun." said Wex, watching the bald lieutenant walking up and down the line, checking his list of grunt numbers.

We're all just a part of Giovanni's machine. I'm helping the man who destroyed my family... And there's no where else to go.

 

[SkyeNeko]

"I don't think so. They are both forging unbreakable spirits through fire. ...I wonder what the Commander and Lieutenant do for fun. Or, the Lieutenant at least. On the Islands, one of the Lieutenants liked to go spearfishing. It was impressive to see him catch sharks from atop his Tentacruel..."

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

"What do you have to do to get an island assignment?"

And I wonder if the boss ever visits there...